Well, they are still people. Very predatory people. They used to be human. They are basically science fiction versions of, say, semi-intelligent zombies. There are some holes (I think the only holes I noticed in the whole movie, which was refreshing) dealing with the Reavers and between the tv show and the movie, primarily in generation.
I guess some people might view the following as a spoiler, and thus are forewarned.
In Firefly, an individual who was the sole survivor of a Reaver attack starts becoming a Reaver due to being driven crazy / what he has witnessed / etc. In the film, the Reavers are the way they are due to chemically induced brain changes (basically). The time period between the creation of the Reavers and the events in the film is short enough that they haven't had to deal with issues like 'how do they have babies?'.
What I don't understand is why they don't eat each other, but they're not supposed to be entirely logical, you know?
Well, if you use the time specified in the first ping, and the time specified in the second ping, you have two times... with a difference between them.
If they work off of multiple pings, the broadcast signals do not need to have their clocks in sync - the deltas from each source could be used to estimate distance.
Most of these innovations come out of Google's developers being given (and forced?) 1 day per week to work on their own projects. Those projects are not defined by the company to the employee as to what they have to work on, which is why we've gotten this 'scatter' of features recently. It would take several Google employees deciding together that they want to write an OS to have a Google OS - or else a lot longer, since I don't think any of them, individually, would be writing an OS stable enough for Google to release as GoogleOS BETA
I know, it is terrible. In the future perhaps I will skip my quick proof-reading step in order to avoid causing discomfort to the general/. reader. I recently realized my tendency to use good spelling and grammar might cause some distress. I apologize.
Also, as far as getting VC investment in your project - expect to need a fully formed business plan and a working beta before anyone will write you a check. Yes, a working prototype. You could look for grant money from various government agencies to fund the initial period of software creation and research, though.
The VCs are going after these well known favorites because they are a sure bet. Unfortunately, I suspect it means we might be seeing 'premium' versions of these packages coming out that are sold for profit.
Hey, let me know if you figure out where to go to. I think there is a large number of us wandering around lately wondering what the heck happened in the last few years. Part of me keeps telling myself that everywhere else has its own weird problems, too, and its just extra embaressing for it to be the US, since you know, we're all 'freedom' and 'democracy' and whatnot.
A lot of open source 'companies' are making money via customization and support contracts. This pretty much requires the product to be something that businesses (medium to enterprise sized) would be interested in.
For some reason, I thought we might manage to make it out of this whole can of worms without ridiculous legislation, but I guess not. So far Jeb has done an OK job at balancing the right wing conservative fundamental religious nutcases in the Panhandle with the left wing liberal nutcases in the Wang, but this smacks of falling prey to letters from the west.
I'm still not sure I understand why government entities feel like they need to step into a system that was sufficient for informing parents about the nature and content of media. The MPAA rates movies, the theaters sort-of enforce the rating requirements, but there are no real laws underlining any of it. The ESRB rates games, the vendors sort-of enforce the rating system, but apparently society as we know it is going to come crashing down if we don't impose some fines or jail sentences.
How is legislation like this and the Michigan law going to affect online sales of games?
Oh. Be patient, the solution is coming within the next year or so (we are currently alpha). That is all I can say at the moment.
Any more features you want to dream up?
Ha ha, well put. When I saw that part of the article, I nearly fell out of my chair. How ridiculous - I had to post it. It's like Google isn't just some company anymore, its supposed to be this town's Fiscal Knight In Shining Armor, come to whisk them away from their poor money management skills.
There is no reason for a skilled person (as this guy obviously is) to not make a choice that also includes his own happiness. There's no requirement for utter ecstatic joy in the workplace, but it is MUCH easier to go to work and not feel like a cog in a system if you enjoy what you are doing. He is being faced with two very diverse choices, that is, he has a choice. He can choose which work environment will make him happier. That was the point I was trying to make.
As far as unspoken rules, they are only rules if you decide to follow them. I'm highly skeptical of traditional 'career paths' these days, since it seems most companies are just hiring and letting go as needed, putting in your 10 years no longer translates. You practically have to skip around companies just to get a 'promotion'. Anyone who cares more about status than their own happiness needs to evaluate themselves.
Whoa dude slow down. All the money in the world isn't worth it if you don't enjoy your job. As long as you make enough to support yourself, you should always try and do what is going to make you happiest at the end of the day. If you are utterly shallow and can only focus on the 'prestige' that money can bring, then fine, whore yourself away at whatever job pays the most. That way you can become a bitter old person who never focused on what was important in the real world, and instead just focused on the bottom line. It's attitudes like this that make all these large corporations we all seem to love to hate.
If you are happy with your current position, I'd say stay. If you are yearning to be more hands-on and less managementy, and your lifestyle won't take a major hit by the move, then totally go for it. If you have family to consider, make sure you talk to them about it first, especially if you will have to move / make major spending changes (depending on the difference in pay).
