Funny....my experience was the exact opposite: I had a much easier time finding the movies I wanted on Netflix than Blockbuster. I kept the blockbuster trial for 3 months (and got, IIRC, 3 free DVD coupons) and then ditched it and stuck with netflix.
That was a few years ago, though, so maybe they've improved. Netflix usually has what I want and generally gets me the top item of my queue two days after I drop a disk in the mailbox, so I'm satisfied with them.
I believe there was an attempt a number of years ago to go back to the basic axioms and reprove everything, but I don't remember the details.
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Google wouldn't do that unless they were desperate (provided they play by their current rules). After all, if they gave you some pizzeria that was all the way across town, that wouldn't be very useful so people wouldn't use the service.
OTOH, if you live in a college town it's not impossible (or unlikely) that there will be three or more pizza places within a couple of blocks, let alone a couple of miles.
From my experience CS classes are teaching way too much theory. I have all kinds of kids that are applying for jobs that know tons of theory, but can't apply the shit. CS professors need to get their heads out of the clouds and teach something that the students will really be able to use.
And here I thought the whole point of CS was to avoid learning anything useful....
But seriously, I'm studying CS because I WANT to do theory. If I wanted to be a programmer, I'd have signed up for CIS or something. But I'm not interested in being able to write a program as quickly as possible; I'm interested in being able to find the best possible solution to a given problem.
Every year, a fatal bug hits at least five students, killing their O(100) page theses with a week before its due.
I really can't understand not having multiple backups of something like that. When I was working on my thesis, I had it on my hard drive, several CDs, on an email server, on a usb..
Ok, maybe I was slightly paranoid...but I don't trust computers. When I start my dissertation, I'll do the same thing.
Oh, by the way, than you for your wise advice on 200-plus documents being a complete impossibility on MS Word. I'll remember that, next time I read a PhD theses. I'll just look at it and say: "this is not possible, because Fanboy sait it on Slashdot."
Aren't theses generally done in LaTeX? Or is that just computer and math people?
My BSCS came in about 5 math classes shy of the double major. I did get the math minor, though.
Unfortunately, most of it was stuff like Calculus and Differential Equations that I rarely if ever use, and not enough graph theory and other discrete math that I could use now. I'm in the process of taking classes on combinatorics and such, which are more applicable to what I'm doing (algorithms research)
Further, there's an assumption implicit in your argument: That public schools would not be able to compete effectively with private schools for students. Why do you believe that?
Maybe because they don't follow the same rules?
Specifically, public schools have to take anybody; I used to teach middle school and it was basically impossible to kick anyone out, no matter how disruptive they were, unless they brought a weapon to school. (In that case, it was automatic expulsion....I unsuccessfully fought against expelling one kid who got kicked out for shooting a trash can (outside) with a bb gun) In some cases it took court involvement to get the kids to school semi-regularly, but if they showed up, they went to class. Private schools get to choose who gets in, and who stays in.
I guarantee my kids could have learned quite a bit more if I could have kicked out the 3 worst kids from each class. (NOT the slowest, just the most disruptive) I quit teaching public school rather than deal with it.
At 1.5 million RPM this means a molecule on the surface of the sphere would be travelling something like 4.7 million meters/second.
Google kindly provided 299 792 458 m / s as the speed of light which means to me that the molecules of the sphere are already traveling faster than light.
So I can just make up rights, and unless they're explicitly denied in the Constitution, they exist? Do I have a right to a 10-hour workweek? After all, it's not explicitly denied in the Constitution.....
Yes. Generally, nobody else can make you work more than 10 hours per week.
Granted, you may starve to death, but that's your right..
Cannibus lovers, ('Stoners' to everyone else) will be more comfortable in British Columbia than anywhere in the USA, except possibly Maui. Not even the Humboldt Thunderbolt beats the BC bud.
Please, it's the #1 cash crop in the United States. And there are a lot of places where local law enforcement doesn't give a shit if you're smoking it, they aren't going to go out of their way to hunt down people smoking a couple of joints.
Some places are getting more sensible...Denver voters just legalized it (well, kinda - it's still against state law)
I think smoking is moronic, but I also don't think it's any of my business provided you're not doing it in my general area.
Plus, it's at least an hour's drive to the nearest casino....why spend 2 (probably 3) hours on the road (especially with today's gas prices) when you can play in a better environment at home?
But those casinos depend on their reputations to survive; in my experience, if you think there's a problem or an inconsistancy with a game, you can have it addressed immediately and thoroughly.
That's been my experience with the online casinos as well. (Well, depending on which one - some have great customer support, some terrible...but it's easy to find out which ones have a reputation for being trustworthy)
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Funny....my experience was the exact opposite: I had a much easier time finding the movies I wanted on Netflix than Blockbuster. I kept the blockbuster trial for 3 months (and got, IIRC, 3 free DVD coupons) and then ditched it and stuck with netflix.
That was a few years ago, though, so maybe they've improved. Netflix usually has what I want and generally gets me the top item of my queue two days after I drop a disk in the mailbox, so I'm satisfied with them.
I believe there was an attempt a number of years ago to go back to the basic axioms and reprove everything, but I don't remember the details.
Google wouldn't do that unless they were desperate (provided they play by their current rules). After all, if they gave you some pizzeria that was all the way across town, that wouldn't be very useful so people wouldn't use the service.
