Have you forgotten about Jon Johanson (DeCSS dude) already?
Sometimes they're not even given the choice of whether want to give a f*** or not.
FatPhil
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"Additionally, I can't help but think that this book will sell alot of units of Mathematica"
I think he's more interested in selling bucketloads of copies of his ANKOS "explorer", which is a cut-down versionof mathematica with just enough in it to be able to do all the weird and wacky simulations in the book.
Someone elsewhere said "he doesn't tackle 3D CA, as you can't print them". If that's the case, what's the explanation for http://www.wolframscience.com/explorer/screensho ts / nksx_10.gif ?
The Future initiatives, with their Lecture Tour could be taken two ways: 1) He's going to open himself to the questions of the public - which will inevitably involve some experts who will field "difficult" questions. Through this he hopes to placate the baying crowds, and reassure tehm he's no crank, he just wanted to do things "his way", so that he could be sure that everything was done just how he wanted. (That's what you've got money for, after all.) 2) It turns into a preaching session, where he shows us the one true way, and the power of his new science, and he gets very poor write-ups on/., to say the least.
If he considers Helsinki a major enough European city, _and_ he doesn't try to turn this into a money-grabbing rally, then I shall try to see him here. I will be prepared to ask difficult questions, and I won't be happy if I'm not give the chance to.
You don't need to 'create' the snowflake, you simply need to model it. Newton's laws of gravity don't made apples fall, they _model_ apples falling. Einstein's special relativity doesn't cause Mercury to precess, it _models_ mercury's precession. Schroedinger, Heisenberg, Pauli, Fermi, Hawking, whoever, all they do is build models. The better the model the happier people are calling it a law. If the rules Wolfram presents (whether they are originally his or no, it doesn't matter) model what happens then they are as valid as any other model. If the models fail then they're not. Judge _after_ you've tested the model.
FP.
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ARGH! That comes over as too negative.
I _do_ intend to buy this book, when I have the time and money, however, I shall treat it as _coffee-table_ science. I'm sure there's plenty in it to keep me amused.
I have been equally negative about e.g. Penrose (Emperor's New Mind) in the past, I'm not picking on Wolfram.
FatPhil
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"It's too bad that more science isn't delivered this way."
Written by S. Wolfram, Peer reviewed by noone, Edited by S. Wolfram, Published by S. Wolfram's company.
That's not the best route for 'science' to take in its delivery.
Having said that, I think one comment that seems to be applicable is the ancient "both new and interesting; that which is interesting isn't new, and that which is new isn't interesting" style quote. He's very bad ad giving credit to those who did so much before he was even in nappies.
I remember using gopher when that was the only available option. It was never a choice - it's a pants interface. If I wanted to find something, then I always used _archie_ (because there were no search engines as such).
I'm not sure if they are the photos in question, but to be honest what I have I wouldn't call "pornographic material" (from the MS quote), or even "nude photos".
Here's a description of the two images I have
1) Official publicity shot, wearing black 2-piece bikini, crossing arms over chest 2) As above, but with bikini air-brushed out. The arms are still in place, and down below there's nothing but one of those censoring black dots, so that it _implies_ she's nude.
} Alot of you guys may remember the BBS days. } (ah yes, I think i have my US Robotics 16.8 } HST modem somewhere still...)
A USR 14k4 was my third modem.
I remember BBS-ing ('The Gnome at Home') on a Prism 300/1500 baud (and bit-rate) half duplex modem on my ZX Spectrum. That was before a lot of/.-ers were born, I'm sure...
Hey, I'm allowed to bore you senseless - this is a JK story, and thus any comment, including first-spork ones, are more interesting than the article itself.
"He served pages with other addresses in them, the lame users then (by dint of the configuration of their lame browser) went off and _requested_ the porn adverts. And they got what they asked for."
In which case - suffer them.
It's not just Opera that can disable pop-ups. _Any_ browser that lets you disable executable content such as JavaScript does the job.
For those not within easy reach of the Bible - here's the text your.sig refers to. (King James Authorised version)
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Brilliant! MS Passport all over. The following verse is of course the famous one...
Let he who has wisdom program for Linux:-)
Anyway, back on topic - in these cases there's usually a cap per day in the penalties, so if the number of hits per day exceeds that the fine doesn't further increase.
