I would think this would be dificult for several reasons:
1. the fighter plane will not remain stationary in the air while it fires the laser beam
2. it's not a continuous beam
3. the people on the ground shouldn't have the accuracy that a fighter plane with targeting equipment does
In all likelyhood, reflecting the beam back is a very slim probability, most certainly until ground troops get man-mounted, extremely accurate targeting systems. Which I don't think they have now nor do I think they will have for a while. Especially since one small movement places your point of aim onto a point in space much farther from where it was before, without the stability of the plane, a human couldn't reflect that beam back very well.
Make sure you heavily examine the institute of higher learning that you are considering pursuing your degree at.
I say this because so many schools have crap computer science degrees. For the most part, a computer science degree is horribly useless, because it's too general to teach you much of use. Instead of filling up your time with useless electives like history, higher level physics, cal3 and discrete math, foreign languages, they should spend more time teaching you about computers themselves. But more than that, I think teaching institutions should have somewhat specialized degrees (and no, I don't mean specialized to the point that it would just be equal to graduate school) in the computer field, such as a gaming programming degree (for those who want to code games, and will need physics and maybe some anatomy or biology for the characters), a networking computers degree (for sysadmining, setting up ISPs, stuff like that), and a business software programming degree (for people who want to code programs like anything GNU programmers do, text editing, image editors, big business junk), and then maybe a web coding degree (for either web designers, or people to run web based software applications, who need light languages, etc). And just get rid of the too-generic-to-be-worthy Computer Science degree.
Not that my idea is perfectly thought out, but instead of trying to pretend like computers can be lumped into one big category and that you can learn what you need to learn about them to do what you want to do with only one degree, institutes need to recognize that computers are multi-faceted and they need to let the rest of us know that they realize this.
Personally, I got to the point that I hate computers for the most part (well, except my own personal use; I'm tired of working on them at work and might get a new job), especially programming, since my school only teaches Java, and I prefer C++. So, I'm switching to graphic design, my other love. My first love.
his storage format is not radically different than any other. Merely more compressed, just like floppy disks became (vs. the 5.25 inch variety), and just like laptop HDs vs. the standard ones.
I don't think it's necessary for a class to have in-class net access either. Of course, on a completely side note, there are a million reasons why the class could require net access for other stuff, and not in-class work/lecture.
they need to make it a signed requirement that people who have cell phones turn them off during class. the library is also a really annoying place for cell phones to go off. i always put mine on vibrate mode or turn it off when i'm in here.
PDAs are probably a problem too, though they aren't as prevalent as cell phones or computers because they still haven't become as useful (well, to me, at least.)
Though seriously, they have a good point. and definitely, phone companies go to no lengths to help you.. my DSL kit from Bellsouth is late already.. grr
Whats worse is that they get paid more than me too.
Don't you hate that? I mean sheesh.. they get all this equipment, a lazy job, and here, $8 an hour. makes me sick. I want a job like that.. i need money.. as we all know, college life isn't cheap, especially off campus.
I go to NC state university (ncsu.edu/text is where you'll want to go), and they hire students to work for ResNet, the self explanatory name of their network here. anyway, i know someone who works for them now, and it's a cush job.. geez..
listen to this, they get:
a Dell Inspiron laptop
a motorola talkabout cell phone (the ones that work as personal radios, do paging/text messaging too)
a big-ass backpack to hold it all, t-shirt, um.... $8/hour, can't think of what else.
sure, they have to give back the laptop, cell phone, and oddly enough the backpack too, but it's still a damn good deal, yo. and all you're doing is troubleshooting NICs, wall plates, and the cable itself. heh... i'd apply for the job, but they don't hire in the fall. grr. but i'm going to check stuff out around campus anyway.
but i think he said they have 25 working for them total... which includes the 2 heads of the whole sheban
that's when you have an open repository where drivers for hardware can accumulate, like software [links] do on freshmeat... and you can group them according to vendor and then model no. perhaps there's already such, i dont doubt it, (but if so i dont have a link), in which case, why not bother?
it's a lot easier to take something you can tinker with so you can get old hardware to work, than deal with something that's not always as susceptible to tinkering-to-make-it-work. and why make old hardware work? dozens of reasons... there are plenty of ppl who may want an old clunker to set up as a dinky webserver for something. or maybe you want to set up a freebie lab somewhere for kids/people who dont have their own computers. or maybe you just like to recycle. or maybe you just like to punish yourself on old, stiff-butt keyboards.;)
"then to me it's time to cash out my options and jump ship"
And what purpose would that serve? As another sub-poster mentioned, this guy had a great deal of morals to attempt to fix the problem. It certainly wasn't on its way to solving itself if he had merely left it alone. Now it's out, at the least, among other things, and we're here discussing it no/., in addition to the fact that he made attempts to fix the problem himself. It's going to happen again, because there will always be people somewhere who can't stand to just let something lie alone for unbiased consumption. But the more we talk about it, maybe the more someone will do more the next time it happens, as I realize that talk is cheap and won't solve the problem on it's own. Then again, it's hard also to keep something completely unbiased, but there would have been more so if the editor hadn't posted as he did.
