I've resisted specialization for most of my career, giving me breadth but not depth. It's hurt me in job interviews where the hiring managers want specialized expertise instead of intelligence and problem solving skills.
So I decided that I'd focus on Java for my depth. Now I read that I guessed wrong again!
Didn't they say they were going to create an independent modulation standard for digital television as well? (Instead of using COFDM or 8-VSB.) What up with 'at?
When I was an undergrad at Caltech (Ruddock, 1974-77), I actually worked giving campus tours. As tourguides we had a route and patter. It was all pretty well structured. Demand for tours was pretty high, most of it coming from prospective students and their families. I doubt that has changed much.
I suspect what happened is that you didn't get connected with whichever department actually organizes tours. I can't remember if it was the admissions office or public relations or what.
I'm living near Pasadena again as of last year. My wife works for JPL, and we're members of the Athenaeum. Walking around campus for me is like stepping into a time warp. The undergrads pretty much look the same as they did in my time. It took me a little while to get past the anxiety flashbacks of having a stack of finals due....
Seriously, the ability to metabolize alcohol made "civilization" possible.
An article several years ago in Scientific American gave some historical background on the history of distilling technology and the creation of cities.
As soon as people started living in cities, they started polluting their water supply. Brewed and distilled spirits were the only safe source of water.
In a criminal case, a jury always has the duty and right to judge the facts and the law in a specific case, despite the modern instructions given by judges.
Also, a judge can turn a verdict from guilty to not-guilty, but can not override a jury's acquital.
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I also think of it as a nod to the old days when a room full of DEC VAX computers would be referred to as vaxen.
NASA considers NASA-TV to be a b2b service, not a consumer service -- despite its presence on Dish, DirecTV, and the net. The mission for NASA-TV is to provide material for the mainstream broadcast services.
I really don't care about production values. My beef with them is that they won't provide last-minute updates to their schedule to the general public, only to their "official" media consumers.
It's amazing how this study has been transformed by people, like a bad game of "telephone."
I had to answer a question from someone who'd heard that our days were now 2 seconds shorter.
On top of that, the numbers are based on a model, not measurements. The length of a day can't even be measured to better accuracy than 20 microseconds.
And then there's the fact that the natural tendency of the planet is to slow its rotation due to tidal drag. You should get back your 3 microseconds within a reasonable time.
I saw the nicest thing near the gate at the JetBlue terminal at JFK airport.
The gates were arranged in a circle. In the center of the circle was a round platform with a ledge that could serve as a seat, and a circle of heavy-duty power outlets ringing the platform.
The sign overhead mentioned the "Free Wi-Fi Hot Spot," too.
As discount airlines go, JetBlue clearly knows when NOT to pinch pennies.
I too am a B5 fan, from the days before the pilot when JMS started talking about the backstory to the series on Usenet.
When I saw him at a convention in Columbus, OH, somewhere I think in the middle of season 4, he mentioned that he had a whopper of a story that he was saving for a feature film: the telepath war.
He foreshadowed this many times in season 5, throughout the Byron thread and other times, and (if I recall) referred to it in the finale episode.
The Memory of Shadows indeed appears to draw on the original Crusade story arc, which is delightful.
But it's interesting to know that there are more big stories to tell in the B5 universe.
I would contend that the only reason nuclear power is viable at all is because the government has artificially limited the liability of companies related to nuclear power generation.
Suppose there was no such limit, as would be the case in a free market? Who would insure a nuclear generating plant for liability, and what does that add to the costs?
Rutan (I think) commented after the flight that the passenger weight this time was bags full of stuff belonging to Scaled employees and friends. After certifying the weight of the contents, the stuff would be returned as souvenirs.
He actually removed four tree seedlings which had gone on the flight and presented them to (if I recall) Paul Allen, and said he needed to return them for the weigh-in.
Mojo
Yes, "ES" is shorter than "AND", but if you look at an old chart of "American Morse," the precursor to International Morse, you'll find that there's a definition for "ampersand" that is "...." "dit di-di-dit".
American Morse used brief spaces within symbols, something (wisely) dropped in the redesign for International Morse.
When I was a kid passing traffic on NTS with a bunch of friendly and talented oldtimers, I used to hear an expression I didn't understand very well, but it always seemed to be an affirmative signal. It was ". . -.-" "dit dit dah-di-dah", or "EEK" in Int'l Morse.
Later when I finally saw an American Morse table, I noted that ".." "dit dit" was the symbol for 'O', so the old timers were actually saying "OK".
Morse on the air has always been full of wonderful little idiosyncracies, and sounds with no meaning, like the universal throat clearing "attention" signal of "...-." "di-di-di-dah-dit".
