Look no further than the KKK to see an extensive history of violence in the USA coming from proud Christians. Thousands of people dead because of a different flavor of intolerance, in a different era. This too shall pass.
Agree, wasn't sure if it's sci-fi, but I recall how desperately I wanted that happy ending, and how much it surprised (and depressed) me with it's brutal honesty instead.
This is a great idea, however I'd also consider combining it with an speech recognition app. That way you can also keyword search during study / review sessions and then either read or listen to the topics in question.
My suspicion is that the white collar or "intelligent" robberies are not included in the statistical sampling the authors were allowed to draw upon. Things like electronic fraud, employee skimming, loan fraud, etc - which net the culprits millions and are not made public because they impune upon the bank's integrity far more then some guy with a gun in his pocket.
I never paid much attention to when my account was created, but it feels like/. has been a part of my daily news fix forever, and it hopefully will continue to do so. Best wishes to Rob and his family moving forward.
While I can agree on the surface the expense and time spent teaching many people who may never use it seems wasteful, I propose that the value of the handful of real genius we see evolve from that exposure who otherwise wouldn't makes it worth it. And as from the rest of us, in the end we do not suffer from knowing too much, but too little.
As well, arguing to limit exposure seems contrary to the discipline being able to grow in the future. The more people you expose to a degree beyond the mundane, the more chances you have of inspiring someone to pursue the field. With more people in the field rather then just those who had set their hearts on math, the more breakthroughs are likely.
I find it disheartening that a math professor would express such ideas, and can't help but suspect that perhaps he might feel his own career has been a waste of time rather then his opinion on the field of math instruction as a whole.
This seems the best explanation - certainly more plausible. Someone attending a film opening event then would most likely have the means to acquire and use such a device.
Last week I bought my parents a Toshiba pre-paid cell phone with 60 minutes that has all the standard cell phone features minus a camera and web browsing. The package included the phone, battery, programmable sim, wall charger, car charger, and a hands free mic/ear piece. They're going on a vacation and don't have a cell so it was an amazing deal for a little road-side security at only 10 dollars. I was pretty amazed, it made me wonder just how marked up all our higher end phones are when they can practically give this one away.
Or perhaps, like subscription plans, they hope that people will just buy more minutes on it and pay it off, but I suspect they're not losing any money if you choose not to.
A8's are the perfect secondhand car. They depreciate insanely fast (at least 2-3 times other German luxo-barges) which is crazy for such a high end suite of features.
They're counting IP connections of users who opt to check a box within the game as the foundation for their argument. It's difficult to take any Piracy/DRM conversation seriously when developers are using sensationally hyped math as a starting point. Pirates vs. buyers, static vs. dynamic IP's, and those who choose to check the box to upload their scores or not; three wildly oscillating figures they're saying = 90%.
Our pickup truck has one of those Active Fuel Management systems that cuts out 4 of 8 cylinders on the highway at cruise. The verdict? Zero change in gas mileage over a previous 8 cyl truck without the AFM, same make, model and engine size.
The mechanic we use claims that the engine works less on 8, and works more on 4, even while cruising, balancing out the gas consumed. Perhaps the system might work better on a vehicle with less air drag.
ROI is not the only consideration for alternative energy. Quit asking "what's it in for me" while looking at your wallet and go visit a stream near a coal plant, or take a deep breath in a city, or look at the evening news about Iraq and ask yourself what the ROI really is. You sir, are exactly why we have these problems in the first place; cheaper is not always better.
I suspect it's related to the coating's density or thickness. Epoxy would be far too dense to use on fabric, which is (as mentioned previously) why it also retains heat more in electronic applications. It's all supposition though till more info is provided.
Don't forget how to power it. What's the point of exceptionally large storage for portable media devices if you still have to recharge every couple of hours before utilizing a fraction of it...be it either video, music, document/image processing etc. If only battery technology could follow the development curve of miniaturization even slightly.
Slow and slightly humorous Shawn-of-the-dead flavored zombies would be ok, the U.S. probably cope what with our ample supply of guns, as well as handy baseball and cricket bats, hockey sticks, vinyl records, etc. Fast movers flavored like 28-Days-Later would truly be a pandemic. There just aren't enough women here who could handle things like Milla Jovovich.
I wonder if you could alter the composition to add colors, or would it interfere with the light collection properties. That way you could string them together in patterns and perhaps apply them on jewelry, that could provide juice for the myriad of electronic gizmo's we cart around every day.
I second that, the positive differences between DX9 and 10 are not significant enough to warrant the negative differences between XP and Vista.
I'd much rather see game developers expend their man-hours on making PC games creative and better to play (and in a perfect world, not restrictively ready-to-port-to-console), rather then focus on making them graphically unique to DX10.
I still whip out solitaire when I'm in a dead spot at work, usually while waiting for someone else to catch up. Fully sanctioned LAN parties with with old school Starcraft (plays well on non 3D accelerated desktops) are also not out of the question during *very* slow days or after a major milestone has been reached.
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Isn't that the whole point of a numbered account? Simply provide a name or number and a password for full access.
Look no further than the KKK to see an extensive history of violence in the USA coming from proud Christians. Thousands of people dead because of a different flavor of intolerance, in a different era. This too shall pass.
