What is the connotation of "quietly" supposed to be in stories like this? (Not just with Apple.) It seems like a weasel word. Is the intention to give the impression that Apple embarrassedly corrected themselves, or that they were forced to give into pressure from the developer community, but don't have the cojones to admit it, or what? Because, anyone honestly expecting something other than a "quiet" fix is deluded. Is a bug fix in DTrace supposed to get a slide at a Stevenote or something?
My xv6700 can already play mp3s, browse Google maps, take notes, record videos, etc
Sure. But this is going to be just like the iPod and the "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." response. You can point to devices that functionally do most of the things that the iPhone will do, or maybe even more things (like run Putty and all that). What you won't find is a device that triangulates so well between features people want, high quality user-experience, and excellent industrial design.
>> I don't see this as plagiarism in the whole - just poorly cited. >Copying something without properly citing or crediting its course is the definition of plagiarism.
Gaah. Should have used the preview button. I meant to say, copying something without properly citing or crediting its source is the definition of plagiarism.
I don't see this as plagiarism in the whole - just poorly cited.
Copying something without properly citing or crediting its course is the definition of plagiarism.
Issues of lock-in and implementation aside, this is a brilliant proposition for academics and researchers (like me). I'd pay money to be able to do full-text searches on my library: I can't tell you how common (and frustrating) it is to chase after a half-remembered quote or reference amongst your books. On the Mac, Tiger/Spotlight already makes searching your PDF copies of journal articles much easier. Books would be a great addition. Amazon should do this retroactively, as they know all the books I've bought from them. Ideally, it would also be available via their API, so that beautiful but basically useless applications like Delicious Library would aquire real functionality.
The tiny state of Tasmania
Tasmania is about 68,000 sq km in area, which makes it bigger than West Virginia, Massachussetts, etc. Would you write "The tiny state of New Jersey"?
As several commentators have suggested, R is a terrific platform for statistical computing. Here's a link to a blog post that, in part, contains more information about R, in particular links to some of the textbooks (both free and commercially published) that use it to do statistics. R is one of those open-source projects that's absolutely first class but doesn't get so much exposure in the mainstream because it's a bit specialized.
0) The idea is that you give the annualcreditreport.com's site your details, and then go back and forth between there and the three reporting agencies' websites. This worked pretty well. They have an interesting security feature where the site only works if you type the URL directly or the referrer is one of the 3 credit agencies.
1) Experian's site was broken --- it reported an error, but I bet the annualcreditreport.com now thinks I've used up my 1 free report with them anyway.
2) They don't give you your FICO score (the number summarizing your creditworthiness), but offer to sell it to you for 5 or 6 bucks, instead.
3) The sites do basically the same things, but the contrasts in processing and reporting styles between Equifax and TransUnion (Experian he broken, remember) are interesting:
* Equifax asked me a trick security question to verify my identity: "You may have a mortgage from January 2001 -- Which of the following is the monthly payment?" The answer for me was 'None of the above' as I don't have a mortgage from then. But it scared the shit out of me when I saw the question! Talk about identity theft!
* Transunion makes you establish a login name / password / reminder question + email contact, and tries to sneak in a spam newsletter. Equifax doesn't do this.
* Both sites try hard to get you to buy your FICO score.
* Transunion's report presents its information better than Equifax's.
... promises to reduce the subjectivity of art assessments made by human experts.
Except with respect to bootstrapping the authentication process in the first place.
This paper was not published in a journal. This was a simple statistical analysis by four students.
It's a working paper (and advertised as such). The data are available for replication. This is standard pratice. Also, the lead author, Mike Hout, is a full Professor and is chair of Berkeley's program in Sociology and Demography.
I'm sorry, but if the DVD takes longer to download than it takes the microwave to heat a HotPocket, I'm still going to be annoyed.
You could always buy a 250 watt microwave.
It surely can't be long now before we're all streaming the latest blockbuster movies to our laptops on the commuter train home?"
Not long at all. And about ten minutes after that, the two RIAA agents will enter the carriage with an alsatian, escort you off the train at the next station and you will never be heard from again.
I imagine the sub-etha communication system will be provided by WorldCom and the fusion propulsion unit by Enron. Once it launches and hasn't been heard from for a while, Arthur Andersen will certify that the craft did, in fact, land on Mars as projected, steered there by the invisible hand.
A few quarters later, the taxpayer will bail out the investors.
I can think of few writers Clarke's work more clearly resembles than Jane Austen.... Susanna Clarke does have some great books in her. But for the time being, with this, her first novel, we'll have to settle for simply "good."
So what you're saying is, to merit a grade of, say, "very good" from you I'd have to write better than Jane Austen?
The best machine for cutting the grass is available in your neighborhood for a reasonable hourly fee. There may even be one around the house you can make do the job for nothing.
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What is the connotation of "quietly" supposed to be in stories like this? (Not just with Apple.) It seems like a weasel word. Is the intention to give the impression that Apple embarrassedly corrected themselves, or that they were forced to give into pressure from the developer community, but don't have the cojones to admit it, or what? Because, anyone honestly expecting something other than a "quiet" fix is deluded. Is a bug fix in DTrace supposed to get a slide at a Stevenote or something?
