I foresee patents, robots running on Windows (you'll know, because they have to be rebooted frequently, are infested with parasites(virii/worms), regularly patrol their environment doing things they shouldn't (whether defective, under guidance by software vendor or cracker, you'll not know) and need to download pest scanning/diagnostics/patches on a daily basis), Linux (two distros duking it out in the parking lot while a debian one waits to fight the winner) and having to upgrade and service on a basis that'll make your checkbook spin.
Well, thank goodness we don't have to worry about the Gentoo-run robots duking it out. They'll be sitting on the sidewalk with catatonic looks on their faces, while they figure out how to move their arms most efficiently.
Vague analogy: like mapping root-servers as opposed to studying the BIND cache of a mid-sized ISP nameserver.
THANK YOU for putting the word "vague" in there. I consider myself a pretty major nerd, and I was about to go blow the back of my head off because I have no idea what the fuck you just said. HHOS
I'm sure that someone who keeps up on the latest astronomical findings could give a better answer than I, but: No.
I doubt that there's much of a correlation between larger stars and larger planets orbiting them. The tricky thing about extrasolar astronomy is that we simply can't detect "normal" (i.e. non-gas-giant, although their prevalence might say that gas giants are actually normal, and rocky planets like the earth are maybe unusual) planets around other stars right now.
As far as I know, extrasolar planets are really only detected (or detectable, right now) in two ways: 1) find a star's wobble which can't be explained by visible objects. From the wobble and the mass of the star (extrapolated from its color, generally), calculate that there must be a planet of some size orbiting it. But to wobble a typical star takes a pretty big planet: an uber-Jupiter, especially if you want this wobble detectable from earth; 2) find that once in a while, several pixels on a CCD's image of the star get occluded by something transiting the star. Again, this takes something of considerable size.
There is a wikipedia article (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet with many more details, and disproving my guess that there are only two currently-used methods which have produced reasonably-confirmed planet detections -- pulsar timing methods have also seemed to work) which is relatively concise and nice.
Not only Knoppix, but many of the new "live CDs" work very well for such rescues on hosed (Windows, and others) systems. I, myself, have used Knoppix, Mandrake, PClinuxOS and Mepis as rescue CDs (preferring Mepis, but that's just me), and I've seen Ubuntu, SUSE, and some others used in the same ways.
On the other hand, the download site doesn't seem to be missing any information. For example, the instructions tell me to "Please click Download to get the download," and then there's a button there labeled "Download". This is a clear indication that Microsoft is committed to playing nice with the user.
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Ah, yes.
It seems that we need to review
The Story of Mel.
I'll post it here from several places,
So that the good people of/.
(and the other people of/.)
Don't wipe out a single server (yeah, right!)
Hm. Presumably, then, by measuring the spacing between the steps and the fundamental frequency of the sound (maybe with a pitch pipe -- one of the electronic ones for tuning would be even easier), you could measure the speed of sound in air for that day.
God, I'm geeky.
Very much in the same vein...
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But the book is fascinating, has great explanations of many of the concepts, and touches on many of the people who have made the study of complexity so fascinating. I'd definitely recommend it for a geek holiday gift.
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I foresee patents, robots running on Windows (you'll know, because they have to be rebooted frequently, are infested with parasites(virii/worms), regularly patrol their environment doing things they shouldn't (whether defective, under guidance by software vendor or cracker, you'll not know) and need to download pest scanning/diagnostics/patches on a daily basis), Linux (two distros duking it out in the parking lot while a debian one waits to fight the winner) and having to upgrade and service on a basis that'll make your checkbook spin.
Well, thank goodness we don't have to worry about the Gentoo-run robots duking it out. They'll be sitting on the sidewalk with catatonic looks on their faces, while they figure out how to move their arms most efficiently.
Seriously, who are these morons who believe all old persons are idiots??
They must not be Korean...
Vague analogy: like mapping root-servers as opposed to studying the BIND cache of a mid-sized ISP nameserver.
