In other news, it was found that a chair was the cause of the recent leak on the ISS. Authorities have no understanding of why the chair was in orbit in the first place.
I agree with you on all but one thing: voting. I would trust the founders of a company slightly more than I would trust the majority shareholders. Shareholders don't buy in to improve a company's ethics, they buy in to make more money. Even without the "You must maximize shareholder value" law (I believe it is state/country dependant, and in the corprate charter), the shareholders are going to constantly push a corporation to put capital gains above all else. I would really rather the shareholders didn't get to vote.
Just make sure to put "I've got you, you little rat!" in the paper somewhere. Especially if it is a 50 page one that the student will never read all of...
All the Web 2.0 in the world won't invalidate a good teacher, and it won't remove the need for institutes of learning/research. I would not want all research to be done in R&D labs, where research is directed towards profit and patents. Although the university system has been heading away from the common good, it is still better than that.
Yes, it would be wonderful if employees would look at more than our paper credentials, and learning was free. I just doubt that the internet would help much more than a proper academic system would.
I would be very interested in seeing statistics on this kind of thing, by department and year, for either individual institutions or a collection of them averaged out. I'm a 3rd year physics student, and I suppose my department and its lack of essays does not see a lot of plagirism. I suppose in some departments it is more about having a degree than knowing the material, but in mine it seems so odd that someone would rather spend time/money cheating rather than just learning the stuff, or switching to business instead.
Looks like someone hasn't taken their classical mechanics. Too little energy and it will go into an orbit, too much and it will just fly out. Unless you get the angle and velocity right, you won't get it into the sun. And it is so much sexier if you say that you fling garbage into the CENTER of the sun. In fact, that last bit is the important bit.
You can put fancy guidance equipment in a rocket, but how do you make sure the slinged trash ends up in the center of the sun? It would be a nightmare to calculate.
Yeah, the client side scripts, encrypted, and useless without the proper server and database, all under copyright, are on the user's computer. Not at all like a self reliant program. Decompilers never get anything right, and cloning features without source code? Impossible.
Well, at least you don't need to have the WGA program installed, which phones home every so often, if I recall the previous stream of slashdot posts rightly.
Ever heard of industrial espionage? Park your car in front of your client's specified target, and let the packets flow. Also good for stock traders. Amateurs would be interested. The military probably already has similar cheaper devices.
Actually, it is more of the system than a GUI, in most cases. It is closer to the lowest common denomiator than a gui is. To make a flexible CLI program is easier than making a flexible GUI program, simply because the GUI gets exponentionally more complex the more you try to do with it. So technically they are the same, but practically the CLI will win.
It isn't that hard to stop that kind of thing, actually. Best kind of wire for it: standard ethernet cables. Buy a few switches off of ebay just as everyone else tries going wireless.
See this. Apparently a recent Ubuntu upgrade screwed up the X server. Aren't I glad I don't bother installing updates! (Actually, I just use the computer as a synthesiser, and don't use one of the ubuntuized desktop enviroments, so I have to manually grab updates)
They are not quite there yet, but they have done that on emo kids, producing what is called a "Candy Raver."
Also, it was found that goth kids and emo kids are identical, save for the emo kids having a gene that aids in the identification of irony. Without either depression or irony, what would these creatures become?
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In other news, it was found that a chair was the cause of the recent leak on the ISS. Authorities have no understanding of why the chair was in orbit in the first place.
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I agree with you on all but one thing: voting. I would trust the founders of a company slightly more than I would trust the majority shareholders. Shareholders don't buy in to improve a company's ethics, they buy in to make more money. Even without the "You must maximize shareholder value" law (I believe it is state/country dependant, and in the corprate charter), the shareholders are going to constantly push a corporation to put capital gains above all else. I would really rather the shareholders didn't get to vote.
But yes, something does seem fishy about this.
Sorry, but I'd rather not have my calculus education get all scratchy if I put it in my pocket.
Oh, by the way, I am a Canadian and live there, so my fees are subsidised, I believe, and hence I might not be as pissed at the system.
Just make sure to put "I've got you, you little rat!" in the paper somewhere. Especially if it is a 50 page one that the student will never read all of...
All the Web 2.0 in the world won't invalidate a good teacher, and it won't remove the need for institutes of learning/research. I would not want all research to be done in R&D labs, where research is directed towards profit and patents. Although the university system has been heading away from the common good, it is still better than that.
Yes, it would be wonderful if employees would look at more than our paper credentials, and learning was free. I just doubt that the internet would help much more than a proper academic system would.
I would be very interested in seeing statistics on this kind of thing, by department and year, for either individual institutions or a collection of them averaged out. I'm a 3rd year physics student, and I suppose my department and its lack of essays does not see a lot of plagirism. I suppose in some departments it is more about having a degree than knowing the material, but in mine it seems so odd that someone would rather spend time/money cheating rather than just learning the stuff, or switching to business instead.
An easy way to do this is to cover up the rest of your chair with clothing you haven't put away yet. Works for me!
Nah, I think I'll just share them with my NTSCs around here, thank you very much.
Looks like someone hasn't taken their classical mechanics. Too little energy and it will go into an orbit, too much and it will just fly out. Unless you get the angle and velocity right, you won't get it into the sun. And it is so much sexier if you say that you fling garbage into the CENTER of the sun. In fact, that last bit is the important bit.
You can put fancy guidance equipment in a rocket, but how do you make sure the slinged trash ends up in the center of the sun? It would be a nightmare to calculate.
Yeah, the client side scripts, encrypted, and useless without the proper server and database, all under copyright, are on the user's computer. Not at all like a self reliant program. Decompilers never get anything right, and cloning features without source code? Impossible.
But yeah, security is a bit of a problem.
Well, at least you don't need to have the WGA program installed, which phones home every so often, if I recall the previous stream of slashdot posts rightly.
Luckily, you won't need the DVD while recording TV and sleeping.
You will, however, need the hard drive and cpu...
Ever heard of industrial espionage? Park your car in front of your client's specified target, and let the packets flow. Also good for stock traders. Amateurs would be interested. The military probably already has similar cheaper devices.
And I would pay for his hat.
If gamers didin't care about the valve games, gta, graphics, processing power, or standard first person shooters, then yes.
Actually, it is more of the system than a GUI, in most cases. It is closer to the lowest common denomiator than a gui is. To make a flexible CLI program is easier than making a flexible GUI program, simply because the GUI gets exponentionally more complex the more you try to do with it. So technically they are the same, but practically the CLI will win.
A cardboard cutout of anything? I'd be happy to pay more than 400 for a cardboard cutout of anything.
Now, I just need to find a good any key.
It isn't that hard to stop that kind of thing, actually. Best kind of wire for it: standard ethernet cables. Buy a few switches off of ebay just as everyone else tries going wireless.
I've never had a conception party...
See this. Apparently a recent Ubuntu upgrade screwed up the X server. Aren't I glad I don't bother installing updates! (Actually, I just use the computer as a synthesiser, and don't use one of the ubuntuized desktop enviroments, so I have to manually grab updates)
They are not quite there yet, but they have done that on emo kids, producing what is called a "Candy Raver."
Also, it was found that goth kids and emo kids are identical, save for the emo kids having a gene that aids in the identification of irony. Without either depression or irony, what would these creatures become?
Also, www.allyourplutonneeds.com seems to have been automatically registered.
Apparently, I can buy a pluton from them.
...redundant overlords?