As a recent conqueror of the college application process, I think that your advice should be tempered a bit.
You can generally only take the PSATs (pre-SATs) twice, "for practice" during sophomore year and "for real" during junior year. The PSAT is curved easier than the SAT and has generally easier questions. A good score on the PSAT can make you a National Merit Scholar, but that won't guarantee your acceptance to Harvard (not by a long shot).
A lot of colleges will break apart your math and verbal scores and only look at the highest ones when your file gets reviewed. This means that if you score poorly on the math but well on the verbal, you can take the test again without worrying that you won't match your verbal score a second time.
That said, however, more presigious colleges will note if you've taken te SAT more than 3 times, especially if it is taken in succeeding months with very little score change. Take the SAT 4 times, and you're just hurting yourself.
Wait...you mean like....purchase something digital?
Fuck that. Gimme Kazaa Lite and IRC any day.
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Maybe I'm just being stupid, but I think the pairwise system of voting for national elections would be pretty cool. Completely infeasible, of course, but still cool.
I imagine the 2000 Presidential candidates would be: GW Bush Al Gore Pat Buchanan Ralph Nader No One
It would require each voter casting 4+3+2+1=10 votes, so of course it wouldn't happen, but I imagine that the "No one" option would probably finish very strongly, perhaps even winning the election. (I think Scott Adams discussed that if one of the major parties nominated a bag of lettuce, it would capture 40% of the popular vote because it "has good character").
Where this sort of voting might actually useful (if voters wouldn't mind) would be in primaries, where definitive preferences for certain candidates would be shown, and other candidates would find out if their campaign will go anywhere much faster....maybe. Then again, this would require voters being well informed about each candidate, and we all know that isnt gonna happen.
Not trying to troll here, But I would appreciate some "blog" topic. Articles on "blogging" are currently all over the categories, like this one in Films. Most of the crap that includes terms like "blog" or "blogsphere" involve some pompous blowhard with an inflated sense of importance ranting about triviality. Okay, so that describes most of slashdot, but regardless, a blog topic would be nice so I can filter all this stuff out.
As someone who spent a lot of time working with an actual Turing Test bot, I'd just like to say that the term "Turing Test" really only applies to a "conversation" between computers and people, not emulating behavior in games, etc. I mean, when Turing wrote Computing Machinery and Intelligence, this isn't really what he envisioned to be a Turing Test.
From what I could gather, this is a lot closer to a programming tournament rather than a Turing Test...
Actually, the American democratic system has shown remarkable stability and generally a lack of the horrors you describe. The real threat to a democratic system is a long term economic slump, like the Great Depression. When the economy is worse, fewer people vote, and more people are willing to vote radical. This is how we end up with Huey Long.
Actually, Turkey is a distinctly NON-ISLAMIC democracy. The success of democracy in Turkey can be traced to the rather forceful seperation of Church and State following World War One. For instance, women are not allowed to wear veils. A much better example of a true Islamic democracy is Egypt, but that has been plagued with problems.
Just to elaborate,.mp3 and.ogg are both lossy formats, so you'd lose quite a bit of sound quality. To see a graphical illustration, save an image as.jpg, then convert to.gif, then back to.jpg and note the differences between the two.jpgs.
That's right, because as we all know, not only do most Linux users freely fork over 100+ dollars for a commercial OS they can easily pirate, but the support of a file format in one application is clearly what the entire OS and platform decision hinges on, never mind that Winamp3 supports.ogg flawlessly.
Re:Windows XP was great, except....
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but where is zipping?
Windows XP... Right Click => Send to => Compressed (zipped) folder
It compresses to minimize space, not time, in case you were wondering.
Disproving the theory that "You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" (P.T. Barnum ??), U.S. buyers have apparently come to the realization that $3.50 to $5.50 is too damn much to pay for one song.
I believe the quote is "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." from H.L. Mencken, the noted satirist.
P.T. Barnum's quote is "There's a sucker born every minute."
Great.....So now we've got "Anonymous Cowards" hyping the first article on their website...
Unfortunately, our Anonymous Friend didnt anticipate the strain on the servers...
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Wow....judging from the earlier games it seemed like Kramniks methodical defense with black (whatever happened to the much vaunted "Berlin Wall"?)and vigorous attack with white were going to yield a lossless set for the world champion. But now with a 3-3 set and Fritz going 2.5 -.5 in the last 3 matches, it seems that the computer has "turned the tide"...
