I'm assuming the US is like Canada (where I went to school). If so, then chances are that if you went into any remotely math related field you took a course like this in HS (as it was required for admission). However, my University still offered a similar course, for those students who switched majors or whose major didn't do any math in the first semester and decided to not take it in HS.
Sure. Canadians don't really pay much more than those in the US do (I would know, I just moved to the US and am now paying US income tax). However, for that little bit extra, Canadians get good health care, great public schools and substantially better social programs. For example, my wife can actually take 10 months off after having a baby and not have to worry about money.
Basically, the Tories, whether they intended to or not, have made pursuit of non-commercial infringers a no-win scenario.
I don't have any love for the Tories, but let's give credit where it is due. They knew full well what they were doing and stated on several occasions that they wanted to discourage IP holders from pursuing non-commercial infringers.
On the other hand, this law was just the gov't putting its money where its mouth is after years of saying they have no interest in non-commercial copyright infringement. Even if the old laws are used, I don't think Voltage will find much sympathy in Cdn courts. At least, that's what I hope!
Are you sure? The $50 socket set I bought years ago has a screw-driver attachment with several sizes of torx bits. I also have a few others lying around, not sure where they came from. Probably from replacement screens for my phone and things like that.
Intel recalled all processors with the FDIV bug back in the 90s and are still king of the hill today. However, very few companies have the resources to take a hit like that and come out intact. If they aren't offering the fix for free, it is probably because they just cannot afford it. I'm sure they are not completely brain dead and realize this looks bad to them. Most likely, they did more research leading up to this decision than we did.
Yeah. To me, torx wasn't meant for security, it was meant to say "hey, we'd rather you not remove this screw and doing so will probably void your warranty."
I've never understood this decision. What's the most obvious reason that I'd need to reinstall Windows? Because the HD got borked and I had to get a new one. Oops.
I was under the impression that the product key you get with your computer only works with special OEM-specific versions of Windows. Things may have changed since I last used Windows though (XP).
The article states the father taught him calculus when he was 6. However, his father also says the kid passed his understanding a while ago and he doesn't understand the math used to solve this problem. Seems like the father was responsible for instilling a curiosity and some foundations, but after that it's all just this kid. You gotta give him credit.
I remember several years ago (5 maybe?), a report came out about how "green" various laptop manufacturers were. Lenovo won, flat out. Apple was the worst. A couple years later, Apple was on top and boasting about it. However, they changed because the spotlight was put on them. They work to a different standard now because people are holding them to a higher standard. So, it's not all altruistic. But this doesn't really matter, as your point still holds (now, anyways).
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That's not a 21st century CEO, its a recession CEO. It only works if your employees are truly terrified of being fired. HP thinks its still 2009.
That's not the problem, the problem is that it's global. The majority of users are outside the US. So, selling 40,000 dollar car to someone in turkey isn't exactly going to work.
Here is a breakdown.
We used FB for some ads at the last place I worked. They are actually incredibly targeted. On a location scale, you can target people in a single city, no need to even talk about countries. Moreover, you can target by age, education, etc. So, you have a $80k luxury car want to advertise? You can target people over 40 with post secondary education. What about a "hip" econobox? You can target young, recently graduated 20-somethings. You can even choose to just include just people with majors that will most likely have jobs. Check out FBs page on targeted advertising.
At the end of the article, they say they don't do any joins in their MySQL DB (not joking). So, I'm guessing they still match the "should probably be using a NoSQL DB" but aren't camp. I'm not sure what to make of this.
Harper came in on a strong surplus created by a Liberal govt. He quickly chose to cut $6b in revenue by lowering GST. This was shortly before the worst recession in 75 years. Yes, truly a genius.
Recently discussed this with a cop. It isn't so easy. He said most warrants for wiretaps are 600-odd pages and take a god awful long time to get through. Part of the bill would let them tell the phone company to start collecting data on someone while they went through the process of getting warrant signed. Once the warrant was approved, then they'd get access to all the data and could make their case. One of the problems, even with pedos, is that they know the guy is a Bad Dude, they know he's committing crimes, but they can't get the evidence because they can't get the wiretap in time. I definitely don't agree with the bill, but it isn't so cut a dry as some people make it out to be.
Unfortunately (for Ramare), this was already proven before Terrence Tao's result:
We prove that every odd number N greater than 1 can be expressed as
the sum of at most ve primes, improving the result of Ramare that every even natural
number can be expressed as the sum of at most six primes.
I'd say oil changes are a bad example. For the cost of oil + filter, your usually saving $10 by changing it at home. And you end up with a jug of oil you'll need to take to a dump to dispose of. Moreover, the first car I owned put the oil filter over the axle. The second over the front cross member. So, not only is it hard to get to, but, as near as I can tell, impossible to take off without getting oil all over the axle/cross-member, my driveway, and my arm (due to the way I have to reach around to get it).
