It's not just the brain at issue. Heart tissue dies extremely rapidly without oxygen. Actually, when heart cells lose oxygen they slow to a halt, only really dieing once they get oxygen again.
That was pretty much my point. Mainly I wanted to point out that my parent earlier was flat out wrong - no compiler unwraps recursive functions always or even most of the time.
You make a good point. But the power grid functions just fine despite the numerous people who use their power to capacity constantly. Even in the face of Marijuana grows that utilize thousands of times that of the normal household 24/7 and bypass the meter, the grid keeps chugging. The real issue is that electricity isn't sold at a flat 'full usage' rate, whereas bandwidth is. It is starting to look like that is a mistake.
Agreed. The logic of the doomsayers seems to be "BitTorrent is going to use UDP, and they will OBVIOUSLY be too lazy to implement their protocol in a reasonable way!"
Always? There is not always a way to convert from a recursive algorithm to a non-recursive algorithm. For example, try writing a non-recursive function to calculate Ackermann numbers.
On the other hand, most recursive algorithms can be unwrapped but doing so is non-trivial. There is no compiler that exists as yet that will optimize away any recursions that could possibly be made non-recursive.
Funny, but silly. The individual in question was a British citizen, and charges were levelled against him by British authorities. It was in this capacity that the ruling was made.
At the end of the day, a British court ruled that Sealand was outside of British jurisdiction, which atleast means they are not beholden to the British.
Germany also to one degree or another recognized Sealand by sending a diplomat there (rather than communicating with Britain).
That is just plain silly. This is an enthusiast project, the analogy you are making is bad. Or rather, think of it like this: would you "think twice" about using an OSS Windows GUI enhancement program because it "required Windows"? The question is irrelevant since you wouldn't be using Windows in the first place.
Software projects are created to serve a need, cater to an audience. MultiTheft Auto caters to GTA players, not OSS fans, to criticize them for requiring closed source software is to criticize them for existing at all.
Try this: look up "WOOSH" then "WOOOSH" in the dictionary. The fact that people add extraneous letters to onomatopoeias to emphasize the length of the sound does not make them words. Or I claim "Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" to be the new longest english word. Comprende?
I think Slashdot is more in the believers community. The discussion is more along the lines of "How can we blackmail them into using DNSSEC? Will the Kaminsky bug be effective for that purpose?"
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Where does Balanced Ternary fit in to that?
Bacon, Mayonnaise, and Tomato?
It's not just the brain at issue. Heart tissue dies extremely rapidly without oxygen. Actually, when heart cells lose oxygen they slow to a halt, only really dieing once they get oxygen again.
Good point, but it is still named after the island that is named after Icarus :D
That was pretty much my point. Mainly I wanted to point out that my parent earlier was flat out wrong - no compiler unwraps recursive functions always or even most of the time.
You make a good point. But the power grid functions just fine despite the numerous people who use their power to capacity constantly. Even in the face of Marijuana grows that utilize thousands of times that of the normal household 24/7 and bypass the meter, the grid keeps chugging. The real issue is that electricity isn't sold at a flat 'full usage' rate, whereas bandwidth is. It is starting to look like that is a mistake.
If she can't use her fat pipe, she can use mine...
Agreed. The logic of the doomsayers seems to be "BitTorrent is going to use UDP, and they will OBVIOUSLY be too lazy to implement their protocol in a reasonable way!"
Always? There is not always a way to convert from a recursive algorithm to a non-recursive algorithm. For example, try writing a non-recursive function to calculate Ackermann numbers.
On the other hand, most recursive algorithms can be unwrapped but doing so is non-trivial. There is no compiler that exists as yet that will optimize away any recursions that could possibly be made non-recursive.
Funny, but silly. The individual in question was a British citizen, and charges were levelled against him by British authorities. It was in this capacity that the ruling was made.
At the end of the day, a British court ruled that Sealand was outside of British jurisdiction, which atleast means they are not beholden to the British.
Germany also to one degree or another recognized Sealand by sending a diplomat there (rather than communicating with Britain).
Unicorn bones contain small amounts of neodymium, making them magnetic.
That is just plain silly. This is an enthusiast project, the analogy you are making is bad. Or rather, think of it like this: would you "think twice" about using an OSS Windows GUI enhancement program because it "required Windows"? The question is irrelevant since you wouldn't be using Windows in the first place.
Software projects are created to serve a need, cater to an audience. MultiTheft Auto caters to GTA players, not OSS fans, to criticize them for requiring closed source software is to criticize them for existing at all.
"If you kill the homeless person under the bridge, you can take their liquor to make molitov cocktails to throw at cop cars!"
it is IMHO stupid releasing software that anyone can take and make their own although I am quite sure that many would disagree with you and me.
Did you just call ALL OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS stupid? On SLASHDOT? What were you thinking? I'm surprised you haven't been modded -2 to yet.
Try this: look up "WOOSH" then "WOOOSH" in the dictionary. The fact that people add extraneous letters to onomatopoeias to emphasize the length of the sound does not make them words. Or I claim "Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" to be the new longest english word. Comprende?
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Spreadsheets or it didn't happen.
You're nude inspired me to make actual porn...
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Just rub it into the old noggin, and I'm sharp as a whistle in spring.
No, when you get older it is called "software" instead of firmware.
Um... are you being serious? ONE word... BOTH... shorter and longer... reread my post and parse it correctly please.
I think Slashdot is more in the believers community. The discussion is more along the lines of "How can we blackmail them into using DNSSEC? Will the Kaminsky bug be effective for that purpose?"
There's nearly 2,000 shorter words that can typed with only the left hand â" including one word that's even longer.
Wait, there is a word that is both shorter and longer than "stewardesses"?
Microwave.
Seconded.