Oh, come on. Surely we will make an exact replica (aka backup) of the portions we destroy *before* we do any experiments, no? I mean, if we can achieve a machine of N nodes, just wait 18 months and we can have one with N*2 nodes!
So, why not put the source code in git and let the OS download, compile, and install the updates from source [automagically]? Or maybe even have the entire operating system be an interpreter (a la BASIC, erlang, smalltalk or LISP machines).
It has nothing to do with whether the direct licensee is interested or disinterested in their freedom. The argument for GPL being 'more free' is that it forces the direct licensee to be at least as free as it has been to him.
I believe you misunderstood the phrase 'Paul people'. The delegates your parent referred to are Paul supporters who stayed around long enough to get elected as delegates.
That's only true if the machine running the simulation is not powerful enough. Given a local high-order maximum which exceeds the average 'reality' surrounding it would be enough computing power.
The fees are quite low (on the order of a fraction of a percent [as opposed to 3-4% for VISA/MC or higher for Western Union). You can choose to submit transactions with no fees but depending on the load on the network and the amount of miners, difficulty of mining, etc, it can take quite a long time for them to clear. For instance, my zero-fee transaction from 2 weeks ago took a week to complete.
The limitation is not a shortage of problems to solve. It is a design feature.
In fact, problems will continue to be solved (i.e., transactions verified by mining) long after the last coin is 'mined' but then the solvers will be rewarded by fees and not mined coins.
Also, the 'rest of what makes a language' for natural languages is vocabulary but there really isn't much of a vocabulary to be spoken of for formal languages (merely the character sets).
Formally, a language can be defined as the strings generated by a formal grammar. I do not believe the courts have ruled on whether the output of a program (in this case the BNF specification + string generator) can be copyrighted but I have used open source libraries that claim just that. For example:
There is no way to write down a programming language, or to perform it.... But there is no way you can write down the language just in the same way you cannot write down an idea, but only a description of an idea (or the implementation of it, if it is an implementable idea).
Not true. There are standard notations for computer languages so you can 'write them down.' A language expressed in these forms is obviously an 'expression of an idea' (and could be considered a mere program [or implementation if you will] written in meta-language):
Actually for all your nitpicking, you only supported his erroneous point. Case in point-- the TM/GZ article. Is it stuff that matters? Arguably, yes. Is it news for nerds? No. Per BOOLEAN OR, it belongs (Yes | No == Yes). Per BOOLEAN AND, it does not (Yes & No == No).
However if you correctly read 'News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters' to mean: 'News for Nerds; i.e., Stuff that Matters', then it is clear that only news for nerds belongs here.
We are already doing all manner of terrible things to sustain our current population (inoculating livestock with antibiotics so they grow faster comes to mind). We will have to get more and more grotesque in our "advances" to keep with the billions of new mouths to feed.
You must have missed the article on synthetic meat. Or, do you consider that grotesque?
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Oh, come on. Surely we will make an exact replica (aka backup) of the portions we destroy *before* we do any experiments, no? I mean, if we can achieve a machine of N nodes, just wait 18 months and we can have one with N*2 nodes!
You confuse anarchy and chaos.
Maybe you should see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5371442/does-interix-implement-fork
.NET was released in 2002. How did you get 16 years experience in it?
So, why not put the source code in git and let the OS download, compile, and install the updates from source [automagically]? Or maybe even have the entire operating system be an interpreter (a la BASIC, erlang, smalltalk or LISP machines).
It has nothing to do with whether the direct licensee is interested or disinterested in their freedom. The argument for GPL being 'more free' is that it forces the direct licensee to be at least as free as it has been to him.
You have heard of a BIOS virus apparently.
I believe you misunderstood the phrase 'Paul people'. The delegates your parent referred to are Paul supporters who stayed around long enough to get elected as delegates.
Femtocell.
Not if it's running on the 'cloud'. Come on man, get with the times.
That's only true if the machine running the simulation is not powerful enough. Given a local high-order maximum which exceeds the average 'reality' surrounding it would be enough computing power.
That would be true if C# and C++ (as multi-paradigm languages) didn't have quite good support for functional features.
And, of course, the design goals are appropriate for this particular instrument.
I didn't make any comment on the quality of the design. However, it is my personal belief that it is in fact a good design given the design goals.
The fees are quite low (on the order of a fraction of a percent [as opposed to 3-4% for VISA/MC or higher for Western Union). You can choose to submit transactions with no fees but depending on the load on the network and the amount of miners, difficulty of mining, etc, it can take quite a long time for them to clear. For instance, my zero-fee transaction from 2 weeks ago took a week to complete.
The limitation is not a shortage of problems to solve. It is a design feature.
In fact, problems will continue to be solved (i.e., transactions verified by mining) long after the last coin is 'mined' but then the solvers will be rewarded by fees and not mined coins.
Well yea, but in my view a vocabulary also includes a dictionary with meanings of such.
Also, the 'rest of what makes a language' for natural languages is vocabulary but there really isn't much of a vocabulary to be spoken of for formal languages (merely the character sets).
Formally, a language can be defined as the strings generated by a formal grammar. I do not believe the courts have ruled on whether the output of a program (in this case the BNF specification + string generator) can be copyrighted but I have used open source libraries that claim just that. For example:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html
There is no way to write down a programming language, or to perform it. ... But there is no way you can write down the language just in the same way you cannot write down an idea, but only a description of an idea (or the implementation of it, if it is an implementable idea).
Not true. There are standard notations for computer languages so you can 'write them down.' A language expressed in these forms is obviously an 'expression of an idea' (and could be considered a mere program [or implementation if you will] written in meta-language):
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_Form
Actually for all your nitpicking, you only supported his erroneous point. Case in point-- the TM/GZ article. Is it stuff that matters? Arguably, yes. Is it news for nerds? No. Per BOOLEAN OR, it belongs (Yes | No == Yes). Per BOOLEAN AND, it does not (Yes & No == No).
However if you correctly read 'News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters' to mean: 'News for Nerds; i.e., Stuff that Matters', then it is clear that only news for nerds belongs here.
So, couple this idea with something like PEX
We are already doing all manner of terrible things to sustain our current population (inoculating livestock with antibiotics so they grow faster comes to mind). We will have to get more and more grotesque in our "advances" to keep with the billions of new mouths to feed.
You must have missed the article on synthetic meat. Or, do you consider that grotesque?
When did your parent say to comment on what the code is doing? I read it as advocating the same as you.
But, you are not limited to looking at a single bit in isolation from the rest of the bits. Layers cover multiple bits.