Alright, I don't want to get too down into the weeds here.
From the Wikipedia---
"No experimental verification or falsification of the theory has yet been possible"
I have no problem with modifying the models, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. They don't have it.
Someone smart enough could probably do the math that proves that up is down, chicks like smart guys, and duke nukem 4ever is coming out soon, but unless they hold up experimentally they are irrelevant.
Unless you're planning on being an engineer, like to talk like Yoda (RPN) or have some strange desire to play quake on your calculator, get a TI. (I think the 89 is the *new* high-end) You don't want a "good screen" or "more power" because they translate to shorter battery life. Few things are worse than dead batteries when you NEED it to work. (during a test perhaps)
My point is not that adjusting a model is bad, but that string theory is remarkably resilient against any type of proof to it's contrary. The proponents just tack on a few more dimensions and come up with new, totally untestable claims that sorta-kinda work out in the math.
"Grinstein also noted that if their test does not substantiate what the theory predicts, one of the key mathematical assumptions about the current string theory would be incorrect."
Anybody else think that the string theorists will explain away the inevitable unexpected results by coming up with some new crapload of overcomplicated BS that *just happens* to need an even bigger accelerator to test.
I gotta say, I'm amazed that anybody would shell out even a nickel for radio. This just blows my mind. It's radio, WITH commercials. XM sounds tinny as hell, and seems to play only b-sides and unknown artists, and sirius sounds better but seems to be half commercials. I don't get it. The most popular radio stations are always local weather-traffic-news-sports-talk stations, neither sat service can give you relevant local info.
I too worry about the future, but I have worked in video exploitation, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that for the forseeable future (5 years at least) the big-brother video camera idea is a joke. Ask the brits. Not only can they physically not record all the data they are taking, but exploiting it is nearly impossible. They archive for something like 10 days then overwrite it. They don't even LOOK at that 10 days worth unless a crime is reported near a camera. Video is REAL hard to work with in any sort of automated way.
That said, 10-20 years down the proposition is a bit scarier. I for one will be wearing a ski-mask everywhere.
There is nothing wrong with using the time-tested "star trek method" of scientific explanation. ("Reverse the polarity of the heisenberg interlopers, it'll be like putting too much air into a balloon") Most people don't have a good frame of reference for tensile strength, so it's not a bad way to put it.
Also, G. Dub is actually pretty smart. (you don't get to be president by being stupid) He may make poor choices or flub his speech, but neither is a reflection of intelligence.
They've been campaigning against it, but if the tiered internet takes off, it's better to be prepared. Massive bandwidth also gives them leverage against people that would restrict google services to lower tiers.
We have a bunch of things with this kind of resolution. IBM makes a nice medical imaging series that has about 8mp (2k x 4x?) and sony has a new projector that will do this as well. Qmp series. We do it with multiple projectors tiled.
"My car gets fourty rods to the hogs head and that's the way I likes it"
This seems so obvious, I just can't see how it wasn't thought of 50 years ago. How many tools do they have to take with them? At $11,000 per kilogram, you would think they would prefer 3 wrenches to 30. Oh wait, it's Nasa, so 3 Servomechanical Torsion Facilitators instead of 30.
I see this all the time. Programmers are a lot like the computers the program. The good part about them is that hey do exactly hat they are told. The bad part is that they do exactly what they are told. Paradox? I think not. Programmers assume that requirements are perfect, and that their vision meets that requirement.
I think that the time has come for "programmers" to become workers. You want a new system for managing telephone calls? Let the programmer have a day of training and some OTJ experience answering calls using the old systems. There really is no substitute for first hand knowledge. It's probably also time for the death of the general "programmer" in favor the the more specialized niche programmer, everybody specializes in one type of software or another.
Do you consider the Wii, Xbox360, and PS3 to be High-end products? All of them use IBM Power processors. Faster Power means faster game systems down the road.
Why don't we all drive Formula 1 Cars? Why not hybrids? Why not motorcycles or electric scooters? The reason is that there is an infrastructure built around supporting a platform that is reliable, robust, and surprisingly extensible. (MMX, SSE, 64bit, etc) Intel asked the same question and came up with the Itanium. It is fast, efficient, and well understood. This is the same big reason that people don't use Linux, it's hard to switch for minimal tangible benefits. (not a flame, just an observation)
My point was that he was using the wrong OS for the Job. If the Right one is Linux, so be it, if it's Windows Server, fine. Either way, OEM XP pro is not it. I've raided windows servers before quickly and easily with vendor supplied tools.
Or this might be the worst thing that could happen to Tamil Nadu. And not because they are getting bad software, but because they need *500* linux trainers. If I needed 500 full-time Linux trainers, I seriously doubt I could get them at all, much less for a year.
The national academy of science doesn't determine national security screening procedure. The FBI, CIFA, or whoever does thinks that polygraphs are useful, and unfortunately for the eccentric scientist, he just has to deal with the "indignity." The big difference between the US and Europe is that in the US, working is not considered a right. Pissing in a bottle hardly compromises my privacy, but it does help ensure that I am not vulnerable to drug related blackmail, and not tempted to violate national security to pay for my addiction.
