Hex? Are you referring to the MAC address of a machine? That's only really valid on local lan. To route to a machine on the opposite "side" of the internet you need its IP number (thinking dotted-decimal), and DNS is the services used to obtain the IP number from readable names like "slashdot.org".
I've always felt that you should do what you like, and do what you're good at. Much of the time, the two go hand-in-hand. It's better to make less money and be happier than vice versa.
I'm a CS major, graduating at the end of the year, and I really love it. But I think that a lot of people get into it because their parents and friends tell them it'll make them a lot of money (which isn't necessarily true), then find out that they have no aptitude with computers and are completely screwed. I once knew someone who went into Mechanical Engineering because a psychic told them to. Ridiculous. These are generally the same people for whom CS is the fifth major they've tried. I'm not saying that's what's happening to you, nor am I saying that everyone who picks CS after trying several other majors sucks at it, I'm just making an observation that's not meant to be a rule.
I just love how most of the comments posted in reply to this story are all focused on how useless a simulator is. Sure, it isn't the real world, but it's not meant to be. You can "break" stuff in a simulator that you probably wouldn't want to (or can't afford to) break in the real world. And what about things that don't exist in the real world, but that this simulator could be made to, well, simulate? If you can't think of anything worthwhile to use a tool like this for, you probably shouldn't be allowed near it anyway. Or the real world, for that matter.
I don't think that there's any chance of nullifying this (hypothetical) law by labeling everything as obscene. If you are CNN.com or ToysRUs.com, would you do that?
Not that I think the proposed law is a good idea, mind you...
How has PNG faded into obscurity? Did I miss a memo? It's supported by not only the most recent versions of every browser I've ever used (even IE!), but even slightly stale versions of some browsers. And it compresses well without loss or copyright issues (unlike jpeg/gif), which is pretty much all I ever wanted out of an image format. I like it rather a lot and use it all the time for real, job-related stuff.
I would agree that the bruhaha over the whole gif IP thing has died down though. We humans have short attention spans...
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Crisis? I'm not living in a crisis until I get *drafted*.
I mean, com'on, things are event-driven or object-oriented, and without objects, one must only assume that an event triggered what was to follow - the big bang. Something was there to explode, and something had to cause it. Did one of the tiny dark matter particles spark up the wrong way and set it off?
Interesting statement. Things are either (A) event-driven or (B) object oriented. But objects have not always existed (that is, the big bang caused the objects to exist). Hence the objects are event-driven (i.e., they are the results of the big bang). Thus everything is event-driven. Thus object are really events. But everything in Java inherits from Object. Thus, Java sucks. quod erat demonstrandum.:)
Just to play devil's advocate a little; I really didn't think that Green's book was as fantastic as it was made out to be (by some, anyway).
He bases a lot of his statements and arguments on the assumption that our (everyday, in a physicist's day anyway) math is the "right" math for modeling the universe. By this I mean that it doesn't seem as if he's considered the possibility that some of the mathematical objects he assumes model the universe in fact do so, just because they seem to work okay for everything we've used them for before.
I don't pretend to fully understand what the character of an "other" math would be, nor am I an expert on string theory. I'm just trying to make a statement about Green's book. Some of his arguments didn't quite come off. That isn't to say that I don't think you should read it, just that you shouldn't take it as gospel, despite his credentials.
This isn't a statement of Microsoft's reasons for dropping Java so much as as a thinly-veiled excuse to sling mud. For shit's sake, the first thing they do is call Sun a bunch of hypocrites. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
If you think this is a clear statement of Microsoft's reasons for dropping Java, then I have some land to sell you.
Here at U of M, *everything* is done in C/C++. There's only one java course and it's not part of the core curriculum. Then again, since the AP test is (reportedly) switching to Java, perhaps the department here will switch to accomodate all the incoming freshmen who will only really be familiar with Java. Then again, maybe they'll just screw them all over and stick with C/C++...
In true uber-geek, "I know how computers work therefore I'm better than you" fashion, tell them that if they can't figure out how to set up their machines themselves, they don't deserve to have them.
Seriously, though, what my school did (don't know if it still does) is provide instructions for all the usual platforms (e.g., Windows/MAC; if you're running *nix or BSD then you probably don't need help), and beyond that, require people to make *appointments* to have a tech come to their dorm room. At least that way things are a little more organized. Plus, since we're talking about college students here, half of them are too lazy to actually make an appointment, and will just find the geek down the hall to give them a hand.
