I'm sure this has been brought more than once but let me just ask this anyways: The machines needed the energy produced by humans to exist.
This is a tremendous flaw the kind of which the Brothers will not be able to rationalize by any means. WTF would the machines need the humans for ANYTHING. They mentioned they had fusion power so gimme a fricking break... they do not need the body heat of puny humans.
Iraqi television reported that 72 missiles have hit the city and four Iraqi soldiers have been killed since U.S. airstrikes began Thursday. (from CNN)
So let me get this straight: we're supposed to believe it 72 missles have killed only 4 soldiers. UH no buddy. Perhaps, only 4 soldiers have died but many more civilians have been murdered already.
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Another courageous European or Asian country must come to Iraq's aid. The US wouldn't risk waging war against the whole world... and this conflict will be at an end.
Along this forgivably off-topic note: yes, I've done all the required RTFM and understand the process. I'm merely suggesting (though rather indirectly) that perhaps there should be an attempt to encourage international representation in the ranks of moderators. I mean it's not something I'd consider vital right now, but would definitely benefit the system as a whole. Moreover, since the Slashdot moderation is approximating a stochastic process, the algorithm behind which moderator are chosen should always be subject to discussion though of course in the proper forums for said discussion:)
let me explain:
First of all where you have neatly included a placeholder, he didn't complete the sentence with the name of a nation, he actually named a religious group: Hindus.. or more precisely Hinduism. That is the ignorance part of it. The racist part of it is that he remarked that this sixpack of Hindus don't give a shit about their work.. this is a prejudice remark applied to a group of people... in other words, it's racist!
What you're claiming is just plain ignorance because it appears you think Hindus describe all the people of India. sorry buddy, but there's also non-Hindus (Muslims, Catholics, atheists, etc.) living in India.
So, yes I would cry foul if he said "sixpack of some other primarily white nation"... and yes, HE is racist.
this post was moderated Insightful... it screams racism and ignorance:
"hand over the keys to the sixpack of Hindus half a world away who could give two fucks less than half a rats ass about doing the job right.
Perhaps, it's time to reevaluate the effectiveness of Slashdot moderation. This is supposed to be an internation forum, so there's no way in hell something like this should be modded up.
...and we wonder why Americans are so despised in Europe and the Middle East.
"...younger, more-qualified engineers from India."
This is no surprise whatsoever... in fact, it's hilarious for anyone's seen that 60 minutes special on IIT. Those guys were literally saying, "If we didn't get into IIT... we'd have to fall back on US schools like MIT and Caltech." Whoa! now they're a hot commodity on the US job market.... WHAT A SURPRISE!
And Yes, better and cheaper should get the jobs. C'mon, we always love to boast how we're at the cutting edge of the tech industry, well surprise, surprise... we better continue hiring the top people out there, regardless of whether they're American.
Actually, more people than you'd think. Most modern processors are limited to a 4 GB address space and one has to "hack" around this limitation to achieve larger spaces. The reason why I say more people than you'd think is that the 1 TB space would allow one to map any location on the largest hard drives available today to a virtual memory location. There would be a *tremendous* performance boost in doing this as opposed to other contemporary file management schemes.
Yes, of course, the risk involved is part of the job. But, I'm definitely not the only one who believes that the aging shuttle program should be put to rest and that continuing to reuse these vehicles will only serve to increase Feynmann's odds and further, and unnecessarily, endanger the lives of NASA's prized resource: experienced astronauts.
The feasibility of designing a single-stage launch vehicle has been explored in depth over the past few years. Proponents of the shuttle program always seem to discourage NASA from making any substantive investments into making said vehicle a reality. In fact, I would suggest that these people believe there is no real political pressure to expand the space program beyond where it's been for the past two decades.
For those who need a political kick in the ass before they're willing to get to work on upgrading our space program, all I have to say is one word: CHINA. Sure, their efforts are no where near what America has achieved (hell they haven't even sent a man into same yet) but you can be sure that within 10 or 15 years, we will be playing catch-up.
My thought is, the conventional web browser will eventually be replaced by something I like to refer to as a "metabrowser"... In other words, we don't really actively *surf* anymore, but rather, we swim through a series of content-rich pages generated by the browser itself
would be a better subject of study. I mean we're Slashdot users: c'mon how many times do we actually leave our keyboards??? hell i got mold growing my freakin legs.
I think that's a shameful answer to an important issue. It appears that what you describe as very very very very hard work is simply an unwillingness to do what is necessary to keep your students at the cutting edge of their field. I understand that basic theory must be taught, and using tried-and-tested material is the easiest approach. However, it's also important to expose students to the most modern practices and tools in their field. This can mean the difference between them getting jobs, or being left in the dark.
I mean not to offend you but rather to suggest that you ponder whether you are doing what's best for your students, or what's easiest for you.
Opening the spectrum up to high-quality broadcasts by anyone doesn't seem that attractive an idea to me. Guess you haven't seen Contact yet? I don't want no Nazi broadcast or prime number tones when trying to tune into my favorite radio station.
Of course, not 2 years later... but I'm sure you'll have a lot more room for growth than other guys because of the tremendous background in math/science required to get a PhD.
That's a beautiful top you got on. What are you clocking in at girl? ooOoOOo honey, i tell you.. with the heat you generating, you must be running at 10 TeraHertz, and ooh baby does it hurtz like hell."
That's because we want you to have the benefits of Linus Torvalds' comments about the SCO-Caldera v IBM lawsuit without any spin from us. You are getting this just the way Linus said it and in context. Moreover, Linus Torvalds' comments are concise, well-expressed, and to the point.
Listen carefully... you can almost hear that smacking sound as another MozillaQuest reporter's lips smacks Linus' bare ass.
