You should really evolve to start making use of the OOP features. Seriously, once you spend a few years applying OOP you will laugh at Wordpress, it's pretty terrible software. I'm not trying to be antagonistic or anything, it's just a step you should be making to be a better developer.
We can not reliably say whether exposure N (mSv) will cause cancer in person P - we can only predict it based on previous observations.
Predicting the effect from radiation exposure is based on long-term epidemiological study data such as the Japan Life Span Study [1-3]. These compare the disease rates in large populations to neighbouring/control populations where radiation exposure was at natural levels.
These studies form the basis of a statistical reference when establishing the likelihood of developing an illness due to radiation exposure. They suggest that there is a ‘statistically significant increase of the risk of fatal cancer starting at the range of 50–100 mSv, possibly already at 10–50 mSv’ [4].
TFA: "Residents of Namie town and Iitate village, two areas that were not evacuated until months after the accident, received 10–50mSv"
Deterministic effects (i.e. observed reliably above a certain dose threshold) of exposure are seen above 100mSv [4].
TFA: "146 employees and 21 contractors received a dose of more than 100 millisieverts (mSv), the level at which there is an acknowledged slight increase in cancer risk. Six workers received more than the 250mSv allowed by Japanese law for front-line emergency workers, and two operators in the control rooms for reactor units 3 and 4 received doses above 600mSv".
Through previous observations of population exposures to radiation at similar levels, it is statistically likely that this accident will result in an increase in cancer incidence among this population.
[1] Preston, D.L., et al., Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors. Part III: Leukemia, Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma, 1950-1987 Radiation Research, 1994. 137 (2 (Suppliment)): p. S68 - S97.
[2] Preston, D.L., et al., Solid Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors: 1958–1998. Radiation Research, 2007. 168(1): p. 1-64.
[3] Land, C.E., Studies of Cancer and Radiation Dose Among Atomic Bomb Survivors. The Example of Breast Cancer. JAMA, 1995. 274(5): p. 402 - 407.
[4] Vock, P., CT Dose Reduction in Children. European Radiology, 2005. 15: p. 2330-2340.
This seems redundant to me, since the way in which we find relevant answers from a vast source of information such as the internet needs to (and will) change considerably in the near future so that we no longer scan large volumes of information and search results.
If you consider that in terms of efficiency of getting 'an answer from a question' we currently:
Have Question -> get vast amounts of information from intertubes -> sort through information -> hopefully get answer.
But this is stupid. We can build things (as demonstrated by Siri and Wolfram with natural language processing) that do the processing for us, so we can:
Have Question -> Tell [algorithm] -> get answer.
This is the most efficient way to get an answer from a question, we don't need to be involved in sorting and processing of vast amounts of information. I'm sure that in the near future we geeks will make this happen.
The 3D trial in Australia was a real non-event [http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD.PC/pc=PC_312131] since the cost of broadcast was excessive when considering the small amount of interest in watching 3D TV [http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/3d-tv-falls-flat-as-broadcasters-tune-out-20110902-1jp0u.html]
"Actually, I did try, thank you very much: I spent about a week on it IIRC. I also asked for help on the interwebs, although I didn't get anything more helpful than "RTFM n00b" type remarks."
This is definitely an area where general linux has improved considerably since '98. It's rare to see 'RTFM N00b' on a forum/mailing list nowadays.
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Thanks. For other prospective wgetters, don't forget to remove Slashdots whitespace from the URL...
I disagree with your logic. However, this post is still in beta, and as such, my points are not yet complete.
Waltre cannot be held accountable for whether the punter reading this post is amused, since it is still in beta. My roadmap includes many points of argument, a new sig, and some funny bits.
I think his point was less about "m3g4h3Rrtz!!!1" and more about "power consumption". From memory, PowerPC requires more electrical power to operate than Intel P4. I believe this was a contributing factor in the recent switch by Apple.
If SVG gets more support and consequently, further developed for web use, it will be a kickarse format to work with.
Consider that when graphics are published as part of a layout on the web, a big variable that needs to be considered is resolution of users screen (and whether they're browsing with a maximised browser).
A good SVG toolkit with STANDARDISED browsers (yes, I'm talking to you, IE) will mean we can finally tag a div as width="80%", put an image in it as "100%", "100%" and forget about how the image renders based on resolution.
