Once again - I and my people take offense at your remark. If you do not stop your malicious, libelous claims, we will be forced to stuff large quantities of dry, nearly tasteless, processed cookies with no milk with which to wash it down...
Direct3D is a minority... Ok, maybe Direct3D is the main GUI on windows but it is of no relevance anywhere else. Not on Linux. Not on BSD. Not on MacOS. Not on the PS2. Not even Windows-CE and therefore not on PDAs and Mobile Phones. Nowhere except Wintel.
Only if my "minority" you mean as the only one of several different OSs. However, the important thing here is that NOT the how MANY OSs that Direct3D or OpenGL run on, but how many WORKSTATIONS each runs on. Direct3D is certainly not in the "minority" by that metric...
How about a windows machine configured right next to your linux box. Seriously, it has the pro over a dual-boot at least in that you don't have to reboot to switch operating systems. I recommend a monitor switch to let you use the same monitor for both computers (and of course, allows you to instantly switch). Make sure you get a good one though or your will have some funky artifacts on your screen...
Excellent point and I defer to your experience but let me ask this question (not-loaded... just curious): Let's say a student did average or maybe a little better in a less-well-respected undergraduate program, but then got a good CS job and had a few published papers/conference presentations under his/her belt. Nothing earth-shattering but contributing none-the-less. How would he/she stack up against a graduate applicant direct from a well-respected undergrad program with no experience? Just curious.
Excellent points. Adding to what you said, I would say that a reputable program will help you get into graduate school if your plan is to transition directly from undergrad to graduate. However if you plan on getting an undergrad, entering the workforce for a few years and heading back to graduate school, I would say that the your real-world experience would matter much more than where you earned your undergrad -particularly if you really made a name for yourself in your job. I don't recommend taking too much time off from school however, as it is very difficult to walk away from a certain standard of living and go back to being a student.
The airlines can just as easily make rules prohibiting their use, and the electronics companices can make properly sheilded devices.
I don't like to throw down credentials for fear of sounding like a braggart but in this case it is relevant. I am a test pilot (or more specificly a test NFO). For a living, I flight test new equipment on military aircraft. Every time a new piece of equipment is introduced, the aircraft and new equipment must go through varying levels of EMC/EMI/TEMPEST testing. Devices that were designed to be properly shielded fail all the time. The aircraft I test used to have a problem with the ship-board radar causing the aircraft's wing-lock mechanism to repeated lock/unlock in an attempt to fold the wings. Having an aircraft's wings fold during a catapult shot or landing is generally considered to be a "bad thing". I seriously doubt that the gaming industry has invested dollar-one in EMI shielding. From what the guy describes, it sounds like video signal is not properly shielded and the nearby TV antenna is picking it up. If it is interfering with the TV signal, it is probably somewhere in the 170-200 MHz range - and thus potentially could interfere with VHF communcations and radio navigation equipment. Think there might be an IC somewhere in the aircraft that has a clock frequency in this range? Probably. Over what other frequencies is this think leaking? Is it really worth putting an airliner at risk because you would rather level-up than read a book?
Now you are correct in asserting that if properly tested, this should be a non-issue. The problem is that flight testing is ridiculously expensive. And it doesn't matter how much you harden the aircraft, you still need to test each portable device in every combination of aircraft configurations. This of course is impossible. Even if you could certify certain types of machines, who is goinig to maintain the list of approved devices and do you really expect an airborne cocktail waitress to know that your Nintendo DS is approved but the guy with the RIO next to you isn't? I actually think that the current policy is somewhat reckless. Basicly the FAA has taken the position that they will let passengers use most electronic devices above 10,000 FT with hopes that if there was some catastrophic failure, the flight crew would have a few minutes to deal with the problem.
Putting the government in the loop only slows the feedback process down.
True statement but what is the alternative? Not having the government regulate airline safety? Let the free market punish reckless airlines in lost sales after a disaster?
Not to belittle this Russian effort which I think is terrific, but at this point, the Russian vehicle is no more than a concept and a full-scale mock-up.
