Slashdot Mirror


User: bar-agent

bar-agent's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,902
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,902

  1. Re:What's the point? on Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser · · Score: 1

    Killing someone would qualify him for upper management.

    Hey, it worked in Jennifer Government.

  2. Re:Torture? ASPCA should investigate. on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    Instead of....inclination, i would put a carrot type in front of them, and if they walk, then the belt moves, if they dont then the belt does not move..but it all comes down to if the cow wants

    I think even a cow would catch on to the carrot trick after a while.

  3. Re:Torture? ASPCA should investigate. on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    I agree with you, should be voluntarily. walking 8 hours a day... ripped beef thighs. i want my thighs all fattied up. tortured cows are not kosher or halal

    Are you crazy? Walking 8 hours is torture? Are you aware of what life in nature is like? ...though I am pretty sure you are kidding. So never mind.

  4. Re:Something tells me he orders BigMac at Burger K on Cross With the Platform · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The problem is not that the UI is -completely- different.

    It's an UI that is massively the same, just ran through a bulk rename, shuffle parameters order around in function calls and explode/implode some methods / typical sequences.

    The UI -could- have been VERY similar, with only minimal differences easy to #ifdef through - the underlying philosophy is.

    No, the UI is completely different. Events are completely different, because of multi-touch-related stuff, and consequently, everything else needed to be rewritten as well. It shares naming conventions and some concepts with Mac OS X's AppKit, but that's all. Focus is different, windows are different, views are different, the first responder is mostly unused, etc.

  5. Re:Fake Science for the Money Money Money Money$ on China's Research Ambitions Hurt By Faked Results · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Real science is done through allowing free access to data sets and experimental methods to the public so that research results can be reproduced. Fake science is relying on the personal authority of a PhD. or editorial board to decide what is real.

    Fake science can supply fake data sets and experimental methods. The problem happens when someone takes those results on faith rather than trying to reproduce them. What do you expect the journals to do about it? They can't run a reproduction of every experiment. All they can do is apply a "yeah, sounds reasonable" test, using their Ph.D.s and editorial boards to decide whether something is real. Other than that, all they can do is assume the truth will come out eventually.

    Science needs to be verified by peer specialists, via the specialist journals or boards, before making it to the big journals. That's all that can be done on the publication side of things.

  6. Re:What about the barrier to entry? on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    You can look at it as a sign that the old guard is unfriendly, or perhaps it's always been this way, and newbies haven't the skill, self-esteem, or gumption to piss in the high grass with the big dogs.

    People expect more professionalism these days. We weren't raised in a barn, there's no need for pissing contests in the high grass. The big dogs gotta chillax.

  7. Re:Proprietary App Platforms Won on Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers · · Score: 1

    And no, I'm not the same AC. :)

    That's exactly what I'd EXPECT the same AC to say!

  8. Re:Wow. Bitter much? on How Many Hours a Week Can You Program? · · Score: 1

    If you work for a company that does projects for other people and bills them by the hour, you don't have that luxury. A client isn't going to pay for your video game break, and you boss will fire you for wasting your time (and his money).

    See, this is what I don't get. If you go on break, you aren't on the clock. If you aren't on the clock, they aren't paying you. If they aren't paying you, you aren't wasting their money. So what's the problem?

  9. Re:Programming on How Many Hours a Week Can You Program? · · Score: 1

    24 when I worked the fishing trawlers but towards the end of the third day the fish start talking to you.

    I am curious about what the fish said to you.

    I haven't had things talk to me, but I have seen things out of the corner of my eye and heard voices or sounds that I couldn't have, and couldn't really make out.

  10. Re:if you're in the intersection and it's red on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 5, Informative

    but the fact remains that being in the intersection when the light turns red is technically illegal in every state in the nation.

    Not in Washington State. We seem to have a sensible legislature & judiciary.

    There is nothing in the laws that say the intersection has to be clear on a red light; you just can't enter the intersection on red. In fact, you are obligated to stop in the middle of the intersection to allow legal traffic to pass. It seems perfectly legal to enter the intersection on green or even yellow and finish your left turn on red. And (news to me) we can even make a left turn at a red light from a two-way street onto a one-way street going left; this is explicitly stated.

    RCW 46.61.055

    (1)(a) Vehicle operators facing a circular green signal ... turning left or right shall stop to allow other vehicles lawfully within the intersection control area to complete their movements.
    (2)(a) Vehicle operators facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal are thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection.
    (3)(a) Vehicle operators facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line ... or, if none, then before entering the intersection control area and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown.

  11. Re:why might apple be doing this on Steve Jobs Weighs In On iPhone Programming Language Mandate · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Who buys extended warranties? They are a scam when it comes to rust-proofing your car, they are a scam when it comes to your computer.

  12. Re:It's 10E-24 on Yoctonewton Detector Smashes Force Sensing Record · · Score: 1

    That's because one to the Nth power is one... for all values of N.

    I'm calling B.S. on that. One to the millionth power is, like, a million ones! That's at lot more than one one, so it has got to be more than one. You must feel really stupid now, lol. You fail math 4evah.

