My point is that I don't feel very bad because he didn't open source a project that he had no time to maintain.
If he is going to cry a river, then he should turn the project over to the community so someone can implement it using a different library.
I'm sure someone could reimplement it using open street maps, but here's why it won't happen:
From routebuilder's FAQ:
I'm building a website that would benefit from some of the features of RouteBuilder. Will you give me the source code for free?
I'm sorry, I'm not interested in giving away the source code behind this website for free. However, I am open to selling a license to use it.
You need bio equipment.
Ok, a haunted house is a money making opportunity. So consider how one explanation for the Amityville Horror is ergot poisoning: people get exposed to natural hallucinogens and can't explain why they see ghosts. Hence, to them, there are ghosts. In many dark, creepy houses that have been considered haunted, you'll probably have owners who have not been taking good care of the property. Gutters clog, water overflows over and into the walls...BAM mold problem. Here's the steps you need to take to capitalize off this:
1. Take petri dishes with you and place them in the basement, bathroom, attic and anywhere else that would potentially be interesting, biologically. Grow the samples in a controlled environment and find out if you have anything interesting. Next step, expose the cultures that you can't identify to rats, guinea pigs or your relatives. If anything has an effect, you've found your golden ticket.
2. Next, sell people the idea that you can bring back the dead and expose people who pay you big bucks to your "substance G."
3. While you have this revenue stream, find some chemist (or starving grad student) who will help you identify the chemical that makes it possible in "substance G."
4. Sell "substance G" through a network of reputable distributors.
Hopefully, you won't end up rediscovering acid. Happy hunting!
Seriously, if the school is only online, you might as well print your diploma from the South Harmon Institute of Technology.
I did an online certificate program from a university nearby and it was fairly challenging. The other people in the program weren't idiots and I learned from the assignments. The attrition was somewhat high, though. The program consisted of three classes. At the beginning, there were about 25-30 people in the class. At the end, there was around 10.
I can't really say much about doing a BS or MS from an online program. I can see doing an MS online, but getting Bachelor's is mostly about the experience.
> Farming isn't confined to land. Mariculturists have turned areas of the sea into beds of protein-rich seaweed and algae. This raw material is processed into food that looks and tastes like steak and other meats. It also is cheap; families can have steak-like meals twice a day without feeling a budget pinch. Areas in bays or close to shore have been turned into shrimp, lobster, clam and other shellfish ranches, like the cattle spreads of yesteryear.
This hadn't happened, thank the gods!
It's more complicated than flipping a switch but can be an acceptable, even enjoyable routine, like winding a beautiful clock or making good coffee. As a light connoisseur, I find the assertion comparing quality light to coffee offensive. Quality light comes from a fine femto-scale process involving the emission of photons from the de-excitation of electrons.
Making good coffee merely relies on macroscopic processes such as roasting, grinding and brewing.
What you ought to do is place each M&M on a plate and compress each one with a precise device. Measure the displacement of the device and the resulting reaction force until the M&M cracks. With this, you can obtain an appropriate stress-strain curve for the particular M&M. From this, you can select the most desirable characteristics such as the amount of displacement before it reaches the inelastic, microcracking, phase or the ultimate compressive strength. Once you have done this, clone the victorious M&M using its choco-DNA nucleus.
I'd be a little worried about the union implications. Given their ties to the mafia, I wouldn't be surprised if these "data centers" were some kind of money laundering operation.
The containers are empty and they pay a $100/hr gantry crane operator to move them around once a day.
So the alien is about to explode through his chest, breaking his ribs and spine, but stops short. Somehow, it gets cut and spews its acid blood, burning the man's skin. It seeps to the man's pocket where it explodes the cell phone, taking the alien's remains with it.
Expect an expedition into the quarry to determine the location of the face-huggers.
When they figure out how to make these cheap, you can bet they'll be placing them in airports. Nothing like a full body scan to check if someone swallowed a heroin capsule or is hiding bomb making materials.
