Extensive checks and searching goes back centuries. Keep in mind that import duties (taxes on imported goods) used to be the major source of funding for the US government. Making sure everything was declared and combatting smuggling was a major effort.
Some people think the term "bootlegging" is from the 1920s prohibition era but it is much older than that. Those prohibition era folks with a liquor flask in their boot we copying sailors from earlier centuries where the sailors tried to sneak small expensive goods past customs officials. Having a federal agent tell you to take off your shoes is something as old as the country.
No wars of intervention to get at resources "owned" by another nation.
But there is the old fashioned war for control of a resource. We have nice friendly agreements about scientific study and no territorial claims at the moment, however at the moment we can barely get there and there is nothing we can economically exploit. If we get to the point where there is something very valuable to exploit and one or a small number of nations can control access to it then things may change with respect to no territorial claims and free access.
... there is so much surface area, that it is cheaper to mine than to wage war.
Wars/battles are sometimes fought to deny resources to someone else.
You could carve a hole in it the size of New York City and it would barely be noticeable.
NYC is about 500 square miles. That doesn't seem like much of an area with respect to He3 mining. One estimate I recall is that 1 square mile can provide enough He3 for one major city for one year. If so, it seems plausible that we would need to mine enough area to be noticeable.
You're not going to notice any difference between today's Moon, and a Moon mined of its helium.
Mining could conceivably change the surface color of the region mined. Lunar soil exists in a variety of colors and there is the debris/soil/dust that rains down after impacts. Recall the orange soil that Apollo 17 found, wasn't that under a thin layer of gray?
Also a perceived color change could occur due to shadows from indentations in the soil left by mining equipment, a dithering like effect.
How is that? I find the opposite to be true. I think the serious bugs that I've seen over the years tended to be at the data structures and algorithms level, i.e. core CS topics.
Those are all important CS topics, but they're not IT topics. IT isn't about finding and patching bugs, it's abut setting up and administering LANSand server farms, setting up and updating desktops for users and other practical skills. (Not that finding bugs isn't practical, it is, but it's a job for your developers and program maintenance staff, not for IT.) The skills you learn studying CS rarely if ever translate into what you're going to be doing in IT.
If you are interested in doing end user support and certain infrastructure work then yes a CS degree is unnecessary. However IT is a little broader than that. For example I know system administrators who do a little server side development as part of their job. Also some IT organizations may have a small development group for in-house apps and such. For larger organizations their business process or product manufacturing process may involve some custom equipment and involve some in-house development/maintenance. Its not unheard of to find software developers in an IT department, it depends on the company and the nature of its business.
CS knowledge does not translate into the real word...
How is that? I find the opposite to be true. I think the serious bugs that I've seen over the years tended to be at the data structures and algorithms level, i.e. core CS topics. Keep in mind that those job listings may not explicitly list CS topics but there is an implicit requirement for them if a CS degree or equivalent is listed.
I understand your sentiment. I recall the disparity between what I was learning in a CS program and the skills listed in job offerings. However 20 years later I appreciate what our dean told us at a meeting where he was soliciting suggestions from the majors. Many of the student requests were for classes that were commercially oriented. The dean explained that there is core knowledge that persists and there are languages, operating systems and platforms that are just implementation details. University classes should be about the persistent core knowledge. Self study, Junior Colleges and vocational schools are the appropriate venue for the implementation details of the day.
A common request was for a Microsoft Windows programming class, this was the early 90s. The dean pointed out that the CS department only gave us very basic instruction in C programming and the Unix operating system, and that we were expected to further develop our knowledge in these areas on our own time as necessary for future classes. Similarly, if you care to, MS Windows is something for you to learn on your own time. Windows based PCs are available and with an instructor's consent you may do some assignments/projects under Windows if you want to get some experience for your resume. You may use these systems for personal projects when they are unused, students with coursework related projects have priority. Again, this was the early 90s, not every student had a personal system.
A more plausible one is the "sucking up time" hypothesis. Every hour that kids spend playing games, is one less hour they are out on the street.
