How about something simpler? I suggest the following: Dear customer,
We have detected that you have uncapped your cable modem, and are using more bandwidth than specified in your contract. You have 3 days to revert the changes you made to your cable modem, or your service will pernamently be canceled and you will be billed for the excess bandwidth you have used at a rate of $XX.XX per megabyte.
Any reason why this wouldn't work? Sending the FBI to investigate is a waste of time and resources for our govt IMHO.
I've been told the only decent DVD-R drive out there is the Pioneer DVR-A04. One decent drive doesn't inspire me to go out and buy a DVD-R drive just yet. Anybody else know of a better DVD burner?
Since Cg is designed specifically for vertex and pixel shader programs, DirectX versions 8 and 9 are supported as well as OpenGL 1.4. The compiler itself is cross platform; in particular programs written for Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Xbox are supported. And if all that isn't enough, the compiler can create code for all GPUs that support DirectX 8 (or above) and/or OpenGL 1.4, making it very universal. In keeping with Linux tradition, NVIDIA has open-sourced certain components of the compiler, allowing content developers to add their own customizations as well.
The class was Linear Programming. And a general L.P. problem is a linear programming problem in its most general form, i.e. hardest to solve but most versatile.
I'll agree with you that memorizing small, repeatedly used formulas is useful and should be required. Calculus becomes a lot easier if you know your trig identities for example. However, some professors don't know where to stop, and that's where I have a problem.
Given a general L.P. problem with function z = (sum(i=1..n) (c_i * x_i)) + v, subject to contraints (sum(i=1..n) a_ij * x_i) (< or =) b_j, for all j = 1.. m, where l_i <= x_i <= u_i for i = 1..n, please produce the dual form. 10 pts total.
(-2 for each small mistake because I feel like it)
Yes I had a problem like that on a recent math test. I wasn't even given the initial definition of a general L.P. problem either. Was it worth the dedicated brain cells when the answer is on page xxx of my math book? What do you think?
Yah, I know. This shit gets repetitive, doesn't it? The same damn thing happens on TV too. Like this on network, ESPN only friggen talks about sports games, sports management, and the like. Touchdown this, goal that, can't they be more original? Who cares who fouled who and why? I mean, I could code a PERL script for this, and I bet it'd be an even more exciting report than if a real game were involved! Sheesh!
Oh. Sorry. I forgot to add the right formatting tags to all of my post
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You do have a point in that you describing a new breed of OO programmer who likes to over-design the entire process. She'll create an interface for every class, *intend* to use design pattern X before the project starts, and then finally make sure that everything is abstracted so far, that you have to go down 4 levels of class hierarchy before everything implemented.
This process is obviously not super-productive. However, this individual simply does not have enough *real-world* experience. After getting lectured/fired a few times for not "putting out," he'll tune his skills to be able to make better decisions on how to apply his OO know-how.
Finally, it is my opinion that this type of programmer is overall better than simply a guy who knows how well his code works. I know a lot of hacker-types who know their code down to ++ inside the assignment wrapped in their if statement. What they produce works, however:
* Try to maintain it. Let me bring my lawn chair and a bag a popcorn and I'll watch.
* Try to add anything to it. This time I think I'll just have a tall glass of pink-lemonade.
* etc.
One the otherhand, if I was given the code written by the OO goon, I'd be more likely to understand it, and trim the fat.
Blame the climate changes from 1950 to 2000 on the expanded use of the automobile and unregular industrial waste. Do you think any scientist in 1950 could have known about our current situation? How can we in 2000 know about the new problems that'll creep up between now and 2050?
Spend your extra CPU cycles computing the cure for cancer or finding ET. I doubt this will prove useful.
Read this link: Analysis of Evangelion Characters
According to the Sephiroth Tree of Life. Tell me that doesn't blow your mind. I've watched the entire series twice and the movie, End of Evangelion, at least three times. It's such a mind fuck that you can't sleep for a bit after watching it. To quote some genius:
Mountain, heavy are the mountains
But that changes, with the passage of time
Sky, blue sky, what your eyes can't see, what your eyes can see
The sun, one, only one
Water, it is agreeable, Commander Ikari
Flowers, so many the same, so many without purpose
Sky, sky of red, red the color, the color I hate
Liquid flows, it drips, ripples, and pours
Blood, scent of blood, woman who does not bleed
From the red soil the humans come
Humans made by man and woman
City, a human creation
Eva, a human creation as well
What are humans?
Are they creations of God?
Humans, that which is created by humans
This is that which is mine
My life, my heart
I am a vessel for my thoughts
The entry plug, the throne of the soul
Who is this? This is me
Who am I? What am I? What am I? What am I?
I am I.
This object that is, is myself
That which forms me
This is the self that can be seen, and yet this is not like that which is myself
A strange feeling
My body feels as if it is melting
I can no longer see myself
My form, my shape fades from view
Awareness dawns of someone who is not me
Who is here? There? Beyond me, here
Shinji
This person I know, Major Katsuragi
Dr. Akagi
People, my classmates
The pilot of Unit Two
Commander Ikari
Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?
