I give +2 to Funny, on the grounds that although some of the jokes aren't that good, there are enough which are that I want to see them. I suppose a preference which allows you to give -3 to posts containing "Beowulf cluster" would be too much load on the servers.
Trully innovative software patent (innovative algorithm) are not necessarly bad.
In themselves, no. However, since it's unlikely the owner will licence it in a way compatible with GPL, it will allow Microsoft another way to lock people in to Windows. Thus given the current environment, they're disastrous.
Yes. You'll also be fairly good evidence that it shouldn't be patentable regardless of the validity of software patents, unless you already happen to be an expert in the field and it took you some effort.
I follow the activities of the House of Commons (thank you, BBC, for BBC Parliament). Thus, for example, I heard Blunkett talk about a consultation on identity cards and printed a copy which I'm working through in order to provide feedback. I have never once heard a minister say anything about what he or she is doing in the Council of Ministers, whether to invite consultation or even to be held accountable to the House. Maybe they do, but they certainly keep it low-profile.
You can restrict a process to be able to touch some files only, but you can't restrict it to being able to open sockets to certain addresses only or to use no more than X mips of CPU time
I don't know how to hard-limit the CPU usage, but nice/renice will keep a process from hogging the CPU.
Useful to gain an insight into how they work, but virtually any development platform people work in except raw C these days will provide highly tuned and optimized hashtable implementations.
Java's standard API doesn't include hashtables for primitives, and using wrapped doesn't give a "highly tuned and optimized" implementation. I've written my own maps to and from integers. (Yes, I know there are Jakarta libraries, but I can't use GPL stuff at work).
depending on the programming you do, you may not even use the CS you learn in the real world, let alone the math.
Conversely, you may find yourself in library trying to find textbooks on areas of maths which you've never studied but find you need. For example, I've had to learn spherical geometry.
You probably want a separate document for passwords, as you don't want to be changing your will every few months. Of course, do do change your passwords every few months, don't you?
BBC News 24 sometimes shows ABC World News. The worst World News I've seen had news items on things like "Two players have been added to the Baseball Hall of Fame", and the only item it had which wasn't home (i.e. US) news was about US soldiers in Iraq. The most international World News I've seen had three stories in the News in Brief section about non-US news, for a total of about 1 minute out of 25 (I think - not sure how long the ad break is).
Unless they've done a Master's degree, they're probably not at the same standard as people with Bachelor's degrees from Europe or India. Degrees from the U.S. don't become comparable to degrees from Europe or the IIT until Ph.D. level, and even those take twice as long to complete.
(Here's hoping for 3 moderators who've read The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul)
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In Britain, the conical items used by, for example, the Highway Agency are known as "cones", and "bollards" are fixed cylindrical objects.
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Presumably the idea is that the operator waits until the lane is clear. I must say the traditional approach of using a large vehicle with flashing lights to block the lane seems just as practical.
No. Even were I easily swayed by advertising, I have no need for dog food or nappies, I can't afford a new car, and the supermarket I use depends on the part of town I happen to be in rather than which of them I saw an advert for yesterday.
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How much precision do you need to talk about the weather?
I give +2 to Funny, on the grounds that although some of the jokes aren't that good, there are enough which are that I want to see them. I suppose a preference which allows you to give -3 to posts containing "Beowulf cluster" would be too much load on the servers.
Well, certainly transcribed by someone who can't spell "thou".
Wanting to blow up our best minds is surely taking anti-intellectualism a bit far.
Yes. You'll also be fairly good evidence that it shouldn't be patentable regardless of the validity of software patents, unless you already happen to be an expert in the field and it took you some effort.
I follow the activities of the House of Commons (thank you, BBC, for BBC Parliament). Thus, for example, I heard Blunkett talk about a consultation on identity cards and printed a copy which I'm working through in order to provide feedback. I have never once heard a minister say anything about what he or she is doing in the Council of Ministers, whether to invite consultation or even to be held accountable to the House. Maybe they do, but they certainly keep it low-profile.
It's a bit early to reach conclusions, isn't it? The screensaver project is still going.
There are a ridiculous number of APPGs.
"I mean, it isn't as though I had to do this, you know, I could be making, oh, 3000 dollars a year just teaching." -- Tom Lehrer
You probably want a separate document for passwords, as you don't want to be changing your will every few months. Of course, do do change your passwords every few months, don't you?
There are a few books too. The first one is Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers. You'd probably find them more clearly sci-fi.
Not quite true. It is possible to get machines which play videos but can't receive TV, and you don't have to pay a licence fee for those.
BBC News 24 sometimes shows ABC World News. The worst World News I've seen had news items on things like "Two players have been added to the Baseball Hall of Fame", and the only item it had which wasn't home (i.e. US) news was about US soldiers in Iraq. The most international World News I've seen had three stories in the News in Brief section about non-US news, for a total of about 1 minute out of 25 (I think - not sure how long the ad break is).
I'm sure you'll have no objection to explaining how the US is spending your taxes not shutting CNN down.
Unless they've done a Master's degree, they're probably not at the same standard as people with Bachelor's degrees from Europe or India. Degrees from the U.S. don't become comparable to degrees from Europe or the IIT until Ph.D. level, and even those take twice as long to complete.
(Here's hoping for 3 moderators who've read The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul)
In Britain, the conical items used by, for example, the Highway Agency are known as "cones", and "bollards" are fixed cylindrical objects.
Presumably the idea is that the operator waits until the lane is clear. I must say the traditional approach of using a large vehicle with flashing lights to block the lane seems just as practical.