The trend is currently reversing itself, as the end of the dot-com years have also resulted in a sharp decline in CS enrollees. At my school there are 25,000 students, 20 of which graduated with a BS in CS last spring. I think it's very safe to day our economy easily accommodated those 20 graduates.
I've read several national articles lately that back up my first hand observation. What this means is the ones really interested in the field, rather than because they heard it was the key to riches, are the ones that are still in CS, post-boom.
There is plenty of archaeological evidence of a great flood taking place 3000-7000 years ago. Not only that, but the flood story is universal to nearly every culture. Where in the Bible does it say the Earth is flat or only 6,000 years old?(hint: it doesn't) Josephus and Tacitus both mentioned Jesus in their histories.
I can't comment about the Egyptians enslaving the Jews, but so far you've been wrong about everything else you wrote about, so it wouldn't surprise me to find that this is historical fact as well.
You are either supremely close-minded or only read biased history written by atheists. Either way, you're wrong.
I installed BitTorrent yesterday in order to get Red Hat 9. I'll be honest, it didn't work that well for me(I'm impatient, and it was faster to repeatedly try ftp.redhat.com and dl it once I could get connected.) Maybe I didn't wait long enough for it to work, or perhaps I wasn't sharing enough to get a good dl rate from the network.
At any rate, I'm clueless as to how this thing works, or even what it is doing at the moment. There is no UI, no shortcut to any docs, nothing. Was this intentional, or is it because Bit Torrent is still in development and things like a UI and documentation are low on the list? Currently I have Bit Torrent installed, but I have very little idea about what it is doing on my computer or what I can do with it - other than hunting around the net for FAQ's etc.
I'm not complaining - I just haven't had the time to look for these things. If they were there I probably would have used it more.
I learned more in one Scheme class than all my C/C++ and Java classes put together.
You are incredibly naive if you think a computer science curriculum is supposed to teach students the language du jour, no matter how useful it looks to you.
Perhaps you should look a little closer at what CS depts actually teach students. Maybe try to understand why a programmer who understands algorithms and Big O is going to write better code than your so called "experienced" C++ programmer who never studied these subjects, even if he has to pick up C++ on the job. Or that the CS grad knows how to do OOP in any language - or write a large scale program in any language.
You are right about certain languages being better for the final finished product than others. But you appear to have no clue about what a CS dept. is supposed to teach. Hint: it's not about being a language jockey. It goes much deeper than that; I hope you figure this out one day.
the paper is just going to deteriorate. I'd go back to the original idea of digitizing the video, but just to be safe, once the digitizing is done, etch each and every one of those 1's and 0's into stone.
Hammurabi's law has been around for 7,000 years. This is a backup solution that will survive fire, flood, even a nuclear war.
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reluctant to try even the most basic of new things (no-till farming, organics, etc).
Huh? Farmers are more than happy to try out the new high tech seeds, time-release fertilizers, more effective pesticides, herbicides, etc.
I think what you meant is they are reluctant to try new things that don't increase their yield.
It may not be important to you if you're running your "server" from your parents basement, but for most businesses, uptime is crucial. Company time lost because the server is down or updating means money down the drain.
Take a look at the records for server uptime on netcraft.com and note the number of computers running FreeBSD vs. the ones running Windows.
Now think about this: with a Windows server, you can't have both good uptime and security. Trust me on this one: if you run a Windows server connected to the internet, you will need to patch it approximately once a week(that is, unless you want to get h4x0r3d). Each patch you install will require a reboot. Now its true BSD/Linux/Unix servers require patching as well(albeit far less frequently). However, unless it's a kernel patch(generally security flaws are found in userland services like email, web, etc), you don't have to reboot.
And how secure can a system possibly be when you have to reboot it because of a bug in something totally unrelated to the kernel? The whole thing smells of bad system design from the ground up.
Another thing: SERVERS DON'T NEED GUI's! How is a GUI going to make your firewall or web server or email server better? Answer: it isn't. It will only consume more resources, taking away from the job a server needs to do. Then again, judging from the question you posed, perhaps the GUI is necessary. Good thing, because on a Windows server, you can't turn it off.
Yep, you should probably pass. As looney as you are, a violent game like Doom III might very well push you over the edge. I'd also recommend removing any guns and sharp objects from your domicile, you never know when you are going to see something accidentally on TV or the internet that's going to cause you to flip.
And whatever you do, don't forget to take your medication!
Every time I've tried to have a rational conversation with a pro-war person...
