I had thought of the time complications, but (and maybe I missed this in the article) it didn't seem to me that it would take any longer to disable the WiFi than to scan each computer for viruses and WiFi and then block only those computers from the network.
But they have metal detectors and security at this thing, right? When you have to turn on your computer to show it's not a bomb, they could disable the WiFi and password protect it. At least, that's what I was imagining...
Maybe this is an issue that my little engineering brain can't understand (and if so, I would appreciate knowing why), but why can't they just have all laptop users disable their WiFi connections? Why would they have to block all computers with WiFi from participating at all?
When I was checking out Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering grad. program, they seemed to have a lot of interesting haptics research...
In my opinion, the best outlet for this sort of thing would be in medicine, where med students could learn how to do operations without killing anyone, and where surgeries could be made more precise as the surgeon worked remotely and his hand tremors were filtered out.
I'm a mech. eng., and I know that as technology advances and we work more with computational models, the comp. sci. aspect of our work is becoming more and more of a challenge. I think you would have great luck looking for positions in engineering grad. school programs, especially if you're a fan of parallel processing. My research group, for example, is currently finishing a proposal for a new Beowulf cluster, and we could certainly use someone willing to help us choose the components, set it up, keep it running, and help us with our parallel models.
Also, don't ignore the internship and co-op suggestions. Co-oping definitely helped me out.
Oh, don't I know it. Unfortunately, my father manages to find a reason to have both tables (which involve calculations not easily managed in a word processor) with bulleted lists (he's making footnotes, I suppose). He has somehow found a fast way to do this in Excel, so he wants something similar in an open-source spreadsheet program.
If you think that's odd, you wouldn't even believe his internet browser tab wishes...
Does anyone know if you can make a bulleted list within PlanMaker without too much trouble? Yes, I know that this feature doesn't make much sense, but it's one of the major factors preventing my father from switching to Linux and from regularly using open-source office software. My dad gave up on Open Office in short order.
It seems that for open-source software, and Linux in particular, to appeal to the business world, the software must make the features business execs regularly use, such as tools for making memos, readily accessible and as similar as possible to the features in MS Office. My father, for example, is eager to try something new, but becomes frustrated when he needs to relearn everything or when he has trouble importing documents and spreadsheets from other programs
Maybe PlanMaker will convince him to give Linux another chance. I hope so.
Personally, I think the ambiguity of the term "free software" may be a good thing. It really doesn't matter which definition of "free" runs through the mind of someone unfamiliar with open source software. Freedom has such a strong, positive connotation in our society that employing the adjective "free" to any product instantly makes it more attractive to us. Why would we want to change the wording just to avoid a desperate attack? Freedom: in my mind relating to both definitions:
"Live free or die"
"The best things in life are free"
If Microsoft wants to attack open source on the basis of semantics, that's all right with me. Certainly, we have better ways of supporting our cause than resorting to a vocabulary test.
The ACLU provides a list of handy tips that can be printed and stored in a wallet in the event that you're stopped by the police
Earlier, some people voiced concerns about being stopped by police imposters. You can always call the local police station to find out whether an officer has been deployed to your area.
Personally, I think this recent ruling is outrageous. I would be willing to inform an officer of my identity if and only if he first told me why he was asking.
Incidentally, a lot of people have brought up the fact that the officer who stopped Hiibel didn't pay attention to his daughter, the supposed victim. This is the only circumstance where I believe the officer acted completely correctly. If it were really an abusive situation, it's best to get the suspect under control before checking on the victim. Similarly, if you happen to witness a crime, force yourself to watch the offender, not the victim. The offender is not likely to remain in the area long, and the split-second you devote to him alone may help you see a scar or tattoo that would positively identify him in the future. Once he is gone, help the victim.
With all the possibilities for type-specific search engines, this seems like a great step forward. Perhaps some day, I will be able to hum a song I heard on the radio into my computer and find links to the performer, composer, etc. If I am designing a new machine, I might be able to search for pre-existing components over large networks instead of through local libraries. Mmm...
Boy, it's a good thing I included that "to the best of my knowledge" caveat...;-) I just had a long discussion with a friend about the legal issues behind spamming, and I think the main thing I learned, and maybe the main thing the general public should learn, is that there is a difference between legitimate bulk email and spam.
I agree whole-heartedly that our laws ought to be clarified.
