In advance, sorry about the late reply. > The hardness of the n-body problem isn't necessarily an expression of fundamental randomness rather than technical uncertainty. But one way or another, aren't they both an…
How is the system in an unstoppable slide towards feudalism? Is this the same feudalism I studied in European History, with the land-holders and vassals and all? If not, why are you using that word?
I don't see how. "Not predictable given what I've observed so far" is a long way from "not predictable".
It's an observation about the universe. Yes, things about the size of his brain appear to to have deterministic behavior, but so do mountains, oceans, moons, planets and stars - which are, needless to say, nowhere near…
No - my point is that RMS isn't.
I don't think it was anywhere near offensive, but once people start loudly complaining about how offended they are, the conversation inevitably focuses on their feelings instead of our freedoms. In the end, they will…
> One answer is to say "they wouldn't!". From there, you have to ask: would they still create? Probably, yes, but in a much more limited way. We're already limited by IP. The proposition of IP is that the best way…
Because you can cancel your service.
I did look at the readme. The client-side issue isn't a real problem. The fact that it's easy for computers to solve, on the other hand... I get that it's a proof of concept, but it's a concept that doesn't work. You…
Hell, in it's current form it's entirely client-side; hardly seems like it should even count as a CAPTCHA. $(form).attr("action", $("#mc-action").val()) and you're done. Even with server-side validation, it's still…
In advance, sorry about the late reply. > The hardness of the n-body problem isn't necessarily an expression of fundamental randomness rather than technical uncertainty. But one way or another, aren't they both an…
How is the system in an unstoppable slide towards feudalism? Is this the same feudalism I studied in European History, with the land-holders and vassals and all? If not, why are you using that word?
I don't see how. "Not predictable given what I've observed so far" is a long way from "not predictable".
It's an observation about the universe. Yes, things about the size of his brain appear to to have deterministic behavior, but so do mountains, oceans, moons, planets and stars - which are, needless to say, nowhere near…
No - my point is that RMS isn't.
I don't think it was anywhere near offensive, but once people start loudly complaining about how offended they are, the conversation inevitably focuses on their feelings instead of our freedoms. In the end, they will…
> One answer is to say "they wouldn't!". From there, you have to ask: would they still create? Probably, yes, but in a much more limited way. We're already limited by IP. The proposition of IP is that the best way…
Because you can cancel your service.
I did look at the readme. The client-side issue isn't a real problem. The fact that it's easy for computers to solve, on the other hand... I get that it's a proof of concept, but it's a concept that doesn't work. You…
Hell, in it's current form it's entirely client-side; hardly seems like it should even count as a CAPTCHA. $(form).attr("action", $("#mc-action").val()) and you're done. Even with server-side validation, it's still…