We used a teletype at something like 55 baud to dial in from high school. And we had to include a parameter so we wouldn't use up more than 1 cpu second on a given program. And we used IITRAN, some kind of FORTRAN front-end. And there was no "Computer Science" in those days, no. It was Computer Math. And we liked it that way!
it's not as if by hacking the Justice Dept. you can get a friend released from prison, or by hacking the Dept. of Energy you can initiate a core meltdown in one of the nation's (privately-owned) nuclear power plants.
Yes. Yes you can. Really. And if you hack into Animal Control, you can make a cat or dog or mouse anywhere do anything, any time. Well... at least withing the United States' jurisdiction you can.
I saw it as a way for John Ashcroft to consolidate any possible state suits under his ability to decline to press charges against an innovative new business practice.
Now we all have to learn "bianary" DNA language [just 4 letters, 2 combos, a helix, and a final 3D shape...it's actually simpler than most C++ programs]!
In genetic code there are a bunch of exceptions to every rule. There are rare 3rd and 4th combos, at least 3 forms of helix as well as metahelix forms.
When the fireman hits the magic dashboard button, a white light flashes 4-ways at the intersection, and the public has been educated to know that it means that emergency vehicles are trying to get through that intersection and that they should get the hell out of the way and let them through.
1. We observe that things seem to be moving away from eachother pretty rapidly.
Has anyone measured the movement, or are we counting on red-shift alone? There could be other explanations for a red shift, such as a flat tax or something which would reduce the energy in direct proportion to distance travelled. I've heard talk of cosmic respiration, but not seen any scientific treatment of the topic.
But if you want to get the full speed out of your processor and memory, as I recall, all the buses must be optical as well.
Then it's optical storage, optical this, optical that...
Before you know it you'll need all kinds of "optical" minimalist furniture, and blue robes, and voices going "ooooo eeeee aaaaaah oooooh" and such in the background.
Going with 450 degrees (celcius here) will char your paper if you leave the tip on long enough, but due to the high heat-insulation properties of paper, you should never need to do it in the first place.
IIRC, "Fahrenheit 451" refers to the flash point of paper required for proper book burning. That would be Fahrenheit, not (whap!clue) Celcius.
But if you were to implement an IBM 360 processor on paper then you could implement the Halt and Catch Fire instruction from the over-extended instruction set.
My biggest problem with closed source is something like anti-virus programs. If Norton and McAfee push an anti-technology bill through and take a legal monopoly, that hurts. If someone comes up with a closed source virus-scan for the various unices, it is still open to abuse in the form of "allowing" (scum-sucking freaking spyware @#$%&) "Adware", and well, generally squeezing the masses for protection fees.
If I have the choice between paying for closed source, getting closed-source for free, or paying for open-source, I'll pay for open source. At least in extreme cases like anti-virus. Sometimes closed-source sells well, like the Opera browser. Sometimes it's good enough, sometimes it's not customizable or fixable enough. YMMV.
(we pay $230 for linux powered neoware thin clients, connecting to our citrix metaframe xp farm)
Remind me again how this works. You get rid of a 1+GHz PC. You pay $230 for a pin-headed client. How much does the (wave-of-the-hand) citrix metaframe xp farm cost? How long does it last? Does M$ 0wnze any part of that? Just how royally locked in are you?
How many of those people want to browse, get email, do spread sheets, compose memos, doodle with a database? Will they have to buy a 2+GHz machine for that? Kinda defeats the purpose of the thin client, doesn't it?
Yes, I'm being kinda flippant and snarky about this, but I've seen some of these wave-of-the-future schemes backfire. Sure, if you have a couple thousand minimum wage clerks, you can give them the job-only thin client machines. But how widespread can that be? Realistically?
...and I suppose that Marge Simpson, what with her huge blue bee-hive, must be the tallest person in the world. Hair counts for height, right? Can't disqualify her just 'cause she's a cartoon. No, that would be alot of Yank whinging.
Yes, it's turtles all the way down, unless of course you propose a timeless and omnipotent god. And thus, "Itelligent Design" is just Creationism given a shave and haircut and dressed up in a stolen lab coat to hid the priestly vestments.
I'm a Urantia Book reader. I don't consider the belief in an omnipotent god, who transcends time and space, to be an act of logical desperation. I also tend to thump the UB and say "it says here that logic cannot prove or disprove matters of spiritual truth".:-) I would concede that a belief can easily crumble under the weight of a logical absurdity.
I think the matter of the theory of intelligent design can be debated intelligently. I don't see it happening much.
As for the "Troll" rating: I think it was deserved. It got you started. And that got me started. QED
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Forst, vee blow up breedge. Then vee get Moose and Sqvorrel!
Eez signed, Mr. Beegk.