I'd say brakes are a better example. People get paranoid about their brakes, but in reality it is one of the simplest jobs (especially since most cars come standard with disc brakes now). Pads? 2 nuts. Rotors? 2 more nuts. Your done. Worst case, you may have to smack 'em with a hammer.
Thanks. I was, of course, exaggerating for effect. I'm aware there must be other languages that use the prototype-style OO system. However, looking at that list, I see 2 other languages that I recognize: Lua and Self. Perl, R, and Tcl I obviously recognize, but all have multiple object systems, so it shouldn't be too surprising that someone's implemented prototype-based ones. Looking through list further, most seem to be ancillary scripting languages for some larger system (or made to fit this role in other systems). This is very useful, but still niche.
Sorry, I didn't mean everyone that programs in JS, but rather the people who really espouse JS as a great language. I've just had a lot of people try to explain "closures" to me over the last few years:)
Lastly, I would say JS is a lot of people's first foray into functional programming. I think a lot of the love for JS is just misplaced love for functional programming and that these types would be better served by learning Haskell, Clojure, Scala, etc. Basically, any other current functional programming language.
Huh? I don't understand this. Going from JS to another language would not be easy. It's got an OO system that no other language uses. It's dynamically typed (so going to Java or C# would not be simple). If you are doing it right, you are probably passing a lot of functions around, which will be quite different from Java, C#, and PHP. If you are coding Java, C#, PHP, or Python in JS, then you are probably not doing a good job of coding JS. Moreover, JS has an incredibly small standard library and a wide array of different environments.
Python is simple. It has a very gradual learning curve. You don't need to know anything about objects or functional programming to start using it to solve real problems. Moreover, its object system is very similar to Java's, C#'s, PHP's, etc. Going from Python to ANY of these languages would be very easy. Moreover, writing "Python" (ie. pythonic) code in any of these languages (Java, C#, PHP) would mean you are still writing good code. Lastly, Python has (for all intents and purposes) a single environment (CPython) with a great standard library with tons of 3rd party support for pretty much anything you want to do.
Javascript is OK for what it is. It's an incredibly "simple" language, which made it amenable to most browser makers and got it adopted quickly. Its scope has expanded a lot since then, but its still a quirky language at best.
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I'm assuming the US is like Canada (where I went to school). If so, then chances are that if you went into any remotely math related field you took a course like this in HS (as it was required for admission). However, my University still offered a similar course, for those students who switched majors or whose major didn't do any math in the first semester and decided to not take it in HS.
Sure. Canadians don't really pay much more than those in the US do (I would know, I just moved to the US and am now paying US income tax). However, for that little bit extra, Canadians get good health care, great public schools and substantially better social programs. For example, my wife can actually take 10 months off after having a baby and not have to worry about money.
Basically, the Tories, whether they intended to or not, have made pursuit of non-commercial infringers a no-win scenario.
I don't have any love for the Tories, but let's give credit where it is due. They knew full well what they were doing and stated on several occasions that they wanted to discourage IP holders from pursuing non-commercial infringers.
On the other hand, this law was just the gov't putting its money where its mouth is after years of saying they have no interest in non-commercial copyright infringement. Even if the old laws are used, I don't think Voltage will find much sympathy in Cdn courts. At least, that's what I hope!
Are you sure? The $50 socket set I bought years ago has a screw-driver attachment with several sizes of torx bits. I also have a few others lying around, not sure where they came from. Probably from replacement screens for my phone and things like that.
Intel recalled all processors with the FDIV bug back in the 90s and are still king of the hill today. However, very few companies have the resources to take a hit like that and come out intact. If they aren't offering the fix for free, it is probably because they just cannot afford it. I'm sure they are not completely brain dead and realize this looks bad to them. Most likely, they did more research leading up to this decision than we did.
Yeah. To me, torx wasn't meant for security, it was meant to say "hey, we'd rather you not remove this screw and doing so will probably void your warranty."
I've never understood this decision. What's the most obvious reason that I'd need to reinstall Windows? Because the HD got borked and I had to get a new one. Oops.
I was under the impression that the product key you get with your computer only works with special OEM-specific versions of Windows. Things may have changed since I last used Windows though (XP).
What? Is there some stereotype about Canadians and dancing that I'm missing?
The article states the father taught him calculus when he was 6. However, his father also says the kid passed his understanding a while ago and he doesn't understand the math used to solve this problem. Seems like the father was responsible for instilling a curiosity and some foundations, but after that it's all just this kid. You gotta give him credit.
I remember several years ago (5 maybe?), a report came out about how "green" various laptop manufacturers were. Lenovo won, flat out. Apple was the worst. A couple years later, Apple was on top and boasting about it. However, they changed because the spotlight was put on them. They work to a different standard now because people are holding them to a higher standard. So, it's not all altruistic. But this doesn't really matter, as your point still holds (now, anyways).
