I don't know about the submitters case, but one case I'm familiar with, is one of my friends teaches Electronic Writing. The idea is that people tend to expect/use different standards in online publications (compare similar topics in a blog to other sources. They tend to expect more pictures, in particular, but paragraph separation and other factors come in. Apparently a less formal standard of writing is also allowed.
Sorry I can't give you more details, that's about all I got from her.
And Windows Phone 7 is ok, the biggest problem is that their restrictions devs, specifically with network access and restrictions that prevent apps on the same phone from sharing data with each other (i.e. no way to share files on the FS, 127.0.0.1 network access isn't really possible, so you have to have a remote web-file/data sharing service that your phone uploads the data to, from one app, and downloads it from there, in the other app). Errr... yeah, the OS is ok, but don't expect many terribly useful apps from it, that weren't made by MS.
These models are built on prior experience with given phenomena. They are kept, because up to now, they have successfully predicted physical occurrences to within small margins of error.
The problem is, we can not be certain of two things (1) The model accurately maps the events happening to a mathematical basis, rather than mapping something else entirely, that happens to overlap reality in the cases we've tested. (2) There are effects, that in previous tests, have had very minor effect on previous experiments, but a more pronounced effect on the new setup.
The first case would require a dump/rewrite of the theory, and the second would require tweaking (maybe another order of correction calculations).
Either way, we need to test since we know our models are not perfect, and at minimum, #2 is a very real possibility (and #1 can't be thrown out).
TBH, I've found that flash is hard to do without in some cases, so it is a good idea to have a CPU that supports condoms, so you can run flash in a condom. (condom == Virtual Machine)
Just keep a copy of the base image, and overwrite it whenever it gets too infected for use.
Probably not. They'll get fired, arrested, mysteriously disappear from prison, and coincidentally, the DoD will have a new "Mythical" or "Buster" kinetic/ballistic weapons research team!
Umm, you are insinuating that it's "be a Ron Paul" type, or want to join a union in the first two sentences of the last paragraph. I'd rather have my testicles eaten off of me by fire ants, than join a union, but I sure as hell am not a Ron Paul type.
(Unions do have some advantages, but for me, personally, they have tended to be more counterproductive).
Many open source devs work for about $14/hr less than that even...
I think it would be more appropriate to say
I think the unrealistic expectation is expecting any project to go well when you are paying 14 dollars and hour for a highly skilled position that is the position-holders primary income.
Even so, I think work environment and cost of living would have a huge impact on how interesting that would be.
My first job where I live, was $45k/year. Where I live, it was a nice job, but if I consider cost of living, it would have to be nearly $60k/year if I were on the west coast, to be competitive.
And, if you consider the flint is considerably more brittle/delicate if the wrong type of force is applied, as compared to steel/iron, the analogy gets even more apt.
Wow, what an amazing analogy, and it doesn't even involve cars!
With (admittedly, only a BS, not Ph.D.) in both fields, I have to say...
Which field are you lacking knowledge in? Is it both? Given this is slashdot, I'm inclined to guess the biological sciences, but you never can be certain.
not just sophisticated, but pretty damn fun too, once you get past the bits of manual labor involved. Or in my case, automate the hell out of many of them. I was such a lazy bastard, I automated everything I could when I worked in the group I worked in, and got done faster than most others.
Biological sciences (as you are probably well aware) involves a LOT of statistics, and a LOT of computer work. Ironically, in my experience, it is also heavily populated by computer-phobes.
Would it be possible to add a statistical or computational focus to your Ph.D so it is mentioned on it?
Then biology would probably not be a bad idea. One of the things many friends of mine noticed in undergrad, that people in the hard sciences were doing better at getting many CS jobs than people with CS degrees. You can teach any monkey to program, and it doesn't take much more work to give them an idea of how to look at things to make them more efficient/clever. However, the logic an analytical abilities that are more heavily focused upon in math and science degrees are much harder to teach or test for in the training or hiring periods.
Mind you, that is from the undergrad level, the Ph.D. level could be very different.
Another thing to look at, is what do you want to do, where do you want to work, once you get your degree? If it is biologically focused statistics and applied computer science, then a biology degree may actually be pretty good. Is the degree in a specific subset of biology? In particular, I know genetics can end up doing a LOT with statistics and computer science, and in particular, for a good combination of the three, would Bioinformatics or Biomedical Inforamtics be an option?
