Just a couple of douchebags stretching a case to make it seem as bad as possible for extra fame, money and brownie points. Nothing more. Business as usual in the government.
Maybe the moral of the story here is: Business as usual shouldn't be. Ruining someone's life for political gain has consequences. Death, for example. And for people who do this for personal gain rather than to correct an actual injustice... perhaps they're the ones that need to feel the hurt.
To make it worth using Li-Poly over something else they must really need a hell of a lot of energy storage, otherwise the space and weight saving wouldn't be enough to risk it.
You're the first person on this entire thread to hit the nail on the head. The Dreamliner uses a sophisticated network of computers and sensors to fly. If all the engines fail, power must be supplied from the APU, basically a UPS for airplanes. Because of the amount of electronics and the fact that due to a lack of power the hydraulics and other critical systems must also remain powered... there is a massive power need. The APU is designed to power the aircraft's systems in the event of an all engine failure from cruising altitude all the way to landing; Although the more common scenario is that an electrical fault causes fuses, etc., to blow, and the APU is switched on (an isolated power source) so the plane can land safely.
So what you're saying is, if we move the goal posts and massage the data, we won't suck anymore? I love this solution -- solved not with expensive money and training but nice, cheap words. No really, that pretty much is the summary for the article: It's those damn poor people dragging us down.
(and yes, I did read where they said the tax money would go... but read the bill text... don't follow the words, follow the money. The money, in this case, goes to the general fund.)
And pray tell, honorable senator from Missouri, what will these taxes go to? Because given your party's actions to date, I'm pretty sure it won't be helping to educate anyone. Maybe a discount on some voucher program? Paying for adults to stand in front of teens and explain to them how condoms are only for bananas? Or maybe a rainy day fund for members of your party caught in airport restrooms?
One might suggest that every good programmer, if they spend enough time improving, eventually moves toward a more functional programming style.
Good programmers don't move towards any one style, they become familiar with all of them and use them when and where appropriate. Just like computer geeks. You find Linux one day, install it, then fall under the spell of believing this year will be the Year of the Linux Desktop. But after awhile, you reach the second plateau of understanding -- Linux is good for some things, but not everything. The third plateau is no longer caring which tool you use, as long as its the best tool for the job.
Aesthetically pleasing design isn't a priority: Very few people will ever see the data center(s) they use, let alone care what they look like. This is like saying "My neighborhood has the best looking sewers!" Well, that's cool... but nobody is going to crawl down a manhole to check them out. So props for being all creative and stuff, but why don't you work on something the general public might actually see?
It's not a terribly good model. Since it came out it hasn't moved very much compared to the total time represented (24 hours, of which it seems to have always been in the last 15 minutes -- or about 1% of the available time). It's not unlike making a global warming map and then plotting it on a scale from -400F to +4000F... You get a straight line. You need to calibrate it to the min/max values you're actually seeing within that range, which would be more like -60F to +170F.
One wonders if this isn't a case of a bunch of scientists getting together and showing us a gimmick that show's were perpetually at the edge of an imaginary cliff, but has no real value visually or comparatively.
It's also why it isn't always as fun to play against the computer on really high levels.
What's interesting is that while computers can handily beat a person at chess, the best AI yet developed is no match against a person in a real time strategy game, or a turn-based strategy game like Civilization. While the author is quick to point out humans don't pick the most optimal strategy in a complex environment, he fails to note that humans usally beat computers in the same environments. Computers have to brute force their way through a problem, and can only find the optimal path when given parameters to conduct the search. Humans don't require any setup ahead of time, and can find a solution to the problem (not necessarily, the optimal one, but one that works) using far less computational resources: A person can learn Go in an afternoon -- perhaps 20,000 distinct thoughts. A computer couldn't find it's own ass in 20,000 operations... it'd still be allocating memory!
