Is there really such a language as ebonics, or can any random grouping of black slang be thrown together and be called ebonics? Can any two "ebonics speakers" living across the country understand each other?
I cannot find out if "ebonics" as a real language exists, or if the name just gets slapped on any black-related slang. I.e. would it be called ebonics if a black guy used valley-girl slang? "Hey ho-me, like gag me with a spoon, bro!"
Nope. It's still Global Warming. Remember that movie where New York was frozen solid by Global Warming, releasing the wolves. This is the same thing. Better be ready for the Lunar Wolves to attack.
It's an RFID chip that allows me to just magically wave my card around in the air and pay for stuff at the checkout line.
What's to prevent someone from setting up a hotspot in a park that will charge people who just happen to walk by? You may only get away with it for a day, but in a city like New York, you could rake in huge $$'s before running to a foreign country.
Not saying they wouldn't be developed, just saying that if you put a manhatton type wartime budget/manpower behind it, that it would probably be developed faster.
Don't you wish that your text book was the latest bodice ripper available at the supermarket checkout stand? Then it would probably cost less than $15. And those authors probably make more profit off that one title than the textbook authors do with all their revisions.
The only encryption method I've heard about that has not been found to be breakable is the one time pad. This method has the problem of exchanging the pads beforehand.
All of the major encryption machines used during WWII appear to have been broken. The new encryption methods are currently much harder to break, but the spooks are likely to discover some innovative method to break such algorithms.
Current methods using large prime numbers sounds like they are soon (next few decades) to be broken. If we got into a war where breaking these methods became important, I'm sure that quantum computers would soon become available, if they aren't already. Even if quantum algorithms aren't available, someone might come up with a way to calculate prime factors using a bacteria colony through DNA molecules. A method may cost a million dollars per factor found, but sometimes that is small change for the information gained.
I'm sure that there are groups looking for the next level of encryption. Something that isn't compatible with quantum methods, or requires it to reverse the encrypted data. Making it take longer and be more expensive to break is the goal of encryption.
Haven't they had one of these available for a long time. An adventure that only a small percentage can ever make it through to the end. I think they call it "customer service".
my last two real-world jobs have involved doing calculus on whiteboards, which I realize isn't all that common:-)
Let me guess: People put a dollar into a slot, causing a panel to open up, and there you are writing on a whiteboard. So, how much time do they get for their dollar?
Governments have more ways of controlling this sort of thing, without any kind of legislation. Just watch how the Taliban handle those who don't follow their rules (look for a pile of bodies with their heads cut off, for example).
Just because they get away with it against the US, doesn't mean that other governments won't take a more direct approach to plus such leaks.
Electricity? They will be using plasma relays, and ZPM's by then. What is this "electricity" you are talking about? You should at least be using dilithium crystals!
these devices are the same size and shape as many of the transformers used to power such things as laptops and video games. If you didn't know they were a complete computer, you'd be looking for the device that it was powering. The only difference you can see is that instead of a power cable going to some device, you have a network cable going into a router.
Since they look like a "wall wart", it isn't that surprising that they get called by the same name. These things are SMALL.
It's like you could take a pile of nuts, bolts, and bent pieces of metal, and place them on a shaker table, come back 9 months later, and have a perfectly assembled BMW.
Currently, our understanding of DNA does not lead us to be able to create self-assembling complex devices, and I don;t expect to see that in the next 10 years. Until we understand such processes, and can actually make use of this, then I don't think we could write a functional emulation of such a device. It would be like writing a emulator for a CPU using only a photo of the CPU box.
You must be new here. The purpose of a Slashdot article isn't to inform you on a subject, it is a way for the submitter to vent.
You read the title, such as "Fritz sentenced to 8,000 years in prison". So, you say, "Who is Fritz and why should I care?". You then read the summary, and are left with the question "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" After following the 10 links in the article, you get to the question "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" You read the readers comments, and finally get to the following "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" Googling fo an hor or so, finding that the first million links point back to the just read article and its comments, you find out that he was someone who was caught throwing rocks at a statue of Washington Irving. So, you can finally shorten the question to "Why should I care?"
It's a good thing that the sun has no effect on Global Warming, as specifically commented on by the GW supporters, or else they would have had to explain the sunspot problems before now. Because of these great scientists, everyone now knows that the sun has no effect on the temperature of the Earth.
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Is there really such a language as ebonics, or can any random grouping of black slang be thrown together and be called ebonics? Can any two "ebonics speakers" living across the country understand each other?
I cannot find out if "ebonics" as a real language exists, or if the name just gets slapped on any black-related slang. I.e. would it be called ebonics if a black guy used valley-girl slang? "Hey ho-me, like gag me with a spoon, bro!"
Does this apply to the Wicked Bible?
Wanna play with my wookie?
Wanna see who shoots first?
I'm tired of Hand Solo. how about you?
