Armies of geeks helping other geeks. She should have posted this in 2001, that way Penguins' Sherry Aftab (cyberlaw attorney) lame weblog would have been/.'d earlier. She's the one who should be reading YRO.
My university,Worcester Polytechnic Institute required that we take seven (7) math courses to meet the math requirment for a degree. The courses I took are:
Calculus I-IV
Discrete Math (counted as CS credit though)
Linear Algebra and Matrices
Statistics
Probability in Applications
These courses helped out a lot when I took my higher level systems courses, especially networks and distributed computing. I would agree that computer science isn't "all about programming" and someone even equated programming to knowing lab equipment for chemistry, but that's took simple of an analogy because software is one of the main things we produce. A builder needs to know how to use a hammer to build a house, and without that knowledge he's not a builder.
On the note of the power supply, when I travelled to the United Kingdom, the only thing required to convert the voltage was a simple three prong UK plug. Most power supplies now can support the higher voltage and convert it to the proper DC.
Everyone says start smoking. That makes your clothes/breathe/hair smell.
Chewing tobacco is the answer.
We're all geeks here, so it's not like you need to worry about the ladies. If you can't pack a dip, try the pouches. And no, you're lip won't fall off, and you can stop whenever you want.
Traditionally, radio is lesser quality than what the RIAA offers for sale, and previous comments have mentioned that the audio sounds compressed, so the possibility of the RIAA persuing any increased fees for XM or Sirius is slim, in my opinion.
But this is because the RIAA is too busy chasing after the digital pirates, and don't have time for the "small time" operations of bootleggers, like Napster/KaZaa/etc. is the first time piracy has ever occured.
The XBox by Microsoft is the most notable of all attempts to make computers main stream, and hidden in a cute box. This attempt however was rushed by the demanding console market, and it had to be put out to avoid losing more ground.
I think that the XBox is a great system for it's time, and it's capabilities where only realized after it became modified.
This comment isn't that far offtopic, and raises an interesting scenario, however, even I think that this is a very cynical view of the situation.
You mentioned that it is a theoretical situation, but the rope that ties the hands of the RIAA/MPAA in this situation is that it would expose what is at the heart of the actions of the digital gestapo. If the RIAA were to take a sweeping action on behalf of the artists, even unaffiliated ones, the Congress of the United States simply wouldn't be able to turn a blind eye.
Granted, they only are looking at the case because of the possible campaign donations, but such an unprecidented case would be under a magnifying glass so big, that the RIAA would become that unfortunate ant.
Google should definately start to make sense of the mess that is the internet. This whitepaper at BrightPlanet, points out some astonishing figures, such as the ratio of indexed content (19TB) to deep Web information (7500TB). If google could only index those other 7500TB of pr0n we could reach a new plateau in civilization.
BoomerSooner raises a good point, during emergencies of grand proportion, finding reception would be a big problem, however, lets examine the more mundane emergencies (i.e. heartattacks). The Order is for carriers that already have coverage in the home areas, if they didn't have enough capacity, then it would deemed technically infeasible. If all landlines were ideally moved over to mobiles, then everyone would be able to reach emergency services in the case of the mundane emergencies, as well as use existing triangulation technologies to local exactly where the emergency is occurring, be it in the home or on the street.
And plus the phone compnay will finally be able to get rid of all those phreakers with their capt'n crunch whistles and redboxes.
The USPS' idea for certified proofing for digital signatures is in the right direction for securing financial transactions, helping to prevent spam (in the case of accepting emails only e-signed from registered people), but initiating such a project will bring the US closer to a National ID card.
By attaching services such as online tax refunds or filings, the public will be/required/ to register with the USPS in order to take advantage of the online filings with the IRS. Sure, but what if people just file in paper? Without a doubt, the government will then ad a fee to paper filings to encourage taxpapers (everyone) to register with the USPS service.
You should be allowed to enter into programs in the district that you pay your taxes to. I have a friend who had a similar problem in Massachussetts with regards to varsity athletics. If the FIRST program is something you are interested in, I would persue this through your lawyer. My friend won, and got his AD fired. The taste of vengence is always sweet.
The FIRST program sounds like a great way to introduce high school students to undergraduate degrees in the engineering fields. I entered my engineering college as a CS major, but quickly found myself branching out into the mechanical engineering field to fufill my general science credits.
Not only does this allow males to explore engineering fields, but this introduces engineering to females at a lower level than college courses. I feel early introduction to technical fields is fundamental in opening the door for more females to enter, and be accepted, in to these "male-dominated" fields.
It's good to see that companies are donating software and kits, but I'll be impressed if they burn their own ROMs and use erector sets.
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This has been very helpful. Thanks!
My messages are timing out...looks like you can never escape hordes of geeks.
Armies of geeks helping other geeks. She should have posted this in 2001, that way Penguins' Sherry Aftab (cyberlaw attorney) lame weblog would have been /.'d earlier. She's the one who should be reading YRO.
you insensitive clod.
