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Alright, thanks for the opinion. I'll definately give the school some consideration.
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Hi. I'm currently looking into MIT as an undergraduate, but the few people I've asked (who've looked at it and decided to go somewhere else) say that the atmosphere is so cold / competitive / cut-throat that it renders a solid education unenjoyable. As someone who's actually going there, can you tell me your opinion? Is the name worth the pain? Do you recommend it?
Doing so would allow him to achieve the holy-grail of stable-writing: an omega ratio greater than 1!
For those not in the know: the omega ratio is the ratio between the time it takes a reader to read it and the time it took you to write it. Normal values are.01,.001, etc. Assuming it took him 3 hours to write this "first in the morning", anything with 'Secure, Efficient and Easy C programming in {R > 3}' will result in an omega value greater than 1!
Saying that something shouldn't be made easier because it would let dumb users use it is not going help linux's adoption.
Being able to recompile a kernel is a major advantage that linux has over other operating systems. This should be brought to the forefront instead of hidden. It would be nice if a non-technial user could recompile a kernel without archaic commands and worrying about bzImage, etc.
Most modern distributions come with a kernel that supports the lowest common denominator, and support for tons of peripherals that the user never needs. Wouldn't it be nice if they came with a stripped down kernel, and the user used a simple configuration program to "enable USB" or "optomize my computer for the home-office."?
Obviously this wouldn't be the offical kernel configurator, but it would be nice if the new system allowed exapandability in this area.
Yes, I agree that improvising is the way to go. What I find that works best, is to place your hands on the keyboard diagonally, with your pinky approximately at Q (on a QWERTY), and your pointer finger at B. On the other side, place your pinky at P and your pointer at N. Let the rest of your fingers fall naturally into their locations. Now try typing, its difficult at first but once your used to it, you'll never go back. Also, there's a good chance that this layout is better for your wrists as it places your arms at a similar angle to what they'd be if you used an ergonomic keyboard, even if you're using a standard.
Perhaps it would be better to take a QWERTY keyboard as a given, and analyize it for the optimum position to place one's fingers at the beginning of words. I would wager that its not the home-row.
I used to have a recording I would play into the phone when a telemarketer called, it went something like:
Hello, I am the phone butler. That's right... the BUTLER! [growl] I have been directed to inform you that this establishment is no longer putting up with you. [pause] Kindly place this number on your do not call list. Good day!
I think you can buy a device that will let you push a button and play this message.
Another neat way to get them to go away is: "Sure I'm interested in [insert sleezy product name], but I can't talk right now. Can I have your home phone number, so I can get back to you? And what time do you eat dinner?"
After all these years since I lost my vision, I can finally play pool! Now all I have to do is get this system, that system, and one of those goggles that let old ladies wear sunglasses while they read. I'll be so popular!
It appears that this device sees visual specectrum waves, but couldn't it work just as well with other frequencies? The hard part was hooking it up to the guy's brain, and it appears they got that to work. It shouldn't be any issue at all to substitute a more sophisticated camera. Doing so could allow them to make a spread spectrum version, that would allow the "blind" guy to see visual waves usually, and infrared during the night/fog/etc. They could even see through buildings.
That wouldn't work. Since each tree contains half the computer's moves and half the opponent's moves, you'll end up always picking the branches that result from the opponent making dumb moves. What you want to be analyzing is the branches that result from the opponent making the best moves, which, of course, can't be found by attacking the tree from the outside in. You have no way of knowing if a desirable board results from intelligent moves on the computer's end, or poor moves from the opponent if you work that way.
Can someone tell me how Microsoft was able to copyright their flopped program "Bob"? Can you imagine getting a cease and decist order for using your own name?
More than 80 percent of respondents across the country understood how to work a TV better than a computer, something for the computer industry to ponder long and hard.
Umm... anyone can use a television after about 30 seconds of trial and error. To use advanced features, it might take an hour or so. To fully understand how to use a computer... that is a considerable feat considering it's complexity. This pole question definately should have been re-worded.
The name "Lindows" is obviously a piggyback on "Linux". Afterall, it starts with the same letter! Why doesn't Linus sue? He does own the copyright, how dare he let some new product confuse potential Linux buyers?:)
This defeats one of the OEM's key objectives in moving to a general purpose OS--to free up resources from ongoing OS support and maintenance. This "tie" to a particular Linux vendor, in turn, leaves the OEM exposed to the long-term financial viability of that vendor.
And using XP is somehow not keeping you tied to a particular vender???
You might want to look into an Iomega Peerless. The disks are pretty small (maybe about 5"x3"x.5") and the disks are 20 or 40 gb a piece. I'm running one a Windows 98 machine, I couldn't tell you about Linux compatability. It connects to a USB hub and has sustained data transfer of 12 mg a second, I think.