However, she gets paid for proofing documents in MS format, that's what the sheep^Wmarket wants. Kill the competition and then you can genuinely say you're the most popular. Top in a list of one - marvelous. However, while there're 50000 geeks telling 50000 mates that there is an alternative, there's still hope.
Twice a day Linux will make me whoop, and NT will make me weep. (I'm a developer/serious bodger)
Ditto - except that my g/f, a proofreader, needs the 'track changes' feature. One feature that forces me to keep one of my machines using MS's shite. Everything she gets is in some MS format, and ABIWord does read/write them correctly but doesn't track changes. Whether the latest version does or not, I'll find out, as soon as I can RTDA.:-)
Nah, flame away. This is slashdot!:-) I have no problem with people who can out-pedant me doing so!
I did find it very interesting, thanks a lot (I did know most of it, as I used to work in the computer imaging industry, ahh the joy of courses at Crossfield, I remember them all... NOT).
Toner inarguably contains pigment.
So while I can maintain pigment==ink (which was one of the quoted dictionary definitions) my argument holds!:-)
Once you've written in ink on paper, and it dries, is that not still ink on the paper? Therefore the pigment is still called ink even when not in the liquid medium.
Heheh, so I'd still make the same argument again!:-)
Nokia, who make the thing seem to think it's a DSL. Search for "BB2M-EC" on www.nokia.com and you'll get:
Nokia BB2M-EC Baseband Modem The Nokia BB2M-EC is a HDSL 2-wire baseband modem for 2.048 Mbit/s (E1) connections using one or two twisted copper pair. It provides 2.048 Mbit/s data rate for full-and half-duplex applications using 2B1Q line coding and echo canceling. For shorter line lengths, a 1-pair interface is provided. This unique feature on a 2 M bit/s modem is especially useful if the availability of subscriber lines is limited or the cost of the second line is high. The BB2M-EC uses Nokia proprietary technology that enables high performance. The BB2M-EC can be used in the following applications: - internet access - links between workstations - connections to access servers - LAN interconnections - links between access nodes - composite links between multiplexers Shortcuts:
Interfaces Line Interfaces Line code 2B1Q
Line interface 1- pair or 2- pair (2- wire or 4- wire)
"A DSL line is not set up the same way as a POTS line."
Mine is. OK it's set up the same way as 2 telephone lines, as I use 4-wire, but the modem has a 2-wire mode too. All the local telco had to do to get me connected to my ISP was clip 12 ends of wires into 12 wire-end clips (you can tell I work for a telecomms company). For this work they charged me ~$200.
When I worked for a telecomms consultancy a few years back I saw with a demonstration of 70Mb/s over standard POTS cable. There's _plenty_ of potential still in copper.
FP.
(Who runs 2Mb/s over 5.4km of 4-wire to his ISP using Nokia BB2M-EC, with the modems measuring quality A5, which is basically almost perfect, despite the spec saying the limit is 5.0km - I'm sure these babies will go up to 7 or 8km easily.)
I wrote a 20 line serial terminal emulator once, and had that set up as init. As far as the lusers were concerned there was no/bin/sh, as there was no way of accessing it.
Which definition of 'requires' were you using?
You'll find very few things are actually 'Unix', anyway, as that's a specific and vigorously defended trademark.
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Have you forgotten about Jon Johanson (DeCSS dude) already?
Sometimes they're not even given the choice of whether want to give a f*** or not.
FatPhil
"Additionally, I can't help but think that this book will sell alot of units of Mathematica"
o ts / nksx_10.gif
/., to say the least.
I think he's more interested in selling bucketloads of copies of his ANKOS "explorer", which is a cut-down versionof mathematica with just enough in it to be able to do all the weird and wacky simulations in the book.
Someone elsewhere said "he doesn't tackle 3D CA, as you can't print them". If that's the case, what's the explanation for
http://www.wolframscience.com/explorer/screensh
?
The Future initiatives, with their Lecture Tour could be taken two ways:
1) He's going to open himself to the questions of the public - which will inevitably involve some experts who will field "difficult" questions. Through this he hopes to placate the baying crowds, and reassure tehm he's no crank, he just wanted to do things "his way", so that he could be sure that everything was done just how he wanted. (That's what you've got money for, after all.)
