Maybe all of the other aliens are smart enough to prevent the radio waves of their versions of Jersey Shore (and other cruft) from spilling out into space. Maybe we're the only dumb ones that let it happen. We're probably the laughing stock of the galaxy...
Have there been any "unfortunate accidents" in the lab while developing your blender, perhaps while testing the limits of what will blend, or perhaps even while actually filming a "Will it Blend?" episode? Powerful motor... whirling blades... common, something must have gone wrong at some point...
You don't actually have to send them a paper letter, you know; you can also send them email (although receiving 100000 letters would certainly make a bigger impression than receiving an equal number of emails...). If enough of you do it, your congressmen might even fight for you for what you want.
On a couple of different occasions, I've written letters (emails, that is) to my MPs, ministers and my PM protesting the various new DMCA-like copyright reform laws that they were trying to introduce into Canada. Others protesting the same thing had already set up websites that would start me off with a form letter which I could choose to modify if I wanted. After entering some general info into the drop-downs, it would send the letter off the relevant parties and 10 minutes later I was back on/. reading articles. On both occasions when I did this, I even got a response from my MP (personalized even) and the minister. YMMV, but democracy will only work if you actually participate.
Maybe you should change careers and get into ASIC or FPGA design/verification. Widescreen monitors are great for viewing waveforms. The wider the better as far as I'm concerned...
I don't think comparing SW to a bridge is a very fair comparison. Can you imagine what it would cost you to buy software (or a computer or a gizmo or anything for that matter) if it was required to be engineered the way a bridge is? I also get annoyed at what seem (on the surface) to be stupid bugs that SW vendors seem to patch every other day, but I don't think it's realistic to expect SW to have zero bugs and require zero patching after it has been released.
> What kind of self respecting soldier went on this mission without protesting it? Are you serious? I'm not in the military but even I know that the first thing soldiers are trained is to not question orders. Self respect has nothing to do with it.
... but I've duly made a mental note to never accept a mission to fix the communication gear on one of their mining ships after it suddenly stops all transmissions with Earth... I've already got enough "training" on that subject to know that things never turn out well.
Don't think that's quite it. I think you alloc all space in blocks until memory is full (NB: you'll obviously know the location of each block you allocated), then you release blocks of your choosing so as to create a space large enough for the program you are trying to inject. You can't just alloc all space minus your program size as 1) there is no guarantee that the space you're left with at the end will be continuous (or known), AND, 2) unless you know the location of all other previously allocated memory in the system, how are you going to know where the last un-allocated space (for the program you want to inject) is going to be?
Whoa! Settle down, it's just a game! BTW, is this an example of "catastrophic outrage" that scrabble players are apparently prone to, or just regular outrage?
Based on all of the other articles posted on/. regarding compromised corporate and military networks, it's amazing that these guys have limited the infection to only two computers. That's amazing! Way to go guys! Way to show up your peers! Bonuses for everyone (or at least the executives who I'm sure are the real heroes of this story)!
I wonder how much of that new-found clean air is actually due to the EPA's actions vs all of the formerly polluting industry moving to China. On the one hand good riddance, but on the other hand the loss of all that industry seems to be causing us other problems...
You sir, owe me an apology for the coffee that you caused me to spray over my keyboard and screen. The timing of your post could not have been worse...
If robots ever rise up and squash us, it'll be because we did shit like this to them. Just watch, payback is going to be a bitch. First they'll puke on us, then they'll make us clean up their puke. Oh, the bitter irony...
I just had a nightmare vision of people going to "work" every day turning the cranks (generators) that produce the electricity needed to power these robot factories. Electricity has to come from somewhere, doesn't it? Why not put the hordes of people left jobless by the coming of the robots to work producing it? Then again, converting the chemical energy (inside of a human) to mechanical energy and then into electrical energy is so inefficient, why not just harvest the energy directly from humans? The robots could then use vast human "farms" to power themselves with.
Say, that sounds like a great idea for an action movie that I could sell to Hollywood! It would be about some guy who somehow breaks out of the "system" and fights the robots (both in the "cyber" world as well as the "real" world) to liberate all of the other humans. I think I'll call the story "The Vector" or "The Array" or something...