THANK YOU for putting the word "vague" in there. I consider myself a pretty major nerd, and I was about to go blow the back of my head off because I have no idea what the fuck you just said. HHOS
Bad sex life? Turn your wife into a sexual deviant using these customizable tracks! BONUS track instills her to clean AND bring you beer! only $39.95!
Yeah, but... goddamn! What if it works?!?
This is really just all hype until they can make a claim beyond vague analogies. So why does this make the front page of Slashdot?
Because Roland posted it.
Hello, yorkpaddy. This is the FBI...
I'm sure that someone who keeps up on the latest astronomical findings could give a better answer than I, but: No.
I doubt that there's much of a correlation between larger stars and larger planets orbiting them. The tricky thing about extrasolar astronomy is that we simply can't detect "normal" (i.e. non-gas-giant, although their prevalence might say that gas giants are actually normal, and rocky planets like the earth are maybe unusual) planets around other stars right now.
As far as I know, extrasolar planets are really only detected (or detectable, right now) in two ways: 1) find a star's wobble which can't be explained by visible objects. From the wobble and the mass of the star (extrapolated from its color, generally), calculate that there must be a planet of some size orbiting it. But to wobble a typical star takes a pretty big planet: an uber-Jupiter, especially if you want this wobble detectable from earth; 2) find that once in a while, several pixels on a CCD's image of the star get occluded by something transiting the star. Again, this takes something of considerable size.
There is a wikipedia article (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet with many more details, and disproving my guess that there are only two currently-used methods which have produced reasonably-confirmed planet detections -- pulsar timing methods have also seemed to work) which is relatively concise and nice.
...those people are so soft and squishy.
That's what makes it such a huge coincidence.
Yeah, but lotion seems to take care of that, after a little while.
Not only Knoppix, but many of the new "live CDs" work very well for such rescues on hosed (Windows, and others) systems. I, myself, have used Knoppix, Mandrake, PClinuxOS and Mepis as rescue CDs (preferring Mepis, but that's just me), and I've seen Ubuntu, SUSE, and some others used in the same ways.
On the other hand, the download site doesn't seem to be missing any information. For example, the instructions tell me to "Please click Download to get the download," and then there's a button there labeled "Download". This is a clear indication that Microsoft is committed to playing nice with the user.
Ah, yes.
/. /.)
f mel.html 9 .html
It seems that we need to review
The Story of Mel.
I'll post it here from several places,
So that the good people of
(and the other people of
Don't wipe out a single server (yeah, right!)
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html
http://www.wizzy.com/andyr/Mel.html
http://www.science.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/t/thestoryo
http://www.outpost9.com/reference/jargon/jargon_4
and, of course, many other places.
There was a reality show of it right afterwards. It was called Biodome. I think Pauly Shore won....
Yes, almost by definition he won. Because everyone else loses with Pauly Shore movies.
Dude, not even WinME supports WinME.
Maybe you don't trust Microsoft, but indexing and personal agents technologies are the futur.
So're spellcheckers.
Sorry --
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but if you called it an onion you'd get cooks very confused.
This is the traditional reason to take on graduate students. They (usually) have two eyes, you know.
What I would like to know is when does Microsoft Office get better Microsoft Office support?
Yeah
Hm. Presumably, then, by measuring the spacing between the steps and the fundamental frequency of the sound (maybe with a pitch pipe -- one of the electronic ones for tuning would be even easier), you could measure the speed of sound in air for that day.
God, I'm geeky.
Try http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671 872346/102-1898615-3811317?v=glance.
It's a bit dated, since complexity theory and emergence are actually not all that new. People familiar with cellular automata modeling and games like SimCity will chuckle.
But the book is fascinating, has great explanations of many of the concepts, and touches on many of the people who have made the study of complexity so fascinating. I'd definitely recommend it for a geek holiday gift.
---Insert wife/girlfriend joke here ---
...does she https://www.project-entropia.com/images/island/isl and_011.jpg come with it?