As someone who doubts cellphones cause statistically significant brain damage, I also doubt it causes statistically significant improvements. Naturally, the science will speak for itself either way.
Certainly similar radiation at much higher doses will have an effect. Also, keep in mind mice have much smaller heads. A cellphone would have a much stronger effect on a mouse as the radiation will far more easily penetrate the skull and brain. In humans, much of the strength is lost before the signal makes it to the brain.
I just switched to comcast after a year of OTA HDTV. It's a shame because the quality has taken a huge hit. It's still a good tradeoff as my signal would cut out every 5-10 minutes for a few seconds with OTA. But even so, now I just feel like torrenting half the stuff I watch because the comcast HD feed isn't as good as the 720p downloads. Not to mention the volume of ads on broadcast TV make me want to put a gun to my head...
I'd say depends. If you don't eat meat for health reasons, the lab meat may or may not work for you. If you don't eat it for animal rights reasons, you should be fine with lab meat. If you don't eat it for religious reasons, you're a dying breed:)
Not sure why you were rated troll. In many ways, you're right. I think children needs more instantaneous and direct feedback along with the accountability of automatic record-keeping. I think students should have what amounts to a "gamer score." The games are math, science, English, etc. Kids shouldn't be taught at the same pace. Maybe someone's sick or hurt for a week and ends up missing an important lesson. Core lessons should be available as interactive instruction with built in tests. If we tracked a child's individual achievements better, in a standard way, they could get help more easily and really see their progress. It would give kids a way to excel. It can be difficult for a kid to move ahead of a class and be recognized for it.
But you do gain through the support. Epic hires people into support roles. I doubt Tim does much hands-on support these days. He probably views their dev forums and comments on the interesting stuff when he's bored. But every bug filed by a partner goes towards improving the core engine. And that kind of test coverages goes a long long way towards improving everyone's lives. Chances are you'll have a significantly smoother dev cycle with that number of developers hammering on the same codebase together. So from a technology point of view, it's better to have those users. If you want to lock yourself away and work on whatever you want, not so much. Carmack obviously isn't a sellout. I can understand why he'd rather work on a smaller project.
Microsoft is doing a lot with their communications server. Unified Communications doesn't directly apply to the at home scenario as you need a server. But it's pure gold for the corporate world. I kinda love being able to manage phone calls to my PC, get emails for missed calls/voicemail, redirect calls, set my status (away, busy, on the phone, in a meeting, etc), and manage an address book integrated contact list. Since it's an IP based network, my phone plugs connects over the wired network. I can move it around and still keep my phone number. It's really pretty nice. I can log in with Communicator from any PC and place calls from my work number, etc... Nice to get still get my work calls routed to my laptop while I'm out of the country traveling. If I had to use my cell, I'd end up with a huge bill. It's good stuff. If they're able to integrate this with windows mobile ala skype and provide a server for home users, it'd really dominate.
I've worked on some large technical documents (several hundred pages) in this way. The document is built up from many smaller chunks which are stored in a version control system. Then to get the entire thing you need to 'build' it. It's actually a major pain in the ass because there simply aren't too many good ways to do this. Whenever anything breaks it's a pain in the ass for everyone.
When comparing this to an enterprise-level document management system, I don't see any advantages at present. The document management systems can include version control and diffing with file-format specific implementations. You wouldn't want to do a binary diff on a word doc for example. It's also usually smarter for these kinds of tasks workflow wise. I'm sure everyone working on these bills have access to some kind of document management system. They're not just passing around USB keys and checking their gmail. The systems they're using are probably perfectly suited for what's being done.
I expect better systems to evolve but simply trying to drop something in CVS has a lot of hidden costs.
The parent wasn't referring to federation, which is the server-to-server communication. The parent was referring to client-server communication, in which google's servers and their web client are all wrapped up together. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's saying that we wouldn't be able to write a rich-client for google's servers. So you'd need to start an independent server and build up a protocol from scratch essentially.
1) Your resume needs to get you an interview. This is easy if you're applying for an internship position at a school which MS actively recruits from. Not many secrets here. Try to engage a college recruiter in person at your school. Show an interest! Tell them about a project you've done outside of class. Tell them about that club you're an exec on (even if it is the nerdy math club or pot-smoking surfer's club!). Make yourself out to be well rounded and keen! That will get you an interview.
