They didn't mention race as one of the features in the equation, even though there is (unfortunately) by no means an equal drop-out rate among the various races represented in US schools. Is this to sanitize the article, or is race really ignored in the database (surely making its predictions less accurate than what would be possible)?
The problem is that the heatsink is just dumping heat into the cavity of your case, and you will need some serious (and loud) fans to remove it from there. I hate to say it, but only Apple is in a position to make PCs that have wholistic quitet cooling systems installed.
I think that NVidia were actually on the right track by blowing out the GPU heat into the outside air rather than into the case. Of course, their fan was a monster, but I imagine that this could be done better with a cooler GPU like ATI's.
Yeah, and I think that the brushed metal stuff looks totally awesome. I can't imagine the same apps done in the "candy" look could possibly be prettier.
It's not good for the tech sector, though, because most consumer tech devices are imported, so they cost us a much bigger portion of our US$ salary, which isn't going up anywhere near as fast as the dollar is going down.
What are you talking about, "isolated cases" and "no proof"? Don't you know how to use Google? There is a systematic pattern of cases and there is proof. Your insistance on keeping your head in the sand does not make it any less the case.
Um, I know that the point of your post is to make us admire your integrity, but I just can't help but think that you bought the creppiest car in its class because of your hardheadedness.
I don't mind making major spending decisions based on political reasons, but the absolute dumbest reason I've ever heard of was that a website had browser-specific code. If you browsed your Opera to check the human rights record of Toyota, and compared that with MB and BMW, and based your decision on what you found, then I wouldn't think you were completely silly.
You know, this got me thinking: Linux evangelists should not be lobbying non-US governments to adopt Linux. There is much more evidence of Microsoft impropriety than there is in the case of Korean SDRAM. So if Bush can levy a 44% tariff, all the governments in the world should impose a 50% tariff on Microsoft products. They could do useful things with that money.
Just like we tax polluting fuels to encourage alternatives, this would have a very positive effect on "alternative" operating systems.
I hope you remember to giggle next time when you hear people from this administration talk about "market economics." This is not an isolated case. Take a look a steel tarifs, orange juice, and many other goods whose domestic producers have been loyal Bush lobbyists.
Bush should be trying to stimulate the tech economy. Instead, he's killing the US$ to historic lows, and now this? Pretty weak!
Has anyone else noticed that Swedes are the some of the best file-sharers in the world? It's largely because they have such awesome upload caps, typically much higher than other European broadband, and maybe 10X that of standard North American DSL. If this turns out to be enforceable, expect online filesharing to get noticeably worse.
And don't forget to mention that his answers were written very well. I teach at the university level, and even humanities majors are rarely as articulate in their writing. I especially liked the "dignity of a foodfight" image.
I'm not saying that libraries and schools shouldn't get government money for internet connections. I think they should, and in most civilized countries they do. But why does it have to be money from the one industry that is actually propping up our economy?
If there is are going to be government payouts to corporations, cable internet companies seem like very logical recipients. Getting people on the internet will do a lot to drive our economy, definitely in the long run, but probably in the short run as well. Then we could finally catch up with countries like Finland, South Korea and Canada.
For the Bush administration to propose a tax hike on this important technology is yet another piece of evidence that they have shit for brains.
I just can't get over the stupidity of this administration. Bush gives a huge tax cut, most of which goes to very rich people, while Michael Powell wants to do a tax hike on one of the few technologies that might actually fix the economy?
Ooooh, you must be sooo cool and smart and wise and all that. I'm sure that's because you're American, and the reason why it's a bad idea to give contracts to India or Hungary is because nobody there knows how to make a high quality product fast. With super-competent Americans like you, our economy will always be strong!
