This guy pulled a fast one but when nobody could replicate Bell Labs investigated further. So I think that is a good thing. Checks. Balances.
Its odd that they make a big thing out of finding the forgery though. What does that buy them? Why not say "Ouch!" fire him and move on?
The projects grow the talent is finite
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I think, for their time, various projects from the past were just as difficult as the ones solved today.
The interesting issue is that 100 years ago we might have needed 10,000 engineers and of that only 1,000 were talented and today we need 1,000,000 engineers but again only 1,000 are talented.
Elvis Costello in his prime was ANTI-establishment, ANTI-big biz and PRO-individual. You can see a lot of that from his interviews and comments.
Now he's just a tool. And it is funny as well since his music isn't as important as it once was. He could USE some of the exposure P2P offered. Now he'll be known by the masses as the first person who's CD stopped playing after four times. (At least in the UK.)
"You better do what you've been told. You better listen to your Radio" - EC.
I had read somewhere (trouser press or NY Rocker) that the reason DSoftM lasted so long on the charts is because people who bought the disc kept wearing it out then running out and getting another!
The sounds you talk about (and people not liking) are because the listeners were TAUGHT to become familar with something else. So they are expecting a certain sound.
It is similar to world music. Sometimes it takes a bit of time to understand what is going on to enjoy.
It would seem to me that if someone wanted you on their system they would register on one of the various websites for free wireless access.
If they didn't want you then you're becoming a bother. I guess you could tell them that they were open and be helpful. I don't see anything of that angle though.
So its just "Lets see who screwed up their technology. Tee Hee." Nothing useful here.
I'm a software engineer and I fly to client sites for my job. Since I don't work at home I can live anywhere. Its reverse logic to what you're currently looking at. It might work for you.
Most very large companies have a Professional Services or Enterprisee Consultants. It might be a slight switch from what you're currently doing but it will keep you employed in interesting work while your wife establishes her career.
Mathematics is pretty important to Computer Science. Its just not important to the system / network administration side which you say you're doing. You're simply managing the programs others have written.
Don't confuse administration with computer science.
They've always done a crummy job teaching the sciences even back in the 70s for me. Every science and math teacher thinks that everyone sees the world / problem set in their eyes. Alas that is not true. I couldn't for the life of me get a handle on some formulas. When someone showed me that I could just as easily understand this via the visual (ie graphs) then my education in this area finally took off.
Now I work as a programmer supporting people in statistics.
People in the sciences need to take cues from those in the arts. There are many ways of looking at it and they need to find the right way to "reach the student".
Yes I thought of that. Sort of like being "English Centric". Regardless of base if there is only one number that doesn't obey this rule then that is interesting. I'm not sure what for but interesting.
I found the website to be rather interesting - I remember discussing this in a finite math course many years ago but we spend only like 10 mins on it.
I thought it was great that someone without a lot of math background but a hell of a lot of energy could jump right in and make a difference. I have a great education and background and haven't done as much. I feel ashamed. I gotta start rockin!
It was funny that he doesn't fully understand the math, the programs and still gets things done. He just gets programs that others have created and puts them to use. A math research script kiddie. There should be a website for this. Dump off your interesting math code and people can download and run those that are interesting.
This is just old hash from the 70s so....
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It seems like every 10 years there is a splashy article about it. Remember Ken Uston? I knew the guys on his team (or at least some of them). They all laid low and made a bundle. Ken wanted the fame and fortune and then killed himself in the end.
A great hollow victory
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Who knows who the world champion is in chess? There is all that politcal garbage out there with FIDE and rankings. Bah!
And as far a computer beating a human? Its just not that interesting a problem anymore. Especially when Ken Thompson (of UNIX fame) showed 20 years ago that brute force searches was the way to create a winning system against a human. Not very sporting. A great book on this was "Chess Skill in Man and Machine" edited by Peter Frey.
Its fun to watch humans race each other. Its boring to watch a human race a car. I think the same holds with humans, computers and chess competition.
