Let me start by saying that no, I didn't RTFA, just posting my experience.
I am a Comp Sci major at a certain central Florida university. As such I am required to maintain a C or better GPA, as well as get a C or better in any class I take in order for it to count towards my major.
We are forced to take Physics I and II, Calc I and II, the very same class engineers take, as well as electives for classes such as Calc III and Differential Equations. Engineers can get a D in the class and still have it count. IMO this is a bunch of bullshit. My job may use the skills I learn in diff eq or calc but won't depend on it, as well as the lives of others too.
Just my $0.02, I am currently retaking a class because I got a C- (since that's less then a C, I didn't get credit for it!) and I'm pretty pissed about this stupid policy.
Lobel said because of the star's advanced age, it could go supernova in as little as 50,000 years.
So much for being alive when it makes the final boom. Interestingly enough they said that the star had a prior recorded "shedding" of material in the 1940's, which begs the question "Is this normal?" Since it seems like it's getting ready to do it again after 2 such prior expulsions, perhaps this is actually the process of an explosing massive star? Multiple explosions, each more furious then the last until finally it destroys itself...
Ok here's a funny story from high school about the Lot thing (wife pillar of salt).
My friend Jared is a very religious guy, and he always argued religion with our AP English Teacher (who was Jewish) and would get mad.
One day they were talking about Lot's wife and how women are (somehting or other, I forget what) and Jared was getting mad as usual. After class I said "Just remember Jared, you gotta take everything he says with a pillar of salt." Jared pondered that for a minute then busted out laughing. I didn't actually mean to make such an awesome pun!
As for the actual "Salt volcano" that's pretty cool. Kinda like how Calisto (I think it's that one, maybe Europa) has the liquid methane eruptions. Plus that's a good quote: it's a heaven for scientists eager to watch a planetary body regularly belch up tons of its innards.
However, this was of particular interest to me: Interactions between the clouds of electrically charged gas around Io and electrically charged particles in Jupiter's polar atmosphere speed up the rotation of the charged particles around Io but also apply an infinitesmal drag to the rotation of Jupiter, gradually slowing the speed at which the giant planet spins.
Maybe it actually won't stop eventually but reverse it's rotation. I know there's some "law" about a planet that it has to spin a certain way or something (I remember somebody saying that in a different story) but heck you never know.
Personally, I'm still waiting for a civilian version of a HUD, because what passes for useful car instrumentation blows (looking through the gaps in the steering wheel for data sucks)
They do make cars with the instrument panel in the center of the dash facing the driver to eliminate that inconveinance. However alot of people don't seem to like them, as they have to get used to not looking down for their speed/gas gague/etc.
But I agree on the HUD, I would love to have one in my car. I hear the new Corvette has one that works very well (at least according to Car and Driver)
Exactlyt. On the local news station a year or so back I remember seeing a story about this guy who claims to have invented some sort of polymer that can actually "destroy" a thunderstorm. Well that's all and good but my first thought was "This is bad. What happens to all that storm energy?" Imagine the same thing happening to a hurricane, who's energy output in one hour is so great (something like 100 nuclear bombs, I forget the exact amount) that making one "fizzle out" could be disasterous!
This storm grows to Cat4 and makes landfall with major damage.
Yeah I live in Florida! I don't need anybody artifically increasing the amount of storms or even hurricanes that come around here... we get enough as it is
I was kind of disappointed by your response to the 90 minute rule thing, but I guess you didn't think of it as I did.
90 minutes is too short of a time to be forced to watch a program. I know that when I record a show or block of shows I probably will be watching them the next day, or why would I be recording them in the first place? (the only stuff I usually watch could be considered "late-night" shows) Or sometimes I record for 4 days in a row (in the case of rally racing on the Speed channel) to watch it all at once when my schedule allows.
They are touting a "consumer friendly" standard, but only allowing 90 minutes to view a recorded "restricted" show is not very friendly.
Now before you flame me, I realize that a pay-per-view or on-demand movie is supposed to work around your schedule but my chief concern is once they see how well it (may) work they might extend it to classify other programs as "restricted viewing" and impose the same 90 minute rule.
But heck, at least they didn't totally say "No recording pay-per-view or on-demand programs"
If the class is interesting then the students will stay on task, not check their email and etc. At the university I attend they have wireless access in a number of buildings with plans to add it to others as well as outdoors in the major gathering areas. I find it helps out with class because you can download the class notes and follow along or look up a website the prof is talking about in his lecture.