IMO, this is only because of Fritz being allowed to make changes to itself to edit its openings. Previous matches were usually charachterized by the games falling into a predictable queen sacrifice. But it looks like by changing the openings around, Fritz is preventing Kramnik from forcing the game into a defensive draw.
Also, The last 2 games have been charachterized by risky Kramnik moves that might be very beneficial against humans, but Fritz is able to play essentially perfect defense. To me, it seems like Kramnik has thrown out his very defensive strategy that gave him a 2 game lead in favor of a more attacking strategy.
It might be a good idea to not link directly to an rpm file located somewhere on the campus of a Norwegian Agricultural School. Hope they dont have upload quota caps, or some unlucky students going to get quite a few profanity-laced emails from sysadmins.....
I have been using Vitrite for a couple weeks now, and it's absolutely fantastic. Great Work on this project, and I think it should definately be included in any collection of OSS work!
Celestia has to be some of the most awesome software Ive ever used. You can navigate the cosmos and it looks absolutely incredible! This would be a program I would use to show people how cool OSS is.
I'm ashamed to say the stupid embezzler is actually from Michigan (my home state). "Detroit" and "Royal Oak" are places in South-East Michigan. Just because "Berkeley" was mentioned doesnt mean the story was from California. Sheesh.....
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As a recent conqueror of the college application process, I think that your advice should be tempered a bit.
You can generally only take the PSATs (pre-SATs) twice, "for practice" during sophomore year and "for real" during junior year. The PSAT is curved easier than the SAT and has generally easier questions. A good score on the PSAT can make you a National Merit Scholar, but that won't guarantee your acceptance to Harvard (not by a long shot).
A lot of colleges will break apart your math and verbal scores and only look at the highest ones when your file gets reviewed. This means that if you score poorly on the math but well on the verbal, you can take the test again without worrying that you won't match your verbal score a second time.
That said, however, more presigious colleges will note if you've taken te SAT more than 3 times, especially if it is taken in succeeding months with very little score change. Take the SAT 4 times, and you're just hurting yourself.
Have you ever bought a MS O/S?
Wait...you mean like....purchase something digital?
Fuck that. Gimme Kazaa Lite and IRC any day.
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but I think the pairwise system of voting for national elections would be pretty cool. Completely infeasible, of course, but still cool.
I imagine the 2000 Presidential candidates would be:
GW Bush
Al Gore
Pat Buchanan
Ralph Nader
No One
It would require each voter casting 4+3+2+1=10 votes, so of course it wouldn't happen, but I imagine that the "No one" option would probably finish very strongly, perhaps even winning the election. (I think Scott Adams discussed that if one of the major parties nominated a bag of lettuce, it would capture 40% of the popular vote because it "has good character").
Where this sort of voting might actually useful (if voters wouldn't mind) would be in primaries, where definitive preferences for certain candidates would be shown, and other candidates would find out if their campaign will go anywhere much faster....maybe. Then again, this would require voters being well informed about each candidate, and we all know that isnt gonna happen.
Not trying to troll here, But I would appreciate some "blog" topic. Articles on "blogging" are currently all over the categories, like this one in Films. Most of the crap that includes terms like "blog" or "blogsphere" involve some pompous blowhard with an inflated sense of importance ranting about triviality. Okay, so that describes most of slashdot, but regardless, a blog topic would be nice so I can filter all this stuff out.
Windows ME anyone?
No thanks.
As someone who spent a lot of time working with an actual Turing Test bot, I'd just like to say that the term "Turing Test" really only applies to a "conversation" between computers and people, not emulating behavior in games, etc. I mean, when Turing wrote Computing Machinery and Intelligence, this isn't really what he envisioned to be a Turing Test.
From what I could gather, this is a lot closer to a programming tournament rather than a Turing Test...
And I wouldn't be too surprised if BMW was also one of his clients.
They are indeed.
Actually, the American democratic system has shown remarkable stability and generally a lack of the horrors you describe. The real threat to a democratic system is a long term economic slump, like the Great Depression. When the economy is worse, fewer people vote, and more people are willing to vote radical. This is how we end up with Huey Long.
iraqi people in an islamic democracy like turkey.
