I was just pointing out that anytime communism is mentioned it never fails that someone pokes there head up and speaks about a communist society that has never existed, about the merits of communism in theory. But so what? A lot of things are good in theory. But like you said, power corrupts.
It never fails. When someone mentions the shortcomings of communist countries they automatically go into defense-mode pointing out that they weren't really true communist countries in the marxist-lenin sense. Bah. Like if anyone attacked the US capitalist system I could somehow fall back on Adam Smith's view of commerce in his Wealth of Nations, stating that we aren't really a capitalist society, or in other example how we differ from a true democracy with our republic.
That's all bullshit.
What those eutopian communist ideals fail to take into account is men. Real men that grasp for power and will do everything in their power for it. Regardless of government type there is one fundamental truth: Super-citizens will rule and the masses will do their bidding. The sooner you accept this the easier life becomes. Rulers will blind you with reasons on why their system is better, but when you look at it from the 50k ft view the message is the same.
Is that the best you got _kid_? A virus can contain any package chosen, so one that attacks an ssh exploit is most certainly possible, regardless of platfom. If you connect your ipod to a machine that has an internet connection..? you getting the point here?
And I wasn't bullshitting, I really am a developer where as you're just a punkass bitch. How's that for a flame fuck face?
Although it's true that windows has security flaws, this is true of most platforms. For instance if Apple had released a worm that exploited SSH instead, would we be arguing who's fault it was?
I'm sorry but as a developer myself I see this as extremely irresponsible. Admiting your faults is a core fundamental of software, you acknowledge and adjust. You don't finger point or make excuses for your own blunder, that's what amateurs do.
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This is true, gyros are used to control autonomous vehicles in 3d spaces, specifically using IMUs with multiple gyros on flying vehicles. I'm working on one myself and it's taken years of effort so far, there is a small community of UAV builders that all work to achieve the same goals. So it is possible.
But I wanted to point out that the parent brought up a good point about accuracy. The simple fact is you can't get around the inherent error in such sensors over time. For example, if we have one gyro just measuring one plane and we bank the aircraft into a long slow turn. Any person or device in the aircraft will, in a perfect turn, feel the force of "gravity" coming from directly below, yet the aircraft is most certainly not flying straight. The only way to compensate is to use a filter and combine the IMU sensor data with other types of sensors such as optical, gps, dead reckoning using a compass and a clock, etc. Anything helps to assist, but correction seems to be necessary.
But then you have the added weight of such sensors and the platform weight goes up. You try to compensate this with a larger powerplant and again you get added weight and size. The larger sensors use more power and require larger batteries. It's a balancing act.
The reason we don't see palm sized autonomous vehicles with highly accurate navigation is because of the current size and weight of the sensor packages. That's why new techniques such as using optical flow with a small CCD are so important, for the inherent reduction of weight and power usage.
They said nothing because she was black and they wanted the black vote? Are you serious? How can you determine such things? Why is it not simply to cover up a mistake by the administration? Why not the link between her and her co-author and 9-11 commission member?
That's one take, that they are waiting for the product to be thoroughly tested. Another take would be it's buzzword bullshit meant to stem any ideas about bringing up shortcomings. A beta phase for YEARS? Come the fuck on.
Actually what you are saying is completely not true when it comes to XP. They clearly say in their docs that you can choose the pieces of the methodology that you feel valuable and leave out ones you don't use.
It also was extracted from a real world project methodology used by the C3 project. So in fact this methodology came from real world practices, not out of someone's ass as you imply:
I've been in environments where we've used XP, I've been in environments where we used CMM (level 5!), and I've been in environments were we used nothing at all. IMO, most practices of XP are solid and can be used well in the real world. For instance unit testing gained popularity via XP. That's a good thing. Continuous building, something that large projects have been using for years, is a good practice. Etc.
So why hate? It's good to be skeptical in this industry. But hear the evidence before you judge and when you do judge, justify it with evidence and reasoning. Not just notions of ulterior motives.
