Biking will go a long way towards recuding our dependence on external power sources. I'm not tlaing about replacing everything with human-powered, but there are several articles I've seen that point out:
- The total amount of infrastructure to replace fossil-based sources is woefully inadequate at our current consumption rates.
- Scaling back consumption will have to occur in a relatively quick amount of time (5-10 years) and will result in a panic situation for many people.
- For most trips that people take, a human-powered verion of it wouldn't compromise the duration or capacity. They are simpyl going a short distance with a little bag.
This really isn't a troll, but focusing on the fact that our energy sources are not going to be able to keep up forever should give one pause to think. Infrastructure is most important than science, and we're all going to pass through "an hourglass" of need at some point. I want to be on a bike then.
Coming from an Ed college (with a CS degree!) I must say that you HAD to see all this coming. There are no surprises about what Student Teaching is. Glad you got out. As for the wife and kids...keep the "but I wouldn't trade them for the world" disclaimer in there;)
Only having a BS (as in degrees, hehe) I stand corrected. I find myself surrounded by people paying off outrageous student loans quite often, some from CS. Perhaps it was all those keggers.
After you graduate, I'm quite curious about the job prospects for PhDs.
As one of those monkeys, you should not pass over it lightly - even at low pay.
I had a debate with a friend a year or two ago about doing a startup or jumping into a small biz, or applying for a cubicle. He did the former; me the latter.
After his constant job-hopping, he's struggling still and I have been moving up through the ranks slowly by simply living in a box. My technical abilities have stayed sharp and my schedule is reliable and reasonable.
If you can adjust your cost-of-living accordingly, a cubicle is a safe place to be right now. I content to not chase the glory just so I can pay for a beer at the end of the week.
I hope I'm not completely redundant when I say that this goes on way more than just this idea. Religious types have been trying to reconcile the concept of Information That Wants To Be Free via the web for quite a while.
I wouldn't be surprised if religious-based ISPs do a brisk business with insane filters.
Religions are constantly trying to balance their moral standings above the rest of the world, but also try to interact with people in some bizarre way. It'd be best if they simply stuck to their webrings of God Is Great homemade fluff.
You touch on how art draws the viewer into the fantasy of the future. One has to note that this image sells. The populatiry of art is related to its volume, IMO. Take the popularity of Parrish in the 20's, for example.
So, I look upon the fantasy of art in an era as the "wanting" a population holds to some degree. Taking it a step further, they see these things as entirely possible, but not available "just yet". This is the same game played by (say) automakers when displaying their concept cars or just about every Omni magazine. It's a little lottery ticket for the masses of "what could be".
Overall, these things are fun, but rarely are they serious enough to chase. One may end up living the life of Moller
Interesting, but still not more deceptive than department store chains, for instance. Price hikes/cuts, testimonials (or "user-reviews" on Amazon), prominent display of the overstock, these are fair game in shopping.
Amazon has created a way to mimic the antics of a brick n mortar shop, but they still cannot overcome a certain level of saavy online shopper:
Then, offline, we're talking garage sales, liquidators, etc. The more I write, the saavier the shoper, IMO, but for one willing to wait and slowly pick through the information, quality can be found at a competative (to the market at the time) price.
Here in the US, "diving" through one's trash to glom semi-precious information about them is a common identify-theft method.
If the Meter ID of every BT customer is on their bill, one only needs there name and address (probably on the same bill!) to act on their behalf.
This seems to fly in the face of how any private key system would work. If it is a public key, what are the channels that ensure nobody else can use such an identity?
I predict this will go up in flames. I see the electric bills of past residents of apartments all the time, simply floating into mailboxes long after they've left. If BT still thinks they live there, then "IMU" when I use this info.
Forgive me if this opinion results from ignorance of BT magical "meter id" number. But nevertheless, private passwords exist for a reason. None of the source info here seems quite secure.
That would assume microsoft has anything novel in their software to begin with. Their "value-added" pieces are simply specialized (read:bundled) versions of already commoditized software.
You think anyone really wants to slop through IE code to replace the Opera rendering engine? The original request to make competing companies on par with the MS development. So for example, if you simply cannot get the performance you want out of your TCP/IP stack, you wade through MS's to find their undocumented kernel calls. Or, it lets you learn how to hook your own WM into the system instead of the Explorer WM, but only after you finish trying their published methods. It's on a case-by-case basis, and its certainly harder to read than their documentation, no matter how sparse.