Actually, Turkey is a distinctly NON-ISLAMIC democracy. The success of democracy in Turkey can be traced to the rather forceful seperation of Church and State following World War One. For instance, women are not allowed to wear veils. A much better example of a true Islamic democracy is Egypt, but that has been plagued with problems.
Youve got to be kidding me. This comment should not have been modded up in the first place.
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The message text is at:
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58723.ht
I remember having a distinctly similar conversation with my third grade teacher when we learned about things like long division and prime numbers.
Just to elaborate, .mp3 and .ogg are both lossy formats, so you'd lose quite a bit of sound quality. To see a graphical illustration, save an image as .jpg, then convert to .gif, then back to .jpg and note the differences between the two .jpgs.
That's right, because as we all know, not only do most Linux users freely fork over 100+ dollars for a commercial OS they can easily pirate, but the support of a file format in one application is clearly what the entire OS and platform decision hinges on, never mind that Winamp3 supports .ogg flawlessly.
but where is zipping?
Windows XP...
Right Click => Send to => Compressed (zipped) folder
It compresses to minimize space, not time, in case you were wondering.
Disproving the theory that "You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" (P.T. Barnum ??), U.S. buyers have apparently come to the realization that $3.50 to $5.50 is too damn much to pay for one song.
I believe the quote is "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." from H.L. Mencken, the noted satirist.
P.T. Barnum's quote is "There's a sucker born every minute."
DOCTOR SPENCER: Yes. More apparatus, please, nurse: the E.E.G., the B.P. monitor, and the A.V.V.
NURSE: Yes. Certainly, Doctor.
DOCTOR SPENCER: And, uh, get the machine that goes 'ping'.
Great.....So now we've got "Anonymous Cowards" hyping the first article on their website...
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/home/www/silentpcreview.com/pnadodb/drivers/adodb -mysql.inc.php on line 121
Unfortunately, our Anonymous Friend didnt anticipate the strain on the servers...
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mysql://silentpc:@localhost/silentpcreview failed to connectToo many connections
Ahhh.....Like poetry....
Wow....judging from the earlier games it seemed like Kramniks methodical defense with black (whatever happened to the much vaunted "Berlin Wall"?)and vigorous attack with white were going to yield a lossless set for the world champion. But now with a 3-3 set and Fritz going 2.5 - .5 in the last 3 matches, it seems that the computer has "turned the tide"...
IMO, this is only because of Fritz being allowed to make changes to itself to edit its openings. Previous matches were usually charachterized by the games falling into a predictable queen sacrifice. But it looks like by changing the openings around, Fritz is preventing Kramnik from forcing the game into a defensive draw.
Also, The last 2 games have been charachterized by risky Kramnik moves that might be very beneficial against humans, but Fritz is able to play essentially perfect defense. To me, it seems like Kramnik has thrown out his very defensive strategy that gave him a 2 game lead in favor of a more attacking strategy.
5 bucks on Fritz.
Well, that and the fact that an 8-processor computer running 90 dollar software isnt going to cost almost 2 million pounds.
Unless Microsoft changed their licensing again...
From the review:
Now wake up to the sting and stench of reality that hits you like a sturgeon to the jaw.
Looks like Jon Katz could take some lessons from this guy....
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isnt displaying an ad for shopIP on their SourceForge hosted site in violation of the SourceForge user agreement?
I don't advertise for anything on my own sf project page just because I read that you're not supposed to profit from your SF web space....
It might be a good idea to not link directly to an rpm file located somewhere on the campus of a Norwegian Agricultural School. Hope they dont have upload quota caps, or some unlucky students going to get quite a few profanity-laced emails from sysadmins.....
I'd like to nominate Anna the Chatbot, licensed under the GPL. Sure, it requires Java 2 1.4 to run, but it can be quite the way to kill some time.
And there are some lonely evenings when - waaaait....Let's not go there......
I have been using Vitrite for a couple weeks now, and it's absolutely fantastic. Great Work on this project, and I think it should definately be included in any collection of OSS work!
Celestia has to be some of the most awesome software Ive ever used. You can navigate the cosmos and it looks absolutely incredible! This would be a program I would use to show people how cool OSS is.
I'm ashamed to say the stupid embezzler is actually from Michigan (my home state). "Detroit" and "Royal Oak" are places in South-East Michigan. Just because "Berkeley" was mentioned doesnt mean the story was from California. Sheesh.....