This could increase the risk of oil spills and introduce species such as rats to the ecoregion, which could have drastic consequences for nesting seabirds.
Well there's an easy solution to the rat problem. Just import a bunch of cats into the region and they'll take care of the rats handily. Then the seabirds can nest in peace. Oh, wait...
I think the guy with the article might need a bit of clueing too. To make the point that a part of India is very technically advanced, he calls it "the Taj Mahal of outsourcing."
The Taj Mahal is a TOMB!
The Taj Mahal draws in a ton of foreign tourists. In that respect, their IT industry plays a similar role but with foreign businesses.
Depends on what you mean by computer skills. Is it like car skills where they teach you how to operate a car? In that case, computer skills would be "Click on Start, point to Microsoft Word,...". Or should it be more like a shop class where you, instead of learning how to put together car parts, you learn how to modify/create software?
That said, in high school there was the option for a computer class in grade 11 and 12. Well, I was already hacking around with BASIC and assembly on the Apple II and I wanted to learn a "real" language, so I got permission in grade 12 to skip the prerequisite grade 11 computer class and just jump right into the grade 12 class where I learned Turbo Pascal! Boy, was that fun. I didn't bother studying at all for my final exams and, instead, ended up writing a BBS in Turbo Pascal in about two weeks. Supported doors (TradeWars!!), messaging, and everything. Sometimes I wish I still had that source code for posterity's sake. I uploaded the full code to a local BBS and one person setup their own BBS based upon it but I guess the code didn't get transferred around much and it's now lost in the ether.
If you're really lucky, you can teach them the tenants of communism...
Wow, I didn't realize that communism rented out to tenants. How much do they pay in rent? Or is paying rent not one of their tenets?
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Or has Google become so ingrained in the way we use the internet that it cannot be destroyed, even if the company itself ceases to exist?
Huh? What kind of mystical hand-waving is this? If Google were to cease to exist, would it still exist? Is Google a tree in the forest and nobody is around to hear its demise?
Important to interviews is the follow-up process. Keep in touch with those who interviewed you. Additionally, show some initiative by perhaps even sending in some better answers to the questions they asked you. For example, you might want to re-work those shell scripts until they perform as best as possible or do more than what was asked.
But don't just sit back and do nothing -- that'll probably be a few points against you.
Are you sure about that? If I run a company out of the Bahamas and distribute software to you, is my company not exporting software to the United States and therefore must comply with its laws? You'd have to sue in the US, and you'd have a hell of a time collecting, but I don't see why these laws wouldn't apply.
The fine is too weenie. They need to do for consumers what they do for the likes of the RIAA and MPAA - give consumers something with which they can beat spyware vendors into submission.
Are you kidding me? Take a brand new computer, and go out there and install all kinds of software which has this junk in it which, naturally, is illegal as of today. Find all instances of said software which violates this law. Contact your lawyer on Monday and start collecting in small claims court. $1000 for each spyware software? Man... I wish I lived in California! I'd be rich!
Or "software provider" which would cover the spyware authors themselves.... which would be why it then goes on to specify the purposes for which those entities are allowed specific rights. Not saying that those rights may not be poorly worded, but it's not quite as blanket statement as your post suggests.
FB: What do you think about the fact that Linux (the kernel!) uses a proprietary program to manage its source code?
RMS: It is unfortunate when anyone uses proprietary software. Using it publicly for the development of a prominent free software package is particularly unfortunate, because it sets a bad example for the community. [...] There are already free programs that do the same basic job. Linus Torvalds feels they are not convenient enough, and he values convenience more than he values standing firm for freedom. I think that is leading the community in the wrong direction.
So does RMS use a free processor on a free motherboard with free RAM? No? Can we follow the same logic and conclude that RMS values convenience more than he values standing firm for freedom?
I assume the answer is likely that RMS classifies hardware differently than software. That he considers the ability to change and improve hardware to meet your own needs as unimportant.
And I don't like being told that I may not use software as I see fit. [...] It is simply not your right to take away those of others.
Well, it never was your right to use that software as you pleased anyway, so how can someone take something away which you never had? Proprietary software typically comes with a license agreement. Whether or not such agreements are enforceable is a matter for the courts but, assuming that they are, in using the software you are using it under the terms and conditions which they grant you. Without that granting, you don't have any right to use their property.
Can I use your financial information (bank account numbers, passwords, etc.) in any way I see fit? No? Didn't think so, because you haven't granted me the right.
You might want to limit the number of votes to the total number of registered voters in a precinct, to prevent ballot box stuffing.
But why? If there's 1000 voters in a precinct and you see a recorded total of 1000, you might think "Wow, every citizen is really committed to voting!" However, if you see a recorded total of 1001 (exceeding the limit), you know for sure that fraud occurred. A cap can only serve to mask fraud, imho.
