I'm betting that the warm fuzzies of having undeniable 24/7 access had some appeal. Plus the sense of control. A point of failure (the colo) is removed, The uncertainty of how the contract renewal is removed. And the jobs stay in town, which matters to government.
If a person loves making games, it's in them, and they can keep at it in a CompSci Framework. And have a degree that makes them marginally employable should the job market be full. A theory based CompSci program can really change the way you understand solving problems. Writing an in depth compiler makes a huge difference in your ability to understand how programming works or fails to work. Now I dont have a game degree, and there are some solid concepts that could make for a very rigorous course of study. But I suspect that the field is too new to have any respect outside of a small group of people who know the system.
Rights in the Deist sense of Natural Law -Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness are one use of the word.
The legal rights are what you are legally entitled to- as in "you have the right to an attorney, if you are unable to afford one, one will be provided".
Legal protections can be voided, Natural Law cant. So deserved rights are legal issues. Corporations as a fully artificial construct are not provided the Rights of Natural Law, though corporation have legal rights.
Though corporations should have some privacy rights, they should not enjoy the full measure of a persons privacy.
I was raised by solid parents, but a good chunk of my safety was the fact that I couldn't buy jack as a kid. This was due to a lack of cash on my side.. But I was a nerd at heart and would rummage through trash to find electronics/motors and rip them apart for parts. I'm lucky that I avoided serious injury on way too many occasions. Amazing how fast a lawnmower engine can fly at your head when your 10 years old.
Anyway restricting minors from buying things that aren't innocuous is probably a good thing.
What about stealing them? You could have a listener, and find said devices wherever.. Then poof, you have them tracking someone else. Keep it charged and transmitting, it might be a bit obnoxious after 50 or so go online.
no no no.
I dont want some professor teaching me something that he doesnt have down. When I learn a language I get a bunch of bad habits. My C++ looked like pascal for my first year (the TA's were merciless about making me do it the C++ way) My perl code looked like I'm a C coder for a couple years. My python code is some horrible mix of C++ perl and R styles.
Anyway there is a right way to use a language, usually a few acceptable ways, and a whole slew of ways that are a nightmare to deal with. And if a prof doesnt teach an acceptable method then he/she creates monsters.
I've been to the Cherry Cricket (restaurant Hickenlooper co-owns) back in 2001 and still remember the sandwich. I went back a few times. Hickenlooper stomps conspiracy nut, he'd have my vote if I still lived there.
It's been shown time and time again that urban dwellers have a (significantly) higher carbon footprint because it takes more energy to maintain that way of life.
It's a moot point. Without the country people, the city slickers would last about a week.
I don't see this as a moot point. Any coder worth his salt knows the law of diminishing returns. Making the understanding of where to spend money for best value critical. Between population and carbon footprint per person - this becomes important. I vote, and I want to have some clue as to where the carbon footprint can best be handled. I don't care to vote for some dolt that is planning the exact opposite.
It's been shown time and time again that urban dwellers have a (significantly) higher carbon footprint because it takes more energy to maintain that way of life.
Unless your head is in the sand and you dont feel the need to speak your mind.
As a human I haven't managed to examine all of my beliefs- or when they manage to be contradictory. Though I do try to resolve some of the spots that seem funky.
After you've resolved the conflicts, some of the rational gets pitched, and you have some beliefs that you don't have a quick reason for why you believe something. Why a rubiks cube cant be scrambled to a state that is harder to solve than 20 moves. Or why in tic tac toe why when (X center: move 1) O side is always a losing move vs a logical opponent.
Even with a well though out set of beliefs, a person can take multiple quotes and show that you have contradictions. If you cant be caught in a contradiction, either A: your not saying much, B: have a really simple view of the world, or C: have a really simple belief system.
