"Installing SkyOS seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with Linux or another Unix-type platform."
Heck... having your teeth pulled without anesthesia seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with Linux or another Unix-type platform.
Oh, wait. This is a pro-*nix forum.
How 'bout: "Having your teeth pulled without anestheisia seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with or another -type platform."
First panoramic images from Mars. I'm somehow let down by that. I guess I'd hoped for something more along the lines of:
"We have failed to uphold Brannigan's Law. However I did make it with a hot alien babe. And in the end, is that not what man has dreamt of since first he looked up at the stars?"
...instead of just some pictures of some stupid rocks.
No, no, no. In Foundation and Earth, R. Daneel Olivaw very clearly comes to the formulation of the 0th law of Robotics, and the amendment to the 1st that makes it possible.
It is the *0th law* that makes the Matrix possible - not the 1st. The 1st prohibits harming a human under ANY circumstances. The amendment to the 1st produces a loophole that allows the greater good to come out through the 0th law.
Furthermore, it's not the hyperintelligent robots that can handle it; they are bound just as much to the three laws as any other robot and fry themselves out if they try to circumvent them (see the story where they're inventing Hyperspace, whose name escapes me at the moment).
Olivaw is able to get around this by being an exception to the norm, much like the other deviant robots Asimov uses from time to time (Robot Dreams, Bicentennial Man, etc.)
Even better, simply have a single webpage that's a blank frame that carries the jscript, and then loads all the other pages into that frame. Put in some hooks to try and prevent other pages from escaping the frame, and voila! A good use for frames!:)
I've always thought that wide-spread weather research could be enhanced in an even lower-cost fashion. If basic sensor arrays (wind speed / direction, humidity, temperature, pressure, and whatever else you can fit in there) powered by solar panels could be deployed for less than $200 per station, you could litter the nation with them spaced out every couple of miles in a grid. Then, have them all phone home (they could repeat their own traffic to reduce reliance on other networks) to a high-powered computer (or via a distributed network, a la SETI@home) to determine weather patterns.
Granted, low cost radars like this are a step towards getting high-resolution data for more areas, but something like what I've described could possibly help answer larger climate-related questions.
According to an FBI agent I spoke to at a local job fair recently, the FBI has a priority set to hire computer science specialists to be federal agents. www.fbi.gov will point you in the right direction on that.
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I would like to point out, for a moment, that the United States of America claims no responsibility whatsoever for Ms. Alanis Morissette.
Canada keeps trying to pawn her off on us, and we just keep trying to ship her back. It would seem we can never seem to add enough postage, though. Next time we'll be stuffing her into a toaster and passing her off as something equally crumby to see if we can trick customs.
3l11t.nz writes "Some hackers somewhere said that they could run PS2 dvd's on their Commodore 64's by simply writing on the discs with crayon. No one has confirmed this, and the pictures are only available to a select few people right now. My brother said he heard of it, but that is unconfirmed."
My thought is this, and I'm surprised it hasn't floated its way to the top of the modded posts already:
Of what use is a new anti-counterfit bill if they don't recall the old, easily counterfitted ones? Counterfitters won't even try to adjust to the new bills if the old ones are still in circulation and legal tender - there's just no reason to.
Given that the typical amount of time it would take a/. geek to find a date is about a year of concerted effort, this article comes just in time for next year's V day. Or maybe the one after that.
Re:Ok, but what I really want to see is...
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Pyromaniac Cosplay
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No you don't.
Have you seen who typically does cosplay? Here's a hint: male. Here's another: 300 lbs. Last chance hint: hairy.
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Here it is, for those of you who are into all that internet-based copyright infringement that's all the rave these days.
Er, I mean, those of you who want to read this story without digging up that book for just one story.
Usually I don't reply to sigs, but I just have to here...
"I don't want to be Galadriel anymore. I want to be Debbie."
"Installing SkyOS seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with Linux or another Unix-type platform."
Heck... having your teeth pulled without anesthesia seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with Linux or another Unix-type platform.
Oh, wait. This is a pro-*nix forum.
How 'bout:
"Having your teeth pulled without anestheisia seems painless enough, assuming you already have experience with or another -type platform."
First panoramic images from Mars. I'm somehow let down by that. I guess I'd hoped for something more along the lines of:
...instead of just some pictures of some stupid rocks.
