There was no FBI involved in this. It was some random company's attempt at PR (I'm sure they regret it now). The original article even says that the information would not be useful to police and that they planned to give it away at a conference in San Fransisco next week.
Not exactly "cooperation with an FBI investigation"
Seriously Slashdot... when are you going to hire editors who actually verify submissions before letting them onto the front page. No better than the national enquirer...
The leveling has little to do with money or infrastructure and everything to do with the composition of the population.
The per-capita mileage has leveled because we have a lower percentage of people in the younger, more mobile age groups. The baby boomers are reaching an age where they stay home more than in the past. The less-populous generations behind them are still working, traveling, driving as much as ever... there are just LESS of them as a PERCENTAGE of the population.
Thus, while you can knock someone down by shooting them (since as mentioned above the shooter can brace against the recoil) it's impossible to shoot someone with a standard slug from a hand-held weapon and make them fly through the air from the impact.
I never said anything about "fly through the air". My post said thrown back or bruised, I suppose thrown back could be interpreted to mean flying through the air. That was not the intent in my statement, so let me rephrase: "Then you could survive being shot and also continue to return fire without being as easily knocked off balance, spun, or badly bruised."
Maybe if you are wearing full Level IV body armor. Most of the lighter stuff traditionally worn by law enforcement still imparts a great deal of impact to the body, especially with higher mass or higher velocity rounds.
Place this behind an existing body armor compound (one that stops the bullet) and use the foam to absorb the remaining shock. Then you could survive being shot and also continue to return fire without being thrown back or suffering bad bruising.
They claimed that the Google Support forums were being swamped with complaints. However, a simple search shows that "swamped" apparently means a couple hundred topics, only a few of which are related to service issues (most seem to deal with rate plan questions, upgrade questions, or how to order questions):
Nope, she doesn't have long nails. She thinks it may be because her hands are usually cold, though I'm not convinced. She does use moisturizing lotion and hand sanitizer fairly often, which I think that is a more likely cause for poor conduction.
Ah, I see that now, I haven't updated my iPhone since mid-August... it will be nice to finally have MMS... but the 3G (battery/coverage) issues and AT&T's network (though some analysts say it is the iPhone hardware) will still drive me to a different phone.
Their definition seems pretty broad, basically any phone that can run any of the smartphone OSs. More interesting is that the iPhone's main competitor, the W-Zero3, was built and released in 2005, 2 years before the iPhone American release in 2007 and 3 years before the Japanese release. The W-Zero3 has equal or better features with the exception of a touchscreen. So the iPhone is winning the market in Japan based upon marketing and the interface.
I own an iPhone. I am definitely moving away from it as soon as my contract expires... a few reasons: 1) horrible battery life with 3G usage, 2) lack of MMS, and 3) AT&T's network is sub-standard (I experience 2-3 dropped calls every day).
Interestingly, my wife refuses to use any iPhone, since the touchscreen never responds accurately to her touch. Most of her friends have similar issues, and now that I think about it, I don't see many women using an iPhone.
I like your method. Put them in a situation that relates to the job you expect them to do.
I have been employed by three companies in the past 22 years. Each time I moved on, I left on good terms with my current employer and listed my previous boss on my resume as a reference. In my current position, I do the technical interviews, generally over the phone or a lunch meeting. I usually prepare for the meeting by contacting the listed references and asking them about the applicant. If someone lists three college buddies, or three junior coworkers, or three people from completely non-related fields, then I have a pretty good indicator already that they were not respected by management or senior developers in their last job. I find a loose correlation between the quality of the references and the quality of the applicant.
In my interviews, I generally give a simple requirement and ask how they would solve it. I don't care if they know the details to implementing the latest and greatest algorithms or programming methods. I care how they approach the problem, what questions they ask, and how they think through the solution. Also, within ~10 minutes of questioning, you can determine if the applicant really knows programming or just knows buzzwords and for loops (and if you can't, then perhaps you are the one who just knows buzzwords.)
