I don't see how a big crunch or lack of the same makes life have a point. I belive life does have a point but that has nothing to do with science or the big bang. If you want to see a point to life I think you will have to look somewhere other than physics or biology. (Ok In biology there is a goal, reproduce but I digress). If you want to know what the point to life is ask your local priest, minister or rabbi. (Check the local pub they are probably having a drink together...)
Your loss than. There were classes I took in school where the class itself was a total waste of time yes, there were also some in which if I did not go to class I would have not learned nearly as much.
And if the only reason that you are there is to get a piece of paper then you are waisting a good deal of money. There is a lot that you realy do need a good teacher for.
I'm hopeing in the fall to start studing the Talmud with my Rabbi, not something to take on without someone who knows what they are doing.
I don't think that is MIT's objective. I think it is in part to work with other universities around the world to develop new course work. When I went to univesity (Brandeis) the Computer Science undergrad courses were very much based on MIT's classes. The Same no, but they did use some of the same text books etc. If someone is trying to develop a class at some university they will be able to look at MIT's stuff online and use it as a place to start. This could be very helpfull to someone.
Well I would disagree, Yes there are many things that you can learn by buying the book and reading it. But in many fields advanced studies require more than just buying a book and reading it. I will tell you that in many fields of endevor (and not just the sciences) that learning under an older and more experienced teacher can not be done without.
If nothing else a Proffesor will be able to guide your reading. A textbook can sound very authentic and correct and yet be totaly *WRONG*.
At my old job we did code reviews from time to time on things before we shiped them. They were very helpful. I learned a lot and I think we found a lot of bugs in our code that might have made it into production. Now for a code review to work you need everyone to check their ego at the door. Yes people will pick nits with your code. But if you know when you write it it helps you to write code carefully. And you know there is no programer in the world so great that they can not learn something from someone else. And none so great that they do not ever make mistakes.
If you can't take someone looking at your code at pointin out bugs you should not be a professional programer. Life involved dealing with stuff like this.
The problem is not just encryption, its all that other stuff that goes around it. You need a good way to create and distribute keys and make sure that they are used well. Designing a secure system is not just slaping a 128 bit key encryption system onto what you already have, you need to plan it from the ground up very carefully.
Think of it this way if the bank has the world's best vault but transports the money in bob's old VW van. Then the bank has lousy security.
I don't think you get a lot of information quickly you get a lot of data quickly. How much of it is good is anyone's guess. The thing about the net is that there is a lot of good data and a lot of total cruft out there and telling which is which is often very hard.
After all we have never known a web site to put up information that is flat out wrong have we.:)
First of all I'm Jewish and the Jewish view of Satan is very different from the Christian one, but yes it would sort of be out of the jurisdiction of a Civil court. I imagine the judge did what he did just because it was the easist way to get something very silly out of his courtroom quickly.
IE Come back when you have done the imposible then we can talk.
They have made it very clear that they have the right to read the email I get on my work email account and that that account is to be used for work related things.
Now if I send a few personal mails from it they don't care but for example if I break my leg and am out for 2 weeks they would have a real reason to login to my account and read any mail that is there. As far as I know no one has ever gone into my email for this or any other reason but they have the right to do so.
So if you have something you don't want your boss to see send it via your home email! You do not nessarily have a right to privacy at the office.
"A child's character education should take priority over his academic education. All educational efforts are basically meaningless unless build on the solid foundation of good character" --Menachem Mendel Schneerson The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Yes I have, and I have to a greater or lesser extent also looked at the systems in the UK, Canada, Israel, Mexico, and many others.
In the UK and many commonwealth countries the commons has more or less total control of the goverment policy with very few check on it. If Tony Blair wants to do something there is not a lot that can really stop him. In Israel and many of the EU countries the need to keep a governing coalition together often results in small parties having power all out of perportaion to their size.
Japan and Mexico have for many years been de-facto 1 party states. (Mexico seems to be getting over it). Much of the 3rd world is run by thugs and dictators who have managed to skim billions while their countries go to hell.
