As a matter of fact, I do carry a Zune and a smart phone. The reason? Battery life. I really don't want to run down the battery on my phone so I can listen to audio books and music. As a dedicated device, the Zune seems to handle that sort of thing much more efficiently than my phone. I go days of heavy use of my Zune before I have to recharge.
Western is only 90 miles away from the University of Washington, which has one of the best public Computer Science departments in the country, so any Washington resident smart enough to deserve a subsidized education in CS has a *way* better option just down the road.
That sounds great, until you realize that UW is cutting the numbers of in state students that they're admitting because out of state students bring in more money in tuition. WWU cutting it's CS department reduces the options that in-state students have for getting a technical education.
by the number of idiots who have posted comments on this story. 1. Blizzard has to defend their trademarks or lose them, so of course someone creating a game called "World of Starcraft" is going to get a C&D. 2. People seem to get the idea that fans of something should be able to do whatever they want with that thing. Fanfic can be interesting, but non-canonical, and a creator may feel that his/her baby was violated by it. I feel it is entirely up to the copyright owner as to whether or not they allow such things, and so it is completely up to Blizzard whether or not they let you muck around in their world. If someone steps over the line of what they will allow, here comes a C&D.
It's sad that these guys have put so much work into their mod for naught, but Blizzard acted as soon as they knew, so you can't really blame them.
The article doesn't say that there had been no updates for 10 years. It says that there were no contributions to the code from outside of the company for 10 years.
The Time article never actually states that her son was misdiagnosed. It says that some scientists have pointed out that his symptoms are similar to a childhood neurological disorder. It's the blog (a blog for a sports based radio talk show) that jumps to that conclusion. Personally, I'm inclined to believe the diagnosis. In theory, you have a doctor who has made a diagnosis based on direct observation vs. a group of scientists that don't like her position, and who have found something that is similar to the symptoms that she has talked about publicly.
Of course, I'm one of those parents of a child with Autism who "lives on hope." I also have vaccinated all three of my children, and will continue to do so. Do I believe that vaccines are 100% safe? I'm not sure. I think there are flaws in the methodologies of the studies that call in to question their conclusions. However, there is no conclusive evidence that vaccines cause harm, so I'm simply left with the benefits. Also, I have to think of this: would I rather my child live with Autism, or die from smallpox or polio?
As long as the office furniture keeps pace with technology. Basically from the synopsis, people have gone from 8x8 cubicles to 7x7. Since flat panels have pretty much taken over for CRT's, the loss of one foot of space in either direction isn't that big a deal, as long as the table space has shrunk accordingly. Basically, the cubicle worker hasn't lost much usable space.
The advantage is that, contrary to the arguments of TFA, the test is very representative of scientific and engeneering problems. That way, if you want to be at the top at the available computing power, you'll very probably want to be at the top 500 list.
Not necessarily true. It is representative of a CLASS of scientific and engineering problems. If the science that you want to run involves heavy use of vectors, then you want a computer that would be high on the top 500 list. Derivatives and integrals? Not as much. Problems that require a high degree of interaction between nodes? Get a computer with a faster interconnect. It all depends on the science you intend to do with that computer. The NEC Earth Simulator (mentioned in another thread) would do poorly for chemical models compared to another machine. Climate models wouldn't run as well on a cluster of Dells as it would on a Vector based box like the Earth Simulator.
Agreed. It seems like the issue is "big enough" only now that other people are catching up.
I call bullsh*t on this comment. Around 8 years ago, the top computer on the list was a Japanese machine, and it rode atop the list for 3 years straight. Those of us who have worked in high performance computing have known for years that the top 500 list was a load of crap. It's something to write a press release about so that the people that give us money to build the big computers feel like their money is well spent. I worked on a top 5 computer at one time, but our focus was always the science that we wanted to do on the computer. Running the linpack benchmark for the top 500 list was an afterthought (though it was a pleasant surprise to score as well as we did).
While not practical for programming, for reading I use a program called Eeerotate. Pressing a hotkey, I can rotate the screen 90 degrees, allowing me to use the long axis for reading PDF documents.
My employer does not allow the use of bittorrent at work. Running a bittorrent client on a work computer is a good way to get your network drop disabled and a visit from the network security fairy (which by the way doesn't leave money under your pillow like the tooth fairy).
Browsing history is a horrible way to determine anything. You don't know exactly how someone got to a particular page, you can only surmise. Also, if I clicked on a video and then immediately closed it, my browsing history would still say I "watched" the video. Even if the video downloaded fully, it's no guarantee that he watched it. Quite frequently, I'll pause a video to allow it to download fully before I begin watching it. My browsing history has no concept of whether or not I watched it fully or watched 2 seconds and then closed it.
