You started off with a good point but it got lost in some of the other stuff you had to say.
The point I want to make sure is made is in whatever you choose to do you shouldn't tolerate one mention of an IM shorthand. No "lol"'s, no gotcha, no gonna, use proper English or get deducted. I am amazed when I read my younger brother's papers how much garbage he gets away with. (he is still in college) Don't tolerate shorthand. Donâ(TM)t tolerate shorthand in anything that you will be grading. Tests, quizzes, assignments, papers, et al. I have seen several examples of recent college graduates trying to join the workforce with me here but once hired, they couldn't express anything they had to say in anything other than shorthand! It's incredibly annoying and very unprofessional.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. Let the grammar nazis pick out my spelling or grammatical errors.
Of course ECU hacking alone won't do it. You're missing 2 very important pieces! The fart can exhaust and the stickers! Everyone knows it's the STICKERS that make the car fast!
On one hand, yes, projects being funded by my tax dollars should be worked on by citizens from my country. And yes, secret work should stay secret. However, on the other hand, requiring only Americans work on the project will severly limit your capability to get the project done. I will probably be preaching to the choir a bit here on Slashdot, but have you taken a look at the "general public" lately? They're not the brightest bunch in the world. Even at the universities, (of which I just recently graduated) the amount of stupid people amazes me. If it weren't for foreign students, I don't think some university programs would exist!! There wouldn't be enough interest from american students to keep them afloat. I am getting a bit off the point however. Students, both foreign and domestic, go to school to learn. By putting stupid requirements like "only american students can work on this project" will limit both the progress of the project and the beneficial results at the end.
On one hand, the requirement is good. Get kids from this country using this country's money for the project. But on the other hand, restricting the education opportunities undermines the entire purpose of a university.
I absolutely understand backups at work. I must not have differentiated appropriately. What I meant was, what do you have AT HOME (assuming you're not running a business at home) that you can't live without. I couldn't think of anything on my home computer that would require super-duper-titanium-never-gonna-break backup. So I was just curious what you all think is that damn important that requires multiple backups including offsite.
Even as I was reading the fire article the other day I was surprised at how critical people think their data is. So I asked myself, if my computer were to go up in flames, what would I REALLY ABSOLUTELY miss? The only thing I could think of is a spreadsheet that contains some account information I use. Other than that, what is so damn critical that I can't either re-create it or live without it? Your pr0n? It's still on the internet. If you lose the archive, that just means you get to start over!! And mp3's? Kazaa still exists. WinMX still exists, pick your favorite and start again. Or better yet, go listen to some live music and start anew. Sure, some corporations may have trouble but how many of you would really not be able to live without the computer or the data it contains? (crap, I think I just asked a karma suicide question here on/.)
Your OS doesn't just up and DIE if you decide not to patch your OS because you are aware that patching will create problems for you.
That is until the OS phones home every time you start the computer. Microsoft has already started to do the central autorization procedures with XP. All it takes is just a little more code and the OS can check for updates just as easily as it authenticates itself.
"Good morning. As I was starting up, I noticed there were some patches to be installed. So I installed them. Your computer is now secure. Oh, and by the way, nothing works besides MS Office, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer. Now have a nice day."
As you mention, yes this would be foolish. But for a company that's using one domination to push other products, it's not too far fetched.
I was going to say something similar. Chemiluminescence is very cool. You start with 2 liquids, could be clear, could have some color. Darken the room and then add the chemicals together. Using the correct chemicals, the resulting solution can glow for hours.
It's kinda like the glow sticks you'll see all over the place. But use something that gives off a neater color. Plus, if you can build some kind of swirling beaker, it can add a neat twist (no pun intended) to the experiment. I've seen it done where there was a funnel at the top and then a long spiraling tube. As the chemicals mixed together in the swirling tubes, by the time the resulting soltion got to the catch container at the bottom it was already glowing. Pretty neat looking.
The discussions can be endless, from exothermic reaction to endothermic comparisons, resulting energy in exothermic reactions, etc.
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You started off with a good point but it got lost in some of the other stuff you had to say.
