think what 3DKnight is inferring is that we all send our resumes to known spamming companies. The idea is that if we all sent our resumes to them, they would have to keep them.
live in Montana, a no sales tax state, and if we show an ID we don't have to pay sales tax anywhere. The retailer might make a fuss about it, but they will almost always eventually comply. While it is probably not worth the effort, and I'm sure states would start cracking down on the use tax, I would guess that out of staters could flash an ID and buy things at their own use tax rate
That is very interesting. I did not know you could show ID and not get charged. Do the cashiers usually have to get the manager to not charge you tax? I'd imagine you've gotten some very funny looks saying "I'm from Montana, don't charge me tax".
Hm, so if I buy things from stores that charge me California sales tax am I eligible to get a vote in California in addition to my Texas one, and get Californian social services as well as Texas ones? Could I transfer from UT-Austin to UCB without losing instate tuition status?
If not, this is taxation without representation.
I know you were joking. But if I fly out to Austin and buy something, I would have to pay Texas sales tax and yet not be represented. Likewise, if you fly out to LA you will have to pay California sales tax. Seems fair. If you buy from a Californian website how is that different from buying from a store in California in person?
Nobody would call Feynman or Dyson a geek, would they?
Have you read any of Feynman's books? That guy was an uber-geek. Any guy who would ask every girl at a party "Would you sleep with me?" based on a theory that 0.1% would say yes is pretty much a poster child for geekness. And don't get me started on his little geek-jokes in his technical writings.
Of course, being a geek doesn't make him any less a genius.
You know what they say about absolute power... It results in a strictly positive number multiplied by itself
About your sig... you should specify that the "strictly positive number" must be greater than one, otherwise it converges to 0 in the limit!
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My wife is a behavioural neuroscientist and let me say that Neuroscience hasn't advanced that much. They only have rather vague ideas about which brain regions are involved in, not responsible for, certain general classes of behaviour. Don't mix up correlation with causation. Brain sciences are pretty much still in the "look for correlation" phase, and are FAR, FAR, away from any predictive value, expect certain specialized clinical areas. The brain is so complex that we may be incapable of understanding it. It's like peeling an onion.
I think it's more like if Honda came by and drained all the fluid out of your transmission because they say it "expired". And then you have no choice but to buy new transmission fluid (which would not evaporate in 30 months, it is too viscous).
That one is hard to remember and quite understandable to screw up. So is "their/there". But the "loose/lose" thing is kind of endemic to slashdot for some reason. I've never seen people make that mistake anywhere else. I have no idea why, but I suspect it is due to the large number of people to whom English is a second language.
I guess soon we'll have "loose=lose", "tho=though" and "thru=through". I guess everyone has their pet peeves.
Yes, of course I am aware, which is why I said the spelling is in danger of being changed. The problem is, when I read "loose" instead of "lose" it comes out as "loose" in my head, so it gets in the way of my understanding.
Rather than just good or not good, an entire scope of ratings could be used. ISP assignment would range from doubleplusungood to doubleplusgood, depending on how well they record and report your downloading habits to the assigning agency.
FINALLY!!! Someone on Slashdot that understands irony, and makes (somewhat) subtle allusions! MOD HIM UP!
The correct quote replaces "liberal" with "anarchist". It makes more sense that way. I guess when I turn 30 I'll support people and policies that put the economy in economic free-fall.
That's like saying the Grappa I got offered after shelling out $150.- for dinner with a date last Saturday was "free". Sure, I didn't pay for it, but you can't get it without buying dinner first.
What the hell is "Grappa"? Is it some kind of venereal disease?
Occam's razor is just another name for the need for parsimonious theories. If you ask a child why his toys are on the floor are you more likely to believe: 1) He left them there, or 2) Aliens cloned him at the center of the earth and his clone floated into the window and handcrafted perfect replicas of his toys and left them there, while absconding with his actual toys.
Your sig doesn't beg the question at all. "Begging the question" means presupposing your conclusion. It is similar to a circular argument. It does NOT mean a question that begs to be asked.
when set up right, they are much faster than microprocessors
Not true. They are MUCH MUCH MUCH slower than microprocessors. They are semi-custom, so they can do one task well, but for anything else they are dogs. They are used because they are CHEAP (both in hardware cost and development cose, not because they are fast).
I'll make a game called "Awesome" thats an ugly take off of "Snood" [slashdot.org] that's an ugly take off of "Bust a Move", and make myself an underground success!!!
Awesome was a great game for the Amiga released by Psygnosis sometime in the really early 90s. That game and Empire sure wasted a lot of high school time when I should have been studying...
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think what 3DKnight is inferring is that we all send our resumes to known spamming companies. The idea is that if we all sent our resumes to them, they would have to keep them.
No, I think he's implying that.
age-old art of viniculture
That's viticulture...
live in Montana, a no sales tax state, and if we show an ID we don't have to pay sales tax anywhere. The retailer might make a fuss about it, but they will almost always eventually comply. While it is probably not worth the effort, and I'm sure states would start cracking down on the use tax, I would guess that out of staters could flash an ID and buy things at their own use tax rate
That is very interesting. I did not know you could show ID and not get charged. Do the cashiers usually have to get the manager to not charge you tax? I'd imagine you've gotten some very funny looks saying "I'm from Montana, don't charge me tax".
