Comment Re:This whole thing is a disaster waiting to happe (Score 1) 233
I can pretty much say we're all guaranteed to die. Might as well accomplish something along the way.
I can pretty much say we're all guaranteed to die. Might as well accomplish something along the way.
sums up one of the potential dangers of this technology.
"Gerhard shows his findings to Ross, who realizes that the seizures are getting more frequent. She explains that Benson is learning to initiate seizures involuntarily because the result of these seizures is a shock of pleasure, which leads to him having more frequent seizures. Ross checks on Benson, and discovers that, due to the clerical error of the nurses not having been able to read McPherson's signature, Benson has not been receiving his Thorazine. She then finds out that Benson, using the black wig and disguising himself as an orderly, has evaded the police officer assigned to guard him and escaped from the hospital."
is far more entertaining than a mere goto.
Rob Pike and I came to the conclusion that you can get too concise in a language. The example was APL.
UNIX RTR is still used to place most of your phone calls. It ain't dead yet. There are still a lot of Fortune 500's running the majority of their operation on AIX, Solaris, or even HP/UX.
Back in the "Good Old Days" Social Security cards were clearly marked as "DO NOT USE FOR IDENTIFICATION"
Sadly, when Emperor Reagan was elected, we forgot all that.
Prior to that, it was illegal to use your SSN for identification, outside of the military.
I think it was the military who pioneered the use of an SSN as an ID.
"1980: General Motors implements a proprietary interface and protocol for testing of the Engine Control Module (ECM) on the vehicle assembly line. The 'assembly line diagnostic link' (ALDL) protocol communicates at 160 bit/s Implemented on California vehicles for the 1980 model year, and the rest of the United States in 1981. The only available function for the owner is "Blinky Codes" that transmit the Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) with the blinking pattern of the "Check Engine" (MIL) light."
US deficit problem SOLVED!
I have a MicroCenter and a Fry's nearby.
Are you suggesting that we let a bunch of pinko commie academics decide what to study with public money instead? By using funding from the Mars Corporation, research is channeled into what is important to more of us. Lets be honest, far more of our lives revolve around chocolate than they do the tse tse fly of of Northen Tanzania.
that this movie is a bomb?
Which is why PHK just released ntimed.
Sorry, too many parens.
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