Java zero days are easily avoided by using "click to play", which does exactly what it sounds like: disable flash and java applets until you click them. In Chromium, this is easily enabled in Settings -> Show advanced settings -> under "Privacy", Content Settings -> choose "Click to play" under Plug-ins.
Java (and Flash likewise) has never been safe, and it's a shame that click to play is not the default. Additionally, animated ads are often Flash or Java-based, so this also kills distracting movies.
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FYI, in usual radio communication, what flies through the air are not electrons but photons. These photons are generated by wiggling a few electrons back and forth at the transmitter, and this in turn wiggles a few electrons back and forth on the receiving end.
There is the new cruiser class, where contestants are judged not on their speed but their practicality by a jury.
Setting clear price requirements is very difficult since man-hours can make up for costs of individual parts, and most of the teams consist of groups of students (10-30 each) working full-time for a year or more on just that one car. Either way, $10,000 is way below what you need for a serious solar car (you can easily spend that kind of money on the solar panels alone).
I have double feelings about having to quote maddox about this, but he put it quite succinctly:
First of all, if you're leading your life in such a way that you never have to do math, congratulations, you are a donkey.
Why is math the only discipline that has to put up with this bullshit? People gladly learn art, music, literature and geography. You'll even nod like a happy idiot when you learn what a haiku is, and you never complain or whine about how you'll never use this in your "life." When is the last time you wrote a haiku, asshole?
The Guardian Weekly is, in my opinion, a great weekly paper with many in-depth articles, most of which from an objective point of view. And even if they are subjective, this is usually clear, and gives another interesting view on the matter. The news is "worldly" (ie. not about Justin Bieber's latest haircut) and the result of a careful selection of the most interesting pieces from various other newspapers.
More importantly, because it is a weekly paper (and on top of that a tabloid), the amount of fillers is seriously reduced, and all articles are newsworthy and readable.
I fail to see how this article is worthy of being on the front page. Sure, the fish itself was an interesting find in 1938, but we have been sequencing DNA for years now - what's so special about this paper?
Most of the "basics" of real math are taught without a good book, so I am struggling to find a good reference, but something along the lines of Hamilton's "Numbers, Sets and Axioms: The Apparatus of Mathematics" would do.
After that, jump into abstract algebra, real analysis (not calculus - engineers do calculus, mathematicians do analysis) and topology. From there, I'm sure you'll find your own way.
That is bullshit and you know it. That, or you have never studied real mathematics.
Real mathematics is applicable in *all* cognitive processes, and it gives mathematicians a step ahead in *any* science.
Forget about numbers, mathematics is an exercise in proper, formulated thought, and if there's anything applicable in the world, it's the ability to think straight.
Can we please stop calling this bullshit "math"? Mathematics is about axioms, rules, logic and proof. It's not about sin(x), integration and Pythagoras' theorem. It's about abstract ideas in a platonic world, and communicating those ideas reliably. This is not something you learn about in high school, although occasionally it is hinted at. What high school *should* be about is Peano arithmetic, logic and *perhaps* some introduction to te *theory* of integration.
None of all that can be found on Khan. Khan offers you the tables you need to *calculate* the integral of some functions. Khan teaches you how to multiply and divide natural numbers. None of all that is something computers cannot do.
It's bad enough that high school does not teach you anything about what real mathematics is, but putting all this crap on a website endorses it, and makes people accept the fact that there is no high school which actually teaches you mathematics. Stop calling the calculations you do in high school "math", because it's nothing more than playing calculator.
The fact that we got to the moon was a coincidence: we got there by trial and error, instead of careful analysis on error bounds, and actually making sure everything works before launch. This is exemplified by the many failed (!) Apollo missions.
This time, we're carefully doing all the calculations, and you can see this from the fact that SpaceX has not yet failed any mission, even though they have exactly the same missions as we used to.
If you're gonna spend money on solar panels close to power lines, then I have a weird suggestion for you: install actual solar panels close to power lines.
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This would have been a useful comment if facts would have been about your opinion.
Java zero days are easily avoided by using "click to play", which does exactly what it sounds like: disable flash and java applets until you click them. In Chromium, this is easily enabled in Settings -> Show advanced settings -> under "Privacy", Content Settings -> choose "Click to play" under Plug-ins.
Java (and Flash likewise) has never been safe, and it's a shame that click to play is not the default. Additionally, animated ads are often Flash or Java-based, so this also kills distracting movies.
Yes. This runs unmodified MATLAB code.