OTOH, if you live in a college town it's not impossible (or unlikely) that there will be three or more pizza places within a couple of blocks, let alone a couple of miles.
To be fair, where can I go get a trade school education for computer programming?
Community college.
From my experience CS classes are teaching way too much theory. I have all kinds of kids that are applying for jobs that know tons of theory, but can't apply the shit. CS professors need to get their heads out of the clouds and teach something that the students will really be able to use.
And here I thought the whole point of CS was to avoid learning anything useful....
But seriously, I'm studying CS because I WANT to do theory. If I wanted to be a programmer, I'd have signed up for CIS or something. But I'm not interested in being able to write a program as quickly as possible; I'm interested in being able to find the best possible solution to a given problem.
Every year, a fatal bug hits at least five students, killing their O(100) page theses with a week before its due.
I really can't understand not having multiple backups of something like that. When I was working on my thesis, I had it on my hard drive, several CDs, on an email server, on a usb..
Ok, maybe I was slightly paranoid...but I don't trust computers. When I start my dissertation, I'll do the same thing.
Oh, by the way, than you for your wise advice on 200-plus documents being a complete impossibility on MS Word. I'll remember that, next time I read a PhD theses. I'll just look at it and say: "this is not possible, because Fanboy sait it on Slashdot."
Aren't theses generally done in LaTeX? Or is that just computer and math people?
Ayup. When I was doing my master's research, I came up with most of my ideas after midnight.
:-)
Interestingly enough, my adviser was answering her email at the same time, so we were even able to shoot ideas back and forth quickly
That's what email is for. Fewer meetings => higher productivity
Haven't gotten the system yet (but it's on my wish list!) and I'm wondering how realistic it is? The bowling game in particular.
My BSCS came in about 5 math classes shy of the double major. I did get the math minor, though. Unfortunately, most of it was stuff like Calculus and Differential Equations that I rarely if ever use, and not enough graph theory and other discrete math that I could use now. I'm in the process of taking classes on combinatorics and such, which are more applicable to what I'm doing (algorithms research)
I would find a graduate-level course in graph theory to be more useful than any math class my university currently offers.
Of course, that's probably because my research involves graphs...
Didn't notice any change when I joined the federal DNC list....because the Colorado list had already gotten rid of all my telemarketing calls :-)
Actually if you mouse-over the pictures, you can see everything your partner typed.
Further, there's an assumption implicit in your argument: That public schools would not be able to compete effectively with private schools for students. Why do you believe that?
Maybe because they don't follow the same rules? Specifically, public schools have to take anybody; I used to teach middle school and it was basically impossible to kick anyone out, no matter how disruptive they were, unless they brought a weapon to school. (In that case, it was automatic expulsion....I unsuccessfully fought against expelling one kid who got kicked out for shooting a trash can (outside) with a bb gun) In some cases it took court involvement to get the kids to school semi-regularly, but if they showed up, they went to class. Private schools get to choose who gets in, and who stays in.
I guarantee my kids could have learned quite a bit more if I could have kicked out the 3 worst kids from each class. (NOT the slowest, just the most disruptive) I quit teaching public school rather than deal with it.
those illegals will be *going home* as their employment dries up.
Would you care to place money on that?
At 1.5 million RPM this means a molecule on the surface of the sphere would be travelling something like 4.7 million meters/second.
Google kindly provided 299 792 458 m / s as the speed of light which means to me that the molecules of the sphere are already traveling faster than light.
4.7 million is more than 299 million?
(on the other hand, my friend passed a final for a class he never took because of Star Trek, so I guess there's something to be said about TV...)
OOC...what class?
So I can just make up rights, and unless they're explicitly denied in the Constitution, they exist? Do I have a right to a 10-hour workweek? After all, it's not explicitly denied in the Constitution.....
Yes. Generally, nobody else can make you work more than 10 hours per week.
Granted, you may starve to death, but that's your right..
Cannibus lovers, ('Stoners' to everyone else) will be more comfortable in British Columbia than anywhere in the USA, except possibly Maui. Not even the Humboldt Thunderbolt beats the BC bud. Please, it's the #1 cash crop in the United States. And there are a lot of places where local law enforcement doesn't give a shit if you're smoking it, they aren't going to go out of their way to hunt down people smoking a couple of joints.
Some places are getting more sensible...Denver voters just legalized it (well, kinda - it's still against state law)
I think smoking is moronic, but I also don't think it's any of my business provided you're not doing it in my general area.
Suspended? Last school fight I'm aware of, the kids got taken off in handcuffs. This is middle school..
IIRC, the quote was "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people"
Plus, it's at least an hour's drive to the nearest casino....why spend 2 (probably 3) hours on the road (especially with today's gas prices) when you can play in a better environment at home?
Plus, the bathrooms are cleaner here...
But those casinos depend on their reputations to survive; in my experience, if you think there's a problem or an inconsistancy with a game, you can have it addressed immediately and thoroughly.
That's been my experience with the online casinos as well. (Well, depending on which one - some have great customer support, some terrible...but it's easy to find out which ones have a reputation for being trustworthy)
And if you play "play money" games and freeroll tourneys, LOL, thats not real on so many levels.
:-)
I joined a play money table once so I could play with a friend of mine. Never again...
Play money poker bears little resemblence to real poker.
Won $130 in a freeroll once, though