Let's get the "man on the street" report at the Vatican about this shocking news:
A passer-by said this about Dan Brown, "Poor Dan is in a droop!" about this story
Another passer-by said about the Pope's fan boys about this news, "Won't lovers revolt now?"
I heard the Pope's cook said to the doctor, "Doc, note I dissent: a fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
The husband of Rowena, the Pope's fashion manager, said "A new order began, a more Roman age bred Rowena."
A Swiss Guard exclaimed "Draw, O coward!!!" due to a misunderstanding about my IPad.
The person that leaked this story told me, "Evil did I dwell; lewd I did live", as he was going to confession.
And a priest told me his secret to resisting temptation, "Lived on Decaf; faced no Devil!"
Gaddaffy in talks with US, NATO. Wants to open the first "OMGBBQ and Catfish" restaurant in Arkansas, to avoid the "full Mussolini" treatment back home.
You may love or hate Bill Gates but when he was hands on at Microsoft very few things passed by Microsoft without notice.
Now, not so much. They messed up on Windows CE in the PDA market, they messed up on Vista and now they are missing the boat on tablets/e-readers.
They have amazing engineers but the vision and focus is slowly going away. At least it will not be like Apple when Steve Jobs retires. Steve Jobs IS the vision and focus of Apple and I doubt that Apple would survive long after Steve Jobs' eventual retirement. Unlike Apple Microsoft will be a major player in the IT field for many decades to come in spite of themselves.
>Do I need a license to stream MP3s from system RAM to the MP3 player?
>From my Hard Drive to RAM? From my File Server to my machine?
According to the Music Industry to need to pay licensing fee for:
- Ripping CDs to the CPU
- Copying music in the CPU to the cache
- Copying music in the cache to RAM
- Copying music in RAM to the Hard Drive
- Copying music between Hard Drives
- Copying music from your PC to your MP3 player
- Uploading or downloading music from your internet backup
- Uploading or downloading music to and from any backup media and/or server(s)
- Listening to your music on any device
- Listening to music on TV, Radio, etc
- Having music in any format
- When someone on your block did one of these things and didn't pay them
- Saying the word "music"
- Listening or singing any music, including any song they do not own
- For living
- For being dead
If you don't believe me look up some of the lawsuits the RIAA has filed.
The execs at SyFy think they can get more money by going away from SciFi but they are too greedy to understand that if you pursue a new audience demographic that tons of other competitors have just because it is much large that your current demographic then you end up with a smaller audience share because you will lose to your more established competitors. I saw this effect with the "boy band" craze in pop music. Tons of stations abandoned all rock music for "boy bands" and tons of stations went out of business once the fad was over. The surviving stations changed format to easy rock, grunge, or classic rock and survived because they tended to be the more established former rock stations. The Johnny-come-lately stations closed shop. SyFy will likely go the same way being a Johnny-come-lately to join in the non-SciFi audience. They will probably ditch the SyFy Label soon as well.
The SyFy channel is getting away from SciFi because the execs see the SciFi audience pie slice is "too small". I have seen this happen in other media where the execs feel that their channel needs to get a bigger slice of the audience pie as if they can go up against the "big dogs" like SpikeTV and such. The problem is that they can't win against their competition in that "big slice" and they are too greedy to know that. I guess SyFy will die but someone else will get the idea and restart a new cable channel just for the SciFi and Fantasy fans, but SyFy will have to practically die first and the whole process may take 5 to 10 years to happen.
What about the "Scientific Weaknesses" in controversial subjects of Astrology, Runes, Tarot, Numerology, and Aliens? Should Teachers be allowed those subjects to be taught in science class too?
Because here in America, although a death threat is a potential felony in most states, the police response to such threats can vary between completely effective all the way down to "I don't care", and even worse, to looking at you for dirt for them to fabricate a story that makes you look like a potential suspect (i.e. blame the victim cubed).
Here is it always a good idea to talk to a competent lawyer before getting the police involved if possible.
Then I say that the solution to America's lag in high-speed internet development is not in more wired connections but in WiMax and a sea change in the definition of "common carrier" and "universal service".
When the government requires universal wireless coverage equal to that of telephone coverage that is when high-speed internet will reach a bigger percentage of America.
I think the real excuse is the way America has set up an "open market/right-of-way monopolies" situation that are preventing the distribution of wired high speed internet.
It boils down to the facts that very few companies are allowed to create high-speed residential infrastructure via "right-of-ways" and that these few companies would have pay lots of money for these infrastructure improvements.
I think the future is not more in ground copper and fiber to support high-speed internet but in 4G and possibly better WiMax technology. If we were building a phone system in America today do you think we would have millions of miles of under ground copper and fiber and every phone requiring a wired connection? No, we would have cell towers everywhere and almost all phones would be cell phones. High-speed internet will go the same way within the next 10 years. America has a chance to build a high-speed internet infrastructure that is more flexible and adaptable than in Europe via WiMax.