The point I want to make sure is made is in whatever you choose to do you shouldn't tolerate one mention of an IM shorthand. No "lol"'s, no gotcha, no gonna, use proper English or get deducted. I am amazed when I read my younger brother's papers how much garbage he gets away with. (he is still in college) Don't tolerate shorthand. Donâ(TM)t tolerate shorthand in anything that you will be grading. Tests, quizzes, assignments, papers, et al. I have seen several examples of recent college graduates trying to join the workforce with me here but once hired, they couldn't express anything they had to say in anything other than shorthand! It's incredibly annoying and very unprofessional.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. Let the grammar nazis pick out my spelling or grammatical errors.
Longitude: 70 37'W to 72 37'W
Latitude: 42 40'N to 45 18'N
What, do you drive a Jeep?
Yes, it may be a theory gone awry, but it generated some interesting replies. Which was the point of posting in the first place.
But why does it have to be so damn ugly?? Is that the company's way of making sure the thing doesn't get accepted??
If it's ugly, the consumers won't like it and thus the whole concept will be proven to be unacceptable... hmmm...
WTF?
Of course ECU hacking alone won't do it. You're missing 2 very important pieces! The fart can exhaust and the stickers! Everyone knows it's the STICKERS that make the car fast!
On one hand, yes, projects being funded by my tax dollars should be worked on by citizens from my country. And yes, secret work should stay secret. However, on the other hand, requiring only Americans work on the project will severly limit your capability to get the project done. I will probably be preaching to the choir a bit here on Slashdot, but have you taken a look at the "general public" lately? They're not the brightest bunch in the world. Even at the universities, (of which I just recently graduated) the amount of stupid people amazes me. If it weren't for foreign students, I don't think some university programs would exist!! There wouldn't be enough interest from american students to keep them afloat. I am getting a bit off the point however. Students, both foreign and domestic, go to school to learn. By putting stupid requirements like "only american students can work on this project" will limit both the progress of the project and the beneficial results at the end.
On one hand, the requirement is good. Get kids from this country using this country's money for the project. But on the other hand, restricting the education opportunities undermines the entire purpose of a university.
What do I count anyway. I'm just a software guy.
I absolutely understand backups at work. I must not have differentiated appropriately. What I meant was, what do you have AT HOME (assuming you're not running a business at home) that you can't live without. I couldn't think of anything on my home computer that would require super-duper-titanium-never-gonna-break backup. So I was just curious what you all think is that damn important that requires multiple backups including offsite.
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Even as I was reading the fire article the other day I was surprised at how critical people think their data is. So I asked myself, if my computer were to go up in flames, what would I REALLY ABSOLUTELY miss? The only thing I could think of is a spreadsheet that contains some account information I use. Other than that, what is so damn critical that I can't either re-create it or live without it? Your pr0n? It's still on the internet. If you lose the archive, that just means you get to start over!! And mp3's? Kazaa still exists. WinMX still exists, pick your favorite and start again. Or better yet, go listen to some live music and start anew. Sure, some corporations may have trouble but how many of you would really not be able to live without the computer or the data it contains? (crap, I think I just asked a karma suicide question here on /.)
Your OS doesn't just up and DIE if you decide not to patch your OS because you are aware that patching will create problems for you.
That is until the OS phones home every time you start the computer. Microsoft has already started to do the central autorization procedures with XP. All it takes is just a little more code and the OS can check for updates just as easily as it authenticates itself.
"Good morning. As I was starting up, I noticed there were some patches to be installed. So I installed them. Your computer is now secure. Oh, and by the way, nothing works besides MS Office, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer. Now have a nice day."
As you mention, yes this would be foolish. But for a company that's using one domination to push other products, it's not too far fetched.
What, like a manage-o-three?
(bad attempt at South Park joke but very fitting in this situation.)
I was going to say something similar. Chemiluminescence is very cool. You start with 2 liquids, could be clear, could have some color. Darken the room and then add the chemicals together. Using the correct chemicals, the resulting solution can glow for hours.
It's kinda like the glow sticks you'll see all over the place. But use something that gives off a neater color. Plus, if you can build some kind of swirling beaker, it can add a neat twist (no pun intended) to the experiment. I've seen it done where there was a funnel at the top and then a long spiraling tube. As the chemicals mixed together in the swirling tubes, by the time the resulting soltion got to the catch container at the bottom it was already glowing. Pretty neat looking.
The discussions can be endless, from exothermic reaction to endothermic comparisons, resulting energy in exothermic reactions, etc.