Well hang on now, I think he may be on to something. Additionally, consider this video of how the Japanese fold their shirts in a way that saves both time AND space! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AWQ5aBjgE Just watch that and tell me that there are no implications to the physics community! Hell, when I tried to do that I got sucked into a wormhole full of floating clocks before I blacked out. When I woke I was in the ER where they were still cutting out pieces of shirt fabric that were bound around my hands!
What else is a table going to do with all the decomposing rats in the rat decomposition receptacle? Besides, you are going to need that excess energy to power the other microbial fuel cell robots that aren't fully self sufficient or their little fly harvesting robotic arms will stop working.
If it comes to the point where I'm forced to vote for either Kang or Kodos, I'm still going to at least vote for the one I believe will whip me the least or make me carry the lightest stone. I'm also going to be looking for ways outside of voting to improve my situation, but if voting might put me less worse off I'd be a fool not to try. Do you wait for the perfect option in any given decision you make? Even a Christian voting amongst saints should recognize that humans are imperfect and don't always behave even to their own treasured ideals. I can sympathise with what you are saying here, and while I disagree with you I hope that you will go out and vote if even for yourself.
That kind of describes how I felt at my Grandfather's funeral. I was sad that he passed away, but celebrating his life was such a joyful experience. I hypothesize that similar feelings could be felt by parents whose children grow up and move out of the house for the first time. I sent out a poll to the parents of Slashdot posters several years ago on this very topic but haven't had any responses yet.
I've accidentally run a few red lights, and I take responsibility for that. I've run unprotected servers before I knew any better, and been responsible for that. I don't think it should be illegal to disclose a security vulnerability to the public, but personally I think it's irresponsible to not at least notify the service provider first and even more so to deliberately exercise the exploit. We all make mistakes wether by negligence or simply misunderstanding. We remain responsible for the outcome of our actions regardless of the intent or legality.
I think the point is that it is hard to tell if this is any more than a glider. Even in a glider it is possible to gain altitude if you find the right air currents to provide lift.
Fair enough that it probably seemed harmless what he was doing, but it was still a mistake to do it even if it was only apparent in retrospect. I'm not saying crucify him, just that he does bear some portion of the responsibility however big or small.
He's not responsible for Twitter's bad coding but I would say he acted irresponsibly by toying around with it and exposing it to the public rather than reporting it directly to Twitter staff. If a vending machine malfunctions and lets you get candy out of it without paying, it isn't the customers fault the machine malfunctioned but it doesn't make it right to take the candy or tell everyone in earshot that the machine is giving out free candy. Not saying how I would behave in that situation, just that it wouldn't be right;)
By that logic, if you disagree with Walmart business practices you should still keep shopping there so that it wouldn't unfairly impact the sales clerk. The only meaningful vote you have in the market is where you spend your dollars. It sucks that the friendly guy at the local BP station is going to lose business but it's the only meaninful voice the consumer has. Maybe you'll ultimately still be buying BP oil since you have no control over that, but if the BP stations start closing it has an impact on the image of BP. I'm not even saying that people should boycott BP stations, personally i'm waiting to see if they stay true to their responsibility for the cleanup as well as fixing their own safety issues. For those who remain unsatisfied, a dollar unspent on anything with the BP logo on it is a vote worth a thousand irrate e-mails.
I fit that case. Raised as a Catholic, confirmed even. Soon as I was 18 (or therabouts) I laid it down that the whole thing made no sense to me. Prior to that I remember rolling my eyes touring a prospective college and having my Mother point out the chapel where I could go to services. Then again my Father never really went to church so that might have helped. Not that it proves anything, just thought some might like to hear there are indeed escapees out there. That said, I'd be curious to know the statistic for how many religious folk simply adopted the religion of their parents as opposed to seriously evaluating the alternatives and picking what they felt to be best (or accepting that they don't know the answer).
