But multivac was the result of a positronic brain designing a better
computer, which then designed a better one, and so forth a few
times.
At one time a bored programmer essentially programmed himself, and
then when the programmer got interested in a particular female his
programmed self got rid of his human competition.
The REALLY cool part about multivac was that it kept making
more advanced versions of itsself until around the time of the
heat-death of the universe by which time it had evolved into a
trans-diminsional thingy which all of humanity took refuge in. Then it
had the nerve to say "Let there be light!":-)
You guys complain when you get a glut of walking around shooting
things for (insert reason here) games come out. What about when
something refreshingly new comes out and nobody buys it?
I have plenty of radios and no cars. If I went to a store and bought a radio for the price of a radio and then found out that they charged me for a car as well I'd be f***ing furious.
On a lesser level this goes for the I-Opener. I went to NetPliance and bought an I-Opener for the price of an I-Opener and shipping. This much was confirmed by the guy I ordered it from, the price on the front page, and even in the user manual. A nice touch is that they claim to have waived the first months internet charge (yes, I'm using it like they'd want). If I find they have charged net service after waiving it, well I'll be disappointed in that company.
Smashing and burning I should remind you are relatively permanent things whose effects well out last the time it takes to perform said acts.
In contrast a DoS attack is more like holding a square-dancing competition in the businesses doorways.
Specifically, nobody runs around with a big flame shhoting off of him/her and subsquently succumbs to gravity and gets impaled on a large shard of glass.
You're wrong, concrete pillars make driving trucks through the front door quite difficult. I'd agree with you if you had said five people with automatic weaponry or air-ships or something reasonably formidable. But the cost of pouring some concrete is negligible compared to that or refacing the store and replacing all the expensive stock.
I think DoS attacks prove that infinite bandwidth would be nice.;-)
Is it just me, or does it feel like/. is being Yahooed right now? (email me with the answer)
Well, I'd assume this to be worse than doing your parents/children as far as incest goes. I don't think the mother of such a child, even if it is yourself, would appreciate the result.
I wouldn't mind a clone to help me finish off my game of Blast Corps though. (having nothing to do with opposite sex clones or the boinking thereof)
Could computers prey, if so, what would they prey on?
If they end up preying on humans than we could be in serious trouble, as computers are hiding everywhere and controlling alot of stuff we probably wouldn't want any malicious entity controlling.
Then again, can computers be malicious? Silly question, I know a few that are.
I figure we had better set up a beowulf cluster of praying computers in every city, praying for the survival of humanity in the face of the preying computers of the future!
Stephen Hawking himself was convinced that time would run backwards as the universe collapsed. I figured he stole the theory from superman (reversing time by reversing Earth's rotation, HAH).
We'll get the problem when we get it. Personally, I think its silly to think the foundation of the universe is based on random distribution... Thats just me.
The people at Transmeta must really be enjoying themselves, "hiding" little bits of information for people to find out and speculate on.
I'd like to hear some really far out speculation, not just a few silly anagrams. I expect they plant that much, dig deeper, check out the IP#s for ASCII symbols, anagram the whole site, etc.
I find nothing innocent in the act of buying stock from MS. Stockholders of MS that get burnt will only do so due to their own lack of ethics and their blindness to what is going on with the company they're supporting.
Hey, its a great idea. Probably slower than normal RAM, but ALOT faster than virtual HD ram... Just give it a priority inbetween those two. (Well, I dunno if windows/linux has RAM priorities like the Amiga....)
I'd like to have that running into my home. Perhaps we could use SimCity to demonstrate the traffic surge that will generate? The subways could be the fibers, put some commerce, here, there. Cram the schools in the lower corner, Why does SimCity insist that there have to be power generators inside the internet?
I'm gunna post anonymous and go flame a troll, and... Darn, I didn't tick the anonymous box AND there are evil flying robotic squids tearing up my house? Thank goodness there isn'r a row of high-speed cam... uhhh, got any blue or green paint handy?
Yeah, I misspelled the subject on pirpose. I'm trying to make a point here...
You sound like I did when I was your age (4 years ago).
I have no success stories to show for that age differences. I think I'll try to ask that nice girl at safeway out. Better odds, and she has the physical appearance bit nailed.;-)
> Such users (non power users) should be content with a mildly souped up Amiga, if we are to accept your position.
I can't afford much more than a 9 year old mildly souped up Amiga, I'd like to think of myself as a power user none-the-less. Lest it be forgotten that the only major problem with this platform (aside from its age, which isn't really a major problem) is the 'buggy closed-source shareware net application that uses a crappy non-OS GUI API movement'.
