I was just reading my copy of Fermilab Today (I am writing this from the lab) and saw this article. Then it appears on slashdot!
The best description of this phenomenon comes from James Ross in the official press release:
"It's like watching a water bucket with a large hole and small hole in the bottom," Russ said. "For some reason, the water is pouring out the small hole six times faster than it's coming out of the large one. Something unusual must be going on inside the bucket."
Don't try to sound all artsy and exotic with your usage of "maximise", because you will look stupid when people tell you that it isn't even a real word
I am pursuing a double BSc in Math and Computer Science. My school makes this extremely easy. To obtain a math degree in addition to a CS BSc, you have to take two additional classes. The typical person in this sort of track takes the following "math" classes (some classes are on the cusp of CS and Math):
Calculus I, II and III
Discrete Structures (graphs, trees, etc.)
Linear Algebra
Numerical Analysis
Algorithms
Abstract Algebra I
Also you have to take one or two math electives.. I opted for a course on Game Theory.
This is just a snapshot of my school career... YMMV, however one can see that CS and Math degrees are still heavily linked.
Would it be worth it to get a degree in MIS or CS?
I really hope this isn't serious... how exactly did you plan to get very far in a field you have no formal education in? Trust me, I am a firm believer that "clues > certs" but in the case of a university degree, it's a no brainer. I really hope this was a troll submission...
It is ironic hearing this news from the auto industry. Replacement parts for cars have been notoriously marked up. I went in to purchase a knob for my car's A/C (a plain old molded plastic knob about the size of a golf ball) and they wanted to charge me $12 for it. After a bit of cajoling on my behalf, I was able to get it for cost: $0.79.
I doubt that the parts themselves are too expensive to replace that makes some repairs seem unfeasible (after all, the automakers get parts so cheap in bulk), but rather it has been realized that they cannot add that extra 1000% markup on a per part basis, so why not make the consumer buy a whole new car? (where the markup is still 200-500% from cost)
157 km/h, in downtown Montreal.... what the fuck are you thinking?
This guy deserves it. How is this any different from an outside CCTV camera catching the whole incident? This makes everyone accountable.
The recording device, which stores data on how a car is driven in the last five seconds before a collision, showed that four seconds before impact, the driver had the gas pedal to the floor and didn't brake before impact.
+1 for perfectly reasonable uses of monitoring technology. Note how (a) it only recorded because there WAS an accident (post facto) and (b) the evidence was used only because someone was killed.
It has been implemented in OS X. This is what happens when you drag a.app file (really, a folder. try to cd into one sometime) and copy it to any point on your hard disk (typically/Applications).
Reminds me of an old joke...
Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD (in this case, OS X): Are you guys coming or what?!?
As a student at a major Big Ten University (tm) I can easily tell that your perception is a bit skewed. The old cliche "you get what you put into it" applies to many things in life, and computer science is no different.
My school's core computer science curriculum is in Java. Language of instruction is a moot point to a rather great extent. You can learn as much from a data structures class taugh in Java as you can from one taught in $language_of_choice. The idea is to learn how things work fundamentally, and then apply those ideas practically. A linked list in Java works the same as a linked list in C. Its not about Java being the "industry standard" as you call it, its about Java being a perfectly modern and capable programming language. The idea
Your next analogy of the cable repairmen almost prompted me to moderate your post as +1 Funny, but when I found out you were not joking I decided to write this reply instead. To even equate a cable repair person with a computer scientist is pure madness. Even if they were programmers, how is getting the cable modem working a good metric of "computer stuff in general" being "a lot less like a science or craft and more like a factory job", or even relevant to the discussion of computer programmers vs. computer scientists at all?
None of your points even remotely explain what you consider the fundamental problem: "why software sucks...why the programming "trade" sucks...why companies can send the jobs abroad to work for peanuts" The fact is not all software sucks, many people love their jobs in the industry, and these people are getting paid well to do their jobs. Most of the computer scientists you speak of don't work in the private sector, you can find them at governmentresearchinstitutions.
