A search on Google for spudman got more than 50K hits. It appears you're not the only one who likes the name.
There's a spudman magazine for potato growers, and a spudman triathlon. Spudman.ca will give you currency exchange rates. There's also a song and a youtube video.
I can see how one could use a diminutive of "dextérité" to mean nimble. However, the OP was saying that "dextre" was French for nimble. I was just pointing out that I couldn't find that definition in my dictionary.
The word "dextre", I'm francophone and had never heard or seen it before, means "right hand (side)" according to the Petit Larousse 1995 edition. The online dictionary at http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ has a similar definition.
Another derived word is "ambidextre", meaning ambidextrous.
I think you're right about the nature. I think the culture plays a big role too; You even mention it as one of your ingredients for success.
I've worked on project with people from China, India, USA and Poland (I'm Canadian) and, although people are always complaining that the outsourced resources are not as competent as they'd like, I didn't find that to be true. On average, the people I worked with were just as bright no matter where they came from.
However, as you mentioned, the nature of outsourcing makes it difficult. Culture (enterprise and local) makes it difficult as well.
I think your recipe for outsourcing, if used, would make it much more worthwhile for the times when you do outsource but should also help to identify the projects you shouldn't be outsourcing.
Although, I think part of finding an exit procedure is finding a labeling, and the compass labeling may or may not work ("color" is closest compass point while facing the exit). On the other hand, if the maze tunnels were conveniently painted various colors, that could work too.
Actually, I think that this is the major hurdle. The road coloring problem requires that you paint the roads. If the roads are already painted, you might get lucky and be able to construct an algorithm but this is unlikely. On the other hand I'm not a mathematician so, what do I know?
If you decompose your graph, don't you get another graph? The math to solve it would provide you, the solver, a solution but you would not be able to provide it to your adventurer because he wouldn't have the reduced map. The adventurer just has the original map and wouldn't know how to convert a 'go left' when he reaches a 3 exit node.
The path would probably have many repetitions but that's not important. You just follow the instructions. So the path might be (red,red,red,red,blue,blue,blue)*20,(blue-red-blue)*200,red,red
That is, the number of steps is fixed. Also, don't follow the yellow brick road.
AFAICT from the WP article, the number of entries is not a problem but you need the same number of exits in all nodes. You also need a way to colour these paths before hand. You also, can't have a gcd greater than 1 for the cycles so if your labyrinth has all cycles with a multiple of 3 vertices, then there might not be a solution. Based on that, I wouldn't recommend entering the Minotaur's maze without an indelible marker or a very long rope.
The Soviet Union, being officially atheistic, regarded Judaism as a nationality rather than a religion.
A Jewish friend of time told me that Judaism was both a religion and a nationality. She said that you could be Jewish and atheist. Is that a general feeling amongst Jews?
There was a great deal of discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union.
Was that discrimination directed at the religious Jews, all Jews or was it directed towards all religious people in general?
Mr. Trakhtman could immigrate to Israel because he is Jewish, and therefore has a right of return under Israeli law.
Since Judaism is not a race, this is not racism but do you see how this could be considered discrimination against other religions? An Israeli colleague told me that one of the problems in Israel is that the more fervent Jews are exempt from army duty. It seems that Israel is doing some discrimination of its own.
I realize that the above may seem to be anti-semitic but please realize that I'm atheist and that I criticize equally and openly all religions.
Anyways, it's not the cost of the bulbs; it's the cost of the *power*. Use an 80W incandescent bulb for 4 hours per day with $0.10/kWh electricity, you're spending $11.69/year on power. It's easy to see that the power costs dwarf the bulb costs.
The power wasted by incandescent light is almost completely converted into heat. Therefore, if you need to heat your home, incandescent lights might be better for the environment and your wallet. If you need air conditioning, incandescent will cost you extra by requiring more power to cool and more power to light.
I try to use CFLs in hard to reach places and places that don't need extra heat. I haven't had a single CFL burn out yet.
How can you prove that there's no simple proof?
The fact that none has been found yet doesn't prove that one doesn't exist.
The Fermat theorem has been proven to be true using a complex proof. That
doesn't mean that a simple proof is not possible.
Also, I don't think there's a mathematical definition of what's considered a simple proof. What's simple for some is complex for others.
Could it be that she meant that it's ironic that people's expectations are so high when logic would dictate otherwise?
You had rain on your wedding day. That's not ironic.
You can't smoke on your cigarette break. That's a bit ironic.
The fact that you expected that it would be sunny and that you'd be able to smoke well that's ironic given that "life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay and everything's going right."
People shouldn't be surprised about things going wrong; Don't you think?
I don't know how hard it is to become a pilot and what kind of intelligence is needed but assuming that you can't fly if you are a moron, is it possible that something has happened between then and now?
... Give us the URL of a page we can visit to see the problem, and we can file a bug report.
I was replying to a comment that was presuming that this might be the problem a previous poster was having and pointing out that this would be a legitimate problem.
Flash and JavaScript cannot really be limited to a certain amount of memory.
