3d... models? Maybe?

2021-11-26 Thread Daniel C.
I'm putting together an evolution simulator in the vein of the Bibites (a YouTube series, no affiliation) and I'd like to start with plants. They will be growing in a 3d space, and I will need to calculate how much of their chlorophyll-containing tissue was exposed to sunlight, and for how long, at

Finding a location in memory?

2014-09-29 Thread Daniel C.
Hi, I'm trying to analyze a particular table from a core file's shared memory. I have the executable and the code that was used to compile it. What all is involved in figuring out where in that whole mess this particular table is located? Thanks, Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freen

Unix Beards

2014-07-07 Thread Daniel C.
Dear Elders of the Internet, It is my dream in life to one day be a Unix Guru. I have been working very hard on this dream job by locking myself in the basement with technical manuals and Red Bull, and refusing to have a single razor in the house. I've been at it for six months now and I can per

Re: Busy Beaver Numbers

2013-07-23 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > I guess that the starting state of the tape is generally not > considered to be part of the Turing machine itself; so the set of > Turing machines of n-states is still computable. Although, if your > Turing machine is a universal Turing machi

Re: Busy Beaver Numbers

2013-07-23 Thread Daniel C.
I may be getting my terms confused. Here are the rules for the BB game, according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_beaver) The n-state busy beaver game (or BB-n game), introduced in Tibor Radó's 1962 paper, involves a class of Turing machines, each member of which is required to me

Re: Busy Beaver Numbers

2013-07-23 Thread Daniel C.
I'm not asking someone to write the program. I'm just curious whether it's even possible in theory. Obviously you can't write a problem that will tell us whether any particular FSA will halt, but generating the FSA in the first place should be possible... right? On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 3:32 PM,

Busy Beaver Numbers

2013-07-23 Thread Daniel C.
I figured I'd try something on topic for once. Is it possible to write a program that accepts an input N and then generates all possible finite state automatons which have N states? -Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't f

Re: NSA protest?

2013-07-03 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > But what about James Clapper? Shouldn't he be put on trial for perjury? > When someone lies to congress, that someone has lied to the American > people. Why isn't the Justice Department aggressively pursuing James > Clapper? I just don't

Re: NSA protest?

2013-07-03 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Joshua Fenio wrote: > This is true, but no reason to pass up protesting it again! Yeah, I should have said more. The guy in the article comes off as a little bit tinfoil hattish, but that doesn't make him wrong. It looks like there's one in Boston, so I'll be th

Re: NSA protest?

2013-07-03 Thread Daniel C.
"The NSA has not been truthful about domestic spying on everyday citizens until Edward J. Snowden, a now-former NSA employee, released information about the scope of domestic surveillance." This is just plain wrong. USA Today ran a story about the NSA's spying seven years ago: http://usatoday30.u

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:26 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Depends on your definition of true and correct. A label slapped on by a > random politician, sure fine whatever. However when my Iranian friend > running his restaurant in Panama can't send money home to his family > because the USA has la

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:35 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > state sponsor of terrorism in the same vein as Cuba, North Korea & Iran, > which are all called as such by our own government. Called as such - but is that a fair appraisal? I really don't think it is. The word "terrorist" gets slapped on

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:28 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > We've declared (well at least I have, and since I saw no disagreement I > think we all concur) that the US government is a state sponsor of terrorism I guess the point of my "defining terrorism" thread was missed. The US government is not

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:10 AM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Jeez I really need to get off gmail. > Now the ads are mentioning that I should get concealed weapons training > "before I need it". > Then in the right hand column, "In house SWAT training, learn to defend > yourself like a pro!" I don't

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Russel Caldwell wrote: > Ostensibly is the key word isn't it? Yes, it absolutely is. In my response I wanted to specifically address the question of what makes a government's use of force legitimate - not what makes the US government's use of force legitimate. I

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:04 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > It's not philisophical it's political science 101. I got a handful of it in my philosophy class, which is why I think of it as philosophy. I'm tempted to do the damn, dirty hippie thing and say "well it's all just philosophy anyway" but th