And of course, as many have mentioned, what you have done often means more than the exact degree - will your disseration/thesis be any different? Will the papers you get first author on, along the way, be any different? In these cases, which do you think will look better for your prospective employers.
Oh, and it wouldn't necessarily be a spam email, the link could be embedded in a legitimate email, if I wanted to infect people, I'd add the link to legitimately sent emails. Heck, if I were really clever, I'd check which emails had 'Sent from my i[Device]" in them, and only embed into those.
But, is that cooperation politeness, or necessirty? (Honest question, never jailbroke an iPhone), if the former, than the cooperation is unimportant, if the latter, well, with the right text, it would probably still work great, consider the fact that people still make a profit on 411/phishing emails. A couple variants could probably catch the majority of users, sadly.
When I fart on an airplane, I make it as loud as possible, then look around, and say "yeah, baby! nothin' like pork 'n beans with some jalapeno before a flight! Keeps the warmth coming right out on these cold planes!"
Most of the people I know with iPhones, use them for email. I doubt it would be too hard to have the default mail client slip in a "Oh, and check out this site when you get the chance..." (and remove it from replies, so the sender doesn't know, as quickly, that he or she has been infected).
Given that you can (or at least, for a couple years, could) jailbreak iOS by visiting a web site, I'm surprised there aren't more viruses for it. It seems a pretty wide open target, with a rather profitable victim base (they, at minimum, could drop a couple hundred or more for a cell phone).
Actually, from all I've heard, Microsoft's virus scanner for earlier versions of windows, works pretty darn well, comparable with the better commercial products.
So, given that they are probably going to bundle an update of this... I'd have to say from prior experience, the odds of your guess being accurate are as close to zero as I can imagine.
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Same thing that has happened with every change that has provided a significant performance improvement with a given resource...
Applications that have a little more functionality, and lot more waste.
I don't know about the submitters case, but one case I'm familiar with, is one of my friends teaches Electronic Writing. The idea is that people tend to expect/use different standards in online publications (compare similar topics in a blog to other sources. They tend to expect more pictures, in particular, but paragraph separation and other factors come in. Apparently a less formal standard of writing is also allowed.
Sorry I can't give you more details, that's about all I got from her.
May I ask what is wrong with Android?
And Windows Phone 7 is ok, the biggest problem is that their restrictions devs, specifically with network access and restrictions that prevent apps on the same phone from sharing data with each other (i.e. no way to share files on the FS, 127.0.0.1 network access isn't really possible, so you have to have a remote web-file/data sharing service that your phone uploads the data to, from one app, and downloads it from there, in the other app).
Errr... yeah, the OS is ok, but don't expect many terribly useful apps from it, that weren't made by MS.
These models are built on prior experience with given phenomena. They are kept, because up to now, they have successfully predicted physical occurrences to within small margins of error.
The problem is, we can not be certain of two things
(1) The model accurately maps the events happening to a mathematical basis, rather than mapping something else entirely, that happens to overlap reality in the cases we've tested.
(2) There are effects, that in previous tests, have had very minor effect on previous experiments, but a more pronounced effect on the new setup.
The first case would require a dump/rewrite of the theory, and the second would require tweaking (maybe another order of correction calculations).
Either way, we need to test since we know our models are not perfect, and at minimum, #2 is a very real possibility (and #1 can't be thrown out).
Did that 4 years ago.
TBH, I've found that flash is hard to do without in some cases, so it is a good idea to have a CPU that supports condoms, so you can run flash in a condom. (condom == Virtual Machine)
Just keep a copy of the base image, and overwrite it whenever it gets too infected for use.
If you can change the registry key, then you can uninstall the steaming pile and install *anything* else.
Foxit works great in my experience. I believe they've ported Okular over to Windows as well...
Probably not. They'll get fired, arrested, mysteriously disappear from prison, and coincidentally, the DoD will have a new "Mythical" or "Buster" kinetic/ballistic weapons research team!
Nope, the two sentences I specifically mentioned do not do that at all, in or out of context with the rest of the post.
Umm, you are insinuating that it's "be a Ron Paul" type, or want to join a union in the first two sentences of the last paragraph. I'd rather have my testicles eaten off of me by fire ants, than join a union, but I sure as hell am not a Ron Paul type.
