Did we export Jack Thompson to Germany or something? Or is that just the end result of bad post-WWII eugenics programs, ideological clones of Mr. Smackywhack himself?
Who's got the pool going for the next, "Oh noes! It's gonna destroy society!" form of entertainment? It wasn't motion pictures, it wasn't talkies, it wasn't comic books, it wasn't TV (although that's debatable... Yes, I'm looking at you Fox Reality Channel), as much as some would like to think, it's not violent video games. What's it going to be?
I believe the quote from shuttle pilots was something along the lines of, "it flies like a brick with wings."
If I recall correctly, it doesn't so much fly on its own. It merely glides from about as high altitude as we typically get these days to a rather ungainly landing while shedding enough speed to turn gasses in the atmosphere into plasma due to the friction. And then there's still the excess speed on the runway that requires drag chutes to stop before it gets the the end of the landing zone.
Don't get me wrong, even knowing the risks and seeing the Challenger explosion live while in 3rd grade, I'd love to take a trip to LEO or further in it and back. Even if I didn't make it back, I'd be loving the part of the ride I did get to experience.
Not so much. Think of tearing a piece of paper... Dividing by two means tearing it into two pieces. The same with dividing by three, four, eight, sixteen, thirty two, or any number really. Can you tear a piece of paper into zero pieces? No matter how many times you divide it, even down to the molecular, atomic, or quantum level, those pieces were, at one time, part of the original piece of paper. You can never get down to zero pieces... Not in this universe.
Hence, divide by zero is undefined. Not another zero. Not infinity. Just "undefined" or "does not exist."
I hope that helps you from trying to make such a bad joke again. I know that explanation works pretty well for my 7th graders... When they can remember it.
Most computers don't have hard power switches these days though. That worked fine back before software-enabled shut downs, but these days, power switches are momentary contacts that send a signal to start up the system. That's also why power switches can be configured for other features once the system is on.
{oldman}Times have changed sonny. Time to move on.{/getoffmylawn}
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. Inigo Montoya: What's that? Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change
Well, so much for hoping he was mostly dead. Didn't take them long to start trying to shake that money tree... Although, I think the movies were in the works for some time before he passed.
Aye, that was pretty much my point, albeit in a much more sarcastic light. I should have closed that with, "Oh... Wait, they usually do more often than not, and when they don't, they at least spur new avenues of investigation."
That's what I get for posting while my students were working on their classwork.
We absolutely should listen to these people. That's why I followed up with my comment about dumb being cool.
I see. Therefore, we should disqualify Obama as Commander in Chief as well because he never served in the military.
That would fall under a skill that can be learned and is part of why we purposely put a (possible) civilian in charge of the armed forces. Is Obama claiming he knows nothing about how the military works or is unwilling to learn? Somehow, I think that there is more willingness to learn on Obama's part with regards to the military than on McCain's part with regards to technology. I haven't read anything either way, it's just an impression I get from the two main candidates.
Not that I'm likely to vote for either. Personally, I'm leaning towards writing in a vote of "None of the above" and abstaining from that particular selection. It's a bit time consuming on the machines here in Orange County, CA, but I feel better about it.
...the rentals on iTMS can only be used with Apple computers and devices. An "open" DRM system like is being proposed here would fix that.
Slight correction, but while you are correct that iTMS limits playback on portable devices to the iPod/iPhone lines, you do not have to have an Apple computer to play them back. You could use a PC just as easily. Slap DVI and audio out cables in and connect them to your TV (if all components are capable) to playback on a larger screen than your monitor.
In the larger view, did we ever? Two things have spurred most advances in human history... War and sex. Of the two, war has been the dominant force for the large bulk of it. Even vaccines have war uses. If your army is immune to some biological agent and your enemy's is not, you can then use that agent as a weapon (unless you're playing by some arbitrary set of rules such as the Geneva Conventions - Note: I make no claim as to whether the GCs are positive or negative, but they are pretty arbitrary.). Even vaccines for chronic diseases such as polio help one's army by increasing the numbers of able-bodied workers and soldiers and decreasing the numbers of those who need support.
So what if it is developed for military purposes? It will trickle to the private sector soon enough, just as GPS, the Internet, and carbon-fiber composites have.
From what I would understand of this type of program, the software is to be loaded on the device so that the students can work even when not connected. It's not just accessing a remote, web-based app. The university would still have to lock down to one OS choice for that to be viable.
