Let's define civilization to meaning "people living in cities". You have to have domesticated, staple crops. Those came about long after modern human arrived.(Domesticated animals help, but aren't necessary. See Incas, Aztecs).
I think from an administration standpoint, you're right on. But you might want to look at it from a management perspective.
What makes your boss feel more secure? Is your boss the kind to totally trust you and your judgement, or do they like to see some 'backup'?
Also, would you like to be totally on your own, or would you like to be able to say "Know what? I'm sick of this problem!" and call up Red Hat support? This could be helpful in shifting blame away from yourself.
The U.S. is fortunate to have a population large enough to have a volunteer/recruited miliatary.
Small European countries are not in a simliar situation. Finland, for example, has no choice but to require every male of age (and healthy enough) to serve for 2 years. If the US and Russia fought, they would be ground zero. There simply aren't enough people to defend their country without mandatory conscription.
So it works out that basically every male has experince with rifles and camping out in Lappland, so that if the time came, Finland might stand a chance at coming out whole.
Compare to the Russians
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No deaths in a Soyuz capsule in 20 years. I don't blame the senator for saying our death/accident rate is too high.
Well, I think the common thread you propose is a bit tenuous. You could make the same kind of argument saying that this is a totally new device for image io, not a monitor and a scanner joined together. The common thread would be digital images (i.e. it displays digital images, it scans digital images).
Well, you can keep the functions seperate, but still put them in the same unit. Like a printer/copier/scanner. It saves space on the desktop. (the physical desktop, not the virtual one.)
Personally, I don't like multi-purpose units (the whole putting-your-eggs-in-one-basket concern) but some people do.
So far, every article I've read about this says that if this proof turns out be accurate, there are "major concerns" for computer security, which rely on large primes.
What are those "concerns"? They seem to imply that if this is proven, encryption would be easily crackable.
Forgive my naive reasoning, but, even if it isn't a proof (as in , applies to all primes), wouldn't it work well enough to crack the primes that are used in encryption? Or, could we try to crack encryption schemes using this proof and see if it works?
If anyone saw the pictures, his setup looks awfully precarious.
He has 1 normal PC case, 2 homemade stands for the drives, and one more homemade stand for additional power supplies.
The stands with the drives look like they could topple with a moments notice! Why did he put them at the top...?
I think it would be better to mount as many power supplies and drives in 2 additional cases, with the shells removed. Might be a problem with IDE cable length; maybe you could do 2 next to each side the the master computer.
Like the first part of the article mentions, paper books are useful for display, and not just in the showing off sense.
When I walk into my professors office, they have two walls of metal bookshelves stacked to the wall with books. It's like walking into their mind.
With a cursory glance, you can roughly tell what schools of thought they subscribe to, who they've read, their area of expertise, what subjects they're familiar with. It's really nifty.
Are we a swarm of cells?
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I've always thought that the idea of multi-celluar organisms to be a misnomer - we are actually more of a tightly integrated colony of cells.
I would define a cell as the basic life form, and anything greater than a cell is not a single 'creature'. Humans, like the ant colony, are a giant collaborative effort.
Of course, there's something in our brain that gives us the sense of I, the individual, irreducible person. It's an illusion. But it helps us survive, I guess (By us I mean "we cells," not you).
As a liberal arts major (anthropology and religious studies) I find that Liberal Arts majors generally get the grade they deserve.
In upper level liberal arts class, you actually have to *read* and *understand* long, boring books (not articles). It is immediately apparent if you didn't read the assigment and you go to turn in your paper.
By contrast, all the engineering and comp sci students I hafve talked with say that cheating on tests is rampant. You seemingly can get away with cramming the night before on a test. No such luck on your 15-page analysis of three works.
It tends to be self-selecting. Those who 'get' mathematics fast take engineering, and do okay because of natural ability. Those who can read and write volumes study liberal arts.
The most amazing classes to me are pure mathematics. Students will get all of the questions wrong, get a C on each quiz and midterm, and then get a B because of what they've learned and how they attempted to answer questions. Sheesh. Talk about warm and fuzzy.
I would like a digital camera / GPS that puts a dat/time/location stamp on each photo (not on the photo itself, but in the metadata).
That way, with my spiffy new XML OS, my File Manager will get my vacation itinerary from my journal, corresponding to the time when the photos were taken, and correctly display the name of the place they were taken.
...seeing as how there is an active debate on what a species *is* exactly. Some biologists argue that the Linnaean system is outdated.
If you look at actual biological descriptions of new species these days, there is endless spagetti of Family, sub-family, sub-sub-family, Genera, sub-genera. They really have to bend the classificatory scheme to make sense out of every creature they run across these days.
So, likely no one will be able to agree if/when the task is finished (if it will ever be)..