I posted mainly out of frustration earlier that so much of the legitimate email I receive never reaches me because of my company's "helpful" spam filters that I either have to have clients send their email to my personal account or to have them call me once they've sent something. I am very concerned about wide-sweeping, knee-jerk legislation that makes such systems commonplace and our email unreliable at best.
I am really tired of all our calls for spam protection, whether it be through an ISP, the government, or anyone else. In my experience, companies and groups that try to filter spam unwittingly filter out true messages that were important to their clients. With increasing volumes of spam and more clever spammers, this problem is just going to get worse. On the other hand, when I set up my own filters, I manage to collect all of my spam into the same place, which I can then glance through to check for an important (missed) email. As much as I don't like spam, I want to be the one charged with protecting myself from it. As much as people dislike spam, to the best of my knowledge, at least, it isn't breaking any laws (and should even be protected under the first amendment here in the States). Caveat emptor, I say. We ought to protect ourselves.
You see, the problem was that since Gates had asked the question, GM was thinking of the wrong OS. If they'd considered Linux, they would know that not only would the cars be as Gates described without the crashes, but that they would keep stupid people off the roads.
Seriously, though... I like the pressure sensitivity idea and think it could easily be used to eliminate problems caused by drivers who WANTED to swerve. When the pressure drastically increased, the autopilot measures would turn off.
The Mozilla store features one lousy t-shirt. One!!! Who's going to help me with my Mozilla coffee (www.rjtarpleys.com) addiction? They give proceeds to the Mozilla Foundation, but they aren't included in the Mozilla store, and they operate out of the US.
I think the best way to work abroad is to become involved in an international company that has centers here in the US but is based in Europe. Most of these regularly send their good employees abroad, and the more advanced in the company you become, the greater your opportunity for working abroad. Because not many people are willing to pull up all their roots and move to another country, the opportunities are readily available, especially if you're good at what you do. They even offer language training as a part of your job, so you wouldn't have to take time off work to become more fluent before you move. I suggest checking out Michelin or Schneider Telemechanique if you want to work in France.
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I had thought of the time complications, but (and maybe I missed this in the article) it didn't seem to me that it would take any longer to disable the WiFi than to scan each computer for viruses and WiFi and then block only those computers from the network.
But they have metal detectors and security at this thing, right? When you have to turn on your computer to show it's not a bomb, they could disable the WiFi and password protect it. At least, that's what I was imagining...
Maybe this is an issue that my little engineering brain can't understand (and if so, I would appreciate knowing why), but why can't they just have all laptop users disable their WiFi connections? Why would they have to block all computers with WiFi from participating at all?
With 2000 fewer workers to pay, we consumers can expect to pay, what, $1-2 more per CD to account for all the money they saved?
;-)
Favorite quote: "[Jean-Luka Monte]called the merger "very bad news not only for independents, but also for retailers and artists."
You mean the recording industry isn't trying to protect and help artists?! Say it ain't so!
When I was checking out Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering grad. program, they seemed to have a lot of interesting haptics research...
In my opinion, the best outlet for this sort of thing would be in medicine, where med students could learn how to do operations without killing anyone, and where surgeries could be made more precise as the surgeon worked remotely and his hand tremors were filtered out.
I'm a mech. eng., and I know that as technology advances and we work more with computational models, the comp. sci. aspect of our work is becoming more and more of a challenge. I think you would have great luck looking for positions in engineering grad. school programs, especially if you're a fan of parallel processing. My research group, for example, is currently finishing a proposal for a new Beowulf cluster, and we could certainly use someone willing to help us choose the components, set it up, keep it running, and help us with our parallel models.
Also, don't ignore the internship and co-op suggestions. Co-oping definitely helped me out.
Oh, don't I know it. Unfortunately, my father manages to find a reason to have both tables (which involve calculations not easily managed in a word processor) with bulleted lists (he's making footnotes, I suppose). He has somehow found a fast way to do this in Excel, so he wants something similar in an open-source spreadsheet program.
If you think that's odd, you wouldn't even believe his internet browser tab wishes...
Does anyone know if you can make a bulleted list within PlanMaker without too much trouble? Yes, I know that this feature doesn't make much sense, but it's one of the major factors preventing my father from switching to Linux and from regularly using open-source office software. My dad gave up on Open Office in short order.
