They were thinking... that The Guardian had already published the password to the "insurance" file in a book so they might as well let everybody have access, not just the bad guys.
Hey , there are still some of us around!:) I just have to put "++" on the end these days otherwise I'd never get hired! C++ might make writing programs easier but C is a damn sight easier to debug when things go wrong because everything is explicit.
If you're writing code which is easier to debug because it's explicit then your bugs are mostly buffer overflows and bad pointers....which C++ eliminated.
$25 is less than the cost of most Arduino boards, if it's possible to add some digital/analogue inputs/outputs it could become electronics bloggers new favourite toy (at least for high power mains projects, I suspect Arduino will still have much better power consumption!)
Nah. There's something about having holes to poke wires into that makes Arduino compelling.
If you need to do everything via some USB box then it won't be the same (if it even works...USB and "real time" don't mix well).
Besides, what would be the point? Just connect the USB box directly to your PC.
The Raspberry Pi doesn't really overlap the Arduino market except for price.
Your comment got me thinking. It's been years since the XO-3 tablet was announced, what the hell happened to that? Googling only gives me old news.
I think Microsoft sent out their whores to convince the governments that they needed Windows. The attempt to make it run Windows put the price way up and delayed it massively.
Mensa was actually formed *before* the Internet. It's hard to believe that people actually found time to join Mensa in between all the rock-banging and fighting off the sabre-tooth tigers, but true...
No. Explorer.exe is a lot more integrated into the OS.
Funny how I can open the task manager and kill it.
If I can find it among all the other "explorer.exe" tasks, that is...
And whoever thought it was a good idea to make me kill all the open explorer windows before I can restart the desktop? Take him out back and shoot him.
Really, I just don't see the point to this. Used optical microscopes are dirt cheap, certainly less than $50, are easy to maintain, don't require computers, don't have lasers and probably a number of things I'm not thinking of.
The strange thing about digital information is that you can transmit it to other places for other people to look at. Can't do that with an optical microscope, used or otherwise.
I bet these are easier to use, too. Optical microscopes are very fiddly (I don't mean looking down the tube, I mean setting them up, getting the best lighting, etc).
If I had to sum it up with a single word, the word that comes to mind is "circlejerk".
Isn't that the basis of all peer bonding? Find a low common denominator and repeat it ad infinitum?
Why would slashdot be any different in that respect? We talk about Windows vs. Mac instead of Ford vs. Chevy, Bud vs. Miller, Redsox vs. Cowboys... but it's all the same thing underneath.
At least slashdotters don't use "gay" or "faggot" in every sentence. Give them that much.
First things first - the video do show a handwritten date; 8/10/11, and that's the US way of writing a date, many other places in the world would write a date differently; 2011-08-10, 10/8-11 or so. It's just a rough indication, but a clue.
Yeah, that could never be imitated by a foreign intelligence agency so the USA gets the blame when one crashes...
I have very little knowlege of basic chemistry, but I do know a handful of thigns that can work. I mean ignoring the difficulty and danger in transport, would a water bottle filled with nitroglicerine be capable of dealing notable damage to an airplane?
Why yes, yes it would.
And if there's two people involved you can have *two* water bottles full of nitroglycerine.
very powerful and rich companies that are currently making the bulk of their money by pulling hydrocarbons out of the ground work as hard as they can to purchase and/or stomp in to the ground a technology potentially this revolutionary.
Yeah, they'd much rather be in the filthy, risky oil-business with all it's lawsuits and political-backstabbings. All this clean, carbon-neutral fancy, schmancy high tech stuff has to be stamped out no matter what.
PS: Much more likely they'll try to monopolize it.
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They were thinking ... that The Guardian had already published the password to the "insurance" file in a book so they might as well let everybody have access, not just the bad guys.
LOL! Pure comedy....
Hey , there are still some of us around! :) I just have to put "++" on the end these days otherwise I'd never get hired! C++ might make writing programs easier but C is a damn sight easier to debug when things go wrong because everything is explicit.
If you're writing code which is easier to debug because it's explicit then your bugs are mostly buffer overflows and bad pointers. ...which C++ eliminated.
but I can't find a C programming job.
Then you're exactly the sort of person the article is talking about - a curmudgeon who wants to keep on doing exactly what he was doing in the 1980s.
A youngster would have a hard time finding a C programming job, too.
It has OpenGL 2.0 acceleration and can decode 1080p video....
