I have seen many PC's and laptops (HP comes to mind, maybe others as well), where its virtually impossible to install Windows from a stock image. You NEED to use the version they give with the pre loaded drivers.
Hardly. When was the last time you used Windows? With Windows Vista/7 As long as your wifi/ethernet card installs, Windows Update takes care of most of the drivers. Anything else can be found on the mfgr website.
This is hardly the case for Linux. For example, My Envy 14 has 2 graphics cards, one low power integrated Intel and one high power discrete ATI. Windows handles this just fine, but Ubuntu can't run off the dedicated card. This means I can't get any Video out, as that goes through the ATI card. Further, power management sucks and I only get about 1.5 hours of battery life whereas I can get 4+ in Windows. Ubuntu offers to install drivers for the ATI card and when I do GDM won't boot anymore. This is in 10.04-10.10. I've had a hell of a time getting 11.04 to install because of these graphics issues.
I also recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a 2006 Dell Latitude. It installed fine and when it booted, asked me to install some updates. After they installed, it wouldn't boot past the Ubuntu splash screen. How the hell do you even troubleshoot this? What do you google? After asking my friends who are more well versed in Linux than I to have a look at it, their only advice was to reinstall 10.04 which so far is working okay but I can't get wireless to work, which installed fine in 10.10.
So yeah, you have to do some research on the system you buy if you plan to install Linux, or else you'll end up with a Laptop that doesn't use the hardware you paid for.
This is usually a learned behavior. Usually these people used to click pretty much everything, and ran into a situation where something they did "broke" the computer. Either they removed a shortcut or deleted a file but whatever they did, they couldn't figure out a way to restore the computer to the way it was before. They probably ended up calling their nephew (in my case) to come in and fix it, and after that they would hardly touch it afraid they would "break" it again.
I'd at Matlab to the list. For a student, it costs less than a TI calculator, and the package you get is worth over $5000 (Matlab + Simulink + toolboxes).
I majored in physics. After freshman level courses we were NEVER asked to calculate a number. Everything was derived symbolically and the answer to a problem was a formula. That's really the hard part after all; plugging in numbers and getting a numerical answer is trivial.
I love how despite not reporting the news as it's breaking, Slashdot still manages to get the facts wrong story. If you follow any other blogs, this was all sorted out two days ago. Slashdot is like the slow friend who shows up late to the party and says "Hey guys didja hear...?"
Yes... yes, we all heard, and we're done talking about it already.
I took a course where the text was a collection of readings from different sources. The professor went through the proper publisher channels to get this together. It was about 100 pages printed on office paper, bound by a plastic spiral. When I first saw it, I thought "How much could this cost? $30?" I was absolutely stunned at the register when they rang it up for $120. I couldn't even opt to not buy it, since it was custom and I couldn't buy it second hand on Amazon or Half.com.
I assume publishers love this, since they can charge as much as they please and the second hand market for these collections is virtually nil.
"Intel’s statements during yesterday’s Intel Investor Meeting about Microsoft’s plans for the next version of Windows were factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading. From the first demonstrations of Windows on SoC, we have been clear about our goals and have emphasized that we are at the technology demonstration stage. As such, we have no further details or information at this time."
I think you're right about the sentimental attachment, but in my case it's to the software rather than to the hardware. For instance, I remember the last time I spoke to my late Uncle was when he called while I was playing the file sorting puzzle in Lost Mind of Dr. Brain. I couldn't give a damn what hardware it's running on, but hearing Rathbone say "A flight of fancy" brings a tear to my eye.
I could probably map milestones of my youth directly to games I was playing at the time. Some people do this with books they read or music they listen to. For me it's games. These other people have it easy because they only need to pop in a CD or head down to the library to relive their past. My history is plagued with platform incompatibilities; I still own the CD for Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, but I can't experience it without a good deal of effort. This is why it's nice to have a legacy machine lying around I could just boot up and not worry about the little things that detract from the nostalgic experience.
From my experience, B and C usually follow from A. However, most people usually consult their PC repair guy before taking out their credit card. I've known one person who actually paid to make the infection go away, and wouldn't you know the thing actually stopped bothering her. Now, honestly it probably was still lurking on her system, and who knows what the hell the authors did with the credit card number.
I'm not sure it applies to this, but there are so many things in robotics that work well in simulation and break horribly when implemented on a physical robotic platform.
To use your example, if we want to create a robot that uses an oven and looks at a pie, to do this in software we need to model the pie, model the oven, model the uncertainty of the robots actions/observations, and then build our algorithms to accomodate these models. When we transfer the algorithm to a real system, all kinds of hell can break loose.
