Sad but true. CNN had some guy on last night who was an autism-vaccination believer, they asked him if this changed his opinion, his answer, predictably enough "not one bit". Seriously, WTF, do you really care about what might have caused your child's autism or not? I think people have some much time, effort and rage involved in blaming vaccines that they can't allow the cognitive dissonance of accepting the idea that it may have all been a waste of time. Time that could have been spent actually helping their children and looking for the real cause and a cure.
Yeah, you're missing the point. I'm well aware the iPhone doesn't do flash. The point is why should I pay $0.99 for a game when most of them aren't much better than the ones I can get for free (including all the free ones on the iPhone AppStore).
If, as TFA claims, $0.99 Mac apps are going to put a downward pressure of traditional $50 Mac apps, then how do $0.99 (or $1.99 or $2.99) apps exist in the world of free apps? Or how do those $50 Mac apps exist in the first place, in a world of FOSS? In other words, I doubt we're going to see a sudden collapse. It's apples and oranges, as the person I was replying to said.
But wait, I can play dumb flash games over the web for free. Clearly Call Of Duty 4 should now be free too!
The real question is how do people manage to charge $0.99 for an iPhone game when they are much closer to the free flash games available on the web or even the free games available on the iPhone.
Exactly, it is distracting. First you have gorillas getting tickled, then you have snakes eating their own tails. I was half expecting Freud to pop-up at the end.
Because they don't need a perfect search engine and it isn't their aim. They only need one that's good enough for advertisers. Often that corresponds to "good for users" but not necessarily. Take all the information about users they collect and sell to advertisers. That doesn't fit what I'd see as "good for users", but it's certainly "good for advertisers".
If you want to understand Google and what they do, you have to remember that they are an advertising company and us poor chumps trying to find stuff on the internet are not their customers.
I tried bing..... and couldn't even get it to find microsoft security essentials when searching for mse as its normally know.
Just tried it. Microsoft security essentials was the second result (after Micro Solutions Enterprises, whoever they might be, but they have the domain mse.com).
They are not in the business of designing the perfect search engine. They are in the business of designing the perfect advertising engine. It's a mistake to think of Google as anything other than an ad company.
No, it's different. To be called computer science it really needs to involve programming and some understanding of the algorithms necessary to implement it.
Ok, but what would (or rather should), in your mind, a HS CS class look like? Obviously typing and using a word processor isn't CS; they are useful (and important) computer literacy skills, but clearly not science. But what about programming? I'd argue that's more like engineering that science. You don't write a program by experiment, you design and engineer a program to perform a specific function (in theory at least, in practice, not so much). So what could you do at a high school level that could rise to the level of being called computer science rather than literacy or engineering?
Ideally, yes, that would be how it would work. But in practice, not so much. It's more like the students are given a theory (that they don't understand and aren't particularly interested in) and follow the instructions to do the lab (without really thinking about why they are doing it) record some data and then write what is often a "fill-in the blanks" lab report. Any thing else might work with highly motivated students but they are, unfortunately, few are far between.
But, again, yes. CS labs are worse (or often non-existent). But I'm not exactly sure what a HS CS lab would look like? Coupled with my uneasy feeling that CS isn't really science at all.
Isn't this a bit like complaining that high school chemistry isn't really science, or high school physics isn't really science? Of course they're not, you need to have a certain set of basic skills and knowledge developed before you can do real science.
I'd assume because Slashdot editors don't like linking to the NYT because it has a semi-paywall thing. If they linked directly to NYT, you'd had pages of people complaining that they are being asked to subscribe to see the article. I had a similar experience when I submitted something from the NYT, they didn't post it for several days and then linked to a different newspaper that referenced the NYT story.
IIRC: NYT lets you see one article a day without subscribing or something like that. It's trivial to defeat by clearing your cookies, not accepting cookies in the first place, or using private browsing.
I've been insisting to my wife for some time now that the way to translate anything from English to Spanish is just to add "el-" at the beginning at "-o" at the end. El-translateo! Or at least they'll get the gist of it, especially if you say it loudly enough.
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The anti-vax crowd also doesn't explain why, after removing the mercury that they blame for causing autism, the rates of autism continue to climb.
Sad but true. CNN had some guy on last night who was an autism-vaccination believer, they asked him if this changed his opinion, his answer, predictably enough "not one bit". Seriously, WTF, do you really care about what might have caused your child's autism or not? I think people have some much time, effort and rage involved in blaming vaccines that they can't allow the cognitive dissonance of accepting the idea that it may have all been a waste of time. Time that could have been spent actually helping their children and looking for the real cause and a cure.
