There is a huge amount of knowledge, so your classes can't teach you everything. Just enough to get started, really. Modern or Nuclear Physics courses probably touch on it.
smellsofbikes: Twenty years ago people refused to use automated answering machines. Now many people prefer doing all their business via automated customer support precisely because they don't have to talk to people.
You sound like you work for TellMe.
Most people hate automated response systems because they take forever to get things done. No one really needs to be told how to operate voice mail every time.
Oh, and people have been happily using answering machines for at least 35 years.
It's not "The Russians" making these claims. It's a privately funded free-market "think tank" that is based in Russia.
They posted a PDF on their web site, issued a press release, and a British paper reported it without doing any source-checking.
For example, the article highlights a quote from an anonymous poster to a blog thread about the press release describing the web-posted report. How's that for "cherry-picking" your sources?
For a scientist to say STFU you don't have a degree in my field is childish
On several occasions I have tried explaining a taste of my scientific work to relatives who could be described as "NASCAR watching morons."
Conversation eventually gets to a point where I have to say, "I've been learning this for five years, so I can't explain everything to you in five minutes."
Invariably, the response is, "So, what, you think I'm not smart?"
Is Apple seriously arguing that installing a third party program and booting OS X results in copyright infringement due to making a derivative work and an unauthorized copy?"
Lord Ender: For the good of this country, we need to concentrate on making sure our best students get the best education. This should be a higher priority...
Hmmn, reinforcing the existing class structure. Haven't we been here before?
Those who do not have the good sense to be born into advantage deserve what they get.
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There is a huge amount of knowledge, so your classes can't teach you everything. Just enough to get started, really. Modern or Nuclear Physics courses probably touch on it.
I don't do Flash, and I have money.
If a vendor has a Flash-only website, I just go to their competitor.
Because, you see, I want to spend my money, not sit watching animated menus.
Unimportant words also fade out while you're skimming the text...
So... if text is fluffy... then why would you read it?
Isn't column-filling text an artifact of the pre-internet age?
concise
NOUN.
Brief but comprehensive.
Did the software actually invent, or did it merely copy by reducing Mozart's body of work post-facto to its core elements?
Anyone can copy.
Few can invent.
This is why you don't want "free" computers from the government...
Um, I don't think you'd want "free" computers from a for-profit company either.
Nothing is for free.
School is about opportunities for the students, not the parents.
. . . in a French farmhouse for five days, giving them no access to newspapers, television, radio, or the Internet. . .
Sounds like the perfect vacation, but a little short.
smellsofbikes: Twenty years ago people refused to use automated answering machines. Now many people prefer doing all their business via automated customer support precisely because they don't have to talk to people.
You sound like you work for TellMe.
Most people hate automated response systems because they take forever to get things done. No one really needs to be told how to operate voice mail every time.
Oh, and people have been happily using answering machines for at least 35 years.
Movies are 24 fps because film is expensive.
If he had used a USA locale for his CG creations, he might be in Guantanamo instead of Hollywood by now.
Or, uh, are we past that now?
The original Slashdot description said "Russia Claims More Climate Data Was Manipulated."
Inaccurate headlines don't help discussion.
It's not "The Russians" making these claims. It's a privately funded free-market "think tank" that is based in Russia.
They posted a PDF on their web site, issued a press release, and a British paper reported it without doing any source-checking.
For example, the article highlights a quote from an anonymous poster to a blog thread about the press release describing the web-posted report. How's that for "cherry-picking" your sources?
We don't know all the details yet, but I won't be surprised when it turns out that the makers did licence everything appropriately.
The issue here is that there are two different licenses required.
* One to the game-maker for the copies of songs it contains, and
* One to every bar or arcade for mechanical performance rights of that same music.
So, uh, how much are you paying Facebook to provide these services?
For a scientist to say STFU you don't have a degree in my field is childish
On several occasions I have tried explaining a taste of my scientific work to relatives who could be described as "NASCAR watching morons."
Conversation eventually gets to a point where I have to say, "I've been learning this for five years, so I can't explain everything to you in five minutes."
Invariably, the response is, "So, what, you think I'm not smart?"
Every single person I've talked to says "blog about it!. . ."
Are they paying you?
The poster linked to some great PPTs on learning.
In one slide, entitled "How Well Do We Remember What We Learn in School?" there are three bullet points with a total of nine lines of text (p12).
Incomprehensible.
Is Apple seriously arguing that installing a third party program and booting OS X results in copyright infringement due to making a derivative work and an unauthorized copy?"
No, their attorneys are.
A postcard is public, a letter in an envelope is private.
Lord Ender: For the good of this country, we need to concentrate on making sure our best students get the best education. This should be a higher priority...
Hmmn, reinforcing the existing class structure. Haven't we been here before?
Those who do not have the good sense to be born into advantage deserve what they get.
(NOTE: sarcasm)
Correlation != Causation
...So we have about 400 times the performance with 5% of the hardware. By that margin, I could do their processing with about 25 boxes total...."
So then why do you guys still charge us 20x as much?
Line-of-sight security is not difficult. just don't face the monitor to the door.
If you're working on something that really is sensitive, then it's worth it to arrange for physical security.
Tons of blind people use clickers as they walk around. Not always, because it attracts attention.
That is actually the secondary usefulness of a cane (after visibility). You can make tappy-sounds without attracting undue attention.