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Barry Roberts wrote: > Wait, in one paragraph did you just prove that self-defense is a > necessity, and in the next paragraph endorse government monopoly on > force? No. Defense against force (but not necessarily *self* defense) is necessary, and in Hobbes's soc

Re: Defining Libertarianism (was Defining Terrorism)

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Russel Caldwell wrote: > What makes government force so legitimate? Did you realize, when you asked this, that you were opening a philosophical can of worms that has been addressed / tackled from various perspectives over at least the past two centuries? I guess

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
Oohhh, this is good. I don't have time to respond right now but I definitely will - possibly not until tomorrow, sadly. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Matthew Frederico wrote: > I don't want to sound like a terrorism expert, but I know a little about > terrorism first hand .. > > I spent some

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:36 PM, keith smith wrote: > > That is not econ. That is Gov spending. > > Econ to me is in the market place, goods and services. Come on Keith. Think about what you're saying. The federal government has a budget in the trillions of dollars. They both purchase and pro

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-26 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, keith smith wrote: > > I don't consider that the econ. What I was meaning is they have no > place in business or trying to create jobs. That is what I consider the > econ. For the Gov to do otherwise is just social engineering. So they should never spend money o

Re: Times to move to Linux

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:46 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Still I think their President is making himself to be a target > for another coup or assisination attempt. He keeps kicking US businesses > to keep them in line. So what you're saying is, there's a lot of money to be made replacing Ecuador

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
Oh good grief. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:54 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Yes action is required. If you act on your own you are on your own. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:35 PM, keith smith wrote: > if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and > seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, > and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Let's do an experiment. We'l

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Joshua Fenio wrote: > I suggest YOU start reading. And not just books and articles that happen > to agree with your twisted worldview. Those of us who are sane and want to > fix America and restore our rights are drowned out by idiots like you every > day, and I,

Re: Times to move to Linux

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:02 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > I've noticed a direct correlation between the happiness of people in a > country and their country's immigration policies. Sverige har en mycket bra invandringspolitik[1]. It also has one of the highest standards of living in the world, an

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Kyle Waters wrote: > Sorry, but you do not have a civil right to suggest that people who belong > to a different religion should be shot. Well, actually, we do have that civil right. But if you're an elected official and you say something like that (joking or not

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:27 PM, keith smith wrote: > Shall I go on? I'd really prefer that you didn't. I would be even more happy if you had never started, but despite the best efforts of physicists time travel remains impossible and the past must remain as it is. -Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.or

Re: Times to move to Linux

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > What I really want is to never need to talk politics again and feel > comfortable that the government was not going to need constant intervention. > What I really want is to live peacefully with all the other inhabitants of > this planet

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Nathan England wrote: > I don't disagree with you. But in the real world, terrorism is not defined as > "death by explosion" > at the least convenient time. Terrorism is defined as someone who incites > terror. Since we're discussing definitions, I'm going to ni

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:23 PM, keith smith wrote: > > I think your answer is good vs. evil. If the act is used for evil, then it > is an act of terrorism. I think most people would agree with this. Oh, absolutely. Everyone wants to be on the side of good. Osama bin Laden was so worried abo

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Nathan England wrote: > Did you happen to pay attention to the news media at all during the attempts > to panic the > people if the sequester bill was not passed and what horrible things would > happen if the funding > fell through? > > Was that not "inciting ter

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Nathan England wrote: > What I like best about this definition is because it makes it clear the U.S. > government is actively engaging in terrorism. Along with the democrats and > republicans, minorities, even the janitors at Walmart! It is a pretty useless defini

Re: Defining Terrorism

2013-06-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:05 PM, keith smith wrote: > > I think when people lose their lives that goes beyond bullying. So what, any time something happens and a person loses their life, that's terrorism? My Grandpa died of a terrorist attack against his prostate, which later metastasized to hi