Fair enough, I should have said, "limited to being used with one OS." Out of fairness, can you name me any other small internet enabled device that is not a "netbook" that can run multiple OS's? Everything I can think of that falls in this class of device (PDA-ish or MP3 player with additional features) is locked to a propriety OS, be it OSX, WinCE, Palm, or something else. Very rarely can you change it out, even if it is an Android phone. It's still limited to what it came with. Perhaps the people in charge of this decision went for a combination of an OS they could get software for fairly easy, a decent UI, and a piece of tech that has something of a "cool" factor to entice students to spend their college money at their private institution.
I didn't know that the iPod or iPhone was limited to one OS. That's so very odd...
Oh wait, it's not. Get off you anti-Apple soapbox and grow up a bit.
This is similar to a grant awarded to the 7-8 Jr. High School I teach at to give every student a Palm for a year. Didn't work too well, but then again, the software we had wasn't what we needed, we had minimal support, and 12~14 year olds are considerably more immature than college freshmen... Well, maybe not that much less mature, but you get the point. It didn't work well 5-ish years ago, but maybe the software and support has caught up with the theory.
Whiskey most definitely is aged in oak casks, for quite a long time at that. Some distillers use fresh casks while others use casks that had been previously used for sherry. Some may use a sequence of casks even, or may have different types/lines that require certain types of casks. I know the scotch I drink has several different vintages. They age for a various number of years, again for the Glenlivet, that can be 12, 15, 16, 18, 21 years or more. The difference between each vintage is noticeable, primarily in the smoothness and variety in tastes.
The only problem with this is then you open it up to coercion. Here's an example:
Your boss says, "Vote for {BlahBlah} and bring me your UID so I can see how you voted." A) You vote differently, boss checks, you're fired. B) You vote according to your boss, you keep your job, but it's not your vote. C) You "lose" your receipt, you're fired. D) Try to find another job, only to find 90+% of bosses are doing it.
This is where the anonymous voting requirement comes into play. Has happened. Will happen again.
Yeah, that's right. Cobra had the jet. The Joes just had the hang-glider. Both attached to the figure by way of a post inserted into a screw hole on the figure's back.
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So, I'm just wondering...
Did we export Jack Thompson to Germany or something? Or is that just the end result of bad post-WWII eugenics programs, ideological clones of Mr. Smackywhack himself?
Who's got the pool going for the next, "Oh noes! It's gonna destroy society!" form of entertainment? It wasn't motion pictures, it wasn't talkies, it wasn't comic books, it wasn't TV (although that's debatable... Yes, I'm looking at you Fox Reality Channel), as much as some would like to think, it's not violent video games. What's it going to be?
Dey took our jooooobbbs! /southpark
No. Not really.
You missed it by 3 minutes.
Wikipedian Protester.
Damn it... Get out of my head. ;-)
You beat me to it while I was previewing.
I believe the quote from shuttle pilots was something along the lines of, "it flies like a brick with wings."
If I recall correctly, it doesn't so much fly on its own. It merely glides from about as high altitude as we typically get these days to a rather ungainly landing while shedding enough speed to turn gasses in the atmosphere into plasma due to the friction. And then there's still the excess speed on the runway that requires drag chutes to stop before it gets the the end of the landing zone.
Don't get me wrong, even knowing the risks and seeing the Challenger explosion live while in 3rd grade, I'd love to take a trip to LEO or further in it and back. Even if I didn't make it back, I'd be loving the part of the ride I did get to experience.
Not so much. Think of tearing a piece of paper... Dividing by two means tearing it into two pieces. The same with dividing by three, four, eight, sixteen, thirty two, or any number really. Can you tear a piece of paper into zero pieces? No matter how many times you divide it, even down to the molecular, atomic, or quantum level, those pieces were, at one time, part of the original piece of paper. You can never get down to zero pieces... Not in this universe.
Hence, divide by zero is undefined. Not another zero. Not infinity. Just "undefined" or "does not exist."
I hope that helps you from trying to make such a bad joke again. I know that explanation works pretty well for my 7th graders... When they can remember it.
Missed it by that much... 4-ish minutes, actually.
Good point. I hadn't thought of that. I forget about that, as it's not the default setting on most PC's.
Most computers don't have hard power switches these days though. That worked fine back before software-enabled shut downs, but these days, power switches are momentary contacts that send a signal to start up the system. That's also why power switches can be configured for other features once the system is on.
{oldman}Times have changed sonny. Time to move on.{/getoffmylawn}
From IMDB.
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya: What's that?
Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change
Well, so much for hoping he was mostly dead. Didn't take them long to start trying to shake that money tree... Although, I think the movies were in the works for some time before he passed.
"If you don't smoke Tarrytons, fuck you!"
and
"Carl's Jr... Fuck you! I'm eating!"
