Who the hell is their focus group? I've not met a single person who doesn't use the start button.
Now, you do: I've clicked the Start button in Windows 7 only twice in my life: the first time was to see what else is installed and the second one was only to remove entries from the frequently used programs list.
I attribute this to pinning, shortcuts, and putting every application and/or file on the desktop.
Actually, adding a monetary incentive will drive away the altruistic element and may, in fact, reduce the supply. It's called the overjustification effect. You Are Not So Smart run a nice post on the subject here.
As for owning your own body... What's the matter with donation after brain death? Technically, you are dead and incapable of having property.
There are a few reasons for a market prohibition. The first and foremost is that it coerces the poor. Imagine someone in extreme poverty: he'll no doubt sell one of his kidneys (IIRC, it's the most required organ), permanently impairing himself.
A more reasonable way is to make organ donation compulsory after death and/or live transplants only from family members older than, say, 35.
Can the word "Turing" be mentioned in a Slashdot submission without some random guy bringing up his sexual orientation?
Everyone knows the story, it has been denounced and publicly acknowledged and an official "I'm sorry" was told. I welcomed those events and moved on. The meme, alas, persists. Even Simon Wiesenthal said something like "We can't pretend there weren't deaths in the holocaust, but we can't think about it all the time".
The only measure of artistic capability seems to be the popularity of the artistic productions. Why not tying livelihood to it, as charging for consumption/copy accomplishes to some extent?
You are essentially saying "artists should get a day job" while conceding that most great art and artists went unappreciated in their time. Doesn't that make your brain bleed?
It's immoral to cheat on your spouse but we don't put adulterer's in prison (anymore).
Even if it isn't violent, there's still legal consequences, especially with a divorce. Instead, non-violent copyright infringement has no consequences whatsoever.
Indeed, I've seen studies that showed very little difference in perceived quality between 30fps non-blurred frames and much higher framerates.
Really? Wow, I could definitely tell, especially on explosions or certain quick movements. It felt weird, "non-cinematic". While I didn't know that it was the difference in FPS, I knew "something wasn't right".
Really? I wasn't creeped out by Final Fantasy except when they kiss in space. In fact, when the bad guy pulls a gun against his head, I thought "Damn, what a scene!".
There are plenty of parents of "computer science". Alan Turing was more like the grandfather of modern computing, along with Ada and Babbage, and the father would be Von Neumann.
Most rankings have the same fifty names at the beginning and differ afterwards. UBA ranks at around 175. I'm surprised, though, that it's ranked as high as Tsinghua or Monash.
I agreed with you at first, but eventually I noticed your lack of knowledge.
Today, it is much more akin to an African nation than it is to a Western nation.
Wow, what the hell *that* means? There's a reason Buenos Aires is called the Paris of Latin America. Argentina is You also say "an African nation". Do you mean like Seychelles, Libya, South Africa or CAR? Do you even know Africa is a continent?
When traveling in foreign nations, it is a good practice...
Agreed, but losing your passport is more probable that way.
Indeed, a good way of avoiding incidents like this is to not travel to countries where incidents like this are more probable. This is just common sense.
So... you agree that there are places even in the USA that may be risky, essentially admitting that countries are not a good generalization, and then you go on and generalize for entire countries once again? Charming.
They didn't lament the lack of operator overloading or polymorphism in Visual Basic 6, so they didn't say much
The summary is wrong: Visual Basic has polymorphism, it's the inheritance that is clunked. Google it, or enter here.
If timothy et al. don't know the language and environment, of course they won't understand the power of the little beast.
I don't agree with your death sentence, though. As years pass and I test language after language and environment after environment, I've come to respect the quick approach over the nice or correct one.
It's really strange seeing such a blatantly simplistic comment from you. Teaching is really *hard* and requires honed skills. I can tell you from experience!
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Who the hell is their focus group? I've not met a single person who doesn't use the start button.
Now, you do: I've clicked the Start button in Windows 7 only twice in my life: the first time was to see what else is installed and the second one was only to remove entries from the frequently used programs list.
I attribute this to pinning, shortcuts, and putting every application and/or file on the desktop.
Better yet: let's send them to fight in a civil war!
Actually, adding a monetary incentive will drive away the altruistic element and may, in fact, reduce the supply. It's called the overjustification effect. You Are Not So Smart run a nice post on the subject here.
As for owning your own body... What's the matter with donation after brain death? Technically, you are dead and incapable of having property.
