Virus writers of course would never think of adding one byte to the end of their virus to make it match another file's checksum.
Same goes for just about every other calculation out there. They are designed to detect random errors, or simple differences between files, not to defeat deliberate crafting to match the metrics.
Why did they change the name to Captain Liberty? (Or was CL another character?)
It would be sad if the name American Maid died a death due to political correctness. It's perfect lameness is a great tease at the stupid naming conventions when writers try to be clever.
What we need to do in response to this is to keep pointing out publically that this type of behavior is morally repugnant. When it gets bad enough that reporters start stalking the CEO's of these companies (and any domestic governmental officials supporting the sales, as they often do) THEN we will see a change.
Though lesser in magnitude, it is the same negative sign on the morality scale as selling extermination chambers and torchure implementations.
Yes, a portable phone is nothing more than an evolution of the radio. Numerous important developments are in it, to be sure, but one could argue the first radio/battery strapped to Hercules' back was the first portable phone.
Actually, grok never really had a definition, which was kind of the point. That was sort of what it was like, although one had the feeling it involved more of the psychic abilities of the martians (learnable by humans, not innate) where one would get to know something more the way one knows a demon when one knows its True Name.
And let's not forget Heinlein's greatest fictional sexual conquest, his own gorgeous, red-haired mother, who he wailed on on a regular basis.
Of course, he used the argument that it was 2000 years ago, after all, and he couldn't even remember what she looked like, so he went for it when the chance arose.
> the StarTac (the first miniature flip phone) was
> specifically designed to look like a communicator
> from Star Trek
And that the rights to use "Star Trek" probably fell thru quickly. It seemed obvious to me when I first saw one, but one guy I know who got one (a PhD from MIT in EE) was surprised when I suggested that analogy. Go figure.
> Hey he probably stole them from a museum, thats why he needs to fence them.
At least until they start showing up on Antiques Road Show.
"See here, this is where someone poorly skilled with a soldering iron tried to insert a 'mod chip', as they were called. It would be worth much more without one. And you don't have the boxes or instruction booklets either."
I liked his 30,000-year old galactic history in Foundation, where researchers used theories of "Millenial depth" in how deeply into the past they had to go to be guaranteed of not finding soloutions to the problems they were researching...
> Remember that this was 1968, when they had to be
> animated by hand and matted in to the film.
And how would they know to simulate a computer's wireframe display before such a thing had been invented?
Nah, IIRC there had been graphical interfaces allowing drawing and animation before this point in time, indeed mid 50's. A simple vector display probably could have been done by any EE freshman back then at a major U (CS and CE probably being a ways away from establishment.)
In fact, look at how lame similar displays in Star Wars look today. Check out the famous tactical battle displays inside the Millenium Falcon as it escapes and the boys are manning the guns. By 1977 they could have done much better.
Ok, so he didn't invent the nuclear sub, merely the self-contained sub that could stay at sea, indeed underwater, for extended periods of time without having to refuel (coal, oil, wood, recharge batteries...)
It stayed sub-marine, so I'd say it was a success.
Anyhoo, a plane that took off and immediately crashed would be the first successful flight. The first successful landing, or redocking, would be another story...
> which tell of Alexander the Great in a proto-sub back in 356 BC
I was going to bring up Leonardo DaVinci, but why bother if beaten by almost 2 kiloyears.
Let's also not forget that much of the time, robots are used symbolically to explore humanity, not to extrapolate on a realistic scenario of what-if utility to humanity.
Poor little Speedy, kept running close to that volcano or puddle of lead or whatever it was, under order of the humans, until he got so close his self protection mechanism kicked in and he went away again, until he was far enough away, thus safe enough, that his protection threshold dropped below his obey-humans threshold and he headed in again.
I imagine a futuristic sex bot and Roseann Barr IV having much the same problem...
While freedom of speech is important in this country, you do realize your country is at war right now, with troops on the ground engaged in combat, don't you?
And you sit here otherwised engaged in light hearted banter, and have this vicious.sig.
Actually, portable phones have been around since WWII, maybe WWI for all I know. Yes, they were just "radio" phones, but a cell phone is just a radio phone too, really. The cell part is just fancy icing to make cooperation and movement easier.
> In conceptual terms or any other, it is a bit of
> a gap between so-called "genetic engineering" (by
> no stretch of the imagination is it engineering)
> as we know it today, and creating sentient
> non-human slaves by genetic tinkering.
We'll probably resurrect Lucy or a Neanderthal for this purpose before we get around to genetically engineering a smarter ape, much less a dog or cat.
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Virus writers of course would never think of adding one byte to the end of their virus to make it match another file's checksum.
Same goes for just about every other calculation out there. They are designed to detect random errors, or simple differences between files, not to defeat deliberate crafting to match the metrics.
Ok, how about asparagus? My mother was taught the plural was asparagi a long time ago, although m-w.com lists it as asparaguses.
Well, Jesus Christ.
Since we're making up the plural, why not use virii? It's more in the spirit than viruses.
Virii it is, then. Death to all viruses lovers.
The journey of a thousand light years begins with a single step.
