Linux is indeed used in many scientific fields. Speed? Customization? Open source tools? Probably all the above. If anyone is working on Neuroscience, for example, I bet he/she already knows NeuroDebian or will be interested to use it.
Amazing as it sounds, I had the same experience in backwards Greece in the early nineties. LOGO and BASIC in 4th and 5th grade (elementary school has six grades in us). So why the news?
"We confirm that minor cracks were found on some noncritical wing rib-skin attachments on a limited number of A380 aircraft. We have traced the origin. Airbus has developed an inspection and repair procedure, which will be done during regular, routine scheduled four-year maintenance checks. In the meantime, Airbus emphasizes that the safe operation of the A380 fleet is not affected."
1) minor and noncritical 2) on a limited number 3) traced the origin 4) have already found the solution 5) have already put it in the inspection list
"The big point why this is so important is that computers are now extensions of your brain. This means the software running on your computer influences how you think."
True. From the moment computers became easily portable and always connected, we have almost the equivalent of unlimited memory. Even if you don't remember or know something, it's probably a few touches (the new term for 'clicks') away. I wonder what will come after the smartphones... wearable computers anyone?:)
I use my desktop for gaming and serious data manipulation, my laptop for everything else (video, communicating, office work, etc). I don't have a tablet yet, but I can see it substituting all my other uses, minus the most CPU-intensive. If a tablet can do this, newer generation smartphones can do it as well. Computing power goes up, the only limit is the physical limit which makes it difficult to enter data and watch it comfortably.
But for most casual PC jobs (e-mailing, tickets, show times, etc) smartphones are already great. And if your tablet can fit in your backpack, your smartphone can fit in your pocket!
"The copyright on sound recordings by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other famous bands was due to expire in the next few years. However, the EU Council has now scuttled any such hopes. The copyright term has been extended from 70 to 90 years with life-supported rockers expressing their delight."
It won't be jilted in Windows 8. Why you people keep perpetuating this myth? Just because C++ is making a comeback (it was about time) and JavaScript/HTML5 is finding a new home, doesn't mean that we throw away.NET Framework 4.5.
Some SP scenarios are pretty elaborate, a human player wouldn't or couldn't play you any time you want, etc. There are so many reasons what you say doesn't apply to every game.
What?! On the contrary: .NET is becoming relevant!
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According to an Ars Technica article,.NET will be first-class citizen in Windows 8.
You throw "psychosomatic" around as if it explains something, and it does, but you probably don't appreciate that it's the tool that you use with EVERY patient. Did you see the recent story that says placebos can work even when the patient is told they're getting sugar pills? It's all in the language that the doctor uses and the expectations that he has.
It explains a hell lot if you were an expert or physician. It's a totally different league of diseases that need counseling and psychotherapy. The placebos and nocebos and various other phenomena simply make this case even stronger. If it can be fixed with a placebo then it probably could be fixed with anything that empowered the patient and his beliefs. From black magic to prayer.
Just don't try to treat a REAL situation (say: a septicemia) with placebos...:-/
Everything that is explained scientifically, it becomes mainstream medicine. Look at acupuncture. Before knowing what kind of molecules and receptors are in its workings, we were thinking of energy gates and chi meridians. You could believe whatever you want, whatever works (actually), the thing is: if you need the fairy tail story to fix your medical problems it's ok with me, as long as you don't pay* too much about it.
*of course this goes mostly to countries in the EU that have a public health system
I insist that I don't contradict myself. I just say that psychosomatic diseases have a different approach.. Counseling and psychotherapy are much better tools than expensive MRIs and cortisone pills.
I don't contradict myself. I'm just saying that if it's not organic (meaning: real tissue damage treatable with conventional medicine/surgery/pharmacology), then anything you have faith in might help. From an amulet and a friend even to "spending" loads of money on a crook. And everything in between according to the person.
I'm not implying that psychosomatic maladies AREN'T real diseases. They are. They just need different handling. Chiropractors are not doctors. They are certified masseurs, at least here in Europe. If you only need a good poking or massage just ask your friend, spouse, whoever. The important thing here is NOT to spend loads of money for supposed alternative medicine.
If it worked for real, it wouldn't be alternative, it would have been conventional.
Haha, had the same thought. Unfortunately, these questionnaires are probably faulty by definition. Most teenagers and kids don't have the time or interest to respond to demographic questions, sliding the bias to higher ages. Moreover many kids just declare a higher age than they really have to avoid "limited version" of a game (no blood, gore, etc).
