Bah, multiple languages. If the ballot has only names on it, then people of any language should be able to recognize the names. They'd need to recognize the candidates name somehow, when listening to information in their language. If you can't be bothered to figure out how to read someone's name as it would appear on a ballot, maybe you don't deserve to vote.
there is no way for anyone to tell what the intention of the owner of the network is
So don't use it unless you're sure?
The television analogy fails because TV is quite different than an internet connection. Why bother with analogies in the first place? You are using someones property if you connect to their wireless lan, which you obviously has no right to do. So don't.
For the most part I love Firebird (and abhor Opera). But there are certain things about it that annoy me, and given that IE works perfectly and smoothly I just use it (IE).
From the last version I used.6 something, these are a couple things that annoyed me:
o Can't open multiple instances without it bitching about profiles. o Bad plugin support; I could never get Shockwave working. I couldn't get Quicktime to be embedded into the browser to play movies. Certain internet radio stations I listed to (using ASF) wouldn't play (I could look through the source, copy the links and play them).
The latest version fixed crash bugs, which was good. Pop-up blocking is nothing since I get that from IE plugins. I never used the large amount of avaiable plugins for Firebird. I've never had a problem with IE's lack of security.
What do they even plan to do with these laptops? Give students access to the internet for reading and research? Let them graph and solve math problems (adding cost of math software)? Let them write papers? Let them read the textbooks they could have gotten in a digital format? Teach them software like Photoshop, etc?
I can't think of many more valid uses, but all of those things are better suited for in a computer lab, library, or classroom. How often do you really do any of those things? Not much. You don't use a textbook very much, either, but at least it was only $100. I'm finding Maple useful for checking my answers, but only after I've worked out the math problems on paper with a scientific calculator (I'm doing calculus of a single variable right now - a student doesn't even need a graphing calculator! Of course they all have Ti-83s, oh well).
Just a quick calculation. If each student needs a $1500CAD laptop, then they could instead get 15 good textbooks (my Calc book was $130, first year college). With 100 students per grade, grades 8 to 12, laptops would be 500*$1500=$750,000. Textbooks instead would be: 50 kids per semester * 8 classes (4 classes per semester - the point is only half of the students in a grade need a certain book at a time) * 5 grades * $100 book = $200,000. The books would be more effective at teaching, judging from the educational software I've seen so far.
This even assumes the laptops would replace textbooks, and that there wouldn't be other costs associated them (doubtful).
At $1000 per computer, three reasonable computer labs (x86) for 30 students each would be $90,000.
Of course, schools already have these textbooks and computer labs, so unless they are severely lacking, that money could be used for something completely different!
Unless this is an expensive "Train a generation of hackers" program, I think it is a gross waste of money. (Also, I'd like to see the educational software they would expect to put on these things).
Sea turtules do indeed live to be very old (with some speculation that they are "immortal" by some people). You can search for an article on them at discover.com.
Head to your nearest place of higher learning. You should be able to pick up the latest Science magazine, which might have the pictures (I'm going to take a look myself on Monday).
It would appear he thinks they are both a violation of your rights, in this context. The hyperbole is just to point out the fundamental problem of them spamming you after prior agreements.
It may not be theft in the legal sense, but you could still easily consider it theft (in a linguistic/usage sense). It depends on the context of the speaker, so in this case I'd say it's probably wrong, but not necessarily so.
A Beethoven song belongs to the artist who performs it. While the RIAA probably has no involvement, it should be made known that old classical mp3s are still copyrighted.
I don't know much about the game myself; but, if you don't already, you should read some of the recent Penny-Arcade news. The first news archive page should have some stuff too. Gabe and Tycho seem impressed.
They're not about keeping you entertained, they're about keeping your subscription.
I would think most people keep their subscription because they stay entertained. That's how my friend played Anarchy Online; he played until he was bored of it, and cancelled. FunCom will keep your player data, so if you choose to play again you don't have to start a new character. My friend has played on and off again, usually when they introduce new content.
So why else would people play? There is addiction, but I doubt that is used as business model.
I don't actually know anything about Gates's charitable givings, nor much about his business practices. But I think my point still stands about wealth and charity.
But Gates could help millions of people in terrible situations, whereas the individual could help maybe a dozen. Despite his business practices, it didn't require millions of people to go into terrible situations to help those other millions out.
Naw. Eventually (depending on popularity) computers will beat more and more people at Go. It's just another game, solvable with clever programming and brute force.
I'd like to see computers get better and better at parsing language and creating appropriate responses given some information they know.
But those things aren't intelligence, alone. They require intelligence, but they have components to them that aren't intelligence at all, unless it is acceptable to use specialized hardware (for steering, etc).
Many good - as opposed to excellent or great - players can teach chess really well. I don't have any stats, but lots of great players can't teach as well as the mediocre/good players who teach for a living and produce champions.
I'm not talking about writing books, though, just real-time teaching.
They observe the usages of words. If they see people calling programming engineering, then it is. Definitions are defined by the way people use words, not the other way around.
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Bah, multiple languages. If the ballot has only names on it, then people of any language should be able to recognize the names. They'd need to recognize the candidates name somehow, when listening to information in their language. If you can't be bothered to figure out how to read someone's name as it would appear on a ballot, maybe you don't deserve to vote.
there is no way for anyone to tell what the intention of the owner of the network is
So don't use it unless you're sure?
