There is no one node controlling the ensemble, yet they still need to coordinate their operations. The nodes must have perform a sort of hopping from one control-frequency (for lack of a better analogy) to another so they can't be followed
People forget that Logo is not only about the turtle-animation and drawing.
It is parent to Lisp and has list-processing primitives that make it quite good at processing streams of information.
Its actually a lot like Java; procedures can dynamically generate procedures as they run.
Its syntax is so simple, a child can learn it but you can easily program recursive algorithms with it.
I say all this from experience. My very first programming job, I was an apprentice at a place that did the books and business-accounting of about 30 client companies, all in Logo.
This Logo was running on a micro and we had 8 terminals hooked up to it. This logo had NO turtle, it was text-only. (M.I.T. Experimental Logo #53 or something like that)
Why can't c be just slightly faster than it has been estimated at? I mean no one has ever been able to measure the speed of light in a true vacuum, right? A true vacuum would contain absolutely no particles and no electromagnetic waves. That is impossible to obtain, so how does anyone really know how fast c really is?
Maybe neutrinos are simply lithe enough that they are almost unaffected by the non-vacuum, I mean it has been theorized that to completely block a neutrino, you'd need a block of lead one light-year thick.
Again, don't the neutrinos arriving before the light from SN1987A simply mean that the neutrinos got here at closer to c than the actual light?
I mean the light from SN1987A had to travel through a non-vacuum (space, which is never really empty) and the neutrinos on the other hand were simply less obstructed.
If they succeed in recreating the measurements, doesn't it just mean that c was set at too low a value, and that the true speed to light in a vacuum is slightly faster than originally thought?
Maybe neutrinos travel closer to c because they are less slowed by the absence of vacuum than other particles.
Also, why do people say that it is like going back in time? Was the message received before it was sent?
You can know just enough to do some real damage...
If you want to scratch a precise itch with your mechanical research using a computer, you may be well served by yourself but chances are if you're not a real programmer, you'd be better off letting one do the job for you while you concentrate on your main interest.
I performed code reviews at one place where I worked.
I was assigned to do it because I was perceived as having the most experience.
I always did it in the following manner:
- I tried to understand what the programmer was trying to accomplish - I looked for bugs or defects that might have been missed - I never tried to wield 'standards' at anyone
I'd sometimes make suggestions if it was warranted but mostly it was a question of mentally running the code and making sure the output matched the requirement.
You've never met such an un-arrogant type as me, who was universally loved by the team and always confided in by everyone. I saw my job as making sure the mates were happy because I always had faith they were competent.
It's terrible that people actually died as a result of shoddy programming but I am not surprised. Having programmed professionally for 30 years now, I can honestly say; management should NOT be running engineering because their priorities are only to get the software shipped on time, whatever the cost while typically, software developers want to get software 'right'
I worked in a business where we built point-of-sale terminals.
The banks are already crazy-serious about certifying devices that talk to their systems.
When you think that the future is everyone and their phone conducting banking operations and that most of those devices have multiple known exploits, you expect things will only get worse.
I was hoping for something more interesting in the Star Wars games they demoed.
I guess it's not 'there' yet.
The visual were quite nice though.
Also it appears too scripted, like the old Dragon's Lair game...
I suppose it is too much to ask for today for the game to be open-ended. Don't know why though, there is enough computing power to enable something very sophisticated but it appears their resources are not used efficiently enough.
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I hear you. I would so love if Wine could run Rogue Squadron... But even on Windows, that game was a little too peculiar.
Haven't tried running it in years, now.
One really pleasant surprise was being invited to a LAN party and installing Counterstrike. Its performance was flawless.
Cheers to the Wine developers!
There is no one node controlling the ensemble, yet they still need to coordinate their operations. The nodes must have perform a sort of hopping from one control-frequency (for lack of a better analogy) to another so they can't be followed
People forget that Logo is not only about the turtle-animation and drawing.
It is parent to Lisp and has list-processing primitives that make it quite good at processing streams of information.
Its actually a lot like Java; procedures can dynamically generate procedures as they run.
Its syntax is so simple, a child can learn it but you can easily program recursive algorithms with it.
I say all this from experience. My very first programming job, I was an apprentice at a place that did the books and business-accounting of about 30 client companies, all in Logo.