2) Interview skills! You need to ace the questions you're given. An interview for an internship is pretty short, less than an hour. Spend the first couple years of your CS degree doing http://topcoder.com/ competitions in your free time, ace your two or three algorithms/data-structures courses, and spend a day or two reviewing those same courses before an interview. Think of it as a programming competition. An internship question won't get into anything beyond those classes with the technical questions. If you have a friend who has ever taken any interview training, get him to run you through all the "so tell me about yourself" warmup questions half-a-dozen times. Learn to reference your past projects and experience while answering questions. Even if you know your shit (broadly speaking), if you're not prepared for the interview, you can only really blame yourself. If you've been focusing for the last year on your honor's thesis, review that 1st/2nd year material until you can teach it. You'll thank me:)
One thing I really love about WoT is the diversity of characters. I used to hate most of the women when I was younger. But when you talk about the series with a wider variety of people, it seems like a lot of women identify with the women in the story, and not always the same ones. Similarily, I like Rand but I have many friends who read for Perrin and as many who for Mat. I'm really trying to say two things. 1) Pay attention to some of those characters you don't like because they represent a lot of readers who closely identify with them. 2) Yea, this actually is a LOT like jar-jar, except instead of being introduced late with the intention of drawing in kids, jordan wanted to very broadly represent many different people and personality types that actually do exist in our society, right from the start.
Couldn't you have just accepted it as a warning that it was never going to be a quick read? If some of those middle books had been as good as the early or most recent, I don't think there would be so many complaints...
You can either wait and see what people think of sanderson's books or get reading. It seems like a waste to skip a book. If it helps, the general consensus is that sanderson's conclusion will be nothing short of epic. He's an incredible writer.
Maybe he'll put another update in to reflect the contract changes. He's a pretty open guy, based on asking him contract and rights questions at a book signing about a year ago. The blog postings were honest at the time of writing, even when very little was known and he had no requirement to share. Seems to me his basic methodology is to be as open as possible. I doubt his contract allows for him to disclose specific details.
Slashdot Mirror
It's "Windows Phone 7" now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7#Naming
It'll be targeted towards the unlimited texting crowd, similar to the sidekick.
Wow. Did we really need republican talking points applied to the browser wars?
So much for being able to stump their overuse calls by saying "oh sure, so how do I check my usage?" I'll need a new excuse for ignoring their cap.
As someone who doubts cellphones cause statistically significant brain damage, I also doubt it causes statistically significant improvements. Naturally, the science will speak for itself either way.
Certainly similar radiation at much higher doses will have an effect. Also, keep in mind mice have much smaller heads. A cellphone would have a much stronger effect on a mouse as the radiation will far more easily penetrate the skull and brain. In humans, much of the strength is lost before the signal makes it to the brain.
I just switched to comcast after a year of OTA HDTV. It's a shame because the quality has taken a huge hit. It's still a good tradeoff as my signal would cut out every 5-10 minutes for a few seconds with OTA. But even so, now I just feel like torrenting half the stuff I watch because the comcast HD feed isn't as good as the 720p downloads. Not to mention the volume of ads on broadcast TV make me want to put a gun to my head...
PETA has a $1 million prize for whoever brings it to market first. Isn't that saying enough?
http://www.peta.org/feat_in_vitro_contest.asp
I'd say depends. If you don't eat meat for health reasons, the lab meat may or may not work for you. If you don't eat it for animal rights reasons, you should be fine with lab meat. If you don't eat it for religious reasons, you're a dying breed :)
MSDN's search is powered by bing. So... no surprise?
Not sure why you were rated troll. In many ways, you're right. I think children needs more instantaneous and direct feedback along with the accountability of automatic record-keeping. I think students should have what amounts to a "gamer score." The games are math, science, English, etc. Kids shouldn't be taught at the same pace. Maybe someone's sick or hurt for a week and ends up missing an important lesson. Core lessons should be available as interactive instruction with built in tests. If we tracked a child's individual achievements better, in a standard way, they could get help more easily and really see their progress. It would give kids a way to excel. It can be difficult for a kid to move ahead of a class and be recognized for it.
But you do gain through the support. Epic hires people into support roles. I doubt Tim does much hands-on support these days. He probably views their dev forums and comments on the interesting stuff when he's bored. But every bug filed by a partner goes towards improving the core engine. And that kind of test coverages goes a long long way towards improving everyone's lives. Chances are you'll have a significantly smoother dev cycle with that number of developers hammering on the same codebase together. So from a technology point of view, it's better to have those users. If you want to lock yourself away and work on whatever you want, not so much. Carmack obviously isn't a sellout. I can understand why he'd rather work on a smaller project.
Microsoft is doing a lot with their communications server. Unified Communications doesn't directly apply to the at home scenario as you need a server. But it's pure gold for the corporate world. I kinda love being able to manage phone calls to my PC, get emails for missed calls/voicemail, redirect calls, set my status (away, busy, on the phone, in a meeting, etc), and manage an address book integrated contact list. Since it's an IP based network, my phone plugs connects over the wired network. I can move it around and still keep my phone number. It's really pretty nice. I can log in with Communicator from any PC and place calls from my work number, etc... Nice to get still get my work calls routed to my laptop while I'm out of the country traveling. If I had to use my cell, I'd end up with a huge bill. It's good stuff. If they're able to integrate this with windows mobile ala skype and provide a server for home users, it'd really dominate.
