Harvard (rightly so) decided to not admit any of the 119 even though some of them possibly were initially accepted. Is this a response to some of the unethical and deceptive practices that have been rampant in the business world (i.e. Worldcom, Enron, pick your fav.) of late?
No, more likely a knee-jerk reaction based on the school being embarrased.
Or maybe Harvard posted the hack as a test to find unethical students?;-)
One thing strikes me as odd.. with all the brain power at Google, couldn't they come up with a better way to make their own pages rank higher? Keyword stuffing sounds pretty amateurish. Why not just weight pages higher from their own domains in their ranking algorithm?
I've used Windows and Linux for years, and am intimately familiar with both. As for which is more productive, it depends on what I'm doing. For GUI intensive tasks, Windows is slicker, more responsive, has better keyboard shortcuts and is more consistant (arguably you could say I'm more familiar with the Windows GUI than the ever changing KDE/Gnome environments, plus I'm forced to use Windows at work). For working at the command line level, obviously Linux is way more powerfull. I get by on the windows command line with Cygwin, which is a life saver. For developement, it's sort of a toss up, there are strengths to each OS, but I feel more comfortable in Linux. I've been really curious to try a Mac, I think it should have the best of both worlds, you have a great GUI and the UNIX shell. Definately sounds cool.
I don't believe anyone buys a movie based on the fact that in 20 years the copyright will expire. An interesting point, but I don't buy it.
Anyway, changing gears slightly, I always wondered what would happen if (or when) the technology exists to completely lock down all copyright material so there is no way to reproduce it. Will people totally lose interest in the mass media? I think a certain amount of fair use and illegal copying actually help to drive the popularity of alot of artists. I think a total lock down would trigger a huge boom for independant artists and filmakers. I mean, if kids can't get an illegal copy of Briteny Spears latest album, they'll find something else to get hooked on.
I'm not American, but I see the same thing happening in Canada. The problem is that no matter who you vote for, all the parties are doing the same crap. Now if we could vote on the issues, rather than voting for a party, that would solve the problem. And is totally feasable with current technology.
Having a patent is no garantee it will hold up in court. Of course, the fact that MS can afford endless lengthy court cases while their competitors slowly are bankrupt by the process doesn't help.
Yeah, I've tried them and found them to be incredibly frustrating to use. And plus since I'm a paying customer, the least the store can do is bag my groceries for me!;-)
Can someone explain what the application/use these primes are for? Not a flame, I'm honestly curious as to what something like this could be used for, as are others, I'm sure.
Chicks dig this stuff. You must be suffering from large-prime envy.
If they don't know what you actually do at work, you can tell them "I work on *big* computers, I don't know anything about windows".. If they ask, just say "UNIX" and they will look impressed and walk away.
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No, more likely a knee-jerk reaction based on the school being embarrased.
Or maybe Harvard posted the hack as a test to find unethical students? ;-)
One thing strikes me as odd .. with all the brain power at Google, couldn't they come up with a better way to make their own pages rank higher? Keyword stuffing sounds pretty amateurish. Why not just weight pages higher from their own domains in their ranking algorithm?
Yeah, gizoogle is where it's at, yo!
I've used Windows and Linux for years, and am intimately familiar with both. As for which is more productive, it depends on what I'm doing. For GUI intensive tasks, Windows is slicker, more responsive, has better keyboard shortcuts and is more consistant (arguably you could say I'm more familiar with the Windows GUI than the ever changing KDE/Gnome environments, plus I'm forced to use Windows at work). For working at the command line level, obviously Linux is way more powerfull. I get by on the windows command line with Cygwin, which is a life saver. For developement, it's sort of a toss up, there are strengths to each OS, but I feel more comfortable in Linux. I've been really curious to try a Mac, I think it should have the best of both worlds, you have a great GUI and the UNIX shell. Definately sounds cool.
I wish all the teenagers knew that.
I don't believe anyone buys a movie based on the fact that in 20 years the copyright will expire. An interesting point, but I don't buy it. Anyway, changing gears slightly, I always wondered what would happen if (or when) the technology exists to completely lock down all copyright material so there is no way to reproduce it. Will people totally lose interest in the mass media? I think a certain amount of fair use and illegal copying actually help to drive the popularity of alot of artists. I think a total lock down would trigger a huge boom for independant artists and filmakers. I mean, if kids can't get an illegal copy of Briteny Spears latest album, they'll find something else to get hooked on.
I'm not American, but I see the same thing happening in Canada. The problem is that no matter who you vote for, all the parties are doing the same crap. Now if we could vote on the issues, rather than voting for a party, that would solve the problem. And is totally feasable with current technology.
Having a patent is no garantee it will hold up in court. Of course, the fact that MS can afford endless lengthy court cases while their competitors slowly are bankrupt by the process doesn't help.
You owe me a coffee ... and a keyboard.
Is that an African or European swallow?
Yeah, I've tried them and found them to be incredibly frustrating to use. And plus since I'm a paying customer, the least the store can do is bag my groceries for me! ;-)
Chicks dig this stuff. You must be suffering from large-prime envy.
Didn't they mean Genuwine Advantage?
Karma +1 - Completely tasteless.
They are planning too.
Geeks wanting to be cool? What's the world coming too??
It would suck if contributors had to pay in order to see their own content.
I've been thinking for a while that Slashdot should change their Google logo to be more Borg-ish.
Microsoft is dying, right behind BSD...
Aren't *all* the articles intended as flame bait?
Since when did software not being ready stop them from shipping?
No, they'll call it version 11 to show it's better than the latest Mac OS.
If they don't know what you actually do at work, you can tell them "I work on *big* computers, I don't know anything about windows" .. If they ask, just say "UNIX" and they will look impressed and walk away.
I think he means his sister.
Google's Beta stuff is usually better than most companies production stuff.