I would expect the average age to be that of a university student (18-24). Of course it gets higher and higher every year because many of us have grown up with games and continue playing.
As a medical professional (neurologist-in-training, so I know about pain and "pain") these stories make me mad.
There is no such thing as "healing with the hands" if you had a serious limb asymmetry in your hips. If it was mild, it could be corrected with the right shoes and postural exercises to teach you stand the right way. If it was serious, you should have seen an orthopedic surgeon to correct it in a surgical way. If he*fixed* you just by touch the right spots, then you probably didn't have almost anything physical in the first place and most of your symptoms were in your mind.
BEAR WITH ME! I'm not trying to play down your pain and how you felt it, I'm just explaining to you in a rational way that many diseases and maladies are sometimes psychosomatic in origin and extension. I don't imply you are crazy or anything like that. I only say that you just wanted some hands-on caring, you didn't have anything really serious (organic) going on. And that's good news.
Just don't waste too much money on alternative treatments. If an alternative treatment works, then probably help from a family or friend works as well. You don't need a professional. But don't take any chances.
Finally!! This is great news because, seriously, music production in the latest blockbuster games is truly spectacular. Hear the latest Shogun 2: Total War soundtrack and it's frankly Hollywood on Windows!
Most probably Fukushima Daichi will have to be sealed. The nearby communities will eventually be safe. But uncertainty about nuclear power travels FASTER than the nuclear fallout in all cases. A state election in a premium German state was lost by the reigning government because it supported nuclear power plants...
It's a bitter sweet evolution, if you ask me. Yes, current last generation plants are unsafe and should be closed down the sooner the better, but this will definitely hurt industrial research for future IV generation power plants which are definitely safer than any other form of major power generation...
Isn't it time for Slashdot to create an article icon for Apple as well? Yes, in the 90s Microsoft was the IT villain, but now Apple has surpassed it for good with its walled garden of closed experience. Time for a "Steve Jobs the Borg" avatar!!:p
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Linux is indeed used in many scientific fields. Speed? Customization? Open source tools? Probably all the above. If anyone is working on Neuroscience, for example, I bet he/she already knows NeuroDebian or will be interested to use it.
Amazing as it sounds, I had the same experience in backwards Greece in the early nineties. LOGO and BASIC in 4th and 5th grade (elementary school has six grades in us). So why the news?
1) minor and noncritical
2) on a limited number
3) traced the origin
4) have already found the solution
5) have already put it in the inspection list
OK, now you can ground the whole fleet...
Is this his LinkedIn presence? I wonder if people will rush to disassociate from him now...
Well said. The EU should protect its members more than the national governments. I don't trust either completely, but one checking the other is good.
"The big point why this is so important is that computers are now extensions of your brain. This means the software running on your computer influences how you think."
True. From the moment computers became easily portable and always connected, we have almost the equivalent of unlimited memory. Even if you don't remember or know something, it's probably a few touches (the new term for 'clicks') away. I wonder what will come after the smartphones... wearable computers anyone? :)
I use my desktop for gaming and serious data manipulation, my laptop for everything else (video, communicating, office work, etc). I don't have a tablet yet, but I can see it substituting all my other uses, minus the most CPU-intensive. If a tablet can do this, newer generation smartphones can do it as well. Computing power goes up, the only limit is the physical limit which makes it difficult to enter data and watch it comfortably.
But for most casual PC jobs (e-mailing, tickets, show times, etc) smartphones are already great. And if your tablet can fit in your backpack, your smartphone can fit in your pocket!
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"The copyright on sound recordings by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other famous bands was due to expire in the next few years. However, the EU Council has now scuttled any such hopes. The copyright term has been extended from 70 to 90 years with life-supported rockers expressing their delight."
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This way if the company continues to win and prosper, he will become wealthy. Otherwise no honey. This is the right way!
It won't be jilted in Windows 8. Why you people keep perpetuating this myth? Just because C++ is making a comeback (it was about time) and JavaScript/HTML5 is finding a new home, doesn't mean that we throw away .NET Framework 4.5.
YOU likely neither know nor care about giving Oracle the finger, coward. I bet the guys making these decisions know every bit of them.
And it's important to notice they asked for LibreOffice, not OpenOffice. The really free version.
Some SP scenarios are pretty elaborate, a human player wouldn't or couldn't play you any time you want, etc. There are so many reasons what you say doesn't apply to every game.
