I was actually not complaining, just explaining how I think it works. I should have been more clear.
I don't think the original poster really is complaining either. I think he is having a lot of fun tinkering with his system and being excited about every new release.
I fall into that group. I used to use Debian Unstable just because I enjoyed trying out the latest and when something broke I would actually enjoy trying to get everything to work again.
If he really had a problem with the release cycle he would skip every other release.
Remember, after you win the money, if you do. You still own your space ship and all the technology and your company. If that isn't worth $50 mill then you are out of luck, but there is a good chance that it is.
But maybe Google's goal isn't to censor things. Maybe their goal is to be family friendly. If you look at it that way it isn't immoral to prevent certain pictures to show up.
I did that in hex on a 486DX266 back in the day. It took approximately a month.
I did it in hex because it was easier to write an efficient algorithm.
And then I decided to write a program which would convert that huge resulting hex number to decimal.
Only, that is when I realized that it would take more computational power to convert that number to decimal from hex, than to start from scratch and do it in decimal "natively".
I really wanted the ZX Sinclair. I never got one. But a few years later there was a machine that was sold in Sweden. I'm not sure if it ever made it out of Sweden, the Luxor ABC80. And it still has the best basic out there (and I'm counting VB.net).
I wrote a break out game (you know, with the paddle at the bottom and the bricks at the top). Man, those were the days.
I think it had a Zilog Z80 cpu, or something like that. Man, I haven't thought about that for years.
This is a hoax and many has pointed it out. But I'll point out another reason why it is a hoax.
He says he can't post using his real UID because it would jeopardize his job. Then he says that he is "coming _here_ to Microsoft".
If he was concerned about his job he would not have given an indication that he worked for MS, nor would he point out that he posts anonymously because he is at risk.
So lets say that the police force is equipped with this.
Now, what if you and your partner is fighting a bad guy. Your partner gets gunned down and you are out of bullets and reach for his gun to return fire.
You don't want to spend time having to get his magazine out and put it in your gun. You want to reach down and use it.
So, ideally, all police guns should be able to recognize all officers in the same precinct or something like that.
There is a popular story that some official of the U.S. patent office resigned some time in the 19th century, or even wrote a letter to the president suggesting shutting it down, because he thought that everything that could be invented already had been invented.
This article inspired me to find out more about that and found that it was a myth. Interesting though.
I'm Swedish but I have moved to Texas. I love most of this great state. But environmental responsibility is not one of its virtues.
One example is individually wrapped cheese. Why is that necessary?
Nobody in Sweden has ever seen an individually wrapped piece of cheese. And we have survived just fine, eating cheese on a daily basis. We have large blocks of cheese and a special "cheese grater" to serve the same purpose.
This is just one example, but everywhere I look, I see wasteful use of resources.
Oooh, and don't get me started on those who commute to work in a Hummer or a Ford F250.
Maybe they shouldn't even be connected to a frame mechanically. Maybe they have a little cage that they float around in with certain properties. Maybe the cage spins around?
Maybe these things are really really small? Almost to small to see with the naked eye?
Maybe they aren't even flat. But what we learned from the dropping paper will help us figure out another shape which will work for this.
I'm not saying that I know how it should be done. Only that I don't know that it can't be done.
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I was actually not complaining, just explaining how I think it works. I should have been more clear.
I don't think the original poster really is complaining either. I think he is having a lot of fun tinkering with his system and being excited about every new release.
I fall into that group. I used to use Debian Unstable just because I enjoyed trying out the latest and when something broke I would actually enjoy trying to get everything to work again.
If he really had a problem with the release cycle he would skip every other release.
They are using you to test the system so that their enterprise customers will get the quality that they expect.
It is a really cheap way of doing quality control.
Man, a 20" hard drive.
That's not progress.
Remember, after you win the money, if you do. You still own your space ship and all the technology and your company. If that isn't worth $50 mill then you are out of luck, but there is a good chance that it is.
I dislike that Google has done this.
But maybe Google's goal isn't to censor things. Maybe their goal is to be family friendly. If you look at it that way it isn't immoral to prevent certain pictures to show up.
I did that in hex on a 486DX266 back in the day. It took approximately a month.
I did it in hex because it was easier to write an efficient algorithm.