There is probably some long term studies and or data regarding this hypothesis from the after school and summer recreation programs that various communities have offered over the years. Its not video game related but that seems to be your point.
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He needs 12 months because his retirement is behind schedule. And of course, just days after his retirement, he will have to download all the new retirement patches and Retirement Service Pack 2.0.
No. He has 12 months left on his Windows Phone contract. Days after retirement he will get an iPhone 5S.
Unix to the masses??? Apple could have put VMS or the Windows core under the hood, and "the masses" wouldn't have known the difference. Or cared much for that matter. OS X is the pretty interface to almost everyone who uses it, I can count on one had the Mac users that I know who have any idea what BSD even is.
Its underlying Unix nature and compatibility help OS X adoption in higher education. This is why the console and X Window system were part of the standard install rather than optional installs.
Not all Unix users know or care about [insert Unix flavor here]. They have a specialized app, they know the app, the don't know or care what is hosting the app.
Google complies with local laws and regulations. Remember their previous venture in China:
"The new local Google site, expected to be launched Wednesday at Google.cn, will include notes at the bottom of results pages that disclose when content has been removed, said Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel for Google.
"Google.cn will comply with local Chinese laws and regulations," he said in a statement. "In deciding how best to approach the Chinese--or any--market, we must balance our commitments to satisfy the interest of users, expand access to information, and respond to local conditions."" http://news.cnet.com/Google-to-censor-China-Web-searches/2100-1028_3-6030784.html
When a legal order to turn over info is received they will do it. The only question is what constitutes a legal order.
Unless you have evidence that Google actually ever blocked a server on their Google Fiber network the "banning servers on its network" headline is bogus. I do not know that such a thing has ever happened, nor ever will. The terms of service don't even actually prohibit it. They only discourage it.
... you should not host any type of server using your Google Fiber connection
The terms do not say "will not". Nor "may not". Nor "must not". Nor "it is a network security violation to", like everybody else. They say "should not", which any kid you know will tell you is code for "you can, you might, and you may, but I'd rather you didn't."
You forgot: "and I will put an end to it if you cause any trouble at all."
Next up, in order to fight lag, all new major alliance wars will be conducted as Play by E-Mail.
Actually in the very early 90s that is close to how EVE-like games worked. For the one a friend wrote and operated it was a big open ended turn based game that had one turn per day. It was EVE-like in the sense that it was space based, involved exploration, exploitation, trade, alliances, government (security and taxation), pirates, smuggling, etc.
It's clear to me. But then I guess I'm at a disadvantage, not having both an MBA and a JD from DeVry. If I had your education I'd probably have the same definitions of "commercial" and "advantage" as you.
Its not my definition its the CC definition: "in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.". Again, note the word "primarily". The CC is saying an incidental advantage does not count. The CC explicitly chose **not** to use your literal all encompassing unbounded definition of "commercial advantage".
Also numbers with repeatings digits can be expressed as a fraction.
No always. Please express e or pi or tau or the square root of 2 as fractions. Not as an infinite Taylor series of fractions for pi, but just pi = x/y.
And that doesn't help if you are trying to do operations that produce repeating numbers in base 10. You're just trading one set of problem numbers for a different set of problem numbers.
Yes and no. You get rounding in either base when you have insignificant significant digits. However by not doing a conversion from one base to another you avoid a second opportunity for rounding errors.
Also numbers with repeatings digits can be expressed as a fraction. In our calculator a fraction is a basic data type. If an operation includes a fraction we will try to produce a result that is a fraction. This can sometimes avoid a rounding error.
... would still not solve some of the larger problems inherent in weather prediction...
I'm not suggesting a solution to this problems. I am just providing a simple example of how an FPU or IEEE754 can get things wrong.
Here's a simple example. Try 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.1 on a calculator or calculator app. If it is using the FPU it will probably get a non-zero result. This is why calculators, including ours, are normally implemented using decimal arithmetic rather than the FPU.
All IEEE754 would do is ensure that each FPU based calculator would yield the same non-zero result.
