So what exactly distinguishes one of these mathematicians from a common whore?
It is completely different. When a common whore provides services to her client, the client does not use the results of those services to invade anyone's privacy. Stop insulting whores.
It seems to me that either way you're paying for getting f*cked.
Given a choice when answering about what you do for a living at a social get-together, which is cooler:
a) I'm a mathematician
or
b) I work for a three-letter government spy agency. Sorry, my work is classified. I can't tell you more or I'd have to kill you. Now please, try some of this wine which I assure you is not drugged.
Even the poster's ideas of what to do are obsolete.
Ultimately, we're going to take apart a computer and put it back together.
A "computer" today doesn't mean a desktop. Good luck taking an iPad apart and putting it together. Or a smartphone. Or a laptop. In a cost-saving move, ram is now soldered in place. And you can't change the cpu, the video card, the sound card, and eve changing the keyboard is a real b*tch.
Better to spend more time teaching the basics of reading, writing, and math. And get them outside once in a while to play because most of them think "play" means tapping a screen or thumbing a button.
Most of the kids experiences will be with tablets or smartphones - forget about upgrades. Newer laptops are the same story. Ram soldered in place, no place to mount a second hdd, and you can't change the video or audio or cpu, so teaching them that will be totally useless except to work on old junk.
However, whatever we do, I want the kids to obtain marketable skills.
What does that have to do with Google refusing to even try to fix a problem in 4.3, knowing that the majority of their user base cannot upgrade to 4.4 because the telcos don't want to be bothered?
What do you mean, we "took"? Céline Dion was born in Québec, which last time I checked is part of Canada.
And as a Canadian, I can assure you that those of us north of the US border are quite happy with how it worked out. Really. You can keep Celine Dion and Justin Beiber as long as you want...
I've been waiting for a decent and affordable laptop ever since Toshiba first came out with color screens on theirs. I still don't have a laptop.
I don't know what you call "decent and affordable", but I bought a new laptop last year - quad core, 8 gig ram, 500 gig hd hdmi out, usb3, for $401.00. At the local big-chain pharmacy (they sell everything these days). They also have lower-spec machines for less if you can make do with 4 gig ram and dual core.
I see from the other responses that you should have included the tag. Neither Verizon nor Comcast nor AT&T are players in Kanuckistan's consumer cable / mobile/internet markets.
I would have said "look at the other nordic countries", but then there's Russia. So much for THAT theory:-)
Besides, we have the government refusing to hold a real probe into the murder rate of Aboriginal women (28 times higher) because it would expose their "tough on crime" stance as all show, no go, and a flawed allocation of resources that could better be used in prevention. And their craptastic treatment of returning veterans with injuries, especially PTSD, which is more along the lines of the Canadian equivalent of "dont' ask, don't tell."
I kind of deserve it, thiough. That's what I get for trying to pass the vacuum, watch Dr. Phil, keep my neighbors dog from drinking my coffee (again), and post on slashdot at the same time.
Their age isn't necessarily their up-time, and home use isn't the same load as these are expected to meet. Also, your anecdote also isn't evidence:-) But that's okay too.
Yes, I goofed. However, believing that 11.4 years is what you'll get in practice is also naive, especially with the higher-density drives that haven't accumulated even 2 years of real-life experience,
I've apoligized for the bad math, but sorry again. However, 11.4 years doesn't match what's actually happening as we go to higher densities. I've had a few drives last 8,000 hours, but most have died much sooner.
Oops my math error. Still, 11.4 years is also way out of line with the reality that, as density rises, so do failure rates. Why do you think they've lowered the warranty period?
selected a
five-year disk array lifetime and assumed disk failures were
independent events distributed according to a Poisson law
with a mean time to failure (MTTF) of 100,000 hours.
100,000 hours = 273 years. Does anyone believe that?
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So what exactly distinguishes one of these mathematicians from a common whore?
It is completely different. When a common whore provides services to her client, the client does not use the results of those services to invade anyone's privacy. Stop insulting whores.
It seems to me that either way you're paying for getting f*cked.
We've know the solution for a long time. Breed less.
Shame on them
Easy to say, when you don't have to choose between doing what you love for a morally dubious master vs getting a crap job.
You don't get the "morally dubious master" either way? I've been robbed!