2) It turns into a preaching session, where he shows us the one true way, and the power of his new science, and he gets very poor write-ups on
If he considers Helsinki a major enough European city, _and_ he doesn't try to turn this into a money-grabbing rally, then I shall try to see him here. I will be prepared to ask difficult questions, and I won't be happy if I'm not give the chance to.
FP.
You don't need to 'create' the snowflake, you simply need to model it. Newton's laws of gravity don't made apples fall, they _model_ apples falling. Einstein's special relativity doesn't cause Mercury to precess, it _models_ mercury's precession. Schroedinger, Heisenberg, Pauli, Fermi, Hawking, whoever, all they do is build models. The better the model the happier people are calling it a law. If the rules Wolfram presents (whether they are originally his or no, it doesn't matter) model what happens then they are as valid as any other model. If the models fail then they're not. Judge _after_ you've tested the model.
FP.
ARGH! That comes over as too negative.
I _do_ intend to buy this book, when I have the time and money, however, I shall treat it as _coffee-table_ science. I'm sure there's plenty in it to keep me amused.
I have been equally negative about e.g. Penrose (Emperor's New Mind) in the past, I'm not picking on Wolfram.
FatPhil
"It's too bad that more science isn't delivered this way."
Written by S. Wolfram,
Peer reviewed by noone,
Edited by S. Wolfram,
Published by S. Wolfram's company.
That's not the best route for 'science' to take in its delivery.
Having said that, I think one comment that seems to be applicable is the ancient "both new and interesting; that which is interesting isn't new, and that which is new isn't interesting" style quote. He's very bad ad giving credit to those who did so much before he was even in nappies.
FP.
Slashdot editor=
A shortest dildo...
... at sordid hotels.
Or shitted loads.
Sods loathe dirt.
FP.
I remember using gopher when that was the only available option. It was never a choice - it's a pants interface.
If I wanted to find something, then I always used _archie_ (because there were no search engines as such).
FP.
I'm not sure if they are the photos in question, but to be honest what I have I wouldn't call "pornographic material" (from the MS quote), or even "nude photos".
:-P
Here's a description of the two images I have
1) Official publicity shot, wearing black 2-piece bikini, crossing arms over chest
2) As above, but with bikini air-brushed out. The arms are still in place, and down below there's nothing but one of those censoring black dots, so that it _implies_ she's nude.
Can anyone confirm I have the right images?
No, I won't post a link.
Phil
} Alot of you guys may remember the BBS days.
/.-ers were born, I'm sure...
} (ah yes, I think i have my US Robotics 16.8
} HST modem somewhere still...)
A USR 14k4 was my third modem.
I remember BBS-ing ('The Gnome at Home') on a Prism 300/1500 baud (and bit-rate) half duplex modem on my ZX Spectrum. That was before a lot of
Hey, I'm allowed to bore you senseless - this is a JK story, and thus any comment, including first-spork ones, are more interesting than the article itself.
Oh - first spork?
FP.
"you shouldn't have to pay to avoid being attacked by shit like this."
You don't.
"And yes, it is an attack. I got hit with one of these at work"
You're lame then, and for some reason you want to publicise this fact. Strange.
FP.
The cynic in me says:
"He served pages with other addresses in them, the lame users then (by dint of the configuration of their lame browser) went off and _requested_ the porn adverts. And they got what they asked for."
In which case - suffer them.
It's not just Opera that can disable pop-ups. _Any_ browser that lets you disable executable content such as JavaScript does the job.
FP. (User of Opera and w3m)
For those not within easy reach of the Bible - here's the text your .sig refers to. (King James Authorised version)
:-)
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Brilliant! MS Passport all over. The following verse is of course the famous one...
Let he who has wisdom program for Linux
Anyway, back on topic - in these cases there's usually a cap per day in the penalties, so if the number of hits per day exceeds that the fine doesn't further increase.
FP.
It's called 'C++' because it has the value of C, but causes C to change.
FP.
As someone who lectured C++ back in 1993 and 1994, I can only say one thing...
... you're completely right.
I've not used Obj-C, but I sure know that the C++ of today is _half_ the language it used to be, when it only had half of the features.
