Now we need tools that scan in a pattern that causes little devil faces to appear inside the cube, just to freak the sysadmin out. Words could be fun too.
Actually it is probably part of Sun's new exit strategy (err I mean market plan): 1. Release free hardware with software subscription. 2. People put Linux on it. 3. File bankruptcy!
Damn, and here I was all set to download a blurry camcorder copy of the movie to show my daughter, rather than let her dress up and take her to opening day to see the movie she has been waiting to see for six months on a big screen with blow your ears out surround sound. How long before the studios jack up the prices of movies to cover this dumb expense?
If you haven't read Contact (no seeing the movie doesn't count) then quick go get a copy. What I have to wonder is, how do we know it goes on forever? The answer is we will never know (unless it starts repeating in some big way, which doesn't seem likely), because we can always calculate more digits for it. Thus we can only saw for sure that so far we know it isn't a finite number:-)
I also see that in the near future I will be modded down...
But by knowing the future, you can change it! What's really going to bake you're noodle later on is, would you still have been modded up if you hadn't said that?
Your post hit it right on the head. We have so many theories, beliefs, etc. that we cling to for dear life that people in the future will just laugh at. Phrenology, ether, and many others at which we scoff; makes me wonder which ideas we hold near and dear that will be considered just so much crap later.
Why don't case manufacturers do away with the power supply and integrate a UPS into the case? Rather than have AC -> UPS (which converts to DC to charge batteries) -> AC -> Power supply (which converts to DC) why not cut out all the wasteful conversions? I could even see having room in the battery portion so you could upgrade to additional "plug in" batteries. Any thoughts?
How about a "learn the presidents" doom-like game? As you run along happily blasting George, Lincoln, and all the other lesser-known presidents, you can learn their names as well as when they were president: "You just killed James Garfield, who was our 20th president, who served for only one year in 1881 before he was (ironically) shot to death". Bonus points for getting them in order!
The last time I played was in Vegas, and I got a royal-freekin-flush (no wild cards, 5 card draw). The bad news was I was playing nickle ante with my then mom-in-law and sister-in-law:-( Right after that I said, "Well, I just used up all my luck, so there is no use in ever gambling again."
It seems like it would be a great way to case out places like banks and liquour stores for a cross-country crime spree. Ahh gotta love all the wonderful uses of technology.
Or even better, have a GPS unit on each laptop so you can be tracked from space to beam microwaves down from an orbiting solar platform! Might not be too good for use on airplanes or in cars without a sunroof.
Seriously though, whatever happened to fuel cells for laptops?
If they could only make smaller hamsters, they could fit more in each battery. Thankfully we can plan on having nano-hamsters any day now thanks to the wonders of genetic engineering!
We actually had the first flight window in February, but we sat there and stared at 30-knot West Texas winds for two weeks, so we're going back in June," Powell said.
Ummm, if high winds are a problem, maybe Texas isn't such a hot place for them to be launching these things???
The best part about watching these launch would be you could show up an hour late and it would still be visible:-)
Don't forget, CGI actors don't age (unless you want them to). Think of the Harry Potter films, it is getting harder to film them since the main actors are aging faster than they can film each movie. And then of course actors get old and die too, which can be a real drag if you aren't done filming a series of films.
Well, if you are really paranoid you could always do other things, like use the random pair to the *left* of the letter (not intuitive to someone who has swiped the chart) or add in uppercase and numbers as well. Or you could print a booklet of these, and just remember which "page" you are on at the moment. Typically I keep this in my wallet, so if I lost my wallet I would simply generate a new table and go change the relevent passwords. Granted it isn't 100% secure, but hey it works everywhere I am (as long as I have my wallet).
Don't forget that sometime in the future, we will be buying our fusion power plants from Japan:-( By the way, we do know of at least one fusion power plant that works great! Just walk outside on a cloudless day and stare up at the bright light (and go blind)!*
*(Yes this is meant to be at least a partly humorous post, you insensitive clod moderators. However I am not kidding about the "buying from Japan" part, since it is my understanding they are waaaay ahead of us and everyone else in fusion research.)
For anyone who cares, an easy solution I use is a quickie perl program I wrote that generates something like:
a TL b CP c t5 d GR e KW f Nu g zM h 4& i pH j qk k sb l +J m %$ n dU o rm p 7D q 6F r ne s Z? t gQ u Ay v =Y w 2x x c! y vX z VS
Basically it assigns random chars/numbers/symbols to each letter of the alphabet. It tosses things like zero, one, and eight and letters O, H, I, J, L, B (upper or lower, depending on confusion with the aforementioned numbers). Now I print this nice little table and use it for passwords all over the place. For example I could just remember "slash" which maps to the password Z?+JTLZ?4&
Also, if someone gets that little peice of paper or sholder-surfs they don't get my passwords without at least a little effort. Oh and laminating it is a good idea, and an extra copy in a safe place wouldn't hurt too.
Rather than mod me down, please instead POST and clue me in on how good Microsoft is at playing well with open standards. Maybe take a gander at this first however.
