This is kind of confusing to me that the excluded the 'Slackware crowd's preferences. If there exist Linux distros that the 'Slackware crowd' prefers (not rhetorical - I really am not aware of Linux user preferences), then isn't there scope for improving the user interface of these distros to make them more accessible to the common user and trump Ubuntu? Why hasn't this been done? Did Ubuntu make a rapid rise to the top and leave others behind? If so, they'll catch up I'm sure. Since the Linux developers community probably consists of more 'Slackware crowd' members, wouldn't develop their preferred flavor as opposed to an inferior flavor? These aspects make me think that Ubuntu might be considered superior to other distros even amongst the 'Slackware crowd'
One possible thing I am missing might be that ease of use compromises on functionality as a general rule (like Photoshop vs. Paint). Other reasons?
Memorising the values of sin, cos and tan for 0, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees is a de-facto requirement to solve trig. problems in high school This is only required in certain curricula and definitely NOT required in American high schools. More importantly, although our teachers (in India) asked us to memorize them, for the longest time, I used geometric construction theories/visualization to figure these values out on the fly (that way I could remember how to construct an equilateral triangle and derive values of the sin,cos and tan of things. Even now, when I've had a break from doing trig for a while, I visualize the triangle to do a quick check.
As an aside, regardless of the accuracy of OOXML, the mathematical foundation of several CS majors is often rusty when it comes to engineering/scientific applications (understandably so since they do not use certain concepts often). For example, this guy I was working on a project with was finding stresses based on some code I had written and could not for the life of him figure out why he was getting a 3x3 matrix. This was independent of the fact that he knew perfectly well what a tensor was. This disconnect helps keep 'engineers who can program' employed and has mandated the development of programs in Computational Sciences and Engineering in places like UIUC and Gatech (these are the 2 programs I want to apply to for grad school, there ought to be other ones)
P.S. Are you sure you memorized them right? Visualize a (90,90,0) triangle. Hint: tan(90)!= 1 (hehehe... just ragging on you for yer typo)
It's like... you know? like how there are some like kids in California who like use words like, 'like' to like fill gaps in like their sentences? I think that's like the sense in which the GP is like, saying like that it is like... 'like an advertisement'.
P.S. The use of the word 'like' by 13yr old teens is the pinnacle of obfuscation.
Well, I don't know... Picture a website where I post my address in a certain XML format. If google provides a hook for it and I have a valid google acct. token, it can add that address to my contact list (after a validation?). And this is obviously possible with Outlook if MS provided the right hooks. I used the google example because then, 'your personal Web' is online, private (Google does no evil) and it travels with you at no cost to you. Google Calendar can do the same.
I wouldn't call it impossible. It seems kinda like the same principle behind adding an RSS feed to iGoogle.
If I am a computer nudist, can't I just buy a 'barebones' PC? Can't I sell 'Barebones' PCs that are missing input devices or RAM? A lot of people will be willing to put in their own stick of RAM if they can save $$ on MS OSes
P.S. $$ must be a worth saving. If not, I wouldn't be bothered by dirt cheap MS software. I'll just buy laptops from Chinese retailers and get it shipped here (or is that not allowed? eBay seems to allow it though)
Cheers!
When I am looking at leasing an internet connection at home, I equate bandwidth with speed and this is a reasonably rational assumption (today).
Analyzing the situation and pluggin in numbers, Assume that the bandwidth available is fixed. What they're essentially saying is that either all of us can get 50BjBps (Bajillion Bps) regardless of the importance of our packets, or using a pareto distribution, 20% of us will get 80BjBps and 80% will get 20BjBps effectively?
I know these are rough numbers, But damn if I know which one I'd prefer... I think at the end of the day, a clearly defined set of standards for prioritization needs to first be developed by an independent body (ICANN/ISO/IEEE?). Once that is done, we can debate net neutrality. Right now, none of us actually know what is going to be prioritized. If streaming video for doctors performing live surgery is prioritized, I'm OK with that. If companies can buy priority for commercial, then I am kind of opposed to it unless I am guaranteed that these priority purchases will subsidize my connection.
Maybe they can have two levels of internet access: Neutral internet access (~$50 p.m) and Tiered access (~$10 p.m). Then let these levels fight it out. Of course, the implementation is unclear to me as I am not network engineer. To think about it, isn't this tiered in itself?
One study found that tobacco grown in India averaged only 0.09 pCi per gram of polonium 210, whereas tobacco grown in the United States averaged 0.516 pCi per gram. Quick guide to Indian tobacco: If you're poor, smoke beedis (unflavored ones); If you're rich, Trichnopoly cigars (Woraiyur suruttu used to be an excellent choice). The first is probably available at your local Indian store and the second at elite tobacconists'.
