Actually you make a fatal mistake in step 1.
By "[taking] webpage P1 and creat[ing] another page J1 which consists of all the alternate characters from P1", you are technically creating a derivative work, from a work that is copyrighted, and without the copyright holder's permission. This is not legal. So any other steps in your algorithm are already illegal as well.
If you truly created "random" characters for your web page J1, then you could copyright that work of your own. But by taking alternate characters from the original source, you are simply encoding the original page in a way that keeps intact half the information, which is copyrighted.
Sorry, you can't get there from here;P
There's already too much information presented on-screen just watching your normal CNN newscast, with the network bug in the lower right corner, and the scrolling message text at the bottom, plus graphics from the actual program you're watching. There have been many times when some show had subtitles, captions, or other informative text that I couldn't see and was covered up by one of these annoying extras. That's just bad UI design.
I remember a SNL did a skit once for MSNBC where they had so many graphics up on the screen you could only see the lips of the news anchor at one point. I think it's only a matter of time before that becomes a reality.
A more reasonable interpretation is that all civilizations develop near rivers to provide fresh drinking water. All rivers flood, given enough time.
It's not surprising then every civilization will have a story about the "big flood" back in the olden times.
It really is a fantastic deal! Especially since currently it cost about $62.5 trillion/gram. (source: http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/antimatt er1.asp)
I don't know what the density of anti-protons are, but for sake of argument say it's 1gm/ml, then one liter of antimatter (antiprotons) would cost $62.5 quadrillion bucks.
Maybe it's a typo in the price? You could buy up all their inventory and resell it on eBay and then buy your own planet with the profits.
Maybe they can further enhance the mosquitoes to produce an opiate-like substance that gets injected into the bloodstream of its victims.
I'm not sure of the *practical* uses of such a mosquito, but man, it sure would be fun in the summer time near the swamp!
Actually, information doesn't exist until a human examines it. The light wave/photon is just a probability wave until a human observes it. Without a human, there might be *something* there, but you can't call it light, or information.
No one will *ever* top this as a symbol of universal terror:
http://www.goatse.cx/
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I don't think you can compare Ogg with Beta as far as being DOA goes; Ogg is serving a very different purpose , that of providing an mp3-compatible encoding standard that's not encumbered by a patent.
Are you aware that an opensource/free/shareware program that *encodes* mp3's STILL requires the author to pay a licensing fee of at LEAST US$50,000?!
That's insane. THAT is why Ogg has a future.
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I remember playing NetTrek on the Suns in the computer lab in school, although I never got into it hard core. I actually spent more time playing MazeWars, which I believe is even older than NetTrek.
My "golden years" though were spent playing on the CDC-Plato network on Empire, Moria, Labrinth and Dry Gulch. I would love to know what became of these games...are they still alive anywhere? That would be awesome to bring some of them back!!
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Actually you make a fatal mistake in step 1. By "[taking] webpage P1 and creat[ing] another page J1 which consists of all the alternate characters from P1", you are technically creating a derivative work, from a work that is copyrighted, and without the copyright holder's permission. This is not legal. So any other steps in your algorithm are already illegal as well. If you truly created "random" characters for your web page J1, then you could copyright that work of your own. But by taking alternate characters from the original source, you are simply encoding the original page in a way that keeps intact half the information, which is copyrighted. Sorry, you can't get there from here ;P
I remember a SNL did a skit once for MSNBC where they had so many graphics up on the screen you could only see the lips of the news anchor at one point. I think it's only a matter of time before that becomes a reality.
A more reasonable interpretation is that all civilizations develop near rivers to provide fresh drinking water. All rivers flood, given enough time. It's not surprising then every civilization will have a story about the "big flood" back in the olden times.
It really is a fantastic deal! Especially since currently it cost about $62.5 trillion/gram. (source: http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/antimatt er1.asp)
I don't know what the density of anti-protons are, but for sake of argument say it's 1gm/ml, then one liter of antimatter (antiprotons) would cost $62.5 quadrillion bucks.
Maybe it's a typo in the price? You could buy up all their inventory and resell it on eBay and then buy your own planet with the profits.
Maybe they can further enhance the mosquitoes to produce an opiate-like substance that gets injected into the bloodstream of its victims. I'm not sure of the *practical* uses of such a mosquito, but man, it sure would be fun in the summer time near the swamp!
Actually, information doesn't exist until a human examines it. The light wave/photon is just a probability wave until a human observes it. Without a human, there might be *something* there, but you can't call it light, or information.
I also had the first and third boxes checked. And like others above I couldn't log in with Opera until I changed my Browser ID as IE 5.
No one will *ever* top this as a symbol of universal terror: http://www.goatse.cx/
I don't think you can compare Ogg with Beta as far as being DOA goes; Ogg is serving a very different purpose , that of providing an mp3-compatible encoding standard that's not encumbered by a patent. Are you aware that an opensource/free/shareware program that *encodes* mp3's STILL requires the author to pay a licensing fee of at LEAST US$50,000?! That's insane. THAT is why Ogg has a future.
I remember playing NetTrek on the Suns in the computer lab in school, although I never got into it hard core. I actually spent more time playing MazeWars, which I believe is even older than NetTrek. My "golden years" though were spent playing on the CDC-Plato network on Empire, Moria, Labrinth and Dry Gulch. I would love to know what became of these games...are they still alive anywhere? That would be awesome to bring some of them back!!
HAL will be here someday. It just might take a while.
I finally did it, I joined the EFF! I sent 'em $100. I've been lurking here at /. for many months, and this is my first post.
Death to the DMCA!!