To say that these type of people don't currently exist, and that current CS curriculums can't produce scientists of this caliber is nothing short of ignorant.
The first obstacle potential readers will encounter is that the book is provided in PostScript format, with hideous bitmapped type 3 fonts embedded. This makes it virtually impossible to view the book on a monitor in any legible representation, although it looks fine when you print it out. The typical Windows or MacOS user will give up long before that point.
Yeah, because/usr/bin/pstopdf is so hard to use on Mac OS X.
The display, currently measuring 5" diagonal and capable of displaying QVGA at 320x240, will eventually be targeted towards applications such as military uses (maps anyone?)
A paper map with a bullet hole in it is still a map. You cannot say the same about an electronic device
That way, you vote electronically, you have your receipt, and you throw it in a box before you leave. Random audits of polling stations with those results compared to the receipts.
Note in the definition that we do not state a honeypot has to be a computer, merely that its a resource that you want the bad guys to interact with. That is exactly what a honeytoken is, a honeypot that is not a computer. Instead it is some type of digital entity. A honeytoken can be a credit card number, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, a database entry, or even a bogus login and password.
Politicians have been screwing over constituents for years. The Illinois License for Bribe scandal is boiling down now just in time for another scandal to emmerge to the front burner: our State's Attorney is soon going to have her Bar Association membership revoked.
Bottom line: this has been going on forever, however, it finally seems that people are wising up to it. Don't expect this to be the first or the last.
Slashdot Mirror
The best description of this phenomenon comes from James Ross in the official press release:
Don't try to sound all artsy and exotic with your usage of "maximise", because you will look stupid when people tell you that it isn't even a real word
A great article over at the other site:
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/2/171117/8
1) Create shell script with "rm -rf $home/*"
2) Package script with Microsoft Icon
3) Upload to P2P network
4) ???
5) Laugh as retarded Slashdot editors call it valid malware
Come on guys... lets get serious.
You may look like a retard with one of these, but at least you won't get beat up!
Since when did DeVry have a "surprising reputation" ?
I thought everyone knows that vocational tech schools suck.
Calculus I, II and III
Discrete Structures (graphs, trees, etc.)
Linear Algebra
Numerical Analysis
Algorithms
Abstract Algebra I
Also you have to take one or two math electives.. I opted for a course on Game Theory.
This is just a snapshot of my school career... YMMV, however one can see that CS and Math degrees are still heavily linked.
my dual proc G5 makes the spec.... oh wait
Would it be worth it to get a degree in MIS or CS?
I really hope this isn't serious... how exactly did you plan to get very far in a field you have no formal education in? Trust me, I am a firm believer that "clues > certs" but in the case of a university degree, it's a no brainer. I really hope this was a troll submission...
It is ironic hearing this news from the auto industry. Replacement parts for cars have been notoriously marked up. I went in to purchase a knob for my car's A/C (a plain old molded plastic knob about the size of a golf ball) and they wanted to charge me $12 for it. After a bit of cajoling on my behalf, I was able to get it for cost: $0.79.
I doubt that the parts themselves are too expensive to replace that makes some repairs seem unfeasible (after all, the automakers get parts so cheap in bulk), but rather it has been realized that they cannot add that extra 1000% markup on a per part basis, so why not make the consumer buy a whole new car? (where the markup is still 200-500% from cost)
Well, I have some karma to burn, so here we go.
157 km/h, in downtown Montreal.... what the fuck are you thinking?
This guy deserves it. How is this any different from an outside CCTV camera catching the whole incident? This makes everyone accountable.
The recording device, which stores data on how a car is driven in the last five seconds before a collision, showed that four seconds before impact, the driver had the gas pedal to the floor and didn't brake before impact.
+1 for perfectly reasonable uses of monitoring technology. Note how (a) it only recorded because there WAS an accident (post facto) and (b) the evidence was used only because someone was killed.
Let the leadfoot rot.
It has been implemented in OS X. This is what happens when you drag a .app file (really, a folder. try to cd into one sometime) and copy it to any point on your hard disk (typically /Applications).
Reminds me of an old joke...
