Hostel 2 - Rated so it can only be viewed by adults or with parental permission in thousands of theaters.
Manhunt 2 - Rated so it can only be purchased by adults or with parental permission in extremely few stores.
The thing here is that an AO rating basically means it's banned. Stores aren't going to sell it. If a movie is given an R rating then who cares, every movie theater will show it anyway. That's why the AO rating is the kiss of death. Everyone keeps comparing the game and movie rating system, well AO is not like an R rating, it's like being unrated since most movie theaters won't show unrated movies.
If it's even half as good as Oblivion, this should turn out to be something very special indeed.
Stop comparing it to Oblivion. A lot of people hated it and a lot of people liked it. I'm hoping Bethesda has enough sense to realize that they're making a sequel to a game that they didn't create, not a sequel to a game they did make. These should be two distinct games, not a post-apocalyptic Oblivion. It should be good compared to Fallout 1 and 2, not Oblivion.
Uh, no, they don't. I've never received a telemarketer call on my cell phone and if I were receiving the calls, I'd add the number to the "Do Not Call" registry.
Consider yourself lucky then. I don't give my number out very often, only to friends, but out of the blue a few months ago I started getting a ton of telemarketers calling it (mostly from Arizona interestingly enough). They've even called from blocked numbers a lot, which I thought they weren't allowed to do. So yes, telemarketers do call cell phones so it might be prudent to sign up for the "Do Not Call" registry anyway.
StarCraft: Ghost was also for console only and deviated from the RTS style of play even though everyone wanted StarCraft 2. In many ways it was like Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans which obviously didn't kill the WarCraft universe after being canceled. Blizzard would be stupid not to make StarCraft 2 and I'm surprised it's taken 9 years to get back to a StarCraft sequel. Whether or not it's good is something to be seen later though*.
* Most of the original development team, including Bill Roper, have left the company.
You know I agree with some of what you're saying. I was originally going to post something similar but figured the GP would get modded flamebait (which he should have been modded). But since you opened the discussion...
I'm a gamer that does both PC and console. I really hate this stupid debate. PC gamers should just stfu and play with their mouse and keyboard and console players should do the same and play with their thumb sticks. Halo was designed for the console* and so were the controls. However, to say both control schemes are equal is wrong. I know I'm much better with a mouse and keyboard and I know why. Since you can't exactly pick up the thumb stick and put it back in the middle when it goes over the edge its input is considerably different than a mouse. When you move a thumb stick to the far right your character spins around until you let go and the stick auto-centers itself. If you put your mouse on the right edge of your mouse pad then you look to the right a bit and that's that. You know how PC games usually have a key binding to turn left and right (yaw)? Well imagine if they added two more to look up and down (pitch). This is the control scheme that a console controller achieves**. Now notice how few PC gamers use these key bindings.
What I seem to notice on console*** is that people put their crosshair in a particular place and then use their left thumb stick to align the shot with the enemy player and only make minor adjustments with their right thumb stick. On PC I most certainly wouldn't do this. When it comes to close quarter combat it gets a lot more difficult to control as the accuracy just isn't there. As I said earlier I doubt any PC gamer would use four separate keys to control pitch and yaw. I also notice that most PC gamers tend to be at least casual console players while the reverse usually isn't true. I'd go deeper into the subject but I think you get the point.
You're free to disagree of course but that's how I see it. Both control schemes have pros and cons. For instance I hate picking my mouse up or what usually happens is it runs into my keyboard or computer case since my desk is small. That means I miss a kill or die or both. I also don't like playing ROMs on the PC that much, the controller was always better for those games. The playing field is not even and both PC and console gamers just need to accept that.
* Technically it was designed for the PC and Mac but I guess that's a bit too technical. ** Almost achieves anyway. Console controllers have to have active resistance on the thumb sticks so they auto-center which takes more getting used to. *** I don't know any Halo gods so my observation may be wrong in the higher tiers of Halo gameplay.
I'm glad you don't have trouble getting up. I on the other hand have a very hard time. Between two jobs, going to college full time, and a natural sleep schedule of 6am-3pm I don't get a lot of sleep, so when I go to sleep I *really* don't want to get up in the morning. That's not to say my alarms (7 of them sequentially) don't wake me up. I'm just really good at hitting snooze at the first hint of that familiar sound (I use music to wake me up, blaring alarms are less effective). Once I grow accustom to the music I have to change it or I'll just automatically hit snooze. Placing them across the room doesn't help either; I can walk over, hit snooze, then come back and fall asleep and not remember doing that when I wake up.
