...success is not so much about doing something new as it is about doing something that another company, with deep pockets, wants. The exit strategy is being acquired.
Thank you Cpt. Obvious. We all learned this in the 90's didn't we?
Seems to me that tens of thousands of miles of cable coming down would be more dangerous than the robot. You could just put a parachute or some wings on the robot.
Ever read Frederik Pohl's Heechie Saga? This happens in one of the books. Terrorists sabotage the world's only space elevator and it comes a'tumbling down. This is all too probable in my eyes and one of the reasons I do not stock too much hope in the eventuality of a sapce elevator--it would simply be too damn easy to snip. Given that, I have zero hope in our world politics ever being able to support such a beast.
We'll get there, somehow, but I greatly doubt our highway to space will ever rely on something as targetable as a space elevator.
I hope that was tongue in cheek. Oh how many times have I looked at my Digg RSS feed to see things like "Top 10 ways to fellate your hamster" and the like. And the discussions are like Slashdot, only in 1997--the classic AOLer "me too" posts. Not to say that our venerable Slashdot is any better, just that both sites have their uses and appeal.
while your main point rings true, remember that many, many software installations will not let you proceed if you do not agree to the eula.
so in effect, sony used a passive social engineering technique (maybe it has a formal name, i dont friggin know or care)--presenting what appears to be a mundanely annoying process that everyone usually clicks through regardless what the eula says--to cause users that actually read and/or declined the eula to think that they did not install any software. in itself this is not a terribly evil practice, but given the nature of the software (a goddamn rootkit!) in this instance it constitutes unconscionable abuse and in my mind is very much akin to illegal tresspass. i would even take that analogy a step further and suggest that the tresspass was a means to install an illegal "wiretap", which is a serious felony in many if not all states (not to mention federally).
sadly, i was hoping this case might lead to some precedent for striking down the legal validity of eula's and their enforcement, but the eula for the rootkit is irrelevant as it gets installed and "used" regardless of whether you agree to it or not.
Exponential decay typically refers to decays of the form e^(a t) where t is the independent variable so r^(-2) is an exponential decay, or to actually read the definition you linked to and exponential decay is:
a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. (a condition satisfied by r^(-2))
and
b. Expressed in terms of a designated power of e, the base of natural logarithms (which is equivalent since r^x=e^(x ln r))
fine, 1 = 1. there, i've written an "exponential" equation equivalent (in the context of the nitpick) to yours!
Gonna nitpick here: one-over-r-squared ( 1/r^2 ) forces do NOT decrease exponentially with increasing distance. They decrease in proportion to... one-over-r-squared.
I think I could solve a Calc problem (Diff Eq etc) but my youngest sister-in-law's algebra based physics makes my head hurt... and I have a B.S. in Physics with minors in Math and Chemistry. I cry everytime she calls me asking for help.
The theory of evolution is just that, a theory. For the lazy, a link to the word's definition http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theory. For the stupid, what this means is that the Theory of Evolution is the best scientific explaination that we as humans have devised based upon the evidence available to us.
Your claim of the "obvious lack" of "millions" of fossil records is ignorant at best (I call it disingenious). It is based on the supposition that all mutations beget viable forms of life, which is provably false.
Having a training in science, and having therefore worked and studied with scientists, I feel safe to say that informed, rational debate concerning the "origin of life" is what most of us want of our public schools. Sure there are holes in our current explainations or maybe even they are way off, but science, in the end, will rectify that. The arguments put forward by Creationists concerning Intelligent Design are akin to sprinkling faery dust over the Theory of Evolution and saying that fills in the gaps. This is patently unacceptable to a mind that wishes to know how we, as organisms, came about and operate. This is why "Evolutionists" reject the teaching of Intelligent Design along-side of Evolution--because it is not science, it is some mysticism piggy-backing on science to explain the deficiences in said scientific reasoning.
As to the Thomas Kuhn quotation; human nature being what it is, can you not fathom how an individual responisble for one or more lives may make the mistake of ignoring pure scientific reason and allow concerns for reputation, or one's livelyhood to cloud one's judgement? When all you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.
