The problem with most education systems is their assessment focus. If you create a heavy emphasis on rewards (gradings), you make students work the system rather than learning. That's basic organizational psychology. Assignments are especially demented, because they are so damn easy to cheat on. The good teachers can't cut back on assignments though, because their students focus on the subjects with the most assignments. That's suboptimization. Unfortunately, most politicians use "education" and "the attainment of pieces of paper" interchangeably (as do hungry educators), which perpetuates the myth that gradings are education.
Nobody can say you broke the law unless you have a conviction, so it's only illegal if you get caught. Lawyers may disagree, but if you need to speak to a lawyer you have gotten caught, thus my argument doesn't apply.
Is it unethical to steal a second hand book? The initial cost of a book should account for the possibility of selling it second hand, so you are stealing from the original book buyers. That's not a huge deal. Also, the dynamics of the book industry relies on second hand book sales being a little cumbersome, so you are messing with their well balanced system. Maybe their system needs to change though.
OT: nice sig. Slashdot *should* have a -1 disagree, that is secretly ignored.
Given the low marginal cost of a chip, this could be an attractive prospect. Especially when Apple's OpenCL pushes parallel programming further into the mainstream, and big iron processors become less important.
I'm not sure how good an open source chip could get (with a proportionate level of developer input to the kernels). However, opening things up may drive the development towards solving the technical problems of downstream users. Maybe the LLVM team would have some input?
Yes, but some legacy operating systems can only address 4G of RAM (including the graphics card). Also, some hardware may not be able to take more ram. I can't think of any machine where 64G of ram is very cheap.
So how do the movie script writers get picked? Do they take acting lessons, get buff, play as an extra, learn to edit sound, shoot scenes, and generally learn the ropes; or is there another career path? (I'm not mentioning schmoozing or sexual favors, as I would assume that all the career paths in Hollywood would entail a mix of these).
It seems that game writers are expected to learn everything about game writing, just to have the privilege of seeing their work on the liquid crystal screen. There are plenty of flakes and wannabes, I bet, but Hollywood seems to cope OK (I think the line is "Don't call us, we'll call you").
If you are not innovating, then you and your competitor can drop prices until it is effectively zero. Commodity software eventually drops to zero with or without open source. Innovative design is worthwhile. Besides, how many engineers do you see out of work because they can't design a better bridge?
Hmm, I got a few wrong. 69.70 %, when the average was 77.7%. I couldn't resist saying that the 3 branches of government were bureaucratic, military, and industry.
Don't be to hard on them. China holding dollars gave the west cheap finance, which triggered an asset bubble, and encouraged overcapacity building in China (overcapacity and debt are the two main causes of depressions, depending on which economists you ask). Then they didn't pass on the wealth to their grunt workers, so Chinese demand won't be able to cushion the fall. Oh wait, that was pretty hard on them.
Who cares? The only thing this DRM will do is force people with old hardware to boycott iTunes videos. Apparently there is this other service called Pirates Bay which is cheaper, and works on anything. Maybe we could try that?
Technically, the Liberal party has social conservatives and social liberals - their conservatism is mostly economic. It's just that Howard ran the party on his own terms. I expect that Turnbull may turn it into something more reasonable. Also, take note that Rudd is every bit as conservative as Howard, he just has a different constituency.
Dialogue = """Oh, %s %s. My %s has been %s was %s in the %s! If you can bring it back safely, I fill grant you this %s. Be careful, I fear there may be %s!"""%(Compliment,PC, McGuffin,Lost,Arena,Reward,Enemy)
return Dialogue
Real programmers will insist that a domain specific language gets used, so the interpreter can abstract the context handling, but it's good enough for the first version...
The game industry should definitely take a look at the music industry. The music industry pimps music videos, radio spots, live performances and other loss leaders, just to push more CDs. Does the game industry bother? I mean, they hardly release demos, because people might steal some fun, or something.
I've been saying this for years. We have to lose the Victorian era hypocrisy of pretending normal people don't have sex lives. Or that some peoples sex lives are outside what was previously considered 'normal'.