In my first programming job in 1983 I had to translate a Fortran II program to Fortran IV. Fortran II has computed GOTOs and Fortran IV had the.GT. /.LE. symbols.
My how far we've come.
Dijstra. I've never met him. The papers I read in college though changed my life forever.
I found the article to be slightly off. As I remember it, when Space Invaders came on the scene half of the pinball machines went silent from lack of use. When BATTLEZONE came into the arcade you lost another half then the owners started pulling out the dead weight. They brought in more videogames to satisfy the need. It was obvious with the huge lines for anything video..
my gas perms made a huge difference - though it took almost four months of trying different kinds. I would have given up except for the fact that my vision would be fantastic until either a lens fell out or the pain became too intense. So don't give up on that trail too quickly.
There is also this funky method where they put a soft contact lens and then put a rigid on top. The soft acts like a shock absorber.
(Plus the fact that my vision was going slowly downhill since I was 28 wasn't the best situation to be in.)
I'm lucky that I bumped into Dr. Insler - someone who helped invent laser eye surgery and he pointed me to a "low vision" specialist. I was surprised that not all Ophthomalogists were the same. See the Louisiana State University Eye Center's website for more info.
An odd side effect is that my night vision is so much better!
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This guy pulled a fast one but when nobody could replicate Bell Labs investigated further. So I think that is a good thing. Checks. Balances.
Its odd that they make a big thing out of finding the forgery though. What does that buy them? Why not say "Ouch!" fire him and move on?
I think, for their time, various projects from the past were just as difficult as the ones solved today.
The interesting issue is that 100 years ago we might have needed 10,000 engineers and of that only 1,000 were talented and today we need 1,000,000 engineers but again only 1,000 are talented.
Knowledge is spread thin these days.
I think it is a free demo
"They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice
'cause they think that it's treason." - EC from "Radio Radio"
Elvis Costello in his prime was ANTI-establishment, ANTI-big biz and PRO-individual. You can see a lot of that from his interviews and comments.
Now he's just a tool. And it is funny as well since his music isn't as important as it once was. He could USE some of the exposure P2P offered. Now he'll be known by the masses as the first person who's CD stopped playing after four times. (At least in the UK.)
"You better do what you've been told. You better listen to your Radio" - EC.
I agree. It works fine for me. I'm using it at home with one or maybe two laptops for surfing the net or grabbing a (small) file.
I need the wireless"ness" more than access to larger pipe.
I came. I bought. I'm done.
I had read somewhere (trouser press or NY Rocker) that the reason DSoftM lasted so long on the charts is because people who bought the disc kept wearing it out then running out and getting another!
If true then it is amazing.
The sounds you talk about (and people not liking) are because the listeners were TAUGHT to become familar with something else. So they are expecting a certain sound.
It is similar to world music. Sometimes it takes a bit of time to understand what is going on to enjoy.
I don't see your point of view anywhere on their pages. Its more like "lets see what we can do since we have nothing constructive to do".
The public spectrum angle is a weak last stab at trying to find any sort of value in this. It failed.
birdwatching is about understanding what is out there and to a degree the world around you.
Wardriving is snooping and peeking into someone's electronic window. And they might not know you can see in.
Be ashamed for not knowing the difference!
It would seem to me that if someone wanted you on their system they would register on one of the various websites for free wireless access.
If they didn't want you then you're becoming a bother. I guess you could tell them that they were open and be helpful. I don't see anything of that angle though.
So its just "Lets see who screwed up their technology. Tee Hee." Nothing useful here.
I'm gone maybe one or two nights per week.
Not bad - plus my pay is about 30% more.
I'm a software engineer and I fly to client sites for my job. Since I don't work at home I can live anywhere. Its reverse logic to what you're currently looking at. It might work for you.
Most very large companies have a Professional Services or Enterprisee Consultants. It might be a slight switch from what you're currently doing but it will keep you employed in interesting work while your wife establishes her career.
