"all that shareware you registered in under 30 days"
Shareware is a form of degenerative IP protection that will lead the unsuspecting subject to use more and more free for use software, leading him in the dangerous path of Free Software, or even (God Prevents !) Copyleft, GPLed so called software !!!
The only way for us to protect America is to protect the poor Lusers and make it so that it is almost impossible for those Shareware to be found anywhere. We owe those poor souls the Joy and Happiness of well made EULA, such as already comfort all good users.
Bill Baxter - Subject: Not Open Source, I'm afraid. ( Feb 23, 2000, 00:01:50 ) Note that these releases are not open source. SCO retain rights to the source code. Maybe they even hope that some of their code will wind up in linux, so that they can then sue, and render the Linux license terms invalid. Or would they be that spiteful? My guess == yes.
Really a good hunch, this one...
But, even if they retain the rights, the fact they had them published publicly make the source open knowledge, no ?
"The optimism that followed the ratification of (the Vietnamese free-trade agreement) is slowly but surely replaced by deep concerns that the commitment of the United States to free trade only exists when it conveniently serves the interests of U.S. exporters," said Nguyen Huu Chi, an official with Vietnam's Ministry of Trade. "
Maybe the difference between catfish and computer chips isn't that big after all...
So, if you have an open blog; ppl can register and answer whatever they want.
"The reply should be made publicly available in a prominent place for a period of time (that) is at least equal to the period of time during which the contested information was publicly available, but, in any case, no less than for 24 hours." "
--Prominent... Like close to the offending comment, offering it the same exposure ?
â Hyperlinking to a reply is acceptable. "It may be considered sufficient to publish (the reply) or make available a link to it" from the spot of the original mention.
--ditto
â "So long as the contested information is available online, the reply should be attached to it, for example through a clearly visible link."
--ditto
â Long replies are fine. "There should be flexibility regarding the length of the reply, since there are (fewer) capacity limits for content than (there are) in off-line media."
-ditto
So, all I will do is add a small line at the bottom of my Blog that says "Whatever you say, someone else can answer if they feel compelled to!"... As in, a blog ?
well, he tried speaking his way through security people, which are known all around the world to come with an Engenner degree, an IQ certificate, and for some a paper certifying they are human...
also, it happened in March 2002, and people were a bit "touchy" at the time with airplane security and nail clippers, so imagine your reaction when you see the metal detector sparkling and the guy shouting "ARRRRgHH !!! Who cut my automated Pr0n Browser?!?
And those people will be the first to the wall when...Ahem,sorry, got taken for a bit there 8)
Of course some people will try and abuse the situation. And of course we shouldn't count on darwinism to get rid of them, because the rest of the plane will count in the casualties...
Maybe a frequency scanner should be used before takeoff, at a guess when the pretty lady (business and first class only, economy gets the crones) come to check my seatbelt is fastened... maybe she could use it in proximity mode and have it beep whenever she is within 2 meters on a radio signal?
Of course it's no problem to wait 10 minutes without working, but then... They only forbid use during takeoff and landing (true, those are critical moments), but does my laptop emits less radiation when we're 10 000 feet high ?
So all I want them is to get a practical answer...something is forbidden all the time (cell phones) and some things are not forbidden at all (laptops, GBA...)
But then, I can hammer myself to death before seeing MonstroCorps Incs do an educated move like that.
About the fonts, I can't tell a thing. Except maybe that some fonts are free... and possibly Tahoma too ? Check it yourself !
- "Linux users violating the EULA for the X-Box" 1/ EULA are Illegal in my country. 2/ This is MY Hardware. because I BOUGHT IT! I exchange my warranty against the right to do what I fu**ing want. It is my right. I could also buy a Compaq/HP/Dell computer and void my warranty by installing some Crucial memory. Its My computer.
-"if you are thinking of betting your business on Linux software, you had better think it over carefully, because if SCO should win, Linux will be out of business."
I seem to remember that SCO was suing IBM on some code for the 64 bits platform... I never heard them suing "Linux Inc"(sic)...and as far as I know, 32 bits linux are 90% of the "market"(sic)
-"And if SCO should lose, do you really think it is wise to bet your entire business on software that is supported by a community that promotes stealing and in fact is full of thieves?"
