I'm curious, do you get to take classes in that or is it graduate work? I'm currently in my undergrad at a school that doesn't have any cryptology courses. When I graduate in December I'll be heading off to the Navy to (hopefully) do crypto, but I wonder where civilian cryptology programs are.
They have little white trucks now. I see those carts being driven around by students now, people I recognize as probably in charge of big clubs or maybe student body government.
I'll need a fireproof cap for this, but I got a little of that from Gentoo.
The difference is that Gentoo has a package manager and the way everything gets installed is pretty specific, but if you've ever been through an install you'll realize that you are quite literally starting from scratch. A stage1 Gentoo install is LFS for dummies.
This has a lot to do with the Gentoo is for ricers thing. LFS is like going out and finding each part you'll need for your car and building the whole thing from scratch. Gentoo is like walking into a large garage with all of those parts already found for you (in portage) and just waiting for you to put them together however you please.
"Well, let's look at deaths in and around schools. In 2004, there were 48 in number. In 2003, there were 16. In 2002, there were 17. Yes, the death rate in which murderous actions have taken place has gone down, but there are other factors such as the shortening of ambulance response time, better medical techniques, and so forth."
Holy crap, I didn't even see that. Why doesn't he say something like "the number of people shot in and around schools" rather than the number of deaths? Methinks he's doing it because one of those can be explained away while the other one can't.
Violent crime overall has been going down and I'm willing to bet violent crime at schools has similarly been going down, despite the hopes and dreams of the people who want to ban these games (apparently).
Yeah, like I said, this guy is a toy box for a logic student.
These interviews are awesome examples for anyone who's studied logic.
I suppose federal judges by and large don't have a problem with mental molestation of children with murder simulators.
Dirty trick, Jack, you should write speeches. Presupposition works; most notably when logic doesn't.
If this is true, why is the military using them to create killing simulators?
More with the loaded questions? Ass. I'd like to see someone prove that the military uses video games to increase soldier bloodlust.
A cyberterrorism expert has found that games such as [THQ's] Full Spectrum Warrior, or Full Spectrum Command as it's known in the military, is being used by al Qaeda to train their troops. These games don't just teach skills--they break down the inhibition to kill. [..] the way you break [the inhibition] down is to put a soldier in a VR setting, which will be far more effective in the long run.
I guess he's trying to prove it then. I love a good poke at our God-fearing patriotic American emotions by using the "a" word. Well, Jenkins says it best:
If you read what the media researchers have found, none of them believes games can turn a normal kid into an antisocial menace. [..] The contributing factors are mental illness, kids going off mood-altering meds, domestic violence, broken families, poverty
Ugh. Thompson is taking the "we know for certain" attitude copped by millions just before they make a dumb decision. Jenkins seems to be holding on to the scientific argument: "we don't know but we so far haven't been disproven"
Why is it always the It's-not-our-fault's vs. the libertarians?
Actually, it's up to the authors of the program you're using. Apple just sent out developer guidelines suggesting everyone keep as close to 8.5x11 as possible. And that's just default, most if not all programs will open up to whatever sizes you last had them at.
This is one of the arguments for OSX not having a maximize button but rather a zoom button instead. Nothing ever fills the screen so you can always see the windows open behind what you're doing. Couple this with a widescreen and you've got a setup with room your reference to one side and an editor to the other.
All the people I know who have had a Mac have never gone back.
If this interview is correct, it could mean the beginning of the end of Microsoft's proprietary file formats....and the end of one of the biggest arguments against governmental use of Microsoft Office. On the plus side, at least this would make it easier for public documents to be used by anyone.
To those worried about whether or not it's patented. Just think about the fuss that would be raised if Microsoft used a patent defense against people opening these files with non-MS products on public documents. I don't see why people haven't realized that putting public documents in Microsoft formats means that in the end they will be forced to allow anyone to use them. Maybe not now, but they'll never be able to convince a jury that it's illegal to crack the format when it's being used on public data.
You've got your cause and effect mixed up. The Republicans may have been supported by what CATO has said but CATO doesn't explicitely support them.
And that was years ago. Do you honestly see any Libertarian influence in the Republican party anymore? They've pretty well flushed it out by now. Since Bush II has been around (or rather, 9/11) CATO has been disagreeing more and more with the Republican party on all kinds of topics.
Be rest assured, any opinions CATO has in regards to the internet will nearly coincide with the Slashdot party line. The internet is an extremely libertarian place; the assumption that the people trying to regulate it are socialists... that's not for me to say.
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The military has no problem with those. There's your new IT opportunity. Of course, it's the military.
I found that toggling my antivirus active scanner made a similar difference when opening any program.
