You don't use any advanced mathematics? Within 1 year of graduating, I had to apply Newton's Method to a problem I was dealing with. Half of all SQL I do comes from principles I learned in Set Theory. And I won't even go into the analytical thinking gained through the mathematics courses I did.
KMart is *not* preventing individuals 17 in age from playing those games, and just like a R rated movie, a parent or guardian is required to purchase it for the person.
Unlike you, I am a parent (they're still in the Freddie Fish and Putt Putt the car game stage) and I appreciate the additional control this policy gives me for what my children play. Its not that I don't want my daughter to play first person shooters, (Tribes will probably be her first...) but I want to decide at what point in her life she has access to them (hint, a lot earlier than 17)
If my daughter (or son) want a game that is mature rated, then I would want the chance to discuss the content of the game with them prior to obtaining it for them.
I feel the same about books, Heinlein is a great read but not always quite child-friendly (Number of the Beast, Time Enough For Love...) I want them to read those books when they are ready.
>So, if you owned a gun shop which was robbed >because you bought cheap padlocks, and your guns >were used in a drive-by shooting, would you >consider it fair if the shooting victim's >friends drove by your shop and blew it to >Kingdom Come?
Yes. The ownership of large numbers of guns requires the responsibility to ensure that they do not fall under unauthorized use.
If you put a server out there that can be used to damage others, its your responsibility to ensure that you don't allow it to be used in that way. Even if machines used to launch an attack are desktop machines that became 0wn3d by some hax0r, I see no reason why the ISP couldn't cancel the machine owner's account until such time as they mend their stupid, stupid ways.
when Napster was loaded onto it and a Metallica song uploaded. This is confirmed to be the highest upload recorded. The spacecraft has no comment at this time
I'm a mathematician, not a physicist. Or at least one of my degrees said I can play at being one...
Ok, We have a sphere of mass, lets call it "Urth" We have a small object, which is several orders of magnitude smaller than "Urth".
Some guy claims he can make a disc which will reduce gravity by 2%.
In High School physics I remember being told that even though we can think of gravity as being a large vector, its really a summation of vectors between the interraction of "Urth" and "a small object" of each atom...
If it was a gravity shield, it may block only the vectors it "splits twain", thus, at a low altitude, you would be eliminating approximately a tube/long cone of "Urth" mass from the equation.
In one of the articles, I recall a mention that it was a tube the size of the disk vertically that was the area of "sheilding", but it seems to me that the following may occur:
1) If it were a tube and efficency were increased above 2%, "Urth" would gradually lose its atmosphere due to the fact we keep it only via gravity.
2) If my proposed view of whats happening were to occur, then I think I am explaining both "Why 2%" and a means at raising the value (bigger disk, higher altitude).
I also recall one of the "challenges" was the manufacture of larger disks....
I don't know, my math may be wrong, but this is interesting....
Just think, a place where we can congregate and apply the IRL/. effect on brick-and-mortar businesses. 50 people in line at the quik-e-mart to buy gum!
What other game was thoughtful enough to include an IRC client to help get games organized? (ok, maybe I'm clueless here, others may as well)
What other game incorporates a C++'ish scripting language that is interpreted (sp?) to allow for mods on clients and servers? That alone screams cross-platform.
For Example: use Norton DE to edit command.com to switch DOS's commands dir and del, or cd and md.
Nowhere else have I been having as much fun as I had on a DOS system with the hard space (asci 255), why you could name all sorts of programs (alt 255.com) and put them in someone autoexec.bat so that you could run stuff without any visible appearance.
Often, when pondering for no reason, I wonder how many "state of the art" programming techniques that have existed in CS (fuzzy logic, neural networks, hello world in every language) have been utilized by the meteorlogical sciences people?
I'm not knocking their abilities for development of software to solve their problems, but I always come to a single issue: they are primarily meteorologists who have learned to program as opposed to program and who's primary focus is meteorology. What if they had an influx of people who's background is entirely programming? People who program because they focus on programming.
I believe that the two disciplines working together could better attack the problems at hand. As an industry we are happiest when we have a nice fat dataset to analyze that we can sink our algorithmic teeth into...
Often, when pondering for no reason, I wonder how many "state of the art" programming techniques that have existed in CS (fuzzy logic, neural networks, hello world in every language) have been utilized by the meteorlogical sciences people?
I'm not knocking their abilities for development of software to solve their problems, but I always come to a single issue: they are primarily meteorologists who have learned to program as opposed to program and who's primary focus is meteorology. What if they had an influx of people who's background is entirely programming? People who program because they focus on programming.