For all you ID'ers out there I pose this question (based upon my understanding of ID): if ID were proved to be true, not by the existence of a God or somesuch, but by the fact that all forms of life on this planet were seeded with genetic material from some extra-terrestrial agent (presumably intelligent life forms), would that be vindication of your "theory" or would it cause some religious indigestion and encourage some evangelicals to leap off of tall structures (we can hope!) ? And before you say "thats ridiculous, we aren't the spawn of aliens!" I would point you back to your own "theory". That the core genetic matieral of all life on this planet was seeded by aliens is as belivable and provable as if it were done by a "God".
And while we're in the zone: Java, wtf is up with supporting environment variables with Runtime.getEnv() and then breaking it? Listen, I'm cool with CLASSPATH but Dproperties suck. And the ultra-lame excuse? Mac OS 9 and below doesn't have environment variables, so it's not a universal concept.
They unbroke it for Java 1.5 fyi.
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Uhh, Massachusets is a loooong way from Oregon. I think the poster was referring to Springfield, Oregon (a town I lived in briefly as a toddler).
and besides, if you have a wireless connected laptop and you like to take it into the shitter with you, your friends and loved ones can chat with you while watching you pinch a loaf. so hot!
The fact that it's moderated +5 shows that professionalism is a concept that many in the open source community fail to grasp.
The fact that it's moderated +5 shows that intelligence is a quality that many users of open source software fail to possess. I'm not necessarily calling you out as stupid, I just liked the flow of your original sentence and chose to recycle it.
Now, that doesn't surprise me in a way. The community itself has academic roots, and many members do not have the experience necessary to understand professionalism.
What an extremely broad and insulting statement. Stereotype without apparent knowledge somewhere else please.
If you follow that particular discussion back far enough, you would clearly see that that KOffice developer was incorrect with respect to his basic points
Seemed spot-on, if somewhat agitated, to me.
Follow it forwards and you'll see him blame his inappropriate behaviour on a headache. Either way, such behavior is inexcusable. It shouldn't fly here, and it would never fly in a business setting.
As another poster pointed out in that thread, to paraphrase: Only smarmy hucksters cater to each and every idiot whim of a customer. With respect to the referenced discussion, there should be some meaning there for you, but you seemed not to have recognized it let alone understand it.
And if the developer's behavior, in part influenced by a migraine, is so inexcusable, why did you accept his-or-her apology? And yes, regardless, it would not "fly" in a business setting, but Slashdot is not a business setting, now is it? If you wanted the proverbial handjob I think you may have erred on your choice of venue.
Open Source developers as a group or as individuals owe you exactly nothing. You do not have a business relationship with any Open Source developer unless they so chose. This one obviously did not. For most of us, writing apps/scripts/what-have-you and releasing them as Open Source is a hobby, a pasttime. As such, I would expect anyone who feels that any of their work of personal satisfaction is being shat upon will turn right around and denounce you as impertinent, if not piss in your cornflakes outright. When you attack someone's activity of pleasure, you are attacking them personally, not the company they happen to work for persuing (or not) said activity--expect heated responses in such situations as a natural byproduct of the whole endeavor.
being vulgar does not equate with professional aptitute nor lack thereof (well, except maybe for sailors and porn stars). sounds like frothy walrus is a typical male... or lesbian.
If you write <b>blah <i>foo bar</b> in a web page, all current browsers will silently fail to make a big, fat, hairy deal out of that minor error and will silently display it the same way as <b>blah <i>foo bar</i></b>, which would be the correct way of closing those tags. What MySQL does is the exact same thing. It protects sloppy and/or stupid people from their mistakes
Bold emphasis is mine. And, no, they are not the same damned thing. Presented data is by no means equivalent to persisted data.
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given the title, i am pretty sure the gp was referring to UML2 http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/
See, things like this are why I am just not that impressed with science...
comments like this are why science just isn't that impressed with you
Imagine downloading the latest Nvidia card of off bittorrent for free. Weird thought. :)
Or imagine downloading the latest nVidia card off of bittorrent not for free. Weirder thought.
don't forget to mention the plethora of blinking/flashing gifs!
...success is not so much about doing something new as it is about doing something that another company, with deep pockets, wants. The exit strategy is being acquired.
Thank you Cpt. Obvious. We all learned this in the 90's didn't we?
Seems to me that tens of thousands of miles of cable coming down would be more dangerous than the robot. You could just put a parachute or some wings on the robot.
