Gah! You am dumb!
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the_eggwhiteYou want to restrict access to this page to a certain group of people. Fair enough... That I can do.
What's that? You want people who are not in that group to have to enter a username or password to get in, but the people who are in that group to just be able to go in with no questions asked? What do we know about the people who are in this group? Do they any common identifying features? No? Can I send them somewhere else first so that I can set up a cookie which identifies them as a part of the group? No?
How the hell am I supposed to distinguish between people who are meant to be able to read it and people who aren't if I'm only allowed to ask for a login and password from those who are not meant to be there! What's more, why the hell am I asking for a username and password from people you don't want to give access to?
I know! I'll just install this psychic powers patch to the server... No, it's not a random number generator... not at all...
Bah! Stupid people! Think things through before you come to me and say "do this now or I'll complain!".
What's that? You want people who are not in that group to have to enter a username or password to get in, but the people who are in that group to just be able to go in with no questions asked? What do we know about the people who are in this group? Do they any common identifying features? No? Can I send them somewhere else first so that I can set up a cookie which identifies them as a part of the group? No?
How the hell am I supposed to distinguish between people who are meant to be able to read it and people who aren't if I'm only allowed to ask for a login and password from those who are not meant to be there! What's more, why the hell am I asking for a username and password from people you don't want to give access to?
I know! I'll just install this psychic powers patch to the server... No, it's not a random number generator... not at all...
Bah! Stupid people! Think things through before you come to me and say "do this now or I'll complain!".
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Psychic computers
2005-05-12 14:20 (UTC)"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Is the sort of error message that would need to be given.
I have come across a logic design that was great, with the small exception that one part of the system needed to know what state a bit was going to be on the next clock cycle. The "ESP Bit" that indicates what the state of a bit is going to be in the future, very useful, but unfortunately we've found no way of implementing it yet.
A machine built from a load of those would then be psychic though.
Re: Psychic computers
2005-05-12 14:48 (UTC)Re: Psychic computers
2005-05-12 15:33 (UTC)Having been at home during several air displays, I can assure you that a Tornado at 100 feet and going very fast is *very* loud!