In fact, by transferring the algorithm to a real system only then do we develop useful algorithms. Robots in the future will need to operate our current infrastructure: doors, appliances, cars - these will all still be built for humans, not for robots. Therefore robots will need to operate these devices, and understanding how a robot interacts with an oven is a first step in this. As for the pie, humans tell a pie is done by a series of heuristics. Can the robot do the same without a sense of taste or smell? I don't know how pie factories tell when a pie is done, but I'm assuming technology to do it with just a webcam would be very valuable. Any algorithm developed would translate directly into the areas of pattern recognition, computer vision, and cognition. The same technology used to tell when a pie is done could be used to characterize road conditions or tell whether a person is being aggressive.
But hell, Windows 7 has the ability to dock the superbar on any side of the desktop, and Unity doesn't. How did they miss that feature?
They didn't miss that feature; according to Shuttleworth a configurable launcher does not fit in with their "broader design goals" and they have no plans to make it configurable in the future.
However upon this news, I will no longer be using bing.
Worst shill ever in that case. Why is it on Slashdot I see more accusations of shilling than on any other site for even remotely positive comments about a MS product?
I am afraid that "most" Americans do eat that kind of food. I will, sometimes, when I'm in a real rush. But, I'd rather take the time to sit down to a meat and potato meal, sometimes rice instead of 'taters, with a veggie or two. I'm not much of a salad eater, but I'll put one away, once in awhile. I LOVE desserts - but by the time I've filled my belly with real food, there isn't much room for desserts, so my weight stays pretty stable at a mere 15 pounds over my "optimum" weight".
What a great story. Please tell us more about what you like to eat, because this was so interesting my eyes are bleeding.
I'd have to agree with you. I went to an institution with a top 10 CS program. I did dual majors in CS and Physics, and I'd have to say CS was a cake walk compared to physics.
A terrorist is not a terrorist because it is convenient. Why would the TSA deter a terrorist from being a terrorist? Wouldn't they just deter him from bombing a plane? There are many different targets a terrorist could choose if they just want to kill people, and honestly, since 9/11 a plane is probably the least likely target, as it is the most obvious.
I don't know how expensive a text is in the Netherlands, but if it's anything like in America I can't blame them for wanting to text less. Or was it that this alternative offered better features? Either way, the correct response from the provider is to respond to demands of the customers; if demand goes down, price should reflect that.
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Don't forget Microsoft Dreamspark which offers Visual Studio and other developer tools for free for students.
I have seen many PC's and laptops (HP comes to mind, maybe others as well), where its virtually impossible to install Windows from a stock image. You NEED to use the version they give with the pre loaded drivers.
Hardly. When was the last time you used Windows? With Windows Vista/7 As long as your wifi/ethernet card installs, Windows Update takes care of most of the drivers. Anything else can be found on the mfgr website.
This is hardly the case for Linux. For example, My Envy 14 has 2 graphics cards, one low power integrated Intel and one high power discrete ATI. Windows handles this just fine, but Ubuntu can't run off the dedicated card. This means I can't get any Video out, as that goes through the ATI card. Further, power management sucks and I only get about 1.5 hours of battery life whereas I can get 4+ in Windows. Ubuntu offers to install drivers for the ATI card and when I do GDM won't boot anymore. This is in 10.04-10.10. I've had a hell of a time getting 11.04 to install because of these graphics issues.
I also recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a 2006 Dell Latitude. It installed fine and when it booted, asked me to install some updates. After they installed, it wouldn't boot past the Ubuntu splash screen. How the hell do you even troubleshoot this? What do you google? After asking my friends who are more well versed in Linux than I to have a look at it, their only advice was to reinstall 10.04 which so far is working okay but I can't get wireless to work, which installed fine in 10.10.
So yeah, you have to do some research on the system you buy if you plan to install Linux, or else you'll end up with a Laptop that doesn't use the hardware you paid for.
This is usually a learned behavior. Usually these people used to click pretty much everything, and ran into a situation where something they did "broke" the computer. Either they removed a shortcut or deleted a file but whatever they did, they couldn't figure out a way to restore the computer to the way it was before. They probably ended up calling their nephew (in my case) to come in and fix it, and after that they would hardly touch it afraid they would "break" it again.
Free*
*with $100/month for 2 years contract.
I'd at Matlab to the list. For a student, it costs less than a TI calculator, and the package you get is worth over $5000 (Matlab + Simulink + toolboxes).
I majored in physics. After freshman level courses we were NEVER asked to calculate a number. Everything was derived symbolically and the answer to a problem was a formula. That's really the hard part after all; plugging in numbers and getting a numerical answer is trivial.
I was going to post the parent comment if it didn't exist, and couldn't resist a jab at /.
I love how despite not reporting the news as it's breaking, Slashdot still manages to get the facts wrong story. If you follow any other blogs, this was all sorted out two days ago. Slashdot is like the slow friend who shows up late to the party and says "Hey guys didja hear...?"
Yes... yes, we all heard, and we're done talking about it already.
Instead of biting you to infect you, someone coughs on you instead, either way you end up dead.
