When I was teenager in the mid 1970s, we called it "hacking", but we also knew about the "MIT" definition of the word. Probably because the MIT computers (which did not have security) were one of the most interesting things we discovered while hacking (mostly password guessing) into systems on the ARPANET. Some other ("real") hacking did involve exploting failure-to-bounds-check deficiencies in some operating systems.
Twenty-one years ago, the Deep Space 1
probe was controlled by an autonomous spacecraft control system called "Remote Agent". This was a Lisp program running aboard the spacecraft, 100,000,000 miles away from Earth. During the flight, they remotely debugged and fixed a race condition in the code that had not shown up during ground testing. This saved the day, and the Remote Agent was subsequently named "NASA Software of the Year". One of the developers said, "Having a read-eval-print loop running on the spacecraft proved invaluable in finding and fixing the problem."
Gender is not what they want to test for, it is a PROXY for what they want to test for.
This is not a technology problem, and it's not even about genitalia.
It's about a definition of fairness, and that's harder to elaborate.
With sufficient runway, they didn't need the afterburners at all except to break through Mach 1.
Then a controlled dive could eliminate the need for afterburners completely.
Because a controlled dive works so well on takeoff. If you do it JUST right, you can achieve Mach....
In order to take off and go supersonic, you start rolling down the runway on the ground. Once you get into ground effect, about 10 feet up, you nose down and dive at the runway - and miss! Voila, you've gone supersonic!
It's not just Google Talk. This morning around 4 AM I could not reach most of the west coast reliably.
I could get to Google (search) mostly, but all kinds of sites and services I wanted were unavailable.
The traceoute from Washington D.C. stopped about 12 miles to the west at an above.net router.
We could call cell phones "globals". Say, I hear I'll be able to get a CVI from Google soon! I wonder what "motivational imperative" it will come with?
Just have a couple of IR-emitting LEDs on your person. The cameras get flooded, eyeballs can't tell the difference.
In some states (such as Virginia) it is a felony to hide your face in public (e.g. with a mask or a veil).
http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-422.html
I predict there will be a federal law soon, saying the same thing about IR lighting your face.
I'm sure the damn thing is going to use a protected bios so it can't be 'jail broken' to install other OS's. Which would be a shame because it's a nice looking design that would probably work very well with Ubuntu on it.
Looking forward to the SurfaTosh!
Although I might like to run Surbuntu on it...
Show me another program from ~1979 with all the features available in his "EMAIL" program and I will believe you, but I have yet to find one.
I used more than one email system between 1974-1979 that had all those features.
One of them was written by a fellow high-schooler on an HP2000 Time Shared BASIC system. He was conceptually copying the very well-known technology at the time. There are many more examples. Some of the other systems I used in that timeframe were commercial offerings, and some were ARPANET (out of MIT). There were also much older systems which had fewer (but most) features. Email has been around a *very* long time. The whole thing is ridiculous, of course.
"Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it"
Back in the 1950s, New York City enacted a dance tax. [...]
Needless to say the "dance tax" was revoked.
Actually, they still have it (or brought it back). Well, the last time I was dancing in NYC was around 2001. It was called a "Cabaret License".
The technology may be the backdrop but it's supposed to be realistic. Imagine a science fiction story set in the present, and it had Americans simply teleporting themselves to work by saying, "I want to go to work." That's not science; that's not reality or even possible. It's fantasy fiction.
Not into telecommuting, are you?
"I want to go to work in my underwear!" works all the time for me..
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When I was teenager in the mid 1970s, we called it "hacking", but we also knew about the "MIT" definition of the word. Probably because the MIT computers (which did not have security) were one of the most interesting things we discovered while hacking (mostly password guessing) into systems on the ARPANET. Some other ("real") hacking did involve exploting failure-to-bounds-check deficiencies in some operating systems.
1990s or 1980s phhht. Kids. Lawn.
Twenty-one years ago, the Deep Space 1 probe was controlled by an autonomous spacecraft control system called "Remote Agent". This was a Lisp program running aboard the spacecraft, 100,000,000 miles away from Earth. During the flight, they remotely debugged and fixed a race condition in the code that had not shown up during ground testing. This saved the day, and the Remote Agent was subsequently named "NASA Software of the Year". One of the developers said, "Having a read-eval-print loop running on the spacecraft proved invaluable in finding and fixing the problem."
