I watched his last episode of the show on Youtube, it's about the Summer Triangle (Vega, Deneb and Altair) that is fairly high in the sky around Labor Day. He looked like he was having some breathing problems, but you could tell he had the same spirit and sheer joy in sharing his "discovery." If I can think of it, I'll try to remember the "Summer Triangle" as the "Horkheimer Triangle", to remember him, and to "remember to keep looking up."
When I was a kid I followed every launch from Glenn onward, and I have to say it was kind of nostalgic to see a capsule hanging down from three chutes like that. I hope I can make it long enough to see Bigelow get his hotels started (I have no illusions of ever being able to go into space like I wanted to when I was a kid).
We were using Bayesian nets on a project back in '89, using them to estimate probabilities on the state of certain installations based on text reports. It was pretty hairy, we were implementing Judea Pearl's algorithm, which was a pain to implement (actually we were re-implementing it from Lisp to C) and not that fast on the old Mac IIfx. It was quite powerful, though, depending on the quality of the knowledge input. I never got into the math, but I understand that other algorithms have been developed that simplify the math to some degree. Neat that they're now making chips for what we did in software.
From my experience, the salary history for programmers is a bell curve, with the peak between 30 and 40. Same for the number of job offers and interview requests. If you're a really good shmoozer, or someone who can lie on their resume and look younger than 50 you can probably stay up there, but don't count on it. For every company with requirements that match your skills and that wants to hire you for them, there are dozens that have the same requirements but won't give you the time of day, if you're "too old." I had one place tell me that back explicitly in '08, they were looking for someone with my exact skill set (C, Unix, Perl), but wanted someone who would "grow into the job". If I had had the money and wasn't interested in getting another job, ever, I would have tried to sue, but it would haven't gotten me anywhere even if I had won. This age bias is cultural and has been going on for decades, so don't count on it ever changing.
Once upon a time gcc had ObjC support, but I don't know if it still does. If you want to learn the basics of the ObjC paradigm, you can still find copies of Brad Cox's "Objective-C" books around. I bought mine long long ago, when he first wrote the language and sold it through his company StepStone. A co-worker of mine and I started working on a VT-100 based game like "Empire" based on ObjC, and it was a breeze to program, since I had already been working with Smalltalk for a year. Coming from a Smalltalk background, I've always preferred ObjC's syntax over C++ and other derivatives like Java and C#, because it makes the object part of a hybrid language more evident and easier to understand separately from the procedural part.
If you want to understand the libraries involved, that's a steep learning curve regardless of the language. Looking at the immense menagerie of libraries out there just for Java development, I've given up hope of ever being able to keep up, or learn enough to be more than a maintenance programmer.
when the first automobiles came out, they were the toys of the very rich. it wasn't until the model t ford that the middle class started getting serious about cars.
Henry Ford didn't get a government subsidy to build his factories, and the government didn't pay people to buy the Model T.
the first personal computers were the tools of the upper middle class. the first televisions, the first refrigerators, the frist radios, etc...
I was around when the personal computer came out, and my parents when the other things you mention came out, and none of them required government handouts to become cheap.
fact: the first electric cars will be bought by the upper middle class. why does anyone with a functioning brain think it will be otherwise?
And why would anyone with an understanding of history and economics insist that this industry requires government subsidies when others were successful without them?
EmagGeek's point is still a pretty good one, if only for cars in particular, because the price tends to rise to equal the most the buyer is willing to pay. The govt has advertised that your budget is now $5k larger, so you lost that part of the haggle before you walked into the dealership.
When I was growing up in a little town in Appalachia, the local businesses kept track of when the retirees and welfare/foodstamp recipients got a COLA increase, and raised their prices on the day the checks were delivered. Smart companies know what their markets are capable of buying, and price accordingly. When the government increases the amount that some buyers can afford, sellers will increase prices to cover that, unless the government imposes price controls. Didn't work out so good when Nixon and others did it.
Nah, it's the Earth sucking in his atmosphere to look good to Venus, now that it's summertime and he wants to look better than that skinny Mars or that tubby Jupiter. Little does he know she has her eyes on that runner, Mercury...
Of course CO2 can explain it. The sudden anomaly is simply caused by positive water feedback reflected of the methane produced by cow farts causing an upward wind.