Why did they change the name to Captain Liberty? (Or was CL another character?)
It would be sad if the name American Maid died a death due to political correctness. It's perfect lameness is a great tease at the stupid naming conventions when writers try to be clever.
What we need to do in response to this is to keep pointing out publically that this type of behavior is morally repugnant. When it gets bad enough that reporters start stalking the CEO's of these companies (and any domestic governmental officials supporting the sales, as they often do) THEN we will see a change.
Though lesser in magnitude, it is the same negative sign on the morality scale as selling extermination chambers and torchure implementations.
Yes, a portable phone is nothing more than an evolution of the radio. Numerous important developments are in it, to be sure, but one could argue the first radio/battery strapped to Hercules' back was the first portable phone.
Actually, grok never really had a definition, which was kind of the point. That was sort of what it was like, although one had the feeling it involved more of the psychic abilities of the martians (learnable by humans, not innate) where one would get to know something more the way one knows a demon when one knows its True Name.
And let's not forget Heinlein's greatest fictional sexual conquest, his own gorgeous, red-haired mother, who he wailed on on a regular basis.
Of course, he used the argument that it was 2000 years ago, after all, and he couldn't even remember what she looked like, so he went for it when the chance arose.
> the StarTac (the first miniature flip phone) was
> specifically designed to look like a communicator
> from Star Trek
And that the rights to use "Star Trek" probably fell thru quickly. It seemed obvious to me when I first saw one, but one guy I know who got one (a PhD from MIT in EE) was surprised when I suggested that analogy. Go figure.
Don't forget the occasional saliva-laden lesbian kiss.
I was so hoping that 7 would hook up with Janeway. It's clear Janeway's got some...deep feelings for her.
Let's not forget Uhura being back up to a "6 year old" level in only a few days of learning.
And the 8 year old in TNG who didn't wanna go to his "calculus" class.
> Hey he probably stole them from a museum, thats why he needs to fence them.
At least until they start showing up on Antiques Road Show.
"See here, this is where someone poorly skilled with a soldering iron tried to insert a 'mod chip', as they were called. It would be worth much more without one. And you don't have the boxes or instruction booklets either."
IIRC he did have a PhD in chemistry, not to be confused with Robert Heinlein's Chemical Engineer wife.
Or maybe I'm totally confused on all this...
I liked his 30,000-year old galactic history in Foundation, where researchers used theories of "Millenial depth" in how deeply into the past they had to go to be guaranteed of not finding soloutions to the problems they were researching...
> Remember that this was 1968, when they had to be
> animated by hand and matted in to the film.
And how would they know to simulate a computer's wireframe display before such a thing had been invented?
Nah, IIRC there had been graphical interfaces allowing drawing and animation before this point in time, indeed mid 50's. A simple vector display probably could have been done by any EE freshman back then at a major U (CS and CE probably being a ways away from establishment.)
In fact, look at how lame similar displays in Star Wars look today. Check out the famous tactical battle displays inside the Millenium Falcon as it escapes and the boys are manning the guns. By 1977 they could have done much better.
Ok, so he didn't invent the nuclear sub, merely the self-contained sub that could stay at sea, indeed underwater, for extended periods of time without having to refuel (coal, oil, wood, recharge batteries...)
It stayed sub-marine, so I'd say it was a success.
Anyhoo, a plane that took off and immediately crashed would be the first successful flight. The first successful landing, or redocking, would be another story...
> which tell of Alexander the Great in a proto-sub back in 356 BC
I was going to bring up Leonardo DaVinci, but why bother if beaten by almost 2 kiloyears.
Let's also not forget that much of the time, robots are used symbolically to explore humanity, not to extrapolate on a realistic scenario of what-if utility to humanity.
Poor little Speedy, kept running close to that volcano or puddle of lead or whatever it was, under order of the humans, until he got so close his self protection mechanism kicked in and he went away again, until he was far enough away, thus safe enough, that his protection threshold dropped below his obey-humans threshold and he headed in again.
I imagine a futuristic sex bot and Roseann Barr IV having much the same problem...
> WIAFM - Dubya Is A Fucking Moron
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While freedom of speech is important in this country, you do realize your country is at war right now, with troops on the ground engaged in combat, don't you?
And you sit here otherwised engaged in light hearted banter, and have this vicious
> He predicted portable phones (cell phones)
Actually, portable phones have been around since WWII, maybe WWI for all I know. Yes, they were just "radio" phones, but a cell phone is just a radio phone too, really. The cell part is just fancy icing to make cooperation and movement easier.
> In conceptual terms or any other, it is a bit of
> a gap between so-called "genetic engineering" (by
> no stretch of the imagination is it engineering)
> as we know it today, and creating sentient
> non-human slaves by genetic tinkering.
We'll probably resurrect Lucy or a Neanderthal for this purpose before we get around to genetically engineering a smarter ape, much less a dog or cat.
Could God create an orgasm so powerful even He would kneel to the Devil?
> I think the mineral was known as Inertron.
I thought Inertron was that magical element in the DC universe that corresponded to Adamantium (no, seriously) in the Marvel universe.