The only thing I'd want to know about their code is examples of published APIs. Even then, I've not run into too many problems in the latest platforms. Microsoft is not an big innovator IMO, they simply tightly integrate their ever-growing OS functions for personal computer "simplicity of management".
Okay, so yet another "biased" report. There should be another on the Windows side somewhere for thsi guy's audience. Lets dig it up.
Most of us have used both setups, and from the looks of this article, the author's audience is not as comptuer saavy as the typical/. reader.
We know that fun difference of logging into the "server" and joining the users in the group. In the MS world, there is still that "my machine" thinking. Perhaps this is biggest difference I take from this report.
I must say, I agree here. The "my machine" aspect has caught quite a few of my users defending their files and setup much more earnestly than they should (we swipe their box and give them a new one - "network drive is your personal space, lowly user"). "Roaming profile" is an ugly add-on in the MS world.
I would be EXTREMELY happy to admin a *nix user group rather than an MS group. The endless capability for users to junk their machines, or for our own applications to crowd the machines is a bit of a hurdle to learn for each MS os release.
It's been posted, but more interesting to me are the admin/software maint. specifics between the two.
Interestingly, MS argues almost the SAME THING as the reason their process is more productive. They sell with the slogan that independence of machines overcomes the bottlenecks that centralized OS's can create. They say for those "down" numbers, that 1 or 2 crashes for a Unix box kill EVERYONE logged in, not just the single person who is hosing Access from...well, using it.
I thik thats a great idea. A layer of socket usage that was designed from the ground up to prevent the abuses learned today would be a worthy endeavor. I'd help out if given the opportunity.
There have been cases that go beyond the bounds of what I say above
Like posting misleading stock information with any hint of "inside information" or authority.
Spamming opinions is one thing, but securities are advertised based on real numbers. Even these are to be sent out with numerous disclaimers. Give it up dude.
Something hit me after reading this: Are the tricks and games played in the "old internet days" when everything was hype still working? There are new people logging in, true, but with the endless popup/pr0n/commercial aspect of the net these days, who doesn't get wise quickly?
I'm simply amazed that the internet is now a global "idiot born every day" domain where any old trick still works like a charm. Yawn. When will this simply be as much news as someone buying "land in arizona" sight unseen?
This guy may well be mistaken identity, but if the allegations are true, he is surely in for a surprise. I don't know his state's laws, but let's hope they get in on the works.
I have given up communicating on stock boards mainly because of the nature of these kinds of posts - hype. But then again, I'm not sure what I was looking for in reading those boards anyway.
Personally, I have never seen any movie work as I do. Been programming 15 years running, and of course I've changed my style but...
There is a time period in coding where one, sooner or later, has all the knowledge ready to spill out from their fingertips, and the screen(s) are setup for maximum coding output. It's in this time that I've been simply focused to the bone on some problem, wheel invented or not. This is a point of headphone blaring, slouching tapping and screen flipping that looks completely boring to an observer. In team jobs, it can be even more fun.
I don't think the movies would ever WANT to depict this strange ritual.
Also, please note, you'll find that Awards ceremonies are linked in a symbiotic relationship with sales. "WINNER OF..."/"NOMINATED FOR..." is used in almost every advertisement.
I suppose the day when we see a complete CGI film make the list will be far off, however much effort and emotion goes into the production.
I daresay there will be many more wooden actors in the audience than Gollum's character. Sad.
Linux (Hooray!) is becoming an option, and I'll do everything I can to get it in use, but it's not there yet. I can't yet readily make a living producing software unless I at least allow accessability to Windows users.
Guy, you are so way behind the times it's embarrassing. For all the worrying you have here, why don't you see what you can sell with the Linux distros. I'm sure you'll be delightfully surprised. Perhaps you've just signed in, but people are making a living with non-MS solutions. Become a part of it.
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you must be trolling. you only want good reviews? get over the "any press is good press" phobia.
Biking will go a long way towards recuding our dependence on external power sources. I'm not tlaing about replacing everything with human-powered, but there are several articles I've seen that point out:
- The total amount of infrastructure to replace fossil-based sources is woefully inadequate at our current consumption rates.
- Scaling back consumption will have to occur in a relatively quick amount of time (5-10 years) and will result in a panic situation for many people.