The article states "Other considerations would be that your cloned kitten would not inherit the memories and probably not the personality of your present cat, since genetics do not play a part in those attributes."
Obviously genetics don't play a part in what memories you have (only perhaps in their storage) but I don't think it's so clear-cut that genetics have no part in personality. A bad gene will cause many defects in the physical formation of the brain. I think it's fairly clear that the physical formation of the brain affects personality. After all, you can't start altering parts of the brain and end up with the same personality.
Yes, those are very similar. However, I don't think there's anything sinister in that... remember back in the day when those Amazon-style folder tabs were all the rage? Well, Amazon surely wasn't the first site to ever come up with the concept, and it wasn't the last. Like fashion, site designers adopt what's considered the latest and greatest design style... rounded borders on the top menu, list of links on the left.
Not only that, but Ubisoft brought it upon themselves. After all, if you give out shares it's in exchange for money. The shares are just another product which Ubi has sold to the highest bidder. Why should it matter now if EA wishes to purchase it from the current owner?
And in Opera, right-click on the page and choose "Reload every..." and set a custom schedule, such as every 10 seconds. Don't want the web server to atrophy.
I can completely understand the poster's reluctance to shell out $1/hr for a game that most people are paying half that for. I am a lightweight gamer (1-5 hours per week) and I've never played an MMO with a monthly subscription because I would not be getting my money's worth compared to others using the same product.
I think the administrative costs in moving to an hourly model would outstrip the benefits for the lightweight users. If we were talking about an average $29.95 subscription, I could see them offering the full all-you-can-eat $29.95/month, a moderate use $19.95/month, and a lightweight $9.95/month... perhaps even a starter $5.95/month version which included 5 hours and, if you exceed that, you jump up to the $9.95 level. If you exceed that, you hit the $19.95 level, etc.
Of course, given that most games are in the $12/month range, there isn't a whole lot of room for discount there.
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This could increase the risk of oil spills and introduce species such as rats to the ecoregion, which could have drastic consequences for nesting seabirds.
Well there's an easy solution to the rat problem. Just import a bunch of cats into the region and they'll take care of the rats handily. Then the seabirds can nest in peace. Oh, wait...
I think the guy with the article might need a bit of clueing too. To make the point that a part of India is very technically advanced, he calls it "the Taj Mahal of outsourcing."
The Taj Mahal is a TOMB!
The Taj Mahal draws in a ton of foreign tourists. In that respect, their IT industry plays a similar role but with foreign businesses.
Tell me more about how we may employ sheep's bladders in the prevention of spyware!
You can't infer anything at all from a fallacy.
I hadn't assumed the truth of the statement. I was only trying to point out that if x -> y then ~y -> ~x. But thanks for your comments nonetheless.
Can you give some pointers on the math behind this?
No, we can only infer that if it's not deceptive, then it's not warfare.
Depends on what you mean by computer skills. Is it like car skills where they teach you how to operate a car? In that case, computer skills would be "Click on Start, point to Microsoft Word, ...". Or should it be more like a shop class where you, instead of learning how to put together car parts, you learn how to modify/create software?
That said, in high school there was the option for a computer class in grade 11 and 12. Well, I was already hacking around with BASIC and assembly on the Apple II and I wanted to learn a "real" language, so I got permission in grade 12 to skip the prerequisite grade 11 computer class and just jump right into the grade 12 class where I learned Turbo Pascal! Boy, was that fun. I didn't bother studying at all for my final exams and, instead, ended up writing a BBS in Turbo Pascal in about two weeks. Supported doors (TradeWars!!), messaging, and everything. Sometimes I wish I still had that source code for posterity's sake. I uploaded the full code to a local BBS and one person setup their own BBS based upon it but I guess the code didn't get transferred around much and it's now lost in the ether.
Ah, memories...
If you're really lucky, you can teach them the tenants of communism...
Wow, I didn't realize that communism rented out to tenants. How much do they pay in rent? Or is paying rent not one of their tenets?
Or has Google become so ingrained in the way we use the internet that it cannot be destroyed, even if the company itself ceases to exist?
Huh? What kind of mystical hand-waving is this? If Google were to cease to exist, would it still exist? Is Google a tree in the forest and nobody is around to hear its demise?
Important to interviews is the follow-up process. Keep in touch with those who interviewed you. Additionally, show some initiative by perhaps even sending in some better answers to the questions they asked you. For example, you might want to re-work those shell scripts until they perform as best as possible or do more than what was asked.
But don't just sit back and do nothing -- that'll probably be a few points against you.
Are you sure about that? If I run a company out of the Bahamas and distribute software to you, is my company not exporting software to the United States and therefore must comply with its laws? You'd have to sue in the US, and you'd have a hell of a time collecting, but I don't see why these laws wouldn't apply.
