I was a little disappointed by Yoda's fighting style. I guess since it was against another Jedi it was necessary, but for the weak minded he could simply run thru their legs, cauterize their anus shut, then force suggest... "To the bathroom you must be going!"
Only they can't... mu ha ha ha ha.... oh yeah that is funny!!!
It is all about running them at the same time. I dual boot. 99.9% ( I made that up ) I run Linux and just access my files under it. The other 0.1% ( time my wife lets me play games *grin*) I run windows.
It would be nice to run both at the same time. Question is which one do you want to be the guest, and how much overhead do you pay to run one under the virtual server. Maybe it makes sense, for some people, to run the bloated Windows natively... and run the leaner Linux on the virtual machine.
Questions is, do you get the "Best" or "Worst" of "Both Worlds".
SCO is right. The GPL is FUNDAMENTALLY about attacking and destroying companies and their employees. Amazingly enough many people still fall for the GPL "freedom" lie.
GPL is a form of copyright, or rather a license to use some copyrighted code. If you do want to abide by the GPL you can write your own code, even if it does the exact same thing as code that is under the GPL license. Software patents on the other hand would prevent you from doing anything even remotely similar to the original code, if there even is code that implements the ideas of the patent!
Both are given repetitive tasks. The students are supposed to be doing these repetitive tasks to learn. In corporations, computers do repetitive tasks to free up time for employees to do things that require "human judgment".
When you start letting the computers do the repetitive tasks for students, they are losing the experiences that develop good "human judgment".
Laugh, yeah I can imagine their version of a nutritionist/physician would definately warn them againts eating too many Americans to prevent heart(s) -type organ disease.
There's no reason to think that aliens wouldn't find us cute.
There is also no reason to think that they wouldn't find us TASTY! Or vice versa, we might find them quite delicious, leading to the question, "White or Red wine with Alien?"
We are listening to them, how loudly are we broadcasting? And does it say "Eat at Earth"?
Reminds me of a short story I read years ago... Colonists gave up everything they own for a chance to colonize a new planet, but they get to be first.
Only thing is, right after they leave Earth, FTL travel is invented. So by the time they get there, planet is already fully colonized and they end up getting a raw deal.
I read that story on Wired, and I do agree with many of their premises. Understanding the processes as they occur is but one step towards accomplishing this goal. I admire the vision of people like Drexler. Many "crazy" people thought that man could fly and would jump off towers with big kites. Yes, many of them died. But that did not prove that human flight was impossible.
Maybe I am overly optimistic, but I believe that a near-infinite power source will be discovered at some point in human history. No, I don't believe in perpetual motion machines, but properly harnessed there are plenty of natural energy sources in our world that could provide a "nearly unlimited" energy source and not violate the laws of physics. That is just one of many hurdles to be crossed before this type of manipulation is feasible.
One of the main premises that Drexler focuses on is that once the initial hurdle is crossed, it will build bridges to cross the ones after it.
I honestly don't hold out hope for this in my lifetime, although I am relatively young. I do have hopes for a space elevator. Maybe that qualifies me as "crazy" too.
Not everyone thinks this is only a dream. Of course, many people think these people are crazy. But one must reach a bit beyond the accepted if one is to achieve something greater than the norm.
InsBot, which is green, the size of a matchbox and equipped with lasers and a light sensor, was developed by Switzerland's Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne. When it bumps into a cockroach, it does what they do: it stops moving. The more cockroaches that approach it, the longer it remains stationary.
They almost got it right, but instead of remaining "stationary", the robot should wait until alot of cockroaches are around it, then use its "FRICKEN LASERS" at a reasonable level, in relation to roaches, to kill every roach around it.
Now that would be worth buying!!
Similar Experience in Assembler class...
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My instructor spent the first 30 minutes of class writing an intricate assembler program on the board.
When she finished, she asked for a volunteer to "fix the bugs"... Nobody jumped up, so I went for it.
I modifed the data section, rather than the actual code section, only took about a minute really, then it worked flawlessly.
She was a bit ticked that she spent so long writing the code on the board, since it was supposed to take the remainder of the class to debug it.
Diamonds are formed in a split second, under great pressure.
Reference: Superman crushing coal.
For others more skeptical, check out some kimberlite info:
http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/kimberlites.html
The only thing that would make it better, NO NOT FRICKEN LASERS, would be if it could have waterproof speakers and play the Jaws theme music while it swims around.
It is a damn shame that we need "simulated job experience".