Well, basing my business on someone who is patently a Troll, that promotes "stealing" GPL code (use Linux API and don't share ur code...Thief, ain't you ?) is for sure the best way for me to succeed in the Big Boyz Playground.
BTW, I don't have any mod points. I nevertheless mod you down. Is there a way to filter some senders in Slash ? When I find the option, you go to the spam/trash bin.
Amadala is waiting for Anakin. She is bearing their child.
Suddenly, Anakin enters the room in his ThinkGeeks Ultimate BDSM Outfit (the black one, with Integral Protection and Exclusive VoiceBox).
He proposes her to engage in a sexual tournament where she will have to satisfy at the same time Anakin, Palatin and a laser saber.
She sharply reject him because his #AhEm# is too short. At the same time, the lightSaber, expertly manipulated by Palatin, gives her a second child.
Anakin, heartbroken, creates a BDSM startup called Empire.org, with Palatin as head designer, himself as role model, and zillions of Slashdoters join in the Party because they heard they would be given a white Trooper outfit and a Laser Gun.
Using the power of the Slash, Anakin DDOS the Republic and Roots the system, creating the basis for Empire.org.
Having crushed the Galaxy after a massive Advertising campaign, and ruined the Designer Clothes market because of his attachment to Black BDSM Contraption, he start a happy life with Palatin as Dominatrix.
His small BDSM Designer company now rules the Market, and wherever he goes he's met with hordes of followers that dress exclusivly in the Outfits he sells.
In the next episodes, we will see him trying to engage Jaba the Hut for more sexual Fantaisies, while a young Skywalker tries to enter the market with a so called "Street/Loose" clothing Style.
There, you see how you were mistaken on the scenario part ? 8p
Gosh, I do Hope the poor admin had regular backups 8)
Well, the game was trashed by people that took the time to get WELL into the system before trashing the hell out of it.
Like an "Organized" Attack...
I'm not implying anything, but who gets benefits from this ? Competitors ?
From the forums it seems users are quite unhappy, but then possibly the editor will have another chance, and deply the same "anti-cheat" tech as in Counter Strike and Quake...
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Why did we fight against the Imperial System ?
easy, look:
Measures of length After 1959, the U.S. and the British inch were defined identically for scientific work and were identical in commercial usage (however, the U.S. retained the slightly different survey inch for specialized surveying purposes). A similar situation existed for the U.S. and the British mass unit pound, and many relationships, such as 12 inches = 1 foot, 3 feet = 1 yard, and 1760 yards = 1 international mile, were the same in both countries; but there were some very important differences.
Measures of volume In the first place, the U.S. customary bushel and the U.S. gallon, and their subdivisions differed from the corresponding British Imperial units. Also the British ton is 2240 pounds, whereas the ton generally used in the United States is the short ton of 2000 pounds. The American colonists adopted the English wine gallon of 231 cubic inches. The English of that period used this wine gallon and they also had another gallon, the ale gallon of 282 cubic inches. In 1824, the British abandoned these two gallons when they adopted the British Imperial gallon, which they defined as the volume of 10 pounds of water, at a temperature of 62F, which, by calculation, is equivalent to 277.42 cubic inches. At the same time, they redefined the bushel as 8 gallons.
In the customary British system the units of dry measure are the same as those of liquid measure. In the United States these two are not the same, the gallon and its subdivisions are used in the measurement of liquids; the bushel, with its subdivisions, is used in the measurement of certain dry commodities. The U.S. gallon is divided into four liquid quarts and the U.S. bushel into 32 dry quarts. All the units of capacity or volume mentioned thus far are larger in the customary British system than in the U.S. system. But the British fluid ounce is smaller than the U.S. fluid ounce, because the British quart is divided into 40 fluid ounces whereas the U.S. quart is divided into 32 fluid ounces.
From this we see that in the customary British system an avoirdupois ounce of water at 62F has a volume of one fluid ounce, because 10 pounds is equivalent to 160 avoirdupois ounces, and 1 gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts, or 160 fluid ounces. This convenient relation does not exist in the U.S. system because a U.S. gallon of water at 62F weighs about 8 1/3 pounds, or 133 1/3 avoirdupois ounces, and the U.S. gallon is equivalent to 4 x 32, or 128 fluid ounces.
