It's a naturally selective process. You start with a ton of bacteria and about 4,000 art critics. At first the bacteria only paint random pictures, but the ten best are picked by the art critics. The bacteria that painted those 10 are removed, the rest are killed and a new generation of more artistic bacteria emerge from the 10. Repeat this process for about 50 generations and you would be surprised at how creative those little buggers can be.
And my brother post is incredibly funny, mod him up.
That topic is not allowed to be discussed by anyone with a slashdot user id over 1 million. See below (gbjbaanb) for your answer. Why don't you go play on some other lawn.
I got pretty scared when the guy admits he doesn't know much but wants to put a server out there exposed to the public. This is why you can still find SQLSlammer probes on the internet.
It's all pushing buttons man. Knowing which buttons to push takes years of experience and there is no short cut. Nice try.
Thank you. I am a very frequent WoW player. I'm interested in how this game has me so affixed. After clicking that link, and seeing the picture, not even reading the article, I am going to cancel my account. You are my savior!
No, it is a perfectly fair comparison. The point is it's not the content. Content doesn't matter anymore, it's all about a group of guys with industry in their pocketbooks deciding what you can and cannot watch on the internet. When people start to get wind that they just have to make a big stink and YouTube will start pulling videos, those with the big buck can make a bigger stink than any of us.
What kinda ticks me off about this is those videos of the guys doing 2000 simultaneous mentos "bombs" will get pulled now. The kid who does a mentos bomb in a gatorade bottle and it blows up in his hand will be gone, even though it shows kids not to use Gatorade bottles, which is actually critically important info if this happens to be your hobby. Those guys with some "extra" sodium metal won't be able to post their videos of that chunk getting thrown in a lake, same with people putting dry ice into swimming pools. Where does it stop? A video filmed in a classroom of a teacher doing any exothermic reaction?
So do we have a new law here? Gabe-san's Law of Free Content:
The diversity of controversial content that can be found on a public website is indirectly proportional to the website's popularity.
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I think I figured it out. This was obviously typed by an 9 year old. Judging by the user ID, this person would have been just born about the time the account was created. So this is some kid whose parents got him a slashdot account for his 0th birthday, which would explain why he can use big fancy words like Newton and Invertebrates and Infibians, but hasn't quite filled in enough blanks to make any sense. I will bet anyone, however, $100 that the user behind this ID will eventually find the Higgs boson.
"these are swamped by the number of confirmed diseases caused by mutations in the DNA..."
Right. Normally a mutation is dealt with. DNA can repair itself, something will break down incorrectly built proteins, bad DNA making bad cell parts will kill themselves. Understanding why this doesn't always work is worthwhile.
"...or infections by viruses, bacteria or protozoa."
It's my understanding that a virus has to penetrate the cell well to infect a cell. See all that hair on the cell wall in blue in the diagram? Those are his sugars, so he may be on to something.
Bacterial and protozoan infections, well, thats on a different level. Bacteria doesn't infect a cell, it infects an organism, sometimes it destroys it's host. But even those bacteria and protozoa are made up of these same building blocks, which could help us understand vectors to destroy them.
So you imply that watching one child play with a ball would give you an understanding of international politics? You would have to be pretty blind to not see that there are several levels there, and it helps to define and delineate those levels to help understand the whole thing.
I don't think so. Some people would have seen the plane hit the building, for others it would be ok. Sometimes if you watch the video again, the plane might hit the building or not, depending on timing.
You would need something a little more reliable to pwn the whole internet.
It's not going to go away ever. It was designed to have entire portions of it destroyed by bombs and such and keep working. Now there is such a proliferation of devices with wireless capability and open source drivers sitting on peoples hard drives it would come back even if you take away landline access.
I'm a bit leary of the net now with this DNS vulnerability. Right now I have a "An Update is available for your iPhone" dialog on my screen, I am actually reading a bit to make sure an update was released before I click download and install.
Some really malicious stuff could be done with this, and I am not talking about making a user type cookie. If you can poison update.microsoft.com or others you could wreak havoc on millions (more) of PCs. Suddenly automatic updates cannot be 100% trusted. I want my system to do three lookups and make sure they match before connecting!
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Well, if the British can get this to adhere to tooth enamel, this could be a major breakthrough.
It's a naturally selective process. You start with a ton of bacteria and about 4,000 art critics. At first the bacteria only paint random pictures, but the ten best are picked by the art critics. The bacteria that painted those 10 are removed, the rest are killed and a new generation of more artistic bacteria emerge from the 10. Repeat this process for about 50 generations and you would be surprised at how creative those little buggers can be.
And my brother post is incredibly funny, mod him up.
That topic is not allowed to be discussed by anyone with a slashdot user id over 1 million. See below (gbjbaanb) for your answer. Why don't you go play on some other lawn.
