The chances went from 1 in 37 to 1 in 50,000 in 5 hours? Do we believe these numbers are clean and scientific? Any politics in the mix you think? If they are just scientific then why didn't all the caveats justifying the latest "safe" number bet included with the earlier scary number? Should we believe either of these numbers 3 orders of magnitude apart or simply think it is anyone's guess and that the chances of any real warning of "the big one" are slim to none?
This is open source after all. Part of the point is that different projects can take advantage of code generated by other projects. That the other project in question happens to be a fork of your own simply says the likelihood of relevant useful code flow in both directions is higher than usual. All benefit and none are harmed. That's about as ethical as it gets.
I cannot write anything long than a page without a real outline processor to organize my thoughts/blatherings. Word has one built in. It will be a great day when OO has one too. And no, building one in myself is not in my line of expertise.
This is equivalent to saying that I can have freedom from full police surveillance AND protection from random persons crashing through my house whenever they wish. Perhaps more to the point, this is equivalent to saying that I can't both be free of government agents listening to every call and have a do not call list to block commercial phone spam. What is so hard about a "no unrequested spam email" list and procedures to register complaints and or automagically detect violations? Why would such a list take away internet freedoms?
No. It isn't remotely adequate to start with therefore it isn't worth farting around with. Go back for a more adequate definition and other requirement refinements.
I can't see it matters much at all at the undergraduate level. It might make a bit of difference in a more research oriented place for folks with a MS or PhD. But you can always transfer for those.
To tell the honest truth it seems like 90% of what you learn in undergraduate CS never gets used in the commercial software world. This is not because it is all useless by any means. It says more about much of the commercial software world.
A hint though. Spend less time learning the intracacies of Java and more time on "odd" classes like a couple of semesters of abstract algerbra, as much AI stuff as you can fine and HCI classes. Maybe spend some time with the Cog. Sci. folks. Build a good conceptual tool set and breadth. Don't plan on hacking code for some alone. There are tens of millions of people doing that.
Even better advice: Go to grad school and network like crazy. Find some partners to start a company with. Quit school when you have received all you can get there.
According to an article in Technology Review last month our troops in Iraq often find their comm isn't too great on the frontlines for much more than sporadic email at the best. Imagine the equivalent or worse comm problems with these remote controlled robots engaged in live fire. A couple of bucks worth of nasty kidstuff electronics overcomes millions in robot devices. Sounds like another winner from those folks who cornered the market on $400 hammers.
I wish the boys would grow up a bit or at least make toys that friggin are useable.
No, not for the Army silly. I want to sign up to help develop equivalent or better units for the "Cyber-Militia". It isn't American to only let the government have such toys.
Hmmm. I have seen the opposite effect. The extra hours threw me into total code immersion. In that space I have even coded in my sleep and solved real problems elegantly in a dream. I have also burnt myself to a crisp a time or two attempting to get to that space. But I have learned to pull back in time and recover.
60 hours a week no problem at least if for a "cause" I really believe in. I have been known to sometimes do that for indefinitely long periods of time. A few times in my work life I have done 13+ hours a day, 7 days a week for as much as a month at a time. That takes its toll. It can be done without high error rates but only in my experience by shifting into a bit of an altered state (no, not by chemicals). In this state which I call "commander in an air raid" I can be very efficient but I am worthless as far as getting along with people not in the same state. Also, when in this state I find I get so much into the problem space that it feels as if my head will burst if I go one bit deeper. But then I do and stretch my limits out again.
Not with me it won't. I barely squeeze most used programs and data into memory on the 600. Anything worse is a waste of funds. Buy one if you want but I will wait for something that actually accomodates my needs without steps backwards for all steps forward.
If you are such an expert reviewer then you presumably know the importance of examining a device relative to the needs of those likely to purchase it. Instead of doing so here you cry bias and take minor shots. I am not impressed.
It has some nice features but the memory/file problem is a hugely big deal to many of us and to most serious business users. A major screwup that makes many users unable to use the latest model with all those fine features is about as negative as it gets short of blowing up in your hand.
Well, they apologize profusely, get a new model w/o the problems out pronto and establish a liberal one for one trade-in policy. Short of that, they may well lose a leg from shooting themselves in the foot.
