I doubt many games made when CPUs commonly ran at 33MHz had that design defect. That problem was witnessed way back when going from 4.77MHz PCs and XTs to 6MHz and up 286's.
I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about the people who really do have a debilitating chemical/developmental brain abnormality, but rather the many many people who could do much better but instead choose to be lazy and assume they can't. Capish?
I don't know, don't stress it too much. People like to give up and claim that it's Asperger's fault, not theirs that they are as they are. I think the only one who can save me is me. Of course, I also think everyone's out to get me.
That's horrible advice. A better idea would be to get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
I think you have an excellent idea, but I think run-of-the-mill work may not be the best idea for someone like this. Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
I know this was intended as a joke, but you people should realize that for a person in this position, even joking about that kind of thing is likely to backfire. A smart and stubborn kid simply (1) will not take well to teasing, and (2) basically just doesn't know where to start. Rather than scarring someone for life (like when someone tried to use your suggestion on me), I suggest:
Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
While on a whole that's reasonable advice, the problem is choosing the right kind of team. You can't just choose a bunch of people of the same age, because there will be wide variations in interest and abilities. Instead, I suggest: Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
That may be kind of true, but I suggest: Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
Of course, compared to those other relatively homegenous and smaller countries, the US is really like several countries. I live in a highly prosperous medium-sized town surrounded by farmland, where any kind of violence is very rare. In inner-city DC, LA, or Miami, it's a fact of life.
That's interesting, because on my 486DX2-66, I seem to remember it swapped a lot with less than 64MB of RAM. But then again, maybe I was using it to run Visual C++ (figures for 9x and 3.1 were sufficient for running Borland C++).
Have you ever coded a hash table? Or understand how they work?... hash tables can have an O(2) or O(3) worse-case lookup time.
We all know what a hash table is. You apparently don't know that O(f(n)) = { g(n) : \exists k . \forall n . g(n) <= k f(n) }, thus O(1) = O(2) = O(3). Using this definition, the statement "g(n) = O(f(n))" is an overloaded synonym for "g(n) \in O(f(n))".
Explain the difference between a reference and a pointer.
They are essentially the same thing. Perhaps you're referring to the fact that you can't perform arithmetic operations on the address associated with a reference in languages like C++ or Java. But that's a property of the language's type system, not of the English words "reference" and "pointer."
Sure, trying to make something do what it's not good at leads to sub-par results. But do you really want lots of different standards for slightly different purposes, or rather one unified system that works well for all of them? Remember, USB is already a (rooted) packet network, so the only really difference in wireless is much higher packet loss rate and perhaps higher latency (but USB isn't exactly low-latency as it stands). I just wish USB had standard protocols for a lot more device classes, notably webcams.
Oh, and I don't think the big burly guy would need fake tits. Maybe a shave.
I don't know, disc-playing is one of the last places I'd trust Sony. I've had a $100 Sony portable CD player fail way too quickly (just over a year and half the display and control buttons stopped working), and of course the PlayStations and PlayStation 2s are notorious for drive failures. On the other hand, my low-end CLIE and cheap MDR-101LP headphones have stood up well and given good performance. I think some of their factories have much better quality control than others.
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I doubt many games made when CPUs commonly ran at 33MHz had that design defect. That problem was witnessed way back when going from 4.77MHz PCs and XTs to 6MHz and up 286's.
I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about the people who really do have a debilitating chemical/developmental brain abnormality, but rather the many many people who could do much better but instead choose to be lazy and assume they can't. Capish?
Why?
Amen to that, my friend.
I don't know, don't stress it too much. People like to give up and claim that it's Asperger's fault, not theirs that they are as they are. I think the only one who can save me is me. Of course, I also think everyone's out to get me.
