Modern physicist using renormalization: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is... 9/3 is prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime, 15 is... 15/3 is prime, 17 is prime, 19 is prime, 21 is... 21/3 is prime...
Quantum Physicist: All numbers are equally prime and non-prime until observed.
Professor: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, and the rest are left as an exercise for the student.
Confused Undergraduate: Let p be any prime number larger than 2. Then p is not divisible by 2, so p is odd. QED
Measure nontheorist: There are exactly as many odd numbers as primes (Euclid, Cantor), and exactly one even prime (namely 2), so there must be exactly one odd nonprime (namely 1).
Cosmologist: 1 is prime, yes it is true....
Computer Scientist: 1 is prime, 10 is prime, 11 is prime, 101 is prime...
Programmer: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 will be fixed in the next release,...
C programmer: 01 is prime, 03 is prime, 05 is prime, 07 is prime, 09 is really 011 which everyone knows is prime,...
BASIC programmer: What's a prime?
COBOL programmer: What's an odd number?
Windows programmer: 1 is prime. Wait...
Mac programmer: Now why would anyone want to know about that? That's not user friendly. You don't worry about it, we'll take care of it for you.
Bill Gates: 1. No one will ever need any more than 1.
ZX-81 Computer Programmer: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, Out of Memory.
Pentium owner: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 8.9999978 is prime...
GNU programmer: % prime
usage: prime [-nV] [--quiet] [--silent] [--version] [-e script] --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d --diff --compare | r --append | t --list | u --update | x -extract --get [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --block-size N ] [ -B, --read-full-blocks ] [ -C, --directory DIR ] [--checkpoint ] [ -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F ] [ --force-local ] [ -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F ] [-G, --incremental ] [ -g, --listed-incremental F ] [ -h, --dereference ] [ -i, --ignore-zeros ] [ --ignore-failed-read ] [ -k, --keep-old-files ] [ -K, --starting-file F ] [ -l, --one-file-system ] [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -m, --modification-time ] [ -M, --multi-volume ] [ -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE ] [ -o, --old-archive, --portability ] [ -O, --to-stdout ] [ -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions ] [ -P, --absolute-paths ] [ --preserve ] [ -R, --record-number ] [ [-f script-file] [--expression=script] [--file=script-file] [file...]
prime: you must specify exactly one of the r, c, t, x, or d options
For more information, type "prime --help''
Unix programmer: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime,...
Segmentation fault, Core dumped.
Computer programmer: 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime
This machine was covered in Scientific American magazine a couple months ago.
Re:Zope great in theory ... not so much in practic
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The "textarea" editing is optional
And what other options do you have available then ?!?
Each to his own. However, looking at the horrible code that PHP forces you to write [...]
Yes, I agree that PHP is ugly. But it's easy and it does the job. I like clean languages, so I truly wanted to like Zope, but its deep non-intuitiveness killed my interest. Sorry.
Re:Zope great in theory ... not so much in practic
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By default, all of your code editing is done using the web based editor, which is just a simple HTML TextArea input
Yeah, I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I thought it must have been just for the first step in Zope, then I searched where the files (template and other elements) were saved so I could access them directly with my editor of choice. No go, it's inside a database.
I gave up Zope and stuck to PHP soon after that (and the fact I could not wrap my mind around their 'TAL' thingy, call me dumb).
Is it possible for you people at Dome C to blog or something?
Yes, I'll blog things up but you'll have to wait a year to see the images (very limited internet connection). BTW, there are several ESA people involved, in particular for the water recycling system.
PHP vs Zope, Pearl vs Python
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I had to use Perl for a project some time back. It was quick and dirty and did the job. At the same time I learned python without managing to apply it to the project. I recognized that I liked python better, but perl was faster to implement.
Slightly later I did a web project where some interaction was necessary. Instead of my old cgi-scripts or DHTML, I started it in PHP and Zope, as a newbie in both. While recognizing that Zope seems very clean I was totally unable to wrap my head around its basic concepts ('TAL' anyone ?). In one afternoon I had PHP installed and a 140 pages of PHP converted from HTML, up and running. Going from HTML to basic PHP takes about 5 minutes.
So, while I regret to say that, some languages look cool but others just do the job. PHP is certainly one of the latter.
I have friends who do mountain rescue work. They've tested a communication system (mike/phones) for use when the chopper is hovering loudly above. The 'phones' are flat and go under the top of the helmet, using bone conduction on the skull. They say it works but the helmet needs to be really tight making it unconfortable; or you need to press the device with a hand hard against your skull to hear. It was a couple years ago, so it may have improved.
I've heard that washing your cat daily with mild soap and warm water removes most of the allergens from the fur (it does nothing to the saliva though). Supposedly if you start with a young cat you can train it to like the shower, although that sounds like a sure way to end up with facial reconstructive surgery if you try it with an older cat...
"You can own a dog but you can only feed a cat..."
