I think there is a lot of doubt as to whether there actually is life in the lake. The problem is that how can you know for sure that the microbes or fungi or whatever you find in the lake isn't something that you've introduced with whatever you have probed with.
There was someone claiming that they found microbes in some of the cores dug out of the lake, but it wasn't clear if the bits had come from the lake or from the oil around the drill.
From memory, this was the problem they needed to solve before they could say whether their is life in any lake.
I don't mention any Java books because they get outdated so fast. The language hasn't changed much since 96, but the class library api is in constant flux.
Too try. I've been doing Java since '96 and have been pretty much disappointed with every Java book I have purchased... except for two.
The Java Class Libraries, 2nd Edition Volumes 1 and 2. Probably a bit out of date, but there is nothing better at explaining exactly what a class/method/field does. Covers (Vol 1) io, lang, math, net, text, util, (Vol 2) applet, awt, beans. I've dragged theses 3600+ pages to every contracting job I've had and everyone wants to use them. Though the api is in flux, the core hasn't changed too much, which is what this book covers
And the other one , which is a bit more up to date, Effective Java. Many key points that all (but alas, hardly any) java programmers/developers should know.
You're assuming this is still a representative democracy. I'd say that's no longer a given.
And your assuming that I'm talking about the Incorporated States of America, which I'm not.
Even if you forget democracy, public opinion can mean a lot, and it is always best to aim for the lowest common denominator when you are trying to sway the public...
The fact that Microsoft software and consequently it's databases can be cracked is not the issue. The issue is that Microsoft is controlling the database itself.
No, it isn't the issue, but it is a good argument. The point is, if you can find a weakness in something that you see is wrong, it doesn't matter which point you argue against it, as long as the point you argue is the one that will be most accepted amongst the general population.
You may believe (and I'd agree with you) that M$ can't be trusted with so much power. But if that was the general consenus, then, in a Democracy, that power would be removed. Any point that will hit "Joe Public" where it counts is a good point. And I can't think of a better hit point than someone's wallet.
A Justice of the Peace, in Australia, won't verify what is on a website. The next best thing is to get a solicitor to do this. I didn't. Instead, I got two IT professionals to make Statutory Declarations to the effect that the google cache showed what the page used to be and what the new page stated and the last modified date on the current page.
After doing this, I approached the company and said, "I noticed that you changed your website guarantee." At which point they admitted that they had made a mistake and said that they would honour the guarantee as I had read it, which is a good thing.
But to me, this has raised a few issues which I do feel a little uncomfortable with. The website guarantee formed part of an implicit contract between us and that contract is far too dynamic for my liking. I feel their needs to be an independent body that could verify the content of web pages. NetEvidence looks interesting, but I'm not sure it is what I was after (not much in the way of pricing, which says to me that it is far to expensive a service to actually advertise the damage to the wallet).
At the moment, I think I've learned not to accept anything I read on the net to be binding...
Crusade, translated, becomes Jihad. Hence, the translation of the phrase "crusade against terrorism" becomes "jihad against terrorism". If Bush had said "crusade against silly walks" it would become "jihad against silly walks". The point is that, when translated the word crusade becomes jihad. I didn't work this out myself, but was informed of this while listening to a professor of middle eastern studies (IIRC) on JJJ's morning show.
It is not a reflection of my perception of a person's intelligence (I usually judge that based directly on a particular person's actions or lack thereof).
Your attempt to equate Islam with terrorism is unpersuasive to me
Was that what I was trying to do?!? Damn, and I meant to equate Bush with terrorism.
The point is that Bush declared a Jihad before the Taliban. Hell, I'm an American and I've been ashamed of that fact for quite some time now. All that has happened has allowed me to express that even more so.
Americans and American sucks. I in know way think that it is a Democracy. The most offensive (you can take that in both its meanings) country on the face of this planet is the big ol' bad ugly bully USA. I just hope that what is happening will wake up the mass of sedated sleepy zombies from their dream/nightmare...
The Taliban has said that they will declare a Jihad* against the West if attacked.
Let's see. Bush declares a "Crusade" against terrorism. How does that translate to an Islam? As a Jihad! And how is this crusade to be carried out? Not attacking the Taliban by any chance?!?
Boy, it's not like Bush didn't declare one first. 8P
I'll make the assumption that you are an American, and an ignorant one at that. There is the lesser Jihad and the greater Jihad. The lesser is the type on which Bush has declared against the Taliban. The greater is the one against the self.
I don't doubt that it is alive, but to use it you need to have mega bucks. Not like using a web broswer and server.
When Castanet first came out, I could forsee it being used in a similar vain as the WWW, if not anywhere as extensively, but at least more so than it is now.