Might take a couple more of these types of cases to pop up before new business practices are drawn.
ahahahahaaa... (wheeze, gasp) aaaah ha ha ha haaaaah. Hundreds of sites are doing stuff like this. Privacy online has become a joke, and marketing firms are coming up with exciting new kinds of fraud to build comprehensive profiles on everyone, from a preference for two or one-ply to search terms that might flag you as a terrorist or ciminal. They're not going to reverse this trend... they're going to bury it in even smaller and more obtuse fine-print -- or just get a law passed giving corporations all that data with immunity from prosecution by coming up with some kind of "implied consent," etc.
Businesses adapt to bad press by burying things in deeper and deeper levels of bureauacracy to avoid it. They don't change their process; Just decrease its transparency.
Except that is an article from 2010 about possible insider trading, not about the alleged market manipulation by driving down the stock price through rumors and FUD like seemed to start happening in 2012.
Yes, last time they used a spoon. This time they're using a fork. However you're what's for dinner so does it really matter?
It's assumed that matter is homogenous throughout the universe, homogenous literally means "no lumps"
Homogenous doesn't mean exempt from the laws of probability. Even though the size of this is massive, this "lump" has only been observed once. Everywhere else you look in the sky conforms to the existing understanding and expectation of the uniformity of the universe. The central limit theorem hasn't been broken -- it may however require a redefinition of what "local" is. There's all kinds of weird one-offs that we've observed -- things that seem highly unlikely (certain celestial configurations of orbiting masses for example) have been seen, but they remain very rare (Einstein believed that "god does not throw dice". This has been proven wrong a long time now -- there is randomness in the universe, which means that things like this can and will be observed. It does not mean new physics.
I think what people are missing is the laws of probability. When Einstein said it looked the same in every direction, what he meant was that it's all governed by the same laws. There's no local variations in the laws of physics. But the probability of something is never either 1 or 0, but some value in between, which means that if you do it enough times (observe) you're eventually going to stumble across something highly improbable. It does not mean that the universe still isn't mostly homogenous -- it just means that there are local defects, in the same way that when you're stirring pudding every now and then you get a lump in it.
I don't find this find to be particularly interesting by itself. Science starts with "That's odd" more often than not, and this certainly is odd, but it doesn't prove anything. Not yet.
Comparing airliners to cars is a terrible, terrible comparison, and not for the reason that many would think.
Oh, I'm sorry! I thought we were discussing the differences between a problem in the fundamental design of a product, and manufacturing flaws -- two categories you will find in everything built from automobiles to zylophones. But if you want to have a king sized bitch about using something people can relate to (a car) with something a bit more abstract (a plane, which they don't use everyay), by all means don't let me stop you.
In this environment, *any* kind of problem is just intolerable.
I asked for cold water and I got lukewarm water. THIS IS INTOLERABLE! Also, I think someone may have stuck gum under the arm rest. Problems happen in every environment. Every. Single. Fucking. One. There is no such thing as perfection in engineering. You need to suck it up, cupcake. Now let's talk about safety margins and risks.
Occasional random $35 extra payment with no downsides/costs is a great revenue source!
It's nice how our legal system has the concept of innocent until proven guilty, but when we abolished class action lawsuits we allowed corporations to reverse that. Now you have to pay for the priviledge of being found innocent in a secret court with arbitrary rules you will not be told about until it starts, for which you are entitled to no counsel, and which has no appeal process outside of itself (the appeals are done by the same people who took the case to begin with). Arbitration should be illegal between corporations and individuals: It's like two foxes and a chicken deciding who's for dinner.
By your logic, Chrome should've been mentioned by Slashdot only once, during it's initial release, since it includes a silent updater from day 1.
My logic is that only things that are actually interesting should be reported on. Have you noticed how often the linux, BSD, or other kernels are updated and how often Slashdot doesn't cover it? It's because it isn't news, and neither is this. I suspect the new owners of Slashdot were paid to put articles like this out. Chrome 24: Just like Chrome 23, only with a bigger number!
