This is absolutely true, and likewise, humans beat computers in everyday specific situations.
If you look at your mom's face, you instantly recognize her as your mom. If a computer "looks" at your mom's face and tries to recognize her, too late, you won.
the human has near zero chance of drawing , forget winning
I don't think any paths in chess that guarantee wins have been discovered. You'd have to assume that the computer can see a guaranteed path to victory close to the start of the match, but I don't think that's possible (too many possibilities, too much branching.)
The Redmond, Wash., software giant asked for the new trial, citing several factors, including the unusual proportions of the jury's judgment and the court's refusal to allow discussion of some prior art or similar technology that Microsoft believes predated the Eolas patent and should therefore invalidate it.
Microsoft mentioned one piece of prior art in particular, the Viola browser, invented by Perry Pei-Yuan Wei, an artist, software engineer and then a student at the University of California at Berkeley. That browser dates back to 1991 and its plug-in capabilities to 1992, nearly two years before Eolas filed for its patent.
Once again, prior art popping up. So, this whole thing will probably get turned on its head after about 3 more years of litigation.
Education is very important, but so is other traits.
Like the ability to properly conjugate "to be"!
I've been told that if you don't have a 3.0 in college, you shouldn't show it off. But if you have a high GPA, like 3.7, 3.8, etc, then you had better show that are "well rounded" as well or else they won't want you! What BS is that?!?!?! I can be too good?!?! Do they think that only 1% of all graduates are good enough for their companies and the other 99% should be cutting hair or picking up trash?!?!?! Bah, I'm getting tired of this crap.
A college degree, first and foremost, shows a willingness and dedication to bettering yourself, and to stick with something. It shows that you were willing to take at least 2-3 years to stick with something and educate yourself. That drive sets you apart from people that said "fuck it" when they could have hit the books.
A GPA less than 3.0 is average. You don't accentuate the average on a resume. You want to show what sets you apart from other people, so that's why you don't show a low GPA on a resume.
And well-rounded is important, too -- do you want to hire some "genius" with a 4.0 GPA that can't even communicate effictively with other human beings?
Besides that, resumes aren't what get you hired -- interviews are. Resumes are used to get the company interested, you basically show what sets you apart from everyone else. Then they bring you in to see if you're what they're looking for.
And honestly, so what if companies want the top 1% of graduates? If I ran my own company, I'd be trying to hire the best of the best. GPA isn't one of my criteria, but if that's someone else's, that's their prerogative.
It isn't helpful to get upset about hiring criteria; these companies are just trying to find excellent employees. You need to figure out why you are excellent, and show that to those companies in your resume.
Unfortuatly in the past couple years almost all telemarketers showup as 'unknown' anyway, so I have no way to prove I already talked to someone selling the exact same thing.
OK, so why make a law to dodge telemarketing calls? You could just not answer calls that have blocked numbers. You could get a TeleZapper. Verizon has Call Intercept. How hard is it to be proactive?
Um. Well, you'll be glad to hear that the First Amendment has nothing what so ever to do with anything in this thread.
I'll bold the relevant portions: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
So actually, it has everything to do with it.
I dont care if they pitch their sales to people that care to hear it. All I know is I dont want to hear it, have told them so, and am still _forced_ to listen to it aginst my will.
Really. Someone held you down and forced you to listen.
No.
No one forced you to lease a telephone line. No one forced you to answer that phone. And certainly, no one forced you to give your phone number out to some companies who decided to call you back.
The First Amendment does not grant you the right to force me into anything aginst my will.
First Amendment also does not grant you the right to pass laws abridging freedom of speech -- doesn't matter if you like the speech or not. Why do you think ignorant people still get to say "nigger" all the time?
And as to your "UNLIST YOUR NUMBER!!!" comment, thank you for suggesting what I did as I ordered the phone line 9 years ago. Got any suggestions that may have something to do with solving the problem of harassing calls? As it would seem, adding or removing my number from the public phone books should have no physical means or otherwise to magically make that number removed from the telemarketers lists.
TeleZapper. Check your Caller ID box (that's what it's there for.) Change your phone number.
