I mirrored aminet and modarchive.org on my desktop machine. It's nice being able to brag about a multi-gigabyte music collection that averages about 100KB for a 8-10 minute song.
...breeding dogs and crops. More recently in developing the modern laboratory rodent. Gregor Mendel dabbled in it with flowers. And the biggest genetic engineering disaster known? The mule, because it can't breed. (Disaster from the perspective of the mule species, not necessarily of the environment.)
The biggest difference I see today, for a mostly lay perspective, is that we don't wait for the female animal to be in heat, then throw a male of the species we want to cross with her in the room. We use artificial means.
However, I don't think anyone would take kindly to the thought of breeding humans. (And that's been covered in lots of horror/science-fiction books.
Have an app originally compiled inefficiently? Run code-reorganizing tool on it.
Not sure that any of the latter tools exist today, but it's something I've been pondering. Imagine, on a PC, replacing a bunch of SISD instructions with the latest SIMD equivalent.
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You wouldn't happen to have your course materials posted on a website somewhere, would you? It'd be interesting to read.
In a couple episodes of CSI, the perpetrator made rubber hands that had fingerprints from a live person. (Admittedly, his own, but that's a plot complication I don't feel like explaining.)
The SMTP server may also be password protected. And if the zombie software monitors traffic to find the SMTP server, I wouldn't be surprised if they can pull out the authentication info, too. (Assuming it's unencrypted.)
Those were both good episodes. (Well, "all", rather than both, but oh well.)
However, since I never watched TNG when it was aired (I was too young to be interested), I didn't get the full punch at the end of part I. I knew Picard was alive later, so, well, it was all going to come out OK anyway, right?
Of TNG episodes, my two favorites would be "The Inner Light" and "Starship Mine". In that order.
Me, I strongly disklike Microsoft. However, here's the best argument I've heard in their favor:
Microsoft buys a company that produces something and embeds a reduced-functionality version of that software in their products. The Windows NT defrag software is a good example; the original version supported running at bootup so you could defrag "unmovable" files.
I doubt I'll ever understand how a system claimed to be able to withstand a nuclear attack could route all IP addresses to loop in Florida, all due to a configuration mistake in a router. (Ain't BGP great?)
Imagine a q-cryto link between you and your relay point, and another q-crypto your relay point and your destination.
I don't know much about fiber optic networks, but I imagine two 50-mile fiber-optic links is going to be a hell of a lot cheaper than one 100-mile link. Some businesses may find the lower short-term investment worth it, even with the long-term security cost.
Unless, of course, you take pains so you can trust each relay point.
But even if you maintain higher security at the relay point than you do in your own organization, the overall effectiveness of your security will drop. I don't care how secure each point in your network is, statistically, each added node will reduce your security. If you have 11 nodes at 99% secure each, your whole network is only 89.5% secure. (100*0.99^11... but it's been a long while since I had stats class, and I could be wrong.)
A thought...set up their trajectory so they slingshot around their destination. When they're heading at the microwave source again, hit them again so they slow down enough to get trapped in Mars's gravity well.
Then keep hitting them until their orbit is exactly how you want it.
To leave, wait until they're headed away from you, and hit them again. Keep hitting them until they escape the gravity well and are on their way home.
Of course, there's light speed to deal with, as well as being extremely careful so you don't screw up their trajectory so that it's unrecoverable.
Looking at the videos, I'm pretty sure they're using either DirectX or OpenGL to get the effects they're demeonstrating. I can't imagine doing the same under X unless you use OpenGL, whose non-software-Mesa implementations under Linux bypass most of what makes X slow.
Is anyone else reminded of the OpenGL Linux pager that was on here a couple years ago?
...it makes it easy to find information that's previously taken me hours to discover my library doesn't cover.
Computer subjects are the worst. A high school library will almost certainly have the latest Animorphs book, but the newest book about PC hardware says the CPU is in a 40-pin DIP package.
When I tried to research quantum computing for an English paper in college, I only found one book, and that was an eBook I couldn't even print pages out of, much less take the book through checkout. I ended up using course presentations from university professors' websites as source material.
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Wonder if thats why I always get static shocks whenever i touch stuff in my room.
Probably...but I wouldn't bet on those being due to static electricity.
Talk to the building manager. If he doesn't fix it, talk to the fire department.
Hehe. Make that "palantír" ... And I thought I'd properly checked my post for errors.
It's "plantír," not "palantir." Get your Tolkien right. :)
(Kisses karma goodbye.)
I mirrored aminet and modarchive.org on my desktop machine. It's nice being able to brag about a multi-gigabyte music collection that averages about 100KB for a 8-10 minute song.
...breeding dogs and crops. More recently in developing the modern laboratory rodent. Gregor Mendel dabbled in it with flowers. And the biggest genetic engineering disaster known? The mule, because it can't breed. (Disaster from the perspective of the mule species, not necessarily of the environment.)