We used a teletype at something like 55 baud to dial in from high school. And we had to include a parameter so we wouldn't use up more than 1 cpu second on a given program. And we used IITRAN, some kind of FORTRAN front-end. And there was no "Computer Science" in those days, no. It was Computer Math. And we liked it that way!
THIS IS AN EX-PROTOCOL!!
Please don't confuse Kermit or Zmodem with Xmodem.
Yes. Yes you can. Really. And if you hack into Animal Control, you can make a cat or dog or mouse anywhere do anything, any time. Well... at least withing the United States' jurisdiction you can.
"Them bats are smart. They got radar."
I saw it as a way for John Ashcroft to consolidate any possible state suits under his ability to decline to press charges against an innovative new business practice.
Well, duh! That's why they have 36 of them. Besides, it's so much better than those old 100mm and 200mm buildings.
I think those are the Canadian names.
Beauty, eh?
If this new particle is really big, maybe they can name it the moose particle, eh?
Try not to use the word "hunt". You're scaring me.
Anyhow, (ahem!):
C'mon people! It's not rocket science!
C'mon people! It's not brain surgery!
(I think that had to be said. I'll wander off now.)
Memory for CLUE sticks
In genetic code there are a bunch of exceptions to every rule. There are rare 3rd and 4th combos, at least 3 forms of helix as well as metahelix forms.
Anyhow, I think it's more like Perl. :-)
The fucking fucker's fucking-well fucked.
[Gratuitous MS-bashing alert!]I've used that on Windows many a time.
No system would ever need more than 640 KiloSmiths.
When the fireman hits the magic dashboard button, a white light flashes 4-ways at the intersection, and the public has been educated to know that it means that emergency vehicles are trying to get through that intersection and that they should get the hell out of the way and let them through.
True, but it was in authentic mock-Swedish, as spoken by the Swedish Chef. (Sorry I couldn't find a d-umlaut to spell Swedish Chef correctly.)
Bork! Bork! Bork!
We're gonna [simulate] hack[ing] the Gibson!
Has anyone measured the movement, or are we counting on red-shift alone? There could be other explanations for a red shift, such as a flat tax or something which would reduce the energy in direct proportion to distance travelled. I've heard talk of cosmic respiration, but not seen any scientific treatment of the topic.
Then it's optical storage, optical this, optical that...
Before you know it you'll need all kinds of "optical" minimalist furniture, and blue robes, and voices going "ooooo eeeee aaaaaah oooooh" and such in the background.
IIRC, "Fahrenheit 451" refers to the flash point of paper required for proper book burning. That would be Fahrenheit, not (whap!clue) Celcius.
But if you were to implement an IBM 360 processor on paper then you could implement the Halt and Catch Fire instruction from the over-extended instruction set.
If I have the choice between paying for closed source, getting closed-source for free, or paying for open-source, I'll pay for open source. At least in extreme cases like anti-virus. Sometimes closed-source sells well, like the Opera browser. Sometimes it's good enough, sometimes it's not customizable or fixable enough. YMMV.
This would actually be a legitimate application for "smoke and mirrors". The article did refer to problems with particulates.
Remind me again how this works. You get rid of a 1+GHz PC. You pay $230 for a pin-headed client. How much does the (wave-of-the-hand) citrix metaframe xp farm cost? How long does it last? Does M$ 0wnze any part of that? Just how royally locked in are you?
How many of those people want to browse, get email, do spread sheets, compose memos, doodle with a database? Will they have to buy a 2+GHz machine for that? Kinda defeats the purpose of the thin client, doesn't it?
Yes, I'm being kinda flippant and snarky about this, but I've seen some of these wave-of-the-future schemes backfire. Sure, if you have a couple thousand minimum wage clerks, you can give them the job-only thin client machines. But how widespread can that be? Realistically?
(No, I didn't RTFA. Why do you ask?)
...and I suppose that Marge Simpson, what with her huge blue bee-hive, must be the tallest person in the world. Hair counts for height, right? Can't disqualify her just 'cause she's a cartoon. No, that would be alot of Yank whinging.
Your kids got the box from the last big stone, now it's my kids' turn.
(Yes, I stole that one from the Farside where the rocket scientists are argueing about the cardboard box from a Saturn V.)
I'm a Urantia Book reader. I don't consider the belief in an omnipotent god, who transcends time and space, to be an act of logical desperation. I also tend to thump the UB and say "it says here that logic cannot prove or disprove matters of spiritual truth". :-) I would concede that a belief can easily crumble under the weight of a logical absurdity.
I think the matter of the theory of intelligent design can be debated intelligently. I don't see it happening much.
As for the "Troll" rating: I think it was deserved. It got you started. And that got me started. QED