On a funny side note one guy in one of my classes WAS looking up pr0n while in class, all the people behind him were wide-eyed looking at it... that's how he got busted.
Moore's Law has NOTHING to do with this. Moore's Law has to deal with the density of transistors on an integrated circuit.
The observation that the logic density of silicon integrated circuits has closely followed the curve (bits per square inch) = 2^(t - 1962) where t is time in years; that is, the amount of information storable on a given amount of silicon has roughly doubled every year since the technology was invented. This relation, first uttered in 1964 by semiconductor engineer Gordon Moore (who co-founded Intel four years later) held until the late 1970s, at which point the doubling period slowed to 18 months
(pity there isn't a more environmental solution available)
What if we erected bilboards on the sidewalks (or some other area off his property) that only face his house, with ads for things that get spammed to us such as debt reduction, penis enlargement, baldness cures, etc. They have to be obnoxious ads in all caps with misleading titles. Maybe we can put some Retina-Scorcher(tm) floodlights on them too so he'll see them bright as day even though his eyelids.
The recipient decides to collect the fee or not, while recipients in a white list are not required to carry a token.
Ok so how long until spammers/telemarketers figure out how to spoof themselves (like they do with my email address) to send to things via people's whitelists? Or write a virus or spyware to silently add themselves to the whitelist?
I think it's a good idea but I doubt it'll actually work in practice. Anything that can reduce the spam I get (my college email account has finally been infested) it a plus. And if it makes me a little scratch on the side, all the better!
Hey Largo is my hometown! It's actually not as bad as Orlando (where I live now) because you got the Gulf and Tampa Bay to keep temperatures a little lower but it's still humid as hell. Florida isn't bad if you've lived there long enough to get used to the weather... and all the old people driving around driving you crazy.
I was at work when I read this article and I shouted out "Woo!" when I read the "Largo, FL" part. My hometown is in the news! And in a good way!
So... how long until somebody figures out how to remove the digital watermarking? Maybe it wouldn't be the easiest process in the world, but it probably would scare the pants off of them as a proof-of-concept.
And probably get their lawyers all excited with the possibility of DMCA-related charges.
Ok, so the file system is going to be based on a database. All I have to say is that it better be damn fast code, because the file system is a very active, core part of an operating system. Granted, it still is fast compared to disk latency and such, but over time in disk-heavy applications it'll catch up and bite you.
Exactly. I was reading the article and when I read this I said "Bullshit!" a little too loud (I was at work)
"I've gone overseas," he said. "I now send most of my mail from other countries. And that's a shame. I pay a fortune to providers to do this, and I'd much rather have it go to American companies. But I have to stay in business, and if I have to go out of the country, then so be it."
More then likely he doesn't pay jack to anybody, he just uses open relay servers overseas to send the mail for free.
They had one mounted on the side of the rocket looking down. The local news station here (FOX News in Orlando) was playing the feed from NASA TV when it went up, but they cut it short after the rocket went supersonic... I was disappointed.
However, there's a night launch of the space shuttle on Friday, I'm looking forward to that. I'm thinking of visiting a friend who lives in Merritt Island.
Either that, or they do things like CompUSA did to my friend. He went there to get a hard drive they were advertising that was bloody cheap. He got there 5 minutes after they opened and they were already sold out. They only had 3 of them per store. So he bought a bigger hard drive that was I think something like $20 more. Maybe in the end a better deal but he was still pretty pissed about it.
Microsoft is sending some of their people here tonight to give a talk about how cool they are and how fun it would be to work for them (recruitment meeting). I think I'll mention this exploit to them and see what their response is.
The joke they always make is "For those of you who want to work in software testing... Yes, we do test our products (wait for laugh)"
You mean to tell me these people couldn't get any kind of dialup service out there? Almost anybody with any kind of internet access can search for a job in some city (or "elsewhere")... unless they mean the people who actually built the infrastructure itself... hrm
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I still use VC++ 6.0 Pro for my development. Can't afford to upgrade, and the version I have works for my development needs.
Plus I'm not in control of the gcc upgrades done on the dev server at the college, so I guess I shouldn't worry about that.
Let me start by saying that no, I didn't RTFA, just posting my experience.
