Someone should tell Brandon Sanderson before he finishes the Stormlight Archive. At his current trajectory, the last book in the series may be 10k pages.
Perhaps they should also be allowed to block cell phones so that you will have to make use of your hotel phone. And of course ban outside food and drink so you will need to eat from their restaurant or vending machines. Make sure you also don't bring your own towel to the pool or your own sunscreen, that would be stealing from the hotel.
Since it would be brand new infrastructure, I'm waiting for the whining posts about how Cubans in shacks made from discarded garage doors have gigabit internet access for $1/mo when Americans in Key West (50 miles away) have to make due with 5mbit DSL for $60/mo.
The Frankfurt airport already tries their best to make travel unpleasant. This is the only airport I have seen that pats everyone down after going through the scanners. Both times that I went through this airport with my wife they took her to a private room to disrobe because her "bra wire" was setting off the alarm. Funny how that never happens anywhere else.
Despite the fact that I am coming from another country in the EU, they always force us to de-plane on the tarmac in front of the gate, then shuttle us to the international terminal where we get to go through customs and security again. This has caused me to miss more than one connection despite having only an hour layover (again coming from and going to EEA countries).
We always complain about the TSA and American security theatre. Well Frankfurt has them beat by a mile.
And those great paying jobs that are necessary, but distasteful or difficult... they can be performed by multiple people.
I wouldn't mind being a garbage man or sanitation worker if I only had to do it 1 day per week and had the best gear and support equipment money can buy.
Even in utopia, where everything is provided for, there will still be an elite. Someone has to be first in line (unless all products are instantly available in any quantity). Someone will need to possess the one of a kind artworks or antiques. Property will always be a necessity.
Perhaps in utopia having a job allows you to have more children and live in a bigger home.
Most of these people are house poor. That is, I can make $100k a year and if my house payment, property tax, garbage, sewer, water, yard care, etc. is $4500/mo (normal in my area for a 2500 sqft house) then I have the same disposable income as someone who makes $55K and only pays $750/mo in rent (with the mentioned utilities included).
So the difference between being Rich and being middle class would solely come down to the house. Not what gadgets you can buy, car you can afford, school you can send your kids to, or how often you can eat out.
Sure, a big house near the city is nicer than an apartment. But does it make you "rich"? I'm not so sure.
A reasonable position to take, and I usually take it a step further and wait for the "Game of the Year" edition (or its like) to get the updates and DLC included.
But, the main issue now is that so many perks are bundled with "pre-orders" (which count as day-1 sales) that if you don't participate in this process you often are at a distinct disadvantage.
Unlike in the desktop world, the mobile device operating systems rely on common middleware to allow different processor architectures to function.
Anyone that moves to Intel would first have to show that Intel can be as effective or more so that ARM based architectures at executing the SAME bytecode. Therefore there is no lock-in as you could at any time switch to another processor and not lose any compatibility with existing software.
In short, the same thing that lets Intel enter the existing mobile space is the same thing that will prevent them from locking others out.
I think the point of having 700 satellites is that you will always have at two within line of sight (obstacles not withstanding). So you could possibly get away with two non-tracking dishes. Or, given that these are LEO there may be more than enough signal strength to make beam steering flat antennas more practical (like the Kymeta antenna). They work with MEO, but typically need to be rather large to get decent gain. With LEO they may work great.
I was part of the group that stood in line for a week for the original X-Men opening in Hollywood, CA (a hold-over from the popularity of the Star Wars lines).
One day this homeless looking guy (one of many, possibly hundreds, that we saw during the week) came by with a wolverine hat on and told us that he had invented the character. We humored him, but none of us took him seriously. A couple days later Bryan Singer stops by to say high, sees this guy in the background, and pulls him to the front of the line to tell us that the guy invented Wolverine. Oops.
That whole experience was frought with cringe though. Before I had been introduced to Bryan, he knocked my dreamcast off of the TV (ok, we weren't exactly roughing it) and I yelled at him for a solid 2-3 minutes. I also spent some time arguing with an old man about Star Trek, who turned out to be Harlan Ellison. To be fair, he didn't tell me who he was (I would have recognized the name, though I didn't know what he looked like).
All good points, but the fact is that we already treat people differently based on their gender. I.E. you must run this fast, for this long, to be an effective soldier, unless you are female, then you can be slower and quit sooner. The answer is that we don't put women into the positions that are too physically demanding for them. This is the same concept, if you happen to have an MOS that doesn't require you to be physically active, then as along as you can complete your mission you should be fine.