I'd add that it isn't even just that the artist might one day end up programming, they may never write a single line of code professionally and still benefit from having an understanding of the basic principles to software development. Having an appreciation of how the software works may help the artist appreciate the limitations to what they can create. Perhaps the artist would like to use a certain special graphical effect for an object. It may turn out that this effect isn't natively supported by 3d libraries or modern video hardware and would require special coding that may have considerable performance implications. Ultimately, the software team will be the ones implementing this code and judging if the performance cost is within budget for the scene but in these discussions it is helpful if there is some overlap of knowledge on both sides of the table.
While I generally browse Slashdot with my right-hand but there are other websites that are more conducive to browsing with your weaker hand. It takes some getting used to but some things in life are worth it.
You save some money buying them in bulk like that but you are going to feel like an idiot trying to open the wooden crate of crowbars when you start hearing the chirping up in the air vents.
It is a valid point that there are more dimensions to entertainment than mere passive absorbtion but I would argue that the value of these elements is best judged by the viewer. My only point was that it seems pointless to make this value judgement regarding entertainment on someone elses behalf, let alone wish them ill for their disagreement.
Well, I'm posting a few hours after you so at this point I'll assume the cat is now quite sessile and ready to be placed on a rack in the cellar for aging.
I could argue that paying to attend a sporting event or a movie is a waste as well, but then again such activities weren't designed to be productive as they are entertainment. If someone bankrupts themselves paying for any form of entertainment then yea, I'd say they qualified as someone who could use a reality check, but if someone spends money within their means to watch paint dry and gains satisfaction from having done so then I don't see the point in wishing them ill.
This. It skips you past the details of writing a game from the ground up and gives you something flashy and professional looking to play with right away. Pick a game that is interesting to the person and that has a development kit and then have them hunt down someone elses existing mod to toy with a bit and see how it affects the game. Let their interests guide where it goes from there. If they seem genuinly interested in the technical aspects of the programming, then it paves the way to picking up a book on a programming language and learning it in more detail. I think a key point here is that it shouldn't be the objective to "get them into programming" but to give them the opportunity to see if it appeals to them. For me, I was the one who asked my father to teach me how to code so I could write games. My path started on the technical side with the knowledge that the fun stuff would come later. For someone who isn't immediatly interested in the technical aspects you want to start with the fun side rather than saturating them with code and manuals to the point that they get bored.
How can they afford to print the label on that ketchup packet for so cheaply?
They use completely different printing technology to print on things like product packaging, one technique being offset printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offset_press. It is an expensive process to set up because you need to get plates made for each color of the image you want to recreate but it becomes economical for very large batch sizes. They use an entirely different composition of ink too. I rember watching Reading Rainbow as a kid and seeing Levar Burton scooping the stuff like peanut butter into the printing press. That said, I'm not convinced why ink jet ink is so expensive either but I think it is a mix of them making up the cost for selling the printers at a loss and that the ink actually is pretty specialized. You've also got to remember that a lot of those cartridges are entire modules. The ink jet cartridges often have the actual print head inside it and the laser toner cartridges have the drum, all parts that wear out and need to be replaced. Beyond that, ink costs what it does because we the consumer are willing to pay it.
I'm not sure anyone is disputing if Verilog or VHDL would be source code but you still need CAD files of the actual board etch patterns and all the other physical parts which are not generally worked with as code. I think the point Hognoxious is making is that why keep calling everything 'source' to force it under the known term 'open source'? Just call it what it is, 'open hardware design' or whatever other term you want to apply the word 'open' to. I'm not sure about the marmalade recipe though, that might be plausible to fit under source code as it might class as a type of script...
Are you kidding me? Librarians are the most oppressive censors of free speech out there! Always telling me to stop talking and to stop writing on their books.
This friend of his in the article that was shocked need not have been. You can care personally for Martin while also believing that all races deserve equal rights but hold the opinion that his civil rights campain will ultimately cause more damage than it does good. The friend can suspect, but shouldn't assume the author is a racist which was the angle the author had hoped would cement his earlier point.
Slashdot Mirror
There needs to be a way to moderate a post so that it gains a golden shimmering frame and the rest of the thread is greyed out.
