Profundity through obscurity?
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Gnome 2.14 Review
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· Score: 2, Funny
Two of the new tools, Pessulus and Sabayon...
I think Pessulus is some bit of turkey anatomy, and Sabayon is an Italian dessert. So, like, is there an official dictionary of rarely words to consult for naming Gnome applications?
The Register has had some recent pieces as well...
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A Look at IPTV
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What's a "disruptive technology"? One that disrupts, of course. And just how useful a term is that? Sounds like content-free marketroid jingoism to me.
If the Rumsfield can keep mutating the name of the War on Terror to the Struggle for Freedom (and now the Long War), just rename the Mars Orbiter the Mars Meteor and call it a day.
The granularity problem is that you have to spend a lot of time specifying fine-grained details in the model that are more easily expressed in code.
And this corroborates my experience: defining a model that is detailed and correct enough to generate release code (as opposed to prototype code) is every bit as hard as writing the code itself.
MDA's are great for quick prototyping, but once you get into the optimization and functional peculiarities of the business domain, the modeling tools get in the way. Once you find yourself writing/designing your business objects and logic to be compatible with the tool, you've gone too far. Drop the tool, stop looking at the schematics and start focusing on the mechanics.
If the Dems manage to gain back a majority in the house next election, I would think they would be obliged to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush. It would have a lot more validity than the impeachment of Clinton, and they would look like wimps if they didn't.
What can be said against Wikipedia can be said against the WWW. If you go to Wikipedia for information, you will find it light in some areas, heavier in others, and pure fluff or chicanery everywhere else. Sound's like the WWW, doesn't it?
US companies want to complain about the neglect of science education in this country, yet don't want to support an exhibit on one of the most groundbreaking ideas of modern science.
Two points, A and B, are within fixed distand of pulsar P.
A and B have agreed that certain measurements of quantum entangled particles will be made a various time intervals as determined by P.
Point C lies between A and B, closer to A than B. C sends quantum entangled particles of definite polarization to A and B. At the agreed-to intervals, A does polarization measuments of particles coming from C; B measures for same polarization at the same interval (accounting for the extra time for the entangle photon to reach B).
Question: does A's collapsing of the state of the entangled photon mean that B will see less entangle photons with that polarization? In other words, will it mean that successful polarization pass-thru's at A's filter has the consequence that B will notice a distinct drop of photons with that polarization passing through its filter? If that were the case, then communication is occuring between A and B in the time it takes for light to travel the shorter distance from C to B.
Change quantum particles to entangle coin tosses. A has the head filter activated, meaning all heads that pass thru A result in no heads at B. With the filter on a A, does B see less heads than he would at other, 'normal', intervals?
Yes indeed, the Kansas school board has changed the definition of 'science' so that it's no longer limited to natural phenomena. I'm sure their authority rests on members' vast curriculum vitae and numerous Nobel awards, or what a 300-foot Jesus told them.
"The code is out there and we plan on continuing to support it. The largest database vendor in the world just confirmed that the market for open source databases exists."
I would think that it was the users of InnoDB that confirmed that the market for open source databases exist.
Also, what about IBM and their open-sourcing of Cloudscape? Don't they count?
Oh yeah, those TSA guys are well known for their sense of humor. Why not really laugh it up with:
1) batteries wrapped together with duct tape 2) biohazard stickers on your carry-on 3) a fuse taped to the heel of your shoe 4) a snazzy tinfoil hat 5) fond rememberances of the time you met Osama
It's an increasing market, but the rate of increase has slowed. When I toss a ball in the air and it slows as it reaches its apogee, that doesn't mean it's begun falling.
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Light a match!
I think Pessulus is some bit of turkey anatomy, and Sabayon is an Italian dessert. So, like, is there an official dictionary of rarely words to consult for naming Gnome applications?
IPTV forum in London
Disclosure: I work for Myrio
What's a "disruptive technology"? One that disrupts, of course. And just how useful a term is that? Sounds like content-free marketroid jingoism to me.
If the Rumsfield can keep mutating the name of the War on Terror to the Struggle for Freedom (and now the Long War), just rename the Mars Orbiter the Mars Meteor and call it a day.
is the NAV system more distracting than messing with Yahoo Maps on your laptop while driving?
And this corroborates my experience: defining a model that is detailed and correct enough to generate release code (as opposed to prototype code) is every bit as hard as writing the code itself.
MDA's are great for quick prototyping, but once you get into the optimization and functional peculiarities of the business domain, the modeling tools get in the way. Once you find yourself writing/designing your business objects and logic to be compatible with the tool, you've gone too far. Drop the tool, stop looking at the schematics and start focusing on the mechanics.
I'm hard pressed to think of a better oxymoron...
Are there any respectable /. readers?
If someone was shooting at me as I was mowing the lawn, fuck yes!
If the Dems manage to gain back a majority in the house next election, I would think they would be obliged to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush. It would have a lot more validity than the impeachment of Clinton, and they would look like wimps if they didn't.
Don't ask me, I read Foreign Affairs.
What can be said against Wikipedia can be said against the WWW. If you go to Wikipedia for information, you will find it light in some areas, heavier in others, and pure fluff or chicanery everywhere else. Sound's like the WWW, doesn't it?
You get what you pay for, fellas.
A and B have agreed that certain measurements of quantum entangled particles will be made a various time intervals as determined by P.
Point C lies between A and B, closer to A than B. C sends quantum entangled particles of definite polarization to A and B. At the agreed-to intervals, A does polarization measuments of particles coming from C; B measures for same polarization at the same interval (accounting for the extra time for the entangle photon to reach B).
Question: does A's collapsing of the state of the entangled photon mean that B will see less entangle photons with that polarization? In other words, will it mean that successful polarization pass-thru's at A's filter has the consequence that B will notice a distinct drop of photons with that polarization passing through its filter? If that were the case, then communication is occuring between A and B in the time it takes for light to travel the shorter distance from C to B.
Change quantum particles to entangle coin tosses. A has the head filter activated, meaning all heads that pass thru A result in no heads at B. With the filter on a A, does B see less heads than he would at other, 'normal', intervals?
Yes indeed, the Kansas school board has changed the definition of 'science' so that it's no longer limited to natural phenomena. I'm sure their authority rests on members' vast curriculum vitae and numerous Nobel awards, or what a 300-foot Jesus told them.
And you were. So shut the hell up.
I would think that it was the users of InnoDB that confirmed that the market for open source databases exist.
Also, what about IBM and their open-sourcing of Cloudscape? Don't they count?
I'm sure Goofy can, but Pluto? He can't even talk.
NO, NO! NOT MY EYES! AAAAAaaaarrrrrghhhh.
Okay, now I have to enter this stuff to avoid the caps filter. Talk about spoiling a joke....
Now "swimming with the fishes" doesn't seem so bad.
Oh yeah, those TSA guys are well known for their sense of humor. Why not really laugh it up with:
1) batteries wrapped together with duct tape
2) biohazard stickers on your carry-on
3) a fuse taped to the heel of your shoe
4) a snazzy tinfoil hat
5) fond rememberances of the time you met Osama
Which is why one should never assume anything from a student newspaper (or Slashdot) is fact.
They're going to hear that you spent an inordinate amount of time selecting something as trivial as a ringtone.
It's an increasing market, but the rate of increase has slowed. When I toss a ball in the air and it slows as it reaches its apogee, that doesn't mean it's begun falling.