Do you expect that someone who would use Microsoft Search over Google is going to be searching for linux?
OTOH, geeks don't use IE either and it was able to overtake the superior Netscape browser in popularity, so the threat is there. Probably most people doing searches don't really care if Microsoft is censoring them or not:-p Question is, if MS can divert a significant amount of the search traffic to thier engine, will Google survive?
If this wasn't the same administration that's given us John Ashcroft and the PATRIOT act, I would be nearly certain this topic was somebody's idea of a joke...
That's the four-color theorem, where the only known proofs use a computer to find irreducable sets.
Note that there isn't actually a proof that there is no proof, we just haven't found one.:-) There are several nice proofs that take care of the majority of cases, just none that cover every case.
I would tend to agree; the great majority of my undergraduate computer work was done under linux. Heck, one teacher wouldn't accept any code unless it ran correctly on the Solaris server. (There were several servers running various flavors of *nix) As far as I can recall, I only used Windows for one programming project the entire 4 1/2 years.
Just request a mail-in ballot...you can vote from the comfort of your own home, and all you have to do once you fill it out is walk it to the mailbox:-)
Eventually, the math turns out to be useful for something. I doubt that knowing a 100-digit prime number would have been any use whatsoever a hundred years ago, but these days I don't even need to tell you how useful they are.
So what if the mathematicians work primarily because they enjoy math? So what if the practical applications that come of it are just a side effect? We still get those benifits; does it really matter that those benifits weren't the primary purpose of doing the work?
That's the nice thing about math
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It doesn't actually have to be useful for anything now; in the academic setting you can research from obscure branch of mathematics just because you find it interesting.
Yeah.....when I started computing, it was with an IBM PC jr. I remember one game for it, Shamus, that came on a 5.25" floppy. We later got a newer computer (with both sizes of floppy drives) and I tried to play it one that...it was hit start, flash, flash, flash, flash, all lives gone, game over..
Of course, the Republicans were willing to spend millions of dollars digging for something to embarrass Clinton...what makes you think they're interested in putting forth that kind of effort to search for Aliens?;-)
He said: In those instances in which there have been recoveries, such as the case against MP3.com, each individual record company pays their artists according to the individual contract that they have with the artist. There is no single industry rate or manner of dealing with this.
Does that mean that the artist gets some of the recovered money, provided that thier contract specifically gives them a share of money from lawsuits?
>Now I know Netscape didn't force them to do the User Agent thing, but the NS proprietary tags (one of which was BLINK) were definitely >not competition-friendly.
Oh, I don't know about that...wouldn't seeing blinking text in NS encourage you to use another browser?;-)
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Do you expect that someone who would use Microsoft Search over Google is going to be searching for linux?
:-p Question is, if MS can divert a significant amount of the search traffic to thier engine, will Google survive?
OTOH, geeks don't use IE either and it was able to overtake the superior Netscape browser in popularity, so the threat is there. Probably most people doing searches don't really care if Microsoft is censoring them or not
Call to Power calls it the Diamond Age.
If this wasn't the same administration that's given us John Ashcroft and the PATRIOT act, I would be nearly certain this topic was somebody's idea of a joke...
If he didn't have much on the job training for that position, wouldn't that make him underqualified compared to the others, not overqualified?
That's the four-color theorem, where the only known proofs use a computer to find irreducable sets.
:-) There are several nice proofs that take care of the majority of cases, just none that cover every case.
Note that there isn't actually a proof that there is no proof, we just haven't found one.
I would tend to agree; the great majority of my undergraduate computer work was done under linux. Heck, one teacher wouldn't accept any code unless it ran correctly on the Solaris server. (There were several servers running various flavors of *nix) As far as I can recall, I only used Windows for one programming project the entire 4 1/2 years.
Why wants to drive?
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Just request a mail-in ballot...you can vote from the comfort of your own home, and all you have to do once you fill it out is walk it to the mailbox
Well, if you wanted one, you could say that they think a republican will be better at the job than Rosen was ;-)
Keeping in mind the RIAA's idea of better..
So, is everyone going to email him and congratulate him on his new job? I'm sure he'd love to hear what slashdotters think he should do first..
Windows or Linux?
One thing I didn't see on the gnumeric page - what are the system requirements to run it?
It'll get you some of those cool t-shirts :-)
:-)
I'd enter if I wasn't totally lacking in artistic ability
As I recall, he made quite a bit of money and he didn't even have to finish the book. Seemed as if it worked well enough..
Eventually, the math turns out to be useful for something. I doubt that knowing a 100-digit prime number would have been any use whatsoever a hundred years ago, but these days I don't even need to tell you how useful they are.
So what if the mathematicians work primarily because they enjoy math? So what if the practical applications that come of it are just a side effect? We still get those benifits; does it really matter that those benifits weren't the primary purpose of doing the work?
It doesn't actually have to be useful for anything now; in the academic setting you can research from obscure branch of mathematics just because you find it interesting.
Yeah...I was considering buying Photoshop, and even the STUDENT price is like $300!
Gotta find a good free alternative..
Hey, I'd play it.
I remember having to make detailed maps so as not to get lost...think the highest I ever made it to was the 4th level.
I can't believe I'm wishing for a simple game I played when I was eight..
Yeah.....when I started computing, it was with an IBM PC jr. I remember one game for it, Shamus, that came on a 5.25" floppy. We later got a newer computer (with both sizes of floppy drives) and I tried to play it one that...it was hit start, flash, flash, flash, flash, all lives gone, game over..
Well, we can't vote him out of office, can we? ;-)
> only the copyright owner should be able to wield this awesome power, since having the feds do it would be against the law
And having the RIAA do it, wouldn't?
You emphasised the wrong part...
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Of course, the Republicans were willing to spend millions of dollars digging for something to embarrass Clinton...what makes you think they're interested in putting forth that kind of effort to search for Aliens? ;-)
He said:
In those instances in which there have been recoveries, such as the case against MP3.com, each individual record company pays their artists according to the individual contract that they have with the artist. There is no single industry rate or manner of dealing with this.
Does that mean that the artist gets some of the recovered money, provided that thier contract specifically gives them a share of money from lawsuits?
Does this mean I have to download a patch for Mozilla tomorrow to fix this? ;-)
>Now I know Netscape didn't force them to do the User Agent thing, but the NS proprietary tags (one of which was BLINK) were definitely >not competition-friendly.
;-)
Oh, I don't know about that...wouldn't seeing blinking text in NS encourage you to use another browser?