I find iPod to be restrictive and have features misaligned with my needs so the price is too high for what it does give me. I find Microsoft to be repulsive. So, no need for an iPlod killer here, I've already got my sight set on better options (http://gp2x.com/product/product.asp comes to mind).
Software Engineering is the nice way of saying Computer Science which is not the best industry to try hitting at 30. While it IS and industry and a great one, you may find that pursuing a Computer Engineering degree will place you apart from the dime-a-dozen computer science guys. Software Engineering is NOT an engineering degree any more than Forest Engineering is (and it isn't at all). Computer Engineering IS an engineering degree, even if it's for the tech geeks more so than lab science geeks.
I've got an Acer Aspire 5670 with CoreDuo 1.66Ghz, 1GB ram, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (128 ram, 512 hypermem), 15.4" WXGA and I've had not trouble with graphics. I can do dual desktop (though, as a college student I find it hard to make space for a second monitor), graphics editing, video, gaming. I haven't said once "gee, I wish these drivers were better so I could do that". So, where did I go wrong?
Only, attending my high school's graduation cerimony proved that this only matters if you're willing to bring your lawyer.
The entire graduating class (and all junior escorts) were searched by security gaurds and they removed any phones, weapons, food, electronics, almost anything. There was no specific threat or reason to believe that the entire student body would be breaking any rules. The only part of what you said that applied is that girls who put phones between their breasts weren't caught and a few guys managed to put their's in their pants. Oh, and shoes were not removed in the search. Further, most of the students were not minors. Refusal to be search or have your phone (or in my case, food) removed resulted in being escorted out of the building with no way to contact any family that might be expecting to see you there.
The only probable way to have avoided such theft (do you trust school officials with your property? not ours) was to either place your property in a location which wasn't searched or bring your lawyer with you (assuming that you knew this was going to happen, no warning was given).
Yeah, you have rights, but just try to exercise them.
NO NO NO. We all misread because our schema for posts on slashdot expects words like cellphone and network. While this normally improves reading speed by predicting and narrowing possible options it does sometimes result in problems when works like cellophane and Newark come up. If I implied that the common mistake was mystical in any way I appologize, it's predictable not mysterious.
How the fuck, I saw the same thing. I was thinking more about the the cell phones being told to fly back to the seller (or owner) thought. How many people noticed the 'the the'?
This is really an excellent method. I've been asked to estimate the time it will take to develope a system that is likely to take about 500 hours and is completly new and customized to the client. The only way to do this is to get a detailed feature list from the client (or boss) and break this down into known units which you have experience in building. This allows the most accurate possible estimate as it reduces unexpected parts (you've defined everything already) and allows you to incorperate this new data into your next quote in order to improve accuracy. As a bonus, this way you can write a contract with detailed information on services to be performed and avoid costly feature creep.
If you're talking about the most common (by modles and quantities) robots then you don't want AI as much as mechanical engineering or computer engineering.
If you're hopinh to get into AI with robotics you're probably looking at spending the next 10 years either as a student or researcher for a large university (CMU has been mentioned but others work too) and the degree you get should be based on having a well rounded knowledge of robotics (your PhD and research will establish a specialty).
If you'd like to do more consumer robotics you want computer engineering as it covers the relatively low level of mechanical design and high levels of electrical and software work that goes into consumer level robotics.
The last option is military or private company R&D in which case you'll need to specialize and work with a team of complimenting specialists so just chose to study in depth what it is that you like.
Now, before you do anything, remember that I'm 18 and haven't yet started on my B.S. in Computer Engineering. With that in mind, ask yourself why the above a) is wrong or b) wasn't obvious already.
Can't you just see the headline. Followed, of course, with an explanation that the mafias and other criminal organizations (as well as all those law abiding citizens who don't want big brother to know about their porn) HAD to switch away from Windows to avoid being spied on.
This of course will be followed by legislation requiring all installations of Linux and other non-Microsfot OSes to be registered in a manner similar to firearms.
Yes, but you'll note that they rather displayed their own opinion. You see, I said it's like buying an ipod because you don't know better which is different from saying that ipods have no use. The point I'm making is that both products have excessive market share as a result of well financed marketing campaigns and that many of the consumers of the two products are doing so simply because they don't know better. The moderator who marked me down seems to think that I was saying that ipods suck and nothing more. While comparing Apple to BestBuy might be a bit of a low blow I know people who would argue it insults either side.
They're kinda like buying milk for your restaurant from 7-11. You get no selection for an exceptionally high price. What the geeksquad does is advertise to the ignorant and rake in the unproductive profits. Note: I am a technical consultant who does everything geeksquad claims to do and much more for reasonable prices so this is just their competitions opinion. Seriously though, using them is like buying an iplod because you think it's the only portable media device in existance.
