From the summary (since I'm a bad persion and didn't read TFA):
Some enlightening quotes: 'Look... Obi-Wan is pretending he doesn't know R2-D2,' and 'Why don't those ships need Hyperspace rings?'
Sounds like this kid watched them 1, 2, 3, than 4, 5, 6. If a series is written out of order, it should never, ever be watched/read in order. Always watch or read a series in the order it was created. Otherwise things get all screwy. For example, the writers will put in an inside joke that you won't get yet, or re-use a character in a way that only makes sense out of order (like R2D2). The writer will often assume you know the backstory, so even if a work comes "first" it may rely on previous knowledge. Taking things "out of order" to put them back "in order" is a bad idea.
Yet more knee-jerk editorialism from the editors. From the summary:
Maybe it's a good time to question the wisdom of issuing expensive electronics to students in the first place
The calculator shown in TFA looks a lot like the TI30XA. It's listed on Amazon at $10. And you can bet the school district got a volume discount. So expensive? Hardly.
Misinformed editorialism aside, I tthink it's great that they're giving middle school kids calculators. By that time they should (emphasis on "should") be well practiced at doing arithmetic by hand. They should be moving on to more difficult, abstract problems (actual problems as opposed to simple arithmetic drills). Why have them be hung up on simple arithmetic when they should be concentrating on the abstract problem solving aspect. If used properly, calculators can be a big help to education, not a hindrance.
Maybe Slashdot should stick to reporting news, and leave the editorialism to us professionals.:)
To be fair, the free iPod ponzi scheme is annoying, but there's nothing dishonest about it, really. They explain what you have to do to get the iPod, and you really do get a "free" iPod. I have a couple of friends who got iPods this way, without a problem.
Distasteful, yes. But it's hard to call dishonest.
Your first mistake was buying an LG, but you can be forgiven for that (LG makes utter shite phones).
But really, you shouldn't be looking for a barebones model if you want a phone that will perform well in it's phonely duties. Because the barebones phone isn't really a barebones phone. It's the economy phone. So not only is it missing the features that you don't really want, but it's cheap in every other way. Do your research before hand, specifically focusing on reception and battery life. Low end phone won't have it. But the mid-range phones (with all the fancy features you don't want) will have good reception and better battery life. Just ignore the camera. It's not causing you any harm by being their.
The engineers have made a better telephone. It just has other features on it, too.
My specific recomendation is a Sony Ericsson t-616. You can get one on eBay for ~$100. Solid reception, decent battery life, small form factor, and an effective UI. Granted, it takes me 2 button presses to turn it on silent, but I'm sure you could learn to live with that.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me-- and there was no one left to speak out.
The print link works, and gives you a page formatted like you want it.
And although I love the way the article is formatted, I agree that you shouldn't need javascript to veiw it properly. It should probably detect javascript and only give you the spiffo version if you have it enabled.
I'm also going to call bullshit. Any restaraunt in my area (Seattle) will have more local microbrews on tap that macrobrews. And local wine completely dominates the wine lists.
Apart from the fact that this kind of artifical limitation is really stupid, not to mention evil, it looks like Microsoft is really shoorting themselves in the foot here. From TFA (emphasis mine):
Microsoft hopes to use Starter Edition to familiarize these markets with its products. Plus, because these countries are also havens for piracy, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker wants to use perks such as bug patches and alerts to demonstrate the value of legal software.
Microsoft claims they're using this software as a way to get pirates to start paying for the software. But tell me, what is the average person going to use: the "starter edition" that doesn't even work on their PC, or the pirated edition that does? The value of legal software indeed.
Speaking as a geek who wants to nail Kaylee, I think it has a lot to do with innocence and general personality of Kaylee. I think a lot of people tend to take cute over hot as well, I know I do.
I think it's telling that I like Kaylee, but have no interest in Jewel. Same thing with Willow/Allison. It has as much or more to do with good writing and attractive characters than it has to do with the looks of the actress.
Alo, Inara is probably the worst actor on firefly, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
I don't know about you, but almost all of the TV I record on my Tivo is animated, not live action (Futurama, Simpsonss, Home Movies, pretty much all of the rest of adult swim).
PhD or not, you don't need the attitude. It's fairly obvious what they meant by "transforming electrons into photon." Consider a modem. It would be perfectly reasonable to say a modem "transforms" digital signals into analog signals. The digital signal doesn't literally "turn into" the analog signal, but it's still a good high level description. Likewise, "transforming electrons into photons" is a solid descriptions of what their modulator does.
And while this tech can't be used to create an optical processor, it can be used to vastly improve processors. As another poster pointed out, wiring and "long" wires is a major slowdown. Optical interconnects could greatly speed up things like cache access.
This fallacy only applies for appeal to a false authority. Since he was at "Last year's Usenix conference," it's fair to assume that "most of the top dogs" actually are computer authorities, and therefore their opinion carries weight.
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Sounds like this kid watched them 1, 2, 3, than 4, 5, 6. If a series is written out of order, it should never, ever be watched/read in order. Always watch or read a series in the order it was created. Otherwise things get all screwy. For example, the writers will put in an inside joke that you won't get yet, or re-use a character in a way that only makes sense out of order (like R2D2). The writer will often assume you know the backstory, so even if a work comes "first" it may rely on previous knowledge. Taking things "out of order" to put them back "in order" is a bad idea.