And why not separate camps for cyber warriors? If that is actually the term, then maybe they should have a cyber camp and a cyber uniform too. If they dress in business casual and work in offices then they would look just like the contractors they are meant to replace.
Who is pushing women out of the CS field? There are obviously a lack of women entering the field (for any of the meriad of reasons posted in this thread), but in my 20+ year experience in the field I have never experience an environment where women are pushed out. If anything they are championed because of their differences and often treated with kid gloves.
In my current office a majority of the women have risen above the rank and file. Whether it's due to talent (in my opinion it is, as most do seem to be more effective team leads), or due to management not wanting to look like they are discriminating I cannot be sure. I can be sure that they aren't being pushed out.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the royal family own some huge portion of the land and buildings? You would remove a title, and change tax payments to rent payments, and in the end you would have what, Kennedy's with the finances of Walton's?
I took the bog standard BS in Computer Science (so not Software Engineering), but had to learn basic proficiency in multiple languages.
CS101/2 was C++. There was a machine language course where we learned theory (MIPS) and practical (SPARC assembly). There was a data structures course that required labs to be done in Java, and expected you to learn it on your own if you weren't already familiar.
There was an Artificial Intelligence course which required you to learn and use Lisp and a compilers course where we developed compilers for our own limited scope language, and an operating systems course where we built an OS using our compiler from the previous course.
And who could forget the database course with the flavor of the day SQL, or the computer graphics elective that made use of OpenGL.
There was also a general languages course where every 2 to 3 lab sessions we switched to a new language. Obviously we didn't learn anything in depth about them, but we were exposed enough to get the basic concepts and to determine when / where they would be most applicable.
So sure, the degree wasn't laser focused on one or two languages, but to say we weren't exposed to programming is laughable. And while the BA in Computer Technology (the programming only degree we had at the time) was also offered, our BS CSCI students with decent grades could be guaranteed several offers from recruiters while the BA CT students almost never received such attention.
They will do it the same way they always do. If the company is "out of state" but does business in Deleware, they can be sued in Deleware. Same if they are out of Country.
Now, how effectively can Deleware (or the US if it is out of country) claim the assets from the judgement, that is obviously case by case.
An example would be someone sueing Google. Google doesn't recognize Deleware's authority, doesn't show up for trial. Summary judgement for claimant in $XXX. Claimant then sees a Google StreetView car parked in a Motel 6, calls the Sheriff and has the car seized and turned over. Rinse and repeat until the value has been reclaimed.
Just wanted to mention that the article lists $148k as the highest level. Given that the highest paid employees at the USPTO are federal lawyers and judges that seems pretty low.
Without commenting on this particular situation; why does the researcher necessarily have a more correct interpretation of the data than someone else who has reviewed that research.
Take academia for example. If a professor has 20 of his students experiment on rats and report the results to him, which he compiles and then publishes with a conclusion. Why is his conclusion automatically better than anyone else with similar background that can now review the same data? Because it was his "idea" to do the research?
Ahh the old Europe is superior to US because they drive stick argument. I love it when people become overly proud of a talent that pretty much anyone can learn in a few hours at a Walmart parking lot.
Your healthcare may be superior, but driving a stick is a personal preference and is about as boast-worthy as being able to operate the fryer at a burger joint.
I see this as making sense for physical goods, but if they "destroy the market" for intangibles like eBooks, then raise their prices, it is trivially easy for the publishers or some third party to re-enter the market.
Presumably it is easier to get access to easements and existing municipal infrastructure. Funding is easier as they can self finance through municipal bonds vice getting loans from the bank, and they add a sense of legitimacy that may encourage fence sitters to choose the new option.
Factory for building batteries, owned by the person who owns the largest installer of solar panels in the US, only considering regions with a high percentage of clear sunny days. Somehow I think the power grid is not their primary concern.
I think it more likely has to do with the difficulty of creating a female hero that people actually care about. Since they can't seem to do that, they will just convert an already popular hero, giving them an instant audience.
I know Slashdot isn't all one mind, but I seem to remember the arguments from our European members being the opposite when it came time to try Microsoft for being a monopoly.
How can the EU fine a US company? Simple, they fined the portion that was incorporated in the EU.
This is the same issue; The US is not going after the EU Microsoft corporate entity, they are going after the US corporate entity. That these may be the "same" company (like a person with dual citizenship) is not really the issue. They can ask the US company to provide the data (wherever it is located), and if they refuse they can be held in contempt, found to be obstructing, etc.
