This is why the pace of technological growth is slowing. 50 years ago, people would have looked at this and thought, wow, we can bbq live steak, and it won't try to run away. Those people had ideas, big ideas. They looked at nuclear bombs and thought "Hey, we could get rid of those mountains blocking our view". That is the spirit of innovation that drives true progress...
shhh! There are lots of jobs at stake here. The 'methodology of the month' is little different from the patent medicine scams of 100 years ago. Just smile and be glad you passed on that nice juicy worm. Next time, it might be you dangling from a hook.
duh. The fungus is caused by the copper; the lack of spinach is an allegory to the poor thermal effect of the el-cheapo heat exchanger. Haven't you ever taken acid?
It is a hilarious moment. All these governments, denying either the occurrence of warming, declining ice sheets, etc... simultaneously being mad to strike claims in an area that everyone has tried to ignore for a few hundred years.
Have you ever received a letter, or a note penned on the inside cover of a card? Writing has an aesthetic that is missing in hand printing, or electro-mechanical rendering. It wasn't for lack of imagination that emoticons didn't arrive until computers; it was a lack of necessity.
I appreciate a written note, or card; it shows that they have taken the time to at least write my name, and perhaps had a thought about me while they did it. That is what writing is for.
The last paragraph of the article describes introducing the emus and ostriches to test the hypothesis. By doing so, he will extend the usefulness of this adaptation.
When I see this artificial brian playing duke-nuke-em-forever on an Apple Tablet, I'll be the #1 cheerleader. Now, back to this overpowered adding machine....
that little voice inside my head that keeps asking 'is there room for one more' is really saying 'you are stupid'? I took a vote on this and 3/4s of me think its the shrinks that are stupid; the other 3/8s are demanding a recount.
and when your kids are old enough not to eat them, some iron filings. If they ever get bored with the magnet (who could, really), get a magnifying glass. Continue on this thread. Only drop to celebrities when ADD takes hold.
That people volunteer to shop at Walmart is sufficient evidence of programming. Every time I go to a {Walmart, Best Buy,...} I have a feeling that I'm the butt of a joke to see how much dignity you will resign for a couple of bucks. Kind of like a reality version of The Price Is Right in your own neighbourhood. Maybe I took too much acid.
* eWEEK, November 2002, "Waiting for the Mac Tablet":
"It's my strong belief - let's call it a hunch - that prototype Mac tablets are already making the rounds among select developers." * Engadget, May 2005, "Apple's patented the Tablet Mac"
"[Tablet-Mac rumors] became substantiated today when Apple's secret plans for a tablet PC were... revealed. * CutMeLoose.com, May 2005, "Apple Tablet PC sightings"
"I have no less than 5 sources saying an Apple Tablet announcement is due soon." * Cnet UK, November 2007, "Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus"
"You can bet your bottom dollar [a tablet Mac] is being built as you read this." * Mac|Life, January 2008, "The Apple Tablet Mac: 8 Reasons It's Gonna Happen"
"The tablet rumor has been around for the last couple years, but now, all the ducks are in a row." * ZDNet, May 2008, "Tablet Mac coming this fall"
"A little birdy tells me that Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch tablet in the fall of this year." * Wired, July 2008, "Apple to Launch MacBook Touch?"
"The blogosphere is aflutter with rumors of a touchscreen Mac tablet." * Industry Standard, December 2008, "Apple announces Mac tablet at Macworld 2009?"
"Could this 6 year old rumor finally come true?"
I used them in school in the 80s; know about channels, VMs, CICS, MVS etc... but what makes them a distinct entity? How is an E10K not a mainframe? Is it just EBCDIC and old system software?
If it is just EBCDIC and old system software; shouldn't the article read "even IBM can't figure out how their computers work", at least as a byline?
COBOL is just another language; any poor sod that had their head stuffed into the C++/JAVA/C# grinder should find it a welcome break. A bit like a tricycle rather than an oceanliner, but a vehicle that can actually move.
the underlying concepts of operating system design...
What does that mean? Is the default home page is a blue screen?
I'm happy to slag microsofts sloppy lazy monopolistic crapware with the best of them; but microsoft research have produced some remarkable works. What is this crap? Research = repackaging with provocative, if meaningless, buzzwords? Was this from microsoft market research?
Wouldn't it be cool to have a protocol where throughput was not indirectly proportional to delay? The more {comcast,bell,...} throttled your pirate^Wtorrent, the faster it got. If you could combine this with a protocol where latency was inversely proportional to bandwidth, just by unplugging you could have an infinite throughput, zero latency network. How cool is that!
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This is why the pace of technological growth is slowing. 50 years ago, people would have looked at this and thought, wow, we can bbq live steak, and it won't try to run away.
Those people had ideas, big ideas. They looked at nuclear bombs and thought "Hey, we could get rid of those mountains blocking our view".
