> The "Don't be evil" motto sort of lost the lustre for me when
> I read about how they fired a new employee that was blogging
> about his "behind the scenes" Google experiences shortly
> after being hired.
My personal understanding is that he blogged confidential information.
Google has nothing against bloggers. They even have links to Googlers' blogs on the Google Blog.
The article was about blog software, of which Drupal is an example. Why was my post moderated as being off-topic?
FYI, I don't get a kickback from my hosting provider for mentioning their name.
I've been thrilled with Drupal, which is open source. It's both easy to use and powerful. You can take a look at my site, which is hosted through 101sitehosting for $29.99/year. I would have had to pay more than that each month to get Slash hosting.
> Who actually views, never mind clicks on google ads?
I do, when I'm shopping for something on the Internet. It's one of many good ways to find who's selling what. (I also use ResellerRatings.com, froogle, etc.)
Another room has three light bulbs, labeled 1, 2, and 3.
Each switch is connected to one bulb, but you do not know which is connected to which.
When inside either room, you cannot see the other room.
You begin in the room with the switches and may turn the switches on and off in any way you choose.
Once you leave the room with the switches, you may not reenter it. You may, however, go to the room with the light bulbs.
How can you determine which switch is connected to which light? Here is a hint and solution.
I like this problem because people are ordinarily good at logic have so much trouble with it. I once had the pleasure of meeting Donald Knuth and stumped him with this puzzle.
> Google Print Program allows me to search the text
> of books in print, I can see each hit as a book
> and also the search in context (i.e. browse a
> sample chapter that contains the search)
Let's be clear:
Google doesn't show even a single page to users who find copyrighted books through this program (unless the copyright holder gives us permission to show more). At most we show only a brief snippet of text where their search term appears, along with basic bibliographic information and several links to online booksellers and libraries. Here's what an in-copyright book scanned from a library looks like on Google Print.
> "55 percent claimed they understood the system
> more than their husband."
I understand my current DVR (DirecTivo) at least as well as I understand my husband, but the previous system I maintained (MythTV) turned out to be almost as bewildering to me as women are to some Slashdotters.
Ellen
Hackles: Preston, do you consider programming more of an art or a science?
Preston: Quiet! I'm trying to cut and paste 300 lines of code into 7 different places!
Hackles: Never mind
There's an announcement of the service in the Google Blog:
Have you ever wished you could see what someplace looked like before you got there? A house? A hotel? A freeway exit? We thought you might find it useful, so we've incorporated Keyhole technology into Google Maps and Google Local. Now when you type an address into Google Maps, you can click the 'Satellite' link and see a view of the area. You can zoom, move the view by dragging, and even resize the window just like the normal 'Maps' view. Looking for a new apartment or house? Type in an address you're considering, get a view from the air and, with a quick local search, find out if you can walk to your favorite Saturday morning cup of coffee. Thinking about spending time at the shore this summer? Search for hotels with Google Local and check out the "beach" in "beachfront." You can even see driving directions with real images. We can't promise you'll never miss another freeway exit, but we do think that Google Maps + Keyhole gives you a great way to see and explore your world. But take a look for yourself and let us know what you think.
The article blurb referred to Technology Review as a "leading science journal". It isn't. It's a magazine. I like to think it's a good magazine, as I've written for it, but it is most definitely not a scientific journal.
I direct the Interdisciplinary Computer Science graduate program at Mills College in Oakland, California. We offer a unique set of programs allowing people with a bachelor's degree in another field to transition into CS or interdisciplinary work. About three-quarters of our students are female and only discovered after college that were interested and talented in computing. There aren't many programs specialized to such people, male or female, and they add a great deal to the field, both as straight computer scientists and people with cross-displinary expertise.
Anyway, we're having an open house on Thursday, August 19. See ics.mills.edu for more details.
Mills College (Oakland, CA) has a program with similar goals, although a more academic focus. Specifically, Mills has post-baccalaureate programs for people who already have a bachelor's degree in another field. Graduates go on to industry or to CS PhD programs, such as University of Washington, MIT, and UCSD. The coursework is primarily upper-division undergraduate CS courses, which are taught by faculty with PhDs from top schools, such as MIT, Princeton, and UC Berkeley.
FYI, I direct the program. We're having an Open House on Thursday, August 19, and are still accepting applications and awarding aid for this fall. Contact me for more information.
I use my local public library more because of Internet access, but not in the way the article suggested. I use the Internet from home to search my library's holdings and request that books be delivered to my local branch. Requesting a book online is as quick as ordering from Amazon but doesn't cost anything, and the book is often available in less time than it would take to ship. I still buy some books that I want to keep, but I'm paying for fewer duds or read-once books. I am reading more and paying less. Win win.
Mills College, in Oakland, California, has a set of graduate programs for people who have a degree in a field other than computer science and want to go into CS, either to change fields, prepare for a PhD program, or do interdiscplinary work. With bioinformatics, protein folding, medical records, etc., there are great opportunities for someone who knows medicine and CS.
As a woman of child-bearing years, I've thought about the danger of passing on concentrated toxins to any future children through nursing. That gave me an idea: why not induce lactation in women without children to rid their bodies of toxins, both for the health of the women and for any future children? Since nursing is calorie-intensive, that could also be a way for women to lose weight. In other words, why not open a line of fat/detox farms with milking machines?
If we were filling stockings for grown-ups, I'd have gotten a bunch of Cyberguy Power Strip Liberators, which double your outlet access and are only $2.39 each. I have some and love them.
Disney's Princess Magical Dress Up software to encourage my 6yo niece to wrest the family computer from her 8yo brother (although that may be futile, since we're also giving him a Real One Arcade subscription).
