because you have to have the right mindset... being able to write valid programs in any language doesnt help you if you cannot structure and break down your problem into meaningful blocks (be it classes, functions,...).
So people who know "how to code" are essentially the worst because they think because they know the language syntax (and often even that only barely) they know everything there is to know about "programming" (as in: from problem to elegant solution).
Grades are mostly a sign of being socially integrated/assimilated and stupid memorization instead of smarts, at least in my experience. We had some teachers who went for one or two "combine your knowledge/derive your own" questions at least in some tests and these were usually the ones where the "good" students all failed miserably and complained afterwards that it was not in scope;)
Well, i am not sure about what memory sizes we are talking, but cmon, ram is cheap these days. And the point was rather to have one bigger router "in the basement" for the whole house instead of a shitty one for each flat. Regarding routing you could then group together whole cities or parts of cities which in turn interconnect on that level. Point is, it would be best if there would be 2-3(max) levels of nodes (local - area/city - city/province) and each node has at least 3 connections to other nodes of the same level. And obviously all connections belonging to the people (and interconnects belonging 50/50 to the people it interconnects).
Oh well, my socialist side is taking over;)
Seriously, I am curious, would it be possible/feasible to create a more decentralized infrastructure eg. by using (many) wireless transmitters instead of just "one big cable"?
I am also wondering the same thing for big cities... why the heck doesn't my house have an inbuilt network (that is owned by the house owner, not some isp) and is directly connected to its neighbor buildings? I mean, seriously, if enough people do this then it should be possible to route most traffic through that internal network instead of having to rely on the ISP (and it also promotes people to offer their own content/services/whatever as they have a pretty awesome connection by default).
because everyone hates boring presentations and also people generally already know at least a little
pro:
1) you don't have to pick them off from anywhere because they will naturally ask questions starting at their own horizon
2) similarly, you will not by accident kick them into the deep end because you skip stuff that "everybody already knows"
3) probably better participation and rememberability then when doing a lame presentation
con:
People have to actually prepare, i.e. think for 15 minutes before the meeting about what they might want to ask. Really depends on what is usual in your company, eg. I am sadly used to people showing up for really important meetings pretty much unprepared:P
... because when I set my password I want it to be correct which is way easier to verify when I can read what I type (and I usually don't set passwords when people are watching). Password prompts when you have to enter a password are a totally different story.
sorry for the late reply
the difference between genetic engineering and breeding is that the first is in a certain way inserting alien genes which mostly has little known implications, while breeding is merely a process of directing natural selection by changing the environment (i.e. removing individuals with unwanted traits).
developing something that is as sensitive as the underside of my foot is probably not hard, esp. considering I run around barefoot quite some time. When it comes to parts where the nerves are very dense (like hands, you pervert, not what you thought) it might get tricky;)
most people really fail badly with it, but as its the whole point of 3d-printing to be able to model your own stuff I see why many people would fail. I myself am pretty good at it (considering that I built counterstrike maps back in the days), but even so when I tried to use blender I gave up because its just a too strange world.
silvester will do just fine (at least some years ago it was always funny to get texts somewhen at noon the next day, not such an issue any more luckily)
"Of course unions never pushed to change the LAW because why should non-union employees benefit." then your unions suck... but considering that this is the US we are talking about this is not really a great surprise.
... you'd know it suck badly (as in: does not explain how things actually work).
Point is, if you read for instance javadocs it is quite usable in explaining what the class does / how it should be used. If you ask MSDN in 99% of the interesting (that is: non-trivial) cases it does not say anything about the specifics or how to actually use/interpret stuff (eg. what does cryptic error message xyz actually mean / what can I do to fix it, and thousands of other such cases).
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ahem, iirc. it was Steve who took pride in stealing other's ideas ;)
well, you also repeat 400-year old experiments because the theory behind them is comparatively simple and the experiment does not require an LHC ;)
because you have to have the right mindset ... being able to write valid programs in any language doesnt help you if you cannot structure and break down your problem into meaningful blocks (be it classes, functions, ...).
