1 - The fact that students were presumed guilty until proven innocent (ie: ALL students were treated as plagiarists and had to prove otherwise or get zero).
Have they even got a leg to stand on, legally? Only when everyone has a lot of time and energy to spend on a case (like in a criminal court) do we have the luxury of "innocent until proven guilty." That's not a basic human right: it's an ideologically desirable feature when someone's entire life is at stake.
Now, I think that forcing students to prove it themselves is stupid. The university ought to be doing it. That's my only problem with it, though.
2 - Copies of the student's work submitted to the service were kept and included into its database...students had no say in the future use of their work, they either had to give up rights to it in favor of the service (so they could add it to their database and use it to make money) or refuse, not use the service and get zero.
Well, they ought to get used to it. That's pretty much how publishing in the academic world works. What will they do in graduate school when giving up rights is the only way they can get their degree?
That is because 10-20% of Americans appear to be mindless automatons who automatically support their president during wartime (a sensability that is much lauded by the American media).
It's because most of us are smart enough to realize that when you enter a war - even if you were opposed to it in the first place - it's always best to win.
The problem is that the player movement code snaps the player's velocity vector (floors each component) after every player command is processed. Player commands are sent every client frame.
If you're getting a solid 125 FPS and the gravity is at 800 (always is), your frames last 8ms, and your downward velocity will almost always have.6 units/sec shaved off of it. It feels a bit floaty, and you can obviously jump a little farther.
The other magic framerates are 200 (.6 units error) and 333 (.8 units error).
The truncating saves about 120 bytes/sec. I suppose that would matter a lot to someone playing over 56k.
Europeans laugh at American movies where the first reaction of the hero is to pull out a gun. You just don't realize how completely bizarre American society has become that guns are commonplace.
Americans laugh at Europeans who think that our movie exports are accurate portrayals of American life. You just don't realize how completely bizarre European society has become that the people there are so incredibly naive.
PMGR=`fuser/tmp/proxymngr.lock 2>/dev/null` if [ "x$PMGR" = "x" ]; then /usr/X/bin/proxymngr >/tmp/proxymngr.lock 2>/dev/null &
sleep 1 fi HOSTNAME=`hostname` PROXY_MANAGER=local/$H OSTNAME:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6500,tcp/$HOSTNAME:6500 ex port PROXY_MANAGER DISPLAY=`/usr/X/bin/xfindproxy -name lbx -server $DISPLAY` export DISPLAY
I never make "MOD THIS UP" posts, but I'll make an exception here.
The grandparent poster was accusing EVERYONE in the entire United States of being racist and bigoted, and the parent poster was kind enough to bring it to our attention. Can we get a few "Insightful" mods added?
Or are our moderators blind?
It reminds me of the incident just a while ago about a bunch of blacks who wouldn't let a white guy teach a class on African American history. The reason? "How can he teach about the evils of slavery when he's one of the kind of people who did it?"
My big problem currently is with phantom reboots on my wife's computer. It always tells me a "device driver" caused the problem, but it never says which one.
Anybody know how to extract that information from the OS?
You haven't met many women outside of meat markets, have you? The last three women I dated seriously all cared about my intellectual abilities, and I married the last one.
Score! So does my wife - about my intellectual abilities anyway - and she even understands the need to stay up all hours to solve a problem. Well, maybe she doesn't quite understand it (never having had the impulse before), but at least she understands that it's a trait she got with the rest of the package which will likely never change.
They're out there, friends. You just have to find them.
Strike it rich and retire, even though this means that if you are rich many other people will be poor. I'm no communist, but this strike it rich mentality is just absurd.
Yeah, you're a communist. You think economies are zero-sum games.
This group has a tendency to believe whatever the powers that be tell them - in this case the somewhat irrational CEO of a (likely failing) company. So contrary to what you might think and comment, the employees really don't have any idea how nutty the company's claims may be; they truly believe they are correct - they have been taught they are always right (since birth). And since the company is staffed with so many good tithe-paying members of said group, the employees likely believe they will prevail, simply because of their religious affiliation.
This is the single most idiotic thing I've ever read on Slashdot.