1 U.S. fluid ounce = 1.041 British fluid ounces 1 British fluid ounce = 0.961 U.S. fluid ounce 1 U.S. gallon = 0.833 British Imperial gallon 1 British Imperial gallon = 1.201 U.S. gallons
Measures of weight and mass Among other differences between the customary British and the United States measurement systems, we should note that they abolished the use of the troy pound in England January 6, 1879, they retained only the troy ounce and its subdivisions, whereas the troy pound is still legal in the United States, although it is not now greatly used. We can mention again the common use, for body weight, in England of the stone of 14 pounds, this being a unit now unused in the United States, although its influence was shown in the practice until World War II of selling flour by the barrel of 196 pounds (14 stone). In the apothecary system of liquid measure the British add a unit, the fluid scruple, equal to one third of a fluid drachm (spelled dram in the United States) between their minim and their fluid drachm.
In Great Britain, the yard, the avoirdupois pound, the troy pound, and the apothecaries pound are identical with the units of the same names used in the United States. The tables of British linear measure, troy mass, and apothecaries mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling "drachm" in the table of apothecaries mass. The table of British avoirdupois mass is the same as the United States table up to 1
Gosh ! First time I see someone divulging his ultra confidential business plan on/. Did you patent it first ? 8p
Now I'm waiting for the silly jokes...
btw a good solution to prevent this to work if implanted would be putting the kidnappee in one of those highly reflective emergency covers (the gold and silver ones)...
Also I can't begin to imagine what would have happened to me if my Mom had had access to this sort of tech 8(
Are we speaking of this world region where 1 licence is usually enough to cover the needs of thousands of servers ? THE Place where information, if not free, comes dirt cheap at 1$/cd ? And you tell me Microsoft is trying to cultivate it's business there ?
You mean, they sold a cluster and asked themselves why they didn't get that second Advanced Server Licence Order ? 8p
People that can think about Stellar IP, and assign an IP to the Moon, don't have to be afraid of the/. effect...
They just turn their DNS in such a way that your packets have to go to Saturn, Jupiter, Webhop in a small private Europa-Io-X firewall and then allow you access to 0.0.0.1:0.0.0.255 (Earth)
Hopefully, your lag will only be a couple centuries.
If the guy really want to be sure it becomes and stays public, all he has to do is declare his discovery as public, issue a written.nfo statement about GPL'ing all of it and dump his data on a few hundred servers...
Google cache and surfers mirrors will make the rest...
"Only Wimps make backup, real men post to an ftp and let people do the mirrors" Linus T, 24h before a full crash forced him to rewrite his kernel 8p
They can do the same, auo mutate, compare circuits topology using the game of life rules and "automatically" reconfigure and evolve to compare their results to an etalon measure.
=> Seem to remember a FPGA test where the goal was tone recognition. The FPGA was programmed to try and get a wave analysis and recognition tested against set rules.
After X generation, not only did the processor perform the deed asked, but had modified it's gate in a way even the engeneer that designed it didn't envision, separating itself in two separate and specialized components on the same chip.
Also to be noted that the interpretation of how the fpga actually worked could only be determined after the experiment by copyng the gates configuration and is still a matter of puzzlement... It was on slashdot last year, search yourself 8p
Slashdot Mirror
"all that shareware you registered in under 30 days"
Shareware is a form of degenerative IP protection that will lead the unsuspecting subject to use more and more free for use software, leading him in the dangerous path of Free Software, or even (God Prevents !) Copyleft, GPLed so called software !!!
The only way for us to protect America is to protect the poor Lusers and make it so that it is almost impossible for those Shareware to be found anywhere. We owe those poor souls the Joy and Happiness of well made EULA, such as already comfort all good users.
Your friend in the *AA.
I've dealt with him !
1-800-P I R A C Y... You've got a friend @ the BSA !
Bill Baxter - Subject: Not Open Source, I'm afraid. ( Feb 23, 2000, 00:01:50 )
Note that these releases are not open source. SCO retain rights to the source code. Maybe they even hope that some of their code will wind up in linux, so that they can then sue, and render the Linux license terms invalid. Or would they be that spiteful? My guess == yes.
Really a good hunch, this one...
But, even if they retain the rights, the fact they had them published publicly make the source open knowledge, no ?
"The optimism that followed the ratification of (the Vietnamese free-trade agreement) is slowly but surely replaced by deep concerns that the commitment of the United States to free trade only exists when it conveniently serves the interests of U.S. exporters," said Nguyen Huu Chi, an official with Vietnam's Ministry of Trade.