yes, i know the world didn't begin on his birthday.. i guess i was just trying to point to the 2000 years of modern history when we've done interesting things.. though certainly the innovations prior to the start of that 2000 year span are quite noteworthy too. Either way, we've got the apes beat pretty good, eh? But also, I thought one of the reasons that primates other than humans didn't speak is that something to do with their larynxes weren't developed correctly for speech as we know it. Course i may be hallucinating, who knows...
end up 400 years int the future at a distant world
but that can't be right either, because Ari said, when they were at the ruins at "ca li ma" (ha !), that the ruins were thousands of years old....not quite right.
which brings me to another point.. if those apes are supposed to be so superior to humans, then why haven't they, in the thousands of years they've been there, invented the things that we as humans invented in the mere 2000 or so years we've been here? and if they hated humans so much, then why did they take on so many of the habits and customs and vices that humans have ? they look like ape-ized people (which yes, i realize there are people under those costumes.. but i never knew that apes grew body and facial hair so similar to the way humans do. heh...
so I guess I sorta meant that we shouldn't resort to throwing the kind of mud they're throwing. If you're going to attack someone through the media, at least attack them for something they can actually be accused of doing. I mean, Pacman? for cryin' out loud, Gates, get a grip on reality.
and to think that we even bother to pay him any mind. Like the article mentioned, he does seem to be grasping at straws here. It's a sign of how great his desparation is that he's now trying to attack the character of Open Source, rather than the performance of it. He's throwing the first mud, but I hope we don't start throwing it back. To do so would put us on his level, afraid of the viability of our own software, and too wimpy and stubborn to do anything about it. My idea.. ignore him? And continue to crank out the good stuff that the Open Source +/- GPL community has been...
(and let's hope I haven't skinned my ignorance by putting something wrong in my/i. post...)
it would have been too cumbersome..
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to actually write down everything, within the constitution, that could and could not be considered as protected or not protected by the numerous clauses. that's why you're right.. we have to apply the meaning. Think of how ridiculous it would be to sit down and spell out everything that is valid as free speech, rights to assemble, etc. I'd consider myself a strict constructionist (to borrow your term), and I agree with you (so I guess this post is mostly a "good job, amen, patting-you-on-the-back" post).
But back to the original article, I agree that they should get rid of Carnivore, and that they ought to take away the use of thermal imaging without a search warrant, blah blah... I certainly don't want anyone poking around where I live without a warrant because that's simply invading my privacy.
You have to wonder what kind of computer placement and usage habits they have to have developed such a problem. I have never seen an "exhaust" coming from my computer's fans. I'm going to (probably incorrectly) assume that they are probably storing their computers in a not so healthy way... maybe they're too crowded or something, too close to those bio-hazard boxes hospitals use for refuse. It's more likely that the computers picked up a fungus or two from the patients and just became a home for it, than started growing it on their own.... improper care by the hospital attendants kept the fungus alive. I just wanna know, though: how does a fungus grow in a computer? Sure, it's dark and hot, but there's not much moisture in there, and not much organic matter for the fungus to consume, except maybe the small amount of dead skin cells and so forth in dust. Ew!
Certainly, there are many people who game, da dee da...
I'm even going to sit here and say I'm probably wrong in what I'm about to say, but I think it's a possibility that they're supplying all the computers because, among the other many good reasons (to prevent cheating, etc.), it's difficult to get 3000 people to bring their computers. I mean, they're probably not going to have just people from Germany... so... for those who come long distances.. who really wants to bring their computer with them, if you're going as one of 3000 people to one big place to set up your equipment? Think about how hard that'd be! I could go on and on.. but I'm just guessing that, if they actually have the resources to get 3000 good computers (since they seem determined to set the world record for LAN parties), it's better that they are supplying the machines, not the actual participants...
But yes, I also agree with the people who say that a LAN party is much more fun when it's smaller, because you get to bring your own setup, yak with everybody, and generally have a good, homey feeling to the whole affair.
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I would think this would be dificult for several reasons:
1. the fighter plane will not remain stationary in the air while it fires the laser beam
2. it's not a continuous beam
3. the people on the ground shouldn't have the accuracy that a fighter plane with targeting equipment does
In all likelyhood, reflecting the beam back is a very slim probability, most certainly until ground troops get man-mounted, extremely accurate targeting systems. Which I don't think they have now nor do I think they will have for a while. Especially since one small movement places your point of aim onto a point in space much farther from where it was before, without the stability of the plane, a human couldn't reflect that beam back very well.
someone WILL marry CowboyNeal, and then he'll have no reason to appear in the polls anymore.
