Dumbass. Ever been to an art gallery? If I remember correctly, you don't have to read. And yes, science and technology have helped. Thank God for Plutonium and industrial waste. When was the last time a lawyer helped a poor villager in Africa? I guess you didn't watch the State of the Union address last night. I do not believe that Bush, nor most of his cabinet, were engineering majors. The people that run the show are liberal arts majors, not geeks. Technology will not save the world. We have a much better chance of blowing ourselves up than creating world peace through technology.
I know this is just flamebait, but I have to answer this one. Did it ever occur to you that someone could be intelligent enough to be a geek and a liberal arts major? Just because you are only smart in one area does not mean the rest of us suffer your lack of right brain development. So, here it is that you have someone who can do anything on or with a computer or other technical device that you can, and can also analyze everything from Dostoevsky to Sartre. What impact are you making on the world?
Definitely. From the article:
Local stores that sell hairsprays and pressurised lighter fluid, the favourite propellants for the DIY weapons, may also be asked to sell them only to adults. Failing that, police suggest that youngsters should have to explain why they are buying them.
I would definitely be suspicious of any teenagers buying hairspray. God only knows what they are planning.
Yeah, according to the patent producing and advertising digital music file by deteriorating or damaging a sound quality. I thought NSync already had that patent, or maybe the RIAA can sue them for patent infringement?
Without a doubt, that is the biggest truth about this article. FastTrack has built in a moderation system of sorts, but do people use it? Hell no. Try this for starters, go search on FastTrack for the movie XXX. I bet one entry comes up saying it is a perfect copy with about 40 people who have it. That equates to 40 dumbasses, because that file is really Half Baked. What is the point of sharing when you are sharing shit? I think the general user on the system is more to blame than the incompetent folks over at the RIAA/MPAA.
Agreed. That is the biggest crock of horseshit I have ever heard in my entire life. They should be embarassed for even writing that piece of dung. First of all, the RIAA can kiss my ass, second of all, I doubt they have a data warehouse over there that can store 20 petabytes worth of information (what I am guessing it would take to catalog all of that information). Sure, they could, but I doubt they do. And even if they did, WTF would they do with it? Come to my house with a search warrant? Please, I ask you, prove in court that I did not pay for every one of those CDs. They can't, no one can. I have had a lot of CDs get scratched and lost, etc. over the years. This is a last, desperate move by a bunch of asshole business criminals who are crying now that their perfect business plan is shot.
Very true, but I think the author is also worried about the demand dwindling. The issue is that more people in the U.S. are concerned with getting a bigger SUV than increasing the technical capabilities of our country/world. It almost seems that many people are happy with what is out there today, and that it is just "good enough". The more technical problems, like deep space travel, will never see the light of day.
Yeah, what criminal sought by the feds would use their real identity online? WTF? I think most mob bosses don't pay their bills online... just a thought
Yes, this is definitely bad. Images are typically stored in the db as Binary Large OBjects (BLOBs) which no database system on the planet is good at retrieving quickly. Also, updating into the database can take longer.
The real killer in database performance comes in two places, large complex joins and full table scans. Eliminate these two things in your db and you should never have scaling problems. To do this, watch your long running queries and make sure they have the proper indexes on the tables. And make sure you keep your statistics updated. But please, for the love of God, don't listen to those moron college profs who say normalization is key. That's all good and fun until you have a million records in each of four tables you need to join to provide a solution. That, or your data model charts take up 300 sq. ft of wall space.
Besides, it is better for the economy if business can modify the code and sell it. Or if we, as geeks, can get paid to modify the code. Wouldn't it be nice if you could use that code at work without having to worry about oppressive licensing systems cough*GPL*cough.
Who cares! If you've ever adminned one of these things you don't care what it looks like. You just care that it cranks through 8 seti blocks an hour. Fun and games. Besides, there are actually a crapload of blinken lights on these babies. Just open any side panel and each system board has to have at least a dozen lights on it.
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I agree, but I think the above retailers missed that one, seeing that they charge the same friggin' price on the net as in the store.
Scanners, anyone?
I don't think so. You will not be allowed to go to the bathroom, just like their developers.
...hence the reason my shelves are not filled with Japanese literature.
Dumbass. Ever been to an art gallery? If I remember correctly, you don't have to read. And yes, science and technology have helped. Thank God for Plutonium and industrial waste. When was the last time a lawyer helped a poor villager in Africa? I guess you didn't watch the State of the Union address last night. I do not believe that Bush, nor most of his cabinet, were engineering majors. The people that run the show are liberal arts majors, not geeks. Technology will not save the world. We have a much better chance of blowing ourselves up than creating world peace through technology.