One of the benefits of government-run everything is that big infrastructure is easier to mandate and implement. The downsides are, well, freedom...
Infrastructure is one of the few things that the free market manages badly. Sewer, garbage, electricity, communications, and roads have all fared poorly when given over to for-profit corporations. Almost always the service is poor, overpriced, and under-maintained. With government control of the same, it happens less often (but still too often). And then there's the hybrid systems... they're economic lovecraftian horror beasts, devouring everything it comes in contact with. Take taxi medallions as an example... horrible, horrible idea. I can feel its tenacles wrapping around my leg just thinking about it. Wait... OH GOD IT'S GOT ME! ARRG---(hold music)
You can update to the latest release now using the browser's built-in silent updater...
If it's a silent updater, why do we need press releases for new versions? I'm just asking, since Slashdot seems to be less about tech news and more about regurgitating press releases lately.
Wasn't the ending of BSG--that we are descendants of an advanced alien culture whose last survivors crashed on Earth and started over without the advanced technology--basically a rip off of HHGTTG?
Er, no. Earth was manufacturered so some mice could perform an experiment to find out the answer to everything. Unfortunately, due to the president of the universe lobotomizing himself because he wanted to find a legendary planet renowned for making other planets, an order was signed causing the Earth to be demolished minus two of its previous inhabitants, both British. The mice have to create a second Earth. After an aborted attempt to remove the brain of one of the survivors when they arrive at said legendary planet, they are deposited on the surface of said shiny new Earth. The only robots in THGTTG are either depressed, insane, or play 'Krikkit', and have no particular aspirations about conquering humanity.
Slashdot Mirror
The Internet as Hamlet and Microsoft as Polonius?
If we're going to cast the internet as a greek character, I'd suggest Priapus instead.
Just a couple of douchebags stretching a case to make it seem as bad as possible for extra fame, money and brownie points. Nothing more. Business as usual in the government.
Maybe the moral of the story here is: Business as usual shouldn't be. Ruining someone's life for political gain has consequences. Death, for example. And for people who do this for personal gain rather than to correct an actual injustice... perhaps they're the ones that need to feel the hurt.
To make it worth using Li-Poly over something else they must really need a hell of a lot of energy storage, otherwise the space and weight saving wouldn't be enough to risk it.
You're the first person on this entire thread to hit the nail on the head. The Dreamliner uses a sophisticated network of computers and sensors to fly. If all the engines fail, power must be supplied from the APU, basically a UPS for airplanes. Because of the amount of electronics and the fact that due to a lack of power the hydraulics and other critical systems must also remain powered... there is a massive power need. The APU is designed to power the aircraft's systems in the event of an all engine failure from cruising altitude all the way to landing; Although the more common scenario is that an electrical fault causes fuses, etc., to blow, and the APU is switched on (an isolated power source) so the plane can land safely.
So what you're saying is, if we move the goal posts and massage the data, we won't suck anymore? I love this solution -- solved not with expensive money and training but nice, cheap words. No really, that pretty much is the summary for the article: It's those damn poor people dragging us down.
(and yes, I did read where they said the tax money would go... but read the bill text... don't follow the words, follow the money. The money, in this case, goes to the general fund.)
And pray tell, honorable senator from Missouri, what will these taxes go to? Because given your party's actions to date, I'm pretty sure it won't be helping to educate anyone. Maybe a discount on some voucher program? Paying for adults to stand in front of teens and explain to them how condoms are only for bananas? Or maybe a rainy day fund for members of your party caught in airport restrooms?
Did you actually play Daikatana?
I'll say only this: I wish there'd been an option to murder your companion, then respawn him so you could murder him again.
One might suggest that every good programmer, if they spend enough time improving, eventually moves toward a more functional programming style.