Without naming any particular companies, I can tell you that PhD can go a long way in the IT industry. In fact, it can often be the difference between being an unmentionable code monkey for life or becoming the chief architect at a Fortune 500 software company.
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throw a vibrator on it and they'll sell like hotcakes!
The machines needed the energy produced by humans to exist.
This is a tremendous flaw the kind of which the Brothers will not be able to rationalize by any means. WTF would the machines need the humans for ANYTHING. They mentioned they had fusion power so gimme a fricking break... they do not need the body heat of puny humans.
and I'd be interested to find out what happens on the 55th drop :)
So let me get this straight: we're supposed to believe it 72 missles have killed only 4 soldiers. UH no buddy. Perhaps, only 4 soldiers have died but many more civilians have been murdered already.
Another courageous European or Asian country must come to Iraq's aid. The US wouldn't risk waging war against the whole world... and this conflict will be at an end.
Along this forgivably off-topic note: yes, I've done all the required RTFM and understand the process. I'm merely suggesting (though rather indirectly) that perhaps there should be an attempt to encourage international representation in the ranks of moderators. I mean it's not something I'd consider vital right now, but would definitely benefit the system as a whole. Moreover, since the Slashdot moderation is approximating a stochastic process, the algorithm behind which moderator are chosen should always be subject to discussion though of course in the proper forums for said discussion :)
let me explain:
First of all where you have neatly included a placeholder, he didn't complete the sentence with the name of a nation, he actually named a religious group: Hindus.. or more precisely Hinduism. That is the ignorance part of it. The racist part of it is that he remarked that this sixpack of Hindus don't give a shit about their work.. this is a prejudice remark applied to a group of people... in other words, it's racist!
What you're claiming is just plain ignorance because it appears you think Hindus describe all the people of India. sorry buddy, but there's also non-Hindus (Muslims, Catholics, atheists, etc.) living in India.
So, yes I would cry foul if he said "sixpack of some other primarily white nation"... and yes, HE is racist.
"hand over the keys to the sixpack of Hindus half a world away who could give two fucks less than half a rats ass about doing the job right.
Perhaps, it's time to reevaluate the effectiveness of Slashdot moderation. This is supposed to be an internation forum, so there's no way in hell something like this should be modded up.
This is no surprise whatsoever... in fact, it's hilarious for anyone's seen that 60 minutes special on IIT. Those guys were literally saying, "If we didn't get into IIT... we'd have to fall back on US schools like MIT and Caltech." Whoa! now they're a hot commodity on the US job market.... WHAT A SURPRISE!
And Yes, better and cheaper should get the jobs. C'mon, we always love to boast how we're at the cutting edge of the tech industry, well surprise, surprise... we better continue hiring the top people out there, regardless of whether they're American.
Actually, more people than you'd think. Most modern processors are limited to a 4 GB address space and one has to "hack" around this limitation to achieve larger spaces. The reason why I say more people than you'd think is that the 1 TB space would allow one to map any location on the largest hard drives available today to a virtual memory location. There would be a *tremendous* performance boost in doing this as opposed to other contemporary file management schemes.
The feasibility of designing a single-stage launch vehicle has been explored in depth over the past few years. Proponents of the shuttle program always seem to discourage NASA from making any substantive investments into making said vehicle a reality. In fact, I would suggest that these people believe there is no real political pressure to expand the space program beyond where it's been for the past two decades.
For those who need a political kick in the ass before they're willing to get to work on upgrading our space program, all I have to say is one word: CHINA. Sure, their efforts are no where near what America has achieved (hell they haven't even sent a man into same yet) but you can be sure that within 10 or 15 years, we will be playing catch-up.
makes me miss Mosaic even more.
would be a better subject of study. I mean we're Slashdot users: c'mon how many times do we actually leave our keyboards??? hell i got mold growing my freakin legs.
failing to make a real PC, they've decided their only way to profitability is to make a virtual one.
geeks once again get their asses kicked by the jocks.
trying to make person last for centuries. I think that's a better place to start ;)
I think that's a shameful answer to an important issue. It appears that what you describe as very very very very hard work is simply an unwillingness to do what is necessary to keep your students at the cutting edge of their field. I understand that basic theory must be taught, and using tried-and-tested material is the easiest approach. However, it's also important to expose students to the most modern practices and tools in their field. This can mean the difference between them getting jobs, or being left in the dark. I mean not to offend you but rather to suggest that you ponder whether you are doing what's best for your students, or what's easiest for you.
but i wish only 40% of all email was spam.
is gotta be a college with a lot of pretty girls =)
Opening the spectrum up to high-quality broadcasts by anyone doesn't seem that attractive an idea to me. Guess you haven't seen Contact yet? I don't want no Nazi broadcast or prime number tones when trying to tune into my favorite radio station.
Of course, not 2 years later... but I'm sure you'll have a lot more room for growth than other guys because of the tremendous background in math/science required to get a PhD.
That's a beautiful top you got on. What are you clocking in at girl? ooOoOOo honey, i tell you.. with the heat you generating, you must be running at 10 TeraHertz, and ooh baby does it hurtz like hell."
no sissy clothing... chip-containing or otherwise!
That's because we want you to have the benefits of Linus Torvalds' comments about the SCO-Caldera v IBM lawsuit without any spin from us. You are getting this just the way Linus said it and in context. Moreover, Linus Torvalds' comments are concise, well-expressed, and to the point. Listen carefully... you can almost hear that smacking sound as another MozillaQuest reporter's lips smacks Linus' bare ass.
Without naming any particular companies, I can tell you that PhD can go a long way in the IT industry. In fact, it can often be the difference between being an unmentionable code monkey for life or becoming the chief architect at a Fortune 500 software company.