Every time I've tried to have a rational argument with an anti-war person, they've devolved into frothing at the mouth, repeating the same, tired propaganda which they have swallowed hook, line, and sinker. If you support the war, you get cheap shots from protesters and dissenters calling you bloodthirsty murderers who place human life second to oil profits.
Certainly no argument, however lucid and rational, will ever convince an anti-war protester that taking out a ruthless dictator is the right thing to do. There is no open mind for any kind of dialog there, just blind acceptance that war is baaad, mmmkay?
and as someone who sets up Linux systems for clueless newbies to use, I have to agree. Generally, this distro has been the best support I've seen for setting up a basic workstation, which means everything should work right the first time. I'm not a newbie, but I don't have a lot of time to spend on end users systems, so I appreciate an easy to use(for the users) distro that sets up correctly without having to go back and do a lot of tweaking.
I will say, from the progress I've seen over the last few years with Linux desktops, they are improving at a fast rate. The distros just keep getting better and better, and I think we will one day soon see a truly usable Linux desktop.
"and by 'sample', I mean download as many songs as humanly possible"
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Yes, because the marshall will know nothing about computers, but will be able to enforce that the BSA can execute the warrant.
Not trying to scare anyone, and I'm certainly not astroturfing for the BSA. I've actually had threats from the BSA and had to spend a significant amount of time "warding them off" so to speak. Didn't get searched, but my company was definitely threatened with all kinds of nasty stuff.
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Are you someone with the skills of a secretary with no experience with open source software?
I challenge you to find anyone, hell find an MSCE, who doesn't have experience with Linux to install Apache, mod_perl, PHP, and mod_ssl in three hours.
The point wasn't that an experienced Linux user could do these things. It was that an inexperienced secretary could not do these things. Firing your IT staff and expecting people in your company to be able to RTFM and do things like install the above list of software?(we won't even go as far as using it) I don't think so.
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Well, goody for you. But the only way you can install X's list in half an hour is that you know exactly what modules you need to have install before you even get to mod_perl, you know that you need a certain version of zlib before openssl will work, etc. etc. You need to know many trivial but irritating facts like these to get all the pieces working together.
The point he was trying to make was not how fast an expert can install something, it was, can a company that just fired their IT staff get a secretary and install it by reading the manual?
Even a skilled IT person who hasn't had lots of practice installing that exact combination of software on the specific platform before is going to have to know how to piece together several conflicting manuals, how-to's and newsgroup postings, and combine that with a fair amount of trial and error to get it right.
1/2 an hour my ass. Only if you have done it before several times on the same platform.
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BSA can't just demand to search your business. You can tell them no, they have no legal power.
Typically the BSA will obtain a search warrant and have a U.S. Marshall execute the raid.
You going to say no when a U.S. Marshall is at your door with a warrant to search your business?
You might try some real plants. Find a knowledgeable plant person and ask him or her to direct you to some plants that can take low light.
The plants will provide extra oxygen(good for the brain cells) and some even help cut down on the dust because they act like filters for the air
There was a NASA experiment once where they looked for hardy houseplants that could live without needing too much sunlight. You might try googling for that.
The issues that actually drive the corporate agenda in the IT industries therefore include: how do we develop something that makes it hard for users to switch to a competitor, or for a competitor to clone us and compete with us? Their weapons include patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, and especially the proprietary control of the hardware, software and peripheral interfaces that affect compatibility.
Whereas in the world of Open Source the impetus is to make software that works well with other software.
The simple solution to this problem? Demand that your vendors implement solutions that run on Linux. Its a quick cure to being "locked in" to a particular hardware platform or individual piece of software.
By 24-bit I was referring to the DAC's and ADC's already found in modelling amps.
Since the modelling amps use the highest quality converters available, yet still fall short of their goal of sounding like a tube amp, my question is, what's next?
You're talking about audio reproduction. I was talking about making guitar sounds.
Guitar amps are and have been lo-fi - otherwise we would be playing through amps similar to the kind you would use with your stereo.
So basically a modelling amp tries to mimic what an old lo-fi tube amp does. There's a lot more to it than reproducing audio in the sense that you reproduce recorded music. That's not the same thing as reproducing the way an amplifier sounds and responds to a guitar.
Being as these modelling amps already use 24 bit DAC's and ADC's, yet still fall short of their intended goal, I think my questions about the technology were quite valid.
Sorry dude, but I seriously doubt you could pass a recording challenge.
Yes I could. If you were to put up a website with.wavs of a Line6 and a Marshall or Fender, I would be more than happy to take the test.
