Caching is only worthwhile if the data can benefit from higher bandwidth. I don't want, for example, my porn or SETI@home data using valuable cache space regardless of how frequently it's accessed, because it can't be processed at anything approaching the bandwidth of magnetic storage, let alone a good SSD. I'd much prefer to have my app/games stored on the SSD, because regardless of how infrequently I use any one of them, the performance gains would be far more dramatic.
The Downfall subtitle videos, while amusing, fall more into the camp of a derivative work as the subtitles do not poke fun at the original movie. A parody should mock the original work.
Hmm, a parody of tyrannical IP enforcement involving Hitler.. wherever will we find source material for that one?
That's actually an incorrect, though common, use of the word narcotic. Nicotine is actually a stimulant, although it does, indirectly, relieve pain: "Nicotine appears to enhance concentration and memory due to the increase of acetylcholine. It also appears to enhance alertness due to the increases of acetylcholine and norepinephrine. Arousal is increased by the increase of norepinephrine. Pain is reduced by the increases of acetylcholine and beta-endorphin. Anxiety is reduced by the increase of beta-endorphin. Nicotine also extends the duration of positive effects of dopamine and increases sensitivity in brain reward systems." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Psychoactive_effects)
To address some of the other posters, the fact that it has a lethal dosage is largely irrelevant -- all substances have a lethal dosage, even water, but also acetaminophen/paracetamol (Tylenol), aluminum (antiperspirants), Polyethylene glycol (laxatives), etc. You could argue that the above items treat problems, but alertness & mood stability are just as much of "problems" that are resolved by nicotine.
In short, unless it's causing *more* harm than good AND/OR harming those around the user, then I don't see a problem with it. I could just be rationalizing my own use -- I smoked for ten years before switching to a gum five years ago -- but if I didn't care about my health, I'd still be smoking.
True.. (That price seems to be from TigerDirect, BTW.. they're hit or miss in my experience, as far as order fulfillment, shipping times, and resale of defective items.) Still might be worthwhile to use as your "C:" or/boot &/bin drive, with the OS, games, apps, etc. I'm considering buying an SSD for this very purpose, although I may wait until prices are closer to the $300 mark for 500GB.. so 18 months or less, with any luck.
Content where access time and bandwidth isn't as critical to performance, can still go on much cheaper mechanical drives until SSD prices become competitive for size. Hard drives aren't the bottleneck for either downloading or playback of movies, which are limited by my internet connection and my desire to watch in real time, respectively.
Hopefully we'll see a congruence in prices between SSDs and magnetic storage in the near future, though we're clearly not there yet.
Chiropractic treatment (massage therapy and physical therapy) has been well established as an effective treatment for back pain, and many "chiropractors" end both their claims and treatments there.
The problem is, true Chiropractic goes much further, claiming that a wide variety of diseases are caused by "misalignments" of the spine, other joints, and soft tissue. "Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation or spinal joint dysfunction interferes with the body's function and its innate intelligence." In many cases, these claims are demonstrably false.
"Chiropractic is often described as two professions masquerading as one. Unlike the distinction between podiatry (a science-based profession for foot disorders) and foot reflexology (an unscientific philosophy which posits that many disorders arise from the feet), in chiropractic the two professions attempt to live under one roof, albeit with much tension between them."
The notion you can develop in neurotically from PTS is complete bullshit.
That depends how the disease is defined, which is itself determined by what we learn as we go. Most diseases are defined first by their symptoms, and only later do we learn that there are different causes for the same set of symptoms. As we learn more, the disease is then subcategorized based on origin or other differentiating factors. For example, Hodgkin's Disease was was the "only" form of lymphoma for over a century, until Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma was identified (and, as it turns out, is the far more common variety), which itself has various subcategories.
Under the DSM-IV-TR, "Tourette's Disorder may be diagnosed when a person exhibits both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics (although these do not need to be concurrent) over the period of a year, with no more than three consecutive tic-free months." So while you may have access to more up-to-date information, the current definition is wholly symptomatic.
I'm not disagreeing that this woman's claims are BS -- they probably are, or at least the proposed cause is almost certainly incorrect -- but unless and until specific causes are identified and isolated, non-genetic origins cannot be dismissed out of hand.
While the story asserts that 'A new era of cancer treatment has dawned,' I'm a bit more skeptical, given that gene therapy and immunotherapy are still very much in their infancy at the current time.
I'm pretty sure that 'infancy' and 'dawn' are analogies for the same concept... Now if they had said "cancer is history," you might have a point.
Encryption only makes the content indistinguishable from noise (for very good values of encryption). If you were to look at the raw spectrum, you'd still see a power spike at the frequency they were using for transmission, provided it was above the noise floor. And if it's not above the noise floor, we have little hope of hearing it anyway.