NASA has been working on such projects for decades; whether or not they are funded is beyond their control...
I personally don't think he "threw" it... but I do think he stopped caring about winning. Honestly, it must have gotten both boring and draining for him - he seems like a modest person. I think he was intentionally more reckless than normal with his daily double wagers, especially considering how close the woman (Nancy?) was to him both times he lost the daily doubles.
My wife threw out an interesting suggestion... perhaps he went with "Fed Ex" on purpose. How much would Fed Ex pay to have Ken Jennings as their front man this holiday season? Can you hear the commercial now?
"How can the smartest person in America be wrong? When you're in Jeopardy, Fed Ex is the answer."
Sorry for the confusion... I had noticed that the bulk of your points involved electronic voting. However, the grand-parent post lead off mentioning the Berkeley report which was a statistical look at the voting patterns which failed to account for the large number of North Florida Dems who voted for Bush so I thought this more recent look at that specific issue was germain. You raise an excellent point however about paper trails...
Wow... how long has it been since your checked your link? A few days after that story broke, the newspaper updated their story (including the online version you link to). The Palm beach county had corrected its vote numbers and discovered that there were no mysterious 88,000 extra votes!. Sorry to burst your bubble.
In other consipiracy smashing news (that doesn't get due press)... try this debunking of the myth that Bush's wins in democratic counties was statisticly impossible.
we have a term for this, its called fascism.
we have a document that is supposed to protect the people of this nation from govt overreaching. its called the constitution.
However in the current world of neo-con spinmasters, anyone that doesn't go their way is an 'activist judge'. its the typical vilify your antagonist as a method to distract the people from the complex underlying issues.
Clearly neither you nor the moderators who have modded you up to +4 have actually read the article. If you had, you would know that the "wiretapping" was done by and employee against his own boss in an attempt to collect incriminating information against his company. When the company discovered the key-logger, they called the FBI after which the man who installed the key-logger quickly confessed to the act. Please explain where you smell "fascism?" Do companies do not have the right to call the FBI when an employee has committed a crime? Are you suggesting that employees have the right to spy on their employers? Or did you just not read the article, your tin-foil hat kicked into overdrive and you assumed that is must be the FBI spying on someone?
First off, a nicely written coherent response... now..
The article I pointed to answer your first question.
I read the article and can't recall one piece of legistlature or program that Clinton enacted that helped African-Americans. It does mention that while Clinton appointed many more blacks, Bush has appointed many more minorities (perhaps Bush just believes that all minorities must be equally pandereed to). As discussed, it was mostly about his style, presence and perception by the African-American community, his trips to Africa that "meant a lot", etc. Again, I don't want to diminish the importance of this; this by definition is showing true leadership. The only real contribution that I think Clinton made was almost by accident when he reluctantly went along with the Republican disassembly of welfare. I look at this the same way I regard the child care and affirmative action issues, as a crutch. Sure we all want to be compassionate and help out those who need it most, but there comes a time when that "help" becomes part of the mechanism that traps people into a socio-economic situation - and welfare did exactly that.
If we funded education, after school programs and other social programs targeted at children, we would see a lot of these problems disappear within a generation, two at the most.
Agreed.
Unfortunately, enthusiasm for proper funding of this stuff dropped off right after blacks decided they wanted access to the same facilities white people had, and the courts agreed. Damn activist judges.
I will assume that here you are referring to forced school integration. Of course I think that everyone should have access to the same facilities, I just don't like the idea of forcing some white kid to travel cross-town to a predominantly black school as tit-for-tat so a black kid can attend a predominantly white school. Again, referring to my wife... she was bussed something like 30-40 miles away to school in just such an integration program. With some fear of sounding too idealistic, if we spent half as much time and effort trying to make sure have all the schools were of equal quality in staff and facilities as we spend worrying about integration, where would we be now? I grew up in an upper, middle-class suburb with excellent facilities and it shamed me to see schools in poorer areas - why should one school get more money than any other? At my school we had a program called Delphi which sought to identify high-achievers so that they could be targeted for special after-school instruction to help them win National Merit Scholarships. Hello!!! Instead of spending the extra money on those who already have broken out... why not spend some cash bringing the below-averages up to average?