I am a Comp Sci major at a certain central Florida university. As such I am required to maintain a C or better GPA, as well as get a C or better in any class I take in order for it to count towards my major.
We are forced to take Physics I and II, Calc I and II, the very same class engineers take, as well as electives for classes such as Calc III and Differential Equations. Engineers can get a D in the class and still have it count. IMO this is a bunch of bullshit. My job may use the skills I learn in diff eq or calc but won't depend on it, as well as the lives of others too.
Just my $0.02, I am currently retaking a class because I got a C- (since that's less then a C, I didn't get credit for it!) and I'm pretty pissed about this stupid policy.
Forget cigarettes... smoke a salmon.
Lobel said because of the star's advanced age, it could go supernova in as little as 50,000 years.
So much for being alive when it makes the final boom. Interestingly enough they said that the star had a prior recorded "shedding" of material in the 1940's, which begs the question "Is this normal?" Since it seems like it's getting ready to do it again after 2 such prior expulsions, perhaps this is actually the process of an explosing massive star? Multiple explosions, each more furious then the last until finally it destroys itself...
<Cartman voice>Kick ass</Cartman voice>
Ok here's a funny story from high school about the Lot thing (wife pillar of salt).
My friend Jared is a very religious guy, and he always argued religion with our AP English Teacher (who was Jewish) and would get mad.
One day they were talking about Lot's wife and how women are (somehting or other, I forget what) and Jared was getting mad as usual. After class I said "Just remember Jared, you gotta take everything he says with a pillar of salt." Jared pondered that for a minute then busted out laughing. I didn't actually mean to make such an awesome pun!
As for the actual "Salt volcano" that's pretty cool. Kinda like how Calisto (I think it's that one, maybe Europa) has the liquid methane eruptions. Plus that's a good quote: it's a heaven for scientists eager to watch a planetary body regularly belch up tons of its innards.
However, this was of particular interest to me:
Interactions between the clouds of electrically charged gas around Io and electrically charged particles in Jupiter's polar atmosphere speed up the rotation of the charged particles around Io but also apply an infinitesmal drag to the rotation of Jupiter, gradually slowing the speed at which the giant planet spins.
Maybe it actually won't stop eventually but reverse it's rotation. I know there's some "law" about a planet that it has to spin a certain way or something (I remember somebody saying that in a different story) but heck you never know.
Personally, I'm still waiting for a civilian version of a HUD, because what passes for useful car instrumentation blows (looking through the gaps in the steering wheel for data sucks)
They do make cars with the instrument panel in the center of the dash facing the driver to eliminate that inconveinance. However alot of people don't seem to like them, as they have to get used to not looking down for their speed/gas gague/etc.
But I agree on the HUD, I would love to have one in my car. I hear the new Corvette has one that works very well (at least according to Car and Driver)
Exactlyt. On the local news station a year or so back I remember seeing a story about this guy who claims to have invented some sort of polymer that can actually "destroy" a thunderstorm. Well that's all and good but my first thought was "This is bad. What happens to all that storm energy?" Imagine the same thing happening to a hurricane, who's energy output in one hour is so great (something like 100 nuclear bombs, I forget the exact amount) that making one "fizzle out" could be disasterous!
This storm grows to Cat4 and makes landfall with major damage.
Yeah I live in Florida! I don't need anybody artifically increasing the amount of storms or even hurricanes that come around here... we get enough as it is
I was kind of disappointed by your response to the 90 minute rule thing, but I guess you didn't think of it as I did.
90 minutes is too short of a time to be forced to watch a program. I know that when I record a show or block of shows I probably will be watching them the next day, or why would I be recording them in the first place? (the only stuff I usually watch could be considered "late-night" shows) Or sometimes I record for 4 days in a row (in the case of rally racing on the Speed channel) to watch it all at once when my schedule allows.
They are touting a "consumer friendly" standard, but only allowing 90 minutes to view a recorded "restricted" show is not very friendly.
Now before you flame me, I realize that a pay-per-view or on-demand movie is supposed to work around your schedule but my chief concern is once they see how well it (may) work they might extend it to classify other programs as "restricted viewing" and impose the same 90 minute rule.
But heck, at least they didn't totally say "No recording pay-per-view or on-demand programs"
If the class is interesting then the students will stay on task, not check their email and etc. At the university I attend they have wireless access in a number of buildings with plans to add it to others as well as outdoors in the major gathering areas. I find it helps out with class because you can download the class notes and follow along or look up a website the prof is talking about in his lecture.
