I find online courses enjoyable, mostly because I like to do my own research. Having a tutor available to ask questions is a nice support network. I'd guess a lot of/. people would do well, even in advanced courses, having little more than a textbook and the Internet as resources.
We can map the whole
relational algebra on top of Dryad, however Dryad is
not a database engine: it does not include a query
planner or optimizer; the system has no concept of
data schemas or indices; and Dryad does not support transactions or logs
I can see how Hadoop would supplement their own research in this field.
This is a smart move by MS. Microsoft is not working internally on any sort of NoSQL server, so they support an existing project that complements their own product. The very obvious goal is to integrate Hadoop with SQL Server management tools. The upshot is that Hadoop gets a leg up on their competitors (Yahoo! PNUTS, Google BigTable) and Microsoft sells more SQL server licenses. Seems to me to be a win/win.
And if this PR leads to actual results, then there will be reason for goodwill. Don't worry, I don't trust someone like this, but I'll show a positive response to a step in the right direction.
Sorry dude, but the one thing that the propaganda movie got right is that there's no such thing as a free movie. The fact that people distribute movies unlawfully does not make the cost free. Ethical arguments about archiving works that are locked with DRM are much more valid, since they represent a desire to pay, and attack what's really wrong with copyright laws like the DMCA. There has to be incentive to create, or there will be no creation. That's an equally bad reality as the existing laws.
This is an excellent point that is rarely considered. Archival of creative works is a public good. We'd know nothing about our ancestors if they'd encrypted everything they wrote down.
Except that it is not a hard problem to fix. Netflix has been around for a while, and putting money into it would undoubtedly increase revenue. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs^W studio execs. charge an arm and a leg to Netflix, so they add a measly 100 or so titles (and almost no worthwhile TV) a year. I'd gladly pay triple or quadruple what I'm paying to Netflix if I could get some of the big network shows. Perhaps the industry should have a look at Icefilms to see what Netflix should be.
IANAL, but doesn't a minor require parental consent to enter into a contract with an adult?
It really disturbs me to see the exploitation of naive children being used to propagate misinformation. This contest is a form of brainwashing, and the Fox News types are just going to say, "Awww. That's so cute. Let's do what the kids say."
but you really should stop confusing these two issues...
Unfortunately, laws in most of the Western world already confuse the two issues. On the one hand, we have a law that fairly balances creators' rights with consumers'... and then the DRM portion is added in to completely undermine any sense of balance.
At least someone around here knows what they are talking about. And maybe I should look around a bit and see if I can't clean up the rest of that dirty laundry.
Software development hasn't matured enough to be a true engineering discipline yet. Available certs are worse then useless, tools are in flux, quasi religious attitudes are common and not laughed out of the room. An engineering approach is always helpful for any technical problem.
You admit the immaturity of the discipline. Why should I trust a software engineer any more than a hacker? Any recent software engineering textbook will point out that there have been many flaws in the process, and that many programmers have been abused by engineers in the last 30 years. Sorry asshole, but you've overlooked a great deal of software engineering's dirty laundry.
But if you're just going to whine profanely on/. and blame everyone else, then I have no sympathy. Life isn't always fair. Man up and make the best of it.
You misunderstand me. My credentials did mature. And now the opinion has changed once again. I'm not a hacker, I'm a computer scientist, but certain elitist fucks like to play up their own degree at the expense of mine. Life for me has been beyond unfair. Shall we go into the sins of software engineers during.com? One day they tell me I'm a programming god, the next day they kick me to the curb. It's easy to have a reasoned, rational and calm opinion when everything is just roses for you. I've worked with engineers, and they have only one thing in common: they believe that any other approach to a problem is inferior. So take your elitist attitude somewhere else and hope to God that your company doesn't end up on my radar.
Spoken like a true engineer. Measure a thousand times, have a thousand meetings, and still screw up anyway. Somehow I don't think that your average corporate intranet application needs anywhere near this much effort, nor the software engineering team that you think you need to throw at it. I guess when you're an engineer everything looks like an engineering problem.
