Good call. Whatever you want to call the system of government, one thing it *isn't* supposed to be is an autocracy. Remember, they're working for you, on your dime.
256 would be inadequate without falling back on NAT. 2^16 *MAY* be sufficient... depending on how much connectivity a person's household appliances and consumer electronics might actually utilize. I would, however, tend to be partial to no less than 2^32 addresses per household.
Not to mention the feral Furbies. IPV6-enabled Furbies - might just take over the world.
It could come with perpetual free beer and pizza and I still wouldn't buy it. I will not purchase another Sony product as long as I live. They treat people badly, and I've had quite enough of them.
Yes, indeed. I wonder if they deliver them personally? If this happened in Australia we would probably think this was so daft* someone had to be having us on**.
Of course, there'd probably be a friendly punch in the mouth on delivery too. Fine excuse for a dust-up***
For those counterantipodeans among you:
*Daft. As in crazy as a loon.
**Having us on = pulling our legs.
***Dust-up = brawl. Insurance does not cover damage to furniture, chins, or strange red unemployment capes thought up by someone who works in the public sector and otherwise spends far, far too much time in the basement reading comic books.
I trust science for the same reason I trust open-source. I know many different eyes with different motivations have scrutinized "the code" and haven't found any problems, and when they do find problems they report the "bugs" and submit "patches". Likewise many different eyes have scrutinized scientific theory and have agreed with the findings, where they don't agree they publicly says so and where they can they do experiments and submit new ideas to replace faulty ones.
Whereas in religion, the proffering of a reported bug and suggested patch is called "heresy". The group will then vilify you for deviating from doctrine and will break you on the wheel if they can.
Which, ironically, demonstrates very little actual faith at all.
Should any of you younger./ers have any hope of procreating. Learn to cook. It's like edible science.
Agreed - you should be able to build yourself breakfast, lunch and dinner with a minimum of prepared foods. It's not hard, kids - and it'll save you cash, impress the ladies (and this is *definitely* where making the effort counts!), and keep you healthier than the folks who are living off day-old pizza and ramen noodles.
Daily breakfast builds are good. It's an iterative procedure, but you can't just cook the changes each day, except in trivial cases. You generally have to cook the whole meal if you want to procreate. Most otherwise compatible partners might not be able to integrate simple changes -- say, if you substituted pepper for salt; a plate of pepper alone for breakfast (the simple change) can't be integrated into yesterday's meal. At least that's the way for me, my fridge doesn't understand Subversion.
More generally, anything related to satan or shaitan is intrinsically an offshoot of one of the "religions of the book", and ultimately descended from Angra Mainyu who was the antagonist of Ahura Mazhda, whence those interrelated Abrahamic monotheisms derive several of their basic attributes.
Yesterdays gods are today's devils. 'Twas ever thus.
A fairly interesting discussion of the politics surrounding the banning of hemp can be found in an early Allan Ginsberg book "The Marijuana Papers". The Congresscritter most deeply involved was a gent named Harry J. Ainslinger. If you search the Congressional Record around the 1930's or so you might be able to trace his arguments.
I think Knuth would agree that no work is ever perfect
Which doesn't harm it in the slightest. Bench pressing a barbell will give you the desired effect irrespective of whether you're a half centimetre off at extension. (The metaphor holds -- reading Knuth is weight training for the mind.)
And SEND+MORE=MONEY isn't quite right, it's off by one. SEND+MORE=MONEY-A would work.
The one single thing wrong with tablets is - everyone knows what happens to a transparent surface when it's left open to the elements. It gets pitted, scratched, and ugly.
There may be materials that get past that, but that's the perception, folks. They need a cover.
They need to be isolated from dirty fingers, stray noodles, micrometeorites and orbital meatball impacts. Until the public thinks of clear screens as unbreakable, they'll need to think of them as disposable. That may be ideal from a supplier's viewpoint, less so from the buyer's. I don't want one.
If I were a nurse in a ward, my opinion might differ -- the fastidious might see them as "easier to disinfect".
Graff, money is indeed lovely, but you're not winning any friends with that"some sort of communistic ideal" phrase. It's very ad-hominem. Generating sophisticated financial models can be fun, but don't harbour the illusion they create value -- only more money.
I mean -- has my house really appreciated 500% over the last decade, or is the dollar simply worth that much less now? Can anyone point to why?
Science students diverted into pure-play investment houses are suddenly economists and bankers, and we've lost the scientists and the engineers in the transaction. We've lost their ability to create intrinsic value that you quants love to leverage.
Or are you of the opinion that we can become truly wealthy simply by trading each other's hats?
How will you source that flying car you want, if all you have is money?
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Good call. Whatever you want to call the system of government, one thing it *isn't* supposed to be is an autocracy. Remember, they're working for you, on your dime.
256 would be inadequate without falling back on NAT. 2^16 *MAY* be sufficient... depending on how much connectivity a person's household appliances and consumer electronics might actually utilize. I would, however, tend to be partial to no less than 2^32 addresses per household.
Not to mention the feral Furbies. IPV6-enabled Furbies - might just take over the world.
Be scared now.
It could come with perpetual free beer and pizza and I still wouldn't buy it. I will not purchase another Sony product as long as I live. They treat people badly, and I've had quite enough of them.
I use metric (Australian) but I do believe the old Imperial measures have better sounding names.
It's much easier to say "mile" than "kilometer", "inch" instead of "centimetre", "pound" over "kilogram".