Talking to and assessing references can give you a good indication of work ethic and behavior.
Talking to and assessing the applicant can give you a good indication of knowledge and talent.
Between the two, I've been very successful in hiring quality developers for our company.
A statistical test akin to testing for a biased coin would be sufficient to create an ID test.
So then do it. Create the test and give us the results, let us verify your test methodology and your data and your results. Until such a time, ID is merely conjecture and not a scientific hypothesis.
Which method of teaching is going to better provide me with the experience I need, as well as the experience an employer wants to see in a college graduate?
As others have said, learn the concepts.
You should also find a class that requires group programming. Learn how to interact with fellow programmers, how to operate within a team environment, and how to document your thoughts and processes. I've found that social skills are very valuable in any organization.
Dumb question here, but why not look up the tax returns they've filed with the IRS?
FTA:
"By July 10, 2009, the Plaintiffs shall provide the Defendant with yearly estimates, beginning in 1999, of the revenues generated by their copyrights in the specific songs for which they intend to prove infringement at trial. They should separate physical and digital music sales and should provide Defendant with a description of the methodology used to arrive at these figures."
Tax returns would not contain revenue information for each individual song.
This is where the Federal Government actually has the authority per the Constitution to step in and regulate interstate commerce. Congress needs to dictate ONE tax rate for all Internet purchases.
You aren't going to trample the sovereignty of my state because your business is too lazy to implement a lookup table to comply with my laws. That's bullshit.
You aren't going to trample the sovereignty of my state because you are too lazy to self report your out of state purchases to comply with your laws.
California charges a lot for energy. Where I live in SoCal it is tiered:
$0.115 / Kwh for the first 600 Kwh
$0.131 / Kwh for 600-780 Kwh
$0.259 / Kwh for 780-1200 Kwh
$0.378 / Kwh for 1200-1800 Kwh
$0.440 / Kwh for 1800+ Kwh
Of course, the primary electric consumer for me is the AC which pretty much eats up the first and second tier by itself in the summer time (I even have a modest (2200 sq ft), newer (2005), energy efficient house (yeah right, lying construction company)). So I'm pretty much stuck with $0.259 / Kwh for all my additional electronics (computers, TV, stereo, etc). Luckily it is just my wife and I and we had just ~$1800 in electric bills last year. I imagine kids (especially teenage kids like Lyod in the article) would increase the average monthly electric use significantly. I can't imagine cooling a larger house...
"Starting with high school math and science books, this initiative paves the way for easier access to free digital texts in California's schools."
"And now California has put out an initial call to content developers, asking that they submit high school math and science digital texts for our review."
My understanding of the Governor's message is that he is calling for solutions from content developers--anyone who is willing to create textbook material--for online or digital use. This is more than just a shift to a different medium, it is a direct challenge to the textbook monopolies. I'm sure current publishers will fight to maintain their stranglehold on the economy and politics of textbooks, and they may succeed in doing so, but this at least opens the door for more competition.
I've always thought that California is too large to be a state. Seriously, too many people for a single state. The state has to manage too many minute details for it to be fair to all 36 million residents (yes, California is almost 12% of the nation's population and more people than all of Canada). It should be broken into several states that distribute the population somewhat evenly.
High school students these days if I recall *have* to do community service to graduate.
Not all school curriculums require community service. Personally, I find service-based education to be hypocritical, because: a) education is mandatory (in the US), and b) requiring voluntarism really negates the entire notion of voluntarism. If you are volunteering to do something, but are only doing so because you are forced to, it really isn't volunteering anymore now is it?
Service-based education is a waste of my child's time. I don't need a community to teach my child what its standards are through forced labor, thanks.
I've never viewed the community service requirement as "volunteerism". I've always thought of it as a way to expand a student's view of the world with a method that cannot be done in a classroom. I'm sure it fails to teach some students, and I'm sure some kid's parents are better able to expand their kid's view, but for the majority I think it is a good thing. My sister's kids were actually very excited to spend some time with the local fire department and help educate others about fire safety.
