The Fibonacci sequence has the uncanny ability to appear in fairly random places. For those not interested where the Fibonacci sequence occurs, I'll keep the list short so you can get back to the episode of Family Guy you were watching: Look at bone size relationships, or google "fibonacci sequence in ferns".
TL;DR - google "fibonacci sequence in plants". Interesting or not?
This is just basic scientific interest, and yes, trivia for those not practicing in the fields where the Fibonacci sequence so frequently appears. But, I value a basic scientific curiosity in candidates, especially if they studied Computer Science, or call themselves Computer Scientists. Computer Science being, at its core, the mathematics of computation. More is revealed about a candidate through "useless" trivia than you may realize.
Curiosity is an immensely important trait in engineering positions. It forces people to ask questions, to look for better solutions, and it allows them to debug code issues faster. Uncurious people tend to be rather boring; their conversations certainly are, because they never ask questions.
All the questions and conversation between an interviewer and candidate combine to form an opinion of that candidate's ability to perform the job. I'd never disqualify someone automatically if they were to blow off a question/conversation about fibonacci sequence appearances, or a recent medical story, or the latest Mars probe discovery, but it definitely reveals something about a candidate in a technical field.
Bingo. Pixel differencing will show which pixels...are different...which will show gradient differences (as broad areas of different pixels), layer positioning differences (as lines), etc.
Otherwise, I think it's pretty obvious that one does not provide the students with a final.psd with all the layers intact. At the least, any provided file should be a flattened version (PNG or JPG of decent quality) with a watermark...
There's just so many ways to thwart this. Does the PS instructor *know* image manipulation?
The race for "HD" televisions has ruined computer monitor selection. It's like most computer users didn't realize their computer monitors were higher-resolution than their new flat TVs, or they didn't realize the importance. It's utter crap what is available out there. Most of the available monitors seem to be 1920x1080; it's hard to find one with even 1200 rows, for example.
I will not be surprised when manufacturers bring back higher-resolution displays and couch them in MP-speak. We'll have 2MP displays, then 3MP, then Apple will rename their 15" Retina display the "Retina 5MP" (which a mere renaming of the current size of that display).
jd2112, "fuh-ball" IS the National Sport of Texas.
I have to say that my high school's health class did a great job covering sexuality, STDs, and the various forms and efficacies of contraceptives. That was in 1986. Also, our science education was top-notch then; not only was evolution covered without drama, we had real labs, real bunsen burners, and real chemicals to use. And we had real accidents at times, too.
I am ashamed at the far more recent changes that our Gov Perry and the previous fundamentalist-infested State Board of Education have made to public education here. As "pray for rain" is not a valid water conservation plan, "abstinence only" is not a valid sex-ed curriculum.
Well, that didn't take long. My order for 2 is back-ordered, not shipping until Oct 26.
NBD, but if an online retailer is going to bother posting any inventory counts on a product's page, and a customer places an order that *their system* states has N units "ready to ship", then just how does this become back-ordered?
Locating a source has been a problem due to demand and what appears to be limited production. I've periodically checked, but have not found it in stock yet.
But, I ordered 2 today while reading the comments here, and Newark's estimate is delivery this week. We shall see.
Back in my youth, I had the thought that, since I'm drawing it on paper, I should be able to connect *this blob* with *that* blob by drawing a line...
It was a risky thought, since mind maps were always taught to be acyclic, but as was common, no one else was around when I created these diagrams. I contemplated what path it would lead me down if I decided to try this. It may lead to such infractions as tearing the consumer information tags off all my mattresses, but that was a moral risk to my very core that I decided to take.
The fateful day came. Well, it was actually the same day as when I got the thought of taking such drastic action in one of my graphical creations, and in fact it was just mere seconds later, but whatever, there I was facing my destiny. After a feverish last glance around, I tried it, using my Berol Prismacolor Copenhagen Blue PC 906, and it worked! I connected two already-connected orange blobs with a blue arrow! I wiped the sweat from my hands on my pants, and continued to decorate the new incestuous interloper with a halo of bright green dots.