The Boston example is not exactly fair because before there was a Rockman, Scholz did lots of convoluted things to his amp setup to get his sound, which he later got by designing the Rockman.(I still have a Sustainer rackmount preamp left over from the 80's BTW)
Alex Lifeson used H&K Triaxis as the main amps on the Rush tour and the Zenterras were used for a few things, but were by no means his main amp. Read any of the interviews he did with the guitar magazines after VT came out. If you look at the pictures closely, you can see two different kinds of amps; on one of them you can see the tubes through a clear panel. Admittedly the Zenterra is the best sounding modelling amp I've heard. I wouldn't use it in the studio in place of a real tube amp where the sound I was going for was that of the tube amp.
Finally, I think you've hit on the best use of a modelling amp: as a practice amp. Or possibly something to blend in with other sounds in the studio. One of these days I'll get a POD, but I seriously doubt it will make me want to throw out my other gear.
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The trend is currently reversing itself, as the end of the dot-com years have also resulted in a sharp decline in CS enrollees. At my school there are 25,000 students, 20 of which graduated with a BS in CS last spring. I think it's very safe to day our economy easily accommodated those 20 graduates.
I've read several national articles lately that back up my first hand observation. What this means is the ones really interested in the field, rather than because they heard it was the key to riches, are the ones that are still in CS, post-boom.
I can't comment about the Egyptians enslaving the Jews, but so far you've been wrong about everything else you wrote about, so it wouldn't surprise me to find that this is historical fact as well.
You are either supremely close-minded or only read biased history written by atheists. Either way, you're wrong.
And before Wal-Mart, they ran Mom and Pop stores!
That's right, ladies and gentleman, CEO by day, farmer by night...the amazing Fletcher Kittredge!
He's one mean pumpkin-growin, FreeBSD using machine.
do you know what the -HUP flag does? it restarts the daemon. don't you really want kill -9(kill the process and all its children?
are also the authors of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. One of the very best books on CS ever written.
I installed BitTorrent yesterday in order to get Red Hat 9. I'll be honest, it didn't work that well for me(I'm impatient, and it was faster to repeatedly try ftp.redhat.com and dl it once I could get connected.) Maybe I didn't wait long enough for it to work, or perhaps I wasn't sharing enough to get a good dl rate from the network.
At any rate, I'm clueless as to how this thing works, or even what it is doing at the moment. There is no UI, no shortcut to any docs, nothing. Was this intentional, or is it because Bit Torrent is still in development and things like a UI and documentation are low on the list? Currently I have Bit Torrent installed, but I have very little idea about what it is doing on my computer or what I can do with it - other than hunting around the net for FAQ's etc.
I'm not complaining - I just haven't had the time to look for these things. If they were there I probably would have used it more.
You are incredibly naive if you think a computer science curriculum is supposed to teach students the language du jour, no matter how useful it looks to you.
Perhaps you should look a little closer at what CS depts actually teach students. Maybe try to understand why a programmer who understands algorithms and Big O is going to write better code than your so called "experienced" C++ programmer who never studied these subjects, even if he has to pick up C++ on the job. Or that the CS grad knows how to do OOP in any language - or write a large scale program in any language.
You are right about certain languages being better for the final finished product than others. But you appear to have no clue about what a CS dept. is supposed to teach. Hint: it's not about being a language jockey. It goes much deeper than that; I hope you figure this out one day.
Hammurabi's law has been around for 7,000 years. This is a backup solution that will survive fire, flood, even a nuclear war.
Huh? Farmers are more than happy to try out the new high tech seeds, time-release fertilizers, more effective pesticides, herbicides, etc.
I think what you meant is they are reluctant to try new things that don't increase their yield.
It may not be important to you if you're running your "server" from your parents basement, but for most businesses, uptime is crucial. Company time lost because the server is down or updating means money down the drain.
Take a look at the records for server uptime on netcraft.com and note the number of computers running FreeBSD vs. the ones running Windows.
Now think about this: with a Windows server, you can't have both good uptime and security. Trust me on this one: if you run a Windows server connected to the internet, you will need to patch it approximately once a week(that is, unless you want to get h4x0r3d). Each patch you install will require a reboot. Now its true BSD/Linux/Unix servers require patching as well(albeit far less frequently). However, unless it's a kernel patch(generally security flaws are found in userland services like email, web, etc), you don't have to reboot.
And how secure can a system possibly be when you have to reboot it because of a bug in something totally unrelated to the kernel? The whole thing smells of bad system design from the ground up.