What kind of argument is that?!? Did you have textbooks that had color in them? Color doesn't matter in anything but science books, and even then, it can be worked around. Ebook (e-ink) readers would rock for that sort of application.
I love my Kindle Paperwhite. I have even used it for reading some programming books. Text and source code are great however even the black and white illustrations suck when zoomed it. YMMV.
Have you looked at textbooks today? IMHO them make excessive use of colored artwork. I don't think e-readers are a good choice yet, more conventional tablets are it for now.
Plus, apps are or should be a part of the textbook package.
Again, what is the competitive advantage of showing an object that both your printer and your competitors' printers can make?
Take the case where you didn't show anything. Then your competitors' product looks better. That would put you at a disadvantage. Offsetting or remedying this disadvantage is an advantage.
No, that is equivalence, an equal footing.
Or consider that this object looks particularly nice. The competitors play by the rules...
You start with an assumption. It is not clear the CC license does not permit this. Again, the CC **defines** "commercial use" in a very specific way, they are not using the very broad sense that you seem to be assuming.
... And you still haven't explained why they would do it if it didn't give an advantage. Because you can't; they did it because it did.
I have done so several times. Again, it demonstrates what 3D printers can do in general.
This. Stuffing technology in schools in this manner has no impact on education. Facts actually sugest that pencil&paper and and show exact solution with answer lead to better brains than smart expensive pads which react to touch and simplify radiobutton selection options.
I think the move to pads has more to do with the move to e-books, and not so much to do with paper and pencils. Also an educational app does not have to implement, say math problems, as multiple choice radio buttons. It can use a graphical mode more like a drawing program and have the kids show their work and their solution in a manner very similar to paper and pencil.
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Extensive checks and searching goes back centuries. Keep in mind that import duties (taxes on imported goods) used to be the major source of funding for the US government. Making sure everything was declared and combatting smuggling was a major effort.
Some people think the term "bootlegging" is from the 1920s prohibition era but it is much older than that. Those prohibition era folks with a liquor flask in their boot we copying sailors from earlier centuries where the sailors tried to sneak small expensive goods past customs officials. Having a federal agent tell you to take off your shoes is something as old as the country.
So mine in the shape of a Pepsi logo. It's a win-win.
Read that book ...
No wars of intervention to get at resources "owned" by another nation.
But there is the old fashioned war for control of a resource. We have nice friendly agreements about scientific study and no territorial claims at the moment, however at the moment we can barely get there and there is nothing we can economically exploit. If we get to the point where there is something very valuable to exploit and one or a small number of nations can control access to it then things may change with respect to no territorial claims and free access.
... there is so much surface area, that it is cheaper to mine than to wage war.
Wars/battles are sometimes fought to deny resources to someone else.
You could carve a hole in it the size of New York City and it would barely be noticeable.
NYC is about 500 square miles. That doesn't seem like much of an area with respect to He3 mining. One estimate I recall is that 1 square mile can provide enough He3 for one major city for one year. If so, it seems plausible that we would need to mine enough area to be noticeable.
You're not going to notice any difference between today's Moon, and a Moon mined of its helium.
Mining could conceivably change the surface color of the region mined. Lunar soil exists in a variety of colors and there is the debris/soil/dust that rains down after impacts. Recall the orange soil that Apollo 17 found, wasn't that under a thin layer of gray?
Also a perceived color change could occur due to shadows from indentations in the soil left by mining equipment, a dithering like effect.
How is that? I find the opposite to be true. I think the serious bugs that I've seen over the years tended to be at the data structures and algorithms level, i.e. core CS topics. Those are all important CS topics, but they're not IT topics. IT isn't about finding and patching bugs, it's abut setting up and administering LANSand server farms, setting up and updating desktops for users and other practical skills. (Not that finding bugs isn't practical, it is, but it's a job for your developers and program maintenance staff, not for IT.) The skills you learn studying CS rarely if ever translate into what you're going to be doing in IT.