Aye, that was pretty much my point, albeit in a much more sarcastic light. I should have closed that with, "Oh... Wait, they usually do more often than not, and when they don't, they at least spur new avenues of investigation."
That's what I get for posting while my students were working on their classwork.
We absolutely should listen to these people. That's why I followed up with my comment about dumb being cool.
Damn, you beat me to it...
My first thought was, "Those academics and computer scientists finally got something right... Oh... Wait."
Now if only we could reverse the cultural trend that being dumb is cool.
I see. Therefore, we should disqualify Obama as Commander in Chief as well because he never served in the military.
That would fall under a skill that can be learned and is part of why we purposely put a (possible) civilian in charge of the armed forces. Is Obama claiming he knows nothing about how the military works or is unwilling to learn? Somehow, I think that there is more willingness to learn on Obama's part with regards to the military than on McCain's part with regards to technology. I haven't read anything either way, it's just an impression I get from the two main candidates.
Not that I'm likely to vote for either. Personally, I'm leaning towards writing in a vote of "None of the above" and abstaining from that particular selection. It's a bit time consuming on the machines here in Orange County, CA, but I feel better about it.
...the rentals on iTMS can only be used with Apple computers and devices. An "open" DRM system like is being proposed here would fix that.
Slight correction, but while you are correct that iTMS limits playback on portable devices to the iPod/iPhone lines, you do not have to have an Apple computer to play them back. You could use a PC just as easily. Slap DVI and audio out cables in and connect them to your TV (if all components are capable) to playback on a larger screen than your monitor.
It would get a Funny if I had Mod points today.
In the larger view, did we ever? Two things have spurred most advances in human history... War and sex. Of the two, war has been the dominant force for the large bulk of it. Even vaccines have war uses. If your army is immune to some biological agent and your enemy's is not, you can then use that agent as a weapon (unless you're playing by some arbitrary set of rules such as the Geneva Conventions - Note: I make no claim as to whether the GCs are positive or negative, but they are pretty arbitrary.). Even vaccines for chronic diseases such as polio help one's army by increasing the numbers of able-bodied workers and soldiers and decreasing the numbers of those who need support.
So what if it is developed for military purposes? It will trickle to the private sector soon enough, just as GPS, the Internet, and carbon-fiber composites have.
From what I would understand of this type of program, the software is to be loaded on the device so that the students can work even when not connected. It's not just accessing a remote, web-based app. The university would still have to lock down to one OS choice for that to be viable.
Fair enough, I should have said, "limited to being used with one OS." Out of fairness, can you name me any other small internet enabled device that is not a "netbook" that can run multiple OS's? Everything I can think of that falls in this class of device (PDA-ish or MP3 player with additional features) is locked to a propriety OS, be it OSX, WinCE, Palm, or something else. Very rarely can you change it out, even if it is an Android phone. It's still limited to what it came with. Perhaps the people in charge of this decision went for a combination of an OS they could get software for fairly easy, a decent UI, and a piece of tech that has something of a "cool" factor to entice students to spend their college money at their private institution.
I didn't know that the iPod or iPhone was limited to one OS. That's so very odd...
Oh wait, it's not. Get off you anti-Apple soapbox and grow up a bit.
This is similar to a grant awarded to the 7-8 Jr. High School I teach at to give every student a Palm for a year. Didn't work too well, but then again, the software we had wasn't what we needed, we had minimal support, and 12~14 year olds are considerably more immature than college freshmen... Well, maybe not that much less mature, but you get the point. It didn't work well 5-ish years ago, but maybe the software and support has caught up with the theory.
No, but they are such a cool, happening, and together frood that they do have a towel. Can they borrow your thermometer?
Whiskey most definitely is aged in oak casks, for quite a long time at that. Some distillers use fresh casks while others use casks that had been previously used for sherry. Some may use a sequence of casks even, or may have different types/lines that require certain types of casks. I know the scotch I drink has several different vintages. They age for a various number of years, again for the Glenlivet, that can be 12, 15, 16, 18, 21 years or more. The difference between each vintage is noticeable, primarily in the smoothness and variety in tastes.
The only problem with this is then you open it up to coercion. Here's an example:
Your boss says, "Vote for {BlahBlah} and bring me your UID so I can see how you voted." A) You vote differently, boss checks, you're fired. B) You vote according to your boss, you keep your job, but it's not your vote. C) You "lose" your receipt, you're fired. D) Try to find another job, only to find 90+% of bosses are doing it.
This is where the anonymous voting requirement comes into play. Has happened. Will happen again.
Yeah, that's right. Cobra had the jet. The Joes just had the hang-glider. Both attached to the figure by way of a post inserted into a screw hole on the figure's back.