asciilifeform: 'Pig farmers use halothane cones in swine yards to expose piglets to halothane. Those that die were MH-susceptible, thus saving the farmer the expense of raising a pig whose meat he would not be able to market. This also reduced the use of breeding stock carrying the genes for PSS.' -- pediwikia
asciilifeform: their only purpose ought to have been setting address bus for mem access.
asciilifeform: but yes, exposing native machine fixints to operator is lunacy.
asciilifeform: unfortunately this was not practical for 1950s hbomb model and hence we have floatingpoint crapola.
asciilifeform: consider how when they break down a door, they wear masks
asciilifeform: naturally policeman doesn't introduce himself by name
asciilifeform: isn't that an elementary part of mircea_popescu's observation re 'usg corporate shield that you must break and re-personalize the interaction'