Well, smoke can keep insects away. And, insects can carry diseases like malaria and west nile. What are the odds of a smoker in a swampy area quitting smoking and, then, dying of west nile one month later?
Fact is, some smoking doesn't kill anyone. Chain smoking artificially-enhanced cigarettes for forty years does.
Each year, Dihydrogen Monoxide is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is a major contributor to millions upon millions of dollars in damage to property and the environment.
The website is very funny, but it does help put things into perspective a bit.
For example, more people die from water than terrorism. I don't see the current administration setting up surveillence cameras in each of our swimming pools...
I was just trying to blast the popular conception that we have a "right to defend" ourselves from muggers and burglarers, but not from the government itself. Your comments simply underscore that point.
Understood.
But if a peacefull revolution could occur I would debate whether replacing the current administration with one from the other major political party would make any difference at all.
Well, it would, if it were possible for someone with the highly unpopular view of "liberty and justice for all" to get elected. Oh well. BTW, I've heard Mars is nice this time of year...
If people can run the software without the port, then Apple loses.
I disagree. In one desktop enclosure, a software developer could develop and test on these operating systems: Mac OS X/PPC, Linux/PPC, Linux/x86, Windows/x86, *BSD/x86, perhaps Solaris x86, and probably more. SunPCi uses a flat file to contain its "hard drive", so any number of SunPCi configurations could be stored side-by-side on the Mac's hard disk and switching among them would be as easy as one configuration file parameter and a reboot of the SunPCi card. It is also a good way to do the Java "write once-test everywhere" scheme all in one physical enclosure.
Now, if Sun were to release a PPC version of SunPCi, in one Sun Blade enclosure you can have all the above operating systems plus Solaris/SPARC.
All this in one physical enclosure! For developers that can actually think outside of the Microsoft-induced tunnel-vision, SunPCi or similar is really a truly useful tool.
I wonder if Apple would be wise to adopt Sun's SunPCi PC-on-a-PCI-card strategy. All Sun requires is that the customer get their Windows license from somewhere else (Sun is most definitely not a Microsoft OEM).
Why worry about whether Microsoft will release their VirtualPC, when a PowerMac can have a genuine x86 CPU with dedicated RAM? I don't see why Apple can't resell Sun's own SunPCi cards with different branding and driver software. Actually that would be win-win (Sun gets higher volume, Apple gets a really really neat toy to sell their customers).
...the product of a base and the logarithm of any number to that base will always reach a minimum for base = e.
Uh...good idea! And, uh, since you seem pretty smart, and, uh, you came up with the idea...I think you are best qualified to implement our new base-e microprocessor!
Business should not be allowed to intrude heavily into an academic environment.
Businesses should be allowed to fund research and development. It allows professors to further their discipline and can provide an infusion of the "real world" into a university.
However, I agree that this influence should not be able to leak down into the curriculum. Big-money research is one thing, but the purity of an undergraduate's curriculum should be considered sacred. If undergraduate students want "real world" exposure, then they are best served with internships, co-ops, or research assistanceships. They should not be focused on work experience in class or doing semester projects. BTW, internships look really good on resumes (it surely beats volunteering at the animal shelter--professionally speaking).
Well, then you're a masochist. I surely dont miss makefiles, gdb, etc.. I like clicking and dragging to build forms, etc. I love being able to step through and over code in debug and setting watchpoints.
Well, you're lazy and short-sighed. What do you do when Microsoft's binary proprietary "makefile" corrupts? What do you do when your software tools fail you? How do you perform configuration management over your software products?
Makefiles are transparent and give the software developers control over their end product. Would you want to sell software that you couldn't really quite be sure about?
Good debuggers, such as Sun's dbx, come with features that are a C programmer's dream come true. Memory access checking, leak detection, pretty-printed data structure output, highly flexible conditional checkpoints, etc. etc. etc.
Good source editors, such as emacs and vi, actually allow the programmer to type without constant pop-up interruptions.
Good compilers, such as gcc, allow portability that Visual Studio thinks can exist only in theory.
Visual Studio is the eye candy and glimmery shiney addict's tool of choice. People who really care about the inner-workings of their programs and really care about the maturity and stability of their tools and really care about knowing how their program gets from point A to point C don't use Visual Studio.
I have been reprimanded because I point out to my students flaws in M$ Windows.
I thought Universities were the last hope for FREE SPEECH and the FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. Here's a warning to all University of Maryland University College (Europe) students: GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN.
