One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is also no problem about changing the course of history - the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end.
The major problem is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is further complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations whilst you are actually travelling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own father or mother.
Most readers get as far as the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up: and in fact in later editions of the book all the pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over this tangle of academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the term "Future Perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered not to be.
yes we have our poor. but by comparison, our poor don't suffer like say in Rio de Janeiro.
Of course they don't. If your country did not suck out so much money from us our poor wouldn't be so hopeless.
nuked japan, uh pearl harbor, num nuts. and by the way, an invasion would have cost 10 million lives
Oh, such a good excuse. At least they would have a choice, and the children of the survivors wouldn't have any genetic problems because of that. And their land wouldn't be irradiated.
america is not perfect
I hate that term.
did we drop more food than bombs on afghanistan
Ah, hipocrisy... it's not like the dead will care, anyway.
Can't you americans understand that you should not meddle with other countries matters? I would gladly pick up an AK-47 and start shooting americans if your country decided to invade mine. Let them solve their own problems. But the fact is that you couldn't care less; all invasions were and are being done for other reasons(profit, overthrow a government not subordinated to the US, the list goes on); it's not charity.
oh lastly this, i see where the brazilians are electing a former communist guerilla. nice.
And your point is? Is communism a bad word? And like you said, a former communist.
And what would you prefer? A person like José Serra? To perpetuate the current goverment and sink our country even deeper in the mud so that yours can get richer? No, thanks. I prefer the communist.
Oh, and by the way, we are not arguing about your choice of president. Don't argue with ours, its our option, and will affect the future of our country. You have nothing to do with it.
Personally, I think that anyone who has spend more than 1 minute to vote on those things shouldn't be allowed to vote AT ALL (apart from old people, of course).
I want something like an "ACCESS DENIED. TOO DUMB TO VOTE" error message.
Picture this: if a person takes 1 minute to vote, and there are 30 in front of you in the line, that means at least a 30 minute wait.
Oh, and the print backup system is experimental. Just a handful of voting places have it.
Dammit! Those people can't use a telephone too? It's the same, plus 3 buttons.
I took less than 30 sec to vote, but I'm sure I could do even faster if I wanted to. Did my part to help those poor souls still in the line.
You know... It's too easy to be famous these days... just start any weird project and put an "Open Source" and "Linux Compatible" or "Microsoft Free" on it.
You mean... Open Source controlled satelites? What is next? Open Source ARM-Controlled inflatable dolls?
Yes, but that should only happen if you're updating all the layers simultaneously. There's no such thing as refresh for LCD screens. Of course, all LCD screens I know of use ordinary analog connectors, but that will change should new technologies like this become available.
After all, why have a video card send sync signals if they're not used for LCD?
DOSEMU is cool, since now it's stable enough, and most compatbility issues have been solved. But the title everyone today wants to play is not U1-8, it's Ultima Online! There's a linux port of the client, but it's statically linked and I can't seem to find the right libraries. But it doesn't matter, because with every path Origin changes the encription scheme, so it won't work. I've been able to run it using WINE. If you disable sound and music it works pretty well(even more stable). But it gives an "alien-like" feeling to run it under wine...
Does anyone knows if there is any standard for laptops? I mean, the keyboard, display and HD connections? I've noticed that some notebooks from NEC and Toshiba have the same keyboard connector. I've also been able to get the HD's pinouts(they're just IDE discs with different connectors, they'll require some soldering). If there's any(even if unnoficial), we could easily pick old parts in a trash can and assemble a terminal(but not so dumb, eh?). I have a 386/16Mhz beast whose power suppy circuits failed. As these are embedded in the motherboard I'm unable to use it anymore. However, it has a good(albeit monocrome) display, a good(for a laptop, and small) keyboard and a small HD. Since I also have some standard 486's and 386's motherboards, I wonder if I can be able to connect those things to create a new pc, if they follow the same standards.
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One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that
of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no
problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a
broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is
also no problem about changing the course of history - the course
of history does not change because it all fits together like a
jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things
they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the
end.
The major problem is quite simply one of grammar, and the main
work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time
Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you
for instance how to describe something that was about to happen
to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward
two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described
differently according to whether you are talking about it from
the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the
further future, or a time in the further past and is further
complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations whilst
you are actually travelling from one time to another with the
intention of becoming your own father or mother.
Most readers get as far as the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified
Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up:
and in fact in later editions of the book all the pages beyond
this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over this
tangle of academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the
term "Future Perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered
not to be.