Well, I started with Slackware and have stuck with it since then, but it's not the easiest. IIRC it's designed to be the more Unix-like than most distros. I already had some *nix experience, and I'm a geek, so I was willing to deal with it.
If you want more of a no-brainer install, try SuSE (the fav of one of the grad students I work with, who's german, so he's biased toward SuSE) or Redhat (probably the easiest install I've seen).
How about "voting merely encourages the outdated two-party system, unless of course you don't vote democrat or republican, in which case you might as well have stayed home"?
"If you're fucking dumb enough to vote, you're dumb enough to believe 'em" - propagandhi's "Showdown"
Actually, that case was a little different. It wasn't a DA, it was a postal inspector, and what he did was get the BBS operators (a husband and wife, IIRC) to mail p0rn to him. Then he dragged them to Tennessee and had them tried on (Tennessee) community standards. They had never set foot in Tennessee before the court case.
First off, the Sklyarov story *has* made it into the news, and not just in Silicon Valley. Many of the pieces are editorials, but I've even seen a couple of stories on it in the local papers. And I'm nowhere near the Valley.
While most newspapers and media outlets are owned by some big company or other (Time Warner, Gannett, Knight Ridder, etc.) that doesn't mean that there's some guy in a suit looking over every reporter's shoulder. The fact is that the Sklyarov story isn't News (with a capital N). It's not that journalists are evil (despite Hollywood's portrayals). They aren't slaves to their corporate masters. It's just not News. By this, I mean that it's not the kind of thing that most readers/viewers are going to be interested in. The average viewer doesn't know what the DMCA is; they don't know encryption from a hole in their head; they probably aren't going to empathize with a Russian, sad as that may be. Consequently, the Sklyarov issue doesn't rate very highly on the list of things editors salivate over.
I should know, I'm related to one.
And who decided it was a good idea to mod comments along the lines of "Journalists are evil" or "Corporations own the media" as insightful? Insightful comments are the ones that most people *aren't* making.
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Hex? Are you referring to the MAC address of a machine? That's only really valid on local lan. To route to a machine on the opposite "side" of the internet you need its IP number (thinking dotted-decimal), and DNS is the services used to obtain the IP number from readable names like "slashdot.org".
I've always felt that you should do what you like, and do what you're good at. Much of the time, the two go hand-in-hand. It's better to make less money and be happier than vice versa.
I'm a CS major, graduating at the end of the year, and I really love it. But I think that a lot of people get into it because their parents and friends tell them it'll make them a lot of money (which isn't necessarily true), then find out that they have no aptitude with computers and are completely screwed. I once knew someone who went into Mechanical Engineering because a psychic told them to. Ridiculous. These are generally the same people for whom CS is the fifth major they've tried. I'm not saying that's what's happening to you, nor am I saying that everyone who picks CS after trying several other majors sucks at it, I'm just making an observation that's not meant to be a rule.
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I just love how most of the comments posted in reply to this story are all focused on how useless a simulator is. Sure, it isn't the real world, but it's not meant to be. You can "break" stuff in a simulator that you probably wouldn't want to (or can't afford to) break in the real world. And what about things that don't exist in the real world, but that this simulator could be made to, well, simulate? If you can't think of anything worthwhile to use a tool like this for, you probably shouldn't be allowed near it anyway. Or the real world, for that matter.
I don't think that there's any chance of nullifying this (hypothetical) law by labeling everything as obscene. If you are CNN.com or ToysRUs.com, would you do that?
Not that I think the proposed law is a good idea, mind you...
How has PNG faded into obscurity? Did I miss a memo? It's supported by not only the most recent versions of every browser I've ever used (even IE!), but even slightly stale versions of some browsers. And it compresses well without loss or copyright issues (unlike jpeg/gif), which is pretty much all I ever wanted out of an image format. I like it rather a lot and use it all the time for real, job-related stuff.
I would agree that the bruhaha over the whole gif IP thing has died down though. We humans have short attention spans...
Crisis? I'm not living in a crisis until I get *drafted*.