Give me a fucking break. First I was hired as a hacker, then I was told that I no longer had the required credentials to work in software, and now you want to tell me the degree I've gotten is the wrong one? Go fuck yourself. I have no problem carrying liability insurance, but this shared delusion that only engineers can possibly write good code is merely an attempt to make software development an activity of the elite. And people wonder where groups like Anonymous and LulzSec come from.
+1 nailed the buzzword
A lot of the HFT proponents in this discussion are using liquidity as a reason that HFT should not be banned. But encouraging people not to hold money in stocks for any length of time seems to lead only to market volatility. The stock market was created to allow people to make a long-term investment in a company. Expecting to unload a long-term investment at full value right this moment is ridiculous. What else (besides other currency) can you buy of value that you could later sell at full market value in an instant?
Ooooh one of your other accounts wasted all your mod points calling me a Troll. You might want to see how much karma I have to burn before proving just how immature and impulsive you really are. They don't have Fox News on Netflix, BTW. You, like all Linux users, need to grow up and realize that this stupid fight was over last decade. There are more important, platform-agnostic things to worry about, like the police state America finds itself in, and the wars that never seem to end. But, hey, keep overreacting to everything Microsoft does instead. I'm sure that will make the world a better place.
Perhaps you could try playing the ball instead of the man?
Says the guy who equates copyright infringement with theft no less than 3 times in his first post. You opened the door; it's not my fault you're a brainwashed media drone that can't put three words together.
citation needed
Well, I'd say Jesus Christ, but you clearly don't follow any religion that preaches good values. In recent memory, there have been revolutions in Russia, China, Chile and Venezuela. I'm sure there's a bunch more, but I'm not going to teach you how to use Wikipedia. I'd suggest you learn how -- Australian education seems to be sorely lacking.
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I find online courses enjoyable, mostly because I like to do my own research. Having a tutor available to ask questions is a nice support network. I'd guess a lot of /. people would do well, even in advanced courses, having little more than a textbook and the Internet as resources.
Dryad is not quite Hadoop. From their whitepaper:
We can map the whole relational algebra on top of Dryad, however Dryad is not a database engine: it does not include a query planner or optimizer; the system has no concept of data schemas or indices; and Dryad does not support transactions or logs
I can see how Hadoop would supplement their own research in this field.
This is a smart move by MS. Microsoft is not working internally on any sort of NoSQL server, so they support an existing project that complements their own product. The very obvious goal is to integrate Hadoop with SQL Server management tools. The upshot is that Hadoop gets a leg up on their competitors (Yahoo! PNUTS, Google BigTable) and Microsoft sells more SQL server licenses. Seems to me to be a win/win.
Not if you run your own BB server. The communication between the proxy and your computer is encrypted using PKI.
And if this PR leads to actual results, then there will be reason for goodwill. Don't worry, I don't trust someone like this, but I'll show a positive response to a step in the right direction.
Hooray, there's a smart studio executive out there! Good luck with the innovation -- if it's any good, I'll probably buy it.
Sorry dude, but the one thing that the propaganda movie got right is that there's no such thing as a free movie. The fact that people distribute movies unlawfully does not make the cost free. Ethical arguments about archiving works that are locked with DRM are much more valid, since they represent a desire to pay, and attack what's really wrong with copyright laws like the DMCA. There has to be incentive to create, or there will be no creation. That's an equally bad reality as the existing laws.
Well, compare that to a cable or satellite package. You don't seriously expect to get top-rated shows for $8/mo., do you?
This is an excellent point that is rarely considered. Archival of creative works is a public good. We'd know nothing about our ancestors if they'd encrypted everything they wrote down.
In that case, one can only hope that the parents are less naive than the children... However, that is certainly not the case currently.
Except that it is not a hard problem to fix. Netflix has been around for a while, and putting money into it would undoubtedly increase revenue. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs^W studio execs. charge an arm and a leg to Netflix, so they add a measly 100 or so titles (and almost no worthwhile TV) a year. I'd gladly pay triple or quadruple what I'm paying to Netflix if I could get some of the big network shows. Perhaps the industry should have a look at Icefilms to see what Netflix should be.
IANAL, but doesn't a minor require parental consent to enter into a contract with an adult?