The replies so far to parent reply have missed the point MaxVlast tried to make. MaxVlast is not making the flawed analogy by equating copies of the Mona Lisa to the original itself. What is doing is stating the following *opinion*:
On an artistic level, it is disrespectful to the original artist to alter his or her work to better suit your taste.
For example, let's take a print of the Mona Lisa, remove the smile, and put in a frown. Da Vinci would be rolling in his grave. (I wonder if I'll get a reply stating that dead people can't roll around).
However, in my opinion, I see one exception. If the original intent of the artistic piece is still perserved, and the alteration is for a good purpose, then I don't see a real problem. A father taking out a few nude scenes in an otherwise family film is fine with this in consideration.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and please give a reference), but doesn't Linux handle files by entire blocks? Thus, defragmenting, copying, moving, and adding to other files should not hurt your own data. For example, here's defragmentation:
before:
[A][B][A-extra][B]
after: [A][A-extra][B][B]
[A-extra] is the block of data with the additional information hidden.
However, this obviously doesn't hold between partitions or other file systems, e.g. copying a file from ext2f to ntfs.
If you don't mind the mindless, censored, cut for commercials crap they show on TV networks, fine. However if you want something of a bit higher quality, then I suggest trying anime:
1. Start researching anime on the Internet, find something to your taste, and give it a try. I suggest any Miyazaki flic for starters.
2. After that find a local anime club. Chances are that they have a nice video collection that you can check out for *FREE*. You'll also be introduced to every aspect of anime, and you'll know what to look for now.
3. Now you've probably noticed that fansubbed anime is quite nice in that you get to see material you would probably NEVER EVER SEE IN YOUR NATURAL LIFE. Start buying tapes from distributors.
4. IRC has numerous channels dedicated to anime and "digisubbing." I suggest you check them out.
5. www.streamload.com is a media trading service that has HUGE amounts of bandwidth. People trade anime collections now that are monstrously huge (over 1TB). Search for streamload trade forums on Google.
6. Go to Manga and Anime conventions.
If you get to this point, I doubt you'll ever turn back.
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Get on IRC, specifically irc.enterthegame.com.
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How about something simpler? I suggest the following:
Dear customer,
We have detected that you have uncapped your cable modem, and are using more bandwidth than specified in your contract. You have 3 days to revert the changes you made to your cable modem, or your service will pernamently be canceled and you will be billed for the excess bandwidth you have used at a rate of $XX.XX per megabyte.
Any reason why this wouldn't work? Sending the FBI to investigate is a waste of time and resources for our govt IMHO.
I've been told the only decent DVD-R drive out there is the Pioneer DVR-A04. One decent drive doesn't inspire me to go out and buy a DVD-R drive just yet. Anybody else know of a better DVD burner?
Since Cg is designed specifically for vertex and pixel shader programs, DirectX versions 8 and 9 are supported as well as OpenGL 1.4. The compiler itself is cross platform; in particular programs written for Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Xbox are supported. And if all that isn't enough, the compiler can create code for all GPUs that support DirectX 8 (or above) and/or OpenGL 1.4, making it very universal. In keeping with Linux tradition, NVIDIA has open-sourced certain components of the compiler, allowing content developers to add their own customizations as well.
The class was Linear Programming. And a general L.P. problem is a linear programming problem in its most general form, i.e. hardest to solve but most versatile.
I'll agree with you that memorizing small, repeatedly used formulas is useful and should be required. Calculus becomes a lot easier if you know your trig identities for example. However, some professors don't know where to stop, and that's where I have a problem.
Given a general L.P. problem with function z = (sum(i=1..n) (c_i * x_i)) + v, subject to contraints (sum(i=1..n) a_ij * x_i) (< or =) b_j, for all j = 1 .. m, where l_i <= x_i <= u_i for i = 1 ..n, please produce the dual form. 10 pts total.
(-2 for each small mistake because I feel like it)
Yes I had a problem like that on a recent math test. I wasn't even given the initial definition of a general L.P. problem either. Was it worth the dedicated brain cells when the answer is on page xxx of my math book? What do you think?
Yah, I know. This shit gets repetitive, doesn't it? The same damn thing happens on TV too. Like this on network, ESPN only friggen talks about sports games, sports management, and the like. Touchdown this, goal that, can't they be more original? Who cares who fouled who and why? I mean, I could code a PERL script for this, and I bet it'd be an even more exciting report than if a real game were involved! Sheesh!
Oh. Sorry. I forgot to add the right formatting tags to all of my post
You do have a point in that you describing a new breed of OO programmer who likes to over-design the entire process. She'll create an interface for every class, *intend* to use design pattern X before the project starts, and then finally make sure that everything is abstracted so far, that you have to go down 4 levels of class hierarchy before everything implemented.
This process is obviously not super-productive. However, this individual simply does not have enough *real-world* experience. After getting lectured/fired a few times for not "putting out," he'll tune his skills to be able to make better decisions on how to apply his OO know-how.
