Comment Re:Prime numbers? (Score 2) 234
Primes have no patterns, so why not just map sounds/beats to prime numbers?
But what will you use when you run out of primes?
Primes have no patterns, so why not just map sounds/beats to prime numbers?
But what will you use when you run out of primes?
a great way for gals to make a few bucks on the side.
They moved them?
I like roast chicken and prawn curry. I don't feel the need to establish one as superior.
Philistine. It's so clear which one is better, I can't imagine why you refuse to name it. Perhaps you secretly dislike both.
I would say that Star Trek is classic science fiction, while star wars is a space western . . . the action flick rather than an examination of the human condition.
Wow. Star Trek was designed, pitched, and produced as a space western. IIRC, Roddenberry called it "Wagon Train to the stars."
I'd have to exactly and precisely disagree with you -- Star Trek is a space western, Star Wars is classic science fiction.
From TFA:
With these mobile car apps, the phone connects to a server that then sends secret numerical keys to the car in order to authenticate itself,
So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
... That fact that his IP address was the offending IP Address was enough probable clause for an Arrest Warrant.
Not remotely.
But was it sufficient for a search warrant (which seems to be more on point than an arrest warrant)? That is, if the cops have reason to believe that a particular location (without regard to any person) is involved in illegal activity, is that sufficient to search that location? And, can we agree that IP number and ISP DHCP log files provide a reason to believe that a particular location is involved?
I don't even know what a Java Guido is!
It meant to say "Reactive HOOTERS at State & Main."
Except the Hooters restaurant in Champaign is at the corner of State & Fox.
Just because it's known to be satire doesn't mean that you're not going to be found to be harming somebody.
Yes, it does mean precisely that. RTFA.
[Section 528.5(a)]:
[Section 528.5(b)]: For purposes of this section, an impersonation is credible if another person would reasonably believe, or did reasonably believe, that the defendant was or is the person who was impersonated.
So, no, if it is known to be satire, then you cannot be guilty of this particular offense.
In the 80's I worked for a small (~ 40 person) software company. Back then all software was sold in boxes, with each box having a unique serial number.
The president of the company (I'll call him 'Richard', since that was his name) was sort of a nerd, and he liked to play head games. First, he bought one box / quarter from each of our competitors. From the (sequential) serial numbers, he could reliably estimate their sales rate. Also, all of our competitors started their serial numbers at 1, so he could estimate everyone's total sales.
Not satisfied at gathering intel on our competitors, Richard decided to plant some false intel of his own. Our serial numbers were strictly increasing, but they were not sequential. Richard could adjust the apparent sales rate of our product by choosing the interval between serial numbers. Also, the first box of each of our products was always serial #8386. And the first version of our products was always 1.4.
It is amazing what you can do with people's unstated assumptions about numbers. When a customer receives version 1.4, serial number 8386, he assumes that he has received a mature product. And when a competitor sees your serial number go from 8400 to 9000, he assumes you have sold 600 boxes.
I'm sorta glad that Richard wasn't a Nazi.
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