Mathematics is pretty important to Computer Science. Its just not important to the system / network administration side which you say you're doing. You're simply managing the programs others have written.
Don't confuse administration with computer science.
They've always done a crummy job teaching the sciences even back in the 70s for me. Every science and math teacher thinks that everyone sees the world / problem set in their eyes. Alas that is not true. I couldn't for the life of me get a handle on some formulas. When someone showed me that I could just as easily understand this via the visual (ie graphs) then my education in this area finally took off.
Now I work as a programmer supporting people in statistics.
People in the sciences need to take cues from those in the arts. There are many ways of looking at it and they need to find the right way to "reach the student".
Yes I thought of that. Sort of like being "English Centric". Regardless of base if there is only one number that doesn't obey this rule then that is interesting. I'm not sure what for but interesting.
A solution waiting for the problem.
I found the website to be rather interesting - I remember discussing this in a finite math course many years ago but we spend only like 10 mins on it.
I thought it was great that someone without a lot of math background but a hell of a lot of energy could jump right in and make a difference. I have a great education and background and haven't done as much. I feel ashamed. I gotta start rockin!
It was funny that he doesn't fully understand the math, the programs and still gets things done. He just gets programs that others have created and puts them to use. A math research script kiddie. There should be a website for this. Dump off your interesting math code and people can download and run those that are interesting.
It seems like every 10 years there is a splashy article about it. Remember Ken Uston? I knew the guys on his team (or at least some of them). They all laid low and made a bundle. Ken wanted the fame and fortune and then killed himself in the end.
Who knows who the world champion is in chess? There is all that politcal garbage out there with FIDE and rankings. Bah!
And as far a computer beating a human? Its just not that interesting a problem anymore. Especially when Ken Thompson (of UNIX fame) showed 20 years ago that brute force searches was the way to create a winning system against a human. Not very sporting. A great book on this was "Chess Skill in Man and Machine" edited by Peter Frey.
Its fun to watch humans race each other. Its boring to watch a human race a car. I think the same holds with humans, computers and chess competition.
this is the slashdot crowd. The same one that gets all crazy about MS or DRM or RMS. The rabble cannot "clean up" for this important post. Be kinder.
There is an old zen saying:
Show a swordsman your sword
Show a poet your poem.
Slashdot is just slashdot.
In my first programming job in 1983 I had to translate a Fortran II program to Fortran IV. Fortran II has computed GOTOs and Fortran IV had the .GT. / .LE. symbols.
My how far we've come.
Dijstra. I've never met him. The papers I read in college though changed my life forever.
I found the article to be slightly off. As I remember it, when Space Invaders came on the scene half of the pinball machines went silent from lack of use. When BATTLEZONE came into the arcade you lost another half then the owners started pulling out the dead weight. They brought in more videogames to satisfy the need. It was obvious with the huge lines for anything video..
If you use this article:i ndia0715.s tory
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-biz-
you'll see that the AVERAGE salary in India is $40.00 per month.
Oops. When an MP3 player is 2.5 months rent I don't think there a premium crowd of net surfers out there in India.
There is quantity there but not as much financial muscle as those numbers would give the ISPs. And that is not to be overlooked.
my gas perms made a huge difference - though it took almost four months of trying different kinds. I would have given up except for the fact that my vision would be fantastic until either a lens fell out or the pain became too intense. So don't give up on that trail too quickly.
There is also this funky method where they put a soft contact lens and then put a rigid on top. The soft acts like a shock absorber.
(Plus the fact that my vision was going slowly downhill since I was 28 wasn't the best situation to be in.)
I'm lucky that I bumped into Dr. Insler - someone who helped invent laser eye surgery and he pointed me to a "low vision" specialist. I was surprised that not all Ophthomalogists were the same. See the Louisiana State University Eye Center's website for more info.
An odd side effect is that my night vision is so much better!
All the best!
-Ron