If the thermosphere is reduced in volume, then the amount of drag on the satellites is reduced, which means they would need less fuel to stay in orbit. Now, if the lower levels have become denser, then yes, some of the satellites that go through it would need extra boost, but not all of them. I'd say that we need a big, puffy thermosphere to help get rid of orbital debris.
"... their [Pepsico] chief scientist worked at the Mayo Clinic and serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. (PepsiCo is the same place that makes Tropicana and Quaker Oatmeal.)"
Notice the attempt at providing legitimacy to Pepsico by offering this distinguished resume. Note also the allusion to wholesome foods such as oatmeal and orange juice which attempts to counterbalance the major "junk" offerings of the company.
In fact, this association with a Pepsi scientist now invalidates any scientific opinion that comes from the Mayo Clinic or from the New York Academy of Sciences, because both organizations are now tainted by corporate money. This is the defining principal of "follow the money" that we all know is required when corporations are involved.
In my local supermarket can be found Quaker Oatmeal -- right next to the generic oatmeal brand which sells for less than half the price. Is there something magical about the smiling quaker on the package that makes the Quaker brand special? Maybe the Pepsico scientists could tell us.
So, by pricing the same product twice as much, this has obviously reduced the nutritional value of this product when it comes from Pepsico.
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I watched his last episode of the show on Youtube, it's about the Summer Triangle (Vega, Deneb and Altair) that is fairly high in the sky around Labor Day. He looked like he was having some breathing problems, but you could tell he had the same spirit and sheer joy in sharing his "discovery." If I can think of it, I'll try to remember the "Summer Triangle" as the "Horkheimer Triangle", to remember him, and to "remember to keep looking up."
I remember when they invented dirt...
When I was a kid I followed every launch from Glenn onward, and I have to say it was kind of nostalgic to see a capsule hanging down from three chutes like that. I hope I can make it long enough to see Bigelow get his hotels started (I have no illusions of ever being able to go into space like I wanted to when I was a kid).
"Beyond Thunder Chrome-dome" "Two minds enter, one mind leaves!"
There's nothing magical in your body, get over yourself.
Apparently, by definition, you can't.
Also... what says "bork" in real life? Come to think of it, who's said "bork" since 1999 anyway?
Robert's family?
We were using Bayesian nets on a project back in '89, using them to estimate probabilities on the state of certain installations based on text reports. It was pretty hairy, we were implementing Judea Pearl's algorithm, which was a pain to implement (actually we were re-implementing it from Lisp to C) and not that fast on the old Mac IIfx. It was quite powerful, though, depending on the quality of the knowledge input. I never got into the math, but I understand that other algorithms have been developed that simplify the math to some degree. Neat that they're now making chips for what we did in software.
So, resistance is futile, conductance useful.
But with too much reluctance comes great impedance.
We already learn that the day after each election.
And maybe a bowl of petunias that says "Oh, no, not again" before being destroyed by the lasers...
Unless it's really baaaaad, then it's because the producers were sheepish...
From my experience, the salary history for programmers is a bell curve, with the peak between 30 and 40. Same for the number of job offers and interview requests. If you're a really good shmoozer, or someone who can lie on their resume and look younger than 50 you can probably stay up there, but don't count on it. For every company with requirements that match your skills and that wants to hire you for them, there are dozens that have the same requirements but won't give you the time of day, if you're "too old." I had one place tell me that back explicitly in '08, they were looking for someone with my exact skill set (C, Unix, Perl), but wanted someone who would "grow into the job". If I had had the money and wasn't interested in getting another job, ever, I would have tried to sue, but it would haven't gotten me anywhere even if I had won. This age bias is cultural and has been going on for decades, so don't count on it ever changing.
Once upon a time gcc had ObjC support, but I don't know if it still does. If you want to learn the basics of the ObjC paradigm, you can still find copies of Brad Cox's "Objective-C" books around. I bought mine long long ago, when he first wrote the language and sold it through his company StepStone. A co-worker of mine and I started working on a VT-100 based game like "Empire" based on ObjC, and it was a breeze to program, since I had already been working with Smalltalk for a year. Coming from a Smalltalk background, I've always preferred ObjC's syntax over C++ and other derivatives like Java and C#, because it makes the object part of a hybrid language more evident and easier to understand separately from the procedural part.