I know that I have works from my father and I've extended them in my own interest, but always with the intent to honor my father and his inspiration. Maybe young Tolkein thinks in the same fashion? He is bringing his fathers work to life. Just another viewpoint.
What motivates the professor to make the price noticeably high? Getting students into the classroom I'd bet. If it hits your wallet just a bit to notice, and it seems a bit unfair, well that discourages it.
Integration is a potential problem area of all large projects, but that doesnt meant we can't write different portions of the same application at the same time. Projects all over the world do this everyday and succeed.
Besides, I'm curious how you have inside knowledge of how Vista was designed. Or is that just speculation?
You basically attacked him with baseless comments. If he wanted to work for Microsoft then why isn't he? Do you think they wouldn't love to have him in their camp? His admiration from everything I've read has been for their ability to unify the desktop and offer superior toolsets. But you made it seem like he's a shill because he has these opinions.
Do we have to have these comparisons thrown at us all the time? IE The United States vs The World, round N?
I'd love to have a better connection here in the States. But what does that have to do with the bandwidth in the UK? Am I supposed to use this information in some valuable way?
I was talking about this just a few days ago, wondering if maybe cray had been doing work it simply couldn't talk about for uncle sam, it would explain their ability to stay alive. If a company like cray works on a super computer for say the NSA would we know? Maybe through FOIA, but I have no idea.
If he meant ramen he would have said $280 can buy you food for 6 decades, not months.
Seriously though, at about 10 for a dollar, then maybe throw in the bulk rate from costco, you can get an good 3000 packs of ramen! even at 3 packs a day you could survive for 1000 days, "live" is too good a word for a life eating ramen.
I'm in frederick MD so I take the marc to Union Station, then subway to L'enfant, my office is right there. It takes a while but it beats driving in. Now if I can just convince them that I can telecommute..
Actually here in the Washington D.C we have high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes that can only be driven on by a car with 2+ passengers, motorcycles, or bus. So it defintely is advantageous to carpool. I personally drive a few miles now then get on the train and ride all the way in then catch the subway to my job. But I'd rather not travel at all. IT workers are in a unique position to telecommute. My hope is that as traffic in the area gets worse, housing costs continue to rise, and gas prices sky rocket that it becomes more cost effective and attractive to allow more tele-work.
The E.T. video game? Jesus christ man venture outside! It's 2006!
Seriously though, is there any games that lived up to the movie? I would cite James Bond: Golden Eye, but I'd have to say that games was actually _better_ than the movie, because the movie just plain sucked. The game was pretty damn good though.
Yes but also don't forget the variable PAS or people are stupid.
On a side rant, everyone bitches about the SUVs, like somehow the SUV has caused gas prices to rise dramatically, while ignoring the obvious growing population, ignoring social aspects of the middle east and south america, and ignoring the cartels that control said oil and the companies unwilling to allow prices to drop. And it's always the guy in the humvee the guy in the humvee! Where the F is this guy? I hear about him all the time but I never actually see him! Apparently he is the one causing all of the problems. It's not those GOOD PEOPLE(tm) in their more eco-conscious cars burning the same gas. It's those other people, yeah that's it!
Want to cut gas consumption in half? Start by clearing up the traffic people sit in every day. There, billions saved. It's a start.
But remember, when they say "business knowledge" what they really mean is domain knowledge. This can be anything, for instance the inner workings of a particular sector like finances, government, aerospace, health, etc. So a developer can branch his or her knowledge out to this and gain an advantage. It's better to have more tools at your disposal, domain knowledge is just another tool.
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I was just pointing out that anytime communism is mentioned it never fails that someone pokes there head up and speaks about a communist society that has never existed, about the merits of communism in theory. But so what? A lot of things are good in theory. But like you said, power corrupts.
