It sounds as if Shannon is assuming that crossword puzzles are always fully packed (that is, in a 10x10 grid, every word is 10 letters long), or at least close to it. If you take a crossword puzzle like the normal ones the New York Times or TV Guide publish, then yes, you will likely be overconstrained by the number of consecutive letters that have to fit into the puzzle in 3, instead of 2, directions.
Other crossword puzzle types are more sparsely populated, with words crossing in a fashion more like in Scrabble. I suspect you would be able to pull off 3-d in those sorts of puzzles.
In the U.S., the number of police deaths to criminal acts (that is, *only* attributable to being killed in a felonious act) is around 50-60 per year. This is actually slightly less than the number of police officers killed due to accidental causes while on duty (70ish).
However, annual assaults on police officers number around 60k per year.
Regardless of whether the academic guidelines require you to do so, it's good practice to cite not only sources written by other people, but also the sources you wrote yourself. In the academic community, proper attribution both gives credit where credit is due *and* provides the reader with a way to find more information on the subject.
I realize, though, that this is a sticky issue, and most students probably aren't aware that they need to cite themselves if they use their own previous works as sources. To be honest, post-secondary institutions should educate their first-year students on citation requirements, because a lot of students don't learn much of anything about attribution before then.
"We also question the appropriateness of ICANN operating any Root Servers directly.... There are many in the community more suitably qualified to run the Root Servers than ICANN...."
Makes you wonder whether CENTR is getting kickbacks from Verisign.
The evidence includes having the second-highest subscribership in the aforelinked subscriber study, where the highest subscribership is padded by Japanese subscribers who were never marketed to buy EQ in the first place.
Yes, a lot of people were disappointed with the Gates of Discord expansion, and were infuriated at being asked to pay another $30 this summer to continue the grind. But considering how many MMOGs are out there, EQ is staying surprisingly resilient. The true test will of course be when genre-competitive next-generation MMOGs such as WoW and EQ2 come out, but for the moment, SOE doesn't have anything to worry about with EQ.
Suppose Apple and Motorola team up to produce a cell phone iPod. It'd be able to play securely and legally purchased music (from iTunes, for example, or ripped from legally purchased CDs) at any time, including when someone calls you. You wouldn't have had to pay any extra money for it, either.
I don't see how this is any different than that, and cell phone tech is already at the point where you could download an mp3 to normal cell phones and use it as your ring tone anyway. (Why this hasn't happened yet is anybody's guess, but I would not be in the least surprised to see it in the next round of cell phones.)
I agree. From the looks of some of the Flash widgets out there, you'd think people didn't realize that the word "Flash" was just a name and not an entire style guide.
SCO is likely to produce more evidence to support its claims, said Blake Stowell, an SCO spokesman. On 19 April, IBM turned over 232 versions of its AIX and Dynix Unix source code as well as internal documents and memos from executives, he said. "Our lawyers are still going through much of the evidence IBM turned over as part of the discovery process. I'm confident that there is still other evidence that will come forward in order for us to be able to prove those claims," Stowell said.
In other words, SCO didn't have any evidence when they filed the suit, and this whole thing has been one massively expensive fishing expedition?
"How about this being like a Black golfer trying to enter a private country club and being denied?"
That's purely a straw man, and not a very good one at that. But since you bring it up, individuals certainly can pick and choose whom they let into their house, and can discriminate by race, sexual orientation, or whatever lines they feel like, as long as they aren't charging other people money for the privilege. The grandparent post's analogy involved that, not some irrelevant country club type situation.
Basically, the quote from Koster was a poor way of describing several money sinks in the game. Bank accounts don't have upkeep, but there is a surcharge on tipping from your bank account (as opposed to tipping people with coin out of your pocket). Player inventories don't directly have upkeep, but you do need to insure your items. Trade between players is obviously not a direct sink on the economy, but the bazaar terminal listing fee, merchant upkeep, and the aforementioned bank tip surcharge can all be ancillary to implementing trade between players.
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It sounds as if Shannon is assuming that crossword puzzles are always fully packed (that is, in a 10x10 grid, every word is 10 letters long), or at least close to it. If you take a crossword puzzle like the normal ones the New York Times or TV Guide publish, then yes, you will likely be overconstrained by the number of consecutive letters that have to fit into the puzzle in 3, instead of 2, directions.
Other crossword puzzle types are more sparsely populated, with words crossing in a fashion more like in Scrabble. I suspect you would be able to pull off 3-d in those sorts of puzzles.
In the U.S., the number of police deaths to criminal acts (that is, *only* attributable to being killed in a felonious act) is around 50-60 per year. This is actually slightly less than the number of police officers killed due to accidental causes while on duty (70ish).
However, annual assaults on police officers number around 60k per year.