If an actual person wakes me up I'm fine, I'm much more responsive to a person. When I absolutely have to be up in the morning I usually end up locking my cell phone in a box and putting the key somewhere semi-hidden. I'd probably smash the alarm clock the article is talking about. I'd like someone to make an alarm clock where you have to play some sort of mini-game or something. Perhaps solve a hangman puzzle or present me with a simple question or three from my class work that I have to get right or the alarm won't shut off. Of course the noise coupled with the puzzle would probably put me in a bad mood... Hell, make me a house like the Jetsons where it just dumps me out of bed into the shower, I'd go for that =).
My last room mate was able to sleep through his extremely loud alarm clock. I mean sleep until it shut itself off 1.5 hours later. That would actually wake me up, but then I'd kick his ass since he had to be up earlier than I did, hehe.
I couldn't find anything related to procedurally-generated textures, not that I really looked. I could find a few games written in Haskell though. I mean they're not as advanced as a spinning sphere or anything like that...
Frag which was done for an undergrad dissertation using yampa and haskell to make an FPS. Haskell Doom which is pretty obvious. A few more examples.
I dunno if that satisfies your requirements or not. Though I don't quite get how this is relevant to the GP's post. This seems like more of a gripe with Haskell than anything. But if I've missed something, please elaborate.
But CO2 isn't the only factor, it's one of hundreds. And that's the problem. There are so many confounding variables that it's probably impossible - at least with current physics, math, and technology - to even have an accurate predication of what will happen and exactly why it's happening. That's why we're given probabilities in these reports that vary from mundane to extreme, it's hard to tell and we haven't even factored in all the variables yet.
I'm not qualified to make such judgments so I stay on neutral ground. However, I do work for an atmospheric research department so I do have a little insight into the matter. I'm all for reducing emissions. Even if it turns out we're not really the cause then we have the benefit of clear skylines, fresh air, and a more pleasant existence over all. I certainly don't think we should actively combat global warming by lowering the Earth's albedo, pumping chemicals into the atmosphere, or any other crazy plans such as this. Such a thing could backfire and plunge us into an ice age or have other unintended consequences that could harm us more than global warming would have. Mankind, in its infinite wisdom, will destroy itself with quick to solve solutions for poorly understood problems.
Actually I believe there is still contention, not over global warming but the cause and effect of it. There will always be differing opinions in this matter as it's a very complex subject. And there is most certainly arguments as to how things will play out down the road. In fact people on the extremes of both sides - not the real scientists - have politicized the issue and gone so far as to make it into a religion. Just look at what you said, "...those troglodites [sic] who refuse to let go of the past..." Yes, you're clearly a drooling moron unless you believe in my version of the truth.
Or a really good statistician. Remember, when you ask a statistician to crunch some numbers for you he'll reply back with "and what would you like the numbers to say?". They'll make it fit any curve you throw at them.
I don't mind the pranks and jokes on April 1st, I really don't. What I do mind is the fact that almost nobody does it well. I've seen some good pranks over the years but most sites - including slashshot - just post outrageous things that aren't worthy of being "pranks". Seriously, if you're going to post a bunch of garbage then just shut down the web servers for 24 hours during April 1st and save yourself some bandwidth.
Of course if you do post good pranks then you piss people off for not reporting identifiable jokes on a news site. You know what, just report real news all year, then people won't have to deal with horrible April Fools' jokes on April 1st (and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th here on Slashdot).
I'm just going to point out that some people, including myself, pronounce it "soo-zee" as in the name Susie. Susie is of course a female name and the actor representing linux in these parody ads is female. I just found that to be a bit of a coincidence. Hopefully they make more and she reveals her name;).
From what I understand gas prices in the UK don't get more expensive in the summer. Care to explain that one? I'm genuinely curious as if a "summer gas formula" is more expensive to make then surely it would be a global increase in price. Furthermore, gas prices usually jump a considerable amount before Labor/Memorial Day. Is there a special Labor/Memorial Day gas formula too?
Now more to the point, I've never heard of a summer gas formula. I did a quick google but didn't get any information on how it's different from a winter formula. Have any links? I'm not trying to troll here I'm genuinely interested.
I really wish I had mod points right now. The tag system as it is bugs me when they let articles in with questions in their titles. The tags are to classify the articles, not respond to or give feedback for them. Yes, no, maybe, slownewsday, etc... They're all worthless imo.
