I don't know anything about Germany's judicial system so I have no idea what weight they give prior verdicts/rulings.
They work only in a hierarchical system. Decisions a superior court makes are practicaly seen as precedents. However it is always possible for a minor court to decide otherwise if it has reason to do so.
They wanted someone who "knew" some (still) video processing techniques, and I rattled off some work I've done in that area. The next question really threw me - "What library/API do you use for that?". Well, none, of course. [I write my own code]
Anyone hiring you after this must either be insane or desperately seeking. Not only do you need more time than anyone else reimplementing algorithms that elsewhere are matured and stable, you also make it difficult for others to find their way into your code, especially when you have left the company. This is pure vanity speaking out of you.
Shouldn't reading stuff about Microsoft at/. for more than a few minutes give you the clue that pouring obnoxiously much money at something doesn't necessarily make it superior?
You had your chance to rant about camera pixel measurements and you blew it. 3 megapixel is equal to 3 million pixels, as 3 megawatt is equal to 3 million watt. Since the ratio of CCD-chips is 4/3 there is no ambiguity.
The real annoying thing is the definition of pixel itself. Since sensors for 3 colors are needed most manufacturers count one sensor for one color as a whole pixel - although normaly three of them are needed to cover the whole colorspace. This is like tripling your monitor resolution by not counting pixels but phosphor/lcd fields for every color! Furthermore the sensors for every color are not lined up as on a monitor but arranged in a checkerboard pattern like this:
(I don't now anymore if the color used twice is red or blue. This increases the SNL for this color.)
Now for each quadruple of sensors the data for one pixel is generated. There is no more information to get out of the CCD than this. After this the camera interpolates the data to increase the number of pixels used in the actual file the camera stores. What interpolation algorithm is used and how good it works is bound to the camera manufacturer.
This will go on until multi-layered CCDs emerge on market. These use one spot on the chip to measure all three colors by layering the sensors. My guess is they will use marketing-speak as for example using 'triple' as prefix for everything.
Ironically enough, Germany is one country where the people may successfully fight this new law (and European lawmaking in general) on constitutional grounds.
The German constitution grants the EU legislative rights in Art. 23. The constitution was changed to make this possible, also perfectly legal in accordance to Art. 79(1), which asks for 2/3-majorites of both chambers to change the constitution.
Article 146 of the "Grundgesetz" stipulates that the Grundgesetz may only be changed via a decision by the people (referendum),
This is one common but yet completely wrong misconception. All the article says is that the constitution is superseded at the very moment that another one is chosen by the german people - which is completely redundant since a new constitution always supersedes the old one.
which did not happen when the Grundgesetz was subordinated under the European laws (specifically the passus that European right overrides national right). This is a non-trivial change in constitution which was not approved by the people (because the people was not asked!).
It was trivial since no fundamental changes to legislative, jurisdiction or executive were made. Furthermore even it it wasn't trivial Art. 79 grants the chambers full rights of changes, as long as they are in accordance of Art. 79 (3) which makes changes to the democratic principles of Art. 1 and Art. 20 illegal, in which case you would have the right to resistance acc. to Art. 20(4).
Oh and thank you for not bringing up the tale that the whole existence of the FRG was illegitime since the former constitution of the Third Reich never "officially" ceased to exist and no "official" peace agreement was made. Supporters of this theory apparently want Hitlers signature on a revocation of some sort to believe otherwise.
Probably. I don't know that for a fact, but I do wonder how this would be playing out if Microsoft were an EU operation. Oh well.
The commission never had problems to fine european companies for anticompetitive behaviour. For example, in one decision VW has to pay 100M Euro for obstructing dealers to reimport cars from one country to another. I don't know how this worked out though, as the Cort of Justice had overthrown this very first decision on this subject.
Well I translated it to German using the fish and out came "unsere Truppen sind Ihr links, das Feldubungen 24 bis 48 Stunden lang tut, missachten bitte feindliche klingende Gerausche waehrend dieser Zeit" (umlauts adjusted), which, some broken grammar aside, describes completedly what the english writing sender intends to do and what he is asking from his hypothetical German colleagues.
Translating it back returns "our troops are it left, which do field exercises 24 to 48 hours long, ignore please hostile sounding noises during this time"
Therefore, traffic infomation needs to be distributed very rapidly and distantly from the scene of the problem in order to have any influence on the situation.
Weak dollar during an economic recovery? Who could have asked for better conditions? People will be snapping up American goods since they're cheaper than ever. It's great timing, actually.