(Stats from the FBI.)
Did you cite yourself?
Regardless of whether the academic guidelines require you to do so, it's good practice to cite not only sources written by other people, but also the sources you wrote yourself. In the academic community, proper attribution both gives credit where credit is due *and* provides the reader with a way to find more information on the subject.
I realize, though, that this is a sticky issue, and most students probably aren't aware that they need to cite themselves if they use their own previous works as sources. To be honest, post-secondary institutions should educate their first-year students on citation requirements, because a lot of students don't learn much of anything about attribution before then.
The only thing left for them to do is beef up security around the WOPR.
Zero-zero-zero was good enough to blow up the Enterprise, so zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero-zero should be fine for causing a nuclear holocaust.
"We also question the appropriateness of ICANN operating any Root Servers directly.... There are many in the community more suitably qualified to run the Root Servers than ICANN...."
Makes you wonder whether CENTR is getting kickbacks from Verisign.
"Europe sticks up two fingers at ICANN budget", while over here in the States, we can do the same job with only one.
The evidence includes having the second-highest subscribership in the aforelinked subscriber study, where the highest subscribership is padded by Japanese subscribers who were never marketed to buy EQ in the first place.
Yes, a lot of people were disappointed with the Gates of Discord expansion, and were infuriated at being asked to pay another $30 this summer to continue the grind. But considering how many MMOGs are out there, EQ is staying surprisingly resilient. The true test will of course be when genre-competitive next-generation MMOGs such as WoW and EQ2 come out, but for the moment, SOE doesn't have anything to worry about with EQ.
If you've ever spent hours on end staring at and fondling your iPod, then the Microsoft audio alternative is for you!
Dunno what you're gonna do if you actually want to *listen* to the damn thing....
The presence of I-95 in Springfield would indeed place it somewhere on the East Coast.
...or does "Future Force Warrior" sound like a bad anime title?
"Laws don't make you do the 'right thing'. You could simply just do nothing."
Like not paying my taxes?
Suppose Apple and Motorola team up to produce a cell phone iPod. It'd be able to play securely and legally purchased music (from iTunes, for example, or ripped from legally purchased CDs) at any time, including when someone calls you. You wouldn't have had to pay any extra money for it, either.
I don't see how this is any different than that, and cell phone tech is already at the point where you could download an mp3 to normal cell phones and use it as your ring tone anyway. (Why this hasn't happened yet is anybody's guess, but I would not be in the least surprised to see it in the next round of cell phones.)
In fact, uninvent Flash and I'll be even happier!
I agree. From the looks of some of the Flash widgets out there, you'd think people didn't realize that the word "Flash" was just a name and not an entire style guide.
SCO is likely to produce more evidence to support its claims, said Blake Stowell, an SCO spokesman. On 19 April, IBM turned over 232 versions of its AIX and Dynix Unix source code as well as internal documents and memos from executives, he said. "Our lawyers are still going through much of the evidence IBM turned over as part of the discovery process. I'm confident that there is still other evidence that will come forward in order for us to be able to prove those claims," Stowell said.
In other words, SCO didn't have any evidence when they filed the suit, and this whole thing has been one massively expensive fishing expedition?
Now, if only they released iTunes for Win98!
# Chain of Command (TNG - Picard is captured and tortured by Cardassians - another fine performance by Stewart)
There... are......... FOUR... series...!!
I always thought that "You don't have a better explanation, so mine must be true" was a religious argument, not a scientific one.
There's a reason they're called Trojans.
"How about this being like a Black golfer trying to enter a private country club and being denied?"
That's purely a straw man, and not a very good one at that. But since you bring it up, individuals certainly can pick and choose whom they let into their house, and can discriminate by race, sexual orientation, or whatever lines they feel like, as long as they aren't charging other people money for the privilege. The grandparent post's analogy involved that, not some irrelevant country club type situation.
Watercraft.
Basically, the quote from Koster was a poor way of describing several money sinks in the game. Bank accounts don't have upkeep, but there is a surcharge on tipping from your bank account (as opposed to tipping people with coin out of your pocket). Player inventories don't directly have upkeep, but you do need to insure your items. Trade between players is obviously not a direct sink on the economy, but the bazaar terminal listing fee, merchant upkeep, and the aforementioned bank tip surcharge can all be ancillary to implementing trade between players.
Honda and Ford are both preparing to introduce hybrids to the market. Are they licensing the technology from ECD? If so, it won't look nearly as bad.
I find it interesting that the RIAA spent some time trying to badger Apple into increasing the price-per-song on iTMS, but now Sony (an RIAA member) comes out with their own service selling songs for the same price.
"One step closer to the cone of silence!"
"Uh.... what was that, Chief?"