There are a few reasons for a market prohibition. The first and foremost is that it coerces the poor. Imagine someone in extreme poverty: he'll no doubt sell one of his kidneys (IIRC, it's the most required organ), permanently impairing himself.
A more reasonable way is to make organ donation compulsory after death and/or live transplants only from family members older than, say, 35.
I studied enough AI to know that, not only it's uncommon, but also doesn't have any sense.
Can the word "Turing" be mentioned in a Slashdot submission without some random guy bringing up his sexual orientation?
Everyone knows the story, it has been denounced and publicly acknowledged and an official "I'm sorry" was told. I welcomed those events and moved on. The meme, alas, persists. Even Simon Wiesenthal said something like "We can't pretend there weren't deaths in the holocaust, but we can't think about it all the time".
Now, can we talk about what's relevant? Like TFA?
Religion, no. Hell, yes. If humans believe in both Heaven and Hell there will be no net effect on the crime rates.
Actually, no. FTA:
A growing program of research from across the social sciences now supports the long-held claim that religion positively affects normative behavior[1]
The only measure of artistic capability seems to be the popularity of the artistic productions. Why not tying livelihood to it, as charging for consumption/copy accomplishes to some extent?
You are essentially saying "artists should get a day job" while conceding that most great art and artists went unappreciated in their time. Doesn't that make your brain bleed?
Read this comment, then the one right up.
Conclusion: it doesn't matter who's right. Either way, society can't recognise good artists.
Nice, I got a mod down because you disagree with me but were too cowardly to respond.
So, you were trolling with grandiloquent phrases, got bitten by the mod system and complained about it? Cry me a river.
It's immoral to cheat on your spouse but we don't put adulterer's in prison (anymore).
Even if it isn't violent, there's still legal consequences, especially with a divorce. Instead, non-violent copyright infringement has no consequences whatsoever.
The blog tackled that statement a while ago.
...teaching them how to actually think.
Fascist!
They totally plagiarized the country name. They just took Rome and added -ania to it.
Also, this is the same country that has news like this
Indeed, I've seen studies that showed very little difference in perceived quality between 30fps non-blurred frames and much higher framerates.
Really? Wow, I could definitely tell, especially on explosions or certain quick movements. It felt weird, "non-cinematic". While I didn't know that it was the difference in FPS, I knew "something wasn't right".
Not sure if you're an asshole...
...or a Winrar.
Seconded, if you close Steam in "Online" mode, you can't start Steam again unless you have a connection. It's being a PitA lately for me.
Really? I wasn't creeped out by Final Fantasy except when they kiss in space. In fact, when the bad guy pulls a gun against his head, I thought "Damn, what a scene!".
There are plenty of parents of "computer science". Alan Turing was more like the grandfather of modern computing, along with Ada and Babbage, and the father would be Von Neumann.
+1 Insightful.
Most rankings have the same fifty names at the beginning and differ afterwards. UBA ranks at around 175. I'm surprised, though, that it's ranked as high as Tsinghua or Monash.
I agreed with you at first, but eventually I noticed your lack of knowledge.
Today, it is much more akin to an African nation than it is to a Western nation.
Wow, what the hell *that* means? There's a reason Buenos Aires is called the Paris of Latin America. Argentina is You also say "an African nation". Do you mean like Seychelles, Libya, South Africa or CAR? Do you even know Africa is a continent?
When traveling in foreign nations, it is a good practice...
Agreed, but losing your passport is more probable that way.
Indeed, a good way of avoiding incidents like this is to not travel to countries where incidents like this are more probable. This is just common sense.
So... you agree that there are places even in the USA that may be risky, essentially admitting that countries are not a good generalization, and then you go on and generalize for entire countries once again? Charming.
They didn't lament the lack of operator overloading or polymorphism in Visual Basic 6, so they didn't say much
The summary is wrong: Visual Basic has polymorphism, it's the inheritance that is clunked. Google it, or enter here.
If timothy et al. don't know the language and environment, of course they won't understand the power of the little beast.
I don't agree with your death sentence, though. As years pass and I test language after language and environment after environment, I've come to respect the quick approach over the nice or correct one.
...I don't see how that can be so hard.
It's really strange seeing such a blatantly simplistic comment from you. Teaching is really *hard* and requires honed skills. I can tell you from experience!
If you can't afford the 200k, then you die. What's so hard about that? Oh yeah, I forgot, you socialist assholes object to prices.
Well, I'd rather object to people dying...
The only reason Watson "trounced" its rivals was because it was faster at pushing the button.
So, this show was about button pressing. Right?