Employers may not hire you if they think you will be sick a lot or may not survive long enough to pay for your training. Random people will shun you if they know you are HIV positive or schizophrenic even if there is no rational reason for their behavior. Few people will knowingly dance with a transsexual at a party. I say Larry Page is overstating how much we should worry about Google's business model. Opt- in web crawling by at least the big search engines visited by most people would do both individuals and content-based businesses lots of good.
Would you rather entrust maintenance of a production system with 200 million users to an average 20 year old or an average 40 year old? If you have already been in IT for a long time and understand other aspects of computing well, I only see advantages in your resume.
Have these machines ever stopped an actual terrorist? What were the results when undercover security testers tried to smuggle simulated explosives? I am not sacrificing my liberty for security, but I can sacrifice my modesty for security, if that security is any good.
Well one thing wrong is that humans have been eating non-engineered plants for thousands of years with no ill effects, and where there have been ill effects either plants or sensitive humans involved have been purged from gene pool.
The same can not be said for a newly engineered plant enhanced with genes from harmful bacteria to kill insects that are trying to munch them.
Monsanto will have no more claims against farmers who want to save and replant seeds as their product by definition is not capable of doing that. Organic farmers and wild plants are protected from contamination. And anyone who wants to plant commercial seeds and play by the rules doesn't lose anything.
I say mandate that bioengineered plants be made sterile.
Most end users can safely disable kernel console, as they will not have skills to debug problems that prevent basic GUI from coming up. On the other hand, for developers debugging such problems, its hard to argue against a fail safe kernel console. How are the developers of this replacement user space terminal planning to debug their code?
Don't think so! Anyone single would rather find some kind of Ok date than no date at all. And if you are that adventureous you can just try meeting people the old fashioned way, without going through software algorithms, you know?
Poor people commit crimes. Poor people get stuck with most pollution. What else is new. Now its possible that some small fraction of additional criminality is due to physiological effects of poisoning or even psychological anger at living in crap conditions. But all of it? Not a fat chance. Poor areas are full of violence even in the areas of the world that do not have much lead producing industry.
Reading any kind of book in any kind of situation is better on a retina iPad than on paper. Once everyone can afford and has time to try similar and better devices, paper books are kaput. And yes there are niche markets like an $4.99 paperback to read on a beach vacation with high theft/damage concerns, or conversly high quality collectible volumes, but by and large people will read on the screen.
Either make a portable website that works on every computer or mobile device users have. Or make a native app which, if your wish, can make extensive use of server-based HTML while still incorporating your "plugin" code. But exposing users to overhead, crashes and security issues of your custom code when your application is NOT running is indefensible.
Having building instructions in no way precludes free play. In fact you can just get blocks from bins without buying any sets. What instructions do is let newcomers immediatelly make something impressive and people who spent inordinate time learning or think themselves to have special talent do not like that.
Do you cook by following a fancy french cookbook line by line? Do you drive like on DMV test? Then why do you expect anyone to code by textbook?
Real world code is great because it works, solve a problem and puts food on the table of company's employees. If it becomes so successful that the problems are noticeable, then there is enough funding to write version 2.0. But in the beginning its more important for the product to be out of the door as soon as possible.
Well the idea is that robots make stuff so cheap that you will be able to afford it on a one-day-per-week job doing odds and ends which are not automated, or which most people prefer done by a human. What are rich people going to do if nobody can buy the products?
I don't like the idea of radioactive substance in liquid fluoride. First people might be killed by liquid fluoride. If this doesn't happen, the whole core can evaporate as a volatile compound and then form more complex organic compounds readily absorbed by plants, animals and people.
Imagine what would have happened if your mom decided that she has a very artistic and sensitive 3 year old boy and restricted your activities to ONLY knitting and tea sets. I think it would kind of hurt your chances of procreating. Let her be familiar with what her friends are into and what she will still appreciate, despite being smart and curious. Nobody is telling you have to stop with that of course. LunchBox is a good all around puzzle game. Think also of general apps like Garageband for learning music, iPhoto for taking and editing pictures and Google Earth for well learning about Earth.
But make sure anyone who decides to go wild west loses any legal remedies against the hacker, including the right to sue for copyright infringement. Any innocent 3rd parties would of course retain full legal rights.
Its a good ridence to society if people are content to frag each other without wasting public resources or making us serve in juries.
Would you sleep better if its development and monitoring is in the hands of a a. 20 year old or b. a 45 year old? Not every job is in an offshore "doesn't have to work today" R&D center.
Not only management is an entirely different field requiring a different personality and skill set, but it's a pyramid scheme. By definition, only a minority of engineers can become managers. So if the choice is learning an entirely new profession on level field with newcomers or staying good at what you are good at, have tons of experience in and which is still in high demand, I think it's a no brainer. I fully expect to be coding until retirement, although I do notice that my average work day is 2-3 hours of actually writing code and the rest of the time helping others.
Public education is designed to keep nuclear labs stuffed with 0.001% of population who is capable of using math/physics/chemistry in daily job. Private education is to prove to that parents have money to avoid accidentally letting scam into the rich boys club. If classes were actually taught for the benefit of children, they would surely START with basic life skills like proper nutrition/balancing a checkbook/birth control and THEN provide generous resources for people with talent to develop it at any age.
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Employers may not hire you if they think you will be sick a lot or may not survive long enough to pay for your training. Random people will shun you if they know you are HIV positive or schizophrenic even if there is no rational reason for their behavior. Few people will knowingly dance with a transsexual at a party. I say Larry Page is overstating how much we should worry about Google's business model. Opt- in web crawling by at least the big search engines visited by most people would do both individuals and content-based businesses lots of good.
