I suspect most physicists would rather believe that they are working towards a final description of the universe rather than just another step on an infinite progression.
Asking a physicist if the universe is infinitely complex is like asking a salesman if his product is shoddy. They both have a vested interest in the answer.
Technically true, but moot. Modern intensive farming techniques require machinery that needs fuel. Then additional fuel is needed for machines to transport food to cities, where most people live. And finally fuel is used to refridgerate, heat, and otherwise process food. So technically food is more important, but we wouldn't have food without fuel.
You're probably not too worried about the situation because when eventually there is a screw-up you'll have an audit trail and your boss won't. There's nothing like instant karma.
I can't wait until someone has to lop off my head and carry it with them in a plastic bag in order to break into my workplace. I can wait - frankly if someone really wants to break into my office they can have my badge.
What kind of geek are you? I would think the biggest advantage of running 3200x2400 is the ability to fit at least 16 reasonably sized fixed-font xterms onscreen AT THE SAME TIME!
Those sound like good ideas, but why take a chance on opaque clothing? Use transparent plastic, and you can even get several uses out of each set of clothing - more if you actually wash it between wearings. And why allow luggage? Checking all that crap for bombs is expensive. Americans are supposed to consume - why can't they just buy everything they need at their destination? That way you can even earn extra revenue by selling tickets to the "steerage" section, formerly the cargo bay.
The assumption is that only corporations will have the desire to run virtualized Windows, and they certainly have the cash to afford to pay extra for Windows. Lots of products have a corporate tax - last minute air fares, flashy hotel rooms, box seats at sports venues, etc. If something seems ridiculously overpriced then chances are corporations have a need for it.
Right. So Google, like every other company that dominates a particular market, worries about saturating that same market. Even successful companies have to try new things if they want to keep growing. Google has thrown a lot of stuff at wall to see if it sticks, and this is yet another effort to establish an profitable market.
I used to agree with you, and storing dates in local time certainly makes it easier when viewing raw DB data. But eventually you run into issues when attempting to compare dates across TZs. In the end you will end up having to do TZ conversions on every date anyway, so you might as well keep everything in UTC to ensure that all stored dates can be easily compared.
There are apparently several SMART parameters that are correlated to eventual disk failure. If a disk starts throwing SMART errors in these categories then your best bet is to replace the disk ASAP. While it may be true that most disks fail without warning that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to look for early warning signs of failure.
No it doesn't. Here are the hit probabilities from your links:
CA-19: 1 in 714,000 chance Apophis: 1 in 45,000 chance
I'm assuming the risk factor for CA-19 is higher because it is larger and its projected impact date is closer, which gives us greater confidence in its projected path.
You'd think that the availability of Eclipse and Netbeans would drive non-free Java IDEs out of the market. However at my company IntelliJ IDEA is the most popular IDE despite its non-zero cost. After using both I would be satisfied with Eclipse, but I'm glad my company got me a copy of IDEA. Apparently companies are willing to shell out cash for software that is only incrementally more useful than free alternatives. See Windows vs. Linux, MS Office vs. OpenOffice, etc.
I agree that the article is pointless. XML::Simple is the oldest Perl XML library in existence, and there are better alternatives available. How does YAML::Syck hold up against XML::LibXML for performance? Is the syntax as easy to use as XML::XPath? Who else uses YAML? I don't want to invest my time in a data format that no one else uses.
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I would have given them my former best friend's address.
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I suspect most physicists would rather believe that they are working towards a final description of the universe rather than just another step on an infinite progression.
Asking a physicist if the universe is infinitely complex is like asking a salesman if his product is shoddy. They both have a vested interest in the answer.
There is no overthrow by an evil dictator if there is already one in charge.
You said it. I think they have a name for reusing existing code, it's called "Software Engineering."
That's easy. If I think it's cool then it's a worthwhile article. If I think it sucks then it's a slashvertisement. Any questions?
Who cares when you can run Firefox with AdBlocker?
Technically true, but moot. Modern intensive farming techniques require machinery that needs fuel. Then additional fuel is needed for machines to transport food to cities, where most people live. And finally fuel is used to refridgerate, heat, and otherwise process food. So technically food is more important, but we wouldn't have food without fuel.
You're probably not too worried about the situation because when eventually there is a screw-up you'll have an audit trail and your boss won't. There's nothing like instant karma.
Depends on the machine. My new laser hand might draw considerably more power.
Well, it would be the first portable with a decent display.
The difference between a pipe and a tube is that pipes are normally used to carry crap OUT of a building.
That sounds just like Unix.
What kind of geek are you? I would think the biggest advantage of running 3200x2400 is the ability to fit at least 16 reasonably sized fixed-font xterms onscreen AT THE SAME TIME!
Those sound like good ideas, but why take a chance on opaque clothing? Use transparent plastic, and you can even get several uses out of each set of clothing - more if you actually wash it between wearings. And why allow luggage? Checking all that crap for bombs is expensive. Americans are supposed to consume - why can't they just buy everything they need at their destination? That way you can even earn extra revenue by selling tickets to the "steerage" section, formerly the cargo bay.
The assumption is that only corporations will have the desire to run virtualized Windows, and they certainly have the cash to afford to pay extra for Windows. Lots of products have a corporate tax - last minute air fares, flashy hotel rooms, box seats at sports venues, etc. If something seems ridiculously overpriced then chances are corporations have a need for it.
Right. So Google, like every other company that dominates a particular market, worries about saturating that same market. Even successful companies have to try new things if they want to keep growing. Google has thrown a lot of stuff at wall to see if it sticks, and this is yet another effort to establish an profitable market.
This is true, but the flip side is it costs the company nothing to make an exempt employee work for 5 minutes longer.
I used to agree with you, and storing dates in local time certainly makes it easier when viewing raw DB data. But eventually you run into issues when attempting to compare dates across TZs. In the end you will end up having to do TZ conversions on every date anyway, so you might as well keep everything in UTC to ensure that all stored dates can be easily compared.
Why would anyone in their right mind still be using JVM 1.3?
There are apparently several SMART parameters that are correlated to eventual disk failure. If a disk starts throwing SMART errors in these categories then your best bet is to replace the disk ASAP. While it may be true that most disks fail without warning that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to look for early warning signs of failure.
No it doesn't. Here are the hit probabilities from your links:
CA-19: 1 in 714,000 chance
Apophis: 1 in 45,000 chance
I'm assuming the risk factor for CA-19 is higher because it is larger and its projected impact date is closer, which gives us greater confidence in its projected path.
You'd think that the availability of Eclipse and Netbeans would drive non-free Java IDEs out of the market. However at my company IntelliJ IDEA is the most popular IDE despite its non-zero cost. After using both I would be satisfied with Eclipse, but I'm glad my company got me a copy of IDEA. Apparently companies are willing to shell out cash for software that is only incrementally more useful than free alternatives. See Windows vs. Linux, MS Office vs. OpenOffice, etc.
I don't think we need to bring bears into the discussion. The real question is whether we should use monkeys, ninjas, pirates or robots.
I agree that the article is pointless. XML::Simple is the oldest Perl XML library in existence, and there are better alternatives available. How does YAML::Syck hold up against XML::LibXML for performance? Is the syntax as easy to use as XML::XPath? Who else uses YAML? I don't want to invest my time in a data format that no one else uses.