What do you think: Conservative, or Liberal Programming? (lol)
Formal Analysis of the Remote Agent Before and After Flight
Lisp was also used for the Mars Pathfinder mission, although in that case it was not running aboard the spacecraft.
In the cardinal summer
From the man fields
A numerologist bursts out
The future becomes history
Seen ahead like Seldon
The decennium two times
In the western land
Violence and strife reigns
Another man will come
A crown of shock
Ancient secrets confounding him
Therefore, aliens
XX = Woman XY = Man
Gender is not what they want to test for, it is a PROXY for what they want to test for.
This is not a technology problem, and it's not even about genitalia.
It's about a definition of fairness, and that's harder to elaborate.
Mmmmmm.....pork...chips
Then a controlled dive could eliminate the need for afterburners completely.
Because a controlled dive works so well on takeoff. If you do it JUST right, you can achieve Mach....
In order to take off and go supersonic, you start rolling down the runway on the ground. Once you get into ground effect, about 10 feet up, you nose down and dive at the runway - and miss! Voila, you've gone supersonic!
It's not just Google Talk. This morning around 4 AM I could not reach most of the west coast reliably. I could get to Google (search) mostly, but all kinds of sites and services I wanted were unavailable. The traceoute from Washington D.C. stopped about 12 miles to the west at an above.net router.
11A ...11A2B...1B2B3...Zero-Zero-Zero Destruct Zero
Vote MULE in 2012!
We could call cell phones "globals". Say, I hear I'll be able to get a CVI from Google soon! I wonder what "motivational imperative" it will come with?
Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dilation of the so-called blush response? Fluctuation of the pupil. Involuntary dilation of the iris?
Just have a couple of IR-emitting LEDs on your person. The cameras get flooded, eyeballs can't tell the difference.
In some states (such as Virginia) it is a felony to hide your face in public (e.g. with a mask or a veil).
http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-422.html
I predict there will be a federal law soon, saying the same thing about IR lighting your face.
I only do "i"s.
I'm sure the damn thing is going to use a protected bios so it can't be 'jail broken' to install other OS's. Which would be a shame because it's a nice looking design that would probably work very well with Ubuntu on it.
Looking forward to the SurfaTosh! Although I might like to run Surbuntu on it...
"You are the Slashdot Unit. You will listen to me. " (And, this being Slashdot: "My oath of celibacy is on record.")
Linux is nowhere close to as transformative technology as EMAIL! The award should have gone to V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai.
Show me another program from ~1979 with all the features available in his "EMAIL" program and I will believe you, but I have yet to find one.
I used more than one email system between 1974-1979 that had all those features. One of them was written by a fellow high-schooler on an HP2000 Time Shared BASIC system. He was conceptually copying the very well-known technology at the time. There are many more examples. Some of the other systems I used in that timeframe were commercial offerings, and some were ARPANET (out of MIT). There were also much older systems which had fewer (but most) features. Email has been around a *very* long time. The whole thing is ridiculous, of course.
"Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it" Back in the 1950s, New York City enacted a dance tax.
[...] Needless to say the "dance tax" was revoked.
Actually, they still have it (or brought it back). Well, the last time I was dancing in NYC was around 2001. It was called a "Cabaret License".
Contact your doctor if your manipulator stays jammed for more than 4 hours. This can be a serious condition.
"From now on, I'll call you 'Sexy'"
omg oops ww
Bad Summary! Blah blah Modpoints blah blah TFA blah blah Apple blah blah...
Bad Summary! Blah blah Modpoints blah blah TFA blah blah Apple blah blah...
The technology may be the backdrop but it's supposed to be realistic. Imagine a science fiction story set in the present, and it had Americans simply teleporting themselves to work by saying, "I want to go to work." That's not science; that's not reality or even possible. It's fantasy fiction.
Not into telecommuting, are you? "I want to go to work in my underwear!" works all the time for me..
I bet THEIR Sonic Screwdriver works on WOOD!
Yes, but doesn't work on those things which are yellow.