GotAnyMegadeth

I think they meant that no one had bothered to write a paper, not that no one had ever thought of it.

I think you're right that life's character selection is a random number generator that is in some ways predictable. But I think PRNG usually stands for Pseudo Random Number Generator, which in this context seems different. Almost as if you waited long enough, the same people would start appearing again...

All I can add is that, from a fairly n00by point of view, Windows Azure is easy to use and clear, AWS is messy and difficult. Also the free trial of Azure is brilliant, the AWS is so crippled it makes it feel like their whole service is lame.

Obviously what counts as mediocre is up for debate, but I think you could argue that the first mobile phones were a mediocre implementation of a very difficult technical problem.

Yeah sorry, I wrote it like that to make it more confusing...

But it's actually not too confusing. A brief explanation: The first 75%ish, the bit with all the +s, is filling up the elements of the BF array with the ASCII value of all of the letters contained in the sentence. And the second 25%ish is just scrolling to the right location and printing out the letters, hence lots of <>s and .s. During the fill up stage each ASCII value is made using two of it's factors, in an attempt to reduce the number of characters. So each ASCII letter looks like this N+[-<M+>] where N and M are the two factors chosen. For example 32, an ASCII space, is ++++++++[-<++++>], N=8, M=4.

I'm sure this isn't the most character efficient for short sentences, but it might not be too bad for paragraphs.

PS, in analysing that I have noticed there is a pointless extra > at the start.

>>+++++++++++++++++[-<+++++++>]<>>+++++++++++++++++++[-<++++++>]<>>++++++++++++[-<++++++++>]<+>>+++++++++++[-<+++++++++++>]<>>+++++++++++++[-<+++++++++>]<>>+++++++++++++[-<++++++++>]<>>+++++++++++++++++[-<++++++>]<+>>+++++++++++++++[-<+++++++>]<>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[-<++++>]<>>++++++++++[-<++++++++++>]<+>>+++++++++++[-<++++++++++>]<>>++++++++[-<++++>]<>>++++++++++++[-<+++++++++>]<+>>+++++[-<++>]<>>++++++++++++[-<+++++++++>]<>>++++++++++++++[-<++++++++>]<>>+++++++++++[-<+++++++++>]<>>+++++++++[-<++++++++>]<+>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[-<+++>]<<.<<<<<<.>>>>>.>>.<<<<<<.>>>.<.<<<<<.<.>.>>>>>.<<<<<<<<<<<.>>>>>>>>.<<<<<<<<<.>>>>.<<<<<.>>>>>>>>..>>.<<<<<<<<<<<.>>>>>>>.>.<<<.>>>>>>.<<<<<<<<.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<.<<<.>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>.>>.<<<<<<..<<<.>.<<.>>>>>.

This is a case where mixing up then and than makes a difference

Hotmail also limits your password to 16 characters

> Today, more than one in five American children live in poverty.

Wow

How do you know you have re-learned all of the stuff that you were taught wrong and not just a portion of it?

My friend used to commute from Bristol, UK to Munich, DE. Wake up at 04:00 Monday, drive to Heathrow, fly to Munich airport, get a lift to work, in by 13:00. Then do it in reverse on Friday. It's no 6 hours a day, probably a bit better, but still seemed crazy to me... Not cheep either

Until you get crumbs under the keys...

EDIT: "a wireless, powerless keyboard where every key's click is tuned to a slightly different sound" hang on, like a piano?

On them, not by them.

Just won the lottery

Close relative has received a terminal diagnosis

Believed their horrorscope

Got pregnant

Saved enough money to retire to Thailand

Spouse has had an affair with a co-worker (Trust aside this is still a good reason)

Wow, that whole section is staggeringly stupid. Is that seriously going to be blocked? Seriously?

Thanks. I think I'm going to start using £10M and £10G

> The category of "obscene content", for instance, which is blocked even on the lowest setting of BT's opt-in filtering system, covers "sites with information about illegal manipulation of electronic devices [and] distribution of software"

WTF

Is it though? People say that all the time, since I have been aware of Moore's Law.

Sorry, slightly off topic, but why do people sometimes put $80M and sometimes $80MM? What is the difference? Thanks

Look at the evidence, only around 93.5% of people who have ever lived have died [0]. With a sample size of 108 billion, I think we can say the data is quite accurate. Therefore I think your chance of living for ever is more like 1 in 20.

[0] - http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleH...

Maybe that is why people feel things are worse now. Things were no different before, but people had no idea, now they have some idea.

"Our brand essence is the very essence of our brand"

Unless they've got someone on the inside...

Starcraft II is a pretty even mix of both skill and strategy. I think it was definitely not intended to be just a strategy game

I think we should introduce <joke></joke> tags for use on the internet for when people are joking.

That's what I was going for, gravity has probably almost never been controlled for.

Gravity

24 hour Tesco not being open after 4pm on Sunday is the bane of my life.

"Drink

As the Pole is entirely covered by a massive ice sheet, those with the ability to melt ice should not worry about lack of water."

It would be good to read a similar analysis in 2514 of today's contemporary writings.

"I believe the 2-looking mark is short for a 'too' sound, and the 'lol' throughout the text, although it originally signified laughter, has become a replacement for the end of a sentence"