So, in other words, TFA chewed Microsoft out for not making.NET cross-platform, just days before Microsoft announces a cross-platform version of.NET. How exactly is this "stuff that matters"?
Forget overexposure - get some decent writers that understand science fiction and can write interesting, thought provoking scripts. That will revive the franchise.
That's like saying that if we could get a Congress and Executive Branch made up of honest politicians, we'd have peace and prosperity. It's trivially true, but damn-near impossible to implement.
Actually, decent Sci-Fi script-writers might be even more scarce than honest politicians--you gotta figure some politicians will end up honest accidentally, just because they are too lazy to lie. Good scripts don't happen by accident.
As a lecturer, don't you feel that it your inability to spell the word "plagiarism" correctly has already devalued the quality of your degree (and that of your students)?
Or, alternately, use this knowledget to your advantage. I remember setting the Field Service account password on my VAX to "BITEME", just so I could have the same conversation over and over again.
DEC: Sir, we're going to need to log into the Field Service account. Could you enable the account please, and give me the password.
Me: Sure, BITEME.
DEC: There's no need to get rude about it sir, but we're not going to be able to diagnose your problem if we can't log in.
See, and I would find the vodka and squirrel fetish endearing.
The question refers (obviously) to work-related weaknesses, and I use it as a measure of self-perception. If you keep the vodka and squirrels at home, I don't need to hear about it. If you are often late on deadlines, I'd like to know that you are aware of it and have an idea about how to self-improve.
Personally, I tend to use the "what is your greatest weakness?" question fairly often in my hiring. Why do you call it a "bullshit question"? What would be a better question?
That might be because it's (or at least it seems like) your own decision to meditate. There's a HUGE difference in attitude when you go meditate on your own initiative then when you're forced to meditate during work for 15 minutes, in a hurry, without being paid. I'm no expert on these things but I'd think it's very plausible that being forced to do meditation against your will and with a bad attitude towards it effectively renders it useless indeed...
You're no expert? No kidding!
Read the frickin' article! No one is talking about forced meditation, or doing it without being paid. The article is about corporations offering meditation as a benefit.
Does offering Health Insurance imply that you are required to spend time each year in a hospital?
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>Testicle-cancer in men is (also) often diagnosed too late. I do not know how they confirm that you have it (AFTER the physical examination) but I > hope to god it does not involve a vice-like device:o
A vice-like device? You should be so lucky. Confirmation involves a knife.
Yeah, it is easily breakable, in the sense that it is open to the same type of problems that beset one-time pads-- secure communication of the key.
The fact that there are many t's and z's to choose from doesn't change the fact that you still need a secure channel to transmit t and z from Alice to Bob. And if you have that secure channel, what's the point of the encryption? Why not just pass the plaintext over the secure channel?
OK, maybe it's me, but I didn't find "American Gods" particularly enjoyable. In fact, I found it to be pretty lame. If that was the best Science Fiction novel of the year, I guess I have a better understanding of why I tend not to read much SF.
> Second, and most importantly, the size of the file is dependent on the size of the bytes > within the file.
I don't know about you, but where I come from all bytes are pretty much 8 bits in size.
>Because the bytes in the file have differing values depending on the instructions they >encode, altering the data will alter the size unless you're borrowing from one byte to inflate >another -- and in this case, again, you run afoul of the first problem.
Altering the value of a byte changes its size? Man, I need to get me some of them new magic size-changing bytes! Down with the tyranny of 8-bit bytes!
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So, in other words, TFA chewed Microsoft out for not making .NET cross-platform, just days before Microsoft announces a cross-platform version of .NET. How exactly is this "stuff that matters"?
Fritz and Chesster is what I've used with my daughter-- it's an excellent program.
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I haven't gotten around to picking up Volume 2, though...
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I have to admit that I do this all the time, especially in airports-- and it is getting harder and harder to find places to recharge.
Revocation certificate. You created one when you created your key, didn't you?
Let's see. According to the hypothetical, I'm the kind of person who forgets his pass-phrase. What do you think are the odds?
If I forgot the passphrase, how do they know it's really me trying to remove the key from the server, and not some Joe-job?