And China is building a carbon neutral city. Wind generators are $2000 / kW (actually $400/kW, but you need 3+ generators to produce the max output of one, since wind is unreliable). The 2 billion dollars to fund the space agency could be used instead to build 1000 GW of base capacity, which is almost the size of a big iron coal station. There are technical problems with distribution, smoothing and storage (can we use supercapacitors), which would be a great chance for our scientists to improve their technological prowess. Or we could try to knock off the US space program, gaining no new insight because NASA has already done the hard yards. Or better yet, lets use it to save the US car industry, because Komander Kevin wants to "build things". Can somebody buy him a Lego set?
However it works, I can see a big market for cracked games running on identical virtual machines. Hash that, suckers! I don't condone that behavior, but I don't want my time wasted by needless security that won't stop the bad guys.
INAL, sale of goods laws (which may vary from state to state), and TPA both apply. These laws are very harsh against bait advertising. Also, since it varies by state, Dell might have to fork up in some states.
That's right. The US may be right wing (oppressive) on civil rights, but the government is very left wing with it's big spending. Especially the Republicans, who spend like drunken sailors, leaving a big mess for the Democrats to clean up. But yeah, you just get dumber every time someone says the word "left" or "right" in a political debate. It means that they see the world in terms of pro-socialist or anti-socialist, which is flat out irrelevant these days.
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The problem with most education systems is their assessment focus. If you create a heavy emphasis on rewards (gradings), you make students work the system rather than learning. That's basic organizational psychology. Assignments are especially demented, because they are so damn easy to cheat on. The good teachers can't cut back on assignments though, because their students focus on the subjects with the most assignments. That's suboptimization. Unfortunately, most politicians use "education" and "the attainment of pieces of paper" interchangeably (as do hungry educators), which perpetuates the myth that gradings are education.
Nobody can say you broke the law unless you have a conviction, so it's only illegal if you get caught. Lawyers may disagree, but if you need to speak to a lawyer you have gotten caught, thus my argument doesn't apply.
Is it unethical to steal a second hand book? The initial cost of a book should account for the possibility of selling it second hand, so you are stealing from the original book buyers. That's not a huge deal. Also, the dynamics of the book industry relies on second hand book sales being a little cumbersome, so you are messing with their well balanced system. Maybe their system needs to change though.
OT: nice sig. Slashdot *should* have a -1 disagree, that is secretly ignored.
Given the low marginal cost of a chip, this could be an attractive prospect. Especially when Apple's OpenCL pushes parallel programming further into the mainstream, and big iron processors become less important.
I'm not sure how good an open source chip could get (with a proportionate level of developer input to the kernels). However, opening things up may drive the development towards solving the technical problems of downstream users. Maybe the LLVM team would have some input?
Companies don't like to release pricing, because then they would be more compelled to compete on price.
Zombo was a parody of the web bubble. Ironically, it's stayed up longer than most of the web 1.0 sites, and will probably outlast us all. Sigh.
Yes, but some legacy operating systems can only address 4G of RAM (including the graphics card). Also, some hardware may not be able to take more ram. I can't think of any machine where 64G of ram is very cheap.
And will they taste as good as mammoths? Imagine the bunfight then!
So how do the movie script writers get picked? Do they take acting lessons, get buff, play as an extra, learn to edit sound, shoot scenes, and generally learn the ropes; or is there another career path? (I'm not mentioning schmoozing or sexual favors, as I would assume that all the career paths in Hollywood would entail a mix of these).
It seems that game writers are expected to learn everything about game writing, just to have the privilege of seeing their work on the liquid crystal screen. There are plenty of flakes and wannabes, I bet, but Hollywood seems to cope OK (I think the line is "Don't call us, we'll call you").
If you are not innovating, then you and your competitor can drop prices until it is effectively zero. Commodity software eventually drops to zero with or without open source. Innovative design is worthwhile. Besides, how many engineers do you see out of work because they can't design a better bridge?