I'm a member of that "particular religious persuasion," and I can tell you for a fact that none of us are told to shut up and follow. It's not in the mentality, or the doctrine. (Quite the contrary, in fact: we're taught from a very young age that we ought to study and discover truth on our own.) Further, you've extended your (very biased) view of Mormons as lemmings to their faith to present them as lemmings to their companies.
I've been in software development for a long time in Utah, and I've never seen anything like what you're describing. In fact, the company I currently work for is staffed about 80% by members of this "particular religious persuasion," and the only people I've seen lemming attitudes from are the salespeople.
Your sentence has no subject. It should start, "It should be."
You have crossed the grammar fascist who lives under the rocks under the bridge and eats trolls for breakfast. If it weren't so darned sunny up where you are you'd be in big trouble.
So why should it be allowed to treat these wonders of the LORD's creation as liveless objects?
If the LORD didn't want us to eat animals then why did he make them out of Meat?
Yeah, no kidding. They taste so nice...especially with barbecue sauce...
More to the point, if LORD is in all caps, it means Jehova, who commanded his people (Israel, through Moses) to eat animals. It's amazing what people will forget in order to try to make a point.
The best mod out there is promode for Quake3--fixes all the bugs and crap that was put in there to keep the newbies happy. The difference between promode and vanilla quake 3 (and UT) is like the difference between professional baseball and T-ball.
So everyone at the tournaments at QuakeCon plays the FPS equivalent of T-ball? For money?
I think you just might be overstating. Typical CPMA believer, I suppose...
You're also wrong. Promode reintroduces bugs that Id fixed in the physics code in order to change gameplay. I'm not saying that's bad - just that you're wrong.:)
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1 - The fact that students were presumed guilty until proven innocent (ie: ALL students were treated as plagiarists and had to prove otherwise or get zero).
Have they even got a leg to stand on, legally? Only when everyone has a lot of time and energy to spend on a case (like in a criminal court) do we have the luxury of "innocent until proven guilty." That's not a basic human right: it's an ideologically desirable feature when someone's entire life is at stake.
Now, I think that forcing students to prove it themselves is stupid. The university ought to be doing it. That's my only problem with it, though.
2 - Copies of the student's work submitted to the service were kept and included into its database...students had no say in the future use of their work, they either had to give up rights to it in favor of the service (so they could add it to their database and use it to make money) or refuse, not use the service and get zero.
Well, they ought to get used to it. That's pretty much how publishing in the academic world works. What will they do in graduate school when giving up rights is the only way they can get their degree?
Made of pea brains?
We've got plenty more on this planet. Let's send some in!
That is because 10-20% of Americans appear to be mindless automatons who automatically support their president during wartime (a sensability that is much lauded by the American media).
It's because most of us are smart enough to realize that when you enter a war - even if you were opposed to it in the first place - it's always best to win.
Pragmatic, I know. God bless America.
Actually, it was never fixed.
.6 units/sec shaved off of it. It feels a bit floaty, and you can obviously jump a little farther.
The problem is that the player movement code snaps the player's velocity vector (floors each component) after every player command is processed. Player commands are sent every client frame.
If you're getting a solid 125 FPS and the gravity is at 800 (always is), your frames last 8ms, and your downward velocity will almost always have
The other magic framerates are 200 (.6 units error) and 333 (.8 units error).
The truncating saves about 120 bytes/sec. I suppose that would matter a lot to someone playing over 56k.
Europeans laugh at American movies where the first reaction of the hero is to pull out a gun. You just don't realize how completely bizarre American society has become that guns are commonplace.
Americans laugh at Europeans who think that our movie exports are accurate portrayals of American life. You just don't realize how completely bizarre European society has become that the people there are so incredibly naive.
Just make sure you take it off before you wash your hands.
Well, that was easy, wasn't it?
can't turn into a fighter plane...
...breaking all the user's bones in the process. Sounds like good design, eh?
Right cheery little rainbow, aren't you?
I can't imagine how dumb the Slashdot poster, I see here at Slashdot every day, has to be to get his commas, that mixed, up.
Really.