We have enough sales tax to pay here as it is, but no state income tax, so I guess it evens out. Since catalog sales don't require sales tax to be paid (unless in the same state, since catalog sales are interstate commerce and fall under different jurisdiction), I don't understand why or how internet sales are different. I think most ecommerce sites map more closely to a catalog than a brick and mortar store.
But who knows. I'm still mystified as to why I can't buy extended hardware warranties for laptops in Florida. Even the ones that come standard (no extra fee) often don't apply. Drop your laptop in Florida? sorry. not our problem.
Ah well, anyway. Having lived through a multiple week blackout/debris field from Hurricane Opal in 1995(?) I can tell you that there will be a lot of people happy to see your help. Beyond bringing food or water or tools, a very nice thing to bring is entertainment. Toys for kids. Books. That sort of thing. You could probably have a quick drive for donations via your church. Parents of bored, hot, tired, fitful kids will thank you.
.. most people still don't know how a flushing toilet works. It's something most everyone uses every single day. It's a very simple machine. But apparently I was some sort of female plumber superhero in college because I knew how to fix it.
Some people will just never become curious about the things they use from day to day. Others will. That's the difference.
I really love that they are supporting this measure at the government level. It seems to me (and I haven't seen anything really covering this angle) that it is a very smart thing to do - it forces commercial software to compete at being better than anything else available for the task, rather than just being what is known. By having a mandate of looking to OSS first, it raises awareness that it is even an option.
My husband went to Cornell. I sat in on a few of his classes while I was on spring break from Univ. of Florida. The material was not significantly different, we often used the same textbooks and most of the courses covered the same material.
I would have to say Cornell has very nice buildings; there is a good variety of architecture. The library system is top notch (although how often do engineering majors get to make real use of a library other than as a place to study?). Things are clean. Equipment is generally in good repair (although some of his labs had the same problem mine did, where there were wonky oscilloscopes or bad meters..). In the end though, we both got excellent educations, I just got mine for free (actually, they paid me to go to school there..) in a place where it doesn't freeze/snow. I think I won:)
Does Rutgers do professor reviews? There should be a method to complain about behavior like the absenteeism.
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Well, they are still people. Very predatory people. They used to be human. They are basically science fiction versions of, say, semi-intelligent zombies. There are some holes (I think the only holes I noticed in the whole movie, which was refreshing) dealing with the Reavers and between the tv show and the movie, primarily in generation.
I guess some people might view the following as a spoiler, and thus are forewarned.
In Firefly, an individual who was the sole survivor of a Reaver attack starts becoming a Reaver due to being driven crazy / what he has witnessed / etc. In the film, the Reavers are the way they are due to chemically induced brain changes (basically). The time period between the creation of the Reavers and the events in the film is short enough that they haven't had to deal with issues like 'how do they have babies?'.
What I don't understand is why they don't eat each other, but they're not supposed to be entirely logical, you know?
Well, if you use the time specified in the first ping, and the time specified in the second ping, you have two times... with a difference between them.
If they work off of multiple pings, the broadcast signals do not need to have their clocks in sync - the deltas from each source could be used to estimate distance.
Most of these innovations come out of Google's developers being given (and forced?) 1 day per week to work on their own projects. Those projects are not defined by the company to the employee as to what they have to work on, which is why we've gotten this 'scatter' of features recently. It would take several Google employees deciding together that they want to write an OS to have a Google OS - or else a lot longer, since I don't think any of them, individually, would be writing an OS stable enough for Google to release as GoogleOS BETA
So how do you go about getting one of these Korean English teaching jobs?
I know, it is terrible. In the future perhaps I will skip my quick proof-reading step in order to avoid causing discomfort to the general /. reader. I recently realized my tendency to use good spelling and grammar might cause some distress. I apologize.
I think there will be room for things like that and more, whenever it actually gets rolled out. Exciting, huh?
Also, as far as getting VC investment in your project - expect to need a fully formed business plan and a working beta before anyone will write you a check. Yes, a working prototype. You could look for grant money from various government agencies to fund the initial period of software creation and research, though.
The VCs are going after these well known favorites because they are a sure bet. Unfortunately, I suspect it means we might be seeing 'premium' versions of these packages coming out that are sold for profit.
Hey, let me know if you figure out where to go to. I think there is a large number of us wandering around lately wondering what the heck happened in the last few years. Part of me keeps telling myself that everywhere else has its own weird problems, too, and its just extra embaressing for it to be the US, since you know, we're all 'freedom' and 'democracy' and whatnot.
A lot of open source 'companies' are making money via customization and support contracts. This pretty much requires the product to be something that businesses (medium to enterprise sized) would be interested in.
For some reason, I thought we might manage to make it out of this whole can of worms without ridiculous legislation, but I guess not. So far Jeb has done an OK job at balancing the right wing conservative fundamental religious nutcases in the Panhandle with the left wing liberal nutcases in the Wang, but this smacks of falling prey to letters from the west.
