When my religious son graduated from Catholic high school, I thought I'd give him something special. I gave him a car. But more importantly, I wanted him to know about responsible sex. So I first gave him a stack of literature about sex, which had the keys to the car inside of it. When I presented it to him on graduation, he was appalled. "Thanks for nothing, dad!" He told me. Ungrateful jerk. He left us and I never heard from him for ten years. Then I'd found he'd been arrested for molesting an altar boy.
I visited him and told him I probably could have done more for him and, would he like the stuff in his old room back? He said sure, why not.
He was surprised to find the old literature I tried give him and which he rejected. Amazed, he thumbed through it. Then an envelope fell out. He opened it and saw the keys. Then it dawned on him: "Dad... when you gave me the literature on responsible sex... you were really giving me a new car?" I said no, I was giving you educational material, a car, and, hopefully, some humility. "Why didn't you TELL ME ALL THESE YEARS?" he asked. "Well," I responded, "why didn't you trust my judgment that getting laid was what you really wanted?"
I'm so enamored with it that I actually tried to close my <blockquote> with a </bobcat> tag. Got halfway through the first paragraph before I noticed. Here's a tip: use <quote> instead -- it's shorter and has the advantage that when you reply to someone, what shows up in the preview text (prior to expanding the comment) isn't the material you're quoting... your text shows up.
And I agree on the bobcat comment -- I nearly shot out the coffee I was drinking when I read that!
your metaphor is flawed... I'm going to say something shocking here, but bear with me: Computer Science is not Programming. I guess a more apt analogy would be that programming is to computer science as cooking is to restaurant science. I suppose you can know all about sourcing the freshest food, acquiring equipment to store it, getting tools to prepare it, etc. yet still not be able to cook to save your life. I would find it odd to meet someone who knew all the theory about what foods complement other foods, preparation methods, and was able to describe how a perfect meal is crafted yet be completely unable to prepare the meal.
Normally I'd agree with you, but look at the summary "Moving emphasis away from programming proficiency was a key..." How is this different from attracting women to become math majors by moving emphasis away from being able to do math problems?
They may have found a way to fully comply with the DVD specifications while at the same time taking advantage of a flaw to implement copy protection of sorts.
That explains black holes -- it's an attempt to cut down on the number of polygons by culling large sections. A supernova must be what happens when God overclocks a particular region of space and it backfires.
Right... and "war" is a term where two armies line up on opposite sides of a battlefield in single lines and then march towards each other, trying to kill as many on the opposing side as possible.
William Gibson wrote Johnny Mneumonic?! Is the book better than the movie? For starters, the book doesn't star Keanu Reeves. I leave that up to you as to whether that qualifies for an "Excellent!" or a "Whoah!".
Hacking has always been about using technology to do something you normally couldn't do. The original hackers built the foundations on which the Web lives. The media and other public opinion sources have vilified all the good hackers by lumping them in with the crackers, script kiddies, and other generally nasty online personas. Whenever I hear "cracking" I think of removing annoying copy protection from video games. I've always seen hacking as being morally neutral. As you say, it's using technology to do something you normally couldn't do, such as gaining root access on a system or making free long distance phone calls. The word cracker seems to be an after-the-fact invention to subdivide hackers based on morality.
On the flipside, there's how FreeBSD handled it when it was found that someone removed copyright notices from their code and threw it into the Linux kernel:
"Right now, Søren is in discussions with the authors of the Linux ATA drivers (employed by RedHat) to ensure that his copyright notice is returned to these and other files, and to ensure that this situation does not recur. And it is hoped that an amicable solution can be reached."
this is funny because he missed the obvious and actual reason. most planes ive flown on have had a phone on the arm rest with a little slot to swipe your credit card. Well, there was this part of TFA which you must have overlooked:
"However, the airlines know that some kind of plane-to-ground communication is coming, and they want to profit from it. Simply allowing passengers to use their own cell phones in flight would leave the airlines out of the profit-taking. Airlines would prefer that phones be banned while they come up with new ways to charge for communication, such as the coming wave of Wi-Fi access. Meanwhile, the ban is potentially more profitable."
Of course, plane-to-ground communication is already here for the most part and available for $3 a minute or whatever ridiculous charge it is these days.
I've always admired id for releasing their engines after the game has lived its life. I feel that they're giving back to the community (at least in some small way). Giving back implies they've taken something from the community which, as far as I know, isn't the case unless you're talking about algorithms, etc. that they've taken and expanded upon.