Why is being a "scientist" held in such high regard. I'm a principal scientist on my project, but that doesn't make me too good to go through the same screening process as the "lowly technicians." I say good for him, stick it to the man, in the meantime ride your high horse somewhere else to find employment.
I hate to say it but this really sounds like incompetence on the part of the installer in a few ways. An OEM version of XP is licensed for the hardware it is sold with, anybody that does this "almost every week" should know that and not have encountered this problem. Disagree with the policy, fine, but he still should have known it. Also, SURPRISE, your OEM key won't work on a retail version! DUH!
O, that aside e could have slipstreamed the drivers into the install as knowledgeable admins often do. (sounds simple, I haven't done it myself though) or perhaps purchased the operating system that was appropriate for the implementation, namely win 2003 standard.
I got no beef with using Linux, it sounds like it could work in this case, but the incompetence sounds like the author's not the manufacturers.
ugh, I can't overstate this enough, you have lost touch with reality. I don't like to call names or sling personal insults, but referring to OS vendors as being at "war" goes three steps past ridiculous. You have LITERALLY fallen into the same emotion trap that governments, political parties, and terrorists use to recruit otherwise moderate and apathetic people. You have been fooled into believing that there is some coordinated conspiracy against your way of life and all you hold sacred is under fire.
News flash, desktop operating systems are not sacred, and nobody can physically stop you from using whatever OS you want. Microsoft is a fierce competitor with some allegedly questionable business practices, but they are not at war with you. They don't care about you. They never have. At all.
In 2001, there were 802 accidental firearm deaths in the US. There were 42,443 vehicle deaths that same year, or about 1 in 53. so if the new ford windows causes a rise of just 2 percent, it's already beating out firearms. Cell phones are already blamed for between 5 and 10%, and they don't really require a lot of visual attention to operate. (although I did see someone texting while driving, ugh...)
This is just Asinine. Microsoft is the enemy? This isn't some ideological war that is being fought, and shame on you for trying to make it into one. If you work for Red Hat, then Microsoft is your competition. Neither you nor the "Linux community" else can claim moral superiority over Microsoft. When did the "Linux community" get so vitriolic and spiteful? That's not exactly the community spirit that it is supposed to be promoting. Self appointed spokespeople for Linux trying to polarize the world of IT is working SO HARD against the adoption of Linux by people that just want their software to play nice with each other.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but LOTS of systems that keep you alive are running windows. From controlling air traffic to car computers to nuclear submarines to traffic lights and 911, windows is all around you.
I won't deny that the architecture of that particular system is completely out of whack, and could be replaced by bittorrent in about 3 hours, but it's what we're forced to use. My customer is somewhat bureaucratic, so to get *anything* in the building, it has to be security accredited for the network (8 mo - 1 yr) certified to work on our hardware (20+ PC configurations, 6 mo) rigorously tested against several thousand applications (6 mo- 1 yr), many of them custom, built with a standard load (1 mo), piloted (6 mo), revised (1 mo), and installed on several thousand machines (6 mo). If certain of these machines fail, people will likely die, or at the very least be put in significant mortal danger.
We do in fact have comprehensive test suites, but it took me 8 months to schedule an appointment to get my software tested. Testing took 2 days (for Google Sketchup)
Our (my customer's, not my company's) IT has major systemic flaws, but trying to rush through an OS is Pointless and Dangerous. It provides no needed functionality, and is not certified by our application vendors.
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"No experimental verification or falsification of the theory has yet been possible"
I have no problem with modifying the models, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. They don't have it.
Someone smart enough could probably do the math that proves that up is down, chicks like smart guys, and duke nukem 4ever is coming out soon, but unless they hold up experimentally they are irrelevant.
Unless you're planning on being an engineer, like to talk like Yoda (RPN) or have some strange desire to play quake on your calculator, get a TI. (I think the 89 is the *new* high-end) You don't want a "good screen" or "more power" because they translate to shorter battery life. Few things are worse than dead batteries when you NEED it to work. (during a test perhaps)
My point is not that adjusting a model is bad, but that string theory is remarkably resilient against any type of proof to it's contrary. The proponents just tack on a few more dimensions and come up with new, totally untestable claims that sorta-kinda work out in the math.
Anybody else think that the string theorists will explain away the inevitable unexpected results by coming up with some new crapload of overcomplicated BS that *just happens* to need an even bigger accelerator to test.
I gotta say, I'm amazed that anybody would shell out even a nickel for radio. This just blows my mind. It's radio, WITH commercials. XM sounds tinny as hell, and seems to play only b-sides and unknown artists, and sirius sounds better but seems to be half commercials. I don't get it. The most popular radio stations are always local weather-traffic-news-sports-talk stations, neither sat service can give you relevant local info.