I can't help but agree. It's a bloody pain to keep fighting this (how often is the same fucking broadcast flag snuck into something?). Further, it's being fought by mostly geeks and informed persons (minority of the US). Those persons can most easily find loopholes and alternatives if [when] this passes. Then, the majority will learn the hard way and start fighting with us. Yes? Try protecting somebody by silently removing threats, then try allowing those threats to show themselves, you'll see what's easiest.
and aren't loopholes what corperate america is so fond of? OH! Only when it benefits them. I see.
Seriously, this is exactly how the US opperates and even being part of the US I support how allofmp3 is behaving. We do enough of the do as I say not as I do as it is.
Sure, I think we're all agreeing that the kid had the right to say anything outside school. However, he made the mistake of making public his negative view of the school without attempting to settle in school (or so I believe). When I found myself on the wrong side of abusive school personel it took a few meetings in order to clear things up. What I hoped for was an end to the problems and the payment of the contract which had been broken by the school. Because I went to the school BEFORE the media (print, broadcast, or otherwise) I got six times the financial compensation, stopped the problems dead in their tracks, and avoided any and all legal fees. Now, I don't know how well that always works, but at the very least it's worth the minimal time expended to try.
I ran linux on my laptop after I switched to linux and had too much trouble with drivers. Hint one: research drivers BEFORE buying. Some manufacturers customize the hardware so even an nvidia card doesn't necessarily work.
After buying a researched and compatible machine the drivers worked and wireless/video were possible. Problem is that linux on a laptop for anybody that pokes and tries new stuff means that you're constantly fixing and researching. I'm not upset but you must be aware that you're not going to get it working perfect or ever keep things as desired. It is delicate (thought problems are localized, it is linux) and different distros are wildly different on laptops. Ubuntu has worked well for me on this one but Fedora was better on my last, expect to experiment some before settling on the best option.
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no, I'm saying that in the category of handheld multimedia devices I'll go for the gp2x over ipod, zune, et. al. any day.
The ability to carry inexpensive spare batteries and install software from a vast selection combines well with less restrictive codecs.
I find iPod to be restrictive and have features misaligned with my needs so the price is too high for what it does give me.
I find Microsoft to be repulsive.
So, no need for an iPlod killer here, I've already got my sight set on better options (http://gp2x.com/product/product.asp comes to mind).
...EULA accepts you.
In a market economy (or as close to one as any country gets) you can always decide that a company no longer provides the best option and not use them.
Many alternative OSes (resisting, resisting, LINUX, oops) offer higher security (seems that's a concern of yours) as well as better licencing/EULAs.
Software Engineering is the nice way of saying Computer Science which is not the best industry to try hitting at 30. While it IS and industry and a great one, you may find that pursuing a Computer Engineering degree will place you apart from the dime-a-dozen computer science guys. Software Engineering is NOT an engineering degree any more than Forest Engineering is (and it isn't at all). Computer Engineering IS an engineering degree, even if it's for the tech geeks more so than lab science geeks.
Just my opinion.
Does anybody here really want video games to be 'fixed' so that they appeal to people who's greatest converns are in the tabloids?
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I've got an Acer Aspire 5670 with CoreDuo 1.66Ghz, 1GB ram, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (128 ram, 512 hypermem), 15.4" WXGA and I've had not trouble with graphics. I can do dual desktop (though, as a college student I find it hard to make space for a second monitor), graphics editing, video, gaming. I haven't said once "gee, I wish these drivers were better so I could do that". So, where did I go wrong?
Physicists find users uninteresting after 36 hours
read it carefully, it's what i thought the title was, not was it is.
Only, attending my high school's graduation cerimony proved that this only matters if you're willing to bring your lawyer.
The entire graduating class (and all junior escorts) were searched by security gaurds and they removed any phones, weapons, food, electronics, almost anything. There was no specific threat or reason to believe that the entire student body would be breaking any rules. The only part of what you said that applied is that girls who put phones between their breasts weren't caught and a few guys managed to put their's in their pants. Oh, and shoes were not removed in the search. Further, most of the students were not minors. Refusal to be search or have your phone (or in my case, food) removed resulted in being escorted out of the building with no way to contact any family that might be expecting to see you there.
The only probable way to have avoided such theft (do you trust school officials with your property? not ours) was to either place your property in a location which wasn't searched or bring your lawyer with you (assuming that you knew this was going to happen, no warning was given).
Yeah, you have rights, but just try to exercise them.
NO NO NO. We all misread because our schema for posts on slashdot expects words like cellphone and network. While this normally improves reading speed by predicting and narrowing possible options it does sometimes result in problems when works like cellophane and Newark come up. If I implied that the common mistake was mystical in any way I appologize, it's predictable not mysterious.
How the fuck, I saw the same thing. I was thinking more about the the cell phones being told to fly back to the seller (or owner) thought. How many people noticed the 'the the'?