I mean, com'on, things are event-driven or object-oriented, and without objects, one must only assume that an event triggered what was to follow - the big bang. Something was there to explode, and something had to cause it. Did one of the tiny dark matter particles spark up the wrong way and set it off?
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Interesting statement. Things are either (A) event-driven or (B) object oriented. But objects have not always existed (that is, the big bang caused the objects to exist). Hence the objects are event-driven (i.e., they are the results of the big bang). Thus everything is event-driven. Thus object are really events. But everything in Java inherits from Object. Thus, Java sucks. quod erat demonstrandum.
Just to play devil's advocate a little; I really didn't think that Green's book was as fantastic as it was made out to be (by some, anyway).
He bases a lot of his statements and arguments on the assumption that our (everyday, in a physicist's day anyway) math is the "right" math for modeling the universe. By this I mean that it doesn't seem as if he's considered the possibility that some of the mathematical objects he assumes model the universe in fact do so, just because they seem to work okay for everything we've used them for before.
I don't pretend to fully understand what the character of an "other" math would be, nor am I an expert on string theory. I'm just trying to make a statement about Green's book. Some of his arguments didn't quite come off. That isn't to say that I don't think you should read it, just that you shouldn't take it as gospel, despite his credentials.
This isn't a statement of Microsoft's reasons for dropping Java so much as as a thinly-veiled excuse to sling mud. For shit's sake, the first thing they do is call Sun a bunch of hypocrites. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
If you think this is a clear statement of Microsoft's reasons for dropping Java, then I have some land to sell you.
Here at U of M, *everything* is done in C/C++. There's only one java course and it's not part of the core curriculum. Then again, since the AP test is (reportedly) switching to Java, perhaps the department here will switch to accomodate all the incoming freshmen who will only really be familiar with Java. Then again, maybe they'll just screw them all over and stick with C/C++...
In true uber-geek, "I know how computers work therefore I'm better than you" fashion, tell them that if they can't figure out how to set up their machines themselves, they don't deserve to have them.
Seriously, though, what my school did (don't know if it still does) is provide instructions for all the usual platforms (e.g., Windows/MAC; if you're running *nix or BSD then you probably don't need help), and beyond that, require people to make *appointments* to have a tech come to their dorm room. At least that way things are a little more organized. Plus, since we're talking about college students here, half of them are too lazy to actually make an appointment, and will just find the geek down the hall to give them a hand.
Well, I started with Slackware and have stuck with it since then, but it's not the easiest. IIRC it's designed to be the more Unix-like than most distros. I already had some *nix experience, and I'm a geek, so I was willing to deal with it.
If you want more of a no-brainer install, try SuSE (the fav of one of the grad students I work with, who's german, so he's biased toward SuSE) or Redhat (probably the easiest install I've seen).
Don't know much about Mandrake/Debian.
How about "voting merely encourages the outdated two-party system, unless of course you don't vote democrat or republican, in which case you might as well have stayed home"? "If you're fucking dumb enough to vote, you're dumb enough to believe 'em" - propagandhi's "Showdown"
Actually, that case was a little different. It wasn't a DA, it was a postal inspector, and what he did was get the BBS operators (a husband and wife, IIRC) to mail p0rn to him. Then he dragged them to Tennessee and had them tried on (Tennessee) community standards. They had never set foot in Tennessee before the court case.
First off, the Sklyarov story *has* made it into the news, and not just in Silicon Valley. Many of the pieces are editorials, but I've even seen a couple of stories on it in the local papers. And I'm nowhere near the Valley.
While most newspapers and media outlets are owned by some big company or other (Time Warner, Gannett, Knight Ridder, etc.) that doesn't mean that there's some guy in a suit looking over every reporter's shoulder. The fact is that the Sklyarov story isn't News (with a capital N). It's not that journalists are evil (despite Hollywood's portrayals). They aren't slaves to their corporate masters. It's just not News. By this, I mean that it's not the kind of thing that most readers/viewers are going to be interested in. The average viewer doesn't know what the DMCA is; they don't know encryption from a hole in their head; they probably aren't going to empathize with a Russian, sad as that may be. Consequently, the Sklyarov issue doesn't rate very highly on the list of things editors salivate over.
I should know, I'm related to one.
And who decided it was a good idea to mod comments along the lines of "Journalists are evil" or "Corporations own the media" as insightful? Insightful comments are the ones that most people *aren't* making.