Nonono... Trust me. You don't know perl backwards... Simply because perl doesn't allow such thing. In Perl, instructions are run sequentially, going forward only.
If you really want to impress, you must say you know Befunge backwards. In case you don't know, Befunge is a languge that allows the program counter to move not only forwards and backwards but also sideways. You can see some sample programs here.
Technology/IT|Posted by michael on 09:45 PM December 3rd, 2003 from the radiation dept.
Clinton man10 writes "RedNova is reporting about a new kind of radiation that can pass through some parts of the body, like skin and organs, and be absorbed by other harder structures. Using a sofisticated receiver on the other end, the doctor can take a picture of your inner body. Doctors are using it to detect broken bones. This is a much better alternative than the old fashioned method of pressing the bone to see if the patient cries. They are going to name this fantastic radiation as X-rays."
IMO, a 15 year old girl with a picture of a 15 year old boy in a sexual position is less weird than a 15 year old girl with a picture of a 85 year old bald and fat man.
I guess you think that, if she had sex with a 15 year old boy, both should be arrested, right ?
Keep in mind this test's purpose is to know what would be a better (than chess) real-life competition. And I said in the beginning of the message that this was better than Turing's.
If a machine is capable of emulating an appendix, than it's too damn good.
Computers will definitelly be superior to humans when they are able to ace this test, wich, IMO, is better than Turing's:
History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razorblade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this life form had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parlimentary system. Prove your thesis.
Music: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
Psychology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, and Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each mans work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Engineering: The disassembled pieces of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In ten minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects in the in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy, and the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question.
Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at lenght on its socio-political effects if any.
Epistemology: Take a stand for or against the truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
Physics: Explain the nature of matter.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
It seems like they applied a filter. But they didn't do such a great job (of course, they are MS programmers). Do a search for "linux is better than windows"and it'll dislay 352 pages, wich is absurdly more than searching for the two words alone.
And what is the problem of looking at porn before you're 18 ?
I bet that 99.9%+ of the teenage males like to see porn. If they're forbidden, then they'll have one more reason to sneak at it. Telling someone NOT to do something is the best way of attraction his attention to that something.
Is there any slashdotter that didn't look at porn in their teenager years ?
For those who did look at porn: Do you feel that it harmed you somehow ?
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Some years ago I tested VoIP and it simply sucked. It needed special hardware, headset, and was just plain annoying. But last week I tested Cisco's ATA 186, that has allows a regular phone to be connected to the network. I was astonished with the voice clarity. I called from Brazil to a branch we have in the US, and the quality was outstanding. No noticeable delay, nor echo. Of course there must be a delay (at least 87 ms, as a ping test averages 175 ms), but it's too low to notice in a regular conversation, and far smaller than in a regular international phone call.
Considering the company I work for spends about $3000/mo in int'l phone calls alone, after I showed it was cheaper and better, I was authorized to research and install it between our offices.
It's easy to connect 2 offices, but I wanted to do a little more... To allow our roaming users, from a cellular or regular phone, to call the local office and be able to reach a dial-out on the remote office, so the only chargeable phone calls would be local area ones.
Problem is: I have no idea of what equipment I should buy for this task. It'd be nice if the caller would be asked a pin#, and we'd be able to print a report of the calls later. The number of lines will be small, about 3 or 4. The equipment must be available in the US. Any tips ?
So what if something is wrong, and is in direct conflict with the interests of the public? Why should that get in the way of good, honest people like these folks trying to make a living? I really see no problem with this at all.
I swear that when I read it I thought it was the arguments of a spammer justifying why spammer is good.
Hmmmm.. Maybe a powerful magnetron aimed to some particular individual would be able to do some damage, hard to trace in the authopsy. At most, they'll see the brain was cooked.
I wonder why don't terrorist use it against politicians and people who are exposed to the public.
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I, for one, welcome our JIMO-founded-signs-of-life overlords.
Nonono... Trust me. You don't know perl backwards... Simply because perl doesn't allow such thing. In Perl, instructions are run sequentially, going forward only.
If you really want to impress, you must say you know Befunge backwards. In case you don't know, Befunge is a languge that allows the program counter to move not only forwards and backwards but also sideways. You can see some sample programs here.
Radiation Helps Doctors See Through the Body
Technology/IT|Posted by michael on 09:45 PM December 3rd, 2003
from the radiation dept.
Clinton man10 writes "RedNova is reporting about a new kind of radiation that can pass through some parts of the body, like skin and organs, and be absorbed by other harder structures. Using a sofisticated receiver on the other end, the doctor can take a picture of your inner body. Doctors are using it to detect broken bones. This is a much better alternative than the old fashioned method of pressing the bone to see if the patient cries. They are going to name this fantastic radiation as X-rays."
