on MSN mom -- 315 apple pie -- 57 american flag -- 294
on google mom -- 13,800,000 apple pie -- 2,050,000 american flag -- 3,490,000
Hmmm, it's interesting to look at the ratios...
mom/apple pie msn 5.526 google 6.731
apple pie/american flag msn 0.1938 google 0.587
american flag/mom msn 0.933 google 0.2528
So if MSN were searching different subspaces (randomly) of the net they'd have the same ratios, but different numbers. Rather they are selecting "hits" differently.
But the important thing is that the ratios indicate a higher proportion of american flag hits on MSN as compared to mom and apple pie so even though google has more american flag links MSN is the more american engine.
The definition used for addiction by people in this country (USA) is so crazy. Where else could the psychological community convince people that there such a thing as food and sex addictions. Just because you like something doesn't mean you're addicted.
Even if you like something to the point that you'd sacrifice other events that some consider more meaningful doesn't mean you're addicted. In example....
I spend more time reading than visiting with friends and family. I'm not addicted, I just prefer reading.
I like red meat. I'd be healthier and live longer if I didn't eat red meat every day, but I don't. This doesn't mean that I'm addicted, I just prefer red meat to a long life.
non-smokers light up after a few so that they don't fall asleep from the depressant that's being absorbed through their stomach lining. Nicotine is important.
Everyone here seems to think that 1500 line per day means 1500 lines of good code. If you took a nice application src and replaced the objects, structures, and functions with god-awful spagetti code that is copy and pasted you could "write" 1500 lines per day.
My finest C project involved taking someone elses 30 page monster and paring down to a 5 page program. It was tricky, but beautiful.
MS doesn't have a problem with "Open" software, they have a problem with "GNU" software.
For those here who think that Stallman is a kook for his opposition to "Open" software you must consider why MS's attack has centered on the GPL. It's because the power of the "Open" movement has is really the freedom generated by the GPL, not the openness.
1) Language differences: when you use pointers in c it is always difficult and sometimes impossible for a compiler to know in advance what you are doing, and thus can't necessarily optimize it. Fortran also has constructs which are easily vectorized and parallelized, taking better advantage of the hardware.
This is exactly correct. This is especially important in RISC based systems. The post-RISC, if my understanding is correct, improves CPU's ability to predict commands, although I'm not certain how much better it is.
overwhelming simplicity to FORTRAN leads to simple-minded implementations
Consider two identical algorythms written in F77 and C++...
Case in point: Check out the sorting chapter of Numerical Recipes
NR writes for both FORTRAN and C. The shortcomming isn't the language.
issues are addressed in FORTRAN 90
FORTRAN 90 does increase the users ability to create complex structures, but this comes at the cost of speed. FORTRAN exists for solving numerical problems such as finite difference problems. When you move to a system that requires complex data structures, and there's no other way, then you had might as well switch to C.
Perhaps the issue isn't about the science, rather the general trust in scientists.
At one point in history a scientist was a respected professional. Now that the public has seen that scientists can be bought to testify to almost anything (smoking does not cause cancer) the trust has been broken.
When people talk of professional ethics its not just to maintain the good of those in the field, but also to maintain a status in the general public.
I think that many people here, and in general, are missing the point to science. Science isn't about building equipment at home. It is about understanding the body of knowledge and the many flaws in the current explanation for how the world works. If you're creative and capable, you then postulate a correction to the current theory, and look for an experiment that will demonstrate that you're correction offers some benefit.
We can build automated systems to search for comets, but we can't (yet:-) ) build a machine to replace the human creative element.
The real limit for the amateur is the ever growing body of knowledge and the complexity of the theories. At the present, to really understand how a semiconducting circuit works requires significant understanding of both physics and mathematics. Biology and astronomy are both taking a more mathematical bend now as well. I'm not saying that it's impossible for the home amateur to participate and contribute, but it's becoming more formidable.
On the positive side, the ease of access to journal articles has improved significantly (I think) so building a background in the literature not impossible.
Assuming that you ment "stable as Lindows" I'd agree with you. Although I do think that R. has made an attempt to develope new technology, much of the business plan is based on 1. the public's general dislike of windows and 2. the public believe that linux is had to use.
With regards to 1 if he can get 10% of the windows users to pay $90 he's bound to win economically. With regards to 2 the linux community has really dropped the ball in projecting them selves as an intellegent alternative to MS -- not the popularity of "XYZ for dummies" texts.
