Wow, one would think a man of your experience would know an 'ad hominem' fallacy when he writes. I can count at least 4 personal attacks.
You're supposed to attack the argument, not the author. If your time is so valuable you cannot explain your reasons, you'd be better not posting anything.
That's not honesty. That's a CEO kissing ass, hoping the board won't fire him. An honest CEO would explain in detail why that division lost so much money, why it was his fault, and how he would rectify the issue.
I forgot to include the application of these concepts to real world problems. A professor at my university was involved in the design and formal verification of software for the Stockholm underground system. Another graduate student is currently working in the distributed systems department of a famous search engine. There's a lot of theory involved, and it's not an easy job.
And there is certainly a lot of research going on, even if the results are not readily visible. Companies like to stick with tried and true methods, but research done today will surely influence development practices in the future, just as the examples you cited are being applied now.
When will people understand that Computer Science is not related to programming as the article says. In fact, I know a couple of great CompSci graduates who couldn't write a complex program even if their lives depended on it.
"It's so not programming," Ms. Burge said. "If I had to sit down and code all day, I never would have continued. This is not traditional computer science."
She's talking about code-monkeys, or Software Engineering at most. Computer science is related to research, finding new and more efficient ways of doing different tasks (new algorithms, data structures), and understanding the underlying concepts behind a computer program (programming paradigms, logic) and tools that can be applied (verification, simulation).
Seems you're right. Google is not the one to blame here.
Australia is asking Google to censor the images.
Since English is not my native language, I apologize if I confused my verbs. By requested, I meant asked. I though they were synonyms. (At least, that's what Google tells me.)
I'm sure they already have complained to the real source. What did you think, that Google launched satellites just so it could create Google Maps?
Well, of course they did. Didn't they?;)
I'm still intrigued by this last point though. If Google doesn't modify the images they receive, and they use them legally, why don't they announce just that, instead of replying "Look, the images aren't really that detailed".
The thing is, it probably isn't Google that is censoring the pictures, but someone who is providing the images to Google. And in many cases, the images are being provided by the US government itself.
Care to back that up with some info? Everywhere I've read (even in the article) says it's Google censoring the images. The request from the reactor's authorities directly to Google seems to reinforce this notion. Otherwise, they could just complain to the real source, and Google would certainly point out they don't have actual control over the photos and they just make it available to the public.
If you read all the other replies, it appears that the same information could be obtained from other sources. So, the request doesn't make much sense.
However, Google IS censoring pictures of important buildings in America, and Google's arguments in this case relate to these buildings just as well. So, while they have no obligations whatsoever, Google seems to be aplying double standards: either drop the bulls**t and stop censoring any images, or start accepting and implementing requests to remove material. What they're doing now just makes them look bad.
Besides, I don't know how 18 months old pictures of secret service positions could be useful to a terrorist.
No. This is what you get for handing your government to your companies, which are not interested in the future of your children but in benefiting from your money.
I remember having seen this proposed as a bounty somewhere (kubuntu?). However, the important part is the implementation, not the idea. I understand your feelings, but I think the most probable thing is someone has been working on this for a while, and now you see the results.
And if the idea was innovative enough, you could have patented it, right?;)
Kids, I know you want your people back--I'm sorry, but your hostages are already dead. Mourn for them, but don't pay off their kidnappers. That's stupid. That's Reagan-stupid. Ten million bucks buys a lot more kidnappings and suicide bombs.
Who are you to dictate how a foreign country is supposed to handle kidnappings?
What about "leave no one behind" when sometimes it's a waste of resources? Let them decide if it's right or wrong.
I was a bit surprised that even though the Cylons are the "aliens" (they're actually robots) in the show, almost all the characters look exactly like humans. Not even wrinkled forehead or spotty skin in here.
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I think the "shiny" eyes are the most outstanding feature, apart from the atmosphere created by the great level design. And the gameplay was not so bad either. Now, stable, that's another thing.
Vampire: Bloodlines was a technical disaster, but the storytelling is absolutely wonderful. With only a little more polish to the engine, it could have been up there with other great games like Mafia or Max Payne (and IMHO, the story is even better and more original.)
In that sense, I believe using such a new engine (i.e. Source) was not a good choice, especially when the guys at Troika din't seem to have much experience with first-person stuff.
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Stallman autographs are clearly free as in speech, not as in beer.
Wow, one would think a man of your experience would know an 'ad hominem' fallacy when he writes. I can count at least 4 personal attacks.
You're supposed to attack the argument, not the author. If your time is so valuable you cannot explain your reasons, you'd be better not posting anything.
That's not honesty. That's a CEO kissing ass, hoping the board won't fire him. An honest CEO would explain in detail why that division lost so much money, why it was his fault, and how he would rectify the issue.
And all that in a single quote.
I forgot to include the application of these concepts to real world problems. A professor at my university was involved in the design and formal verification of software for the Stockholm underground system. Another graduate student is currently working in the distributed systems department of a famous search engine. There's a lot of theory involved, and it's not an easy job.