If people are bored with MMO's, they should play paladin-type characters and watch more porn. This embedded browser makes it all the more feasible.
Or 200 copies of "FederaL Buget 2002.xls", forwarded back an forth.
Hmm, I got a few wrong. 69.70 %, when the average was 77.7%. I couldn't resist saying that the 3 branches of government were bureaucratic, military, and industry.
Thanks, I saw the typo after I posted. I didn't catch the remove method ... that's embarrassing. I guess I should have tested it before committing.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Don't be to hard on them. China holding dollars gave the west cheap finance, which triggered an asset bubble, and encouraged overcapacity building in China (overcapacity and debt are the two main causes of depressions, depending on which economists you ask). Then they didn't pass on the wealth to their grunt workers, so Chinese demand won't be able to cushion the fall. Oh wait, that was pretty hard on them.
Who cares? The only thing this DRM will do is force people with old hardware to boycott iTunes videos. Apparently there is this other service called Pirates Bay which is cheaper, and works on anything. Maybe we could try that?
Technically, the Liberal party has social conservatives and social liberals - their conservatism is mostly economic. It's just that Howard ran the party on his own terms. I expect that Turnbull may turn it into something more reasonable. Also, take note that Rudd is every bit as conservative as Howard, he just has a different constituency.
Automatic plot content? Let me help.
def generate_mmorpg_quest():
from random import choice as c
Compliment = c(['brave','noble','1337'])
PC = c(['warrior','chevalier','hunk'])
McGuffin = c(['baby','necklace','iPhone'])
Lost = c(['stolen','dropped','forgotten'])
Arena = c(['cave','forest','library'])
Reward = c(['baby','necklace','iPhone'].remove(McGuffin))
Enemy = c(['orcs','terrorists','street mimes'])
Dialogue = """Oh, %s %s. My %s has been
%s was %s in the %s! If you can bring it back
safely, I fill grant you this %s. Be careful,
I fear there may be %s!"""%(Compliment,PC,
McGuffin,Lost,Arena,Reward,Enemy)
return Dialogue
Real programmers will insist that a domain specific language gets used, so the interpreter can abstract the context handling, but it's good enough for the first version...
The game industry should definitely take a look at the music industry. The music industry pimps music videos, radio spots, live performances and other loss leaders, just to push more CDs. Does the game industry bother? I mean, they hardly release demos, because people might steal some fun, or something.
Nope. TAFE colleges are practical.
I've been saying this for years. We have to lose the Victorian era hypocrisy of pretending normal people don't have sex lives. Or that some peoples sex lives are outside what was previously considered 'normal'.
And China is building a carbon neutral city. Wind generators are $2000 / kW (actually $400/kW, but you need 3+ generators to produce the max output of one, since wind is unreliable). The 2 billion dollars to fund the space agency could be used instead to build 1000 GW of base capacity, which is almost the size of a big iron coal station. There are technical problems with distribution, smoothing and storage (can we use supercapacitors), which would be a great chance for our scientists to improve their technological prowess. Or we could try to knock off the US space program, gaining no new insight because NASA has already done the hard yards. Or better yet, lets use it to save the US car industry, because Komander Kevin wants to "build things". Can somebody buy him a Lego set?
However it works, I can see a big market for cracked games running on identical virtual machines. Hash that, suckers! I don't condone that behavior, but I don't want my time wasted by needless security that won't stop the bad guys.
INAL, sale of goods laws (which may vary from state to state), and TPA both apply. These laws are very harsh against bait advertising. Also, since it varies by state, Dell might have to fork up in some states.
That's right. The US may be right wing (oppressive) on civil rights, but the government is very left wing with it's big spending. Especially the Republicans, who spend like drunken sailors, leaving a big mess for the Democrats to clean up. But yeah, you just get dumber every time someone says the word "left" or "right" in a political debate. It means that they see the world in terms of pro-socialist or anti-socialist, which is flat out irrelevant these days.