A true university can tolerate a lot from their professors. Hell, I went to a Catholic university that had an atheist in their philosophy department. As a university, they protected free speech over Vatican dogma as much as they could get away with.
the cost for each student was something like $50 per semester
So every student pays? Is this software welfare or something? If there are 10,000 tuition paying students--that's potentially 1,000,000 dollars of raw revenue for Microsoft, per year, guaranteed. Guaranteed revenue is every business' dream come true.
Hookers. Lots and lots of hookers. Oh, and free beer. Lots of beer. Actually, a professor without hookers and beer is sort of like a bird without a beak. Are you sure you are in the right line of work?
There's a better word than "university" for a university that employs Microsoft software in a Computer Science curriculum. That word is "trade school."
It keeps record company executives from having to expend effort in finding talent. Instead of actually earning their wage, they can just take some loser, gloss them up a bit, and sell a million albums.
What do you expect? KISS are so big and widely-known that, to them, being assholes is probably considered "branding." Who knows what they are like in person one-on-one, but when in the context of a concert they are, literally, in character (just like a stage actor in a play).
If you wanted things perfect, just listen to your CD of the band and look at a poster of them!
Britney Spears perfect audio CD...$15. Britney Spears perfect airbrushed poster...$15. Britney Spears-brand Lavender-scented body lotion...$5. Britney Spears-brand super-soft tissues...$3. Your mother walking in during your "duet" with Britney...priceless.
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It kinda walks on two legs, just as the rumors promised, but actually pulls a cart for additional balance...
They just invented the first dinosaur hobo.
Please don't have your daily lead/mercury tonic...
but thessssss laead shheielsd in mmym y brraaidnnn keps thah alleeeeans out offf my thinkkking
How many cigarettes a day is optimal?
Well, smoke can keep insects away. And, insects can carry diseases like malaria and west nile. What are the odds of a smoker in a swampy area quitting smoking and, then, dying of west nile one month later?
Fact is, some smoking doesn't kill anyone. Chain smoking artificially-enhanced cigarettes for forty years does.
Each year, Dihydrogen Monoxide is a known causative component in many thousands of deaths and is a major contributor to millions upon millions of dollars in damage to property and the environment.
The website is very funny, but it does help put things into perspective a bit.
For example, more people die from water than terrorism. I don't see the current administration setting up surveillence cameras in each of our swimming pools...
BUSH!
Ahh, the sound that tells you the chicken you just ate wasn't so fresh after all!
I was just trying to blast the popular conception that we have a "right to defend" ourselves from muggers and burglarers, but not from the government itself. Your comments simply underscore that point.
Understood.
But if a peacefull revolution could occur I would debate whether replacing the current administration with one from the other major political party would make any difference at all.
Well, it would, if it were possible for someone with the highly unpopular view of "liberty and justice for all" to get elected. Oh well. BTW, I've heard Mars is nice this time of year...
If people can run the software without the port, then Apple loses.
I disagree. In one desktop enclosure, a software developer could develop and test on these operating systems: Mac OS X/PPC, Linux/PPC, Linux/x86, Windows/x86, *BSD/x86, perhaps Solaris x86, and probably more. SunPCi uses a flat file to contain its "hard drive", so any number of SunPCi configurations could be stored side-by-side on the Mac's hard disk and switching among them would be as easy as one configuration file parameter and a reboot of the SunPCi card. It is also a good way to do the Java "write once-test everywhere" scheme all in one physical enclosure.
Now, if Sun were to release a PPC version of SunPCi, in one Sun Blade enclosure you can have all the above operating systems plus Solaris/SPARC.
All this in one physical enclosure! For developers that can actually think outside of the Microsoft-induced tunnel-vision, SunPCi or similar is really a truly useful tool.
I wonder if Apple would be wise to adopt Sun's SunPCi PC-on-a-PCI-card strategy. All Sun requires is that the customer get their Windows license from somewhere else (Sun is most definitely not a Microsoft OEM).
Why worry about whether Microsoft will release their VirtualPC, when a PowerMac can have a genuine x86 CPU with dedicated RAM? I don't see why Apple can't resell Sun's own SunPCi cards with different branding and driver software. Actually that would be win-win (Sun gets higher volume, Apple gets a really really neat toy to sell their customers).
I don't know if MS owning VirtualPC is such a bad thing.
It really and truly is a bad thing. Apple is a fundamentally a competitor to Microsoft. That alone makes VirtualPC's useful days numbered.
The only aspect of Apple's success that Microsoft wants a hand in is ensuring that Apple doesn't become too successful.
...the product of a base and the logarithm of any number to that base will always reach a minimum for base = e.
