The BBC has a better explanation in their article about Airbus reissuing guidelines on what to do when speed detectors give differing results, how this may happen and why it could have caused the crash. From the article: "Meteorologists say that the Air France Flight 447 had entered an unusual storm with 100mph (160km/h) updrafts that sucked water up from the ocean. As the moisture reached the plane's high altitude it quickly froze in -40C temperatures (thus freezing the airspeed detectors). The updrafts would also have created dangerous turbulence, they say. More info here.
Is it just me or does String Theory really sound like someone is making it up as they go along. It's like: "we haven't a clue whats going on but reality's so wierd we've decided to pull a theory out of our ass!"
Where Java really fails is in the inability to trust the finalize method. At least in C++, the destructor of an object is guaranteed to be called as soon as the object is deleted.
Destructor!? Finalize!? Deleted!? You talking like a crazy man, have you never heard of a system REBOOT?
The dogs aren't stolen from the guide dog pool they are just narco grunts set loose on suspicios warehouses because as we know Intellectual Propery Theives are in cahoots with drug dealers, murderers and terrorists . . . and probably Somalian Pirates too!
The BBC are owned and funded by License Fee payers (i.e The General Public). The level of the License fee is set by Parliament under advice from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee. Of course this gives Parliament some influence but to say they are owned by Parliament is disingenuous at best.
Well much as I like people to be held responsible for the quality of their work I think it is a bit much to expect technology certification experts to be held responsible for the dufus who puts his username and password on a PostIt stuck to his monitor . . .
I wouldn't worry as the conclusions are "according to industry insiders." so it is almost certainly wishful thinking rather than rigorous, peer reviewed research.
Well the UK does indeed have this law which is one of many in the authoritys' arsenal to lock you up on suspicion rather than evidence. Whatever happened to "You have the right to remain silent . ..". We will wake up one day and find that keys to our doors only work from the outside.
Investing in cultural naval gazing more like. When the process of legal shikanery yields better returns than investing in real world products then it is apparent that the our culture has run aground . . .
If they're not careful, pretty soon the PSP Go App Store is going to be the one making all the money.
I don't see this happening any time soon. Like any corporation in a position of power they can treat customers with impunity. They have control over the distribution channels for the vast majority of iPhones and can thus abuse that position by enforcing draconian/imbecilic acceptance criteria. They makes the rules and if you don't want to play don't buy Apple products, this is the only way to erode their power - impact their bottom line.
It is a bit annoying that we always fall for the bread and fishes scam . . . will we ever learn!? A politician is a politician because he has two skills, one is his ability to use convincing rhetoric and the other is putting that rhetoric to the defence of the powerful, no matter they be the military, industry or some other interest group.
There's a reason IE6 wont't die? Thats strange, everytime I use it it seems to die after about 15 minutes. I suppose that could be me smashing my head against the keyboard . . .
If you have an audience that is sufficiently interested in your subject to be reading/hearing whatever material you are presenting and you are still unable to presnt your ideas in such a way that the majority of that audience understands you then things have gone wrong:
either
you misunderstood your audience
or
you don't sufficiently understand your topic
or
you're an inherently bad communicator.
Of course there can be other explanations but I am talking generally here. Perhaps the ideas ARE actually extremely complex, sure these exist, but they are the exception not the norm.
Over-simplification isn't the whole problem. Poor communication is.
You got it right there, if you can't communicate complex ideas to interested parties outside your field then you don't properly understand your field. Intelligence comes into it but only to a point . . . why use three syllables when one will do!
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The BBC has a better explanation in their article about Airbus reissuing guidelines on what to do when speed detectors give differing results, how this may happen and why it could have caused the crash. From the article: "Meteorologists say that the Air France Flight 447 had entered an unusual storm with 100mph (160km/h) updrafts that sucked water up from the ocean. As the moisture reached the plane's high altitude it quickly froze in -40C temperatures (thus freezing the airspeed detectors). The updrafts would also have created dangerous turbulence, they say. More info here.
Is it just me or does String Theory really sound like someone is making it up as they go along. It's like: "we haven't a clue whats going on but reality's so wierd we've decided to pull a theory out of our ass!"
Where Java really fails is in the inability to trust the finalize method. At least in C++, the destructor of an object is guaranteed to be called as soon as the object is deleted.