This logic would only apply if the U.S. didn't have such a huge trade-deficit. In past times this was compensated by the U.S. attracting foreign funds to the finance markets, but now nobody seems to be willing to invest there.
If the person interviewing you is a white coder who reads Slashdot tell them you know Natalie Portman. Although his brain will know you're lying he cannot help but hire you to fulfil the demand of his inner urges.
I guess you'ld have had the same difficulties when you were running against a very old man.
I think it's not male-ego-thing against females, but yourself not being able to admit to yourself you're not as good as you're supposed to be based on stereotypes. You're supposed to be better than a girl, better than old people, etc.
A few years ago on a major private german television channel a standup comedian used the german word for fsck in abundance and even had it written on a paper showing it to everyone, resembling Lenny Bruce's provokational style. The standup basicaly had the word fsck as topic.
The outrage following the show mainly concentrated not on the profanity, but on the fact that it simply was not funny and why the guy got a primetime spot for his act.
I worked as a paramedic (sort of) for one year and never got problems using a digital watch when counting someone's pulse. When you start counting at second 33 you simply stop at second 33, there is no need to count the seconds. The same it goes with fractals of a minute, before you start to count you wait for the next even number, say second 40, and measure when to stop, as for 40 it would be 55 when counting the quarter of a minute. Since when is arithmetics such a big deal?
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I don't know anything about Germany's judicial system so I have no idea what weight they give prior verdicts/rulings.
They work only in a hierarchical system. Decisions a superior court makes are practicaly seen as precedents. However it is always possible for a minor court to decide otherwise if it has reason to do so.
What happened to all the really big airplanes that were supposed to be on their way?
They're right at it.
Due 2005.
My biggest grievance against packages is the dependacy fiasco. For instance, I have Red Hat at work. And the majority of the programs are .rpm's
Try apt4rpm (apt for rpm based distributions). Worked wonders for me.
They wanted someone who "knew" some (still) video processing techniques, and I rattled off some work I've done in that area. The next question really threw me - "What library/API do you use for that?". Well, none, of course. [I write my own code]
Anyone hiring you after this must either be insane or desperately seeking. Not only do you need more time than anyone else reimplementing algorithms that elsewhere are matured and stable, you also make it difficult for others to find their way into your code, especially when you have left the company. This is pure vanity speaking out of you.
Although I agree to your point of case-sensitivity being wrong...
In no natural language does the case of a character convey information that cannot be gained from context.
German:
"Ich bin gut zu Vogeln" translates to "I am nice to birds"
"Ich bin gut zu vogeln" translates to "I am good to be fscked"
Gee am I glad to speak it natively, it's impossible to learn it completedly as foreign language.
Shouldn't reading stuff about Microsoft at /. for more than a few
minutes give you the clue that pouring obnoxiously much money at
something doesn't necessarily make it superior?
The real annoying thing is the definition of pixel itself. Since sensors for 3 colors are needed most manufacturers count one sensor for one color as a whole pixel - although normaly three of them are needed to cover the whole colorspace. This is like tripling your monitor resolution by not counting pixels but phosphor/lcd fields for every color! Furthermore the sensors for every color are not lined up as on a monitor but arranged in a checkerboard pattern like this:(I don't now anymore if the color used twice is red or blue. This increases the SNL for this color.)
Now for each quadruple of sensors the data for one pixel is generated. There is no more information to get out of the CCD than this. After this the camera interpolates the data to increase the number of pixels used in the actual file the camera stores. What interpolation algorithm is used and how good it works is bound to the camera manufacturer.
This will go on until multi-layered CCDs emerge on market. These use one spot on the chip to measure all three colors by layering the sensors. My guess is they will use marketing-speak as for example using 'triple' as prefix for everything.
Experiments with mute people have shown that they actually move their hands slightly, as if they were forming the words, they read, in sign-language.
Hey, this also applies to other things! For example, when I see people engaging in sexual activities I often get an erection, too!
Ironically enough, Germany is one country where the people may successfully fight this new law (and European lawmaking in general) on constitutional grounds.
The German constitution grants the EU legislative rights in Art. 23. The constitution was changed to make this possible, also perfectly legal in accordance to Art. 79(1), which asks for 2/3-majorites of both chambers to change the constitution.