...
"
Maybe the difference between catfish and computer chips isn't that big after all
are said to have been constructed in relation to planet positions and stellar geometry.
And, in effect, if you see at the way pyramids are spred in the desert, you can see a resemblance with a constellation...
So, maybe your hunch was closer to the target than you think...8)
Being at the :
"End Of Business Sale Today---
Today we auction the Remains of SCO Inc.
The first item is The Complete and Uncut Source Code for System V...
1$ ? I see 1 $ ?
50 Cents ?
????
25?
A dime ?
A Dime it is !!!!
Another Auction won by the geeky guy with the Free Beers and the " My name is Linus" T-shirt !!!"
So, if you have an open blog; ppl can register and answer whatever they want.
"The reply should be made publicly available in a prominent place for a period of time (that) is at least equal to the period of time during which the contested information was publicly available, but, in any case, no less than for 24 hours." "
--Prominent... Like close to the offending comment, offering it the same exposure ?
â Hyperlinking to a reply is acceptable. "It may be considered sufficient to publish (the reply) or make available a link to it" from the spot of the original mention.
--ditto
â "So long as the contested information is available online, the reply should be attached to it, for example through a clearly visible link."
--ditto
â Long replies are fine. "There should be flexibility regarding the length of the reply, since there are (fewer) capacity limits for content than (there are) in off-line media."
-ditto
So, all I will do is add a small line at the bottom of my Blog that says "Whatever you say, someone else can answer if they feel compelled to!"...
As in, a blog ?
A bloody freak 8p
well, he tried speaking his way through security people, which are known all around the world to come with an Engenner degree, an IQ certificate, and for some a paper certifying they are human...
also, it happened in March 2002, and people were a bit "touchy" at the time with airplane security and nail clippers, so imagine your reaction when you see the metal detector sparkling and the guy shouting "ARRRRgHH !!! Who cut my automated Pr0n Browser?!?
On that one I have to agree.
And those people will be the first to the wall when...Ahem,sorry, got taken for a bit there 8)
Of course some people will try and abuse the situation. And of course we shouldn't count on darwinism to get rid of them, because the rest of the plane will count in the casualties...
Maybe a frequency scanner should be used before takeoff, at a guess when the pretty lady (business and first class only, economy gets the crones) come to check my seatbelt is fastened... maybe she could use it in proximity mode and have it beep whenever she is within 2 meters on a radio signal?
Of course it's no problem to wait 10 minutes without working, but then... They only forbid use during takeoff and landing (true, those are critical moments), but does my laptop emits less radiation when we're 10 000 feet high ?
So all I want them is to get a practical answer...something is forbidden all the time (cell phones) and some things are not forbidden at all (laptops, GBA...)
But then, I can hammer myself to death before seeing MonstroCorps Incs do an educated move like that.
Now how do you cope with flight attendant that ask you to stop your Gamegear/Gameboy/Palm ?
All electronic devices ? I mean, I have to rip off my digital watch everytime I get within 2 miles of the Airport?
I don't know how much radiation my palm Vx is emitting, but if it is enough to trouble the plane electronics, I'll reverse to walking/driving...
Better yet, if I got Heart Implant, or Insuline pump, I just see myself beginning major surgery on myself just before take off...
There has to be a limit to what is forbidden.
They could also use a small cell canceller aboard and start it with the engines...if the canceller isn't too dangerous for their equipment, that is...
Ogg, used as en encapsulating format, allows you to put ANYTHING (Divx,SVCD,MP3,MP4,WhatTheHell) and have it used as an ogg file.
That's how men Fansub groups makes releases including a 4 subtitles choice with a nice XVID compressed video stream.
Now, I don't say AAC don't do that. Just thatOgg is quite a universal standard.
Also, the point is CHOICE. I want to choose the format I want and play it wherever I want, not Wherever I can..
About the fonts, I can't tell a thing.
Except maybe that some fonts are free... and possibly Tahoma too ? Check it yourself !
- "Linux users violating the EULA for the X-Box"
1/ EULA are Illegal in my country.
2/ This is MY Hardware. because I BOUGHT IT! I exchange my warranty against the right to do what I fu**ing want.
It is my right.
I could also buy a Compaq/HP/Dell computer and void my warranty by installing some Crucial memory. Its My computer.