You mean like this? I can't find any hard drives with built in water blocks but there are plenty of after market ones. In fact there are water cooling blocks for damn near everything; voltage regulators, north/southbridge, RAM, hard drives, etc... I'm only pulling from koolance but there are many after market water cooling kits for everything that produces noticeable heat.
A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. [1] Today, computers can be made small enough to fit into a wrist watch and be powered from a watch battery. Society has come to recognize personal computers and their portable equivalent, the laptop computer, as icons of the information age; they are what most people think of as "a computer". However, the most common form of computer in use today is by far the embedded computer. Embedded computers are small, simple devices that are often used to control other devices--for example, they may be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital cameras, and even children's toys.
Emphasis mine. So by no means is it not a computer because you can't install/develop software on/for it.
Furthermore, third party applications can be developed and installed onto the iPhone. Here's a quote from the NY Times
"These are devices that need to work, and you can't do that if you load any software on them," he [Steve Jobs] said. "That doesn't mean there's not going to be software to buy that you can load on them coming from us. It doesn't mean we have to write it all, but it means it has to be more of a controlled environment."
So you're wrong on both accounts. Out of curiosity would you consider the Xbox 360 (I can't speak for the other two consoles) a computer? I mean you can't just write some application and install it on the 360 (at least you're not supposed to). Yet you can install software (Xbox Live Arcade) from Microsoft but Microsoft definitely doesn't develop most of the games. So by definition you're installing third party software from a first party distributer - perhaps that makes it second party software... hmm... If Mr. Jobs was correct in his statement, which he probably was, then yes, there will be third party applications for the iPhone.
Weird, when I'm stuck on a tough problem I actually tend to go to the bathroom to solve it. No distractions or the like when you're on the john and you get the added bonus of feeling good (at least men do). I also take a shower to release tension. It's the perfect place to kick back and relax so you're not just grinding your teeth over it.
Now having said that I don't want that stuff in the bathroom at work. I'd rather have a bit of peace than more work shoved at me;).
Well... First off this isn't what the article is about. Secondly you're not really "reading" if you're just sitting there with a book in your hand getting agitated and stressed. If you're constipated and you're reading on the pot you should be focusing on the book, not your bowel movement, that's the entire point of it. So you are waiting for the movement but you're not just sitting there feeling hopeless. I can't really comment on the article since you didn't provide a link but your summary leaves me to wonder how well the article was accepted by his peers.
See for me I see tags/labels as a way to make unorganized people appear to be organized. We'll take music for instance. Why would you sort by genre? Genre is an abstract and hard to define descriptor. I personally sort by artist in alphabetical order and I have no problem with organization.
I may not be getting my initial point across though. Tags/labels only make it look like you're organized, nothing has really changed. You go from "one file in one folder" type of a setup (assuming no symlinks) to "one file in many 'folders'" type of a setup. But it's still arbitrarily defined and not systematic. What if 8 months down the line you're looking for that great cookie recipe by Aunt Betty? Now did you put it into ~/docs/howto, ~/docs/cooking, ~/docs/hobbies? No, you put it into ~/docs/recipes, ~/docs/aunt betty/, and ~/docs/cookies. Your system is still a completely unorganized mess.
The problem with organizing things into a filing system isn't on the technology end of things, it's in our mind. We're horrible at remembering and the way we classify things changes constantly. This isn't something technology can fix (yet) and I see no improvement from tagging/labeling over traditional folders. That's just my opinion though, feel free to persuade me otherwise;).
The parent should be modded insightful, not funny. As it is the tagging system is about as useful as the parent describes; that is to say it's not useful at all.
Actually nearly everyone knows it as CU Boulder, not UCB but I know what you're getting at. However, I still think it should have been clarified. What if they had been talking about veterinary medicine? Would people still think Calstate or would they think of Colostate which is world renown for their vet program? This was such a broad subject that affects hundreds of universities so there was no reason to think Calstate over Colostate. Despite what people *think* CSU means it should have been clarified like it was in the article. I won't even get into the difference between a school and a system of schools.
The article is talking about California State University. I personally go to Colorado State University and this sort of confused me. There is more than one CSU in the USA; thanks for the ambiguity submitter!
