The longer a return to the moon is debated, the greater the chance that somebody else out there will just get up and do it. Let's hope that the U.S. private sector hasn't been fettered by legislation at that point so that they can be the ones who finally decide to bite the bullet, or at least follow in the footsteps of whatever nation did.
The situation may be disappointing, but here's a suggestion: remedy the problem yourself. Spend some money to make that selection better; with $100 you could go out and buy six Dover math books at about $15 and donate them to the library. Or you could request the purchase of fundamental math titles; every library has a provision for this. Just get on a catalog terminal or go to the front desk and let them know that the library would be better off with
Calculus (Apostol) Calculus (Spivak) Principles of Real Analysis (Rudin) Introduction to Analysis (Rosenlicht) Number Theory (Andrews) Number Theory for Beginners (Weil, maybe no longer available, but a great primer) Introduction to the Theory of Numbers (Hardy & Wright)
and other classics, both elementary and advanced, on their shelves. One of the reasons why so many libraries have such horrible math selections is that there is no demand. Don't bemoan it; get involved and create demand.
First I thought this question was absurd...ads can be annoying, intrusive, distracting, and so forth. But then I asked myself why I would want to expose myself to advertising, and I realized that viewing or listening to ads can be a useful academic exercise. In a sense, advertisers are trying to create a culture (or modify the existing one, if there is a difference) in which their product is more popular/well-known/frequently purchased than it is now. Ads give us good insight into how advertisers look at the demographics they are targeting, and how they predict they can successfully push the buttons of said demographics in order to stimulate the purchasing or brand-imprinting impulse. It also indirectly shows us what kind of stuff we, the public, fall for as consumers, and what our demands are as a society. It may be a twisted way to look at things and do sociological analysis, but it is such a large part of our lives that it certainly shouldn't always be ignored.
That said, I block pop-ups and mute commercial breaks, and I hope I'll always be able to (and that telepathic advertising isn't waiting for us in the future).
Also pertinent was the discovery that Yahoo's claims to increased index size were based on the hope that buying products from companies which advertise "longer, thicker index size in two weeks, money-back guarantee, all-natural supplements" would yield actual results.
Come to think of it, this does remind me of You Only Live Twice. I never expected to find a reason to to colonize Mars starting with James Bond, but there it is.
I think that this is an excellent opportunity for somebody who has been putting up lots of capital for commercial space ventures, like Paul Allen, Richard Branson, or Jeff Bezos, to make a very strong statement. That is, to sink a hundred of their plentiful millions of dollars into going to the moon like this, in a rudimentary way, and coming back and saying, "It was worth it. But the next time, I want to go there in luxury, I want my own company to take me, and I want my friends to come along. And I want to show people that it can be a hell of a lot more affordable." Taking that kind of risk and finding out what it's really like (and how it can be improved) would be a great way to put yourself above the competition as a space entrepreneur. "I've been there, folks. And the moon is like nowhere else you can vacation. Spend your cash with me."
And it can't be a bad thing to pump some money into the Russian program like this, even if only for philanthropic purposes. The more major governments make it to space at once and start establishing a major presence, the better. The way it's looking right now, whoever starts doing that first is not going to have much company.
It's been said that "Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on." This guy has taken it a step further, comparable to having a '94 Camry which is missing its handbrake lever and can't even go into reverse.
How much power would this thing draw (and can we even guess at that accurately)? Would it need to be plugged in to its own outlet, or would power over USB be enough?
Striking the moon with one of the then-available Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) was entirely feasible, Reiffel wrote, to an accuracy within a couple of miles (kilometers).
The Air Force must have gotten this neat approximation from NASA; miles, kilometers, what's the difference?
Perhaps it would be best to keep it all, even the stuff that now may seem totally useless, like Clinton administration emails from Janet Reno to Madeleine Albright asking what she thinks about Norman Mineta and his "hot Asian vibe." With search technology improving constantly, it would probably be better than throwing stuff away which could potentially be of interest, or spending time developing the AI to make the task less time-consuming. And besides, we can't make future historians' jobs too easy. They've gotta earn their pay, reminding us of the banalities of this age.
Heh, I'm embarassed to say that I've done this...
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I made a piece of art like this a few years ago (though not as functional as his), and guess what I found out? A hard drive on canvas is still ugly! Imagine my surprise...