This Logo was running on a micro and we had 8 terminals hooked up to it. This logo had NO turtle, it was text-only. (M.I.T. Experimental Logo #53 or something like that)
See every war ever
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Now we have to worry about shrinkage? Maybe the microchip was in the pool
This must not stand!
Repost the video!
OSX is part UNIX, a wholesale theft one might say. Where's the outrage?
Thanks for taking the time to reply, vim.
Why can't c be just slightly faster than it has been estimated at?
I mean no one has ever been able to measure the speed of light in a true vacuum, right? A true vacuum would contain absolutely no particles and no electromagnetic waves. That is impossible to obtain, so how does anyone really know how fast c really is?
Maybe neutrinos are simply lithe enough that they are almost unaffected by the non-vacuum, I mean it has been theorized that to completely block a neutrino, you'd need a block of lead one light-year thick.
Again, don't the neutrinos arriving before the light from SN1987A simply mean that the neutrinos got here at closer to c than the actual light?
I mean the light from SN1987A had to travel through a non-vacuum (space, which is never really empty) and the neutrinos on the other hand were simply less obstructed.
If they succeed in recreating the measurements, doesn't it just mean that c was set at too low a value, and that the true speed to light in a vacuum is slightly faster than originally thought?
Maybe neutrinos travel closer to c because they are less slowed by the absence of vacuum than other particles.
Also, why do people say that it is like going back in time? Was the message received before it was sent?
Love the idea of testing entanglement using great distance.
How would you sync the clocks between observers?
I used the term Sword & Sorcery for Star Wars.
Princesses, Sith-Lords (wizards), monsters (the Saarlac) and all the rest.
Star Wars has more in common with tales about Merlin than any science-fiction, just because it is set in space does not make it science-fiction.
You can know just enough to do some real damage...
If you want to scratch a precise itch with your mechanical research using a computer, you may be well served by yourself but chances are if you're not a real programmer, you'd be better off letting one do the job for you while you concentrate on your main interest.
Does this mean we can hold ISP responsible for everything and sue them for spam or phishing and other things?
SHUT
DOWN
EVERYTHING
Seriously, I think the planet is trying to to tell us "You can't contain the nuclear garbage you're making, stop it"
I performed code reviews at one place where I worked.
I was assigned to do it because I was perceived as having the most experience.
I always did it in the following manner:
- I tried to understand what the programmer was trying to accomplish
- I looked for bugs or defects that might have been missed
- I never tried to wield 'standards' at anyone
I'd sometimes make suggestions if it was warranted but mostly it was a question of mentally running the code and making sure the output matched the requirement.
You've never met such an un-arrogant type as me, who was universally loved by the team and always confided in by everyone. I saw my job as making sure the mates were happy because I always had faith they were competent.
It's terrible that people actually died as a result of shoddy programming but I am not surprised. Having programmed professionally for 30 years now, I can honestly say; management should NOT be running engineering because their priorities are only to get the software shipped on time, whatever the cost while typically, software developers want to get software 'right'
So sad it's come to this
Getting tweets about suns explodin' is a normal occurrence.
I worked in a business where we built point-of-sale terminals.
The banks are already crazy-serious about certifying devices that talk to their systems.
When you think that the future is everyone and their phone conducting banking operations and that most of those devices have multiple known exploits, you expect things will only get worse.
Gotta love Slashdot, someone is always knowledgeable enough to find the corner-case
I permit the sun to rise every morning but you don't see me trying to patent it, jerk.
I was hoping for something more interesting in the Star Wars games they demoed.
I guess it's not 'there' yet.
The visual were quite nice though.
Also it appears too scripted, like the old Dragon's Lair game...
I suppose it is too much to ask for today for the game to be open-ended. Don't know why though, there is enough computing power to enable something very sophisticated but it appears their resources are not used efficiently enough.
You came here in that thing? You're braver than I thought!
Sounds like a great plan; start a terror campaign to make Americans believe an alien invasion is about to start.
There's no way the soviet people could also have heard about it, what with the news media blaring. No danger of it backfiring on the soviets.
I believe think-tanks are a bit smarter than that.
Nice try, book-selling charlatan.