'The light comes in through a barrel structure, pointed at the Earth, and is bounced around by a series of mirrors, before being focused onto a CCD sensor.
Hmmmm, some kind of "barrel structure" and "bouncing light around with a series of mirrors". That all sounds pretty futuristic. And here I thought they could get by with just using something like a telescope.
If you're going to post off-topic, at least get your physics correct. Radiation from charged particles accelerating in a magnetic/electric field is cyclotron radiation. When it happens as the result of the field from an atom, it is bremsstrahlung. Cherenkov radiation is when a charged particle is moving through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium and has nothing to do with what you are saying.
You make good observations on the shortcomings of journal peer review, which of course varies considerably for the field and the journal. However, I don't see something like blogging to make a whole lot of difference regarding this issue. Scientists have been able to put up personal research websites for 20 years, and something like arXiv.org lets them get whole papers out, not to mention presenting at scientific conferences. Things like blogging can be effective in getting ideas out to the general population, but to get ideas out and vetted at the scientific level, you need topic experts to review the material and that brings you right back to some sort of peer review system.
I'm interested in what you think: to me, there is a fundamental difference in the kind and quality of Slashdot posts than "back in the day." It might be selective memory, but I recall that heated arguments were still arguments, and you had to state your case well to hold your ground. Some of the exchanges could get harsh (and you would have been well advised to wear your asbestos undergarmets for the flaming you could get), but even then you could make a decent case. Nowadays it seems that things around here are much like a cable network show with political pundits. There is no real arguing that goes on. It is basically yelling your point louder and louder because there isn't much chance that you could be swayed by any arguments or facts.
Maybe I'll take a stroll through the archives, but I don't remember it being the case, for instance, if you thought Kevin Mitnick should have been arrested and put in jail, that you got the same kind of vitriol and hate spewed at you than if you now think Snowden should be arrested and put in jail. When someone gets down-modded it isn't unusual for them to complain about there being a "hive mentality," but I do think there is something to that these days. There certainly do seem to be topics or positions you are not allowed to advocate here, and I don't remember it being that way in the past.
Ah well, it is probably more the softening of the edges seen through the spectacles of nostalgia.
That isn't how code forking works. 'The owner of the code does whatever he wants with it. If the users of the code become unhappy with the development direction the code is going, then the unhappy users are free to fork it and create a new product. The onus is not on the content users to fork it in order to maintain its development direction. Flammon is correct in that if the new direction the code is taking "fails", then there isn't any reason to believe that the forked version wouldn't thrive. I see this as a healthy thing, and maybe it is what Slashdot needs, sort of a Libre Office split.
I appreciate your reply. I will pay closer attention the next time I see it. I've seen the case in a thread where a message is missing, but there are replies to that message below it. I noticed it because the indentation was one off to the right. In any event, I'll pay better attention next time. As I mentioned, I've seen it in contentious threads and articles, which one would also expect them to attract the largest number of posts.
Thanks also about the explanation for the "Flag this comment." I couldn't find anything in the FAQ about it or how it works.
Yeah, I had thought about becoming a charged particle detector technician because it's a lifestyle of high rollers, fast cars, and fast women. Didn't you know that quantum mechanics eat steak?
You do, however, delete comments. I was away from this site for multiple years and one thing I've noticed upon coming back is that some comments get deleted. It used to be you'd see them if you browsed at -1, but even then I see comments go away. Some of the comments I'm talking about are ones that are on-topic, at least within the thread they are in, and they were no more abusive/sarcastic/etc. than any other posts, and in fact the few times it caught my eye the deleted posts also happened to take unpopular stances or question popular opinions on certain topics (Snowden/NSA in particular). The few I recall were AC comments, so I don't know if this happens to non-AC comments, but one of the things that used to be nice is that you could browse at -1 to see unpopular posts. I don't know if this is related to the "flag this post as inappropriate" and when someone gets called out for being a hypocrite or gets their feeling hurt they hit the button and the post goes away, but it is a disappointing change put in some time over the years.
I won't disagree there might be a few isolated places, but that post seems to suggest that you need to get official permission to travel anywhere, and that getting a passport is tied to this permission. If that was the case for that person, then my guess is that there were some out-of-the-norm circumstances that was not mentioned.