Ever read Frederik Pohl's Heechie Saga? This happens in one of the books. Terrorists sabotage the world's only space elevator and it comes a'tumbling down. This is all too probable in my eyes and one of the reasons I do not stock too much hope in the eventuality of a sapce elevator--it would simply be too damn easy to snip. Given that, I have zero hope in our world politics ever being able to support such a beast.
We'll get there, somehow, but I greatly doubt our highway to space will ever rely on something as targetable as a space elevator.
Digg is just so much more useful.
I hope that was tongue in cheek. Oh how many times have I looked at my Digg RSS feed to see things like "Top 10 ways to fellate your hamster" and the like. And the discussions are like Slashdot, only in 1997--the classic AOLer "me too" posts. Not to say that our venerable Slashdot is any better, just that both sites have their uses and appeal.
while your main point rings true, remember that many, many software installations will not let you proceed if you do not agree to the eula.
so in effect, sony used a passive social engineering technique (maybe it has a formal name, i dont friggin know or care)--presenting what appears to be a mundanely annoying process that everyone usually clicks through regardless what the eula says--to cause users that actually read and/or declined the eula to think that they did not install any software. in itself this is not a terribly evil practice, but given the nature of the software (a goddamn rootkit!) in this instance it constitutes unconscionable abuse and in my mind is very much akin to illegal tresspass. i would even take that analogy a step further and suggest that the tresspass was a means to install an illegal "wiretap", which is a serious felony in many if not all states (not to mention federally).
sadly, i was hoping this case might lead to some precedent for striking down the legal validity of eula's and their enforcement, but the eula for the rootkit is irrelevant as it gets installed and "used" regardless of whether you agree to it or not.
r^(-2) = e^(-2 ln r)
Exponential decay typically refers to decays of the form e^(a t) where t is the independent variable so r^(-2) is an exponential decay, or to actually read the definition you linked to and exponential decay is:
a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. (a condition satisfied by r^(-2))
and
b. Expressed in terms of a designated power of e, the base of natural logarithms (which is equivalent since r^x=e^(x ln r))
fine, 1 = 1. there, i've written an "exponential" equation equivalent (in the context of the nitpick) to yours!
no stupidity implied. like i said, just a nitpick!
Gonna nitpick here: one-over-r-squared ( 1/r^2 ) forces do NOT decrease exponentially with increasing distance. They decrease in proportion to ... one-over-r-squared.
I think I could solve a Calc problem (Diff Eq etc) but my youngest sister-in-law's algebra based physics makes my head hurt ... and I have a B.S. in Physics with minors in Math and Chemistry. I cry everytime she calls me asking for help.
Yes, I write software for a living. (and hobby!)
But characterising your-pet-issue-goes-here as exploitative only serves to re-entrench a black-and-white dichotomy of women vs. men.
Welcome to life on earth!
What's funny to me is, this is the only thing that keeps my wife from playing male toons in EverQuest, WoW, what-have-you ... she likes the free stuff.
BZZZT sorry! Try again please. Your joke was far too ironic for the average Slasdot reader to appreciate =(
I'm going with the "CHEAPER", high-latency model that can't immediately recall everything I've ever said while arguing her point...
Fret thee not, for such a beast exists solely in myth!
Jesus H. Christ in a handbasket are you ignorant.
The theory of evolution is just that, a theory. For the lazy, a link to the word's definition http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theory. For the stupid, what this means is that the Theory of Evolution is the best scientific explaination that we as humans have devised based upon the evidence available to us.
Your claim of the "obvious lack" of "millions" of fossil records is ignorant at best (I call it disingenious). It is based on the supposition that all mutations beget viable forms of life, which is provably false.
Having a training in science, and having therefore worked and studied with scientists, I feel safe to say that informed, rational debate concerning the "origin of life" is what most of us want of our public schools. Sure there are holes in our current explainations or maybe even they are way off, but science, in the end, will rectify that. The arguments put forward by Creationists concerning Intelligent Design are akin to sprinkling faery dust over the Theory of Evolution and saying that fills in the gaps. This is patently unacceptable to a mind that wishes to know how we, as organisms, came about and operate. This is why "Evolutionists" reject the teaching of Intelligent Design along-side of Evolution--because it is not science, it is some mysticism piggy-backing on science to explain the deficiences in said scientific reasoning.
