Time for Cardinal Richelieu quote:
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
(Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.)
Why should the airline have to lose money so that SpaceX can make money?
This is where some government capitalism should set the right incentives.
There should be a tax put on airspace. It could be based on volume, area, and time.
And then we'll pay this tax in addition to what we pay now. It's our limited space these folks are using and we'll be the ones to pay for it. How on earth is this fair?
They prey on people whose career depends on the quantity of publications. My friend published a paper that became famous in his area of research overnight. Everybody and their brother cited the paper, even mainstream media mentioned it. His dept chairman said, "We are satisfied with the quality of your papers. It's the quantity that's insufficient."
... exams are pen-and-paper based. This is annoying for everyone involved, from the student (RSI, more time spent writing than thinking, no longer used to think "linearly", e.g. without quick editing), the professor (bad handwriting, lugging stacks of paper around that you really shouldn't lose, more difficult o spread the work or grade by question) and support/admin (more difficult to archive, more difficult to check samples post hoc, etc).
Can't help with bad handwriting, but you may want to try Gradescope for the rest. It solves all the problems you mention and then some.
It's an old attack, with a son breaking windows and father repairing them. However, since they did it on Internet, maybe they can patent it and make the rest of the scum pay the licensing fees?
We haven't had two Cat 4 hurricanes hit for more than a century.
Not according to my memory and a few weather places.
2005 - Most Category 5 hurricanes: 4 (Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma). You can check weather.com or https://www.wunderground.com/h... for details.
It is for party primaries. So only party members can vote only for their party. You are given different ballets depending on your affiliation. This is different in each state.
>strictly speaking, Earth itself should not exist, according to the computer model, according to the story in Discover Magazine.
Long ago, in the country that does not exist anymore, a respected organization nominated 6 projects for a very prestigious award. They were told only 5 projects could receive this award, so they had to eliminate one project. Of course, every nominated group insisted that their project was crucial and someone else's project should be cut. A big boss suggested cutting a device that could figure out whether a new planet had life on it. When its inventors objected, the big boss took the device far into steppe and left it there overnight. In the morning the display read, "NO LIFE ON THIS PLANET".
is to get rid of the mosquitoes directly by using selfish gene elements like segregation distorters. But imagine the "what could possibly go wrong" comments if you tried to even suggest this.
People tried to eradicate mosquitoes decades ago. Fish population suffered. We never know how things we hate are connected to the things we need. That's why it pays to consider long-term consequences before doing anything drastic.
If you can have it both ways, then why are certain people offended at its use, while simultaneously using it themselves? I think that is a tad hypocritical.
That's easy.
If you say, "I am an idiot!", it's self-criticism and not offensive.
If I say, "Yes, you are an idiot", then you will probably be offended.
Hence, using words offensive to the group you belong to or criticizing a group you belong to is different that using the same words regarding a group you are not a member of.
I don't understand what all the brouhaha is about. The best authority in this case are your children. If there is a way to lock someone out of Internet access they will stumble on it or figure it out. Ask for their help. You may lose your internet access, but at least your children will be safe.
I am not talking about artificial colors. I am talking about different ways to look at things that are underrepresented in a particular culture.
If half of your customers are women you may want enough women in your culture to make your product attractive to women. If you have other segments of your customers that are underrepresented among your developers, you may want to encourage that group to get into programming.
Of course, a free course is not supposed to be their whole education and training. It is supposed to be their welcome mat, their foot in the door. A lot of people need encouragement to get going. This course is such an encouragement.
It looks like you are looking at it from the political viewpoint instead of the practical one.
Google discovered that they already have plenty of white males working for them. They want more diversity and this course is their way to increase the pool of available talent.
Diversity (variety of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints) is good for business. Google has many programs to solve different problems. This program is to resolve a problem of too homogeneous workforce. Don't read too much into it.
If I want a vegetable soup and I already have plenty of potatoes at home, I buy what I am lacking. Will you criticize me for discrimination against potatoes? I posit that all the indignation about this particular program omitting white males is as silly as criticizing me for omitting potatoes from my shopping list.