Well, the artists that have truly mattered never let anyone pound "art is an impractical career" into their head. Or, they simply made it a practical career; case in point are many of Apple's designs over the years which could be considered art.
I'm a current student at Chicago finishing up the academic year, and read about this in the Maroon this morning. Currently, the number a student is known by is a 6-digit student identification number. I don't know why SSNs are needed so often on so many various applications here (financial aid applications in particular make you smear that number all over, and onto every page of your tax return copy, for example). There is also a PIN that is given on each students Chicago card, 7 digits long, but I've only used it for the online library catalog system so far. Perhaps the SSN is being used more often (despite its theft making one more vulnerable than the theft of a student ID number, for example) because administrators assume that all students nationwide are told to memorize their SSN early on, so students are more likely to have that committed to memory than one or more long PINs. Or maybe it makes coordinating health, college, and federal aid records easier. In any case, it doesn't make much sense to not try a little harder at security, considering the negative publicity that universities keep on getting from such breaches. I suppose their used to dealing with it.
Besides, the NSIT (university IT people) has demonstrated moderate incompetency and inefficiency, and I've only been here for a year. I wouldn't expect them to be invulnerable to this kind of mistake.
I went with Stephenson's Quicksilver for my brother, who is less into scifi and more into fantasy, historical fiction, etc., and Heinlein's immortal classic The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for a friend with one eye always on the stars. I hope they'll be enjoyable for them, they certainly were for me.
Slashdot Mirror
Apparently, Microsoft has decided not to include a vacuum cleaner.
Pity. Think of how much more useful it would be if it had one.
IANAP (I am not a physicist)
Why use the abbr. (abbreviation) when you write out the whole word anyhow? You could try lisp style, though:
IANAP (I ANAP (am NAP (not AP (a P (physicist)))))
Off-topic, I know. But I couldn't resist.
Better yet, bust out his Real and Complex Analysis. Principles is rightfully called "Baby Rudin."
The longer a return to the moon is debated, the greater the chance that somebody else out there will just get up and do it. Let's hope that the U.S. private sector hasn't been fettered by legislation at that point so that they can be the ones who finally decide to bite the bullet, or at least follow in the footsteps of whatever nation did.
The situation may be disappointing, but here's a suggestion: remedy the problem yourself. Spend some money to make that selection better; with $100 you could go out and buy six Dover math books at about $15 and donate them to the library. Or you could request the purchase of fundamental math titles; every library has a provision for this. Just get on a catalog terminal or go to the front desk and let them know that the library would be better off with
Calculus (Apostol)
Calculus (Spivak)
Principles of Real Analysis (Rudin)
Introduction to Analysis (Rosenlicht)
Number Theory (Andrews)
Number Theory for Beginners (Weil, maybe no longer available, but a great primer)
Introduction to the Theory of Numbers (Hardy & Wright)
and other classics, both elementary and advanced, on their shelves. One of the reasons why so many libraries have such horrible math selections is that there is no demand. Don't bemoan it; get involved and create demand.
And displays a strong knowledge of /. tradition: Natalie Portman's response when confronted by the hot grits.
First I thought this question was absurd...ads can be annoying, intrusive, distracting, and so forth. But then I asked myself why I would want to expose myself to advertising, and I realized that viewing or listening to ads can be a useful academic exercise. In a sense, advertisers are trying to create a culture (or modify the existing one, if there is a difference) in which their product is more popular/well-known/frequently purchased than it is now. Ads give us good insight into how advertisers look at the demographics they are targeting, and how they predict they can successfully push the buttons of said demographics in order to stimulate the purchasing or brand-imprinting impulse. It also indirectly shows us what kind of stuff we, the public, fall for as consumers, and what our demands are as a society. It may be a twisted way to look at things and do sociological analysis, but it is such a large part of our lives that it certainly shouldn't always be ignored.
That said, I block pop-ups and mute commercial breaks, and I hope I'll always be able to (and that telepathic advertising isn't waiting for us in the future).
Also pertinent was the discovery that Yahoo's claims to increased index size were based on the hope that buying products from companies which advertise "longer, thicker index size in two weeks, money-back guarantee, all-natural supplements" would yield actual results.