So what if someone who calls me can never call again? There are 22.9 million businesses in the US. Do I have to tell every one individually (most of whom have a problem identifying themselves unless you pretend to be interested in buying their crap) that I don't want them to call??
If I send 22.9 million people to your house, one a day, to ring your doorbell, do you have to tell each one of them individually to stop? Yes. Deal with it.
As for the unlisted number crap, once you give your number to any company, your number is fair game. There is no regulation stating that they are not allowed to call unlisted numbers.
That sounds like your problem, buddy -- don't give out your telephone number!
Oh, and by the way, get a clue. There is nothing in the constitution referring to the forcing of a person to be subject to a barrage of commercial speech in the privacy of their own home.
I'll bold the relevant portions: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
And like I said, I doubt it's a barrage. Please, get me call logs! PROOF! FACT! For the love of God, I am at least quoting REAL DOCUMENTS!
So, since it's mandated at work, and this problem is so rampant, you're telling me:
* Every machine at your office has IE crash multiple times a day * Since it becomes unstable for later uses, the best recourse is to reboot, so everyone at your office reboots their machine at least once a day
I am here telling you that I tell them to not call me. I generally even say please first. Usually I say "Please do not call this number back. Thank you, Bye." or something similar, then wait to hear if they hangup or start talking. I will not speak after this point, even though I am listening. Only once did the telemarketer actually hang up the phone. The rest just ignored my polite request and continued to annoy me. After a couple of seconds I will then hangup.
If they ever call me back, at that point everything legally is in place for me to obtain a court order to keep the person out of my life.
You're missing the point: if you tell a telemarketer to not call you back, they won't. Can you actually show me documented proof that a telemarketer, or a single company, that you have told to specifically not call you back, has called you back? There are strict laws saying "once they say don't call me, you can't call them."
So we come back to the issue:
I personally do not feel I should be forced into getting court orders aginst the thousands of thousands of telemarketing companys out there. Not to mention when they 'fold' and turn up under a different name, and the court order will not apply.
If you don't want people calling your phone number, it shouldn't be publicly listed. That's why people have private phone numbers, so they aren't bothered.
It disturbs me that people will piss on the First Amendment so easily for a little comfort. Hello, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are a bit more important than dodging a phone call. UNLIST YOUR NUMBER!!!
Since when do you have the right to tell people they cannot speak to you without a restraining order and due process? Hey, don't respond to this comment.
Additionally, I don't have kids. And you want my kid to get cancer because of a few phone calls? You need therapy. Give me your address, I'll beat it into you.
Same company every day at dinner? Every other day, even?
Come on, PLEASE do not insult my intelligence! FACT is what gets the job done, people, not hyperbole, not assumptions, not exaggerations! The SAME COMPANY is calling you persistently? To the point where a restraining order is justified???
For the love of God, somebody show me some proof!
I find it amusing, that you all throw a shit fit over the Patriot Act and the DCMA, but now it's OK to piss on the First Amendment.
So you want me to believe that the same company is calling you -- to the point of harassment -- at dinner time? So, over the course of (liberally) a 30 minute meal, you're receiving at least (conservatively) 3 telephone calls from the SAME COMPANY?
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How did you get a .us domain if you're a resident of Australia, mate?
I don't drive an SUV, and I'm not overweight... blanket statements rule!
Alright, we need a new joke -- we've already worn out this CellularOne.
Deport? Dude, they'd just fire a fucking missile and be done with it!
Hey, I'm not the only one here -- you're just trying to Cingular me out!
Its only available on the sprint network at the moment, and owners of any of the other treo communicators can get a discount on the phone.
I guess we'd better sprint down to the store before they're sold out!
I, for one, welcome our new DRM-less overlords!
Phase out the $1 in favor of the coin? You'd need to reinforce all of the checkout counters at the dollar store to deal with the extra load! :-P
This is absolutely true, and likewise, humans beat computers in everyday specific situations.
If you look at your mom's face, you instantly recognize her as your mom. If a computer "looks" at your mom's face and tries to recognize her, too late, you won.