So people who know "how to code" are essentially the worst because they think because they know the language syntax (and often even that only barely) they know everything there is to know about "programming" (as in: from problem to elegant solution).
Grades are mostly a sign of being socially integrated/assimilated and stupid memorization instead of smarts, at least in my experience. We had some teachers who went for one or two "combine your knowledge/derive your own" questions at least in some tests and these were usually the ones where the "good" students all failed miserably and complained afterwards that it was not in scope ;)
Seriously, I dont give a damn how much my cellphone radiates as long as it is below the (sane) legal limit for total output power.
agreed ... not like we know this already for decades ...
Well, i am not sure about what memory sizes we are talking, but cmon, ram is cheap these days. And the point was rather to have one bigger router "in the basement" for the whole house instead of a shitty one for each flat. Regarding routing you could then group together whole cities or parts of cities which in turn interconnect on that level. Point is, it would be best if there would be 2-3(max) levels of nodes (local - area/city - city/province) and each node has at least 3 connections to other nodes of the same level. And obviously all connections belonging to the people (and interconnects belonging 50/50 to the people it interconnects). Oh well, my socialist side is taking over ;)
Seriously, I am curious, would it be possible/feasible to create a more decentralized infrastructure eg. by using (many) wireless transmitters instead of just "one big cable"? I am also wondering the same thing for big cities ... why the heck doesn't my house have an inbuilt network (that is owned by the house owner, not some isp) and is directly connected to its neighbor buildings? I mean, seriously, if enough people do this then it should be possible to route most traffic through that internal network instead of having to rely on the ISP (and it also promotes people to offer their own content/services/whatever as they have a pretty awesome connection by default).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WioKSZaLd2c 'nuf said
because everyone hates boring presentations and also people generally already know at least a little pro: 1) you don't have to pick them off from anywhere because they will naturally ask questions starting at their own horizon 2) similarly, you will not by accident kick them into the deep end because you skip stuff that "everybody already knows" 3) probably better participation and rememberability then when doing a lame presentation con: People have to actually prepare, i.e. think for 15 minutes before the meeting about what they might want to ask. Really depends on what is usual in your company, eg. I am sadly used to people showing up for really important meetings pretty much unprepared :P
... because when I set my password I want it to be correct which is way easier to verify when I can read what I type (and I usually don't set passwords when people are watching). Password prompts when you have to enter a password are a totally different story.
sorry for the late reply the difference between genetic engineering and breeding is that the first is in a certain way inserting alien genes which mostly has little known implications, while breeding is merely a process of directing natural selection by changing the environment (i.e. removing individuals with unwanted traits).
simply because the earth has an infinite size and because fossil fuels are (as the name suggests) not renewable (at least not on viable time spans).
just saying ...
developing something that is as sensitive as the underside of my foot is probably not hard, esp. considering I run around barefoot quite some time. When it comes to parts where the nerves are very dense (like hands, you pervert, not what you thought) it might get tricky ;)
most people really fail badly with it, but as its the whole point of 3d-printing to be able to model your own stuff I see why many people would fail. I myself am pretty good at it (considering that I built counterstrike maps back in the days), but even so when I tried to use blender I gave up because its just a too strange world.
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My cousin is totally hot!
well, they cant vote for him so why should he care ;)
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Every time he wants to select "You are right" the darn computer just says "Lets make a bet" ;)
silvester will do just fine (at least some years ago it was always funny to get texts somewhen at noon the next day, not such an issue any more luckily)
"Of course unions never pushed to change the LAW because why should non-union employees benefit." then your unions suck ... but considering that this is the US we are talking about this is not really a great surprise.
where in the name of national security your mineral water gets taken away from you at the airport which is making about the same sense.
... you'd know it suck badly (as in: does not explain how things actually work). Point is, if you read for instance javadocs it is quite usable in explaining what the class does / how it should be used. If you ask MSDN in 99% of the interesting (that is: non-trivial) cases it does not say anything about the specifics or how to actually use/interpret stuff (eg. what does cryptic error message xyz actually mean / what can I do to fix it, and thousands of other such cases).