Also keep in mind when taking the test that there are two ways you can be wrong. A miss is saying it's legit when it's actually fraudulent, and a false alarm is saying it's fraudulent when it's legit.
I've been using computers for a long time and expected to get 100% on this test but only got 70%. However, all of my mistakes were false alarms. So at least I always erred on the good side.
As my friend has pointed out, when Spidey and Doc Oct are fighting on the train, Oct throws Peter and he goes flying through that little bridge/walkway yet has enough velocity to hit Doc Oct on the other side.
Well e-mail is one thing, but let's not forget that instant messenger services are also susceptible to hoaxes and viruses. They've gained so much popularity in the recent years that a well executed attack on say AOL Instant Messenger could do a lot of damage to personal computers. Especially since so many non-tech savvy people use it.
Yet another sign of technology running and ruining our lives.
Shuji Nakamura is not sole inventor of LED
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The Blues for LEDs
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· Score: 2, Informative
"I've got a bone to pick with Shuji Nakamura."
I hate how people keep crediting Nakamura as the sole inventor of the blue LED. Yes, he did make the first working blue LED, but Dr. Theodore Moustakas here at Boston University developed the buffer-layer process for GaN months before Nakamura.
I'll admit that the functionality and versitility of these new phones sound great, but it really begs the question, how much is too much?
It's hard enough to pry some people off a computer and make them, oh let's say, take a walk outside. I don't know if I could handle seeing every other person sitting at a park bench "appreciating" the scenery by listening to an mp3, taking pictures, and posting them in their blog.
It's probably inevitable. I just hope we don't let technology govern what little part of our everyday life that we have left that isn't affected by technology.
I have a professor who tried very hard to get a good book for one of his courses and worked very closely with the publisher. He ended up getting a 20% discount on a book that was required by all seniors in our ECE department (for senior design).
However, guess where that 20% went? Our bookstore made a killing with the price mark up. The savings were passed on to the bookstore, not the students. How typical.
Captain: "What happen ?" Mechanic: "Somebody set up us the bomb." Operator: "We get signal." Captain: "What !" Operator: "Main screen turn on." Captain: "It's you !!" CATS: "How are you gentlemen !!" CATS: "All your base are belong to us." CATS: "You are on the way to destruction." Captain: "What you say !!" CATS: "You have no chance to survive make your time." CATS: "Ha ha ha ha...."
I guess it's more common culture to actually keep a job, but just read/. all day.
The Inventor of the cellphone...
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Cell-Phone Wars
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· Score: 2, Interesting
"The inventor of the cell phone never thought about the fact that people would be using them constantly and impeding on other people's privacy," he said. "The inventor of the camera phone never thought about the fact that they would be used in locker rooms and other inappropriate places."
I'm sure it crossed the minds of the inventors, but in some cases the benefits outweigh the cons, well at least for the cell phone anyway. The camera phone is worthless.
If inventors didn't think of the consequences, then RFID would already be all over the place and then people would stop laughing at me for wearing a tin foil hat in public.
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I heard the ninth question was Fizzbuzz, but it was deemed too difficult for the competition.
but I downloaded the audio book instead.
the buffer layer technique was first published by Theodore Moustakas and remains his intellectual property.
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I wish more people knew this. He's one of the best professors I've ever had and a hell of a nice guy.
The age old tradition of a knife fight will be replaced by a modern version of musical chairs.
Don't forget about the Futurama writers happened to graduate with honors in math, physics, and chemistry.
That's Allston, not Alliston.
Also keep in mind when taking the test that there are two ways you can be wrong. A miss is saying it's legit when it's actually fraudulent, and a false alarm is saying it's fraudulent when it's legit.
I've been using computers for a long time and expected to get 100% on this test but only got 70%. However, all of my mistakes were false alarms. So at least I always erred on the good side.
As my friend has pointed out, when Spidey and Doc Oct are fighting on the train, Oct throws Peter and he goes flying through that little bridge/walkway yet has enough velocity to hit Doc Oct on the other side.
Well e-mail is one thing, but let's not forget that instant messenger services are also susceptible to hoaxes and viruses. They've gained so much popularity in the recent years that a well executed attack on say AOL Instant Messenger could do a lot of damage to personal computers. Especially since so many non-tech savvy people use it.
Looks like the machines are beating us! Come on folks, we've got some catching up to do!
Yet another sign of technology running and ruining our lives.
"I've got a bone to pick with Shuji Nakamura."
I hate how people keep crediting Nakamura as the sole inventor of the blue LED. Yes, he did make the first working blue LED, but Dr. Theodore Moustakas here at Boston University developed the buffer-layer process for GaN months before Nakamura.
Here's an article.
Dr. Moustakas is an awesome professor too. He loves to teach and does it well. He deserves so much more credit.
"I certainly know a lot more today than I knew a month ago, in a lot of respects."
What he really meant to say was this, without the sarcasm...
Cecil: Goodness, I had no idea, for you see I have been on Mars for the last decade, in a cave, with my eyes shut and my fingers in my ears.
4F14 - Brother From Another Series
I'll admit that the functionality and versitility of these new phones sound great, but it really begs the question, how much is too much?
It's hard enough to pry some people off a computer and make them, oh let's say, take a walk outside. I don't know if I could handle seeing every other person sitting at a park bench "appreciating" the scenery by listening to an mp3, taking pictures, and posting them in their blog.
It's probably inevitable. I just hope we don't let technology govern what little part of our everyday life that we have left that isn't affected by technology.
Yeah, right. The customer is not going to test first because Microsoft says it's ok?
Yep, that's the "automagically" part.
of a satirical act a friend of mine once did in high school.
We should send him an e-mail saying he could lose 12 pounds instantly. All he has to do is cut off his head.
You underestimate the amount of porn the average user downloads.
I have a professor who tried very hard to get a good book for one of his courses and worked very closely with the publisher. He ended up getting a 20% discount on a book that was required by all seniors in our ECE department (for senior design).
However, guess where that 20% went? Our bookstore made a killing with the price mark up. The savings were passed on to the bookstore, not the students. How typical.
Well, I can only imagine what the e-mails Darl sent out looked like:
All your Linux are belong to us.
-Darl
So you're saying that you're unemployed?
"NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for: Hard evidence that the red planet was once 'soaking wet.'"
Soaking wet with the tears of taxpayers.
MARS 1, EARTH 0
In A.D. 2101
...."
War was beginning
Captain: "What happen ?"
Mechanic: "Somebody set up us the bomb."
Operator: "We get signal."
Captain: "What !"
Operator: "Main screen turn on."
Captain: "It's you !!"
CATS: "How are you gentlemen !!"
CATS: "All your base are belong to us."
CATS: "You are on the way to destruction."
Captain: "What you say !!"
CATS: "You have no chance to survive make your time."
CATS: "Ha ha ha ha
I guess it's more common culture to actually keep a job, but just read /. all day.
"The inventor of the cell phone never thought about the fact that people would be using them constantly and impeding on other people's privacy," he said. "The inventor of the camera phone never thought about the fact that they would be used in locker rooms and other inappropriate places."
I'm sure it crossed the minds of the inventors, but in some cases the benefits outweigh the cons, well at least for the cell phone anyway. The camera phone is worthless.
If inventors didn't think of the consequences, then RFID would already be all over the place and then people would stop laughing at me for wearing a tin foil hat in public.