I agree in that Computer Science has a wholly mathematical base to it, but I disagree that it has nothing to do with computers and operating systems. Computer Science is the theory behind all of the computer stuff we deal with. It is the "why" to the "what" in all things considered a computer.
Many freshmen that start in Computer Science are drawn by practical computer usage and then get to learn Computer Science's more theoretical and mathematical side as they go on, not vice versa.
That is why many universities are setting up separate Computer Engineering majors, where the emphasis is more practical than theoretical. In college I has both disciplines and I can say that Computer Science and Computer Engineering were different enough disciplines but neither was better than the other.
You may say that Programmers are not Computer Scientists but that is like saying Telescope users are not Astronomers. Obviously all Computer Scientists know programming, or knew how to program at one time, much like Astronomers know, or knew at one time, how to use a Telescope.
I too was the Heretic and for all of the same reasons listed in the article and above. I and the newer company's executives absolutely could not see any common ground on any issue. Warnings of potential project failures were ignored. When the projects did fail it was always the IT department's fault (blame the messenger syndrome). This also happened at a time where there were massive IT layoffs in my city. I had to quit and move without a new job before the whole IT department collapses and puts a resume stain on me.
I now work for a company where the executives and managers want new and better ideas for our fast growing company. I recognize our problems as growing pains. I am no longer the Heretic of the bunch. If we allowed jerks and flakes to work here then we cannot guarantee our work to our customers and in our company mistakes are understood but failure is simply not an option.
I think this is fantastic that a 1000-core processor is in development.
I hate to be the devil's advocate but at what point will Amdahl's Law take hold fully and adding more cores to a processor will prove to be a fruitless endeavor?
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Let's get the "man on the street" report at the Vatican about this shocking news:
A passer-by said this about Dan Brown, "Poor Dan is in a droop!" about this story
Another passer-by said about the Pope's fan boys about this news, "Won't lovers revolt now?"
I heard the Pope's cook said to the doctor, "Doc, note I dissent: a fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
The husband of Rowena, the Pope's fashion manager, said "A new order began, a more Roman age bred Rowena."
A Swiss Guard exclaimed "Draw, O coward!!!" due to a misunderstanding about my IPad.
The person that leaked this story told me, "Evil did I dwell; lewd I did live", as he was going to confession.
And a priest told me his secret to resisting temptation, "Lived on Decaf; faced no Devil!"
And that's the news, goodnight!
Now for something completely different:
HEADLINES:
Gaddaffy in talks with US, NATO. Wants to open the first "OMGBBQ and Catfish" restaurant in Arkansas, to avoid the "full Mussolini" treatment back home.
If Bill Gates was not a ruthless cut-throat then Microsoft would not be the 800lb Gorilla of the IT market that it is today.
I'm waiting for the heads up display "Smart flea" that can attach to my glasses.
Then I can play Angry Birds while I am in a meeting.
I think there is a world market for maybe five tablets.
64 Gb on a tablet should be enough for anybody.
You may love or hate Bill Gates but when he was hands on at Microsoft very few things passed by Microsoft without notice.
Now, not so much. They messed up on Windows CE in the PDA market, they messed up on Vista and now they are missing the boat on tablets/e-readers.
They have amazing engineers but the vision and focus is slowly going away. At least it will not be like Apple when Steve Jobs retires. Steve Jobs IS the vision and focus of Apple and I doubt that Apple would survive long after Steve Jobs' eventual retirement. Unlike Apple Microsoft will be a major player in the IT field for many decades to come in spite of themselves.
>Do I need a license to stream MP3s from system RAM to the MP3 player?
>From my Hard Drive to RAM? From my File Server to my machine?
According to the Music Industry to need to pay licensing fee for:
- Ripping CDs to the CPU
- Copying music in the CPU to the cache
- Copying music in the cache to RAM
- Copying music in RAM to the Hard Drive
- Copying music between Hard Drives
- Copying music from your PC to your MP3 player
- Uploading or downloading music from your internet backup
- Uploading or downloading music to and from any backup media and/or server(s)
- Listening to your music on any device
- Listening to music on TV, Radio, etc
- Having music in any format
- When someone on your block did one of these things and didn't pay them
- Saying the word "music"
- Listening or singing any music, including any song they do not own
- For living
- For being dead
If you don't believe me look up some of the lawsuits the RIAA has filed.
The execs at SyFy think they can get more money by going away from SciFi but they are too greedy to understand that if you pursue a new audience demographic that tons of other competitors have just because it is much large that your current demographic then you end up with a smaller audience share because you will lose to your more established competitors. I saw this effect with the "boy band" craze in pop music. Tons of stations abandoned all rock music for "boy bands" and tons of stations went out of business once the fad was over. The surviving stations changed format to easy rock, grunge, or classic rock and survived because they tended to be the more established former rock stations. The Johnny-come-lately stations closed shop. SyFy will likely go the same way being a Johnny-come-lately to join in the non-SciFi audience. They will probably ditch the SyFy Label soon as well.