Article 146 of the "Grundgesetz" stipulates that the Grundgesetz may only be changed via a decision by the people (referendum),
This is one common but yet completely wrong misconception. All the article says is that the constitution is superseded at the very moment that another one is chosen by the german people - which is completely redundant since a new constitution always supersedes the old one.
which did not happen when the Grundgesetz was subordinated under the European laws (specifically the passus that European right overrides national right). This is a non-trivial change in constitution which was not approved by the people (because the people was not asked!).
It was trivial since no fundamental changes to legislative, jurisdiction or executive were made. Furthermore even it it wasn't trivial Art. 79 grants the chambers full rights of changes, as long as they are in accordance of Art. 79 (3) which makes changes to the democratic principles of Art. 1 and Art. 20 illegal, in which case you would have the right to resistance acc. to Art. 20(4).
Oh and thank you for not bringing up the tale that the whole existence of the FRG was illegitime since the former constitution of the Third Reich never "officially" ceased to exist and no "official" peace agreement was made. Supporters of this theory apparently want Hitlers signature on a revocation of some sort to believe otherwise.
Probably. I don't know that for a fact, but I do wonder how this would be playing out if Microsoft were an EU operation. Oh well.
The commission never had problems to fine european companies for anticompetitive behaviour. For example, in one decision VW has to pay 100M Euro for obstructing dealers to reimport cars from one country to another. I don't know how this worked out though, as the Cort of Justice had overthrown this very first decision on this subject.
You can look here for other cases.
Well I translated it to German using the fish and out came "unsere Truppen sind Ihr links, das Feldubungen 24 bis 48 Stunden lang tut, missachten bitte feindliche klingende Gerausche waehrend dieser Zeit" (umlauts adjusted), which, some broken grammar aside, describes completedly what the english writing sender intends to do and what he is asking from his hypothetical German colleagues.
Translating it back returns "our troops are it left, which do field exercises 24 to 48 hours long, ignore please hostile sounding noises during this time"
Is it that hard to read the german penal code once in a lifetime?
For crying out loud, it is not illegal in Europe. Where do they actualy tell this crap?
Therefore, traffic infomation needs to be distributed very rapidly and distantly from the scene of the problem in order to have any influence on the situation.
Do you mean like this?
Not only is the existing traffic shown but also a prediction over the next hour, based on traffic monitoring and a specialy developed algorithm.
You mean like in several states where they already outlaw radar detectors?
Outrageous! I need my radar detectors for sports & hunting!
Weak dollar during an economic recovery? Who could have asked for better conditions? People will be snapping up American goods since they're cheaper than ever. It's great timing, actually.
This logic would only apply if the U.S. didn't have such a huge trade-deficit. In past times this was compensated by the U.S. attracting foreign funds to the finance markets, but now nobody seems to be willing to invest there.
Yeah, as we all know Russia is a democratic country now...
If the person interviewing you is a white coder who reads Slashdot tell them you know Natalie Portman. Although his brain will know you're lying he cannot help but hire you to fulfil the demand of his inner urges.
At least he likes Jaegermeister, I hear.
Does that qualify someone over there in the U.S.? Because here it is very much seen as a drink for accountants in their fifties.
In my home town we have a chocolate processing plant. When the wind changes a bit it blows right to our house and the air smells like chocolate!
In the town where I study we have a marmelade plant. When the wind changes a bit it blows right to my house and the air smells like honey!
Sorry, I just had to rub that in!
I guess you'ld have had the same difficulties when you were running against a very old man.
I think it's not male-ego-thing against females, but yourself not being able to admit to yourself you're not as good as you're supposed to be based on stereotypes. You're supposed to be better than a girl, better than old people, etc.
A few years ago on a major private german television channel a standup comedian used the german word for fsck in abundance and even had it written on a paper showing it to everyone, resembling Lenny Bruce's provokational style. The standup basicaly had the word fsck as topic.
The outrage following the show mainly concentrated not on the profanity, but on the fact that it simply was not funny and why the guy got a primetime spot for his act.
I worked as a paramedic (sort of) for one year and never got problems using a digital watch when counting someone's pulse. When you start counting at second 33 you simply stop at second 33, there is no need to count the seconds. The same it goes with fractals of a minute, before you start to count you wait for the next even number, say second 40, and measure when to stop, as for 40 it would be 55 when counting the quarter of a minute. Since when is arithmetics such a big deal?
Now that's a far-stretched example.
From what I know, the average frequency of occurance of these types of strikes is around one century (i.e. we are close to being due for one).
This is one common misconception. In fact, the probability that the next strike is tommorow is as high as if its in the year 3000.