On a funny side note one guy in one of my classes WAS looking up pr0n while in class, all the people behind him were wide-eyed looking at it... that's how he got busted.
Moore's Law has NOTHING to do with this. Moore's Law has to deal with the density of transistors on an integrated circuit.
The observation that the logic density of silicon integrated circuits has closely followed the curve (bits per square inch) = 2^(t - 1962) where t is time in years; that is, the amount of information storable on a given amount of silicon has roughly doubled every year since the technology was invented. This relation, first uttered in 1964 by semiconductor engineer Gordon Moore (who co-founded Intel four years later) held until the late 1970s, at which point the doubling period slowed to 18 months
This is funny, yet sad at the same time
(pity there isn't a more environmental solution available)
What if we erected bilboards on the sidewalks (or some other area off his property) that only face his house, with ads for things that get spammed to us such as debt reduction, penis enlargement, baldness cures, etc. They have to be obnoxious ads in all caps with misleading titles. Maybe we can put some Retina-Scorcher(tm) floodlights on them too so he'll see them bright as day even though his eyelids.
Seeing as how there may be a number of /. readers who might not catch this story but probably should know about it, why isn't it on the front page?
The recipient decides to collect the fee or not, while recipients in a white list are not required to carry a token.
Ok so how long until spammers/telemarketers figure out how to spoof themselves (like they do with my email address) to send to things via people's whitelists? Or write a virus or spyware to silently add themselves to the whitelist?
I think it's a good idea but I doubt it'll actually work in practice. Anything that can reduce the spam I get (my college email account has finally been infested) it a plus. And if it makes me a little scratch on the side, all the better!
Hey Largo is my hometown! It's actually not as bad as Orlando (where I live now) because you got the Gulf and Tampa Bay to keep temperatures a little lower but it's still humid as hell. Florida isn't bad if you've lived there long enough to get used to the weather... and all the old people driving around driving you crazy.
I was at work when I read this article and I shouted out "Woo!" when I read the "Largo, FL" part. My hometown is in the news! And in a good way!
So... how long until somebody figures out how to remove the digital watermarking? Maybe it wouldn't be the easiest process in the world, but it probably would scare the pants off of them as a proof-of-concept.
And probably get their lawyers all excited with the possibility of DMCA-related charges.
Ok, so the file system is going to be based on a database. All I have to say is that it better be damn fast code, because the file system is a very active, core part of an operating system. Granted, it still is fast compared to disk latency and such, but over time in disk-heavy applications it'll catch up and bite you.
Nuclear devices make EMP right? Sounds like a plan...
Exactly. I was reading the article and when I read this I said "Bullshit!" a little too loud (I was at work)
"I've gone overseas," he said. "I now send most of my mail from other countries. And that's a shame. I pay a fortune to providers to do this, and I'd much rather have it go to American companies. But I have to stay in business, and if I have to go out of the country, then so be it."
More then likely he doesn't pay jack to anybody, he just uses open relay servers overseas to send the mail for free.
I feel sorry for whoever ends up having to live with Jar Jar...
"Me sa no drinky your beer!"
They had one mounted on the side of the rocket looking down. The local news station here (FOX News in Orlando) was playing the feed from NASA TV when it went up, but they cut it short after the rocket went supersonic... I was disappointed.
However, there's a night launch of the space shuttle on Friday, I'm looking forward to that. I'm thinking of visiting a friend who lives in Merritt Island.
Either that, or they do things like CompUSA did to my friend. He went there to get a hard drive they were advertising that was bloody cheap. He got there 5 minutes after they opened and they were already sold out. They only had 3 of them per store. So he bought a bigger hard drive that was I think something like $20 more. Maybe in the end a better deal but he was still pretty pissed about it.
Microsoft is sending some of their people here tonight to give a talk about how cool they are and how fun it would be to work for them (recruitment meeting). I think I'll mention this exploit to them and see what their response is.
The joke they always make is "For those of you who want to work in software testing... Yes, we do test our products (wait for laugh)"
And I'll bet your old boss took all the credit for getting the problem fixed.
"Building the internet in the rural area"
You mean to tell me these people couldn't get any kind of dialup service out there? Almost anybody with any kind of internet access can search for a job in some city (or "elsewhere")... unless they mean the people who actually built the infrastructure itself... hrm