The scientists (from realclimate.org) "we don't make mistakes, we were just missinterpretted and blame shifting" hubris is part of the reason many people would rather believe the president (at least a partial human) and not the scientific community (unhuman).
TFA was kinda weak but I can see where it is coming from. However if a student fails to meet the standard then that student should "fail" the class./semi tangent
Universities are as much to blame for passing less than mediocre students as students are for not learning what they need to. Not saying that students are perfect, and in fact at that age they should not be babied along, but it's not the students that are running the classes it is (or should be) trained and seasoned professionals.
Obviously you dont realize that before pong there were no violent crimes. Sure there were petty things like book reading and science, but no murder/rape etc.
Society raising your child is not what We (or me) are talking about. You do realize that you and your child are both live in society for their entire lives right? What we are talking about is _government_ raising our children. But I guess your title was appropriate for your post.
Oh and "I have to keep a close eye on what my kid sees on the covers of the game boxes." wow, just wow.
The thing is, I don't see computer usage as being on the specialty field anymore (in most instances). If you are a medical doctor you use a computer, if you are a teacher you use a computer, if you are a mechanic you use a computer. Just like you wouldn't want a medical doctor to be unable to read an xray, would you want that same doctor unable to go to the correct database for medical information?
Also, I don't know where the transmission on my car is, and I'm only about 10% sure I know how the distributor works. Does that make me a bad driver, or just a lousy mechanic?
Yes you would be a lousy mechanic, you would also be a lousy mechanic if you didn't know how to hook up the data monitor to the cars computer and interpret the data.
"The trick is to make that identification process work even if the file is compressed, turned into a different computer file format or otherwise changed slightly. For a song, this means basing the fingerprint on the music's acoustical properties, rather than on the ones and zeros that make up a given digital file."
Wow, you know you must be on the right track when a ROT13 encryption will defeat your fingerprinting.
The problem is that normal GPS units will only be accurate within about 15ft to 50ft so I'm not sure how much help that will actually be. And I don't know if they have differential capability in Sumatra so it might be closer to the 50ft range.
However survey grade GPS or military GPS should be accurate enough to measure the shift.
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I used to help pretty much anyone who asked like many/.ers do. And like them it got old real quick. My new policy is immediate family members only. Otherwise I will not be imposed upon, I will help other people but only if I have the time and desire. I have no problem helping immediate family members out with computer problems (they help me with problems that I have as well). The biggest thing though is to be encouraging and not patronizing.
Btw, you mention changing oil, why not trade favors with people? I'll fix your computer if you rotate change my oil, rotate my tires, etc.
Uh, I think that is the point. The software can now utilize a large amount of unused processing power without using the cpu. I don't see PCI bus bandwidth as a problem because no more data than normal would be transfered to the audio card, its just that this data has been processed by the video card first.
Anyways I don't see this in many peoples future unless you start to see video cards with audio ports on them.
It may not affect our ability to recognize words (to an extent) however it does affect the speed at which we read especially when in a scanning mode where we don't read every word.
I would have liked to see this in his study though because it contradicts the word shape method quite well as the main way in which we read.
Actually having a very accurate clock would at most change the number of satellites from _4_ to 3. Using the earth as an intersection point would be fine if it were a perfect sphere (or several other regular shapes) or we had a map of exact ground levels for every point on the earth (oops what if you are in the air or on a bridge). To get reasonable accuracy within lets say 15feet you would still need the extra satellite.
Just a quick aside, there are not always 4 GPS satellite visible from any spot on earth (perhaps a building is blocking one) but usually within a short while another will come into view.
The problem with tech support is that so many end users are ignorant and afraid of the software/hardware they are using. And they DON'T really want to learn it. Especially when the software is slow, poorly written, and has a poor user interface.
So you think they should be excited to learn this slow, poorly written, software with a poor user interface? Why should you care if they don't want to learn how to do an IT job along with their own job? Are you (an IT person) willing to learn their job when they call so that you can use terms familier to them?
What we can do as computer people is help get the people we are around up to speed on computers. Does at least on of your immediate family know how to take apart a computer and upgrade it? With enough knowlege so if they get stuck you can easily guide them through it?
I know that when I first was into computers I would do _everything_ for them, and too quickly for them to follow. Then after getting incredibly frustrated at having to do every little thing I would let them do it. I guided them while letting them figure things out, limiting my responses to yes/no if I had already explained it. This method seemeed to work well enough that they learned the basic terms and workings of the computer.