I know this is just flamebait, but I have to answer this one. Did it ever occur to you that someone could be intelligent enough to be a geek and a liberal arts major? Just because you are only smart in one area does not mean the rest of us suffer your lack of right brain development. So, here it is that you have someone who can do anything on or with a computer or other technical device that you can, and can also analyze everything from Dostoevsky to Sartre. What impact are you making on the world?
Definitely. From the article: Local stores that sell hairsprays and pressurised lighter fluid, the favourite propellants for the DIY weapons, may also be asked to sell them only to adults. Failing that, police suggest that youngsters should have to explain why they are buying them.
I would definitely be suspicious of any teenagers buying hairspray. God only knows what they are planning.
Yeah, according to the patent producing and advertising digital music file by deteriorating or damaging a sound quality. I thought NSync already had that patent, or maybe the RIAA can sue them for patent infringement?
Uhhh, so this guy just figured this out? Maybe my university was the only one to cover that. Not that it took me until then to figure it out...
Without a doubt, that is the biggest truth about this article. FastTrack has built in a moderation system of sorts, but do people use it? Hell no. Try this for starters, go search on FastTrack for the movie XXX. I bet one entry comes up saying it is a perfect copy with about 40 people who have it. That equates to 40 dumbasses, because that file is really Half Baked. What is the point of sharing when you are sharing shit? I think the general user on the system is more to blame than the incompetent folks over at the RIAA/MPAA.
Or just do it the good ole fashioned way and have your buddy bring over his 300GB external drive.
Agreed. That is the biggest crock of horseshit I have ever heard in my entire life. They should be embarassed for even writing that piece of dung. First of all, the RIAA can kiss my ass, second of all, I doubt they have a data warehouse over there that can store 20 petabytes worth of information (what I am guessing it would take to catalog all of that information). Sure, they could, but I doubt they do. And even if they did, WTF would they do with it? Come to my house with a search warrant? Please, I ask you, prove in court that I did not pay for every one of those CDs. They can't, no one can. I have had a lot of CDs get scratched and lost, etc. over the years. This is a last, desperate move by a bunch of asshole business criminals who are crying now that their perfect business plan is shot.
Very true, but I think the author is also worried about the demand dwindling. The issue is that more people in the U.S. are concerned with getting a bigger SUV than increasing the technical capabilities of our country/world. It almost seems that many people are happy with what is out there today, and that it is just "good enough". The more technical problems, like deep space travel, will never see the light of day.
Run. Run far away. Nothing good will come of it. Been through 5, never a good thing.
Definitely! I'm sure there are a lot of racist Universities out there with little or no ethics.
It's a Michigan thing... ever had Vernors?
Yeah, what criminal sought by the feds would use their real identity online? WTF? I think most mob bosses don't pay their bills online... just a thought
Anyone that lived through that would be having a fit if they found out about this. Why the fsck do we need to dig up armageddon?
Maybe my math is fuzzy, but when is 2330*450Kb = 1TB?
I understand this is science, but is anyone else concerned with the idea of folks "accidentally" creating forms of matter? Just curious...
Is that like the yellow snow? I dunno, I'm not that comfortable with the wireless adapter in my laptop.
Yes, this is definitely bad. Images are typically stored in the db as Binary Large OBjects (BLOBs) which no database system on the planet is good at retrieving quickly. Also, updating into the database can take longer.
The real killer in database performance comes in two places, large complex joins and full table scans. Eliminate these two things in your db and you should never have scaling problems. To do this, watch your long running queries and make sure they have the proper indexes on the tables. And make sure you keep your statistics updated. But please, for the love of God, don't listen to those moron college profs who say normalization is key. That's all good and fun until you have a million records in each of four tables you need to join to provide a solution. That, or your data model charts take up 300 sq. ft of wall space.
Besides, it is better for the economy if business can modify the code and sell it. Or if we, as geeks, can get paid to modify the code. Wouldn't it be nice if you could use that code at work without having to worry about oppressive licensing systems cough*GPL*cough.
...new for the LAN parties, BYO Cruise Missile.
Who cares! If you've ever adminned one of these things you don't care what it looks like. You just care that it cranks through 8 seti blocks an hour. Fun and games. Besides, there are actually a crapload of blinken lights on these babies. Just open any side panel and each system board has to have at least a dozen lights on it.