There was this russian economist(*), that was commissioned by Stalin to make a study and prove capitalism was bound to die.
So the guy makes his study, and his conclusions are that the economy moves in cycles, up/down/up/down... but he didn't "prove" that capitalism was bound to dissappear like Stalin said.
This economist died in Siberia. Enforced vacation there after not reaching Stalin's desired results.
(*) don't remember the name and can't be arsed to look it up. Besides, this is/., you expected good information, with credited sources? HA!
Yes, the height isn't all that great, but the makeup team managed (the hair team, actually:) to turn him into the exact image of the comic character. All he's missing is the "short" thing. And the attitude re: cyclops was really good:)
On the #1 assignment, there had been rampant copying, and the professor was mightily pissed off. Usually, when you catch someone cheating on an assignment, they get a 1.0 score (in a scale between 1.0 and 7.0) and a warning to frikking behave, although the rules say that every cheater must be sent to the Rector and get a "sumario" (kind of a "trial", don't know how that translates) whose biggest consequence is get kicked out AND banned from the biggest universities in the country for two years. Since that's really harsh, most teachers don't send people to sumario unless there cheating is way overboard (i.e. sending in someone to do a test for you or the like).
It happened that this time, the professor had been appointed as "Director de la Escuela", and, as an official of the Uni bureaucracy and not just "a professor", he was bound to apply the rules to the letter. So we had to (I was TA) hand out a sheet of paper during the first test and I told them "people, we're onto you. We have tens of cheaters (from a 100-people class) indentified in assignment #1, and this time, you are S.O.L. because the prof is ALSO the director, so he's bound to send you straight to the rectory, instead of marking you with the customary 1.0. In this paper, you can write your name if you admit to copying the first assignment. You'll get an 1.0 score on that, and at the end of the course you'll have to do a "live assignment" in the computer lab with the prof perched at your shoulder to prove that you learned something in this class.".
Almost all the identified cheaters turned in, and a hefty quantity of unidentified cheaters turned themselves in, and even some people turned themselves in for the #2 assignment!
Another funny one, at the final examn of a course, when I (I was TA) said "ID will be requested while the test is in course, please place your University Card in your table next to you". I had just finished saying this when I saw one of the students jump out the window (it was a 2 meter drop to the grass outside). Never figured out who he was subbing for. (Whoever he was, he failed the class, since we customarily let the students who have an average such that an 1.0 in the final will still give them a passing grade keep their average and skip the final)
Back when I was "profesor auxiliar"(*) at the Uni for introductory Algorithms and Data Structures, we had this nifty copy-detector that was very reliable. It counted similarities in keywords, such as how many (if|else|String|char|{|}|++|=|etc) were on each file. An 70% similarity warranted close inspection, by hand. Normal assignments ranged between 10% to 40% similarity. Classic variable-name changers and reindenters pegged 100%:) (and got some righteous wrath from the professor).
(*) Profesor Auxiliar is a student who already has already passed the class/course, usually with high marks, that does practical classes (as in "problems like the ones you are likely to see in the written tests" or "some tips for this week's assignment") to complement the professor's theoretical classes, and usually runs the "accounting" (grades and all that), takes care of the course website, that thing.
Yet none of the page fonts look the way they do under IE. Under IE the page fonts look clean and crisp. Under Firefox they look like blocky text. Reminds me of what Netscape and Mozilla looked like under X.
To wich I say "WTF"? I can't see anything different re: the fonts.Can you?
but data messages (including text) could be checked by the application. One of the great misconceptions about a UDP application is that it will lose packets, but the reality is that the UDP application may allow packets to be lost.
Yes, this is true. UDP doesn't guarantee that data will be lost, but it hasn't the safeguards that are built into TCP. You can code sequence checks, integrity checks, resend requests, and all that using UDP. But if you are going to build all the checks and retries, why use UDP at all? Any gain in speed will become negligible with the overhead created by the checks, and the development cost is going to be bigger. Right tool for the job, gents.
Perhaps it's just me but most IM conversations don't seem to make a lot of sense anyways. lol
2. Bandwidth overhead introduced by error correction/checking (UDP is the wrong protocol)
For voice applications UDP is the correct protocol because it's quick.
UDP is great for voice applications because a few packets dropped in an audio stream doesn't harm it that much. You'll get a few sound artifacts. Plus it's faster than TCP. However, when dealing with text messaging, dropped packets/packets that arrive in the wrong order mean the conversation doesn't make any sense.
DM: You see a bunch of goblins guarding the main gate. However, they are drinking ale and not minding the smaller gate to the side, wich is ajar, through wich you could easily slip by.
While reading the Monster Manual, I wondered what the fuck was the tarrasque there for. Some DM on a holy mission of killing his decade-old party of level 60/60/60/60 fighter/cleric/mage/thieves?
The article advocates for a "visible" implementation, not a GPL/BSD licensed implementation. The entity applying for the patent must provide with an implementation, so that the process being patented is clear. This implementation is "open" (not "gratis", not "libre"), meaning you can look at it to see if you need to license it or if you can code around it.
Because, um, it is patented, and they can't use that source without licensing the patent?
The benefit of this would be that you can see the patent as a working implementation, and decide if you want to license it or code around it. Plus, a working implementation makes a patent much more precise than "a method for doing something in some place".
Slashdot Mirror
The ironing is fine, but the starch is a bit over the top.
Those pesky post offices!