Given that Flash is an external module, it's pretty hard to limit. The OS would have to provide this ability. However, Javascript can and should be controlled as far as I'm concerned. If it's using too much memory it's probably a bug in the script and this could cause problems. A solution might not be simple since different computers have different capabilities and different users have different needs. There would be trade offs required to make this happen. I know that Firefox already detects scripts that have been CPU bound for too long so I might not be the only one with this opinion.
... memory use cannot be only what is used for the last page opened...
... There should be a maximum that is reached.
I agree. That's what I was trying to say. The memory used by Firefox after opening a specific page should be a function of the memory required for that page + some overhead. That is, it should be bounded.
For the record, I haven't had any serious problems with Firefox for a long time. The biggest problems I have are with that other UA that some applications insist on opening to display their help pages and the like. Worst, sometimes they actually open the default UA (Firefox) and use non-standard markup because they assume that they have opened IE.
In my opinion, if a banner ad is replaced, the original banner ad's memory should be returned. If it's not, it's a memory leak.
Flash and Javascript applications should be limited as to how much memory, CPU and bandwidth they can use. If they aren't this is a bug as well.
If you have a single tab open and reload with different pages over and over, your memory usage should be limited to the last page loaded.
The above doesn't account for some speedup techniques that might cache some of the information and grow some lookup tables, loading dynamic extensions or strategies on when to free the memory. However, these should have a maximum footprint.
Combine that with the clause in the DMCA about anti-circumvention and you get 2 offenses for the price of one. According to Wikipedia Kazaa encrypts its data and thus contains anti-circumvention methods.
What's part of the license? To inform the licensee "before" the distribution occurs?
That can be done at the signing of the contract and still be valid as far as the GPL is concerned - IANAL - otherwise this would make it impossible to download GPL software from the Web.
I'm curious. Why would a potential customer need to know that the software they license contains GPL'd software before they license it? If it's a concern for them, they can ask. If it's not a concern for them, and if it has no impact on their bottom line, why should they know before?
I'm not sure why you were modded troll! New mod system maybe? Hopefully some other moderators will fix that.
FWIW, I think there are some professions where you must show your art in order to sell it. In these cases, copyrights can be useful. It gives the ability to show the art and sell it based on its merit.
Music and photography certainly belong in that category. I'm sure that abolishing copyright laws wouldn't make these arts disappear. I'm almost certain that most artists do it for the pleasure it brings them first. On that basis, it is different from a survey.
As far as architects are concerned, their art is protected by copyright laws as well. An entrepreneur can't copy plans and build houses based on these plans without paying the architect. In that respect the architect already was paid. I'm not sure architects would be so happy if their art could be copied arbitrarily.
I think that copyrights should probably be limited to much shorter periods but unlike patents, I think they have some value.
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Could you please provide some links to your edits so that we can judge by ourselves.
A search on Google for spudman got more than 50K hits. It appears you're not the only one who likes the name.
There's a spudman magazine for potato growers, and a spudman triathlon. Spudman.ca will give you currency exchange rates. There's also a song and a youtube video.
I can see how one could use a diminutive of "dextérité" to mean nimble. However, the OP was saying that "dextre" was French for nimble. I was just pointing out that I couldn't find that definition in my dictionary.
Take those word back or we'll send Celine Dion back to the US for good.
Are you sure about that?
The French word for dexterity is "dextérité".
The word "dextre", I'm francophone and had never heard or seen it before, means "right hand (side)" according to the Petit Larousse 1995 edition. The online dictionary at http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ has a similar definition.
Another derived word is "ambidextre", meaning ambidextrous.
Probably the same way Pussy Galore (from Goldfinder) made it past them.
I think you're right about the nature. I think the culture plays a big role too; You even mention it as one of your ingredients for success.
I've worked on project with people from China, India, USA and Poland (I'm Canadian) and, although people are always complaining that the outsourced resources are not as competent as they'd like, I didn't find that to be true. On average, the people I worked with were just as bright no matter where they came from.
However, as you mentioned, the nature of outsourcing makes it difficult. Culture (enterprise and local) makes it difficult as well.
I think your recipe for outsourcing, if used, would make it much more worthwhile for the times when you do outsource but should also help to identify the projects you shouldn't be outsourcing.
Playback didn't need to be invented.
Echo is a natural phenomenon that will playback sound for you.
I think I'll go remove the entry for Edison in Wikipedia; He's no longer relevant.
If you decompose your graph, don't you get another graph? The math to solve it would provide you, the solver, a solution but you would not be able to provide it to your adventurer because he wouldn't have the reduced map. The adventurer just has the original map and wouldn't know how to convert a 'go left' when he reaches a 3 exit node.
What am I missing?
Sure, and convection would be more efficient as well.
My point was that if you're going to spend extra money for a CFL and simply consider the W-h difference, you're missing part of the equation.
I live in a region where most electricity is coming from hydro power. Does that makes a difference? Also, I haven't seen an electricity spill yet.The path would probably have many repetitions but that's not important. You just follow the instructions. So the path might be (red,red,red,red,blue,blue,blue)*20,(blue-red-blue)*200,red,red
That is, the number of steps is fixed. Also, don't follow the yellow brick road.