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Alright, thanks for the opinion. I'll definately give the school some consideration.
Hi. I'm currently looking into MIT as an undergraduate, but the few people I've asked (who've looked at it and decided to go somewhere else) say that the atmosphere is so cold / competitive / cut-throat that it renders a solid education unenjoyable. As someone who's actually going there, can you tell me your opinion? Is the name worth the pain? Do you recommend it?
Thanks.
Amazing!
Doing so would allow him to achieve the holy-grail of stable-writing: an omega ratio greater than 1!
For those not in the know: the omega ratio is the ratio between the time it takes a reader to read it and the time it took you to write it. Normal values are .01, .001, etc. Assuming it took him 3 hours to write this "first in the morning", anything with 'Secure, Efficient and Easy C programming in {R > 3}' will result in an omega value greater than 1!
Astounding!
Also their "technology" is not really effective at all.
I'd say. I tested www.anti-leech.com at their 'Test Your Site' thing and apparently they need to invest in some of their own technology.
Better yet, they don't even check post/get, so you can take a look at the results here.
Being able to recompile a kernel is a major advantage that linux has over other operating systems. This should be brought to the forefront instead of hidden. It would be nice if a non-technial user could recompile a kernel without archaic commands and worrying about bzImage, etc.
Most modern distributions come with a kernel that supports the lowest common denominator, and support for tons of peripherals that the user never needs. Wouldn't it be nice if they came with a stripped down kernel, and the user used a simple configuration program to "enable USB" or "optomize my computer for the home-office."?
Obviously this wouldn't be the offical kernel configurator, but it would be nice if the new system allowed exapandability in this area.
Obligatory cache of page, just in case.
Perhaps it would be better to take a QWERTY keyboard as a given, and analyize it for the optimum position to place one's fingers at the beginning of words. I would wager that its not the home-row.
I think you can buy a device that will let you push a button and play this message.
Another neat way to get them to go away is: "Sure I'm interested in [insert sleezy product name], but I can't talk right now. Can I have your home phone number, so I can get back to you? And what time do you eat dinner?"
Kinda cool that google indexes itself, isn't it? I wonder if they cache their own content as well.
Why do we have to use a base 10? If we used a base 9, or 17, or 5,169 we'd never have these problems...
After all these years since I lost my vision, I can finally play pool! Now all I have to do is get this system, that system, and one of those goggles that let old ladies wear sunglasses while they read. I'll be so popular!
It appears that this device sees visual specectrum waves, but couldn't it work just as well with other frequencies? The hard part was hooking it up to the guy's brain, and it appears they got that to work. It shouldn't be any issue at all to substitute a more sophisticated camera. Doing so could allow them to make a spread spectrum version, that would allow the "blind" guy to see visual waves usually, and infrared during the night/fog/etc. They could even see through buildings.
That wouldn't work. Since each tree contains half the computer's moves and half the opponent's moves, you'll end up always picking the branches that result from the opponent making dumb moves. What you want to be analyzing is the branches that result from the opponent making the best moves, which, of course, can't be found by attacking the tree from the outside in. You have no way of knowing if a desirable board results from intelligent moves on the computer's end, or poor moves from the opponent if you work that way.
Truck on snowy mountainpeak.
Truck in middle of desert on 5,000 ft verticle igneous intrusion.
Truck standing valiently atop glacial ice peak.
Truck conquering lunar crater.
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Truck dodging Russian customs officials after traversing Bering Strait.
otherwise we'd be swamped by tourists from the future!
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Can someone tell me how Microsoft was able to copyright their flopped program "Bob"? Can you imagine getting a cease and decist order for using your own name?
Umm... anyone can use a television after about 30 seconds of trial and error. To use advanced features, it might take an hour or so. To fully understand how to use a computer... that is a considerable feat considering it's complexity. This pole question definately should have been re-worded.
The article said "ping through the the teddy borg." You're pinging someother computer that may or may not be connected through the borg now.
So they run this program, and find that 10 people all have the same code. Why coppied whom? It's just one person's word against another.
The name "Lindows" is obviously a piggyback on "Linux". Afterall, it starts with the same letter! Why doesn't Linus sue? He does own the copyright, how dare he let some new product confuse potential Linux buyers? :)
And using XP is somehow not keeping you tied to a particular vender???
You might want to look into an Iomega Peerless. The disks are pretty small (maybe about 5"x3"x.5") and the disks are 20 or 40 gb a piece. I'm running one a Windows 98 machine, I couldn't tell you about Linux compatability. It connects to a USB hub and has sustained data transfer of 12 mg a second, I think.