No, if you get bit by a zombie you'll end up un dead
I took a course where the text was a collection of readings from different sources. The professor went through the proper publisher channels to get this together. It was about 100 pages printed on office paper, bound by a plastic spiral. When I first saw it, I thought "How much could this cost? $30?" I was absolutely stunned at the register when they rang it up for $120. I couldn't even opt to not buy it, since it was custom and I couldn't buy it second hand on Amazon or Half.com.
I assume publishers love this, since they can charge as much as they please and the second hand market for these collections is virtually nil.
"Intel’s statements during yesterday’s Intel Investor Meeting about Microsoft’s plans for the next version of Windows were factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading. From the first demonstrations of Windows on SoC, we have been clear about our goals and have emphasized that we are at the technology demonstration stage. As such, we have no further details or information at this time."
I think you're right about the sentimental attachment, but in my case it's to the software rather than to the hardware. For instance, I remember the last time I spoke to my late Uncle was when he called while I was playing the file sorting puzzle in Lost Mind of Dr. Brain. I couldn't give a damn what hardware it's running on, but hearing Rathbone say "A flight of fancy" brings a tear to my eye.
I could probably map milestones of my youth directly to games I was playing at the time. Some people do this with books they read or music they listen to. For me it's games. These other people have it easy because they only need to pop in a CD or head down to the library to relive their past. My history is plagued with platform incompatibilities; I still own the CD for Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, but I can't experience it without a good deal of effort. This is why it's nice to have a legacy machine lying around I could just boot up and not worry about the little things that detract from the nostalgic experience.
From my experience, B and C usually follow from A. However, most people usually consult their PC repair guy before taking out their credit card. I've known one person who actually paid to make the infection go away, and wouldn't you know the thing actually stopped bothering her. Now, honestly it probably was still lurking on her system, and who knows what the hell the authors did with the credit card number.
I'm not sure it applies to this, but there are so many things in robotics that work well in simulation and break horribly when implemented on a physical robotic platform.
To use your example, if we want to create a robot that uses an oven and looks at a pie, to do this in software we need to model the pie, model the oven, model the uncertainty of the robots actions/observations, and then build our algorithms to accomodate these models. When we transfer the algorithm to a real system, all kinds of hell can break loose.
In fact, by transferring the algorithm to a real system only then do we develop useful algorithms. Robots in the future will need to operate our current infrastructure: doors, appliances, cars - these will all still be built for humans, not for robots. Therefore robots will need to operate these devices, and understanding how a robot interacts with an oven is a first step in this. As for the pie, humans tell a pie is done by a series of heuristics. Can the robot do the same without a sense of taste or smell? I don't know how pie factories tell when a pie is done, but I'm assuming technology to do it with just a webcam would be very valuable. Any algorithm developed would translate directly into the areas of pattern recognition, computer vision, and cognition. The same technology used to tell when a pie is done could be used to characterize road conditions or tell whether a person is being aggressive.
antivirusotherthansecurityessentials.exe
I know you're joking, but this one is pretty close to the truth. Norton and McAffee do more to slow down computers than actual malware does.
But hell, Windows 7 has the ability to dock the superbar on any side of the desktop, and Unity doesn't. How did they miss that feature?
They didn't miss that feature; according to Shuttleworth a configurable launcher does not fit in with their "broader design goals" and they have no plans to make it configurable in the future.
Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2
However upon this news, I will no longer be using bing.
Worst shill ever in that case. Why is it on Slashdot I see more accusations of shilling than on any other site for even remotely positive comments about a MS product?
I don't know how I went through 12 years of schooling without a cell phone or wifi and never even considered this possibility!
I am afraid that "most" Americans do eat that kind of food. I will, sometimes, when I'm in a real rush. But, I'd rather take the time to sit down to a meat and potato meal, sometimes rice instead of 'taters, with a veggie or two. I'm not much of a salad eater, but I'll put one away, once in awhile. I LOVE desserts - but by the time I've filled my belly with real food, there isn't much room for desserts, so my weight stays pretty stable at a mere 15 pounds over my "optimum" weight".
What a great story. Please tell us more about what you like to eat, because this was so interesting my eyes are bleeding.
I'd have to agree with you. I went to an institution with a top 10 CS program. I did dual majors in CS and Physics, and I'd have to say CS was a cake walk compared to physics.
A terrorist is not a terrorist because it is convenient. Why would the TSA deter a terrorist from being a terrorist? Wouldn't they just deter him from bombing a plane? There are many different targets a terrorist could choose if they just want to kill people, and honestly, since 9/11 a plane is probably the least likely target, as it is the most obvious.
Don't forget, the number of crimes also increases as people eat more ice cream.
I don't know how expensive a text is in the Netherlands, but if it's anything like in America I can't blame them for wanting to text less. Or was it that this alternative offered better features? Either way, the correct response from the provider is to respond to demands of the customers; if demand goes down, price should reflect that.
There's no guarantee the woman would not be 50 years old and mustachioed.
Profiling != Racial Profiling.