FP.
Ever felt your hands are tied, eh?
However, she gets paid for proofing documents in MS format, that's what the sheep^Wmarket wants. Kill the competition and then you can genuinely say you're the most popular. Top in a list of one - marvelous. However, while there're 50000 geeks telling 50000 mates that there is an alternative, there's still hope.
Twice a day Linux will make me whoop, and NT will make me weep.
(I'm a developer/serious bodger)
Phil
Ditto - except that my g/f, a proofreader, needs the 'track changes' feature. One feature that forces me to keep one of my machines using MS's shite. Everything she gets is in some MS format, and ABIWord does read/write them correctly but doesn't track changes. :-)
Whether the latest version does or not, I'll find out, as soon as I can RTDA.
FP.
Nah, flame away. This is slashdot! :-)
:-)
:-)
I have no problem with people who can out-pedant me doing so!
I did find it very interesting, thanks a lot (I did know most of it, as I used to work in the computer imaging industry, ahh the joy of courses at Crossfield, I remember them all... NOT).
Toner inarguably contains pigment.
So while I can maintain pigment==ink (which was one of the quoted dictionary definitions) my argument holds!
Once you've written in ink on paper, and it dries, is that not still ink on the paper? Therefore the pigment is still called ink even when not in the liquid medium.
Heheh, so I'd still make the same argument again!
Phil
Where's the -1 Sheeesh, when you need it?
,V.1 /V.36/ISO4902, V.11/X.2 /ISO4903, V.35/ISO2593, Ethernet 10Base-T(Router/Bridge), EIA-530-A
Nokia, who make the thing seem to think it's a DSL. Search for "BB2M-EC" on www.nokia.com and you'll get:
Nokia BB2M-EC Baseband Modem
The Nokia BB2M-EC is a HDSL 2-wire baseband modem for 2.048 Mbit/s (E1) connections using one or two twisted
copper pair. It provides 2.048 Mbit/s data rate for full-and half-duplex applications using 2B1Q line coding
and echo canceling. For shorter line lengths, a 1-pair interface is provided. This unique feature on a 2 M bit/s modem is especially useful if the availability of subscriber lines is limited or the cost of the second line is high. The BB2M-EC uses Nokia proprietary technology that enables high performance.
The BB2M-EC can be used in the following applications:
- internet access
- links between workstations
- connections to access servers
- LAN interconnections
- links between access nodes
- composite links between multiplexers
Shortcuts:
Interfaces
Line Interfaces
Line code 2B1Q
Line interface 1- pair or 2- pair (2- wire or 4- wire)
DTE Interfaces
G.703/2M
Where's the -1 fuckwit when you need one?
Websters -
ink:
2. A pigment.
pigment:
n : dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)
i.e. toner is a dry ink.
FP.
"decimating the communications speed limit"
"reducing the communications bandwidth by some fraction".
By one tenth, to be precise. Hey, if you're going to nit-pick, go the whole way!
Your point is a good one, certainly.
FP.
(English nitpicker in exile)
"A DSL line is not set up the same way as a POTS line."
Mine is. OK it's set up the same way as 2 telephone lines, as I use 4-wire, but the modem has a 2-wire mode too. All the local telco had to do to get me connected to my ISP was clip 12 ends of wires into 12 wire-end clips (you can tell I work for a telecomms company). For this work they charged me ~$200.
FP.
When I worked for a telecomms consultancy a few years back I saw with a demonstration of 70Mb/s over standard POTS cable. There's _plenty_ of potential still in copper.
FP.
(Who runs 2Mb/s over 5.4km of 4-wire to his ISP using Nokia BB2M-EC, with the modems measuring quality A5, which is basically almost perfect, despite the spec saying the limit is 5.0km - I'm sure these babies will go up to 7 or 8km easily.)
"Unix REQUIRES /bin/sh."
/bin/sh, as there was no way of accessing it.
I wrote a 20 line serial terminal emulator once, and had that set up as init. As far as the lusers were concerned there was no
Which definition of 'requires' were you using?
You'll find very few things are actually 'Unix', anyway, as that's a specific and vigorously defended trademark.
FP.
I'm not fat, I'm merely continually regenerating.
FatPhil