It isn't correct to make the blanket statement that there is no teacher shortage across the profession. Affluent school districts have no problem with applicants, but the rural and inner-city districts do. Also, regardless of the district, it is one thing to get applicants, and another thing to get qualified applicants.
I've been through a passport application and two renewals. All it took was filling out the form and sending it in with a couple of pictures. I never needed to ask permission to travel, and all three times I sent in paperwork, I did not have pending travel. I am not sure what you mean by "get permission to travel." From whom are you asking permission and why?
But in education and medicine, institutional rules over IP forbid many people I know of from even linking to a GPL'd library. For us, if it's GPL'd then it is off limits.
But isn't that why libraries are (or should) be licensed under the LGPL, so that there are no "viral" issues? You're not even allowed to link to an LGPL library?
The picture I get in my mind is that scene from History of the World, Pt. I.
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Thank you very much. This is a great help to me. Worst case I'll just ssh in and do what I need to do.
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No, fanless PC with Intel Atom, I think N2800 processor and whatever graphics it has.
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I have one computer where it will not boot into graphics mode ever since the 3.10 kernel. When it switches over you just get a black screen; however, the machine still boots because I can ssh into it. A couple of other machines I upgraded don't have this problem. While looking for an answer, I've found this seems to be an issue across many distributions (Ubuntu variants, Fedora variants). Some people said they solved it by adding some kernel boot parameters, some say it is related to the Intel graphics driver, some say other drivers (none of the suggestions I've found, so far, have worked for me). Fortunately this isn't a critical resource computer and I fine with running it on the 3.2 kernel.
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'The light comes in through a barrel structure, pointed at the Earth, and is bounced around by a series of mirrors, before being focused onto a CCD sensor.
Hmmmm, some kind of "barrel structure" and "bouncing light around with a series of mirrors". That all sounds pretty futuristic. And here I thought they could get by with just using something like a telescope.
If you're going to post off-topic, at least get your physics correct. Radiation from charged particles accelerating in a magnetic/electric field is cyclotron radiation. When it happens as the result of the field from an atom, it is bremsstrahlung. Cherenkov radiation is when a charged particle is moving through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium and has nothing to do with what you are saying.
You make good observations on the shortcomings of journal peer review, which of course varies considerably for the field and the journal. However, I don't see something like blogging to make a whole lot of difference regarding this issue. Scientists have been able to put up personal research websites for 20 years, and something like arXiv.org lets them get whole papers out, not to mention presenting at scientific conferences. Things like blogging can be effective in getting ideas out to the general population, but to get ideas out and vetted at the scientific level, you need topic experts to review the material and that brings you right back to some sort of peer review system.
I'm interested in what you think: to me, there is a fundamental difference in the kind and quality of Slashdot posts than "back in the day." It might be selective memory, but I recall that heated arguments were still arguments, and you had to state your case well to hold your ground. Some of the exchanges could get harsh (and you would have been well advised to wear your asbestos undergarmets for the flaming you could get), but even then you could make a decent case. Nowadays it seems that things around here are much like a cable network show with political pundits. There is no real arguing that goes on. It is basically yelling your point louder and louder because there isn't much chance that you could be swayed by any arguments or facts.
Maybe I'll take a stroll through the archives, but I don't remember it being the case, for instance, if you thought Kevin Mitnick should have been arrested and put in jail, that you got the same kind of vitriol and hate spewed at you than if you now think Snowden should be arrested and put in jail. When someone gets down-modded it isn't unusual for them to complain about there being a "hive mentality," but I do think there is something to that these days. There certainly do seem to be topics or positions you are not allowed to advocate here, and I don't remember it being that way in the past.
Ah well, it is probably more the softening of the edges seen through the spectacles of nostalgia.
That isn't how code forking works. 'The owner of the code does whatever he wants with it. If the users of the code become unhappy with the development direction the code is going, then the unhappy users are free to fork it and create a new product. The onus is not on the content users to fork it in order to maintain its development direction. Flammon is correct in that if the new direction the code is taking "fails", then there isn't any reason to believe that the forked version wouldn't thrive. I see this as a healthy thing, and maybe it is what Slashdot needs, sort of a Libre Office split.