I've always thought of it as an extended field trip. A chance to see that there is more to education than classroom lecture and testing.
Agreed - Printing is much cheaper than buying a hard bound version.
The problem with this argument is that printouts are not likely to be used multiple years in a row. The cost of a hard bound book is distributed over a period of many years (sometimes as much as 15), whereas you'll be reprinting almost every year.
My take on it is this:
Average junior high books:
Language Arts
Science
Math
Social Studies
Maybe Foreign Language/Art/or Music
At $100 a book, that's $500 per student initial investment. Expected lifespan, say 7 years? So rounded up to ~$75 per student per year.
At $250 per netbook, that's half the initial investment. Expected lifespan, say 3-4 years? So rounded up to ~$75 per student per year.
So their is probably minimal cost savings.
Primary benefits: Increased technology in the classroom, constantly updated online textbook material, saved some trees
Drawbacks: Stolen/damaged netbooks, netbook lifespan may be optimistic, school network infrastructure will need upgrades also
Can anyone think of more pros/cons?
Given the trend toward technology in the workplace, I think it's a good idea. But I don't think it will save money.
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There was no FBI involved in this. It was some random company's attempt at PR (I'm sure they regret it now). The original article even says that the information would not be useful to police and that they planned to give it away at a conference in San Fransisco next week.
Not exactly "cooperation with an FBI investigation"
Seriously Slashdot... when are you going to hire editors who actually verify submissions before letting them onto the front page. No better than the national enquirer...
The leveling has little to do with money or infrastructure and everything to do with the composition of the population.
The per-capita mileage has leveled because we have a lower percentage of people in the younger, more mobile age groups. The baby boomers are reaching an age where they stay home more than in the past. The less-populous generations behind them are still working, traveling, driving as much as ever... there are just LESS of them as a PERCENTAGE of the population.
Thus, while you can knock someone down by shooting them (since as mentioned above the shooter can brace against the recoil) it's impossible to shoot someone with a standard slug from a hand-held weapon and make them fly through the air from the impact.
I never said anything about "fly through the air". My post said thrown back or bruised, I suppose thrown back could be interpreted to mean flying through the air. That was not the intent in my statement, so let me rephrase: "Then you could survive being shot and also continue to return fire without being as easily knocked off balance, spun, or badly bruised."
Maybe if you are wearing full Level IV body armor. Most of the lighter stuff traditionally worn by law enforcement still imparts a great deal of impact to the body, especially with higher mass or higher velocity rounds.
Place this behind an existing body armor compound (one that stops the bullet) and use the foam to absorb the remaining shock. Then you could survive being shot and also continue to return fire without being thrown back or suffering bad bruising.
They claimed that the Google Support forums were being swamped with complaints. However, a simple search shows that "swamped" apparently means a couple hundred topics, only a few of which are related to service issues (most seem to deal with rate plan questions, upgrade questions, or how to order questions):
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/label?lid=18bf75ad33b7d554&hl=en
Nope, she doesn't have long nails. She thinks it may be because her hands are usually cold, though I'm not convinced. She does use moisturizing lotion and hand sanitizer fairly often, which I think that is a more likely cause for poor conduction.
Ah, I see that now, I haven't updated my iPhone since mid-August... it will be nice to finally have MMS... but the 3G (battery/coverage) issues and AT&T's network (though some analysts say it is the iPhone hardware) will still drive me to a different phone.
Their definition seems pretty broad, basically any phone that can run any of the smartphone OSs. More interesting is that the iPhone's main competitor, the W-Zero3, was built and released in 2005, 2 years before the iPhone American release in 2007 and 3 years before the Japanese release. The W-Zero3 has equal or better features with the exception of a touchscreen. So the iPhone is winning the market in Japan based upon marketing and the interface.