More on topic, this genetically enhanced cat is a good idea. I've had cats and dogs until I was 16. Then I moves to the city away from my parents. Upon returning after a month away... I was allergic to the cat ! I've kept this allergy and although I like to pet my current neighbor's cat I can't have one nearby for long. Yes, I know you can shower your cat daily to greatly disminish the allergens, but I think it's probably a lot more life-threatening to clean a cat than to live in an iron lung.
As for what I think of dogs, I had a few run-ins with those social parasites in the US and their often 'religiously stupid' owners which led to this piece.
If there's any appreciable ethanol in your piss, you probably need medical attention
I assumed (incorrectly as you pointed out) that the alcohol would come from urine. Since their tests shows it accumulate in the recycled water, maybe it comes from the dishwashing water (more reasons to finish all the glasses then). I'll let you know how it worked out in 2006 after I get back !!!
BTW, in case anyone is wondering why we just don't melt some of the 4km of ice we are sitting over is that in winter it's too cold (-84C) to get out with a Caterpillar to fill the melter with snow.
I'll be wintering over at Dome C in 2005 (in the center of Antarctica). We'll be taking with us a prototype recycling system designed by the European Space Agency, able to recyle grey waters (also black 'waters' in 2006, but it will be after my time). So, yes, we'll be drinking and showering with past shower and dishwasher water... I won't go into details but the system has 4 successive filtering systems, and the water is so pure in the end that we have to add minerals to it. The funny thing is that the only thing that passes through unfiltered is alcohol; so since the water is recycled at only 75% (100% in 2006), it means that the alcohol content of the water will increase over time. Yum, I'm looking forward to the showers after a few months of pissing beer !!!
it appears there isn't even anything on the drawing board which would be able to achieve this feat
Yes there is ! And it's not official yet, but it appears they have found a place where to put it... I'm going there in a month to check it out, so I'll let all you guys know how it turns out.
Even the letters of "normal" people can provide an insite in the times they lived in or to make them more human
While I agree with the original poster about most IM being unworthy of keeping, 2 weeks ago I had a 2 hour exchange with a friend after I told him I would be wintering over in the center of Antarctica next year. He kept asking questions and the thought that I could turn this exchange into a FAQ on my site began to grow in the back of my mind.
Then my hard drive died !
Two hours later, after changing the HD, reinstalling the OS and some Apps, I contacted him again. He hadn't kept a copy. So the FAQ sits still until I get more questions...
Few people remember this vegan guru who was always on (US) TV saying that with his miracle diet of vitamins and whatnot he would live to be 120. During one of his interviews he died of a heart attack. He was 50. Unfortunately it was never aired. Anyone remember his name ?
On a different note, I don't know why people still listen to Kurzweil. None of his predictions ever came true; his opinions on Artificial intelligence are either silly or obvious (yes, it's obvious to me that we will integrate chips in our body in the future); and the few products his company produces have been made by others much better (speech recognition).
I'll be in charge of all atmosphere science experiments at Dome C the coming winter (yeah, staying there 13 months or so). So if you want me to run experiments for you, let me know !!! I also accept donations in form of overclocked laptops to test for winter conditions...
Check out my site for past trips to Dome C. Note that it will be the first winterover at Dome C ever, with 8 french and 8 italians.
Can't post much more right now as my connection's been hit by lightning...
The main effect is to slow down either supporting or falsifying the ideas about earlier human groups in the western hemisphere
You mean the U.S. hemisphere, right ? I had this very impression while in the US and Alaska, about groups who try to pull archeologists findings their way. Surprisingly I've never noticed that in Europe. For instance France has been invaded so many times (Franks, Huns, Vandals, Goths, Romans, Germans, Vikings and many more before that...) that one human group more or less really doesn't matter.
So why are Americans so touchy on that same matter ? Because the never occupants nearly wiped out the previous ones ? PC sucks.
The Timothy Zahn novels, along with Alan Dean Foster's Splinter in the Mind's Eye were the best Star Wars novels written
This garbage is the best ?!? Good I didn't read the others then. When reading the first one I was reminded on why I stopped reading fantasy after puberty. As for the 2nd book, it was so dumb and lacking any kind of ideas or plot that I gave up halfway. If a book is exceptional, I keep it; if it's good I give it to my friends. Those 3 ended up in a landfill. Saying it's better than Jar-Jar sums it all up IMO.
Sometimes a recipie will call for a tool or pan that you don't have and can't improvise easily
I find it interesting to see the way people improvise when missing something in a recipe. Some will completely screw up in obvious ways ("No tomato paste ? Let's use mayonaise !"). Me, I'm used to camping with light equipment so I'm used to adjusting recipes a lot: was even filmed cooking at Yosemite campground by a National Geographic team. If anyone knows if this scene made it off the cutting room floor of NatGen documentaries, I'd like to know.
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Yup, good, but I got them beat for the temperature part, and I was in the freezer myself...
