When there was no way to profit from blogging, then blogging was pure. As soon as you could get paid for schilling, the schilling began.
This line of arguing, namely "If I didn't sell my soul to the Devil, then someone else would" is pretty lame. I plan on taunting anyone who has to resort to it.
Historically, that problem is solved when the passenger agrees to work for X years for the shipping company after they arrive. Look up "indentured servant"; it's how lots of poor white people ended up in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas in the days before the american revolution.
If whatever innovative software I created was targeted by MS, I'd have no chance to compete.
Back in the 90's I remember talk about some people "retiring early" by starting a small software company with a single product, so that Microsoft would buy it to bundle it with Windows. Did the antitrust settlement stop this, or was the talk just talk? I always assumed that if this did happen, it was not often enough to warrant a serious effort unless you'd already worked at MS for years and knew the API inside out.
It's likely he grew up in the suburbs like most Americans and never expected he'd have to know what to do in this kind of situation. Ask yourself: have you ever thought about what you'd do if you were grabbed by a bouncer and pushed toward a door? I haven't because I don't go into bars expecting to cause trouble. Yet trouble can sometimes find you, and you may find yourself behaving in the most unexpected of ways.
In other words, looking for rational explanations for human behavior in this case seems unrealistic.
Although in reality we may consider it wise to submit to those with superior force regardless of what they want, the burden of self-control SHOULD rest with the police offiicer, who has the means to beat, shock, and kill. In my mind, any law that says otherwise is unethical and is a reasonable target for civil disobedience. Perhaps all that happened was exactly as it should be, considering that this may eventually result in a positive change to policy.
Computer science. Looking back, I can see I've matured a bit since I started grad school in my early 20's. At the time, I could have used a good mentor who enjoyed guiding the careers of their students, but I didn't really know the difference. Maybe that's because I didn't grow up in a family with a academic research background. I've noticed other grad students who have parents in academia that already "knew" how the system works; those people seemed to negotiate their way through the process pretty successfully.
Some people who become professors may be brilliant and do good work on their own, but they are not good managers of other people. Yet they are required to advise other students as part of their job. I would just pay attention to how well you communicate with your advisor, and I would make sure your advisor is willing to guide you toward the steps that come after grad school.
TFA mentions he has distanced himself from others in the Math community because he has become disillusioned. I read into that my own experience, which involved professors trying to hit on me, others trying to get me to write/edit their papers and then taking the credit, others who weave tall tales with just enough truth to fool grant money providers.
One of my colleagues now believes that Science is actually performing a random walk on the landscape of Truth. Occasionally, the walk stumbles over something meaningful, and it's called progress.
> The RIAA is a cartel made up of a small group of companies
No, it's not, and that was the whole point of the nitpick....
But let's all feel bad for how much iTunes is hurting Weird Al. The poor bastard might have to sell off one of his mansions or something.
With that kind of attitude, you must despise the RIAA too. I'm trying to think of a reason why anyone really would care about whether we should single out one lousy record company or the whole lousy group of them.
I disagree provided NASA's goals are framed in terms of basic exploratory science. The number of things we can learn about our own planet potentially has long-range economic benefits. Of course, we can't say it definitely has those benfits until we perform the science. Climate satellites have a huge potential to discover what effects the burning of fossil fuels has on global weather patterns, yet funding for these satellites is being cut.
Nope, they're just remote-controlled weapons. They're not programmable.
They're not currently programmable, but it's quite easy to add a CPU to be in charge of the robot's actuators. Getting the CPU to output good commands in novel situations, however, would be another story.
Seriously though, I believe that is partly due to a current abundance of the resources we humans need to live. This may change in the future (think for example clean water or nutritious food). As resources become scarcer, we'll see the smart ones, on average, survive more frequently.
Now, I think that the Iraq War is an expensive and miserable failure, same as the next guy, but hyperbole really weakens the case, don't you think?
You don't claim to know the long-term costs of the Iraq War, do you? It doesn't take much imagination to think of how it could dwarf all other wars in costliness. It really has been a boon for the military-industrial complex, though, hasn't it? It's my belief that we will be remembered for the fact that we couldn't control our own corruption from within. America could be so much stronger if it spent its resources wisely.
OSS advocates bring this up a lot, but what a business person hears when this is said is, "Yeah, they're admitting this business will gone in a couple years, and then I'll have to go into the software business, and I don't freaking WANT to be in the software business. I want to sell my widgets. I'll go with someone that won't force me to be in the operating system business."