Microsoft: Where do you want to go today?
Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow?
BSD (in this case, OS X): Are you guys coming or what?!?
As a student at a major Big Ten University (tm) I can easily tell that your perception is a bit skewed. The old cliche "you get what you put into it" applies to many things in life, and computer science is no different.
My school's core computer science curriculum is in Java. Language of instruction is a moot point to a rather great extent. You can learn as much from a data structures class taugh in Java as you can from one taught in $language_of_choice. The idea is to learn how things work fundamentally, and then apply those ideas practically. A linked list in Java works the same as a linked list in C. Its not about Java being the "industry standard" as you call it, its about Java being a perfectly modern and capable programming language. The idea
Your next analogy of the cable repairmen almost prompted me to moderate your post as +1 Funny, but when I found out you were not joking I decided to write this reply instead. To even equate a cable repair person with a computer scientist is pure madness. Even if they were programmers, how is getting the cable modem working a good metric of "computer stuff in general" being "a lot less like a science or craft and more like a factory job", or even relevant to the discussion of computer programmers vs. computer scientists at all?
None of your points even remotely explain what you consider the fundamental problem: "why software sucks...why the programming "trade" sucks...why companies can send the jobs abroad to work for peanuts" The fact is not all software sucks, many people love their jobs in the industry, and these people are getting paid well to do their jobs. Most of the computer scientists you speak of don't work in the private sector, you can find them at government research institutions.
To say that these type of people don't currently exist, and that current CS curriculums can't produce scientists of this caliber is nothing short of ignorant.
The first obstacle potential readers will encounter is that the book is provided in PostScript format, with hideous bitmapped type 3 fonts embedded. This makes it virtually impossible to view the book on a monitor in any legible representation, although it looks fine when you print it out. The typical Windows or MacOS user will give up long before that point.
/usr/bin/pstopdf is so hard to use on Mac OS X.
Yeah, because
The display, currently measuring 5" diagonal and capable of displaying QVGA at 320x240, will eventually be targeted towards applications such as military uses (maps anyone?)
A paper map with a bullet hole in it is still a map. You cannot say the same about an electronic device
It's not batteries that are the constriction, it is slow IO hardware.
Imagine what you could do if your hard disk could read data as fast as your processor could handle it (think RAM-like or cache-like speed)
I don't personally give a shit about the new bells and whistles such as Expose
You obviously have yet to use Expose
- Natural light is good
Natty Light is not good by any stertch of the definition
Keystone premium, on the otherhand....
Linus has always maintained his reputation as a simple hacker-- someone not concerned with politics but rather technology.
.sig
This is the second such letter bearing a Torvalds
Is this the start of a new (albeit, not necessarily bad) trend of more coders voicing their opinions on IP law and its current state of affairs?
Print out receipts.
That way, you vote electronically, you have your receipt, and you throw it in a box before you leave. Random audits of polling stations with those results compared to the receipts.
Just another failover idea..
Note in the definition that we do not state a honeypot has to be a computer, merely that its a resource that you want the bad guys to interact with. That is exactly what a honeytoken is, a honeypot that is not a computer. Instead it is some type of digital entity. A honeytoken can be a credit card number, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, a database entry, or even a bogus login and password.
Then why the new buzzword?
I think we should all remind our employers that administrators are people too and proudly wear our buttons bearing "Have you hugged your geek lately?
Unfortunately, no one would ever see one of these buttons if I wore one, as my company never lets me leave my administrative cave.
.... when you can drive a hemp-powered car?
www.hempcar.org
heyitsme
Politicians have been screwing over constituents for years. The Illinois License for Bribe scandal is boiling down now just in time for another scandal to emmerge to the front burner: our State's Attorney is soon going to have her Bar Association membership revoked.
Bottom line: this has been going on forever, however, it finally seems that people are wising up to it. Don't expect this to be the first or the last.
heyitsme
Well, the obvious and most straight-to-the point answer would be to get your own T1 or other high speed line, a router, and server(s).
Only through this method will you get the control and administrative capabilities you seek.
heyitsme