Society that agrees on most issues is bad. People should have different points of view and values. Logging can destroy forests, and animal habitat. Not Logging can destroy jobs, and impact the price of lumber, and in some cases lead to fires. Neither of these sides should be able to run rampant, the conflict itself often leads to solutions that are less harmful than a simple compromise would be (ok there are plenty of counter-examples). So this is a point of view that I hold -- that conflict helps -- that I cant back up, and I often slam conflicts as being stupid.
And this is why I can never be a politician.
The problem I see with the H1-B is kinda backwards.. The companies are able to really abuse these workers. Now even If I don't care an ounce about these people - it's still bad news for me. When it comes time for death march coding it destroys the leverage of the local workers to make appropriate demands for compensation. When it comes time for raises it becomes harder to compete with the people who are here at lower pay grades.
The problem I see is the H1-B's are locked in to their jobs, and nearly indentured servants. My problem is that the Hungarian will work for 30k and they expect an American with that level of skill to work for a mere 45k. Though with some relaxing on the H1-B the Hungarian could go on to find 6 figure work. Working at a project appropriate to his skill level.
My take is that we should keep the high end labor.. it makes the US richer, it makes the immigrants richer, and it means we have more top end people working the hard problems.
Well, it does matter. But right now the problem isnt bad. With a clever implementation it adds 2 nanoseconds total to a memory access.. With the right code this doesn't matter at all, with inconsiderate code this costs ~20% more time (2 more ns assuming a 10ns memory access).
Video card programming ie CUDA -is maximized by starting a hundreds of memory reads before returning to a state where the data has arrived at the GPU. So a cpu style cache is avoided by proper scheduling of memory resources.
The crux is that if hardware winds up with a latency, creative software can work around it for many cases. And some cases will be troublesome/ non resolvable. As memory gets lower latency yet, this problem will be worsened. Though I suspect sub nanosecond latency is not going to be an issue for a couple decades.
A person who is having issues reading with one or two spaces causing problems needs to stop whining. However, I like the double space after the sentence. It provides me with a better cadence for capitalization. The sound gives me that nice feeling that a chunk of writing is completed. As a single space makes it feel as if the entire paragraph is one uninterrupted stream of thought.
As far as efficiency is concerned -WTF- people have a data density that they want in their communications, as the extra space allows for some time to comprehend the data, assuming that the reader is maintaining a pace.
I just figure, plug it into the internet press some arcane key sequence at boot, and let the computer install over the internet. No point in making it three times more complicated, buy blanks, find a working machine, , download the ISO, figure out how to burn an ISO from that machine. Hope that the media is compatible that DVD+R or DVD-R was the right thing for your box. Start the install back at your broken box.. hope that neither the download or ISO was corrupt. Then go through the whole process of installing.
To the user the concept of the ISO to save.12 USD is asinine. I am competent at doing the whole process, and find the concept loathsome.
Watch the TED talk about a traveling wave reactor. It should allow for orders of magnitude of more power, as your burning the depleted uranium.
Sure renewable is great.. but the problem is that the third world isn't going to want to foot that bill as they rise in affluence. Heck it's tough to sell Americans on it. And renewable cant respond to increases in load, a coal plant can increase the feed rate of fuel. Solar, wind, tide cant change mother nature, Geothermal can operate below peak which is similar to a normal plant.
My take is that nuclear energy is pretty safe, very clean, and can provide a good amount of power for a good amount of time. Of the dangers in life, nuclear power is a low end issue, with a high end benefit. All sorts of other dangers overshadow it compared to benefit we gain from exposing ourselves to that degree of danger. And as far as I can tell, renewables aren't enough to provide the level of power that we need to replace our fossil fuel usage.
I'll take a small chance of nuclear danger over a certainty of noxious exhausts.
I would have modded you up if I had points. I think it would be a good idea for people to have some clue about others beliefs. Though parents would lose it it such a comical way that death by laughter might make the CDC's top ten list.
Ok, the 1/3 was making the most sense to me and the Tuesday thing bugged me.
