The argument that walled gardens will ruin software for the rest of us is the geek equivalent of opposition to gay marriage. (that it will "ruin the institution of marriage" and other such nonsense) The same (trivial) rebuke applies: if you don't like it, don't do it.
Yep. And apparently the folk(s) who drive by moderated us both as troll 24 hours after the fact don't get the irony that they're trying to wall off their own ideological garden.:)
And, really, I don't want the crap arguments about how they will lead to totalitarianism in the consumer computing space. The same folks who argue that tend to have no problem with Linus Torvalds being the benign dictator of the linux kernel, so please spare me. Someone please explain to be why it's so bad to have one, _just_one_, closed ecosystem? Ya'll have android. (The primary SDK for which is Java based, which I always found ironical.) Why the need to trash the iphone?
It's not just democrats who have been supressing nuclear. Those bought by the oil, gas, and coal industries also had a hand, and they're primarily republicans.
My grandfather worked on the molten salt experiment at ORNL, and I'm proud as punch about that, so I'm not some raving liberal trying to pin the blame on conservatives. We have to be rational about promoting the future of nuclear power, and that means seeing all enemies, not just the ones that are obvious or convenient.
Considering I once performed a security audit and found that the lead developer for the client had rewritten printf so it had damaging side effects...yes...
So I think there are a few normal drugs which when used in the right way would make it easier to stay cool...
Drugs, shmugs.
When I was 16 I took a polygraph for a minimum wage job at a movie theater. About ten minutes into it the test giver stopped and said, "You're faking it. You're controlling your breath." I was a bit baffled because I thought that was how everyone responded to stress. When I'm nervous my breaths slow down considerably and my pulse rate dips. (And that rate is low normally. I'm in pretty bad physical shape right now and my resting rate is 50 BPM, and that's with the roughly 400mg of caffeine I consume per day.)
Since then I've realized how ludicrous it was for the employer to do this, but that's beside the point. It was an interesting experience and taught me the stupidity of the polygraph test.
You can't change the rules while the game is in progress.
That's probably the single most stupid statement I've ever seen on slashdot.
You can change the rules of the game while it's being played if one of the rules is "you can change the rules during play." So right there your assertion is easily contradicted.
But, there's just one thing: life isn't a fucking game.
I second the motion. I mean, take a look at this. Yeah, it's an MIT project, but could just as easily be done at home.
Also, considering the poster's mention of a sleep lab, maybe covert oral behavior processing would be a good project. Basically it's a phenomenon where speech signals from the brain are "leaked" to the vocal chords when words and sentences are merely thought, but not spoken. Maybe those signals are susceptible to analysis akin to speech recognition? In my undergrad years way back in the early 90's I did a research semester on this, but the CS technology wasn't there yet do to the analysis. (At least not for us lowly undergrads.) Now I'll bet it's there. And, just a guess, but it looks like the area is wide open...
Remember that there are still many "burrowed in" officials left over from the Bush administration, particularly in the Minerals Management Service, which had "oversight" in this case. Thankfully that should be rectified soon.
Fraud and corruption is everwhere in equal measure. Those who say one side or the other are more pure either have an agenda, are idiots, or both. I've seen private companies throw away tens of millions of dollars, and that was on relatively small projects.
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...and now I'll never rent it or buy it! Congrats on the lost sale!
I plant a tree on your first post, sirrah!
The argument that walled gardens will ruin software for the rest of us is the geek equivalent of opposition to gay marriage. (that it will "ruin the institution of marriage" and other such nonsense) The same (trivial) rebuke applies: if you don't like it, don't do it.
It's not boring when you think of all the bullshit and wasted time you'll avoid by testing properly from the start.
Yep. And apparently the folk(s) who drive by moderated us both as troll 24 hours after the fact don't get the irony that they're trying to wall off their own ideological garden. :)
And, really, I don't want the crap arguments about how they will lead to totalitarianism in the consumer computing space. The same folks who argue that tend to have no problem with Linus Torvalds being the benign dictator of the linux kernel, so please spare me. Someone please explain to be why it's so bad to have one, _just_one_, closed ecosystem? Ya'll have android. (The primary SDK for which is Java based, which I always found ironical.) Why the need to trash the iphone?
Of course there is a difference.
It's not just democrats who have been supressing nuclear. Those bought by the oil, gas, and coal industries also had a hand, and they're primarily republicans.
My grandfather worked on the molten salt experiment at ORNL, and I'm proud as punch about that, so I'm not some raving liberal trying to pin the blame on conservatives. We have to be rational about promoting the future of nuclear power, and that means seeing all enemies, not just the ones that are obvious or convenient.
Considering I once performed a security audit and found that the lead developer for the client had rewritten printf so it had damaging side effects...yes...
Yes, starting in about 100 years. Now? Not so much.
There's enough thorium to provide 100x our existing power needs for thousands of years.
... but can we spare a couple hundred mil for a real alternative?
Are you sure it's not an engendered species?
Holy shit, man. Take your meds quick before the bugs come.
Please relinquish your geek card on your way out.
It was just an egregious example of dense error mismanagement.
That and I was feeling grumpy. I haven't had my geritol yet today. :P
Drugs, shmugs.
When I was 16 I took a polygraph for a minimum wage job at a movie theater. About ten minutes into it the test giver stopped and said, "You're faking it. You're controlling your breath." I was a bit baffled because I thought that was how everyone responded to stress. When I'm nervous my breaths slow down considerably and my pulse rate dips. (And that rate is low normally. I'm in pretty bad physical shape right now and my resting rate is 50 BPM, and that's with the roughly 400mg of caffeine I consume per day.)
Since then I've realized how ludicrous it was for the employer to do this, but that's beside the point. It was an interesting experience and taught me the stupidity of the polygraph test.
For fuck sake, editors.
EDIT!
That's probably the single most stupid statement I've ever seen on slashdot.
You can change the rules of the game while it's being played if one of the rules is "you can change the rules during play." So right there your assertion is easily contradicted.
But, there's just one thing: life isn't a fucking game.
So get over it.
So you choose willful ignorance?
Have fun with that.
I second the motion. I mean, take a look at this. Yeah, it's an MIT project, but could just as easily be done at home.
Also, considering the poster's mention of a sleep lab, maybe covert oral behavior processing would be a good project. Basically it's a phenomenon where speech signals from the brain are "leaked" to the vocal chords when words and sentences are merely thought, but not spoken. Maybe those signals are susceptible to analysis akin to speech recognition? In my undergrad years way back in the early 90's I did a research semester on this, but the CS technology wasn't there yet do to the analysis. (At least not for us lowly undergrads.) Now I'll bet it's there. And, just a guess, but it looks like the area is wide open...
You awe pretty easily.
Remember that there are still many "burrowed in" officials left over from the Bush administration, particularly in the Minerals Management Service, which had "oversight" in this case. Thankfully that should be rectified soon.
Yes, and as we all know, no complex system ever commits suicide.
Wish I had a mod point for you.
Fraud and corruption is everwhere in equal measure. Those who say one side or the other are more pure either have an agenda, are idiots, or both. I've seen private companies throw away tens of millions of dollars, and that was on relatively small projects.