I believe that the two disciplines working together could better attack the problems at hand. As an industry we are happiest when we have a nice fat dataset to analyze that we can sink our algorithmic teeth into...
I'm not a meteorologist (but my sister is...) With computing resources like this, I hope that top management in NWS does not carry the belief that more computing power alone will improve forecasting. You need to have good models behind it.
My sister once told me that met. is "sloppy physics", mostly because many of the variables for their equations aren't measurable, thus they often need to extrapolate or even guess them. Stuff like speed of vertical motion of airmasses, which as I understand aren't measurable via radar (but I could be wrong)
Why don't AC's get moderated up? I think it stems from the fact that many people post comments as AC's when they are saying something that is going to be moderated down anyway. Thus, the S/N is fairly low for AC posters anyway...
Perhaps there could be two different types of AC out there: Full AC, or AC that merely hides name but is tied to poster's karma (and thus could start at 1)
to hear a voice proclaiming that "Its not what people think of you that matters, but how you act and what you accomplish" Brin's article alone makes me want to read more about him.
Even though I'm not anti-Katz, I do appreciate the opportunity to read a professional writer who isn't concentrating on current hype. Brin's article on TPM was equally thought-provoking, perhaps CmdrTaco and co. can arrange for a more frequent view on Brin's mind?
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The problem was "How do you swap two numbers without an additional variable?"
a and b being the same variable isn't in the problem domain.
Simple nuff.
You don't use any advanced mathematics? Within 1 year of graduating, I had to apply Newton's Method to a problem I was dealing with. Half of all SQL I do comes from principles I learned in Set Theory. And I won't even go into the analytical thinking gained through the mathematics courses I did.
Grow up, please
Solution in Pseudo C
:= a + b;
:= a - b;
:= a - b;
a
b
a
The first HREF in his page...hit it, laugh
KMart is *not* preventing individuals 17 in age from playing those games, and just like a R rated movie, a parent or guardian is required to purchase it for the person.
Unlike you, I am a parent (they're still in the Freddie Fish and Putt Putt the car game stage) and I appreciate the additional control this policy gives me for what my children play. Its not that I don't want my daughter to play first person shooters, (Tribes will probably be her first...) but I want to decide at what point in her life she has access to them (hint, a lot earlier than 17)
If my daughter (or son) want a game that is mature rated, then I would want the chance to discuss the content of the game with them prior to obtaining it for them.
I feel the same about books, Heinlein is a great read but not always quite child-friendly (Number of the Beast, Time Enough For Love...) I want them to read those books when they are ready.
-Peter
<a href="http://www.arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisio<nobr>n<wbr></wbr></nobr> s/html/d2000-0161.html">Zero.com</a>
>So, if you owned a gun shop which was robbed
>because you bought cheap padlocks, and your guns
>were used in a drive-by shooting, would you
>consider it fair if the shooting victim's
>friends drove by your shop and blew it to
>Kingdom Come?
Yes. The ownership of large numbers of guns requires the responsibility to ensure that they do not fall under unauthorized use.
If you put a server out there that can be used to damage others, its your responsibility to ensure that you don't allow it to be used in that way. Even if machines used to launch an attack are desktop machines that became 0wn3d by some hax0r, I see no reason why the ISP couldn't cancel the machine owner's account until such time as they mend their stupid, stupid ways.
Someone read aloud (and recorded) the DeCSS code.
Then it was transcribed.
Judge Kaplan said code didn't fall under free speech protection.
Now does it?
Think.
when Napster was loaded onto it and a Metallica song uploaded. This is confirmed to be the highest upload recorded. The spacecraft has no comment at this time
And eliminating stupid pigeons....
But then its not eye-friendly
But it eliminates pigeons!
I'm a mathematician, not a physicist. Or at least one of my degrees said I can play at being one...
Ok, We have a sphere of mass, lets call it "Urth"
We have a small object, which is several orders of magnitude smaller than "Urth".
Some guy claims he can make a disc which will reduce gravity by 2%.
In High School physics I remember being told that even though we can think of gravity as being a large vector, its really a summation of vectors between the interraction of "Urth" and "a small object" of each atom...
If it was a gravity shield, it may block only the vectors it "splits twain", thus, at a low altitude, you would be eliminating approximately a tube/long cone of "Urth" mass from the equation.
