Sorry, bro, but this isn't may 2002, it's feb 2003, and sony has a market cap of $33.5B.
And I wasn't stating that they would buy Sony just to get a record label. I was saying that if they wanted a record label, they could have one with no problem. The parent said they could never approach that.
I agree, I would be more inclined to pay $.99 a song if I didn't like the other ten songs on a CD.
For me though, I need a way to sample the music beforehand, like maybe a ten song sample rotation so that I can hear the rest of the songs on a CD to see if they're worth a damn. The radio is so homogenized these days, it's hard to hear a sample of anything but Nickleback and Britney Spears.
So if they provided that $.99 is a lot more bearable for individual songs. They really ought to do a price break for full cd purchases though.
Cripes! Where do these people get their pricing ideas?
For a typical 12 song CD, that would cost as much as the meatspace equivalent. And when I purchase it for $12 at Target, or where ever else, I get to keep a physical token.
I could, however, see using this for hard to find CD's, like the bad plus. A dollar per song would be worth it when I can't find it in stores, or wait for Amazon to special order it.
But for everything else, if they charged $.25 per song, they couldn't upload them fast enough for me. As long as they're a dollar, I'll think long and hard about downloading anything.
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The Slashdot default score should be the median score of your last eleven moderated messages"
Don't you mean "mean" or "mode"? With median, in a set of eleven comments, each being modded -1, with the 6th being modded 5, the default score would be 5, even though though the poster would seem to be a troll. With mean, the default score would be the more appropriate 0. With mode, the default score would be -1.
Or maybe I'm wrong. I'm not aware of any other definitions of median, though. If I am wrong, I apologize.
So. What exactly does the U-238 become after all this? Also, how could the steam be used if these things are reacting, thus producing heat? Wouldn't the steam be affected by the extreme heat?
I'm not trying to sound ignorant, I just know nothing of nuclear physics.
Perhaps the problem is in that "Over 800 resumes" in one year.
As someone who does first line review and decisions of candidates, I can say with certainly that a resume that appears to be crafted to address each need that we state in the ad is more likely to get considered. Obviously, there are limits to this, but you may want to consider more closely the idea of putting more effort into fewer resumes, rather than a blanketing of 800 or so.
Actually, you are better off getting your information fed from a machine query. Forget real advice from friendly, knowledgeable people, you won't find it at ask slashdot. Instead, you will get snide responses like the parent, here.
If you really don't feel like giving advice, shut up. People "ask slashdot" because they may find advice from someone who has found answers to the same question and knows the pitfalls and benefits of individual approaches.
When a friend asks you if you know any good pizza places, do you say "Here's the yellow pages."?
Addressing competency is another issue. My grief is that students are left without the ability to seek help in an efficient, knowledgeable manner or colloborate effectively with others. While I agree that a BS in CS from many universities is worth it's weight in monkey shit, it is tangential from the fact that people need to collaborate in addition to learning the fundamentals of their field.
Well, by law, you own what you write. Therefore, you can publish it how you see fit.
However, I think that the anti-collaboration atmosphere of many academic institutions is a fundamentally flawed idea. Of course, in a single person project, publishing source code would be tantamout to academic misconduct. And that is exactly the problem. In the "real world" everyone, including programmers, has to work together. And that means sharing ideas. I think many student projects don't reflect that necessity, and as a result, students are ill prepared for collaborative work.
Can you imagine the state of human progress/accomplishment were we not allowed to collaborate? It would still be the dark ages. Your professor should be encouraging the best solutions possible given the resources available to a student.
However, my screed here doesn't address your question. I think good code structure, syntax, and form could be incredibly useful to a student. Perhaps the best solution is to publish the source code in the interest of academia, but introduce errors into the code. That way if the student tries to copy verbatim, it won't work. And by working through the errors, they are learning, albeit in an indirect manner. If they are using it to see an implementation of a particular algorithm, they can see what they need. And if the code is too simple for random errors, then why does it need published if it's that simple? There are a million hello world apps out there.
As an addendum, the professor could write a program that creates a checksum from the basic skeleton of project code. Then, he* can run each assignment through the program and if it matches a previous assignment's checksum, he can verify it's origin.
*note: I'm only using he because I haven't met a female comp/sci prof. I'm sure there are plenty, but I don't know any.
I'm saying that you're speaking without knowing. Paraphrasing your page, "Why not buy a bad-ass PC and install Linux, instead of an expensive Mac?".
