I think they meant "in light of" (as in, in response to). "In lieu of", as you know, means essentially "instead of", and would not make sense in this context. So, you are correct. I just hope you don't get modded down as "grammar police".
1. Salaries for IT jobs in India have shot up in the last 10 years - you're not going to find experienced software professionals for that sort of money.
2. I know from my own experience that US (federal and state) government contracts generally have a provision that the majority of the work must be performed by citizens/residents of the constituency in question.
As such, this is an interesting piece of alarmist speculation, but also utter claptrap.
How do you figure? How much information is coded in a blood sample, for instance, if you count all the DNA/RNA sequencing? For that matter, how much information can you send if you load up a 16-Gb USB drive (or a few) and send them off in a tube?
1. Almost entirely irrelevant is not the same as being entirely irrelevant. There are people for whom Zynga's behaviour is atrocious enough to make them think twice about using its products.
2. This doesn't change the fact that Zynga's games are buggy, derivative pieces of crap, and more than half of my friends who've tried either Farmville or CafeWorld have left their virtual farms and restaurants to gather dust. If you keep dragging newbies in, but most of those wander away due to boredom or frustration, that's not really a "growth" business plan.
The author's point (near as I can tell) isn't so much "comments are bad" as "most people comment incorrectly", which I would not argue with.
Nobody who's actually worked on other people's code in the wild will argue that comments are bad (at least, nobody sane), but there IS a right and wrong way to comment. Unfortunately, while you can explain to newbies about commenting until you're blue in the face, they really won't "get it" until they've been there themselves.
This isn't really news - Microsoft started making the patch available to OEMs in October in anticipation of a losing legal battle. Is it any surprise they could make it available to end-users so "quickly"?
Heh, yeah - I get a kick from pointing out that IBM basically won the next-gen console wars the day they started, given that Big Blue contributes to the chipsets for all three consoles.
Is this the same Microsoft that just said they're all in favour of respecting others' intellectual property rights? To quote, "We respect trademarks and other people's intellectual property, and look forward to the next steps in the judicial process."
Electronics/logic kits are good. Kits that allow the kids to make something and learn at the same time are good - like the "make your own chewing gun" or "make your own chocolate" kits. Bug-hunting (as in entomology, not Aliens/Starship Troopers) kits? A decent telescope and a night sky manual (or even an electronic starfinder)?
As for where to buy, that depends on where you are. Someone already mentioned ThinkGeek. If you're in Canada, Efston Science is a good place to shop, as is the "Scholar's Choice" chain of stores.
Another alternative is to eschew the pre-produced kits, get a good science book (hard to find, but they exist), and buy a few key components the kids would need to perform experiments in the book. The "Evil Genius" line of books can be spotty, but sometimes have interesting ideas.
They mention Zynga for Cafe World, but some of their other products (I'm looking at YOU, Farmville) also seem very similar to competitors' products (Farm Town, anyone?). Their latest, PetVille, seems awfully derivative of Pet Society by Playfish, for example.
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The name of the academic institution is the University of Waterloo, not "Waterloo University".
They start at $499, and even the top-end model (64Gb and 3G wireless) is under a grand. US funds, of course.
Mis-type in the above - it's for 16Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb models, there is no 8Gb model. Sorry :(
Unit is to start at $499 for 8Gb, $599 for 16Gb, or $699 for 32Gb models
3G enabled units $130 more
Data plans (with AT&T) are 250Mb/month for $14.99 (surely they mean Gb?), or unlimited for $29.99
"There will be models with 3G support" according to Steve Jobs, so saying that it doesn't support 3G is just a bit, um, wrong.
The ATMs there don't charge any fees!
If you have experience, and are willing to lead a team, you can make decent money. Of course, how do you get experience?
"the open source and free software movements haven't produced anything remotely as useful as Mac OS X"
This would be the Mac OS X which is based on FreeBSD?
We can party like it's 1987! Everyone get out their pastel clothes!
I think they meant "in light of" (as in, in response to). "In lieu of", as you know, means essentially "instead of", and would not make sense in this context. So, you are correct. I just hope you don't get modded down as "grammar police".
MBA's are even more expensive than engineers - probably just replaced the lot with a bunch of minimum-wage high school drop-outs.
Two points:
1. Salaries for IT jobs in India have shot up in the last 10 years - you're not going to find experienced software professionals for that sort of money.
2. I know from my own experience that US (federal and state) government contracts generally have a provision that the majority of the work must be performed by citizens/residents of the constituency in question.
As such, this is an interesting piece of alarmist speculation, but also utter claptrap.
How do you figure? How much information is coded in a blood sample, for instance, if you count all the DNA/RNA sequencing? For that matter, how much information can you send if you load up a 16-Gb USB drive (or a few) and send them off in a tube?
No, the bandwidth here is just fine.
Two things:
1. Almost entirely irrelevant is not the same as being entirely irrelevant. There are people for whom Zynga's behaviour is atrocious enough to make them think twice about using its products.
2. This doesn't change the fact that Zynga's games are buggy, derivative pieces of crap, and more than half of my friends who've tried either Farmville or CafeWorld have left their virtual farms and restaurants to gather dust. If you keep dragging newbies in, but most of those wander away due to boredom or frustration, that's not really a "growth" business plan.
The author's point (near as I can tell) isn't so much "comments are bad" as "most people comment incorrectly", which I would not argue with.
Nobody who's actually worked on other people's code in the wild will argue that comments are bad (at least, nobody sane), but there IS a right and wrong way to comment. Unfortunately, while you can explain to newbies about commenting until you're blue in the face, they really won't "get it" until they've been there themselves.
My point too... How is this news? As has often been said, science is less about "Eureka!" and more about "Hmm, that's odd..."
The workaround should put an end to a long-running dispute between Canadian i4i and Redmond
Oh, hey, I know that guy! He lives down the street from me, right next to C3P0 and THX1138.
This isn't really news - Microsoft started making the patch available to OEMs in October in anticipation of a losing legal battle. Is it any surprise they could make it available to end-users so "quickly"?
Heh, yeah - I get a kick from pointing out that IBM basically won the next-gen console wars the day they started, given that Big Blue contributes to the chipsets for all three consoles.
Anybody else read this article and get instantly reminded of the Simpsons episode where Homer became an astronaut?
Episode 1F13 for those who wish to remember.
3D Realms? :-)
Is this the same Microsoft that just said they're all in favour of respecting others' intellectual property rights? To quote, "We respect trademarks and other people's intellectual property, and look forward to the next steps in the judicial process."
Something with no energy means it has no movement. No movement means it must radiate all of its energy as gravitation.
So, what you're saying is that something with no energy must lose all of its energy as gravitation. Anybody else see a problem with this explanation?
Electronics/logic kits are good. Kits that allow the kids to make something and learn at the same time are good - like the "make your own chewing gun" or "make your own chocolate" kits. Bug-hunting (as in entomology, not Aliens/Starship Troopers) kits? A decent telescope and a night sky manual (or even an electronic starfinder)?
As for where to buy, that depends on where you are. Someone already mentioned ThinkGeek. If you're in Canada, Efston Science is a good place to shop, as is the "Scholar's Choice" chain of stores.
Another alternative is to eschew the pre-produced kits, get a good science book (hard to find, but they exist), and buy a few key components the kids would need to perform experiments in the book. The "Evil Genius" line of books can be spotty, but sometimes have interesting ideas.
They mention Zynga for Cafe World, but some of their other products (I'm looking at YOU, Farmville) also seem very similar to competitors' products (Farm Town, anyone?). Their latest, PetVille, seems awfully derivative of Pet Society by Playfish, for example.