  13. Re:thinking like a cow on Japanese Build a Virtual Hugging Vest · · Score: 1

    Grandin figured out that the cows reacted badly to the prospect of slipping on the ramp, so she told the bathtub crew to add a non-slip surface, which fixed the problem, smoothing out and speeding up the operation and saving the cow guys a lot of money. She did all kinds of similar things in other areas of cow processing. THAT is why she is able to get paid the big bucks, for repeated demonstrable success at solving actual practical cow problems

    It's like that story about the consultant who came in to fix a broken mainframe.

    He looks it over and does a couple of tests. Then he calls over the head guy. He marks an "X" on the case and tells the head guy, "drill a hole in the case here; that'll fix it." Sure enough, they drill the hole and the mainframe works. But now the consultant sends his bill in to the company: $3,000. The head guy is upset; he says to the consultant, "$3,000? That's ridiculous! Show me the itemized bill." The consultant makes an itemized bill:

    One (1) hour labor — $30.00.
    One (1) piece of chalk — $0.25.
    Knowing where to put the 'X' — $2,969.75.

  14. Re:wasted? on Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    The article says that more budget is spent on compliance than on security, but so what? I hope the audience for this report is smart enough to know that it is hogwash. I fully expect data security to be cheaper than compliance, so of course compliance takes up more of the budget. I mean, think about it. Once your data security infrastructure is in place, the on-going expenses aren't going to be too high. I don't think the same can be said about your on-going compliance expenses.

  15. Re:Standards change. on Amazon Reviewers Take on the Classics · · Score: 1

    When I read, I *want* to learn. That's why I read non-fiction mostly. It's full of facts, you know things that actually happen. Fiction is full of made up stuff, which can be entertaining, but not really informative.

    That depends on the type of fiction you read. I learn a hell of a lot from fiction. From hard science fiction, I have learned about quantum physics, chronology protection theories, and what relativity and wormholes mean in practice. From fantasy, I have learned politics, medieval technologies, and Objectivism. From mainstream fiction, I have learned about multiple personality disorders and interpersonal dynamics. From military fiction, I have learned tactics and leadership styles. I don't read many mysteries or romances, but they have their lessons to teach, too.

    A lot of fiction is made-up junk, but a lot of other fiction involves research and interviews and thought experiments that are both enlightening and entertaining. You just have to read the books that make you think.

  16. Re:Great Literature != good read for most on Amazon Reviewers Take on the Classics · · Score: 1

    I didn't read To Kill a Mockingbird in school, but I have read it recently, and it seems to me that the racism is more a setting element than a plot. The "A" plot is the guy who wants to kill Atticus. The "B" plot is Boo Radley or the sister's efforts to civilize Scout, which can both be called the "coming of age" plot. The "C" plot is the trial; as far as the reader is concerned, that's just something going on in the background.

  17. Re:Confirms what I've seen: The Canary Effect on Real-World Outcomes Predicted Using Social Media · · Score: 1

    Are people tweeting about this movie because they're excited about it or are they excited about it because people are tweeting about it? The crowds are fickle and easily swayed, especially by themselves.

    I guess it doesn't really matter, because they are excited about it either way.

  18. Re:Not going to RTFA; explain? on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    So, people who held such a view might analyze the situation the same way, regardless of the applied magnetic effects.

    Ah, control groups. So useful.

    Sweet. Wish I had mod points.

  19. Re:Not going to RTFA; explain? on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    What is interesting is the unspoken assumption that we should value the lives of strangers as much as we value the lives of friends. That is not really how it works.

  20. Re:Um... on Facebook Leads To Increase In STDs in Britain · · Score: 1

    I'm very much a "giver" kind of person when it comes to sex, and if I don't know a person then I don't know how to "provide" for them. Knowing someone's personality makes that much, much easier for me...

    Figuring out their *ahem* quirks is part of the fun. It's like exploring unknown territory. Plus, we all need a challenge to improve our skillz.

  21. Re:Unintended consequences? on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    They are quitting due to the bureaucracy, the red tape, and being told what to do by some idiot who doesn't have a clue what a medical procedure is all about in the first place.

    They already had to deal with that crap because of HMOs and the insurance industry in general. The bill doesn't make it any worse. In fact, if competition among insurance companies increases, it is likely to relieve some of these issues as the insurance companies compete for a good reputation among the public.

  22. Re:Unintended consequences? on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    Well, you're in the minority. The people didn't want it. A few deluded people like yourself may have, but the majority did not.

    I wanted it too. Actually, I wanted single-payer and for insurance companies to go to hell, but whatever. More people wanted it that you think. Certainly more than "a few," and I doubt delusion was the reason.

    You've heard before, that according to polls, people like what's in the bill, they just don't like the bill. That is irrational and the result of an effective PR campaign by Republicans (a campaign launched more because they want to see Obama fail than because the bill went against their ideology).

  23. Re:Microsoft on Internet Explorer 9 Will Not Support Windows XP · · Score: 1

    So there are still no major applications shipped by Microsoft that use their own .NET framework? Isn't that awfully strange?

    Not really. Microsoft doesn't have new applications. They just release new versions of old applications. If they were to do a new desktop application from the ground up, they'd use .NET.

  24. Re:You should read more on Health Care Reform · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you up if I had points.

  25. Re:Now all I need on MIT Developing Self-Assembling Computer Chips · · Score: 1

    All girlfriends self-assemble. You just have to decide how long to wait before that first date.