That's horrible advice. A better idea would be to get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
I think you have an excellent idea, but I think run-of-the-mill work may not be the best idea for someone like this. Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
I know this was intended as a joke, but you people should realize that for a person in this position, even joking about that kind of thing is likely to backfire. A smart and stubborn kid simply (1) will not take well to teasing, and (2) basically just doesn't know where to start. Rather than scarring someone for life (like when someone tried to use your suggestion on me), I suggest: Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
While on a whole that's reasonable advice, the problem is choosing the right kind of team. You can't just choose a bunch of people of the same age, because there will be wide variations in interest and abilities. Instead, I suggest: Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
That may be kind of true, but I suggest: Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
Get him or her involved in real, intellectually-stimulating work. I don't know if you are involved in undergraduate research at your institution, but if not, do so, and bring your young friend along. Both of you will find that real work requires a lot of social interaction, yet it is in a structured and meaningful environment, and hence less awkward for shy gifted youth. Many of the researchers may even have gone through a similar phase in their own life, and will be able to relate better with your young friend than some of his age-peers may. Often, and as it appears to be in this situation, the problem for bright youngsters is that they are much more intellectually mature than others their age, not more mature, or sometimes even less mature, in other respects. Interesting work should make your friend want to interact socially with people that can be very positive role models, and as a consequence, also learn more about social interaction. Even if he or she is reticent to adapt based on osmosis alone, witnessing the intellectual similitude should build trust in your and other co-workers' advice about social situations and advancement. It may be a real eye-opener that even in science, being appealing, a bit of a joker, and generally getting along really helps to advance your ideas.
Of course, compared to those other relatively homegenous and smaller countries, the US is really like several countries. I live in a highly prosperous medium-sized town surrounded by farmland, where any kind of violence is very rare. In inner-city DC, LA, or Miami, it's a fact of life.
That's interesting, because on my 486DX2-66, I seem to remember it swapped a lot with less than 64MB of RAM. But then again, maybe I was using it to run Visual C++ (figures for 9x and 3.1 were sufficient for running Borland C++).
How are those immutable characteristics? Just look at Michael Jackson.
WHAT?? That's insane. I run fvwm2, and it takes 1.7MB, which I think is way too much.
You seem to have skipped NT4 and 2k. You should have 3.1 --> 4MB, '95 --> 16MB, NT4 --> 64MB, '98 --> 32MB, 2k --> 128MB.
You know what else? Canon makes the print system for HP's laser printers. It looks like they're the only decent major printer manufacturer.
No, but in another sense they are saving that $20, because you'll have to pay them another $20 for the ink they didn't give you.
OTOH, physical-imprint transactions cost more than all-electronic transactions.
There used to be journals for every concievable area of comp-sci. They all seem to have died in the 90s.
Check out any of these places for a start:
Have you ever coded a hash table? Or understand how they work? ... hash tables can have an O(2) or O(3) worse-case lookup time.
We all know what a hash table is. You apparently don't know that O(f(n)) = { g(n) : \exists k . \forall n . g(n) <= k f(n) }, thus O(1) = O(2) = O(3). Using this definition, the statement "g(n) = O(f(n))" is an overloaded synonym for "g(n) \in O(f(n))".
Explain the difference between a reference and a pointer.
They are essentially the same thing. Perhaps you're referring to the fact that you can't perform arithmetic operations on the address associated with a reference in languages like C++ or Java. But that's a property of the language's type system, not of the English words "reference" and "pointer."
...infimum.
Sure, trying to make something do what it's not good at leads to sub-par results. But do you really want lots of different standards for slightly different purposes, or rather one unified system that works well for all of them? Remember, USB is already a (rooted) packet network, so the only really difference in wireless is much higher packet loss rate and perhaps higher latency (but USB isn't exactly low-latency as it stands). I just wish USB had standard protocols for a lot more device classes, notably webcams. Oh, and I don't think the big burly guy would need fake tits. Maybe a shave.
Too bad some types of USB devices don't seem to have a standard interface, like those god-awful cheap webcams.
You might want to just consider splitting your computer up into two computers, connected via 100bT or gigE.
I don't know, disc-playing is one of the last places I'd trust Sony. I've had a $100 Sony portable CD player fail way too quickly (just over a year and half the display and control buttons stopped working), and of course the PlayStations and PlayStation 2s are notorious for drive failures. On the other hand, my low-end CLIE and cheap MDR-101LP headphones have stood up well and given good performance. I think some of their factories have much better quality control than others.