The author couldn't be more wrong about intelligence. Just like good looks, you are born with intelligence. If you have to work at intelliegence, then you really aren't intelligent. You can be born with an average IQ and gain knowledge and become accomplished at what you do, if you work hard. If you're intelligent, most tasks where you have to use your brain, come easy.
I never thought I would say this, but Comcast has gotten better. I was getting frequent and repeated drops of my Internet connection and after the initial attempts to solve the problem remotely, they sent a guy to my condo. Surprisingly, not only did the guy know what he was doing, but he went the extra mile to fix my problem. This included crawling under a metal gate to get into the space under my building and going up on the pole multiple times. He found the problem (too many splits) and got the home office to rewire the pole correctly.
I'm not saying this one event absolves Comcast of past sins, but if they keep on going in this direction, perhaps they will be worthy of their customer's business.
I think you should go with Discrete Math. There is so much in there that applies directly to Software Engineering especially if you right systems software, as opposed to Financial or Scientific software. Graph theory, queue theory, Maps, etc. You can't go wrong with Discrete Math. It will also be easier for you if you already think like a programmer.
I'm sure I will be troll rated, but I just have to laugh! The vaunted slashdot had network problems. Man, I remember a time many years ago when the proprietors of slashdot sent their minions to my site to deliberately crash it and when it did crash, they laughed. Right back at ya dudes!
If the oldest bible was written around 400 BCE, then I doubt that their would be any mention of the resurrection, as that happpened 400 years later. I'm sure the OP meant 400 CE.
Having also worked in Intelligence, I can say you couldn't be more wrong. The government cares about everything you do, read, watch, buy. Eespecially THIS government. When the Patriot Act was passed the government promised that it would be used to catch terrorists. Which lasted about 15 minutes. The first case prosecuted with Patriot Act powers was an OBSCENITY case. We're not talking child porn here. Just adult material that SOME find objectionable. Be afraid, be VERY afraid.
I am only commenting on the subject line that included the word "Diebold" in it. This implied that there was a way to hack the machines. I'm not saying there isn't, but with paper ballots as a backup, what's the point? All these tabulating machines do is count the ballots that are scanned by them. It is up to humans to take the reports from the machines and agggregate them to come up with a final precinct total for each candidate. This is where the human error can be introduced.
Every person in NH casts a paper ballot. Some are counted by electronic tabulating machines, but the paper ballots are still available for a recount. There is a big difference between an electronic voting machine (which typically don't have paper trails) and electronic tabulating machines. See this http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/10/02623/2264/85/434176 for a good discussion of why there was probably no fraud in the NH primary. The Ron Paul votes not being initially counted is another matter. Most likely just an incidence of human error.
Man, I am the only one that this scares? I followed the Hiibel case and was apalled by the decision. For whatever reason, we are more than willing to give the police wide powers to invade our privacy and infringe on our civil rights. After the police officer looked in the bag and confirmed that nothing had been stolen, that should have been the end of it. Why did he need to see the man's ID? There isn't a cop out there that won't trump up a charge if someone challenges their authority.
There are some players who like to play MMORPG by themselves and find it either difficult to work in groups to accomplish tasks or just like playing alone. Are there any plans for adding computer controlled henchman or heros (ala Guild Wars) to LOTRO?
So I looked on Google Earth for my local nuke plant (Seabrook, NH power station) and it was blurred. Everything around it is crystal clear, but the plant is pixelated. Then I checked out Nellis AFB outside of Las Vegas. SO clear you can count the fighter jets on the tarmac, including the ones that used to be there by their oil slicks. I fond this funny because when I was in the Navy we used to look at CLASSIFIED imagery and count ships in Russian ports. Now I can jsut go to Google Earth. Albeit the imagery is outdated, but it kind of makes the whole intelligence biz less of a mystery now. Ah, the old days...
The prohibition on publishing benchmarks is not new. It has been there for virtually all database products (Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server) for a long time. I don't know if I've ever seen it for an OS, but it's not all that interesting.
Why? I love the country, its history and all things British. Plus, my mother lives in Wales so I would have at least one family member within visiting distance.
Why not? Without being sponsored by an American company with a UK subsidiary, it's very hard to legally work in the UK as an American.
I remember when I worked at Digital Review that we got a "concept" VAX for testing that had a wood case. Actually it was a combination of forest green metal on the sides and a dark stained wood front and top. It was quite attractive. The idea was that it could be put into an office environment and blend in. Obviously, they never saw the light of day, but it was an interesting concept.
This makes a conversation I had with my dad recently, make more sense. He had Vonage before, but couldn't get it to work when he returned to his house after vacation. He signed up for Comcast Digital Voice and was having trouble with that too. Vonage offered him a good deal and he called Comcast to see if they would beat it. NOW HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART. He was listing the pros and cons of Vonage vs. Comcast and he said, "I don't like Vonage because I have to leave my computer on all the time." I told him that wasn't so and explained why. I never asked why he tought this was so. He's 72 and has never been big on technology, so I figured he just didn't know how it all worked. It appears as if he was a victim of Comcast's FUD campaign.