Because, from stability to UI consistency, OS X is a better value, even at $100. You might not want or need those things, but a lot of people do.
"thats like prefering a toaster over a microwave because the toaster is easier."
Please. I bought a Mac with OS X because I got the benefits of Unix, without the headaches of other types of Unices, not, as you would have us believe, because I'm a "moron". And besides, what's wrong with "easy"? That's who the switch ads are targeting; those who want ease of use. OS X sells itself to Unix fans.
After the author's initial revisions, this is a pretty spectacular redesign.
I would really love to see something like this implemented for Linux.
While the core theory behind the design is *really* good, I would eliminate the extraneous application elements. The quicklaunch above the K menu should go, and the quicklaunch on the right should be used instead. The slideout on the right should be what the card application for "information center" launches from. The taskbar on the upper left should be open by default, hidden on the click of the arrow. I don't think the cards should be activated on mouseover, the behaviour should be:
If !ontop{
focus
hideothers }
expand
All in all, the card concept is great, and this design would be a much needed ideological break from OS X and XP. I've heard some grumblings that it will "confuse windows lusers", and "we need to keep the old style for windows to linux converts!". Remember though, users don't need the operation of the interface to be immediately apparent, it need only be easily learned and consistent, which is a common failing of Linux applications/desktops. It would help to think of usability as "learnability" instead of idiot-proofing, a la Jakob Nielsen.
Good point. I still think the things are a waste though. With the kind of weight you're packing with one of those and a ti-book, you might as well tote along a car battery.;)
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Erm, the Police didn't/don't play ska.
Try looking at the Specials, Selector, Bad Manners or even the English Beat, but the Police are really stretching it.
There is no doubt that the Police had some ska infused songs, but nothing that would really pass for ska in any serious sense.
Same way as kleenex,xerox and hormel(spam) have done.
Actually, Hormel has, in fact, stated that they don't mind the use of Spam to describe unwanted e-mail.
Web programmer and software developer are not mutually exclusive.
Sorry, bro, but this isn't may 2002, it's feb 2003, and sony has a market cap of $33.5B.
And I wasn't stating that they would buy Sony just to get a record label. I was saying that if they wanted a record label, they could have one with no problem. The parent said they could never approach that.
that's an asset Microsoft could NEVER approach...
Well, considering Microsoft could buy Sony with change left to spare, I don't think buying a record company would tax them too hard.
I agree, I would be more inclined to pay $.99 a song if I didn't like the other ten songs on a CD.
For me though, I need a way to sample the music beforehand, like maybe a ten song sample rotation so that I can hear the rest of the songs on a CD to see if they're worth a damn. The radio is so homogenized these days, it's hard to hear a sample of anything but Nickleback and Britney Spears.
So if they provided that $.99 is a lot more bearable for individual songs. They really ought to do a price break for full cd purchases though.
Cripes! Where do these people get their pricing ideas?
For a typical 12 song CD, that would cost as much as the meatspace equivalent. And when I purchase it for $12 at Target, or where ever else, I get to keep a physical token.
I could, however, see using this for hard to find CD's, like the bad plus. A dollar per song would be worth it when I can't find it in stores, or wait for Amazon to special order it.
But for everything else, if they charged $.25 per song, they couldn't upload them fast enough for me. As long as they're a dollar, I'll think long and hard about downloading anything.
Honesty is the best policy.
I haven't seen any response indicating "getting" the joke, so for those who don't get it:
The license plate says feature. It's on a beetle, A.K.A. a bug.
"It's not a bug, it's a feature"
" The Slashdot default score should be the median score of your last eleven moderated messages"
Don't you mean "mean" or "mode"? With median, in a set of eleven comments, each being modded -1, with the 6th being modded 5, the default score would be 5, even though though the poster would seem to be a troll. With mean, the default score would be the more appropriate 0. With mode, the default score would be -1.
Or maybe I'm wrong. I'm not aware of any other definitions of median, though. If I am wrong, I apologize.
So. What exactly does the U-238 become after all this? Also, how could the steam be used if these things are reacting, thus producing heat? Wouldn't the steam be affected by the extreme heat?
I'm not trying to sound ignorant, I just know nothing of nuclear physics.
Yes, because blue curve is *so* similar to declaring that the sun is the center of the solar system. ;)
Sweet hell. I sure looked bad there. I should have put more care into crafting my response. That should have been:
As someone who does first line review and interviewing of candidates, I can say with certainty
Perhaps the problem is in that "Over 800 resumes" in one year.
