But if they were to switch to x86 it would make more sense if they switched to AMD than to Intel.
Why?
I mean, I'd prefer AMD but that's only because I always like to see the underdog get a boost, but why would it make more sense going to AMD over Intel?
From the linked doc:
As late as 1920, lung cancer was a rare disease. About 20 years after the incidence of smoking began to increase among men, lung cancer also started to become more common.
Weird.... though seen at a cinema, 2001 isn't really a movie, more of an experience!!
Drunken Master II making the list is even weirder! It's a great film but I wouldn't put it in my top 100...
Ebert's list is pretty good - I'd provide a link but his site seems to be playing up at the moment.... check out www.rogerebert.com and look for the "Great Movies" section.
I also met my girlfriend 9 years ago on a BBS - we're still together too.
Warez ASCII Art Watching the lines of text crawl down the screen Legend of the Red Dragon Trying to figure out those unusual ASCII characters for that truly elite handle BBS's with two phone lines where you could actually CHAT TO ANOTHER USER!
Well, given that Slashdot is accessable to anyone in the world, and the world spins around the sun, it may not be the middle of the night just yet.
It's 4:50pm where I am as I type this so your argument is flawed....ha ha ha
Obviously, in order for one to argue such redundant crap as I have, you'll probably expect that I'll still be reading Slashdot at 1am tonight. After all, it's a Friday night.
I'm not quite sure, but I believe you would encounter some serious mass problems not to mention some pretty heavy windburn.
Mass increases exponetially for an object that is increasingly approaching light speed... to travel at lightspeed that object would have to have infinite (or probably "undefined" would be a better word) mass.
Therefore (or, as far as I can tell) in order to travel at lightspeed, you'd need to have a resting mass of zero.
For the knowledgeable - if I'm wrong, please let me know why! I dig learning about this stuff!
All 3 hours of it are avaliable on PBS's website. It's amazing stuff.
The book "The Elegant Universe" by Brain Greene is what the TV Special above is based on.
Definitly worth a look at - if you enjoy the TV special, have a look around for the book... It goes into a LOT more detail.
Why is this not self replication?
Who said that replication must involve the original robot to create the robot parts? And even if it did, it would still have to create these "spare parts" from smaller parts anyway...
The robot is replicating itself from it's own basic building blocks from what I can see.
Yes, much more dramatic for me (if it's done well) but probably not for the general public who don't have a clue what googling, upload.asp, trojans, and SUID's are... For the show to explain what these things mean would probably result in the average viewer changing the channel.
Just the other day, a collegue of mine thought I had "magical hacker powers" when I showed him his History cache in IE....and he's one of the brighter ones...
It's better than the death penalty (hell, what isn't?) but as there would likely be no concept of time while in hibernation and therefore no real deterrant, prison would be used moreso as a time machine by people.
"Wanna see what it's like in the future? Kill someone today!"
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But if they were to switch to x86 it would make more sense if they switched to AMD than to Intel.
Why?
I mean, I'd prefer AMD but that's only because I always like to see the underdog get a boost, but why would it make more sense going to AMD over Intel?
Check this out: http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/smokin gcancer2.html
From the linked doc:
As late as 1920, lung cancer was a rare disease. About 20 years after the incidence of smoking began to increase among men, lung cancer also started to become more common.
I always thought a Hiper Type-R was a very fast keyboard...
WTF, you sux0r's D00d!
Id kik yor a$$ at CS any dayz0rs
Only Starwars from my list... and only Phantom Menace from your post.
he had nothing to do with A.I. which you put in the parent so I don't quite see what you're getting at.
And Jaws
And Starwars
And Close Encounters
And Schindlers List
And Raiders of The Lost Ark
And Duel
And many others...
These guys have a pretty good batting average if you ask me...
that was no joke... you're making this far too complicated and I think it's part of a deliberate ploy to avoid me.
OK. you win. I'm taking a plane.
Thanks for the advice.
After all, swimming the atlantic ocean isn't too much of a chore once you get used to it.
Weird.... though seen at a cinema, 2001 isn't really a movie, more of an experience!!
Drunken Master II making the list is even weirder! It's a great film but I wouldn't put it in my top 100...
Ebert's list is pretty good - I'd provide a link but his site seems to be playing up at the moment....
check out www.rogerebert.com and look for the "Great Movies" section.
I also met my girlfriend 9 years ago on a BBS - we're still together too.
Warez
ASCII Art
Watching the lines of text crawl down the screen
Legend of the Red Dragon
Trying to figure out those unusual ASCII characters for that truly elite handle
BBS's with two phone lines where you could actually CHAT TO ANOTHER USER!
And all at 2400 baud
Man! Those were the days!!!!
Chances are that most stuff on eBay in Australia was purchased in Australia and therefore GST would have already been paid for on the item.
So why should anyone pay GST on second hand goods?
...when NASA employees with a warped sense of humour get their hands on a copy of Photoshop
96?? 69 is all that's required for optimum pr0n rendering!!!
Well, given that Slashdot is accessable to anyone in the world, and the world spins around the sun, it may not be the middle of the night just yet.
;-)
It's 4:50pm where I am as I type this so your argument is flawed....ha ha ha
Obviously, in order for one to argue such redundant crap as I have, you'll probably expect that I'll still be reading Slashdot at 1am tonight. After all, it's a Friday night.
You'd be right
I'm not quite sure, but I believe you would encounter some serious mass problems not to mention some pretty heavy windburn.
Mass increases exponetially for an object that is increasingly approaching light speed... to travel at lightspeed that object would have to have infinite (or probably "undefined" would be a better word) mass.
Therefore (or, as far as I can tell) in order to travel at lightspeed, you'd need to have a resting mass of zero.
For the knowledgeable - if I'm wrong, please let me know why! I dig learning about this stuff!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
All 3 hours of it are avaliable on PBS's website.
It's amazing stuff.
The book "The Elegant Universe" by Brain Greene is what the TV Special above is based on.
Definitly worth a look at - if you enjoy the TV special, have a look around for the book... It goes into a LOT more detail.
On a side note, does anyone know about W & G's Cracking Contraptions? It was annouced long ago but while the site is up I can't seem to watch them anywhere, and I can't seem to find a DVD of the shorts either. I'd love to see 'em. As they say on Ebay, Happy Bidding! ;)
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cat
Why is this not self replication?
Who said that replication must involve the original robot to create the robot parts? And even if it did, it would still have to create these "spare parts" from smaller parts anyway...
The robot is replicating itself from it's own basic building blocks from what I can see.
A mac then? :P
Yes, much more dramatic for me (if it's done well) but probably not for the general public who don't have a clue what googling, upload.asp, trojans, and SUID's are...
For the show to explain what these things mean would probably result in the average viewer changing the channel.
Just the other day, a collegue of mine thought I had "magical hacker powers" when I showed him his History cache in IE....and he's one of the brighter ones...
I think it's more to do with drama...
It's not easy to make hacking appear glamorous if you apply too much realism.
I bet there are real cops out there that laugh at the realism of these cop shows too.
Whatever happened to MacGyver?! Now that's real hacking.
If you will excuse me, I'm off to make up some prizes to award to random people.
So you're the one responsible for the MTV Awards!!
I've seen a hell of a lot of spreadsheets but these ones are brilliant. Space Invaders and Pacman coded in Excel.
Each cell represents a pixel.
It's gotta involve spam.... spam... spam, spam, spam
It's better than the death penalty (hell, what isn't?) but as there would likely be no concept of time while in hibernation and therefore no real deterrant, prison would be used moreso as a time machine by people.
"Wanna see what it's like in the future? Kill someone today!"