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  1. I thought frames was SW Bell or was it SBC claiming they got that patent when they bought some holding of SW Bell... I don't remember.

  2. Re:Difficulty? on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    You mention Mnemonics but it's not necessarily the same as learning. Mnemonics is imposing a pattern on information that allows us to quickly store and recall it, however we don't need to understand the information to do this. Our minds do weird tricks like this but not always in expected ways, like certain smells, sounds, images can be associated with a memory, the smell of bacon makes me think of Saturday morning cartoons.

  3. Re: Burn those algebras ladies on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 2

    This guy is a political scientist I don't think he knows how much math is really used or in what fields. I would hate to think a Doctor or EMT wouldn't know how to figure out how much of a medication they could give over an amount of time vs body weight.

  4. Re: Burn those algebras ladies on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    It's not until you get into more advanced statistics classes that things start to come together, which is the same situation as algebra and calculus.

    I'm not sure sure I can agree that algebra doesn't come together until you get into more advanced classes because even junior high algebra made complete sense to me almost as if it were an operation of logic. I also can't agree that only mathematicians and engineers use advanced math unless algebra isn't advanced math in which case why did they mention it.

    My brother will tell you working at the water plant where drinking water comes from, algebra is must in his everyday job. Algebra is my bread and butter and I'm not an engineer I'm just a tech and coder.

  5. Re:Autonomous Weapons = High Value Target on New Report Cites Dangers of Autonomous Weapons · · Score: 2

    You could couple autonomous weapons with autonomous cars and have autonomous drive by shootings... or just hack the autonomous car and crash it into someone or something.

    This is what I don't understand is... we can't create autonomous emergency braking systems that avoid unforeseen circumstances and manufacturing defects how the hell is autonomous weapons even remotely a good idea let alone autonomous cars.

  6. Natural Gas?!?! I already use that to heat my house, I suspect not all of it comes from unicorns but they charge me like it does.

  7. Re:Not really on America's Ten Most Oppressive Colleges · · Score: 1

    We let our overly vocal wack jobs talk out of turn, shake our heads, and go on with our day, not sure why we would stop anyone else...

  8. Re:Because China is not asking for the same thing on Apple Is Not Such a Freedom Fighter In China (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There are already forensics companies providing tools to law enforcement to get data off of cell phones, this is about making the designer give them back door access so they can avoid the time and expense of using a third party contractor.

  9. That will allow the rest of us a safe and efficient mode of transportation.

    Possibly your children, but I doubt you will ever enjoy this tech. Sorry.

  10. Re:Not really on America's Ten Most Oppressive Colleges · · Score: 1

    I was dreading reading the list because my state hosts to a few very vocal wack jobs that embarrasses the majority of the residents on the national news all the time. I'm not sure if I should be surprised we're not on the list, not surprised, or just relieved.

  11. Re:So what is the way they want this done? on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    I just figured most would know the term as being from the 70s ,80s... I did a lot basic on the C64 not that it's really useful now.

  12. Re:SFS/FSF does not get to rule on GPL on Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal (phoronix.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Canonical only announced their intention and encouraged SFC to speak out because if law suites because now is the time to find out if any interested parties are going to sue... prior to actually starting and getting sued

  13. Re:So what is the way they want this done? on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    Micro Computers was a term used in the 80s and the most popular micro computer was probably the Commodore 64 which came out around the same time you were graduating... colleges used to give computer science programs catchy names to enroll students. The program name was something like Micro Computing and Applied Computer Sciences.

    I phrased it Micro Computers to give an idea of when I was talking about.

  14. Right because the company that provides the forensic tools used by law enforcement on cell phones would probably gladly help them with that for a hefty fee and a long term contract.

  15. Re:So what is the way they want this done? on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    I switched majors after a year from micro computers to applied music so long ago that anything I did learn is fairly worthless today. At the time I didn't think computers where ready for the spotlight and it was more than decade before they were but when teaching lost it's luster I was able to get on at a major computer manufacture and probably had a hand in at least something you use today.

  16. Re:Wow on Microsoft To Acquire Xamarin (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually I like C# but I still see idiots drag-n-dropping crap with the supper easy IDE... but that's not a MS problem

  17. Re:Wow on Microsoft To Acquire Xamarin (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    If .Net ever truly becomes write once deploy everywhere... terrifying.

  18. Re:So fucking what on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    How bright? LI-FI tan while browsing the internetz...

  19. Re:Theoretical speeds on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Fiber of-course.

  20. Re:Dupe? on NASA Announces WFIRST As a New Space Observatory (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought there was a glitch in the matrix...

    The previous was about the NASA press release this one is the press release they both should have been in the same post as they are both from the 18th.

  21. Re:Simple solution on DoJ Wants Apple To Decrypt 12 More iPhones (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't there already other companies that already offer those services at a really high price?

  22. Re:Of course it will. on ARM: Mobile Graphics Will Surpass PlayStation 4, Xbox One In 2017 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Or possibly discontinued for a newer model.

  23. Re: They want no cash on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    You just off load all that time suck onto the manager your paying the salaried minimum wage of $455/week and have them work 60 hours you know the equivalent of paying them $6.50/hour. You need to think outside the box, if you are going to maximize your profit.

  24. Re:Ubuntu Studio on Ask Slashdot: Linux and the Home Recording Studio? · · Score: 1

    I did not realize Alesis had discontinued it's line of multi-track recording but now that you mention it... looks like zoom and tascam are the only ones around over a 4 track for the home studio.

    I alway thought tascam sounded a lot better than what you were paying for considering they were about a quarter of what the high end brands cost.

  25. Re:Ubuntu Studio on Ask Slashdot: Linux and the Home Recording Studio? · · Score: 1

    If you're looking for simple 2 channel interfaces or something like that, there's a plethora available that work nearly out of the box.

    That's the problem with just about any DAW... the hardware. There are plenty of purpose built hardware multi-track recorders that are 24 or 32 track and can record 8 or 12 inputs. Dump it to the PC and edit to your hearts content if you like.