Would you rather entrust maintenance of a production system with 200 million users to an average 20 year old or an average 40 year old? If you have already been in IT for a long time and understand other aspects of computing well, I only see advantages in your resume.
Have these machines ever stopped an actual terrorist? What were the results when undercover security testers tried to smuggle simulated explosives? I am not sacrificing my liberty for security, but I can sacrifice my modesty for security, if that security is any good.
Not being to reproduce is not an evolutionary advantageous trait, being able to survive crap sprayed on the fields is.
Well one thing wrong is that humans have been eating non-engineered plants for thousands of years with no ill effects, and where there have been ill effects either plants or sensitive humans involved have been purged from gene pool.
The same can not be said for a newly engineered plant enhanced with genes from harmful bacteria to kill insects that are trying to munch them.
Like competition from non-sterile plants.
Monsanto will have no more claims against farmers who want to save and replant seeds as their product by definition is not capable of doing that. Organic farmers and wild plants are protected from contamination. And anyone who wants to plant commercial seeds and play by the rules doesn't lose anything.
I say mandate that bioengineered plants be made sterile.
What happens when leftist developers don't rip off UNIX, Windows or MacOSX.
Most end users can safely disable kernel console, as they will not have skills to debug problems that prevent basic GUI from coming up. On the other hand, for developers debugging such problems, its hard to argue against a fail safe kernel console. How are the developers of this replacement user space terminal planning to debug their code?
Because users are idiots who can not decide for themselves weather to pay.
GPL says nothing about being able to distribute binaries, just providing source when you do.
Don't think so! Anyone single would rather find some kind of Ok date than no date at all. And if you are that adventureous you can just try meeting people the old fashioned way, without going through software algorithms, you know?
Poor people commit crimes. Poor people get stuck with most pollution. What else is new. Now its possible that some small fraction of additional criminality is due to physiological effects of poisoning or even psychological anger at living in crap conditions. But all of it? Not a fat chance. Poor areas are full of violence even in the areas of the world that do not have much lead producing industry.
Reading any kind of book in any kind of situation is better on a retina iPad than on paper. Once everyone can afford and has time to try similar and better devices, paper books are kaput. And yes there are niche markets like an $4.99 paperback to read on a beach vacation with high theft/damage concerns, or conversly high quality collectible volumes, but by and large people will read on the screen.
Either make a portable website that works on every computer or mobile device users have. Or make a native app which, if your wish, can make extensive use of server-based HTML while still incorporating your "plugin" code. But exposing users to overhead, crashes and security issues of your custom code when your application is NOT running is indefensible.
Having building instructions in no way precludes free play. In fact you can just get blocks from bins without buying any sets. What instructions do is let newcomers immediatelly make something impressive and people who spent inordinate time learning or think themselves to have special talent do not like that.
Do you cook by following a fancy french cookbook line by line? Do you drive like on DMV test? Then why do you expect anyone to code by textbook?
Real world code is great because it works, solve a problem and puts food on the table of company's employees. If it becomes so successful that the problems are noticeable, then there is enough funding to write version 2.0. But in the beginning its more important for the product to be out of the door as soon as possible.
Well the idea is that robots make stuff so cheap that you will be able to afford it on a one-day-per-week job doing odds and ends which are not automated, or which most people prefer done by a human. What are rich people going to do if nobody can buy the products?
I don't like the idea of radioactive substance in liquid fluoride. First people might be killed by liquid fluoride. If this doesn't happen, the whole core can evaporate as a volatile compound and then form more complex organic compounds readily absorbed by plants, animals and people.
Imagine what would have happened if your mom decided that she has a very artistic and sensitive 3 year old boy and restricted your activities to ONLY knitting and tea sets. I think it would kind of hurt your chances of procreating. Let her be familiar with what her friends are into and what she will still appreciate, despite being smart and curious. Nobody is telling you have to stop with that of course. LunchBox is a good all around puzzle game. Think also of general apps like Garageband for learning music, iPhoto for taking and editing pictures and Google Earth for well learning about Earth.
But make sure anyone who decides to go wild west loses any legal remedies against the hacker, including the right to sue for copyright infringement. Any innocent 3rd parties would of course retain full legal rights.
Its a good ridence to society if people are content to frag each other without wasting public resources or making us serve in juries.
Would you sleep better if its development and monitoring is in the hands of a a. 20 year old or b. a 45 year old? Not every job is in an offshore "doesn't have to work today" R&D center.
Not only management is an entirely different field requiring a different personality and skill set, but it's a pyramid scheme. By definition, only a minority of engineers can become managers. So if the choice is learning an entirely new profession on level field with newcomers or staying good at what you are good at, have tons of experience in and which is still in high demand, I think it's a no brainer. I fully expect to be coding until retirement, although I do notice that my average work day is 2-3 hours of actually writing code and the rest of the time helping others.
Public education is designed to keep nuclear labs stuffed with 0.001% of population who is capable of using math/physics/chemistry in daily job. Private education is to prove to that parents have money to avoid accidentally letting scam into the rich boys club. If classes were actually taught for the benefit of children, they would surely START with basic life skills like proper nutrition/balancing a checkbook/birth control and THEN provide generous resources for people with talent to develop it at any age.
Remove all other applications from start menu and make it known that if the machine is messed up, it will take you weeks to get to re-imaging it.