Quoting their web site: "The goal of the contest is to write code that is as readable, clear, innocent and straightforward as possible, and yet it must fail to perform at its apparent function. To be more specific, it should do something subtly evil. "
As written above, the result is not so surprising since emigrating is an enterprise in its own right.
Another question is whether foreigners make better entrepreneurs. Doing such a study would need to include those who haven't migrated in order of avoiding a selection bias.
The number of particles is not relevant. You can do a one billion simulation of a single galaxy or of the whole universe. The purpose is different. In this respect, a particle can represent a single star in one galaxy or a single galaxy in the universe. Large scale structures in the universe don't depend on the exact location of each star in each galaxy.
No one has commented about them "breaking the software encryption". I am surprised that it would be so easy to do. Could it be true ? Does anyone has insight into what type of encryption is used or how it could be broken ? I'm pretty sure it's not ROT13.
Sure, I can compute this number with 2 significant digits. But with a scale which can measure masses to the nearest yoctogram I'd like 24 significant digits ! That's not what I call a Fermi problem. Going back to the original question, a wild guess would be a dynamic of 100. But I can't afford 18 dollars to read the paper. I could pay a yoctodollar, though !
The alternative to the 2 euro breathalyzer is the 11 euro fine. It's your call ! The matter is not if you're going to be asked by the police to show it but when.
Another unintended side effect is that it makes people believe that such a "right" exists. It doesn't. The sooner people understand it, the better. This problem should be solved through education, not by forcing other people to forget, which can't be done. Don't treat people like children, let them become adults.
There is an explanation here http://www.archeophone.org/bismarck_moltke_en.php. In short, scanning works well for flat 2D documents ("lateral cut"). For 3D "vertical cut", laser scanning doesn't work (yet).
True, especially if you always use the same login name, or it requires an email address for login and you've had the same email address since like forever.
I use spamgourmet as an email proxy for such websites (I recommend it!). This means that you don't really need to track or remember all those emails. You just need to change the spamgourmet forward address when you change your primary email. The last time for me was 5 years ago or so...
The ritual is to have a tiered set of passwords: - very simple passwords for very stupid sites - a password commited to memory for serious web sites - Keepass for financial websites (banking, taxes, etc.). These passwords are impossible to memorize. (Eg: JvKE5qKjOb11HdIKWf1E)
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I'm suprised that no one mentioned the Underhanded C Contest
http://underhanded.xcott.com/
Quoting their web site:
"The goal of the contest is to write code that is as readable, clear, innocent and straightforward as possible, and yet it must fail to perform at its apparent function. To be more specific, it should do something subtly evil. "
As written above, the result is not so surprising since emigrating is an enterprise in its own right.
Another question is whether foreigners make better entrepreneurs. Doing such a study would need to include those who haven't migrated in order of avoiding a selection bias.
And that's not enough... if you want to simulate each quark individually (after all, you wrote "you take the number of particles").
The number of particles is not relevant.
You can do a one billion simulation of a single galaxy or of the whole universe. The purpose is different.
In this respect, a particle can represent a single star in one galaxy or a single galaxy in the universe. Large scale structures in the universe don't depend on the exact location of each star in each galaxy.
No one has commented about them "breaking the software encryption". I am surprised that it would be so easy to do. Could it be true ?
Does anyone has insight into what type of encryption is used or how it could be broken ? I'm pretty sure it's not ROT13.
I think it does the opposite: such an horrible piece of software prevents anyone from switching to a Mac.
I disagree. You are not a shareholder and you are not entitled a share of the profits. You only get the rewards.
How much do Eyez weigh?
Eyez will weigh less than 200 grams
Mmmm. How can someone find anything serious in this answer ?
Sure, I can compute this number with 2 significant digits. But with a scale which can measure masses to the nearest yoctogram I'd like 24 significant digits ! That's not what I call a Fermi problem. Going back to the original question, a wild guess would be a dynamic of 100. But I can't afford 18 dollars to read the paper. I could pay a yoctodollar, though !
Very interesting. However the article does not mention the maximum weight this scale is able to measure.
I'd love to know how many protons I am made of. I guess this scale won't help !
What do you think of this ?
It was made made by a 45 meter impactor.
Yes, A 45 METER IMPACTOR.
even though we're about 26,000 mi in diameter
Who are *we* ?
A) The fact that he used the breathalyzer and it indicated he was not over the limit is a sufficient defense against a charge of drunk driving.
After an accident, the driver is tested. So this test will determine is he was drunk (or DUI) at the time of the accident.
The United States, one country with 3% of the world population
The US 3% of the world population ?
The alternative to the 2 euro breathalyzer is the 11 euro fine. It's your call !
The matter is not if you're going to be asked by the police to show it but when.
They must really bo bored up there: his collegue created a lego replica of the ISS... within the ISS.
Pretty cool, I think.
Another unintended side effect is that it makes people believe that such a "right" exists.
It doesn't. The sooner people understand it, the better. This problem should be solved through education, not by forcing other people to forget, which can't be done.
Don't treat people like children, let them become adults.
There is an explanation here http://www.archeophone.org/bismarck_moltke_en.php.
In short, scanning works well for flat 2D documents ("lateral cut").
For 3D "vertical cut", laser scanning doesn't work (yet).
For the technically inclined, here are the specs of the "Archeophone", the device used to listen to these recordings.
Today, cell phones record in HD.
Come one, you're sending a probe to the moon and you can't afford an HD camera ? This is nuts !
True, especially if you always use the same login name, or it requires an email address for login and you've had the same email address since like forever.
I use spamgourmet as an email proxy for such websites (I recommend it!).
This means that you don't really need to track or remember all those emails. You just need to change the spamgourmet forward address when you change your primary email. The last time for me was 5 years ago or so...
For very old websites I just click on "I forgot my password". It usually works !
The ritual is to have a tiered set of passwords:
- very simple passwords for very stupid sites
- a password commited to memory for serious web sites
- Keepass for financial websites (banking, taxes, etc.). These passwords are impossible to memorize. (Eg: JvKE5qKjOb11HdIKWf1E)
From the Android OS API reference:
isUserAMonkey (): returns "true" if the user interface is currently being messed with by a monkey.
Does it mean that this function call does not exist on iOS ?
You need to quote the author, otherwise it is meaningless:
"Good artists copy, great artists steal."
- Steve Jobs, The Triumph of the Nerds, 1996