The concept of hiding the transmission itself is not encryption, it's stenography, and AFAIK there's not, as yet, any form of stenography that looks like *nothing* was transmitted; only that something else was transmitted. In fact, it's probably impossible to transmit something without leaving any evidence at all.
The mistake both you and the article's author make is in assuming that we didn't willingly forfeit our souls.
In fact, I feel much better now, knowing that nothing I do will affect the fate of my soul. At least I did, until they told me they weren't going to exercise their option. Apparently I have a lot of candy to return to some very upset babies now.
You can download the Navy's Electric and Electronic Training Series (NEETS) modules (booklets) for free. They're a bit dated, with an emphasis on radio and radar, but they cover everything from electrical theory to DC to solid state (including logic gates, oscillators, and counters, which are integral to the function of CPUs), and it's all pretty well explained. Nothing really beats having an instructor's brain to pick, but I'd recommend these books highly for the cost/value provided.
Under the state statute, an element of the crime is that the defendant was the driver. Under ordinance section 474.660, in contrast, the defendant must establish that he was not the driver and that someone else was. This type of procedural conflict is inconsistent with the uniformity requirement of the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act.
Sure, go ahead and mod me down, but you can't escape the fact that Obama is facing a reality where the budget needs to be cut to bring the deficit under control, whereas the past administration and congress continually lived in fantasyland believing that they could spend whatever they wanted.
Actually the NASA budget is not slated to be cut; it will still increase at about the pace of inflation, meaning it will essentially hold steady. Canceling the moon program merely frees up more resources to be spent elsewhere, on programs you described which were sacrificed in the name of the Constellation program.
That said, I believe it's a mistake to cancel the program instead of funding it. Since it is widely regarded as an essential stepping stone, and will thus be necessary at some point, delaying the manned moon program will only set us back further in relation to other countries (Japan, China, Russia, India(?)) and collectives (ESA).
NASA's $19B budget is a tiny fraction of Federal spending: between 0.5% and 1%, historically, for the past 30 years. Compare that to the DHS budget, which has doubled from 23.3B in 2003 to $56B today, just shy of 3x NASA's budget. If you consider DHS to be the manifestation of loss aversion, and NASA to be the manifestation of aspiration and progress, which I think are fair characterizations, then loss aversion is limiting progress (as it often does). Of course it's not a strict dichotomy between DHS and NASA, but I find it ridiculous that we have no shortage of funds for Security Theater while science and technology suffer.
I'm extremely disappointed that the Obama administration -- one ostensibly dedicated to advancing science and technology -- has decided to scrap this program.
It may be their right, but perhaps it *shouldn't* be. From Ma Bell to auto and vacuum manufacturers, the practice of tie-ins has been either found or made illegal, albeit typically by attacking the source of the leverage (such as warranties) rather than the practice directly. I think it's time to update our laws and prevent hardware manufacturers from contractually restricting what end users can do with it. I understand the practical and business reasons against such usage; I just don't feel they outweigh consumer rights.
[T]he National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF), says it chose to leave the section out of the 2010 edition of the biennial Science and Engineering Indicators because the survey questions used to measure knowledge of the two topics force respondents to choose between factual knowledge and religious beliefs.
I'm not really sure that a third alternative exists -- certainly evolution has been both directly and indirectly observed, and the big bang is the most consistent model -- but I concur that the questions should be phrased objectively and limited to knowledge rather than opinion. E.g.:
The common term for the beginning of the universe as described by scientists is:
To keep it from spiraling into a ridiculously long answer, what would be the most appropriate response?
I can't speak to the specific OP above, but interviewing is almost always best served by a top-down approach. Like court, your goal is NOT to provide every detail; it's to leave the "jury" with a favorable impression. So, unless he says "list 5 differences," (and even if he does) then just start with a general description, and then present individual examples as requested. I.E., difference between C/C++: you might say that C++ is a near superset of C, then wait for him to ask what you mean. That also gives you time to think (although "what's the difference between" questions are pretty common, so you should probably have some examples ready.)
Also -- though not specific to this topic, per se -- one of the best things to do is ask lots of questions. Become the interviewer. What tools do they use? What conventions? What hardware? What development process? That shows you're familiar with the job (or implies it), and also puts you on more even footing, which makes them view you more as a colleague than a candidate. It also gives you a chance to build a rapport by complimenting their choices, or at least showing an interest.
One other note.. even if you can tell from the moment you set foot in the door that you'll hate the place, or that working there would be an insult to your abilities, don't let it show. You never know what an offer might be like, and you can always use one offer as leverage against another. (You can actually do this without an actual offer, but it helps to have the real thing).
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Caching is only worthwhile if the data can benefit from higher bandwidth. I don't want, for example, my porn or SETI@home data using valuable cache space regardless of how frequently it's accessed, because it can't be processed at anything approaching the bandwidth of magnetic storage, let alone a good SSD. I'd much prefer to have my app/games stored on the SSD, because regardless of how infrequently I use any one of them, the performance gains would be far more dramatic.
