I can't help but point out that the Interix/SFU link above (also posted by NZheretic) is a complete and utter fabrication.
In fact, it is a direct plagiarism from RMS's own writings about GNU/Linux.
It's hard to believe a post was moderated to a score 5 when all it had was links to obvious urls and a link to this surreal alternate reality.
Ever wondered about that strange
quasi-pattern at the beginning of e in base 10? It's an artifact from the real pattern
that shows up in bases that are a power of 2. e in binary is this: 10.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110...
That's very clever. But it doesn't appear to be true.
% echo 'ibase=2; 10.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110' | bc
2.71673487868963547953171655535697937011718750
% echo 'obase=2; e(1)' | bc -l
10.10110111111000010101000101100010100010101110110 100101010011010101
The coolest thing about convenience store onigiri is the packaging. They are wrapped in a two ply plastic wrapper where the nori (dried seaweed sheet) is kept isolated from the moist rice so it doesn't get soggy.
To open it, you pull a tear strip which opens the outer layer of plastic. Then you can pull the two sides apart (splitting the layer underneath) and the inner plastic comes away too, leaving the crisp nori in contact with the rice, where it immediately adheres.
As a result, biting into the onigiri is like biting through the skin of an apple as the nori actually crunches as you bite it.
The coolest thing about convenience store onigiri is the packaging. They are wrapped in a three ply plastic wrapper where the nori (dried seaweed sheet) is kept isolated from the moist rice so it doesn't get soggy.
To open it, you pull a tear strip which opens the outer layer of plastic. Then you can pull the two sides apart (splitting the layer underneath) and the inner plastic comes away too, leaving the crisp nori in contact with the rice, where it immediately adheres.
As a result, biting into the onigiri is like biting through the skin of an apple as the nori actually crunches as you bite it.
Highly recommended.
Re:And lo, the mechanic speaks.
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Not just any turbine, but how about a
Tesla Turbine? There is a Tesla Engine Builders Association involved in building these, but I think their focus is on steam rather than compressed air.
This would be a great theory, except that it's wrong.
If you check historical newspapers, you will find that the New York Times, for example, ushered in the new century on their front page on January 1, 1901. There has never been widespread confusion about the starting day of a new century until now.
Stephen J. Gould gives this a good treatment in his book Questioning the Millennium, which is a pretty good read.
I see the top member of Team slashdot is Michael Dolan with an average time per block of 9 hr 27 min. OK, he probably has an Alpha or some other fast CPU.
But what is the story with Bert, in the number 5 slot, with an average time per block of 7 min 51 sec? What kind of system cranks through a block 70 times faster than an Alpha?
Slashdot Mirror
But you present it as if it's fact, when it's clearly satire at best. RMS never wrote about Interix/SFU.
I can't help but point out that the Interix/SFU link above (also posted by NZheretic) is a complete and utter fabrication. In fact, it is a direct plagiarism from RMS's own writings about GNU/Linux. It's hard to believe a post was moderated to a score 5 when all it had was links to obvious urls and a link to this surreal alternate reality.
This might be it.
Whenever I am asked my race on any kind of form, I always put "human".
You can't link to a book. Without a website this would never have been seen on slashdot.
I for one am glad I learned about it. I will definitely be on the lookout for this book now.
That's very clever. But it doesn't appear to be true.
% echo 'ibase=2;0 100101010011010101
10.10110111011110111110111111011111110111111110' | bc
2.71673487868963547953171655535697937011718750
% echo 'obase=2; e(1)' | bc -l
10.1011011111100001010100010110001010001010111011
Actually it's the prefix o-, meaning honorable (or just a polite way of talking) and nigiru, meaning to form rice into a shape.
Not as funny as the previous definition though.
Onigiri are awesome.
The coolest thing about convenience store onigiri is the packaging. They are wrapped in a two ply plastic wrapper where the nori (dried seaweed sheet) is kept isolated from the moist rice so it doesn't get soggy.
To open it, you pull a tear strip which opens the outer layer of plastic. Then you can pull the two sides apart (splitting the layer underneath) and the inner plastic comes away too, leaving the crisp nori in contact with the rice, where it immediately adheres.
As a result, biting into the onigiri is like biting through the skin of an apple as the nori actually crunches as you bite it.
Highly recommended.
Onigiri are awesome.
The coolest thing about convenience store onigiri is the packaging. They are wrapped in a three ply plastic wrapper where the nori (dried seaweed sheet) is kept isolated from the moist rice so it doesn't get soggy.
To open it, you pull a tear strip which opens the outer layer of plastic. Then you can pull the two sides apart (splitting the layer underneath) and the inner plastic comes away too, leaving the crisp nori in contact with the rice, where it immediately adheres.
As a result, biting into the onigiri is like biting through the skin of an apple as the nori actually crunches as you bite it.
Highly recommended.
Not just any turbine, but how about a Tesla Turbine? There is a Tesla Engine Builders Association involved in building these, but I think their focus is on steam rather than compressed air.
Even better than that: antiword.
This would be a great theory, except that it's wrong.
If you check historical newspapers, you will find that the New York Times, for example, ushered in the new century on their front page on January 1, 1901. There has never been widespread confusion about the starting day of a new century until now.
Stephen J. Gould gives this a good treatment in his book Questioning the Millennium, which is a pretty good read.
I see the top member of Team slashdot is Michael Dolan with an average time per block of 9 hr 27 min. OK, he probably has an Alpha or some other fast CPU.
But what is the story with Bert, in the number 5 slot, with an average time per block of 7 min 51 sec? What kind of system cranks through a block 70 times faster than an Alpha?
I agree with jnik -- Kernel updates should be announced on slashdot.
It's not the news itself that's important -- it's the comments.