Nope. They'll create dummy robots to run around factory mazes shooting each other and tagging flags...
and they will call this RoboRally!!!!
(Huge dork. Me.)
the human has near zero chance of drawing , forget winning
I don't think any paths in chess that guarantee wins have been discovered. You'd have to assume that the computer can see a guaranteed path to victory close to the start of the match, but I don't think that's possible (too many possibilities, too much branching.)
The Redmond, Wash., software giant asked for the new trial, citing several factors, including the unusual proportions of the jury's judgment and the court's refusal to allow discussion of some prior art or similar technology that Microsoft believes predated the Eolas patent and should therefore invalidate it.
Microsoft mentioned one piece of prior art in particular, the Viola browser, invented by Perry Pei-Yuan Wei, an artist, software engineer and then a student at the University of California at Berkeley. That browser dates back to 1991 and its plug-in capabilities to 1992, nearly two years before Eolas filed for its patent.
Once again, prior art popping up. So, this whole thing will probably get turned on its head after about 3 more years of litigation.
Sigh.
Education is very important, but so is other traits.
Like the ability to properly conjugate "to be"!
I've been told that if you don't have a 3.0 in college, you shouldn't show it off. But if you have a high GPA, like 3.7, 3.8, etc, then you had better show that are "well rounded" as well or else they won't want you! What BS is that?!?!?! I can be too good?!?! Do they think that only 1% of all graduates are good enough for their companies and the other 99% should be cutting hair or picking up trash?!?!?! Bah, I'm getting tired of this crap.
A college degree, first and foremost, shows a willingness and dedication to bettering yourself, and to stick with something. It shows that you were willing to take at least 2-3 years to stick with something and educate yourself. That drive sets you apart from people that said "fuck it" when they could have hit the books.
A GPA less than 3.0 is average. You don't accentuate the average on a resume. You want to show what sets you apart from other people, so that's why you don't show a low GPA on a resume.
And well-rounded is important, too -- do you want to hire some "genius" with a 4.0 GPA that can't even communicate effictively with other human beings?
Besides that, resumes aren't what get you hired -- interviews are. Resumes are used to get the company interested, you basically show what sets you apart from everyone else. Then they bring you in to see if you're what they're looking for.
And honestly, so what if companies want the top 1% of graduates? If I ran my own company, I'd be trying to hire the best of the best. GPA isn't one of my criteria, but if that's someone else's, that's their prerogative.
It isn't helpful to get upset about hiring criteria; these companies are just trying to find excellent employees. You need to figure out why you are excellent, and show that to those companies in your resume.
We're just enforcing the restrictions that should be there naturally
The restrictions shouldn't be there. Gov't does not have the right to enact legislation abridging the freedom of speech, it's in the First Amendment.
Get a TeleZapper or check your caller ID. This law is unconstitutional.
OK, so use a TeleZapper. That's the equivalent, not a piece of legislation.
No. A TeleZapper is a "no soliciting" sign. A do-not-call list is a government-endorsed law abridging freedom of speech.
Go get a damn TeleZapper already, people, and quit involving the government in affairs that aren't theirs to meddle in.
Unfortuatly in the past couple years almost all telemarketers showup as 'unknown' anyway, so I have no way to prove I already talked to someone selling the exact same thing.
OK, so why make a law to dodge telemarketing calls? You could just not answer calls that have blocked numbers. You could get a TeleZapper. Verizon has Call Intercept. How hard is it to be proactive?
Um. Well, you'll be glad to hear that the First Amendment has nothing what so ever to do with anything in this thread.
I'll bold the relevant portions:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
So actually, it has everything to do with it.
I dont care if they pitch their sales to people that care to hear it.
All I know is I dont want to hear it, have told them so, and am still _forced_ to listen to it aginst my will.
Really. Someone held you down and forced you to listen.
No.
No one forced you to lease a telephone line. No one forced you to answer that phone. And certainly, no one forced you to give your phone number out to some companies who decided to call you back.
The First Amendment does not grant you the right to force me into anything aginst my will.
First Amendment also does not grant you the right to pass laws abridging freedom of speech -- doesn't matter if you like the speech or not. Why do you think ignorant people still get to say "nigger" all the time?
