It is my hope that this process with continue until the USA is reduced to pre-stoneage technology.
Note to all the guys at the NSA; Stones, rocks and pieces of stick are all potential terrorist weapons and must be eliminated for the safety and security of The Homeland.
(ie; maybe if we took some atmosphere from Venus to Mars and some soil from Mard to Venus, interesting chemical reactions could take place! Useful reactions?)
"it'll be interesting to see if the government will impose some restrictions on such device, so that it can't be used for anything threating the homeland."
I think that the US government should absolutely forbid any American from doing *anything* that could *conceivably* threaten The Homeland!
These things are being pursued more and more vigorously these days. *No* silly, not the Nausicaan aliens from the planet Nausicaa from Star Trek, they are too ugly... I mean the rights to the name 'Nausicaa'. I wouldn't mind betting its copyright or trademark or some such rubbish.
"Constantly checking for counterfeits steals processing power that I should be able to use for things I want my PC to do."
Especially if they 'enhance' the current method.
As I understand it, there is a pattern of circles on the currency, and the software checks for this.
If the bill is scanned or printed slightly offset from straight up and down (I've heard that just 1 degree can do the trick) then the pattern matching doesn't work and the bill is scanned/printed.
For them to fix this, they would need to check each increment of rotation for those circles.
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"specifically to *avoid* tyranny of the majority."
So instead you get the tyrrany of the very wealthy.
Great bargain, dude.
I hope not, they are yummy!
oops...
Some kind of nanotech or maybe a biotech bacteria that eats black powder would be so cool.
"And yet, would be completely financed by the US."
yeah, well the US does have a seemingly infinite supply of madmen...
the only thing you *can* do is generalize...
I'm too busy[1] to learn chemistry so if someone would do the equivalent of 1+1 in chemistry on this question, I'd appreciate it!
/. but just leave it there, k?
[1]: apparently not too busy to read
"Great, now I can't even own a pen."
Exactly.
It is my hope that this process with continue until the USA is reduced to pre-stoneage technology.
Note to all the guys at the NSA; Stones, rocks and pieces of stick are all potential terrorist weapons and must be eliminated for the safety and security of The Homeland.
I've been wondering...
Mars is rich in iron oxide.
Venus is rich in sulphuric acid.
What do you get if you mix the two?
(ie; maybe if we took some atmosphere from Venus to Mars and some soil from Mard to Venus, interesting chemical reactions could take place! Useful reactions?)
"it'll be interesting to see if the government will impose some restrictions on such device, so that it can't be used for anything threating the homeland."
I think that the US government should absolutely forbid any American from doing *anything* that could *conceivably* threaten The Homeland!
These things are being pursued more and more vigorously these days. *No* silly, not the Nausicaan aliens from the planet Nausicaa from Star Trek, they are too ugly...
I mean the rights to the name 'Nausicaa'. I wouldn't mind betting its copyright or trademark or some such rubbish.
From Star Trek Locations guide;
Nausicaa
(Nausicaan homeworld)
ENT "Fortunate Son"
I've been wondering how big a wingspan would be required to support a person while flying wing-in-ground effect, gliding downhill.
Or something like that.
A kind of very low altitude glider but I'm thinking it would only need a short wingspan?
No engine.
(The thing in the article seems to be described variously as a glider and as having a jet engine. Am I missing something here?)
"The real reason Mars has relatively little water is that water is broken up in the upper atmosphere by interaction with solar UV."
No.
The *real* reason is that sandtrout are locking the water up in underground cysts. *Sigh* havn't you read Dune?
"slam it into the surface like an meteorite."
;)
Bad BAD idea. If there were a hidden Martian civilisation, such an act really *would* mean war.
damn, I hit submit without giving examples of some of the superb and unique product names acheivable with pwgen.
Such gems as;
"jahL0pho", "ko8jahNg" or "Phab3vah" are virtually guaranteed to not have lawsuits demanding that you change them!
*anything* We will have to use pwgen to create names for products
"The most common problems I encounter with PCs are memory related."
Hah. The most common problems *I* encounter with PCs are user related.
And if its a sysadmin user, its almost always a typo.
"Also, the drivers in linux are much more verbose when they have a problem."
As in you actually *get* diagnostics and log messages.
M$ Windows truly sucks in this regard.
Rats with "vaguely Wolverine-like healing factor".
Wonderful.
I can see the pest control guys kitting up with miniguns and RPGs.
"Do you think they're idiots?"
Well... To be honest?
Yeah, I do.
Photoshop has many reports of small rotations causing the currency to be scanned. I dunno about the printing though.
(I havn't tested it, so this could all be rubbish)
"That's not how democracy works. Democracy has ALWAYS been about trying to effect change through your vote."
No, democracy has always been the quest, by those who desire power, for an effective means to influence 'vote spending patterns'.
Advertising substantially overlaps with this; advertising for commodities etc is all about influencing 'cash spending patterns'.
Democracy is, today, Advertising.
"Constantly checking for counterfeits steals processing power that I should be able to use for things I want my PC to do."
Especially if they 'enhance' the current method.
As I understand it, there is a pattern of circles on the currency, and the software checks for this.
If the bill is scanned or printed slightly offset from straight up and down (I've heard that just 1 degree can do the trick) then the pattern matching doesn't work and the bill is scanned/printed.
For them to fix this, they would need to check each increment of rotation for those circles.
I can see that taking quite some time...
(Better luck next time, guys!)
Well I got this in an email on 'Full Disclosure' and it came complete with html and a bitmap; in other words, with the POC exploit.
So now the /. servers are going to be raided by DMCA police? Time to move offshore, guys! ;)
"You wouldn't be the first, thousands of Japanese have already received this honour."
And their children, and their old folks!
Maybe the US should invoice the Japs for having provided the service...
"Oh god. Yes the doctor is part of a vast conspiracy to screw you out of money"
Hey, the whole of *society* is a vast conspiracy to screw you out of money.
Oh hang on, no, its called 'capitalism'