Be nice if the figures given (and no, of course I haven't RTFA) specified rates for false positives and false negatives. While a human may have 0% false negatives, if you have friends who write dodgy subject lines, you may well have the odd false positive.
Due to serious RSI, I wrote part of my final-year dissertation (in LaTeX) using voice-recognition software. It was very slow, but (I kid you not) faster than dictating it to my mother.
The real irony is that during the Cold War, the USSR actually used an uncrackable cipher - the one-time pad. Unfortunately, due to problems producing and distributing key material, they ended up being two-time pads, and project VENONA managed to exploit that.
even in the west once a year is good enough even for still growing kids
My opticians wanted me to come back every six months, and sometimes my prescription went up (well, down - negative numbers) by 0.75 to 1 diopters in those six months.
Simultaneously turning the U.S. into the most hated country on the planet was just an added bonus.
I presume you're from the U.S., as otherwise you'd probably realise that the U.S. was probably the most hated country on the planet well before George W. Bush became President.
Here is my problem with the ten commandments- why exactly are there 10?
Your attempted answer misses the point that the original presentation doesn't say there are 10. I don't know when they were first referred to as 10, but the fact that your division into 10 isn't the standard one is evidence that it's arbitrary to claim there are 10.
Am I the only person who's worried at the number of/.ers who seem to think that because they're under the legal blood alcohol limit they're safe to drive? I won't even cycle if I've had anything to drink.
What you say about Darwin raises the question - I don't know much about Darwin, but I follow Java quite closely, and the description you've given of Darwin seems to match Java. What's the difference?
Completely restricting the use of an idea is a completely different thing, though. That's not what patents were invented for...
Patents were invented so that knowledge was preserved, rather than being lost when the inventor dies. Completely restricting the use of the invention is the enticement to the inventor to record the knowledge. The change isn't in the way patents are used, but the kind of things which some countries are allowing to be patented.
In it Jesus talks about how God can't really tell what is useful and what is not until it has had a chance to develop.
That's a somewhat, erm, unusual exegesis of a passage which says (Mt 13:26, 28f, various English translations given for comparison)
KJV
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also... The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
NIV
When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared... The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.'
NEB
When the corn sprouted and began to fill out, the darnel could be seen among it... "Well then," they said, "shall we go and gather the darnel?" "No," he answered; "in gathering it you might pull up the wheat at the same time." It's quite clear that it was possible to distinguish the wheat from the weeds, but that they were so intermingled that the farmer considered it best to leave separating them until the wheat had developed.
(Note: I'm leaving aside the question of whether this is an allegory, in which case these detail matter, or a parable, in which case the only point which matters is the conclusion that the separation of believers and unbelievers is an event rounding out the eschatological age.)
This can be made completely precise, and then "Occam's Razor" is a provable conclusion.
Is there a proof? Because if not it may not be provable - it could be false, or it could be one of the true-but-unprovable theorems which Godel proved exist.
...tell me that actual poster of the metro police isn't the creepiest thing you've seen in a while.
Actually, it's nowhere near as bad as the British govt's current anti-smoking TV ad.
It's a way for the government and the police to say they're doing something about the crime, instead of actually going out and putting boot to ass- their cops aren't even armed.
Out of date. Not all policemen carry firearms at all times, but in big cities it's now routine to see policemen with guns. Although I agree about the govt saying it will do something about crime and simultaneously failing to give the police the money they need.
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It's "delete, delete, delete, delete, down-arrow, delete, delete, down-arrow, delete, delete, whoops!, up, undelete, expunge"
Be nice if the figures given (and no, of course I haven't RTFA) specified rates for false positives and false negatives. While a human may have 0% false negatives, if you have friends who write dodgy subject lines, you may well have the odd false positive.
Due to serious RSI, I wrote part of my final-year dissertation (in LaTeX) using voice-recognition software. It was very slow, but (I kid you not) faster than dictating it to my mother.
It's the most expensive property in the British version.
The real irony is that during the Cold War, the USSR actually used an uncrackable cipher - the one-time pad. Unfortunately, due to problems producing and distributing key material, they ended up being two-time pads, and project VENONA managed to exploit that.
Depends. Some versions of javac vary the position of the test (start or end of the loop) according to the loop construct.
My opticians wanted me to come back every six months, and sometimes my prescription went up (well, down - negative numbers) by 0.75 to 1 diopters in those six months.
Sure it can. You prick yourself, get blood on the needle, and claim to have AIDS.
I presume you're from the U.S., as otherwise you'd probably realise that the U.S. was probably the most hated country on the planet well before George W. Bush became President.
Your attempted answer misses the point that the original presentation doesn't say there are 10. I don't know when they were first referred to as 10, but the fact that your division into 10 isn't the standard one is evidence that it's arbitrary to claim there are 10.
Am I the only person who's worried at the number of /.ers who seem to think that because they're under the legal blood alcohol limit they're safe to drive? I won't even cycle if I've had anything to drink.
What you say about Darwin raises the question - I don't know much about Darwin, but I follow Java quite closely, and the description you've given of Darwin seems to match Java. What's the difference?
Wouldn't using the same lawyers to sue and defend themselves lead to a conflict of interest?
No, it's the manufacturers who keep everything closed-source.
Plug in some headphones, or isn't that allowed?
Are they aiming for adoption by anyone except home users?
Patents were invented so that knowledge was preserved, rather than being lost when the inventor dies. Completely restricting the use of the invention is the enticement to the inventor to record the knowledge. The change isn't in the way patents are used, but the kind of things which some countries are allowing to be patented.
If you mean what you say, it sounds like you found a bug in the applet security model. Have you reported it?
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There are branches of academia other than CompSci, Maths and Physics.
That's a somewhat, erm, unusual exegesis of a passage which says (Mt 13:26, 28f, various English translations given for comparison)
KJV But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also... The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. NIV When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared... The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them.' NEB When the corn sprouted and began to fill out, the darnel could be seen among it... "Well then," they said, "shall we go and gather the darnel?" "No," he answered; "in gathering it you might pull up the wheat at the same time." It's quite clear that it was possible to distinguish the wheat from the weeds, but that they were so intermingled that the farmer considered it best to leave separating them until the wheat had developed.(Note: I'm leaving aside the question of whether this is an allegory, in which case these detail matter, or a parable, in which case the only point which matters is the conclusion that the separation of believers and unbelievers is an event rounding out the eschatological age.)
Is there a proof? Because if not it may not be provable - it could be false, or it could be one of the true-but-unprovable theorems which Godel proved exist.
No need. I've already downloaded it from them for free.
Actually, it's nowhere near as bad as the British govt's current anti-smoking TV ad.
It's a way for the government and the police to say they're doing something about the crime, instead of actually going out and putting boot to ass- their cops aren't even armed.
Out of date. Not all policemen carry firearms at all times, but in big cities it's now routine to see policemen with guns. Although I agree about the govt saying it will do something about crime and simultaneously failing to give the police the money they need.
By "taking classes" do you mean attending lectures or giving them? If attending, which is what I presume you mean, how does that prove expertise?