I own an iPhone. I am definitely moving away from it as soon as my contract expires... a few reasons: 1) horrible battery life with 3G usage, 2) lack of MMS, and 3) AT&T's network is sub-standard (I experience 2-3 dropped calls every day).
Interestingly, my wife refuses to use any iPhone, since the touchscreen never responds accurately to her touch. Most of her friends have similar issues, and now that I think about it, I don't see many women using an iPhone.
SMB2 is not required, it can be disabled.
From an Administrative prompt issue the follow:
"net stop mrxsmb20"
To make the change permanent, also issue:
"sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi"
"sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled"
Seriously, why is everyone getting so bent over something that is a three-line permanent fix?
I like your method. Put them in a situation that relates to the job you expect them to do.
I have been employed by three companies in the past 22 years. Each time I moved on, I left on good terms with my current employer and listed my previous boss on my resume as a reference. In my current position, I do the technical interviews, generally over the phone or a lunch meeting. I usually prepare for the meeting by contacting the listed references and asking them about the applicant. If someone lists three college buddies, or three junior coworkers, or three people from completely non-related fields, then I have a pretty good indicator already that they were not respected by management or senior developers in their last job. I find a loose correlation between the quality of the references and the quality of the applicant.
In my interviews, I generally give a simple requirement and ask how they would solve it. I don't care if they know the details to implementing the latest and greatest algorithms or programming methods. I care how they approach the problem, what questions they ask, and how they think through the solution. Also, within ~10 minutes of questioning, you can determine if the applicant really knows programming or just knows buzzwords and for loops (and if you can't, then perhaps you are the one who just knows buzzwords.)
Talking to and assessing references can give you a good indication of work ethic and behavior.
Talking to and assessing the applicant can give you a good indication of knowledge and talent.
Between the two, I've been very successful in hiring quality developers for our company.
A statistical test akin to testing for a biased coin would be sufficient to create an ID test.
So then do it. Create the test and give us the results, let us verify your test methodology and your data and your results. Until such a time, ID is merely conjecture and not a scientific hypothesis.
Which method of teaching is going to better provide me with the experience I need, as well as the experience an employer wants to see in a college graduate?
As others have said, learn the concepts.
You should also find a class that requires group programming. Learn how to interact with fellow programmers, how to operate within a team environment, and how to document your thoughts and processes. I've found that social skills are very valuable in any organization.
Exhale fat? Great... now I'll have to worry about someone breathing second hand fat in my face...
Dumb question here, but why not look up the tax returns they've filed with the IRS?
FTA:
"By July 10, 2009, the Plaintiffs shall provide the Defendant with yearly estimates, beginning in 1999, of the revenues generated by their copyrights in the specific songs for which they intend to prove infringement at trial. They should separate physical and digital music sales and should provide Defendant with a description of the methodology used to arrive at these figures."
Tax returns would not contain revenue information for each individual song.
True, that particular one is. They do sell color versions though, like this one with 1536 x 2048:
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_R31-BK_20.1_Black_LCD_Monitor/R31-BK/p/1503373
True, that particular one is. They do sell color versions though, like this one with 1536 x 2048:
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_R31-BK_20.1_Black_LCD_Monitor/R31-BK/p/1503373
ASUS VW192T+ 19", 1680 x 1050, $120
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ASUS_VW192T+_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VW192T+/ps/1562122
ViewSonic VX1940w 19", 1680 x 1050, $150
http://www.superwarehouse.com/ViewSonic_VX1940w_19_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor/VX1940W/ps/1504859
Or if you want really high resolution (and have too much money):
EIZO RadiForce GS310-CL Single Head 20.8", 2048 x 1536, $6k
http://www.superwarehouse.com/EIZO_RadiForce_GS310-CL_Single_Head_20.8_LCD_Monitor/GS310-CL-SH-MMP3P/ps/1543964
Hawaii is now banned also.