How about getting a real honest job and learning skills and a trade?
Managers would do good to give some people who seems promising, but lack the "required skills" a chance.
I interview people for positions and I like to see then try. As for claimed skills, I do routinely test them. I once gave a person who claimed to type 90 wpm a typing test. Turns out he was a little rusty, since he only scored 3 and 6 wpm in his two tries.
Maybe he needs some "Simulated Job Experience". I hope it includes plenty of typing and stresses the importance of honesty!
When asked to trace output of code section on test, find silly syntax error, claim code will not run and make up a stupid error message instead of sloggin' thru the code like a real trooper!!!
Classmate of mine convinced a teacher to give him full credit and the rest of us who traced the stupid code, ADA by the way, -1 for not reading closely enough.
What OS are going to be supported by the initial release? Is the first release a dual binary with Linux / Windows version? Will DOOM 3 run on a Win98 machine with the proper hardware? Does Direct X 9.0 support Win98?
Sorry for these "lame" questions. I am a bit out of date. Guess there is no hope of this running on my kick ass Voodoo 3 3500 eh? *wink*
Finally a "sport" that I would meet the qualifications for the "Special" competition.
My struggles with math go back to the days of minus meaning "take away". Since the following problem:
1 - 1 = ??? means take away 1, the answer is one. You had two ones to start with, you take one away, you have one left. Math is so simple!!!
Because cats always land on their feet and toast always lands buttered side down, you can construct a perpetual motion machine by simply strapping a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back. When the cat is dropped it will remain suspended and revolve indefinitely due to the opposing forces.
Slashdot Mirror
I realize that movies I liked as a child suck.
For anyone who saw Krull as a child then later saw it as an adult will without a doubt agree with you.
Where exactly does it cache these "unvisited" pages?
It would be nice to have all this "unsafe" material cached on my local machine without my having visited these sites.
BTW, 18.8 seconds saved so far. Firefox has a plugin, but not Mozilla???
I was a little disappointed by Yoda's fighting style. I guess since it was against another Jedi it was necessary, but for the weak minded he could simply run thru their legs, cauterize their anus shut, then force suggest... "To the bathroom you must be going!"
Only they can't... mu ha ha ha ha.... oh yeah that is funny!!!
It is all about running them at the same time. I dual boot. 99.9% ( I made that up ) I run Linux and just access my files under it. The other 0.1% ( time my wife lets me play games *grin*) I run windows.
It would be nice to run both at the same time. Question is which one do you want to be the guest, and how much overhead do you pay to run one under the virtual server. Maybe it makes sense, for some people, to run the bloated Windows natively... and run the leaner Linux on the virtual machine.
Questions is, do you get the "Best" or "Worst" of "Both Worlds".
...think that eliminating the difference between web and desktop apps is great.
So how do they keep web apps running when a person's intenet access goes down?
Or is that difference still there?
Quoting the grandparent...
SCO is right. The GPL is FUNDAMENTALLY about attacking and destroying companies and their employees. Amazingly enough many people still fall for the GPL "freedom" lie.
GPL is a form of copyright, or rather a license to use some copyrighted code. If you do want to abide by the GPL you can write your own code, even if it does the exact same thing as code that is under the GPL license. Software patents on the other hand would prevent you from doing anything even remotely similar to the original code, if there even is code that implements the ideas of the patent!
Which one is more restricting?
What do students and computers have in common?
Both are given repetitive tasks. The students are supposed to be doing these repetitive tasks to learn. In corporations, computers do repetitive tasks to free up time for employees to do things that require "human judgment".
When you start letting the computers do the repetitive tasks for students, they are losing the experiences that develop good "human judgment".
I was really hoping for some outer space brocoli, but some Cows from Outer Space would suffice...
Alien - "So nice of you to provide us with a bath, what do you call this substance again?
Me - "We call it BBQ sauce, mu ha ha ha..."
Laugh, yeah I can imagine their version of a nutritionist/physician would definately warn them againts eating too many Americans to prevent heart(s) -type organ disease.
There's no reason to think that aliens wouldn't find us cute.
There is also no reason to think that they wouldn't find us TASTY! Or vice versa, we might find them quite delicious, leading to the question, "White or Red wine with Alien?"
We are listening to them, how loudly are we broadcasting? And does it say "Eat at Earth"?
Reminds me of a short story I read years ago...
Colonists gave up everything they own for a chance to colonize a new planet, but they get to be first.