Oh wait, if that happens, the polls will never be the same again! ACK
Make sure you heavily examine the institute of higher learning that you are considering pursuing your degree at.
I say this because so many schools have crap computer science degrees. For the most part, a computer science degree is horribly useless, because it's too general to teach you much of use. Instead of filling up your time with useless electives like history, higher level physics, cal3 and discrete math, foreign languages, they should spend more time teaching you about computers themselves. But more than that, I think teaching institutions should have somewhat specialized degrees (and no, I don't mean specialized to the point that it would just be equal to graduate school) in the computer field, such as a gaming programming degree (for those who want to code games, and will need physics and maybe some anatomy or biology for the characters), a networking computers degree (for sysadmining, setting up ISPs, stuff like that), and a business software programming degree (for people who want to code programs like anything GNU programmers do, text editing, image editors, big business junk), and then maybe a web coding degree (for either web designers, or people to run web based software applications, who need light languages, etc). And just get rid of the too-generic-to-be-worthy Computer Science degree.
Not that my idea is perfectly thought out, but instead of trying to pretend like computers can be lumped into one big category and that you can learn what you need to learn about them to do what you want to do with only one degree, institutes need to recognize that computers are multi-faceted and they need to let the rest of us know that they realize this.
Personally, I got to the point that I hate computers for the most part (well, except my own personal use; I'm tired of working on them at work and might get a new job), especially programming, since my school only teaches Java, and I prefer C++. So, I'm switching to graphic design, my other love. My first love.
The only reason you would NOT use MS Office is ideology
Not so. Some people enjoy other word processing programs, such as StarOffice. ( I mention this one because I kind of like it. )
Then I got a job and learnt that tolerance instead of shitty elitism is the way to go.
Isn't that exactly what you should be saying to Microsoft?
his storage format is not radically different than any other. Merely more compressed, just like floppy disks became (vs. the 5.25 inch variety), and just like laptop HDs vs. the standard ones.
So big deal, eh?
;)
imagine getting a cell phone in your taco bell kids meal or family pack?
:D
But honestly... why do they keep trying? Is the music industry losing that much money?
Greedy money grubbers.
I don't think it's necessary for a class to have in-class net access either. Of course, on a completely side note, there are a million reasons why the class could require net access for other stuff, and not in-class work/lecture.
just thought i'd say a big "Amen" to that
they need to make it a signed requirement that people who have cell phones turn them off during class. the library is also a really annoying place for cell phones to go off. i always put mine on vibrate mode or turn it off when i'm in here.
PDAs are probably a problem too, though they aren't as prevalent as cell phones or computers because they still haven't become as useful (well, to me, at least.)
when the keys get stuck?
indeed, it does..
wish i'd known about this before i ordered DSL..
Though seriously, they have a good point. and definitely, phone companies go to no lengths to help you.. my DSL kit from Bellsouth is late already.. grr
It's about time they told us something we DON'T know about Hotmail, eh?
Whats worse is that they get paid more than me too.
Don't you hate that? I mean sheesh.. they get all this equipment, a lazy job, and here, $8 an hour. makes me sick. I want a job like that.. i need money.. as we all know, college life isn't cheap, especially off campus.
Now I have something to do tonight.. heh
though, seriously... mm, that's not good. On a side note, I wonder how many of us have accounts at places such as hushmail.com ?
I go to NC state university (ncsu.edu/text is where you'll want to go), and they hire students to work for ResNet, the self explanatory name of their network here. anyway, i know someone who works for them now, and it's a cush job.. geez..
listen to this, they get:
a Dell Inspiron laptop
a motorola talkabout cell phone (the ones that work as personal radios, do paging/text messaging too)
a big-ass backpack to hold it all, t-shirt, um.... $8/hour, can't think of what else.
sure, they have to give back the laptop, cell phone, and oddly enough the backpack too, but it's still a damn good deal, yo. and all you're doing is troubleshooting NICs, wall plates, and the cable itself. heh... i'd apply for the job, but they don't hire in the fall. grr. but i'm going to check stuff out around campus anyway.
but i think he said they have 25 working for them total... which includes the 2 heads of the whole sheban
that's when you have an open repository where drivers for hardware can accumulate, like software [links] do on freshmeat... and you can group them according to vendor and then model no. perhaps there's already such, i dont doubt it, (but if so i dont have a link), in which case, why not bother?
;)
it's a lot easier to take something you can tinker with so you can get old hardware to work, than deal with something that's not always as susceptible to tinkering-to-make-it-work. and why make old hardware work? dozens of reasons... there are plenty of ppl who may want an old clunker to set up as a dinky webserver for something. or maybe you want to set up a freebie lab somewhere for kids/people who dont have their own computers. or maybe you just like to recycle. or maybe you just like to punish yourself on old, stiff-butt keyboards.