Another thing: SERVERS DON'T NEED GUI's! How is a GUI going to make your firewall or web server or email server better? Answer: it isn't. It will only consume more resources, taking away from the job a server needs to do. Then again, judging from the question you posed, perhaps the GUI is necessary. Good thing, because on a Windows server, you can't turn it off.
And whatever you do, don't forget to take your medication!
Every time I've tried to have a rational argument with an anti-war person, they've devolved into frothing at the mouth, repeating the same, tired propaganda which they have swallowed hook, line, and sinker. If you support the war, you get cheap shots from protesters and dissenters calling you bloodthirsty murderers who place human life second to oil profits.
Certainly no argument, however lucid and rational, will ever convince an anti-war protester that taking out a ruthless dictator is the right thing to do. There is no open mind for any kind of dialog there, just blind acceptance that war is baaad, mmmkay?
I will say, from the progress I've seen over the last few years with Linux desktops, they are improving at a fast rate. The distros just keep getting better and better, and I think we will one day soon see a truly usable Linux desktop.
"and by 'sample', I mean download as many songs as humanly possible"
Not trying to scare anyone, and I'm certainly not astroturfing for the BSA. I've actually had threats from the BSA and had to spend a significant amount of time "warding them off" so to speak. Didn't get searched, but my company was definitely threatened with all kinds of nasty stuff.
I challenge you to find anyone, hell find an MSCE, who doesn't have experience with Linux to install Apache, mod_perl, PHP, and mod_ssl in three hours.
The point wasn't that an experienced Linux user could do these things. It was that an inexperienced secretary could not do these things. Firing your IT staff and expecting people in your company to be able to RTFM and do things like install the above list of software?(we won't even go as far as using it) I don't think so.
The point he was trying to make was not how fast an expert can install something, it was, can a company that just fired their IT staff get a secretary and install it by reading the manual?
Even a skilled IT person who hasn't had lots of practice installing that exact combination of software on the specific platform before is going to have to know how to piece together several conflicting manuals, how-to's and newsgroup postings, and combine that with a fair amount of trial and error to get it right.
1/2 an hour my ass. Only if you have done it before several times on the same platform.
Typically the BSA will obtain a search warrant and have a U.S. Marshall execute the raid.
You going to say no when a U.S. Marshall is at your door with a warrant to search your business?
It's as good as Fight Club, but never really got to be that big.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0128442
The plants will provide extra oxygen(good for the brain cells) and some even help cut down on the dust because they act like filters for the air
There was a NASA experiment once where they looked for hardy houseplants that could live without needing too much sunlight. You might try googling for that.
The issues that actually drive the corporate agenda in the IT industries therefore include: how do we develop something that makes it hard for users to switch to a competitor, or for a competitor to clone us and compete with us? Their weapons include patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, and especially the proprietary control of the hardware, software and peripheral interfaces that affect compatibility.
Whereas in the world of Open Source the impetus is to make software that works well with other software.
The simple solution to this problem? Demand that your vendors implement solutions that run on Linux. Its a quick cure to being "locked in" to a particular hardware platform or individual piece of software.
Since the modelling amps use the highest quality converters available, yet still fall short of their goal of sounding like a tube amp, my question is, what's next?
Guitar amps are and have been lo-fi - otherwise we would be playing through amps similar to the kind you would use with your stereo.
So basically a modelling amp tries to mimic what an old lo-fi tube amp does. There's a lot more to it than reproducing audio in the sense that you reproduce recorded music. That's not the same thing as reproducing the way an amplifier sounds and responds to a guitar.
Being as these modelling amps already use 24 bit DAC's and ADC's, yet still fall short of their intended goal, I think my questions about the technology were quite valid.
Yes I could. If you were to put up a website with .wavs of a Line6 and a Marshall or Fender, I would be more than happy to take the test.
The Boston example is not exactly fair because before there was a Rockman, Scholz did lots of convoluted things to his amp setup to get his sound, which he later got by designing the Rockman.(I still have a Sustainer rackmount preamp left over from the 80's BTW)
Alex Lifeson used H&K Triaxis as the main amps on the Rush tour and the Zenterras were used for a few things, but were by no means his main amp. Read any of the interviews he did with the guitar magazines after VT came out. If you look at the pictures closely, you can see two different kinds of amps; on one of them you can see the tubes through a clear panel. Admittedly the Zenterra is the best sounding modelling amp I've heard. I wouldn't use it in the studio in place of a real tube amp where the sound I was going for was that of the tube amp.
Finally, I think you've hit on the best use of a modelling amp: as a practice amp. Or possibly something to blend in with other sounds in the studio. One of these days I'll get a POD, but I seriously doubt it will make me want to throw out my other gear.