As someone who does first line review and decisions of candidates, I can say with certainly that a resume that appears to be crafted to address each need that we state in the ad is more likely to get considered. Obviously, there are limits to this, but you may want to consider more closely the idea of putting more effort into fewer resumes, rather than a blanketing of 800 or so.
Have you got any openings up there in Canada? I'd like to escape this feudal system that we have going down here... ;)
"RMS makes a good point with the quote from Ghandi"
It should be noted that ESR, not RMS annotated this particular document.
Actually, you are better off getting your information fed from a machine query. Forget real advice from friendly, knowledgeable people, you won't find it at ask slashdot. Instead, you will get snide responses like the parent, here.
If you really don't feel like giving advice, shut up. People "ask slashdot" because they may find advice from someone who has found answers to the same question and knows the pitfalls and benefits of individual approaches.
When a friend asks you if you know any good pizza places, do you say "Here's the yellow pages."?
I hope not.
You're thinking of Owens-Corning.
Addressing competency is another issue. My grief is that students are left without the ability to seek help in an efficient, knowledgeable manner or colloborate effectively with others. While I agree that a BS in CS from many universities is worth it's weight in monkey shit, it is tangential from the fact that people need to collaborate in addition to learning the fundamentals of their field.
Well, by law, you own what you write. Therefore, you can publish it how you see fit.
However, I think that the anti-collaboration atmosphere of many academic institutions is a fundamentally flawed idea. Of course, in a single person project, publishing source code would be tantamout to academic misconduct. And that is exactly the problem. In the "real world" everyone, including programmers, has to work together. And that means sharing ideas. I think many student projects don't reflect that necessity, and as a result, students are ill prepared for collaborative work.
Can you imagine the state of human progress/accomplishment were we not allowed to collaborate? It would still be the dark ages. Your professor should be encouraging the best solutions possible given the resources available to a student.
However, my screed here doesn't address your question. I think good code structure, syntax, and form could be incredibly useful to a student. Perhaps the best solution is to publish the source code in the interest of academia, but introduce errors into the code. That way if the student tries to copy verbatim, it won't work. And by working through the errors, they are learning, albeit in an indirect manner. If they are using it to see an implementation of a particular algorithm, they can see what they need. And if the code is too simple for random errors, then why does it need published if it's that simple? There are a million hello world apps out there.
As an addendum, the professor could write a program that creates a checksum from the basic skeleton of project code. Then, he* can run each assignment through the program and if it matches a previous assignment's checksum, he can verify it's origin.
*note: I'm only using he because I haven't met a female comp/sci prof. I'm sure there are plenty, but I don't know any.
The hell you can't put binary data in an XML document. As long as it's base64 encoded you can put anything in there.
I'm saying that you're speaking without knowing. Paraphrasing your page, "Why not buy a bad-ass PC and install Linux, instead of an expensive Mac?".
Because, from stability to UI consistency, OS X is a better value, even at $100. You might not want or need those things, but a lot of people do.
"thats like prefering a toaster over a microwave because the toaster is easier."
Please. I bought a Mac with OS X because I got the benefits of Unix, without the headaches of other types of Unices, not, as you would have us believe, because I'm a "moron". And besides, what's wrong with "easy"? That's who the switch ads are targeting; those who want ease of use. OS X sells itself to Unix fans.
From your page "You fucking wannabes... poser assholes, these dicks don't know shit but they sure talk a great game"
Methinks that pretty aptly describes yourself, chap.
After the author's initial revisions, this is a pretty spectacular redesign.
I would really love to see something like this implemented for Linux.
While the core theory behind the design is *really* good, I would eliminate the extraneous application elements. The quicklaunch above the K menu should go, and the quicklaunch on the right should be used instead. The slideout on the right should be what the card application for "information center" launches from. The taskbar on the upper left should be open by default, hidden on the click of the arrow. I don't think the cards should be activated on mouseover, the behaviour should be:
If !ontop{
focus
hideothers
}
expand
All in all, the card concept is great, and this design would be a much needed ideological break from OS X and XP. I've heard some grumblings that it will "confuse windows lusers", and "we need to keep the old style for windows to linux converts!". Remember though, users don't need the operation of the interface to be immediately apparent, it need only be easily learned and consistent, which is a common failing of Linux applications/desktops. It would help to think of usability as "learnability" instead of idiot-proofing, a la Jakob Nielsen.
Good point. I still think the things are a waste though. With the kind of weight you're packing with one of those and a ti-book, you might as well tote along a car battery. ;)