Of course, just because Firefox is supporting it, doesn't mean IE will follow suit. But we can all hope.
Cool, what's your companies URL? How did you build a business to become an incorporated company so fast? You must be up with the greatest businessmen/businesswomen of all time to do that.
I'm also curious to know why if "you don't need a degree when you spend time reading books and studying hard in school", you still plan to go to college?
It's also remarkable to know you could program when you were 2, since most of us can't even recognise patterns at that age. Did your parents make any specific institutions aware of such an amazing phenomonon?
Surely the diligence of the user needs to be taken into account.
Windows users are generally less inclined than linux users to work on securing their machines, and seem to be much less informed about whether they should really be downloading those smilies, or that cute pet that sits on their desktop.
The intelligence/experience of the user has a lot to do with how easily the PC can be compromised, and this is regardless of their choice of OS.
Agreed, that's what drew me to Google, simplicity.
If Google want to become a portal, they could really take the idea far by smothering it in AJAX. Searches would still only involve a textbox and a submit button, but news/gmail would only be a click away, sans-reload.
With typical Apache hosting, individual users can modify their configurations on the fly with.htaccess files...
This is a majot deterrent for IIS, the first time I used it I was looking furiously for the config file.
All the config seemed to be scattered around little grey boxes, with "tabs" that had more little grey boxes, with circles and what-have-you...it was horrible.
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You should really evolve to start making use of the OOP features. Seriously, once you spend a few years applying OOP you will laugh at Wordpress, it's pretty terrible software. I'm not trying to be antagonistic or anything, it's just a step you should be making to be a better developer.
I may be wrong. but you appear to have deleted your initial comment which started this thread.
Can you say why? I was entertained by the argument but now I can't re-assess your initial position based on your arguments.
I have no solid opinion on the matter so please don't construe this as sarcasm.
We can not reliably say whether exposure N (mSv) will cause cancer in person P - we can only predict it based on previous observations.
Predicting the effect from radiation exposure is based on long-term epidemiological study data such as the Japan Life Span Study [1-3]. These compare the disease rates in large populations to neighbouring/control populations where radiation exposure was at natural levels.
These studies form the basis of a statistical reference when establishing the likelihood of developing an illness due to radiation exposure. They suggest that there is a ‘statistically significant increase of the risk of fatal cancer starting at the range of 50–100 mSv, possibly already at 10–50 mSv’ [4].
TFA: "Residents of Namie town and Iitate village, two areas that were not evacuated until months after the accident, received 10–50mSv"
Deterministic effects (i.e. observed reliably above a certain dose threshold) of exposure are seen above 100mSv [4].
TFA: "146 employees and 21 contractors received a dose of more than 100 millisieverts (mSv), the level at which there is an acknowledged slight increase in cancer risk. Six workers received more than the 250mSv allowed by Japanese law for front-line emergency workers, and two operators in the control rooms for reactor units 3 and 4 received doses above 600mSv".
Through previous observations of population exposures to radiation at similar levels, it is statistically likely that this accident will result in an increase in cancer incidence among this population.
[1] Preston, D.L., et al., Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors. Part III: Leukemia, Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma, 1950-1987 Radiation Research, 1994. 137 (2 (Suppliment)): p. S68 - S97.
[2] Preston, D.L., et al., Solid Cancer Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors: 1958–1998. Radiation Research, 2007. 168(1): p. 1-64.
[3] Land, C.E., Studies of Cancer and Radiation Dose Among Atomic Bomb Survivors. The Example of Breast Cancer. JAMA, 1995. 274(5): p. 402 - 407.
[4] Vock, P., CT Dose Reduction in Children. European Radiology, 2005. 15: p. 2330-2340.
This seems redundant to me, since the way in which we find relevant answers from a vast source of information such as the internet needs to (and will) change considerably in the near future so that we no longer scan large volumes of information and search results.
If you consider that in terms of efficiency of getting 'an answer from a question' we currently:
Have Question -> get vast amounts of information from intertubes -> sort through information -> hopefully get answer.