So I coded the possibilities and did some grepping.
storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B2 | grep -c -v G
13 # -v is the not operator so number of boy-boy options
storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B2 | grep -c G
14 # Expected from article.
storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B[1-3] | grep -c G
42
storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B[1-3] | grep -c -v G
33 # but if he said mon tue or wednesday, the numbers move toward 1/3
storm@octopus:~$
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I'm betting that the warm fuzzies of having undeniable 24/7 access had some appeal. Plus the sense of control. A point of failure (the colo) is removed, The uncertainty of how the contract renewal is removed. And the jobs stay in town, which matters to government.
If a person loves making games, it's in them, and they can keep at it in a CompSci Framework. And have a degree that makes them marginally employable should the job market be full. A theory based CompSci program can really change the way you understand solving problems. Writing an in depth compiler makes a huge difference in your ability to understand how programming works or fails to work. Now I dont have a game degree, and there are some solid concepts that could make for a very rigorous course of study. But I suspect that the field is too new to have any respect outside of a small group of people who know the system.
Rights in the Deist sense of Natural Law -Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness are one use of the word.
The legal rights are what you are legally entitled to- as in "you have the right to an attorney, if you are unable to afford one, one will be provided".
Legal protections can be voided, Natural Law cant. So deserved rights are legal issues. Corporations as a fully artificial construct are not provided the Rights of Natural Law, though corporation have legal rights.
Though corporations should have some privacy rights, they should not enjoy the full measure of a persons privacy.
I was raised by solid parents, but a good chunk of my safety was the fact that I couldn't buy jack as a kid. This was due to a lack of cash on my side.. But I was a nerd at heart and would rummage through trash to find electronics /motors and rip them apart for parts. I'm lucky that I avoided serious injury on way too many occasions. Amazing how fast a lawnmower engine can fly at your head when your 10 years old.
Anyway restricting minors from buying things that aren't innocuous is probably a good thing.
I was hoping I had mod points for saying exactly what I was thinking... damn your telepathy.
What about stealing them? You could have a listener, and find said devices wherever.. Then poof, you have them tracking someone else. Keep it charged and transmitting, it might be a bit obnoxious after 50 or so go online.
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They run commercials at the cinema. Which is a good enough reason for me to not buy their games.
no no no.
I dont want some professor teaching me something that he doesnt have down. When I learn a language I get a bunch of bad habits. My C++ looked like pascal for my first year (the TA's were merciless about making me do it the C++ way) My perl code looked like I'm a C coder for a couple years. My python code is some horrible mix of C++ perl and R styles.
Anyway there is a right way to use a language, usually a few acceptable ways, and a whole slew of ways that are a nightmare to deal with. And if a prof doesnt teach an acceptable method then he/she creates monsters.
I've been to the Cherry Cricket (restaurant Hickenlooper co-owns) back in 2001 and still remember the sandwich. I went back a few times.
Hickenlooper stomps conspiracy nut, he'd have my vote if I still lived there.
I don't see this as a moot point. Any coder worth his salt knows the law of diminishing returns. Making the understanding of where to spend money for best value critical. Between population and carbon footprint per person - this becomes important.
I vote, and I want to have some clue as to where the carbon footprint can best be handled. I don't care to vote for some dolt that is planning the exact opposite.
Come on, how many public restrooms are there in Phoenix at 2am?
After you walk 25 mins only to find that the door is locked.. public urination is the solution.
Now my understanding is the exact inverse. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16819-city-dwellers-harm-climate-less.html
Though I am open to a rational rebuttal.
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As a human I haven't managed to examine all of my beliefs- or when they manage to be contradictory. Though I do try to resolve some of the spots that seem funky. After you've resolved the conflicts, some of the rational gets pitched, and you have some beliefs that you don't have a quick reason for why you believe something. Why a rubiks cube cant be scrambled to a state that is harder to solve than 20 moves. Or why in tic tac toe why when (X center: move 1) O side is always a losing move vs a logical opponent.
Even with a well though out set of beliefs, a person can take multiple quotes and show that you have contradictions. If you cant be caught in a contradiction, either A: your not saying much, B: have a really simple view of the world, or C: have a really simple belief system.