Technically, he is the one who actually viewed the child pr0n. I think they'd have a pretty good case for that as well as the breaking and entering and theft charges.
The obvious right answer here is to never let your wife leave the house. If she's barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, no one will get obsessed with her and try to break into your house to plant evidence against you.
Your response didn't make a lot of sense in places, so I'll just reply to the one part that did. Yes, we are the people, but so are they. Just because you feel like copyrights get in the way of you being able to do what you want doesn't mean that copyrights are wrong, and doesn't give you the right to simply ignore them. You do not have the right to say that they can't try to make a profit off their creative work. There is no right to free entertainment.
Furthermore, you state that "More people have voted against copyright as we know it than have voted for any political candidate in history." When did these votes take place? I wasn't aware that copyright has been put before the voting public in recent history. I'd love to see a reference that backs up your statement.
Finally, I'm inclined to side with you, that these people could be considered to be an advertising resource. However, the copyright owner is not obliged to view them that way. I can't fault them for trying to get money from those who have illegally copied their work, and actually, I think that suites of this scale might encourage copyright owners to use more realistic values for damages.
So, using the legal system to go after people who are misusing their copyrighted works is abusing the legal system? What are they supposed to do? Give up making money at something they enjoy?
I never had a problem with the **AA suing people in court over their IP being misappropriated. My contention was with their "accounting" practices in estimating piracy and it's effects, and the monetary "damages" they were claiming.
I think his point is that there is more ways to do multiplayer than free-for-all or team deathmatch. Left 4 dead and borderlands are some great examples of co-op multiplayer, though certainly not the oldest examples (diablo, for example, featured co-op multiplayer as well).
I've found that developers make ridiculously poor system administration decisions. Something that seems acceptable to set up on a development machine is not necessarily something you'd want to do on a production system.
Actually, $1 billion is between 5% and 10% of the states operating budget, and is approximately 50% of their losses in 2008 due to the economy. Hardly a drop in the bucket.
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As a matter of fact, I do carry a Zune and a smart phone. The reason? Battery life. I really don't want to run down the battery on my phone so I can listen to audio books and music. As a dedicated device, the Zune seems to handle that sort of thing much more efficiently than my phone. I go days of heavy use of my Zune before I have to recharge.
Maybe they thought it was the new Mafia game.
Western is only 90 miles away from the University of Washington, which has one of the best public Computer Science departments in the country, so any Washington resident smart enough to deserve a subsidized education in CS has a *way* better option just down the road.
That sounds great, until you realize that UW is cutting the numbers of in state students that they're admitting because out of state students bring in more money in tuition. WWU cutting it's CS department reduces the options that in-state students have for getting a technical education.
No. That's the point of the redundant elements and backup of the primary network.
The secondary network they routed traffic to was designed for a different purpose,
and never meant to receive traffic from the primary network.
For example, management, monitoring, and logging traffic.
Awesome. Experts exchange now blocked! This has immediately become my favorite google search feature.
by the number of idiots who have posted comments on this story. 1. Blizzard has to defend their trademarks or lose them, so of course someone creating a game called "World of Starcraft" is going to get a C&D. 2. People seem to get the idea that fans of something should be able to do whatever they want with that thing. Fanfic can be interesting, but non-canonical, and a creator may feel that his/her baby was violated by it. I feel it is entirely up to the copyright owner as to whether or not they allow such things, and so it is completely up to Blizzard whether or not they let you muck around in their world. If someone steps over the line of what they will allow, here comes a C&D.
It's sad that these guys have put so much work into their mod for naught, but Blizzard acted as soon as they knew, so you can't really blame them.
The article doesn't say that there had been no updates for 10 years. It says that there were no contributions to the code from outside of the company for 10 years.
The Time article never actually states that her son was misdiagnosed. It says that some scientists have pointed out that his symptoms are similar to a childhood neurological disorder. It's the blog (a blog for a sports based radio talk show) that jumps to that conclusion. Personally, I'm inclined to believe the diagnosis. In theory, you have a doctor who has made a diagnosis based on direct observation vs. a group of scientists that don't like her position, and who have found something that is similar to the symptoms that she has talked about publicly.
Of course, I'm one of those parents of a child with Autism who "lives on hope." I also have vaccinated all three of my children, and will continue to do so. Do I believe that vaccines are 100% safe? I'm not sure. I think there are flaws in the methodologies of the studies that call in to question their conclusions. However, there is no conclusive evidence that vaccines cause harm, so I'm simply left with the benefits. Also, I have to think of this: would I rather my child live with Autism, or die from smallpox or polio?