But this is stupid. We can build things (as demonstrated by Siri and Wolfram with natural language processing) that do the processing for us, so we can:
Have Question -> Tell [algorithm] -> get answer.
This is the most efficient way to get an answer from a question, we don't need to be involved in sorting and processing of vast amounts of information. I'm sure that in the near future we geeks will make this happen.
The 3D trial in Australia was a real non-event [http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD.PC/pc=PC_312131] since the cost of broadcast was excessive when considering the small amount of interest in watching 3D TV [http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/3d-tv-falls-flat-as-broadcasters-tune-out-20110902-1jp0u.html]
"Actually, I did try, thank you very much: I spent about a week on it IIRC. I also asked for help on the interwebs, although I didn't get anything more helpful than "RTFM n00b" type remarks."
This is definitely an area where general linux has improved considerably since '98. It's rare to see 'RTFM N00b' on a forum/mailing list nowadays.
Thanks. For other prospective wgetters, don't forget to remove Slashdots whitespace from the URL...
2 years ago? Ubuntu has only been around for 15 months (3 releases, every 6 months, 3 months until the next).
Everyone and their dog has been using Ubuntu "for years".
I disagree with your logic. However, this post is still in beta, and as such, my points are not yet complete.
Waltre cannot be held accountable for whether the punter reading this post is amused, since it is still in beta. My roadmap includes many points of argument, a new sig, and some funny bits.
I think his point was less about "m3g4h3Rrtz!!!1" and more about "power consumption". From memory, PowerPC requires more electrical power to operate than Intel P4. I believe this was a contributing factor in the recent switch by Apple.
meh, apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist update... sorry, trying to type too fast.
" Any way to say "wipe the disk and start from scratch"?"
I believe it gives you an option: Erase entire disk (hda...info), or manually edit partition table.
You want the first option.
See this osdir screenshot
These fancy RH installs have messed with your mind :).
Just run an apt-get dist update. That's the beauty of a Debian based distro.
the bzip2 compression is also cursed...
That's bad.
But it comes with a free froghurt!
That's good!
If SVG gets more support and consequently, further developed for web use, it will be a kickarse format to work with.
Consider that when graphics are published as part of a layout on the web, a big variable that needs to be considered is resolution of users screen (and whether they're browsing with a maximised browser).
A good SVG toolkit with STANDARDISED browsers (yes, I'm talking to you, IE) will mean we can finally tag a div as width="80%", put an image in it as "100%", "100%" and forget about how the image renders based on resolution.
Of course, just because Firefox is supporting it, doesn't mean IE will follow suit. But we can all hope.
I'm also curious to know why if "you don't need a degree when you spend time reading books and studying hard in school", you still plan to go to college?
It's also remarkable to know you could program when you were 2, since most of us can't even recognise patterns at that age. Did your parents make any specific institutions aware of such an amazing phenomonon?
or is it that you're full of shit?
But does it have frickin' laser beams?
more to the point, can we run linux on it?
Surely the diligence of the user needs to be taken into account.
Windows users are generally less inclined than linux users to work on securing their machines, and seem to be much less informed about whether they should really be downloading those smilies, or that cute pet that sits on their desktop.
The intelligence/experience of the user has a lot to do with how easily the PC can be compromised, and this is regardless of their choice of OS.
Image 01 - Plain motherboard
Image 02 - Back of Video Card?
Image 03 - XP screenshot.
All of which are substandard in both quality, and substance, but oh well.
I got the first image before it died. I would be INSANE to post it on my server though....
So I posted it on my friends >:) PWND!!!1 dkennedy
just a basic shot of the motherboard.
Agreed, that's what drew me to Google, simplicity.
If Google want to become a portal, they could really take the idea far by smothering it in AJAX. Searches would still only involve a textbox and a submit button, but news/gmail would only be a click away, sans-reload.
since the google cache site has been slashdotted, we now need a cache of the google cache page.
With typical Apache hosting, individual users can modify their configurations on the fly with .htaccess files...
This is a majot deterrent for IIS, the first time I used it I was looking furiously for the config file.
All the config seemed to be scattered around little grey boxes, with "tabs" that had more little grey boxes, with circles and what-have-you...it was horrible.
Not really, if you can get to the BIOS (probably) who cares what the default OS is.
DOS