These kinds of things always bug me. If the cafe left their access point open, shame on them. Who cares if the guy was a registered sex offender. What has that got to do with him using an open AP. By the way, what law says you can't park your car in the same place for three months? It's a free country, right? I guess if he didn't pay the meter or it was a no parking zone. This is just like the anti-cruising laws enacted in some cities. They say you can't pass the same place on a street more than a certain number of times in a certain period of time. What's up with that? I think I should be able to drive around the block continuously for my entire lifetime if I want. Unless I break a "real" law while doing this, why should I be arrested? I know law enforcement wants these laws to fight other crimes, such as drug dealing or prostitution, but just driving around the block multiple times (OR SITTING IN YOUR CAR IN THE SAME PLACE FOR THREE MONTHS) does not make you guilty of a crime. Everybody say hello to the police state.
So how long is it before we can grow entire humans? I mean a blood vessel is a relatively simple thing (compared to, say, a brain), but if you can grow a blood vessel, why not an entire human eventually?
I don't care what tool you use. If you aren't a good programmer, you're not going to produce good code, no matter what tool you use. If you are a good programmer, then Visual Studio helps you produce good code much faster.
That said, perhaps I might agree that people who are learning how to code, should probably do so with as little assistance from the tool as possible.
This is the same thing I would say about kids learning math. Using calculators rots the brain, don't you think?
I don't buy this at all. Typically when you're card is swiped, the CC# is not stored in the vendor's computer. It is sent directly to the CC processor for authorization and an auth# is returned. This auth# is what the CC company uses to resolve the charges at a later date. This system was designed so that merchants would not have access to customers CC# after the purchase. Therefore, the hotel would not even have the actual CC# to be imprinted on the room key.
There is a fraud scheme where a retail clerk has a hidden card reader and scans your card with his card reader and then with the store's card reader. They then go home and hook it up to a PC and voila, they have your CC# and name. They have to do this because the store DOES NOT record your CC# it it's computer system.
Why make every state agency save documents in Open Office formats? If they want the documents accessible to the public, they could distribute the documents in PDF format and store them internally in whatever format they want to. It's just like Open Source zealots to force people to use their product, whether they like it or not. They have now become what they hate, contributors to a lack of choice (at least within the government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.)
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The author couldn't be more wrong about intelligence. Just like good looks, you are born with intelligence. If you have to work at intelliegence, then you really aren't intelligent. You can be born with an average IQ and gain knowledge and become accomplished at what you do, if you work hard. If you're intelligent, most tasks where you have to use your brain, come easy.
I never thought I would say this, but Comcast has gotten better. I was getting frequent and repeated drops of my Internet connection and after the initial attempts to solve the problem remotely, they sent a guy to my condo. Surprisingly, not only did the guy know what he was doing, but he went the extra mile to fix my problem. This included crawling under a metal gate to get into the space under my building and going up on the pole multiple times. He found the problem (too many splits) and got the home office to rewire the pole correctly.
I'm not saying this one event absolves Comcast of past sins, but if they keep on going in this direction, perhaps they will be worthy of their customer's business.
I think you should go with Discrete Math. There is so much in there that applies directly to Software Engineering especially if you right systems software, as opposed to Financial or Scientific software. Graph theory, queue theory, Maps, etc. You can't go wrong with Discrete Math. It will also be easier for you if you already think like a programmer.
I'm sure I will be troll rated, but I just have to laugh! The vaunted slashdot had network problems. Man, I remember a time many years ago when the proprietors of slashdot sent their minions to my site to deliberately crash it and when it did crash, they laughed. Right back at ya dudes!
If the oldest bible was written around 400 BCE, then I doubt that their would be any mention of the resurrection, as that happpened 400 years later. I'm sure the OP meant 400 CE.
Having also worked in Intelligence, I can say you couldn't be more wrong. The government cares about everything you do, read, watch, buy. Eespecially THIS government. When the Patriot Act was passed the government promised that it would be used to catch terrorists. Which lasted about 15 minutes. The first case prosecuted with Patriot Act powers was an OBSCENITY case. We're not talking child porn here. Just adult material that SOME find objectionable. Be afraid, be VERY afraid.
I am only commenting on the subject line that included the word "Diebold" in it. This implied that there was a way to hack the machines. I'm not saying there isn't, but with paper ballots as a backup, what's the point? All these tabulating machines do is count the ballots that are scanned by them. It is up to humans to take the reports from the machines and agggregate them to come up with a final precinct total for each candidate. This is where the human error can be introduced.
Every person in NH casts a paper ballot. Some are counted by electronic tabulating machines, but the paper ballots are still available for a recount. There is a big difference between an electronic voting machine (which typically don't have paper trails) and electronic tabulating machines. See this http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/10/02623/2264/85/434176 for a good discussion of why there was probably no fraud in the NH primary. The Ron Paul votes not being initially counted is another matter. Most likely just an incidence of human error.