That's not a 21st century CEO, its a recession CEO. It only works if your employees are truly terrified of being fired. HP thinks its still 2009.
Either he is not interested, or he already has 2 and not interested anymore.
Yep, no other options. How he got those 2 luxury cars, I'll never know, because buying one is clearly not an option.
That's not the problem, the problem is that it's global. The majority of users are outside the US. So, selling 40,000 dollar car to someone in turkey isn't exactly going to work. Here is a breakdown.
We used FB for some ads at the last place I worked. They are actually incredibly targeted. On a location scale, you can target people in a single city, no need to even talk about countries. Moreover, you can target by age, education, etc. So, you have a $80k luxury car want to advertise? You can target people over 40 with post secondary education. What about a "hip" econobox? You can target young, recently graduated 20-somethings. You can even choose to just include just people with majors that will most likely have jobs. Check out FBs page on targeted advertising.
At the end of the article, they say they don't do any joins in their MySQL DB (not joking). So, I'm guessing they still match the "should probably be using a NoSQL DB" but aren't camp. I'm not sure what to make of this.
Harper came in on a strong surplus created by a Liberal govt. He quickly chose to cut $6b in revenue by lowering GST. This was shortly before the worst recession in 75 years. Yes, truly a genius.
Recently discussed this with a cop. It isn't so easy. He said most warrants for wiretaps are 600-odd pages and take a god awful long time to get through. Part of the bill would let them tell the phone company to start collecting data on someone while they went through the process of getting warrant signed. Once the warrant was approved, then they'd get access to all the data and could make their case. One of the problems, even with pedos, is that they know the guy is a Bad Dude, they know he's committing crimes, but they can't get the evidence because they can't get the wiretap in time. I definitely don't agree with the bill, but it isn't so cut a dry as some people make it out to be.
Unfortunately (for Ramare), this was already proven before Terrence Tao's result:
We prove that every odd number N greater than 1 can be expressed as the sum of at most ve primes, improving the result of Ramare that every even natural number can be expressed as the sum of at most six primes.
I'd say oil changes are a bad example. For the cost of oil + filter, your usually saving $10 by changing it at home. And you end up with a jug of oil you'll need to take to a dump to dispose of. Moreover, the first car I owned put the oil filter over the axle. The second over the front cross member. So, not only is it hard to get to, but, as near as I can tell, impossible to take off without getting oil all over the axle/cross-member, my driveway, and my arm (due to the way I have to reach around to get it). I'd say brakes are a better example. People get paranoid about their brakes, but in reality it is one of the simplest jobs (especially since most cars come standard with disc brakes now). Pads? 2 nuts. Rotors? 2 more nuts. Your done. Worst case, you may have to smack 'em with a hammer.
Thanks. I was, of course, exaggerating for effect. I'm aware there must be other languages that use the prototype-style OO system. However, looking at that list, I see 2 other languages that I recognize: Lua and Self. Perl, R, and Tcl I obviously recognize, but all have multiple object systems, so it shouldn't be too surprising that someone's implemented prototype-based ones. Looking through list further, most seem to be ancillary scripting languages for some larger system (or made to fit this role in other systems). This is very useful, but still niche.
Sorry, I didn't mean everyone that programs in JS, but rather the people who really espouse JS as a great language. I've just had a lot of people try to explain "closures" to me over the last few years :)
Lastly, I would say JS is a lot of people's first foray into functional programming. I think a lot of the love for JS is just misplaced love for functional programming and that these types would be better served by learning Haskell, Clojure, Scala, etc. Basically, any other current functional programming language.
Huh? I don't understand this. Going from JS to another language would not be easy. It's got an OO system that no other language uses. It's dynamically typed (so going to Java or C# would not be simple). If you are doing it right, you are probably passing a lot of functions around, which will be quite different from Java, C#, and PHP. If you are coding Java, C#, PHP, or Python in JS, then you are probably not doing a good job of coding JS. Moreover, JS has an incredibly small standard library and a wide array of different environments.
Python is simple. It has a very gradual learning curve. You don't need to know anything about objects or functional programming to start using it to solve real problems. Moreover, its object system is very similar to Java's, C#'s, PHP's, etc. Going from Python to ANY of these languages would be very easy. Moreover, writing "Python" (ie. pythonic) code in any of these languages (Java, C#, PHP) would mean you are still writing good code. Lastly, Python has (for all intents and purposes) a single environment (CPython) with a great standard library with tons of 3rd party support for pretty much anything you want to do.
Javascript is OK for what it is. It's an incredibly "simple" language, which made it amenable to most browser makers and got it adopted quickly. Its scope has expanded a lot since then, but its still a quirky language at best.
I wouldn't count on a positive correlation between "resources" and "# of offspring." On a world-wide scale, it actually appears to be the opposite ( http://www.indexmundi.com/g/correlation.aspx?v1=67&v2=31&y=2004 ).