It never fails. When someone mentions the shortcomings of communist countries they automatically go into defense-mode pointing out that they weren't really true communist countries in the marxist-lenin sense. Bah. Like if anyone attacked the US capitalist system I could somehow fall back on Adam Smith's view of commerce in his Wealth of Nations, stating that we aren't really a capitalist society, or in other example how we differ from a true democracy with our republic.
That's all bullshit.
What those eutopian communist ideals fail to take into account is men. Real men that grasp for power and will do everything in their power for it. Regardless of government type there is one fundamental truth: Super-citizens will rule and the masses will do their bidding. The sooner you accept this the easier life becomes. Rulers will blind you with reasons on why their system is better, but when you look at it from the 50k ft view the message is the same.
Is that the best you got _kid_? A virus can contain any package chosen, so one that attacks an ssh exploit is most certainly possible, regardless of platfom. If you connect your ipod to a machine that has an internet connection..? you getting the point here?
And I wasn't bullshitting, I really am a developer where as you're just a punkass bitch. How's that for a flame fuck face?
Although it's true that windows has security flaws, this is true of most platforms. For instance if Apple had released a worm that exploited SSH instead, would we be arguing who's fault it was?
I'm sorry but as a developer myself I see this as extremely irresponsible. Admiting your faults is a core fundamental of software, you acknowledge and adjust. You don't finger point or make excuses for your own blunder, that's what amateurs do.
Then we'll sue them for not making them run!
This is true, gyros are used to control autonomous vehicles in 3d spaces, specifically using IMUs with multiple gyros on flying vehicles. I'm working on one myself and it's taken years of effort so far, there is a small community of UAV builders that all work to achieve the same goals. So it is possible.
But I wanted to point out that the parent brought up a good point about accuracy. The simple fact is you can't get around the inherent error in such sensors over time. For example, if we have one gyro just measuring one plane and we bank the aircraft into a long slow turn. Any person or device in the aircraft will, in a perfect turn, feel the force of "gravity" coming from directly below, yet the aircraft is most certainly not flying straight. The only way to compensate is to use a filter and combine the IMU sensor data with other types of sensors such as optical, gps, dead reckoning using a compass and a clock, etc. Anything helps to assist, but correction seems to be necessary.
But then you have the added weight of such sensors and the platform weight goes up. You try to compensate this with a larger powerplant and again you get added weight and size. The larger sensors use more power and require larger batteries. It's a balancing act.
The reason we don't see palm sized autonomous vehicles with highly accurate navigation is because of the current size and weight of the sensor packages. That's why new techniques such as using optical flow with a small CCD are so important, for the inherent reduction of weight and power usage.
They said nothing because she was black and they wanted the black vote? Are you serious? How can you determine such things? Why is it not simply to cover up a mistake by the administration? Why not the link between her and her co-author and 9-11 commission member?
That's one take, that they are waiting for the product to be thoroughly tested. Another take would be it's buzzword bullshit meant to stem any ideas about bringing up shortcomings. A beta phase for YEARS? Come the fuck on.
How can people downloading music for free hurt music sales? It doesn't make sense!
But seriously, does this shock anyone? If I'm getting the milk for free how is the cow gonna get paid? Or some shit like.
Actually what you are saying is completely not true when it comes to XP. They clearly say in their docs that you can choose the pieces of the methodology that you feel valuable and leave out ones you don't use.
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It also was extracted from a real world project methodology used by the C3 project. So in fact this methodology came from real world practices, not out of someone's ass as you imply:
http://www.xprogramming.com/Practices/xpractices.
I've been in environments where we've used XP, I've been in environments where we used CMM (level 5!), and I've been in environments were we used nothing at all. IMO, most practices of XP are solid and can be used well in the real world. For instance unit testing gained popularity via XP. That's a good thing. Continuous building, something that large projects have been using for years, is a good practice. Etc.
So why hate? It's good to be skeptical in this industry. But hear the evidence before you judge and when you do judge, justify it with evidence and reasoning. Not just notions of ulterior motives.