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Someone should tell Brandon Sanderson before he finishes the Stormlight Archive. At his current trajectory, the last book in the series may be 10k pages.
Perhaps they should also be allowed to block cell phones so that you will have to make use of your hotel phone. And of course ban outside food and drink so you will need to eat from their restaurant or vending machines. Make sure you also don't bring your own towel to the pool or your own sunscreen, that would be stealing from the hotel.
Since it would be brand new infrastructure, I'm waiting for the whining posts about how Cubans in shacks made from discarded garage doors have gigabit internet access for $1/mo when Americans in Key West (50 miles away) have to make due with 5mbit DSL for $60/mo.
The Frankfurt airport already tries their best to make travel unpleasant. This is the only airport I have seen that pats everyone down after going through the scanners. Both times that I went through this airport with my wife they took her to a private room to disrobe because her "bra wire" was setting off the alarm. Funny how that never happens anywhere else.
Despite the fact that I am coming from another country in the EU, they always force us to de-plane on the tarmac in front of the gate, then shuttle us to the international terminal where we get to go through customs and security again. This has caused me to miss more than one connection despite having only an hour layover (again coming from and going to EEA countries).
We always complain about the TSA and American security theatre. Well Frankfurt has them beat by a mile.
And those great paying jobs that are necessary, but distasteful or difficult... they can be performed by multiple people.
I wouldn't mind being a garbage man or sanitation worker if I only had to do it 1 day per week and had the best gear and support equipment money can buy.
Even in utopia, where everything is provided for, there will still be an elite. Someone has to be first in line (unless all products are instantly available in any quantity). Someone will need to possess the one of a kind artworks or antiques. Property will always be a necessity.
Perhaps in utopia having a job allows you to have more children and live in a bigger home.
There are lots of ways this could play out.
Most of these people are house poor. That is, I can make $100k a year and if my house payment, property tax, garbage, sewer, water, yard care, etc. is $4500/mo (normal in my area for a 2500 sqft house) then I have the same disposable income as someone who makes $55K and only pays $750/mo in rent (with the mentioned utilities included).
So the difference between being Rich and being middle class would solely come down to the house. Not what gadgets you can buy, car you can afford, school you can send your kids to, or how often you can eat out.
Sure, a big house near the city is nicer than an apartment. But does it make you "rich"? I'm not so sure.
A reasonable position to take, and I usually take it a step further and wait for the "Game of the Year" edition (or its like) to get the updates and DLC included.
But, the main issue now is that so many perks are bundled with "pre-orders" (which count as day-1 sales) that if you don't participate in this process you often are at a distinct disadvantage.
Unlike in the desktop world, the mobile device operating systems rely on common middleware to allow different processor architectures to function.
Anyone that moves to Intel would first have to show that Intel can be as effective or more so that ARM based architectures at executing the SAME bytecode. Therefore there is no lock-in as you could at any time switch to another processor and not lose any compatibility with existing software.
In short, the same thing that lets Intel enter the existing mobile space is the same thing that will prevent them from locking others out.
I think the point of having 700 satellites is that you will always have at two within line of sight (obstacles not withstanding). So you could possibly get away with two non-tracking dishes. Or, given that these are LEO there may be more than enough signal strength to make beam steering flat antennas more practical (like the Kymeta antenna). They work with MEO, but typically need to be rather large to get decent gain. With LEO they may work great.
I was part of the group that stood in line for a week for the original X-Men opening in Hollywood, CA (a hold-over from the popularity of the Star Wars lines).
One day this homeless looking guy (one of many, possibly hundreds, that we saw during the week) came by with a wolverine hat on and told us that he had invented the character. We humored him, but none of us took him seriously. A couple days later Bryan Singer stops by to say high, sees this guy in the background, and pulls him to the front of the line to tell us that the guy invented Wolverine. Oops.
That whole experience was frought with cringe though. Before I had been introduced to Bryan, he knocked my dreamcast off of the TV (ok, we weren't exactly roughing it) and I yelled at him for a solid 2-3 minutes. I also spent some time arguing with an old man about Star Trek, who turned out to be Harlan Ellison. To be fair, he didn't tell me who he was (I would have recognized the name, though I didn't know what he looked like).
All good points, but the fact is that we already treat people differently based on their gender. I.E. you must run this fast, for this long, to be an effective soldier, unless you are female, then you can be slower and quit sooner. The answer is that we don't put women into the positions that are too physically demanding for them. This is the same concept, if you happen to have an MOS that doesn't require you to be physically active, then as along as you can complete your mission you should be fine.