Finally, it is my opinion that this type of programmer is overall better than simply a guy who knows how well his code works. I know a lot of hacker-types who know their code down to ++ inside the assignment wrapped in their if statement. What they produce works, however:
* Try to maintain it. Let me bring my lawn chair and a bag a popcorn and I'll watch.
* Try to add anything to it. This time I think I'll just have a tall glass of pink-lemonade.
* etc.
One the otherhand, if I was given the code written by the OO goon, I'd be more likely to understand it, and trim the fat.
I wonder if Yanni has goatse.cx pictures embedded in his music. Think of the children!
A quick URL to the donation page: here.
Blame the climate changes from 1950 to 2000 on the expanded use of the automobile and unregular industrial waste. Do you think any scientist in 1950 could have known about our current situation? How can we in 2000 know about the new problems that'll creep up between now and 2050?
Spend your extra CPU cycles computing the cure for cancer or finding ET. I doubt this will prove useful.
The bomb targeting software. What if some other bozo takes the job and gets it wrong?
Blockbuster? Intel? Wouldn't these companies be rich enough to hire engineers and physicists who could tell you flat out that it's impossible?
So what's the real answer? Given a telephone wire and optimum conditions, what's the theoretical maxiumum speed that data can be transfered at?
Needs refinement. The 2nd and 3rd lines convey the same image, and "Nasa space shuttle" is redundant in the Haiku sense.
I'd have mine say: "MPAARLS". I'd kick ass, like unicorns.
The mascot for AMD's Hammer needs to be that guy from Scryed.
A new an improved version! here
Yeah, we all know that Emacs users are pinko bastards.
Mountain, heavy are the mountains
But that changes, with the passage of time
Sky, blue sky, what your eyes can't see, what your eyes can see
The sun, one, only one
Water, it is agreeable, Commander Ikari
Flowers, so many the same, so many without purpose
Sky, sky of red, red the color, the color I hate
Liquid flows, it drips, ripples, and pours
Blood, scent of blood, woman who does not bleed
From the red soil the humans come
Humans made by man and woman
City, a human creation
Eva, a human creation as well
What are humans?
Are they creations of God?
Humans, that which is created by humans
This is that which is mine
My life, my heart
I am a vessel for my thoughts
The entry plug, the throne of the soul
Who is this? This is me
Who am I? What am I? What am I? What am I?
I am I.
This object that is, is myself
That which forms me
This is the self that can be seen, and yet this is not like that which is myself
A strange feeling
My body feels as if it is melting
I can no longer see myself
My form, my shape fades from view
Awareness dawns of someone who is not me
Who is here? There? Beyond me, here
Shinji
This person I know, Major Katsuragi
Dr. Akagi
People, my classmates
The pilot of Unit Two
Commander Ikari
Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?
The replies so far to parent reply have missed the point MaxVlast tried to make. MaxVlast is not making the flawed analogy by equating copies of the Mona Lisa to the original itself. What is doing is stating the following *opinion*:
On an artistic level, it is disrespectful to the original artist to alter his or her work to better suit your taste.
For example, let's take a print of the Mona Lisa, remove the smile, and put in a frown. Da Vinci would be rolling in his grave. (I wonder if I'll get a reply stating that dead people can't roll around).
However, in my opinion, I see one exception. If the original intent of the artistic piece is still perserved, and the alteration is for a good purpose, then I don't see a real problem. A father taking out a few nude scenes in an otherwise family film is fine with this in consideration.
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while (!isSorted (array))
array.swap (random (0, length), random (0, length));
It works on Linux, Sun, and Win32, and it hauls ass to boot! Quake3 in Java? It's definitely possible!.
Correct me if I'm wrong (and please give a reference), but doesn't Linux handle files by entire blocks? Thus, defragmenting, copying, moving, and adding to other files should not hurt your own data. For example, here's defragmentation:
before:
[A][B][A-extra][B]
after:
[A][A-extra][B][B]
[A-extra] is the block of data with the additional information hidden.
However, this obviously doesn't hold between partitions or other file systems, e.g. copying a file from ext2f to ntfs.
If you don't mind the mindless, censored, cut for commercials crap they show on TV networks, fine. However if you want something of a bit higher quality, then I suggest trying anime:
1. Start researching anime on the Internet, find something to your taste, and give it a try. I suggest any Miyazaki flic for starters.
2. After that find a local anime club. Chances are that they have a nice video collection that you can check out for *FREE*. You'll also be introduced to every aspect of anime, and you'll know what to look for now.
3. Now you've probably noticed that fansubbed anime is quite nice in that you get to see material you would probably NEVER EVER SEE IN YOUR NATURAL LIFE. Start buying tapes from distributors.
4. IRC has numerous channels dedicated to anime and "digisubbing." I suggest you check them out.
5. www.streamload.com is a media trading service that has HUGE amounts of bandwidth. People trade anime collections now that are monstrously huge (over 1TB). Search for streamload trade forums on Google.
6. Go to Manga and Anime conventions.
If you get to this point, I doubt you'll ever turn back.