If you post a retraction, then you will regain some credibility. If you don't, I can't see how you are any better
"On the other side, Mr. Ham was an advocate for the creation story. He said that God created the Earth in six days, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old..." http://badgerherald.com/oped/2...
"On the Wednesday edition of his TV show, “The 700 Club,” Robertson indirectly implored Ham to put a sock in it, criticizing Ham’s view that the Earth is only 6,000 years old." http://www.salon.com/2014/02/0...
Given the universe is 4500 years old this is a lie.
Actually, the creationists think the universe is 6000 years old, and this star is only 6000 LY away; so it doesn't prove anything one way or the other!!
If those are the best Canadian jokes you can come up with, the American sense humour must have deteriorated even further than Hollywood's latest attempts at comedy had suggested.
Ah, yeah... That movie "Lone Survivor"..? That wasn't really suppose to be a comedy.
"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced." --Scientific American, January 2, 1909
Since when is a Cray a personal computer? (And yes if you read the full quote he does says *personal* computer.
Where did you see that?
"Every company that made computers when we started the Mac, they’re all gone,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, in an interview on Apple’s Cupertino campus Thursday. “We’re the only one left. We’re still doing it, and growing faster than the rest of the PC industry because of that willingness to reinvent ourselves over and over."
...so stupid they actually think that people don't want jobs and blow job interviews on purpose.
I never blow off an interview intentionally. After all - it's just business.
Once you get the feeling that you: 1. Are not getting the job, or 2. Aren't interested in working for that company.
...wait 'til the "Q & A" portion is over, and just quote them a really high rate. (Don't make it too crazy!)
Only one of two things happen:
1. You get the gig at the crazy high rate. 2. They still don't give you the gig, but are left with impression that you can command a really high rate; that maybe you're a little too good for them.
"Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?"
Q: "What's your least favorite thing about humanity?"
I like to pull off my dark shades and launch into this speech:
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not.
You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet."
...and then I give 'em a big smile and say, "Soooo, when do I start?"
I have written clock code for embedded systems. Not watches but ultra low power sensors that run on an AA battery for 5 years......in any case only executes once a second.
Interesting...
Even if it only executes once a second, that would still be more than, say, a POST routine on a computer executing only once or twice a day.
And, multiplied by the number of clock inclusive devices, it could add up to a lot.
I don't anything about the code that runs in digital watches, but maybe the code that says: Is it time to trigger the alarm yet? Yes? Trigger the alarm No, check the time again.
I just imagine with the sheer number of watches, cel phones, microwaves, DVRs, etc. out there this would be the most ubiquitous, and constantly running, bit of code.
This refers to the fact that a property, like polarization, of a photon is thought of as a property of the photon (like a grin is a property of a physical cat, or 'red' could be a property of paint, etc.)
In this case they can measure the magnetic properties of the photon in the absence of the photon itself. (i.e. like the 'grin' without the cat; à la the Cheshire Cat.)
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Actually, the creationists think the universe is 6000 years old,
That is demonstrably false.
If you post a retraction, then you will regain some credibility. If you don't, I can't see how you are any better
"On the other side, Mr. Ham was an advocate for the creation story. He said that God created the Earth in six days, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old..."
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2...
"On the Wednesday edition of his TV show, “The 700 Club,” Robertson indirectly implored Ham to put a sock in it, criticizing Ham’s view that the Earth is only 6,000 years old."
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/0...
"Bill Nye debates Creationist Ken Ham: The Earth is not 6,000 years old"
http://www.examiner.com/articl...
Given the universe is 4500 years old this is a lie.
Actually, the creationists think the universe is 6000 years old, and this star is only 6000 LY away; so it doesn't prove anything one way or the other!!
I would like to complain that OP had to explain his concept to us in words...
I agree. From now on we should post everything as a Rebus.
If those are the best Canadian jokes you can come up with, the American sense humour must have deteriorated even further than Hollywood's latest attempts at comedy had suggested.
Ah, yeah...
That movie "Lone Survivor"..? That wasn't really suppose to be a comedy.
The final straw that gave them away was that they were trying to print $100 bills, but they came off the press as $89.95 bills.