That is the spirit of innovation that drives true progress...
wow, modded down and taken seriously. Maybe there should be a homer emoticon for the clueless....
that phone can't do.
shhh! There are lots of jobs at stake here. The 'methodology of the month' is little different from the patent medicine scams of 100 years ago. Just smile and be glad you passed on that nice juicy worm. Next time, it might be you dangling from a hook.
duh. The fungus is caused by the copper; the lack of spinach is an allegory to the poor thermal effect of the el-cheapo heat exchanger. Haven't you ever taken acid?
I don't think IBM has any either; and they won't be happy until nobody does.
Would the correct protocol be to give a broken electronic gadget in about 6 weeks?
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Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years.
It is a hilarious moment. All these governments, denying either the occurrence of warming, declining ice sheets, etc... simultaneously being mad to strike claims in an area that everyone has tried to ignore for a few hundred years.
Have you ever received a letter, or a note penned on the inside cover of a card? Writing has an aesthetic that is missing in hand printing, or electro-mechanical rendering. It wasn't for lack of imagination that emoticons didn't arrive until computers; it was a lack of necessity.
I appreciate a written note, or card; it shows that they have taken the time to at least write my name, and perhaps had a thought about me while they did it. That is what writing is for.
The last paragraph of the article describes introducing the emus and ostriches to test the hypothesis. By doing so, he will extend the usefulness of this adaptation.
obviously bash; it is competing with perl for title of largest dumping ground...
When I see this artificial brian playing duke-nuke-em-forever on an Apple Tablet, I'll be the #1 cheerleader. Now, back to this overpowered adding machine....
Maaybe, by guiding them to other platforms, this is a great way to support independent game developers. Sometimes a kick in the ass can set your free.
that little voice inside my head that keeps asking 'is there room for one more' is really saying 'you are stupid'? I took a vote on this and 3/4s of me think its the shrinks that are stupid; the other 3/8s are demanding a recount.
Daarrin Reed, is that you?
This is an ex-parrot.
I keep getting told I can increase the number of doughnuts I can carry, but never gave much thought to it..
and when your kids are old enough not to eat them, some iron filings. If they ever get bored with the magnet (who could, really), get a magnifying glass. Continue on this thread. Only drop to celebrities when ADD takes hold.
That people volunteer to shop at Walmart is sufficient evidence of programming. Every time I go to a {Walmart, Best Buy, ...} I have a feeling that I'm the butt of a joke to see how much dignity you will resign for a couple of bucks. Kind of like a reality version of The Price Is Right in your own neighbourhood. Maybe I took too much acid.
[ credits to Rik Myslewski at the register]:
* eWEEK, November 2002, "Waiting for the Mac Tablet": ... revealed.
"It's my strong belief - let's call it a hunch - that prototype Mac tablets are already making the rounds among select developers."
* Engadget, May 2005, "Apple's patented the Tablet Mac"
"[Tablet-Mac rumors] became substantiated today when Apple's secret plans for a tablet PC were
* CutMeLoose.com, May 2005, "Apple Tablet PC sightings"
"I have no less than 5 sources saying an Apple Tablet announcement is due soon."
* Cnet UK, November 2007, "Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus"
"You can bet your bottom dollar [a tablet Mac] is being built as you read this."
* Mac|Life, January 2008, "The Apple Tablet Mac: 8 Reasons It's Gonna Happen"
"The tablet rumor has been around for the last couple years, but now, all the ducks are in a row."
* ZDNet, May 2008, "Tablet Mac coming this fall"
"A little birdy tells me that Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch tablet in the fall of this year."
* Wired, July 2008, "Apple to Launch MacBook Touch?"
"The blogosphere is aflutter with rumors of a touchscreen Mac tablet."
* Industry Standard, December 2008, "Apple announces Mac tablet at Macworld 2009?"
"Could this 6 year old rumor finally come true?"
I used them in school in the 80s; know about channels, VMs, CICS, MVS etc... but what makes them a distinct entity? How is an E10K not a mainframe? Is it just EBCDIC and old system software?
If it is just EBCDIC and old system software; shouldn't the article read "even IBM can't figure out how their computers work", at least as a byline?
COBOL is just another language; any poor sod that had their head stuffed into the C++/JAVA/C# grinder should find it a welcome break. A bit like a tricycle rather than an oceanliner, but a vehicle that can actually move.
the underlying concepts of operating system design...
What does that mean? Is the default home page is a blue screen?
I'm happy to slag microsofts sloppy lazy monopolistic crapware with the best of them; but microsoft research have produced some remarkable works. What is this crap? Research = repackaging with provocative, if meaningless, buzzwords? Was this from microsoft market research?
H Spencer long ago coined the razor "Those who don't understand UNIX are forced to re-invent it, badly".
Wouldn't it be cool to have a protocol where throughput was not indirectly proportional to delay? The more {comcast,bell,...} throttled your pirate^Wtorrent, the faster it got. If you could combine this with a protocol where latency was inversely proportional to bandwidth, just by unplugging you could have an infinite throughput, zero latency network. How cool is that!