As long as the office furniture keeps pace with technology. Basically from the synopsis, people have gone from 8x8 cubicles to 7x7. Since flat panels have pretty much taken over for CRT's, the loss of one foot of space in either direction isn't that big a deal, as long as the table space has shrunk accordingly. Basically, the cubicle worker hasn't lost much usable space.
The advantage is that, contrary to the arguments of TFA, the test is very representative of scientific and engeneering problems. That way, if you want to be at the top at the available computing power, you'll very probably want to be at the top 500 list.
Not necessarily true. It is representative of a CLASS of scientific and engineering problems. If the science that you want to run involves heavy use of vectors, then you want a computer that would be high on the top 500 list. Derivatives and integrals? Not as much. Problems that require a high degree of interaction between nodes? Get a computer with a faster interconnect. It all depends on the science you intend to do with that computer. The NEC Earth Simulator (mentioned in another thread) would do poorly for chemical models compared to another machine. Climate models wouldn't run as well on a cluster of Dells as it would on a Vector based box like the Earth Simulator.
Agreed. It seems like the issue is "big enough" only now that other people are catching up.
I call bullsh*t on this comment. Around 8 years ago, the top computer on the list was a Japanese machine, and it rode atop the list for 3 years straight. Those of us who have worked in high performance computing have known for years that the top 500 list was a load of crap. It's something to write a press release about so that the people that give us money to build the big computers feel like their money is well spent. I worked on a top 5 computer at one time, but our focus was always the science that we wanted to do on the computer. Running the linpack benchmark for the top 500 list was an afterthought (though it was a pleasant surprise to score as well as we did).
While not practical for programming, for reading I use a program called Eeerotate. Pressing a hotkey, I can rotate the screen 90 degrees, allowing me to use the long axis for reading PDF documents.
My employer does not allow the use of bittorrent at work. Running a bittorrent client on a work computer is a good way to get your network drop disabled and a visit from the network security fairy (which by the way doesn't leave money under your pillow like the tooth fairy).
Oh yes, the fantastic lesson of "If someone does something you don't want him to, harm him".
It works wonders.
Why not, it works for Mother Nature.
Browsing history is a horrible way to determine anything. You don't know exactly how someone got to a particular page, you can only surmise. Also, if I clicked on a video and then immediately closed it, my browsing history would still say I "watched" the video. Even if the video downloaded fully, it's no guarantee that he watched it. Quite frequently, I'll pause a video to allow it to download fully before I begin watching it. My browsing history has no concept of whether or not I watched it fully or watched 2 seconds and then closed it.
Technically, he is the one who actually viewed the child pr0n. I think they'd have a pretty good case for that as well as the breaking and entering and theft charges.
My guess? He left some physical evidence on the drive itself.
The obvious right answer here is to never let your wife leave the house. If she's barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, no one will get obsessed with her and try to break into your house to plant evidence against you.
Your response didn't make a lot of sense in places, so I'll just reply to the one part that did. Yes, we are the people, but so are they. Just because you feel like copyrights get in the way of you being able to do what you want doesn't mean that copyrights are wrong, and doesn't give you the right to simply ignore them. You do not have the right to say that they can't try to make a profit off their creative work. There is no right to free entertainment.
Furthermore, you state that "More people have voted against copyright as we know it than have voted for any political candidate in history." When did these votes take place? I wasn't aware that copyright has been put before the voting public in recent history. I'd love to see a reference that backs up your statement.
Finally, I'm inclined to side with you, that these people could be considered to be an advertising resource. However, the copyright owner is not obliged to view them that way. I can't fault them for trying to get money from those who have illegally copied their work, and actually, I think that suites of this scale might encourage copyright owners to use more realistic values for damages.
So, using the legal system to go after people who are misusing their copyrighted works is abusing the legal system? What are they supposed to do? Give up making money at something they enjoy? I never had a problem with the **AA suing people in court over their IP being misappropriated. My contention was with their "accounting" practices in estimating piracy and it's effects, and the monetary "damages" they were claiming.
Most of us did tell him that years ago. He refused to listen. Better late than never, I guess.
I think his point is that there is more ways to do multiplayer than free-for-all or team deathmatch. Left 4 dead and borderlands are some great examples of co-op multiplayer, though certainly not the oldest examples (diablo, for example, featured co-op multiplayer as well).
Yeah, apparently you're only allowed to help lost children if your a woman. Obviously a man trying to help a kid is just grooming...
I've found that developers make ridiculously poor system administration decisions. Something that seems acceptable to set up on a development machine is not necessarily something you'd want to do on a production system.
Actually, $1 billion is between 5% and 10% of the states operating budget, and is approximately 50% of their losses in 2008 due to the economy. Hardly a drop in the bucket.