This is where the Federal Government actually has the authority per the Constitution to step in and regulate interstate commerce. Congress needs to dictate ONE tax rate for all Internet purchases.
You aren't going to trample the sovereignty of my state because your business is too lazy to implement a lookup table to comply with my laws. That's bullshit.
You aren't going to trample the sovereignty of my state because you are too lazy to self report your out of state purchases to comply with your laws.
California charges a lot for energy. Where I live in SoCal it is tiered:
$0.115 / Kwh for the first 600 Kwh
$0.131 / Kwh for 600-780 Kwh
$0.259 / Kwh for 780-1200 Kwh
$0.378 / Kwh for 1200-1800 Kwh
$0.440 / Kwh for 1800+ Kwh
Of course, the primary electric consumer for me is the AC which pretty much eats up the first and second tier by itself in the summer time (I even have a modest (2200 sq ft), newer (2005), energy efficient house (yeah right, lying construction company)). So I'm pretty much stuck with $0.259 / Kwh for all my additional electronics (computers, TV, stereo, etc). Luckily it is just my wife and I and we had just ~$1800 in electric bills last year. I imagine kids (especially teenage kids like Lyod in the article) would increase the average monthly electric use significantly. I can't imagine cooling a larger house...
From the Article:
"Starting with high school math and science books, this initiative paves the way for easier access to free digital texts in California's schools."
"And now California has put out an initial call to content developers, asking that they submit high school math and science digital texts for our review."
My understanding of the Governor's message is that he is calling for solutions from content developers--anyone who is willing to create textbook material--for online or digital use. This is more than just a shift to a different medium, it is a direct challenge to the textbook monopolies. I'm sure current publishers will fight to maintain their stranglehold on the economy and politics of textbooks, and they may succeed in doing so, but this at least opens the door for more competition.
I hope...
I've always thought that California is too large to be a state. Seriously, too many people for a single state. The state has to manage too many minute details for it to be fair to all 36 million residents (yes, California is almost 12% of the nation's population and more people than all of Canada). It should be broken into several states that distribute the population somewhat evenly.
High school students these days if I recall *have* to do community service to graduate.
Not all school curriculums require community service. Personally, I find service-based education to be hypocritical, because: a) education is mandatory (in the US), and b) requiring voluntarism really negates the entire notion of voluntarism. If you are volunteering to do something, but are only doing so because you are forced to, it really isn't volunteering anymore now is it?
Service-based education is a waste of my child's time. I don't need a community to teach my child what its standards are through forced labor, thanks.
I've never viewed the community service requirement as "volunteerism". I've always thought of it as a way to expand a student's view of the world with a method that cannot be done in a classroom. I'm sure it fails to teach some students, and I'm sure some kid's parents are better able to expand their kid's view, but for the majority I think it is a good thing. My sister's kids were actually very excited to spend some time with the local fire department and help educate others about fire safety.
I've always thought of it as an extended field trip. A chance to see that there is more to education than classroom lecture and testing.
Agreed - Printing is much cheaper than buying a hard bound version.
The problem with this argument is that printouts are not likely to be used multiple years in a row. The cost of a hard bound book is distributed over a period of many years (sometimes as much as 15), whereas you'll be reprinting almost every year.
My take on it is this:
Average junior high books:
Language Arts
Science
Math
Social Studies
Maybe Foreign Language/Art/or Music
At $100 a book, that's $500 per student initial investment. Expected lifespan, say 7 years? So rounded up to ~$75 per student per year.
At $250 per netbook, that's half the initial investment. Expected lifespan, say 3-4 years? So rounded up to ~$75 per student per year.
So their is probably minimal cost savings.
Primary benefits: Increased technology in the classroom, constantly updated online textbook material, saved some trees
Drawbacks: Stolen/damaged netbooks, netbook lifespan may be optimistic, school network infrastructure will need upgrades also
Can anyone think of more pros/cons?
Given the trend toward technology in the workplace, I think it's a good idea. But I don't think it will save money.