But haven't his last 3 or 4 novels been historical fiction?
Forget overexposure - get some decent writers that understand science fiction and can write interesting, thought provoking scripts. That will revive the franchise.
That's like saying that if we could get a Congress and Executive Branch made up of honest politicians, we'd have peace and prosperity. It's trivially true, but damn-near impossible to implement.
Actually, decent Sci-Fi script-writers might be even more scarce than honest politicians--you gotta figure some politicians will end up honest accidentally, just because they are too lazy to lie. Good scripts don't happen by accident.
I'd like a Gmail invite--
send link to Michael_Junk@hotmail.com
That's optimistic.
>And he'd give it all up for a kiss from a girl :(...
That can be arranged.
As a lecturer, don't you feel that it your inability to spell the word "plagiarism" correctly has already devalued the quality of your degree (and that of your students)?
You mean Windows XP SP 2? This is already in Release Candidate mode to MSDN subscribers.
> Any life arising from the hand of man is de facto synthetic
Well, that would apply to most donated sperm, then.
Or, alternately, use this knowledget to your advantage. I remember setting the Field Service account password on my VAX to "BITEME", just so I could have the same conversation over and over again.
DEC: Sir, we're going to need to log into the Field Service account. Could you enable the account please, and give me the password.
Me: Sure, BITEME.
DEC: There's no need to get rude about it sir, but we're not going to be able to diagnose your problem if we can't log in.
See, and I would find the vodka and squirrel fetish endearing.
The question refers (obviously) to work-related weaknesses, and I use it as a measure of self-perception. If you keep the vodka and squirrels at home, I don't need to hear about it. If you are often late on deadlines, I'd like to know that you are aware of it and have an idea about how to self-improve.
You have a better question?
Personally, I tend to use the "what is your greatest weakness?" question fairly often in my hiring. Why do you call it a "bullshit question"? What would be a better question?
I'm serious.
...And let's not forget Hemingway, or Faulkner, each of whom influenced more than a few.
I wonder if the "average" person understands the difference between the median and the mean.
That might be because it's (or at least it seems like) your own decision to meditate. There's a HUGE difference in attitude when you go meditate on your own initiative then when you're forced to meditate during work for 15 minutes, in a hurry, without being paid. I'm no expert on these things but I'd think it's very plausible that being forced to do meditation against your will and with a bad attitude towards it effectively renders it useless indeed...
You're no expert? No kidding! Read the frickin' article! No one is talking about forced meditation, or doing it without being paid. The article is about corporations offering meditation as a benefit. Does offering Health Insurance imply that you are required to spend time each year in a hospital?
>Testicle-cancer in men is (also) often diagnosed too late. I do not know how they confirm that you have it (AFTER the physical examination) but I :o
> hope to god it does not involve a vice-like device
A vice-like device? You should be so lucky.
Confirmation involves a knife.
Yeah, it is easily breakable, in the sense that it is open to the same type of problems that beset one-time pads-- secure communication of the key.
The fact that there are many t's and z's to choose from doesn't change the fact that you still need a secure channel to transmit t and z from Alice to Bob. And if you have that secure channel, what's the point of the encryption? Why not just pass the plaintext over the secure channel?
OK, maybe it's me, but I didn't find "American Gods" particularly enjoyable. In fact, I found it to be pretty lame. If that was the best Science Fiction novel of the year, I guess I have a better understanding of why I tend not to read much SF.
> Second, and most importantly, the size of the file is dependent on the size of the bytes
> within the file.
I don't know about you, but where I come from all bytes are pretty much 8 bits in size.
>Because the bytes in the file have differing values depending on the instructions they
>encode, altering the data will alter the size unless you're borrowing from one byte to inflate
>another -- and in this case, again, you run afoul of the first problem.
Altering the value of a byte changes its size?
Man, I need to get me some of them new magic size-changing bytes! Down with the tyranny of 8-bit bytes!
Sounds good to me-- not that it generally takes too long before SHN files show up on Furthurnet after a GD or Phish show....
>Someone with a better command of other languages can do the translations instead.
Better command than what? Than the people Microsoft will hire? Chalk this up as "One of the lamest reasons for Open Source..."