And why not separate camps for cyber warriors? If that is actually the term, then maybe they should have a cyber camp and a cyber uniform too. If they dress in business casual and work in offices then they would look just like the contractors they are meant to replace.
Who is pushing women out of the CS field? There are obviously a lack of women entering the field (for any of the meriad of reasons posted in this thread), but in my 20+ year experience in the field I have never experience an environment where women are pushed out. If anything they are championed because of their differences and often treated with kid gloves.
In my current office a majority of the women have risen above the rank and file. Whether it's due to talent (in my opinion it is, as most do seem to be more effective team leads), or due to management not wanting to look like they are discriminating I cannot be sure. I can be sure that they aren't being pushed out.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the royal family own some huge portion of the land and buildings? You would remove a title, and change tax payments to rent payments, and in the end you would have what, Kennedy's with the finances of Walton's?
I took the bog standard BS in Computer Science (so not Software Engineering), but had to learn basic proficiency in multiple languages.
CS101/2 was C++. There was a machine language course where we learned theory (MIPS) and practical (SPARC assembly). There was a data structures course that required labs to be done in Java, and expected you to learn it on your own if you weren't already familiar.
There was an Artificial Intelligence course which required you to learn and use Lisp and a compilers course where we developed compilers for our own limited scope language, and an operating systems course where we built an OS using our compiler from the previous course.
And who could forget the database course with the flavor of the day SQL, or the computer graphics elective that made use of OpenGL.
There was also a general languages course where every 2 to 3 lab sessions we switched to a new language. Obviously we didn't learn anything in depth about them, but we were exposed enough to get the basic concepts and to determine when / where they would be most applicable.
So sure, the degree wasn't laser focused on one or two languages, but to say we weren't exposed to programming is laughable. And while the BA in Computer Technology (the programming only degree we had at the time) was also offered, our BS CSCI students with decent grades could be guaranteed several offers from recruiters while the BA CT students almost never received such attention.
You can buy RSA tokens, the same that governments and militaries around the world rely on, for $10 a piece.
They will do it the same way they always do. If the company is "out of state" but does business in Deleware, they can be sued in Deleware. Same if they are out of Country.
Now, how effectively can Deleware (or the US if it is out of country) claim the assets from the judgement, that is obviously case by case.
An example would be someone sueing Google. Google doesn't recognize Deleware's authority, doesn't show up for trial. Summary judgement for claimant in $XXX. Claimant then sees a Google StreetView car parked in a Motel 6, calls the Sheriff and has the car seized and turned over. Rinse and repeat until the value has been reclaimed.
Just wanted to mention that the article lists $148k as the highest level. Given that the highest paid employees at the USPTO are federal lawyers and judges that seems pretty low.
Without commenting on this particular situation; why does the researcher necessarily have a more correct interpretation of the data than someone else who has reviewed that research.
Take academia for example. If a professor has 20 of his students experiment on rats and report the results to him, which he compiles and then publishes with a conclusion. Why is his conclusion automatically better than anyone else with similar background that can now review the same data? Because it was his "idea" to do the research?
Ahh the old Europe is superior to US because they drive stick argument. I love it when people become overly proud of a talent that pretty much anyone can learn in a few hours at a Walmart parking lot.
Your healthcare may be superior, but driving a stick is a personal preference and is about as boast-worthy as being able to operate the fryer at a burger joint.
I see this as making sense for physical goods, but if they "destroy the market" for intangibles like eBooks, then raise their prices, it is trivially easy for the publishers or some third party to re-enter the market.
Presumably it is easier to get access to easements and existing municipal infrastructure. Funding is easier as they can self finance through municipal bonds vice getting loans from the bank, and they add a sense of legitimacy that may encourage fence sitters to choose the new option.
Factory for building batteries, owned by the person who owns the largest installer of solar panels in the US, only considering regions with a high percentage of clear sunny days. Somehow I think the power grid is not their primary concern.
I think it more likely has to do with the difficulty of creating a female hero that people actually care about. Since they can't seem to do that, they will just convert an already popular hero, giving them an instant audience.
I know Slashdot isn't all one mind, but I seem to remember the arguments from our European members being the opposite when it came time to try Microsoft for being a monopoly.
How can the EU fine a US company? Simple, they fined the portion that was incorporated in the EU.
This is the same issue; The US is not going after the EU Microsoft corporate entity, they are going after the US corporate entity. That these may be the "same" company (like a person with dual citizenship) is not really the issue. They can ask the US company to provide the data (wherever it is located), and if they refuse they can be held in contempt, found to be obstructing, etc.