Remember that living, thinking organisms "half-ass" algorithms to solve real-world problems. Nobody looks at a map and evaulates every route from DC to New York. They just kind of look at it, and decide to take 95, or maybe Route 1.
Also, DNA hardware is deterministic, it just goes through a whole boatload of permutations in parallel. AFAIK, quantum computing does the same thing, only more so, since the permutations don't "actually" happen. A proof of P=NP, now THAT would be progress. Maybe we should use some of this new cloning technology on Einstein's brain. Hmm...
I had to use Lotus Notes in my last job. Boy, it sucked. What's that you say? Slow, unstable, arbitrarily different, AND hard to use? Where do I sign up for that?
Fortunately, my new office uses Unix e-mail only. Whee! (Well, some folks use Win95, but they use the standard POP3 interface, or telnet in to a Unix server.)
Dude, it sounds like you have either some bad memory or are pushing your processor a wee bit too hard. Are you using parity memory? Odds are not, which is fine, but you can get strange results like this. Maybe you should borrow some SIMMs from a friend and see if the problem persists.
I mean, the name is bogus, but having a web interface to 3 MB of storage is pretty cool. I use it as a backup for my own records (I encrypt them, and they're not especially sensitive anyway). Slashdot people really need to think about getting past knee-jerk reactions. Sigh.
AFAIK, all business expenses are already tax-deductable. Businesses only pay taxes on their profits. So as long as said Big Company paid for the employees and physical structure (office space, electricity, network access, etc.), they won't be taxed on the expense.
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Remember that living, thinking organisms "half-ass" algorithms to solve real-world problems. Nobody looks at a map and evaulates every route from DC to New York. They just kind of look at it, and decide to take 95, or maybe Route 1.
Also, DNA hardware is deterministic, it just goes through a whole boatload of permutations in parallel. AFAIK, quantum computing does the same thing, only more so, since the permutations don't "actually" happen. A proof of P=NP, now THAT would be progress. Maybe we should use some of this new cloning technology on Einstein's brain. Hmm...
I had to use Lotus Notes in my last job. Boy, it sucked. What's that you say? Slow, unstable, arbitrarily different, AND hard to use? Where do I sign up for that?
Fortunately, my new office uses Unix e-mail only. Whee! (Well, some folks use Win95, but they use the standard POP3 interface, or telnet in to a Unix server.)
Dude, it sounds like you have either some bad memory or are pushing your processor a wee bit too hard. Are you using parity memory? Odds are not, which is fine, but you can get strange results like this. Maybe you should borrow some SIMMs from a friend and see if the problem persists.
I mean, the name is bogus, but having a web interface to 3 MB of storage is pretty cool. I use it as a backup for my own records (I encrypt them, and they're not especially sensitive anyway). Slashdot people really need to think about getting past knee-jerk reactions. Sigh.
AFAIK, all business expenses are already tax-deductable. Businesses only pay taxes on their profits. So as long as said Big Company paid for the employees and physical structure (office space, electricity, network access, etc.), they won't be taxed on the expense.