I wish reporters wouldn't give this type of crap the time of day.
Not to defend Arthur The Human Antenna Firstenberg, but perhaps he is suffering from some sort of mental condition and genuinely believes what he is claiming? It doesn't make him right, and may only prove he's watched "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" too many times, but he might only be a mental case and not an asshat.
Never attribute to asshattery that which can be adequately explained by shit house rat crazy.
Not to worry. There will always be doubters, people (and/or other scientists) who think they faked it, and even those who want to recreate it. Physics funding will never die, it will just have a different focus and purpose.
On the other hand, if someone ever does discover the God particle, I hope they ask it what the true physics religion is.
Any reason they felt it necessary to use 'Trojan' and 'probe in the summary? Don't they know this is/. and it's going to generate a lot of immature posts (like this one)
"Check Chips at Mechanic" light that, well, tells the driver to send the car with its chips to the mechanic?
I think there is a "Check Chips at Mechanic" light... but it's only activated when the car is racing forward uncontrollably. Hey, who knows, maybe the car is just trying to get to a mechanic on its own? It's as likely as this "rays from outer space" theory.
Grandparent is also a raving lunatic stoner with serious people issues. Heh, I just realized that SC, that dude who single-handedly pissed hundreds of people off in several IRC channels until other operators finally kicked him out, also lurks around/..
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day... unlike the professor.
Tonight on CBS, a very special episode of Everyone Loves Space Ray:
Space Ray: Hey, Deborah, did you hear what happened to my car?
Deborah: Don't worry about it, Space Ray, you didn't cause it this time (simulated audience laughter)
With a special guest appearance by Ace Frehley as "Just Another Confused Alien". Coming up right after "The Ghosts of Gilligan's Island"
Whether you subscribe to Occam's razor, or just plain old common sense, rays from outer space are not Toyota's problem (though they may be the author's problem).
This type of thing is just plain bat shit crazy. There is a problem somewhere in Toyota's system somewhere. Either a software bug or bad chips or something real and tangible... but rays from outer space? Please.
If someone here on/. had posted that in the last Toyota story they would have gotten a +5 Funny.
General Rule For Getting Hired: Don't forget to include a complete collection of your/. postings. I can't think of a better way to impress a future employer than to show them just how funny and clever you really are.
even as individuals with all of our time at our discretion we would not waste the rest of lives trying to get the bugs out of something as complex as modern software, so NO we won't do it SOMEDAY either.
We may not ever accomplish it, but that doesn't mean we won't stop trying. Bugs slip through no matter how much we test. One reason is because no matter how we may try to break it we can never imagine the utterly creative stupidity that a user will cast upon our software.
And as far as Skynet is concerned, it will be written by humans or by a system written by humans, so it's gonna have bugs, too (unless it was written by Deep Thought, but that's another story entirely).
There are an infinite number of pirated copies that can be downloaded, and one person downloading it does not deprive another person the ability to buy it at the store.
The fact that they didn't deprive someone of something isn't the real point (though, in fact, they are depriving the artist/publisher/company that produced the product of their rightful revenue for the copy that has been pirated).
The pirate has taken something that wasn't theirs, that they didn't pay for and that has some measurable value to them or they wouldn't have taken it in the first place. Just because they don't think they've deprived anyone of anything doesn't mean that it's OK to just take it.
The reason that every piece of software ships with bugs is because:
* It's created by people
* The programmers, testers, etc can never find all the bugs
* It's gotta get out the door so you can pay your programmers, testers, etc
* All of the above
There is a matter of pride with individual programmers, small groups, and most open source programming projects. We'd all love to be able to crow about shipping a bug free project/product. We'd do it if we could... and someday we will.
People actually WAIT for games to come out? People who have real lives actually check every day or two, to see if the new version of their favorite game has come out yet? I mean, REAL people, who do things outside of their mama's basement walls? People who actually know members of the opposite sex, participate in some kind of sport now and then, people who pay their way through the world?
I find all of this hard to believe.
Gamers are people, too. At least that's what I read on the internet. Live and learn I guess.
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Is this Kill Switch just for the internet or the all the people who use the internet?
the more they'll act like morons.
I wish reporters wouldn't give this type of crap the time of day.
Not to defend Arthur The Human Antenna Firstenberg, but perhaps he is suffering from some sort of mental condition and genuinely believes what he is claiming? It doesn't make him right, and may only prove he's watched "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" too many times, but he might only be a mental case and not an asshat.
Never attribute to asshattery that which can be adequately explained by shit house rat crazy.
Blasphemy! I'm going to sue you for that statement, you insensitive clod!
Exactly. A front facing camera on any cellphone is simply redonculous.
That article isn't exactly cromulent. Is there a daily prize for obviousness?
I'm quite suprised that I can reach Slashdot's server now that Earth is destroyed and gone.
