For IE6 you add it to the registry: create a new key under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl and give it the name of the command (i.e. "g" for google).
Set the default string value under the key to the URL to use; %s gets replaced by what you type after the command. For the google example above, set the value to "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
You can also do character->string mappings; create a string value whose name is the character to replace, and whose value is a replacement string. Most common are things like ("&", "%26").
The way Mormon theology works is that leaders preach whetever they think is right over the pulpit. It's up to the members to decide whether they want to believe it or not. We don't even think scripture is inerrant, unlike most Christians.
We believe that the prophet is authorized to interpret scripture when there's an argument as to what it means. Every now and then the prophet will make doctrinal statements for clarifying certain issues ("Statements of the First Presidency").
We believe that sometimes, God will reveal His will on something; that that revelation is to the members of the church at that time, in that place, in their situation. We believe Paul's comments on how women should dress fall into that category.
The leaders of the church certainly preached that blacks were descended from Cain and would never have the priesthood, etc. It was a popular point of view, a convenient explanation for the racism that was prevalent. But there was never a revelation or doctrinal statement issued by the First Presidency concerning it until 1978. In fact, Joseph Smith ordained a few black men to the priesthood. It was not allowed to ordain slaves, since they were not free to perform the duties.
In 1844, Joseph Smith, Jr. ran for President of the United States on an anti-slavery platform aimed at ending all slavery by the year 1850 by having the government buy the freedom of slaves using money from the sale of public lands.
Regarding polygamy: the question was not whether polygamy would be allowed when Utah was a state; a congressional act was passed giving the U.S. government power to seize and administer the property of the Mormon church. The seized property was not returned until 1896 when the church renounced the practice of polygamy. The debate about becoming a state was mostly related to whether the people would have the right to homeschool.
As it is against the law, the Church forbids it and excommunicates anyone who practices polygamy. It's unclear what the position of the Church would be if polygamy were legalized again.
Mormons still believe in polygamy in a sense: marriage can be made an eternal relationship when performed by priesthood authority. Thus a widower may remarry after his wife's death and expect that the relationship with both wives will continue in the afterlife.
I'm a Mormon, and I think you're full of it. "Mormon" is a perfectly good word to describe the church and members of it.
I think evolution is a perfectly good way to create stuff; go download some alife programs and have a go at it yourself.
The earth was certainly created over a few billion years. We can see planet formation going on in other places. Why assume that God did it differently for this world?
For a hacker's approach to searching, check out serachlores.org. It's run by Fravia, who for years ran the best reverse engineering site around. Stuff like including the phrase "parent directory" in the search query to limit searches to directory listings, how to stalk people on the internet, stuff like that.
You can still find old mirrors of the reverse engineering site, but the only active one I know of is at www.woodmann.com/fravia. The message board is at www.woodmann.net/forum, no crackz, serialz, or warez allowed. Just techniques, tools, etc.
The complete ring poem wasn't inscribed on the ring, only two lines from the middle of it. Tolkein only gives the translation of those two lines, but an anonymous linguist with the pen-name "Elerrina" has reconstructed the complete poem with analysis. Here it is sans analysis:
See the TolkLang mailinglist archive for the original source. I've got it formatted using the fonts described in the article here (MS Word docfile, sorry!).
See also this bracelet I engraved with the complete poem with a dremel. The copper under the gold plating gives an impression of fire. On the gift card I wrote "This doesn't work, which is probably a good thing."
John Baez has some really good info about LIGO in several of his "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics" columns. week198 is the most recent to mention it. Baez is a great place to start if you like understanding connections between all kinds of different areas of math & physics (which, of course, includes everything else:)
Bad RNG = AI can predict next block
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Tetris AI System
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The random number generator has 32 bits of entropy. You get the number mod 7~=2^3 so after 11 blocks or so (11*3=33), you can uniquely determine the internal state of the RNG. After that, you know every block that will drop; at that point, you no longer need significant video processing, and can devote all the processing to working out where to put the next piece.
The word Gnostic means Knowledge. They claim to have a knowledge of what Christ taught during the 40 days he was with the disciples after his resurrection. Apparently the disciples were taught not to disclose what they learned as it was too sacred (cf. Christ's instructions to Peter, James, and John on the mount of transfiguration). As far as I know, neither the Catholic church, nor any of the protestant Christian churches claim to have that knowledge.
Most of the stuff has to do with the ceremonies involved with getting into heaven, and refer to a lot of the things mentioned in Rev. 3, i.e. stones, marks (both good and bad), white robes, signs, tokens.
The Masons claim to have the original temple ceremony from Solomon's temple; Mormons claim that the priesthood Christ gave to Peter was lost when the apostles were martyred, rather than passed on to the Popes, and thus needed to be restored. Part of the restoration of the priesthood included building temples and performing ceremonies in them.
http://www.rowland.org/land/land.html
Land thought up embedding long molecules (read: antennas the right length for absorbing visible EM) in plastic. When he read about the tiny crystals in the urine of a dog that had been treated with quinine, he researched it, refined the process, and came up with polaroid film, an inexpensive alternative to cementing two large feldspar crystals together.