Actually, I'm trying just that as a home project. I've got one older laptop which it's lighbulb has given up the ghost and I can't seem to replace it.
I'm just waiting for my high power leds to arrive...
On the plus side, no more tube breakage.
The poster meant that the SOLAR WIND particles hit the collectors at seveal KM/s
Maybe some slashdotters should learn how to read properly.
What is it?
That you can't hear anything in space?
yes we have our poor. but by comparison, our poor don't suffer like say in Rio de Janeiro.
Of course they don't. If your country did not suck out so much money from us our poor wouldn't be so hopeless.
nuked japan, uh pearl harbor, num nuts. and by the way, an invasion would have cost 10 million lives
Oh, such a good excuse. At least they would have a choice, and the children of the survivors wouldn't have any genetic problems because of that. And their land wouldn't be irradiated.
america is not perfect
I hate that term.
did we drop more food than bombs on afghanistan
Ah, hipocrisy... it's not like the dead will care, anyway.
Can't you americans understand that you should not meddle with other countries matters? I would gladly pick up an AK-47 and start shooting americans if your country decided to invade mine. Let them solve their own problems. But the fact is that you couldn't care less; all invasions were and are being done for other reasons(profit, overthrow a government not subordinated to the US, the list goes on); it's not charity.
oh lastly this, i see where the brazilians are electing a former communist guerilla. nice.
And your point is? Is communism a bad word? And like you said, a former communist.
And what would you prefer? A person like José Serra? To perpetuate the current goverment and sink our country even deeper in the mud so that yours can get richer? No, thanks. I prefer the communist.
Oh, and by the way, we are not arguing about your choice of president. Don't argue with ours, its our option, and will affect the future of our country. You have nothing to do with it.
Personally, I think that anyone who has spend more than 1 minute to vote on those things shouldn't be allowed to vote AT ALL (apart from old people, of course).
I want something like an "ACCESS DENIED. TOO DUMB TO VOTE" error message.
Picture this: if a person takes 1 minute to vote, and there are 30 in front of you in the line, that means at least a 30 minute wait.
Oh, and the print backup system is experimental. Just a handful of voting places have it.
Dammit! Those people can't use a telephone too? It's the same, plus 3 buttons.
I took less than 30 sec to vote, but I'm sure I could do even faster if I wanted to. Did my part to help those poor souls still in the line.
Or four :)
of an old movie where a kid makes a ship powered by his computer and a 9 volt battery...
My... those people at FTC aren't getting enough samples already? Maybe spammers don't like .gov addresses...
So, that means I can go back to linux and stop using my warez 3D programs? Heh.
Now all that is left is to convert those files...
You know... It's too easy to be famous these days... just start any weird project and put an "Open Source" and "Linux Compatible" or "Microsoft Free" on it.
You mean... Open Source controlled satelites? What is next? Open Source ARM-Controlled inflatable dolls?
What the hell is "bonasi", your crazy bastard...
Just check Fallout I & II. They've used that in a *Personal Armor*
Oh, nevermind... it only protected against energy weapons.
Yes, but that should only happen if you're updating all the layers simultaneously. There's no such thing as refresh for LCD screens. Of course, all LCD screens I know of use ordinary analog connectors, but that will change should new technologies like this become available. After all, why have a video card send sync signals if they're not used for LCD?
DOSEMU is cool, since now it's stable enough, and most compatbility issues have been solved. But the title everyone today wants to play is not U1-8, it's Ultima Online! There's a linux port of the client, but it's statically linked and I can't seem to find the right libraries. But it doesn't matter, because with every path Origin changes the encription scheme, so it won't work. I've been able to run it using WINE. If you disable sound and music it works pretty well(even more stable). But it gives an "alien-like" feeling to run it under wine...
Does anyone knows if there is any standard for laptops? I mean, the keyboard, display and HD connections? I've noticed that some notebooks from NEC and Toshiba have the same keyboard connector. I've also been able to get the HD's pinouts(they're just IDE discs with different connectors, they'll require some soldering). If there's any(even if unnoficial), we could easily pick old parts in a trash can and assemble a terminal(but not so dumb, eh?). I have a 386/16Mhz beast whose power suppy circuits failed. As these are embedded in the motherboard I'm unable to use it anymore. However, it has a good(albeit monocrome) display, a good(for a laptop, and small) keyboard and a small HD. Since I also have some standard 486's and 386's motherboards, I wonder if I can be able to connect those things to create a new pc, if they follow the same standards.