I sure as hell am not giving them a $26 voucher if I can get $25 for it on eBay.
Do you use GNU software? If so, and if you don't contribute (cash, code, documentation, etc.) and are unwilling to give them some found money, you're part of the problem.
Slashdot Mirror
> I read about how they fired a new employee that was blogging
> about his "behind the scenes" Google experiences shortly
> after being hired.
My personal understanding is that he blogged confidential information.
Google has nothing against bloggers. They even have links to Googlers' blogs on the Google Blog.
The article was about blog software, of which Drupal is an example. Why was my post moderated as being off-topic? FYI, I don't get a kickback from my hosting provider for mentioning their name.
I've been thrilled with Drupal, which is open source. It's both easy to use and powerful. You can take a look at my site, which is hosted through 101sitehosting for $29.99/year. I would have had to pay more than that each month to get Slash hosting.
I do, when I'm shopping for something on the Internet. It's one of many good ways to find who's selling what. (I also use ResellerRatings.com, froogle, etc.)
- One room has three switches, labeled A, B, and C.
- Another room has three light bulbs, labeled 1, 2, and 3.
- Each switch is connected to one bulb, but you do not know which is connected to which.
- When inside either room, you cannot see the other room.
- You begin in the room with the switches and may turn the switches on and off in any way you choose.
- Once you leave the room with the switches, you may not reenter it. You may, however, go to the room with the light bulbs.
How can you determine which switch is connected to which light? Here is a hint and solution.I like this problem because people are ordinarily good at logic have so much trouble with it. I once had the pleasure of meeting Donald Knuth and stumped him with this puzzle.
> of books in print, I can see each hit as a book
> and also the search in context (i.e. browse a
> sample chapter that contains the search)
Wrong. According to the Google Blog:
Whoops, I meant to say "Classic paper" (although I do use the paper in a class).
Lenny Foner wrote a great article about this sort of thing back in 1993. I still recommend it.
> "55 percent claimed they understood the system > more than their husband." I understand my current DVR (DirecTivo) at least as well as I understand my husband, but the previous system I maintained (MythTV) turned out to be almost as bewildering to me as women are to some Slashdotters. Ellen
Hackles: Preston, do you consider programming more of an art or a science?
Preston: Quiet! I'm trying to cut and paste 300 lines of code into 7 different places!
Hackles: Never mind
See cartoon: http://hackles.org/cgi-bin/archives.pl?request=37
Very cool. I wish I had moderator points.
That sounds terrible. You should tell your recruiter what happened.
Actually, in this essay, OSC refers to himself as a Democrat.
The article blurb referred to Technology Review as a "leading science journal". It isn't. It's a magazine. I like to think it's a good magazine, as I've written for it, but it is most definitely not a scientific journal.
I direct the Interdisciplinary Computer Science graduate program at Mills College in Oakland, California. We offer a unique set of programs allowing people with a bachelor's degree in another field to transition into CS or interdisciplinary work. About three-quarters of our students are female and only discovered after college that were interested and talented in computing. There aren't many programs specialized to such people, male or female, and they add a great deal to the field, both as straight computer scientists and people with cross-displinary expertise.
Anyway, we're having an open house on Thursday, August 19. See ics.mills.edu for more details.
Mills College (Oakland, CA) has a program with similar goals, although a more academic focus. Specifically, Mills has post-baccalaureate programs for people who already have a bachelor's degree in another field. Graduates go on to industry or to CS PhD programs, such as University of Washington, MIT, and UCSD. The coursework is primarily upper-division undergraduate CS courses, which are taught by faculty with PhDs from top schools, such as MIT, Princeton, and UC Berkeley.
FYI, I direct the program. We're having an Open House on Thursday, August 19, and are still accepting applications and awarding aid for this fall. Contact me for more information.
One of the winners of a recent CPSR essay contest was Viruses, Worms and Biodiversity in Computer Systems.
I use my local public library more because of Internet access, but not in the way the article suggested. I use the Internet from home to search my library's holdings and request that books be delivered to my local branch. Requesting a book online is as quick as ordering from Amazon but doesn't cost anything, and the book is often available in less time than it would take to ship. I still buy some books that I want to keep, but I'm paying for fewer duds or read-once books. I am reading more and paying less. Win win.
It stands for "Algorithms". An a9 employee told me.
UML Gone Wrong
Mills College, in Oakland, California, has a set of graduate programs for people who have a degree in a field other than computer science and want to go into CS, either to change fields, prepare for a PhD program, or do interdiscplinary work. With bioinformatics, protein folding, medical records, etc., there are great opportunities for someone who knows medicine and CS.
As a woman of child-bearing years, I've thought about the danger of passing on concentrated toxins to any future children through nursing. That gave me an idea: why not induce lactation in women without children to rid their bodies of toxins, both for the health of the women and for any future children? Since nursing is calorie-intensive, that could also be a way for women to lose weight. In other words, why not open a line of fat/detox farms with milking machines?
I considered a USB coffee cup warmer for my husband until I read that it only keeps coffee lukewarm. I also considered the WFS-1 wifi detector, which is far superior to the Kensington model, but I nixed that because it doesn't distinguish between open and closed networks.
If we were filling stockings for grown-ups, I'd have gotten a bunch of Cyberguy Power Strip Liberators, which double your outlet access and are only $2.39 each. I have some and love them.
I was going to get my puzzle-loving brother-in-law a Shmuzzle Puzzle, but the U.S. rerelease, which had been scheduled for Dec. 3 on QVC has been postponed indefinitely. Canadians can buy them over the counter.
Some of the geekier presents I ordered for my nieces and nephews, all of whom are of course brilliant:
Slightly less geeky gifts: