If the IRS has to do their own system development for auditing purposes to check submitted returns against "their calculation", why haven't we opened that up to the public already? Sorry, that's a bit off topic, since we're talking about lobbyists thwarting a system that many of us don't qualify to use anyway -- but it's another case of pro-corporate politics in the US.
I always wonder how on earth these committees are formed. Seems like every time a committee is appointed for a task like this, there is always a few conflicts-of-interest in the pool. So, how can we appoint people and screen out serious conflicts in a timely manner? When we have a committee like this, we need people that are highly educated in their respective fields, and preferably with a background or at least passing familiarity with the technical concepts involved. The pool is probably a lot smaller than we'd like to think -- and really, conflict or not, the people I'd like to see on this type of committees are people who have a track record of changing their stance when plausible and convincing evidence is presented.
I'm a software engineer and when I bought my current home, I made the mistake of relying on the broadbandmap.gov website. It showed that I had lots of cable internet options, so you can imagine my surprise when after signing over the next 30 years of my life, that I had... get this, ZERO options available. Satellite doesn't count, because using RDS streaming to stream desktops to your machine kills bandwidth. DSL wasn't even an option, because all of the circuits were being utilized. I was lucky enough to work for a company that had some sway with a local terrestrial wireless carrier (they also run a data center), and they put up a repeater for a line-of-sight tower nearby, that granted me a 6Mbit plan with no data caps.
I could be wrong, but I think the injection molding process used to manufacture LEGO bricks is the reason they are so strong. Most 3D printers use PLA or ABS, and while ABS should be sufficient, PLA is a softer plastic that just won't have that "LEGO grip". Because of the layering technique used by 3D printers, there will always be more flex in the end product than the rigidity of a dense brick made with a highly-pressurized injection system.
I'm sure in the future these problems will be dealt with, but for now I think you're searching for a unicorn.
I mean, at the very core, a phone is a tool (let's pretend it's a diary in this example) -- it can contain useful or useless information, but ultimately it is a very private thing. It has the power to incriminate someone beyond the investigation at hand. Law enforcement's desire to decrypt first, ask questions later really is equivalent to violating a person's privacy and fifth amendment protections to abstain from revealing information that could potentially incriminate themselves.
Okay, so AMD is in the business of manufacturing and selling CPUs. Along comes a tool to qualitatively analyze CPU performance. AMD doesn't like that. What are they really trying to say?
P. S. I'm fully aware that there are all kinds of backdoor deals and benchmark fudging in the market, but as other posters have noted, you want a CPU score based on the performance of the CPU.
What about the glorious catch-all "reckless endangerment" or "criminal mischief"? There are myriad ways this scenario could have gone wrong, such as a malfunction resulting in severe injury or death to the owner or a previously-unseen bystander. It's not that I think this type of thing should be outlawed, per se, but when a story such as this hits the internet, I now have to worry about every bored teenager in the sticks trying this out and potentially using no care or consideration for safety whatsoever. If it was a camera or water-balloon dropping device, eh, whatever -- but now we've planted a seed of villainous intent into the minds of people who hadn't thought of it before -- some of those minds can handle the concept, while at least a few won't be satisfied until they've intentionally harmed something with it.
If you have a Raspberry Pi handy, you can install the latest Raspbian which comes with a free version of Minecraft (creative mode only) and Python programming interface installed and ready to go on it.
If you don't have a Raspberry Pi, you can always install CanaryMod and use the RaspberryJuice plugin to setup a Python programming interface in Windows/other environments.
Why is there so much talk about VoIP? Granted, it seems "neat" but haven't we been doing this for years with programs like Roger Wilco? Of course, we never had the convenience of a phone number being tied to the client, but still... I'll stick to my cellphone, as no cables are required.
Did the article have to be 7 pages to say its 3 main points?
"One of the purposes of Longhorn is to destroy the web as we know it."
"...individual action is still important, so choose a standard compliant browser if you value the web..."
"Standard data guarantees that you won't have to migrate to Longhorn in order to stay where you are."
Seriously, that was way too much reading, just to hear the anti-Microsoft banter at the end of the article. I wholly agree that Microsoft has done their fair share of "looking the other way" when it comes to standards-compliance, but I didn't read a single cited/quoted source confirming the argument that Longhorn == armageddon. When I think about the current PC market's level of saturation, I still wonder how MS is going to pull off a new marketing scam that actually gets people to upgrade or switch to Longhorn. I really wish we could get away from these "the sky is falling articles" because every time I read one, I never see its threat materialize. I guess just take it for what it is, one person's opinion.
This way, when the northeastern section of the USA loses its power, they also lose their Internet service in one-fell swoop! Granted, for desktops this won't make a difference, but for laptops it would...
Wow, too bad I didn't read this article earlier. I recently bought one of Barnes and Noble's PHP books. (They actually have their own line of books now) It's called PHP: In Easy Steps. It's a super light read (192 pgs), and addresses the simple things like String concatenation, using arrays, and even using MySQL with PHP, all at a brand new cover price of $9.95. The book was written by Mike McGrath. It gets you into USING the language, then you can refer to php.net for specific function information.
I always loved the text adventure games by Infocom. They were way ahead of their time, and I have been truly amazed on several occasions by the software's ability to 'understand' what I was asking it to do. Of course I'm sure this is leaps and bounds beyond what was available back then, but it's truly amazing how far ahead of their time they actually were.
This sounds like a fascinating project, however, the implementation will ultimately determine how well the money was spent. Granted, network cable under the sea will probably be very durable, but what about the equipment itself? If they're spending tons of money on fiber-optic cable to install under the ocean, and then attaching an EZ-Fun Cam (Crap Edition) to the other ends of said cables, where were the priorities?
Maybe they're in cahoots with X-10, and the new pop-under-sea advertisement!
Am I the only one that noticed the increased possibility of attacks, caused by an app running on the network waiting for "automatic" updates? Whatever method they try to use for the updates, will also be susceptible to attacks. So to me, it sounds like they want software companies to put a giant backdoor in their software, and then get paid to protect said backdoor. This sounds like Symantec watched Matrix: Reloaded, and decided that the only way to stay in business was to create a Keymaker.
Well, while this is not completely related to LOTR, it certainly will speak volumes about asian bootleg DVDs.
Being a completely obsessed Lupin III freak... I decided that if the TV series had been running in Japan (TV series, OAVs, commercials, etc.) for over 30 years, and the US still hadn't aired any of it, that it would never arrive on US shores (which it has now, but I digress). SO, I broke down and bought a DVD set of the first TV series on eBay. It was horrible. Picture and audio quality were both fine (digital copies from the Japanese release, which was well over $300 I might add), but the subtitles were horrendous. The Engrish subtitles needed English subtitles to paraphrase what the afforementioned Engrish subtitles were trying to convey.
I have now learned my lesson though, I should have just settled for 15th generation fansubs on VHS (at least the subtitles would have been intelligible). Actually, does anybody know if the old fansub clubs have migrated to DVD now that DVD(+/-)R/RW have arrived?
Great! Now instead of people holding a phone to their ear while they drive, they'll be holding it in front of their face!
Seriously though, I just can't get excited anymore about new ports of old games for (insert device here). Doom II was ported to Gameboy Advance, complete with multiplayer features, and even though I loved the game, I still passed. Here's an idea, somebody take an extra week or two and make a new game!
Writing repetitive code only once offers the same benefits as using Cascading Style Sheets for your webpages. If there is a serious error, you only have to track it down in the one place where it exists versus every single place you re-wrote the code. Also, it makes adding features much simpler as well. I'm an old school procedural programmer that is making the rocky transition to OOP programming. THIS is where it starts coming together...
One has to wonder why everytime a Linux distro company has problems, everyone pipes up with the slew of "That distro sucked" messages. Personally, I don't think it's fair to bash them based on their feature sets.
However, I have to say that for a company to successfully market Linux, it would seem most logical to use a minimalist production schedule, keeping the boxed copies to a minimum, just enough to fill orders anyway. Everytime I go to Best Buy or Wal-Mart, there's 100s of Mandrake boxes sitting around with price tags a bit on the heavy side (for a free OS anyway).
Perhaps eliminating the fat manual would have saved a bundle. Maybe a better question now is: How could they adjust their marketing/business practices to recover from such a blow? Perhaps we can tell them what we expect from a Linux distribution, and what is useless (or unnecessary).
The reason I signed up for a free trial at Netflix was so that I could finally get to see the out-of-print Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo DVD ($80 on eBay, $24 retail). I did get to see it, and I also figured I'd rent some other anime as well. At first my rental queue said they were sending part 2 first (I was furious), and then they sent part 1 later. The funny thing was that part 1 arrived first. I live in the midwest (Indiana) and it took 5 days to get the discs. (5 day shipment makes a 2 week trial tricky). After I cancelled, 2 months later I realized that they had been charging me $20.95 a month! You don't cancel online, but merely initiate the cancelling process (i.e. Are you sure, are you really sure? Okay you're cancelled. after you...call (494)555-4534. I never saw the part about calling the phone number.
Don't forget about the possibility of being your own upstart company. With 1 or 2 business classes, you can learn enough about the business-side of starting your own corporation or company. With the right game, this could be a very lucrative opportunity for any 'creative game designer', with or without degree. Often times, you hear of people finding talent on IRC and doing the long-distance project. This might be a way to squeak out a small project and see what you're capable of.
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If the IRS has to do their own system development for auditing purposes to check submitted returns against "their calculation", why haven't we opened that up to the public already? Sorry, that's a bit off topic, since we're talking about lobbyists thwarting a system that many of us don't qualify to use anyway -- but it's another case of pro-corporate politics in the US.
I always wonder how on earth these committees are formed. Seems like every time a committee is appointed for a task like this, there is always a few conflicts-of-interest in the pool. So, how can we appoint people and screen out serious conflicts in a timely manner? When we have a committee like this, we need people that are highly educated in their respective fields, and preferably with a background or at least passing familiarity with the technical concepts involved. The pool is probably a lot smaller than we'd like to think -- and really, conflict or not, the people I'd like to see on this type of committees are people who have a track record of changing their stance when plausible and convincing evidence is presented.
Except of course the 1.4Phz clock, 200 threads, and RGB LEDs on the die cover.
I'm a software engineer and when I bought my current home, I made the mistake of relying on the broadbandmap.gov website. It showed that I had lots of cable internet options, so you can imagine my surprise when after signing over the next 30 years of my life, that I had... get this, ZERO options available. Satellite doesn't count, because using RDS streaming to stream desktops to your machine kills bandwidth. DSL wasn't even an option, because all of the circuits were being utilized. I was lucky enough to work for a company that had some sway with a local terrestrial wireless carrier (they also run a data center), and they put up a repeater for a line-of-sight tower nearby, that granted me a 6Mbit plan with no data caps.
I could be wrong, but I think the injection molding process used to manufacture LEGO bricks is the reason they are so strong. Most 3D printers use PLA or ABS, and while ABS should be sufficient, PLA is a softer plastic that just won't have that "LEGO grip". Because of the layering technique used by 3D printers, there will always be more flex in the end product than the rigidity of a dense brick made with a highly-pressurized injection system.
I'm sure in the future these problems will be dealt with, but for now I think you're searching for a unicorn.
I mean, at the very core, a phone is a tool (let's pretend it's a diary in this example) -- it can contain useful or useless information, but ultimately it is a very private thing. It has the power to incriminate someone beyond the investigation at hand. Law enforcement's desire to decrypt first, ask questions later really is equivalent to violating a person's privacy and fifth amendment protections to abstain from revealing information that could potentially incriminate themselves.
Okay, so AMD is in the business of manufacturing and selling CPUs. Along comes a tool to qualitatively analyze CPU performance. AMD doesn't like that. What are they really trying to say?
P. S. I'm fully aware that there are all kinds of backdoor deals and benchmark fudging in the market, but as other posters have noted, you want a CPU score based on the performance of the CPU.
What about the glorious catch-all "reckless endangerment" or "criminal mischief"? There are myriad ways this scenario could have gone wrong, such as a malfunction resulting in severe injury or death to the owner or a previously-unseen bystander. It's not that I think this type of thing should be outlawed, per se, but when a story such as this hits the internet, I now have to worry about every bored teenager in the sticks trying this out and potentially using no care or consideration for safety whatsoever. If it was a camera or water-balloon dropping device, eh, whatever -- but now we've planted a seed of villainous intent into the minds of people who hadn't thought of it before -- some of those minds can handle the concept, while at least a few won't be satisfied until they've intentionally harmed something with it.
If you have a Raspberry Pi handy, you can install the latest Raspbian which comes with a free version of Minecraft (creative mode only) and Python programming interface installed and ready to go on it.
If you don't have a Raspberry Pi, you can always install CanaryMod and use the RaspberryJuice plugin to setup a Python programming interface in Windows/other environments.
Both use the same mcpi Python library, which is easy-to-use and documented here: http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/...
Yes, almost all VoIP companies offer those features. Vonage and AT&T both offer those features.
Why is there so much talk about VoIP? Granted, it seems "neat" but haven't we been doing this for years with programs like Roger Wilco? Of course, we never had the convenience of a phone number being tied to the client, but still... I'll stick to my cellphone, as no cables are required.
- "One of the purposes of Longhorn is to destroy the web as we know it."
- "...individual action is still important, so choose a standard compliant browser if you value the web..."
- "Standard data guarantees that you won't have to migrate to Longhorn in order to stay where you are."
Seriously, that was way too much reading, just to hear the anti-Microsoft banter at the end of the article. I wholly agree that Microsoft has done their fair share of "looking the other way" when it comes to standards-compliance, but I didn't read a single cited/quoted source confirming the argument that Longhorn == armageddon. When I think about the current PC market's level of saturation, I still wonder how MS is going to pull off a new marketing scam that actually gets people to upgrade or switch to Longhorn. I really wish we could get away from these "the sky is falling articles" because every time I read one, I never see its threat materialize. I guess just take it for what it is, one person's opinion.Are you using Internet over Power Lines technology?
This way, when the northeastern section of the USA loses its power, they also lose their Internet service in one-fell swoop! Granted, for desktops this won't make a difference, but for laptops it would...
