puns aside, I presume that in research many apps are written to test a particular algorithm and thrown away. For that particular purpose I don't find their choice surprising.
VB is very useful to create windows only apps quick and dirty. Infact I dont know of a language/development environment where i can do that quicker.
and you must be an indian. In your eyes everyone who lives in America are filthy rich, running around with nude babes talking trash about people living in other countries.
For a country like india to invest in open source. They have the IT manpower, a huge indegenous market with enough demand to absorb anything that is created even if they dont prove successful oversees where microsoft is already a dominant player. I dont know what Gates discussed with the President of India about security, it sure dint go too well.
Also, it should be noted that the president of india is not directly elected by the people unlike united states & does not carry that much of a power. I would like to hear something like this from the prime minister of India - which will not happen because industry lobbyists are effective where there is a need for money to run in elections.
Um, why is the goal to only find 90 percent of the asteroids that can kill us?
Budget constraints. They can only do so much with what they could sqeeze out of the government.
Seriously, it could be because of the unpredictability of the asteroids' path & other unknown asteroids. Although many of these follow well defined path - a smallest deviation resulting out of say, collision with other space debris, would mean large change from the expected point of contact at earth.
no kidding, I got to see XMen 2 in this way (was called TCO subbed version) & decided I would stay away from any copies of Matrix. Downloading bootlegs might make sense if the highlight of the movie is the story. For movies where special effects is the king, it makes no sense to watch a crappy video version with wolverine sounding like he has got a cold.
this is actually worse than that -
it is "See we are doing something please fund our election campaign". The people they look to please here are the corporations that have been lobbying for long.
The first time i saw Matrix I thought it drew out a lot from other existing philosophies (religions).
For example one saviour thinking is not new - its been there in Christianity and Islam. Hinduism itself is based on the philosophy of reincarnation - which states that what you see around you (materialistic self) is not what is real (sounds familiar ?). Your soul (mind in matrix) is the real you - which can be passed on from one body to another (yes you could be born a dog in your next life). Realization of this truth (again a Matrix import)is considered to be a part of the learning the path of spirituality.
Fatalism described in Matrix is also not new to the field of religion. Its common in budhism & there is also a belief in Hinduism that all of us are merely puppets & god (here machines) is the who controls the course of our lives while we merely experience it.
No wonder there is a lot of discussion w.r.t to philosophy & Matrix. There seems to have been a lot of it that went into creation of this Matrix story.
I am a mini oracle & here is my prediction for the future: At some point I bet NYtimes will start testing the referrer and block sites other than google. Then we will counter by copy pasting the link.
this an expression of 'hacking' outside of machinery/engineering?"
Nope, this is an utter waste of time. There are so many other useful skills that you could learn with your precious time. Why learn stuff that you will never use ?
just 350 students signed up for the course this spring, in striking contrast to enrollment in the fall of 2000, when the same lecture hall was engorged at the start of the semester with 700 students
Would that be an unfair comparison given that more people register every year during the fall compared to Spring ?
Slashdot Mirror
no kidding, but then thats what you get from someone so interested in the subject i guess.
puns aside, I presume that in research many apps are written to test a particular algorithm and thrown away. For that particular purpose I don't find their choice surprising.
VB is very useful to create windows only apps quick and dirty. Infact I dont know of a language/development environment where i can do that quicker.
and you must be an indian. In your eyes everyone who lives in America are filthy rich, running around with nude babes talking trash about people living in other countries.
Let keep generalizations away from conversations.
wow, couldnt have said it better :)
For a country like india to invest in open source. They have the IT manpower, a huge indegenous market with enough demand to absorb anything that is created even if they dont prove successful oversees where microsoft is already a dominant player. I dont know what Gates discussed with the President of India about security, it sure dint go too well.
Also, it should be noted that the president of india is not directly elected by the people unlike united states & does not carry that much of a power. I would like to hear something like this from the prime minister of India - which will not happen because industry lobbyists are effective where there is a need for money to run in elections.
BSD & Stephen King will all be really dead then. They might shed a tear for the goatse guy.
Um, why is the goal to only find 90 percent of the asteroids that can kill us?
Budget constraints. They can only do so much with what they could sqeeze out of the government.
Seriously, it could be because of the unpredictability of the asteroids' path & other unknown asteroids. Although many of these follow well defined path - a smallest deviation resulting out of say, collision with other space debris, would mean large change from the expected point of contact at earth.
Did you mean: NUCLEAR war
Nope, I am darn sure that its either nucular or nuculer. Do you know better or George W Bush ?
yeah , besides if humans evolve as shown in hollywood, the women then will have three boobs and the mutant power to control the tsunami.
someone look at it and tell us if it is any different from the deep impact flick.
nuclear war
what is that ? I hope you meant NUCULAR war.
that was due to a glitch in the Matrix. Someone has opened a second door for copyright violations.
how to use biotorrent to back up old copies of Matrix Reloaded for safe storage.
no kidding, I got to see XMen 2 in this way (was called TCO subbed version) & decided I would stay away from any copies of Matrix. Downloading bootlegs might make sense if the highlight of the movie is the story. For movies where special effects is the king, it makes no sense to watch a crappy video version with wolverine sounding like he has got a cold.
BSOD jokes suck for they are not only irrelevant but also banal. Try to think of smthg original next time.
this is actually worse than that - it is "See we are doing something please fund our election campaign". The people they look to please here are the corporations that have been lobbying for long.
The first time i saw Matrix I thought it drew out a lot from other existing philosophies (religions).
For example one saviour thinking is not new - its been there in Christianity and Islam. Hinduism itself is based on the philosophy of reincarnation - which states that what you see around you (materialistic self) is not what is real (sounds familiar ?). Your soul (mind in matrix) is the real you - which can be passed on from one body to another (yes you could be born a dog in your next life). Realization of this truth (again a Matrix import)is considered to be a part of the learning the path of spirituality.
Fatalism described in Matrix is also not new to the field of religion. Its common in budhism &
there is also a belief in Hinduism that all of us are merely puppets & god (here machines) is the who controls the course of our lives while we merely experience it.
No wonder there is a lot of discussion w.r.t to philosophy & Matrix. There seems to have been a lot of it that went into creation of this Matrix story.
Here is the link :)
I am a mini oracle & here is my prediction for the future: At some point I bet NYtimes will start testing the referrer and block sites other than google. Then we will counter by copy pasting the link.
And how is that there are open positions displayed on their Careers page ?
So , Are they blatant fakes ?
or
Is the company merely using the time as an excuse to get rid of the chaff ?
Arent there laws which prevent companies from hiring immediately from a mass layoff ?
here you go, a nice explanation of the meaning :
,
http://www.grinberg.net/vitaliy/hacker.html
in short
hackers: just enthusiasts
crackers: evildoers
Crackers, not hackers.
I understand this is a losing battle but lets not get it wrong on slashdot.
this an expression of 'hacking' outside of machinery/engineering?"
Nope, this is an utter waste of time. There are so many other useful skills that you could learn with your precious time. Why learn stuff that you will never use ?
how come the federal agents are allowed to use honeypots, as in the case of the russian hackers, when private investigaters cant ?
what ? Pooh used honeypot to attract piglet ? I knew there there was something about gay relationship in those cartoons.
just 350 students signed up for the course this spring, in striking contrast to enrollment in the fall of 2000, when the same lecture hall was engorged at the start of the semester with 700 students
Would that be an unfair comparison given that more people register every year during the fall compared to Spring ?