I wonder how many billions of dollars were spent on the Afganistan/Irak event... If this money were used to update roads and safety issues related to cars and roads, what effect would it make?
Oh, come on! This has been known for ages!
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In fact, the first "TV"s were composed of a spinning disk with holes in front of a photomultiplier tube (the disks scanned the different bits of the image onto the camera), reconstruction was later done mechanically too. Where is the novelty?
I have just returned a MacBook (sorry, my pockets ain't deep enough for the "pro"). I kept it for about a week. It was unbearable to use. The keyboard was between warm and hot (uncomfortably so). The bottom of the unit would give you a 2nd degree burn. A wooden desk over which the notebook set, got some discoloration due to the excessive heat. I would not leave this machine unattended in my house (risk of getting the fire department involved...). Overall a very negative experience.
Why can't they make this thing lighter! It is listed at "Weight: 5.2 pounds". This is way too much for a 13" laptop (i.e. most 13" laptops are between 3 lbs and 4 lbs, even Toshiba's M400 laptop/tablet convertible is lighter than 5 lbs...). And where is the second mouse button?:-)
Close, but no cigar for me.
All of this sounds very nice, but will these nanofibers become in a decade or two the next asbestos? Before one puts these nanotubes out in the open and in large amounts there should be studies about this.
I can't tell how many times I enter an address in Google maps (or do a search in google and take it from there). 2 out of 3 times the place I end up is in the general vicinity but way off (by 1-2 MILES). Not acceptable.
If MS censors some articles, don't they become automatically liable for everything on their servers? (i.e. don't they loose the protection given to "common carriers"?)
Risky move, isn't it?
dslauson says "wrong is wrong is wrong"
If your family were starving to death, then YOU are wrong. I'd do everything in my power to make sure my family did not starve (other than killing). People that fall for the 419 crimes really deserve their deed, either because they are really stupid and greedy, and/or because they become accomplices in a (fictional) crime... Note that most 419 crimes are "help me get 55M$ out of nigeria, these are the funds that former general akuoko stole from the people of nigeria, etc, etc".
Idiots!
I think that London has become a very dangerous place to visit. You can be shot in the head numerous times because the police wants to be seen as "doing something"...
Exactly! I lived in Brasil in the late 70's/early 80's when the petroleum crisis was at its maximum and Brasil's economy was growing fast. Millions of cars were converted/made for ethanol use. It was a huge success, and it saved Brasil billions of $$ in imports and generated a well developed new industry. The idea that ethanol production is "energy negative" is nonsense in general (it may be that corn is not a good source, but I still doubt it).
One interesting ancdote from that era: as alcohol based cars started to appear, so did bumper stickers that said "movido a alcool... so o motorista" (alcohol powered... driver only).
If it is illegal for them to collect SSNs then it MUST be illegal for them to deny service if you do not give it to them... Otherwise what is the purpose of the law making it illegal to collect that info??
Excuse me? Why should I make their lives easier?
They should be able to collect even without SSNs. Maybe they'll have to spend a bit more to find all relevant info but that's their cost of doing business. Besides: why are you presuming that they'd have to collect unpaid debts?? Why are we all treated as guilty until proven inocent? Man, the mentality in people's minds has become so corrupted lately...
Last: when do WE collect when their poorly secured database is hacked? Are they paying us for all our troubles?
I did not give them the fake number... it must be a mistake in their database...:-)
Look: what is the alternative, for me to let them keep all of this sensitive information in a probably unsecured database? Sorry: it won't happen. SSNs should not be used for things that do not require that (membership in a video club, cable, etc). SSNs are NOT passwords. SSNs are not "userIDs" for various services, etc. Until this is legislated then one has to take care for oneself.
A couple of months ago I signed up for internet through cable. In addition to having (for obvious reasons) my address and name, they also wanted my SSN and date of birth! Helloooooo!? Anyway, when I complained they said that it was a condition... So I responded with a random number for the SSN and DOB and nobody bothered to check... So why the HELL they wanted those numbers???
Advise for everyone: start using fake SSNs and DOBs whenever possible... Gee!
Look, some time ago (about 1 year ago) I downloaded a trial of the IBM compiler to compare the performance of a scientific calculation (lots of floats) using the IBM compiler and the regular GCC (can't remember the version, but it wasn't a particularly recent one). The IBM compiler gave a performance boost of only 20% \pm 5%, hardly worth the cost in $$ and effort to use another compiler...
The reason, if any, could be as follows: a couple with more "masculine traits" may stop having children after they get a boy, whereas a "more feminine" couple stops having children after having a girl. Lets enumerate the possibilities.
For the "masculine couple" (please note that the following are not equal in probability!):
BOY, stop
GIRL, BOY, stop
GIRL, GIRL, BOY, stop
etc.
A similar (substituting BOY and GIRL) sequence can be made for the "feminine" couple.
It is easy to see how this would lead to more BOYS or GIRLS in each respective case (on average).
It is disingenuous how these reports are made. Essentially you have the CS departments wanting an excuse to ask for more $$ and power coupled with IT industry which just wants cheaper labor... It plainly sucks! About 15 years ago there was a similar report on the shortage of scientists (physicists in peculiar)... in 1997 I graduated with a Ph.D. in the field, with a rather sad panorama regarding job opportunity (you know things are bad when all universities start having "alternative jobs for XXX" seminars...).
Anyway, things worked OK for me (I'm a tenure track faculty member now), but these reports of how few people are in different areas are completely bogus.
If there's a single are in which there are no such reports and where the professional associations act as cartels to keep their own salaries at astronomical levels is in medicine. Come on! Everywhere else in the world medicine is affordable and of reasonable quality and medical doctors make a decent living. The US has by far the worst medical system I've ever experienced (having lived in 5 countries already...). Doctors are overpaid and pedantic, preventive medicine is nonexistent, and 1/3 of the population has no real access to it... Go figure...