A computer monitor that might have some top-secret images left on it?
Seriously? How does stupidity of this level actually make it to the real world?>
Monitor burn-in.
http://stevenandy.files.wordpr...
We will not have "driverless cars". Ever.
"A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere."
--The New York Times, January 13, 1920
We will not have "driverless cars". Ever.
"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
--Scientific American, January 2, 1909
...That said I wonder if he would beat Carlsen in a test of VB skills ;).
I would think his best strategy would just be to pay Carlsen to lose.
Perhaps chess should only be played by machines...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Since when is a Cray a personal computer? (And yes if you read the full quote he does says *personal* computer.
Where did you see that?
"Every company that made computers when we started the Mac, they’re all gone,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, in an interview on Apple’s Cupertino campus Thursday. “We’re the only one left. We’re still doing it, and growing faster than the rest of the PC industry because of that willingness to reinvent ourselves over and over."
From:
http://www.macworld.com/articl...
Speaking of SGI, they're still selling hardware (despite being sold and rebranded ... as ... themself?)
I'd count SGI for the sake of this argument.
I guess in a lot of these cases we end up on a semantic discussion of what constitutes a 'company.'
Is it the people? Jobs=dead; Wozniak=gone; Wayne=long gone.
Is it their primary business?
In that case, Apple is now a phone company.
http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/...
http://files.shareholder.com/d...
Cray is still around building computers...
http://www.cray.com/Products/P...
They installed their first system at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976
...so stupid they actually think that people don't want jobs and blow job interviews on purpose.
I never blow off an interview intentionally. After all - it's just business.
Once you get the feeling that you:
1. Are not getting the job, or
2. Aren't interested in working for that company.
Only one of two things happen:
1. You get the gig at the crazy high rate.
2. They still don't give you the gig, but are left with impression that you can command a really high rate; that maybe you're a little too good for them.
Since when did low earth orbit qualify as "outer space"?
Since when did humans qualify as "intelligent life"?
I once was given a "security" questionnaire that asked, "Have you ever had sex with animals or office equipment?"
Correct answer:
"It doesn't count if it only happened in prison, right?"
Best. Interview question. EVER.
"Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?"
Correct answer:
"and? No, not 'and'."
Q: "What's your least favorite thing about humanity?"
I like to pull off my dark shades and launch into this speech:
"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not.
You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet."
I have written clock code for embedded systems. Not watches but ultra low power sensors that run on an AA battery for 5 years... ...in any case only executes once a second.
Interesting...
Even if it only executes once a second, that would still be more than, say, a POST routine on a computer executing only once or twice a day.
And, multiplied by the number of clock inclusive devices, it could add up to a lot.
I don't anything about the code that runs in digital watches, but maybe the code that says:
Is it time to trigger the alarm yet?
Yes? Trigger the alarm
No, check the time again.
I just imagine with the sheer number of watches, cel phones, microwaves, DVRs, etc. out there this would be the most ubiquitous, and constantly running, bit of code.
That's kinda the point -- you can't BUY a PC these days that isn't serious overkill for email and surfing.
Really, we're at a software block.
Great point. What used to push computer performance was high-end gaming software, but a lot of gaming has transitioned to consoles now.
Hopefully the new developments in VR (like the Oculus Rift) may put the pressure back on, since it will demand high frame-rate HD stereo visuals.
A lot of companies still use XP when they need a rock solid dependable OS.
Apple uses it on their in-store displays:
http://www.iphonefaq.org/images/archives/windowsiphone.jpg
This refers to the fact that a property, like polarization, of a photon is thought of as a property of the photon (like a grin is a property of a physical cat, or 'red' could be a property of paint, etc.)
In this case they can measure the magnetic properties of the photon in the absence of the photon itself. (i.e. like the 'grin' without the cat; à la the Cheshire Cat.)
A library without books is... pointless. Why not just build a Starbucks or a McDonalds. Or, actually, an empty room. What a waste.
This will be next door to the all robot strip club.
But what if you have fallen and can't get up?
The tiny wireless remote has an "emergency" trigger on it (as well as arm/disarm)
So, if you were elderly, you could program the system to call neighbors or family.