If you want to understand the libraries involved, that's a steep learning curve regardless of the language. Looking at the immense menagerie of libraries out there just for Java development, I've given up hope of ever being able to keep up, or learn enough to be more than a maintenance programmer.
Do not forget, CO2 + H2 = Gasoline.
Actually if you do it right, CO2 + H2 = ethanol = party!
when the first automobiles came out, they were the toys of the very rich. it wasn't until the model t ford that the middle class started getting serious about cars.
Henry Ford didn't get a government subsidy to build his factories, and the government didn't pay people to buy the Model T.
the first personal computers were the tools of the upper middle class. the first televisions, the first refrigerators, the frist radios, etc...
I was around when the personal computer came out, and my parents when the other things you mention came out, and none of them required government handouts to become cheap.
fact: the first electric cars will be bought by the upper middle class. why does anyone with a functioning brain think it will be otherwise?
And why would anyone with an understanding of history and economics insist that this industry requires government subsidies when others were successful without them?
EmagGeek's point is still a pretty good one, if only for cars in particular, because the price tends to rise to equal the most the buyer is willing to pay. The govt has advertised that your budget is now $5k larger, so you lost that part of the haggle before you walked into the dealership.
When I was growing up in a little town in Appalachia, the local businesses kept track of when the retirees and welfare/foodstamp recipients got a COLA increase, and raised their prices on the day the checks were delivered. Smart companies know what their markets are capable of buying, and price accordingly. When the government increases the amount that some buyers can afford, sellers will increase prices to cover that, unless the government imposes price controls. Didn't work out so good when Nixon and others did it.
And where are you gonna rent an ICE car once Liberals outlaw gas powered cars?
Probably the same place you'll buy incandescent light bulbs and Freon and saccharine and DDT and...
I think so, unless you're insulting me... (big grin)
"Your Honor, I demand this contract be thrown out as evidence!"
"On what grounds?"
"On the grounds that it incriminates my client!"
Hopefully Zuckerberg will realize he's actually bound to comply with his agreement, and will find a way to settle with Ceglia.
Hopefully? Hopefully Ceglia will acquire Facebook and as a result Facebook goes down in ruin, obliterated in full.
Oh, c'mon, there must be a pony in that pile somewhere !
Nah, it's the Earth sucking in his atmosphere to look good to Venus, now that it's summertime and he wants to look better than that skinny Mars or that tubby Jupiter. Little does he know she has her eyes on that runner, Mercury...
Of course CO2 can explain it. The sudden anomaly is simply caused by positive water feedback reflected of the methane produced by cow farts causing an upward wind.
This is known as "the Cow-Tipping Point".
If the thermosphere is reduced in volume, then the amount of drag on the satellites is reduced, which means they would need less fuel to stay in orbit. Now, if the lower levels have become denser, then yes, some of the satellites that go through it would need extra boost, but not all of them. I'd say that we need a big, puffy thermosphere to help get rid of orbital debris.
A sarcasm detector would be really useful.
No, really?
From one of the articles:
"... their [Pepsico] chief scientist worked at the Mayo Clinic and serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. (PepsiCo is the same place that makes Tropicana and Quaker Oatmeal.)"
Notice the attempt at providing legitimacy to Pepsico by offering this distinguished resume. Note also the allusion to wholesome foods such as oatmeal and orange juice which attempts to counterbalance the major "junk" offerings of the company.
In fact, this association with a Pepsi scientist now invalidates any scientific opinion that comes from the Mayo Clinic or from the New York Academy of Sciences, because both organizations are now tainted by corporate money. This is the defining principal of "follow the money" that we all know is required when corporations are involved.
In my local supermarket can be found Quaker Oatmeal -- right next to the generic oatmeal brand which sells for less than half the price. Is there something magical about the smiling quaker on the package that makes the Quaker brand special? Maybe the Pepsico scientists could tell us.
So, by pricing the same product twice as much, this has obviously reduced the nutritional value of this product when it comes from Pepsico.
Don't Panic, it was Mostly Harmless.