The house across the street was recently demolished and it was quite a sight. The guys arrived with a big backhoe-type machine that had a large chomper on the end and they had the single-story house flattened in half an hour, with several more hours spend pulverizing the foundation. Fortunately I think they would probably require more proof of intent than a Craig's List posting. It definitely had me thinking of the possibility of someone using it for revenge. Heh, at one point when the owner arrived he made a joke about "Wrong house! It as the one next to it."
First they sued the companies their code came from. Then they sued their paying users. Now they're suing those who are discussing their suits. Next they will sue the world. Mwahahahahaha!
" It was a horrible forced invasion of personal space and ever since then I had been hoping that the FCC would not allow this to become a common occurrence."
So, hooray for goverment interference in private affairs? Seriously, if you don't want to hear idiots on their phones, don't patronize businesses who allow it. If there are enough of us, businesses will cater.
Yes. Whereas normal 6502 opcodes did things like OR a byte of memory with A and put the result in A, the undocumented ones that occurred based on the internal design would do things like AND the A and X registers, subtract an immediate value, then store the result in X, all in the same time it took for a simple NOP. The behavior was somewhat dependent on the particular manufacturer and phase of the moon, but I think some were actually used in software as optimizations.
"the cable companies have been running anti-neutrality ads trying to convince the public that the average consumer will be the one footing the bill for net neutrality."
The average consumer will be the one to foot the bill, and that's the way we want it. That gives us the power to decide how much bandwidth we want, and means it can be used for connecting to any site we choose, whether it's CNN.com or joesblog.com.
Yes, I remember that story too, and it still amazes me. By evolving it randomly, it can potentially take advantage of any aspect of the electronics it's running on, including ones we don't know about yet. I guess the only way to avoid having it do this is to run it in a virtual environment that doesn't allow it to evolve anything that uses non-specified aspects of the target hardware.
Let's call them what they really are: pocket computers that include communications functions. If they're still phones then so is my PC with a speaker and mic.
On the other hand, creativity also requires a lack of overwhelming complexity, which a messy work environment fosters. I have to regularly put things back in their place or I can't separate the important things from the mess. This applies to physical and virtual spaces.
"It is possible though just to use an old PC as the router, and a lot more flexible." And a lot more heat. A Linksys router with its little power brick has to generate a lot less heat than any old PC.
If global warming is endangered by hot air, let's start producing more of it and thereby stop global warming! Oh wait, it was just another miswritten headline.
"MacLeod likens this process to stretching a person's skin until it ruptures, exposing the flesh underneath. That's the most horrifying scientific analogy I've ever heard."
He must have recently seen goatse for the first time and still suffering after-effects.
"Like you said, one can "simply" look at the drive from a clean system. The problem is with rootkits that are only installed in RAM, while the system is running."
Duh! Just remove the RAM from the system and scan it. Oh, wait...
A bicycle makes much better use of human energy than a stationary cycle. It makes direct use of the force applied, and in many cases eliminates the need for a huge metal box and gasoline engine.
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The house across the street was recently demolished and it was quite a sight. The guys arrived with a big backhoe-type machine that had a large chomper on the end and they had the single-story house flattened in half an hour, with several more hours spend pulverizing the foundation. Fortunately I think they would probably require more proof of intent than a Craig's List posting. It definitely had me thinking of the possibility of someone using it for revenge. Heh, at one point when the owner arrived he made a joke about "Wrong house! It as the one next to it."
First they sued the companies their code came from. Then they sued their paying users. Now they're suing those who are discussing their suits. Next they will sue the world. Mwahahahahaha!
"CNN is reporting that the FCC has decided to keep a rule in place that would ban mobile phone usage on airplanes."
That would ban, or that already does ban? A few words can (mis)say lots.
" It was a horrible forced invasion of personal space and ever since then I had been hoping that the FCC would not allow this to become a common occurrence."
So, hooray for goverment interference in private affairs? Seriously, if you don't want to hear idiots on their phones, don't patronize businesses who allow it. If there are enough of us, businesses will cater.
Yes. Whereas normal 6502 opcodes did things like OR a byte of memory with A and put the result in A, the undocumented ones that occurred based on the internal design would do things like AND the A and X registers, subtract an immediate value, then store the result in X, all in the same time it took for a simple NOP. The behavior was somewhat dependent on the particular manufacturer and phase of the moon, but I think some were actually used in software as optimizations.
"the cable companies have been running anti-neutrality ads trying to convince the public that the average consumer will be the one footing the bill for net neutrality."
The average consumer will be the one to foot the bill, and that's the way we want it. That gives us the power to decide how much bandwidth we want, and means it can be used for connecting to any site we choose, whether it's CNN.com or joesblog.com.
"I smell a "Diebold sues California" /. headline coming."
/. headline first.
I smell another "Diebold sues Massachusetts"
You, sir, are not a cool person, because you don't use ultra-hip terms like SKU and merch (not an abbreviation).
Yes, I remember that story too, and it still amazes me. By evolving it randomly, it can potentially take advantage of any aspect of the electronics it's running on, including ones we don't know about yet. I guess the only way to avoid having it do this is to run it in a virtual environment that doesn't allow it to evolve anything that uses non-specified aspects of the target hardware.
Let's call them what they really are: pocket computers that include communications functions. If they're still phones then so is my PC with a speaker and mic.
"I know nothing will motivate me to use a company's products like having them SUE my ass."
Hey, it worked great for SCO! Oh, wait...
Your chaotic paragraphs might be one contributor.
On the other hand, creativity also requires a lack of overwhelming complexity, which a messy work environment fosters. I have to regularly put things back in their place or I can't separate the important things from the mess. This applies to physical and virtual spaces.
I was always trying to figure out why I've never broken any bones. Now I know why. Thanks!
Audio book? Boring. Give me the video game version of this article with some real-world dilemmas.
"It is possible though just to use an old PC as the router, and a lot more flexible."
And a lot more heat. A Linksys router with its little power brick has to generate a lot less heat than any old PC.
I just thought to make this posting and here it is on the screen, using a brain-computer interface called my hands and a keyboard.
If global warming is endangered by hot air, let's start producing more of it and thereby stop global warming! Oh wait, it was just another miswritten headline.
Before my ISP started selling my clicks, they were piling up all over my apartment. I welcome their new plan!
I would just like to offer an open-source alternative to your patented algorithm. Let's get updating our source immediately:
if (x != 0) {
Just in case that's patented, here are a few more alternatives:
if (x != (1-1)) {
if (x != (x != x)) {
if (!!x) {
"MacLeod likens this process to stretching a person's skin until it ruptures, exposing the flesh underneath. That's the most horrifying scientific analogy I've ever heard."
He must have recently seen goatse for the first time and still suffering after-effects.
The commonly-available "LINKSYS" Wi-Fi service won't be going away any time soon.
"Like you said, one can "simply" look at the drive from a clean system. The problem is with rootkits that are only installed in RAM, while the system is running."
Duh! Just remove the RAM from the system and scan it. Oh, wait...
"Now Windows Vienna will have a new "nanocoating" style, even less reflective than Vista!"
That's nothing; my old pre-OS X Mac already has that feature.
A bicycle makes much better use of human energy than a stationary cycle. It makes direct use of the force applied, and in many cases eliminates the need for a huge metal box and gasoline engine.