We always got quizzed and had to explain our logic, etc after turning in a major project. Just because you can produce a working program doesn't mean you understand the concept, outsourced or not.
Actually The Supreme Court already ruled that Bush can do that (had to do a briefing on it for a law class). If I'm not mistake, a simple majority vote would not be enough to override the Supreme Court's decision in this matter.
yeah nothing wrong with what you just said. but the team was mainly upset with the vagueness of many of the rules and questions they had about what could and couldn't be used. Its fine if you want strict rules for a contest like this, but you need well defined rules from the start in order for that model to be effectively followed
Its sad that bureaucracy has caused an entire team to become disillusioned with the competition. The spirit of this competition has always been in the name of science and exploration, but it is becoming more and more bureaucratic to make it 'fair' to everyone. If someone can obtain the materials they need and come up with an innovative way to accomplish the underlying mission, I say more power to them.
Laying a bike down is an actual last resort safety method taught at most motorcycle safety courses. It is almost always more desirable to lay the bike down in the face of an impending crash. you are correct though, good riding habits and safety can prevent most crashes. However there are sometime when you are at the whim of another driver and I would rather lay a bike down than plow into the back of some guy that didn't see me.
And yes proper gear can prevent road rash, but if you go down going 60+ and you're not wearing full leather or kevlar (which most people don't), you're gettin burned.
I've been riding for several years now and one thing I have learned is the ideal way to wreck a bike (oxymoron i know) is to lay it down. This way you have some control over which way the bike slides, you can keep most of your head of the ground, and it does less damage to the bike while ideally causing only severe road rash, which is quite painful, but you'll be alive. That is one flaw I see with this bike's design, there is no effective way to lay it down in the event you need to.
As a long time rider, and as most riders would tell you, you don't want to be thrown from the motorcycle. This can throw you into traffic or into a tree at high speeds, or a myriad of horrific deaths (i remember reading an article about a guy who was thrown from a bike while racing doing 100+ mph and hit one of those steel cables that hold power line poles up, as you can imagine the outcome was pretty gruesome).
the ideal way to wreck a bike (oxymoron i know) is to lay it down. This way you have some control over which way the bike slides, you can keep most of your head of the ground, and it does less damage to the bike. That is one flaw I see with this bike's design, there is no effective way to lay it down in the event you need to.
This article goes into more detail about that. Apparently his eBay account was restored (and good thing, I would be livid if I had a 10k+ feedback powerseller account taken from me)
This is definitely a step in the right direction for EULA regarding software. So many companies today are using the DMCA in the wrong sense and this is hurting the intellectual property situation for everyone.
More details about how this all began can be found here
the RIAA's attorneys could almost be charged with misconduct under the 'mockery of justice' rule. they knew the motion would be denied, they basically tried to undermine the will and purpose of the court.
They basically said, 'we know what the result of this will be, we know that we will lose this motion, we know it costs taxpayer's money to rule on this, we know the judge's opinion and that he won't like this...but we're gonna do it anyway... F U justice system.'
Not the approach I would take to win my case, but hey to each their own.
I was speaking more along the lines of HTML, XML, CSS, these files were developed specifically for the task of putting information on the web. You are speaking of media files. WWW documents allow other documents to be linked and found using the Internet. Berners-Lee played a key role in the design and adoption of these standards. You are correct, the WWW made it easier to access those files, but new file types and standards were created in the process.
The Internet can be seen as the networking aspect and the world wide web the interface and software aspect. both of these designs working together is what has made the web overall as successful and available as it is today. The world wide web is how documents interact with one another while the Internet is responsible for the transfer of information. Basically what CERN did was invent the document types that the web of today is based off of.
mod parent up, double your dating is not a scam, i can attest that it is actually good info for people that know nothing about girls (yes some people never learn how to interact withe opposite sex), and you don't have to shell out the cash, d/l the dvds and books on bit torrent if you want.
Basically it seems like its going to hurt the little guy that doesn't know much about copyright law. The big corporations are still going to have their pack of lawyers constantly on this - they'll still get their $ while the little guy will lose.
In a world where science is becoming less and less listened to, and most research is conducted by biased corporations for the purpose of supporting a product, anything that gets the public to develop a positive interest in science can't be a bad thing.
Maybe someone will see some of this art and think, wow thats really cool, I wonder why that looks that way. Maybe that will lead people to actually grab a book and learn something.
The appeal of pinball (for me at least) is that there is no BS, well at least you can't claim BS.
When me and buddies are playing halo I hear "WTF Lag!" or "WTF was that BS?" a lot more than, "Man, that guys good".