$25 is less than the cost of most Arduino boards, if it's possible to add some digital/analogue inputs/outputs it could become electronics bloggers new favourite toy (at least for high power mains projects, I suspect Arduino will still have much better power consumption!)
Nah. There's something about having holes to poke wires into that makes Arduino compelling.
If you need to do everything via some USB box then it won't be the same (if it even works...USB and "real time" don't mix well).
Besides, what would be the point? Just connect the USB box directly to your PC.
The Raspberry Pi doesn't really overlap the Arduino market except for price.
Your comment got me thinking. It's been years since the XO-3 tablet was announced, what the hell happened to that? Googling only gives me old news.
I think Microsoft sent out their whores to convince the governments that they needed Windows. The attempt to make it run Windows put the price way up and delayed it massively.
Huh? I'm Spanish but I never heard the word "mensa" outside this context...
To meet other like-minded people.
Mensa was actually formed *before* the Internet. It's hard to believe that people actually found time to join Mensa in between all the rock-banging and fighting off the sabre-tooth tigers, but true...
I'm not sure how many "old" monitors have HDMI ports.
No. Explorer.exe is a lot more integrated into the OS.
Funny how I can open the task manager and kill it.
If I can find it among all the other "explorer.exe" tasks, that is...
And whoever thought it was a good idea to make me kill all the open explorer windows before I can restart the desktop? Take him out back and shoot him.
I'm not sure how old "2nd grade" is.
Is it even an age? From the context it seems to be.
Is there a formula to converts it to metric...?
Apparently not, or we wouldn't be reading this.
I'm guessing that being able to do stuff like enhance contrast digitally, send images to other people, etc. is A Good Thing.
Really, I just don't see the point to this. Used optical microscopes are dirt cheap, certainly less than $50, are easy to maintain, don't require computers, don't have lasers and probably a number of things I'm not thinking of.
The strange thing about digital information is that you can transmit it to other places for other people to look at. Can't do that with an optical microscope, used or otherwise.
I bet these are easier to use, too. Optical microscopes are very fiddly (I don't mean looking down the tube, I mean setting them up, getting the best lighting, etc).
If I had to sum it up with a single word, the word that comes to mind is "circlejerk".
Isn't that the basis of all peer bonding? Find a low common denominator and repeat it ad infinitum?
Why would slashdot be any different in that respect? We talk about Windows vs. Mac instead of Ford vs. Chevy, Bud vs. Miller, Redsox vs. Cowboys ... but it's all the same thing underneath.
At least slashdotters don't use "gay" or "faggot" in every sentence. Give them that much.
I wish that everyone who complained about how much money NASA "wastes"
We don't complain about the money they invest in things like this, we complain about the money they waste on (eg.) manned space stations.
First things first - the video do show a handwritten date; 8/10/11, and that's the US way of writing a date, many other places in the world would write a date differently; 2011-08-10, 10/8-11 or so. It's just a rough indication, but a clue.
Yeah, that could never be imitated by a foreign intelligence agency so the USA gets the blame when one crashes...
Here's Steve Jobs explaining his point of view on design
...and a whole lot of nitric acid.
To be fair though, there is a theory behind the scanners that they can detect concealed weapons...
Do they look up people's asses? Because if not...I know a way to get C4, detonators, etc., onto an aircraft (and so do the terrorists).
How do you think cellphones (complete with chargers!), heroin, etc., get into prisons?
....would fall well under the 3 oz. rule and cause mayhem.
The "3 oz" rule is stupid anyway. What happens if a dozen people go through security with 2.9 ounces of something?
(Answer: 34.8 ounces of whatever it is....)
I have very little knowlege of basic chemistry, but I do know a handful of thigns that can work. I mean ignoring the difficulty and danger in transport, would a water bottle filled with nitroglicerine be capable of dealing notable damage to an airplane?
Why yes, yes it would.
And if there's two people involved you can have *two* water bottles full of nitroglycerine.
An ounce or two of thermite is easier to arrange, get onto the plane, and ignite.
What, exactly, would an ounce of thermite do to an aircraft?
very powerful and rich companies that are currently making the bulk of their money by pulling hydrocarbons out of the ground work as hard as they can to purchase and/or stomp in to the ground a technology potentially this revolutionary.
Yeah, they'd much rather be in the filthy, risky oil-business with all it's lawsuits and political-backstabbings. All this clean, carbon-neutral fancy, schmancy high tech stuff has to be stamped out no matter what.
PS: Much more likely they'll try to monopolize it.
I agree, for C#/VB.NET those are the best...
And C++...