It is not the same thing. More men die from heart attacks, yes, but that number is not affected by the doctor's gender. It is only the female mortality figure from heart attack that is affected by the doctor's gender.
While it is true that coal powered electricity generation is a substantial problem, a turn around will require a lot more drastic action than getting rid of coal powered energy plants, in my opinion.
Every single one of us needs to switch off our computers, go outside, plant some beans and chard, and start living off what we can produce through the expenditure of our own labour and energy, instead of by means of machines that use energy that never belonged to us in the first place and that we never paid for; not the real price of it, anyway, because that energy should be unaffordably expensive, that is how valuable it really is. Instead, the modern, developed world treats it like a human right.
And of course we need to hope and pray that every one else will do the same thing and switch off. I'm afraid that anything less than that will simply have too small a positive effect.
We're all guilty. Do you use an internal combustion engine daily? Guilty. Do you fly in aeroplanes with some regularity Guilty. Do you have electricity in your home? Guilty. And so on.
Members of developed societies are using more resources of every kind, especially energy, than they have a right to. They aren't paying the full price for it. Someone else is paying by NOT having access to the same technology and energy.
I don't believe that machine learning has a snowball's chance of assisting in something as chaotic as user behaviour. My routine can stay the same for extended periods and then suddenly change because of an urgent deadline or another emergency. No amount of learning can equip a machine to know that. The update is almost guaranteed to occur when I can least afford it, i.e. when I am not working to my usual schedule.
I'm not sure why this belongs on bloody slashdot though, more political stuff eh?
The only political part of this story was that it involved a gender issue. In my opinion, everything else about it was very appropriate for slashdot: gaming, games dev, Reddit, Twitter...
Ironic that you read the article and found the subject matter interesting enough to bother to add a comment, no?
You're welcome to relegate Pascal to the equivalent bin as COBOL, when there is another language that offers what Free Pascal and its corresponding Lazarus IDE offer: cross-platform RAD resulting in lightning fast native executables on more platforms than any other development solution that I know of - all of it at no cost.
Granted, a system like this could be abused.
In my opinion it is up to the authorities to apply it sensibly, for example to send only warnings to people who are caught making silly mistakes, or with expired registrations, and so forth.
As for targeting someone specific, as some have suggested might happen - wouldn't you look silly if you, as the complainant, are caught harassing another road user to the point of breaking the law, if it wasn't clear from the footage already?
Also bear in mind that the presence of law enforcement, as opposed to its application, is a deterrent in itself. Warning signs that speed camera traps are present on a road are enough to slow motorists down. Would knowing that anyone could be videoing you not be enough to make deliberately reckless drivers think twice?
My vote is still in favour of the system, with the potential benefits outweighing the bad.
I'm not in the UK, but I'm all for ratting out drivers who have no concern for my or my family's safety.
If I had access to such a facility, I don't believe I would be bothered to submit footage of everyday misdemeanours that all drivers make, but blatant reckless and life endangering driving should be reported and I'd be happy to assist in that.
You could rewrite the stuff a second time on your own time and then submit it in your private capacity. It usually turns out better the second time around anyway.
Of course this leads to the old developers' dilemma of when does company time stop and private time start because developers are notorious for coding stuff that ends up getting used by their company in their own time because it's fun.
Seriously though, let your bosses decide. It's their code and they might surprise you and feel some sort of gratitude towards the OS community for the resources that it's gained from there. It sounds like your company makes quite a bit of use of OS software and in a moment of weakness the powers that be might just be soft hearted enough to give something back to a movement that has advanced their business. It will be their call though.
Game of Life can tie up a computer for a long time too.
PS is way of standardising printers. All PS printers understand and can process PS. That means you can write programs that will print to any PS printer which was a big thing before Windows and OS-level printer drivers came along.
Before Windows each program had to have its own drivers for different printer makes and models...but many if not most programs could print to a PS printer.
But isn't it the same with all publicly owned infrastructure? I mean, roads, pavements, town squares, buses, trains all basically come with a TOS, don't they? If the TOS is made clear from the start then you should abide by it if you want to get on board...surely?