And then I decided to write a program which would convert that huge resulting hex number to decimal.
Only, that is when I realized that it would take more computational power to convert that number to decimal from hex, than to start from scratch and do it in decimal "natively".
Thank you very much!
I downloaded the simulator and it took about a second. That says a little about how small things used to be.
I started it up and it takes me back.
Man,
.net).
I really wanted the ZX Sinclair. I never got one. But a few years later there was a machine that was sold in Sweden. I'm not sure if it ever made it out of Sweden, the Luxor ABC80. And it still has the best basic out there (and I'm counting VB
I wrote a break out game (you know, with the paddle at the bottom and the bricks at the top). Man, those were the days.
I think it had a Zilog Z80 cpu, or something like that. Man, I haven't thought about that for years.
Man!
Only $600 for one of these puppies. I'm getting one, underwater camera and all, for the local university pool.
This is a hoax and many has pointed it out. But I'll point out another reason why it is a hoax.
He says he can't post using his real UID because it would jeopardize his job. Then he says that he is "coming _here_ to Microsoft".
If he was concerned about his job he would not have given an indication that he worked for MS, nor would he point out that he posts anonymously because he is at risk.
I just submitted an article and if this article made it then my submission should make it too!
I'd rather that it could teleport. That way I could get it even when I forgot it at home.
The only thing on that main page that lets you know that it is a phone is the name, the smartphone.
All the features mentioned has nothing to do with phones.
I guess it is obvious, but it drives home the point that the "phone" part of a cell phone really isn't the selling point anymore.
So lets say that the police force is equipped with this.
Now, what if you and your partner is fighting a bad guy. Your partner gets gunned down and you are out of bullets and reach for his gun to return fire.
You don't want to spend time having to get his magazine out and put it in your gun. You want to reach down and use it.
So, ideally, all police guns should be able to recognize all officers in the same precinct or something like that.
Is that feasible with todays technology?
Hey, if you take me to court because I breathe then I'm going to slam you with my heart beat patent.
If I were you I'd settle outside the courts.
Otherwise we'd have to agree to not infringe on our respective patents and I can hold my breath for over a minute.
If you read the article linked to in your parent post you will see that that is an urban legend.
But that was the quote that I only could paraphrase and which cause me to do the search in the first place.
There is a popular story that some official of the U.S. patent office resigned some time in the 19th century, or even wrote a letter to the president suggesting shutting it down, because he thought that everything that could be invented already had been invented.
This article inspired me to find out more about that and found that it was a myth. Interesting though.
No, you didn't. But just in case, if you do, don't step on anything.
I saw what can happen on the Simpsons.
Yup, you can read about it here
Man,
That's gonna be thousands of tons of corn diverted away from making nachos.
Make those discs out of egg plant instead. Nobody will miss them.
Mmmm... Nachos.
I'm Swedish but I have moved to Texas. I love most of this great state. But environmental responsibility is not one of its virtues.
One example is individually wrapped cheese. Why is that necessary?
Nobody in Sweden has ever seen an individually wrapped piece of cheese. And we have survived just fine, eating cheese on a daily basis. We have large blocks of cheese and a special "cheese grater" to serve the same purpose.
This is just one example, but everywhere I look, I see wasteful use of resources.
Oooh, and don't get me started on those who commute to work in a Hummer or a Ford F250.
And I was in a real hurry. So I copied code from the pay roll system.
My recommendation is, don't fly on a pay day.
OK, so maybe most, or actually all, of this story wasn't entirely true.
And Umm... I also didn't come up with it myself. I paraphrased it from Wally in Dilbert. There. I said it.
No independent thought taking place here.
Well, I'll probably get flamed for discussing cremation but...
pun intended.
Maybe like the gyros in a gyro compass?
Maybe they shouldn't even be connected to a frame mechanically. Maybe they have a little cage that they float around in with certain properties. Maybe the cage spins around?
Maybe these things are really really small? Almost to small to see with the naked eye?
Maybe they aren't even flat. But what we learned from the dropping paper will help us figure out another shape which will work for this.
I'm not saying that I know how it should be done. Only that I don't know that it can't be done.
ROTFL!
This is the winner of the award "most interesting insightful funny joke on slashdot" ever.