If you want to see 5-10 years into the future, skulk around the hallways of any graduate department of engineering or hard science.
The number of American students who choose to defer the instant gratification of making The Big Money would appear to be shrinking when compared to the number of students from abroad (e.g. India and, of course, China) who think grad student wages ARE The Big Money, and who will help their sponsoring countries by bringing back their new-found expertise.
I don't necessarily think that this is a bad thing, for we should be exporting knowledge to the world. However I AM concerned that intellectual pursuits no longer seem to be quite as valued by American culture as I [rose-colored glasses=ON] remember them being back in the misty dawn of time. [rose-colored glasses=OFF]
Perhaps someone in an English or Sociology or Psych department out there will let us know what they have observed of this trend.
I just saw something about this on Scientific American Frontiers. I don't think it ws this particular critter, but something more run-of-the-mill. Anyway, it was able to produce (indirectly?) a pretty good load of hydrogen while cleaning smokestack outputs. And it tasted goodm too!
....it's the variety of the diet, at least as much as the quality that keeps you (well, me at least) from going nuts, or potentially worse, losing interest in eating.
I hope that these fancy new meals do not end up displacing "comfort foods" such as may have previously been on the menu.
At a private company I used to work at, when there was a minor problem with my working environment (too cold), it took a day or two to fix. At a top-rated university, a more serious problem (lights that turn off by themselves every ten minutes) took seven months to fix.
So... you're comparing your n=1 for industry vs. your n=1 for academia to justify the conclusion?
FWIW, I've also worked in both, and the experiences have just sharpened my agreement with Sturgeon's Law, regardless of venue.
Well, yes, I suppose. However I was referring to "ownership" in an "intellectual property" sense, not a "self-determination" sense. If we are going to discuss that, you forgot what is perhaps the biggest issue: slavery (in all its forms).
This "do you own yourself" question has actually been an actual, practical problem for over a decade now.
I'm too lazy to look it up, but there was at least one case of a subject in a research study sueing the researcher for a share of the profits of a genetically engineered treatment/product that was developed from his tissue samples.
I don't remember what the outcome was, but I suspect that nothing was clarified.
The second Safari fix had a demo exploit published. I never got it to work on my system, but several people reported it working for them.
Well, I hope you called 800-SOS-APPL to see if they could help you get your machine exploited, too.
Just as long as Robert Sawyer isn't correct (and it's very unlikely that he would be, since it was just a novel, damnit) and human consciousness is tied to the magnetic field...
3. Use Terminal Server, since Microsoft provides a free Remote Desktop client. This works perfectly but it does not allow me to drag and drop between the terminal server session and my desktop.
What about running something like Timbuktu (Mac and Windows clients available) or some flavor of VNC? TB2 (usally) has drag-and-drop between host and client, though it seems to be a bit flaky in the recent versions.
With the inclusion of ECC in the new XServes, and Apple's slow-but-steady propogation of high-end features towards the lower end, how likely is it that we'll see ECC in some future rev (maybe even this alleged-real-soon-now bump) of the desktop G5s?
It's been many years since my computer architecture coursework, so I am not sure that there's even a real cost-benefit reason to do so. I look forward to reading any brilliant insights that/.'ers are capable of bringing to the party.
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I mean, really, how many more times can we expect another bit of "Apple should dismantle itself so I can put OS X on some POS box" punditry?
The number of American students who choose to defer the instant gratification of making The Big Money would appear to be shrinking when compared to the number of students from abroad (e.g. India and, of course, China) who think grad student wages ARE The Big Money, and who will help their sponsoring countries by bringing back their new-found expertise.
I don't necessarily think that this is a bad thing, for we should be exporting knowledge to the world. However I AM concerned that intellectual pursuits no longer seem to be quite as valued by American culture as I [rose-colored glasses=ON] remember them being back in the misty dawn of time. [rose-colored glasses=OFF]
Perhaps someone in an English or Sociology or Psych department out there will let us know what they have observed of this trend.
I just saw something about this on Scientific American Frontiers. I don't think it ws this particular critter, but something more run-of-the-mill. Anyway, it was able to produce (indirectly?) a pretty good load of hydrogen while cleaning smokestack outputs. And it tasted goodm too!
I hope that these fancy new meals do not end up displacing "comfort foods" such as may have previously been on the menu.
As Martha would say, "It's a good thing."
Six. I counted.
How is this news? There have been several variations on this minor mod. And this one is, well, a bit ugly, to be frank.
...so I am not necessarily impressed by majority rule.
To hell with hibernation: if scientists feel the need to invent stuff in Woody Allen movies, how about starting with the Orb, or the Orgasmotron?
Oh, wait, too late: http://forums.applenova.com/archive/index.php/t-25 84.html
So... you're comparing your n=1 for industry vs. your n=1 for academia to justify the conclusion?
FWIW, I've also worked in both, and the experiences have just sharpened my agreement with Sturgeon's Law, regardless of venue.
My root password is "n0tr00t" so I'm OK, right?
Well, yes, I suppose. However I was referring to "ownership" in an "intellectual property" sense, not a "self-determination" sense. If we are going to discuss that, you forgot what is perhaps the biggest issue: slavery (in all its forms).
I'm too lazy to look it up, but there was at least one case of a subject in a research study sueing the researcher for a share of the profits of a genetically engineered treatment/product that was developed from his tissue samples.
I don't remember what the outcome was, but I suspect that nothing was clarified.
Genetic Savings & Clone are currently cloning cats for $50 000 That's a lot to pay for a little pussy. /sorry. had to be done.
I dunno. I just like the phrase "Faith-Based Space Race."
The second Safari fix had a demo exploit published. I never got it to work on my system, but several people reported it working for them. Well, I hope you called 800-SOS-APPL to see if they could help you get your machine exploited, too.
...Barclay's turned into a spider.
Makes me think twice whenever I'm offered pepsi now. This should make you think even harder: http://pepsispice.blogspot.com/
...except that you put the victim, er, subject's hand in warm water while they sleep. It often leads to lower-torso evaporative cooling.
...a Beowulf cluster of... Oh never mind.
Just as long as Robert Sawyer isn't correct (and it's very unlikely that he would be, since it was just a novel, damnit) and human consciousness is tied to the magnetic field...
The book was better.
I know that there will be some neat uses for it. They're not the ones that scare me.
And if you are screwing your users, what do you use?
What about running something like Timbuktu (Mac and Windows clients available) or some flavor of VNC? TB2 (usally) has drag-and-drop between host and client, though it seems to be a bit flaky in the recent versions.
This may be juuuuuust a bit off-topic, but...
/.'ers are capable of bringing to the party.
With the inclusion of ECC in the new XServes, and Apple's slow-but-steady propogation of high-end features towards the lower end, how likely is it that we'll see ECC in some future rev (maybe even this alleged-real-soon-now bump) of the desktop G5s?
It's been many years since my computer architecture coursework, so I am not sure that there's even a real cost-benefit reason to do so. I look forward to reading any brilliant insights that