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At one time a bored programmer essentially programmed himself, and then when the programmer got interested in a particular female his programmed self got rid of his human competition.
The REALLY cool part about multivac was that it kept making more advanced versions of itsself until around the time of the heat-death of the universe by which time it had evolved into a trans-diminsional thingy which all of humanity took refuge in. Then it had the nerve to say "Let there be light!" :-)
I hope I didn't blow the ending for you.
Rareware's BlastCorps area.
IGN64 Review.
I think this deserves its own genre, how about the Third Person Demolish or be Nuked genre (TPDN)?
And that music is really a bit too addictive. Well, "Time to get movin'"!
AmigaOS has ALWAYS been 32-bit or better.
I wonder if these work both ways so I could shoot lasers out of my eyes, and have good aim to boot. :-)
As an Amigan, I have to agree.
On a lesser level this goes for the I-Opener. I went to NetPliance and bought an I-Opener for the price of an I-Opener and shipping. This much was confirmed by the guy I ordered it from, the price on the front page, and even in the user manual. A nice touch is that they claim to have waived the first months internet charge (yes, I'm using it like they'd want). If I find they have charged net service after waiving it, well I'll be disappointed in that company.
NX and a cheap PC for $100, unhhhh! ;-)
In contrast a DoS attack is more like holding a square-dancing competition in the businesses doorways.
Specifically, nobody runs around with a big flame shhoting off of him/her and subsquently succumbs to gravity and gets impaled on a large shard of glass.
Can you grasp this yet?
I think DoS attacks prove that infinite bandwidth would be nice. ;-)
Is it just me, or does it feel like /. is being Yahooed right now? (email me with the answer)
I wouldn't mind a clone to help me finish off my game of Blast Corps though.
(having nothing to do with opposite sex clones or the boinking thereof)
Turing machines can be built, and can be functional and even useful. :-)
A computer simulation would be even more useful though.
Could computers prey, if so, what would they prey on?
If they end up preying on humans than we could be in serious trouble, as computers are hiding everywhere and controlling alot of stuff we probably wouldn't want any malicious entity controlling.
Then again, can computers be malicious? Silly question, I know a few that are.
I figure we had better set up a beowulf cluster of praying computers in every city, praying for the survival of humanity in the face of the preying computers of the future!
This fat chick?
I suppose its a matter of oppinion... What does this have to do with Project Gutenberg anyways?
May your life be reduced to a tranquil blue screen. :-)
Stephen Hawking himself was convinced that time would run backwards as the universe collapsed. I figured he stole the theory from superman (reversing time by reversing Earth's rotation, HAH).
We'll get the problem when we get it. Personally, I think its silly to think the foundation of the universe is based on random distribution... Thats just me.
The people at Transmeta must really be enjoying themselves, "hiding" little bits of information for people to find out and speculate on.
I'd like to hear some really far out speculation, not just a few silly anagrams. I expect they plant that much, dig deeper, check out the IP#s for ASCII symbols, anagram the whole site, etc.
I find nothing innocent in the act of buying stock from MS. Stockholders of MS that get burnt will only do so due to their own lack of ethics and their blindness to what is going on with the company they're supporting.
Hey, its a great idea. Probably slower than normal RAM, but ALOT faster than virtual HD ram... Just give it a priority inbetween those two. (Well, I dunno if windows/linux has RAM priorities like the Amiga....)
I'd like to have that running into my home. Perhaps we could use SimCity to demonstrate the traffic surge that will generate? The subways could be the fibers, put some commerce, here, there. Cram the schools in the lower corner, Why does SimCity insist that there have to be power generators inside the internet?
Yeah, I misspelled the subject on pirpose. I'm trying to make a point here...
You sound like I did when I was your age (4 years ago).
;-)
I have no success stories to show for that age differences. I think I'll try to ask that nice girl at safeway out. Better odds, and she has the physical appearance bit nailed.
Where can I get a copy of that? (seriously)
Being as the method is hidden, how is it to be validated as to prove it was not made up by the offense?
I'm hoping the bionic rat costs less than 6 million USD...
I can't afford much more than a 9 year old mildly souped up Amiga, I'd like to think of myself as a power user none-the-less. Lest it be forgotten that the only major problem with this platform (aside from its age, which isn't really a major problem) is the
'buggy closed-source shareware net application that uses a crappy non-OS GUI API movement'.
Amigans get to use G4s too!