What kind of an interview is that? Figure this out in 5 minutes. All that really shows the employer is that you know the language, synax, grammar, and quirks of a language extremely well. Does that mean you can design software? No. That just means you can throw together code that will compile. In fact if someone could figure out an Obfuscated C contest winner in 5 minutes then I'd be more worried about him writing code like that for the company and causing nightmares later on.
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Hostel 2 - Rated so it can only be viewed by adults or with parental permission in thousands of theaters.
Manhunt 2 - Rated so it can only be purchased by adults or with parental permission in extremely few stores.
The thing here is that an AO rating basically means it's banned. Stores aren't going to sell it. If a movie is given an R rating then who cares, every movie theater will show it anyway. That's why the AO rating is the kiss of death. Everyone keeps comparing the game and movie rating system, well AO is not like an R rating, it's like being unrated since most movie theaters won't show unrated movies.
If it's even half as good as Oblivion, this should turn out to be something very special indeed.
Stop comparing it to Oblivion. A lot of people hated it and a lot of people liked it. I'm hoping Bethesda has enough sense to realize that they're making a sequel to a game that they didn't create, not a sequel to a game they did make. These should be two distinct games, not a post-apocalyptic Oblivion. It should be good compared to Fallout 1 and 2, not Oblivion.
Uh, no, they don't. I've never received a telemarketer call on my cell phone and if I were receiving the calls, I'd add the number to the "Do Not Call" registry.
Consider yourself lucky then. I don't give my number out very often, only to friends, but out of the blue a few months ago I started getting a ton of telemarketers calling it (mostly from Arizona interestingly enough). They've even called from blocked numbers a lot, which I thought they weren't allowed to do. So yes, telemarketers do call cell phones so it might be prudent to sign up for the "Do Not Call" registry anyway.
StarCraft: Ghost was also for console only and deviated from the RTS style of play even though everyone wanted StarCraft 2. In many ways it was like Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans which obviously didn't kill the WarCraft universe after being canceled. Blizzard would be stupid not to make StarCraft 2 and I'm surprised it's taken 9 years to get back to a StarCraft sequel. Whether or not it's good is something to be seen later though*.
* Most of the original development team, including Bill Roper, have left the company.
You know I agree with some of what you're saying. I was originally going to post something similar but figured the GP would get modded flamebait (which he should have been modded). But since you opened the discussion...
I'm a gamer that does both PC and console. I really hate this stupid debate. PC gamers should just stfu and play with their mouse and keyboard and console players should do the same and play with their thumb sticks. Halo was designed for the console* and so were the controls. However, to say both control schemes are equal is wrong. I know I'm much better with a mouse and keyboard and I know why. Since you can't exactly pick up the thumb stick and put it back in the middle when it goes over the edge its input is considerably different than a mouse. When you move a thumb stick to the far right your character spins around until you let go and the stick auto-centers itself. If you put your mouse on the right edge of your mouse pad then you look to the right a bit and that's that. You know how PC games usually have a key binding to turn left and right (yaw)? Well imagine if they added two more to look up and down (pitch). This is the control scheme that a console controller achieves**. Now notice how few PC gamers use these key bindings.
What I seem to notice on console*** is that people put their crosshair in a particular place and then use their left thumb stick to align the shot with the enemy player and only make minor adjustments with their right thumb stick. On PC I most certainly wouldn't do this. When it comes to close quarter combat it gets a lot more difficult to control as the accuracy just isn't there. As I said earlier I doubt any PC gamer would use four separate keys to control pitch and yaw. I also notice that most PC gamers tend to be at least casual console players while the reverse usually isn't true. I'd go deeper into the subject but I think you get the point.
You're free to disagree of course but that's how I see it. Both control schemes have pros and cons. For instance I hate picking my mouse up or what usually happens is it runs into my keyboard or computer case since my desk is small. That means I miss a kill or die or both. I also don't like playing ROMs on the PC that much, the controller was always better for those games. The playing field is not even and both PC and console gamers just need to accept that.
* Technically it was designed for the PC and Mac but I guess that's a bit too technical.
** Almost achieves anyway. Console controllers have to have active resistance on the thumb sticks so they auto-center which takes more getting used to.
*** I don't know any Halo gods so my observation may be wrong in the higher tiers of Halo gameplay.
I'm glad you don't have trouble getting up. I on the other hand have a very hard time. Between two jobs, going to college full time, and a natural sleep schedule of 6am-3pm I don't get a lot of sleep, so when I go to sleep I *really* don't want to get up in the morning. That's not to say my alarms (7 of them sequentially) don't wake me up. I'm just really good at hitting snooze at the first hint of that familiar sound (I use music to wake me up, blaring alarms are less effective). Once I grow accustom to the music I have to change it or I'll just automatically hit snooze. Placing them across the room doesn't help either; I can walk over, hit snooze, then come back and fall asleep and not remember doing that when I wake up.
