That's true. Everytime when someone says "we're going to run out of oil" what they really mean is that "we're going to run out of cheap oil".
If you got the time, take a look at this page, watch the lecture from 8/29/2006, and in about the middle, the prof will show a chart and explains everything.
This is nothing new... I can' believe people actually paid money for this study. I could've done it for half the price!
Seriously, there has to be at least one professional poker player living in Washington state. Outlawing internet poker would be like outlawing their livelihood. But since there are casinos in Washington state, then obviously being a professional poker player is not illegal. So... it's okay to be a professional poker player, but you cannot practice your vocation. I think there's every reason this law can be overturned in the courts.
This really has nothing to do with love, but rather politics. I am also from China and have relatives living in both China and Taiwan. The issue has never been whether Taiwan is a part of China, but rather if Taiwan is a part of the People's Republic of China. And the answer is an emphatic NO. Taiwan independence movement occurred because Taiwan currently has no status. They cannot be a part of the UN, cannot sign trade agreements, and only a dozen countries in the world recognize them and have diplomatic relations with them. That is not fair to the millions of people living in Taiwan. But likewise it would not be fair for anyone to ask them to throw away their freedoms and liberties to join a post-communist fascist state. So the people of Taiwan is stuck between a rock and a hard place. One way out is to declare independence and claim themselves as a country. Of course, then PRC won't like that. I love to see the unification of China one day. But I would rather die than to see it occuring by the annexation of Taiwan by an undemocratic China. Democracy first, then unification. The problem is that people in China are apolitical (after being disenfranchised for so long you would be too), so no one worries about the politics of unification, but rather the emotions and economics of it.
Actually, in the Olympic games and other worldwide athletic events, Hong Kong and Macau are considered separate entities from China. The game would not be too far off. Just like Puerto Rico is a separate team from the US. All the game have to do is release a patch and change the name of "Taiwan" to "Chinese Taipei" and all would be well.
before microsoft gets to it. I think they're just going through the linux source code and patenting whatever they come across. You know you actually have to challenge a patent inorder to invalidate it. Right now, the only way to do it is a law suit, and you must present clear and convincing evidence (instead of just preponderance of evidence) against the patent. Open source people will definately run out of money before microsoft in a tit-for-tat law suit like that.
Wow, a MSDN page about how to price your software? Hmm... interesting... This is just all misinformation... in reality, you price software at whatever the hell you feel like charging. Is there a MSDN page about how to create a software monopoly? I'd like to read that!
To me this seems like a very trivial and probably ultimately useless pursuit. How about giving the people some running water? Or electricity? Maybe some effective anti-malaria drugs so that they don't die?
WiFi technology is great... only because we already have our running water and electricity. 3rd World countries lack even the basic infrastructure for a decent standard of living. Until we get that fixed, any cool gizmo is going to be completely lost upon the people.
I interned at MS last year, and I can tell you that they do make a big deal out of it. The problem is not just people lack knowledge of geography, it's that they lack basic understanding of other cultures and histories.
For example, in the Korean version of Age of Empires, on the front cover, there is a picture of a Samurai. Nothing wrong right? Well, except Koreans find that extremely offensive, because they were subjugated under Japanese rule for a long time and they hate Japanese Samurais and what they stands for.
Microsoft has this annual tech showcase for their employees, and there is a booth in their conference center dedicated to this issue. They have a department that reviews all the cover art, maps, and other culturally specific content before they're released.
In the pursuit of science, many men and women have given their lives. His death may yet save hundreds more. We should not let this setback restrain us from the further development of science and technology.
Early cars (in the 1920's and 1930's) were very dangerous indeed. Many people died before car companies finally decided to add safty equipment (like brakes). We have indeed come a long ways from that time. Eventually solar powered cars will be just as safe, if not safer than current vehicles.
No chance of that. Saskatchewan in October is going to be frozen solid, with lot of snow on the ground. I for one, have never heard of a wild fire in Canada during winter.
Which brings us to an interesting question. Is it wise to do a space launch in Canada during the winter? There's good reason why NASA launches from Florida instead of Maine, and ESA launches from French Guiana instead of Finland.
Anyone remember when they had those Hotwheels PC for boys, and Barbie PC for girls? That company went bankrupt real fast. Apparently this type of marketing is just plain stupid. Kids want "kid-themed" PCs as much as women want "female-themed" cars. Frankly, if I was a kid, I'd be insulted.
Also, the target market (kids who were born in the 90's) know as much about Micky Mouse as I know about Charlie Chaplin. They grew up with Buzz Lightyear, not Micky.
You'd expect that TopCoder would have uptodate security certificate. But apparently, when I'm trying to download the applet, I saw that their certificate expired in January. So I'm just supposed to trust them huh?
From what I've seen and heard, the problems are not terribly complex, but instead they make you do them as fast as possible. How does this make people better coders? I'd rather spend a week on a really challenging problem, than to spend 30 seconds and write as many for-loops as possible.