The training portion is exactly what I was talking about. I'm not saying that the contracts are invalid, but that Best Buy and other companies do have a responsibility to train their employees to be honests. This not only affects the "morons" who buy without reading the contract, this could potentially harm the credability of anyone who works with computers.
BTW as someone who has dealt with customer dis^H^H^Hservice many times I can tell you that rarely do they have a clue what they are talking about or provide any real help. Although the worst that I've dealt with would pretend to help while doing nothing (SBC).
I do agree with you about best buy admitting the truth though, many companies act the same way, pretending to care, while screwing the customer just as badly as best buy.
So you do not believe that an employer has no responsibility for its employees actions? Even if there is no legal recourse, at the bare minimum the employer should provide sufficient training such that the type of behavior where an employee misleads a customer. The customer most of the time has to put some trust in the employee that he or she is not lying to them. Even with reading the contract, legalese is not a language skill that is taught in most schools.
I find it interesting that even after saying that the employee could be at fault you put emphasis on the fact that the customer is the moron, why should they be held to a higher standard then the paid employee?
If the transmission time is what is vital, then have it go through a proxy system which is only unsecured on the one end. Then locally it goes through sanity checks and any unsafe or strange actions are flagged. If no computer speciallists are availible then a scientist can go through a predefined process to resolve the difficulty.
I know the scientists would rather work on their research but they are living in the 21st century just like the rest of us and security is a concern. If the hacking was important enough to involve the FBI then it is important enough to protect with at least the minimal amount of security.
Hmm, I haven't seen this documentary but there is a difference between sharing scientific knowledge (read access) and modifying that information with disreguard to authority (read/write access).
I don't think a researcher would appreciate it if another, even a scientist, updated the research without the approval of the researcher. Reading that same information and giving feedback however, is different.
Not to be callous but how does feeding the destitute improve the conditions in a country as a whole. The benifit is that you don't have people at the bottom starving, or do you? Without information or proper understanding these people will not improve their own standing, instead they will continue to have children thus increasing the burden of supporting them further.
Instead by providing a means to allow the people to educate themselves, they and their peers will be able to improve their own situation and thus have a stake in continuing to improve. With the exception of _real_ need handouts do not ultimatly improve a persons, much less a nations future.
Btw I think this from world fact book is relevant:
Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources
Educating these people (and thus providing a means) about their own environment will do much more than you give credit to helping those destitute.
Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are *Life*, *Liberty* and the pursuit of Happiness"
Note that this was a declaration of independence from a repressive government...
The burden of proof is on the scientists to show that not only were their results conclusive, but that they used proper scientific techniques. In statistics, a small sample size is more than just a statistcal error, it can invalidate everything those sanmples were used in.
Thus without knowing the details (given this topics controversial nature) then I see no reason to even discuss their "conclusions".
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The scientists (from realclimate.org) "we don't make mistakes, we were just missinterpretted and blame shifting" hubris is part of the reason many people would rather believe the president (at least a partial human) and not the scientific community (unhuman).
TFA was kinda weak but I can see where it is coming from. However if a student fails to meet the standard then that student should "fail" the class. /semi tangent
Universities are as much to blame for passing less than mediocre students as students are for not learning what they need to. Not saying that students are perfect, and in fact at that age they should not be babied along, but it's not the students that are running the classes it is (or should be) trained and seasoned professionals.
Sounds like its time for a good ol' fashion book burnin'.
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Obviously you dont realize that before pong there were no violent crimes. Sure there were petty things like book reading and science, but no murder/rape etc.
Society raising your child is not what We (or me) are talking about. You do realize that you and your child are both live in society for their entire lives right? What we are talking about is _government_ raising our children. But I guess your title was appropriate for your post.
Oh and "I have to keep a close eye on what my kid sees on the covers of the game boxes." wow, just wow.
If only they'd built it with 6001 hulls! When will they learn?
Yeah, it means "your house", what a strange thing to call yourself ;)
The problem is that normal GPS units will only be accurate within about 15ft to 50ft so I'm not sure how much help that will actually be. And I don't know if they have differential capability in Sumatra so it might be closer to the 50ft range.
However survey grade GPS or military GPS should be accurate enough to measure the shift.
I used to help pretty much anyone who asked like many /.ers do. And like them it got old real quick. My new policy is immediate family members only. Otherwise I will not be imposed upon, I will help other people but only if I have the time and desire. I have no problem helping immediate family members out with computer problems (they help me with problems that I have as well). The biggest thing though is to be encouraging and not patronizing.
