To further challenge your morality, consider the prospect of selecting or requesting convicted criminals (in particular, death-row inmates). At what point does it start to seem wrong? Does their crime matter?
One important point which is ignored in TFA is that the use of simple to-the-point web forms for common issues (such as lost/damaged discs, excessive delays, or incorrect mailings) means that the typical user never has to call or email in the first place. Unlike a lot of other websites, these forms actually don't suck, either. In case you're a user and haven't found them yet, they're all accessible off of your account page.
Also, Netflix users frequently receive emails which are "checking up" on movie arrival times in order to provide an accurate estimate of when shipped discs will arrive. Having changed addresses twice with our family account, my wife and I have been very grateful for this "getting things right" mentality.
Minor quibble: if it's an opened crate, then you could be viewing portions of the interior such that there are 5 visible faces, making a total of 10 triangles needed (at least).
If you can afford to equip one employee with a Windows XP or Vista machine, you can afford to equip at least two people running Linux and Open Office.
Clearly, you have never worked somewhere were you were forced to use Windows because: a) your boss/higher-ups don't understand anything else, b) you consult for companies which only use Windows, c) there isn't sysadmin support for non-Windows boxes, etc.
Interestingly enough, a bit of hacking would make this ideal in extremely-low income areas (think 3rd world) where the cost of a single outdated computer represents a large portion of a person's annual salary. You may not find it useful, but someone else certainly might.
... thank you. It is a breath of fresh air, in our society today, to hear about checks and balances functioning as intended and ensuring that legal review (post-legislation though it may be) is still feasible.
Incidentally, though it flies in the face of the license for the software, it is possible to install TurboTax on any number of machines, including those which you do not own, and use it concurrently on all of them. Clearly, they intended people to use this "feature" for multiple filings or data transfer in the same household, but doesn't this seem like a ridiculously pirate-able situation?
If you can't manage to have children and ensure that they are responsibly taken care of (by you or another person), then perhaps you should not have children in the first place (at least until a time when you could do so responsibly). I'm not saying that this requires a single-income family, but it absolutely shouldn't require government intervention to be feasible.
I'm a grad student, and my wife just got a new job. We couldn't manage the time to have children right now and raise them properly, even though we could afford it. We'll wait.
It's true that it's often very hard or impossible to analyze and classify human action with a near-100% rate of success (though the work of people like Takeo Kanade is getting us closer everyday).
However, the example you give is bogus. Check frames before/after the action to determine significant colorspace change on the wall. And, if you want to deal with covering grafitti, do a comparison with images of the wall pre-defacing (or just with average wall color). It's not a trivial problem per se, but it's a lot more solved than you seem to indicate.
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I totally agree.
Computer By the way, Computer Scientists who are interested in getting involved with NASA should apply for an internship or co-op with the JPL.
You could still become a naturalized citizen....
- Astronomy
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Hydrology
- Meteorology
- Oceanography
- Soil Science
- Physics
Computer Science (or at least a number of its subfields) may be classified as an applied science, especially as it applies to Information Science.Wouldn't you be more valuable on the ground, anyway?
To further challenge your morality, consider the prospect of selecting or requesting convicted criminals (in particular, death-row inmates). At what point does it start to seem wrong? Does their crime matter?
Modulo 2, beotch!
It sounds like you overclocked your DNA....
The correct quote is: It was said by Philo, the chief technician at U62, who was the host for "Secrets of the Universe" (and from the planet Zarquon).
Please turn in your geek certifications at the door.
Well, it just depends on how loudly you demand it. And if you have your Demanding Stick with you when you do.
One important point which is ignored in TFA is that the use of simple to-the-point web forms for common issues (such as lost/damaged discs, excessive delays, or incorrect mailings) means that the typical user never has to call or email in the first place. Unlike a lot of other websites, these forms actually don't suck, either. In case you're a user and haven't found them yet, they're all accessible off of your account page.
Also, Netflix users frequently receive emails which are "checking up" on movie arrival times in order to provide an accurate estimate of when shipped discs will arrive. Having changed addresses twice with our family account, my wife and I have been very grateful for this "getting things right" mentality.
Minor quibble: if it's an opened crate, then you could be viewing portions of the interior such that there are 5 visible faces, making a total of 10 triangles needed (at least).
It's "dhanyavaad", or "shukriya" if you're in an area which is largely influenced by Urdu. :)
Hear hear!
Beer is fat free, has a fair whack of fibre (the good stuff at least), and made up of complex carbs - unlike soda.
Cheers!
... that I have never before seen anything so awesome in my entire life.
Moon landing? Berlin Wall? Not even close.
Totally... frickin'... sweet.
Well, given the circumstances...
a 3-car pileup on the expressway wouldn't be inappropriate.
Well, Utah does have a bit of a bad reputation in the eyes of a number of the other states....
That joke was Utahed-ed.
Yes, yes, I'm going to Hell.
Clearly, you have never worked somewhere were you were forced to use Windows because: a) your boss/higher-ups don't understand anything else, b) you consult for companies which only use Windows, c) there isn't sysadmin support for non-Windows boxes, etc.
Interestingly enough, a bit of hacking would make this ideal in extremely-low income areas (think 3rd world) where the cost of a single outdated computer represents a large portion of a person's annual salary. You may not find it useful, but someone else certainly might.
... thank you. It is a breath of fresh air, in our society today, to hear about checks and balances functioning as intended and ensuring that legal review (post-legislation though it may be) is still feasible.
$60 is a bit of a ripoff.
Incidentally, though it flies in the face of the license for the software, it is possible to install TurboTax on any number of machines, including those which you do not own, and use it concurrently on all of them. Clearly, they intended people to use this "feature" for multiple filings or data transfer in the same household, but doesn't this seem like a ridiculously pirate-able situation?
Given that this exact comment has been modded Troll previously, I find it very hard to believe that it's suddenly become informative.
FFS people - it's an opinion. Opinions are not informative, unless you really were begging to be informed of random consumer opinion.
Well, given that's he's The Godfather...
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I almost feel like a jerk saying this, but...
If you can't manage to have children and ensure that they are responsibly taken care of (by you or another person), then perhaps you should not have children in the first place (at least until a time when you could do so responsibly). I'm not saying that this requires a single-income family, but it absolutely shouldn't require government intervention to be feasible.
I'm a grad student, and my wife just got a new job. We couldn't manage the time to have children right now and raise them properly, even though we could afford it. We'll wait.
You're half-right, half-wrong.
It's true that it's often very hard or impossible to analyze and classify human action with a near-100% rate of success (though the work of people like Takeo Kanade is getting us closer everyday).
However, the example you give is bogus. Check frames before/after the action to determine significant colorspace change on the wall. And, if you want to deal with covering grafitti, do a comparison with images of the wall pre-defacing (or just with average wall color). It's not a trivial problem per se, but it's a lot more solved than you seem to indicate.
Ahoy! Thar be bad rehashed jokes off the starboard bow!