How gracious of Amazon to stop selling something crappy it's been publicly shamed about selling. Now if only they would stop selling all the other counterfeit crap that they knowingly pass on. I went though an endless loop of ordering an OEM battery for my SGS4 and returning because it was counterfeit. Each time I complained to an Amazon rep and they would agree that what they sent me must have somehow been counterfeit. Repeated complaints got broken promises to "investigate". http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-...
If this gets Picasa some more maintenance, that would be great. I use it and there are some very annoying bugs that Google doesn't seem to have the motivation (read: enough eyeballs) to care about fixing.
It may not be rocket science, but it's not 3rd grade math either. It's very likely that the house/land in question was worth much less than $100,000. If that was the fee, they couldn't have or wouldn't have paid it.
To answer your question, it appears that the people of the rural county that this man lived in did not in fact have any form of social responsibility or compassion. The government in that area, which was presumably expressing the will of its constituents, had apparently decided not to arrange for fire protection for all of the people outside the city who could be served by the city fire department. The people had decided to to leave it up to each individual as to whether or not to get the protection. The City had, after seeing that the owner of the house had not paid the fee, called him and written him a letter. For whatever reason, even after those communications where he was told what the consequences would be if he didn't pay and his house caught on fire, did not pay. It is sad, indeed, that this man subjected his family and pets to the consequences of his inaction.
Many people decide not to live in cities because they don't like to pay higher taxes for things like city water, city sewer, fire protection, city garbage collection, city building codes and inspections, etc. They also don't want to have to play by the rules that go along with city life. It's a choice -- you get what you pay for.
For some people, "sum = num1 + num2" is not intuitive at all. To people not familiar with programming languages with this kind of syntax, it is downright puzzling. Why should "sum" and "num1 + num2" be equal? What happened to make that condition become true? Of course we all know that "=" is the assignment operator, but that's not obvious to a rank beginner. I like Pascal's assignment operator, ":=", because in the above statement it would make it clear that the above statement is not an equality test or an assertion that the two _are_ equal.
I'm not sure I fully agree with the article. Metaphors can help in better assimilating new knowledge by making it more natural to work with. Think about what object orientation has done for programming. If we had done as Dijsktra suggests and approached software engineering with an "open mind" maybe we would still be coding in assembler, as that is the "purest" way to interact and think the way computers do.
There you go anthropomorphizing the computer again.
If you think they power rates will double and then double again, then the question is when. You should include that prognostication in your calculations.
I have to VPN in to work from home. I built myslef a virgin, pristine, virtual VM under Parallels with exactly what I need to get in to work, and nothing more. More secure for everybody. Sweet.
Not only that, but I wonder how highly correlated the gamers' statements about their preferences are with their actual behavior. It's one thing to _ask_ people how they think they would react to something, and quite another thing to measure how they actually react to it.
Re:Steep learning curve...?
on
Vim 7 Released
·
· Score: 2, Informative
The standard Cognitive Psychology term "learning curve" refers to a graph of the amount learned as a function of time. See the "learning curve" question in this quiz. So a graph of your skill with vim as a function of time would be rather shallow. But "steep" sounds harder, like climbing a steep hill. I know, I know, resistance is futile, and usage trumps the original offical definition. OK, I think I can go a couple of years now without saying this.
Terpstra is wrong to complain that Suse x.x did not install flawlessly on both laptops in his example, in which the buyers did not pay for that system integration. It costs enginering time and money to get any operatng system working reliably on a particular machine configuration. All system integrators spend time (money) getting Windows (or any other OS) working on their systems. Yes, MS charges money for its OS. So does Red Hat. Big deal.
This post is free (as in cheese in a mousetrap).
Whatever you do, don't type the following four words into Google's search box and press the "I'm feeling lucky" button:
I lived in Nairobi, Kenya for a couple of years in the 90's. Sure, you could sign up for absentee ballots. The only problem was that we got them after the election.
Most overseas Americans are basically disenfranchised. (Maybe the State Department employees in the embassy had dependable mail service.)
I don't know if this particular system is tamper-proof, but it sure would be nice to provide the ability to vote to the ex-pats overseas. I think this is a step in the right direction. I would hope that the process is open to security audits.
Okay, let's talk about the box of goodies. Let's say you leave a box of weapons outside with full knowledge that a neighborhood kid will probably find it and will likely use the contents for something illegal. If that happens, do you think you are partially responsible for whatever happens?
...
You're exactly right - you aren't responsible for others' actions. In this case, you'd be liable for your irresponsible action.
Yes, it's fanless. It's silent, as far as I can tell. It does have a wallwart transformer (nicely shaped, though; it fits easily between plugs in a power strip, IIRC).
Slashdot Mirror
How gracious of Amazon to stop selling something crappy it's been publicly shamed about selling. Now if only they would stop selling all the other counterfeit crap that they knowingly pass on. I went though an endless loop of ordering an OEM battery for my SGS4 and returning because it was counterfeit. Each time I complained to an Amazon rep and they would agree that what they sent me must have somehow been counterfeit. Repeated complaints got broken promises to "investigate". http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-...