I just got 9.1 Professional. I noticed a peculiar thing. The only source is hidden a way on an unmarked DVD. The things there (a definite subset) that have source almost uniformly have the source of an older version than the version installed by 9.1. Am I missing something? If I am not then how exactly is this "open source"?
Odd. I just called the number you gave. The person I got said it is only available in some wierd place in Texas. Why it isn't rolled out to Silicon Valley with some of the widest bandwidth in the country I dunno.
Never mind. This is not the internet connectivity you were looking for. Move along.
Sending to the world at large (spam) deserves the death penalty? This is "insightful"? I call it utterly psychotic. One person's spyware is another person's distributed agent. Be very, very careful what you wish for. Government power-grubbers will be more than happy to give it to you in triplicate.
This can be used to crush dissent. It is like old Soviet Russia having strict licensing of printers and fax machines. Now, we don't need the licensing. The feds simply need to compare sales records to the tattling trace build into the printers.
I was under the impression that it was artists who are "the providers of music". Why would we wish to stand for the labels, who only want to continue to suck wealth out of both artists and the public using out-moded business models, to decide what the rules and infrastructure of ther rules (DRM) are for us to acquire and listen to our favorite artists? These are the same folks that would like to close down and have acted to actively poison P2P.
Do you honestly believe this is just the good working of a "free market"? Third party candidates have to go through amazing hurdles just to get on the ballot. People reigstered to vote with third party affiliations cannot even vote in some state elections in some states (such as California). So-called "presidential debates" are held only between the two parties with sufficient power. The "free market" of campaigning, debates and TV is deeply under governmental control. This control can be and is used often to exclude those not already in power.
So making this about Libertarians not living up to a very shallow notion of what property rights are utterly and completely misses the point.
Please give your precise sources. This claim is rather unbelievable given the government's own figures on illiteracy rates. Perhaps you should have worked it a bit longer than 30 seconds.
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The chances went from 1 in 37 to 1 in 50,000 in 5 hours? Do we believe these numbers are clean and scientific? Any politics in the mix you think? If they are just scientific then why didn't all the caveats justifying the latest "safe" number bet included with the earlier scary number? Should we believe either of these numbers 3 orders of magnitude apart or simply think it is anyone's guess and that the chances of any real warning of "the big one" are slim to none?
This is open source after all. Part of the point is that different projects can take advantage of code generated by other projects. That the other project in question happens to be a fork of your own simply says the likelihood of relevant useful code flow in both directions is higher than usual. All benefit and none are harmed. That's about as ethical as it gets.
I'm sorry. Calling out the BSA is MUCH worse than the old rattlesnakes in the mail box. Please DO NOT FEED THE BSA.
I cannot write anything long than a page without a real outline processor to organize my thoughts/blatherings. Word has one built in. It will be a great day when OO has one too. And no, building one in myself is not in my line of expertise.
This is equivalent to saying that I can have freedom from full police surveillance AND protection from random persons crashing through my house whenever they wish. Perhaps more to the point, this is equivalent to saying that I can't both be free of government agents listening to every call and have a do not call list to block commercial phone spam. What is so hard about a "no unrequested spam email" list and procedures to register complaints and or automagically detect violations? Why would such a list take away internet freedoms?
Or was that just hyperbole?
No. It isn't remotely adequate to start with therefore it isn't worth farting around with. Go back for a more adequate definition and other requirement refinements.
I can't see it matters much at all at the undergraduate level. It might make a bit of difference in a more research oriented place for folks with a MS or PhD. But you can always transfer for those.
To tell the honest truth it seems like 90% of what you learn in undergraduate CS never gets used in the commercial software world. This is not because it is all useless by any means. It says more about much of the commercial software world.
A hint though. Spend less time learning the intracacies of Java and more time on "odd" classes like a couple of semesters of abstract algerbra, as much AI stuff as you can fine and HCI classes. Maybe spend some time with the Cog. Sci. folks. Build a good conceptual tool set and breadth. Don't plan on hacking code for some alone. There are tens of millions of people doing that.
Even better advice: Go to grad school and network like crazy. Find some partners to start a company with. Quit school when you have received all you can get there.
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According to an article in Technology Review last month our troops in Iraq often find their comm isn't too great on the frontlines for much more than sporadic email at the best. Imagine the equivalent or worse comm problems with these remote controlled robots engaged in live fire. A couple of bucks worth of nasty kidstuff electronics overcomes millions in robot devices. Sounds like another winner from those folks who cornered the market on $400 hammers.