Only thing is, right after they leave Earth, FTL travel is invented. So by the time they get there, planet is already fully colonized and they end up getting a raw deal.
I read that story on Wired, and I do agree with many of their premises. Understanding the processes as they occur is but one step towards accomplishing this goal. I admire the vision of people like Drexler. Many "crazy" people thought that man could fly and would jump off towers with big kites. Yes, many of them died. But that did not prove that human flight was impossible.
Maybe I am overly optimistic, but I believe that a near-infinite power source will be discovered at some point in human history. No, I don't believe in perpetual motion machines, but properly harnessed there are plenty of natural energy sources in our world that could provide a "nearly unlimited" energy source and not violate the laws of physics. That is just one of many hurdles to be crossed before this type of manipulation is feasible.
One of the main premises that Drexler focuses on is that once the initial hurdle is crossed, it will build bridges to cross the ones after it.
I honestly don't hold out hope for this in my lifetime, although I am relatively young. I do have hopes for a space elevator. Maybe that qualifies me as "crazy" too.
Engines of Creation: http://www.foresight.org/EOC/
Not everyone thinks this is only a dream. Of course, many people think these people are crazy.
But one must reach a bit beyond the accepted if one is to achieve something greater than the norm.
InsBot, which is green, the size of a matchbox and equipped with lasers and a light sensor, was developed by Switzerland's Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne. When it bumps into a cockroach, it does what they do: it stops moving. The more cockroaches that approach it, the longer it remains stationary.
They almost got it right, but instead of remaining "stationary", the robot should wait until alot of cockroaches are around it, then use its "FRICKEN LASERS" at a reasonable level, in relation to roaches, to kill every roach around it.
Now that would be worth buying!!
My instructor spent the first 30 minutes of class writing an intricate assembler program on the board.
When she finished, she asked for a volunteer to "fix the bugs"... Nobody jumped up, so I went for it.
I modifed the data section, rather than the actual code section, only took about a minute really, then it worked flawlessly.
She was a bit ticked that she spent so long writing the code on the board, since it was supposed to take the remainder of the class to debug it.
Diamonds are formed in a split second, under great pressure. Reference: Superman crushing coal. For others more skeptical, check out some kimberlite info: http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/kimberlites.html
This would be the perfect thing for the beach.
The only thing that would make it better, NO NOT FRICKEN LASERS, would be if it could have waterproof speakers and play the Jaws theme music while it swims around.
It is a damn shame that we need "simulated job experience".
How about getting a real honest job and learning skills and a trade?
Managers would do good to give some people who seems promising, but lack the "required skills" a chance.
I interview people for positions and I like to see then try. As for claimed skills, I do routinely test them. I once gave a person who claimed to type 90 wpm a typing test. Turns out he was a little rusty, since he only scored 3 and 6 wpm in his two tries.
Maybe he needs some "Simulated Job Experience". I hope it includes plenty of typing and stresses the importance of honesty!
Is it the b/w or the later color edition...
Sigh, I miss my "Trash 80" sometimes.
When asked to trace output of code section on test, find silly syntax error, claim code will not run and make up a stupid error message instead of sloggin' thru the code like a real trooper!!!
Classmate of mine convinced a teacher to give him full credit and the rest of us who traced the stupid code, ADA by the way, -1 for not reading closely enough.
At first I just thought he had a really cheap car!!!
"Currently going for just under $1K/G, a 30G model I recently held in my hand was worth much more than my car."
One of these atheist Chinese engineers might be an Islamic extremist. Riiiiiight....
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Actually there are muslims in China.
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature
"...government's effort to raise western China's standard of living. The aim is to make the Muslim minorities less likely to revolt."
What OS are going to be supported by the initial release? Is the first release a dual binary with Linux / Windows version? Will DOOM 3 run on a Win98 machine with the proper hardware? Does Direct X 9.0 support Win98?
Sorry for these "lame" questions. I am a bit out of date. Guess there is no hope of this running on my kick ass Voodoo 3 3500 eh? *wink*
Finally a "sport" that I would meet the qualifications for the "Special" competition.
My struggles with math go back to the days of minus meaning "take away". Since the following problem:
1 - 1 = ??? means take away 1, the answer is one. You had two ones to start with, you take one away, you have one left. Math is so simple!!!
Because cats always land on their feet and toast always lands buttered side down, you can construct a perpetual motion machine by simply strapping a slice of buttered toast to a cat's back. When the cat is dropped it will remain suspended and revolve indefinitely due to the opposing forces.