Some functions are not indefinitely integrable. Only an idiot or a transcendent savant would do numerical integration sans machine. Moreover, if you think you can integrate all that is known to be integrable, you're pathetically naive.
Yes, tools can be crutches that lead to apathy. But just because you need to know how to use a hand-screwdriver, that doesn't m ean that you shouldn't use a power-screwdriver.
University politics are only bad on the tenure track or civil service. The other people are there because they love what they do, and they want to do it well, and have a good life.
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Yes, if you work for the government or for a fortune 500 or for some lingering dot-com that had the misfortune to get a new 'experienced' management team (read, fortune 500 failures and ex-military) who majored in cover-your-ass instead of get-stuff-done, then this is what it is like.
A start-up with some testosterone (or estrogen, if that's your preferred taint) behind it, on the other hand, is not like this -- but that can be a taxing environment for the natural born clock-puncher.
Academia or a closely analogous research lab can also serve as a refuge from maniacal fascist and incompetent micromanagement.
Question: Are fascists worse when they are competent, or incompetent?
Well, there's your problem. If you know the end, then obviously you are omniscient, or at least close enough for rock-n-roll. But since you have finite intellect, all that data is overwhelming to you. The solution is to drop this measly floating-point calculator in favor of one that supports transfinite and surreal numbers. You'll find it an amazingly useful tool for making analytic sense of the transfinite sensorium of omniscience. Personally, I prefer a PDA with a transcendental fractal co-processor in an UIIW )(uncountably infinite instruction word-length) architecture, but I can appreciate the old-skool charm of RPN.
it is VIA-based. And VIA will not let you know what you are buying when you buy their products. You see, if you gave customers your datasheets, they might be able to actually use the products, which could lead to all sorts of legal complications. It's much better to just sell them a product they can't use.
There are other vendors, other products, and much much better ways of doing business and treating your customers.
Instead, I suggest telling everyone in the industry how VIA is hostile to its customers and refuses to provide technical documentation for its products, rendering them useless.
When you do a design, turn to a competitor. VIA's intransigence can be resolved by destroying VIA as an agent in the marketplace.
Only the good survive. Helping this lawyer-crippled company to survive would just leave you with a deformed moron sucking your life away.
Holy FUCK. I'll say that again: Holy FUCKING FUCK.
You mean to tell me that the ownership of fucking western civilization and control over enough nukes to crack the planet into pop rocks is resting on the adamantine uncrackability of WinCE?
Not even fucking swiss-cheese hell Win2k, but an OS that can barely run a cell-phone, let alone stand up to DoS and overflow and escalation attacks that every other bloody stack on the planet has had 20 years of hard experience against, but this wet-behind -the-ears little piece of Symbian wannabee has never faced before?
Fucked-up does not even begin to describe this country.
Almost. The agenda of both political parties is to get the job of fronting for the folks who actually have the power. The policies are only a means to that end.
And people like David Kelly and Don Wiley say the wrong word and they're found dead in a day or two. Legal liability is relatively inconsequential in comparison to extra-legal liability.
I'm not so sure. Some of the Linux buyers are volume buyers (I account for 5 so far, so I'm not there now, but I'm seriously considering XBox as a vehicle for a network appliance project) -- and this will increase substantially when there's a polished and tuned, user-friendly install image.
Only in the absence of competition. It took version 5.0 of NT (Windows 2000) before they produced anything that was even in the same league as Linux, let alone Solaris or AIX.
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not just computer jockeys, but computer jockeys who enjoy pretending to be EMTs and lawyers.
Some functions are not indefinitely
integrable. Only an idiot or a transcendent
savant would do numerical integration sans
machine. Moreover, if you think you can
integrate all that is known to be integrable,
you're pathetically naive.
Yes, tools can be crutches that lead to
apathy. But just because you need to know
how to use a hand-screwdriver, that doesn't
m ean that you shouldn't use a
power-screwdriver.
University politics are only bad on the
tenure track or civil service. The other
people are there because they love what
they do, and they want to do it well, and
have a good life.
Yes, if you work for the government or for a
fortune 500 or for some lingering dot-com that
had the misfortune to get a new 'experienced'
management team (read, fortune 500 failures
and ex-military) who majored in cover-your-ass
instead of get-stuff-done, then this is what
it is like.
