This is not a tradition unique to Swathmore. All universities should encourage open exchanges of information.
As it says on a plaque at the University of Wisconsin since 1910 :
"Whatever may be the limitations which trammel inquiry elsewhere, we believe that the great State University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found." (Board of Regents 1894)
George Bush is a Weasel of O(1) Politicians are Weasels of O(1) He is a leader of the USA...Weasel O(1) He has ties to Oil Industry and Halliburton etc
So really George Bush is a Weasel to the 4th Power. Now why did forty some percent of voters choose him in 2000?
Consider this another wrinkle in the Total Cost of Ownership debate.
But who owns it??? Expect MS to change their EULA in response.
"Microsoft reserves the right to muddle your OS install in any way we see fit, but you poor suckers are ultimately responsible when your computer becomes a festering mass of worms and virus's."
My favorite exam question ever was in a graduate level aerodynamics class at the University of Washington.
Express the power of a thunderstorm in racecar engines...show your work and all assumptions.
This was some time ago, but based on the Kalmogerov ?sp? microscale equations a 10km thunderstorm had the power of about 20 million 600HP racecars. Imagine a hurricane on the scale of 500km (since it is a size^3...if I recall correctly) ZOWIE!!
I agree that since we have a hightened awareness of harmful characteristics of this technology it is not grounds for curtailing development. It just needs to be weighed in balance and mitigated.
Early man learned that sharp pointy objects can hurt. Similarly children learn that glass and cutlery are dangerous to handle, so care is required. Yet kitchen knives and jelly jars are in widespread use.
In the 20th century we learned very small sharp pointy things are also harmful (asbestos etc). We also have learned of all kinds of delivery mechnisms for harmful substances into our bodies (leaded gasoline, mercury in fish from coal fired power plants etc).
I am encouraged that there are individuals out there saying "Hey, lets think about this!" However, if a device that uses milliamps of power can reduce some form of wasteful consumption (those coal fired power plants)...the decision is a no-brainer.
In case it does I LOVE Windows XP and wish their license agreement committed me to endentured servitude.
I am interested in any proprietary personal devices and home entertainment hardware provided it updates a central repository in Redmond with any personal information so that content can me filtered to the information my profile dictates. I hate to be bothered with all the high forehead mumbo jumbo on/.
Well looking at my Swatch timepiece it appears it is time to slide into the old Craftmatic Adjustable Bed, set my Sony clock radio alarm and get some shut-eye.
Beuford Pilebottom
mentally handicapped have been confused by cops as criminals and shot...
Yes, because the Police will be able to tell that the deranged person charging at them with a nail studded 2X4 is in the database and off his medication preventing a tragic fatal misunderstanding.
Going to the earlier comments there are the bright orange ear tags the cattle ranchers use...Ouch! Maybe less intrusive arm bands that worked so well in Poland decades ago.
I think Ashcroft given time (another 4 years) could come up with a more permanant (final) solution. He has plenty of 20th century reference implementations to draw from for ideas.
With media consolidation and trading of event outcomes what will happen to CNN and Fox News prospects for financial growth via "market manipulation". What would an "Enron event" look like with this system in place?
I like a good analogy (just look at my handle) but this one better stay inside the Pentagon with the cast of Dr Strangelove.
If the image in people's minds is an android like tin man with a spatula in its hand, this would be pretty sophisticated. An automated hamburger preparing device tailored to that purpose would be a simple proposition to implement using 1976 controls. The barriers would be cultural
It would be refreshing to not have to watch some pimply kid try to figure out what coins to take out of the drawer to make 48 cents (after the register computed $5.00 - $4.52.
If ignorance is bliss why is everyone so damn pissed off all the time?
Who will hack the first Rebuttal Bot?
Bot: Bill Gates is an evil dirty rat bastard because his latest OS, MS-Kids, includes a vial of crack attached to bean filled plush toys....