According to an Ars Technica article, .NET will be first-class citizen in Windows 8.
OK, let's count to three and blame COBOL! :p
You throw "psychosomatic" around as if it explains something, and it does, but you probably don't appreciate that it's the tool that you use with EVERY patient. Did you see the recent story that says placebos can work even when the patient is told they're getting sugar pills? It's all in the language that the doctor uses and the expectations that he has.
It explains a hell lot if you were an expert or physician. It's a totally different league of diseases that need counseling and psychotherapy. The placebos and nocebos and various other phenomena simply make this case even stronger. If it can be fixed with a placebo then it probably could be fixed with anything that empowered the patient and his beliefs. From black magic to prayer.
Just don't try to treat a REAL situation (say: a septicemia) with placebos... :-/
Everything that is explained scientifically, it becomes mainstream medicine. Look at acupuncture. Before knowing what kind of molecules and receptors are in its workings, we were thinking of energy gates and chi meridians. You could believe whatever you want, whatever works (actually), the thing is: if you need the fairy tail story to fix your medical problems it's ok with me, as long as you don't pay* too much about it.
*of course this goes mostly to countries in the EU that have a public health system
I insist that I don't contradict myself. I just say that psychosomatic diseases have a different approach.. Counseling and psychotherapy are much better tools than expensive MRIs and cortisone pills.
I don't contradict myself. I'm just saying that if it's not organic (meaning: real tissue damage treatable with conventional medicine/surgery/pharmacology), then anything you have faith in might help. From an amulet and a friend even to "spending" loads of money on a crook. And everything in between according to the person.
I'm not implying that psychosomatic maladies AREN'T real diseases. They are. They just need different handling. Chiropractors are not doctors. They are certified masseurs, at least here in Europe. If you only need a good poking or massage just ask your friend, spouse, whoever. The important thing here is NOT to spend loads of money for supposed alternative medicine.
If it worked for real, it wouldn't be alternative, it would have been conventional.
Haha, had the same thought. Unfortunately, these questionnaires are probably faulty by definition. Most teenagers and kids don't have the time or interest to respond to demographic questions, sliding the bias to higher ages. Moreover many kids just declare a higher age than they really have to avoid "limited version" of a game (no blood, gore, etc).
I would expect the average age to be that of a university student (18-24). Of course it gets higher and higher every year because many of us have grown up with games and continue playing.
As a medical professional (neurologist-in-training, so I know about pain and "pain") these stories make me mad.
There is no such thing as "healing with the hands" if you had a serious limb asymmetry in your hips. If it was mild, it could be corrected with the right shoes and postural exercises to teach you stand the right way. If it was serious, you should have seen an orthopedic surgeon to correct it in a surgical way. If he*fixed* you just by touch the right spots, then you probably didn't have almost anything physical in the first place and most of your symptoms were in your mind.
BEAR WITH ME! I'm not trying to play down your pain and how you felt it, I'm just explaining to you in a rational way that many diseases and maladies are sometimes psychosomatic in origin and extension. I don't imply you are crazy or anything like that. I only say that you just wanted some hands-on caring, you didn't have anything really serious (organic) going on. And that's good news.
Just don't waste too much money on alternative treatments. If an alternative treatment works, then probably help from a family or friend works as well. You don't need a professional. But don't take any chances.
'I wonder what the "memory" could be...
I, for one, welcome our new Brains-in-a-dish Overlords!
Finally!! This is great news because, seriously, music production in the latest blockbuster games is truly spectacular. Hear the latest Shogun 2: Total War soundtrack and it's frankly Hollywood on Windows!
Most probably Fukushima Daichi will have to be sealed. The nearby communities will eventually be safe. But uncertainty about nuclear power travels FASTER than the nuclear fallout in all cases. A state election in a premium German state was lost by the reigning government because it supported nuclear power plants...
It's a bitter sweet evolution, if you ask me. Yes, current last generation plants are unsafe and should be closed down the sooner the better, but this will definitely hurt industrial research for future IV generation power plants which are definitely safer than any other form of major power generation...
"This clown should be catapulted into the sun."
LOL, I laughed so hard at his penalty... :D
Isn't it time for Slashdot to create an article icon for Apple as well? Yes, in the 90s Microsoft was the IT villain, but now Apple has surpassed it for good with its walled garden of closed experience. Time for a "Steve Jobs the Borg" avatar!! :p