A start-up with some testosterone (or
estrogen, if that's your preferred taint)
behind it, on the other hand, is not like
this -- but that can be a taxing environment
for the natural born clock-puncher.
Academia or a closely analogous research lab
can also serve as a refuge from maniacal
fascist and incompetent micromanagement.
Question: Are fascists worse when they
are competent, or incompetent?
Leftism...leftism... I think that this word
does not mean what you think it means.
> It just confuses me to know end.
Well, there's your problem. If you know the
end, then obviously you are omniscient, or
at least close enough for rock-n-roll. But
since you have finite intellect, all that data
is overwhelming to you. The solution is to
drop this measly floating-point calculator
in favor of one that supports transfinite
and surreal numbers. You'll find it an
amazingly useful tool for making analytic
sense of the transfinite sensorium of
omniscience. Personally, I prefer a
PDA with a transcendental fractal
co-processor in an UIIW )(uncountably
infinite instruction word-length)
architecture, but I can appreciate the
old-skool charm of RPN.
I'll pass on the Nimda-in-your-pocket phone
and wait for something with non-viral software.
it is VIA-based. And VIA will not let you
know what you are buying when you buy their
products. You see, if you gave customers
your datasheets, they might be able to actually
use the products, which could lead to all sorts
of legal complications. It's much better to
just sell them a product they can't use.
No, it's not worth it.
There are other vendors, other products,
and much much better ways of doing business
and treating your customers.
Instead, I suggest telling everyone in the
industry how VIA is hostile to its customers
and refuses to provide technical documentation
for its products, rendering them useless.
When you do a design, turn to a competitor.
VIA's intransigence can be resolved by
destroying VIA as an agent in the marketplace.
Only the good survive. Helping this lawyer-crippled company to survive
would just leave you with a deformed moron
sucking your life away.
Tut, tut now. Not if the media refracts differentially. Cee squared Kay squared over Omega squared, eh?
So I can't say MUCK because it contains 'UC'.
Hell, the US isn't *any* of western civilization,
but it sure owns it.
Isn't that a bit embarassing? Just go to pricewatch.com and find one yourself.
Here's one I might buy myself.
> ...Windows CE...
Holy FUCK. I'll say that again: Holy FUCKING
FUCK.
You mean to tell me that the ownership of
fucking western civilization and control
over enough nukes to crack the planet into
pop rocks is resting on the adamantine
uncrackability of WinCE?
Not even fucking swiss-cheese hell Win2k,
but an OS that can barely run a cell-phone,
let alone stand up to DoS and overflow and
escalation attacks that every other bloody
stack on the planet has had 20 years of
hard experience against, but this wet-behind
-the-ears little piece of Symbian wannabee
has never faced before?
Fucked-up does not even begin to describe
this country.
Almost. The agenda of both political parties
is to get the job of fronting for the folks
who actually have the power. The policies
are only a means to that end.
You're not looking very carefully.
A name brand +/- drive can be had for
about $119.
Pidget doesn't separate design from code,
because Pidget isn't for business logic.
It's for GUIs. Use a template engine
like YAPTER along side Pidget.
All of this is true, but it's far beyond the
pale of the threat model that the original
question implies.
It's ALWAYS possible to describe an attack
on the security of ANY system. No news there.
There's a project on sf.net for ppp over
telnet over tcp over ip.
Useful for getting a back-door into your
company's network.
you could just wget the files from the far
end, if you enabled digest auth on your httpd.
alternatively, there is s/key auth for ftp.
And people like David Kelly and Don Wiley
say the wrong word and they're found dead
in a day or two. Legal liability is relatively
inconsequential in comparison to extra-legal
liability.
I'm not so sure. Some of the Linux buyers are
volume buyers (I account for 5 so far, so
I'm not there now, but I'm seriously
considering XBox as a vehicle for a network
appliance project) -- and this will increase
substantially when there's a polished and
tuned, user-friendly install image.
Only in the absence of competition. It took
version 5.0 of NT (Windows 2000) before they
produced anything that was even in the same
league as Linux, let alone Solaris or AIX.
You can broadcast on any frequency you like,
within certain power limits, which depend on
the frequency.
In fact, you do. Light and radio waves are
reflecting, refracting, and even radiating
from your body even as you
read this.
What a mindjob, eh?
No. There is no Nobel for mathematics. You're
thinking of the Fields medal.
Why no math Nobel? Something to do with Mrs.
Nobel and one Mr. Gauss.