And of course number theory may have seemed useless at the time, but it turns out that useless things like factorising huge numbers into prime factors has practical applications for cryptography.
Here in Australia we have a fairly low view of government - but most people simply expect them to be incompetent and merely to seek their own re-election. Corruption tends to be low-level - abuse of phone cards and travel expenses spring to mind.
The Wikileaks revelations haven't shown the Australian government in a particularly negative light - merely as a lap dog caught between sucking up to the States for military protection and to China for export dollars.
But for those who haven't been paying attention to what governments are actually up to - the leaks have actually opened their eyes and (hopefully) will cause them to ask tougher questions in the future, especially with regard to foreign policy.
Interestingly - this year we had a whistleblower elected to Federal Parliament - Andrew Wilkie - a former intelligence officer who resigned to reveal that we knew there were no WMDs before invading Iraq.
Welcome to Australian politics - how much to suck up to each bully without pissing off the other because we so heavily rely on US for defence and China for $$$.
My wife baked me a Tux cake for my 30th birthday party, and whenever I see my three year old niece she wants to see my netbook with the Tux sticker on it.
An annulment is not a divorce. A divorce is the dissolution of a marriage, an annulment is a declaration that the marriage was invalid. This has all sorts of legal consequences. From TFA, "In annulment cases, the OSG enters an appearance in court to ensure there is no collusion between husband and wife when they seek to annul their union or to see to it that the nullification of a marriage is based on valid grounds."
I spent some time as a teenager attending a fairly wacky Pentecostal church, which featured speaking in tongues, holy laughing and being slain in the Spirit. Looking back on it now, I am convinced that these were mild hypnotic states induced by a combination of repetitive music and arousing people's expectations of something weird happening.
I am currently a Christian but now speak against such manipulative practices.
Electrical currents: Sharks, possibly among others, can sense the electrical impulses that make your muscles move at distances long enough to make this a useful hunting tool. Don't know if anyone else has picked up this trick...
The platypus also has this. It's called electro-reception.
Can anyone think of other physical phenomena that may or may not have biological sensors capable of detecting it, and any known cases?
Don't know of any biological sense to detect radiation (alpha, beta, gamma). I also know that my wife lacks the sense for detecting my humour.
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See "Lindows"
And of course number theory may have seemed useless at the time, but it turns out that useless things like factorising huge numbers into prime factors has practical applications for cryptography.
Alan Turing
But Tunisia hardly seems the technological hotbed of the mid east.
They'll be glad to hear that, seeing as they're in North Africa.
So you just failed the Turing test? You've outed yourself as an AI!
Here in Australia we have a fairly low view of government - but most people simply expect them to be incompetent and merely to seek their own re-election. Corruption tends to be low-level - abuse of phone cards and travel expenses spring to mind.
The Wikileaks revelations haven't shown the Australian government in a particularly negative light - merely as a lap dog caught between sucking up to the States for military protection and to China for export dollars.
But for those who haven't been paying attention to what governments are actually up to - the leaks have actually opened their eyes and (hopefully) will cause them to ask tougher questions in the future, especially with regard to foreign policy.
Interestingly - this year we had a whistleblower elected to Federal Parliament - Andrew Wilkie - a former intelligence officer who resigned to reveal that we knew there were no WMDs before invading Iraq.
Welcome to Australian politics - how much to suck up to each bully without pissing off the other because we so heavily rely on US for defence and China for $$$.
Plus potential advertisers will be able to try to sell you what they know you don't own!
I think we've just solved the mystery that Dr Rush on the Destiny has been working on.
It's just the 99% of bad apples ruining it for the rest of you?
My wife baked me a Tux cake for my 30th birthday party, and whenever I see my three year old niece she wants to see my netbook with the Tux sticker on it.
Futurama - S02E08 - Raging Bender. The crew go to a movie theatre and vote for what Calculon should do next. The result: Tedious Paperwork
And Psalm 104:15 - God provides "wine that gladdens the heart of man".
An annulment is not a divorce. A divorce is the dissolution of a marriage, an annulment is a declaration that the marriage was invalid. This has all sorts of legal consequences. From TFA, "In annulment cases, the OSG enters an appearance in court to ensure there is no collusion between husband and wife when they seek to annul their union or to see to it that the nullification of a marriage is based on valid grounds."
pwned would be one - I've even seen [wned where someone has tried to write pwned but missed.
Not sure about pr0n - more an obfuscation attempt than a keyboard artefact I suspect.
It's paying to watch cars go around and around a racetrack. Exciting at the beginning, but it gets pretty repetitive.
You bill about $0.50 and site about the same for it's text.
Well I'm trademarking superfluous apostrophes and you owe me big time!
Don't blame me - I voted for Kodos.
I spent some time as a teenager attending a fairly wacky Pentecostal church, which featured speaking in tongues, holy laughing and being slain in the Spirit. Looking back on it now, I am convinced that these were mild hypnotic states induced by a combination of repetitive music and arousing people's expectations of something weird happening.
I am currently a Christian but now speak against such manipulative practices.
A firm, shapely, feminine butt is a beautiful thing... until you remember what it does.
Electrical currents: Sharks, possibly among others, can sense the electrical impulses that make your muscles move at distances long enough to make this a useful hunting tool. Don't know if anyone else has picked up this trick...
The platypus also has this. It's called electro-reception.
Can anyone think of other physical phenomena that may or may not have biological sensors capable of detecting it, and any known cases?
Don't know of any biological sense to detect radiation (alpha, beta, gamma). I also know that my wife lacks the sense for detecting my humour.
Getting that sort of latency within "1000 miles of its datacenters" is quite impressive.