To say that "war" causes scientific advancement is a gross oversimplification to the point of being wrong.
It is true to say that war has been a great motivator for research spending. But today, you will find that proffit is probably a larger motivation for research spending than war is (especially with drug, energy, and communicaton companies to name a few)
The person who wrote this blurb seems to have an understanding of English that is far worse than any I have seen in a widely-read publication, like slashdot. It read like a drunken IM conversation between close friends who lack the ability to touch-type. Reading this hurt my brain. Editors, please take your jobs more seriously; it could lead to increased readership and respect of slashdot.
There are a lot of fat people out there. Why does everybody (especially talk show hosts) always pick on Star Jones? Couldn't you pick on someone else? Rosie O'Donnel? Who else is fat? Um... Mike Jones? Your mom?
As soon as I heard of this, I immediately realized how to do it. But I would not have thought to do it on my own. This kind of smart thinking is why we have a patent system. The patent system was not designed to protect business methods, such as completing a sale using n clicks instead of n+1.
Welcome to capitalism: the best economic system currently known to human kind. You may not be fond of the inevitability of advertising under such a system, but you would certainly like the alternative economic systems even less. And if you think you can redisign capitalism without the bad aspects, such as advertising, then you don't really understand capitalism.
Having to microwave the lawn once a week (or more after it has been raining) seems like a small price to pay to be able to jump 20 feet into the ai--er, I mean space.
Please join the NCSE http://www.ncseweb.org/ if you actually want to make a difference in the USA's educational system. The organization's goal is to keep non-science, specifically creationism/ID out of science curriculums.
It seems primitive compared to other forms of engineering, but it is certainly scientific and it is certainly not quackery. I don't think you know what those words mean.
Engineers typically make at least twice what the average person makes, yet the average person can afford a computer without having to piece together junk from ebay. I'm thinking you aren't being honest (an engineering student wouldn't be called an "engineer" outside of a group of students) or you are a faux engineer (such as a "support engineer" aka a technician). It is also possible that you have somehow managed to royally fubar your finances, but engineers are usually too good at math to let that happen. So which is it?
People who pay for a subscription are NOT guests. People who contribute content are not JUST guests. Because so many of the write-ups are simply factually wrong, slashdot is worthless without those posters who correct the mistakes. These people are not just guests, they are the ones who make the site worth reading.
It isn't just a coincidence that this outage happened on the same day as a gay pride parade somewhere. Clearly, our Lord Jesus hates these sinners and is exacting his revenge.
[a modest proposal: google for "satire" before modding down]
You obviously don't understand science if you think it is a problem to doubt your hypothesis.
And blind belief in the face of evidence is NOT science. It is a terrible human trait we all share. But through the scientific process, this is eventually rectified.
There is no such thing as a serious 16C84 programmer. Anyone who is serious about it would have moved to the 16F88 by now. It's better than the 16F84 in every way and is also a lot cheaper!
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To say that "war" causes scientific advancement is a gross oversimplification to the point of being wrong.
It is true to say that war has been a great motivator for research spending. But today, you will find that proffit is probably a larger motivation for research spending than war is (especially with drug, energy, and communicaton companies to name a few)
The person who wrote this blurb seems to have an understanding of English that is far worse than any I have seen in a widely-read publication, like slashdot. It read like a drunken IM conversation between close friends who lack the ability to touch-type. Reading this hurt my brain. Editors, please take your jobs more seriously; it could lead to increased readership and respect of slashdot.
I'm sorry, why did you quote the name "Luke?" Are you trying to hint at something that should be obvious to me? I don't understand.
Money? Money is always a win.
No, the copyright system (in the form the DMCA) was (or is now) designed to protect those assholes.
LGPL is like BSD--anyone can do whatever the hell they like with it. They didn't violate anything.
There are a lot of fat people out there. Why does everybody (especially talk show hosts) always pick on Star Jones? Couldn't you pick on someone else? Rosie O'Donnel? Who else is fat? Um... Mike Jones? Your mom?
As soon as I heard of this, I immediately realized how to do it. But I would not have thought to do it on my own. This kind of smart thinking is why we have a patent system. The patent system was not designed to protect business methods, such as completing a sale using n clicks instead of n+1.
Welcome to capitalism: the best economic system currently known to human kind. You may not be fond of the inevitability of advertising under such a system, but you would certainly like the alternative economic systems even less. And if you think you can redisign capitalism without the bad aspects, such as advertising, then you don't really understand capitalism.
Having to microwave the lawn once a week (or more after it has been raining) seems like a small price to pay to be able to jump 20 feet into the ai--er, I mean space.
Combining hashes is effectively just inventing a new hash algorithm with longer digests.
As a mathematician, this "seems" like it would be intuitively much more difficult for someone to discover an attack against.
As an engineer, this seems like it is obviously NOT a "good" solution.
If H1() and H2() are both weak, the hybrid H12() is obviously stronger than either, but also fundamentally flawed.
This is cryptographically worhtless unless you either get a signed MD5sum or you get the sum from an SSL-secured server.
Actually, I've been here a lot longer than most people (see UID), and this is still the nerdiest.
This truly is the nerdiest thing I have EVER seen.
Bruce WIllis probably gets paid about that much for 1 movie.
Please join the NCSE http://www.ncseweb.org/ if you actually want to make a difference in the USA's educational system. The organization's goal is to keep non-science, specifically creationism/ID out of science curriculums.
It seems primitive compared to other forms of engineering, but it is certainly scientific and it is certainly not quackery. I don't think you know what those words mean.
Do you think this is why some companies are now selling "high speed online" instead of "internet access"? It could just be to get around the law.
Engineers typically make at least twice what the average person makes, yet the average person can afford a computer without having to piece together junk from ebay. I'm thinking you aren't being honest (an engineering student wouldn't be called an "engineer" outside of a group of students) or you are a faux engineer (such as a "support engineer" aka a technician). It is also possible that you have somehow managed to royally fubar your finances, but engineers are usually too good at math to let that happen. So which is it?
People who pay for a subscription are NOT guests. People who contribute content are not JUST guests. Because so many of the write-ups are simply factually wrong, slashdot is worthless without those posters who correct the mistakes. These people are not just guests, they are the ones who make the site worth reading.
It isn't just a coincidence that this outage happened on the same day as a gay pride parade somewhere. Clearly, our Lord Jesus hates these sinners and is exacting his revenge.
[a modest proposal: google for "satire" before modding down]
"and 2 for 'squared,' the multiplication of one number by itself"
is that what that means?
how useful of them to explain that, i never learned that in the courses for my COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE. geeze.
You obviously don't understand science if you think it is a problem to doubt your hypothesis.
And blind belief in the face of evidence is NOT science. It is a terrible human trait we all share. But through the scientific process, this is eventually rectified.
So you are wrong on both counts.
"if you call a serious pic16C84 fanatic"
There is no such thing as a serious 16C84 programmer. Anyone who is serious about it would have moved to the 16F88 by now. It's better than the 16F84 in every way and is also a lot cheaper!
Ooh! I want to be the hot spare in that array. That would be a sweet job.