Not everyone subscribes to the idea of hyphenated Americans.
I never make "MOD THIS UP" posts, but I'll make an exception here.
The grandparent poster was accusing EVERYONE in the entire United States of being racist and bigoted, and the parent poster was kind enough to bring it to our attention. Can we get a few "Insightful" mods added?
Or are our moderators blind?
It reminds me of the incident just a while ago about a bunch of blacks who wouldn't let a white guy teach a class on African American history. The reason? "How can he teach about the evils of slavery when he's one of the kind of people who did it?"
Bah.
No, but they've sent back plenty of "Score -2: J00 f4gg0t!" ratings.
Har. It's a lovely feature, isn't it?
My big problem currently is with phantom reboots on my wife's computer. It always tells me a "device driver" caused the problem, but it never says which one.
Anybody know how to extract that information from the OS?
Oh! Haha! A PENIS joke! That was funny!
Seriously, though: where did all you sickos come from?
A real bleeding-heart liberal thinks Jesse Jackson is white, and that Howard Dean might as well move to Idaho and start stocking up on weapons.
You haven't met many women outside of meat markets, have you? The last three women I dated seriously all cared about my intellectual abilities, and I married the last one.
Score! So does my wife - about my intellectual abilities anyway - and she even understands the need to stay up all hours to solve a problem. Well, maybe she doesn't quite understand it (never having had the impulse before), but at least she understands that it's a trait she got with the rest of the package which will likely never change.
They're out there, friends. You just have to find them.
Strike it rich and retire, even though this means that if you are rich many other people will be poor. I'm no communist, but this strike it rich mentality is just absurd.
Yeah, you're a communist. You think economies are zero-sum games.
More gold then god...
They have GOD??
Oh, I see. You meant than. My humble apologies.
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This group has a tendency to believe whatever the powers that be tell them - in this case the somewhat irrational CEO of a (likely failing) company. So contrary to what you might think and comment, the employees really don't have any idea how nutty the company's claims may be; they truly believe they are correct - they have been taught they are always right (since birth). And since the company is staffed with so many good tithe-paying members of said group, the employees likely believe they will prevail, simply because of their religious affiliation.
This is the single most idiotic thing I've ever read on Slashdot.
I'm a member of that "particular religious persuasion," and I can tell you for a fact that none of us are told to shut up and follow. It's not in the mentality, or the doctrine. (Quite the contrary, in fact: we're taught from a very young age that we ought to study and discover truth on our own.) Further, you've extended your (very biased) view of Mormons as lemmings to their faith to present them as lemmings to their companies.
I've been in software development for a long time in Utah, and I've never seen anything like what you're describing. In fact, the company I currently work for is staffed about 80% by members of this "particular religious persuasion," and the only people I've seen lemming attitudes from are the salespeople.
In other words, your theory is quite wrong.
Your sentence has no subject. It should start, "It should be."
You have crossed the grammar fascist who lives under the rocks under the bridge and eats trolls for breakfast. If it weren't so darned sunny up where you are you'd be in big trouble.
So why should it be allowed to treat these wonders of the LORD's creation as liveless objects?
If the LORD didn't want us to eat animals then why did he make them out of Meat?
Yeah, no kidding. They taste so nice...especially with barbecue sauce...
More to the point, if LORD is in all caps, it means Jehova, who commanded his people (Israel, through Moses) to eat animals. It's amazing what people will forget in order to try to make a point.
...ESR will be forced to add it to the Jargon File. Which would deflate his ego.
Deflate? Haven't you been reading the comments here?
The best mod out there is promode for Quake3--fixes all the bugs and crap that was put in there to keep the newbies happy. The difference between promode and vanilla quake 3 (and UT) is like the difference between professional baseball and T-ball.
:)
So everyone at the tournaments at QuakeCon plays the FPS equivalent of T-ball? For money?
I think you just might be overstating. Typical CPMA believer, I suppose...
You're also wrong. Promode reintroduces bugs that Id fixed in the physics code in order to change gameplay. I'm not saying that's bad - just that you're wrong.
And Quake III's mods run C code compiled to a VM. Yes, it's actual C.