I, for one, would be quite happy if our use of the roads by default didn't give up a bunch of rights.
And an r escaped from mine. Those devious consonants!
Looks like a stay m found its way into your post.
The Downfall subtitle videos, while amusing, fall more into the camp of a derivative work as the subtitles do not poke fun at the original movie. A parody should mock the original work.
Hmm, a parody of tyrannical IP enforcement involving Hitler.. wherever will we find source material for that one?
I thought that was the lottery was for?
Your writing skills are matched only by your reading comprehension.
That's actually an incorrect, though common, use of the word narcotic. Nicotine is actually a stimulant, although it does, indirectly, relieve pain: "Nicotine appears to enhance concentration and memory due to the increase of acetylcholine. It also appears to enhance alertness due to the increases of acetylcholine and norepinephrine. Arousal is increased by the increase of norepinephrine. Pain is reduced by the increases of acetylcholine and beta-endorphin. Anxiety is reduced by the increase of beta-endorphin. Nicotine also extends the duration of positive effects of dopamine and increases sensitivity in brain reward systems." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Psychoactive_effects)
To address some of the other posters, the fact that it has a lethal dosage is largely irrelevant -- all substances have a lethal dosage, even water, but also acetaminophen/paracetamol (Tylenol), aluminum (antiperspirants), Polyethylene glycol (laxatives), etc. You could argue that the above items treat problems, but alertness & mood stability are just as much of "problems" that are resolved by nicotine.
In short, unless it's causing *more* harm than good AND/OR harming those around the user, then I don't see a problem with it. I could just be rationalizing my own use -- I smoked for ten years before switching to a gum five years ago -- but if I didn't care about my health, I'd still be smoking.
True.. (That price seems to be from TigerDirect, BTW.. they're hit or miss in my experience, as far as order fulfillment, shipping times, and resale of defective items.) Still might be worthwhile to use as your "C:" or /boot & /bin drive, with the OS, games, apps, etc. I'm considering buying an SSD for this very purpose, although I may wait until prices are closer to the $300 mark for 500GB.. so 18 months or less, with any luck.
Content where access time and bandwidth isn't as critical to performance, can still go on much cheaper mechanical drives until SSD prices become competitive for size. Hard drives aren't the bottleneck for either downloading or playback of movies, which are limited by my internet connection and my desire to watch in real time, respectively.
Hopefully we'll see a congruence in prices between SSDs and magnetic storage in the near future, though we're clearly not there yet.
Chiropractic treatment (massage therapy and physical therapy) has been well established as an effective treatment for back pain, and many "chiropractors" end both their claims and treatments there.
The problem is, true Chiropractic goes much further, claiming that a wide variety of diseases are caused by "misalignments" of the spine, other joints, and soft tissue. "Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation or spinal joint dysfunction interferes with the body's function and its innate intelligence." In many cases, these claims are demonstrably false.
"Chiropractic is often described as two professions masquerading as one. Unlike the distinction between podiatry (a science-based profession for foot disorders) and foot reflexology (an unscientific philosophy which posits that many disorders arise from the feet), in chiropractic the two professions attempt to live under one roof, albeit with much tension between them."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
The notion you can develop in neurotically from PTS is complete bullshit.
That depends how the disease is defined, which is itself determined by what we learn as we go. Most diseases are defined first by their symptoms, and only later do we learn that there are different causes for the same set of symptoms. As we learn more, the disease is then subcategorized based on origin or other differentiating factors. For example, Hodgkin's Disease was was the "only" form of lymphoma for over a century, until Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma was identified (and, as it turns out, is the far more common variety), which itself has various subcategories.
Under the DSM-IV-TR, "Tourette's Disorder may be diagnosed when a person exhibits both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics (although these do not need to be concurrent) over the period of a year, with no more than three consecutive tic-free months." So while you may have access to more up-to-date information, the current definition is wholly symptomatic.
I'm not disagreeing that this woman's claims are BS -- they probably are, or at least the proposed cause is almost certainly incorrect -- but unless and until specific causes are identified and isolated, non-genetic origins cannot be dismissed out of hand.
While the story asserts that 'A new era of cancer treatment has dawned,' I'm a bit more skeptical, given that gene therapy and immunotherapy are still very much in their infancy at the current time.
I'm pretty sure that 'infancy' and 'dawn' are analogies for the same concept... Now if they had said "cancer is history," you might have a point.
Encryption only makes the content indistinguishable from noise (for very good values of encryption). If you were to look at the raw spectrum, you'd still see a power spike at the frequency they were using for transmission, provided it was above the noise floor. And if it's not above the noise floor, we have little hope of hearing it anyway.