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I wonder how many billions of dollars were spent on the Afganistan/Irak event... If this money were used to update roads and safety issues related to cars and roads, what effect would it make?
In fact, the first "TV"s were composed of a spinning disk with holes in front of a photomultiplier tube (the disks scanned the different bits of the image onto the camera), reconstruction was later done mechanically too. Where is the novelty?
I have just returned a MacBook (sorry, my pockets ain't deep enough for the "pro"). I kept it for about a week. It was unbearable to use. The keyboard was between warm and hot (uncomfortably so). The bottom of the unit would give you a 2nd degree burn. A wooden desk over which the notebook set, got some discoloration due to the excessive heat. I would not leave this machine unattended in my house (risk of getting the fire department involved...). Overall a very negative experience.
Why can't they make this thing lighter! It is listed at "Weight: 5.2 pounds". This is way too much for a 13" laptop (i.e. most 13" laptops are between 3 lbs and 4 lbs, even Toshiba's M400 laptop/tablet convertible is lighter than 5 lbs...). And where is the second mouse button? :-)
Close, but no cigar for me.
All of this sounds very nice, but will these nanofibers become in a decade or two the next asbestos? Before one puts these nanotubes out in the open and in large amounts there should be studies about this.
I can't tell how many times I enter an address in Google maps (or do a search in google and take it from there). 2 out of 3 times the place I end up is in the general vicinity but way off (by 1-2 MILES). Not acceptable.
If MS censors some articles, don't they become automatically liable for everything on their servers? (i.e. don't they loose the protection given to "common carriers"?) Risky move, isn't it?
Coaxial = share an axis. The RCA connector and cable ARE COAXIAL. Duh!
To be really consistent you should say: nano scratches call for giga lawsuits
dslauson says "wrong is wrong is wrong" If your family were starving to death, then YOU are wrong. I'd do everything in my power to make sure my family did not starve (other than killing). People that fall for the 419 crimes really deserve their deed, either because they are really stupid and greedy, and/or because they become accomplices in a (fictional) crime... Note that most 419 crimes are "help me get 55M$ out of nigeria, these are the funds that former general akuoko stole from the people of nigeria, etc, etc". Idiots!
I think that London has become a very dangerous place to visit. You can be shot in the head numerous times because the police wants to be seen as "doing something"...
But I have two important points: 1) Can one build a beowulf cluster of them? 2) Do they run linux?
Exactly! I lived in Brasil in the late 70's/early 80's when the petroleum crisis was at its maximum and Brasil's economy was growing fast. Millions of cars were converted/made for ethanol use. It was a huge success, and it saved Brasil billions of $$ in imports and generated a well developed new industry. The idea that ethanol production is "energy negative" is nonsense in general (it may be that corn is not a good source, but I still doubt it). One interesting ancdote from that era: as alcohol based cars started to appear, so did bumper stickers that said "movido a alcool... so o motorista" (alcohol powered... driver only).
The nomination process will be "fun" to watch... Oh, my!
If it is illegal for them to collect SSNs then it MUST be illegal for them to deny service if you do not give it to them... Otherwise what is the purpose of the law making it illegal to collect that info??
Last: when do WE collect when their poorly secured database is hacked? Are they paying us for all our troubles?
Look: what is the alternative, for me to let them keep all of this sensitive information in a probably unsecured database? Sorry: it won't happen. SSNs should not be used for things that do not require that (membership in a video club, cable, etc). SSNs are NOT passwords. SSNs are not "userIDs" for various services, etc. Until this is legislated then one has to take care for oneself.
Advise for everyone: start using fake SSNs and DOBs whenever possible... Gee!
You've never heard of scanners, have you?
Look, some time ago (about 1 year ago) I downloaded a trial of the IBM compiler to compare the performance of a scientific calculation (lots of floats) using the IBM compiler and the regular GCC (can't remember the version, but it wasn't a particularly recent one). The IBM compiler gave a performance boost of only 20% \pm 5%, hardly worth the cost in $$ and effort to use another compiler...
How come? :)
1000 families. 50% chance of GIRL
500 have a girl and stop ---> 500 girls
250 have a boy + a girl and stop ---> +250 g, + 250 b
125 have 2 boys + a girl and stop ---> +125 g, +250 b
62.5 have 3 boys + a girl and stop ---> + 63.5 g + 187 b
etc
N_{boys} = N \sum_{k=1}^\infty (k-1)*2^{-k} = N (for a population of N families, with N\rightarrow \infty, precisely N boys will be born)
N_{girls} = N \sum_{k=1}^\infty (1)*2^{-k} = N (again the same number!)
So, in conclusion, for a large sample, you will end up with each family (on average) having 1 boy and one girl...
For the "masculine couple" (please note that the following are not equal in probability!):
BOY, stop
GIRL, BOY, stop
GIRL, GIRL, BOY, stop
etc.
A similar (substituting BOY and GIRL) sequence can be made for the "feminine" couple.
It is easy to see how this would lead to more BOYS or GIRLS in each respective case (on average).
This is one possible explanation of cause.
And when are we getting Gigli 2? :) or should really be :(
Anyway, things worked OK for me (I'm a tenure track faculty member now), but these reports of how few people are in different areas are completely bogus.
If there's a single are in which there are no such reports and where the professional associations act as cartels to keep their own salaries at astronomical levels is in medicine. Come on! Everywhere else in the world medicine is affordable and of reasonable quality and medical doctors make a decent living. The US has by far the worst medical system I've ever experienced (having lived in 5 countries already...). Doctors are overpaid and pedantic, preventive medicine is nonexistent, and 1/3 of the population has no real access to it... Go figure...