It seems that for open-source software, and Linux in particular, to appeal to the business world, the software must make the features business execs regularly use, such as tools for making memos, readily accessible and as similar as possible to the features in MS Office. My father, for example, is eager to try something new, but becomes frustrated when he needs to relearn everything or when he has trouble importing documents and spreadsheets from other programs
Maybe PlanMaker will convince him to give Linux another chance. I hope so.
Personally, I think the ambiguity of the term "free software" may be a good thing. It really doesn't matter which definition of "free" runs through the mind of someone unfamiliar with open source software. Freedom has such a strong, positive connotation in our society that employing the adjective "free" to any product instantly makes it more attractive to us. Why would we want to change the wording just to avoid a desperate attack? Freedom: in my mind relating to both definitions:
"Live free or die"
"The best things in life are free"
If Microsoft wants to attack open source on the basis of semantics, that's all right with me. Certainly, we have better ways of supporting our cause than resorting to a vocabulary test.
The ACLU provides a list of handy tips that can be printed and stored in a wallet in the event that you're stopped by the police
Earlier, some people voiced concerns about being stopped by police imposters. You can always call the local police station to find out whether an officer has been deployed to your area.
Personally, I think this recent ruling is outrageous. I would be willing to inform an officer of my identity if and only if he first told me why he was asking.
Incidentally, a lot of people have brought up the fact that the officer who stopped Hiibel didn't pay attention to his daughter, the supposed victim. This is the only circumstance where I believe the officer acted completely correctly. If it were really an abusive situation, it's best to get the suspect under control before checking on the victim. Similarly, if you happen to witness a crime, force yourself to watch the offender, not the victim. The offender is not likely to remain in the area long, and the split-second you devote to him alone may help you see a scar or tattoo that would positively identify him in the future. Once he is gone, help the victim.
I use the pronoun "he" as a gender-neutral term.With all the possibilities for type-specific search engines, this seems like a great step forward. Perhaps some day, I will be able to hum a song I heard on the radio into my computer and find links to the performer, composer, etc. If I am designing a new machine, I might be able to search for pre-existing components over large networks instead of through local libraries. Mmm...
Boy, it's a good thing I included that "to the best of my knowledge" caveat... ;-) I just had a long discussion with a friend about the legal issues behind spamming, and I think the main thing I learned, and maybe the main thing the general public should learn, is that there is a difference between legitimate bulk email and spam.
I agree whole-heartedly that our laws ought to be clarified.
I posted mainly out of frustration earlier that so much of the legitimate email I receive never reaches me because of my company's "helpful" spam filters that I either have to have clients send their email to my personal account or to have them call me once they've sent something. I am very concerned about wide-sweeping, knee-jerk legislation that makes such systems commonplace and our email unreliable at best.
I am really tired of all our calls for spam protection, whether it be through an ISP, the government, or anyone else. In my experience, companies and groups that try to filter spam unwittingly filter out true messages that were important to their clients. With increasing volumes of spam and more clever spammers, this problem is just going to get worse. On the other hand, when I set up my own filters, I manage to collect all of my spam into the same place, which I can then glance through to check for an important (missed) email. As much as I don't like spam, I want to be the one charged with protecting myself from it. As much as people dislike spam, to the best of my knowledge, at least, it isn't breaking any laws (and should even be protected under the first amendment here in the States). Caveat emptor, I say. We ought to protect ourselves.
You see, the problem was that since Gates had asked the question, GM was thinking of the wrong OS. If they'd considered Linux, they would know that not only would the cars be as Gates described without the crashes, but that they would keep stupid people off the roads.
Seriously, though... I like the pressure sensitivity idea and think it could easily be used to eliminate problems caused by drivers who WANTED to swerve. When the pressure drastically increased, the autopilot measures would turn off.
The Mozilla store features one lousy t-shirt. One!!! Who's going to help me with my Mozilla coffee (www.rjtarpleys.com) addiction? They give proceeds to the Mozilla Foundation, but they aren't included in the Mozilla store, and they operate out of the US.
I think the best way to work abroad is to become involved in an international company that has centers here in the US but is based in Europe. Most of these regularly send their good employees abroad, and the more advanced in the company you become, the greater your opportunity for working abroad. Because not many people are willing to pull up all their roots and move to another country, the opportunities are readily available, especially if you're good at what you do. They even offer language training as a part of your job, so you wouldn't have to take time off work to become more fluent before you move. I suggest checking out Michelin or Schneider Telemechanique if you want to work in France.