So yes the US system has issues, but I'll stand by my assertion that its better than most of the others out there.
This is a big issue in a lot of ways. For example a TV or radio show only has a fixed amount of screen time per day, and a newspaper only a set number of collumn inches to use in any given day. How to pick what leads, what comes next and what gets cut. There are many issues that are very important to one community but not to another. For example use of public land for ranching is probably very important in places like montana, here in New Hampshire we probably don't care. Different groups have different issues which will touch their lives.
It has been tried, mainly in Israel, it works poorly. The Kennest (Parlament) is made up of a multitude of small factions which get much more power than they really deserve. A party with 5 seats (Out of 120) can have huge power becuase if they can leave the PM high and dry on a vote.
I'll take our (the US) system. Its not perfect but its the best I've seen so far. (And I've looked)
I was sugesting that people give money to the congressman's re-election fund. By US law only US citizens can do that. That is why I said for US citizens only.
Maybe we here should cosider sending him $25 each (At least those of us who are US citizens). One of the reasons that the PAC's have so much clout is that they have money. If congressmen realize that appearing on slashdot will help them get re-elected they will be more likly to do intereviews here and listen to what we all say.
And thank you Congresman Boucher for taking the time to talk to us here!
For example I don't want to talk to the people who are trying to tell me because I am an observant Jew I am going to go to hell for not sharing their faith. When they come to my door I don't open it when they send me email I delete it. As far as I am concerned there are some view points which I do not want hear. (Missionaries, hate, holocost revionism etc) I admit that they have rights too, but not the right to harras me.
I don't see why I should have to have this stuff shoved in my face.
(Want to bet someone is going to accuse me of censorship here?)
You might not want people to give you geek toys for your wedding. Most geek toys have a short lifespan (a few years) and I would hope your will still be married in 15 or 30 years. You would probably be better off asking for things that you will someday need (like say nice china) but will probably not buy for yourself than something like a bigger hard drive. I would think (ok I'm not married I don't know) that your wedding presents would be things that you would want to use for years and to remeber the people who gave them to you.
It seems a stupid policy, because this has got to be worse than the vacinations.
Why has the world decided that Vacinations are a bad thing anyhow. I mean thanks the people like Jonas Salk we no longer have to worry about polio and a lot of other things that used to kill and maim millions of people.
BTW I found out the other day that Salk never patented the vacine for polio because he wanted it to be used as widly as posible. Real Meanch.
Well the EU may help spread it a bit, but the truth is that Food-and-mouth will spread very quickly on its own. The problem is that much of Europe has populations both of animals and people that are much deanser than in The USA and Canada, which means that one farmer's sheep are much closer to another's than they would be here. The bad part of this is that when a pathogen like Foot and mouth shows up it can spread much faster.
I'm not sure whey they aren't doing massive vacinations, but I'm not sure that there is an effective vacine for this.
Yes but he is not Stephen King or Tom Clancey. If I published my new novel the way Stephen King did and asked people to buy it for $5 would you? I probably wouldn't. For one thing I hate reading on screen. But mostly only buy books by authors I have already read or which have been recomeneded to me by a friend. There is too much out there to do otherwise.
The thing is when a publisher buys a manuscript from a new author they take a big risk which they would like to make money on. While you could put your book online I would recomend that if you want to publish it via the traditional way later (and you may not) that you not do so. I would guess that a lot of publishers would not want to touch it. You probably should try to find a literary agent and talk to him or her about what your options are.
If you find a good one they will probably tell you if it is something that you can sell. Lets face it not every novel written makes it to the bookstore, some never sell.
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I don't see how a big crunch or lack of the same makes life have a point. I belive life does have a point but that has nothing to do with science or the big bang. If you want to see a point to life I think you will have to look somewhere other than physics or biology. (Ok In biology there is a goal, reproduce but I digress). If you want to know what the point to life is ask your local priest, minister or rabbi. (Check the local pub they are probably having a drink together...)
