this hole was open long enough for someone to remove Expert Exchange & all the other BS...
What's wrong with EE? At least you can find some help there. What really needs to go is the endless product search engines, all proclaiming "be the first to write a review!".
Never mind the kids. I've been going through many of the subjects, and they're really wonderfully done, even just as a review. Especially chemistry, which I only took one course of in high school.
Formulaic... like the film industry has been numerous times in the past (and perhaps today)? This sort of thing breaks down as soon as the audience gets bored of it.
As another example, the TI-92 I had in College was banned from the SAT's for having a QWERTY keyboard
Perhaps there's a reasoning behind that: programming a calculator without QWERTY is a rather hellish experience if you need to do it quickly, as in a test. So if the memory is cleared before the test, the TI-89 is fine while the 92 wouldn't be.
You bring a good point. However, there are dead languages that we humans are unable to figure out, even though we're the same species.
If you don't hardcode something, this would be even worse: How do you make up a new language with grammar and all, without using any prior language or knowledge? You basically have to figure out a general algorithm for bootstrapping communication from scratch.
I'd like to see an actual example of that being the case. I've never done anything with.Net myself, but from my (rather limited) personal experience, I haven't been able to get apps from the Windows side to run properly under Linux. I'm sure it's perfectly possible, but is it useful and/or workable? Is it still possible if Microsoft decides to stamp out competition?
Are you seriously saying that you turn to the nuclear industry mouthpiece for all your unbiased news? Just have a look at the membership list of the World Nuclear Association [world-nuclear.org]. This is an association made up of companies who profit from the from the continued use of nuclear energy.
Who could really believe that any genuine problems with nuclear power will be accurately reported by a body set up to defend the industry?
Yes, seriously.
The reporting on the Fukushima incident is so extremely bad, with only a few exceptions, that organizations like these end up having the most trustworthy information available. This is not a reflection of any inherent trustworthiness of nuclear associations, agencies and companies, it is a reflection of the dismal failure of mass media.
Here's a series of extremely informative emails from Genn Saji, former secretariat of JNSC, who points out why the pessimistic predictions by other experts might be hype. The emails are just updates to his colleagues as the events unfold, but that page is occasionally updated with the latest ones. Recommended reading for the technically minded, the latest email is at the top.
Modular is a crutch, that works well in some general fields, but are unwieldy or even a waste of resources and a roadblock in other fields.
And meticulously crafted software is also a crutch, a waste of time and resources, and a roadblock in some other fields. What exactly is the argument here?
That all depends on what you consider interesting: solving a problem, the way of solving a problem, or the way of solving the solving of a problem. None is "more important" , "more correct" or "more real programming" than the other.
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Nothing appeals to small-minded people more than what other people are up to.
Nothing appeals to small minded people more than looking down on other people, the way you do.
this hole was open long enough for someone to remove Expert Exchange & all the other BS...
What's wrong with EE? At least you can find some help there. What really needs to go is the endless product search engines, all proclaiming "be the first to write a review!".
Never mind the kids. I've been going through many of the subjects, and they're really wonderfully done, even just as a review. Especially chemistry, which I only took one course of in high school.
You need the lightweight materials in order to prolong the flight time, can you get the carbon fibre parts for cheap?
You forgot the mandatory signature in the middle of the post, followed by "PS." and the rest of the rambling.
It's a gaggle of feckers.
It also turns out that ice and snow are solids, while aridity refers to a liquid...
Indeed, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica it never rains, only snows..
Formulaic... like the film industry has been numerous times in the past (and perhaps today)? This sort of thing breaks down as soon as the audience gets bored of it.
Technology is moving fast. Ideas are not.
Who cares about marketroids, is it part of training or not?
There's no such thing as real money.
As another example, the TI-92 I had in College was banned from the SAT's for having a QWERTY keyboard
Perhaps there's a reasoning behind that: programming a calculator without QWERTY is a rather hellish experience if you need to do it quickly, as in a test. So if the memory is cleared before the test, the TI-89 is fine while the 92 wouldn't be.
But humans are born with common information, simply by virtue of having a human brain in a human body. That's a hardcoded language of sorts.
If you don't hardcode something, this would be even worse: How do you make up a new language with grammar and all, without using any prior language or knowledge? You basically have to figure out a general algorithm for bootstrapping communication from scratch.
I'd like to see an actual example of that being the case. I've never done anything with .Net myself, but from my (rather limited) personal experience, I haven't been able to get apps from the Windows side to run properly under Linux. I'm sure it's perfectly possible, but is it useful and/or workable? Is it still possible if Microsoft decides to stamp out competition?
What I am looking for is a noun that has a single form which can be used in both a singular and plural context (like sheep)
People/peoples?
Km/h is a combination of SI and SI-accepted units, so it is an SI unit.
None of those are permanent.
All it takes is about 15 years of zero birthrate and you're not going to get it back, ever.
You're arguing there's a disincentive that is stronger and more permanent than sex drive? Citation needed..
Are you seriously saying that you turn to the nuclear industry mouthpiece for all your unbiased news? Just have a look at the membership list of the World Nuclear Association [world-nuclear.org]. This is an association made up of companies who profit from the from the continued use of nuclear energy. Who could really believe that any genuine problems with nuclear power will be accurately reported by a body set up to defend the industry?
Yes, seriously.
The reporting on the Fukushima incident is so extremely bad, with only a few exceptions, that organizations like these end up having the most trustworthy information available. This is not a reflection of any inherent trustworthiness of nuclear associations, agencies and companies, it is a reflection of the dismal failure of mass media.
Here's a series of extremely informative emails from Genn Saji, former secretariat of JNSC, who points out why the pessimistic predictions by other experts might be hype. The emails are just updates to his colleagues as the events unfold, but that page is occasionally updated with the latest ones. Recommended reading for the technically minded, the latest email is at the top.
Modular is a crutch, that works well in some general fields, but are unwieldy or even a waste of resources and a roadblock in other fields.
And meticulously crafted software is also a crutch, a waste of time and resources, and a roadblock in some other fields. What exactly is the argument here?
That all depends on what you consider interesting: solving a problem, the way of solving a problem, or the way of solving the solving of a problem. None is "more important" , "more correct" or "more real programming" than the other.
Latest estimate is that the wave was 14m high when hitting the plant.