Rebut Bot: Our enhanced operating system provides everything you will think you need. Resistance is futile you will be assimilated....
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Today there are 8 year olds making happy meal toys for the latest Disney flick promotion for pennies a day.
Tomorrow they will be banging out Java code on some crappy hardware 1 step up the econommic ladder from the 6 year olds out back getting toxified smelting the machines that actually don't work for scrap.
One needs to distinguish themself to demand more pay. Articulate why your work is not grunt work that can go to the cheapest resources and you have real job security.
There is always someone out there willing to work cheaper. There is only one that delivers the most value.
I think the key here is that there is a distinction between a "commodity component" and a system which has real business logic in it. The wonderful thing about open source is that the greater community avoids repetition and rework to enhance and maintain the reusable components.
The money to be made is in integrating that all together as a business solution.
West Bloomfield is a fairly exclusive community.
One setback would be to have this self serving parasite fighting a local zoning board. The fact that he draws high volumes of electricity and has employees on site he may be out of line with residential zoning. It should be fairly simple to find the guys address and file a complaint with the local government...cars parked in the street...etc.
Sure he would rent some storefront somewhere and setup shop again, but if he is working 18 hours days, the time, energy and resources spent moving his operations would cut down on billions of junk mail messages. It may also endear him to the Orthodontists and CFO's in his neighborhood.
There are no shortage of "Idea Guys" out there. The value requiring investment is developing ideas into tangible (and saleable) things.
As big as some industries are, they are really small worlds.
For example, there are many thousands of employees at General Motors for that had at one point worked for another of the Big Three or supplier.
Without much extrapolation, any patent, idea, copyright or design is legally tainted now.
Suppose Ford files for a patent on a new fuel injection technology. Joe Shmo on the design team once worked with Bob Erino at ACME Lifter Valves and talked about a clever idea at the water cooler. Bob now works at Crysler. Now can Crysler take legal action against Ford because Joe's ideas were really Bob's ideas?
But wait... Joe's dad worked for GM for 35 years and "talked shop" with his son. The idea was really neither Joe's nor Bob's. Joe senior, should talk to the legal department at GM and they should sue everyone.
But wait, there's more...At the end of the day, Joe Sr's ideas where just an implementation of basic physics, so really Oxford University should sue GM, because the ideas were first documented by Newton!
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So lets see...
...Weasel O(1)
George Bush is a Weasel of O(1)
Politicians are Weasels of O(1)
He is a leader of the USA
He has ties to Oil Industry and Halliburton etc
So really George Bush is a Weasel to the 4th Power. Now why did forty some percent of voters choose him in 2000?
But who owns it??? Expect MS to change their EULA in response.
Express the power of a thunderstorm in racecar engines...show your work and all assumptions.
This was some time ago, but based on the Kalmogerov ?sp? microscale equations a 10km thunderstorm had the power of about 20 million 600HP racecars. Imagine a hurricane on the scale of 500km (since it is a size^3...if I recall correctly) ZOWIE!!
Early man learned that sharp pointy objects can hurt. Similarly children learn that glass and cutlery are dangerous to handle, so care is required. Yet kitchen knives and jelly jars are in widespread use.
In the 20th century we learned very small sharp pointy things are also harmful (asbestos etc). We also have learned of all kinds of delivery mechnisms for harmful substances into our bodies (leaded gasoline, mercury in fish from coal fired power plants etc).
I am encouraged that there are individuals out there saying "Hey, lets think about this!" However, if a device that uses milliamps of power can reduce some form of wasteful consumption (those coal fired power plants)...the decision is a no-brainer.
I am interested in any proprietary personal devices and home entertainment hardware provided it updates a central repository in Redmond with any personal information so that content can me filtered to the information my profile dictates. I hate to be bothered with all the high forehead mumbo jumbo on /.