It really disturbs me to see the exploitation of naive children being used to propagate misinformation. This contest is a form of brainwashing, and the Fox News types are just going to say, "Awww. That's so cute. Let's do what the kids say."
That's probably the most sane solution out there. I'd have no problem adjusting to working in UTC.
but you really should stop confusing these two issues...
Unfortunately, laws in most of the Western world already confuse the two issues. On the one hand, we have a law that fairly balances creators' rights with consumers'... and then the DRM portion is added in to completely undermine any sense of balance.
I believe the response to your comment is "Whoosh!"
Yep, time for me to do that too. Disabling the Java console was the last straw. I need to write applets for school work.
At least someone around here knows what they are talking about. And maybe I should look around a bit and see if I can't clean up the rest of that dirty laundry.
Fair enough. Still, where I live, it's pretty much the minimum standard of education to live above the poverty line.
Software development hasn't matured enough to be a true engineering discipline yet. Available certs are worse then useless, tools are in flux, quasi religious attitudes are common and not laughed out of the room. An engineering approach is always helpful for any technical problem.
You admit the immaturity of the discipline. Why should I trust a software engineer any more than a hacker? Any recent software engineering textbook will point out that there have been many flaws in the process, and that many programmers have been abused by engineers in the last 30 years. Sorry asshole, but you've overlooked a great deal of software engineering's dirty laundry.
But if you're just going to whine profanely on /. and blame everyone else, then I have no sympathy. Life isn't always fair. Man up and make the best of it.
You misunderstand me. My credentials did mature. And now the opinion has changed once again. I'm not a hacker, I'm a computer scientist, but certain elitist fucks like to play up their own degree at the expense of mine. Life for me has been beyond unfair. Shall we go into the sins of software engineers during .com? One day they tell me I'm a programming god, the next day they kick me to the curb. It's easy to have a reasoned, rational and calm opinion when everything is just roses for you. I've worked with engineers, and they have only one thing in common: they believe that any other approach to a problem is inferior. So take your elitist attitude somewhere else and hope to God that your company doesn't end up on my radar.
Spoken like a true engineer. Measure a thousand times, have a thousand meetings, and still screw up anyway. Somehow I don't think that your average corporate intranet application needs anywhere near this much effort, nor the software engineering team that you think you need to throw at it. I guess when you're an engineer everything looks like an engineering problem.
Give me a fucking break. First I was hired as a hacker, then I was told that I no longer had the required credentials to work in software, and now you want to tell me the degree I've gotten is the wrong one? Go fuck yourself. I have no problem carrying liability insurance, but this shared delusion that only engineers can possibly write good code is merely an attempt to make software development an activity of the elite. And people wonder where groups like Anonymous and LulzSec come from.
+1 nailed the buzzword A lot of the HFT proponents in this discussion are using liquidity as a reason that HFT should not be banned. But encouraging people not to hold money in stocks for any length of time seems to lead only to market volatility. The stock market was created to allow people to make a long-term investment in a company. Expecting to unload a long-term investment at full value right this moment is ridiculous. What else (besides other currency) can you buy of value that you could later sell at full market value in an instant?
Ooooh one of your other accounts wasted all your mod points calling me a Troll. You might want to see how much karma I have to burn before proving just how immature and impulsive you really are. They don't have Fox News on Netflix, BTW. You, like all Linux users, need to grow up and realize that this stupid fight was over last decade. There are more important, platform-agnostic things to worry about, like the police state America finds itself in, and the wars that never seem to end. But, hey, keep overreacting to everything Microsoft does instead. I'm sure that will make the world a better place.
Perhaps you could try playing the ball instead of the man?
Says the guy who equates copyright infringement with theft no less than 3 times in his first post. You opened the door; it's not my fault you're a brainwashed media drone that can't put three words together.
citation needed
Well, I'd say Jesus Christ, but you clearly don't follow any religion that preaches good values. In recent memory, there have been revolutions in Russia, China, Chile and Venezuela. I'm sure there's a bunch more, but I'm not going to teach you how to use Wikipedia. I'd suggest you learn how -- Australian education seems to be sorely lacking.