(BTW, first.post, steve.jobs... :D)
So the guy makes his study, and his conclusions are that the economy moves in cycles, up/down/up/down... but he didn't "prove" that capitalism was bound to dissappear like Stalin said.
This economist died in Siberia. Enforced vacation there after not reaching Stalin's desired results.
(*) don't remember the name and can't be arsed to look it up. Besides, this is /., you expected good information, with credited sources? HA!
Grim Reaper-shaped sweets? Gravestone hard-candy?
40% funny
20% flamebait
20% insightful
So there's a insightful in there, but the funny part is that it doesn't add up!
Yes, the height isn't all that great, but the makeup team managed (the hair team, actually :) to turn him into the exact image of the comic character. All he's missing is the "short" thing. And the attitude re: cyclops was really good :)
Cyclops is a complete dick? check.
Storm a shapely black woman that looks good in white hair? check.
Prof. X? Spot on.
Magneto? Maybe he could have found someone who didn't look as old/frail, but his acting was spot-on.
Jean Grey is all but carbon-copied from the X-Men comics I used to own.
The only casting choice I'd disagree with would be Rogue...
Didn't know McDonalds had a McLaptop...
(rimshot)
It comes with U2 preloaded? uughhhhh...
It happened that this time, the professor had been appointed as "Director de la Escuela", and, as an official of the Uni bureaucracy and not just "a professor", he was bound to apply the rules to the letter. So we had to (I was TA) hand out a sheet of paper during the first test and I told them "people, we're onto you. We have tens of cheaters (from a 100-people class) indentified in assignment #1, and this time, you are S.O.L. because the prof is ALSO the director, so he's bound to send you straight to the rectory, instead of marking you with the customary 1.0. In this paper, you can write your name if you admit to copying the first assignment. You'll get an 1.0 score on that, and at the end of the course you'll have to do a "live assignment" in the computer lab with the prof perched at your shoulder to prove that you learned something in this class.".
Almost all the identified cheaters turned in, and a hefty quantity of unidentified cheaters turned themselves in, and even some people turned themselves in for the #2 assignment!
Another funny one, at the final examn of a course, when I (I was TA) said "ID will be requested while the test is in course, please place your University Card in your table next to you". I had just finished saying this when I saw one of the students jump out the window (it was a 2 meter drop to the grass outside). Never figured out who he was subbing for. (Whoever he was, he failed the class, since we customarily let the students who have an average such that an 1.0 in the final will still give them a passing grade keep their average and skip the final)
(*) Profesor Auxiliar is a student who already has already passed the class/course, usually with high marks, that does practical classes (as in "problems like the ones you are likely to see in the written tests" or "some tips for this week's assignment") to complement the professor's theoretical classes, and usually runs the "accounting" (grades and all that), takes care of the course website, that thing.
As for a US$2000 laptop wiping the floor with a US$1000 laptop? It damn better, otherwise it isn't worth US$2000.
Greased or non-greased?
If she says greased, then go to the kitchen and start heating up some grits.
To wich I say "WTF"? I can't see anything different re: the fonts.Can you?
Yes, this is true. UDP doesn't guarantee that data will be lost, but it hasn't the safeguards that are built into TCP. You can code sequence checks, integrity checks, resend requests, and all that using UDP. But if you are going to build all the checks and retries, why use UDP at all? Any gain in speed will become negligible with the overhead created by the checks, and the development cost is going to be bigger. Right tool for the job, gents.
Perhaps it's just me but most IM conversations don't seem to make a lot of sense anyways. lol
Too true :)
Contestant: You would be saying what your happiness this if you had taken all everything.
Papa Google: Things a googly google would google!
Contestant: What you say?
Papa Google: Things a googly google would google!
Contestant: No. All right, if you taking all my ship, and all are having for you, you saying then this.
Papa Google: Things a google would google to another google?
Contestant: No. Not even close. Cats saying this if he is being master of all world.
Papa Google: How a google makes little googles?
Contestant: NO!!!
(with apologies to the $20,000 zig)
UDP is great for voice applications because a few packets dropped in an audio stream doesn't harm it that much. You'll get a few sound artifacts. Plus it's faster than TCP. However, when dealing with text messaging, dropped packets/packets that arrive in the wrong order mean the conversation doesn't make any sense.
Weren't those the names of the KotDT characters? (can't check it out, currently away from my Dragon Magazine collection :)
Player's thoughts, Homer Simpson style : goblin -> combat -> gold -> experience! mmmmm... expeeeerience...
Player: I roll to attack!
DM: *groans*
While reading the Monster Manual, I wondered what the fuck was the tarrasque there for. Some DM on a holy mission of killing his decade-old party of level 60/60/60/60 fighter/cleric/mage/thieves?
The article advocates for a "visible" implementation, not a GPL/BSD licensed implementation. The entity applying for the patent must provide with an implementation, so that the process being patented is clear. This implementation is "open" (not "gratis", not "libre"), meaning you can look at it to see if you need to license it or if you can code around it.
** shakes head in bafflement **
That the SCO brand is worth US$49? Not me...
Uh yeah, missing windows. That's why it comes with XP Home or XP Pro, right?
Because, um, it is patented, and they can't use that source without licensing the patent?
The benefit of this would be that you can see the patent as a working implementation, and decide if you want to license it or code around it. Plus, a working implementation makes a patent much more precise than "a method for doing something in some place".
Ick!
Can hang or crash on occasion if you put it in your pocket and you walk fast like me
Instant turn off!
Wouldn't DREAM of ordering something wich has those bugs. My MD will keep working fine, thankya.