Alcohol is an azeotropic mixture; it's capped at 96%. If you look at the distillation curve, it curves back up at the end, which means it can never be distilled to 100%. But I'm interested in what the original poster meant by "making ethanol chemically."
Braille is more of a 3d language than the knotted strings language is. Knotted strings are a one-dimensional language rendered in 3d. Neither the length, width, or depth of a knot matters.
Holy crap that was pun-ishment. You know, it's not the horrible, horrible pun that I find funny, but the character of the person who thought, "Dear God, what an awful pun. I better say it out loud/post it!"
On topic: sue(ridiculous_sum) might return a negative value, reducing someones_assets. You're right about the variable type; if it's unsigned, well, that answers that question.
But:
if ( sue(ridiculous_sum) > 0 )
++lawyers_assets; else
++lawyers_assets;
I think you're forgetting what AI stands for. Maybe what you're talking about is better classified as problem solving, not artificial intelligence. I think by "intelligence" they mean "consciousness," not merely "smarts." So, artificial consciousness.
The difference is in the way tests and homework can be scored. In math, 2+2 is always 4; there's no room for equivocation. It's either right or wrong. In humanities, if you spell everything right and stick to the topic of the paper, you get a B. But what's the difference between a B and a B+?
The scale is subjective in humanities courses; professors probably push grades up because of pressures to graduate more students. Or at least keep them in school. No college ever received 10K a semester from a dropout.
That's what it would seem at first glance, which is probably why this hasn't been done before. But maybe the compression algorithm they use is not the bottleneck, and they get away with co/dec while the GPU is doing something else. If they use something simple like Run-Length Encoding then it's as easy as counting like bits on one end and integer multiplication on the other.
read in thisbit while ( bits in stream ) {
* compress *
read in thatbit
num=1
while ( thisbit == thatbit )
{
++num
thatbit=thisbit
read in thisbit
}
He could just build a little box out of the wood panelling, then, and keep his Wifi NAT/router in it. Then no one could snoop his network, and he could have windows, too!
OGC does not put *you* in first place. *You* had nothing to do with it. You won nothing; you did nothing; you sat and watched a bot win a game. You are the parasite and OGC is the host; you sit and bask in the false glory of victories won by OGC alone. There is no honor, no integrity, and no real fun. Because real fun comes from winning based on your own merits. If you need to cheat to win, you are admitting your lack of merits, your lack of skills.
OGC and its ilk is Viagra for the gaming impotent.
Because completely geeking out on something to the point of ignoring personal comfort and/or hygiene is completely understandable to us, whereas someone else holding four degrees from renowned institutions is a direct challenge to our collective manhood.
The fact that Microsoft has gotten everyone to call an *application* like Windows Media Player "middleware" is a victory in itself for them. This is *not* middleware. There is no good goddamn reason why WMP has parts of its code in the OS and vice versa. The only reason MS has done that is to make the OS and their (not) middleware apps so inextricably intertwined that they can truly claim that it's impossible to remove the apps without destroying the OS. They take chunks of code from the browser and other apps and put it into the OS. Then they take chunks of the OS code and put it into the browser. That's the only reason why they can call those apps middleware with a straight face. Go read the Findings of Fact from the last antitrust trial (Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's) and you'll see what I mean. What I need is a link to the page. Karma whores! Fetch me a link!
1) Isn't this the same Microsoft that charges OEMs a Windows license fee for every processor they sell, regardless of what's pre-installed? That's what made Windows so huge -- the OEM pre-installs. I'm sure the schools bought most of their comps from OEMs, so how can MS charge them again? MS must have some record of which OEMs they charged for what, so if all their computers are Dells or Compaqs or whatnot, they already charged them for a freakin' license! What is this double-jeopardy crap? I thought that only the IRS could do that.
2) I bet MS is doing this to put pressure on the school system to get rid of that Linux distro. In order to preserve the applications barrier to entry, they must ensure that none of tomorrow's developers learn to use Linux. You have to get to 'em early; just ask the tobacco companies.
"Bnetd wasn't created to pirate Blizzard games any more than DeCSS was created to pirate DVDs. It was created so people playing Blizzard games could have multiplayer games on local LANs without having to rely on battle.net."
That function already comes with most Blizzard software. I regularly play Blizzard games on my local LAN without connecting to battle.net, and I have never used bnetd. I use the "Other Multiplayer"/"TCP/IP game" option that comes with their software.
was called Garden Grove United Church of Christ, which they abbreviated on the sign out front as GGUCC. When they changed the name to Faith United Church of Christ, they expanded the sign.
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Alcohol is an azeotropic mixture; it's capped at 96%. If you look at the distillation curve, it curves back up at the end, which means it can never be distilled to 100%. But I'm interested in what the original poster meant by "making ethanol chemically."
Braille is more of a 3d language than the knotted strings language is. Knotted strings are a one-dimensional language rendered in 3d. Neither the length, width, or depth of a knot matters.
Holy crap that was pun-ishment. You know, it's not the horrible, horrible pun that I find funny, but the character of the person who thought, "Dear God, what an awful pun. I better say it out loud/post it!"
On topic: sue(ridiculous_sum) might return a negative value, reducing someones_assets. You're right about the variable type; if it's unsigned, well, that answers that question.
