Actually my grandfather did develop a negative sleep function but I got so pissed off with my great grandchildren pestering me for an early inheiritance I went back and shot the bastard.
Lets just hope they don't patent the concept of making some short-term hacky reconfiguration of something in order to solve some short term problem rather than solve the problem properly because that WILL kill the software industry.
I would just like to add a second recommendation for the Prestige. Its not a film about Tesla, but as a character, he features pretty prominently. It is IMO a truely excellent movie, one of the best I have seen for a while. Make sure you are reasonbly alert when watching it though. Many subtle things that can easily be missed.
How good are computers at recognizing a face after ten or twenty years?
Hopefully better than I am, otherwise they better be damn good at making generic bullshit small talk at family parties while sweating profusely and fishing for hints without letting on they have absolutely no idea who it is that just ambused them at the buffet table.
Actually, the opposite situation is just as bad. I have enough of a problem with my 'aunt's old room-mate' or equivilant telling me they "remeber me when I was just 'this' big" (given the amount of random old women that at some point 'changed my diaper' I have begun to wonder if my parents rented me out as a training aid), I do not need the computer hardware in my life pulling the same act!
It was the year of Linux on the desktop. In soviet Russia, a beowulf was wondering what a cluster of me would be like. Then, in walked Natilie Portman in hot grits..."
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That's the same frequency as many cordless phones. How many people spend hours with one of those things right up against the side of their head. Why isn't anybody complaining about those?
MHO the real aim of the list is to make the term "sex offender" meaningless.
I read a quote here once, one that was so thought-provoking that I posted it onto my blog. Now it seems relevant again so I thought I would paste it back... what goes around, comes around right?
Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens' What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
Once on a slow friday afternoon at a company I used to work for we started trying to pick obscure songs for it to identify. I think it got them all with the exception of some 'world music' african drum thing.
Then we had the idea of playing two songs together. So the text comes in and idents one of the songs correctly, a few seconds later, another text with the second. Clever stuff.
I had forgotten about the mail order differences. I shouldn't have. I worked for a company that offered payment services to internet merchants for 2 years and often had to advise on this. I don't know why I didn't remember, but thanks for the reminder.
Maybe the law is different in your part of the world. Notice this...
They must also be fit for any specific or particular purpose made known to the seller at the time of the agreement.
So, if someone tells me in advance that this DVD will not play in certain machines then I am not within my rights to demand a refund. Does this generally happen where you are? I have started to see stickers on certain CDs that tell me that the CD will not play in some CD-ROM style drives. Fine! I know and can make my choice. Otherwise, I am in the right. The product is not fit for the purpose described (it is not difficult to argue that a DVD is not fit for purpose if it does not play in all DVD players, both display the DVD logo). You should consider this when you write your 'sales policies'.
My 'contract of sale' is between myself and the retailer. 'Fit for purpose' means it runs on any device that I could reasonably expect to run it on. If my 'contract of sale' is broken because the item I purchased is not 'fit for purpose' then it is the retailers responsibility to resolve the issue according the laws in place. If they refuse to do this... then yes, I will lose my temper.
I am not responsible for the retailers relationship with their supplier. That is their concern not mine. It is their job to negotiate reimbursement for any items returned faulty. I am not familier with legislation in this area (or if there is any) nor should I be expected to be. Either they arrange something with their suppliers or accept it as 'the cost of doing business', frankly it is not my problem. I will adjust my attitude slightly based on the context, but if I am at a shop that will happily 'hard sell' over priced extended warranties to little old ladies that dont know any better then they can expect no mercy from me.
I've never been able to return a defective DVD, except to get another copy of the same one.
I don't know how it works in the US and elsewhere in the world but in the UK we have consumer protection legislation which says if a product is not 'fit for purpose' then we have a legal right to a full refund.
Occasionally a shop assistant will call over the manager and the manager will try to get 'cute'. In this situation you would be amazed how effective it is to kick up a little (and slightly noisy) fuss. Most managers are not too happy to see such things in their shops, it tends to put the browsing customers off. I dislike this behaviour when the customer is in the wrong, such as demanding a refund for a product that is an incorrect size or they just don't like (there is no legal provision for this, some shops offer a courtesy exchange, an offer to be accepted with gratitude), however, I don't like being screwed out of my rights and am happy to protest loudly when required and entitled.
Should I be unfortunate enough to purchase one of these DVDs... pray you are not managing the shop when I come to return it:)
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Can anyone else back this gentleman's claims?
Yes, I can. I am forced to use Windows XP at work because the domain is controlled with software that is windows only. Getting home to do some work on my laptop with FC6 is a dream.
