Submission + - Foreign Governments Have Hacked U.S. Grid, NSA Head Says! (businessweek.com)
Can you say AIR GAP!
Doesn't nuclear power work by boiling water?
No, it works by turning atoms into other atoms. What you do with the resulting heat and radiation is up to you. Whether you use it to drive a steam turbine, a Stirling engine or a thermocouple is up to you.
Well, an RTG works by containing atoms that are going to change themselves into other atoms. We call atoms with this property "radioactive". Still, you got the general idea.
Republicans are about to take control of the US Senate. And when they do, one of the big items on their agenda will be the fight against patent trolls.
In a Wednesday speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) outlined a proposal to stop abusive patent lawsuits. "Patent trolls – which are often shell companies that do not make or sell anything – are crippling innovation and growth across all sectors of our economy," Hatch said.
if the human brain is a Turing machine, then humans can never decide this issue either...
There's your problem right there. The optimizer replaces that on the first pass with
if FALSE then humans can never decide this issue either...
Then on the second pass, it deletes the statement entirely, leaving
One curious corollary is that: a point that the authors deliberately steer well clear of
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.