Destructor!? Finalize!? Deleted!? You talking like a crazy man, have you never heard of a system REBOOT?
stop wasting your time worrying about whether a footprint is going to disappear someday.
Indeed. We can't even protect our own planet's historical sites, lets get some perpective on what's important . . .
The dogs aren't stolen from the guide dog pool they are just narco grunts set loose on suspicios warehouses because as we know Intellectual Propery Theives are in cahoots with drug dealers, murderers and terrorists . . . and probably Somalian Pirates too!
a webbased OS sitting on a homebrew touchscreen - sounds rock solid to me!
BBC . . . are owned/funded by the Parliament
The BBC are owned and funded by License Fee payers (i.e The General Public). The level of the License fee is set by Parliament under advice from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee. Of course this gives Parliament some influence but to say they are owned by Parliament is disingenuous at best.
Well much as I like people to be held responsible for the quality of their work I think it is a bit much to expect technology certification experts to be held responsible for the dufus who puts his username and password on a PostIt stuck to his monitor . . .
Sometimes, I want something to actually be MINE.
I wouldn't worry as the conclusions are "according to industry insiders." so it is almost certainly wishful thinking rather than rigorous, peer reviewed research.
"Focus-follows-brain" will hopefully be followed by "do what I meant, not what I said"
or the your mouse pointer crashing through the side of your monitor as you try and catch a glimpse of the new post-doc . . .
If they get a cursor to follow my eyes i'll wield the scalpel myself!
UK Police routinely say: "You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so, but what you say may be given in evidence." More details here
I think I was in danger of taking myself too seriously. Thankyou!
Well the UK does indeed have this law which is one of many in the authoritys' arsenal to lock you up on suspicion rather than evidence. Whatever happened to "You have the right to remain silent . . .". We will wake up one day and find that keys to our doors only work from the outside.
Investing in cultural naval gazing more like. When the process of legal shikanery yields better returns than investing in real world products then it is apparent that the our culture has run aground . . .
If they're not careful, pretty soon the PSP Go App Store is going to be the one making all the money.
I don't see this happening any time soon. Like any corporation in a position of power they can treat customers with impunity. They have control over the distribution channels for the vast majority of iPhones and can thus abuse that position by enforcing draconian/imbecilic acceptance criteria. They makes the rules and if you don't want to play don't buy Apple products, this is the only way to erode their power - impact their bottom line.
Save Jobs, Fuck The Planet! The motto of the new depression. Roll up, Roll up, get your tickets here for the latest 'End of the World' show!
It is a bit annoying that we always fall for the bread and fishes scam . . . will we ever learn!? A politician is a politician because he has two skills, one is his ability to use convincing rhetoric and the other is putting that rhetoric to the defence of the powerful, no matter they be the military, industry or some other interest group.
So you're saying that no matter how they ruled, you would still have a snarky, cynical comment about the government?
Indeed. Distilling the reasons for government decisions to a single cause is an over-simplification at best, more likely deliberate obfuscation.
remember this is the instant information age now . . .
I suppose by that you mean "don't give a fuck about anyone else but myself" age.
That's it, I'm going to block China
The reason IE 6 won't die is . . .
There's a reason IE6 wont't die? Thats strange, everytime I use it it seems to die after about 15 minutes. I suppose that could be me smashing my head against the keyboard . . .
If you have an audience that is sufficiently interested in your subject to be reading/hearing whatever material you are presenting and you are still unable to presnt your ideas in such a way that the majority of that audience understands you then things have gone wrong:
either
you misunderstood your audience
or
you don't sufficiently understand your topic
or
you're an inherently bad communicator.
Of course there can be other explanations but I am talking generally here. Perhaps the ideas ARE actually extremely complex, sure these exist, but they are the exception not the norm.
Over-simplification isn't the whole problem. Poor communication is.
You got it right there, if you can't communicate complex ideas to interested parties outside your field then you don't properly understand your field. Intelligence comes into it but only to a point . . . why use three syllables when one will do!
'Discourse at this level can't possibly accomplish anything beyond giving people some simulation of justification . . .
Well the guys obviously wrong, or at least guilty of a typo - I think he meant stimulation of justification.