That said, 10-20 years down the proposition is a bit scarier. I for one will be wearing a ski-mask everywhere.
Also, G. Dub is actually pretty smart. (you don't get to be president by being stupid) He may make poor choices or flub his speech, but neither is a reflection of intelligence.
They've been campaigning against it, but if the tiered internet takes off, it's better to be prepared. Massive bandwidth also gives them leverage against people that would restrict google services to lower tiers.
We have a bunch of things with this kind of resolution. IBM makes a nice medical imaging series that has about 8mp (2k x 4x?) and sony has a new projector that will do this as well. Qmp series. We do it with multiple projectors tiled.
This seems so obvious, I just can't see how it wasn't thought of 50 years ago. How many tools do they have to take with them? At $11,000 per kilogram, you would think they would prefer 3 wrenches to 30. Oh wait, it's Nasa, so 3 Servomechanical Torsion Facilitators instead of 30.
I have a number of games that require admin logins. WTF? Seriously, it's sloppy programming to require administrative rights to play Half-Life 2
I think that the time has come for "programmers" to become workers. You want a new system for managing telephone calls? Let the programmer have a day of training and some OTJ experience answering calls using the old systems. There really is no substitute for first hand knowledge. It's probably also time for the death of the general "programmer" in favor the the more specialized niche programmer, everybody specializes in one type of software or another.
Do you consider the Wii, Xbox360, and PS3 to be High-end products? All of them use IBM Power processors. Faster Power means faster game systems down the road.
Why don't we all drive Formula 1 Cars? Why not hybrids? Why not motorcycles or electric scooters? The reason is that there is an infrastructure built around supporting a platform that is reliable, robust, and surprisingly extensible. (MMX, SSE, 64bit, etc) Intel asked the same question and came up with the Itanium. It is fast, efficient, and well understood. This is the same big reason that people don't use Linux, it's hard to switch for minimal tangible benefits. (not a flame, just an observation)
My point was that he was using the wrong OS for the Job. If the Right one is Linux, so be it, if it's Windows Server, fine. Either way, OEM XP pro is not it. I've raided windows servers before quickly and easily with vendor supplied tools.
Or this might be the worst thing that could happen to Tamil Nadu. And not because they are getting bad software, but because they need *500* linux trainers. If I needed 500 full-time Linux trainers, I seriously doubt I could get them at all, much less for a year.
The national academy of science doesn't determine national security screening procedure. The FBI, CIFA, or whoever does thinks that polygraphs are useful, and unfortunately for the eccentric scientist, he just has to deal with the "indignity." The big difference between the US and Europe is that in the US, working is not considered a right. Pissing in a bottle hardly compromises my privacy, but it does help ensure that I am not vulnerable to drug related blackmail, and not tempted to violate national security to pay for my addiction.
Why is being a "scientist" held in such high regard. I'm a principal scientist on my project, but that doesn't make me too good to go through the same screening process as the "lowly technicians." I say good for him, stick it to the man, in the meantime ride your high horse somewhere else to find employment.
O, that aside e could have slipstreamed the drivers into the install as knowledgeable admins often do. (sounds simple, I haven't done it myself though) or perhaps purchased the operating system that was appropriate for the implementation, namely win 2003 standard.
I got no beef with using Linux, it sounds like it could work in this case, but the incompetence sounds like the author's not the manufacturers.
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The k98mc has 7780 hp PER CYLYNDER, up to 93360 hp (at the crank)
News flash, desktop operating systems are not sacred, and nobody can physically stop you from using whatever OS you want. Microsoft is a fierce competitor with some allegedly questionable business practices, but they are not at war with you. They don't care about you. They never have. At all.
In 2001, there were 802 accidental firearm deaths in the US. There were 42,443 vehicle deaths that same year, or about 1 in 53. so if the new ford windows causes a rise of just 2 percent, it's already beating out firearms. Cell phones are already blamed for between 5 and 10%, and they don't really require a lot of visual attention to operate. (although I did see someone texting while driving, ugh...)
This is just Asinine. Microsoft is the enemy? This isn't some ideological war that is being fought, and shame on you for trying to make it into one. If you work for Red Hat, then Microsoft is your competition. Neither you nor the "Linux community" else can claim moral superiority over Microsoft. When did the "Linux community" get so vitriolic and spiteful? That's not exactly the community spirit that it is supposed to be promoting. Self appointed spokespeople for Linux trying to polarize the world of IT is working SO HARD against the adoption of Linux by people that just want their software to play nice with each other.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but LOTS of systems that keep you alive are running windows. From controlling air traffic to car computers to nuclear submarines to traffic lights and 911, windows is all around you.
We do in fact have comprehensive test suites, but it took me 8 months to schedule an appointment to get my software tested. Testing took 2 days (for Google Sketchup)
Our (my customer's, not my company's) IT has major systemic flaws, but trying to rush through an OS is Pointless and Dangerous. It provides no needed functionality, and is not certified by our application vendors.