- For most trips that people take, a human-powered verion of it wouldn't compromise the duration or capacity. They are simpyl going a short distance with a little bag.
This really isn't a troll, but focusing on the fact that our energy sources are not going to be able to keep up forever should give one pause to think. Infrastructure is most important than science, and we're all going to pass through "an hourglass" of need at some point. I want to be on a bike then.
mug
Hmmm. Bitter?
;)
Coming from an Ed college (with a CS degree!) I must say that you HAD to see all this coming. There are no surprises about what Student Teaching is. Glad you got out. As for the wife and kids...keep the "but I wouldn't trade them for the world" disclaimer in there
Only having a BS (as in degrees, hehe) I stand corrected. I find myself surrounded by people paying off outrageous student loans quite often, some from CS. Perhaps it was all those keggers.
After you graduate, I'm quite curious about the job prospects for PhDs.
And woe the student loans! You better hope your PhD gives you insight into The Next Big Thing, and you know how to make money from it.
Think small. smaller.
As one of those monkeys, you should not pass over it lightly - even at low pay.
I had a debate with a friend a year or two ago about doing a startup or jumping into a small biz, or applying for a cubicle. He did the former; me the latter.
After his constant job-hopping, he's struggling still and I have been moving up through the ranks slowly by simply living in a box. My technical abilities have stayed sharp and my schedule is reliable and reasonable.
If you can adjust your cost-of-living accordingly, a cubicle is a safe place to be right now. I content to not chase the glory just so I can pay for a beer at the end of the week.
mug
I hope I'm not completely redundant when I say that this goes on way more than just this idea. Religious types have been trying to reconcile the concept of Information That Wants To Be Free via the web for quite a while.
I wouldn't be surprised if religious-based ISPs do a brisk business with insane filters.
Religions are constantly trying to balance their moral standings above the rest of the world, but also try to interact with people in some bizarre way. It'd be best if they simply stuck to their webrings of God Is Great homemade fluff.
mug
You touch on how art draws the viewer into the fantasy of the future. One has to note that this image sells. The populatiry of art is related to its volume, IMO. Take the popularity of Parrish in the 20's, for example.
So, I look upon the fantasy of art in an era as the "wanting" a population holds to some degree. Taking it a step further, they see these things as entirely possible, but not available "just yet". This is the same game played by (say) automakers when displaying their concept cars or just about every Omni magazine. It's a little lottery ticket for the masses of "what could be".
Overall, these things are fun, but rarely are they serious enough to chase. One may end up living the life of Moller
mug
Thanks for teaching me how to spell savvy.
We're agreed, the convenience of impulse buying costs more. Ah! Capitalism at it's best.
Interesting, but still not more deceptive than department store chains, for instance. Price hikes/cuts, testimonials (or "user-reviews" on Amazon), prominent display of the overstock, these are fair game in shopping.
Amazon has created a way to mimic the antics of a brick n mortar shop, but they still cannot overcome a certain level of saavy online shopper:
- Multiple, unrelated consumer review sources
- Broad, multiple price comparison lists
- The used/auction resources
Then, offline, we're talking garage sales, liquidators, etc. The more I write, the saavier the shoper, IMO, but for one willing to wait and slowly pick through the information, quality can be found at a competative (to the market at the time) price.
mug
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Here in the US, "diving" through one's trash to glom semi-precious information about them is a common identify-theft method.
If the Meter ID of every BT customer is on their bill, one only needs there name and address (probably on the same bill!) to act on their behalf.
This seems to fly in the face of how any private key system would work. If it is a public key, what are the channels that ensure nobody else can use such an identity?
I predict this will go up in flames. I see the electric bills of past residents of apartments all the time, simply floating into mailboxes long after they've left. If BT still thinks they live there, then "IMU" when I use this info.
Forgive me if this opinion results from ignorance of BT magical "meter id" number. But nevertheless, private passwords exist for a reason. None of the source info here seems quite secure.
mug
That would assume microsoft has anything novel in their software to begin with. Their "value-added" pieces are simply specialized (read:bundled) versions of already commoditized software.
You think anyone really wants to slop through IE code to replace the Opera rendering engine? The original request to make competing companies on par with the MS development. So for example, if you simply cannot get the performance you want out of your TCP/IP stack, you wade through MS's to find their undocumented kernel calls. Or, it lets you learn how to hook your own WM into the system instead of the Explorer WM, but only after you finish trying their published methods. It's on a case-by-case basis, and its certainly harder to read than their documentation, no matter how sparse.