The fine is too weenie. They need to do for consumers what they do for the likes of the RIAA and MPAA - give consumers something with which they can beat spyware vendors into submission.
Are you kidding me? Take a brand new computer, and go out there and install all kinds of software which has this junk in it which, naturally, is illegal as of today. Find all instances of said software which violates this law. Contact your lawyer on Monday and start collecting in small claims court. $1000 for each spyware software? Man... I wish I lived in California! I'd be rich!
Or "software provider" which would cover the spyware authors themselves. ... which would be why it then goes on to specify the purposes for which those entities are allowed specific rights. Not saying that those rights may not be poorly worded, but it's not quite as blanket statement as your post suggests.
Software has typically zero incremental cost. That is, every additional copy costs next to nothing.
So does a schematic of a Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon. The electronic file's incremental cost is practically zero as well.
Furthermore, tweaking silicon is not something anyone can do.
Neither can anyone tweak software.
Also, RMS clearly states that providing public APIs to access and use the hardware is desirable. So, on these points, your argument is wrong.
Sure, it's desireable. Just like having source code is desireable.
FB: What do you think about the fact that Linux (the kernel!) uses a proprietary program to manage its source code?
RMS: It is unfortunate when anyone uses proprietary software. Using it publicly for the development of a prominent free software package is particularly unfortunate, because it sets a bad example for the community. [...] There are already free programs that do the same basic job. Linus Torvalds feels they are not convenient enough, and he values convenience more than he values standing firm for freedom. I think that is leading the community in the wrong direction.
So does RMS use a free processor on a free motherboard with free RAM? No? Can we follow the same logic and conclude that RMS values convenience more than he values standing firm for freedom?
I assume the answer is likely that RMS classifies hardware differently than software. That he considers the ability to change and improve hardware to meet your own needs as unimportant.
And I don't like being told that I may not use software as I see fit. [...] It is simply not your right to take away those of others.
Well, it never was your right to use that software as you pleased anyway, so how can someone take something away which you never had? Proprietary software typically comes with a license agreement. Whether or not such agreements are enforceable is a matter for the courts but, assuming that they are, in using the software you are using it under the terms and conditions which they grant you. Without that granting, you don't have any right to use their property.
Can I use your financial information (bank account numbers, passwords, etc.) in any way I see fit? No? Didn't think so, because you haven't granted me the right.
Even more to the point, it was made by the nuts.
You might want to limit the number of votes to the total number of registered voters in a precinct, to prevent ballot box stuffing.
But why? If there's 1000 voters in a precinct and you see a recorded total of 1000, you might think "Wow, every citizen is really committed to voting!" However, if you see a recorded total of 1001 (exceeding the limit), you know for sure that fraud occurred. A cap can only serve to mask fraud, imho.
The article states "Other considerations would be that your cloned kitten would not inherit the memories and probably not the personality of your present cat, since genetics do not play a part in those attributes."
Obviously genetics don't play a part in what memories you have (only perhaps in their storage) but I don't think it's so clear-cut that genetics have no part in personality. A bad gene will cause many defects in the physical formation of the brain. I think it's fairly clear that the physical formation of the brain affects personality. After all, you can't start altering parts of the brain and end up with the same personality.
Compare:
m l
http://www.postgresql.org/about/
with...
http://www.redhat.com/about/mission/enterprise.ht
Yes, those are very similar. However, I don't think there's anything sinister in that... remember back in the day when those Amazon-style folder tabs were all the rage? Well, Amazon surely wasn't the first site to ever come up with the concept, and it wasn't the last. Like fashion, site designers adopt what's considered the latest and greatest design style... rounded borders on the top menu, list of links on the left.
That was the point, I'm pretty sure that he also knew which one drove more disk media purchases ...
So, is it the warezed gamez or the ripped DVDs that you need more disk space for?
Not only that, but Ubisoft brought it upon themselves. After all, if you give out shares it's in exchange for money. The shares are just another product which Ubi has sold to the highest bidder. Why should it matter now if EA wishes to purchase it from the current owner?
And in Opera, right-click on the page and choose "Reload every..." and set a custom schedule, such as every 10 seconds. Don't want the web server to atrophy.
I can completely understand the poster's reluctance to shell out $1/hr for a game that most people are paying half that for. I am a lightweight gamer (1-5 hours per week) and I've never played an MMO with a monthly subscription because I would not be getting my money's worth compared to others using the same product.
I think the administrative costs in moving to an hourly model would outstrip the benefits for the lightweight users. If we were talking about an average $29.95 subscription, I could see them offering the full all-you-can-eat $29.95/month, a moderate use $19.95/month, and a lightweight $9.95/month... perhaps even a starter $5.95/month version which included 5 hours and, if you exceed that, you jump up to the $9.95 level. If you exceed that, you hit the $19.95 level, etc.
Of course, given that most games are in the $12/month range, there isn't a whole lot of room for discount there.
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