This sort of thing wold never stand in the humanities? I would be immediately and blazingly apparent if an author hadn't read a work they were citing, not considering understood.
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Let's define civilization to meaning "people living in cities". You have to have domesticated, staple crops. Those came about long after modern human arrived.(Domesticated animals help, but aren't necessary. See Incas, Aztecs).
You mean, I can finally get *gulp* booty for programming?!
What makes your boss feel more secure? Is your boss the kind to totally trust you and your judgement, or do they like to see some 'backup'?
Also, would you like to be totally on your own, or would you like to be able to say "Know what? I'm sick of this problem!" and call up Red Hat support? This could be helpful in shifting blame away from yourself.
Small European countries are not in a simliar situation. Finland, for example, has no choice but to require every male of age (and healthy enough) to serve for 2 years. If the US and Russia fought, they would be ground zero. There simply aren't enough people to defend their country without mandatory conscription.
So it works out that basically every male has experince with rifles and camping out in Lappland, so that if the time came, Finland might stand a chance at coming out whole.
Can't we at least do better than the Russians?
Hey, no one types directory structures anymore. They click into them. Step into the 90s.
I'll bet he gets loads of props from the CLI lovin' Linux community.
Well, I think the common thread you propose is a bit tenuous. You could make the same kind of argument saying that this is a totally new device for image io, not a monitor and a scanner joined together. The common thread would be digital images (i.e. it displays digital images, it scans digital images).
Personally, I don't like multi-purpose units (the whole putting-your-eggs-in-one-basket concern) but some people do.
Originally from somethingawful.com You have been warned.
What? You are not a what?!
Why do they need to know it, anyway? Just use some artificial selection technique. Mimic nature.
First, the sandstorm in Iraq. Now, signs in the sky. Yes, it is God!
Paper contains no handwriting recognition whatsoever. Your brain (or other peoples) does all the work.
What are those "concerns"? They seem to imply that if this is proven, encryption would be easily crackable.
Forgive my naive reasoning, but, even if it isn't a proof (as in , applies to all primes), wouldn't it work well enough to crack the primes that are used in encryption? Or, could we try to crack encryption schemes using this proof and see if it works?
He has 1 normal PC case, 2 homemade stands for the drives, and one more homemade stand for additional power supplies.
The stands with the drives look like they could topple with a moments notice! Why did he put them at the top...?
I think it would be better to mount as many power supplies and drives in 2 additional cases, with the shells removed. Might be a problem with IDE cable length; maybe you could do 2 next to each side the the master computer.
The setup.
When I walk into my professors office, they have two walls of metal bookshelves stacked to the wall with books. It's like walking into their mind.
With a cursory glance, you can roughly tell what schools of thought they subscribe to, who they've read, their area of expertise, what subjects they're familiar with. It's really nifty.
I would define a cell as the basic life form, and anything greater than a cell is not a single 'creature'. Humans, like the ant colony, are a giant collaborative effort.
Of course, there's something in our brain that gives us the sense of I, the individual, irreducible person. It's an illusion. But it helps us survive, I guess (By us I mean "we cells," not you).
He's already done his google search. There is no FM out there that can give you the information like a human's response to a question .
As a liberal arts major (anthropology and religious studies) I find that Liberal Arts majors generally get the grade they deserve. In upper level liberal arts class, you actually have to *read* and *understand* long, boring books (not articles). It is immediately apparent if you didn't read the assigment and you go to turn in your paper. By contrast, all the engineering and comp sci students I hafve talked with say that cheating on tests is rampant. You seemingly can get away with cramming the night before on a test. No such luck on your 15-page analysis of three works. It tends to be self-selecting. Those who 'get' mathematics fast take engineering, and do okay because of natural ability. Those who can read and write volumes study liberal arts. The most amazing classes to me are pure mathematics. Students will get all of the questions wrong, get a C on each quiz and midterm, and then get a B because of what they've learned and how they attempted to answer questions. Sheesh. Talk about warm and fuzzy.
That way, with my spiffy new XML OS, my File Manager will get my vacation itinerary from my journal, corresponding to the time when the photos were taken, and correctly display the name of the place they were taken.
If you look at actual biological descriptions of new species these days, there is endless spagetti of Family, sub-family, sub-sub-family, Genera, sub-genera. They really have to bend the classificatory scheme to make sense out of every creature they run across these days.
So, likely no one will be able to agree if/when the task is finished (if it will ever be)..
Yipee! We get to participate in our government by complying with the law! Can't wait until I'm allowed to retrofit my car.
I wonder if they will let me do it before they make a national law...?
How about the environmental hazards of thousands of discarded cell phones?
This sort of thing wold never stand in the humanities? I would be immediately and blazingly apparent if an author hadn't read a work they were citing, not considering understood.