It still is a dream of mine, I'd love to see an open source java version of Castanet...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the netcaster technology was based on Marimba's Castanet.
Castanet looked very promising for a time, but for some reason got burried and became an extremely overpriced technology. It would have been great if Marimba didn't want an arm and a leg and a first born child and your entire estate and...
I suspect netcaster disappearing may have had something to do with Castanet going south as well. But then netcaster to me seemed very buggy
Everyone learns from what someone else teaches them. The knowledge base that we now have comes from the fact that our predecessors were able to record the information and pass it on, via stories, pictures, writings, publishing, etc. We all learn and have the knowledge we have because we can aviod the mistakes already made and share the inisghts of those who came before us.
A genuis is someone that didn't need that. 8)
From what I understand, Turing approached every problem as if it had never been solved. Hence he always started from first principles, or at least principles he had already ascertained for himself. Hence, he was hitting those ground zero mental points or nodes spot on from the beginning. In a sense, he was working from pure knowledge or full understanding of the principles that allowed him to approach the current problem! I think that is the root of his genuis and allowed him to be mental miles in front of all his contemporaries (and probably a lot of us here and now).
So, what you're saying is that you need to look at it from 'both' sides...? Or, as many sides as you can? I agree, but i think the point is that the critical step is made when you even realize there IS another side.
I guess that's another way of stating it. 8) I was just trying to think about thinking and learning and why it can help to do it more than one way.
Not everyone needs to do it that way. If someone can obtain point x, y mentally, then they can see all sides. This is when someone achieves great insights and society labels them, not as geek, but as genuis. And that point is what I'd consider some form of nirvana.
But I would expect that us mere mortals find it difficult to do that. Someone like Turing on the other hand found a lot of x, y points all on his own...
This kind of gets me thinking along the lines of thinking and learning.
Consider the mental space as a two dimensional space in which your mental understanding starts, say, at the origin. To truly grok something mentally, you must be at point x, y. Nobody ever starts from this point, obviously, but pointers are given (manuals, HOWTO's, advice, etc) which points you in the right direction. Very few, percentage-wise, need or even want to get completely to ground zero, but close enough to accomplish some task.
Similar things have similar ground zeros. Hence your attempt to learn the next similar thing can bring you closer to ground zero.
Another way to look at it is that pointer to ground zero will give you a vector to get from your understanding to your destintation x, y. Your first attempt will give you a good indication of where about ground zero is. Your next similar thing will give you more vectors, from very likely, a different perspective. Hence, you are more likely to percieve where the vectors from the two tasks intersect.
As an example, pointers from the Linux point assume that you may want (and need) to do more than just "use" the OS, whereas from a Microsoft point of view, they are just trying to tell you where to go. Not a great example really.
The point is that looking at several vectors that tend to originate from similar points and head in a similar direction may not give a clear indication of what they are trying to hit. Not all vectors may hit the mark and you may not follow the vector truly. But more vectors from another originating point can help to illuminate ground zero.
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When I told him about "The Sims":
"Great, a simulated life for people with no real life."
My wife's take was a bit different:
"Oh, a doll house for geeks." 8)
There was someone claiming that they found microbes in some of the cores dug out of the lake, but it wasn't clear if the bits had come from the lake or from the oil around the drill.
From memory, this was the problem they needed to solve before they could say whether their is life in any lake.
Too try. I've been doing Java since '96 and have been pretty much disappointed with every Java book I have purchased... except for two.
The Java Class Libraries, 2nd Edition Volumes 1 and 2. Probably a bit out of date, but there is nothing better at explaining exactly what a class/method/field does. Covers (Vol 1) io, lang, math, net, text, util, (Vol 2) applet, awt, beans. I've dragged theses 3600+ pages to every contracting job I've had and everyone wants to use them. Though the api is in flux, the core hasn't changed too much, which is what this book covers
And the other one , which is a bit more up to date, Effective Java. Many key points that all (but alas, hardly any) java programmers/developers should know.
And your assuming that I'm talking about the Incorporated States of America, which I'm not.
Even if you forget democracy, public opinion can mean a lot, and it is always best to aim for the lowest common denominator when you are trying to sway the public...
No, it isn't the issue, but it is a good argument. The point is, if you can find a weakness in something that you see is wrong, it doesn't matter which point you argue against it, as long as the point you argue is the one that will be most accepted amongst the general population.
You may believe (and I'd agree with you) that M$ can't be trusted with so much power. But if that was the general consenus, then, in a Democracy, that power would be removed. Any point that will hit "Joe Public" where it counts is a good point. And I can't think of a better hit point than someone's wallet.
A Justice of the Peace, in Australia, won't verify what is on a website. The next best thing is to get a solicitor to do this. I didn't. Instead, I got two IT professionals to make Statutory Declarations to the effect that the google cache showed what the page used to be and what the new page stated and the last modified date on the current page.