Nope. It's still Global Warming. Remember that movie where New York was frozen solid by Global Warming, releasing the wolves. This is the same thing. Better be ready for the Lunar Wolves to attack.
Did it ever occur to you guys that maybe, just maybe, SSD manufacturers only know how to do ONE thing?
Well, yes. But we don't talk about that in polite company.
It's an RFID chip that allows me to just magically wave my card around in the air and pay for stuff at the checkout line.
What's to prevent someone from setting up a hotspot in a park that will charge people who just happen to walk by? You may only get away with it for a day, but in a city like New York, you could rake in huge $$'s before running to a foreign country.
Are you talking about "IEEE Proceedings of PFF", or "The Journal of PFF"?
Or the amateur science magazines "Flying Wildcats", "Kitty Flingers", or "Toast on Cats"?
Not saying they wouldn't be developed, just saying that if you put a manhatton type wartime budget/manpower behind it, that it would probably be developed faster.
If you are paying for an "up to", you'd hope that you'd reach near that value every now and then, instead of never reaching half that value.
Don't you wish that your text book was the latest bodice ripper available at the supermarket checkout stand? Then it would probably cost less than $15. And those authors probably make more profit off that one title than the textbook authors do with all their revisions.
The only encryption method I've heard about that has not been found to be breakable is the one time pad. This method has the problem of exchanging the pads beforehand.
All of the major encryption machines used during WWII appear to have been broken. The new encryption methods are currently much harder to break, but the spooks are likely to discover some innovative method to break such algorithms.
Current methods using large prime numbers sounds like they are soon (next few decades) to be broken. If we got into a war where breaking these methods became important, I'm sure that quantum computers would soon become available, if they aren't already. Even if quantum algorithms aren't available, someone might come up with a way to calculate prime factors using a bacteria colony through DNA molecules. A method may cost a million dollars per factor found, but sometimes that is small change for the information gained.
I'm sure that there are groups looking for the next level of encryption. Something that isn't compatible with quantum methods, or requires it to reverse the encrypted data. Making it take longer and be more expensive to break is the goal of encryption.
Haven't they had one of these available for a long time. An adventure that only a small percentage can ever make it through to the end. I think they call it "customer service".
my last two real-world jobs have involved doing calculus on whiteboards, which I realize isn't all that common :-)
Let me guess: People put a dollar into a slot, causing a panel to open up, and there you are writing on a whiteboard. So, how much time do they get for their dollar?
Governments have more ways of controlling this sort of thing, without any kind of legislation. Just watch how the Taliban handle those who don't follow their rules (look for a pile of bodies with their heads cut off, for example).
Just because they get away with it against the US, doesn't mean that other governments won't take a more direct approach to plus such leaks.
So, how does it sound when you mix the Swedish Chef with the Talk Like a Pirate day?
Barg, Bhiber be bembers?
After reading the headline, I was thinking "what an odd use for their excess population".
Electricity? They will be using plasma relays, and ZPM's by then. What is this "electricity" you are talking about? You should at least be using dilithium crystals!
Aren't all those rocket motors going to throw the Earth out of it's orbit?
Maybe this is the power source for the ramjets on the Ringworld.
these devices are the same size and shape as many of the transformers used to power such things as laptops and video games. If you didn't know they were a complete computer, you'd be looking for the device that it was powering. The only difference you can see is that instead of a power cable going to some device, you have a network cable going into a router.
Since they look like a "wall wart", it isn't that surprising that they get called by the same name. These things are SMALL.
With there being almost 5 billion devices out there, why are they all sending me spam?
It's like you could take a pile of nuts, bolts, and bent pieces of metal, and place them on a shaker table, come back 9 months later, and have a perfectly assembled BMW.
Currently, our understanding of DNA does not lead us to be able to create self-assembling complex devices, and I don;t expect to see that in the next 10 years. Until we understand such processes, and can actually make use of this, then I don't think we could write a functional emulation of such a device. It would be like writing a emulator for a CPU using only a photo of the CPU box.
You must be new here. The purpose of a Slashdot article isn't to inform you on a subject, it is a way for the submitter to vent.
You read the title, such as "Fritz sentenced to 8,000 years in prison". So, you say, "Who is Fritz and why should I care?". You then read the summary, and are left with the question "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" After following the 10 links in the article, you get to the question "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" You read the readers comments, and finally get to the following "Who is Fritz and why should I care?" Googling fo an hor or so, finding that the first million links point back to the just read article and its comments, you find out that he was someone who was caught throwing rocks at a statue of Washington Irving. So, you can finally shorten the question to "Why should I care?"
It's a good thing that the sun has no effect on Global Warming, as specifically commented on by the GW supporters, or else they would have had to explain the sunspot problems before now. Because of these great scientists, everyone now knows that the sun has no effect on the temperature of the Earth.
650 GB is enough porn for anyone
maybe they'll release it as an OVA