By the same token, there's a Wired Magazine article pointing to a much cooler version of the same thing. A couple of NYU students did the same thing while using a better boombox and adding WiFi.
No matter what you throw at me, Brainfuck is worse http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/
Some of the intercal stuff is pretty nasty, but the gnarliness of this program to calculate Pi trumps all
Fun times!
"If the aircraft hits the water at 700 knots, inflate the flotation device under your seat cushion by pulling the orange tab."
The only purpose that said devices have is to mark the wreckage, since it is unlikely that any aircraft, whether powered or unpowered, would survive such an impact. Also, the water would be so cold as to minimize the chances of survival of any remaining passengers
OT, but interesting
Clay tablets, by the way, were where the difference between a hacker and a cracker first arose. A hacker was a skillful carver of tablets, whereas a cracker was only able to do damage and destroy whatever he touched.:D
It might be possible to implement a computer voting system that comes with a paper trail
For example, such a system might print a clearly human-readable and machine-readable piece of paper that could be verified and confirmed by each voter
In an ideal world, such a machine would print two pieces of paper, one that goes into a sealed box after a visual examination through a window, for example, and one that is kept by the voter
Physical buttons would also be better than possibly uncalibrated touchscreens
Just my $0.02
Double loads of powder in, say, a.357 Mag revolver will wreak some serious havoc
I saw what was once the cylinder of such a handgun, and it was pretty incredible
I don't really know for sure, but if the same thing were to happen to a car with bad ratio tables, it would be seriously damaging to the engine, albeit not life-threatening
In other words, don't fsck around with anything involving changing the amount of hydrocarbons used in a rapid reaction
And don't trust any old site from the internet. Talk to somebody who actually knows what they are doing instead of risking life and limb
(My $0.02)
Maxima would probably be your best bet
It is an implementation of Macsyma written in LISP and will compile and run fairly well on almost any machine
The syntax is easy to learn and the program is fairly powerful yet approachable
Even if it's not exactly what you're looking for, it is an extremely valuable tool
I really hate to say this, but the American media has an incredible habit of, ah, forgetting about relevant issues and facts. Osama Bin Laden seems to have completely dropped off of the map. Even the fact that the US had a budget surplus during the Clinton administration is almost unheard of in the midst of all of the hype surrounding the "War on Terror". In case nobody remembers, we trained these people to fight.
This probably explains why polls have shown that some 50-60% of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9-11 attacks
Please do not mod this as flamebait, as it is not intended as such
This may be inflammatory, but it's worth looking at just to get a fresh perspective
I'm not sure how accurate this is, but the spoofing of biometrics (namely retinal scanning) was a relatively major plot point in the movie Entrapment Check it out
Holy Hand Grenade > Shotgun And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
You have a point. Mandrake and Redhat and other "user-friendly" distros are inflexible compared to Debian, say, but they are a lot more likely to appeal both to corporations who can't afford downtime and the average user who doesn't want much out of a system. windoze will always be more idiot-proof, however, but the universe will always build a better idiot:)
Optimization is good, but the probable reason that Linux hasn't truly caught on in the desktop market is this very same optimization. Most people who are content with a wintel box don't even know what optimization is, let alone how to implement it. Even installing redhat, or, God forbid, mandrake [the horror!] can be^W^W is too much for the average computer user.
My cupholder's broken...
The problem with this is that the only way that the Gentoo install process could get any harder would be if M$ goons started beating the would-be users with bats. It's a wonderful system, but the Joe-user-friendliness leaves something to be desired
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By the same token, there's a Wired Magazine article pointing to a much cooler version of the same thing. A couple of NYU students did the same thing while using a better boombox and adding WiFi.
No matter what you throw at me, Brainfuck is worse
http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/
Some of the intercal stuff is pretty nasty, but the gnarliness of this program to calculate Pi trumps all
Fun times!
OT, but please elaborate on exactly what it is you mean. You've sparked my interest
"If the aircraft hits the water at 700 knots, inflate the flotation device under your seat cushion by pulling the orange tab."
The only purpose that said devices have is to mark the wreckage, since it is unlikely that any aircraft, whether powered or unpowered, would survive such an impact. Also, the water would be so cold as to minimize the chances of survival of any remaining passengers
OT, but interesting
Clay tablets, by the way, were where the difference between a hacker and a cracker first arose. A hacker was a skillful carver of tablets, whereas a cracker was only able to do damage and destroy whatever he touched. :D
It might be possible to implement a computer voting system that comes with a paper trail
For example, such a system might print a clearly human-readable and machine-readable piece of paper that could be verified and confirmed by each voter
In an ideal world, such a machine would print two pieces of paper, one that goes into a sealed box after a visual examination through a window, for example, and one that is kept by the voter
Physical buttons would also be better than possibly uncalibrated touchscreens
Just my $0.02
Double loads of powder in, say, a .357 Mag revolver will wreak some serious havoc
I saw what was once the cylinder of such a handgun, and it was pretty incredible
I don't really know for sure, but if the same thing were to happen to a car with bad ratio tables, it would be seriously damaging to the engine, albeit not life-threatening
In other words, don't fsck around with anything involving changing the amount of hydrocarbons used in a rapid reaction
And don't trust any old site from the internet. Talk to somebody who actually knows what they are doing instead of risking life and limb
(My $0.02)
Note to anybody in the Salt Lake City area:
Try ordering new aluminum siding for his house, or something of the like. Be creative.
Maxima would probably be your best bet
It is an implementation of Macsyma written in LISP and will compile and run fairly well on almost any machine
The syntax is easy to learn and the program is fairly powerful yet approachable
Even if it's not exactly what you're looking for, it is an extremely valuable tool
I really hate to say this, but the American media has an incredible habit of, ah, forgetting about relevant issues and facts. Osama Bin Laden seems to have completely dropped off of the map. Even the fact that the US had a budget surplus during the Clinton administration is almost unheard of in the midst of all of the hype surrounding the "War on Terror". In case nobody remembers, we trained these people to fight.
This probably explains why polls have shown that some 50-60% of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9-11 attacks
Please do not mod this as flamebait, as it is not intended as such
This may be inflammatory, but it's worth looking at just to get a fresh perspective
Outside? [shiver]
I have vague recollections from a past life of a big, blue, bright room with poor climate control...
I'm not sure how accurate this is, but the spoofing of biometrics (namely retinal scanning) was a relatively major plot point in the movie Entrapment
Check it out
Holy Hand Grenade > Shotgun
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
You have a point. Mandrake and Redhat and other "user-friendly" distros are inflexible compared to Debian, say, but they are a lot more likely to appeal both to corporations who can't afford downtime and the average user who doesn't want much out of a system. windoze will always be more idiot-proof, however, but the universe will always build a better idiot :)
Optimization is good, but the probable reason that Linux hasn't truly caught on in the desktop market is this very same optimization. Most people who are content with a wintel box don't even know what optimization is, let alone how to implement it. Even installing redhat, or, God forbid, mandrake [the horror!] can be^W^W is too much for the average computer user.
My cupholder's broken...
Portage's pretty damn cool, tho
emerge apt
The problem with this is that the only way that the Gentoo install process could get any harder would be if M$ goons started beating the would-be users with bats. It's a wonderful system, but the Joe-user-friendliness leaves something to be desired