In pinball you can't claim random computer errors, lag or random technology based BS. You see exactly what happens in the game and why. You HEAR and FEEL the ball move around the machine (not just sound effects). If you F up, you can see exactly why and try to change it. Your reflexes are executed in real time and can't be argued by "I swear I was pressing the button!".
In short Pinball Machines were like the first (and best) 'virtual reality'.
This is pretty much what I was getting at. I don't think any technology initiatives in emerging countries are any more that political showmanship. We should be more concerned with improving the humanitarian conditions in these countries first.
Access to affordable health care and quality food sources would lead the way for technology.
However I would think it would be at least somewhat beneficial to the future of technology as a whole to have as many people educated about it as possible.
Yes, but in 50k labs how much computer time does that actually translate to per student? Im not saying that its not reaching a lot of people, but children that benefit from the XO program are getting a lot more face time with a computer.
That would be like me saying im going to serve my entire town of 100k people with 10 computer labs. Sure anyone could use it and it might benefit everyone, but if no one had access to a computer then can you imagine the demand? there will have to be time limits imposed, which is going to limit the amount of learning that can be done
This summary is a little misleading. According to TFA there will be about 55k labs serving 50mil students. (and i thought labs were crowded at college) This is definitely a step in the right direction for a developing country, but it doesn't seem to have the large scale plans of say the XO laptop program.
At least its Linux though...wonder if theyll be getting hardy heron anytime soon?
Successful society will continue to grow more complacent and weak. And many ancient scholars and philosophers have been of the theory that this is what happened to the Roman and Greek Empires (can't remember any names, been a while since world lit and philosophy). As the empires expanded and the standard of living increased, and the generations went by, people forgot what it was like to constantly have to defend your country and liberty. This complacency is what allows other powers that are not as well off to conquer those that are. Just like in sports, it comes down to who wants it more.
Sounds like America. Despite all the hoopla about freedom and whatnot in america, there is substantial indoctrination i.e. any mention of helping others gets you labelled a 'socialist' or a 'commie'. IMHO America is probably one of THE most indoctrinated societies in the world at the moment. You can't have a discussion about much with a large percentage of people about certain topics. Agreed, but the difference is in America the information is available, most people just don't care to find it on their own. In the case of Russia, you more than likely have people that want outside information and now won't be able to get it.
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We always got quizzed and had to explain our logic, etc after turning in a major project. Just because you can produce a working program doesn't mean you understand the concept, outsourced or not.
Which is why MS should be suing themselves also.
Actually The Supreme Court already ruled that Bush can do that (had to do a briefing on it for a law class). If I'm not mistake, a simple majority vote would not be enough to override the Supreme Court's decision in this matter.
yeah nothing wrong with what you just said. but the team was mainly upset with the vagueness of many of the rules and questions they had about what could and couldn't be used. Its fine if you want strict rules for a contest like this, but you need well defined rules from the start in order for that model to be effectively followed
Its sad that bureaucracy has caused an entire team to become disillusioned with the competition. The spirit of this competition has always been in the name of science and exploration, but it is becoming more and more bureaucratic to make it 'fair' to everyone. If someone can obtain the materials they need and come up with an innovative way to accomplish the underlying mission, I say more power to them.
In other news: Viacom will be suing themselves. Stating who does Viacom think they are? Giving away our (Viacom's) content for free!?
Yes, thank you, I didn't really think about non riders not knowing you'd want to be behind the bike
Someone mod parent up, and my original post if you want =)
Laying a bike down is an actual last resort safety method taught at most motorcycle safety courses. It is almost always more desirable to lay the bike down in the face of an impending crash. you are correct though, good riding habits and safety can prevent most crashes. However there are sometime when you are at the whim of another driver and I would rather lay a bike down than plow into the back of some guy that didn't see me.
And yes proper gear can prevent road rash, but if you go down going 60+ and you're not wearing full leather or kevlar (which most people don't), you're gettin burned.
I've been riding for several years now and one thing I have learned is the ideal way to wreck a bike (oxymoron i know) is to lay it down. This way you have some control over which way the bike slides, you can keep most of your head of the ground, and it does less damage to the bike while ideally causing only severe road rash, which is quite painful, but you'll be alive. That is one flaw I see with this bike's design, there is no effective way to lay it down in the event you need to.
As a long time rider, and as most riders would tell you, you don't want to be thrown from the motorcycle. This can throw you into traffic or into a tree at high speeds, or a myriad of horrific deaths (i remember reading an article about a guy who was thrown from a bike while racing doing 100+ mph and hit one of those steel cables that hold power line poles up, as you can imagine the outcome was pretty gruesome).
the ideal way to wreck a bike (oxymoron i know) is to lay it down. This way you have some control over which way the bike slides, you can keep most of your head of the ground, and it does less damage to the bike. That is one flaw I see with this bike's design, there is no effective way to lay it down in the event you need to.