If an actual person wakes me up I'm fine, I'm much more responsive to a person. When I absolutely have to be up in the morning I usually end up locking my cell phone in a box and putting the key somewhere semi-hidden. I'd probably smash the alarm clock the article is talking about. I'd like someone to make an alarm clock where you have to play some sort of mini-game or something. Perhaps solve a hangman puzzle or present me with a simple question or three from my class work that I have to get right or the alarm won't shut off. Of course the noise coupled with the puzzle would probably put me in a bad mood... Hell, make me a house like the Jetsons where it just dumps me out of bed into the shower, I'd go for that =).
My last room mate was able to sleep through his extremely loud alarm clock. I mean sleep until it shut itself off 1.5 hours later. That would actually wake me up, but then I'd kick his ass since he had to be up earlier than I did, hehe.
I couldn't find anything related to procedurally-generated textures, not that I really looked. I could find a few games written in Haskell though. I mean they're not as advanced as a spinning sphere or anything like that...
Frag which was done for an undergrad dissertation using yampa and haskell to make an FPS.
Haskell Doom which is pretty obvious.
A few more examples.
I dunno if that satisfies your requirements or not. Though I don't quite get how this is relevant to the GP's post. This seems like more of a gripe with Haskell than anything. But if I've missed something, please elaborate.
Well as far as I know they've shut down their calculator division. So unless they opened a new one somewhere else I doubt this will happen.
But CO2 isn't the only factor, it's one of hundreds. And that's the problem. There are so many confounding variables that it's probably impossible - at least with current physics, math, and technology - to even have an accurate predication of what will happen and exactly why it's happening. That's why we're given probabilities in these reports that vary from mundane to extreme, it's hard to tell and we haven't even factored in all the variables yet.
I'm not qualified to make such judgments so I stay on neutral ground. However, I do work for an atmospheric research department so I do have a little insight into the matter. I'm all for reducing emissions. Even if it turns out we're not really the cause then we have the benefit of clear skylines, fresh air, and a more pleasant existence over all. I certainly don't think we should actively combat global warming by lowering the Earth's albedo, pumping chemicals into the atmosphere, or any other crazy plans such as this. Such a thing could backfire and plunge us into an ice age or have other unintended consequences that could harm us more than global warming would have. Mankind, in its infinite wisdom, will destroy itself with quick to solve solutions for poorly understood problems.
Actually I believe there is still contention, not over global warming but the cause and effect of it. There will always be differing opinions in this matter as it's a very complex subject. And there is most certainly arguments as to how things will play out down the road. In fact people on the extremes of both sides - not the real scientists - have politicized the issue and gone so far as to make it into a religion. Just look at what you said, "...those troglodites [sic] who refuse to let go of the past..." Yes, you're clearly a drooling moron unless you believe in my version of the truth.
...or a really, really bad statician.
Or a really good statistician. Remember, when you ask a statistician to crunch some numbers for you he'll reply back with "and what would you like the numbers to say?". They'll make it fit any curve you throw at them.
Wow, modding must be fucked on April Fools' no? Now see, what I meant to say was:
Mod me insightful for no reason!
I don't mind the pranks and jokes on April 1st, I really don't. What I do mind is the fact that almost nobody does it well. I've seen some good pranks over the years but most sites - including slashshot - just post outrageous things that aren't worthy of being "pranks". Seriously, if you're going to post a bunch of garbage then just shut down the web servers for 24 hours during April 1st and save yourself some bandwidth.
Of course if you do post good pranks then you piss people off for not reporting identifiable jokes on a news site. You know what, just report real news all year, then people won't have to deal with horrible April Fools' jokes on April 1st (and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th here on Slashdot).
I'm just going to point out that some people, including myself, pronounce it "soo-zee" as in the name Susie. Susie is of course a female name and the actor representing linux in these parody ads is female. I just found that to be a bit of a coincidence. Hopefully they make more and she reveals her name ;).
From what I understand gas prices in the UK don't get more expensive in the summer. Care to explain that one? I'm genuinely curious as if a "summer gas formula" is more expensive to make then surely it would be a global increase in price. Furthermore, gas prices usually jump a considerable amount before Labor/Memorial Day. Is there a special Labor/Memorial Day gas formula too?