Welcome to Cachedot.org, impaledsunset. Your new user ID is '6'. May all your sunsets be impaled.
Not to worry. There will always be doubters, people (and/or other scientists) who think they faked it, and even those who want to recreate it. Physics funding will never die, it will just have a different focus and purpose.
On the other hand, if someone ever does discover the God particle, I hope they ask it what the true physics religion is.
It may be anti-climactic, but how about anti-climatic? Are anti-pirates good or bad for global warming?
My Magic 8-Ball says "The Pirates Will Weather The Storm". D'oh!
... on the swashbuckling seas of downloads.
I'd say "let the best pirate win", but I'm afraid it's going to be anti-climactic. The real pirates will swab the decks with these amateur wanna-be's.
Any reason they felt it necessary to use 'Trojan' and 'probe in the summary? Don't they know this is /. and it's going to generate a lot of immature posts (like this one)
Getting blowjobs from Barbarella does sound like my ideal work week.
T,FTFY
If this is believable then I guess Intel should have claimed cosmic interference back when they had their Pentium FDIV bug.
"Check Chips at Mechanic" light that, well, tells the driver to send the car with its chips to the mechanic?
I think there is a "Check Chips at Mechanic" light ... but it's only activated when the car is racing forward uncontrollably. Hey, who knows, maybe the car is just trying to get to a mechanic on its own? It's as likely as this "rays from outer space" theory.
Grandparent is also a raving lunatic stoner with serious people issues. Heh, I just realized that SC, that dude who single-handedly pissed hundreds of people off in several IRC channels until other operators finally kicked him out, also lurks around /..
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day ... unlike the professor.
Tonight on CBS, a very special episode of Everyone Loves Space Ray:
Space Ray: Hey, Deborah, did you hear what happened to my car?
Deborah: Don't worry about it, Space Ray, you didn't cause it this time (simulated audience laughter)
With a special guest appearance by Ace Frehley as "Just Another Confused Alien". Coming up right after "The Ghosts of Gilligan's Island"
Parent is not Flamebait. Disgusted? You bet. Angry that this type of crazy has made its way to the pages of /.? Indeed.
I'm standing in line with SC on this one. This story needs to be tagged "unicorns, ponies and space rays".
How can you protect yourself from that checksum algorithm not getting flipped?
Easy, just buy one of our new Automotive Tin Foil Hats. It keeps the space rays out - and the real crazy in.
Whether you subscribe to Occam's razor, or just plain old common sense, rays from outer space are not Toyota's problem (though they may be the author's problem).
... but rays from outer space? Please.
/. had posted that in the last Toyota story they would have gotten a +5 Funny.
This type of thing is just plain bat shit crazy. There is a problem somewhere in Toyota's system somewhere. Either a software bug or bad chips or something real and tangible
If someone here on
General Rule For Getting Hired: Don't forget to include a complete collection of your /. postings. I can't think of a better way to impress a future employer than to show them just how funny and clever you really are.
The only way of eliminating those dark corners is by eliminating them.
And today's Yogi Berra award goes to hedwards. We'd like to thank everyone who participated for participating and the winner for winning.
even as individuals with all of our time at our discretion we would not waste the rest of lives trying to get the bugs out of something as complex as modern software, so NO we won't do it SOMEDAY either.
We may not ever accomplish it, but that doesn't mean we won't stop trying. Bugs slip through no matter how much we test. One reason is because no matter how we may try to break it we can never imagine the utterly creative stupidity that a user will cast upon our software.
And as far as Skynet is concerned, it will be written by humans or by a system written by humans, so it's gonna have bugs, too (unless it was written by Deep Thought, but that's another story entirely).
There are an infinite number of pirated copies that can be downloaded, and one person downloading it does not deprive another person the ability to buy it at the store.
The fact that they didn't deprive someone of something isn't the real point (though, in fact, they are depriving the artist/publisher/company that produced the product of their rightful revenue for the copy that has been pirated).
The pirate has taken something that wasn't theirs, that they didn't pay for and that has some measurable value to them or they wouldn't have taken it in the first place. Just because they don't think they've deprived anyone of anything doesn't mean that it's OK to just take it.
The reason that every piece of software ships with bugs is because:
... and someday we will.
* It's created by people
* The programmers, testers, etc can never find all the bugs
* It's gotta get out the door so you can pay your programmers, testers, etc
* All of the above
There is a matter of pride with individual programmers, small groups, and most open source programming projects. We'd all love to be able to crow about shipping a bug free project/product. We'd do it if we could
People actually WAIT for games to come out? People who have real lives actually check every day or two, to see if the new version of their favorite game has come out yet? I mean, REAL people, who do things outside of their mama's basement walls? People who actually know members of the opposite sex, participate in some kind of sport now and then, people who pay their way through the world?
I find all of this hard to believe.
Gamers are people, too. At least that's what I read on the internet. Live and learn I guess.