And as to your "UNLIST YOUR NUMBER!!!" comment, thank you for suggesting what I did as I ordered the phone line 9 years ago. Got any suggestions that may have something to do with solving the problem of harassing calls?
As it would seem, adding or removing my number from the public phone books should have no physical means or otherwise to magically make that number removed from the telemarketers lists.
TeleZapper. Check your Caller ID box (that's what it's there for.) Change your phone number.
Proactivity is the key.
So what if someone who calls me can never call again?
There are 22.9 million businesses in the US.
Do I have to tell every one individually (most of whom have a problem identifying themselves unless you pretend to be interested in buying their crap) that I don't want them to call??
If I send 22.9 million people to your house, one a day, to ring your doorbell, do you have to tell each one of them individually to stop? Yes. Deal with it.
As for the unlisted number crap, once you give your number to any company, your number is fair game. There is no regulation stating that they are not allowed to call unlisted numbers.
That sounds like your problem, buddy -- don't give out your telephone number!
Oh, and by the way, get a clue. There is nothing in the constitution referring to the forcing of a person to be subject to a barrage of commercial speech in the privacy of their own home.
I'll bold the relevant portions:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
And like I said, I doubt it's a barrage. Please, get me call logs! PROOF! FACT! For the love of God, I am at least quoting REAL DOCUMENTS!
So, since it's mandated at work, and this problem is so rampant, you're telling me:
* Every machine at your office has IE crash multiple times a day
* Since it becomes unstable for later uses, the best recourse is to reboot, so everyone at your office reboots their machine at least once a day
I call bullshit!
I am here telling you that I tell them to not call me. I generally even say please first. Usually I say "Please do not call this number back. Thank you, Bye." or something similar, then wait to hear if they hangup or start talking. I will not speak after this point, even though I am listening. Only once did the telemarketer actually hang up the phone. The rest just ignored my polite request and continued to annoy me. After a couple of seconds I will then hangup.
If they ever call me back, at that point everything legally is in place for me to obtain a court order to keep the person out of my life.
You're missing the point: if you tell a telemarketer to not call you back, they won't. Can you actually show me documented proof that a telemarketer, or a single company, that you have told to specifically not call you back, has called you back? There are strict laws saying "once they say don't call me, you can't call them."
So we come back to the issue:
I personally do not feel I should be forced into getting court orders aginst the thousands of thousands of telemarketing companys out there.
Not to mention when they 'fold' and turn up under a different name, and the court order will not apply.
If you don't want people calling your phone number, it shouldn't be publicly listed. That's why people have private phone numbers, so they aren't bothered.
It disturbs me that people will piss on the First Amendment so easily for a little comfort. Hello, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS are a bit more important than dodging a phone call. UNLIST YOUR NUMBER!!!
Since when do you have the right to tell people they cannot speak to you without a restraining order and due process? Hey, don't respond to this comment.
First Amendment: Big talk on Slashdot, but when it comes to telemarketers, everyone looks the other way.
Call me a troll all you want, but I don't see you putting forth a rational argument that says I'm wrong.
So learn to reason, or get some mod points and mod me down, bitch!
Wow. Mature. Doesn't address my argument at all.
Additionally, I don't have kids. And you want my kid to get cancer because of a few phone calls? You need therapy. Give me your address, I'll beat it into you.
Same company every day at dinner? Every other day, even?
Come on, PLEASE do not insult my intelligence! FACT is what gets the job done, people, not hyperbole, not assumptions, not exaggerations! The SAME COMPANY is calling you persistently? To the point where a restraining order is justified???
For the love of God, somebody show me some proof!
I find it amusing, that you all throw a shit fit over the Patriot Act and the DCMA, but now it's OK to piss on the First Amendment.
So you want me to believe that the same company is calling you -- to the point of harassment -- at dinner time? So, over the course of (liberally) a 30 minute meal, you're receiving at least (conservatively) 3 telephone calls from the SAME COMPANY?
Let's stay in the realm of reality, shall we?
And it's "FUCKIN'". Ah, public education.