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For IE6 you add it to the registry: create a new key under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl
and give it the name of the command (i.e. "g" for google).
Set the default string value under the key to the URL to use; %s gets replaced by what you type after the command. For the google example above, set the value to "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
You can also do character->string mappings; create a string value whose name is the character to replace, and whose value is a replacement string. Most common are things like ("&", "%26").
The way Mormon theology works is that leaders preach whetever they think is right over the pulpit. It's up to the members to decide whether they want to believe it or not. We don't even think scripture is inerrant, unlike most Christians. We believe that the prophet is authorized to interpret scripture when there's an argument as to what it means. Every now and then the prophet will make doctrinal statements for clarifying certain issues ("Statements of the First Presidency"). We believe that sometimes, God will reveal His will on something; that that revelation is to the members of the church at that time, in that place, in their situation. We believe Paul's comments on how women should dress fall into that category. The leaders of the church certainly preached that blacks were descended from Cain and would never have the priesthood, etc. It was a popular point of view, a convenient explanation for the racism that was prevalent. But there was never a revelation or doctrinal statement issued by the First Presidency concerning it until 1978. In fact, Joseph Smith ordained a few black men to the priesthood. It was not allowed to ordain slaves, since they were not free to perform the duties. In 1844, Joseph Smith, Jr. ran for President of the United States on an anti-slavery platform aimed at ending all slavery by the year 1850 by having the government buy the freedom of slaves using money from the sale of public lands. Regarding polygamy: the question was not whether polygamy would be allowed when Utah was a state; a congressional act was passed giving the U.S. government power to seize and administer the property of the Mormon church. The seized property was not returned until 1896 when the church renounced the practice of polygamy. The debate about becoming a state was mostly related to whether the people would have the right to homeschool. As it is against the law, the Church forbids it and excommunicates anyone who practices polygamy. It's unclear what the position of the Church would be if polygamy were legalized again. Mormons still believe in polygamy in a sense: marriage can be made an eternal relationship when performed by priesthood authority. Thus a widower may remarry after his wife's death and expect that the relationship with both wives will continue in the afterlife.
I'm a Mormon, and I think you're full of it. "Mormon" is a perfectly good word to describe the church and members of it. I think evolution is a perfectly good way to create stuff; go download some alife programs and have a go at it yourself. The earth was certainly created over a few billion years. We can see planet formation going on in other places. Why assume that God did it differently for this world?
Yeah, there's lots of them. here here here and here.
You can still find old mirrors of the reverse engineering site, but the only active one I know of is at www.woodmann.com/fravia. The message board is at www.woodmann.net/forum, no crackz, serialz, or warez allowed. Just techniques, tools, etc.
Gakh Nazgi Ilid/Albai/Golug - durub-uuri lata-nuut.
Udu takob-ishiz gund-ob Gazat-shakh-uuri. Krith Shara-uuri matuurz matat duumpuga.
Ash tug Shakhbuurz-uur Uliima-tab-ishi za, Uzg-Mordor-ishi amal fauthut burguuli.
Ash nazg durbatuluuk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluuk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul,
Uzg-Mordor-ishi amal fauthut burguuli.
See the TolkLang mailinglist archive for the original source. I've got it formatted using the fonts described in the article here (MS Word docfile, sorry!).
See also this bracelet I engraved with the complete poem with a dremel. The copper under the gold plating gives an impression of fire. On the gift card I wrote "This doesn't work, which is probably a good thing."
John Baez has some really good info about LIGO in several of his "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics" columns. week198 is the most recent to mention it. Baez is a great place to start if you like understanding connections between all kinds of different areas of math & physics (which, of course, includes everything else :)
The random number generator has 32 bits of entropy. You get the number mod 7~=2^3 so after 11 blocks or so (11*3=33), you can uniquely determine the internal state of the RNG. After that, you know every block that will drop; at that point, you no longer need significant video processing, and can devote all the processing to working out where to put the next piece.
The word Gnostic means Knowledge. They claim to have a knowledge of what Christ taught during the 40 days he was with the disciples after his resurrection. Apparently the disciples were taught not to disclose what they learned as it was too sacred (cf. Christ's instructions to Peter, James, and John on the mount of transfiguration). As far as I know, neither the Catholic church, nor any of the protestant Christian churches claim to have that knowledge.
Most of the stuff has to do with the ceremonies involved with getting into heaven, and refer to a lot of the things mentioned in Rev. 3, i.e. stones, marks (both good and bad), white robes, signs, tokens.
The Masons claim to have the original temple ceremony from Solomon's temple; Mormons claim that the priesthood Christ gave to Peter was lost when the apostles were martyred, rather than passed on to the Popes, and thus needed to be restored. Part of the restoration of the priesthood included building temples and performing ceremonies in them.
http://www.rowland.org/land/land.html Land thought up embedding long molecules (read: antennas the right length for absorbing visible EM) in plastic. When he read about the tiny crystals in the urine of a dog that had been treated with quinine, he researched it, refined the process, and came up with polaroid film, an inexpensive alternative to cementing two large feldspar crystals together.