Okay, seriously, the universe, "nature", definitely poses a greater threat to humanity than humanity itself. Sure, we could nuke ourselves to oblivion. But that's just one way...asteroids, mega-volcanoes, hurricanes, Tsunamis, an ice age, floods, droughts, etc etc can all be plenty destructive or even lead to annihilation. Contrast that with "terrorism": no-known "nuclear threat", doesn't even have a country identity. Terrorism's basically a bunch of violent yahoo's looking for ways to hurt the US. They're still just people and with no where near the destructive capability of what "nature" can bring to bare.
There's a similar thought process in mathematics. Many really amazing mathematicians died young (Srinivasa Ramanujan, for instance), "and therefore any old mathematician can't possibly be a good one." Well...that's a load of crap. The truth is, mathematicians of all ages contribute importantly to mathematics. CS probably faces a similar thought process because computational technology is still very new. (It wasn't long ago that algorithms were primarily researched as a mathematical curiosity.)
In linux...does it help connect with printers at all? I remember having to print to pdf and then running to a campus computer to print stuff for class...
Bah, I'm a mathematician. They're all just "units" to me. I name them as I please, and there are conversation tables readily available if you can't handle them.
I swear word processing and web design (wysiwyg) *could* be much easier with a touch-optimized interface. I say that because moving a picture (or object) around with a mouse really sucks sometimes. There are probably other things, those are just the two the come to mind.
The funny thing is that the highest IQ score I have ever got is 90. I have two masters degrees and work in Cyber Security as an IT Architect. I am not below average, just not good at test taking and what ever skills that I was tested on the supposed IQ test. I never cared that I have a below average IQ, I and everyone around me knows I am smarter than average.
Yep! I think it's a disgusting thought to try to reduce all of a person to a single number. I'm a human, god damn it, treat me as one!
Thus, the path to humility is a holistic one, where the path to arrogance requires a myopic view of the world.
Yep, that's why I suggest he expose himself to the world outside of college. When I was in college, I did that with summer internships and exploring the countryside (biking/rock climbing). My alma mater is in the middle of no where - plenty of great trails to go push myself through. The next step would be socializing. Doesn't have to be anyone, but it should be outside his peer group. The funny thing is: The path to humility is more painful than the path to arrogance (which underscores the deficiency of arrogance).
I don't know about you, but it'd be easier to start a cell company with Nokia's resources. Sure, they probably have some kind of stigma of bad quality now or whatever. They've still got more going for them than a newcomer to the cell industry.
Banks mostly keep their dollars are reserves ("hoarding" them) and loan out virtual money which exists only on paper.
You seem to have the premise correct but the conclusion wrong. Banks "hoard" actual physical cash for use by their customers, and loan out non-physical money in the form of loans. The amount of cash reserves required on hand (by the Fed) is always a slight fraction of a bank's total deposits. So, if a bank is responsible for $10 million in savings/checkings accounts, then it maybe only has $100,000 in the vault at any one time. The rest of the $10 million is "in use elsewhere".
Its very much like pro sports. Not a bad life if you end up as a NFL quarterback with a long career. Of course the odds of that are rather low.
Academia is nothing at all like pro sports. The odds of becoming a professor, if that's your end goal, are sharply better than becoming a NFL quarterback. Further, there actually are plenty of PhDs with job prospects.
Yeah, yeah, once a professor has spent 30 years nestling into their chosen niche it's hard to imagine them doing anything else. You also seem to be implying something negative about the value of a professor's lifelong research...And you've thrown out, without any regard, the 30 years they've spent teaching college students! Next you'll be arguing against the existence *of* academia!
I wouldn't say that point is entirely missed. As a grad student, I can vouch for it being a very tough life (at times - it's not spreading tar on roofs after all). Some profs slog their students with work and it's not entirely 'right'. The conception is that something has to push the "lesser" students out so that only the best examples make it through a degree program. So you get things like unrealistic lab work and homework that amounts to three times the practice actually needed.
Yes, if you like what you're doing then you'll be more likely to devote additional hours to doing it. That doesn't mean hours should be a requisite.
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Seriously? And how was this sold as a currency?
Or even just the best *speakers*. Not every expert is actually good at presenting. Presenting is a secondary skill...
"Hey everybody! We're all getting laid!"
-Rodney Dangerfield
The point is something that is generally capable of whatever task.
I want a drone that flies around my houses and fixes all the dren that I don't want to fix.
You know, broken light bulbs, empties the gutters, etc.
Okay, seriously, the universe, "nature", definitely poses a greater threat to humanity than humanity itself. Sure, we could nuke ourselves to oblivion. But that's just one way...asteroids, mega-volcanoes, hurricanes, Tsunamis, an ice age, floods, droughts, etc etc can all be plenty destructive or even lead to annihilation. Contrast that with "terrorism": no-known "nuclear threat", doesn't even have a country identity. Terrorism's basically a bunch of violent yahoo's looking for ways to hurt the US. They're still just people and with no where near the destructive capability of what "nature" can bring to bare.