I got pretty scared when the guy admits he doesn't know much but wants to put a server out there exposed to the public. This is why you can still find SQLSlammer probes on the internet.
It's all pushing buttons man. Knowing which buttons to push takes years of experience and there is no short cut. Nice try.
Dude, you need to level up.
Thank you. I am a very frequent WoW player. I'm interested in how this game has me so affixed. After clicking that link, and seeing the picture, not even reading the article, I am going to cancel my account. You are my savior!
Yes, it's called being eloquent and writing a letter.
From what I hear, the Revolution will not be on YouTube(tm).
Technically, the propane tank on your barbecue grill counts as a "bomb" in the right context.
Great. There go all the BBQ videos. :(
Soon. Once the coals from the Bill of Rights and the Constitution are ready, they'll start piling on the books.
No, it is a perfectly fair comparison. The point is it's not the content. Content doesn't matter anymore, it's all about a group of guys with industry in their pocketbooks deciding what you can and cannot watch on the internet. When people start to get wind that they just have to make a big stink and YouTube will start pulling videos, those with the big buck can make a bigger stink than any of us.
What kinda ticks me off about this is those videos of the guys doing 2000 simultaneous mentos "bombs" will get pulled now. The kid who does a mentos bomb in a gatorade bottle and it blows up in his hand will be gone, even though it shows kids not to use Gatorade bottles, which is actually critically important info if this happens to be your hobby. Those guys with some "extra" sodium metal won't be able to post their videos of that chunk getting thrown in a lake, same with people putting dry ice into swimming pools. Where does it stop? A video filmed in a classroom of a teacher doing any exothermic reaction?
So do we have a new law here? Gabe-san's Law of Free Content:
The diversity of controversial content that can be found on a public website is indirectly proportional to the website's popularity.
I think I figured it out. This was obviously typed by an 9 year old. Judging by the user ID, this person would have been just born about the time the account was created. So this is some kid whose parents got him a slashdot account for his 0th birthday, which would explain why he can use big fancy words like Newton and Invertebrates and Infibians, but hasn't quite filled in enough blanks to make any sense. I will bet anyone, however, $100 that the user behind this ID will eventually find the Higgs boson.
"these are swamped by the number of confirmed diseases caused by mutations in the DNA..."
Right. Normally a mutation is dealt with. DNA can repair itself, something will break down incorrectly built proteins, bad DNA making bad cell parts will kill themselves. Understanding why this doesn't always work is worthwhile.
"...or infections by viruses, bacteria or protozoa."
It's my understanding that a virus has to penetrate the cell well to infect a cell. See all that hair on the cell wall in blue in the diagram? Those are his sugars, so he may be on to something.
Bacterial and protozoan infections, well, thats on a different level. Bacteria doesn't infect a cell, it infects an organism, sometimes it destroys it's host. But even those bacteria and protozoa are made up of these same building blocks, which could help us understand vectors to destroy them.
So you imply that watching one child play with a ball would give you an understanding of international politics? You would have to be pretty blind to not see that there are several levels there, and it helps to define and delineate those levels to help understand the whole thing.
well it might blow you away to find out that everything your cpu does is load, store, add, subtract, branch and some bitwise operators.
of transferring to your new domain. It might not amount to much, but it is something, and doesn't put you in the greedy category.
you might also want to ask them about forwarding your mail for a period of time or sending a special bouncygram back with your new email address.
I do this when I drink to try and restore some depth to the blur.
And that is where you keep going wrong...
You didn't open it did you?
See Bruce Dang.
I've heard it's witty and harmless...
I don't think so. Some people would have seen the plane hit the building, for others it would be ok. Sometimes if you watch the video again, the plane might hit the building or not, depending on timing.
You would need something a little more reliable to pwn the whole internet.
It's not going to go away ever. It was designed to have entire portions of it destroyed by bombs and such and keep working. Now there is such a proliferation of devices with wireless capability and open source drivers sitting on peoples hard drives it would come back even if you take away landline access.
ok that's it. my curiosity has peaked... after years, I can't stand it anymore...
what is the number for this BBS interface to /.?!?!
Better turn off the computer, you might be late for your Chaulpa stuffing job at Taco Bell.
When you can pull off, "no sour cream," you can play with computers again.
He obviously works in marketing, not development.
I am a cuttlefish, you insensitive clod!
I'm a bit leary of the net now with this DNS vulnerability. Right now I have a "An Update is available for your iPhone" dialog on my screen, I am actually reading a bit to make sure an update was released before I click download and install.
Some really malicious stuff could be done with this, and I am not talking about making a user type cookie. If you can poison update.microsoft.com or others you could wreak havoc on millions (more) of PCs. Suddenly automatic updates cannot be 100% trusted. I want my system to do three lookups and make sure they match before connecting!