Your entire point that no child-care is somehow an appropriate consequence for someone's actions are ludicrous and short-sighted.
I think you missed my point so let me put it another way... it may not surprise you that I am anti-abortion. But within the anti-abortion movement I certainly hold a minority opinion... I believe that rather than simply "overturning" abortion, we should be working to promote the alternatives - to include aggressive (but not early) sex education, easy access to birth control, and adoption support (my wife was adopted by the way... she keeps getting in the middle of this...) My point is that too many social engineers want to correct some percieved social wrong at the symptom level (be it poor school performance, out-of-wedlock mothers, etc) instead of addressing the causes. I see head-start as such a program - it is an enabler which does nothing to stop people from having children they do not have the resources (time/money/love) to support.
Right...What about Bush's cabinet... the most ethnic cabinet in history. Or do you not count minorities if they are Republicans?
Clinton connected with black Americans in a way that gave them hope, he made them feel like the promises of the Civil Rights movement would come true if he had anything to do with it.
I won't disagree here, he did give them hope and I don't want to belittle that but what did he do for them other than appoint many black judges?
Like Bush I's cuts to Head Start or his assault on Affirmative Action.
Affirmative action is a band-aid for the underlying problem of racism. In the 60's it served its purpose well, shocking the racist masses into a reluctant realism that this segment of the society could actually perform as equals when given the opportunity. Unfortunately this has morphed to the notion of lowering standards for admission and employment to ensure a certain level of diversity. This does nothing to address the underlying problem... why are african-american children performing below the necessary standards? Why do we wait and allow these children to fall short of their potential for the first 18 years of their life, only to offer a college degree as reconciliation? Is racism part of the problem? Maybe a little bit, but there are plenty of socio-economic stones to turn over that have nothing to do with racism. As for head-start... my wife was an elementry school teacher so I will have to defer to her experience in this. Head-start is nothing more than state-sponsored day-care... no more, no less. It is simply a crutch to force the black community into permanent submission by encouraging a cycle of single-parent, non-family-care-giver child-rearing. Do I want to see poor, unmarried women with no child-care options? Of course not,... but what ever happened to consequences for ones' own actions?
These goddamned wackos want nothing more than to see the world vaporized in a cloud of thunder, and this administration is not only catering to their whims, it's preaching those wacko beliefs from the state department....Fuck your hypocritical "beliefs."
Wow...that's a very tolerant viewpoint from the "tolerant left"... oh wait... did you really just accuse these people of hypocracy?
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Once again - I and my people take offense at your remark. If you do not stop your malicious, libelous claims, we will be forced to stuff large quantities of dry, nearly tasteless, processed cookies with no milk with which to wash it down...
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Only if my "minority" you mean as the only one of several different OSs. However, the important thing here is that NOT the how MANY OSs that Direct3D or OpenGL run on, but how many WORKSTATIONS each runs on. Direct3D is certainly not in the "minority" by that metric...
I guess "Christmas Spirt" is out of the question Mr. Scrooge.
It's ok...as long as its only intermittent.
How about a windows machine configured right next to your linux box. Seriously, it has the pro over a dual-boot at least in that you don't have to reboot to switch operating systems. I recommend a monitor switch to let you use the same monitor for both computers (and of course, allows you to instantly switch). Make sure you get a good one though or your will have some funky artifacts on your screen...
Excellent point and I defer to your experience but let me ask this question (not-loaded... just curious): Let's say a student did average or maybe a little better in a less-well-respected undergraduate program, but then got a good CS job and had a few published papers/conference presentations under his/her belt. Nothing earth-shattering but contributing none-the-less. How would he/she stack up against a graduate applicant direct from a well-respected undergrad program with no experience? Just curious.
Excellent points. Adding to what you said, I would say that a reputable program will help you get into graduate school if your plan is to transition directly from undergrad to graduate. However if you plan on getting an undergrad, entering the workforce for a few years and heading back to graduate school, I would say that the your real-world experience would matter much more than where you earned your undergrad -particularly if you really made a name for yourself in your job. I don't recommend taking too much time off from school however, as it is very difficult to walk away from a certain standard of living and go back to being a student.
