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Comment Re:Checksums are overrated (Score 2) 30

There is definitely a way to test it. There is a simulator of the lunar module that they can fly, and they have connected an actual AGC to it and actually landed with it.

The guy who did the work is arguably the world's foremost expert in the AGC, and has designed an FPGA-based hardware correct clone of it, and run the original hardware test equipment on it.

You can watch the video where he explains in detail how it was done, and why it is almost certain this is the correct version. I've linked the video to the part in the end where they show the lander simulator, since I'm suspecting that's actually the part that will interest most people: https://youtu.be/-JTa1RQxU04?t...

Comment Re:I don't know what to think... (Score 3, Insightful) 147

That's not what would happen though. All that really would happen is that the tech giants will sign cross-licensing deals that protects them from any further lawsuits. They can then spend even more effort using these new copyright restrictions to squash any small upcoming companies.

Comment Re:This would also affect the GPL. (Score 1) 147

The next step is then to designate commandline arguments. error message formats, and general structure of a software program as part of its API's.

Once that is done, GCC can argue that Clang is a derivative. But wait, that would make GCC a derivative of the C compiler in the original Unix.

Comment What decsion making? (Score 4, Insightful) 39

"But for creative decision-making, you still need experience and gut instinct"

That is true, but what are the odds that the movie studios are going to use said experience and gut-instinct when greenlighting new projects? It's not like they do it even today, without any AI tools, and instead prefers to go with sequels and superhero movies.

Comment Re:China is retarded. (Score 1) 138

The absolute *maximum* that we could resolve even from very high earth orbit is at best something that is no smaller than about 50 meters or so on the moon...

And I think it's important to point out that this limit is not technological but physical. At a certain resolution you start running into Heisenberg's uncertainty principle which causes refraction to increase as you focus more precise.

Comment Re:Well color me surprised. (Score 1) 145

How do you get from smartcards to blockchains? I mean, sure, smartcards can store data (in particular, but not limited to keypairs). Blockchains can also store data.

A common message from blockchain proponents seem to be: “X, but on the blockchain!”. But without actually explaining how X on the blockchain would actually work.

Are you suggesting that you'd use a smartcard to sign a transaction that in placed on a blockchain? What would that be useful for?

Comment Re:China is retarded. (Score 1) 138

There are very few satellites orbiting the moon. The moon is much farther away from earth than even the farthest earth-orbiting satellites.

That doesn't mean that the original post made much sense though. I'm not sure what kind of secret activities you'd conduct on the moon that you couldn't just as well conduct in a secret lab on earth.

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