And there is certainly a lot of research going on, even if the results are not readily visible. Companies like to stick with tried and true methods, but research done today will surely influence development practices in the future, just as the examples you cited are being applied now.
When will people understand that Computer Science is not related to programming as the article says. In fact, I know a couple of great CompSci graduates who couldn't write a complex program even if their lives depended on it.
"It's so not programming," Ms. Burge said. "If I had to sit down and code all day, I never would have continued. This is not traditional computer science."
She's talking about code-monkeys, or Software Engineering at most. Computer science is related to research, finding new and more efficient ways of doing different tasks (new algorithms, data structures), and understanding the underlying concepts behind a computer program (programming paradigms, logic) and tools that can be applied (verification, simulation).
Seems you're right. Google is not the one to blame here.
Australia is asking Google to censor the images.
Since English is not my native language, I apologize if I confused my verbs. By requested, I meant asked. I though they were synonyms. (At least, that's what Google tells me.)
I'm sure they already have complained to the real source. What did you think, that Google launched satellites just so it could create Google Maps? ;)
I'm still intrigued by this last point though. If Google doesn't modify the images they receive, and they use them legally, why don't they announce just that, instead of replying "Look, the images aren't really that detailed".
Well, of course they did. Didn't they?
Care to back that up with some info? Everywhere I've read (even in the article) says it's Google censoring the images. The request from the reactor's authorities directly to Google seems to reinforce this notion. Otherwise, they could just complain to the real source, and Google would certainly point out they don't have actual control over the photos and they just make it available to the public.
Bit of a contradictory position here.
If you read all the other replies, it appears that the same information could be obtained from other sources. So, the request doesn't make much sense.
However, Google IS censoring pictures of important buildings in America, and Google's arguments in this case relate to these buildings just as well. So, while they have no obligations whatsoever, Google seems to be aplying double standards: either drop the bulls**t and stop censoring any images, or start accepting and implementing requests to remove material. What they're doing now just makes them look bad.
Besides, I don't know how 18 months old pictures of secret service positions could be useful to a terrorist.
You're wrong. The artistic community around KDE is growing a lot lately. Take a look at here and see it for yourself.
No. This is what you get for handing your government to your companies, which are not interested in the future of your children but in benefiting from your money.
Well, gaim works in Windows, XFce and many other enviroments while Kopete doesn't. That could've made a difference.
I remember having seen this proposed as a bounty somewhere (kubuntu?). However, the important part is the implementation, not the idea. I understand your feelings, but I think the most probable thing is someone has been working on this for a while, and now you see the results.
;)
And if the idea was innovative enough, you could have patented it, right?
If we weren't obsessive about details, our programs wouldn't compile, and we wouldn't be who we are.
Luckily, English isn't a compiled language. It's interpreted, and the intepreter's syntax is usually quite lax.
5) fglrxconfig , follow the directions, if you can't or don't want to understand it, then go buy a mac or use winxp.
I have an Ati Radeon 9600 in my Gentoo box, and I've never touched fglrxconfig. I'd rather edit xorg.conf manually.
I guess there is a reason why most user-friendly distros don't ask you to configure X using a console-based configuration utility.
Scooba sounds like escoba in spanish, which means broom.
Like when they "rescued" that GI from a hospital.
Kids, I know you want your people back--I'm sorry, but your hostages are already dead. Mourn for them, but don't pay off their kidnappers. That's stupid. That's Reagan-stupid. Ten million bucks buys a lot more kidnappings and suicide bombs.
Who are you to dictate how a foreign country is supposed to handle kidnappings?
What about "leave no one behind" when sometimes it's a waste of resources? Let them decide if it's right or wrong.
Query: What is Slashdot? Google: "... is a site full of geeks with no life" ;)
Actually, it tells you what a slashdotting is.
VC++ is a language?
Just great. Now wait 'till the kids start eating the batteries...
Not to mention they misspelled 'functions'!
They just seem to be using a different language. In Spanish, fecha = date and funciones = functions.
Agustin is also a Spanish name.
In other news, Mandrake acquired Connectiva.
I was a bit surprised that even though the Cylons are the "aliens" (they're actually robots) in the show, almost all the characters look exactly like humans. Not even wrinkled forehead or spotty skin in here.
I think the "shiny" eyes are the most outstanding feature, apart from the atmosphere created by the great level design. And the gameplay was not so bad either. Now, stable, that's another thing.
Vampire: Bloodlines was a technical disaster, but the storytelling is absolutely wonderful. With only a little more polish to the engine, it could have been up there with other great games like Mafia or Max Payne (and IMHO, the story is even better and more original.)
In that sense, I believe using such a new engine (i.e. Source) was not a good choice, especially when the guys at Troika din't seem to have much experience with first-person stuff.
For those of you who don't know it, Ron Moore wrote and produced many TNG and DS9 episodes, including All Good Things, TNG's finale.