True... I forgot that but even so, the difference in the relative values of the companies seems unworldly... Worse is that it makes logical sense to me economically (Postini on the up, Transmeta down and out for the count), but just the fact that I can't really visualize or internalize it is bothering me. Whatever happened to the days when code was cheap?
Actually, it is painfully obvious to me who, in a different field (ME), ends up getting assigned projects based on the fact that I have developed engineering software. Problem is, all my knowledge of a certain language are usually based on what I can get from googling/books. This leads to a weird situation where I design software fairly well (I think have the background and skills to design good software solutions to engineering problems), but I lack when it comes time to implementing the algorithm since my familiarity with the language I am using then is usually next to nothing. This fundamentally means that my code is bloated and kludgy (like me not using the string tokenizer in Java while parsing a text field), but the algorithms are generally robust. I have not learnt programming formally and so I suffer when converting an algorithm to actual code in a certain programming language.
While I realize that I need to be an engineer and leave the code-writing to someone else, budget constraints and naivete of employers leads to me writing code. Lately, I have become experienced enough for my resume to look good enough that I can explicitly state that I will design and prototype something (rather than implement it) without jeopardizing my shot at the project. Note that this is purely for my own ethical satisfaction because a lot of people seem to be 'extremely pleased' with prototypes that I write and do not propose to develop it further. Moreover, when people do come in to make an implementation of the prototype, I have noticed that they just document the code differently and remove debug statements and leave it at that. And I'm not fooling anybody by thinking this is because my code was super-awesome.
The awareness is definitely growing though and currently where I work, I am being employed for my engineering ability and people actually recognize the fact (without prejudice) that I shouldn't be writing final code (It takes me a lot longer than it would a real programmer), but rather be the designer. I hope it is not simply a case of my having a smart and knowledgeable supervisor, but is in fact a change in the perception of software development.
Cheers!
How about Postle? Usage:"I have a Postle running on my email account to filter out all my spam except for unobtrusive,targeted ones specifically catering to my internet usage".
Postini was bought for an amount roughly 83 times the price AMD paid of Transmeta. That just completely screws with my perceptions of scale regarding the value of companies. And I thought I had a pretty good idea of the number system we use.
Maybe these companies should just start publishing these numbers in milliards and crores and I would still grasp the value of the transaction about as well...
I created a zero gravity shitter for my 7th grade science project Damn it! I knew I shouldn't have played hooky when it was your turn to show and tell...
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I RTFA again and I guess the fans that pull the waste into the commode run throughout the process (not just when you flush... like in an airplane). But...if the opening to the funnel gets airlocked... that could be painful...
I'm non-english, I've never heard that expression before, and I immediately understood the meaning behind it (Emphasis is mine.)
I think you have outlined cause and effect... hehehe... Actually, more seriously, I think non-native English speakers have a tendency to analyze the metaphor and grasp the meaning logically and this helps in the case of logical metaphors like this one. Then there are some metaphors that have to do with familiarity with the culture/geography/history of the language or just a good grasp of the language to understand them. Phrases like 'trojan horse' or 'emperor's new clothes' make no sense to people unfamiliar with the corresponding tales.
Of course none of this actually has to do with english being a native language. It probably depends on your social/cultural background more than anything else.
AMD still have the lowest-power mobile chips, which is huge... In fact, that's exactly why Intel has been so dominate there for so long, despite far higher prices, and relatively low performance That makes NO sense whatsoever. As the laptop market is constantly growing, anyone with a chip out there is bound to gain market share. But given that AMD is lagging far behind Intel in this field, they probably needed access to some good design cheap and quick to avoid losing focus on Barca. At the end of the day, by buying Transmeta, what are they trying to do but buy their way to competence in the mobile computing market? Why are they doing it? Because they feel it is the best way to compete with Intel. I am only trying to guess as to their motivations for the buy. You on the other hand seem to think that AMD did not need to buy Transmeta and are challenging the company's decision (one that a lot of people are touting as a win-win situation). I'll go with the 'AMD did the right thing' theory. Feel free to present a non-self-contradicting argument.
Intel's overwhelming mobile computing dominance probably left AMD with no alternative but to buy their way back into competition. It would be interesting if they expanded their GPU/CPU thing to mobile processors sooner because of this. Anyway, this spices things up for the near future given that Transmeta processors branded as AMD will gain better acceptance in the market in general.
Rest assured I'd feel comfortable outlining a disk-based (memory-mapped) digital trie data structure or an iterative (or recursive) binary search on a white board in pseudo-Java... You are probably quite competent, but at Georgia Tech, I teach this in our freshman level class in computing for engineers. People who are never ever going to write code learn this stuff (although I will admit that only about 5-10% will be able to show the employer this at the interview). Actually, to all recruiters out there, come to Georgia Tech and interview some of our engineering students for CS jobs. Those that apply are the ones who are not scared of mallocing memory and can do a fantastic job for you. And I am not saying this because I need a job (intend to do a PhD and end up in a research/teaching capacity).
