They should start teaching a language with rich constructs for data modeling. Once you have modeled your problem domain adequately, the control flow comes naturally.
This approach could used for the visualization (audiolization?) of all sorts of complex processes. Human hearing is good at filtering out subtleties from within a cacophony.
But it all hinges on the definition of X, on which layer it is defined. Does a voice call getting routed over the Internet constitute "using the Internet", does surfing the Web using an intermediate person constitute it, does it when the the other person is a travel agent when booking a trip??? -Max
Same thing as when the American Government prints some more green ones. You still have the same amount of dollars int your bank account, but every one of these dollars is now worth a little less.
Yes, and people constantly sue governments for causing inflation or for not fighting inflation hard enough.
I wonder why sound isn't used more for the detection of all sorts of mechanical malfunctions. After all, I hear if something is wrong with my car. -Max
Shouldn't be too difficult: One (or two) Web cams figure out what I'm doing with my hands in front of the screen. Mapping gestures to actions, moving the cursor, etc. -Max
The other cars around me (in particular those in my blind spots) should be "visualized" via synthetic 3D noises (with configurable annoyance level) over the car stereo. -Max
It's all just a matter of how you define "one machine" and "multiple computers". To me the NAT box with other computers behind is in principal not different from a single machine with multiple intelligent terminals. At the end of the day, it's all about CPU pushing bits from one interface to another.
Where is the definition saying that my entire home network is not simply one machine?
Wouldn't it be nice if the Open Source community takes this as an opportunity to show that name collisions don't need to be resolved, and no real problems occur? -Max
You have a point. So, how about a refinement of the original idea: Make the amount relative to what the other party is "worth" (that would need to be clearly defined, of course). I sue you for $100,000, I'm worth $1,000,000 (just for the sake of the argument), I lose and you're worth $100,000, I'd owe you $10,000,000. That approach would make in this RIAA case an interesting number. -Max
I suggest to introduce into the legal system the notion that in case the plaintiff loses, he has to pay the defendant exactly the amount he is sueing for. That would give a natural limit to such amounts. -Max
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I always try to get my head around the meaning of measuring something in units which didn't exist then.
They should start teaching a language with rich constructs for data modeling.
Once you have modeled your problem domain adequately, the control flow comes naturally.
Should be stereoscopic. And there should be an immersive stereoscopic viewer.
-Max
Among my coworkers I seem to see a correlation between their ability to type, their zeal for nice code and even how neatly their cubicle looks.
-Max
This approach could used for the visualization (audiolization?) of all sorts of complex processes. Human hearing is good at filtering out subtleties from within a cacophony.
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I said this a while back: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10428
-Max
The entity which acts upon a false identity should be held liable.
-Max
Partition the decrypter into two "harmless" modules, host them on separate servers. Only when put together, the functionality is available...
solveMyProblem();
-Max
I'd still prefer an approach where gestures are used to control the TV.
-Max
with steganographic encoding in HTML&PNG. That should take care of any blocking efforts.
-Max
Why should writing *more* code be a sign of higher productivity?
-Max
by carry off the offending part of the volcano?
Wouldn't that be cheaper?
-Max
But it all hinges on the definition of X, on which layer it is defined. Does a voice call getting routed over the Internet constitute "using the Internet", does surfing the Web using an intermediate person constitute it, does it when the the other person is a travel agent when booking a trip???
-Max
After having made it illegal to have a copy, they'll make it illegal to pretend to have a copy.
Wait for it!
-Max
How will they beep it out?
-Max
Yes, and people constantly sue governments for causing inflation or for not fighting inflation hard enough.
I wonder why sound isn't used more for the detection of all sorts of mechanical malfunctions. After all, I hear if something is wrong with my car.
-Max
Shouldn't be too difficult: One (or two) Web cams figure out what I'm doing with my hands in front of the screen. Mapping gestures to actions, moving the cursor, etc.
-Max
The other cars around me (in particular those in my blind spots) should be "visualized" via synthetic 3D noises (with configurable annoyance level) over the car stereo.
-Max
It's all just a matter of how you define "one machine" and "multiple
computers". To me the NAT box with other computers behind is in
principal not different from a single machine with multiple
intelligent terminals. At the end of the day, it's all about CPU
pushing bits from one interface to another.
Where is the definition saying that my entire home network is not
simply one machine?
Any change/attempt to direct the path of a tornado by appropriate landscaping?
-Max
Wouldn't it be nice if the Open Source community takes this as an opportunity to show that name collisions don't need to be resolved, and no real problems occur?
-Max
You have a point. So, how about a refinement of the original idea: Make the amount relative to what the other party is "worth" (that would need to be clearly defined, of course). I sue you for $100,000, I'm worth $1,000,000 (just for the sake of the argument), I lose and you're worth $100,000, I'd owe you $10,000,000.
That approach would make in this RIAA case an interesting number.
-Max
I suggest to introduce into the legal system the notion that in case the plaintiff loses, he has to pay the defendant exactly the amount he is sueing for.
That would give a natural limit to such amounts.
-Max
Any chance to sample and store the entire frequency spectrum on the antenna, and then filter out the desired channel later in software?
-Max