My university,Worcester Polytechnic Institute required that we take seven (7) math courses to meet the math requirment for a degree. The courses I took are:
Calculus I-IV
Discrete Math (counted as CS credit though)
Linear Algebra and Matrices
Statistics
Probability in Applications
These courses helped out a lot when I took my higher level systems courses, especially networks and distributed computing. I would agree that computer science isn't "all about programming" and someone even equated programming to knowing lab equipment for chemistry, but that's took simple of an analogy because software is one of the main things we produce. A builder needs to know how to use a hammer to build a house, and without that knowledge he's not a builder.
On the note of the power supply, when I travelled to the United Kingdom, the only thing required to convert the voltage was a simple three prong UK plug. Most power supplies now can support the higher voltage and convert it to the proper DC.
Everyone says start smoking. That makes your clothes/breathe/hair smell.
Chewing tobacco is the answer.
We're all geeks here, so it's not like you need to worry about the ladies. If you can't pack a dip, try the pouches. And no, you're lip won't fall off, and you can stop whenever you want.
maybe 'buy american' could be our new battle cry ;)
Well, Tom Ridge will be screaming out "those dirty terrorists" as he revokes H1Bs.
Traditionally, radio is lesser quality than what the RIAA offers for sale, and previous comments have mentioned that the audio sounds compressed, so the possibility of the RIAA persuing any increased fees for XM or Sirius is slim, in my opinion.
But this is because the RIAA is too busy chasing after the digital pirates, and don't have time for the "small time" operations of bootleggers, like Napster/KaZaa/etc. is the first time piracy has ever occured.
The XBox by Microsoft is the most notable of all attempts to make computers main stream, and hidden in a cute box. This attempt however was rushed by the demanding console market, and it had to be put out to avoid losing more ground.
I think that the XBox is a great system for it's time, and it's capabilities where only realized after it became modified.
This comment isn't that far offtopic, and raises an interesting scenario, however, even I think that this is a very cynical view of the situation.
You mentioned that it is a theoretical situation, but the rope that ties the hands of the RIAA/MPAA in this situation is that it would expose what is at the heart of the actions of the digital gestapo. If the RIAA were to take a sweeping action on behalf of the artists, even unaffiliated ones, the Congress of the United States simply wouldn't be able to turn a blind eye.
Granted, they only are looking at the case because of the possible campaign donations, but such an unprecidented case would be under a magnifying glass so big, that the RIAA would become that unfortunate ant.
Google should definately start to make sense of the mess that is the internet. This whitepaper at BrightPlanet, points out some astonishing figures, such as the ratio of indexed content (19TB) to deep Web information (7500TB). If google could only index those other 7500TB of pr0n we could reach a new plateau in civilization.
BoomerSooner raises a good point, during emergencies of grand proportion, finding reception would be a big problem, however, lets examine the more mundane emergencies (i.e. heartattacks). The Order is for carriers that already have coverage in the home areas, if they didn't have enough capacity, then it would deemed technically infeasible. If all landlines were ideally moved over to mobiles, then everyone would be able to reach emergency services in the case of the mundane emergencies, as well as use existing triangulation technologies to local exactly where the emergency is occurring, be it in the home or on the street.
And plus the phone compnay will finally be able to get rid of all those phreakers with their capt'n crunch whistles and redboxes.
The USPS' idea for certified proofing for digital signatures is in the right direction for securing financial transactions, helping to prevent spam (in the case of accepting emails only e-signed from registered people), but initiating such a project will bring the US closer to a National ID card.
/required/ to register with the USPS in order to take advantage of the online filings with the IRS. Sure, but what if people just file in paper? Without a doubt, the government will then ad a fee to paper filings to encourage taxpapers (everyone) to register with the USPS service.
By attaching services such as online tax refunds or filings, the public will be
Let me see your papers, please!
Notes: Yellow paper and clipboard - easier to find in a stack of corrected material.
Palm: Expensive DayPlanner with a pretty good cribbage program, it's a life saver.
Personal Computer: Expensive terminal that acts as file server.
Lab Computers: Everything you need to get through university with, seriously.
Pen: Pilot V7, best pen ever.
Shower caddy: The bigger the better.
You should be allowed to enter into programs in the district that you pay your taxes to. I have a friend who had a similar problem in Massachussetts with regards to varsity athletics. If the FIRST program is something you are interested in, I would persue this through your lawyer. My friend won, and got his AD fired. The taste of vengence is always sweet.
The FIRST program sounds like a great way to introduce high school students to undergraduate degrees in the engineering fields. I entered my engineering college as a CS major, but quickly found myself branching out into the mechanical engineering field to fufill my general science credits.
Not only does this allow males to explore engineering fields, but this introduces engineering to females at a lower level than college courses. I feel early introduction to technical fields is fundamental in opening the door for more females to enter, and be accepted, in to these "male-dominated" fields.
It's good to see that companies are donating software and kits, but I'll be impressed if they burn their own ROMs and use erector sets.