I don't like to throw down credentials for fear of sounding like a braggart but in this case it is relevant. I am a test pilot (or more specificly a test NFO). For a living, I flight test new equipment on military aircraft. Every time a new piece of equipment is introduced, the aircraft and new equipment must go through varying levels of EMC/EMI/TEMPEST testing. Devices that were designed to be properly shielded fail all the time. The aircraft I test used to have a problem with the ship-board radar causing the aircraft's wing-lock mechanism to repeated lock/unlock in an attempt to fold the wings. Having an aircraft's wings fold during a catapult shot or landing is generally considered to be a "bad thing". I seriously doubt that the gaming industry has invested dollar-one in EMI shielding. From what the guy describes, it sounds like video signal is not properly shielded and the nearby TV antenna is picking it up. If it is interfering with the TV signal, it is probably somewhere in the 170-200 MHz range - and thus potentially could interfere with VHF communcations and radio navigation equipment. Think there might be an IC somewhere in the aircraft that has a clock frequency in this range? Probably. Over what other frequencies is this think leaking? Is it really worth putting an airliner at risk because you would rather level-up than read a book?
Now you are correct in asserting that if properly tested, this should be a non-issue. The problem is that flight testing is ridiculously expensive. And it doesn't matter how much you harden the aircraft, you still need to test each portable device in every combination of aircraft configurations. This of course is impossible. Even if you could certify certain types of machines, who is goinig to maintain the list of approved devices and do you really expect an airborne cocktail waitress to know that your Nintendo DS is approved but the guy with the RIO next to you isn't? I actually think that the current policy is somewhat reckless. Basicly the FAA has taken the position that they will let passengers use most electronic devices above 10,000 FT with hopes that if there was some catastrophic failure, the flight crew would have a few minutes to deal with the problem.
Putting the government in the loop only slows the feedback process down.
True statement but what is the alternative? Not having the government regulate airline safety? Let the free market punish reckless airlines in lost sales after a disaster?
Where the hell have you been?.
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Not to belittle this Russian effort which I think is terrific, but at this point, the Russian vehicle is no more than a concept and a full-scale mock-up.
NASA has been working on such projects for decades; whether or not they are funded is beyond their control...
I'll need to bookmark this story for the next time someone claims FAA regulations against mobile devices serves no purpose...
My wife threw out an interesting suggestion... perhaps he went with "Fed Ex" on purpose. How much would Fed Ex pay to have Ken Jennings as their front man this holiday season? Can you hear the commercial now?
Stupidity Induced Beatings.
Sorry for the confusion... I had noticed that the bulk of your points involved electronic voting. However, the grand-parent post lead off mentioning the Berkeley report which was a statistical look at the voting patterns which failed to account for the large number of North Florida Dems who voted for Bush so I thought this more recent look at that specific issue was germain. You raise an excellent point however about paper trails...
Would you let your own children enter the tv/film industry? Why or why not?
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But Clinton did bomb Seribia, Afghanistan and the Sudan. Do they not count?
In other consipiracy smashing news (that doesn't get due press)... try this debunking of the myth that Bush's wins in democratic counties was statisticly impossible.
so what happens now? Just keep recounting until the Democrat wins? And what then? Why not recount one more time? Where do you draw the line?
Clearly neither you nor the moderators who have modded you up to +4 have actually read the article. If you had, you would know that the "wiretapping" was done by and employee against his own boss in an attempt to collect incriminating information against his company. When the company discovered the key-logger, they called the FBI after which the man who installed the key-logger quickly confessed to the act. Please explain where you smell "fascism?" Do companies do not have the right to call the FBI when an employee has committed a crime? Are you suggesting that employees have the right to spy on their employers? Or did you just not read the article, your tin-foil hat kicked into overdrive and you assumed that is must be the FBI spying on someone?
The article I pointed to answer your first question.