Btw, you mention changing oil, why not trade favors with people? I'll fix your computer if you rotate change my oil, rotate my tires, etc.
Linux would be just as vunerable to spyware as Windows, its just that their really is no market for it at this point.
Uh, I think that is the point. The software can now utilize a large amount of unused processing power without using the cpu. I don't see PCI bus bandwidth as a problem because no more data than normal would be transfered to the audio card, its just that this data has been processed by the video card first.
Anyways I don't see this in many peoples future unless you start to see video cards with audio ports on them.
It may not affect our ability to recognize words (to an extent) however it does affect the speed at which we read especially when in a scanning mode where we don't read every word.
I would have liked to see this in his study though because it contradicts the word shape method quite well as the main way in which we read.
Actually having a very accurate clock would at most change the number of satellites from _4_ to 3. Using the earth as an intersection point would be fine if it were a perfect sphere (or several other regular shapes) or we had a map of exact ground levels for every point on the earth (oops what if you are in the air or on a bridge). To get reasonable accuracy within lets say 15feet you would still need the extra satellite.
Just a quick aside, there are not always 4 GPS satellite visible from any spot on earth (perhaps a building is blocking one) but usually within a short while another will come into view.
What we can do as computer people is help get the people we are around up to speed on computers. Does at least on of your immediate family know how to take apart a computer and upgrade it? With enough knowlege so if they get stuck you can easily guide them through it?
I know that when I first was into computers I would do _everything_ for them, and too quickly for them to follow. Then after getting incredibly frustrated at having to do every little thing I would let them do it. I guided them while letting them figure things out, limiting my responses to yes/no if I had already explained it. This method seemeed to work well enough that they learned the basic terms and workings of the computer.
The training portion is exactly what I was talking about. I'm not saying that the contracts are invalid, but that Best Buy and other companies do have a responsibility to train their employees to be honests. This not only affects the "morons" who buy without reading the contract, this could potentially harm the credability of anyone who works with computers.
BTW as someone who has dealt with customer dis^H^H^Hservice many times I can tell you that rarely do they have a clue what they are talking about or provide any real help. Although the worst that I've dealt with would pretend to help while doing nothing (SBC).
I do agree with you about best buy admitting the truth though, many companies act the same way, pretending to care, while screwing the customer just as badly as best buy.
bah,
"So you do not believe that an employer has no responsibility for its employees actions?"
should be more like
So you believe that an employer has no responsibility for its employees actions?
So you do not believe that an employer has no responsibility for its employees actions? Even if there is no legal recourse, at the bare minimum the employer should provide sufficient training such that the type of behavior where an employee misleads a customer. The customer most of the time has to put some trust in the employee that he or she is not lying to them. Even with reading the contract, legalese is not a language skill that is taught in most schools.
I find it interesting that even after saying that the employee could be at fault you put emphasis on the fact that the customer is the moron, why should they be held to a higher standard then the paid employee?
If the transmission time is what is vital, then have it go through a proxy system which is only unsecured on the one end. Then locally it goes through sanity checks and any unsafe or strange actions are flagged. If no computer speciallists are availible then a scientist can go through a predefined process to resolve the difficulty.
I know the scientists would rather work on their research but they are living in the 21st century just like the rest of us and security is a concern. If the hacking was important enough to involve the FBI then it is important enough to protect with at least the minimal amount of security.
Hmm, I haven't seen this documentary but there is a difference between sharing scientific knowledge (read access) and modifying that information with disreguard to authority (read/write access).
I don't think a researcher would appreciate it if another, even a scientist, updated the research without the approval of the researcher. Reading that same information and giving feedback however, is different.
Instead by providing a means to allow the people to educate themselves, they and their peers will be able to improve their own situation and thus have a stake in continuing to improve. With the exception of _real_ need handouts do not ultimatly improve a persons, much less a nations future.
Btw I think this from world fact book is relevant:
Educating these people (and thus providing a means) about their own environment will do much more than you give credit to helping those destitute.
Declaration of Independence "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are *Life*, *Liberty* and the pursuit of Happiness" Note that this was a declaration of independence from a repressive government...
The burden of proof is on the scientists to show that not only were their results conclusive, but that they used proper scientific techniques. In statistics, a small sample size is more than just a statistcal error, it can invalidate everything those sanmples were used in.
Thus without knowing the details (given this topics controversial nature) then I see no reason to even discuss their "conclusions".