Well looking at my Swatch timepiece it appears it is time to slide into the old Craftmatic Adjustable Bed, set my Sony clock radio alarm and get some shut-eye. Beuford Pilebottom
Yes, because the Police will be able to tell that the deranged person charging at them with a nail studded 2X4 is in the database and off his medication preventing a tragic fatal misunderstanding.
Going to the earlier comments there are the bright orange ear tags the cattle ranchers use...Ouch! Maybe less intrusive arm bands that worked so well in Poland decades ago.
I think Ashcroft given time (another 4 years) could come up with a more permanant (final) solution. He has plenty of 20th century reference implementations to draw from for ideas.
With media consolidation and trading of event outcomes what will happen to CNN and Fox News prospects for financial growth via "market manipulation". What would an "Enron event" look like with this system in place? I like a good analogy (just look at my handle) but this one better stay inside the Pentagon with the cast of Dr Strangelove.
If the image in people's minds is an android like tin man with a spatula in its hand, this would be pretty sophisticated. An automated hamburger preparing device tailored to that purpose would be a simple proposition to implement using 1976 controls. The barriers would be cultural
It would be refreshing to not have to watch some pimply kid try to figure out what coins to take out of the drawer to make 48 cents (after the register computed $5.00 - $4.52.
If ignorance is bliss why is everyone so damn pissed off all the time?
Who will hack the first Rebuttal Bot? Bot: Bill Gates is an evil dirty rat bastard because his latest OS, MS-Kids, includes a vial of crack attached to bean filled plush toys.... Rebut Bot: Our enhanced operating system provides everything you will think you need. Resistance is futile you will be assimilated....
Today there are 8 year olds making happy meal toys for the latest Disney flick promotion for pennies a day. Tomorrow they will be banging out Java code on some crappy hardware 1 step up the econommic ladder from the 6 year olds out back getting toxified smelting the machines that actually don't work for scrap. One needs to distinguish themself to demand more pay. Articulate why your work is not grunt work that can go to the cheapest resources and you have real job security. There is always someone out there willing to work cheaper. There is only one that delivers the most value.
I think the key here is that there is a distinction between a "commodity component" and a system which has real business logic in it. The wonderful thing about open source is that the greater community avoids repetition and rework to enhance and maintain the reusable components. The money to be made is in integrating that all together as a business solution.
It seems quite intuitive...
.porn, .xxx or .sex TLD would make it easier for kids to find the stuff (much easier than a Google search on "Big Boobs")
.kids TLD will make it easier for pedofiles and other creeps to find kids (at least the ones that aren't trolling in .porn sites).
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West Bloomfield is a fairly exclusive community. One setback would be to have this self serving parasite fighting a local zoning board. The fact that he draws high volumes of electricity and has employees on site he may be out of line with residential zoning. It should be fairly simple to find the guys address and file a complaint with the local government...cars parked in the street...etc. Sure he would rent some storefront somewhere and setup shop again, but if he is working 18 hours days, the time, energy and resources spent moving his operations would cut down on billions of junk mail messages. It may also endear him to the Orthodontists and CFO's in his neighborhood.
There are no shortage of "Idea Guys" out there. The value requiring investment is developing ideas into tangible (and saleable) things. As big as some industries are, they are really small worlds. For example, there are many thousands of employees at General Motors for that had at one point worked for another of the Big Three or supplier. Without much extrapolation, any patent, idea, copyright or design is legally tainted now. Suppose Ford files for a patent on a new fuel injection technology. Joe Shmo on the design team once worked with Bob Erino at ACME Lifter Valves and talked about a clever idea at the water cooler. Bob now works at Crysler. Now can Crysler take legal action against Ford because Joe's ideas were really Bob's ideas? But wait... Joe's dad worked for GM for 35 years and "talked shop" with his son. The idea was really neither Joe's nor Bob's. Joe senior, should talk to the legal department at GM and they should sue everyone. But wait, there's more...At the end of the day, Joe Sr's ideas where just an implementation of basic physics, so really Oxford University should sue GM, because the ideas were first documented by Newton!