"We have failed to uphold Brannigan's Law. However I did make it with a hot alien babe. And in the end, is that not what man has dreamt of since first he looked up at the stars?"
Ah well. Maybe next time.
"Is this some kind of a bust?"
"Yes, very impressive, ma'am."
No, no, no. In Foundation and Earth, R. Daneel Olivaw very clearly comes to the formulation of the 0th law of Robotics, and the amendment to the 1st that makes it possible.
It is the *0th law* that makes the Matrix possible - not the 1st. The 1st prohibits harming a human under ANY circumstances. The amendment to the 1st produces a loophole that allows the greater good to come out through the 0th law.
Furthermore, it's not the hyperintelligent robots that can handle it; they are bound just as much to the three laws as any other robot and fry themselves out if they try to circumvent them (see the story where they're inventing Hyperspace, whose name escapes me at the moment).
Olivaw is able to get around this by being an exception to the norm, much like the other deviant robots Asimov uses from time to time (Robot Dreams, Bicentennial Man, etc.)
See, whereas I must be a different breed of /. geek.
/. article.
I immediately thought of this from a much older
The paperless office is about as likely as the paperless bathroom.
Don't worry. It's just like piercing your hand!
or...
"Here we go!"
"Owwww!"
"Oh, don't be such a baby. Ow!"
Even better, simply have a single webpage that's a blank frame that carries the jscript, and then loads all the other pages into that frame. Put in some hooks to try and prevent other pages from escaping the frame, and voila! A good use for frames! :)
Neverminding that 11 m/s is 36 ft/s... :P
I've always thought that wide-spread weather research could be enhanced in an even lower-cost fashion. If basic sensor arrays (wind speed / direction, humidity, temperature, pressure, and whatever else you can fit in there) powered by solar panels could be deployed for less than $200 per station, you could litter the nation with them spaced out every couple of miles in a grid. Then, have them all phone home (they could repeat their own traffic to reduce reliance on other networks) to a high-powered computer (or via a distributed network, a la SETI@home) to determine weather patterns.
Granted, low cost radars like this are a step towards getting high-resolution data for more areas, but something like what I've described could possibly help answer larger climate-related questions.
According to an FBI agent I spoke to at a local job fair recently, the FBI has a priority set to hire computer science specialists to be federal agents. www.fbi.gov will point you in the right direction on that.
Security Update for Microsoft Windows(KB1337N008)
Download size: 1 KB, < 1 minute
A security issue has been identified in Microsoft Windows that could allow an end-user to see information detrimental to the Microsoft Empire(tm) by allowing the user to visit certain anti-Microsoft government sites. You can help protect Microsoft by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Read more...
"79228162514264337593543950336 bar codes ought to be enough for anyone."
--MIT, 2003
I would like to point out, for a moment, that the United States of America claims no responsibility whatsoever for Ms. Alanis Morissette.
Canada keeps trying to pawn her off on us, and we just keep trying to ship her back. It would seem we can never seem to add enough postage, though. Next time we'll be stuffing her into a toaster and passing her off as something equally crumby to see if we can trick customs.
3l11t.nz writes "Some hackers somewhere said that they could run PS2 dvd's on their Commodore 64's by simply writing on the discs with crayon. No one has confirmed this, and the pictures are only available to a select few people right now. My brother said he heard of it, but that is unconfirmed."
but, will this mean that it would be possible to port OSX over to an x86 platform via this use?
/.'ing, go figure)
(RTFA not possible due to
My thought is this, and I'm surprised it hasn't floated its way to the top of the modded posts already:
Of what use is a new anti-counterfit bill if they don't recall the old, easily counterfitted ones? Counterfitters won't even try to adjust to the new bills if the old ones are still in circulation and legal tender - there's just no reason to.
From 606 to 404 in under 6 seconds.
"...and just about anything else you get a receipt for is etched in stone."
No wonder it takes so long to do the 'paperwork' when renting a car!
What, like Amiga and Be?
It readily recognizes bursts of "Bork! Bork! Bork!" on important news sites.
Read more on this technological development!
Given that the typical amount of time it would take a /. geek to find a date is about a year of concerted effort, this article comes just in time for next year's V day. Or maybe the one after that.
No you don't.
Have you seen who typically does cosplay? Here's a hint: male. Here's another: 300 lbs. Last chance hint: hairy.
'nuff said.