Cheers!
And the companies that start these things attempt Tivoization... That is not the third line... What's worse, it doesn't sound right when you sing it. The actual line that completes the verse is this (but it didn't fit in my sig):
And those who want these kind of things should move to an island nation
My reading rate is extremely fast and a 1000 page book can't be expected to last me more than a couple of hours* Maybe you should read better books? Try Salman Rushdie; you'll be reading the same 4 pages about 10 times before you connect the dots... It's fun!
EXACTLY!! So MS should never have used software licensed like that. Especially since OSS developers are not losing anything if their software is licensed by something that is too restrictive for your tastes.
I was going to call you out on this until I read it again and saw the word pretend. We all know that Sony doesn't do anything right for the customer! We allso[1] know that these corps do things only to increase profitability. However, I prefer dealing with companies that think customer service is important for profitability.
It's like Mother Teresa. She probably helped all those people in Calcutta for her own selfish pleasure, but I still respect her for getting her priorities right:)
[1] Allso - contraction for 'all also'
Cheers!
Yes, I know that. But if I was seriously concerned about MS making changes to EULA that I cannot live with, I would click on 'I disagree' and go to the store and get my money back!
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This is kind of confusing to me that the excluded the 'Slackware crowd's preferences. If there exist Linux distros that the 'Slackware crowd' prefers (not rhetorical - I really am not aware of Linux user preferences), then isn't there scope for improving the user interface of these distros to make them more accessible to the common user and trump Ubuntu? Why hasn't this been done? Did Ubuntu make a rapid rise to the top and leave others behind? If so, they'll catch up I'm sure. Since the Linux developers community probably consists of more 'Slackware crowd' members, wouldn't develop their preferred flavor as opposed to an inferior flavor? These aspects make me think that Ubuntu might be considered superior to other distros even amongst the 'Slackware crowd'
One possible thing I am missing might be that ease of use compromises on functionality as a general rule (like Photoshop vs. Paint). Other reasons?
Cheers!
As an aside, regardless of the accuracy of OOXML, the mathematical foundation of several CS majors is often rusty when it comes to engineering/scientific applications (understandably so since they do not use certain concepts often). For example, this guy I was working on a project with was finding stresses based on some code I had written and could not for the life of him figure out why he was getting a 3x3 matrix. This was independent of the fact that he knew perfectly well what a tensor was. This disconnect helps keep 'engineers who can program' employed and has mandated the development of programs in Computational Sciences and Engineering in places like UIUC and Gatech (these are the 2 programs I want to apply to for grad school, there ought to be other ones)
P.S. Are you sure you memorized them right? Visualize a (90,90,0) triangle. Hint: tan(90)!= 1
(hehehe... just ragging on you for yer typo)
Cheers!
It's like... you know? like how there are some like kids in California who like use words like, 'like' to like fill gaps in like their sentences? I think that's like the sense in which the GP is like, saying like that it is like... 'like an advertisement'.
P.S. The use of the word 'like' by 13yr old teens is the pinnacle of obfuscation.
boratv("I LIIIKE!! Ver' nice!");
Cheers!
Well, I don't know... Picture a website where I post my address in a certain XML format. If google provides a hook for it and I have a valid google acct. token, it can add that address to my contact list (after a validation?). And this is obviously possible with Outlook if MS provided the right hooks. I used the google example because then, 'your personal Web' is online, private (Google does no evil) and it travels with you at no cost to you. Google Calendar can do the same.
I wouldn't call it impossible. It seems kinda like the same principle behind adding an RSS feed to iGoogle.
P.S. You saw it here first?
Cheers!
If I am a computer nudist, can't I just buy a 'barebones' PC? Can't I sell 'Barebones' PCs that are missing input devices or RAM? A lot of people will be willing to put in their own stick of RAM if they can save $$ on MS OSes P.S. $$ must be a worth saving. If not, I wouldn't be bothered by dirt cheap MS software. I'll just buy laptops from Chinese retailers and get it shipped here (or is that not allowed? eBay seems to allow it though) Cheers!
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When I am looking at leasing an internet connection at home, I equate bandwidth with speed and this is a reasonably rational assumption (today).
Analyzing the situation and pluggin in numbers,
Assume that the bandwidth available is fixed. What they're essentially saying is that either all of us can get 50BjBps (Bajillion Bps) regardless of the importance of our packets, or using a pareto distribution, 20% of us will get 80BjBps and 80% will get 20BjBps effectively?