In one of the articles, I recall a mention that it was a tube the size of the disk vertically that was the area of "sheilding", but it seems to me that the following may occur:
1) If it were a tube and efficency were increased above 2%, "Urth" would gradually lose its atmosphere due to the fact we keep it only via gravity.
2) If my proposed view of whats happening were to occur, then I think I am explaining both "Why 2%" and a means at raising the value (bigger disk, higher altitude).
I also recall one of the "challenges" was the manufacture of larger disks....
I don't know, my math may be wrong, but this is interesting....
The difference is that you can filter katz out, the flamers/lamers are a bit more difficult to weed out and only serve to decrease the S/N.
Just think, a place where we can congregate and apply the IRL /. effect on brick-and-mortar businesses. 50 people in line at the quik-e-mart to buy gum!
CmdrTaco, this is your DESTINY!!!!!
I *must* play
I HAVE TO PLAY
What other game was thoughtful enough to include an IRC client to help get games organized? (ok, maybe I'm clueless here, others may as well)
What other game incorporates a C++'ish scripting language that is interpreted (sp?) to allow for mods on clients and servers? That alone screams cross-platform.
I need help
For Example:
.com) and put them in someone autoexec.bat so that you could run stuff without any visible appearance.
use Norton DE to edit command.com to switch DOS's commands dir and del, or cd and md.
Nowhere else have I been having as much fun as I had on a DOS system with the hard space (asci 255), why you could name all sorts of programs (alt 255
*sigh*
Why? Because it could make many forms of spamming fall under the jurisdiction of the Postal Inspectors...
Just think, every annoying type of spam from MLM to "lose weight fats...." that are fraudulent would be investigated by the post office!
Sign me up!!!!!!
Often, when pondering for no reason, I wonder how many "state of the art" programming techniques that have existed in CS (fuzzy logic, neural networks, hello world in every language) have been utilized by the meteorlogical sciences people?
I'm not knocking their abilities for development of software to solve their problems, but I always come to a single issue: they are primarily meteorologists who have learned to program as opposed to program and who's primary focus is meteorology. What if they had an influx of people who's background is entirely programming? People who program because they focus on programming.
I believe that the two disciplines working together could better attack the problems at hand. As an industry we are happiest when we have a nice fat dataset to analyze that we can sink our algorithmic teeth into...
Often, when pondering for no reason, I wonder how many "state of the art" programming techniques that have existed in CS (fuzzy logic, neural networks, hello world in every language) have been utilized by the meteorlogical sciences people?
I'm not knocking their abilities for development of software to solve their problems, but I always come to a single issue: they are primarily meteorologists who have learned to program as opposed to program and who's primary focus is meteorology. What if they had an influx of people who's background is entirely programming? People who program because they focus on programming.
I believe that the two disciplines working together could better attack the problems at hand. As an industry we are happiest when we have a nice fat dataset to analyze that we can sink our algorithmic teeth into...
I'm not a meteorologist (but my sister is...) With computing resources like this, I hope that top management in NWS does not carry the belief that more computing power alone will improve forecasting. You need to have good models behind it.
My sister once told me that met. is "sloppy physics", mostly because many of the variables for their equations aren't measurable, thus they often need to extrapolate or even guess them. Stuff like speed of vertical motion of airmasses, which as I understand aren't measurable via radar (but I could be wrong)
From reading prior posts, I have seen:
1) He's tired of it
2) Musical names
but upon thinking, I came up with an additional reason:
3) To strategically position himself so he could choose the branch of MS if it were split up.
Why don't AC's get moderated up? I think it stems from the fact that many people post comments as AC's when they are saying something that is going to be moderated down anyway. Thus, the S/N is fairly low for AC posters anyway...
Perhaps there could be two different types of AC out there: Full AC, or AC that merely hides name but is tied to poster's karma (and thus could start at 1)
Lets see, the criteria...
1) Died - Yep
2) From Stupidity - Ditto
Why omit the great Rennisance(sp?) thinkers? What about Franklin? Not to mention CmdrTaco....
to hear a voice proclaiming that "Its not what people think of you that matters, but how you act and what you accomplish" Brin's article alone makes me want to read more about him.
Even though I'm not anti-Katz, I do appreciate the opportunity to read a professional writer who isn't concentrating on current hype. Brin's article on TPM was equally thought-provoking, perhaps CmdrTaco and co. can arrange for a more frequent view on Brin's mind?
Please?
I think I heard that, let me call someone on my cellphone to find out