Because you have circular logic?
Because my point wasn't about Flash. Besides, your comment just begs the question, "so why would I use an iPhone then?".
Yeah, you're missing the point. I'm well aware the iPhone doesn't do flash. The point is why should I pay $0.99 for a game when most of them aren't much better than the ones I can get for free (including all the free ones on the iPhone AppStore).
If, as TFA claims, $0.99 Mac apps are going to put a downward pressure of traditional $50 Mac apps, then how do $0.99 (or $1.99 or $2.99) apps exist in the world of free apps? Or how do those $50 Mac apps exist in the first place, in a world of FOSS? In other words, I doubt we're going to see a sudden collapse. It's apples and oranges, as the person I was replying to said.
But wait, I can play dumb flash games over the web for free. Clearly Call Of Duty 4 should now be free too!
The real question is how do people manage to charge $0.99 for an iPhone game when they are much closer to the free flash games available on the web or even the free games available on the iPhone.
Good enough only involves being better than the competition. Which they were.
Exactly, it is distracting. First you have gorillas getting tickled, then you have snakes eating their own tails. I was half expecting Freud to pop-up at the end.
There are some sick puppies out there.
If Slashdotted, try this instead.
Me too. My first thought was "what have they got against Athur C. Clark", then I realized it was 2012 not 2010 or 2001.
Because they don't need a perfect search engine and it isn't their aim. They only need one that's good enough for advertisers. Often that corresponds to "good for users" but not necessarily. Take all the information about users they collect and sell to advertisers. That doesn't fit what I'd see as "good for users", but it's certainly "good for advertisers".
If you want to understand Google and what they do, you have to remember that they are an advertising company and us poor chumps trying to find stuff on the internet are not their customers.
I tried bing..... and couldn't even get it to find microsoft security essentials when searching for mse as its normally know.
Just tried it. Microsoft security essentials was the second result (after Micro Solutions Enterprises, whoever they might be, but they have the domain mse.com).
Coming soon to a theater near you, Samuel L. Jackson stars in....GORILLASNAKES on a plane!
They are not in the business of designing the perfect search engine. They are in the business of designing the perfect advertising engine. It's a mistake to think of Google as anything other than an ad company.
So which is it? Is Google a gorilla or a snake? Make your mind up!
The paint on the hooks wears off and shorts out the device!
There now was it so fucking hard to put that in the fucking summary?
Ok, so maybe it's a registration wall. It's still a pain in the ass, and I believe that's why Slashdot editors don't like linking to it. YMMV.
No, it's different. To be called computer science it really needs to involve programming and some understanding of the algorithms necessary to implement it.
Sounds more like engineering that science to me.
Ok, but what would (or rather should), in your mind, a HS CS class look like? Obviously typing and using a word processor isn't CS; they are useful (and important) computer literacy skills, but clearly not science. But what about programming? I'd argue that's more like engineering that science. You don't write a program by experiment, you design and engineer a program to perform a specific function (in theory at least, in practice, not so much). So what could you do at a high school level that could rise to the level of being called computer science rather than literacy or engineering?
Ideally, yes, that would be how it would work. But in practice, not so much. It's more like the students are given a theory (that they don't understand and aren't particularly interested in) and follow the instructions to do the lab (without really thinking about why they are doing it) record some data and then write what is often a "fill-in the blanks" lab report. Any thing else might work with highly motivated students but they are, unfortunately, few are far between.
But, again, yes. CS labs are worse (or often non-existent). But I'm not exactly sure what a HS CS lab would look like? Coupled with my uneasy feeling that CS isn't really science at all.
Isn't this a bit like complaining that high school chemistry isn't really science, or high school physics isn't really science? Of course they're not, you need to have a certain set of basic skills and knowledge developed before you can do real science.
I'd assume because Slashdot editors don't like linking to the NYT because it has a semi-paywall thing. If they linked directly to NYT, you'd had pages of people complaining that they are being asked to subscribe to see the article. I had a similar experience when I submitted something from the NYT, they didn't post it for several days and then linked to a different newspaper that referenced the NYT story.
IIRC: NYT lets you see one article a day without subscribing or something like that. It's trivial to defeat by clearing your cookies, not accepting cookies in the first place, or using private browsing.
Of course you do.
It would probably be easier for you to get a sense of humor than for me to try and explain it to you.
I've been insisting to my wife for some time now that the way to translate anything from English to Spanish is just to add "el-" at the beginning at "-o" at the end. El-translateo! Or at least they'll get the gist of it, especially if you say it loudly enough.