Well hang on now, I think he may be on to something. Additionally, consider this video of how the Japanese fold their shirts in a way that saves both time AND space! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AWQ5aBjgE Just watch that and tell me that there are no implications to the physics community! Hell, when I tried to do that I got sucked into a wormhole full of floating clocks before I blacked out. When I woke I was in the ER where they were still cutting out pieces of shirt fabric that were bound around my hands!
What else is a table going to do with all the decomposing rats in the rat decomposition receptacle? Besides, you are going to need that excess energy to power the other microbial fuel cell robots that aren't fully self sufficient or their little fly harvesting robotic arms will stop working.
...for sufficiently small values of 'legion'.
If it comes to the point where I'm forced to vote for either Kang or Kodos, I'm still going to at least vote for the one I believe will whip me the least or make me carry the lightest stone. I'm also going to be looking for ways outside of voting to improve my situation, but if voting might put me less worse off I'd be a fool not to try. Do you wait for the perfect option in any given decision you make? Even a Christian voting amongst saints should recognize that humans are imperfect and don't always behave even to their own treasured ideals. I can sympathise with what you are saying here, and while I disagree with you I hope that you will go out and vote if even for yourself.
If you have a dog with a sense of humor you might consider consulting with him before posting.
That kind of describes how I felt at my Grandfather's funeral. I was sad that he passed away, but celebrating his life was such a joyful experience. I hypothesize that similar feelings could be felt by parents whose children grow up and move out of the house for the first time. I sent out a poll to the parents of Slashdot posters several years ago on this very topic but haven't had any responses yet.
I've accidentally run a few red lights, and I take responsibility for that. I've run unprotected servers before I knew any better, and been responsible for that. I don't think it should be illegal to disclose a security vulnerability to the public, but personally I think it's irresponsible to not at least notify the service provider first and even more so to deliberately exercise the exploit. We all make mistakes wether by negligence or simply misunderstanding. We remain responsible for the outcome of our actions regardless of the intent or legality.
I think the point is that it is hard to tell if this is any more than a glider. Even in a glider it is possible to gain altitude if you find the right air currents to provide lift.
Fair enough that it probably seemed harmless what he was doing, but it was still a mistake to do it even if it was only apparent in retrospect. I'm not saying crucify him, just that he does bear some portion of the responsibility however big or small.
He's not responsible for Twitter's bad coding but I would say he acted irresponsibly by toying around with it and exposing it to the public rather than reporting it directly to Twitter staff. If a vending machine malfunctions and lets you get candy out of it without paying, it isn't the customers fault the machine malfunctioned but it doesn't make it right to take the candy or tell everyone in earshot that the machine is giving out free candy. Not saying how I would behave in that situation, just that it wouldn't be right ;)
By that logic, if you disagree with Walmart business practices you should still keep shopping there so that it wouldn't unfairly impact the sales clerk. The only meaningful vote you have in the market is where you spend your dollars. It sucks that the friendly guy at the local BP station is going to lose business but it's the only meaninful voice the consumer has. Maybe you'll ultimately still be buying BP oil since you have no control over that, but if the BP stations start closing it has an impact on the image of BP. I'm not even saying that people should boycott BP stations, personally i'm waiting to see if they stay true to their responsibility for the cleanup as well as fixing their own safety issues. For those who remain unsatisfied, a dollar unspent on anything with the BP logo on it is a vote worth a thousand irrate e-mails.
I fit that case. Raised as a Catholic, confirmed even. Soon as I was 18 (or therabouts) I laid it down that the whole thing made no sense to me. Prior to that I remember rolling my eyes touring a prospective college and having my Mother point out the chapel where I could go to services. Then again my Father never really went to church so that might have helped. Not that it proves anything, just thought some might like to hear there are indeed escapees out there. That said, I'd be curious to know the statistic for how many religious folk simply adopted the religion of their parents as opposed to seriously evaluating the alternatives and picking what they felt to be best (or accepting that they don't know the answer).