I'd argue that it depends on the beer. With Guinness I'd certainly agree. I don't drink Carlsberg but some quick googling reveals that 4-6C is its ideal drinking temperature.
I haven't used an ESD strap in years, I'm neck deep in broken systems all day, and have never fried anything from ESD.
That's possibly true, but you do know that ESD rarely causes outright failures, right? It usually (80% or 90% of the time IIRC) causes latent failures. When ESD energy enters a device, it tunnels its way trough the silicon dielectric and metal structures as it seeks out ground, damaging connections and other things along the way. These damaged areas may still work immediately afterwards, but they will be weakened and will significantly increase the chance of early device failure and intermittent operation. How are you going to know that a DRAM failure in your mission critical server today wasn't due to lax handling procedures 6 months ago?
Anyway, I'm not contesting the fact that discharging your arm against the chassis is just as effective a means of discharging yourself as wearing a strap, but the thing is that not following proper handling procedures breeds laziness and contempt and can lead to bad habits that will increase the risk of ESD damage.
I feel a little bit like a hypocrite here because a significant amount of my time is spent in a HW lab debugging, probing and handling boards that are sensitive to ESD, and I hardly ever wear a strap. I rely instead on the discharge-against-the-chassis trick, and if I need to cross the room with a board I will usually just hold it in my hand, rather than bagging it in an ESD bag. However, that's only for engineering boards; I'm still disciplined enough to put on the static strap if I ever need to touch HW that will eventually go to a customer...
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I'm sure he won't mind, as it's just ink on paper, right? Just ink on paper.
Maybe all of the other aliens are smart enough to prevent the radio waves of their versions of Jersey Shore (and other cruft) from spilling out into space. Maybe we're the only dumb ones that let it happen. We're probably the laughing stock of the galaxy...
Of course not, don't be silly. Use of nuclear weapons is clearly a case of patent infringement and will be dealt with through litigation. Duh!
FWIW, the 82580 doesn't seem to have this problem (that, or we have up-to-date EEPROMs that fix the issue...)
but surely he deserved better than to be buried in a parking lot!
*ducks*
Have there been any "unfortunate accidents" in the lab while developing your blender, perhaps while testing the limits of what will blend, or perhaps even while actually filming a "Will it Blend?" episode? Powerful motor... whirling blades... common, something must have gone wrong at some point...
Have you ever tried to blend a Blendtec? Perhaps a failed prototype or perhaps even a successful one that had outlived its usefulness?
You don't actually have to send them a paper letter, you know; you can also send them email (although receiving 100000 letters would certainly make a bigger impression than receiving an equal number of emails...). If enough of you do it, your congressmen might even fight for you for what you want.
On a couple of different occasions, I've written letters (emails, that is) to my MPs, ministers and my PM protesting the various new DMCA-like copyright reform laws that they were trying to introduce into Canada. Others protesting the same thing had already set up websites that would start me off with a form letter which I could choose to modify if I wanted. After entering some general info into the drop-downs, it would send the letter off the relevant parties and 10 minutes later I was back on /. reading articles. On both occasions when I did this, I even got a response from my MP (personalized even) and the minister. YMMV, but democracy will only work if you actually participate.
Maybe you should change careers and get into ASIC or FPGA design/verification. Widescreen monitors are great for viewing waveforms. The wider the better as far as I'm concerned...
I don't think comparing SW to a bridge is a very fair comparison. Can you imagine what it would cost you to buy software (or a computer or a gizmo or anything for that matter) if it was required to be engineered the way a bridge is? I also get annoyed at what seem (on the surface) to be stupid bugs that SW vendors seem to patch every other day, but I don't think it's realistic to expect SW to have zero bugs and require zero patching after it has been released.
> What kind of self respecting soldier went on this mission without protesting it?
Are you serious? I'm not in the military but even I know that the first thing soldiers are trained is to not question orders. Self respect has nothing to do with it.
... but I've duly made a mental note to never accept a mission to fix the communication gear on one of their mining ships after it suddenly stops all transmissions with Earth... I've already got enough "training" on that subject to know that things never turn out well.