If you are interested in doing end user support and certain infrastructure work then yes a CS degree is unnecessary. However IT is a little broader than that. For example I know system administrators who do a little server side development as part of their job. Also some IT organizations may have a small development group for in-house apps and such. For larger organizations their business process or product manufacturing process may involve some custom equipment and involve some in-house development/maintenance. Its not unheard of to find software developers in an IT department, it depends on the company and the nature of its business.
CS knowledge does not translate into the real word ...
How is that? I find the opposite to be true. I think the serious bugs that I've seen over the years tended to be at the data structures and algorithms level, i.e. core CS topics. Keep in mind that those job listings may not explicitly list CS topics but there is an implicit requirement for them if a CS degree or equivalent is listed.
I understand your sentiment. I recall the disparity between what I was learning in a CS program and the skills listed in job offerings. However 20 years later I appreciate what our dean told us at a meeting where he was soliciting suggestions from the majors. Many of the student requests were for classes that were commercially oriented. The dean explained that there is core knowledge that persists and there are languages, operating systems and platforms that are just implementation details. University classes should be about the persistent core knowledge. Self study, Junior Colleges and vocational schools are the appropriate venue for the implementation details of the day.
A common request was for a Microsoft Windows programming class, this was the early 90s. The dean pointed out that the CS department only gave us very basic instruction in C programming and the Unix operating system, and that we were expected to further develop our knowledge in these areas on our own time as necessary for future classes. Similarly, if you care to, MS Windows is something for you to learn on your own time. Windows based PCs are available and with an instructor's consent you may do some assignments/projects under Windows if you want to get some experience for your resume. You may use these systems for personal projects when they are unused, students with coursework related projects have priority. Again, this was the early 90s, not every student had a personal system.
A more plausible one is the "sucking up time" hypothesis. Every hour that kids spend playing games, is one less hour they are out on the street.
There is probably some long term studies and or data regarding this hypothesis from the after school and summer recreation programs that various communities have offered over the years. Its not video game related but that seems to be your point.
He needs 12 months because his retirement is behind schedule. And of course, just days after his retirement, he will have to download all the new retirement patches and Retirement Service Pack 2.0.
No. He has 12 months left on his Windows Phone contract. Days after retirement he will get an iPhone 5S.
Unix to the masses??? Apple could have put VMS or the Windows core under the hood, and "the masses" wouldn't have known the difference. Or cared much for that matter. OS X is the pretty interface to almost everyone who uses it, I can count on one had the Mac users that I know who have any idea what BSD even is.
Its underlying Unix nature and compatibility help OS X adoption in higher education. This is why the console and X Window system were part of the standard install rather than optional installs.
Not all Unix users know or care about [insert Unix flavor here]. They have a specialized app, they know the app, the don't know or care what is hosting the app.
Of course they don't provide encryption keys to any government, they just hand over the plaintext.
Now how are they going to do that if one encrypts the data before sending it to the cloud service? Don't give your cloud service the plain text.
Google complies with local laws and regulations. Remember their previous venture in China:
"The new local Google site, expected to be launched Wednesday at Google.cn, will include notes at the bottom of results pages that disclose when content has been removed, said Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel for Google. "Google.cn will comply with local Chinese laws and regulations," he said in a statement. "In deciding how best to approach the Chinese--or any--market, we must balance our commitments to satisfy the interest of users, expand access to information, and respond to local conditions.""
http://news.cnet.com/Google-to-censor-China-Web-searches/2100-1028_3-6030784.html
When a legal order to turn over info is received they will do it. The only question is what constitutes a legal order.
Unless you have evidence that Google actually ever blocked a server on their Google Fiber network the "banning servers on its network" headline is bogus. I do not know that such a thing has ever happened, nor ever will. The terms of service don't even actually prohibit it. They only discourage it.
The terms do not say "will not". Nor "may not". Nor "must not". Nor "it is a network security violation to", like everybody else. They say "should not", which any kid you know will tell you is code for "you can, you might, and you may, but I'd rather you didn't."
You forgot: "and I will put an end to it if you cause any trouble at all."