I read the article and can't recall one piece of legistlature or program that Clinton enacted that helped African-Americans. It does mention that while Clinton appointed many more blacks, Bush has appointed many more minorities (perhaps Bush just believes that all minorities must be equally pandereed to). As discussed, it was mostly about his style, presence and perception by the African-American community, his trips to Africa that "meant a lot", etc. Again, I don't want to diminish the importance of this; this by definition is showing true leadership. The only real contribution that I think Clinton made was almost by accident when he reluctantly went along with the Republican disassembly of welfare. I look at this the same way I regard the child care and affirmative action issues, as a crutch. Sure we all want to be compassionate and help out those who need it most, but there comes a time when that "help" becomes part of the mechanism that traps people into a socio-economic situation - and welfare did exactly that.
If we funded education, after school programs and other social programs targeted at children, we would see a lot of these problems disappear within a generation, two at the most.
Agreed.
Unfortunately, enthusiasm for proper funding of this stuff dropped off right after blacks decided they wanted access to the same facilities white people had, and the courts agreed. Damn activist judges.
I will assume that here you are referring to forced school integration. Of course I think that everyone should have access to the same facilities, I just don't like the idea of forcing some white kid to travel cross-town to a predominantly black school as tit-for-tat so a black kid can attend a predominantly white school. Again, referring to my wife... she was bussed something like 30-40 miles away to school in just such an integration program. With some fear of sounding too idealistic, if we spent half as much time and effort trying to make sure have all the schools were of equal quality in staff and facilities as we spend worrying about integration, where would we be now? I grew up in an upper, middle-class suburb with excellent facilities and it shamed me to see schools in poorer areas - why should one school get more money than any other? At my school we had a program called Delphi which sought to identify high-achievers so that they could be targeted for special after-school instruction to help them win National Merit Scholarships. Hello!!! Instead of spending the extra money on those who already have broken out... why not spend some cash bringing the below-averages up to average?
Your entire point that no child-care is somehow an appropriate consequence for someone's actions are ludicrous and short-sighted.
I think you missed my point so let me put it another way... it may not surprise you that I am anti-abortion. But within the anti-abortion movement I certainly hold a minority opinion... I believe that rather than simply "overturning" abortion, we should be working to promote the alternatives - to include aggressive (but not early) sex education, easy access to birth control, and adoption support (my wife was adopted by the way... she keeps getting in the middle of this...) My point is that too many social engineers want to correct some percieved social wrong at the symptom level (be it poor school performance, out-of-wedlock mothers, etc) instead of addressing the causes. I see head-start as such a program - it is an enabler which does nothing to stop people from having children they do not have the resources (time/money/love) to support.
Clinton connected with black Americans in a way that gave them hope, he made them feel like the promises of the Civil Rights movement would come true if he had anything to do with it.
I won't disagree here, he did give them hope and I don't want to belittle that but what did he do for them other than appoint many black judges?
Like Bush I's cuts to Head Start or his assault on Affirmative Action.
Affirmative action is a band-aid for the underlying problem of racism. In the 60's it served its purpose well, shocking the racist masses into a reluctant realism that this segment of the society could actually perform as equals when given the opportunity. Unfortunately this has morphed to the notion of lowering standards for admission and employment to ensure a certain level of diversity. This does nothing to address the underlying problem... why are african-american children performing below the necessary standards? Why do we wait and allow these children to fall short of their potential for the first 18 years of their life, only to offer a college degree as reconciliation? Is racism part of the problem? Maybe a little bit, but there are plenty of socio-economic stones to turn over that have nothing to do with racism.
As for head-start... my wife was an elementry school teacher so I will have to defer to her experience in this. Head-start is nothing more than state-sponsored day-care... no more, no less. It is simply a crutch to force the black community into permanent submission by encouraging a cycle of single-parent, non-family-care-giver child-rearing. Do I want to see poor, unmarried women with no child-care options? Of course not,... but what ever happened to consequences for ones' own actions?
Wow...that's a very tolerant viewpoint from the "tolerant left"... oh wait... did you really just accuse these people of hypocracy?
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