The dynamics are different, because back in the videotape standards wars, no manufacturers had a realistic option to make a player compatible with both standards. The situation is very different for vorbis/mp3. Often, all it takes is a vorbis-friendly firmware upgrade to make an MP3 player also play.ogg music files. Because decoding vorbis takes a bit more processing power than decoding MP3, some portable devices will need slightly more powerful decoding chips. Already, the cost difference is absolutely negligible, and will grow smaller with time.
So this is why vorbis isn't headed for extinction: it can live along side MP3 until people get sick of MP3.
Funny, but I don't think that Microsoft have a lot to lose from ordinary user-piracy, and potentially, lots to gain. A great majority of people would be running Linux right now if Microsoft had made Windows unpiratable in 1995. And Linux would be awesome, a lot better than it is now.
The threat from Free software is only going to get more serious for Microsoft, and pirated software is their covert way of fighting it. They can get fat enough off the rich people who don't want to bother pirating and the corporations that don't want to risk it.
So basically, I don't think piracy channels bother Microsoft very much. Piracy guarantees that MS remains the global standard, and it drives up the demand for computers, so MS profits in the big picture.
I wonder what the legal aspects of this are. Personally I feel that if I'm paying to hear it once I am well within my rights to record it to review it later. Thankfully technology is such today that even if a professor tries to stop you from recording a lecture you can still do it without their knowlege.
It seems to me that if I hire a band to play at my party, I don't automatically have the right to record them, and do whatever I want with the tape. Some bands might allow it, but it's something that would be negotiated separately. I'm sure it's the same with a professor. Professors often discuss their own unpublished work in the seminars, and have good reason to make sure that early versions of their thoughts don't leak out before they're debugged. One neat thing about courses is that you can speak "off the record", and if you're not off the record, you'd probably be more guarded in what you say. This is another reason why many professors don't like being recorded. Legally, I'm pretty sure it's their perogative.
Yeah, stupid cell phones. I still haven't found a good solution for this, but in the fall, I think I will collect a list of "volunteers" who will pitch in for pizza for the last class meeting. Your name gets put on the volunteers list if your cellphone rings during classtime. I think that would be a good rule for my next syllabus!
As somebody who teaches many college freshmen each year, I can tell you that you'll be out on your ear quickly if you're clicking on laptop keys in my classroom. I and most of my colleagues only make exceptions in cases where physical disability prevents you from using a pen and a notebook.
About recording a class on tape: make sure you always get permission. I always allow this, but I like to be told. I've seen a professor pull a tape out of a student's cassette before, because the student was recording without obtaining consent. Needless to say, that's not a good way to make a first impression in college.
Apart from all this, the best notes I've ever seen were written into a notebook by people who first listened to the material, and only wrote things once down once they understood them (and asked questions when they didn't).
I agree, the most annoying thing about the article "How to live in a simulation" is that it makes the classical IMHO erronous assumption that the simulator (the entity that controls the simulation) is basically like us.
Umm, no it doesn't. I don't remember reading anything about the motivations of the simulation authors. Anyway, there doesn't need to be a story about why they build the simulation. Maybe you should read the article again.
We don't need to simulate the universe. We need only to simulate conscious creatures (a very small fraction of all the universe) and their sensory inputs.
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They didn't mention race as one of the features in the equation, even though there is (unfortunately) by no means an equal drop-out rate among the various races represented in US schools. Is this to sanitize the article, or is race really ignored in the database (surely making its predictions less accurate than what would be possible)?
I think that NVidia were actually on the right track by blowing out the GPU heat into the outside air rather than into the case. Of course, their fan was a monster, but I imagine that this could be done better with a cooler GPU like ATI's.
It's not more important, but it sure is easier!
Yeah, and I think that the brushed metal stuff looks totally awesome. I can't imagine the same apps done in the "candy" look could possibly be prettier.
Wow, what a crappy day for Intel to release something!
It's not good for the tech sector, though, because most consumer tech devices are imported, so they cost us a much bigger portion of our US$ salary, which isn't going up anywhere near as fast as the dollar is going down.