Wow, too bad I didn't read this article earlier. I recently bought one of Barnes and Noble's PHP books. (They actually have their own line of books now) It's called PHP: In Easy Steps. It's a super light read (192 pgs), and addresses the simple things like String concatenation, using arrays, and even using MySQL with PHP, all at a brand new cover price of $9.95. The book was written by Mike McGrath. It gets you into USING the language, then you can refer to php.net for specific function information.
I always loved the text adventure games by Infocom. They were way ahead of their time, and I have been truly amazed on several occasions by the software's ability to 'understand' what I was asking it to do. Of course I'm sure this is leaps and bounds beyond what was available back then, but it's truly amazing how far ahead of their time they actually were.
There is a mailbox here.
This sounds like a fascinating project, however, the implementation will ultimately determine how well the money was spent. Granted, network cable under the sea will probably be very durable, but what about the equipment itself? If they're spending tons of money on fiber-optic cable to install under the ocean, and then attaching an EZ-Fun Cam (Crap Edition) to the other ends of said cables, where were the priorities?
Maybe they're in cahoots with X-10, and the new pop-under-sea advertisement!
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Am I the only one that noticed the increased possibility of attacks, caused by an app running on the network waiting for "automatic" updates? Whatever method they try to use for the updates, will also be susceptible to attacks. So to me, it sounds like they want software companies to put a giant backdoor in their software, and then get paid to protect said backdoor. This sounds like Symantec watched Matrix: Reloaded, and decided that the only way to stay in business was to create a Keymaker.
Well, while this is not completely related to LOTR, it certainly will speak volumes about asian bootleg DVDs.
Being a completely obsessed Lupin III freak... I decided that if the TV series had been running in Japan (TV series, OAVs, commercials, etc.) for over 30 years, and the US still hadn't aired any of it, that it would never arrive on US shores (which it has now, but I digress). SO, I broke down and bought a DVD set of the first TV series on eBay. It was horrible. Picture and audio quality were both fine (digital copies from the Japanese release, which was well over $300 I might add), but the subtitles were horrendous. The Engrish subtitles needed English subtitles to paraphrase what the afforementioned Engrish subtitles were trying to convey.
I have now learned my lesson though, I should have just settled for 15th generation fansubs on VHS (at least the subtitles would have been intelligible). Actually, does anybody know if the old fansub clubs have migrated to DVD now that DVD(+/-)R/RW have arrived?
Great! Now instead of people holding a phone to their ear while they drive, they'll be holding it in front of their face!
Seriously though, I just can't get excited anymore about new ports of old games for (insert device here). Doom II was ported to Gameboy Advance, complete with multiplayer features, and even though I loved the game, I still passed. Here's an idea, somebody take an extra week or two and make a new game!
Writing repetitive code only once offers the same benefits as using Cascading Style Sheets for your webpages. If there is a serious error, you only have to track it down in the one place where it exists versus every single place you re-wrote the code. Also, it makes adding features much simpler as well. I'm an old school procedural programmer that is making the rocky transition to OOP programming. THIS is where it starts coming together...
One has to wonder why everytime a Linux distro company has problems, everyone pipes up with the slew of "That distro sucked" messages. Personally, I don't think it's fair to bash them based on their feature sets.
However, I have to say that for a company to successfully market Linux, it would seem most logical to use a minimalist production schedule, keeping the boxed copies to a minimum, just enough to fill orders anyway. Everytime I go to Best Buy or Wal-Mart, there's 100s of Mandrake boxes sitting around with price tags a bit on the heavy side (for a free OS anyway).
Perhaps eliminating the fat manual would have saved a bundle. Maybe a better question now is: How could they adjust their marketing/business practices to recover from such a blow? Perhaps we can tell them what we expect from a Linux distribution, and what is useless (or unnecessary).
The reason I signed up for a free trial at Netflix was so that I could finally get to see the out-of-print Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo DVD ($80 on eBay, $24 retail). I did get to see it, and I also figured I'd rent some other anime as well. At first my rental queue said they were sending part 2 first (I was furious), and then they sent part 1 later. The funny thing was that part 1 arrived first. I live in the midwest (Indiana) and it took 5 days to get the discs. (5 day shipment makes a 2 week trial tricky). After I cancelled, 2 months later I realized that they had been charging me $20.95 a month! You don't cancel online, but merely initiate the cancelling process (i.e. Are you sure, are you really sure? Okay you're cancelled. after you...call (494)555-4534. I never saw the part about calling the phone number.
Don't forget about the possibility of being your own upstart company. With 1 or 2 business classes, you can learn enough about the business-side of starting your own corporation or company. With the right game, this could be a very lucrative opportunity for any 'creative game designer', with or without degree. Often times, you hear of people finding talent on IRC and doing the long-distance project. This might be a way to squeak out a small project and see what you're capable of.