I appreciate your reply. I will pay closer attention the next time I see it. I've seen the case in a thread where a message is missing, but there are replies to that message below it. I noticed it because the indentation was one off to the right. In any event, I'll pay better attention next time. As I mentioned, I've seen it in contentious threads and articles, which one would also expect them to attract the largest number of posts.
Thanks also about the explanation for the "Flag this comment." I couldn't find anything in the FAQ about it or how it works.
Millions of US tax dollars are being spent on security in Sochi?
Yeah, I had thought about becoming a charged particle detector technician because it's a lifestyle of high rollers, fast cars, and fast women. Didn't you know that quantum mechanics eat steak?
Grrrr. I know. I had to hunt down a useful link for the Earth shot.
Ok, fine! I'm going to build my own alternate /. with blackjack and hookers!
You do, however, delete comments. I was away from this site for multiple years and one thing I've noticed upon coming back is that some comments get deleted. It used to be you'd see them if you browsed at -1, but even then I see comments go away. Some of the comments I'm talking about are ones that are on-topic, at least within the thread they are in, and they were no more abusive/sarcastic/etc. than any other posts, and in fact the few times it caught my eye the deleted posts also happened to take unpopular stances or question popular opinions on certain topics (Snowden/NSA in particular). The few I recall were AC comments, so I don't know if this happens to non-AC comments, but one of the things that used to be nice is that you could browse at -1 to see unpopular posts. I don't know if this is related to the "flag this post as inappropriate" and when someone gets called out for being a hypocrite or gets their feeling hurt they hit the button and the post goes away, but it is a disappointing change put in some time over the years.
That still doesn't explain why there are Pac Man toys at Burger King 30 years after the game was popular.
I presume this is promoting a relatively new cartoon series Pacman and his ghostly adventures on one of the Disney channels.
Isn't that what every 1st person shooter is, just a slightly altered version of the same thing?
(with a nice severance no doubt)
You don't get golden parachutes when you leave the federal service.
I won't disagree there might be a few isolated places, but that post seems to suggest that you need to get official permission to travel anywhere, and that getting a passport is tied to this permission. If that was the case for that person, then my guess is that there were some out-of-the-norm circumstances that was not mentioned.
It isn't correct to make the blanket statement that there is no teacher shortage across the profession. Affluent school districts have no problem with applicants, but the rural and inner-city districts do. Also, regardless of the district, it is one thing to get applicants, and another thing to get qualified applicants.
Ba-ba ba ba b-ba ba baaaaa, ba-ba ba bo-ba!
I've been through a passport application and two renewals. All it took was filling out the form and sending it in with a couple of pictures. I never needed to ask permission to travel, and all three times I sent in paperwork, I did not have pending travel. I am not sure what you mean by "get permission to travel." From whom are you asking permission and why?
But in education and medicine, institutional rules over IP forbid many people I know of from even linking to a GPL'd library. For us, if it's GPL'd then it is off limits.
But isn't that why libraries are (or should) be licensed under the LGPL, so that there are no "viral" issues? You're not even allowed to link to an LGPL library?
The original comet rendezvous-er is coming back to Earth 35 years later. I hope we do more than just wave as it goes by.
The picture I get in my mind is that scene from History of the World, Pt. I.
Thank you very much. This is a great help to me. Worst case I'll just ssh in and do what I need to do.
No, fanless PC with Intel Atom, I think N2800 processor and whatever graphics it has.
I have one computer where it will not boot into graphics mode ever since the 3.10 kernel. When it switches over you just get a black screen; however, the machine still boots because I can ssh into it. A couple of other machines I upgraded don't have this problem. While looking for an answer, I've found this seems to be an issue across many distributions (Ubuntu variants, Fedora variants). Some people said they solved it by adding some kernel boot parameters, some say it is related to the Intel graphics driver, some say other drivers (none of the suggestions I've found, so far, have worked for me). Fortunately this isn't a critical resource computer and I fine with running it on the 3.2 kernel.
"Now look, would I turn on this gas if my friend Rocky was in there?"
"Um, you might, rabbit. You might."
"Well, would I throw a lighed match in there if my friend was in there?"
[BOOM]
"All right, rabbit, you've convinced me. I'll look for Rocky in the city."