-"if you are thinking of betting your business on Linux software, you
had better think it over carefully, because if SCO should win, Linux
will be out of business."
I seem to remember that SCO was suing IBM on some code for the 64 bits platform... I never heard them suing "Linux Inc"(sic)...and as far as I know, 32 bits linux are 90% of the "market"(sic)
-"And if SCO should lose, do you really think it is wise to bet your
entire business on software that is supported by a community that
promotes stealing and in fact is full of thieves?"
Well, basing my business on someone who is patently a Troll, that promotes "stealing" GPL code (use Linux API and don't share ur code...Thief, ain't you ?) is for sure the best way for me to succeed in the Big Boyz Playground.
BTW, I don't have any mod points. I nevertheless mod you down.
Is there a way to filter some senders in Slash ? When I find the option, you go to the spam/trash bin.
Amadala is waiting for Anakin. She is bearing their child.
Suddenly, Anakin enters the room in his ThinkGeeks Ultimate BDSM Outfit (the black one, with Integral Protection and Exclusive VoiceBox).
He proposes her to engage in a sexual tournament where she will have to satisfy at the same time Anakin, Palatin and a laser saber.
She sharply reject him because his #AhEm# is too short. At the same time, the lightSaber, expertly manipulated by Palatin, gives her a second child.
Anakin, heartbroken, creates a BDSM startup called Empire.org, with Palatin as head designer, himself as role model, and zillions of Slashdoters join in the Party because they heard they would be given a white Trooper outfit and a Laser Gun.
Using the power of the Slash, Anakin DDOS the Republic and Roots the system, creating the basis for Empire.org.
Having crushed the Galaxy after a massive Advertising campaign, and ruined the Designer Clothes market because of his attachment to Black BDSM Contraption, he start a happy life with Palatin as Dominatrix.
His small BDSM Designer company now rules the Market, and wherever he goes he's met with hordes of followers that dress exclusivly in the Outfits he sells.
In the next episodes, we will see him trying to engage Jaba the Hut for more sexual Fantaisies, while a young Skywalker tries to enter the market with a so called "Street/Loose" clothing Style.
There, you see how you were mistaken on the scenario part ? 8p
"It could be a sitcom or something completely different"
A SimsCom ?
"COMING SOON - Kerosene fuelled afterburner/sausage sizzler!"
Lol
Armaggedon !!!
Gosh, I do Hope the poor admin had regular backups 8)
Well, the game was trashed by people that took the time to get WELL into the system before trashing the hell out of it.
Like an "Organized" Attack...
I'm not implying anything, but who gets benefits from this ? Competitors ?
From the forums it seems users are quite unhappy, but then possibly the editor will have another chance, and deply the same "anti-cheat" tech as in Counter Strike and Quake...
Why did we fight against the Imperial System ?
:
easy, look
Measures of length
After 1959, the U.S. and the British inch were defined identically for scientific work and were identical in commercial usage (however, the U.S. retained the slightly different survey inch for specialized surveying purposes). A similar situation existed for the U.S. and the British mass unit pound, and many relationships, such as 12 inches = 1 foot, 3 feet = 1 yard, and 1760 yards = 1 international mile, were the same in both countries; but there were some very important differences.
Measures of volume
In the first place, the U.S. customary bushel and the U.S. gallon, and their subdivisions differed from the corresponding British Imperial units. Also the British ton is 2240 pounds, whereas the ton generally used in the United States is the short ton of 2000 pounds. The American colonists adopted the English wine gallon of 231 cubic inches. The English of that period used this wine gallon and they also had another gallon, the ale gallon of 282 cubic inches. In 1824, the British abandoned these two gallons when they adopted the British Imperial gallon, which they defined as the volume of 10 pounds of water, at a temperature of 62F, which, by calculation, is equivalent to 277.42 cubic inches. At the same time, they redefined the bushel as 8 gallons.
In the customary British system the units of dry measure are the same as those of liquid measure. In the United States these two are not the same, the gallon and its subdivisions are used in the measurement of liquids; the bushel, with its subdivisions, is used in the measurement of certain dry commodities. The U.S. gallon is divided into four liquid quarts and the U.S. bushel into 32 dry quarts. All the units of capacity or volume mentioned thus far are larger in the customary British system than in the U.S. system. But the British fluid ounce is smaller than the U.S. fluid ounce, because the British quart is divided into 40 fluid ounces whereas the U.S. quart is divided into 32 fluid ounces.