Defining Terrorism

2013-06-24 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:58 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > Were I ever elected or appointed to a position of real power, my first act > would be to round up every single living politician and charge them with > corruption and as accomplices to War Crimes, Treason and Terrorism (yes we > as a nation

Re: Times to move to Linux

2013-06-24 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:13 PM, keith smith wrote: > > What I do know is that it has been leaked that they have been collecting > massive amounts of data on everyone is the U.S. This has been public knowledge for at least seven years: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-n

Re: Testing

2013-06-18 Thread Daniel C.
rote: >> >> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM, John D Jones III < >> unixgeek1...@gmail.com >> > >wrote: >> > >> > > On 06/18/2013 01:27 PM, Daniel C. wrote: >> > > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Jessie

Re: Testing

2013-06-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Jessie A. Morris wrote: > Let's just hope this one doesn't rapidly turn into a religion, philosophy, and > politics thread. Too late. Also, Bruins > Blackhawks. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug

Re: Testing

2013-06-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Jacob Albretsen wrote: > Ya, the idea was do I receive it. And I did. Not sure what the issue was > before. I got an automatic unsubscribe notice today, so I resubscribed and > tested. > > Now to cover all the needed bases, I should threaten to unsubscribe becau

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > So is your answer that it's their own fault for being depressed, because > they are trying too hard to do what they are told, because they lack some > understanding? Bingo. If you're Mormon and you're depressed, it's your own fault for n

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Sasha Pachev wrote: > So, anti-depressants among Latter-Day Saints. One problem I frequently > observe among the members is trying to live the routine without > understanding the purpose. Usually there is an element of trying to somehow > circumvent the purpose of

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > People often don't even know their arguments were played out a long time > ago (1830 if you're not LDS, or more than 2000 years ago if you are). Try 399 BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro -Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on i

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:09 PM, keith smith wrote: > Did you find another path to follow? Yeah, I'm an atheist. So, you know, I like to eat babies and sacrifice virgins under the full moon whenever I can find time in my busy schedule of tearing apart the fabric of American life / family values

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Sasha Pachev wrote: > All I can say is that I respectfully disagree. I have been inside it - I > have served a mission, have been in a number of leadership positions, have > sat through a lot of meetings, and have visited and got to know a lot of > people through

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Nathan England wrote: > When taken out of context, we are commanded to not judge. I agree completely > with you here > Daniel. The problem is, this verse is almost *always* taken out of context. > At the least, no one > ever reads the rest of the verse or the one

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Sasha Pachev wrote: > Dan - I am sorry, but I feel obligated to call your bluff here. If all you > can tell me that you were raised Mormon in the United States, then I have > to say this. You do not know what it is like to live in a truly closed > society. You did

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:37 PM, keith smith wrote: > ...yes anything that God would command would be righteous. And anything > he would tell me to do would be righteous. Okay. > God would not command me to murder or rape. Do you not see how this directly contradicts your previous statement?

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Sasha Pachev wrote: > Because he lived in a society that as a whole has rejected the idea of God- > given moral compass and tried to invent its own. It is disingenuous to assert that everyone who struggles with questions of ethics in the absence of a divine comman

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 6:17 PM, keith smith wrote: > I think we must all judge. If you do not you will go down the wrong path. You think this despite the very clear commandment not to judge? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug D

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Nathan England wrote: > Your argument is similar to the typical: > > Can God, who can do anything, create a mountain so big that he couldn't climb > it? No, it's not. My question (not argument) is about the source of right and wrong. Your example is a logical p

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:52 PM, keith smith wrote: > As a follower of Jesus Christ, if God told me to do something It WOULD have > to be right. So I would follow. You just BARELY said that God wouldn't tell you to murder or rape. Which is it? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.n

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:30 PM, keith smith wrote: > First I do not believe God would tell me to violate his word. So I really > cannot answer your question. Well, if you think about it, it's kind of impossible for someone to tell you to violate their word... I mean, if I tell you to do someth

Re: Marriage (How the heck did we get here? Was RE: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?)