This way, later on they can include an XML tag for windows boxes that says "this is good mail" whilst all other mailers won't have this tag, and will be seen as "this is evil mail" when opened with Outlook 2015. Then picture them patenting this idea of "secure" email.
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Now we need tools that scan in a pattern that causes little devil faces to appear inside the cube, just to freak the sysadmin out. Words could be fun too.
Actually it is probably part of Sun's new exit strategy (err I mean market plan):
1. Release free hardware with software subscription.
2. People put Linux on it.
3. File bankruptcy!
Damn, and here I was all set to download a blurry camcorder copy of the movie to show my daughter, rather than let her dress up and take her to opening day to see the movie she has been waiting to see for six months on a big screen with blow your ears out surround sound. How long before the studios jack up the prices of movies to cover this dumb expense?
Sadly, because of the troll moderators, your prediction did come true after all.
If you haven't read Contact (no seeing the movie doesn't count) then quick go get a copy. What I have to wonder is, how do we know it goes on forever? The answer is we will never know (unless it starts repeating in some big way, which doesn't seem likely), because we can always calculate more digits for it. Thus we can only saw for sure that so far we know it isn't a finite number :-)
This is probably because math isn't funny, I mean how many comedians do you know who have a PhD in math?
But by knowing the future, you can change it! What's really going to bake you're noodle later on is, would you still have been modded up if you hadn't said that?
Your post hit it right on the head. We have so many theories, beliefs, etc. that we cling to for dear life that people in the future will just laugh at. Phrenology, ether, and many others at which we scoff; makes me wonder which ideas we hold near and dear that will be considered just so much crap later.
Thousands of people depressing a button, causing a small box far far away to burst into flames.
Why don't case manufacturers do away with the power supply and integrate a UPS into the case? Rather than have AC -> UPS (which converts to DC to charge batteries) -> AC -> Power supply (which converts to DC) why not cut out all the wasteful conversions? I could even see having room in the battery portion so you could upgrade to additional "plug in" batteries. Any thoughts?
How about a "learn the presidents" doom-like game? As you run along happily blasting George, Lincoln, and all the other lesser-known presidents, you can learn their names as well as when they were president: "You just killed James Garfield, who was our 20th president, who served for only one year in 1881 before he was (ironically) shot to death". Bonus points for getting them in order!
The last time I played was in Vegas, and I got a royal-freekin-flush (no wild cards, 5 card draw). The bad news was I was playing nickle ante with my then mom-in-law and sister-in-law :-( Right after that I said, "Well, I just used up all my luck, so there is no use in ever gambling again."
It seems like it would be a great way to case out places like banks and liquour stores for a cross-country crime spree. Ahh gotta love all the wonderful uses of technology.
Seriously though, whatever happened to fuel cells for laptops?
If they could only make smaller hamsters, they could fit more in each battery. Thankfully we can plan on having nano-hamsters any day now thanks to the wonders of genetic engineering!
Ummm, if high winds are a problem, maybe Texas isn't such a hot place for them to be launching these things???
The best part about watching these launch would be you could show up an hour late and it would still be visible :-)
Don't forget, CGI actors don't age (unless you want them to). Think of the Harry Potter films, it is getting harder to film them since the main actors are aging faster than they can film each movie. And then of course actors get old and die too, which can be a real drag if you aren't done filming a series of films.
C'mon folks this is obviously geared towards the porn market, like the majority of new technology these days.
Well, if you are really paranoid you could always do other things, like use the random pair to the *left* of the letter (not intuitive to someone who has swiped the chart) or add in uppercase and numbers as well. Or you could print a booklet of these, and just remember which "page" you are on at the moment. Typically I keep this in my wallet, so if I lost my wallet I would simply generate a new table and go change the relevent passwords. Granted it isn't 100% secure, but hey it works everywhere I am (as long as I have my wallet).
Ahh, but once they do make it into space, they won't have to change all the signs/business cards/etc. Saves time and money!
*(Yes this is meant to be at least a partly humorous post, you insensitive clod moderators. However I am not kidding about the "buying from Japan" part, since it is my understanding they are waaaay ahead of us and everyone else in fusion research.)
Basically it assigns random chars/numbers/symbols to each letter of the alphabet. It tosses things like zero, one, and eight and letters O, H, I, J, L, B (upper or lower, depending on confusion with the aforementioned numbers). Now I print this nice little table and use it for passwords all over the place. For example I could just remember "slash" which maps to the password Z?+JTLZ?4&
Also, if someone gets that little peice of paper or sholder-surfs they don't get my passwords without at least a little effort. Oh and laminating it is a good idea, and an extra copy in a safe place wouldn't hurt too.
We want to know when the SCO firesale starts! I need a $2000 office chair for my cat to sleep on.
Rather than mod me down, please instead POST and clue me in on how good Microsoft is at playing well with open standards. Maybe take a gander at this first however.
This way, later on they can include an XML tag for windows boxes that says "this is good mail" whilst all other mailers won't have this tag, and will be seen as "this is evil mail" when opened with Outlook 2015. Then picture them patenting this idea of "secure" email.