This is really an excellent method. I've been asked to estimate the time it will take to develope a system that is likely to take about 500 hours and is completly new and customized to the client. The only way to do this is to get a detailed feature list from the client (or boss) and break this down into known units which you have experience in building. This allows the most accurate possible estimate as it reduces unexpected parts (you've defined everything already) and allows you to incorperate this new data into your next quote in order to improve accuracy.
As a bonus, this way you can write a contract with detailed information on services to be performed and avoid costly feature creep.
If you're talking about the most common (by modles and quantities) robots then you don't want AI as much as mechanical engineering or computer engineering.
If you're hopinh to get into AI with robotics you're probably looking at spending the next 10 years either as a student or researcher for a large university (CMU has been mentioned but others work too) and the degree you get should be based on having a well rounded knowledge of robotics (your PhD and research will establish a specialty).
If you'd like to do more consumer robotics you want computer engineering as it covers the relatively low level of mechanical design and high levels of electrical and software work that goes into consumer level robotics.
The last option is military or private company R&D in which case you'll need to specialize and work with a team of complimenting specialists so just chose to study in depth what it is that you like.
Now, before you do anything, remember that I'm 18 and haven't yet started on my B.S. in Computer Engineering. With that in mind, ask yourself why the above a) is wrong or b) wasn't obvious already.
Yes, WHO must authorize the installation? Is there an NH FCC of multimedia recording devices?
Can't you just see the headline. Followed, of course, with an explanation that the mafias and other criminal organizations (as well as all those law abiding citizens who don't want big brother to know about their porn) HAD to switch away from Windows to avoid being spied on.
This of course will be followed by legislation requiring all installations of Linux and other non-Microsfot OSes to be registered in a manner similar to firearms.
Yes, but you'll note that they rather displayed their own opinion. You see, I said it's like buying an ipod because you don't know better which is different from saying that ipods have no use. The point I'm making is that both products have excessive market share as a result of well financed marketing campaigns and that many of the consumers of the two products are doing so simply because they don't know better.
The moderator who marked me down seems to think that I was saying that ipods suck and nothing more. While comparing Apple to BestBuy might be a bit of a low blow I know people who would argue it insults either side.
They're kinda like buying milk for your restaurant from 7-11. You get no selection for an exceptionally high price. What the geeksquad does is advertise to the ignorant and rake in the unproductive profits. Note: I am a technical consultant who does everything geeksquad claims to do and much more for reasonable prices so this is just their competitions opinion. Seriously though, using them is like buying an iplod because you think it's the only portable media device in existance.
I jsut finished refreshing my security suit.
A Linux machine with software like THC Hydra, what was I supposed to think?
So, I've been forced to rename my laptop to Pluto.
I can't help but agree. It's a bloody pain to keep fighting this (how often is the same fucking broadcast flag snuck into something?). Further, it's being fought by mostly geeks and informed persons (minority of the US). Those persons can most easily find loopholes and alternatives if [when] this passes. Then, the majority will learn the hard way and start fighting with us. Yes? Try protecting somebody by silently removing threats, then try allowing those threats to show themselves, you'll see what's easiest.
...and then give most of the money to the FOSS community. In fact, why not use that community to fund itself using this bounty?
As long as it weighs less than 20kg, has no sharp objects, runs on 12VDC, has nothing combustible, and avoids human contact we're fine.
and aren't loopholes what corperate america is so fond of? OH! Only when it benefits them. I see.
Seriously, this is exactly how the US opperates and even being part of the US I support how allofmp3 is behaving. We do enough of the do as I say not as I do as it is.
Isn't it just great when your comppetition fucks themselves for you, saves so much on PR.
Sure, I think we're all agreeing that the kid had the right to say anything outside school. However, he made the mistake of making public his negative view of the school without attempting to settle in school (or so I believe).
When I found myself on the wrong side of abusive school personel it took a few meetings in order to clear things up. What I hoped for was an end to the problems and the payment of the contract which had been broken by the school. Because I went to the school BEFORE the media (print, broadcast, or otherwise) I got six times the financial compensation, stopped the problems dead in their tracks, and avoided any and all legal fees. Now, I don't know how well that always works, but at the very least it's worth the minimal time expended to try.
I ran linux on my laptop after I switched to linux and had too much trouble with drivers. Hint one: research drivers BEFORE buying. Some manufacturers customize the hardware so even an nvidia card doesn't necessarily work.
After buying a researched and compatible machine the drivers worked and wireless/video were possible. Problem is that linux on a laptop for anybody that pokes and tries new stuff means that you're constantly fixing and researching. I'm not upset but you must be aware that you're not going to get it working perfect or ever keep things as desired. It is delicate (thought problems are localized, it is linux) and different distros are wildly different on laptops. Ubuntu has worked well for me on this one but Fedora was better on my last, expect to experiment some before settling on the best option.