As to the Thomas Kuhn quotation; human nature being what it is, can you not fathom how an individual responisble for one or more lives may make the mistake of ignoring pure scientific reason and allow concerns for reputation, or one's livelyhood to cloud one's judgement? When all you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.
For all you ID'ers out there I pose this question (based upon my understanding of ID): if ID were proved to be true, not by the existence of a God or somesuch, but by the fact that all forms of life on this planet were seeded with genetic material from some extra-terrestrial agent (presumably intelligent life forms), would that be vindication of your "theory" or would it cause some religious indigestion and encourage some evangelicals to leap off of tall structures (we can hope!) ? And before you say "thats ridiculous, we aren't the spawn of aliens!" I would point you back to your own "theory". That the core genetic matieral of all life on this planet was seeded by aliens is as belivable and provable as if it were done by a "God".
And while we're in the zone: Java, wtf is up with supporting environment variables with Runtime.getEnv() and then breaking it? Listen, I'm cool with CLASSPATH but Dproperties suck. And the ultra-lame excuse? Mac OS 9 and below doesn't have environment variables, so it's not a universal concept.
They unbroke it for Java 1.5 fyi.
Uhh, Massachusets is a loooong way from Oregon. I think the poster was referring to Springfield, Oregon (a town I lived in briefly as a toddler).
and besides, if you have a wireless connected laptop and you like to take it into the shitter with you, your friends and loved ones can chat with you while watching you pinch a loaf. so hot!
s/always/usually/g
The fact that it's moderated +5 shows that professionalism is a concept that many in the open source community fail to grasp.
The fact that it's moderated +5 shows that intelligence is a quality that many users of open source software fail to possess. I'm not necessarily calling you out as stupid, I just liked the flow of your original sentence and chose to recycle it.
Now, that doesn't surprise me in a way. The community itself has academic roots, and many members do not have the experience necessary to understand professionalism.
What an extremely broad and insulting statement. Stereotype without apparent knowledge somewhere else please.
If you follow that particular discussion back far enough, you would clearly see that that KOffice developer was incorrect with respect to his basic points
Seemed spot-on, if somewhat agitated, to me.
Follow it forwards and you'll see him blame his inappropriate behaviour on a headache. Either way, such behavior is inexcusable. It shouldn't fly here, and it would never fly in a business setting.
As another poster pointed out in that thread, to paraphrase: Only smarmy hucksters cater to each and every idiot whim of a customer. With respect to the referenced discussion, there should be some meaning there for you, but you seemed not to have recognized it let alone understand it.
And if the developer's behavior, in part influenced by a migraine, is so inexcusable, why did you accept his-or-her apology? And yes, regardless, it would not "fly" in a business setting, but Slashdot is not a business setting, now is it? If you wanted the proverbial handjob I think you may have erred on your choice of venue.
Open Source developers as a group or as individuals owe you exactly nothing. You do not have a business relationship with any Open Source developer unless they so chose. This one obviously did not. For most of us, writing apps/scripts/what-have-you and releasing them as Open Source is a hobby, a pasttime. As such, I would expect anyone who feels that any of their work of personal satisfaction is being shat upon will turn right around and denounce you as impertinent, if not piss in your cornflakes outright. When you attack someone's activity of pleasure, you are attacking them personally, not the company they happen to work for persuing (or not) said activity--expect heated responses in such situations as a natural byproduct of the whole endeavor.
being vulgar does not equate with professional aptitute nor lack thereof (well, except maybe for sailors and porn stars). sounds like frothy walrus is a typical male ... or lesbian.
If you write <b>blah <i>foo bar</b> in a web page, all current browsers will silently fail to make a big, fat, hairy deal out of that minor error and will silently display it the same way as <b>blah <i>foo bar</i></b>, which would be the correct way of closing those tags. What MySQL does is the exact same thing. It protects sloppy and/or stupid people from their mistakes
Bold emphasis is mine. And, no, they are not the same damned thing. Presented data is by no means equivalent to persisted data.
You can always set constraints if you're concerned about the correctness of the input data you have prepared.
NOT NULL is a constraint, semantically and in the RDBMS sense as well. so is the defined maximum number of characters you can store in a field.