Uh...good idea! And, uh, since you seem pretty smart, and, uh, you came up with the idea...I think you are best qualified to implement our new base-e microprocessor!
(I hate when my meetings go like this)
$1.25 per credit hour
It's very interesting that a corporation find itself powerful enough that it can impose a tax.
I hope more people than just me find that tremendously unsettling.
But it's rather like the Pepsi machine in the room where they teach nutrition.
I once saw a hospital with a McDonalds in their cafeteria.
Inspires confidence, it does.
my kid comes running up to be dressed like the MSN butterfly
Geckos eat butterflies.
Business should not be allowed to intrude heavily into an academic environment.
Businesses should be allowed to fund research and development. It allows professors to further their discipline and can provide an infusion of the "real world" into a university.
However, I agree that this influence should not be able to leak down into the curriculum. Big-money research is one thing, but the purity of an undergraduate's curriculum should be considered sacred. If undergraduate students want "real world" exposure, then they are best served with internships, co-ops, or research assistanceships. They should not be focused on work experience in class or doing semester projects. BTW, internships look really good on resumes (it surely beats volunteering at the animal shelter--professionally speaking).
Accepting a "donation" in exchange for using Windows is a conflict of interest.
:: Football Team
:: Computer Science Department
Nike
Microsoft
I wanna be like Bill...er, Mike...oh, I meant Bill...ah crap I just don't know anymore.
Well, then you're a masochist. I surely dont miss makefiles, gdb, etc.. I like clicking and dragging to build forms, etc. I love being able to step through and over code in debug and setting watchpoints.
Well, you're lazy and short-sighed. What do you do when Microsoft's binary proprietary "makefile" corrupts? What do you do when your software tools fail you? How do you perform configuration management over your software products?
Makefiles are transparent and give the software developers control over their end product. Would you want to sell software that you couldn't really quite be sure about?
Good debuggers, such as Sun's dbx, come with features that are a C programmer's dream come true. Memory access checking, leak detection, pretty-printed data structure output, highly flexible conditional checkpoints, etc. etc. etc.
Good source editors, such as emacs and vi, actually allow the programmer to type without constant pop-up interruptions.
Good compilers, such as gcc, allow portability that Visual Studio thinks can exist only in theory.
Visual Studio is the eye candy and glimmery shiney addict's tool of choice. People who really care about the inner-workings of their programs and really care about the maturity and stability of their tools and really care about knowing how their program gets from point A to point C don't use Visual Studio.
I have been reprimanded because I point out to my students flaws in M$ Windows.
I thought Universities were the last hope for FREE SPEECH and the FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. Here's a warning to all University of Maryland University College (Europe) students: GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN.
A true university can tolerate a lot from their professors. Hell, I went to a Catholic university that had an atheist in their philosophy department. As a university, they protected free speech over Vatican dogma as much as they could get away with.
Good algorithm design and analysis transcends linux vs windows vs mac osx.
So, you are saying Microsoft Windows and Office are good case studies in algorithm design and analysis?
Quite honestly, Microsoft software as a learning tool is best employed in the Marketing Department.
I suppose if you're Hindu you believe you can reboot yourself, as well.
I heard Microsoft employees come back in the form of a mold slime. Chlorox to the rescue!
the cost for each student was something like $50 per semester
So every student pays? Is this software welfare or something? If there are 10,000 tuition paying students--that's potentially 1,000,000 dollars of raw revenue for Microsoft, per year, guaranteed. Guaranteed revenue is every business' dream come true.
What else am I missing out on?
Hookers. Lots and lots of hookers. Oh, and free beer. Lots of beer. Actually, a professor without hookers and beer is sort of like a bird without a beak. Are you sure you are in the right line of work?
There's a better word than "university" for a university that employs Microsoft software in a Computer Science curriculum. That word is "trade school."
What's the point?
It keeps record company executives from having to expend effort in finding talent. Instead of actually earning their wage, they can just take some loser, gloss them up a bit, and sell a million albums.
The band are all a bunch of jerks...
What do you expect? KISS are so big and widely-known that, to them, being assholes is probably considered "branding." Who knows what they are like in person one-on-one, but when in the context of a concert they are, literally, in character (just like a stage actor in a play).
If you wanted things perfect, just listen to your CD of the band and look at a poster of them!
Britney Spears perfect audio CD...$15.
Britney Spears perfect airbrushed poster...$15.
Britney Spears-brand Lavender-scented body lotion...$5.
Britney Spears-brand super-soft tissues...$3.
Your mother walking in during your "duet" with Britney...priceless.