Your method would require knowing how many updates are made before the next major release. What if you committed more than 100 updates? Looks like you should have done X.001 instead. It's far more practical to just let versions of the form X.Y be two distinct numbers, where X refers to major releases and Y refers to updates within X. X and Y are NOT supposed to be part of the same number.
Incidentally, pretty much every math textbook I've seen follows this same pattern. Sections have some form like 1.0, 1.1, 1.2,... 1.10, 1.11, 1.12,... 2.0,...
Einstein's revolution was sparked by a moment of insight.
Perhaps I'm misreading the intention of this sentence, but Einstein did not have some "eureka moment!" that led to special or general relativity. Special relativity was heavily influenced by the Michelson-Morley experiment and Hendrik Lorentz' work. General relativity was influenced by Riemannian geometry, and Einstein was almost beaten to its discovery by David Hilbert. His discoveries were absolutely incredible, but they were the result years and years of work building upon earlier theories and experiments.
"Actually, I was led to it by steps arising from the individual laws derived from experience."- Einstein on special relativity
I'd also recommend Introduction to Modern Cryptography, for those interested in the subject. I've had to use it for a class, and though cryptography is pretty complex (at least for me, anyway), this book does a great job at presenting the material.
I wasn't trying to imply that lithium isn't mined, just that it's not as environmentally damaging as mining nickel.From the article:
Of course, all mining activities have their environmental costs, but there's little question that the mining of lithium for electric cars that use lI-ion batteries is greener than the mining of nickel for cars that use NiMH batteries
You seem to think that "flagship product of an expensive brand" means "perfect in every way."
You're the only person I see saying that. Few people expect perfection, but it isn't unreasonable to expect adequacy, and for many (myself included), large purple lens flares are unacceptable. Again, no one is expecting the iphone (or any cellphone) to have amazing quality pictures, but there is a certain standard that phones are expected to have, and it's unbecoming for Apple's flagship to fall short. It may not be a large issue to you, but it certainly is a blemish to some, so equating legitimate criticism with unrealistic expectations is a poor excuse.
There was no way for them to know the dude was gonna cap himself, so it's not really their fault. I guess you could argue for a time delay, but meh, doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I thought it was handled the best it could be, given the circumstances.
If you rely on hashing speed to hash passwords, you are doing it wrong. computers get faster, constantly. It's not speed that matters, it's the number of possible combinations making it exponentially too large to brute force, relative to the time to calculate each hash.
It's my understanding that speed does matter, which is why if you use a fast algorithm like SHA then you're advised to run it many times because you want to slow down any adversaries by several orders of magnitude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt is an example of a KDF that is designed to be slow.
Sounds like you have a bone to pick. I haven't heard anyone talk about how writing is worthless, certainly not professors. Writing is clearly an incredibly valuable skill; however, I wouldn't say it is as difficult as writing an OS (as far as basic competency is concerned, anyway). They are wildly different skills, though, so it's subjective.
Your accusation may be accurate in regards to certain internet cultures (though you should account for humor), but indicting universities at a general level? No way. Your experiences are vastly different from mine, at least.
My question to this is... why be a sports fan? I just don't get sports fans. I mean, truly, is any year all that different from any other year? How many different ways can a ball be hit, or carried, or thrown. Not to mention, sports players are by and large, douche-nozzles.
I'm not trolling, this is a serious question. How can you honestly give a rats ass about a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around and complaining that they're not being paid enough?
Insightful? Seriously/.? Nearly everyone appreciates competition even if they aren't intimately involved. I'll agree that being a "fanatic" of a team is somewhat bizarre, but as someone who has played and watched sports my whole life, I can't see how this is a legitimate question. You may not like sports -- and that's totally cool -- but you're not being fair at all in your assessment.
Reducing competitive events down to "a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around" and generalizing sports players as "douche-nozzles" really makes me doubt this was an honest question.