I also agree with other posters that attacking and denigrating any group will drive some of its members away, even if they are otherwise interested, talented, and competent.
Actually, the study looks at both issues, and says that in fact organics do contain less pesticide residue. However, for some reason what's actually said in newspaper reports that link to the study is that "organics are no different." So don't blame Stanford for this—blame the reporters. If you ever thought the news was unbiased, this ought to give you some food for thought...
Yes, but would this food for thought be organic, pesticide-covered or genetically engineered?
Lem is a master of satire. I love his Ijon Tichy stories. Some of his stories are purely funny, some are philosophical and some you will enjoy if you have appropriate scientific background. I used one of his stories to teach college students about strange qualities of countability.
In the USA he is probably under-appreciated judging by the fact that I have not seen a single book by him in all the libraries where Azimov, Adams and Heinlein have been amply represented.
You don't understand. The submitter hit on a genius formula to get published on Slashdot.
1. Make up a bogus definition.
2. Use this definition to make an outrageous statement.
3. Profit!
The algorithm everybody is talking about is the old algorithm used in SecureID tokens before the vendor producing them bought RSA. When Security Dynamics bought RSA, they took their name as the name of the whole company, because it was such a venerated brand. After the old algorithm for the token could no longer be used, because everybody and their brother could easily generate the "unpredictable" SecureID values, they switched to AES-based approach, which has not been broken so far.
RSA algorithm is a public key encryption/signature algorithm, which should be properly implemented, otherwise there exist many ways to break a raw or improper implementation.
Hope this clears up confusion brought by the fact that RSA means so many different things these days.
Slashdot Mirror
You don't say.
Time for Cardinal Richelieu quote: "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." (Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.)
Why should the airline have to lose money so that SpaceX can make money?
This is where some government capitalism should set the right incentives.
There should be a tax put on airspace. It could be based on volume, area, and time.
And then we'll pay this tax in addition to what we pay now. It's our limited space these folks are using and we'll be the ones to pay for it. How on earth is this fair?
They prey on people whose career depends on the quantity of publications. My friend published a paper that became famous in his area of research overnight. Everybody and their brother cited the paper, even mainstream media mentioned it. His dept chairman said, "We are satisfied with the quality of your papers. It's the quantity that's insufficient."
... exams are pen-and-paper based. This is annoying for everyone involved, from the student (RSI, more time spent writing than thinking, no longer used to think "linearly", e.g. without quick editing), the professor (bad handwriting, lugging stacks of paper around that you really shouldn't lose, more difficult o spread the work or grade by question) and support/admin (more difficult to archive, more difficult to check samples post hoc, etc).
Can't help with bad handwriting, but you may want to try Gradescope for the rest. It solves all the problems you mention and then some.
It's an old attack, with a son breaking windows and father repairing them. However, since they did it on Internet, maybe they can patent it and make the rest of the scum pay the licensing fees?
We haven't had two Cat 4 hurricanes hit for more than a century.
Not according to my memory and a few weather places. 2005 - Most Category 5 hurricanes: 4 (Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma). You can check weather.com or https://www.wunderground.com/h... for details.
It is for party primaries. So only party members can vote only for their party. You are given different ballets depending on your affiliation. This is different in each state.
Blue Swan vs Red Swan?
Can the contract require mandatory resolution of conflicts on Judge Judy?
>strictly speaking, Earth itself should not exist, according to the computer model, according to the story in Discover Magazine. Long ago, in the country that does not exist anymore, a respected organization nominated 6 projects for a very prestigious award. They were told only 5 projects could receive this award, so they had to eliminate one project. Of course, every nominated group insisted that their project was crucial and someone else's project should be cut. A big boss suggested cutting a device that could figure out whether a new planet had life on it. When its inventors objected, the big boss took the device far into steppe and left it there overnight. In the morning the display read, "NO LIFE ON THIS PLANET".
is to get rid of the mosquitoes directly by using selfish gene elements like segregation distorters. But imagine the "what could possibly go wrong" comments if you tried to even suggest this.
