they were using lead compounds... At a moment where many people wonder if the use of nanoparticles is safe, it's good to know that nanotechnology has been widely used for a very long time.
Well...humans have done other things for a long time that were none too healthy.
Like, using lead compounds to dye their hair.... I highly doubt that they didn't suffer from lead poisoning. The implication that it has been "safe" for a "very long time" is ridiculous.
Then have them work in groups using a whiteboard, and don't let them test their code until they've all agreed that it's correct.
I really have to disagree with this. It flies in the face or iterative development, test driven development, and small releases. Students need constant feedback on their work, and the sooner that they get it, the more effective that it is. Writing things on a white board does not give them any form of feedback. They will not even be able to catch compile errors in this set-up. It will just frustrate them and slow their learning.
There was a definite advantage to the old submit-a-deck-of-cards system, in that mistakes were annoying and you worked hard to avoid them. To do this, you had to really think about what you were trying to accomplish, how you planed to do it, and what might go wrong. In other words, you were really learning to program.
No. The cost of catching an error early is much less than catching it later. It would have been better to have been testing things all along instead of just being careful and thinking hard. Errors will happen no matter how careful you are. If you test early, the cost of making them will be much less. There is nothing that says that you can't still be careful and plan if you are testing as you go.
On the other hand, with highly interactive environments (which are extremely useful once you know what you are doing) beginners are all to tempted to fall into a trial and error loop until they get something that "works"--which is to say, it happens to produce reasonable results for whatever limited test case they are using--without ever really thinking about the program.
I will agree with this in the case of "beginners," but this would be negated if they followed test driven development practices.
Can you finally delete files/folders without it giving you a stupid "access denied" for no reason? Plase let me delete aging files with no guff. I'm the user at the computer, so do what I say.
Of course, delete the files in CMD(er, DOS), and it deletes them without guff.
I had the same problem... it was do to my AV software (Norton) scanning the files in the folder for me because I had accessed them. Strangely, it would take a long time to scan a 800Meg video file.
I verified this by using procexp.exe to see which process was holding an open file handle for that folder. It just wouldn't let go of the file.
I've since switched to AVG and havn't had the same problem.
SuperFetch also takes advantage of external memory devices--plug in that spare 256MB USB key (any size will work, really) and Windows can cache a lot of the working set to it. It's not as fast as your system RAM, but it's much faster than randomly grabbing small bits of data from all over your hard drive.
Aside from the fact that modern hard discs are supposedly faster than USB 2.0, isn't paging out part of the VM to a hot swappable device just dope-assed? Shurley shome mishtake!
It didn't say paging, it said caching. If your cache disappears, it's no worse than a cache miss.
I think that it's worse that they are going to use limited cycle memory (can only be written to a limited number of times) as a cache. You'll wear out your pen drive a lot quicker this way. If you want more cache, you should just put in more RAM. The kenrnel can then use it as either cache or heap space.
Isn't there a POSIX layer for NT that would require symlink ability? This is probably just unused capability that is already built into the OS.
It is. NTFS already supports links. Soft and hard. There is just no easy way to create them through the explorer interface. There was a command line utility that you could download to make them though. The fact that you can "mount" a drive as a folder is the only visible indication in the current UI.
I couldn't find teh command line tool that I used to use, but a quick google search turned up this: NTFS Link
I've been writing to Blogger/Google about a lot of fake blogs for a while and I'm glad to see Flag as Objectionable come into play. After a while I just got tired of doing it and stopped.
Up until now there was nothing they or the surfer could do - good work Google.
Yes, good work Google. Don't fix a problem that you know about. Don't fix a problem that your users tell you about. Don't even fix a problem which you, youself, have identified as a major issue to another part of your business. Only fix it if it is reported by the media.
WiMax and other technologies don't dynamically route. So if you're downloading or calling someone, and you move out of WiMax area A, to WiMax area B, how do you disclose your new IP address to the caller? How do you tell someone left the range of WiMax A? IP technology assumes a fixed IP address; VoIP rely on that fixed IP address to route the phonecalls to your Vonage or other phone.
Because Intel has better branding (and marketing), which is what Apple is all about. They wouldn't dream of putting what is still percieved as a second tier CPU in their boxen.
The one got up left the room went to our advisors room grabbed a book and came back to class with the answer. He got the A that day cause the test wasnt the problem, it was who was going to waste their time trying to figure it out on paper when the answer was staring you in the face on the bookshelf.
It's too bad that the dean expelled him later that week for "cheating" on this in class quiz.
Last employer? They will give you a reference. The one before that? Left the company. Before that? Both of my managers left the company. Before that? Both were downsized. Before that? Left the company. Before that? The company went under. Before that? How many jobs do you think I've had?
Google's true genius might be the way they add new features...and let it all get advertised by users. Instead of the Yahoo model of cluttering up the main page so much that is unusable, Google just adds a feature--and people find out when they try it, or it ends up on a site like Slashdot
You mean, a shill or marketoid at google "discovers" it and starts sending it around.
Slashdot Mirror
Like, using lead compounds to dye their hair.... I highly doubt that they didn't suffer from lead poisoning. The implication that it has been "safe" for a "very long time" is ridiculous.
They are adults. You are not their mother.
Reaction Formation
Can a private corporation legally dictate what a news agency can and cannot say?
No, but they can cut the news agency off by not helping them write stories anymore.
See the Propaganda Model.
Nice to see that he still has good things to say about Microsoft and it's management.
I think that he's smart enough not to burn bridges.
1. Sell insecure operating system
2. Charge extra to make it secure
3. Profit!
Does Cthulhu drive KARR in this game?
/scheme
I heard that he drove a cdr.
Then have them work in groups using a whiteboard, and don't let them test their code until they've all agreed that it's correct.