The SyFy channel is getting away from SciFi because the execs see the SciFi audience pie slice is "too small". I have seen this happen in other media where the execs feel that their channel needs to get a bigger slice of the audience pie as if they can go up against the "big dogs" like SpikeTV and such. The problem is that they can't win against their competition in that "big slice" and they are too greedy to know that. I guess SyFy will die but someone else will get the idea and restart a new cable channel just for the SciFi and Fantasy fans, but SyFy will have to practically die first and the whole process may take 5 to 10 years to happen.
What about the "Scientific Weaknesses" in controversial subjects of Astrology, Runes, Tarot, Numerology, and Aliens? Should Teachers be allowed those subjects to be taught in science class too?
They took my Kodachrome away! What's next, my slide rule and dictaphone?
You also may want to look at this article in Wikipedia as well.
Because here in America, although a death threat is a potential felony in most states, the police response to such threats can vary between completely effective all the way down to "I don't care", and even worse, to looking at you for dirt for them to fabricate a story that makes you look like a potential suspect (i.e. blame the victim cubed).
Here is it always a good idea to talk to a competent lawyer before getting the police involved if possible.
I always follow the advice of "if I don't mind screaming the comment in a crowded theater full of my worst enemies then it is OK to post the comment".
Always assume that all of your Facebook comments can and will be read by everyone from now until the end of time itself.
Rebuttal, your Honor?
I have a Facebook comment that states the defendant is guilty as sin and that comment has 300 likes on that.
That beats consul's 100 likes, your honor.
The state rests it's case.
Then I say that the solution to America's lag in high-speed internet development is not in more wired connections but in WiMax and a sea change in the definition of "common carrier" and "universal service".
When the government requires universal wireless coverage equal to that of telephone coverage that is when high-speed internet will reach a bigger percentage of America.
I think the real excuse is the way America has set up an "open market/right-of-way monopolies" situation that are preventing the distribution of wired high speed internet.
It boils down to the facts that very few companies are allowed to create high-speed residential infrastructure via "right-of-ways" and that these few companies would have pay lots of money for these infrastructure improvements.
I think the future is not more in ground copper and fiber to support high-speed internet but in 4G and possibly better WiMax technology. If we were building a phone system in America today do you think we would have millions of miles of under ground copper and fiber and every phone requiring a wired connection? No, we would have cell towers everywhere and almost all phones would be cell phones. High-speed internet will go the same way within the next 10 years. America has a chance to build a high-speed internet infrastructure that is more flexible and adaptable than in Europe via WiMax.
I agree in that Computer Science has a wholly mathematical base to it, but I disagree that it has nothing to do with computers and operating systems. Computer Science is the theory behind all of the computer stuff we deal with. It is the "why" to the "what" in all things considered a computer.
Many freshmen that start in Computer Science are drawn by practical computer usage and then get to learn Computer Science's more theoretical and mathematical side as they go on, not vice versa.
That is why many universities are setting up separate Computer Engineering majors, where the emphasis is more practical than theoretical. In college I has both disciplines and I can say that Computer Science and Computer Engineering were different enough disciplines but neither was better than the other.
You may say that Programmers are not Computer Scientists but that is like saying Telescope users are not Astronomers. Obviously all Computer Scientists know programming, or knew how to program at one time, much like Astronomers know, or knew at one time, how to use a Telescope.
I hope you have taken away the weapons BEFORE the discussion seminar starts.
I too was the Heretic and for all of the same reasons listed in the article and above. I and the newer company's executives absolutely could not see any common ground on any issue. Warnings of potential project failures were ignored. When the projects did fail it was always the IT department's fault (blame the messenger syndrome). This also happened at a time where there were massive IT layoffs in my city. I had to quit and move without a new job before the whole IT department collapses and puts a resume stain on me.
I now work for a company where the executives and managers want new and better ideas for our fast growing company. I recognize our problems as growing pains. I am no longer the Heretic of the bunch. If we allowed jerks and flakes to work here then we cannot guarantee our work to our customers and in our company mistakes are understood but failure is simply not an option.
I think this is fantastic that a 1000-core processor is in development.
I hate to be the devil's advocate but at what point will Amdahl's Law take hold fully and adding more cores to a processor will prove to be a fruitless endeavor?
Video at 11.
Most definitely.
If you want to find out how to get more girls into Computer Science then find a lecture or paper from Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (now deceased).
>Should the people who built a highway get money from every user for the rest of their lives?
In fact they do on toll roads.
Have many times have you seen a toll road become a freeway?
I can count it on one hand.
To hunt boars in America it takes cunning, patience, stealth, patience, an uncanny knowledge of the boars' habitat, a good aim, and more patience.
In Germany all you need to hunt boars is a Geiger counter and a good aim.