Agree, wasn't sure if it's sci-fi, but I recall how desperately I wanted that happy ending, and how much it surprised (and depressed) me with it's brutal honesty instead.
This is a great idea, however I'd also consider combining it with an speech recognition app. That way you can also keyword search during study / review sessions and then either read or listen to the topics in question.
My suspicion is that the white collar or "intelligent" robberies are not included in the statistical sampling the authors were allowed to draw upon. Things like electronic fraud, employee skimming, loan fraud, etc - which net the culprits millions and are not made public because they impune upon the bank's integrity far more then some guy with a gun in his pocket.
I wonder if he's getting a royalty for the cameo in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
I never paid much attention to when my account was created, but it feels like /. has been a part of my daily news fix forever, and it hopefully will continue to do so. Best wishes to Rob and his family moving forward.
And then using them to communicate...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication
While I can agree on the surface the expense and time spent teaching many people who may never use it seems wasteful, I propose that the value of the handful of real genius we see evolve from that exposure who otherwise wouldn't makes it worth it. And as from the rest of us, in the end we do not suffer from knowing too much, but too little.
As well, arguing to limit exposure seems contrary to the discipline being able to grow in the future. The more people you expose to a degree beyond the mundane, the more chances you have of inspiring someone to pursue the field. With more people in the field rather then just those who had set their hearts on math, the more breakthroughs are likely.
I find it disheartening that a math professor would express such ideas, and can't help but suspect that perhaps he might feel his own career has been a waste of time rather then his opinion on the field of math instruction as a whole.
This seems the best explanation - certainly more plausible. Someone attending a film opening event then would most likely have the means to acquire and use such a device.
Last week I bought my parents a Toshiba pre-paid cell phone with 60 minutes that has all the standard cell phone features minus a camera and web browsing. The package included the phone, battery, programmable sim, wall charger, car charger, and a hands free mic/ear piece. They're going on a vacation and don't have a cell so it was an amazing deal for a little road-side security at only 10 dollars. I was pretty amazed, it made me wonder just how marked up all our higher end phones are when they can practically give this one away.
Or perhaps, like subscription plans, they hope that people will just buy more minutes on it and pay it off, but I suspect they're not losing any money if you choose not to.
A8's are the perfect secondhand car. They depreciate insanely fast (at least 2-3 times other German luxo-barges) which is crazy for such a high end suite of features.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun - since 1873, the superior answer. (google it)
perhaps he used it to mount the board and the cards to the ...er cardboard.
They're counting IP connections of users who opt to check a box within the game as the foundation for their argument. It's difficult to take any Piracy/DRM conversation seriously when developers are using sensationally hyped math as a starting point. Pirates vs. buyers, static vs. dynamic IP's, and those who choose to check the box to upload their scores or not; three wildly oscillating figures they're saying = 90%.
Our pickup truck has one of those Active Fuel Management systems that cuts out 4 of 8 cylinders on the highway at cruise. The verdict? Zero change in gas mileage over a previous 8 cyl truck without the AFM, same make, model and engine size.
The mechanic we use claims that the engine works less on 8, and works more on 4, even while cruising, balancing out the gas consumed. Perhaps the system might work better on a vehicle with less air drag.
It's Microsoft. "What can we get away with today?" Enough said.
ROI is not the only consideration for alternative energy. Quit asking "what's it in for me" while looking at your wallet and go visit a stream near a coal plant, or take a deep breath in a city, or look at the evening news about Iraq and ask yourself what the ROI really is. You sir, are exactly why we have these problems in the first place; cheaper is not always better.
I suspect it's related to the coating's density or thickness. Epoxy would be far too dense to use on fabric, which is (as mentioned previously) why it also retains heat more in electronic applications. It's all supposition though till more info is provided.
Don't forget how to power it. What's the point of exceptionally large storage for portable media devices if you still have to recharge every couple of hours before utilizing a fraction of it...be it either video, music, document/image processing etc. If only battery technology could follow the development curve of miniaturization even slightly.
Slow and slightly humorous Shawn-of-the-dead flavored zombies would be ok, the U.S. probably cope what with our ample supply of guns, as well as handy baseball and cricket bats, hockey sticks, vinyl records, etc. Fast movers flavored like 28-Days-Later would truly be a pandemic. There just aren't enough women here who could handle things like Milla Jovovich.
I wonder if you could alter the composition to add colors, or would it interfere with the light collection properties. That way you could string them together in patterns and perhaps apply them on jewelry, that could provide juice for the myriad of electronic gizmo's we cart around every day.
I second that, the positive differences between DX9 and 10 are not significant enough to warrant the negative differences between XP and Vista.
I'd much rather see game developers expend their man-hours on making PC games creative and better to play (and in a perfect world, not restrictively ready-to-port-to-console), rather then focus on making them graphically unique to DX10.
Perhaps you've only discovered this about MS, many of us discovered this about BUNGIE seven years ago when they flipped off their loyal PC gamer fans.
I still whip out solitaire when I'm in a dead spot at work, usually while waiting for someone else to catch up. Fully sanctioned LAN parties with with old school Starcraft (plays well on non 3D accelerated desktops) are also not out of the question during *very* slow days or after a major milestone has been reached.