"then to me it's time to cash out my options and jump ship"
/., in addition to the fact that he made attempts to fix the problem himself. It's going to happen again, because there will always be people somewhere who can't stand to just let something lie alone for unbiased consumption. But the more we talk about it, maybe the more someone will do more the next time it happens, as I realize that talk is cheap and won't solve the problem on it's own. Then again, it's hard also to keep something completely unbiased, but there would have been more so if the editor hadn't posted as he did.
And what purpose would that serve? As another sub-poster mentioned, this guy had a great deal of morals to attempt to fix the problem. It certainly wasn't on its way to solving itself if he had merely left it alone. Now it's out, at the least, among other things, and we're here discussing it no
anyway, enough rambling...
yes, i know the world didn't begin on his birthday.. i guess i was just trying to point to the 2000 years of modern history when we've done interesting things.. though certainly the innovations prior to the start of that 2000 year span are quite noteworthy too. Either way, we've got the apes beat pretty good, eh? But also, I thought one of the reasons that primates other than humans didn't speak is that something to do with their larynxes weren't developed correctly for speech as we know it. Course i may be hallucinating, who knows...
end up 400 years int the future at a distant world
..not quite right.
but that can't be right either, because Ari said, when they were at the ruins at "ca li ma" (ha !), that the ruins were thousands of years old..
which brings me to another point.. if those apes are supposed to be so superior to humans, then why haven't they, in the thousands of years they've been there, invented the things that we as humans invented in the mere 2000 or so years we've been here? and if they hated humans so much, then why did they take on so many of the habits and customs and vices that humans have ? they look like ape-ized people (which yes, i realize there are people under those costumes.. but i never knew that apes grew body and facial hair so similar to the way humans do. heh...
so I guess I sorta meant that we shouldn't resort to throwing the kind of mud they're throwing. If you're going to attack someone through the media, at least attack them for something they can actually be accused of doing. I mean, Pacman? for cryin' out loud, Gates, get a grip on reality.
and to think that we even bother to pay him any mind. Like the article mentioned, he does seem to be grasping at straws here. It's a sign of how great his desparation is that he's now trying to attack the character of Open Source, rather than the performance of it. He's throwing the first mud, but I hope we don't start throwing it back. To do so would put us on his level, afraid of the viability of our own software, and too wimpy and stubborn to do anything about it. My idea.. ignore him? And continue to crank out the good stuff that the Open Source +/- GPL community has been...
(and let's hope I haven't skinned my ignorance by putting something wrong in my/i. post...)
to actually write down everything, within the constitution, that could and could not be considered as protected or not protected by the numerous clauses. that's why you're right.. we have to apply the meaning. Think of how ridiculous it would be to sit down and spell out everything that is valid as free speech, rights to assemble, etc. I'd consider myself a strict constructionist (to borrow your term), and I agree with you (so I guess this post is mostly a "good job, amen, patting-you-on-the-back" post).
But back to the original article, I agree that they should get rid of Carnivore, and that they ought to take away the use of thermal imaging without a search warrant, blah blah... I certainly don't want anyone poking around where I live without a warrant because that's simply invading my privacy.
while(Constitution)
{
discuss(our_rights);
}
You have to wonder what kind of computer placement and usage habits they have to have developed such a problem. I have never seen an "exhaust" coming from my computer's fans. I'm going to (probably incorrectly) assume that they are probably storing their computers in a not so healthy way... maybe they're too crowded or something, too close to those bio-hazard boxes hospitals use for refuse. It's more likely that the computers picked up a fungus or two from the patients and just became a home for it, than started growing it on their own.... improper care by the hospital attendants kept the fungus alive. I just wanna know, though: how does a fungus grow in a computer? Sure, it's dark and hot, but there's not much moisture in there, and not much organic matter for the fungus to consume, except maybe the small amount of dead skin cells and so forth in dust. Ew!
The servers will soon begin going on strike, complaining about ungodly work schedules and disrespect at the workplace.
Certainly, there are many people who game, da dee da...
I'm even going to sit here and say I'm probably wrong in what I'm about to say, but I think it's a possibility that they're supplying all the computers because, among the other many good reasons (to prevent cheating, etc.), it's difficult to get 3000 people to bring their computers. I mean, they're probably not going to have just people from Germany... so... for those who come long distances.. who really wants to bring their computer with them, if you're going as one of 3000 people to one big place to set up your equipment? Think about how hard that'd be! I could go on and on.. but I'm just guessing that, if they actually have the resources to get 3000 good computers (since they seem determined to set the world record for LAN parties), it's better that they are supplying the machines, not the actual participants...
But yes, I also agree with the people who say that a LAN party is much more fun when it's smaller, because you get to bring your own setup, yak with everybody, and generally have a good, homey feeling to the whole affair.