umm... that doesn't exactly make sense. what the heck is so important about a black hole then? I mean, if you take that piece of paper, then burn it and burn it and burn it so that it's just a pile of ashes, and then throw that in acid, blah blah, the message would be effectively erased, right? or its not erased enough? anyone care to explain more?
I don't have a clue either... it just doesn't make sense. from the logic, it would be really really fun to do weird stuff--e.g. for all those guys who don't like nuclear weapons--just dump a copy of the specs into a black hole, and poof... all gone.
or something like that. maybe i'm just not awake.
then again, I really really really really screwed up in terms of my physics class... ugh. painful.
#0. if this was true, number theorists would be idiots:)
#1. the sieve of Eratosthenes.
#2. multiplying a couple primes and adding by 1 is not always a prime--it just isn't divisible by the primes that were used in computing the product. However, the primes may be primes, but that still wouldn't help much--you would still have to check whether they're primes or not.
"me too." the thing was a pain to uninstall--especially under win NT, where theres about 15 startup menus--eventually I think I just did a find shortcuts to the AIM exec on all the hard drives, and deleted all of them.
now that you mention it, thats almost exactly what I do for that linux file manager that starts up whenever GNOME (or wmaker) loads--attempted to get rid of it, but all I succeeded in doing is make two of'm appear... I gave up and deleted the stupid binary... at least that worked.
obligatory quote, stolen from fortune (can't believe no one has included this yet): THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #16: C- This language was named for the grade received by its creator when he submitted it as a class project in a graduate programming class. C- is best described as a "low-level" programming language. In fact, the language generally requires more C- statements than machine-code statements to execute a given task. In this respect, it is very similar to COBOL.
it wasn't emmett who wrote it. it was what brian copied from the linked web page. and that web page was taken from a science news article (links on comment #187)
Upon registration, you must select a password. You may not disclose your password to any third party.
most things about passwords are saying soemthing like "you should not", not may not, but the next line is funner:
We never ask you for your password by telephone or email, and you should not disclose it this way if someone asks you to do so.
self contradictory, eh? and then the next line...
There may be an additional charge to reissue lost passwords. Although we may offer a feature that allows you to "save" or "remember" your password on your hard drive, please note that third parties may be able to access your computer and thus your Account.
so if anyone cracks into your system, you will be breaking the agreement? thats funny. . . .
... and the hard drive/cdrom bus, and the video card, monitor (well, you can see the instlalation stuff on it), and... heh probably the only thing left is the case and the fan:-)
umm... putting it into the background (so you can ping almost instantaneously again). since your average ping takes 5 seconds, a loop that pings every 5 seconds isn't exactly very useful.
I mean, one moment you're going 'c'-0.000001 and all is peachy; the next moment, you're going 'c' and the very fundamentals of perception change? not true. when even approaching the speed of light, time slows down (relatively, of course). eg, that example, where you have two twins, one on earth and the other on a spacecraft going at maybe quarter(or half?) the speed of light. Then the guy on the spacecraft runs around for 1 year, gets homesick, and comes back to earth (taking another year). Only problem is that while he only aged by 2 years or so, his twin on earth has aged by a LONG time... or something like that:)
These (I think) are partially supported under linux, but the automagic turning on & off is not quite there yet. (You could write a cron script, but the point is to have them turn on & off with the computer off).
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umm... that doesn't exactly make sense. what the heck is so important about a black hole then? I mean, if you take that piece of paper, then burn it and burn it and burn it so that it's just a pile of ashes, and then throw that in acid, blah blah, the message would be effectively erased, right? or its not erased enough? anyone care to explain more?
or something like that. maybe i'm just not awake.
then again, I really really really really screwed up in terms of my physics class... ugh. painful.
note to moderators: this ain't redundant. the guy asked a question. and nobody replied yet. (i think)
#0. if this was true, number theorists would be idiots :)
#1. the sieve of Eratosthenes.
#2. multiplying a couple primes and adding by 1 is not always a prime--it just isn't divisible by the primes that were used in computing the product. However, the primes may be primes, but that still wouldn't help much--you would still have to check whether they're primes or not.
oh. and I hate number theory.
now that you mention it, thats almost exactly what I do for that linux file manager that starts up whenever GNOME (or wmaker) loads--attempted to get rid of it, but all I succeeded in doing is make two of'm appear... I gave up and deleted the stupid binary... at least that worked.
ya need two things: openssl, and the Lynx SSL Patch.
according to the web site, its number 2. It's also number 5, but hell... :-)
heh heh...
obligatory quote, stolen from fortune (can't believe no one has included this yet): THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #16: C- This language was named for the grade received by its creator when he submitted it as a class project in a graduate programming class. C- is best described as a "low-level" programming language. In fact, the language generally requires more C- statements than machine-code statements to execute a given task. In this respect, it is very similar to COBOL.
heck i usually just save the file, launch up a text editor, find the URL, and directly download the video from the URL. works great (usually).
Of course, what do I know? :)
it wasn't emmett who wrote it. it was what brian copied from the linked web page. and that web page was taken from a science news article (links on comment #187)
here.
moral: you better have a trustworthy admin
Upon registration, you must select a password. You may not disclose your password to any third party.
most things about passwords are saying soemthing like "you should not", not may not, but the next line is funner:
We never ask you for your password by telephone or email, and you should not disclose it this way if someone asks you to do so.
self contradictory, eh? and then the next line...
There may be an additional charge to reissue lost passwords. Although we may offer a feature that allows you to "save" or "remember" your password on your hard drive, please note that third parties may be able to access your computer and thus your Account.
so if anyone cracks into your system, you will be breaking the agreement? thats funny. . . .
... and the hard drive/cdrom bus, and the video card, monitor (well, you can see the instlalation stuff on it), and ... heh probably the only thing left is the case and the fan :-)
umm... putting it into the background (so you can ping almost instantaneously again). since your
average ping takes 5 seconds, a loop that pings
every 5 seconds isn't exactly very useful.
or heck, do this:
loop:
ping -f slashdot.org &
goto loop.
this'll screw everything up. heh.
ummmm... the speed of light isnt constant. and besides, it was light that went 300 times the speed of... ermm... normal light in a vacuum.
your comment probably gonna be mod'd as insightful. or something.
I mean, one moment you're going 'c'-0.000001 and all is peachy; the next moment, you're going 'c' and the very fundamentals of perception change? not true. when even approaching the speed of light, time slows down (relatively, of course). eg, that example, where you have two twins, one on earth and the other on a spacecraft going at maybe quarter(or half?) the speed of light. Then the guy on the spacecraft runs around for 1 year, gets homesick, and comes back to earth (taking another year). Only problem is that while he only aged by 2 years or so, his twin on earth has aged by a LONG time... or something like that :)
continuing the off-topic rant, I have to say that the moderators are screwed... now he's moderated as *funny*... ...
#include "comment_about_quake.h"
yes
These (I think) are partially supported under linux, but the automagic turning on & off is not quite there yet. (You could write a cron script, but the point is to have them turn on & off with the computer off).