In the years since that discovery, I have wisened a bit, lost a little of that rebellion hellion, and promised myself, my family, and my country that I would never attempt such a risky diagrammatic insurgency as that! I should be following the rules!
(I don't remember ever learning about "mind maps" in elementary school (in the 70's), and while looking for diagramming tools I stumbled upon a "Mind Maps" book in 2004 or so. For software developers such as myself, much of what a mind map attempts to do is what we already do (mentally or on a whiteboard) when gathering requirements, or brainstorming app structure, or even user experience. But what struck me as so silly about mind maps was the emphasis on coloring/doodling within very structured organizational rules. It is a real dichotomy. BTW, I do not actually own a Berol Prismacolor Copenhagen Blue PC 906, although it is real. Very real.)
No kidding. The summary quoted(?) this nugget: "...to overcome the limitations and inconvenience of QR codes, whose usage has greatly increased in the last few years."
I'd say that the reason usage QR codes has greatly increased in the last few years is because they are not so limited or inconvenient as the article asserts. The QR code may contain several types of information, but in a 2D bit array, you are inherently limited. QR codes are not a high-bandwidth transport, but even if all they contain is a vcard or URL, the URL is the gateway to larger content.
I like QR codes because they are inherently opt-in. Screw the NFC based ad network!
Exactly. What the article reports is that they detected various concentrations of caffeine in the ocean at various locations. No surprise there. Plastic bits are also in various concentrations about the world's oceans. The number of "sea beans" also varies along the eastern S. American coast (where many sea beans originate), up along the Gulf of Mexico and eastern US coast.
Since we're talking about caffeine, which is a stimulant for our bodies and IIRC many other mammals, what effect does caffeine have in aquatic creatures? At what concentrations do these effects begin? How can caffeine be reduced in the ocean? No answers here. But according to the article, the presence of caffeine is more of an indicator of the increased presence of other pollutants, such as prescription medicines, hormones, etc., which may indicate that water treatment practices are lacking.
I totally disagree. On the contrary, military spending is not a mere blip on the radar of our budget. According to http://www.usfederalbudget.us/federal_budget_actual, the *actual* defense budget was about 24% of the total budget between 2006-2011.
The three biggest spending areas in 2011 were defense (24%), health care (24%) and pensions (22%). Education was 3%.
Indeed, our military spending IS too large, as are numerous other programs. The US's finances are a disgrace. We desparately need to cut our budget and reduce spending. This is not sustainable.
Agreed. Multiple sample images would be great to see.
I'm afraid their phrase, "images taken at different times of day" is very imprecise. It's not like you can take images hour-to-hour of features on the moon and see significant changes. Since the moon rotates at 29.x days/rotation, obvious shadow changes (to our eyes) would only be observed by taking images Earth *days* apart. I'm surprised the BBC wrote this.
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I want a >30' E-Ink picture frame with...
Yep, e-ink billboards...
Did you keep your US citizenship?
The Fibonacci sequence has the uncanny ability to appear in fairly random places. For those not interested where the Fibonacci sequence occurs, I'll keep the list short so you can get back to the episode of Family Guy you were watching: Look at bone size relationships, or google "fibonacci sequence in ferns".
TL;DR - google "fibonacci sequence in plants". Interesting or not?
This is just basic scientific interest, and yes, trivia for those not practicing in the fields where the Fibonacci sequence so frequently appears. But, I value a basic scientific curiosity in candidates, especially if they studied Computer Science, or call themselves Computer Scientists. Computer Science being, at its core, the mathematics of computation. More is revealed about a candidate through "useless" trivia than you may realize.
Curiosity is an immensely important trait in engineering positions. It forces people to ask questions, to look for better solutions, and it allows them to debug code issues faster. Uncurious people tend to be rather boring; their conversations certainly are, because they never ask questions.