If only hardware distributors would now start selling their box to me at the price less the cost of the OEM M$ OS, if I don't want it, then the world would be a better place.
The web site of the guy in the article is at http://www.stanleysubmarines.com. It's worth a look. His sub costs virtually nothing to operate and it has done a dive to over 700 feet! It also doesn't need any special licensing or qualifications to operate.
Okay, it was just a small one. And it didn't go very deep. And it wasn't supposed to sink. YES, OKAY, DAMNIT I built a ROWING BOAT and it SANK on its MAIDEN VOYAGE!!!! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!!???
...the executive has since claimed that he merely stated in a meeting: "No mo' seedy 'all", meaning, "No more city hall", because he was tired of the endless tea ceremonies that he had to attend with city officials.
Unfortunately "No mo' seedy 'all" was interpreted by his pretty, blonde secretary who was taking minutes, as "No more CD-R". He has denied owning a Ferrari.
What gets to me about this entire scenario is not that the RIAA is trying to get the user's detail from the ISP, but the fact that they are monitoring downloads at all.
That's like peeking in your bedroom windows in case you get up to illegal mischief when the lights go out. Surely that is a gross violation of the privacy of the couple of billion people who don't!?? I don't want my downloads monitored, even if I'm downloading only non-copyright material.
I also don't see how a user can tell whether a file is in fact an illegal download until the user has in fact downloaded the file. Just because you download SomeHitSong.mp3 does not mean that you have violated copyright. You can only tell when you use the file. If I download the file, find it's illegal and then delete it, have I broken the law?
This matter shouldn't even get as far as the RIAA trying to figure out who the user is. If they get to that point, my rights have already been violated.
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It is not the same thing. More men die from heart attacks, yes, but that number is not affected by the doctor's gender. It is only the female mortality figure from heart attack that is affected by the doctor's gender.
But I guess we'll have to make sure that they're not learning from predominantly male diagnosticians.
While it is true that coal powered electricity generation is a substantial problem, a turn around will require a lot more drastic action than getting rid of coal powered energy plants, in my opinion.
Every single one of us needs to switch off our computers, go outside, plant some beans and chard, and start living off what we can produce through the expenditure of our own labour and energy, instead of by means of machines that use energy that never belonged to us in the first place and that we never paid for; not the real price of it, anyway, because that energy should be unaffordably expensive, that is how valuable it really is. Instead, the modern, developed world treats it like a human right.
And of course we need to hope and pray that every one else will do the same thing and switch off. I'm afraid that anything less than that will simply have too small a positive effect.
We're all guilty. Do you use an internal combustion engine daily? Guilty. Do you fly in aeroplanes with some regularity Guilty. Do you have electricity in your home? Guilty. And so on.
Members of developed societies are using more resources of every kind, especially energy, than they have a right to. They aren't paying the full price for it. Someone else is paying by NOT having access to the same technology and energy.
Switch off. Or don't. I doubt anyone else will.
I don't believe that machine learning has a snowball's chance of assisting in something as chaotic as user behaviour. My routine can stay the same for extended periods and then suddenly change because of an urgent deadline or another emergency. No amount of learning can equip a machine to know that. The update is almost guaranteed to occur when I can least afford it, i.e. when I am not working to my usual schedule.
... I can see this fueling anti-Irish sentiment ...
I'm not sure why this belongs on bloody slashdot though, more political stuff eh?
The only political part of this story was that it involved a gender issue. In my opinion, everything else about it was very appropriate for slashdot: gaming, games dev, Reddit, Twitter ...
Ironic that you read the article and found the subject matter interesting enough to bother to add a comment, no?
You're welcome to relegate Pascal to the equivalent bin as COBOL, when there is another language that offers what Free Pascal and its corresponding Lazarus IDE offer: cross-platform RAD resulting in lightning fast native executables on more platforms than any other development solution that I know of - all of it at no cost.
So that explains the ads I see after having left our house in the care of a house sitter for two weeks. Man, I knew that last guy was a freak.