Which is why I stopped using Windows.
I'd love to see a good, objective comparison of M$ Office and Open Office...
That's an interesting way to spell the Microsoft abbreviation.
Here's a good comparison: Our lab computers have MS Office installed. They don't have Open Office. MS Office is therefor infinitely faster.
From the same location...
LOL.
Weirdos.
Artsy. More funny than anything else.
I want to know though: who can put some names on that soundtrack?
So long as the revolution will be televised, I'm happy.
Heh. Just one quick spray should reduce them to a less bothersome grey goo.
As an amateur cryptographer
I'm curious, do you get to take classes in that or is it graduate work? I'm currently in my undergrad at a school that doesn't have any cryptology courses. When I graduate in December I'll be heading off to the Navy to (hopefully) do crypto, but I wonder where civilian cryptology programs are.
I mean really. If it weren't for their power in OS and Office how else could they undercut people in other markets by releasing free software?
Think of it:
Internet Explorer
Anti-Spyware
Acrylic
Anti-Virus (announced)
I think the trend really start though with volunteers working on the Unix platform, but lets not rain on their parade.
They have little white trucks now. I see those carts being driven around by students now, people I recognize as probably in charge of big clubs or maybe student body government.
Haha.
I just responded asking if the poster was at Clemson.
Clemson?
We happen to call them that here too.
There's also the Parking Troll, but she's a very special case.
I'll need a fireproof cap for this, but I got a little of that from Gentoo.
The difference is that Gentoo has a package manager and the way everything gets installed is pretty specific, but if you've ever been through an install you'll realize that you are quite literally starting from scratch. A stage1 Gentoo install is LFS for dummies.
This has a lot to do with the Gentoo is for ricers thing. LFS is like going out and finding each part you'll need for your car and building the whole thing from scratch. Gentoo is like walking into a large garage with all of those parts already found for you (in portage) and just waiting for you to put them together however you please.
Holy crap, I didn't even see that. Why doesn't he say something like "the number of people shot in and around schools" rather than the number of deaths? Methinks he's doing it because one of those can be explained away while the other one can't.
Violent crime overall has been going down and I'm willing to bet violent crime at schools has similarly been going down, despite the hopes and dreams of the people who want to ban these games (apparently).
Yeah, like I said, this guy is a toy box for a logic student.
This is to shed *some* light on aspects of human cognition. Reason magazine just had a cover story about this sort of thing.
"If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it." -- Emerson Pugh
Of course, back when he said that 720k really was all the memory you would ever need.
My how things do change. One step closer to a neural shunt every day.
Why is it always the It's-not-our-fault's vs. the libertarians?
Actually, it's up to the authors of the program you're using. Apple just sent out developer guidelines suggesting everyone keep as close to 8.5x11 as possible. And that's just default, most if not all programs will open up to whatever sizes you last had them at.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Dude, the wart should probably be removed if it ever comes to that.
Cloying, ouch. Yeah, use it too much and you start forgetting to loath the machine. There's always DarwinPorts if you want to complicate things.
I feel like I'd be betraying something if I put my usual breed on here.
This is one of the arguments for OSX not having a maximize button but rather a zoom button instead. Nothing ever fills the screen so you can always see the windows open behind what you're doing. Couple this with a widescreen and you've got a setup with room your reference to one side and an editor to the other.
All the people I know who have had a Mac have never gone back.
If this interview is correct, it could mean the beginning of the end of Microsoft's proprietary file formats. ...and the end of one of the biggest arguments against governmental use of Microsoft Office. On the plus side, at least this would make it easier for public documents to be used by anyone.
To those worried about whether or not it's patented. Just think about the fuss that would be raised if Microsoft used a patent defense against people opening these files with non-MS products on public documents. I don't see why people haven't realized that putting public documents in Microsoft formats means that in the end they will be forced to allow anyone to use them. Maybe not now, but they'll never be able to convince a jury that it's illegal to crack the format when it's being used on public data.
No firewire? Silliness.
And where's the International Raytracing Competition? They have animations as well and often source code is provided with the image.
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's The Stalker
You've got your cause and effect mixed up. The Republicans may have been supported by what CATO has said but CATO doesn't explicitely support them.
And that was years ago. Do you honestly see any Libertarian influence in the Republican party anymore? They've pretty well flushed it out by now. Since Bush II has been around (or rather, 9/11) CATO has been disagreeing more and more with the Republican party on all kinds of topics.
Be rest assured, any opinions CATO has in regards to the internet will nearly coincide with the Slashdot party line. The internet is an extremely libertarian place; the assumption that the people trying to regulate it are socialists... that's not for me to say.