Don't worry, when we have quantum computers on our desks, we will use qubits. Almost the same as cubits, isn't it? ;-)

So you say the real reason why they cannot check the proof is that they would violate the DMCA by doing so?

Who says it must be checked by a single human? In the extreme, each single step could be verified by a different human. And that even in parallel.

And even if it takes a century for humans to check that proof, it doesn't mean it's impossible. Unless we have a conclusive proof that humanity will not last that long.

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SCNR

No, it isn't.

It's midnight here (well two minutes after midnight).

See you in a week.

Well, I'd say tokiko must figure it out. ;-)

Of course you can learn coding in a year. You'll not become a stellar coder. You might not even get recursion or pointers in that time frame. But you'll learn the fundamentals, and find out if you like it (in which case you'll continue to learn and get better by your own motivation) or don't (in which case you'll probably never achieve anything non-trivial in that field anyway and can safely omit learning more about it).

I don't think it's possible to make a site unsupported by advertisements.

Well, Wikipedia manages to do it, so it is clearly not impossible. Now of course that is no proof that it also will work for a Slashdot-like site.

Those people want both Windows and Open Source. Maybe ReactOS would be a better match.

If their bulbs emit beta radiation, they indeed should replace them immediately. ;-)

You clearly don't know Usenet rules. A more specific group for comp.misc would be comp.slashdot. Which could then be split up into comp.slashdot.developers, comp.slashdot.ask, etc. with comp.slashdot.misc for the stuff that doesn't go into one of the more specific groups.

However given the group creation rules (assuming they are still enforced), it would be easier to create alt.slashdot instead of comp.slashdot (alt.ALL is a hierarchy with much more relaxed group creation rules).

Measurements will reveal that the emitted frequency is actually 666 MHz, pointing to a less divine source. ;-)

Next in: "We couldn't detect this attack because it was performed over the internet. If the attacker had tried to enter the building physically, we surely would have caught him before he could do any damage."

I don't think at the current point you could even define inflation rates for bitcoin. There's up to now no genuine bitcoin market of measurable size. Bitcoins are typically used as transaction medium, where the price is based on another currency, and as investment, where bitcoins are treated as asset instead of currency. Since inflation is defined as price growth (the price of goods sold in the currency, not the price of the currency in other currencies), and AFAICT virtually no goods are genuinely priced in bitcoins (what's the current price of butter in bitcoins, for example? Note that getting the price in dollars, and converting the value according to current exchange rates doesn't count), an inflation rate cannot be meaningfully defined.