Good programmers don't move towards any one style, they become familiar with all of them and use them when and where appropriate. Just like computer geeks. You find Linux one day, install it, then fall under the spell of believing this year will be the Year of the Linux Desktop. But after awhile, you reach the second plateau of understanding -- Linux is good for some things, but not everything. The third plateau is no longer caring which tool you use, as long as its the best tool for the job.
Aesthetically pleasing design isn't a priority: Very few people will ever see the data center(s) they use, let alone care what they look like. This is like saying "My neighborhood has the best looking sewers!" Well, that's cool... but nobody is going to crawl down a manhole to check them out. So props for being all creative and stuff, but why don't you work on something the general public might actually see?
It's not a terribly good model. Since it came out it hasn't moved very much compared to the total time represented (24 hours, of which it seems to have always been in the last 15 minutes -- or about 1% of the available time). It's not unlike making a global warming map and then plotting it on a scale from -400F to +4000F... You get a straight line. You need to calibrate it to the min/max values you're actually seeing within that range, which would be more like -60F to +170F.
One wonders if this isn't a case of a bunch of scientists getting together and showing us a gimmick that show's were perpetually at the edge of an imaginary cliff, but has no real value visually or comparatively.
It's also why it isn't always as fun to play against the computer on really high levels.
What's interesting is that while computers can handily beat a person at chess, the best AI yet developed is no match against a person in a real time strategy game, or a turn-based strategy game like Civilization. While the author is quick to point out humans don't pick the most optimal strategy in a complex environment, he fails to note that humans usally beat computers in the same environments. Computers have to brute force their way through a problem, and can only find the optimal path when given parameters to conduct the search. Humans don't require any setup ahead of time, and can find a solution to the problem (not necessarily, the optimal one, but one that works) using far less computational resources: A person can learn Go in an afternoon -- perhaps 20,000 distinct thoughts. A computer couldn't find it's own ass in 20,000 operations... it'd still be allocating memory!
That's one of the dumber arguments I've ever seen on Slashdot.
Sir, the reinforcements have arrived.
Might take a couple more of these types of cases to pop up before new business practices are drawn.
ahahahahaaa... (wheeze, gasp) aaaah ha ha ha haaaaah. Hundreds of sites are doing stuff like this. Privacy online has become a joke, and marketing firms are coming up with exciting new kinds of fraud to build comprehensive profiles on everyone, from a preference for two or one-ply to search terms that might flag you as a terrorist or ciminal. They're not going to reverse this trend... they're going to bury it in even smaller and more obtuse fine-print -- or just get a law passed giving corporations all that data with immunity from prosecution by coming up with some kind of "implied consent," etc.
Businesses adapt to bad press by burying things in deeper and deeper levels of bureauacracy to avoid it. They don't change their process; Just decrease its transparency.
Except that is an article from 2010 about possible insider trading, not about the alleged market manipulation by driving down the stock price through rumors and FUD like seemed to start happening in 2012.
Yes, last time they used a spoon. This time they're using a fork. However you're what's for dinner so does it really matter?
It's assumed that matter is homogenous throughout the universe, homogenous literally means "no lumps"
Homogenous doesn't mean exempt from the laws of probability. Even though the size of this is massive, this "lump" has only been observed once. Everywhere else you look in the sky conforms to the existing understanding and expectation of the uniformity of the universe. The central limit theorem hasn't been broken -- it may however require a redefinition of what "local" is. There's all kinds of weird one-offs that we've observed -- things that seem highly unlikely (certain celestial configurations of orbiting masses for example) have been seen, but they remain very rare (Einstein believed that "god does not throw dice". This has been proven wrong a long time now -- there is randomness in the universe, which means that things like this can and will be observed. It does not mean new physics.
I think what people are missing is the laws of probability. When Einstein said it looked the same in every direction, what he meant was that it's all governed by the same laws. There's no local variations in the laws of physics. But the probability of something is never either 1 or 0, but some value in between, which means that if you do it enough times (observe) you're eventually going to stumble across something highly improbable. It does not mean that the universe still isn't mostly homogenous -- it just means that there are local defects, in the same way that when you're stirring pudding every now and then you get a lump in it.