There's a similar thought process in mathematics. Many really amazing mathematicians died young (Srinivasa Ramanujan, for instance), "and therefore any old mathematician can't possibly be a good one." Well...that's a load of crap. The truth is, mathematicians of all ages contribute importantly to mathematics. CS probably faces a similar thought process because computational technology is still very new. (It wasn't long ago that algorithms were primarily researched as a mathematical curiosity.)
In linux...does it help connect with printers at all? I remember having to print to pdf and then running to a campus computer to print stuff for class...
Bah, I'm a mathematician. They're all just "units" to me. I name them as I please, and there are conversation tables readily available if you can't handle them.
I'm curious if it's just current efficiency problems (from panels to propellers), or an actual roadblock.
What's the estimated, average solar energy passing through a square foot of area in the sun?
What are the current uses for codeweavers? Just games, right?
That's a pretty good breakdown of it. I still say there's room for a good touch driven suite of productivity software (word processors/design).
I swear word processing and web design (wysiwyg) *could* be much easier with a touch-optimized interface. I say that because moving a picture (or object) around with a mouse really sucks sometimes. There are probably other things, those are just the two the come to mind.
The funny thing is that the highest IQ score I have ever got is 90. I have two masters degrees and work in Cyber Security as an IT Architect. I am not below average, just not good at test taking and what ever skills that I was tested on the supposed IQ test. I never cared that I have a below average IQ, I and everyone around me knows I am smarter than average.
Yep! I think it's a disgusting thought to try to reduce all of a person to a single number. I'm a human, god damn it, treat me as one!
IQ tests do not measure the things that you seem to think they do.
Thus, the path to humility is a holistic one, where the path to arrogance requires a myopic view of the world.
Yep, that's why I suggest he expose himself to the world outside of college. When I was in college, I did that with summer internships and exploring the countryside (biking/rock climbing). My alma mater is in the middle of no where - plenty of great trails to go push myself through. The next step would be socializing. Doesn't have to be anyone, but it should be outside his peer group. The funny thing is: The path to humility is more painful than the path to arrogance (which underscores the deficiency of arrogance).
do you think it is going to be up to the user to solve the equations to re-create this missing data?
No, but that would be mildly enjoyable from my perspective.
I don't know about you, but it'd be easier to start a cell company with Nokia's resources. Sure, they probably have some kind of stigma of bad quality now or whatever. They've still got more going for them than a newcomer to the cell industry.
Apple's the one currently manufacturing their A6 chips for $17, while the comparable Intel chip retails for much more?
Isn't this more a statement of how well Apple's vertical integration of chip manufacturing went?
Do we need "more powerful" embedded devices, or do we need smaller, more efficient devices?
Banks mostly keep their dollars are reserves ("hoarding" them) and loan out virtual money which exists only on paper.
You seem to have the premise correct but the conclusion wrong. Banks "hoard" actual physical cash for use by their customers, and loan out non-physical money in the form of loans. The amount of cash reserves required on hand (by the Fed) is always a slight fraction of a bank's total deposits. So, if a bank is responsible for $10 million in savings/checkings accounts, then it maybe only has $100,000 in the vault at any one time. The rest of the $10 million is "in use elsewhere".
Lookup: "fractional-reserve banking"
I'm glad you pointed that out. I prefer Krugman's own blog to that source, though:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfetters/
The one I know most about is FreeBSD. I have this vague notion that NetBSD has historically been used for routers/traffic shaping?
Its very much like pro sports. Not a bad life if you end up as a NFL quarterback with a long career. Of course the odds of that are rather low.
Academia is nothing at all like pro sports. The odds of becoming a professor, if that's your end goal, are sharply better than becoming a NFL quarterback. Further, there actually are plenty of PhDs with job prospects.
Yeah, yeah, once a professor has spent 30 years nestling into their chosen niche it's hard to imagine them doing anything else. You also seem to be implying something negative about the value of a professor's lifelong research...And you've thrown out, without any regard, the 30 years they've spent teaching college students! Next you'll be arguing against the existence *of* academia!
I wouldn't say that point is entirely missed. As a grad student, I can vouch for it being a very tough life (at times - it's not spreading tar on roofs after all). Some profs slog their students with work and it's not entirely 'right'. The conception is that something has to push the "lesser" students out so that only the best examples make it through a degree program. So you get things like unrealistic lab work and homework that amounts to three times the practice actually needed.
Yes, if you like what you're doing then you'll be more likely to devote additional hours to doing it. That doesn't mean hours should be a requisite.