I use Linux daily for my *servers* and I'm getting *this* close to change my crappy XP machine to Linux....
I say go for it. There will be a few moments in the early stages where you may get a little frustrated ("Ahhh I can do this soooo much easier in Windows"), and you may have to do a small amount of digging to play some of the proprietry media formats. However, once it all settles down, you will certainly notice a big difference. I just find my Linux machine so much more cohesive. If I do have an application lock up, I use xkill, click on it and 'bang' it's gone. None of this... "End Now"....."End Now"......"End Now" crap.
I have also looked at GWT and it is pretty innovative. While everyone with ways to abstract the Javascript functions to deliver 'web 2.0', 'ajaxified' applications, Google has treated Javascript, HTML and CSS like the 'byte code' of the web application.
Personally, I think it would be nice to see Google work on a standard for 'application markup'. Perhaps lending a few developers to help move the XUL forward.
I can see the benefits of web based applications, but having to write a tonne of script to achieve such a basic HCI function as drag and drop is not whree I want to be.
"not so, see your example of 'grab detail from the server and create a complex dialog to display it' is still single-thread of execution. If you split it into 2 threads, chances are the 2nd thread will be sitting waiting for the first thread to complete in order to have data to display!"
This is a thread synchronization problem and is common in multi-threaded environments. Semaphores and Mutexs are already used to solve this problem. The difference is that the theorectical execution time of the concurrent approach is as long as the longest task, which in many cases can be significantly better than execution time of all tasks combined.
What happens in your web server example when those threaded requests all want to log their activity to the central log file? Or update the same record in the database? You word this paragraph as if multi-threaded servers are a simpler problem. Not true, dealing with 10 people wanting to do the same thing is easy... dealing with 10 people who want to do conflicting things is much harder; and it is a problem you should not have with client-side threading.
I wasn't aware of the threading mistakes made by the windows 95 development team and threading in the way described is exactly what not to do. One thread to build the GUI, while another reads the disk is sufficient. Threading every object on the GUI will just kill you with the cost of 'context switching' (which, I presume, is much more efficient in multi-core hardware).
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Actually my grandfather did develop a negative sleep function but I got so pissed off with my great grandchildren pestering me for an early inheiritance I went back and shot the bastard.
Lets just hope they don't patent the concept of making some short-term hacky reconfiguration of something in order to solve some short term problem rather than solve the problem properly because that WILL kill the software industry.
God was quite happy for them to prance around naked before that.
Yeah! What a pervert!
"2^32 unique addresses ought to be enough for anybody."
Yes, I believe the technical community refers to this system as IPk2.
"Half way up mount everest, you insensitive clod".
I would just like to add a second recommendation for the Prestige. Its not a film about Tesla, but as a character, he features pretty prominently. It is IMO a truely excellent movie, one of the best I have seen for a while. Make sure you are reasonbly alert when watching it though. Many subtle things that can easily be missed.
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How good are computers at recognizing a face after ten or twenty years?
Hopefully better than I am, otherwise they better be damn good at making generic bullshit small talk at family parties while sweating profusely and fishing for hints without letting on they have absolutely no idea who it is that just ambused them at the buffet table.
Actually, the opposite situation is just as bad. I have enough of a problem with my 'aunt's old room-mate' or equivilant telling me they "remeber me when I was just 'this' big" (given the amount of random old women that at some point 'changed my diaper' I have begun to wonder if my parents rented me out as a training aid), I do not need the computer hardware in my life pulling the same act!
Either way.... this will end badly.
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That's the same frequency as many cordless phones. How many people spend hours with one of those things right up against the side of their head. Why isn't anybody complaining about those?
You have got to be kidding!!
MHO the real aim of the list is to make the term "sex offender" meaningless.
I read a quote here once, one that was so thought-provoking that I posted it onto my blog. Now it seems relevant again so I thought I would paste it back... what goes around, comes around right?
Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens' What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957.
select * from guilable_chumps where first_name='John' and last_name='Connor';
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But I get all my self defence advice from slashdot, it is a treasure trove for that kind of thing, dating advice too.
Richard Stallman offered to fight provided that his team be referred to as GNU/Linux but this idea was abandoned shortly after he donned the Spandex.
It's pretty clever too.
Once on a slow friday afternoon at a company I used to work for we started trying to pick obscure songs for it to identify. I think it got them all with the exception of some 'world music' african drum thing.
Then we had the idea of playing two songs together. So the text comes in and idents one of the songs correctly, a few seconds later, another text with the second. Clever stuff.
Yes, good point.
I had forgotten about the mail order differences. I shouldn't have. I worked for a company that offered payment services to internet merchants for 2 years and often had to advise on this. I don't know why I didn't remember, but thanks for the reminder.
