It's been suggested many times, and a few people have even done it (cleaning the attacker, that is -- I'm not aware of a patch-worm having been released).
The problem is that it's illegal. No matter how well meaning you are, no matter how much it helps the owners of the machines cleaned by the retaliation script/worm and the Net as a whole, it's still illegal and can get you in trouble. Like entering someone's parked car to turn off their headlights for them. (Sorry to use a computer/car analoy.)
There's really no reason for the roommate or the cd to be involved. You've got a computer right there. You can program it to adminster a totally unbiased test.
I can't find it now, but I remember reading about a program that did that, without the humming. Now, you can't expect people to input proper notes to such a program without humming (and even then you might not get it right), so they simplified it a bit. You only had to tell it whether each note was higher, lower, or the same as the previous one. The search routine obviously had very little to go on, but it supposedly worked pretty well none the less.
You need the sheet music for this, so it requires a bit more effort to set up than just collecting a bunch of mp3's, but the search algorithm itself is easy to write and efficient and the legal picture may be less ugly.
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The name comes from formal language theory. A rather terse introduction can be found in this PDF. Check out page 8 and see if anything looks familiar.
As for why this particular type of grammar/language is called regular, I guess it's just because it has the strictest rules of the four. --
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Oh, come one. Web companies don't keep their web updated, the cobbler's children always go barefoot, etc. All of that is indeed ironic, but it doesn't mean anything. --
Is this a troll or are you really as English-centric as you think we think you are?
When these people, who sell Suzuki cars in Iceland, ventured on the web, they naturally wanted to use the name of the company, "Suzuku bílar" as a domain name (without the space, of course): "suzukibílar.is". But they couldn't do it. DNS doesn't allow it. So they did what is usually done, and replaced the acute i with a regular i. This is kind of unfortunate because "bilar" means "breaks down" or "malfunctions".
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Blech! While I didn't think of it at the time, obviously these could have been written simply to put the data in separate files and add a wav header.
What I was getting at is that they weren't. See "I can play audio CDs perfectly; why is reading the CD into a file so difficult and prone to errors? It's just the same thing." in the cdparanoia faq. --
In other words, we'll continue to use synchronous processors for quite a while longer, and we will continue to judge their performance by their clock rate. --
Easy to solve. I have some electrical tape over all my LED's. They shine through a little, so I can still tell when they're on unless the room is very bright. --
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Or you could use a hybrid solution. "Open popups in tabs" in Galeon. Middle clicking still opens a new window.
* Self-configuration. New machines, network links, and resources should be automatically assimilated.
Think, man, think!
"Box", "hack".
Oooh, I'd like to hack her box, know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean?
It's been suggested many times, and a few people have even done it (cleaning the attacker, that is -- I'm not aware of a patch-worm having been released).
The problem is that it's illegal. No matter how well meaning you are, no matter how much it helps the owners of the machines cleaned by the retaliation script/worm and the Net as a whole, it's still illegal and can get you in trouble. Like entering someone's parked car to turn off their headlights for them. (Sorry to use a computer/car analoy.)
Acitive scripting off => no popups
Everybody, boycott Borders!
There's really no reason for the roommate or the cd to be involved. You've got a computer right there. You can program it to adminster a totally unbiased test.
The funny thing is, it would be illegal to help in this way.
You need the sheet music for this, so it requires a bit more effort to set up than just collecting a bunch of mp3's, but the search algorithm itself is easy to write and efficient and the legal picture may be less ugly.
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I read something that said 33 bits. Could they have come up with a more disappointing number?
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As for why this particular type of grammar/language is called regular, I guess it's just because it has the strictest rules of the four.
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Oh, come one. Web companies don't keep their web updated, the cobbler's children always go barefoot, etc. All of that is indeed ironic, but it doesn't mean anything.
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...unless their post starts with "I know I'll get modded down for this, but", in which case they get an instant +5, Insightful.
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So, what do you think needs to be improved in the kernel to address typical desktop user concerns?
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When these people, who sell Suzuki cars in Iceland, ventured on the web, they naturally wanted to use the name of the company, "Suzuku bílar" as a domain name (without the space, of course): "suzukibílar.is". But they couldn't do it. DNS doesn't allow it. So they did what is usually done, and replaced the acute i with a regular i. This is kind of unfortunate because "bilar" means "breaks down" or "malfunctions".
But I guess you don't see that as a problem. I mean, why can't these people just standardise on English?
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What I was getting at is that they weren't. See "I can play audio CDs perfectly; why is reading the CD into a file so difficult and prone to errors? It's just the same thing." in the cdparanoia faq.
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Eh, really? Then why were cdda2wav and cdparanoia written?
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Really? Google found it for me on about 2,510 pages.
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(I know. I just couldn't resist.)
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(Without this paragraph, I get "Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted.")
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I hear Microsoft uses void main() while open source coders prefer int main(int argc, char* argv[]), so no problem there :-P
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Only until Rasterman gets his hands on it.
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The familiar gigahertz.
In other words, we'll continue to use synchronous processors for quite a while longer, and we will continue to judge their performance by their clock rate.
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Easy to solve. I have some electrical tape over all my LED's. They shine through a little, so I can still tell when they're on unless the room is very bright.
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