Slashdot Mirror
As long as we're searching for communist...
on MSN
mom -- 315
apple pie -- 57
american flag -- 294
on google
mom -- 13,800,000
apple pie -- 2,050,000
american flag -- 3,490,000
Hmmm, it's interesting to look at the ratios...
mom/apple pie
msn 5.526
google 6.731
apple pie/american flag
msn 0.1938
google 0.587
american flag/mom
msn 0.933
google 0.2528
So if MSN were searching different subspaces (randomly) of the net they'd have the same ratios, but different numbers. Rather they are selecting "hits" differently.
But the important thing is that the ratios indicate a higher proportion of american flag hits on MSN as compared to mom and apple pie so even though google has more american flag links MSN is the more american engine.
Until it's slashdotted out of existance...
"The X makes is sound cool." --Bender
With good fortune news.google.com wouldn't link to this one.
Prof. Rojstaczer's webpage can be found
Was I just Trolled....
The definition used for addiction by people in this country (USA) is so crazy. Where else could the psychological community convince people that there such a thing as food and sex addictions. Just because you like something doesn't mean you're addicted.
Even if you like something to the point that you'd sacrifice other events that some consider more meaningful doesn't mean you're addicted. In example....
I spend more time reading than visiting with friends and family. I'm not addicted, I just prefer reading.
I like red meat. I'd be healthier and live longer if I didn't eat red meat every day, but I don't. This doesn't mean that I'm addicted, I just prefer red meat to a long life.
non-smokers light up after a few so that they don't fall asleep from the depressant that's being absorbed through their stomach lining. Nicotine is important.
Yeah, you really can't beat standing out side in 50 degree weather... welcome to California.
Everyone here seems to think that 1500 line per day means 1500 lines of good code. If you took a nice application src and replaced the objects, structures, and functions with god-awful spagetti code that is copy and pasted you could "write" 1500 lines per day.
My finest C project involved taking someone elses 30 page monster and paring down to a 5 page program. It was tricky, but beautiful.
So how do the mix and chill the mixed drink? Does each user have to have their own cocktail shaker and ice?
For those here who think that Stallman is a kook for his opposition to "Open" software you must consider why MS's attack has centered on the GPL. It's because the power of the "Open" movement has is really the freedom generated by the GPL, not the openness.
This is exactly correct. This is especially important in RISC based systems. The post-RISC, if my understanding is correct, improves CPU's ability to predict commands, although I'm not certain how much better it is.
Consider two identical algorythms written in F77 and C++...
Case in point: Check out the sorting chapter of Numerical Recipes
NR writes for both FORTRAN and C. The shortcomming isn't the language.
issues are addressed in FORTRAN 90
FORTRAN 90 does increase the users ability to create complex structures, but this comes at the cost of speed. FORTRAN exists for solving numerical problems such as finite difference problems. When you move to a system that requires complex data structures, and there's no other way, then you had might as well switch to C.
Tom's root and boot disk on a single floppy has been extreemly useful during hardware failures.
These people are ignorant and gullible, but not necessarily stupid.
Of course they may also be stupid, but we don't have evidence...
At one point in history a scientist was a respected professional. Now that the public has seen that scientists can be bought to testify to almost anything (smoking does not cause cancer) the trust has been broken.
When people talk of professional ethics its not just to maintain the good of those in the field, but also to maintain a status in the general public.
Hey, has anyone else found that the SOT office conflicts with the staroffice 5.2 that you already have installed (under Linux)
We can build automated systems to search for comets, but we can't (yet :-) ) build a machine to replace the human creative element.
The real limit for the amateur is the ever growing body of knowledge and the complexity of the theories. At the present, to really understand how a semiconducting circuit works requires significant understanding of both physics and mathematics. Biology and astronomy are both taking a more mathematical bend now as well. I'm not saying that it's impossible for the home amateur to participate and contribute, but it's becoming more formidable.
On the positive side, the ease of access to journal articles has improved significantly (I think) so building a background in the literature not impossible.
Ah!
http://www.iterature.com/sorry.php
Ah! you're right. It's not on the front page like at MSNBC, but if you search for WSJ for AOL it's there.
Is it really news that AOL mail is insufficient? No, and this is why nobody but MSNBC and Slashdot covered this topic.
For the same reason I consider news of the Microsoft trial covered by CNN and Time to be worthless at the best.
Perhaps you need to be less sensitive.
Anyone suprised this is on MSnbc.com?
With regards to 1 if he can get 10% of the windows users to pay $90 he's bound to win economically. With regards to 2 the linux community has really dropped the ball in projecting them selves as an intellegent alternative to MS -- not the popularity of "XYZ for dummies" texts.