The television analogy fails because TV is quite different than an internet connection. Why bother with analogies in the first place? You are using someones property if you connect to their wireless lan, which you obviously has no right to do. So don't.
For the most part I love Firebird (and abhor Opera). But there are certain things about it that annoy me, and given that IE works perfectly and smoothly I just use it (IE).
.6 something, these are a couple things that annoyed me:
o Can't open multiple instances without it bitching about profiles.
From the last version I used
o Bad plugin support; I could never get Shockwave working. I couldn't get Quicktime to be embedded into the browser to play movies. Certain internet radio stations I listed to (using ASF) wouldn't play (I could look through the source, copy the links and play them).
The latest version fixed crash bugs, which was good. Pop-up blocking is nothing since I get that from IE plugins. I never used the large amount of avaiable plugins for Firebird. I've never had a problem with IE's lack of security.
That's why these people need to start using the word "laptop."
o Laptops can comfortably sit on your lap!
o The name contrasts well with desktop.
o It isn't ambiguous like notebook.
In closing, say laptop.
I use Windows, but besides that and IE, it's all open source software (besides games).
Don't worry, it's trademarked.
What do they even plan to do with these laptops? Give students access to the internet for reading and research? Let them graph and solve math problems (adding cost of math software)? Let them write papers? Let them read the textbooks they could have gotten in a digital format? Teach them software like Photoshop, etc?
I can't think of many more valid uses, but all of those things are better suited for in a computer lab, library, or classroom. How often do you really do any of those things? Not much. You don't use a textbook very much, either, but at least it was only $100. I'm finding Maple useful for checking my answers, but only after I've worked out the math problems on paper with a scientific calculator (I'm doing calculus of a single variable right now - a student doesn't even need a graphing calculator! Of course they all have Ti-83s, oh well).
Just a quick calculation. If each student needs a $1500CAD laptop, then they could instead get 15 good textbooks (my Calc book was $130, first year college). With 100 students per grade, grades 8 to 12, laptops would be 500*$1500=$750,000. Textbooks instead would be: 50 kids per semester * 8 classes (4 classes per semester - the point is only half of the students in a grade need a certain book at a time) * 5 grades * $100 book = $200,000. The books would be more effective at teaching, judging from the educational software I've seen so far.
This even assumes the laptops would replace textbooks, and that there wouldn't be other costs associated them (doubtful).
At $1000 per computer, three reasonable computer labs (x86) for 30 students each would be $90,000.
Of course, schools already have these textbooks and computer labs, so unless they are severely lacking, that money could be used for something completely different!
Unless this is an expensive "Train a generation of hackers" program, I think it is a gross waste of money. (Also, I'd like to see the educational software they would expect to put on these things).
Yeah, nematodes might get you if you step in mud, especially in warmer places I would think.
Sea turtules do indeed live to be very old (with some speculation that they are "immortal" by some people). You can search for an article on them at discover.com.
Head to your nearest place of higher learning. You should be able to pick up the latest Science magazine, which might have the pictures (I'm going to take a look myself on Monday).
It would appear he thinks they are both a violation of your rights, in this context. The hyperbole is just to point out the fundamental problem of them spamming you after prior agreements.
It may not be theft in the legal sense, but you could still easily consider it theft (in a linguistic/usage sense). It depends on the context of the speaker, so in this case I'd say it's probably wrong, but not necessarily so.
You may think that, but millions of people disagree with you.
A Beethoven song belongs to the artist who performs it. While the RIAA probably has no involvement, it should be made known that old classical mp3s are still copyrighted.
I don't know much about the game myself; but, if you don't already, you should read some of the recent Penny-Arcade news. The first news archive page should have some stuff too. Gabe and Tycho seem impressed.
They're not about keeping you entertained, they're about keeping your subscription.
I would think most people keep their subscription because they stay entertained. That's how my friend played Anarchy Online; he played until he was bored of it, and cancelled. FunCom will keep your player data, so if you choose to play again you don't have to start a new character. My friend has played on and off again, usually when they introduce new content.
So why else would people play? There is addiction, but I doubt that is used as business model.
I don't actually know anything about Gates's charitable givings, nor much about his business practices. But I think my point still stands about wealth and charity.
But Gates could help millions of people in terrible situations, whereas the individual could help maybe a dozen. Despite his business practices, it didn't require millions of people to go into terrible situations to help those other millions out.
Naw. Eventually (depending on popularity) computers will beat more and more people at Go. It's just another game, solvable with clever programming and brute force.
I'd like to see computers get better and better at parsing language and creating appropriate responses given some information they know.
Computer-created jokes:
What kind of murderer has fibre? A cereal killer.
What kind of line has sixteen balls? A pool queue.
But those things aren't intelligence, alone. They require intelligence, but they have components to them that aren't intelligence at all, unless it is acceptable to use specialized hardware (for steering, etc).
Many good - as opposed to excellent or great - players can teach chess really well. I don't have any stats, but lots of great players can't teach as well as the mediocre/good players who teach for a living and produce champions.
I'm not talking about writing books, though, just real-time teaching.
emergency landing site for damaged B-29's
It's nice to have a backup plan, but did anybody ever need to land there?
They observe the usages of words. If they see people calling programming engineering, then it is. Definitions are defined by the way people use words, not the other way around.
There's always Chips in Torilla shells, for the hardware types:
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