The first amendment protects specific types of speech
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
I don't see any references to any specific types of speech in there. I just see a reference to "speech".
Shame on him for behaving like a normal human being! We should all agree with every law our benevolent government passes and never question their benevolent intentions!
I picked up "Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists" by Michael Baron when I was doing my thesis research, and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's a textbook, and it reads like a textbook, but as long as you have a decent understanding of elementary calculus and a bit of linear algebra, everything else is explained, step by step.
For his time, maybe - or at the very least, a radical. I don't think he was a big fan of, say, gay marriage, or forced wealth redistribution (he guided his followers to be charitable to their fellow human beings - but he never supported the government stepping in and forcing them to do so). He definitely wasn't "pro-choice".
I'd love to see a meaningful programmer certification to come along (I've got a couple of java certifications, myself, so I have a point of reference on meaningful. Hint - java certifications ain't).
in principle possible to learn the same amount of physics as is required for a BSc without university, it would be much harder and take much longer. Is the same true for CS?
I believe so. If not for college, it never would have occurred to me to learn calculus, or linear algebra, or probability, or NP completeness, or compiler design, or pipelined processor design, etc. etc. etc.
Most of these topics can easily be researched and learned without a university.
It isn't like say, brain surgery or nuclear engineering.
Uh, yeah, actually you can research and learn brain surgery and nuclear engineering without a university, too. In fact, you can research and learn anything without a university. It's all written down in books, which you can get from a library and read. The only thing that sets apart brain surgery and nuclear engineering from programming is that there are laws against performing surgery without a degree or operating a nuclear reactor without a degree. I look forward to programming catching up in this regard.
You aren't discussing Gauss's Law, Bernoulli's Laws
Ironic you should happen to choose those two examples. Actually, Gauss and Bernoulli both made significant contributions to probability (Gaussian and Bernoulli distributions of random variables, least-squares estimation for example) which we do, in fact, study in great detail in the field of computer science. We also study the characteristics of wireless signals (magneto-electric force - one of which is measured in a unit called the "Gauss"). Granted, I didn't spend much time learning fluid dynamics, since as long as you don't spill coffee on your keyboard, it doesn't come up much in the practice of programming... but I spent quite a bit of time discussing the works of both Gauss and Bernoulli while majoring in Computer Science.
I will admit I don't know who Otto was or why his cycle was important.
where an assignment will not pass until every indentation is perfect (3 space indentation), all keywords (if/while/for) have a space before the opening parenthesis, all symbols following specific naming conventions, etc.
I'd recommend you spend a couple hours learning an autoformatter (Eclipse has one built in), code however the hell you want, and then run that damned thing through the autoformatter before you turn it in. (Perhaps that's the lesson he's trying to teach you...?)
I seem to recall that this has been the case in Canada for quite a while - and not "slap on the wrist" illegal (like the case if TFA), but "spend the rest of your life in jail" illegal.
Is protection of children really, truly, positively more important than free dissemination of information?
It's more important than anything. Far more important than any freedom you might think you deserve. Dude - little children are dying while you whine about freedom.
Well, ok, they're not dying. It just sounds better than "little children are being naked."
Well, actually - they are dying, all over the world, from starvation, and disease, and neglect, and lots of other stuff. But nobody cares about that. Because there's no perverts involved in that.
It's just "simple nudity" and protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
I suspect that's an internet myth (and an often-quoted one) - but I doubt it's true. If it was, don't you figure Playboy (simple nudity, after all) would slip in the occasional 17 or even 16-year-old model?
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
I don't see any references to any specific types of speech in there. I just see a reference to "speech".
Because it makes my tingly bits go all tingly. That's a sure sign of the devil at work.
No, I agree with you, but evidently we're the weird ones because we're completely alone.
What happened to the comment you're replying to? I feel like I'm missing something here...
Shame on him for behaving like a normal human being! We should all agree with every law our benevolent government passes and never question their benevolent intentions!
I picked up "Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists" by Michael Baron when I was doing my thesis research, and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's a textbook, and it reads like a textbook, but as long as you have a decent understanding of elementary calculus and a bit of linear algebra, everything else is explained, step by step.
Hell, I keep telling myself it's the plot and I don't even read Japanese.
The rest go into software project management.
For his time, maybe - or at the very least, a radical. I don't think he was a big fan of, say, gay marriage, or forced wealth redistribution (he guided his followers to be charitable to their fellow human beings - but he never supported the government stepping in and forcing them to do so). He definitely wasn't "pro-choice".
I'd love to see a meaningful programmer certification to come along (I've got a couple of java certifications, myself, so I have a point of reference on meaningful. Hint - java certifications ain't).
I believe so. If not for college, it never would have occurred to me to learn calculus, or linear algebra, or probability, or NP completeness, or compiler design, or pipelined processor design, etc. etc. etc.
Uh, yeah, actually you can research and learn brain surgery and nuclear engineering without a university, too. In fact, you can research and learn anything without a university. It's all written down in books, which you can get from a library and read. The only thing that sets apart brain surgery and nuclear engineering from programming is that there are laws against performing surgery without a degree or operating a nuclear reactor without a degree. I look forward to programming catching up in this regard.
Ironic you should happen to choose those two examples. Actually, Gauss and Bernoulli both made significant contributions to probability (Gaussian and Bernoulli distributions of random variables, least-squares estimation for example) which we do, in fact, study in great detail in the field of computer science. We also study the characteristics of wireless signals (magneto-electric force - one of which is measured in a unit called the "Gauss"). Granted, I didn't spend much time learning fluid dynamics, since as long as you don't spill coffee on your keyboard, it doesn't come up much in the practice of programming... but I spent quite a bit of time discussing the works of both Gauss and Bernoulli while majoring in Computer Science.
I will admit I don't know who Otto was or why his cycle was important.
Grown-ups who are supposed to be working, too.
Or SMU. Or the University of Houston. Or Collin County Community College. Or...
I'd recommend you spend a couple hours learning an autoformatter (Eclipse has one built in), code however the hell you want, and then run that damned thing through the autoformatter before you turn it in. (Perhaps that's the lesson he's trying to teach you...?)
So? You can be executed for criticizing Dr. Doom there, too.
On the contrary - there has been at least one conviction under the "PROTECT" act.
I seem to recall that this has been the case in Canada for quite a while - and not "slap on the wrist" illegal (like the case if TFA), but "spend the rest of your life in jail" illegal.
Yeah, that would totally blow the Simpson's otherwise rock-solid believability.
Careful there - imaginary characters without pants was part of the original problem.
It's more important than anything. Far more important than any freedom you might think you deserve. Dude - little children are dying while you whine about freedom.
Well, ok, they're not dying. It just sounds better than "little children are being naked."
Well, actually - they are dying, all over the world, from starvation, and disease, and neglect, and lots of other stuff. But nobody cares about that. Because there's no perverts involved in that.
I suspect that's an internet myth (and an often-quoted one) - but I doubt it's true. If it was, don't you figure Playboy (simple nudity, after all) would slip in the occasional 17 or even 16-year-old model?
If you're going to be a grammar nazi, learn some grammar. "Stupider" is perfectly acceptable usage.
If you're going to be a grammar nazi, learn some grammar. "Stupider" is perfectly acceptable usage..