Given a choice when answering about what you do for a living at a social get-together, which is cooler:
a) I'm a mathematician
or
b) I work for a three-letter government spy agency. Sorry, my work is classified. I can't tell you more or I'd have to kill you. Now please, try some of this wine which I assure you is not drugged.
Hint - Go watch True Lies.
Ultimately, we're going to take apart a computer and put it back together.
A "computer" today doesn't mean a desktop. Good luck taking an iPad apart and putting it together. Or a smartphone. Or a laptop. In a cost-saving move, ram is now soldered in place. And you can't change the cpu, the video card, the sound card, and eve changing the keyboard is a real b*tch.
Better to spend more time teaching the basics of reading, writing, and math. And get them outside once in a while to play because most of them think "play" means tapping a screen or thumbing a button.
Most of the kids experiences will be with tablets or smartphones - forget about upgrades. Newer laptops are the same story. Ram soldered in place, no place to mount a second hdd, and you can't change the video or audio or cpu, so teaching them that will be totally useless except to work on old junk.
However, whatever we do, I want the kids to obtain marketable skills.
Don't be evil.
Waiting for your carrier for an upgrade? One that might never come? Competition is a good thing in this case.
What does that have to do with Google refusing to even try to fix a problem in 4.3, knowing that the majority of their user base cannot upgrade to 4.4 because the telcos don't want to be bothered?
One of the problems is that if ONE customer in the area gets broadband speeds, the whole area is classified as having broadband.
What do you mean, we "took"? Céline Dion was born in Québec, which last time I checked is part of Canada.
And as a Canadian, I can assure you that those of us north of the US border are quite happy with how it worked out. Really. You can keep Celine Dion and Justin Beiber as long as you want ...
That's called compromise. And what you have to do in a small package.
Can you fit a V12 in a Mini?
If you can fit a V-12 lambourghini engine with all-wheel drive into a 1971 Fiat 500, then you can probably find someone crazy enough to do the same for the new mini cooper.
I've been waiting for a decent and affordable laptop ever since Toshiba first came out with color screens on theirs. I still don't have a laptop.
I don't know what you call "decent and affordable", but I bought a new laptop last year - quad core, 8 gig ram, 500 gig hd hdmi out, usb3, for $401.00. At the local big-chain pharmacy (they sell everything these days). They also have lower-spec machines for less if you can make do with 4 gig ram and dual core.
Besides, we're quite happy you took Celine Dion and Justin Beiber. You lost fair and square ... don't try to back out of it now!
I see from the other responses that you should have included the tag. Neither Verizon nor Comcast nor AT&T are players in Kanuckistan's consumer cable / mobile /internet markets.
Besides, we have the government refusing to hold a real probe into the murder rate of Aboriginal women (28 times higher) because it would expose their "tough on crime" stance as all show, no go, and a flawed allocation of resources that could better be used in prevention. And their craptastic treatment of returning veterans with injuries, especially PTSD, which is more along the lines of the Canadian equivalent of "dont' ask, don't tell."
I kind of deserve it, thiough. That's what I get for trying to pass the vacuum, watch Dr. Phil, keep my neighbors dog from drinking my coffee (again), and post on slashdot at the same time.
Their age isn't necessarily their up-time, and home use isn't the same load as these are expected to meet. Also, your anecdote also isn't evidence :-) But that's okay too.
Yes, I goofed. However, believing that 11.4 years is what you'll get in practice is also naive, especially with the higher-density drives that haven't accumulated even 2 years of real-life experience,
But thinking that 11.4 years is going to save their behind is unrealistic.
I screwed up. Sorry. However, even 11.4 years is overly optimistic as we cram more and more onto a single platter.
I've apoligized for the bad math, but sorry again. However, 11.4 years doesn't match what's actually happening as we go to higher densities. I've had a few drives last 8,000 hours, but most have died much sooner.
I know. Already apoligized. But I have yet to see a high-density disk last more than 8,000 hours, with the median being maybe half that.
Oops my math error. Still, 11.4 years is also way out of line with the reality that, as density rises, so do failure rates. Why do you think they've lowered the warranty period?
selected a five-year disk array lifetime and assumed disk failures were independent events distributed according to a Poisson law with a mean time to failure (MTTF) of 100,000 hours.
100,000 hours = 273 years. Does anyone believe that?
Of course, there's also the fact that each of us harbors about 60 mutations - stuff we didn't inherit from either parent.