Society that agrees on most issues is bad. People should have different points of view and values. Logging can destroy forests, and animal habitat. Not Logging can destroy jobs, and impact the price of lumber, and in some cases lead to fires. Neither of these sides should be able to run rampant, the conflict itself often leads to solutions that are less harmful than a simple compromise would be (ok there are plenty of counter-examples). So this is a point of view that I hold -- that conflict helps -- that I cant back up, and I often slam conflicts as being stupid.
And this is why I can never be a politician.
Storm
The problem I see is the H1-B's are locked in to their jobs, and nearly indentured servants. My problem is that the Hungarian will work for 30k and they expect an American with that level of skill to work for a mere 45k. Though with some relaxing on the H1-B the Hungarian could go on to find 6 figure work. Working at a project appropriate to his skill level.
My take is that we should keep the high end labor.. it makes the US richer, it makes the immigrants richer, and it means we have more top end people working the hard problems.
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But I always felt the need to conquer them two hours later.
Well, it does matter. But right now the problem isnt bad. With a clever implementation it adds 2 nanoseconds total to a memory access.. With the right code this doesn't matter at all, with inconsiderate code this costs ~20% more time (2 more ns assuming a 10ns memory access).
Video card programming ie CUDA -is maximized by starting a hundreds of memory reads before returning to a state where the data has arrived at the GPU. So a cpu style cache is avoided by proper scheduling of memory resources.
The crux is that if hardware winds up with a latency, creative software can work around it for many cases. And some cases will be troublesome/ non resolvable. As memory gets lower latency yet, this problem will be worsened. Though I suspect sub nanosecond latency is not going to be an issue for a couple decades.
As far as efficiency is concerned -WTF- people have a data density that they want in their communications, as the extra space allows for some time to comprehend the data, assuming that the reader is maintaining a pace.
No point in making it three times more complicated, buy blanks, find a working machine, , download the ISO, figure out how to burn an ISO from that machine. Hope that the media is compatible that DVD+R or DVD-R was the right thing for your box. Start the install back at your broken box.. hope that neither the download or ISO was corrupt. Then go through the whole process of installing.
To the user the concept of the ISO to save
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Sure renewable is great.. but the problem is that the third world isn't going to want to foot that bill as they rise in affluence. Heck it's tough to sell Americans on it. And renewable cant respond to increases in load, a coal plant can increase the feed rate of fuel. Solar, wind, tide cant change mother nature, Geothermal can operate below peak which is similar to a normal plant.
My take is that nuclear energy is pretty safe, very clean, and can provide a good amount of power for a good amount of time. Of the dangers in life, nuclear power is a low end issue, with a high end benefit. All sorts of other dangers overshadow it compared to benefit we gain from exposing ourselves to that degree of danger. And as far as I can tell, renewables aren't enough to provide the level of power that we need to replace our fossil fuel usage.
I'll take a small chance of nuclear danger over a certainty of noxious exhausts.
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Duke Nukem Forever.. non-existant is not ok
I would have modded you up if I had points. I think it would be a good idea for people to have some clue about others beliefs. Though parents would lose it it such a comical way that death by laughter might make the CDC's top ten list.
For a fleeting moment I was really envying the British TV viewers. Then -oh the glowing crack- nevermind.
I'm ok with USasian as long as we can call them EUnicans.
Ok, the 1/3 was making the most sense to me and the Tuesday thing bugged me. So I coded the possibilities and did some grepping. storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B2 | grep -c -v G 13 # -v is the not operator so number of boy-boy options storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B2 | grep -c G 14 # Expected from article. storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B[1-3] | grep -c G 42 storm@octopus:~$ perl BGB.pl | grep -v G[1-7]G | grep B[1-3] | grep -c -v G 33 # but if he said mon tue or wednesday, the numbers move toward 1/3 storm@octopus:~$ Storm
Man and I was expecting number 640
It inspires me.
http://xkcd.org/640/
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