From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:08:36 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090706220836.7a4f85e4.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <7d3530220907061336k6e440790i89b6e1953c6b9f2b@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090706185922.5d5f8ffa.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <8ea8ac62ad614c50271f5b328b4a9346@gmx.de> <20090706213316.9f19eb75.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <7d3530220907061336k6e440790i89b6e1953c6b9f2b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 14608dde-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:36:35 -0700 John Floren wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:57:19 +0200 > > cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote: > > > >> yeah... connecting terminals to warp energy plasma conduits > >> seems to be a bad idea. > > > > Yeah, it's also a deeply wierd thing to do unless the terminals require at least several megawatts. O.o Each... I can't think of any reason for that. The displays may be print-quality (2000dpi) and the touch layer supposedly able to read fingerprints, but that's not far beyond current tech. Superluminal signalling signalling seems not to require much power as the tiny com badges feature delay-free communication at least as far as lunar orbit. Yes I've done this before. :) > > > > How far off topic are we now? Can we get away with carrying on? :) > > > > I'm willing to invoke Godwin to prevent carrying on. Yeah, a couple of short steps from here and I'm sure I'd find myself arguing something highly controversial, (via political reasons for the vulnerable centralised computer architecture,) so I'll shut up now. > > John > -- > "I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS > reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C, > Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba > -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.