Your loss than. There were classes I took in school where the class itself was a total waste of time yes, there were also some in which if I did not go to class I would have not learned nearly as much.
And if the only reason that you are there is to get a piece of paper then you are waisting a good deal of money. There is a lot that you realy do need a good teacher for.
I'm hopeing in the fall to start studing the Talmud with my Rabbi, not something to take on without someone who knows what they are doing.
I don't think that is MIT's objective. I think it is in part to work with other universities around the world to develop new course work. When I went to univesity (Brandeis) the Computer Science undergrad courses were very much based on MIT's classes. The Same no, but they did use some of the same text books etc. If someone is trying to develop a class at some university they will be able to look at MIT's stuff online and use it as a place to start. This could be very helpfull to someone.
Well I would disagree, Yes there are many things that you can learn by buying the book and reading it. But in many fields advanced studies require more than just buying a book and reading it. I will tell you that in many fields of endevor (and not just the sciences) that learning under an older and more experienced teacher can not be done without.
If nothing else a Proffesor will be able to guide your reading. A textbook can sound very authentic and correct and yet be totaly *WRONG*.
At my old job we did code reviews from time to time on things before we shiped them. They were very helpful. I learned a lot and I think we found a lot of bugs in our code that might have made it into production. Now for a code review to work you need everyone to check their ego at the door. Yes people will pick nits with your code. But if you know when you write it it helps you to write code carefully. And you know there is no programer in the world so great that they can not learn something from someone else. And none so great that they do not ever make mistakes.
If you can't take someone looking at your code at pointin out bugs you should not be a professional programer. Life involved dealing with stuff like this.
The problem is not just encryption, its all that other stuff that goes around it. You need a good way to create and distribute keys and make sure that they are used well. Designing a secure system is not just slaping a 128 bit key encryption system onto what you already have, you need to plan it from the ground up very carefully.
Think of it this way if the bank has the world's best vault but transports the money in bob's old VW van. Then the bank has lousy security.
I don't think you get a lot of information quickly you get a lot of data quickly. How much of it is good is anyone's guess. The thing about the net is that there is a lot of good data and a lot of total cruft out there and telling which is which is often very hard.
:)
After all we have never known a web site to put up information that is flat out wrong have we.
First of all I'm Jewish and the Jewish view of Satan is very different from the Christian one, but yes it would sort of be out of the jurisdiction of a Civil court. I imagine the judge did what he did just because it was the easist way to get something very silly out of his courtroom quickly.
IE Come back when you have done the imposible then we can talk.
Well some guy once tried to sue "Satan and his Minnions" the case was tabled pending process of service.
All he has to do is find a Sherif who will stand up in court and say "Yes Sir I served this writ on Satan and his Minnions" No problem.
They have made it very clear that they have the right to read the email I get on my work email account and that that account is to be used for work related things.
Now if I send a few personal mails from it they don't care but for example if I break my leg and am out for 2 weeks they would have a real reason to login to my account and read any mail that is there. As far as I know no one has ever gone into my email for this or any other reason but they have the right to do so.
So if you have something you don't want your boss to see send it via your home email! You do not nessarily have a right to privacy at the office.
"A child's character education should take priority over his academic education. All educational efforts are basically meaningless unless build on the solid foundation of good character" --Menachem Mendel Schneerson The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Yes I have, and I have to a greater or lesser extent also looked at the systems in the UK, Canada, Israel, Mexico, and many others.
In the UK and many commonwealth countries the commons has more or less total control of the goverment policy with very few check on it. If Tony Blair wants to do something there is not a lot that can really stop him. In Israel and many of the EU countries the need to keep a governing coalition together often results in small parties having power all out of perportaion to their size.
Japan and Mexico have for many years been de-facto 1 party states. (Mexico seems to be getting over it). Much of the 3rd world is run by thugs and dictators who have managed to skim billions while their countries go to hell.
So yes the US system has issues, but I'll stand by my assertion that its better than most of the others out there.