The concept of hiding the transmission itself is not encryption, it's stenography, and AFAIK there's not, as yet, any form of stenography that looks like *nothing* was transmitted; only that something else was transmitted. In fact, it's probably impossible to transmit something without leaving any evidence at all.
The mistake both you and the article's author make is in assuming that we didn't willingly forfeit our souls.
In fact, I feel much better now, knowing that nothing I do will affect the fate of my soul. At least I did, until they told me they weren't going to exercise their option. Apparently I have a lot of candy to return to some very upset babies now.
You can download the Navy's Electric and Electronic Training Series (NEETS) modules (booklets) for free. They're a bit dated, with an emphasis on radio and radar, but they cover everything from electrical theory to DC to solid state (including logic gates, oscillators, and counters, which are integral to the function of CPUs), and it's all pretty well explained. Nothing really beats having an instructor's brain to pick, but I'd recommend these books highly for the cost/value provided.
http://www.rarmy.com/coleman/neets/
Not exactly..
Sure, go ahead and mod me down, but you can't escape the fact that Obama is facing a reality where the budget needs to be cut to bring the deficit under control, whereas the past administration and congress continually lived in fantasyland believing that they could spend whatever they wanted.
Actually the NASA budget is not slated to be cut; it will still increase at about the pace of inflation, meaning it will essentially hold steady. Canceling the moon program merely frees up more resources to be spent elsewhere, on programs you described which were sacrificed in the name of the Constellation program.
That said, I believe it's a mistake to cancel the program instead of funding it. Since it is widely regarded as an essential stepping stone, and will thus be necessary at some point, delaying the manned moon program will only set us back further in relation to other countries (Japan, China, Russia, India(?)) and collectives (ESA).
NASA's $19B budget is a tiny fraction of Federal spending: between 0.5% and 1%, historically, for the past 30 years. Compare that to the DHS budget, which has doubled from 23.3B in 2003 to $56B today, just shy of 3x NASA's budget. If you consider DHS to be the manifestation of loss aversion, and NASA to be the manifestation of aspiration and progress, which I think are fair characterizations, then loss aversion is limiting progress (as it often does). Of course it's not a strict dichotomy between DHS and NASA, but I find it ridiculous that we have no shortage of funds for Security Theater while science and technology suffer.
I'm extremely disappointed that the Obama administration -- one ostensibly dedicated to advancing science and technology -- has decided to scrap this program.
I'm not really bothered by your karma (no offense) so much as the collective inability to see the hypocrisy in hardlined atheism.
It may be their right, but perhaps it *shouldn't* be. From Ma Bell to auto and vacuum manufacturers, the practice of tie-ins has been either found or made illegal, albeit typically by attacking the source of the leverage (such as warranties) rather than the practice directly. I think it's time to update our laws and prevent hardware manufacturers from contractually restricting what end users can do with it. I understand the practical and business reasons against such usage; I just don't feel they outweigh consumer rights.
I'm not really sure that a third alternative exists -- certainly evolution has been both directly and indirectly observed, and the big bang is the most consistent model -- but I concur that the questions should be phrased objectively and limited to knowledge rather than opinion. E.g.:
The common term for the beginning of the universe as described by scientists is:
a) Big Bang
b) Neutrino
c) Accretion
d) Pop Rocks
It could be said that a fool and his money are soon parted, but really it can happen to anyone given the right circumstances.
Which is to say, we're all fools.
To keep it from spiraling into a ridiculously long answer, what would be the most appropriate response?
I can't speak to the specific OP above, but interviewing is almost always best served by a top-down approach. Like court, your goal is NOT to provide every detail; it's to leave the "jury" with a favorable impression. So, unless he says "list 5 differences," (and even if he does) then just start with a general description, and then present individual examples as requested. I.E., difference between C/C++: you might say that C++ is a near superset of C, then wait for him to ask what you mean. That also gives you time to think (although "what's the difference between" questions are pretty common, so you should probably have some examples ready.)
Also -- though not specific to this topic, per se -- one of the best things to do is ask lots of questions. Become the interviewer. What tools do they use? What conventions? What hardware? What development process? That shows you're familiar with the job (or implies it), and also puts you on more even footing, which makes them view you more as a colleague than a candidate. It also gives you a chance to build a rapport by complimenting their choices, or at least showing an interest.
One other note.. even if you can tell from the moment you set foot in the door that you'll hate the place, or that working there would be an insult to your abilities, don't let it show. You never know what an offer might be like, and you can always use one offer as leverage against another. (You can actually do this without an actual offer, but it helps to have the real thing).
I'm deeply troubled by the fact that your post was modded flamebait while the GP was modded insightful...
Wrong. Kids don't need to know about their bodies. That's why I'm not potty training mine until they're 18!
Wouldn't teaching them how to use a condom be more like teaching them how to make a Shirley Temple?