People tried to eradicate mosquitoes decades ago. Fish population suffered. We never know how things we hate are connected to the things we need. That's why it pays to consider long-term consequences before doing anything drastic.
IT's role in the enterprise is very important. Can I be an Enterprise Architect now?
If you can have it both ways, then why are certain people offended at its use, while simultaneously using it themselves? I think that is a tad hypocritical.
That's easy.
If you say, "I am an idiot!", it's self-criticism and not offensive.
If I say, "Yes, you are an idiot", then you will probably be offended.
Hence, using words offensive to the group you belong to or criticizing a group you belong to is different that using the same words regarding a group you are not a member of.
I don't understand what all the brouhaha is about. The best authority in this case are your children. If there is a way to lock someone out of Internet access they will stumble on it or figure it out. Ask for their help. You may lose your internet access, but at least your children will be safe.
If half of your customers are women you may want enough women in your culture to make your product attractive to women. If you have other segments of your customers that are underrepresented among your developers, you may want to encourage that group to get into programming.
Of course, a free course is not supposed to be their whole education and training. It is supposed to be their welcome mat, their foot in the door. A lot of people need encouragement to get going. This course is such an encouragement.
Google discovered that they already have plenty of white males working for them. They want more diversity and this course is their way to increase the pool of available talent.
Diversity (variety of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints) is good for business. Google has many programs to solve different problems. This program is to resolve a problem of too homogeneous workforce. Don't read too much into it.
If I want a vegetable soup and I already have plenty of potatoes at home, I buy what I am lacking. Will you criticize me for discrimination against potatoes? I posit that all the indignation about this particular program omitting white males is as silly as criticizing me for omitting potatoes from my shopping list.
I also agree with other posters that attacking and denigrating any group will drive some of its members away, even if they are otherwise interested, talented, and competent.
If they are organic, then this is probably precisely what they are sprinkled with. After all it's an organic fertilizer :-).
Actually, the study looks at both issues, and says that in fact organics do contain less pesticide residue. However, for some reason what's actually said in newspaper reports that link to the study is that "organics are no different." So don't blame Stanford for this—blame the reporters. If you ever thought the news was unbiased, this ought to give you some food for thought...
Yes, but would this food for thought be organic, pesticide-covered or genetically engineered?
Now I will have trouble finding Youtube! They have so many complaints about pirated material. Help! ;-)
Lem is a master of satire. I love his Ijon Tichy stories. Some of his stories are purely funny, some are philosophical and some you will enjoy if you have appropriate scientific background. I used one of his stories to teach college students about strange qualities of countability. In the USA he is probably under-appreciated judging by the fact that I have not seen a single book by him in all the libraries where Azimov, Adams and Heinlein have been amply represented.
Please, mod the parent up. There is so much speculation in this thread; we can all benefit from actual facts of this story.
Finally! Now I can explain to my bosses what the Flame virus means! 11-year old is exactly the level of understanding we need.
RTFA and cry. This is the wrong flame!
First, everybody knows it's there. Then, it has been there for millennia. Finally, nobody is afraid of it.
What a disappointment.
You don't understand. The submitter hit on a genius formula to get published on Slashdot. 1. Make up a bogus definition. 2. Use this definition to make an outrageous statement. 3. Profit!
They wisely chose the weakest link to attack.
The algorithm everybody is talking about is the old algorithm used in SecureID tokens before the vendor producing them bought RSA. When Security Dynamics bought RSA, they took their name as the name of the whole company, because it was such a venerated brand. After the old algorithm for the token could no longer be used, because everybody and their brother could easily generate the "unpredictable" SecureID values, they switched to AES-based approach, which has not been broken so far. RSA algorithm is a public key encryption/signature algorithm, which should be properly implemented, otherwise there exist many ways to break a raw or improper implementation. Hope this clears up confusion brought by the fact that RSA means so many different things these days.