How does one test software for murder?
Hee. Daisy Jane just independently discovered the Halting Problem, an unsolvable computing problem.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Jan 05, 2008 3:05:16 pm PST #1097 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
beth b - Jan 05, 2008 3:10:28 pm PST #1098 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
How does one test software for murder?
I was testing 911 software
Daisy Jane - Jan 05, 2008 3:18:55 pm PST #1099 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hee. Daisy Jane just independently discovered the Halting Problem, an unsolvable computing problem.
And yet? I understood none of that wikipedia entry.
sarameg - Jan 05, 2008 3:20:47 pm PST #1100 of 10001
Hometown had Jewel-Osco for a while. Used to be a Skaggs Alpha Beta (oh, god that reminded me: we used to refer to the sort of middle-to-late aged women who shopped in frumpy, torn and stained sweats with birdsnest hair "skaggs". So funny and horrible. Especially since as an adult? I totally get those women.)
Walmart has driven all but Albertson's and a few smallish discount non-chains out.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2008 3:29:18 pm PST #1101 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I'm watching the Republican debate on tape delay, and I have to say how refreshing it is to listen to politicians who seem thoughtful and knowledgable. Even when they're lying, at least they aren't smirking idiots.
sarameg - Jan 05, 2008 3:45:21 pm PST #1102 of 10001
I just lemon-oiled my oak window shelf (handmade! Never again! Hardwoods are HARD) and I keep going over to sniff it. Oak+ lemon oil is just such a warm and lovely scent. I'd forgotten that we used lemon oil on oak until I was at my parents', with their new shelves. I've been depriving myself of this for a decade because I forgot?
Shameful.
And I think I'm probably going to end up going overboard, lemon oiling everything possible in the next week or two. Well, at least everything does need a thorough dusting...
Kristen - Jan 05, 2008 3:45:59 pm PST #1103 of 10001
Supposedly in LA it's 187, but I don't know if that's even true. Everything I know about murder codes, I learned from Snoop Dogg.
1-8-7, Murder-Death-Kill. I learned that from Demolition Man.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2008 3:49:02 pm PST #1104 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh.
Am I seriously the only person who remembers, "Yeah, and you don't stop -- cuz it's 187 on an undercover cop"??
Kristen - Jan 05, 2008 3:53:38 pm PST #1105 of 10001
I totally remember the song. But whenever I hear 187, my mind always goes straight to Demolition Man. It often does the same thing with Taco Bell.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2008 3:53:45 pm PST #1106 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Does Rudy Giuliani have veneers on his teeth or ill-fitting dentures or something? He's got that lispy thing. Like Elliot Yamin now.