(Unions do have some advantages, but for me, personally, they have tended to be more counterproductive).
Many open source devs work for about $14/hr less than that even...
I think it would be more appropriate to say
Even so, I think work environment and cost of living would have a huge impact on how interesting that would be.
My first job where I live, was $45k/year. Where I live, it was a nice job, but if I consider cost of living, it would have to be nearly $60k/year if I were on the west coast, to be competitive.
And, if you consider the flint is considerably more brittle/delicate if the wrong type of force is applied, as compared to steel/iron, the analogy gets even more apt.
Wow, what an amazing analogy, and it doesn't even involve cars!
You should add statistics to bioinformatics.
40% bio, 40% comp sci, 20% statistics that isn't highly overlapping with the generic needs of the other two fields.
With (admittedly, only a BS, not Ph.D.) in both fields, I have to say...
Which field are you lacking knowledge in? Is it both? Given this is slashdot, I'm inclined to guess the biological sciences, but you never can be certain.
LOL, nice, though mine did end up save time, usually after 2-3 data sets. And that was writing in the clusterfuck known as perl.
s/email/messanger/
Still works.
From experience with the bioinformatics field...
not just sophisticated, but pretty damn fun too, once you get past the bits of manual labor involved. Or in my case, automate the hell out of many of them. I was such a lazy bastard, I automated everything I could when I worked in the group I worked in, and got done faster than most others.
Biological sciences (as you are probably well aware) involves a LOT of statistics, and a LOT of computer work. Ironically, in my experience, it is also heavily populated by computer-phobes.
Would it be possible to add a statistical or computational focus to your Ph.D so it is mentioned on it?
Then biology would probably not be a bad idea. One of the things many friends of mine noticed in undergrad, that people in the hard sciences were doing better at getting many CS jobs than people with CS degrees. You can teach any monkey to program, and it doesn't take much more work to give them an idea of how to look at things to make them more efficient/clever. However, the logic an analytical abilities that are more heavily focused upon in math and science degrees are much harder to teach or test for in the training or hiring periods.
Mind you, that is from the undergrad level, the Ph.D. level could be very different.
Another thing to look at, is what do you want to do, where do you want to work, once you get your degree? If it is biologically focused statistics and applied computer science, then a biology degree may actually be pretty good. Is the degree in a specific subset of biology? In particular, I know genetics can end up doing a LOT with statistics and computer science, and in particular, for a good combination of the three, would Bioinformatics or Biomedical Inforamtics be an option?
And of course, as many have mentioned, what you have done often means more than the exact degree - will your disseration/thesis be any different? Will the papers you get first author on, along the way, be any different? In these cases, which do you think will look better for your prospective employers.
Oh, and it wouldn't necessarily be a spam email, the link could be embedded in a legitimate email, if I wanted to infect people, I'd add the link to legitimately sent emails. Heck, if I were really clever, I'd check which emails had 'Sent from my i[Device]" in them, and only embed into those.
But, is that cooperation politeness, or necessirty? (Honest question, never jailbroke an iPhone), if the former, than the cooperation is unimportant, if the latter, well, with the right text, it would probably still work great, consider the fact that people still make a profit on 411/phishing emails. A couple variants could probably catch the majority of users, sadly.
clear, it's just fragrant, warm, vapors.
Glad I'm not a weasel...
When I fart on an airplane, I make it as loud as possible, then look around, and say "yeah, baby! nothin' like pork 'n beans with some jalapeno before a flight! Keeps the warmth coming right out on these cold planes!"
Most of the people I know with iPhones, use them for email. I doubt it would be too hard to have the default mail client slip in a "Oh, and check out this site when you get the chance..." (and remove it from replies, so the sender doesn't know, as quickly, that he or she has been infected).
Given that you can (or at least, for a couple years, could) jailbreak iOS by visiting a web site, I'm surprised there aren't more viruses for it. It seems a pretty wide open target, with a rather profitable victim base (they, at minimum, could drop a couple hundred or more for a cell phone).
Try using Windows Phone 7.
You'll understand the hell of it when each application is restricted to it's own data space.
Actually, from all I've heard, Microsoft's virus scanner for earlier versions of windows, works pretty darn well, comparable with the better commercial products.
So, given that they are probably going to bundle an update of this... I'd have to say from prior experience, the odds of your guess being accurate are as close to zero as I can imagine.