What are you talking about, "isolated cases" and "no proof"? Don't you know how to use Google? There is a systematic pattern of cases and there is proof. Your insistance on keeping your head in the sand does not make it any less the case.
I don't mind making major spending decisions based on political reasons, but the absolute dumbest reason I've ever heard of was that a website had browser-specific code. If you browsed your Opera to check the human rights record of Toyota, and compared that with MB and BMW, and based your decision on what you found, then I wouldn't think you were completely silly.
Just like we tax polluting fuels to encourage alternatives, this would have a very positive effect on "alternative" operating systems.
Bush should be trying to stimulate the tech economy. Instead, he's killing the US$ to historic lows, and now this? Pretty weak!
Has anyone else noticed that Swedes are the some of the best file-sharers in the world? It's largely because they have such awesome upload caps, typically much higher than other European broadband, and maybe 10X that of standard North American DSL. If this turns out to be enforceable, expect online filesharing to get noticeably worse.
And don't forget to mention that his answers were written very well. I teach at the university level, and even humanities majors are rarely as articulate in their writing. I especially liked the "dignity of a foodfight" image.
How much are you getting? And how sure are you that there isn't someone else in the country who needs that money more?
If there is are going to be government payouts to corporations, cable internet companies seem like very logical recipients. Getting people on the internet will do a lot to drive our economy, definitely in the long run, but probably in the short run as well. Then we could finally catch up with countries like Finland, South Korea and Canada.
For the Bush administration to propose a tax hike on this important technology is yet another piece of evidence that they have shit for brains.
Seriously, this just boggles the mind.
Seriously, I sometimes complain about goofs and stupid decisions made by the editors, but I'm a fair person, so ... way to recognize a cool story!
Ooooh, you must be sooo cool and smart and wise and all that. I'm sure that's because you're American, and the reason why it's a bad idea to give contracts to India or Hungary is because nobody there knows how to make a high quality product fast. With super-competent Americans like you, our economy will always be strong!
So this is why vorbis isn't headed for extinction: it can live along side MP3 until people get sick of MP3.
The threat from Free software is only going to get more serious for Microsoft, and pirated software is their covert way of fighting it. They can get fat enough off the rich people who don't want to bother pirating and the corporations that don't want to risk it.
So basically, I don't think piracy channels bother Microsoft very much. Piracy guarantees that MS remains the global standard, and it drives up the demand for computers, so MS profits in the big picture.
It seems to me that if I hire a band to play at my party, I don't automatically have the right to record them, and do whatever I want with the tape. Some bands might allow it, but it's something that would be negotiated separately. I'm sure it's the same with a professor. Professors often discuss their own unpublished work in the seminars, and have good reason to make sure that early versions of their thoughts don't leak out before they're debugged. One neat thing about courses is that you can speak "off the record", and if you're not off the record, you'd probably be more guarded in what you say. This is another reason why many professors don't like being recorded. Legally, I'm pretty sure it's their perogative.
Yeah, stupid cell phones. I still haven't found a good solution for this, but in the fall, I think I will collect a list of "volunteers" who will pitch in for pizza for the last class meeting. Your name gets put on the volunteers list if your cellphone rings during classtime. I think that would be a good rule for my next syllabus!
About recording a class on tape: make sure you always get permission. I always allow this, but I like to be told. I've seen a professor pull a tape out of a student's cassette before, because the student was recording without obtaining consent. Needless to say, that's not a good way to make a first impression in college.
Apart from all this, the best notes I've ever seen were written into a notebook by people who first listened to the material, and only wrote things once down once they understood them (and asked questions when they didn't).
But just maybe, they're wise enough to recognize a good thing when they see it, and don't just give it up when the market has moved on.
But on the other hand, there's David Hasselhof...
Umm, no it doesn't. I don't remember reading anything about the motivations of the simulation authors. Anyway, there doesn't need to be a story about why they build the simulation. Maybe you should read the article again.