All the questions and conversation between an interviewer and candidate combine to form an opinion of that candidate's ability to perform the job. I'd never disqualify someone automatically if they were to blow off a question/conversation about fibonacci sequence appearances, or a recent medical story, or the latest Mars probe discovery, but it definitely reveals something about a candidate in a technical field.
Slashdot. The only site where Wikipedia trumps reality (at least the OP posted it tongue in cheek).
...and where Wikipedia is treated as a reliable substitute for knowledge.
Oh, please. Do you know how kickstarter actually works?
Don't blame the messenger in this case. If *funded* projects aren't delivered, blame lies with the project owners.
"zipping through space at over 36,000 miles per second! "
Correction: Pioneer spacecraft are travelling at about 10 miles per second. Which is 36,000 mph.
Or in more popular mass-media units, about 633,600 football (US) field lengths per hour.
Using units, that's $3000 / 1e6 people = $3 / 1000 people = $0.003 / person = 0.3 cents / person.
So no, not three thousandths of a cent, but 300 thousandths of a cent.
But, whatever. I'm surprised to hear him complain of a price like this, considering running a TV ad, or a mailing will be at least 25 cents/person.
Bingo. Pixel differencing will show which pixels...are different...which will show gradient differences (as broad areas of different pixels), layer positioning differences (as lines), etc. Otherwise, I think it's pretty obvious that one does not provide the students with a final .psd with all the layers intact. At the least, any provided file should be a flattened version (PNG or JPG of decent quality) with a watermark...
There's just so many ways to thwart this. Does the PS instructor *know* image manipulation?
The race for "HD" televisions has ruined computer monitor selection. It's like most computer users didn't realize their computer monitors were higher-resolution than their new flat TVs, or they didn't realize the importance. It's utter crap what is available out there. Most of the available monitors seem to be 1920x1080; it's hard to find one with even 1200 rows, for example.
I will not be surprised when manufacturers bring back higher-resolution displays and couch them in MP-speak. We'll have 2MP displays, then 3MP, then Apple will rename their 15" Retina display the "Retina 5MP" (which a mere renaming of the current size of that display).
Yes, these are the pens I was trying to remember.
The terms the OP should google are "technical pens" or "drafting pens".
Other pens are the Rapidograph pens, but I think the Mars pens have more sizes.
Maybe actually try a space pen. I like mine. It looks about 0.3mm wide, and has "instant on".
jd2112, "fuh-ball" IS the National Sport of Texas.
I have to say that my high school's health class did a great job covering sexuality, STDs, and the various forms and efficacies of contraceptives. That was in 1986. Also, our science education was top-notch then; not only was evolution covered without drama, we had real labs, real bunsen burners, and real chemicals to use. And we had real accidents at times, too.
I am ashamed at the far more recent changes that our Gov Perry and the previous fundamentalist-infested State Board of Education have made to public education here. As "pray for rain" is not a valid water conservation plan, "abstinence only" is not a valid sex-ed curriculum.
Jimmy sounds like a bastard offshoring contractor.
He will go far in business.
Well, that didn't take long. My order for 2 is back-ordered, not shipping until Oct 26. NBD, but if an online retailer is going to bother posting any inventory counts on a product's page, and a customer places an order that *their system* states has N units "ready to ship", then just how does this become back-ordered?
Locating a source has been a problem due to demand and what appears to be limited production. I've periodically checked, but have not found it in stock yet. But, I ordered 2 today while reading the comments here, and Newark's estimate is delivery this week. We shall see.
This is now declared "legit."
Back in my youth, I had the thought that, since I'm drawing it on paper, I should be able to connect *this blob* with *that* blob by drawing a line...