I'm still not sure I understand why government entities feel like they need to step into a system that was sufficient for informing parents about the nature and content of media. The MPAA rates movies, the theaters sort-of enforce the rating requirements, but there are no real laws underlining any of it. The ESRB rates games, the vendors sort-of enforce the rating system, but apparently society as we know it is going to come crashing down if we don't impose some fines or jail sentences.
How is legislation like this and the Michigan law going to affect online sales of games?
Oh. Be patient, the solution is coming within the next year or so (we are currently alpha). That is all I can say at the moment. Any more features you want to dream up?
Ha ha, well put. When I saw that part of the article, I nearly fell out of my chair. How ridiculous - I had to post it. It's like Google isn't just some company anymore, its supposed to be this town's Fiscal Knight In Shining Armor, come to whisk them away from their poor money management skills.
There is no reason for a skilled person (as this guy obviously is) to not make a choice that also includes his own happiness. There's no requirement for utter ecstatic joy in the workplace, but it is MUCH easier to go to work and not feel like a cog in a system if you enjoy what you are doing. He is being faced with two very diverse choices, that is, he has a choice. He can choose which work environment will make him happier. That was the point I was trying to make.
As far as unspoken rules, they are only rules if you decide to follow them. I'm highly skeptical of traditional 'career paths' these days, since it seems most companies are just hiring and letting go as needed, putting in your 10 years no longer translates. You practically have to skip around companies just to get a 'promotion'. Anyone who cares more about status than their own happiness needs to evaluate themselves.
Whoa dude slow down. All the money in the world isn't worth it if you don't enjoy your job. As long as you make enough to support yourself, you should always try and do what is going to make you happiest at the end of the day. If you are utterly shallow and can only focus on the 'prestige' that money can bring, then fine, whore yourself away at whatever job pays the most. That way you can become a bitter old person who never focused on what was important in the real world, and instead just focused on the bottom line. It's attitudes like this that make all these large corporations we all seem to love to hate.
Eh, I can't use the warranty because I /reside/ in Florida. I guess I should have been more clear with that.
If you are happy with your current position, I'd say stay. If you are yearning to be more hands-on and less managementy, and your lifestyle won't take a major hit by the move, then totally go for it. If you have family to consider, make sure you talk to them about it first, especially if you will have to move / make major spending changes (depending on the difference in pay).
We have enough sales tax to pay here as it is, but no state income tax, so I guess it evens out. Since catalog sales don't require sales tax to be paid (unless in the same state, since catalog sales are interstate commerce and fall under different jurisdiction), I don't understand why or how internet sales are different. I think most ecommerce sites map more closely to a catalog than a brick and mortar store.
But who knows. I'm still mystified as to why I can't buy extended hardware warranties for laptops in Florida. Even the ones that come standard (no extra fee) often don't apply. Drop your laptop in Florida? sorry. not our problem.
I nominate this guy. He has to be better than Bolton. Too bad I'm not president.
Ah well, anyway. Having lived through a multiple week blackout/debris field from Hurricane Opal in 1995(?) I can tell you that there will be a lot of people happy to see your help. Beyond bringing food or water or tools, a very nice thing to bring is entertainment. Toys for kids. Books. That sort of thing. You could probably have a quick drive for donations via your church. Parents of bored, hot, tired, fitful kids will thank you.
Sorry, got married earlier this year. I don't think they allow husband collecting in this country, unfortunately.
.. most people still don't know how a flushing toilet works. It's something most everyone uses every single day. It's a very simple machine. But apparently I was some sort of female plumber superhero in college because I knew how to fix it.
Some people will just never become curious about the things they use from day to day. Others will. That's the difference.
I really love that they are supporting this measure at the government level. It seems to me (and I haven't seen anything really covering this angle) that it is a very smart thing to do - it forces commercial software to compete at being better than anything else available for the task, rather than just being what is known. By having a mandate of looking to OSS first, it raises awareness that it is even an option.
My husband went to Cornell. I sat in on a few of his classes while I was on spring break from Univ. of Florida. The material was not significantly different, we often used the same textbooks and most of the courses covered the same material.
:)
I would have to say Cornell has very nice buildings; there is a good variety of architecture. The library system is top notch (although how often do engineering majors get to make real use of a library other than as a place to study?). Things are clean. Equipment is generally in good repair (although some of his labs had the same problem mine did, where there were wonky oscilloscopes or bad meters..). In the end though, we both got excellent educations, I just got mine for free (actually, they paid me to go to school there..) in a place where it doesn't freeze/snow. I think I won
Does Rutgers do professor reviews? There should be a method to complain about behavior like the absenteeism.
I think a lot of PHB's view themselves as benevolent grandfathers or uncles. "Please sir, can I go pee-pee now?" "Not for another 22 minutes"