My xv6700 can already play mp3s, browse Google maps, take notes, record videos, etc
Sure. But this is going to be just like the iPod and the "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." response. You can point to devices that functionally do most of the things that the iPhone will do, or maybe even more things (like run Putty and all that). What you won't find is a device that triangulates so well between features people want, high quality user-experience, and excellent industrial design.
"i-curious."
>> I don't see this as plagiarism in the whole - just poorly cited. >Copying something without properly citing or crediting its course is the definition of plagiarism. Gaah. Should have used the preview button. I meant to say, copying something without properly citing or crediting its source is the definition of plagiarism.
I don't see this as plagiarism in the whole - just poorly cited. Copying something without properly citing or crediting its course is the definition of plagiarism.
Issues of lock-in and implementation aside, this is a brilliant proposition for academics and researchers (like me). I'd pay money to be able to do full-text searches on my library: I can't tell you how common (and frustrating) it is to chase after a half-remembered quote or reference amongst your books. On the Mac, Tiger/Spotlight already makes searching your PDF copies of journal articles much easier. Books would be a great addition. Amazon should do this retroactively, as they know all the books I've bought from them. Ideally, it would also be available via their API, so that beautiful but basically useless applications like Delicious Library would aquire real functionality.
the axiomatic system upon which we built all human knowledge You think your knowlege of where you parked your car is built on an axiomatic system?
In Australia, Tasmania is considered tiny. Maybe. I'd say the ACT (where Canberra is located) is tiny. Tasmania is just small.
The tiny state of Tasmania Tasmania is about 68,000 sq km in area, which makes it bigger than West Virginia, Massachussetts, etc. Would you write "The tiny state of New Jersey"?
When you try to use it, it texts you with the message "Can't find lib.so.8"
the results were pretty damn spectacular.
Tbe group weblog Crooked Timber had a mini-symposium on China Mieville and Iron Council a little while ago, including a long reply from Mieville.
but I've never seen software in the bug.
Thank you, I'm here all week. Try the veal.
The first court case about the guy sitting next to you who started browsing pr0n about an hour into the flight.
As several commentators have suggested, R is a terrific platform for statistical computing. Here's a link to a blog post that, in part, contains more information about R, in particular links to some of the textbooks (both free and commercially published) that use it to do statistics. R is one of those open-source projects that's absolutely first class but doesn't get so much exposure in the mainstream because it's a bit specialized.
Immediate impressions:
0) The idea is that you give the annualcreditreport.com's site your details, and then go back and forth between there and the three reporting agencies' websites. This worked pretty well. They have an interesting security feature where the site only works if you type the URL directly or the referrer is one of the 3 credit agencies.
1) Experian's site was broken --- it reported an error, but I bet the annualcreditreport.com now thinks I've used up my 1 free report with them anyway.
2) They don't give you your FICO score (the number summarizing your creditworthiness), but offer to sell it to you for 5 or 6 bucks, instead.
3) The sites do basically the same things, but the contrasts in processing and reporting styles between Equifax and TransUnion (Experian he broken, remember) are interesting:
* Equifax asked me a trick security question to verify my identity: "You may have a mortgage from January 2001 -- Which of the following is the monthly payment?" The answer for me was 'None of the above' as I don't have a mortgage from then. But it scared the shit out of me when I saw the question! Talk about identity theft!
* Transunion makes you establish a login name / password / reminder question + email contact, and tries to sneak in a spam newsletter. Equifax doesn't do this.
* Both sites try hard to get you to buy your FICO score.
* Transunion's report presents its information better than Equifax's.
Or as I call him, Neumann!
... promises to reduce the subjectivity of art assessments made by human experts. Except with respect to bootstrapping the authentication process in the first place.
This paper was not published in a journal. This was a simple statistical analysis by four students.
It's a working paper (and advertised as such). The data are available for replication. This is standard pratice. Also, the lead author, Mike Hout, is a full Professor and is chair of Berkeley's program in Sociology and Demography.
I'm sorry, but if the DVD takes longer to download than it takes the microwave to heat a HotPocket, I'm still going to be annoyed.
You could always buy a 250 watt microwave.
Not long at all. And about ten minutes after that, the two RIAA agents will enter the carriage with an alsatian, escort you off the train at the next station and you will never be heard from again.
I imagine the sub-etha communication system will be provided by WorldCom and the fusion propulsion unit by Enron. Once it launches and hasn't been heard from for a while, Arthur Andersen will certify that the craft did, in fact, land on Mars as projected, steered there by the invisible hand.
A few quarters later, the taxpayer will bail out the investors.
I can think of few writers Clarke's work more clearly resembles than Jane Austen. ... Susanna Clarke does have some great books in her. But for the time being, with this, her first novel, we'll have to settle for simply "good."
So what you're saying is, to merit a grade of, say, "very good" from you I'd have to write better than Jane Austen?
The best machine for cutting the grass is available in your neighborhood for a reasonable hourly fee. There may even be one around the house you can make do the job for nothing.
"Monkey Dog hate clean".