Get the syllable count down to a manageable number and folks will flock to the new system. Seriously. Best-used words have a low syllable count.
Of course, there'd probably be a friendly punch in the mouth on delivery too. Fine excuse for a dust-up***
For those counterantipodeans among you:
*Daft. As in crazy as a loon.
**Having us on = pulling our legs.
***Dust-up = brawl. Insurance does not cover damage to furniture, chins, or strange red unemployment capes thought up by someone who works in the public sector and otherwise spends far, far too much time in the basement reading comic books.
Not to mention that Sony have a corporate motto similar to Google's, with a significant word left out. This is Sony's karma, people. Alligator tears.
And in thwarting the outright theft of Linux freedom by SCO, she's got a place in my heart forever.
I will miss Groklaw. Harsh light of provable truth on a terrible, dirty little scam by another corporation who wanted to own us. We won.
Thanks, [PJ! We owe you half the industry. Wish we could pay you what you were worth.
Ah, Professor Miller, we miss you. Please reincarnate soon*.
*Irony intended.
I trust science for the same reason I trust open-source. I know many different eyes with different motivations have scrutinized "the code" and haven't found any problems, and when they do find problems they report the "bugs" and submit "patches". Likewise many different eyes have scrutinized scientific theory and have agreed with the findings, where they don't agree they publicly says so and where they can they do experiments and submit new ideas to replace faulty ones.
Whereas in religion, the proffering of a reported bug and suggested patch is called "heresy". The group will then vilify you for deviating from doctrine and will break you on the wheel if they can.
Which, ironically, demonstrates very little actual faith at all.
Hey, I really liked the ADM3A I built from Heathkit!
Beware of Monsters From The Id, Dr.Morbeus.
I read that initially as "copyright on posture". Ok, bit of pre-coffee dyslexia, but now I'm scared.
Should any of you younger ./ers have any hope of procreating. Learn to cook. It's like edible science.
Agreed - you should be able to build yourself breakfast, lunch and dinner with a minimum of prepared foods. It's not hard, kids - and it'll save you cash, impress the ladies (and this is *definitely* where making the effort counts!), and keep you healthier than the folks who are living off day-old pizza and ramen noodles.
Daily breakfast builds are good. It's an iterative procedure, but you can't just cook the changes each day, except in trivial cases. You generally have to cook the whole meal if you want to procreate. Most otherwise compatible partners might not be able to integrate simple changes -- say, if you substituted pepper for salt; a plate of pepper alone for breakfast (the simple change) can't be integrated into yesterday's meal. At least that's the way for me, my fridge doesn't understand Subversion.
More generally, anything related to satan or shaitan is intrinsically an offshoot of one of the "religions of the book", and ultimately descended from Angra Mainyu who was the antagonist of Ahura Mazhda, whence those interrelated Abrahamic monotheisms derive several of their basic attributes.
Yesterdays gods are today's devils. 'Twas ever thus.
http://xkcd.com/327/ Young Bobby Tables
A fairly interesting discussion of the politics surrounding the banning of hemp can be found in an early Allan Ginsberg book "The Marijuana Papers". The Congresscritter most deeply involved was a gent named Harry J. Ainslinger. If you search the Congressional Record around the 1930's or so you might be able to trace his arguments.
What I did was to assign a simple sequence of A=1,B=2...Z=26 and sum the indices.
I *want* that book...
This is all beginning to look like the cyber wars in David Brin's "Earth". I think I'll take that one off the shelf again, deserves a re-read.
I think Knuth would agree that no work is ever perfect
Which doesn't harm it in the slightest. Bench pressing a barbell will give you the desired effect irrespective of whether you're a half centimetre off at extension. (The metaphor holds -- reading Knuth is weight training for the mind.)
And SEND+MORE=MONEY isn't quite right, it's off by one. SEND+MORE=MONEY-A would work.
The one single thing wrong with tablets is - everyone knows what happens to a transparent surface when it's left open to the elements. It gets pitted, scratched, and ugly.
There may be materials that get past that, but that's the perception, folks. They need a cover.
They need to be isolated from dirty fingers, stray noodles, micrometeorites and orbital meatball impacts. Until the public thinks of clear screens as unbreakable, they'll need to think of them as disposable. That may be ideal from a supplier's viewpoint, less so from the buyer's. I don't want one.
If I were a nurse in a ward, my opinion might differ -- the fastidious might see them as "easier to disinfect".
So you sold out -- but got a great price!
Graff, money is indeed lovely, but you're not winning any friends with that"some sort of communistic ideal" phrase. It's very ad-hominem. Generating sophisticated financial models can be fun, but don't harbour the illusion they create value -- only more money.
I mean -- has my house really appreciated 500% over the last decade, or is the dollar simply worth that much less now? Can anyone point to why?
Science students diverted into pure-play investment houses are suddenly economists and bankers, and we've lost the scientists and the engineers in the transaction. We've lost their ability to create intrinsic value that you quants love to leverage.
Or are you of the opinion that we can become truly wealthy simply by trading each other's hats?
How will you source that flying car you want, if all you have is money?
Barnes and Noble aren't suing, but predictably Microsoft is. They don't like Nook+Android for some reason. PJ over at Groklaw thinks it's "SCO II" Ref: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110321172008657
You have to pat them down going in and out of the building, if you're serious. Micro SSD anyone?
Buy the boxed whole season sets. Don't eat your bandwidth, they don't cost that much - and they're not affiliated with Sony.