Could you imagine what would happen if Nintendo put out a motion sensing phone. We'd have people walking around the street swinging that thing in the air, looking like they are going to seizure...
And I thought it was creepy to see people talking to themselves via hands-free headsets.
Of course, this would be a massive financial risk, and could potentially bring the company to its knees if the 'Nintenphone' didn't live up to expectations. Too many games companies have fallen by the wayside after ill-advised hardware development. As if Virtual Boy and Super Game Boy and weren't ill-advised hardware.
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My point is that I don't feel very bad because he didn't open source a project that he had no time to maintain. If he is going to cry a river, then he should turn the project over to the community so someone can implement it using a different library.
They've been running contests in this area on TopCoder since January: http://community.topcoder.com/longcontest/stats/?module=ViewOverview&rd=15024
You need bio equipment. Ok, a haunted house is a money making opportunity. So consider how one explanation for the Amityville Horror is ergot poisoning: people get exposed to natural hallucinogens and can't explain why they see ghosts. Hence, to them, there are ghosts. In many dark, creepy houses that have been considered haunted, you'll probably have owners who have not been taking good care of the property. Gutters clog, water overflows over and into the walls...BAM mold problem. Here's the steps you need to take to capitalize off this: 1. Take petri dishes with you and place them in the basement, bathroom, attic and anywhere else that would potentially be interesting, biologically. Grow the samples in a controlled environment and find out if you have anything interesting. Next step, expose the cultures that you can't identify to rats, guinea pigs or your relatives. If anything has an effect, you've found your golden ticket. 2. Next, sell people the idea that you can bring back the dead and expose people who pay you big bucks to your "substance G." 3. While you have this revenue stream, find some chemist (or starving grad student) who will help you identify the chemical that makes it possible in "substance G." 4. Sell "substance G" through a network of reputable distributors. Hopefully, you won't end up rediscovering acid. Happy hunting!
Seriously, if the school is only online, you might as well print your diploma from the South Harmon Institute of Technology. I did an online certificate program from a university nearby and it was fairly challenging. The other people in the program weren't idiots and I learned from the assignments. The attrition was somewhat high, though. The program consisted of three classes. At the beginning, there were about 25-30 people in the class. At the end, there was around 10. I can't really say much about doing a BS or MS from an online program. I can see doing an MS online, but getting Bachelor's is mostly about the experience.
I hear China is looking to add air to ground capability to this technology before August. They are planning to use it to light the Olympic torch.
For small business, at least.
I hear the pentagon is using it to shoot down their malfunctioning spy satellite.
What you ought to do is place each M&M on a plate and compress each one with a precise device. Measure the displacement of the device and the resulting reaction force until the M&M cracks. With this, you can obtain an appropriate stress-strain curve for the particular M&M. From this, you can select the most desirable characteristics such as the amount of displacement before it reaches the inelastic, microcracking, phase or the ultimate compressive strength. Once you have done this, clone the victorious M&M using its choco-DNA nucleus.
I'd be a little worried about the union implications. Given their ties to the mafia, I wouldn't be surprised if these "data centers" were some kind of money laundering operation. The containers are empty and they pay a $100/hr gantry crane operator to move them around once a day.
So the alien is about to explode through his chest, breaking his ribs and spine, but stops short. Somehow, it gets cut and spews its acid blood, burning the man's skin. It seeps to the man's pocket where it explodes the cell phone, taking the alien's remains with it. Expect an expedition into the quarry to determine the location of the face-huggers.
When they figure out how to make these cheap, you can bet they'll be placing them in airports. Nothing like a full body scan to check if someone swallowed a heroin capsule or is hiding bomb making materials.
Could you imagine what would happen if Nintendo put out a motion sensing phone. We'd have people walking around the street swinging that thing in the air, looking like they are going to seizure... And I thought it was creepy to see people talking to themselves via hands-free headsets.
Isn't it odd this story comes up right after an article on the obesity epidemic.