That guy's hosting bill is going to be huge after we're done with him. Maybe he'll do an expose piece on how slashdot users cost him thousands of dollars in hosting fees.
if we can engineer these protein memory to "grow" as our storage needs grows. Make a transgenic system where modified bacteria or yeast can make self assembling versions of these proteins. Then these proteins will integrate themselves onto your existing storage medium. This way, add some nutrients to your storage system and it will keep growing. Cool huh?
I disagree. There are various levels of expertise. I could be an expert in computational theory, but have only a passing familiarity with network intrusion. I think this type of book is great for filling knowledge gaps that each one of us have. And a review of such book is indeed appropriate for/.
Besides, it's important for us technologists to understand the human side of technology. All of these cybercrimes is a result of the innovation that we made and it's imperative that we look towards the social aspects as well as the technical.
I agree that VS.NET is a great killer app. But I don't buy that it's only for PHB or weaker developers. The one thing great about it is increased productivity, where it takes care most of the mundane details where you can just focus on the problem itself. No matter how great a programmer you are, if you don't use an IDE to increase productivity, then you're just plain missing the point.
I don't for a moment believe that writing all your code using 'cat' means that you're better than everyone else.
Well, like everything, this is a complex issue. A lot of data is already "open". You can go to NCBI and download the entire genome of SARS or Bacillius anthracis (Anthrax) if you so wish.
Also, if you are creating bioinformatics tools on Federal funding (NFS, NIH), a lot of times the stipulation is that the source code must be made available. This makes sense because your peers has to make sure that the way you did your calculations are actually correct. If people are to use your data or program in their publications, your program had better be correct. Many times there are no way to tell except to look at your source code.
But before we talk about open source, the real issue is standarization of formats. Bioinformatics is like a jungle right now, and every one has different formats for describing the same thing. NCBI has their formats, the europeans have theirs, and it's a terrible mess. I just spent the past week writing code to parse PDB files. This format has been around for ages, and is so inadequate. File formats designed by biologists do not lend themselves well to compuation. What we need right now is an open standard, based on XML and open APIs for parsing these standard files. This will go a long way towards information sharing, and can save a lot of duplicated effort.
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That's true. Everytime when someone says "we're going to run out of oil" what they really mean is that "we're going to run out of cheap oil".
If you got the time, take a look at this page, watch the lecture from 8/29/2006, and in about the middle, the prof will show a chart and explains everything.
This is nothing new... I can' believe people actually paid money for this study. I could've done it for half the price!
Seriously, there has to be at least one professional poker player living in Washington state. Outlawing internet poker would be like outlawing their livelihood. But since there are casinos in Washington state, then obviously being a professional poker player is not illegal. So... it's okay to be a professional poker player, but you cannot practice your vocation. I think there's every reason this law can be overturned in the courts.
I am a student of the Univeristy of Texas at Austin in the department of Computer Science. :p
You mean you're in the department of Computer Sciences
This really has nothing to do with love, but rather politics. I am also from China and have relatives living in both China and Taiwan. The issue has never been whether Taiwan is a part of China, but rather if Taiwan is a part of the People's Republic of China. And the answer is an emphatic NO. Taiwan independence movement occurred because Taiwan currently has no status. They cannot be a part of the UN, cannot sign trade agreements, and only a dozen countries in the world recognize them and have diplomatic relations with them. That is not fair to the millions of people living in Taiwan. But likewise it would not be fair for anyone to ask them to throw away their freedoms and liberties to join a post-communist fascist state. So the people of Taiwan is stuck between a rock and a hard place. One way out is to declare independence and claim themselves as a country. Of course, then PRC won't like that. I love to see the unification of China one day. But I would rather die than to see it occuring by the annexation of Taiwan by an undemocratic China. Democracy first, then unification. The problem is that people in China are apolitical (after being disenfranchised for so long you would be too), so no one worries about the politics of unification, but rather the emotions and economics of it.
Actually, in the Olympic games and other worldwide athletic events, Hong Kong and Macau are considered separate entities from China. The game would not be too far off. Just like Puerto Rico is a separate team from the US. All the game have to do is release a patch and change the name of "Taiwan" to "Chinese Taipei" and all would be well.
before microsoft gets to it. I think they're just going through the linux source code and patenting whatever they come across. You know you actually have to challenge a patent inorder to invalidate it. Right now, the only way to do it is a law suit, and you must present clear and convincing evidence (instead of just preponderance of evidence) against the patent. Open source people will definately run out of money before microsoft in a tit-for-tat law suit like that.
Wow, a MSDN page about how to price your software? Hmm... interesting... This is just all misinformation... in reality, you price software at whatever the hell you feel like charging. Is there a MSDN page about how to create a software monopoly? I'd like to read that!
To me this seems like a very trivial and probably ultimately useless pursuit. How about giving the people some running water? Or electricity? Maybe some effective anti-malaria drugs so that they don't die?