Man, I am the only one that this scares? I followed the Hiibel case and was apalled by the decision. For whatever reason, we are more than willing to give the police wide powers to invade our privacy and infringe on our civil rights. After the police officer looked in the bag and confirmed that nothing had been stolen, that should have been the end of it. Why did he need to see the man's ID? There isn't a cop out there that won't trump up a charge if someone challenges their authority.
There are some players who like to play MMORPG by themselves and find it either difficult to work in groups to accomplish tasks or just like playing alone. Are there any plans for adding computer controlled henchman or heros (ala Guild Wars) to LOTRO?
So I looked on Google Earth for my local nuke plant (Seabrook, NH power station) and it was blurred. Everything around it is crystal clear, but the plant is pixelated. Then I checked out Nellis AFB outside of Las Vegas. SO clear you can count the fighter jets on the tarmac, including the ones that used to be there by their oil slicks. I fond this funny because when I was in the Navy we used to look at CLASSIFIED imagery and count ships in Russian ports. Now I can jsut go to Google Earth. Albeit the imagery is outdated, but it kind of makes the whole intelligence biz less of a mystery now. Ah, the old days...
The prohibition on publishing benchmarks is not new. It has been there for virtually all database products (Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server) for a long time. I don't know if I've ever seen it for an OS, but it's not all that interesting.
"My god, it's made of stars."
I would go to UK, Cardiff, Wales to be specific.
Why? I love the country, its history and all things British. Plus, my mother lives in Wales so I would have at least one family member within visiting distance.
Why not? Without being sponsored by an American company with a UK subsidiary, it's very hard to legally work in the UK as an American.
I remember when I worked at Digital Review that we got a "concept" VAX for testing that had a wood case. Actually it was a combination of forest green metal on the sides and a dark stained wood front and top. It was quite attractive. The idea was that it could be put into an office environment and blend in. Obviously, they never saw the light of day, but it was an interesting concept.
This makes a conversation I had with my dad recently, make more sense. He had Vonage before, but couldn't get it to work when he returned to his house after vacation. He signed up for Comcast Digital Voice and was having trouble with that too. Vonage offered him a good deal and he called Comcast to see if they would beat it. NOW HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART. He was listing the pros and cons of Vonage vs. Comcast and he said, "I don't like Vonage because I have to leave my computer on all the time." I told him that wasn't so and explained why. I never asked why he tought this was so. He's 72 and has never been big on technology, so I figured he just didn't know how it all worked. It appears as if he was a victim of Comcast's FUD campaign.
Now I can replace the Cold Fusion generator I have in my backyard.
the Patriot Act isn't being used just to track terrorists? Color me surprised.
These kinds of things always bug me. If the cafe left their access point open, shame on them. Who cares if the guy was a registered sex offender. What has that got to do with him using an open AP. By the way, what law says you can't park your car in the same place for three months? It's a free country, right? I guess if he didn't pay the meter or it was a no parking zone. This is just like the anti-cruising laws enacted in some cities. They say you can't pass the same place on a street more than a certain number of times in a certain period of time. What's up with that? I think I should be able to drive around the block continuously for my entire lifetime if I want. Unless I break a "real" law while doing this, why should I be arrested? I know law enforcement wants these laws to fight other crimes, such as drug dealing or prostitution, but just driving around the block multiple times (OR SITTING IN YOUR CAR IN THE SAME PLACE FOR THREE MONTHS) does not make you guilty of a crime. Everybody say hello to the police state.
So is that "reputation" anything like the reputation that slashdot has?
So how long is it before we can grow entire humans? I mean a blood vessel is a relatively simple thing (compared to, say, a brain), but if you can grow a blood vessel, why not an entire human eventually?
The advance of science never ceases to amaze me.
I don't care what tool you use. If you aren't a good programmer, you're not going to produce good code, no matter what tool you use. If you are a good programmer, then Visual Studio helps you produce good code much faster.
That said, perhaps I might agree that people who are learning how to code, should probably do so with as little assistance from the tool as possible.
This is the same thing I would say about kids learning math. Using calculators rots the brain, don't you think?
Pre-auth or not the card numberis never supposed to be retained by the merchant system.
I don't buy this at all. Typically when you're card is swiped, the CC# is not stored in the vendor's computer. It is sent directly to the CC processor for authorization and an auth# is returned. This auth# is what the CC company uses to resolve the charges at a later date. This system was designed so that merchants would not have access to customers CC# after the purchase. Therefore, the hotel would not even have the actual CC# to be imprinted on the room key.
There is a fraud scheme where a retail clerk has a hidden card reader and scans your card with his card reader and then with the store's card reader. They then go home and hook it up to a PC and voila, they have your CC# and name. They have to do this because the store DOES NOT record your CC# it it's computer system.
Why make every state agency save documents in Open Office formats? If they want the documents accessible to the public, they could distribute the documents in PDF format and store them internally in whatever format they want to. It's just like Open Source zealots to force people to use their product, whether they like it or not. They have now become what they hate, contributors to a lack of choice (at least within the government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.)