But:
if ( sue(ridiculous_sum) > 0 )
++lawyers_assets;
else
++lawyers_assets;
I was salivating after reading the reviews. This feels like nerd blue balls...
Amen. db joins that took all night on our old, dual 200Mhz pentiums (w/1024K L2 cache) now take an hour or so with the new 2.4Ghz P4s.
Blind to lead blind
I think you're forgetting what AI stands for. Maybe what you're talking about is better classified as problem solving, not artificial intelligence. I think by "intelligence" they mean "consciousness," not merely "smarts." So, artificial consciousness.
The difference is in the way tests and homework can be scored. In math, 2+2 is always 4; there's no room for equivocation. It's either right or wrong. In humanities, if you spell everything right and stick to the topic of the paper, you get a B. But what's the difference between a B and a B+?
The scale is subjective in humanities courses; professors probably push grades up because of pressures to graduate more students. Or at least keep them in school. No college ever received 10K a semester from a dropout.
The reason they got lost? The Cabbie, of course, was 420.
Congratulations, Rob and Kathleen.
That's what it would seem at first glance, which is probably why this hasn't been done before. But maybe the compression algorithm they use is not the bottleneck, and they get away with co/dec while the GPU is doing something else. If they use something simple like Run-Length Encoding then it's as easy as counting like bits on one end and integer multiplication on the other.
read in thisbit
while ( bits in stream )
{
* compress *
read in thatbit
num=1
while ( thisbit == thatbit )
{
++num
thatbit=thisbit
read in thisbit
}
send num, thatbit across the pipe
* decompress *
read in num, thatbit
for(;num>0;--num)
write thatbit
}
Fast! Their code *might* be a little more complex, though.
If they build one that loads clue-by-fours, I'm buying 2 and taking them to work.
See if my boss can take a hint when it hits him at 176 feet per second.
I don't think they can EXTEND your sentence based on lack of remorse; they just won't shorten it. Unless your name is Bret Kimberlin, of course.
He could just build a little box out of the wood panelling, then, and keep his Wifi NAT/router in it. Then no one could snoop his network, and he could have windows, too!
Bet you didn't think of THAT!
As 007, I guess he would have access to things like Thallium.
I meant it allows one to perform in an arena where one would otherwise fail.
OGC does not put *you* in first place. *You* had nothing to do with it. You won nothing; you did nothing; you sat and watched a bot win a game. You are the parasite and OGC is the host; you sit and bask in the false glory of victories won by OGC alone. There is no honor, no integrity, and no real fun. Because real fun comes from winning based on your own merits. If you need to cheat to win, you are admitting your lack of merits, your lack of skills.
OGC and its ilk is Viagra for the gaming impotent.
Because completely geeking out on something to the point of ignoring personal comfort and/or hygiene is completely understandable to us, whereas someone else holding four degrees from renowned institutions is a direct challenge to our collective manhood.
The fact that Microsoft has gotten everyone to call an *application* like Windows Media Player "middleware" is a victory in itself for them. This is *not* middleware. There is no good goddamn reason why WMP has parts of its code in the OS and vice versa. The only reason MS has done that is to make the OS and their (not) middleware apps so inextricably intertwined that they can truly claim that it's impossible to remove the apps without destroying the OS. They take chunks of code from the browser and other apps and put it into the OS. Then they take chunks of the OS code and put it into the browser. That's the only reason why they can call those apps middleware with a straight face. Go read the Findings of Fact from the last antitrust trial (Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's) and you'll see what I mean. What I need is a link to the page. Karma whores! Fetch me a link!
Maybe that'll cut down on the 120db fan drone in our computer lab. The silence in here is deafening.
1) Isn't this the same Microsoft that charges OEMs a Windows license fee for every processor they sell, regardless of what's pre-installed? That's what made Windows so huge -- the OEM pre-installs. I'm sure the schools bought most of their comps from OEMs, so how can MS charge them again? MS must have some record of which OEMs they charged for what, so if all their computers are Dells or Compaqs or whatnot, they already charged them for a freakin' license! What is this double-jeopardy crap? I thought that only the IRS could do that.
2) I bet MS is doing this to put pressure on the school system to get rid of that Linux distro. In order to preserve the applications barrier to entry, they must ensure that none of tomorrow's developers learn to use Linux. You have to get to 'em early; just ask the tobacco companies.
Actually, IBM is going to stay in the hard drive market, but only for 330 hours per month.
"Bnetd wasn't created to pirate Blizzard games any more than DeCSS was created to pirate DVDs. It was created so people playing Blizzard games could have multiplayer games on local LANs without having to rely on battle.net."
That function already comes with most Blizzard software. I regularly play Blizzard games on my local LAN without connecting to battle.net, and I have never used bnetd. I use the "Other Multiplayer"/"TCP/IP game" option that comes with their software.
Next excuse!
"the music files had to go offline due to bandwidth limits"
I love how they celebrate the return of the site by Slashdotting it.
was called Garden Grove United Church of Christ, which they abbreviated on the sign out front as GGUCC. When they changed the name to Faith United Church of Christ, they expanded the sign.
Yes, will your marriage be more cathedral, or more bazaar?
(Pun? What pun?)