After doing this, I approached the company and said, "I noticed that you changed your website guarantee." At which point they admitted that they had made a mistake and said that they would honour the guarantee as I had read it, which is a good thing.
But to me, this has raised a few issues which I do feel a little uncomfortable with. The website guarantee formed part of an implicit contract between us and that contract is far too dynamic for my liking. I feel their needs to be an independent body that could verify the content of web pages. NetEvidence looks interesting, but I'm not sure it is what I was after (not much in the way of pricing, which says to me that it is far to expensive a service to actually advertise the damage to the wallet).
At the moment, I think I've learned not to accept anything I read on the net to be binding...
Crusade, translated, becomes Jihad. Hence, the translation of the phrase "crusade against terrorism" becomes "jihad against terrorism". If Bush had said "crusade against silly walks" it would become "jihad against silly walks". The point is that, when translated the word crusade becomes jihad. I didn't work this out myself, but was informed of this while listening to a professor of middle eastern studies (IIRC) on JJJ's morning show.
It is not a reflection of my perception of a person's intelligence (I usually judge that based directly on a particular person's actions or lack thereof).
Was that what I was trying to do?!? Damn, and I meant to equate Bush with terrorism.
The point is that Bush declared a Jihad before the Taliban. Hell, I'm an American and I've been ashamed of that fact for quite some time now. All that has happened has allowed me to express that even more so.
Americans and American sucks. I in know way think that it is a Democracy. The most offensive (you can take that in both its meanings) country on the face of this planet is the big ol' bad ugly bully USA. I just hope that what is happening will wake up the mass of sedated sleepy zombies from their dream/nightmare...
Let's see. Bush declares a "Crusade" against terrorism. How does that translate to an Islam? As a Jihad! And how is this crusade to be carried out? Not attacking the Taliban by any chance?!?
Boy, it's not like Bush didn't declare one first. 8P
I'll make the assumption that you are an American, and an ignorant one at that. There is the lesser Jihad and the greater Jihad. The lesser is the type on which Bush has declared against the Taliban. The greater is the one against the self.
When Castanet first came out, I could forsee it being used in a similar vain as the WWW, if not anywhere as extensively, but at least more so than it is now.
It still is a dream of mine, I'd love to see an open source java version of Castanet...
(still dreaming...)
Castanet looked very promising for a time, but for some reason got burried and became an extremely overpriced technology. It would have been great if Marimba didn't want an arm and a leg and a first born child and your entire estate and ...
I suspect netcaster disappearing may have had something to do with Castanet going south as well. But then netcaster to me seemed very buggy
A genuis is someone that didn't need that. 8)
From what I understand, Turing approached every problem as if it had never been solved. Hence he always started from first principles, or at least principles he had already ascertained for himself. Hence, he was hitting those ground zero mental points or nodes spot on from the beginning. In a sense, he was working from pure knowledge or full understanding of the principles that allowed him to approach the current problem! I think that is the root of his genuis and allowed him to be mental miles in front of all his contemporaries (and probably a lot of us here and now).
I guess that's another way of stating it. 8) I was just trying to think about thinking and learning and why it can help to do it more than one way.
Not everyone needs to do it that way. If someone can obtain point x, y mentally, then they can see all sides. This is when someone achieves great insights and society labels them, not as geek, but as genuis. And that point is what I'd consider some form of nirvana.
But I would expect that us mere mortals find it difficult to do that. Someone like Turing on the other hand found a lot of x, y points all on his own...
Consider the mental space as a two dimensional space in which your mental understanding starts, say, at the origin. To truly grok something mentally, you must be at point x, y. Nobody ever starts from this point, obviously, but pointers are given (manuals, HOWTO's, advice, etc) which points you in the right direction. Very few, percentage-wise, need or even want to get completely to ground zero, but close enough to accomplish some task.
Similar things have similar ground zeros. Hence your attempt to learn the next similar thing can bring you closer to ground zero.
Another way to look at it is that pointer to ground zero will give you a vector to get from your understanding to your destintation x, y. Your first attempt will give you a good indication of where about ground zero is. Your next similar thing will give you more vectors, from very likely, a different perspective. Hence, you are more likely to percieve where the vectors from the two tasks intersect.
As an example, pointers from the Linux point assume that you may want (and need) to do more than just "use" the OS, whereas from a Microsoft point of view, they are just trying to tell you where to go. Not a great example really.
The point is that looking at several vectors that tend to originate from similar points and head in a similar direction may not give a clear indication of what they are trying to hit. Not all vectors may hit the mark and you may not follow the vector truly. But more vectors from another originating point can help to illuminate ground zero.