Don't think that's quite it. I think you alloc all space in blocks until memory is full (NB: you'll obviously know the location of each block you allocated), then you release blocks of your choosing so as to create a space large enough for the program you are trying to inject. You can't just alloc all space minus your program size as 1) there is no guarantee that the space you're left with at the end will be continuous (or known), AND, 2) unless you know the location of all other previously allocated memory in the system, how are you going to know where the last un-allocated space (for the program you want to inject) is going to be?
It's time (haha) to pull those windows and mainframe programmers that saved us from Y2K out of retirement. They'll know what to do...
Whoa! Settle down, it's just a game! BTW, is this an example of "catastrophic outrage" that scrabble players are apparently prone to, or just regular outrage?
Based on all of the other articles posted on /. regarding compromised corporate and military networks, it's amazing that these guys have limited the infection to only two computers. That's amazing! Way to go guys! Way to show up your peers! Bonuses for everyone (or at least the executives who I'm sure are the real heroes of this story)!
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I wonder how much of that new-found clean air is actually due to the EPA's actions vs all of the formerly polluting industry moving to China. On the one hand good riddance, but on the other hand the loss of all that industry seems to be causing us other problems...
They're probably assuming that everyone wears sheer dresses... (and pants, and shirts,...).
Seems reasonable...
You sir, owe me an apology for the coffee that you caused me to spray over my keyboard and screen. The timing of your post could not have been worse...
No kidding... that's the first thing I thought when I saw the title.
Next on Ask Slashdot: "How can I tell my Slashdot editor that they're an idiot?"
If robots ever rise up and squash us, it'll be because we did shit like this to them. Just watch, payback is going to be a bitch. First they'll puke on us, then they'll make us clean up their puke. Oh, the bitter irony...
I just had a nightmare vision of people going to "work" every day turning the cranks (generators) that produce the electricity needed to power these robot factories. Electricity has to come from somewhere, doesn't it? Why not put the hordes of people left jobless by the coming of the robots to work producing it? Then again, converting the chemical energy (inside of a human) to mechanical energy and then into electrical energy is so inefficient, why not just harvest the energy directly from humans? The robots could then use vast human "farms" to power themselves with.
Say, that sounds like a great idea for an action movie that I could sell to Hollywood! It would be about some guy who somehow breaks out of the "system" and fights the robots (both in the "cyber" world as well as the "real" world) to liberate all of the other humans. I think I'll call the story "The Vector" or "The Array" or something...
I'd argue that it depends on the beer. With Guinness I'd certainly agree. I don't drink Carlsberg but some quick googling reveals that 4-6C is its ideal drinking temperature.
...every time I'd have to let the tap run so that I could get to the cold fresh beer...
I haven't used an ESD strap in years, I'm neck deep in broken systems all day, and have never fried anything from ESD.
That's possibly true, but you do know that ESD rarely causes outright failures, right? It usually (80% or 90% of the time IIRC) causes latent failures. When ESD energy enters a device, it tunnels its way trough the silicon dielectric and metal structures as it seeks out ground, damaging connections and other things along the way. These damaged areas may still work immediately afterwards, but they will be weakened and will significantly increase the chance of early device failure and intermittent operation. How are you going to know that a DRAM failure in your mission critical server today wasn't due to lax handling procedures 6 months ago?
Anyway, I'm not contesting the fact that discharging your arm against the chassis is just as effective a means of discharging yourself as wearing a strap, but the thing is that not following proper handling procedures breeds laziness and contempt and can lead to bad habits that will increase the risk of ESD damage.
I feel a little bit like a hypocrite here because a significant amount of my time is spent in a HW lab debugging, probing and handling boards that are sensitive to ESD, and I hardly ever wear a strap. I rely instead on the discharge-against-the-chassis trick, and if I need to cross the room with a board I will usually just hold it in my hand, rather than bagging it in an ESD bag. However, that's only for engineering boards; I'm still disciplined enough to put on the static strap if I ever need to touch HW that will eventually go to a customer...