Here you go.
Maybe the law is different in your part of the world. Notice this...
They must also be fit for any specific or particular purpose made known to the seller at the time of the agreement.
So, if someone tells me in advance that this DVD will not play in certain machines then I am not within my rights to demand a refund. Does this generally happen where you are? I have started to see stickers on certain CDs that tell me that the CD will not play in some CD-ROM style drives. Fine! I know and can make my choice. Otherwise, I am in the right. The product is not fit for the purpose described (it is not difficult to argue that a DVD is not fit for purpose if it does not play in all DVD players, both display the DVD logo). You should consider this when you write your 'sales policies'.
My 'contract of sale' is between myself and the retailer. 'Fit for purpose' means it runs on any device that I could reasonably expect to run it on. If my 'contract of sale' is broken because the item I purchased is not 'fit for purpose' then it is the retailers responsibility to resolve the issue according the laws in place. If they refuse to do this... then yes, I will lose my temper.
I am not responsible for the retailers relationship with their supplier. That is their concern not mine. It is their job to negotiate reimbursement for any items returned faulty. I am not familier with legislation in this area (or if there is any) nor should I be expected to be. Either they arrange something with their suppliers or accept it as 'the cost of doing business', frankly it is not my problem. I will adjust my attitude slightly based on the context, but if I am at a shop that will happily 'hard sell' over priced extended warranties to little old ladies that dont know any better then they can expect no mercy from me.
I've never been able to return a defective DVD, except to get another copy of the same one.
:)
I don't know how it works in the US and elsewhere in the world but in the UK we have consumer protection legislation which says if a product is not 'fit for purpose' then we have a legal right to a full refund.
Occasionally a shop assistant will call over the manager and the manager will try to get 'cute'. In this situation you would be amazed how effective it is to kick up a little (and slightly noisy) fuss. Most managers are not too happy to see such things in their shops, it tends to put the browsing customers off. I dislike this behaviour when the customer is in the wrong, such as demanding a refund for a product that is an incorrect size or they just don't like (there is no legal provision for this, some shops offer a courtesy exchange, an offer to be accepted with gratitude), however, I don't like being screwed out of my rights and am happy to protest loudly when required and entitled.
Should I be unfortunate enough to purchase one of these DVDs... pray you are not managing the shop when I come to return it
Can anyone else back this gentleman's claims?
Yes, I can. I am forced to use Windows XP at work because the domain is controlled with software that is windows only. Getting home to do some work on my laptop with FC6 is a dream.
I use Linux daily for my *servers* and I'm getting *this* close to change my crappy XP machine to Linux....
I say go for it. There will be a few moments in the early stages where you may get a little frustrated ("Ahhh I can do this soooo much easier in Windows"), and you may have to do a small amount of digging to play some of the proprietry media formats. However, once it all settles down, you will certainly notice a big difference. I just find my Linux machine so much more cohesive. If I do have an application lock up, I use xkill, click on it and 'bang' it's gone. None of this... "End Now"....."End Now"......"End Now" crap.
I could go on....
You have never heard of Bon Jovi? Where have you been living for the past 25 years?
I have also looked at GWT and it is pretty innovative. While everyone with ways to abstract the Javascript functions to deliver 'web 2.0', 'ajaxified' applications, Google has treated Javascript, HTML and CSS like the 'byte code' of the web application.
Personally, I think it would be nice to see Google work on a standard for 'application markup'. Perhaps lending a few developers to help move the XUL forward.
I can see the benefits of web based applications, but having to write a tonne of script to achieve such a basic HCI function as drag and drop is not whree I want to be.
"not so, see your example of 'grab detail from the server and create a complex dialog to display it' is still single-thread of execution. If you split it into 2 threads, chances are the 2nd thread will be sitting waiting for the first thread to complete in order to have data to display!"
This is a thread synchronization problem and is common in multi-threaded environments. Semaphores and Mutexs are already used to solve this problem. The difference is that the theorectical execution time of the concurrent approach is as long as the longest task, which in many cases can be significantly better than execution time of all tasks combined.
What happens in your web server example when those threaded requests all want to log their activity to the central log file? Or update the same record in the database? You word this paragraph as if multi-threaded servers are a simpler problem. Not true, dealing with 10 people wanting to do the same thing is easy... dealing with 10 people who want to do conflicting things is much harder; and it is a problem you should not have with client-side threading.
I wasn't aware of the threading mistakes made by the windows 95 development team and threading in the way described is exactly what not to do. One thread to build the GUI, while another reads the disk is sufficient. Threading every object on the GUI will just kill you with the cost of 'context switching' (which, I presume, is much more efficient in multi-core hardware).