This is a big issue in a lot of ways. For example a TV or radio show only has a fixed amount of screen time per day, and a newspaper only a set number of collumn inches to use in any given day. How to pick what leads, what comes next and what gets cut. There are many issues that are very important to one community but not to another. For example use of public land for ranching is probably very important in places like montana, here in New Hampshire we probably don't care. Different groups have different issues which will touch their lives.
That is I believe also Illegal. There was a major scandal here when the chinese government was giving money via 3rd parties to President Clinton.
It has been tried, mainly in Israel, it works poorly. The Kennest (Parlament) is made up of a multitude of small factions which get much more power than they really deserve. A party with 5 seats (Out of 120) can have huge power becuase if they can leave the PM high and dry on a vote.
I'll take our (the US) system. Its not perfect but its the best I've seen so far. (And I've looked)
I was sugesting that people give money to the congressman's re-election fund. By US law only US citizens can do that. That is why I said for US citizens only.
Maybe we here should cosider sending him $25 each (At least those of us who are US citizens). One of the reasons that the PAC's have so much clout is that they have money. If congressmen realize that appearing on slashdot will help them get re-elected they will be more likly to do intereviews here and listen to what we all say.
And thank you Congresman Boucher for taking the time to talk to us here!
For example I don't want to talk to the people who are trying to tell me because I am an observant Jew I am going to go to hell for not sharing their faith. When they come to my door I don't open it when they send me email I delete it. As far as I am concerned there are some view points which I do not want hear. (Missionaries, hate, holocost revionism etc) I admit that they have rights too, but not the right to harras me.
I don't see why I should have to have this stuff shoved in my face.
(Want to bet someone is going to accuse me of censorship here?)
You might not want people to give you geek toys for your wedding. Most geek toys have a short lifespan (a few years) and I would hope your will still be married in 15 or 30 years. You would probably be better off asking for things that you will someday need (like say nice china) but will probably not buy for yourself than something like a bigger hard drive. I would think (ok I'm not married I don't know) that your wedding presents would be things that you would want to use for years and to remeber the people who gave them to you.
It seems a stupid policy, because this has got to be worse than the vacinations.
Why has the world decided that Vacinations are a bad thing anyhow. I mean thanks the people like Jonas Salk we no longer have to worry about polio and a lot of other things that used to kill and maim millions of people.
BTW I found out the other day that Salk never patented the vacine for polio because he wanted it to be used as widly as posible. Real Meanch.
Well the EU may help spread it a bit, but the truth is that Food-and-mouth will spread very quickly on its own. The problem is that much of Europe has populations both of animals and people that are much deanser than in The USA and Canada, which means that one farmer's sheep are much closer to another's than they would be here. The bad part of this is that when a pathogen like Foot and mouth shows up it can spread much faster.
I'm not sure whey they aren't doing massive vacinations, but I'm not sure that there is an effective vacine for this.
Yes but he is not Stephen King or Tom Clancey. If I published my new novel the way Stephen King did and asked people to buy it for $5 would you? I probably wouldn't. For one thing I hate reading on screen. But mostly only buy books by authors I have already read or which have been recomeneded to me by a friend. There is too much out there to do otherwise.
The thing is when a publisher buys a manuscript from a new author they take a big risk which they would like to make money on. While you could put your book online I would recomend that if you want to publish it via the traditional way later (and you may not) that you not do so. I would guess that a lot of publishers would not want to touch it. You probably should try to find a literary agent and talk to him or her about what your options are.
If you find a good one they will probably tell you if it is something that you can sell. Lets face it not every novel written makes it to the bookstore, some never sell.
Well the target is not exactly near where it is going to hit, so its is a rather empty promise anyhow.
I I can't eat at Taco Bell anyhow but I digress.
Someone came up with an Idea
It got taken up by a commitie
the commitie desided it was a bad idea and it died that is how is should work.
At least as seen from New Hampshire
If you believe you can damage, believe you can fix