Now more to the point, I've never heard of a summer gas formula. I did a quick google but didn't get any information on how it's different from a winter formula. Have any links? I'm not trying to troll here I'm genuinely interested.
I really wish I had mod points right now. The tag system as it is bugs me when they let articles in with questions in their titles. The tags are to classify the articles, not respond to or give feedback for them. Yes, no, maybe, slownewsday, etc... They're all worthless imo.
You mean like this? I can't find any hard drives with built in water blocks but there are plenty of after market ones. In fact there are water cooling blocks for damn near everything; voltage regulators, north/southbridge, RAM, hard drives, etc... I'm only pulling from koolance but there are many after market water cooling kits for everything that produces noticeable heat.
Emphasis mine. So by no means is it not a computer because you can't install/develop software on/for it.
Furthermore, third party applications can be developed and installed onto the iPhone. Here's a quote from the NY Times
So you're wrong on both accounts. Out of curiosity would you consider the Xbox 360 (I can't speak for the other two consoles) a computer? I mean you can't just write some application and install it on the 360 (at least you're not supposed to). Yet you can install software (Xbox Live Arcade) from Microsoft but Microsoft definitely doesn't develop most of the games. So by definition you're installing third party software from a first party distributer - perhaps that makes it second party software... hmm... If Mr. Jobs was correct in his statement, which he probably was, then yes, there will be third party applications for the iPhone.
Weird, when I'm stuck on a tough problem I actually tend to go to the bathroom to solve it. No distractions or the like when you're on the john and you get the added bonus of feeling good (at least men do). I also take a shower to release tension. It's the perfect place to kick back and relax so you're not just grinding your teeth over it.
;).
Now having said that I don't want that stuff in the bathroom at work. I'd rather have a bit of peace than more work shoved at me
Well... First off this isn't what the article is about. Secondly you're not really "reading" if you're just sitting there with a book in your hand getting agitated and stressed. If you're constipated and you're reading on the pot you should be focusing on the book, not your bowel movement, that's the entire point of it. So you are waiting for the movement but you're not just sitting there feeling hopeless. I can't really comment on the article since you didn't provide a link but your summary leaves me to wonder how well the article was accepted by his peers.
See for me I see tags/labels as a way to make unorganized people appear to be organized. We'll take music for instance. Why would you sort by genre? Genre is an abstract and hard to define descriptor. I personally sort by artist in alphabetical order and I have no problem with organization.
;).
I may not be getting my initial point across though. Tags/labels only make it look like you're organized, nothing has really changed. You go from "one file in one folder" type of a setup (assuming no symlinks) to "one file in many 'folders'" type of a setup. But it's still arbitrarily defined and not systematic. What if 8 months down the line you're looking for that great cookie recipe by Aunt Betty? Now did you put it into ~/docs/howto, ~/docs/cooking, ~/docs/hobbies? No, you put it into ~/docs/recipes, ~/docs/aunt betty/, and ~/docs/cookies. Your system is still a completely unorganized mess.
The problem with organizing things into a filing system isn't on the technology end of things, it's in our mind. We're horrible at remembering and the way we classify things changes constantly. This isn't something technology can fix (yet) and I see no improvement from tagging/labeling over traditional folders. That's just my opinion though, feel free to persuade me otherwise
The parent should be modded insightful, not funny. As it is the tagging system is about as useful as the parent describes; that is to say it's not useful at all.
Actually nearly everyone knows it as CU Boulder, not UCB but I know what you're getting at. However, I still think it should have been clarified. What if they had been talking about veterinary medicine? Would people still think Calstate or would they think of Colostate which is world renown for their vet program? This was such a broad subject that affects hundreds of universities so there was no reason to think Calstate over Colostate. Despite what people *think* CSU means it should have been clarified like it was in the article. I won't even get into the difference between a school and a system of schools.
The article is talking about California State University. I personally go to Colorado State University and this sort of confused me. There is more than one CSU in the USA; thanks for the ambiguity submitter!
What kind of an interview is that? Figure this out in 5 minutes. All that really shows the employer is that you know the language, synax, grammar, and quirks of a language extremely well. Does that mean you can design software? No. That just means you can throw together code that will compile. In fact if someone could figure out an Obfuscated C contest winner in 5 minutes then I'd be more worried about him writing code like that for the company and causing nightmares later on.