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: > I think at this point all of the rational people that disagree with > marriage equality, do so on the basis of branding. The use of the > word marriage. They feel it should be reserved only for the religious > kind of marriage, and the legal

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:23 PM, keith smith wrote: > I only read the first paragraph and Istopped!! Yikes!! Jesus is not telling > anyone to "genocide, the murder of a single innocent child, rape, what have > you". It's a thought experiment, Keith, not a quote from the Bible. The question is

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Nathan England wrote: > My only real contention with science is it seems to me an engine to disprove > God. The bible isn't right when the science proves it, rather science is > right when > the bible confirms it. That is what I believe. This is definitely not th

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:14 PM, keith smith wrote: > Thank you for clarifying. I stick with the Bible though! If you stick with the Bible, how do you resolve its internal contradictions? How do you deal with the monstrous things that God commanded his followers to do? - Dan /* PLUG: http://p

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Nathan England wrote: > I rather choose to get my ethics (and morals!) from the one whom I believe > created > this life. I believe in a higher power that has granted various rights and > described how > we should interact with others, rather than base my entire

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Ken Jordan wrote: > Can someone in the current conversation relate this back to the original > topic or branch it off to another thread? I'm still interested in the > government security topic and in what everyone thinks is the extent of a > person's responsibility

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:41 PM, keith smith wrote: > Can someone list the "ethical source[s]" - because I think God through His > scripture is the only source. There's a thought experiment to demonstrate that the deity you worship is not the source of ethics. Imagine that God commanded you to

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Nathan England wrote: > I find it hilarious that people think because God allowed something to happen > in the > bible that that also means he condoned it. I find it hilarious that anyone would actually try to use the Bible to back up their position. -Dan /* PL

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Nathan England wrote: > I keep seeing this statement come up. So it begs the question, where do our > morals > come from? It doesn't actually beg the question. Begging the question is when you create a question with an answer already in mind. It does raise the

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Nathan England wrote: > I think one thing that is not being realized is the information they were > gathering is > about control and nothing more. The government fears its citizens and wants > to know > what we are saying in attempts to head off internal attacks

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:13 PM, keith smith wrote: > The founds left lots of documentation to support their desires. I'm moderately familiar with the documentation left behind. Less so than you are, I'm sure, but I don't believe that the founding fathers should have the final say in how our nat

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:54 PM, keith smith wrote: > Whose interpretation of the U.S.Constitution? The founding fathers > interpretation. It's too bad that the founding fathers aren't alive today to tell us what they think about the use of technology that didn't exist when they were alive. >

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM, keith smith wrote: > The Bible says if you do not work you do not eat. > 2 Thessalonians 3:10New International Version (NIV) > 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is > unwilling to work shall not eat.” The Bible says a lot of t

Re: Did Ed Snowden do the right thing?

2013-06-10 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:24 AM, Scott Hayes wrote: > It would only be right if the law is being broken. What if the law is wrong? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Bitcoins and gold standard dollars -- was Re: Anyone want to make a housecall?

2013-06-02 Thread Daniel C.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > Wages rise over time and safe investments are available that do retain value > over time as well as provide economic value, which hoarding cash does not. Can you give some examples of such investments? -Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah o

Re: PHP/HTTP/HTML Question

2013-05-29 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > He has said that he is paranoid about people being able to gain access to > the content from outside the web page. As other people have pointed out, storing files inside of the database does not make his files more secure. In fact, I would argue

Re: PHP/HTTP/HTML Question

2013-05-24 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM, justin wrote: > Something like MongoDB's GridFS or Riak CS might be a much better bet if > storing in the database is an absolute necessity. I'm a fan of storing static, binary files (such as images) on a simple, well-understood database with very high access spee

Re: PHP/HTTP/HTML Question

2013-05-24 Thread Daniel C.
You'd want to send that information in the headers: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php There's an example showing how to do exactly what you want on that page. -Dan On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > *Hey folks. I have what I think is a simple question, but I've l

Re: Explain a monad?

