When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
I'm not sure how you can have a formal proof for something like this. Actual board times are subject to all sorts of frictions and stochastic phenomena, and end up being empirically determined. Obviously a theoretical framework is useful to help understand the underlying sorting/queueing issues, but a formal proof that's meaningful? Doubtful. Do you have a source? I'm very curious to see how they accounted for these issues in a rigorous manner.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Well they also ran a sophisticated This vs. That experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-XjEI8VmA
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Not related to this but really gets my geek juices flowing, the four colour problem was "solved" by a computer. Which is neat!
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Yeah, I read about that again because Appel died recently and there were some interesting retrospectives. A large proportion of problems can't be formally proven by computer, though.
Just as well, automatizing science would suck from a job prospects perspective!
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
This is... possibly the best website, ever. I am so happy I live in a world where this exists.
http://www.billmurraystory.com/
The benefits of being a dragon
http://www.forbes.com/lists/fictiona...ile/smaug.html
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
or at the same time as everyone else.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
The seats are also arranged a little differently.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
The lock on one of the doors in the administration area jammed. I popped the door open with a credit card in under a minute. So far I've gotten emails questioning my history of breaking and entering and been called a spy.
Pretty neat to get transferred out of here a few days after a stunt like that
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
It's only 18 days till I invade USA for a 3 week holiday/vacation!
Don't write such stuff. There were UK tourists picked our at the US border control because they wrote "we are going to destroy the place" on Twitter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1242073.html
Even I as non-native speaker know that "destroying the place" or "burning down the house" are just terms for having a big fat party.
"Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt
OMG, you're making it more complicated than necessary. The obvious problem in airline boarding is the carry-on baggage, and people trying to stow it in overhead compartments...which delays the boarding process. Do you really need "formal proof" of something that's in front of your face?
My favorite thing about smaller planes is the lack of overhead storage, and bulky "carry-on" baggage immediately getting a yellow tag for under-belly carriage, with airline staff on-the-ready to check and stow. Simple, fast, efficient.
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San Francisco
Yosemite National Park
Carmel
Cambria/San Luis Obisbo
LA
San Diego
Las Vegas
I'm doing it in a SUV. I'm looking forward to Yosemite and Highway 1.
Yeah, I had heard they're a little sensitive - apparently immigration is another location you must not joke around in, as they have no sense of humour. Shame really but they have a job to do and a serious one at that. I did get moaned at due to my haircut i'm currently sporting, apparently they won't like that either .
Finally got a Dishwasher but don't have any space in the kitchen originally suitable to put it so having to put my handyman skills to the test.
Managed to remove a kitchen cabinet and drawer that is roughly the same size from next to the sink without needing to remove the kitchen counter which I would not have fancied doing. Took all the screws out but that didn't do much as it seems to have been glued in place as well as screwed. I suspect the builders used No Nails or something like it to keep it sturdy as well as screwing it in place. From a combination of hitting things with a hammer and drill through dowels I've managed to completely destroy and demolish the cabinet and remove it without damaging the counter or surrounding cabinets.
Now I need to drill a hole to the main under-sink cabinet for the plumbing to go through, plumb it all correctly and figure out how I'm getting the plug to the socket. And dispose of what seems to be a bombsite now - not sure how one cabinet can make so much mess. Was thinking of re-using it elsewhere but that definitely won't be happening.
But chuffed at managing to get it all out now and just having a coffee before getting on with the next stage. Will be nice to have a working dishwasher, we've never had one.
Rand, hire a reputable plumber! Last thing you want is your brand new dishwasher slightly off-kilter and not draining properly, or the higher water pressure blowing through your flexible tubing and C-clamps....and flooding your entire kitchen. Especially if the plumbing under your sink didn't come with a pre-fab "insertion" point for add-ons like dishwashers or garbage disposals (and most don't).
Also, the electrical outlet needs to be GFI rated (or whatever they call it in the UK) for water and humidity conditions, with an automatic shut-off. I'd suggest you replace the plug-in "socket" with a hard-wired electrical connection, something a reputable plumber can do quite easily.
The safety and peace of mind is worth the cost. Especially since you have a baby on the way.....
PS, it's nice to have a direct water shut-off valve under the kitchen sink, too. Like laundry washing machines do.
Nah - nothing is more satisfying than doing these things yourself. And it's really the only way to learn.
I remember my first major plumbing job - putting in a new toilet. Very pleasing.
Just read up a bit so you don't end up with the problems Gee outlines. The washer should come with installation instructions.
And dishwashers are great. I miss having one at my lady's apartment.
Tim, what kind of sewer seal did you use on your toilet? Wax-based or plastic-based?