Come to think of it, this does remind me of You Only Live Twice. I never expected to find a reason to to colonize Mars starting with James Bond, but there it is.
I think that this is an excellent opportunity for somebody who has been putting up lots of capital for commercial space ventures, like Paul Allen, Richard Branson, or Jeff Bezos, to make a very strong statement. That is, to sink a hundred of their plentiful millions of dollars into going to the moon like this, in a rudimentary way, and coming back and saying, "It was worth it. But the next time, I want to go there in luxury, I want my own company to take me, and I want my friends to come along. And I want to show people that it can be a hell of a lot more affordable." Taking that kind of risk and finding out what it's really like (and how it can be improved) would be a great way to put yourself above the competition as a space entrepreneur. "I've been there, folks. And the moon is like nowhere else you can vacation. Spend your cash with me."
And it can't be a bad thing to pump some money into the Russian program like this, even if only for philanthropic purposes. The more major governments make it to space at once and start establishing a major presence, the better. The way it's looking right now, whoever starts doing that first is not going to have much company.
with plans to launch the orbiter spaceward on July 26
I think we all needed that clarified. I can never guess what those wacky people at NASA will think of next!
It's been said that "Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on." This guy has taken it a step further, comparable to having a '94 Camry which is missing its handbrake lever and can't even go into reverse.
How much power would this thing draw (and can we even guess at that accurately)? Would it need to be plugged in to its own outlet, or would power over USB be enough?
Striking the moon with one of the then-available Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) was entirely feasible, Reiffel wrote, to an accuracy within a couple of miles (kilometers).
The Air Force must have gotten this neat approximation from NASA; miles, kilometers, what's the difference?
Sometime next year, a pair of dupes titled "IT: Longhorn Infected in 2 Minutes."
To his credit, CmdrTaco really has mastered the art of unintentional, future ironic article placement on the front page.
...if the slashdot effect can be successfully used to initiate a self-sustaining fusion reaction.
Perhaps it would be best to keep it all, even the stuff that now may seem totally useless, like Clinton administration emails from Janet Reno to Madeleine Albright asking what she thinks about Norman Mineta and his "hot Asian vibe." With search technology improving constantly, it would probably be better than throwing stuff away which could potentially be of interest, or spending time developing the AI to make the task less time-consuming. And besides, we can't make future historians' jobs too easy. They've gotta earn their pay, reminding us of the banalities of this age.
I made a piece of art like this a few years ago (though not as functional as his), and guess what I found out? A hard drive on canvas is still ugly! Imagine my surprise...
"But sir, it is only wafer thin..."
Well, the artists that have truly mattered never let anyone pound "art is an impractical career" into their head. Or, they simply made it a practical career; case in point are many of Apple's designs over the years which could be considered art.
Or another Chernobyl, for that matter, with the way this server is melting down.
I'm a current student at Chicago finishing up the academic year, and read about this in the Maroon this morning. Currently, the number a student is known by is a 6-digit student identification number. I don't know why SSNs are needed so often on so many various applications here (financial aid applications in particular make you smear that number all over, and onto every page of your tax return copy, for example). There is also a PIN that is given on each students Chicago card, 7 digits long, but I've only used it for the online library catalog system so far. Perhaps the SSN is being used more often (despite its theft making one more vulnerable than the theft of a student ID number, for example) because administrators assume that all students nationwide are told to memorize their SSN early on, so students are more likely to have that committed to memory than one or more long PINs. Or maybe it makes coordinating health, college, and federal aid records easier. In any case, it doesn't make much sense to not try a little harder at security, considering the negative publicity that universities keep on getting from such breaches. I suppose their used to dealing with it.
Besides, the NSIT (university IT people) has demonstrated moderate incompetency and inefficiency, and I've only been here for a year. I wouldn't expect them to be invulnerable to this kind of mistake.
Does anyone else wish that the waitress said "With respect to what?" first, for greatest accuracy?
Funny, I don't really enjoy being that anally retentive, it just comes naturally.
But we all know that "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." (Douglas Adams)
I went with Stephenson's Quicksilver for my brother, who is less into scifi and more into fantasy, historical fiction, etc., and Heinlein's immortal classic The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for a friend with one eye always on the stars. I hope they'll be enjoyable for them, they certainly were for me.