The only thing I'd want to know about their code is examples of published APIs. Even then, I've not run into too many problems in the latest platforms. Microsoft is not an big innovator IMO, they simply tightly integrate their ever-growing OS functions for personal computer "simplicity of management".
mug
Okay, so yet another "biased" report. There should be another on the Windows side somewhere for thsi guy's audience. Lets dig it up.
/. reader.
Most of us have used both setups, and from the looks of this article, the author's audience is not as comptuer saavy as the typical
We know that fun difference of logging into the "server" and joining the users in the group. In the MS world, there is still that "my machine" thinking. Perhaps this is biggest difference I take from this report.
I must say, I agree here. The "my machine" aspect has caught quite a few of my users defending their files and setup much more earnestly than they should (we swipe their box and give them a new one - "network drive is your personal space, lowly user"). "Roaming profile" is an ugly add-on in the MS world.
I would be EXTREMELY happy to admin a *nix user group rather than an MS group. The endless capability for users to junk their machines, or for our own applications to crowd the machines is a bit of a hurdle to learn for each MS os release.
It's been posted, but more interesting to me are the admin/software maint. specifics between the two.
Interestingly, MS argues almost the SAME THING as the reason their process is more productive. They sell with the slogan that independence of machines overcomes the bottlenecks that centralized OS's can create. They say for those "down" numbers, that 1 or 2 crashes for a Unix box kill EVERYONE logged in, not just the single person who is hosing Access from...well, using it.
mug
I thik thats a great idea. A layer of socket usage that was designed from the ground up to prevent the abuses learned today would be a worthy endeavor. I'd help out if given the opportunity.
There have been cases that go beyond the bounds of what I say above
Like posting misleading stock information with any hint of "inside information" or authority.
Spamming opinions is one thing, but securities are advertised based on real numbers. Even these are to be sent out with numerous disclaimers. Give it up dude.
Something hit me after reading this: Are the tricks and games played in the "old internet days" when everything was hype still working? There are new people logging in, true, but with the endless popup/pr0n/commercial aspect of the net these days, who doesn't get wise quickly?
I'm simply amazed that the internet is now a global "idiot born every day" domain where any old trick still works like a charm. Yawn. When will this simply be as much news as someone buying "land in arizona" sight unseen?
This guy may well be mistaken identity, but if the allegations are true, he is surely in for a surprise. I don't know his state's laws, but let's hope they get in on the works.
I have given up communicating on stock boards mainly because of the nature of these kinds of posts - hype. But then again, I'm not sure what I was looking for in reading those boards anyway.
Personally, I have never seen any movie work as I do. Been programming 15 years running, and of course I've changed my style but...
There is a time period in coding where one, sooner or later, has all the knowledge ready to spill out from their fingertips, and the screen(s) are setup for maximum coding output. It's in this time that I've been simply focused to the bone on some problem, wheel invented or not. This is a point of headphone blaring, slouching tapping and screen flipping that looks completely boring to an observer. In team jobs, it can be even more fun.
I don't think the movies would ever WANT to depict this strange ritual.
Also, please note, you'll find that Awards ceremonies are linked in a symbiotic relationship with sales. "WINNER OF..."/"NOMINATED FOR..." is used in almost every advertisement.
I suppose the day when we see a complete CGI film make the list will be far off, however much effort and emotion goes into the production.
I daresay there will be many more wooden actors in the audience than Gollum's character. Sad.
Linux (Hooray!) is becoming an option, and I'll do everything I can to get it in use, but it's not there yet. I can't yet readily make a living producing software unless I at least allow accessability to Windows users.
Guy, you are so way behind the times it's embarrassing. For all the worrying you have here, why don't you see what you can sell with the Linux distros. I'm sure you'll be delightfully surprised. Perhaps you've just signed in, but people are making a living with non-MS solutions. Become a part of it.
Sounds like business plan!
1: Buy TurboTax
2: Build legal case of boot sector manipulation
3: ?
4: Profit!
hey! nobody likes a fence sitter.
The AD-speak is an example of the encryption. Before running it through the Virtual matrix of Pseudo-information, it said something meaningful.
Now all there is to read on the site is about equivalent to "QUACK! quack quack quack..."
mug
I meant his son. Sorry for the confusion. Back to your stations.