I'd say, "Well, yes and no."
A more reasoned analysis -- http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/01/british_tourist.html
You might consider looking at geocommons.com to see if it would serve your needs.
If this gets Picasa some more maintenance, that would be great. I use it and there are some very annoying bugs that Google doesn't seem to have the motivation (read: enough eyeballs) to care about fixing.
It may not be rocket science, but it's not 3rd grade math either. It's very likely that the house/land in question was worth much less than $100,000. If that was the fee, they couldn't have or wouldn't have paid it. To answer your question, it appears that the people of the rural county that this man lived in did not in fact have any form of social responsibility or compassion. The government in that area, which was presumably expressing the will of its constituents, had apparently decided not to arrange for fire protection for all of the people outside the city who could be served by the city fire department. The people had decided to to leave it up to each individual as to whether or not to get the protection. The City had, after seeing that the owner of the house had not paid the fee, called him and written him a letter. For whatever reason, even after those communications where he was told what the consequences would be if he didn't pay and his house caught on fire, did not pay. It is sad, indeed, that this man subjected his family and pets to the consequences of his inaction. Many people decide not to live in cities because they don't like to pay higher taxes for things like city water, city sewer, fire protection, city garbage collection, city building codes and inspections, etc. They also don't want to have to play by the rules that go along with city life. It's a choice -- you get what you pay for.
For some people, "sum = num1 + num2" is not intuitive at all. To people not familiar with programming languages with this kind of syntax, it is downright puzzling. Why should "sum" and "num1 + num2" be equal? What happened to make that condition become true? Of course we all know that "=" is the assignment operator, but that's not obvious to a rank beginner. I like Pascal's assignment operator, ":=", because in the above statement it would make it clear that the above statement is not an equality test or an assertion that the two _are_ equal.
I'm not sure I fully agree with the article. Metaphors can help in better assimilating new knowledge by making it more natural to work with. Think about what object orientation has done for programming. If we had done as Dijsktra suggests and approached software engineering with an "open mind" maybe we would still be coding in assembler, as that is the "purest" way to interact and think the way computers do.
There you go anthropomorphizing the computer again.
Mod this up! +1 TMBG
Revolution Health has recently come out with a way to work with a community of people with similar goals: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/goals/.
If you think they power rates will double and then double again, then the question is when. You should include that prognostication in your calculations.
I have to VPN in to work from home. I built myslef a virgin, pristine, virtual VM under Parallels with exactly what I need to get in to work, and nothing more. More secure for everybody. Sweet.
Not only that, but I wonder how highly correlated the gamers' statements about their preferences are with their actual behavior. It's one thing to _ask_ people how they think they would react to something, and quite another thing to measure how they actually react to it.
The standard Cognitive Psychology term "learning curve" refers to a graph of the amount learned as a function of time. See the "learning curve" question in this quiz. So a graph of your skill with vim as a function of time would be rather shallow. But "steep" sounds harder, like climbing a steep hill. I know, I know, resistance is futile, and usage trumps the original offical definition. OK, I think I can go a couple of years now without saying this.
Terpstra is wrong to complain that Suse x.x did not install flawlessly on both laptops in his example, in which the buyers did not pay for that system integration. It costs enginering time and money to get any operatng system working reliably on a particular machine configuration. All system integrators spend time (money) getting Windows (or any other OS) working on their systems. Yes, MS charges money for its OS. So does Red Hat. Big deal.
Check out this anatomical mummy bear, for which there is a thinly veiled advertisement at http://summum.kids.us.
A job advertisement could be one where they have the specific candidate in mind, but are required to advertise for it.
Whatever you do, don't type the following four words into Google's search box and press the "I'm feeling lucky" button:
trap
cheese
reason
I wonder if any of the videos feature the Orgasmatron.
I lived in Nairobi, Kenya for a couple of years in the 90's. Sure, you could sign up for absentee ballots. The only problem was that we got them after the election.
Most overseas Americans are basically disenfranchised. (Maybe the State Department employees in the embassy had dependable mail service.)
I don't know if this particular system is tamper-proof, but it sure would be nice to provide the ability to vote to the ex-pats overseas. I think this is a step in the right direction. I would hope that the process is open to security audits.
Don't you hate it when you get moderated up. But there are no responses to your post.
There, there.
Okay, let's talk about the box of goodies. Let's say you leave a box of weapons outside with full knowledge that a neighborhood kid will probably find it and will likely use the contents for something illegal. If that happens, do you think you are partially responsible for whatever happens?
...
You're exactly right - you aren't responsible for others' actions. In this case, you'd be liable for your irresponsible action.
Yes, that's exactly right. This is what's known as an attractive nuisance
It's all designed for a chimpanzee to use.
.NET Training
Not only that, but probably written by chimps, too: Primate Programming Inc: The Evolution of Java and
Search for Mercuri at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/search.html and you will see lots of problems with computerized voting.
Yes, it's fanless. It's silent, as far as I can tell. It does have a wallwart transformer (nicely shaped, though; it fits easily between plugs in a power strip, IIRC).