This article goes into more detail about that. Apparently his eBay account was restored (and good thing, I would be livid if I had a 10k+ feedback powerseller account taken from me)
This is definitely a step in the right direction for EULA regarding software. So many companies today are using the DMCA in the wrong sense and this is hurting the intellectual property situation for everyone.
More details about how this all began can be found here
the RIAA's attorneys could almost be charged with misconduct under the 'mockery of justice' rule. they knew the motion would be denied, they basically tried to undermine the will and purpose of the court.
They basically said, 'we know what the result of this will be, we know that we will lose this motion, we know it costs taxpayer's money to rule on this, we know the judge's opinion and that he won't like this...but we're gonna do it anyway... F U justice system.'
Not the approach I would take to win my case, but hey to each their own.
I was speaking more along the lines of HTML, XML, CSS, these files were developed specifically for the task of putting information on the web. You are speaking of media files. WWW documents allow other documents to be linked and found using the Internet. Berners-Lee played a key role in the design and adoption of these standards. You are correct, the WWW made it easier to access those files, but new file types and standards were created in the process.
The Internet can be seen as the networking aspect and the world wide web the interface and software aspect. both of these designs working together is what has made the web overall as successful and available as it is today.
The world wide web is how documents interact with one another while the Internet is responsible for the transfer of information. Basically what CERN did was invent the document types that the web of today is based off of.
World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_wide_web
Internet (capital 'I'): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Its a sad day when the govt starts telling me what to watch while..um..yeah.
Soon they'll have a law that states which hand you can use... (i hope its left)
mod parent up, double your dating is not a scam, i can attest that it is actually good info for people that know nothing about girls (yes some people never learn how to interact withe opposite sex), and you don't have to shell out the cash, d/l the dvds and books on bit torrent if you want.
Basically it seems like its going to hurt the little guy that doesn't know much about copyright law. The big corporations are still going to have their pack of lawyers constantly on this - they'll still get their $ while the little guy will lose.
In a world where science is becoming less and less listened to, and most research is conducted by biased corporations for the purpose of supporting a product, anything that gets the public to develop a positive interest in science can't be a bad thing.
Maybe someone will see some of this art and think, wow thats really cool, I wonder why that looks that way. Maybe that will lead people to actually grab a book and learn something.
The appeal of pinball (for me at least) is that there is no BS, well at least you can't claim BS.
When me and buddies are playing halo I hear "WTF Lag!" or "WTF was that BS?" a lot more than, "Man, that guys good".
In pinball you can't claim random computer errors, lag or random technology based BS. You see exactly what happens in the game and why. You HEAR and FEEL the ball move around the machine (not just sound effects). If you F up, you can see exactly why and try to change it. Your reflexes are executed in real time and can't be argued by "I swear I was pressing the button!".
In short Pinball Machines were like the first (and best) 'virtual reality'.
This is pretty much what I was getting at. I don't think any technology initiatives in emerging countries are any more that political showmanship. We should be more concerned with improving the humanitarian conditions in these countries first.
Access to affordable health care and quality food sources would lead the way for technology.
However I would think it would be at least somewhat beneficial to the future of technology as a whole to have as many people educated about it as possible.
Yes, but in 50k labs how much computer time does that actually translate to per student? Im not saying that its not reaching a lot of people, but children that benefit from the XO program are getting a lot more face time with a computer.
That would be like me saying im going to serve my entire town of 100k people with 10 computer labs. Sure anyone could use it and it might benefit everyone, but if no one had access to a computer then can you imagine the demand? there will have to be time limits imposed, which is going to limit the amount of learning that can be done
This summary is a little misleading. According to TFA there will be about 55k labs serving 50mil students. (and i thought labs were crowded at college)
This is definitely a step in the right direction for a developing country, but it doesn't seem to have the large scale plans of say the XO laptop program.
At least its Linux though...wonder if theyll be getting hardy heron anytime soon?
Successful society will continue to grow more complacent and weak. And many ancient scholars and philosophers have been of the theory that this is what happened to the Roman and Greek Empires (can't remember any names, been a while since world lit and philosophy). As the empires expanded and the standard of living increased, and the generations went by, people forgot what it was like to constantly have to defend your country and liberty. This complacency is what allows other powers that are not as well off to conquer those that are.
Just like in sports, it comes down to who wants it more.