AFAICT from the WP article, the number of entries is not a problem but you need the same number of exits in all nodes. You also need a way to colour these paths before hand. You also, can't have a gcd greater than 1 for the cycles so if your labyrinth has all cycles with a multiple of 3 vertices, then there might not be a solution. Based on that, I wouldn't recommend entering the Minotaur's maze without an indelible marker or a very long rope.
A Jewish friend of time told me that Judaism was both a religion and a nationality. She said that you could be Jewish and atheist. Is that a general feeling amongst Jews?
Was that discrimination directed at the religious Jews, all Jews or was it directed towards all religious people in general?
Since Judaism is not a race, this is not racism but do you see how this could be considered discrimination against other religions? An Israeli colleague told me that one of the problems in Israel is that the more fervent Jews are exempt from army duty. It seems that Israel is doing some discrimination of its own.
I realize that the above may seem to be anti-semitic but please realize that I'm atheist and that I criticize equally and openly all religions.
The power wasted by incandescent light is almost completely converted into heat. Therefore, if you need to heat your home, incandescent lights might be better for the environment and your wallet. If you need air conditioning, incandescent will cost you extra by requiring more power to cool and more power to light.
I try to use CFLs in hard to reach places and places that don't need extra heat. I haven't had a single CFL burn out yet.
How can you prove that there's no simple proof? The fact that none has been found yet doesn't prove that one doesn't exist. The Fermat theorem has been proven to be true using a complex proof. That doesn't mean that a simple proof is not possible.
Also, I don't think there's a mathematical definition of what's considered a simple proof. What's simple for some is complex for others.
Could it be that she meant that it's ironic that people's expectations are so high when logic would dictate otherwise?
You had rain on your wedding day. That's not ironic.
You can't smoke on your cigarette break. That's a bit ironic.
The fact that you expected that it would be sunny and that you'd be able to smoke well that's ironic given that "life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay and everything's going right."
People shouldn't be surprised about things going wrong; Don't you think?
I don't know how hard it is to become a pilot and what kind of intelligence is needed but assuming that you can't fly if you are a moron, is it possible that something has happened between then and now?
Just asking.
I was replying to a comment that was presuming that this might be the problem a previous poster was having and pointing out that this would be a legitimate problem.
Given that Flash is an external module, it's pretty hard to limit. The OS would have to provide this ability. However, Javascript can and should be controlled as far as I'm concerned. If it's using too much memory it's probably a bug in the script and this could cause problems. A solution might not be simple since different computers have different capabilities and different users have different needs. There would be trade offs required to make this happen. I know that Firefox already detects scripts that have been CPU bound for too long so I might not be the only one with this opinion.
I agree. That's what I was trying to say. The memory used by Firefox after opening a specific page should be a function of the memory required for that page + some overhead. That is, it should be bounded.
For the record, I haven't had any serious problems with Firefox for a long time. The biggest problems I have are with that other UA that some applications insist on opening to display their help pages and the like. Worst, sometimes they actually open the default UA (Firefox) and use non-standard markup because they assume that they have opened IE.
In my opinion, if a banner ad is replaced, the original banner ad's memory should be returned. If it's not, it's a memory leak. Flash and Javascript applications should be limited as to how much memory, CPU and bandwidth they can use. If they aren't this is a bug as well. If you have a single tab open and reload with different pages over and over, your memory usage should be limited to the last page loaded.
The above doesn't account for some speedup techniques that might cache some of the information and grow some lookup tables, loading dynamic extensions or strategies on when to free the memory. However, these should have a maximum footprint.
Combine that with the clause in the DMCA about anti-circumvention and you get 2 offenses for the price of one. According to Wikipedia Kazaa encrypts its data and thus contains anti-circumvention methods.
What's part of the license? To inform the licensee "before" the distribution occurs? That can be done at the signing of the contract and still be valid as far as the GPL is concerned - IANAL - otherwise this would make it impossible to download GPL software from the Web.
In any case, good luck with OpenNMS.
I'm curious. Why would a potential customer need to know that the software they license contains GPL'd software before they license it? If it's a concern for them, they can ask. If it's not a concern for them, and if it has no impact on their bottom line, why should they know before?
If you have +-, you don't have a charge to discharge. That is, there's no stored energy. If you have a plate with all + and one with all -
Like:
and you connect a resistor between the top plate and the bottom plate then current will flow.
I'm not sure why you were modded troll! New mod system maybe? Hopefully some other moderators will fix that.
FWIW, I think there are some professions where you must show your art in order to sell it. In these cases, copyrights can be useful. It gives the ability to show the art and sell it based on its merit.
Music and photography certainly belong in that category. I'm sure that abolishing copyright laws wouldn't make these arts disappear. I'm almost certain that most artists do it for the pleasure it brings them first. On that basis, it is different from a survey.
As far as architects are concerned, their art is protected by copyright laws as well. An entrepreneur can't copy plans and build houses based on these plans without paying the architect. In that respect the architect already was paid. I'm not sure architects would be so happy if their art could be copied arbitrarily.
I think that copyrights should probably be limited to much shorter periods but unlike patents, I think they have some value.