But proprietary widget vendors cannot guarantee they'll be in business either, so it's not an argument in favor of either open source or proprietary. It's not relevant to deciding which is better.
If you're losing an argument do you speak louder, or do you approach the topic from another perspective? Which of those two is more likely to convince your opponent?
Yes, but then you get labeled a "waffler", don't you? Sorry to bring up the US presidential elections again, but it suggests an important point.
Really, issues should always take center stage, rather than then messengers. Then "waffling" has no negative connotation; you've simply discovered and begun advocating a different and hopefully better idea.
I happen to design statistical models for a living (happy), and I know that eBay could, if they keep their data and it's nicely stored, produce a statistical fraud detector. It would look for current listings that have values similar to listings that were labeled as fraudulent in the past. Of course, it won't find listings when the fraudsters have changed their strategy.
You know, honestly, we've been fighting stupidity for quite some time now.
I have only a slight worry about your point. Learning all of technology is beyond any single person's grasp. You and I happen to know a lot about computers and social engineering, but I can't fix my car worth a darn. I'll bet auto mechanics are saying the same king of thing you just wrote about people like me.
Right now, Google News has the Register's article on this story as the top hit. Here's how the summary sentence reads:
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has agreed to strip links to pirate movies out of his bittorrent.com search engine - the outcome of talks between his company and the Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA).
And Islamofascism is not a race--it's an ideology, a dark and sinister one that has spread terrorism throughout the ages. I would be surprised if you could find anyone who thinks the idea of a global caliphate is a good one!
There are many dark and sinister ideologies. I suggest you focus on those existing within your sphere of influence and let the peaceful practitioners of Islam confront theirs. I know you think you live in an enlightened society, but it is my belief that any society whose leaders condone violence as a legitimate tool of societal change are too close to the Dark Side.
Either way, I'm sure that researchers will find something interesting if he's willing to help out.
I'm not a doctor, but it makes intuitive sense that there would be an antibody signature specific to some strain of HIV if he had been positive at one point.
Slashdot Mirror
When there was no way to profit from blogging, then blogging was pure. As soon as you could get paid for schilling, the schilling began.
This line of arguing, namely "If I didn't sell my soul to the Devil, then someone else would" is pretty lame. I plan on taunting anyone who has to resort to it.
Historically, that problem is solved when the passenger agrees to work for X years for the shipping company after they arrive. Look up "indentured servant"; it's how lots of poor white people ended up in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas in the days before the american revolution.
If whatever innovative software I created was targeted by MS, I'd have no chance to compete.
Back in the 90's I remember talk about some people "retiring early" by starting a small software company with a single product, so that Microsoft would buy it to bundle it with Windows. Did the antitrust settlement stop this, or was the talk just talk? I always assumed that if this did happen, it was not often enough to warrant a serious effort unless you'd already worked at MS for years and knew the API inside out.
What was he out to prove?
It's likely he grew up in the suburbs like most Americans and never expected he'd have to know what to do in this kind of situation. Ask yourself: have you ever thought about what you'd do if you were grabbed by a bouncer and pushed toward a door? I haven't because I don't go into bars expecting to cause trouble. Yet trouble can sometimes find you, and you may find yourself behaving in the most unexpected of ways.
In other words, looking for rational explanations for human behavior in this case seems unrealistic.
Although in reality we may consider it wise to submit to those with superior force regardless of what they want, the burden of self-control SHOULD rest with the police offiicer, who has the means to beat, shock, and kill. In my mind, any law that says otherwise is unethical and is a reasonable target for civil disobedience. Perhaps all that happened was exactly as it should be, considering that this may eventually result in a positive change to policy.
Computer science. Looking back, I can see I've matured a bit since I started grad school in my early 20's. At the time, I could have used a good mentor who enjoyed guiding the careers of their students, but I didn't really know the difference. Maybe that's because I didn't grow up in a family with a academic research background. I've noticed other grad students who have parents in academia that already "knew" how the system works; those people seemed to negotiate their way through the process pretty successfully.
Some people who become professors may be brilliant and do good work on their own, but they are not good managers of other people. Yet they are required to advise other students as part of their job. I would just pay attention to how well you communicate with your advisor, and I would make sure your advisor is willing to guide you toward the steps that come after grad school.
Hope your journey is rewarding.
TFA mentions he has distanced himself from others in the Math community because he has become disillusioned. I read into that my own experience, which involved professors trying to hit on me, others trying to get me to write/edit their papers and then taking the credit, others who weave tall tales with just enough truth to fool grant money providers.
One of my colleagues now believes that Science is actually performing a random walk on the landscape of Truth. Occasionally, the walk stumbles over something meaningful, and it's called progress.