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Your method would require knowing how many updates are made before the next major release. What if you committed more than 100 updates? Looks like you should have done X.001 instead. It's far more practical to just let versions of the form X.Y be two distinct numbers, where X refers to major releases and Y refers to updates within X. X and Y are NOT supposed to be part of the same number.
Incidentally, pretty much every math textbook I've seen follows this same pattern. Sections have some form like 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, ... 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, ... 2.0, ...
According to physicist Sean Carroll, who specializes in this sort of thing. I figured people might enjoy reading this, in case it hasn't been posted.
Einstein's revolution was sparked by a moment of insight.
Perhaps I'm misreading the intention of this sentence, but Einstein did not have some "eureka moment!" that led to special or general relativity. Special relativity was heavily influenced by the Michelson-Morley experiment and Hendrik Lorentz' work. General relativity was influenced by Riemannian geometry, and Einstein was almost beaten to its discovery by David Hilbert. His discoveries were absolutely incredible, but they were the result years and years of work building upon earlier theories and experiments.
"Actually, I was led to it by steps arising from the individual laws derived from experience."- Einstein on special relativity
I'd also recommend Introduction to Modern Cryptography, for those interested in the subject. I've had to use it for a class, and though cryptography is pretty complex (at least for me, anyway), this book does a great job at presenting the material.
The Golden Rule: One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.
I thought the golden rule was that it's not gay if it's in a three-way.
Of course, all mining activities have their environmental costs, but there's little question that the mining of lithium for electric cars that use lI-ion batteries is greener than the mining of nickel for cars that use NiMH batteries
Mining the nickel for the batteries used in hybrids like the Prius can negatively affect the environment. Fortunately, newer electric cars are using lithium-ion instead of nickel: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/are-electric-cars-built-in-a-green-way.htm
You seem to think that "flagship product of an expensive brand" means "perfect in every way."
You're the only person I see saying that. Few people expect perfection, but it isn't unreasonable to expect adequacy, and for many (myself included), large purple lens flares are unacceptable. Again, no one is expecting the iphone (or any cellphone) to have amazing quality pictures, but there is a certain standard that phones are expected to have, and it's unbecoming for Apple's flagship to fall short. It may not be a large issue to you, but it certainly is a blemish to some, so equating legitimate criticism with unrealistic expectations is a poor excuse.
There was no way for them to know the dude was gonna cap himself, so it's not really their fault. I guess you could argue for a time delay, but meh, doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I thought it was handled the best it could be, given the circumstances.
If you rely on hashing speed to hash passwords, you are doing it wrong. computers get faster, constantly. It's not speed that matters, it's the number of possible combinations making it exponentially too large to brute force, relative to the time to calculate each hash.
It's my understanding that speed does matter, which is why if you use a fast algorithm like SHA then you're advised to run it many times because you want to slow down any adversaries by several orders of magnitude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt is an example of a KDF that is designed to be slow.
Sounds like you have a bone to pick. I haven't heard anyone talk about how writing is worthless, certainly not professors. Writing is clearly an incredibly valuable skill; however, I wouldn't say it is as difficult as writing an OS (as far as basic competency is concerned, anyway). They are wildly different skills, though, so it's subjective. Your accusation may be accurate in regards to certain internet cultures (though you should account for humor), but indicting universities at a general level? No way. Your experiences are vastly different from mine, at least.
My question to this is... why be a sports fan? I just don't get sports fans. I mean, truly, is any year all that different from any other year? How many different ways can a ball be hit, or carried, or thrown. Not to mention, sports players are by and large, douche-nozzles.
I'm not trolling, this is a serious question. How can you honestly give a rats ass about a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around and complaining that they're not being paid enough?
Insightful? Seriously /.? Nearly everyone appreciates competition even if they aren't intimately involved. I'll agree that being a "fanatic" of a team is somewhat bizarre, but as someone who has played and watched sports my whole life, I can't see how this is a legitimate question. You may not like sports -- and that's totally cool -- but you're not being fair at all in your assessment.
Reducing competitive events down to "a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around" and generalizing sports players as "douche-nozzles" really makes me doubt this was an honest question.