WiFi technology is great... only because we already have our running water and electricity. 3rd World countries lack even the basic infrastructure for a decent standard of living. Until we get that fixed, any cool gizmo is going to be completely lost upon the people.
I interned at MS last year, and I can tell you that they do make a big deal out of it. The problem is not just people lack knowledge of geography, it's that they lack basic understanding of other cultures and histories.
For example, in the Korean version of Age of Empires, on the front cover, there is a picture of a Samurai. Nothing wrong right? Well, except Koreans find that extremely offensive, because they were subjugated under Japanese rule for a long time and they hate Japanese Samurais and what they stands for.
Microsoft has this annual tech showcase for their employees, and there is a booth in their conference center dedicated to this issue. They have a department that reviews all the cover art, maps, and other culturally specific content before they're released.
I for one, welcome our genetically enhanced super athlete overlords.
In the pursuit of science, many men and women have given their lives. His death may yet save hundreds more. We should not let this setback restrain us from the further development of science and technology.
Early cars (in the 1920's and 1930's) were very dangerous indeed. Many people died before car companies finally decided to add safty equipment (like brakes). We have indeed come a long ways from that time. Eventually solar powered cars will be just as safe, if not safer than current vehicles.
Patents burn you.... errr umm..wait...
No chance of that. Saskatchewan in October is going to be frozen solid, with lot of snow on the ground. I for one, have never heard of a wild fire in Canada during winter.
Which brings us to an interesting question. Is it wise to do a space launch in Canada during the winter? There's good reason why NASA launches from Florida instead of Maine, and ESA launches from French Guiana instead of Finland.
Anyone remember when they had those Hotwheels PC for boys, and Barbie PC for girls? That company went bankrupt real fast. Apparently this type of marketing is just plain stupid. Kids want "kid-themed" PCs as much as women want "female-themed" cars. Frankly, if I was a kid, I'd be insulted.
Also, the target market (kids who were born in the 90's) know as much about Micky Mouse as I know about Charlie Chaplin. They grew up with Buzz Lightyear, not Micky.
You'd expect that TopCoder would have uptodate security certificate. But apparently, when I'm trying to download the applet, I saw that their certificate expired in January. So I'm just supposed to trust them huh?
From what I've seen and heard, the problems are not terribly complex, but instead they make you do them as fast as possible. How does this make people better coders? I'd rather spend a week on a really challenging problem, than to spend 30 seconds and write as many for-loops as possible.
Umm... damn, I just saw a pig flying by my office window.
What if he has a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse and uses voice recognition input?
That guy's hosting bill is going to be huge after we're done with him. Maybe he'll do an expose piece on how slashdot users cost him thousands of dollars in hosting fees.
if we can engineer these protein memory to "grow" as our storage needs grows. Make a transgenic system where modified bacteria or yeast can make self assembling versions of these proteins. Then these proteins will integrate themselves onto your existing storage medium. This way, add some nutrients to your storage system and it will keep growing. Cool huh?
I disagree. There are various levels of expertise. I could be an expert in computational theory, but have only a passing familiarity with network intrusion. I think this type of book is great for filling knowledge gaps that each one of us have. And a review of such book is indeed appropriate for /.
Besides, it's important for us technologists to understand the human side of technology. All of these cybercrimes is a result of the innovation that we made and it's imperative that we look towards the social aspects as well as the technical.
I agree that VS.NET is a great killer app. But I don't buy that it's only for PHB or weaker developers. The one thing great about it is increased productivity, where it takes care most of the mundane details where you can just focus on the problem itself. No matter how great a programmer you are, if you don't use an IDE to increase productivity, then you're just plain missing the point.
I don't for a moment believe that writing all your code using 'cat' means that you're better than everyone else.
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Umm... there's only 3 in existence. So a beowulf cluster of these will probably have the computing power of my TI graphing calculator.
... will cost you an arm and a leg.
Well, like everything, this is a complex issue. A lot of data is already "open". You can go to NCBI and download the entire genome of SARS or Bacillius anthracis (Anthrax) if you so wish.
Also, if you are creating bioinformatics tools on Federal funding (NFS, NIH), a lot of times the stipulation is that the source code must be made available. This makes sense because your peers has to make sure that the way you did your calculations are actually correct. If people are to use your data or program in their publications, your program had better be correct. Many times there are no way to tell except to look at your source code.
But before we talk about open source, the real issue is standarization of formats. Bioinformatics is like a jungle right now, and every one has different formats for describing the same thing. NCBI has their formats, the europeans have theirs, and it's a terrible mess. I just spent the past week writing code to parse PDB files. This format has been around for ages, and is so inadequate. File formats designed by biologists do not lend themselves well to compuation. What we need right now is an open standard, based on XML and open APIs for parsing these standard files. This will go a long way towards information sharing, and can save a lot of duplicated effort.