I don't find this find to be particularly interesting by itself. Science starts with "That's odd" more often than not, and this certainly is odd, but it doesn't prove anything. Not yet.
Comparing airliners to cars is a terrible, terrible comparison, and not for the reason that many would think.
Oh, I'm sorry! I thought we were discussing the differences between a problem in the fundamental design of a product, and manufacturing flaws -- two categories you will find in everything built from automobiles to zylophones. But if you want to have a king sized bitch about using something people can relate to (a car) with something a bit more abstract (a plane, which they don't use everyay), by all means don't let me stop you.
In this environment, *any* kind of problem is just intolerable.
I asked for cold water and I got lukewarm water. THIS IS INTOLERABLE! Also, I think someone may have stuck gum under the arm rest. Problems happen in every environment. Every. Single. Fucking. One. There is no such thing as perfection in engineering. You need to suck it up, cupcake. Now let's talk about safety margins and risks.
Occasional random $35 extra payment with no downsides/costs is a great revenue source!
It's nice how our legal system has the concept of innocent until proven guilty, but when we abolished class action lawsuits we allowed corporations to reverse that. Now you have to pay for the priviledge of being found innocent in a secret court with arbitrary rules you will not be told about until it starts, for which you are entitled to no counsel, and which has no appeal process outside of itself (the appeals are done by the same people who took the case to begin with). Arbitration should be illegal between corporations and individuals: It's like two foxes and a chicken deciding who's for dinner.
By your logic, Chrome should've been mentioned by Slashdot only once, during it's initial release, since it includes a silent updater from day 1.
My logic is that only things that are actually interesting should be reported on. Have you noticed how often the linux, BSD, or other kernels are updated and how often Slashdot doesn't cover it? It's because it isn't news, and neither is this. I suspect the new owners of Slashdot were paid to put articles like this out. Chrome 24: Just like Chrome 23, only with a bigger number!
I haven't had nearly enough coffee for this discussion.
I only get that feeling when someone brings up politics before noon.
One of the benefits of government-run everything is that big infrastructure is easier to mandate and implement. The downsides are, well, freedom...
Infrastructure is one of the few things that the free market manages badly. Sewer, garbage, electricity, communications, and roads have all fared poorly when given over to for-profit corporations. Almost always the service is poor, overpriced, and under-maintained. With government control of the same, it happens less often (but still too often). And then there's the hybrid systems... they're economic lovecraftian horror beasts, devouring everything it comes in contact with. Take taxi medallions as an example... horrible, horrible idea. I can feel its tenacles wrapping around my leg just thinking about it. Wait... OH GOD IT'S GOT ME! ARRG---(hold music)
no they aren't. Many parts are built at the same time and then assembled.
*facepalm* part does not necessarily mean discrete component, dude. As in "part of a plane".
You can update to the latest release now using the browser's built-in silent updater...
If it's a silent updater, why do we need press releases for new versions? I'm just asking, since Slashdot seems to be less about tech news and more about regurgitating press releases lately.
Wasn't the ending of BSG--that we are descendants of an advanced alien culture whose last survivors crashed on Earth and started over without the advanced technology--basically a rip off of HHGTTG?
Er, no. Earth was manufacturered so some mice could perform an experiment to find out the answer to everything. Unfortunately, due to the president of the universe lobotomizing himself because he wanted to find a legendary planet renowned for making other planets, an order was signed causing the Earth to be demolished minus two of its previous inhabitants, both British. The mice have to create a second Earth. After an aborted attempt to remove the brain of one of the survivors when they arrive at said legendary planet, they are deposited on the surface of said shiny new Earth. The only robots in THGTTG are either depressed, insane, or play 'Krikkit', and have no particular aspirations about conquering humanity.
First post!
In about 25 years, someone will read this and maybe find it funny. :P