You must be getting old, if streaking was popular when you went to college.
The calculator shown in TFA looks a lot like the TI30XA. It's listed on Amazon at $10. And you can bet the school district got a volume discount. So expensive? Hardly.
Misinformed editorialism aside, I tthink it's great that they're giving middle school kids calculators. By that time they should (emphasis on "should") be well practiced at doing arithmetic by hand. They should be moving on to more difficult, abstract problems (actual problems as opposed to simple arithmetic drills). Why have them be hung up on simple arithmetic when they should be concentrating on the abstract problem solving aspect. If used properly, calculators can be a big help to education, not a hindrance.
Maybe Slashdot should stick to reporting news, and leave the editorialism to us professionals.
To be fair, the free iPod ponzi scheme is annoying, but there's nothing dishonest about it, really. They explain what you have to do to get the iPod, and you really do get a "free" iPod. I have a couple of friends who got iPods this way, without a problem.
Distasteful, yes. But it's hard to call dishonest.
Your first mistake was buying an LG, but you can be forgiven for that (LG makes utter shite phones).
But really, you shouldn't be looking for a barebones model if you want a phone that will perform well in it's phonely duties. Because the barebones phone isn't really a barebones phone. It's the economy phone. So not only is it missing the features that you don't really want, but it's cheap in every other way. Do your research before hand, specifically focusing on reception and battery life. Low end phone won't have it. But the mid-range phones (with all the fancy features you don't want) will have good reception and better battery life. Just ignore the camera. It's not causing you any harm by being their.
The engineers have made a better telephone. It just has other features on it, too.
My specific recomendation is a Sony Ericsson t-616. You can get one on eBay for ~$100. Solid reception, decent battery life, small form factor, and an effective UI. Granted, it takes me 2 button presses to turn it on silent, but I'm sure you could learn to live with that.
-Martin Niemöller
The print link works, and gives you a page formatted like you want it.
And although I love the way the article is formatted, I agree that you shouldn't need javascript to veiw it properly. It should probably detect javascript and only give you the spiffo version if you have it enabled.
I'm also going to call bullshit. Any restaraunt in my area (Seattle) will have more local microbrews on tap that macrobrews. And local wine completely dominates the wine lists.
I'm not sure how this problem is confined to Greasemonkey. The same concerns apply to any executable code downloaded from anywhere.
Microsoft claims they're using this software as a way to get pirates to start paying for the software. But tell me, what is the average person going to use: the "starter edition" that doesn't even work on their PC, or the pirated edition that does? The value of legal software indeed.
1) He's actually using vegetable oil. Slashdot was wrong again.
2) Did you even read the MSDS? Mineral oil is pretty darn safe. They make baby oil out of it for Christ's sake!
Slashdot is wrong again. From the site: "yes! it's really a computer completely in vegetable oil!" He's using vegetable oil, not mineral oil.
A more blunt way to put it would be "fuck the south".
> How do you fit free will into that?
You don't. I have seen no convincing evidence that you need to include free will to have an accurate picture of reality.
(coincidentally, this is why omniscience (God) is imcompatible with free will. This is how you get Calvinism)
Speaking as a geek who wants to nail Kaylee, I think it has a lot to do with innocence and general personality of Kaylee. I think a lot of people tend to take cute over hot as well, I know I do.
I think it's telling that I like Kaylee, but have no interest in Jewel. Same thing with Willow/Allison. It has as much or more to do with good writing and attractive characters than it has to do with the looks of the actress.
Alo, Inara is probably the worst actor on firefly, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
Interestingly, there's really no copyright infringment here. The encrypted RAW file format keeps you from getting at pictures that *you* took.
I don't know about you, but almost all of the TV I record on my Tivo is animated, not live action (Futurama, Simpsonss, Home Movies, pretty much all of the rest of adult swim).
Meetup.com ends having users and meetups.
PhD or not, you don't need the attitude. It's fairly obvious what they meant by "transforming electrons into photon." Consider a modem. It would be perfectly reasonable to say a modem "transforms" digital signals into analog signals. The digital signal doesn't literally "turn into" the analog signal, but it's still a good high level description. Likewise, "transforming electrons into photons" is a solid descriptions of what their modulator does.
And while this tech can't be used to create an optical processor, it can be used to vastly improve processors. As another poster pointed out, wiring and "long" wires is a major slowdown. Optical interconnects could greatly speed up things like cache access.
Washington State has no state income tax. I live in Washington, and I just did my taxes.
> - Appeal to authority: Most of the top dogs...
This fallacy only applies for appeal to a false authority. Since he was at "Last year's Usenix conference," it's fair to assume that "most of the top dogs" actually are computer authorities, and therefore their opinion carries weight.
Joke.
> If you place contaminated water into the structure are you going to have problems?
Errr.... you don't eat the building.
Why is this a hardware device? Couldn't all the filtering and smoothing be done just as easily in software?
> That sounds like Wallace & Gromit: Cracking Contraptions. The shorts were shown in the US on Atom films in a low resolution format
It looks like you can find them online, courtesy of the BBC.