I really have to disagree with this. It flies in the face or iterative development, test driven development, and small releases. Students need constant feedback on their work, and the sooner that they get it, the more effective that it is. Writing things on a white board does not give them any form of feedback. They will not even be able to catch compile errors in this set-up. It will just frustrate them and slow their learning.
There was a definite advantage to the old submit-a-deck-of-cards system, in that mistakes were annoying and you worked hard to avoid them. To do this, you had to really think about what you were trying to accomplish, how you planed to do it, and what might go wrong. In other words, you were really learning to program.
No. The cost of catching an error early is much less than catching it later. It would have been better to have been testing things all along instead of just being careful and thinking hard. Errors will happen no matter how careful you are. If you test early, the cost of making them will be much less. There is nothing that says that you can't still be careful and plan if you are testing as you go.
On the other hand, with highly interactive environments (which are extremely useful once you know what you are doing) beginners are all to tempted to fall into a trial and error loop until they get something that "works"--which is to say, it happens to produce reasonable results for whatever limited test case they are using--without ever really thinking about the program.
I will agree with this in the case of "beginners," but this would be negated if they followed test driven development practices.
\i{We have no idea what the long-term impact of these devices inside the human body could be.}
Actually, we kind of do. This technology has been used on animals for years.
Only on animals that have a typical lifespan of 10 years though.
I'm a bit confused, but what does any of the above examples have to do with violence?
Tsk. Tsk. Pop culture established this in the 1988 in the US: sex is violent.
Can you finally delete files/folders without it giving you a stupid "access denied" for no reason? Plase let me delete aging files with no guff. I'm the user at the computer, so do what I say.
Of course, delete the files in CMD(er, DOS), and it deletes them without guff.
I had the same problem... it was do to my AV software (Norton) scanning the files in the folder for me because I had accessed them. Strangely, it would take a long time to scan a 800Meg video file.
I verified this by using procexp.exe to see which process was holding an open file handle for that folder. It just wouldn't let go of the file.
I've since switched to AVG and havn't had the same problem.
From TFA: The slick new calendar app is a welcome addition to the bundled Windows programs.
So how is this different than outlook? The screeny [ziffdavisinternet.com] to me looks like outlook+eyecandy...maybe its just me.
Outlook isn't bundled with Windows. It comes with office. So the "bundled" calendar app is new to Windows.
From TFA:
SuperFetch also takes advantage of external memory devices--plug in that spare 256MB USB key (any size will work, really) and Windows can cache a lot of the working set to it. It's not as fast as your system RAM, but it's much faster than randomly grabbing small bits of data from all over your hard drive.
Aside from the fact that modern hard discs are supposedly faster than USB 2.0, isn't paging out part of the VM to a hot swappable device just dope-assed? Shurley shome mishtake!
It didn't say paging, it said caching. If your cache disappears, it's no worse than a cache miss.
I think that it's worse that they are going to use limited cycle memory (can only be written to a limited number of times) as a cache. You'll wear out your pen drive a lot quicker this way. If you want more cache, you should just put in more RAM. The kenrnel can then use it as either cache or heap space.
Isn't there a POSIX layer for NT that would require symlink ability? This is probably just unused capability that is already built into the OS.
It is. NTFS already supports links. Soft and hard. There is just no easy way to create them through the explorer interface. There was a command line utility that you could download to make them though. The fact that you can "mount" a drive as a folder is the only visible indication in the current UI.
I couldn't find teh command line tool that I used to use, but a quick google search turned up this: NTFS Link
I've been writing to Blogger/Google about a lot of fake blogs for a while and I'm glad to see Flag as Objectionable come into play. After a while I just got tired of doing it and stopped.
Up until now there was nothing they or the surfer could do - good work Google.
Yes, good work Google. Don't fix a problem that you know about. Don't fix a problem that your users tell you about. Don't even fix a problem which you, youself, have identified as a major issue to another part of your business. Only fix it if it is reported by the media.
"The wars of tomorrow will be fought by tiny robots on the tops of very high mountains. Your job will be to build and maintain these robots."
I'd be more concerned with hitting your download limit for the month in under an hour.
WiMax and other technologies don't dynamically route. So if you're downloading or calling someone, and you move out of WiMax area A, to WiMax area B, how do you disclose your new IP address to the caller? How do you tell someone left the range of WiMax A? IP technology assumes a fixed IP address; VoIP rely on that fixed IP address to route the phonecalls to your Vonage or other phone.
A project which I was on last year: Tetherless Computing Architecture
War is just the process of forceably making your enemy love you, current methods however involve the the death of the target individual.
That sounds straight out of 1984.
/ War is peace.
Because Intel has better branding (and marketing), which is what Apple is all about. They wouldn't dream of putting what is still percieved as a second tier CPU in their boxen.
The one got up left the room went to our advisors room grabbed a book and came back to class with the answer.
He got the A that day cause the test wasnt the problem, it was who was going to waste their time trying to figure it out on paper when the answer was staring you in the face on the bookshelf.
It's too bad that the dean expelled him later that week for "cheating" on this in class quiz.
See section 5.2 of rfc1750 for more techniques to remove skew.
Now, if it only did Windows;)
/I keed
But does it run Linux?
Don't joke. That's more or less what I say.
Last employer? They will give you a reference. The one before that? Left the company. Before that? Both of my managers left the company. Before that? Both were downsized. Before that? Left the company. Before that? The company went under. Before that? How many jobs do you think I've had?
Google's true genius might be the way they add new features...and let it all get advertised by users. Instead of the Yahoo model of cluttering up the main page so much that is unusable, Google just adds a feature--and people find out when they try it, or it ends up on a site like Slashdot
You mean, a shill or marketoid at google "discovers" it and starts sending it around.