2013-05-02 Thread Daniel C.
Aand now I want to learn Haskell. On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > That's an interesting article, and it's not entirely wrong, but the > premise is flawed. JQuery is not actually a monad in any reasonable > sense of the term. Let me give a bit of background on monads,

Re: Explain a monad?

2013-05-02 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Barry Roberts wrote: > So the language and community remains relatively pure. Jawohl! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: OT: Tor Project

2013-03-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Nathan England wrote: > No doubt. Tor is an awesome tool. But the depravity of man has no limits. When > offered a secret place to do wicked things, most men would jump head first... Which is why everyone - as soon as they are behind closed doors - immediately sta

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-15 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Joshua Marsh wrote: > I think they are still exceptions though. If we base things on the mistakes > that have been made, then science certainly is in the same boat. Totally the same boat: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/extremists /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-15 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > Tell that to the zealots that are trying to change the nation's school > curriculum. I suspect that we're preaching to the choir here, folks. I doubt anyone on this list is a member of the Young Earth Creationists, etc. /* PLUG: http://

Re: Can someone identify Dan Egli's mail agent so I can avoid it forever?

2013-03-13 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > International man of mystery. Think James Bond with root. So, Enoch. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > I'm sorry, but the thread is just begging for this reference: > > http://www.veoh.com/watch/v16924901MqxQfdTG Would you like a sandwich? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Troy Wolfe wrote: > Since we only operate in 0.5 dimensions of time, (linear one directional) > we inherently can not understand how 3 dimensional time would work. Our > understanding of causality is wholly inadequate I think. I disagree. We don't have to live in

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Troy Wolfe wrote: > I am not lds, but I believe YHWH exists on at least 9 dimensions of space > and 3 dimensions of time, where mankind operates in 3 of space and 1/2 of > time. > > For more on this, "Creator and the Cosmos" by Dr. Hugh Ross is a great > read. He h

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Barry Roberts wrote: > You might consider this just hand-waving, but I believe we're about as > smart about real physics as the inhabitants of Flatland. There are > entire dimensions our mortal minds probably aren't even capable of > comprehending. Well, I would

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote: >> For the Mormons here - how does this square with your religious beliefs? > > You mean the fact that Levi believes FTL information transfer is impossible? > Not too bad. No, I mean the fact that FTL travel (as well as time travel in general) w

Re: Quantum teleportation, FTL, and causality; was Re: Cat 5 extended run?

2013-03-12 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > I don't think FTL information transfer is possible, though, because > Einstein's theories of relativity have been experimentally verified to > a great degree, and they show that if signals could propagate faster > than light, you could easily

Re: Things to do

2013-02-05 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Daniel Fussell wrote: > On 02/05/2013 09:27 AM, Daniel C. wrote: >> It sounds like you're consistently getting a poor reaction from the >> people you talk to. Since we know that your content is solid, perhaps >> your presentati

Re: Things to do

2013-02-05 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Fussell wrote: > Every time I try to help somebody outside our enlightened sphere, I get > told it's too technical, and how I developed a very narrow skill set to > achieve my goals, and how unnatural that is in the general case. It sounds like you're consi

Re: Fun things comcast reps say - was Re: comcast alert

2013-01-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > All that said, and this is now firmly off-topic, I've come to believe > the old story of the man telling his kids, you get an education so you > don't have to dig ditches like I do, is ultimately harming our society > irreparably. We nee

Re: comcast alert

2013-01-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > Shame on Comcast for what looks like a thinly veiled attempt to come > and do an installation without my authorization, > by telling me I signed something, when I thought I was only agreeing > to a site survey. > > So be warned. I cancelled

Re: My startup: Crossies.com

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:35 PM, John Fenley wrote: > Thanks a bunch, and I'm sorry if I offended anyone here. I don't think you actually offended anyone. We all just like to grumble. We're like a bunch of geriatric patients complaining about the pain all down our left sides and yelling at kids

