There is a big difference between not showing up to something if you already have the intelligence needed and will just be bored versus not showing up to something that is providing money for you livelyhood.
"Page's Law" seems to be a tongue in cheek joke since it's sited primarily by the Google folks themselves. It definitely isn't true across the board. It's purely a matter of a) what the software application is and b) how the project is managed/developed. If the application is something like a web browser where web standards are constantly being changed and updated so the software must follow in suit, I could see where "Page's Law" might be true. But if the product is well managed and code isn't constantly grandfathered in (i.e., the developers know when to start from scratch) then it wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
They aren't being forced to wear something or being branded. Their HQ IP block was banned because they were violating the Wikipedia terms by editing their own pages and planting false information.
Doesn't it defeat the purpose to tell the students this ahead of time? Who would they use the iPhone if they knew this was the case? Or does the school "force" them to do it? Well, even if they did, use your regular phone for personal stuff and the iPhone purely to appease the school and hand it to your friend who goes to class, like the article says. If it's a "prestigious" school, as claimed, why should they care so much if the students are in class as long as the school still gets the tuition money out of them?
It's nice to see things happening the way they are meant to happen. While the DoJ employees are not elected by the people, they are appointed by people who are. They are, in theory, supposed to represent the will and needs of the people, not corporations or lobbyists with money. Hopefully this will open up the debate about rewriting copyright and property laws in the age of information and the internet.
Perl is all of the above; it is what you want it to be. That's the beauty of it. It can be a completely obfuscated ASCII art drawing or it can be a very concise, to-the-point one-liner or anything in between. It's the Swiss army chainsaw.
This site is awesome. It's very simple. They have over code in over 1200 different languages that spits out the lyrics to the "99 bottles of beer on the wall" song. Check out the perl example (yes, it really does work): http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-perl-737.html
Not true at all. Blair's (Orwell) influence was the book "We" by Zamyatin (1921). I have a copy of it, good stuff, but much more similar to "Anthem" by Ayn Rand if you ask me. It's widely known and he has mentioned that fact himself quite a bit. Dystopian lit was my forte a while back.
Sure, but that's not the point of them doing their writing. They are not writing their stories simply to be a prediction of the future. They are trying to entertain and use their imagination, first and foremost. It's fiction, i.e. not real. If it happens to come true then of course they have the right to boast that they were "right".
Larry Niven was especially great. His stuff was based on mostly real science and he had a great way of mixing that with his imagination. I like his "flash mob" idea.:P
It's "science fiction", not "predictions of the future".
These are creative and imaginative writers. They aren't trying to predict what is going to happen in the future. Besides, there are plenty of sci-fi stories that are about "radical political transformation" as well. "1984"? "Brave New World"?
What a concept! Basing conclusions on experimental evidence from testing via trial and error rather than warping reality to fit your business model. That's incredible!
Agreed, but in any case, this is better than no attention being paid to it at all. The problems will get worked out in the long run because, after all, "green technology" is needed to solve world-wide problems. We are all in this together.
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Maybe soon they will catch up to my Droid X which I usually run at either 1.3 or 1.45GHz...
"The older exploit apparently only needed slight modifications to work with the new hole." That's what she said.
It's funny that now they are influencing their own people with Western Influences. FRODO AKBAR!!!
I'm not a basement dweller, I just have better things to do.
Every other story that has been run lately has been about games. Can we please have some real news?
Microsoft trying to take over the world by shady practices? Yeah, right...
There is a big difference between not showing up to something if you already have the intelligence needed and will just be bored versus not showing up to something that is providing money for you livelyhood.
"Page's Law" seems to be a tongue in cheek joke since it's sited primarily by the Google folks themselves. It definitely isn't true across the board. It's purely a matter of a) what the software application is and b) how the project is managed/developed. If the application is something like a web browser where web standards are constantly being changed and updated so the software must follow in suit, I could see where "Page's Law" might be true. But if the product is well managed and code isn't constantly grandfathered in (i.e., the developers know when to start from scratch) then it wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
They aren't being forced to wear something or being branded. Their HQ IP block was banned because they were violating the Wikipedia terms by editing their own pages and planting false information.
My point is that attendance is irrelevant as long as the student learns the material (measured by testing and finals).
Doesn't it defeat the purpose to tell the students this ahead of time? Who would they use the iPhone if they knew this was the case? Or does the school "force" them to do it? Well, even if they did, use your regular phone for personal stuff and the iPhone purely to appease the school and hand it to your friend who goes to class, like the article says. If it's a "prestigious" school, as claimed, why should they care so much if the students are in class as long as the school still gets the tuition money out of them?
Hah, well, that's what I get for not RTFA. :P But hey, the list should have been posted in the submission.
Get off my lawn! *shakes fist* :P
Quaterdeck Mosaic. It is, afterall, what brought the web to the masses.
For me it's either "vi" or "screen".
It's nice to see things happening the way they are meant to happen. While the DoJ employees are not elected by the people, they are appointed by people who are. They are, in theory, supposed to represent the will and needs of the people, not corporations or lobbyists with money. Hopefully this will open up the debate about rewriting copyright and property laws in the age of information and the internet.
Perl is all of the above; it is what you want it to be. That's the beauty of it. It can be a completely obfuscated ASCII art drawing or it can be a very concise, to-the-point one-liner or anything in between. It's the Swiss army chainsaw.
This site is awesome. It's very simple. They have over code in over 1200 different languages that spits out the lyrics to the "99 bottles of beer on the wall" song. Check out the perl example (yes, it really does work): http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-perl-737.html
Not true at all. Blair's (Orwell) influence was the book "We" by Zamyatin (1921). I have a copy of it, good stuff, but much more similar to "Anthem" by Ayn Rand if you ask me. It's widely known and he has mentioned that fact himself quite a bit. Dystopian lit was my forte a while back.
Sure, but that's not the point of them doing their writing. They are not writing their stories simply to be a prediction of the future. They are trying to entertain and use their imagination, first and foremost. It's fiction, i.e. not real. If it happens to come true then of course they have the right to boast that they were "right". Larry Niven was especially great. His stuff was based on mostly real science and he had a great way of mixing that with his imagination. I like his "flash mob" idea. :P
It's "science fiction", not "predictions of the future". These are creative and imaginative writers. They aren't trying to predict what is going to happen in the future. Besides, there are plenty of sci-fi stories that are about "radical political transformation" as well. "1984"? "Brave New World"?
What a concept! Basing conclusions on experimental evidence from testing via trial and error rather than warping reality to fit your business model. That's incredible!
Ricoooooooolllllaaaaaaaaa
Agreed, but in any case, this is better than no attention being paid to it at all. The problems will get worked out in the long run because, after all, "green technology" is needed to solve world-wide problems. We are all in this together.
At least it's breeding competition to do something good for once. This is the kind of stuff governments should be doing.