Or, even worse, the high concentrations of sea salt and other dissolved minerals might destroy the effects of caffeine.
You just think of pirating movies.
Do you want these poor atoms starving to death because they don't get paid for their melting work, you insensitive clod ?
Bastard.
> It took half of Congress to enact a law that provided for such damages. You just called at least half of Congress "fucking idiots."
Or the members of this half of the congress are not really idiots and somehow they got richer after this law was passed.
IMO, a 15 year old girl with a picture of a 15 year old boy in a sexual position is less weird than a 15 year old girl with a picture of a 85 year old bald and fat man.
I guess you think that, if she had sex with a 15 year old boy, both should be arrested, right ?
My 2 cents.
Keep in mind this test's purpose is to know what would be a better (than chess) real-life competition. And I said in the beginning of the message that this was better than Turing's.
If a machine is capable of emulating an appendix, than it's too damn good.
Computers will definitelly be superior to humans when they are able to ace this test, wich, IMO, is better than Turing's:
History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
Medicine: You have been provided with a razorblade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this life form had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English Parlimentary system. Prove
your thesis.
Music: Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
Psychology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, and Hammuarabi. Support your
evaluation with quotations from each mans work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Engineering: The disassembled pieces of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili.
In ten minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared to justify your decision.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects in the in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist Controversy, and the Wave Theory of Light. Outline a method for preventing
these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question.
Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at lenght on its socio-political effects if any.
Epistemology: Take a stand for or against the truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
Physics: Explain the nature of matter.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
It seems like they applied a filter. But they didn't do such a great job (of course, they are MS programmers).
Do a search for "linux is better than windows"and it'll dislay 352 pages, wich is absurdly more than searching for the two words alone.
Out of curiosity, are you a fanatical religious moron ?
And yes, I know my karma will be blown with this message.
And what is the problem of looking at porn before you're 18 ?
I bet that 99.9%+ of the teenage males like to see porn. If they're forbidden, then they'll have one more reason to sneak at it. Telling someone NOT to do something is the best way of attraction his attention to that something.
Is there any slashdotter that didn't look at porn in their teenager years ?
For those who did look at porn: Do you feel that it harmed you somehow ?
For those who didn't: I don't believe you.
I SEE DEAD PEOPLE'S E-MAILS.
Some years ago I tested VoIP and it simply sucked. It needed special hardware, headset, and was just plain annoying. But last week I tested Cisco's ATA 186, that has allows a regular phone to be connected to the network. I was astonished with the voice clarity. I called from Brazil to a branch we have in the US, and the quality was outstanding. No noticeable delay, nor echo. Of course there must be a delay (at least 87 ms, as a ping test averages 175 ms), but it's too low to notice in a regular conversation, and far smaller than in a regular international phone call.
Considering the company I work for spends about $3000/mo in int'l phone calls alone, after I showed it was cheaper and better, I was authorized to research and install it between our offices.
It's easy to connect 2 offices, but I wanted to do a little more... To allow our roaming users, from a cellular or regular phone, to call the local office and be able to reach a dial-out on the remote office, so the only chargeable phone calls would be local area ones.
Problem is: I have no idea of what equipment I should buy for this task. It'd be nice if the caller would be asked a pin#, and we'd be able to print a report of the calls later. The number of lines will be small, about 3 or 4. The equipment must be available in the US. Any tips ?
Neither. It was a Blue Moon.
Like selling an acre of Lunar terrain for $29.95.
I just hope it doesn't turn into 4-1-9 Lunar scam spam.
So what if something is wrong, and is in direct conflict with the interests of the public? Why should that get in the way of good, honest people like these folks trying to make a living? I really see no problem with this at all.
I swear that when I read it I thought it was the arguments of a spammer justifying why spammer is good.
At least there was no dumb awkward talking creature saying things like
"Me wanna help protect Zion."
Of course you think it's ridiculous, Mr. Svvampy, or shall I say MSBlast writer ?
I know it was you. It's just a matter of time for me to get my $250K.
And if you pledge guilty, I can give you $100K, as a gratitude sign.
But you can cover it with something that is transparent to microwaves. Then it wouldn't look dangerous.
Isn't it dangerous ?
Can't it fry you?
Hmmmm.. Maybe a powerful magnetron aimed to some particular individual would be able to do some damage, hard to trace in the authopsy. At most, they'll see the brain was cooked.
I wonder why don't terrorist use it against politicians and people who are exposed to the public.
There are no earthlings infidels attacking the Sun. Never !
My feelings - as usual - we will burn them all out.
Solar flames will roast their stomachs in hell.
Be assured. The Sun is safe, protected.
According to my baysean filter stats, since July 19th, I received 13,403 spams. That means 144 spams per day.
Did they sink too ?