I know that I have works from my father and I've extended them in my own interest, but always with the intent to honor my father and his inspiration. Maybe young Tolkein thinks in the same fashion? He is bringing his fathers work to life. Just another viewpoint.
What motivates the professor to make the price noticeably high? Getting students into the classroom I'd bet. If it hits your wallet just a bit to notice, and it seems a bit unfair, well that discourages it.
Integration is a potential problem area of all large projects, but that doesnt meant we can't write different portions of the same application at the same time. Projects all over the world do this everyday and succeed.
Besides, I'm curious how you have inside knowledge of how Vista was designed. Or is that just speculation?
Oh Yeah? Well that's just like your opinion.. dude.
I had the same point that you did, none at all..
You basically attacked him with baseless comments. If he wanted to work for Microsoft then why isn't he? Do you think they wouldn't love to have him in their camp? His admiration from everything I've read has been for their ability to unify the desktop and offer superior toolsets. But you made it seem like he's a shill because he has these opinions.
Do we have to have these comparisons thrown at us all the time? IE The United States vs The World, round N?
I'd love to have a better connection here in the States. But what does that have to do with the bandwidth in the UK? Am I supposed to use this information in some valuable way?
He's probably done more for open source before noon then you've done in your whole life. Prove me wrong and I'll take it back.
I was talking about this just a few days ago, wondering if maybe cray had been doing work it simply couldn't talk about for uncle sam, it would explain their ability to stay alive. If a company like cray works on a super computer for say the NSA would we know? Maybe through FOIA, but I have no idea.
If he meant ramen he would have said $280 can buy you food for 6 decades, not months.
Seriously though, at about 10 for a dollar, then maybe throw in the bulk rate from costco, you can get an good 3000 packs of ramen! even at 3 packs a day you could survive for 1000 days, "live" is too good a word for a life eating ramen.
Yeah I'm calling bullshit on this one.
"We were just minding our own business and this evil old man decided to harass us!"
Sure sure. Young punks! Go clean your rooms!
I'm in frederick MD so I take the marc to Union Station, then subway to L'enfant, my office is right there. It takes a while but it beats driving in. Now if I can just convince them that I can telecommute..
Actually here in the Washington D.C we have high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes that can only be driven on by a car with 2+ passengers, motorcycles, or bus. So it defintely is advantageous to carpool. I personally drive a few miles now then get on the train and ride all the way in then catch the subway to my job. But I'd rather not travel at all. IT workers are in a unique position to telecommute. My hope is that as traffic in the area gets worse, housing costs continue to rise, and gas prices sky rocket that it becomes more cost effective and attractive to allow more tele-work.
The E.T. video game? Jesus christ man venture outside! It's 2006!
Seriously though, is there any games that lived up to the movie? I would cite James Bond: Golden Eye, but I'd have to say that games was actually _better_ than the movie, because the movie just plain sucked. The game was pretty damn good though.
Yes but also don't forget the variable PAS or people are stupid.
On a side rant, everyone bitches about the SUVs, like somehow the SUV has caused gas prices to rise dramatically, while ignoring the obvious growing population, ignoring social aspects of the middle east and south america, and ignoring the cartels that control said oil and the companies unwilling to allow prices to drop. And it's always the guy in the humvee the guy in the humvee! Where the F is this guy? I hear about him all the time but I never actually see him! Apparently he is the one causing all of the problems. It's not those GOOD PEOPLE(tm) in their more eco-conscious cars burning the same gas. It's those other people, yeah that's it!
Want to cut gas consumption in half? Start by clearing up the traffic people sit in every day. There, billions saved. It's a start.
But remember, when they say "business knowledge" what they really mean is domain knowledge. This can be anything, for instance the inner workings of a particular sector like finances, government, aerospace, health, etc. So a developer can branch his or her knowledge out to this and gain an advantage. It's better to have more tools at your disposal, domain knowledge is just another tool.