It was a risky thought, since mind maps were always taught to be acyclic, but as was common, no one else was around when I created these diagrams. I contemplated what path it would lead me down if I decided to try this. It may lead to such infractions as tearing the consumer information tags off all my mattresses, but that was a moral risk to my very core that I decided to take.
The fateful day came. Well, it was actually the same day as when I got the thought of taking such drastic action in one of my graphical creations, and in fact it was just mere seconds later, but whatever, there I was facing my destiny. After a feverish last glance around, I tried it, using my Berol Prismacolor Copenhagen Blue PC 906, and it worked! I connected two already-connected orange blobs with a blue arrow! I wiped the sweat from my hands on my pants, and continued to decorate the new incestuous interloper with a halo of bright green dots.
In the years since that discovery, I have wisened a bit, lost a little of that rebellion hellion, and promised myself, my family, and my country that I would never attempt such a risky diagrammatic insurgency as that! I should be following the rules!
(I don't remember ever learning about "mind maps" in elementary school (in the 70's), and while looking for diagramming tools I stumbled upon a "Mind Maps" book in 2004 or so. For software developers such as myself, much of what a mind map attempts to do is what we already do (mentally or on a whiteboard) when gathering requirements, or brainstorming app structure, or even user experience. But what struck me as so silly about mind maps was the emphasis on coloring/doodling within very structured organizational rules. It is a real dichotomy. BTW, I do not actually own a Berol Prismacolor Copenhagen Blue PC 906, although it is real. Very real.)
Your crushing ideas intrigue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Yeaahhh, you need to work on your delivery.
How does your signing a waiver such as this, make your heirs party to some agreement (in the case of your death)?
Do you know if their co-opt clause has ever been tested?
Does Dallas currently spray for mosquitos, either by truck or aerially?
Houston has always sprayed by truck, and Austin sprays by truck, but a lot less than Houston.
No kidding. The summary quoted(?) this nugget: "...to overcome the limitations and inconvenience of QR codes, whose usage has greatly increased in the last few years."
I'd say that the reason usage QR codes has greatly increased in the last few years is because they are not so limited or inconvenient as the article asserts. The QR code may contain several types of information, but in a 2D bit array, you are inherently limited. QR codes are not a high-bandwidth transport, but even if all they contain is a vcard or URL, the URL is the gateway to larger content.
I like QR codes because they are inherently opt-in. Screw the NFC based ad network!
Exactly. What the article reports is that they detected various concentrations of caffeine in the ocean at various locations. No surprise there. Plastic bits are also in various concentrations about the world's oceans. The number of "sea beans" also varies along the eastern S. American coast (where many sea beans originate), up along the Gulf of Mexico and eastern US coast.
Since we're talking about caffeine, which is a stimulant for our bodies and IIRC many other mammals, what effect does caffeine have in aquatic creatures? At what concentrations do these effects begin? How can caffeine be reduced in the ocean? No answers here. But according to the article, the presence of caffeine is more of an indicator of the increased presence of other pollutants, such as prescription medicines, hormones, etc., which may indicate that water treatment practices are lacking.
I'm still waiting for our media (USA) to convert the important distances to some quantity of football fields.
I totally disagree. On the contrary, military spending is not a mere blip on the radar of our budget. According to http://www.usfederalbudget.us/federal_budget_actual, the *actual* defense budget was about 24% of the total budget between 2006-2011.
The three biggest spending areas in 2011 were defense (24%), health care (24%) and pensions (22%). Education was 3%.
Indeed, our military spending IS too large, as are numerous other programs. The US's finances are a disgrace. We desparately need to cut our budget and reduce spending. This is not sustainable.
Agreed. Multiple sample images would be great to see.
I'm afraid their phrase, "images taken at different times of day" is very imprecise. It's not like you can take images hour-to-hour of features on the moon and see significant changes. Since the moon rotates at 29.x days/rotation, obvious shadow changes (to our eyes) would only be observed by taking images Earth *days* apart. I'm surprised the BBC wrote this.