I know these are rough numbers, But damn if I know which one I'd prefer... I think at the end of the day, a clearly defined set of standards for prioritization needs to first be developed by an independent body (ICANN/ISO/IEEE?). Once that is done, we can debate net neutrality. Right now, none of us actually know what is going to be prioritized. If streaming video for doctors performing live surgery is prioritized, I'm OK with that. If companies can buy priority for commercial, then I am kind of opposed to it unless I am guaranteed that these priority purchases will subsidize my connection.
Maybe they can have two levels of internet access: Neutral internet access (~$50 p.m) and Tiered access (~$10 p.m). Then let these levels fight it out. Of course, the implementation is unclear to me as I am not network engineer. To think about it, isn't this tiered in itself?
Cheers!
If you're poor, smoke beedis (unflavored ones); If you're rich, Trichnopoly cigars (Woraiyur suruttu used to be an excellent choice).
The first is probably available at your local Indian store and the second at elite tobacconists'.
Cheers!
True... I forgot that but even so, the difference in the relative values of the companies seems unworldly... Worse is that it makes logical sense to me economically (Postini on the up, Transmeta down and out for the count), but just the fact that I can't really visualize or internalize it is bothering me. Whatever happened to the days when code was cheap?
Cheers!
Actually, it is painfully obvious to me who, in a different field (ME), ends up getting assigned projects based on the fact that I have developed engineering software. Problem is, all my knowledge of a certain language are usually based on what I can get from googling/books. This leads to a weird situation where I design software fairly well (I think have the background and skills to design good software solutions to engineering problems), but I lack when it comes time to implementing the algorithm since my familiarity with the language I am using then is usually next to nothing. This fundamentally means that my code is bloated and kludgy (like me not using the string tokenizer in Java while parsing a text field), but the algorithms are generally robust. I have not learnt programming formally and so I suffer when converting an algorithm to actual code in a certain programming language. While I realize that I need to be an engineer and leave the code-writing to someone else, budget constraints and naivete of employers leads to me writing code. Lately, I have become experienced enough for my resume to look good enough that I can explicitly state that I will design and prototype something (rather than implement it) without jeopardizing my shot at the project. Note that this is purely for my own ethical satisfaction because a lot of people seem to be 'extremely pleased' with prototypes that I write and do not propose to develop it further. Moreover, when people do come in to make an implementation of the prototype, I have noticed that they just document the code differently and remove debug statements and leave it at that. And I'm not fooling anybody by thinking this is because my code was super-awesome. The awareness is definitely growing though and currently where I work, I am being employed for my engineering ability and people actually recognize the fact (without prejudice) that I shouldn't be writing final code (It takes me a lot longer than it would a real programmer), but rather be the designer. I hope it is not simply a case of my having a smart and knowledgeable supervisor, but is in fact a change in the perception of software development. Cheers!
How about Postle? Usage:"I have a Postle running on my email account to filter out all my spam except for unobtrusive,targeted ones specifically catering to my internet usage".
Cheers!
Postini was bought for an amount roughly 83 times the price AMD paid of Transmeta. That just completely screws with my perceptions of scale regarding the value of companies. And I thought I had a pretty good idea of the number system we use.
Maybe these companies should just start publishing these numbers in milliards and crores and I would still grasp the value of the transaction about as well...
Cheers!
I RTFA again and I guess the fans that pull the waste into the commode run throughout the process (not just when you flush... like in an airplane). But...if the opening to the funnel gets airlocked... that could be painful...
Cheers!
I know these are probably tasteless questions, but...
1) Is there some sort of mechanism to ensure that Mr. Hanky the poo goes into the bowl?
2) Can male astronauts pee standing up in this toilet?
Cheers!
I think you have outlined cause and effect... hehehe... Actually, more seriously, I think non-native English speakers have a tendency to analyze the metaphor and grasp the meaning logically and this helps in the case of logical metaphors like this one. Then there are some metaphors that have to do with familiarity with the culture/geography/history of the language or just a good grasp of the language to understand them. Phrases like 'trojan horse' or 'emperor's new clothes' make no sense to people unfamiliar with the corresponding tales.
Of course none of this actually has to do with english being a native language. It probably depends on your social/cultural background more than anything else.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Intel's overwhelming mobile computing dominance probably left AMD with no alternative but to buy their way back into competition. It would be interesting if they expanded their GPU/CPU thing to mobile processors sooner because of this. Anyway, this spices things up for the near future given that Transmeta processors branded as AMD will gain better acceptance in the market in general.
Cheers!
Correction: kinds of things
And those who want these kind of things should move to an island nation
Cheers!
Cheers!
EXACTLY!! So MS should never have used software licensed like that. Especially since OSS developers are not losing anything if their software is licensed by something that is too restrictive for your tastes.
Cheers!
Yes, I know that. But if I was seriously concerned about MS making changes to EULA that I cannot live with, I would click on 'I disagree' and go to the store and get my money back!