> The RIAA is a cartel made up of a small group of companies
No, it's not, and that was the whole point of the nitpick.
But let's all feel bad for how much iTunes is hurting Weird Al. The poor bastard might have to sell off one of his mansions or something.
With that kind of attitude, you must despise the RIAA too. I'm trying to think of a reason why anyone really would care about whether we should single out one lousy record company or the whole lousy group of them.
Do I still get free wedgie with that one?
OKLAHOMA !!! OOOOOOOKLAHOMA !!!
Space.com has the following photo of the Aiken Crater on the South Pole. Pretty colors.
This is the missing link
Another missing link! That's three in one week! (hominids, crocodiles, and solar systems).
Frickin' Awesome.
I think NASA has out lived its usefullness.
I disagree provided NASA's goals are framed in terms of basic exploratory science. The number of things we can learn about our own planet potentially has long-range economic benefits. Of course, we can't say it definitely has those benfits until we perform the science. Climate satellites have a huge potential to discover what effects the burning of fossil fuels has on global weather patterns, yet funding for these satellites is being cut.
This is completely nonsensical to me.
Nope, they're just remote-controlled weapons. They're not programmable.
They're not currently programmable, but it's quite easy to add a CPU to be in charge of the robot's actuators. Getting the CPU to output good commands in novel situations, however, would be another story.
There is a ginormous difference in 15M degrees F and 15M Kelvin.
Both are too hot for me to grasp. Even with hot pads.
As in any sort of debate, ad hominem attacks (e.g. Jon Stewart mocking Tucker Carlson's attire)
You're funny. All that Tucker does during the entire interview is ad hominem (I counted at least 7),
and you point the finger at Jon?
It appears to me you're being dishonest.
Well deserved mod.
Seriously though, I believe that is partly due to a current abundance of the resources we humans need to live. This may change in the future (think for example clean water or nutritious food). As resources become scarcer, we'll see the smart ones, on average, survive more frequently.
Now, I think that the Iraq War is an expensive and miserable failure, same as the next guy, but hyperbole really weakens the case, don't you think?
You don't claim to know the long-term costs of the Iraq War, do you? It doesn't take much imagination to think of how it could dwarf all other wars in costliness. It really has been a boon for the military-industrial complex, though, hasn't it? It's my belief that we will be remembered for the fact that we couldn't control our own corruption from within. America could be so much stronger if it spent its resources wisely.
OSS advocates bring this up a lot, but what a business person hears when this is said is, "Yeah, they're admitting this business will gone in a couple years, and then I'll have to go into the software business, and I don't freaking WANT to be in the software business. I want to sell my widgets. I'll go with someone that won't force me to be in the operating system business."
But proprietary widget vendors cannot guarantee they'll be in business either, so it's not an argument in favor of either open source or proprietary. It's not relevant to deciding which is better.
If you're losing an argument do you speak louder, or do you approach the topic from another perspective? Which of those two is more likely to convince your opponent?
Yes, but then you get labeled a "waffler", don't you? Sorry to bring up the US presidential elections again, but it suggests an important point.
Really, issues should always take center stage, rather than then messengers. Then "waffling" has no negative connotation; you've simply discovered and begun advocating a different and hopefully better idea.
I happen to design statistical models for a living (happy), and I know that eBay could, if they keep their data and it's nicely stored, produce a statistical fraud detector. It would look for current listings that have values similar to listings that were labeled as fraudulent in the past. Of course, it won't find listings when the fraudsters have changed their strategy.
You know, honestly, we've been fighting stupidity for quite some time now.
I have only a slight worry about your point. Learning all of technology is beyond any single person's grasp. You and I happen to know a lot about computers and social engineering, but I can't fix my car worth a darn. I'll bet auto mechanics are saying the same king of thing you just wrote about people like me.
("Gee, thanks, Relative Man!")
And Islamofascism is not a race--it's an ideology, a dark and sinister one that has spread terrorism throughout the ages. I would be surprised if you could find anyone who thinks the idea of a global caliphate is a good one!
There are many dark and sinister ideologies. I suggest you focus on those existing within your sphere of influence and let the peaceful practitioners of Islam confront theirs. I know you think you live in an enlightened society, but it is my belief that any society whose leaders condone violence as a legitimate tool of societal change are too close to the Dark Side.
Either way, I'm sure that researchers will find something interesting if he's willing to help out.
I'm not a doctor, but it makes intuitive sense that there would be an antibody signature specific to some strain of HIV if he had been positive at one point.