The biggest difference I see today, for a mostly lay perspective, is that we don't wait for the female animal to be in heat, then throw a male of the species we want to cross with her in the room. We use artificial means.
However, I don't think anyone would take kindly to the thought of breeding humans. (And that's been covered in lots of horror/science-fiction books.
...The core fans don't watch if for the writing or the acting. They're watching it for the promise that, "Things will get better. Just be patient."
(Of course, we're going to have a nuclear World War III and the Bell Riots before we learn to be nice to each other.)
No oooe? Build a really, really good compiler.
Have an app originally compiled inefficiently? Run code-reorganizing tool on it.
Not sure that any of the latter tools exist today, but it's something I've been pondering. Imagine, on a PC, replacing a bunch of SISD instructions with the latest SIMD equivalent.
You wouldn't happen to have your course materials posted on a website somewhere, would you? It'd be interesting to read.
In a couple episodes of CSI, the perpetrator made rubber hands that had fingerprints from a live person. (Admittedly, his own, but that's a plot complication I don't feel like explaining.)
Extend that concept to rubber-mold gloves.
True. Well, at least you have photo proof.
Cute, but your homework was a crumpled up newspaper on the floor?
The SMTP server may also be password protected. And if the zombie software monitors traffic to find the SMTP server, I wouldn't be surprised if they can pull out the authentication info, too. (Assuming it's unencrypted.)
Those were both good episodes. (Well, "all", rather than both, but oh well.)
However, since I never watched TNG when it was aired (I was too young to be interested), I didn't get the full punch at the end of part I. I knew Picard was alive later, so, well, it was all going to come out OK anyway, right?
Of TNG episodes, my two favorites would be "The Inner Light" and "Starship Mine". In that order.
Me, I strongly disklike Microsoft. However, here's the best argument I've heard in their favor:
Microsoft buys a company that produces something and embeds a reduced-functionality version of that software in their products. The Windows NT defrag software is a good example; the original version supported running at bootup so you could defrag "unmovable" files.
Donate to a community college; they're considered public schools. (At least, here in Michigan.)
I doubt I'll ever understand how a system claimed to be able to withstand a nuclear attack could route all IP addresses to loop in Florida, all due to a configuration mistake in a router. (Ain't BGP great?)
I think you misunderstood me.
Imagine a q-cryto link between you and your relay point, and another q-crypto your relay point and your destination.
I don't know much about fiber optic networks, but I imagine two 50-mile fiber-optic links is going to be a hell of a lot cheaper than one 100-mile link. Some businesses may find the lower short-term investment worth it, even with the long-term security cost.
Unless, of course, you take pains so you can trust each relay point.
... but it's been a long while since I had stats class, and I could be wrong.)
But even if you maintain higher security at the relay point than you do in your own organization, the overall effectiveness of your security will drop. I don't care how secure each point in your network is, statistically, each added node will reduce your security. If you have 11 nodes at 99% secure each, your whole network is only 89.5% secure. (100*0.99^11
I don't recall any particular increase in junk mail with "ADV" in the subject, either.
I assumed they'd be using something like the reflection chamber in lasers to improve the accuracy of the microwaves.
Conversely, there could be a mobile micrwave source. Heck...you might even be able to use high-level nuclear waste as a power source for it.
A thought...set up their trajectory so they slingshot around their destination. When they're heading at the microwave source again, hit them again so they slow down enough to get trapped in Mars's gravity well.
Then keep hitting them until their orbit is exactly how you want it.
To leave, wait until they're headed away from you, and hit them again. Keep hitting them until they escape the gravity well and are on their way home.
Of course, there's light speed to deal with, as well as being extremely careful so you don't screw up their trajectory so that it's unrecoverable.
I like'd Larry Niven's approach in The Mote in God's Eye. Accelerate from one star for a long time, straight at a star in another solar system.
Of course, if peopl RTFA, it's not about solar sails.
Looking at the videos, I'm pretty sure they're using either DirectX or OpenGL to get the effects they're demeonstrating. I can't imagine doing the same under X unless you use OpenGL, whose non-software-Mesa implementations under Linux bypass most of what makes X slow.
Is anyone else reminded of the OpenGL Linux pager that was on here a couple years ago?
...it makes it easy to find information that's previously taken me hours to discover my library doesn't cover.
Computer subjects are the worst. A high school library will almost certainly have the latest Animorphs book, but the newest book about PC hardware says the CPU is in a 40-pin DIP package.
When I tried to research quantum computing for an English paper in college, I only found one book, and that was an eBook I couldn't even print pages out of, much less take the book through checkout. I ended up using course presentations from university professors' websites as source material.
I love the eraser mouse. It's great for fun in FPSs. Take a rapid fire weapon, and just keep spinning...