How to prove that all odd numbers are prime? Well, this problem has different solutions whether you are a:
usage: prime [-nV] [--quiet] [--silent] [--version] [-e script] --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d --diff --compare | r --append | t --list | u --update | x -extract --get [ --atime-preserve ] [ -b, --block-size N ] [ -B, --read-full-blocks ] [ -C, --directory DIR ] [--checkpoint ] [ -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F ] [ --force-local ] [ -F, --info-script F --new-volume-script F ] [-G, --incremental ] [ -g, --listed-incremental F ] [ -h, --dereference ] [ -i, --ignore-zeros ] [ --ignore-failed-read ] [ -k, --keep-old-files ] [ -K, --starting-file F ] [ -l, --one-file-system ] [ -L, --tape-length N ] [ -m, --modification-time ] [ -M, --multi-volume ] [ -N, --after-date DATE, --newer DATE ] [ -o, --old-archive, --portability ] [ -O, --to-stdout ] [ -p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions ] [ -P, --absolute-paths ] [ --preserve ] [ -R, --record-number ] [ [-f script-file] [--expression=script] [--file=script-file] [file...]
prime: you must specify exactly one of the r, c, t, x, or d options
For more information, type "prime --help''
Segmentation fault, Core dumped.
As I closed my freelance IT company yesterday, I'll be moving onto my new job in 2 weeks, far, far, far away.
This machine was covered in Scientific American magazine a couple months ago.
I gave up Zope and stuck to PHP soon after that (and the fact I could not wrap my mind around their 'TAL' thingy, call me dumb).
This reads like the recipe of most of the stuff I've tried to eat while in the US.
Slightly later I did a web project where some interaction was necessary. Instead of my old cgi-scripts or DHTML, I started it in PHP and Zope, as a newbie in both. While recognizing that Zope seems very clean I was totally unable to wrap my head around its basic concepts ('TAL' anyone ?). In one afternoon I had PHP installed and a 140 pages of PHP converted from HTML, up and running. Going from HTML to basic PHP takes about 5 minutes.
So, while I regret to say that, some languages look cool but others just do the job. PHP is certainly one of the latter.
I have friends who do mountain rescue work. They've tested a communication system (mike/phones) for use when the chopper is hovering loudly above. The 'phones' are flat and go under the top of the helmet, using bone conduction on the skull. They say it works but the helmet needs to be really tight making it unconfortable; or you need to press the device with a hand hard against your skull to hear. It was a couple years ago, so it may have improved.
PS: I'm an allergic cat lover too.
More on topic, this genetically enhanced cat is a good idea. I've had cats and dogs until I was 16. Then I moves to the city away from my parents. Upon returning after a month away... I was allergic to the cat ! I've kept this allergy and although I like to pet my current neighbor's cat I can't have one nearby for long. Yes, I know you can shower your cat daily to greatly disminish the allergens, but I think it's probably a lot more life-threatening to clean a cat than to live in an iron lung.
As for what I think of dogs, I had a few run-ins with those social parasites in the US and their often 'religiously stupid' owners which led to this piece.
...use the devil's own beer fridge !
BTW, in case anyone is wondering why we just don't melt some of the 4km of ice we are sitting over is that in winter it's too cold (-84C) to get out with a Caterpillar to fill the melter with snow.
I'll be wintering over at Dome C in 2005 (in the center of Antarctica). We'll be taking with us a prototype recycling system designed by the European Space Agency, able to recyle grey waters (also black 'waters' in 2006, but it will be after my time). So, yes, we'll be drinking and showering with past shower and dishwasher water... I won't go into details but the system has 4 successive filtering systems, and the water is so pure in the end that we have to add minerals to it. The funny thing is that the only thing that passes through unfiltered is alcohol; so since the water is recycled at only 75% (100% in 2006), it means that the alcohol content of the water will increase over time. Yum, I'm looking forward to the showers after a few months of pissing beer !!!
RTFLink. We start the summer campaign and then stay throughout the winter.
I'm at my most productive when I'm in Antarctica. I'm going to be a lone coder for the first winter over at Dome C, starting next months.
Then my hard drive died !
Two hours later, after changing the HD, reinstalling the OS and some Apps, I contacted him again. He hadn't kept a copy. So the FAQ sits still until I get more questions...
On a different note, I don't know why people still listen to Kurzweil. None of his predictions ever came true; his opinions on Artificial intelligence are either silly or obvious (yes, it's obvious to me that we will integrate chips in our body in the future); and the few products his company produces have been made by others much better (speech recognition).
Check out my site for past trips to Dome C. Note that it will be the first winterover at Dome C ever, with 8 french and 8 italians.
Can't post much more right now as my connection's been hit by lightning...
So why are Americans so touchy on that same matter ? Because the never occupants nearly wiped out the previous ones ? PC sucks.
Well, he doesn't know squat about computers, so I'd try some of the other suggestions above before doing that...