I have just developed a Unix device, using Signetics' "Write Only Memory" chips, which not only collects unwanted bits, but also actually flushes them down the toilet. Simply "pipe" unwanted data to "\dev\toilet" eg: > more foo.txt | toilet. If it's a unix device, why are you running it from a DOS prompt? And what does C:\dev\toilet do anyways? I guess you also have to do manual flow control if you need to use the "more" command. Hopefully verison 2 will run under unix and have auto flow control, eg:
The bug in evolution which allowed Homo Sapiens to gain language and self awareness. Gaia knows it never should have happened! But I am sure it will corected shortly Lolz! UR teh l33t dewd!
If the sauna temp is 120C, he won't be making much of a counterargument after being boiled alive for 4-5 hours. Maybe you're thinking hot tub in which case that'd be true. I've regularly used a (dry) sauna and the ambient temperature gets over 100 celcius. The reason why you don't boil alive is because of a number of things. First, you sweat a lot and the evaporation of your sweat cools you down and necessitates drinking tons of water. Second, that's the temperature of the ambient air. If you wave your arms around in it, you're likely to get scalded a bit but if you keep still, the air immediately around the surface of your body cools enough that it forms a safe layer. Finally, much like the arm waving, you don't want any kind of fan circulating the air around -- it should be stagnant enough that the safe layer of air stays there.
forgive me for my ignorance- what is the chinese room thought experiment? Go to google.com, type in "chinese room thought experiment", hit "I'm feeling lucky".
Do you actually know what ex-parte discovery is? Have you looked it up? No. Obviously you haven't. In many states, a judge can authorize due force to gather evidence that is likely to be destroyed if due force is not used. Sometimes the police will do it. Most times, the plantiff will hire private security to do it. I looked up the link you provided, and it didn't support your point. Anyhoo, I'll take your word for it.
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When my religious son graduated from Catholic high school, I thought I'd give him something special. I gave him a car. But more importantly, I wanted him to know about responsible sex. So I first gave him a stack of literature about sex, which had the keys to the car inside of it. When I presented it to him on graduation, he was appalled. "Thanks for nothing, dad!" He told me. Ungrateful jerk. He left us and I never heard from him for ten years. Then I'd found he'd been arrested for molesting an altar boy.
... when you gave me the literature on responsible sex ... you were really giving me a new car?" I said no, I was giving you educational material, a car, and, hopefully, some humility. "Why didn't you TELL ME ALL THESE YEARS?" he asked. "Well," I responded, "why didn't you trust my judgment that getting laid was what you really wanted?"
I visited him and told him I probably could have done more for him and, would he like the stuff in his old room back? He said sure, why not.
He was surprised to find the old literature I tried give him and which he rejected. Amazed, he thumbed through it. Then an envelope fell out. He opened it and saw the keys. Then it dawned on him: "Dad
And I agree on the bobcat comment -- I nearly shot out the coffee I was drinking when I read that!
Get off my imaginary axis and get real, you kids!
Normally I'd agree with you, but look at the summary "Moving emphasis away from programming proficiency was a key..." How is this different from attracting women to become math majors by moving emphasis away from being able to do math problems?
And, when you get sick of the media circus, call up local radio stations and request that they play Don Henley's Dirty Laundry.
They may have found a way to fully comply with the DVD specifications while at the same time taking advantage of a flaw to implement copy protection of sorts.
That explains black holes -- it's an attempt to cut down on the number of polygons by culling large sections. A supernova must be what happens when God overclocks a particular region of space and it backfires.
And so another God of the gaps philosopher strikes...
Does this oiled up rack run on 36 double D batteries?
Right... and "war" is a term where two armies line up on opposite sides of a battlefield in single lines and then march towards each other, trying to kill as many on the opposing side as possible.
On the flipside, there's how FreeBSD handled it when it was found that someone removed copyright notices from their code and threw it into the Linux kernel:
"Right now, Søren is in discussions with the authors of the Linux ATA drivers (employed by RedHat) to ensure that his copyright notice is returned to these and other files, and to ensure that this situation does not recur. And it is hoped that an amicable solution can be reached."
"However, the airlines know that some kind of plane-to-ground communication is coming, and they want to profit from it. Simply allowing passengers to use their own cell phones in flight would leave the airlines out of the profit-taking. Airlines would prefer that phones be banned while they come up with new ways to charge for communication, such as the coming wave of Wi-Fi access. Meanwhile, the ban is potentially more profitable."
Of course, plane-to-ground communication is already here for the most part and available for $3 a minute or whatever ridiculous charge it is these days.
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Looks like the PR boffins have been doing their homework lately.