From this we see that in the customary British system an avoirdupois ounce of water at 62F has a volume of one fluid ounce, because 10 pounds is equivalent to 160 avoirdupois ounces, and 1 gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts, or 160 fluid ounces. This convenient relation does not exist in the U.S. system because a U.S. gallon of water at 62F weighs about 8 1/3 pounds, or 133 1/3 avoirdupois ounces, and the U.S. gallon is equivalent to 4 x 32, or 128 fluid ounces.
1 U.S. fluid ounce = 1.041 British fluid ounces
1 British fluid ounce = 0.961 U.S. fluid ounce
1 U.S. gallon = 0.833 British Imperial gallon
1 British Imperial gallon = 1.201 U.S. gallons
Measures of weight and mass
Among other differences between the customary British and the United States measurement systems, we should note that they abolished the use of the troy pound in England January 6, 1879, they retained only the troy ounce and its subdivisions, whereas the troy pound is still legal in the United States, although it is not now greatly used. We can mention again the common use, for body weight, in England of the stone of 14 pounds, this being a unit now unused in the United States, although its influence was shown in the practice until World War II of selling flour by the barrel of 196 pounds (14 stone). In the apothecary system of liquid measure the British add a unit, the fluid scruple, equal to one third of a fluid drachm (spelled dram in the United States) between their minim and their fluid drachm.
In Great Britain, the yard, the avoirdupois pound, the troy pound, and the apothecaries pound are identical with the units of the same names used in the United States. The tables of British linear measure, troy mass, and apothecaries mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling "drachm" in the table of apothecaries mass. The table of British avoirdupois mass is the same as the United States table up to 1
4. Profit.
/.
Gosh ! First time I see someone divulging his ultra confidential business plan on
Did you patent it first ? 8p
Now I'm waiting for the silly jokes...
btw a good solution to prevent this to work if implanted would be putting the kidnappee in one of those highly reflective emergency covers (the gold and silver ones)...
Also I can't begin to imagine what would have happened to me if my Mom had had access to this sort of tech 8(
MAME.
It works. It preserved 1200+ games, some of which are now crumbling silicon from the 70s.
When the dreamcast will be 30 years old (or just 20...) then we can speak about preservation.
And if you REALLY enjoy Saturn, grasp a source code and help them.
As I OWN Tekken3, and some other games that survived my PS1, the coming of an emulator is all I want.
+ the guy distributes source, not bins...
Are we speaking of this world region where 1 licence is usually enough to cover the needs of thousands of servers ? THE Place where information, if not free, comes dirt cheap at 1$/cd ?
And you tell me Microsoft is trying to cultivate it's business there ?
You mean, they sold a cluster and asked themselves why they didn't get that second Advanced Server Licence Order ? 8p
People that can think about Stellar IP, and assign an IP to the Moon, don't have to be afraid of the /. effect...
They just turn their DNS in such a way that your packets have to go to Saturn, Jupiter, Webhop in a small private Europa-Io-X firewall and then allow you access to 0.0.0.1:0.0.0.255 (Earth)
Hopefully, your lag will only be a couple centuries.
Sue You, MoThugz, I gonna bust you !
If the guy really want to be sure it becomes and stays public, all he has to do is declare his discovery as public, issue a written .nfo statement about GPL'ing all of it and dump his data on a few hundred servers...
Google cache and surfers mirrors will make the rest...
"Only Wimps make backup, real men post to an ftp and let people do the mirrors" Linus T, 24h before a full crash forced him to rewrite his kernel 8p
gosh, someone gives me a few Tera byte storage and a link to their network 8(
FPGA.
They can do the same, auo mutate, compare circuits topology using the game of life rules and "automatically" reconfigure and evolve to compare their results to an etalon measure.
=> Seem to remember a FPGA test where the goal was tone recognition. The FPGA was programmed to try and get a wave analysis and recognition tested against set rules.
After X generation, not only did the processor perform the deed asked, but had modified it's gate in a way even the engeneer that designed it didn't envision, separating itself in two separate and specialized components on the same chip.
Also to be noted that the interpretation of how the fpga actually worked could only be determined after the experiment by copyng the gates configuration and is still a matter of puzzlement... It was on slashdot last year, search yourself 8p