Re: My startup: Crossies.com

2012-09-17 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Joshua Marsh wrote: > Plus it sounds like he's > planning on making a market out of it. So if you own a copy of MST3K, you > can lend it to others while you aren't watching it and get a small kickback > for it. Now THAT would be awesome. > you'd already given yo

Re: My startup: Crossies.com

2012-09-17 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Ryan Byrd wrote: > Yes, he posted a spammy off-topic post and perhaps his business will fail > and perhaps we should form a mob, chant "kill the beast" and chase him out > of town. I don't begrudge him the post at all. He's putting himself out there, asking for a

Re: My startup: Crossies.com

2012-09-16 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Dave Smith wrote: > Yes, it will fail, but not for the reasons you cite. Instead, it will fail > for an entirely different reason: > > Physical entertainment media is dying. A very good point! I don't think the two are mutually exclusive though. Either way I h

Re: My startup: Crossies.com

2012-09-16 Thread Daniel C.
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM, John Fenley wrote: > We facilitate the Buying, Selling, Storing, and Streaming of physical media. > Basically we hold our users media collections, stream them the content, and > provide a stock market style trading system where supply and demand sets > media pri

Ruby on Rails side job

2012-08-20 Thread Daniel C.
Hey gang, a friend of mine is looking for someone to help him out as he learns Ruby on Rails + some essential system administration tasks. His name is Peter Scheyer. Here's the information he gave me, copied and pasted: - I want to have my own craigslist duplicate up and running, hosted, and

Re: [OT] Wrist Brace recommendations?

2012-08-17 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:33 PM, AJ ONeal wrote: > What I'm hearing is that wrist braces are the php of solutions to wrist > pain: the thing that anyone who doesn't know anything about wrist pain turn > to because that's what they've heard of before. Dodged the bullet on that > one. I wouldn't go

Re: [OT] Wrist Brace recommendations?

2012-08-17 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:34 PM, AJ ONeal wrote: > All that keyboarding and mousing is wearing on me. Seconded the recommendation to address the root of the problem (typing habits, they keyboard you're using, etc.) While you're doing that, there are some things you can do to reduce the pain in

Re: FW: Overstock Software Developer Openings

2012-07-25 Thread Daniel C.
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Lloyd Brown wrote: > No tool, no matter how good, is the right fit for every task. You only think that because you don't have a sonic screwdriver. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear th

Re: Overstock Software Developer Openings

2012-07-23 Thread Daniel C.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: > I assure you, I understand PHP and I loathe it. It is a symptom of my Reddit addiction that I read this and immediately looked for the upvote arrow. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/op

Re: Webdev: the times, they are a changin'

2012-06-07 Thread Daniel C.
>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Kirk Cerny wrote: >>> I have tried to stay away from this, but I LOVE Opeth. >> >> As it turns out, so do I. > > And yet neither of you comment on the other part of that list, and the > disjointed nature in it all. Turns out that both Opeth and Ace of Base are

Re: Help on a Job Descriptions

2012-05-24 Thread Daniel C.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:28 AM, Nathan Blackham wrote: > Good thoughts on the Qualifications.  I have had a hard time on narrowing > down some of the qualifications.  We used python mostly but interface with > some java, but I expect a good developer to be able to pick up any > language, so I don

Re: Health problems from cybernetics?

2012-05-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Alan Young wrote: > I'm not offended ... and I don't follow Kurzweil.  Are you making a > distinction between 'The Singularity' and the concept of a singularity > of some kind? If my understanding of a singularity as a change which irrevocably changes human life o

Re: Health problems from cybernetics?

2012-05-18 Thread Daniel C.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Alan Young wrote: > I'm not trolling, I promise.  How is the idea of a singularity religious? It promises salvation to humanity via a savior who will come "Some Day Real Soon Now", while offering no evidence that anything they claim is real. They use convoluted a

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