Granted, a system like this could be abused. In my opinion it is up to the authorities to apply it sensibly, for example to send only warnings to people who are caught making silly mistakes, or with expired registrations, and so forth. As for targeting someone specific, as some have suggested might happen - wouldn't you look silly if you, as the complainant, are caught harassing another road user to the point of breaking the law, if it wasn't clear from the footage already? Also bear in mind that the presence of law enforcement, as opposed to its application, is a deterrent in itself. Warning signs that speed camera traps are present on a road are enough to slow motorists down. Would knowing that anyone could be videoing you not be enough to make deliberately reckless drivers think twice? My vote is still in favour of the system, with the potential benefits outweighing the bad.
I'm not in the UK, but I'm all for ratting out drivers who have no concern for my or my family's safety. If I had access to such a facility, I don't believe I would be bothered to submit footage of everyday misdemeanours that all drivers make, but blatant reckless and life endangering driving should be reported and I'd be happy to assist in that.
tenacity?
You could rewrite the stuff a second time on your own time and then submit it in your private capacity. It usually turns out better the second time around anyway.
Of course this leads to the old developers' dilemma of when does company time stop and private time start because developers are notorious for coding stuff that ends up getting used by their company in their own time because it's fun.
Seriously though, let your bosses decide. It's their code and they might surprise you and feel some sort of gratitude towards the OS community for the resources that it's gained from there. It sounds like your company makes quite a bit of use of OS software and in a moment of weakness the powers that be might just be soft hearted enough to give something back to a movement that has advanced their business. It will be their call though.
Yeah, but we've got the bastards' names so we can make sure we get them before the aliens get us.
Game of Life can tie up a computer for a long time too.
PS is way of standardising printers. All PS printers understand and can process PS. That means you can write programs that will print to any PS printer which was a big thing before Windows and OS-level printer drivers came along.
Before Windows each program had to have its own drivers for different printer makes and models ...but many if not most programs could print to a PS printer.
Your subject line explains your sig line dude.
But isn't it the same with all publicly owned infrastructure? I mean, roads, pavements, town squares, buses, trains all basically come with a TOS, don't they? If the TOS is made clear from the start then you should abide by it if you want to get on board ...surely?
Will Scotland Yard please release the 150 e-mail addresses?
I have some really interesting never-to-be-repeated offers that will interest them.
If only hardware distributors would now start selling their box to me at the price less the cost of the OEM M$ OS, if I don't want it, then the world would be a better place.
The web site of the guy in the article is at http://www.stanleysubmarines.com. It's worth a look. His sub costs virtually nothing to operate and it has done a dive to over 700 feet! It also doesn't need any special licensing or qualifications to operate.
Now that's cool
Okay, it was just a small one. And it didn't go very deep. And it wasn't supposed to sink. YES, OKAY, DAMNIT I built a ROWING BOAT and it SANK on its MAIDEN VOYAGE!!!! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!!???
If bathwater can twirl the other way in the southern hemispere, then maybe amino acids can be left-handed.
Oh ...and maybe the scientists in Oz just never noticed.
Oh and one more thing ...this post is not informative.
...the executive has since claimed that he merely stated in a meeting: "No mo' seedy 'all", meaning, "No more city hall", because he was tired of the endless tea ceremonies that he had to attend with city officials.
Unfortunately "No mo' seedy 'all" was interpreted by his pretty, blonde secretary who was taking minutes, as "No more CD-R". He has denied owning a Ferrari.
Informative rating: 0
Funny rating: +5
ffs ...
What gets to me about this entire scenario is not that the RIAA is trying to get the user's detail from the ISP, but the fact that they are monitoring downloads at all.
That's like peeking in your bedroom windows in case you get up to illegal mischief when the lights go out. Surely that is a gross violation of the privacy of the couple of billion people who don't!?? I don't want my downloads monitored, even if I'm downloading only non-copyright material.
I also don't see how a user can tell whether a file is in fact an illegal download until the user has in fact downloaded the file. Just because you download SomeHitSong.mp3 does not mean that you have violated copyright. You can only tell when you use the file. If I download the file, find it's illegal and then delete it, have I broken the law?
This matter shouldn't even get as far as the RIAA trying to figure out who the user is. If they get to that point, my rights have already been violated.