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So I decided that I'd focus on Java for my depth. Now I read that I guessed wrong again!
Maybe I should have gone C#/.ASP.
No, Python and Zope are where it's at!
No way, Ruby is the way to go. Arrrgh!
Didn't they say they were going to create an independent modulation standard for digital television as well? (Instead of using COFDM or 8-VSB.) What up with 'at?
Which raises an interesting problem if the faulty sensor is inside the external tank (inside the external ...? never mind).
The tank is incinerated after use, leaving pretty much nothing for a postmortem on the balky sensor.
I suspect what happened is that you didn't get connected with whichever department actually organizes tours. I can't remember if it was the admissions office or public relations or what.
I'm living near Pasadena again as of last year. My wife works for JPL, and we're members of the Athenaeum. Walking around campus for me is like stepping into a time warp. The undergrads pretty much look the same as they did in my time. It took me a little while to get past the anxiety flashbacks of having a stack of finals due ....
An article several years ago in Scientific American gave some historical background on the history of distilling technology and the creation of cities.
As soon as people started living in cities, they started polluting their water supply. Brewed and distilled spirits were the only safe source of water.
You may laugh now, but ... remember where you heard it first.
Oh I will I will. I believe it was in John Varley's novel Steel Beach.
I still send in a pledge, but it spares me from listening to the begging. :)
Also, a judge can turn a verdict from guilty to not-guilty, but can not override a jury's acquital.
I also think of it as a nod to the old days when a room full of DEC VAX computers would be referred to as vaxen.
Is it just me or is that site delivering a bum certificate? Do I need to update the root CAs in Firefox?
I really don't care about production values. My beef with them is that they won't provide last-minute updates to their schedule to the general public, only to their "official" media consumers.
I want on that email list!
I had to answer a question from someone who'd heard that our days were now 2 seconds shorter.
On top of that, the numbers are based on a model, not measurements. The length of a day can't even be measured to better accuracy than 20 microseconds.
And then there's the fact that the natural tendency of the planet is to slow its rotation due to tidal drag. You should get back your 3 microseconds within a reasonable time.
The gates were arranged in a circle. In the center of the circle was a round platform with a ledge that could serve as a seat, and a circle of heavy-duty power outlets ringing the platform.
The sign overhead mentioned the "Free Wi-Fi Hot Spot," too.
As discount airlines go, JetBlue clearly knows when NOT to pinch pennies.
When I saw him at a convention in Columbus, OH, somewhere I think in the middle of season 4, he mentioned that he had a whopper of a story that he was saving for a feature film: the telepath war.
He foreshadowed this many times in season 5, throughout the Byron thread and other times, and (if I recall) referred to it in the finale episode.
The Memory of Shadows indeed appears to draw on the original Crusade story arc, which is delightful.
But it's interesting to know that there are more big stories to tell in the B5 universe.
Suppose there was no such limit, as would be the case in a free market? Who would insure a nuclear generating plant for liability, and what does that add to the costs?
I have no answers.
Except that Titan's atmosphere is about four times the density of Earth's.
Rutan (I think) commented after the flight that the passenger weight this time was bags full of stuff belonging to Scaled employees and friends. After certifying the weight of the contents, the stuff would be returned as souvenirs. He actually removed four tree seedlings which had gone on the flight and presented them to (if I recall) Paul Allen, and said he needed to return them for the weigh-in. Mojo
Yes, "ES" is shorter than "AND", but if you look at an old chart of "American Morse," the precursor to International Morse, you'll find that there's a definition for "ampersand" that is ". ..." "dit di-di-dit".
." "dit dit" was the symbol for 'O', so the old timers were actually saying "OK".
American Morse used brief spaces within symbols, something (wisely) dropped in the redesign for International Morse.
When I was a kid passing traffic on NTS with a bunch of friendly and talented oldtimers, I used to hear an expression I didn't understand very well, but it always seemed to be an affirmative signal. It was ". . -.-" "dit dit dah-di-dah", or "EEK" in Int'l Morse.
Later when I finally saw an American Morse table, I noted that ".
Morse on the air has always been full of wonderful little idiosyncracies, and sounds with no meaning, like the universal throat clearing "attention" signal of "...-." "di-di-di-dah-dit".
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ex-N6DE, WB4YCV, WB6DJP, op. W6UE '74-77
The second time I got spammed with a pop-up window by RealOne, with no way to disable them, I called Real to cancel my MLB subscription.
At least Real was prompt with the refund. Paying for it is one thing. Paying for it and getting spammed in return is unacceptable.