Next up, in order to fight lag, all new major alliance wars will be conducted as Play by E-Mail.
Actually in the very early 90s that is close to how EVE-like games worked. For the one a friend wrote and operated it was a big open ended turn based game that had one turn per day. It was EVE-like in the sense that it was space based, involved exploration, exploitation, trade, alliances, government (security and taxation), pirates, smuggling, etc.
why on earth does slashdot have to report this as news each time it happens?
Occasionally they need a gaming story that does not involve a Blizzard game. :-)
The aliens who are monitoring the video game and looking for those with aptitude. ;-)
It's clear to me. But then I guess I'm at a disadvantage, not having both an MBA and a JD from DeVry. If I had your education I'd probably have the same definitions of "commercial" and "advantage" as you.
Its not my definition its the CC definition: "in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.". Again, note the word "primarily". The CC is saying an incidental advantage does not count. The CC explicitly chose **not** to use your literal all encompassing unbounded definition of "commercial advantage".
I should have wrote "repeating decimal" not "repeating digits".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal
Also numbers with repeatings digits can be expressed as a fraction.
No always. Please express e or pi or tau or the square root of 2 as fractions. Not as an infinite Taylor series of fractions for pi, but just pi = x/y.
Pi does not have a permanent repeating pattern.
And that doesn't help if you are trying to do operations that produce repeating numbers in base 10. You're just trading one set of problem numbers for a different set of problem numbers.
Yes and no. You get rounding in either base when you have insignificant significant digits. However by not doing a conversion from one base to another you avoid a second opportunity for rounding errors.
Also numbers with repeatings digits can be expressed as a fraction. In our calculator a fraction is a basic data type. If an operation includes a fraction we will try to produce a result that is a fraction. This can sometimes avoid a rounding error.
... would still not solve some of the larger problems inherent in weather prediction ...
I'm not suggesting a solution to this problems. I am just providing a simple example of how an FPU or IEEE754 can get things wrong.
Here's a simple example. Try 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.1 on a calculator or calculator app. If it is using the FPU it will probably get a non-zero result. This is why calculators, including ours, are normally implemented using decimal arithmetic rather than the FPU.
All IEEE754 would do is ensure that each FPU based calculator would yield the same non-zero result.
What kind of argument is that?!? Did you have textbooks that had color in them? Color doesn't matter in anything but science books, and even then, it can be worked around. Ebook (e-ink) readers would rock for that sort of application.
I love my Kindle Paperwhite. I have even used it for reading some programming books. Text and source code are great however even the black and white illustrations suck when zoomed it. YMMV.
Have you looked at textbooks today? IMHO them make excessive use of colored artwork. I don't think e-readers are a good choice yet, more conventional tablets are it for now.
Plus, apps are or should be a part of the textbook package.
Take the case where you didn't show anything. Then your competitors' product looks better. That would put you at a disadvantage. Offsetting or remedying this disadvantage is an advantage.
No, that is equivalence, an equal footing.
Or consider that this object looks particularly nice. The competitors play by the rules ...
You start with an assumption. It is not clear the CC license does not permit this. Again, the CC **defines** "commercial use" in a very specific way, they are not using the very broad sense that you seem to be assuming.
... And you still haven't explained why they would do it if it didn't give an advantage. Because you can't; they did it because it did.
I have done so several times. Again, it demonstrates what 3D printers can do in general.
... it [Photoshop] comes with a price tag and features Jon Doe will most likely never use.
Photoshop Elements was about $70 last I looked and it has the features John Doe will actually use.
This. Stuffing technology in schools in this manner has no impact on education. Facts actually sugest that pencil&paper and and show exact solution with answer lead to better brains than smart expensive pads which react to touch and simplify radiobutton selection options.
I think the move to pads has more to do with the move to e-books, and not so much to do with paper and pencils. Also an educational app does not have to implement, say math problems, as multiple choice radio buttons. It can use a graphical mode more like a drawing program and have the kids show their work and their solution in a manner very similar to paper and pencil.