I wish the boys would grow up a bit or at least make toys that friggin are useable.
No, not for the Army silly. I want to sign up to help develop equivalent or better units for the "Cyber-Militia". It isn't American to only let the government have such toys.
Hmmm. I have seen the opposite effect. The extra hours threw me into total code immersion. In that space I have even coded in my sleep and solved real problems elegantly in a dream. I have also burnt myself to a crisp a time or two attempting to get to that space. But I have learned to pull back in time and recover.
60 hours a week no problem at least if for a "cause" I really believe in. I have been known to sometimes do that for indefinitely long periods of time. A few times in my work life I have done 13+ hours a day, 7 days a week for as much as a month at a time. That takes its toll. It can be done without high error rates but only in my experience by shifting into a bit of an altered state (no, not by chemicals). In this state which I call "commander in an air raid" I can be very efficient but I am worthless as far as getting along with people not in the same state. Also, when in this state I find I get so much into the problem space that it feels as if my head will burst if I go one bit deeper. But then I do and stretch my limits out again.
Not with me it won't. I barely squeeze most used programs and data into memory on the 600. Anything worse is a waste of funds. Buy one if you want but I will wait for something that actually accomodates my needs without steps backwards for all steps forward.
If you are such an expert reviewer then you presumably know the importance of examining a device relative to the needs of those likely to purchase it. Instead of doing so here you cry bias and take minor shots. I am not impressed.
It has some nice features but the memory/file problem is a hugely big deal to many of us and to most serious business users. A major screwup that makes many users unable to use the latest model with all those fine features is about as negative as it gets short of blowing up in your hand.
Well, they apologize profusely, get a new model w/o the problems out pronto and establish a liberal one for one trade-in policy. Short of that, they may well lose a leg from shooting themselves in the foot.
I just got 9.1 Professional. I noticed a peculiar thing. The only source is hidden a way on an unmarked DVD. The things there (a definite subset) that have source almost uniformly have the source of an older version than the version installed by 9.1. Am I missing something? If I am not then how exactly is this "open source"?
Odd. I just called the number you gave. The person I got said it is only available in some wierd place in Texas. Why it isn't rolled out to Silicon Valley with some of the widest bandwidth in the country I dunno.
Never mind. This is not the internet connectivity you were looking for. Move along.
The app for checking landline number to determine eligibility is crashing. Very inspiring.
Where did you get the information justifying this assertion ("no servers")? It is not evident in your post.
Sending to the world at large (spam) deserves the death penalty? This is "insightful"? I call it utterly psychotic. One person's spyware is another person's distributed agent. Be very, very careful what you wish for. Government power-grubbers will be more than happy to give it to you in triplicate.
This can be used to crush dissent. It is like old Soviet Russia having strict licensing of printers and fax machines. Now, we don't need the licensing. The feds simply need to compare sales records to the tattling trace build into the printers.
I was under the impression that it was artists who are "the providers of music". Why would we wish to stand for the labels, who only want to continue to suck wealth out of both artists and the public using out-moded business models, to decide what the rules and infrastructure of ther rules (DRM) are for us to acquire and listen to our favorite artists? These are the same folks that would like to close down and have acted to actively poison P2P.
Just say NO.
Do you honestly believe this is just the good working of a "free market"? Third party candidates have to go through amazing hurdles just to get on the ballot. People reigstered to vote with third party affiliations cannot even vote in some state elections in some states (such as California). So-called "presidential debates" are held only between the two parties with sufficient power. The "free market" of campaigning, debates and TV is deeply under governmental control. This control can be and is used often to exclude those not already in power.
So making this about Libertarians not living up to a very shallow notion of what property rights are utterly and completely misses the point.
Obviously you did not read deeply enough. No private property rights were violated whatsoever. Read again.
This study should be considered definitive, especially for "guvmint work".
National Institute for Literachy
"The State of Literacy in America", 1992
http://www.nifl.gov/reders/reder.htm
Bottom line is that over 22% of adults are quite illiterate.
A figure of 99.4% literacy was clearly pulled from someone's nether regions.
Please give your precise sources. This claim is rather unbelievable given the government's own figures on illiteracy rates. Perhaps you should have worked it a bit longer than 30 seconds.