FYI, in usual radio communication, what flies through the air are not electrons but photons. These photons are generated by wiggling a few electrons back and forth at the transmitter, and this in turn wiggles a few electrons back and forth on the receiving end.
There is the new cruiser class, where contestants are judged not on their speed but their practicality by a jury.
Setting clear price requirements is very difficult since man-hours can make up for costs of individual parts, and most of the teams consist of groups of students (10-30 each) working full-time for a year or more on just that one car. Either way, $10,000 is way below what you need for a serious solar car (you can easily spend that kind of money on the solar panels alone).
I have double feelings about having to quote maddox about this, but he put it quite succinctly:
First of all, if you're leading your life in such a way that you never have to do math, congratulations, you are a donkey.
Why is math the only discipline that has to put up with this bullshit? People gladly learn art, music, literature and geography. You'll even nod like a happy idiot when you learn what a haiku is, and you never complain or whine about how you'll never use this in your "life." When is the last time you wrote a haiku, asshole?
On a related subject, it seems slashdot doesn't HTML encode the parent's subject when replying.
someone messed up & replaced decode by encode?
"This projection puts the Ubuntu Edge campaign on pace for a $18 million total."
The Guardian Weekly is, in my opinion, a great weekly paper with many in-depth articles, most of which from an objective point of view. And even if they are subjective, this is usually clear, and gives another interesting view on the matter. The news is "worldly" (ie. not about Justin Bieber's latest haircut) and the result of a careful selection of the most interesting pieces from various other newspapers.
More importantly, because it is a weekly paper (and on top of that a tabloid), the amount of fillers is seriously reduced, and all articles are newsworthy and readable.
I present to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generating_primes
It /is/ very easy to calculate prime numbers. The apparently hard thing is to list them all, and to factorize non-prime numbers.
If you choose not to, well fine, there's no law against being a douche bag.
Except there is. In the Netherlands, you are obliged to report serious crime with authorities.
I fail to see how this article is worthy of being on the front page. Sure, the fish itself was an interesting find in 1938, but we have been sequencing DNA for years now - what's so special about this paper?
Could you try to explain what it *is* like?
I think this fails for exactly the reason pointed out in the exert: it only hides the actual code between point and click programming.
Oh sorry, then I take back my swearing :)
Yes I agree.
Most of the "basics" of real math are taught without a good book, so I am struggling to find a good reference, but something along the lines of Hamilton's "Numbers, Sets and Axioms: The Apparatus of Mathematics" would do.
After that, jump into abstract algebra, real analysis (not calculus - engineers do calculus, mathematicians do analysis) and topology. From there, I'm sure you'll find your own way.
That is bullshit and you know it. That, or you have never studied real mathematics.
Real mathematics is applicable in *all* cognitive processes, and it gives mathematicians a step ahead in *any* science.
Forget about numbers, mathematics is an exercise in proper, formulated thought, and if there's anything applicable in the world, it's the ability to think straight.
Disclaimer: I am a math student.
Can we please stop calling this bullshit "math"? Mathematics is about axioms, rules, logic and proof. It's not about sin(x), integration and Pythagoras' theorem. It's about abstract ideas in a platonic world, and communicating those ideas reliably. This is not something you learn about in high school, although occasionally it is hinted at. What high school *should* be about is Peano arithmetic, logic and *perhaps* some introduction to te *theory* of integration.
None of all that can be found on Khan. Khan offers you the tables you need to *calculate* the integral of some functions. Khan teaches you how to multiply and divide natural numbers. None of all that is something computers cannot do.
It's bad enough that high school does not teach you anything about what real mathematics is, but putting all this crap on a website endorses it, and makes people accept the fact that there is no high school which actually teaches you mathematics. Stop calling the calculations you do in high school "math", because it's nothing more than playing calculator.
If the virus would've been picked up by the virus scanners, then they wouldn't have spread around the world like a virus.
In other news, a tautology has been shown to be a tautology.
The fact that we got to the moon was a coincidence: we got there by trial and error, instead of careful analysis on error bounds, and actually making sure everything works before launch. This is exemplified by the many failed (!) Apollo missions.
This time, we're carefully doing all the calculations, and you can see this from the fact that SpaceX has not yet failed any mission, even though they have exactly the same missions as we used to.
mod parent up.
Not only is it hard to regulate, I cannot imagine these fibers have an output of 200kV AC at exactly 50Hz.
If you're gonna spend money on solar panels close to power lines, then I have a weird suggestion for you: install actual solar panels close to power lines.