"For legitimate law enforcement needs, search warrants and traffic analysis are not impeded."
No clue how you got +5 insightful. Of course encryption impede those tasks. How exactly does a wiretap do any good when the traffic is encrypted.
"In fact, draconian enforcement of copyright would be the best thing ever"
Draconian enforcement is horrible. It greatly abuses the users and infringes on their rights/privacy. Nothing you say makes any sense.
I've worked on some large technical documents (several hundred pages) in this way. The document is built up from many smaller chunks which are stored in a version control system. Then to get the entire thing you need to 'build' it. It's actually a major pain in the ass because there simply aren't too many good ways to do this. Whenever anything breaks it's a pain in the ass for everyone.
When comparing this to an enterprise-level document management system, I don't see any advantages at present. The document management systems can include version control and diffing with file-format specific implementations. You wouldn't want to do a binary diff on a word doc for example. It's also usually smarter for these kinds of tasks workflow wise. I'm sure everyone working on these bills have access to some kind of document management system. They're not just passing around USB keys and checking their gmail. The systems they're using are probably perfectly suited for what's being done.
I expect better systems to evolve but simply trying to drop something in CVS has a lot of hidden costs.
There have been instances of AV vulnerabilities being exploited, exactly as you mused. Amusing in a sick kind of way.
The parent wasn't referring to federation, which is the server-to-server communication. The parent was referring to client-server communication, in which google's servers and their web client are all wrapped up together. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's saying that we wouldn't be able to write a rich-client for google's servers. So you'd need to start an independent server and build up a protocol from scratch essentially.
Two basic things.
1) Your resume needs to get you an interview. This is easy if you're applying for an internship position at a school which MS actively recruits from. Not many secrets here. Try to engage a college recruiter in person at your school. Show an interest! Tell them about a project you've done outside of class. Tell them about that club you're an exec on (even if it is the nerdy math club or pot-smoking surfer's club!). Make yourself out to be well rounded and keen! That will get you an interview.
2) Interview skills! You need to ace the questions you're given. An interview for an internship is pretty short, less than an hour. Spend the first couple years of your CS degree doing http://topcoder.com/ competitions in your free time, ace your two or three algorithms/data-structures courses, and spend a day or two reviewing those same courses before an interview. Think of it as a programming competition. An internship question won't get into anything beyond those classes with the technical questions. If you have a friend who has ever taken any interview training, get him to run you through all the "so tell me about yourself" warmup questions half-a-dozen times. Learn to reference your past projects and experience while answering questions. Even if you know your shit (broadly speaking), if you're not prepared for the interview, you can only really blame yourself. If you've been focusing for the last year on your honor's thesis, review that 1st/2nd year material until you can teach it. You'll thank me :)
One thing I really love about WoT is the diversity of characters. I used to hate most of the women when I was younger. But when you talk about the series with a wider variety of people, it seems like a lot of women identify with the women in the story, and not always the same ones. Similarily, I like Rand but I have many friends who read for Perrin and as many who for Mat. I'm really trying to say two things. 1) Pay attention to some of those characters you don't like because they represent a lot of readers who closely identify with them. 2) Yea, this actually is a LOT like jar-jar, except instead of being introduced late with the intention of drawing in kids, jordan wanted to very broadly represent many different people and personality types that actually do exist in our society, right from the start.
Couldn't you have just accepted it as a warning that it was never going to be a quick read? If some of those middle books had been as good as the early or most recent, I don't think there would be so many complaints...
One early review compared the pacing to book 6. So I expect some early drama, a lot of stress building throughout, and a massive conclusion.
I really loved the prequel. It's a shame he didn't have a chance to write more of those quick one-off shorts.
You can either wait and see what people think of sanderson's books or get reading. It seems like a waste to skip a book. If it helps, the general consensus is that sanderson's conclusion will be nothing short of epic. He's an incredible writer.
Maybe he'll put another update in to reflect the contract changes. He's a pretty open guy, based on asking him contract and rights questions at a book signing about a year ago. The blog postings were honest at the time of writing, even when very little was known and he had no requirement to share. Seems to me his basic methodology is to be as open as possible. I doubt his contract allows for him to disclose specific details.
To be clear, I meant IBM invented/introduced it before apple started buying hard disks featuring the tech.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure IBM introduced the 'park the heads when dropped' tech for their thinkpad.