I'd add that it isn't even just that the artist might one day end up programming, they may never write a single line of code professionally and still benefit from having an understanding of the basic principles to software development. Having an appreciation of how the software works may help the artist appreciate the limitations to what they can create. Perhaps the artist would like to use a certain special graphical effect for an object. It may turn out that this effect isn't natively supported by 3d libraries or modern video hardware and would require special coding that may have considerable performance implications. Ultimately, the software team will be the ones implementing this code and judging if the performance cost is within budget for the scene but in these discussions it is helpful if there is some overlap of knowledge on both sides of the table.
While I generally browse Slashdot with my right-hand but there are other websites that are more conducive to browsing with your weaker hand. It takes some getting used to but some things in life are worth it.
You save some money buying them in bulk like that but you are going to feel like an idiot trying to open the wooden crate of crowbars when you start hearing the chirping up in the air vents.
It is a valid point that there are more dimensions to entertainment than mere passive absorbtion but I would argue that the value of these elements is best judged by the viewer. My only point was that it seems pointless to make this value judgement regarding entertainment on someone elses behalf, let alone wish them ill for their disagreement.
Well, I'm posting a few hours after you so at this point I'll assume the cat is now quite sessile and ready to be placed on a rack in the cellar for aging.
I could argue that paying to attend a sporting event or a movie is a waste as well, but then again such activities weren't designed to be productive as they are entertainment. If someone bankrupts themselves paying for any form of entertainment then yea, I'd say they qualified as someone who could use a reality check, but if someone spends money within their means to watch paint dry and gains satisfaction from having done so then I don't see the point in wishing them ill.
This. It skips you past the details of writing a game from the ground up and gives you something flashy and professional looking to play with right away. Pick a game that is interesting to the person and that has a development kit and then have them hunt down someone elses existing mod to toy with a bit and see how it affects the game. Let their interests guide where it goes from there. If they seem genuinly interested in the technical aspects of the programming, then it paves the way to picking up a book on a programming language and learning it in more detail. I think a key point here is that it shouldn't be the objective to "get them into programming" but to give them the opportunity to see if it appeals to them. For me, I was the one who asked my father to teach me how to code so I could write games. My path started on the technical side with the knowledge that the fun stuff would come later. For someone who isn't immediatly interested in the technical aspects you want to start with the fun side rather than saturating them with code and manuals to the point that they get bored.
How can they afford to print the label on that ketchup packet for so cheaply?
They use completely different printing technology to print on things like product packaging, one technique being offset printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offset_press. It is an expensive process to set up because you need to get plates made for each color of the image you want to recreate but it becomes economical for very large batch sizes. They use an entirely different composition of ink too. I rember watching Reading Rainbow as a kid and seeing Levar Burton scooping the stuff like peanut butter into the printing press. That said, I'm not convinced why ink jet ink is so expensive either but I think it is a mix of them making up the cost for selling the printers at a loss and that the ink actually is pretty specialized. You've also got to remember that a lot of those cartridges are entire modules. The ink jet cartridges often have the actual print head inside it and the laser toner cartridges have the drum, all parts that wear out and need to be replaced. Beyond that, ink costs what it does because we the consumer are willing to pay it.
... and that, my friend, is how a Teletubby is born.
I'm not sure anyone is disputing if Verilog or VHDL would be source code but you still need CAD files of the actual board etch patterns and all the other physical parts which are not generally worked with as code. I think the point Hognoxious is making is that why keep calling everything 'source' to force it under the known term 'open source'? Just call it what it is, 'open hardware design' or whatever other term you want to apply the word 'open' to. I'm not sure about the marmalade recipe though, that might be plausible to fit under source code as it might class as a type of script...
Are you kidding me? Librarians are the most oppressive censors of free speech out there! Always telling me to stop talking and to stop writing on their books.
This friend of his in the article that was shocked need not have been. You can care personally for Martin while also believing that all races deserve equal rights but hold the opinion that his civil rights campain will ultimately cause more damage than it does good. The friend can suspect, but shouldn't assume the author is a racist which was the angle the author had hoped would cement his earlier point.