Hm, so if I buy things from stores that charge me California sales tax am I eligible to get a vote in California in addition to my Texas one, and get Californian social services as well as Texas ones? Could I transfer from UT-Austin to UCB without losing instate tuition status?
If not, this is taxation without representation.
I know you were joking. But if I fly out to Austin and buy something, I would have to pay Texas sales tax and yet not be represented. Likewise, if you fly out to LA you will have to pay California sales tax. Seems fair. If you buy from a Californian website how is that different from buying from a store in California in person?
You mean imaginary:i right?
No, he means imaginary:j (He's an Electrical Engineer...)
Nobody would call Feynman or Dyson a geek, would they?
Have you read any of Feynman's books? That guy was an uber-geek. Any guy who would ask every girl at a party "Would you sleep with me?" based on a theory that 0.1% would say yes is pretty much a poster child for geekness. And don't get me started on his little geek-jokes in his technical writings.
Of course, being a geek doesn't make him any less a genius.
You know what they say about absolute power... It results in a strictly positive number multiplied by itself
About your sig... you should specify that the "strictly positive number" must be greater than one, otherwise it converges to 0 in the limit!
My wife is a behavioural neuroscientist and let me say that Neuroscience hasn't advanced that much. They only have rather vague ideas about which brain regions are involved in, not responsible for, certain general classes of behaviour. Don't mix up correlation with causation. Brain sciences are pretty much still in the "look for correlation" phase, and are FAR, FAR, away from any predictive value, expect certain specialized clinical areas. The brain is so complex that we may be incapable of understanding it. It's like peeling an onion.
I think it's more like if Honda came by and drained all the fluid out of your transmission because they say it "expired". And then you have no choice but to buy new transmission fluid (which would not evaporate in 30 months, it is too viscous).
This also begs this question - Have they been testing this technology since 1999?
To beg the question is to presuppose the conclusion to your argument. It does not mean a question that begs to be asked.
it's instead of its (and vice versa)
That one is hard to remember and quite understandable to screw up. So is "their/there". But the "loose/lose" thing is kind of endemic to slashdot for some reason. I've never seen people make that mistake anywhere else. I have no idea why, but I suspect it is due to the large number of people to whom English is a second language.
I guess soon we'll have "loose=lose", "tho=though" and "thru=through". I guess everyone has their pet peeves.
Yes, of course I am aware, which is why I said the spelling is in danger of being changed. The problem is, when I read "loose" instead of "lose" it comes out as "loose" in my head, so it gets in the way of my understanding.
But this mistake is made OVER and OVER and OVER again on slashdot. I think the spelling of the word lose is in danger of being changed by default!
they might even LOOSE money over this
LOOSE = opposite of tight
Lose = opposite of find (or win)
Learn it.
Rather than just good or not good, an entire scope of ratings could be used. ISP assignment would range from doubleplusungood to doubleplusgood, depending on how well they record and report your downloading habits to the assigning agency.
FINALLY!!! Someone on Slashdot that understands irony, and makes (somewhat) subtle allusions!
MOD HIM UP!
dude, do you ever what the news on PBS? They talk with Shields and Gigot all the time and get a lot of conservative viewpoints.
about the sig....
The correct quote replaces "liberal" with "anarchist". It makes more sense that way. I guess when I turn 30 I'll support people and policies that put the economy in economic free-fall.
Truly outstanding post. If I could mod you above 5, I would, but I'll respond instead and use my mod points on another article.
That's like saying the Grappa I got offered after shelling out $150.- for dinner with a date last Saturday was "free". Sure, I didn't pay for it, but you can't get it without buying dinner first.
What the hell is "Grappa"? Is it some kind of venereal disease?
Thanks! Do you know of any in Orange County?
Occam's razor is just another name for the need for parsimonious theories. If you ask a child why his toys are on the floor are you more likely to believe: 1) He left them there, or 2) Aliens cloned him at the center of the earth and his clone floated into the window and handcrafted perfect replicas of his toys and left them there, while absconding with his actual toys.
HP would be much more likely to support their own processor (the Alpha) than to jump in with AMD in the event that the Itanic sinks.
The Alpha?? What about PA-RISC. The HP-B2600 I'm typing on kicks serious butt.
Your sig doesn't beg the question at all. "Begging the question" means presupposing your conclusion. It is similar to a circular argument. It does NOT mean a question that begs to be asked.
when set up right, they are much faster than microprocessors
Not true. They are MUCH MUCH MUCH slower than microprocessors. They are semi-custom, so they can do one task well, but for anything else they are dogs. They are used because they are CHEAP (both in hardware cost and development cose, not because they are fast).
I'll make a game called "Awesome" thats an ugly take off of "Snood" [slashdot.org] that's an ugly take off of "Bust a Move", and make myself an underground success!!!
Awesome was a great game for the Amiga released by Psygnosis sometime in the really early 90s. That game and Empire sure wasted a lot of high school time when I should have been studying...