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  1. Except for that one time .... on Data Center With a Brain: Google Using Machine Learning In Server Farms · · Score: 1

    It's probably fairly easy to predict usage. They've been doing it for ages with the electricity power grid.
    But what will happen when a singularity arises?

  2. Re:Wait... on Chelsea Clinton At NCWIT: More PE, Less Zuckerberg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There was a girl in our first year of CS who was a very hard worker, but just couldn't handle the advanced math.
    She switched to med school after she flunked and passed with flying colors.

    It really depends on what you take as basis for a 'tough' curriculum.
    Med school and veterinary school may require you to work 'harder'. But with CS and Math, if you don't get it, you just don't get it. No matter how hard you work.
    I wouldn't be able to do Med school though, I faint at the sight of a needle ;-)

  3. Re:Can't Tell Them Apart on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    Can we use Monte-Carlo or you'd rather see infinite series?

  4. Re:Possible TROLL on Ask Slashdot: Computer Science Freshman, Too Soon To Job Hunt? · · Score: 2

    I started programming at the age of 8.

    10 PRINT "1337", , ,, , , ,
    20 GOTO 10

    That was basically it for the next 8 years ;-)

  5. Re:When did this happened? on Ask Slashdot: Computer Science Freshman, Too Soon To Job Hunt? · · Score: 1

    > I really enjoyed my Web development class

    In your first your of CS? really?
    I had the following courses in my first year of CS: differential and integral calculus, Linear Algebra and geometry, Higher Algebra, Algorithms and Data Structures, Logic and Formal Methods, Interpretation and Structure of Computer Programs, Information Systems.
    Web Development class....Nope...doesn't ring a bell.

  6. one-click patent on USPTO Approves Amazon Patent For Taking Pictures · · Score: 1

    Says the company who sued for breaching their obvious "one-click patent".
    We can also trust them to correct benefits to employees in their distribution centers, right?

  7. Re:RightsCorp on RightsCorp To Bring Its Controversial Copyright Protection Tactics To Europe · · Score: 1

    The article says that RightsCorp sends settlements for 20$ a title.
    So, it's not like they will sue you for thousands if you happen to download the latest GoT episode.
    Although I don't concur with their process (sneak their way into getting personal info by avoiding courts), at least they are asking for a 'reasonable settlement'.

  8. Open discussions on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    You think they are arrogant because their discussions are public. It's all happening on public boards and mailing lists.
    Microsoft's internal kitchen is private, so you won't hear their developers speaking out publicly as often.

  9. Re:80% of people working in a field on DC Revolving Door: Ex-FCC Commissioner Is Now Head CTIA Lobbyist · · Score: 1

    That's exactly the excuse they use when they appoint cushy top public administration jobs to members of the current ministers cabinet in Belgium. "Well hey, they happen to have the credentials, know the business and have the network!".

  10. Re:Eye candy on BioWare Announces Dragon Age Inquisition For October 7th · · Score: 1

    There are gameplay youtube clips as well.

  11. He can claim anything North of the North Pole :-)

  12. Re:Script Kiddy on RCMP Arrest Canadian Teen For Heartbleed Exploit · · Score: 1

    The brilliance of government systems:

    "Hey we wrote a web application the whole country uses to submit their taxes"
    "Hey, any script kiddy in the world can hack it using a well known exploit and thousands of proof of concept scripts found online"

  13. powerpoint schematics on This 1981 BYTE Magazine Cover Explains Why We're So Bad At Tech Predictions · · Score: 1

    Looks like they already had Powerpoint in '81, judging from the schema-art in the advertisements :-)

  14. 50 people ??? on Study: Exposure To Morning Sunlight Helps Managing Weight · · Score: 1

    Seriously? How is that even statistically significant?

  15. Isn't the conclusion wrong? on Daylight Saving Time Linked To Heart Attacks · · Score: 1

    So they noticed that the monday after the switch, they had 8 more heart-attack patients than on a regular monday.
    Don't know if these are averages, but it just means they see 25% more patients.
    It doesn't mean that everyone has 25% more chance of having an heart-attack that particular day.

  16. Re:She discovered nothing.... on Hacking Charisma · · Score: 1

    She actually speaks about this book in the article as one of the milestones in her quest.

  17. other inmates will take care of it on Time Dilation Drug Could Let Heinous Criminals Serve 1,000 Year Sentences · · Score: 1

    You don't want to be in prison for these types of punishment.
    "Oh, you're in prison because you let your 5 yr old starve to death and mistreated him?", expect hell from everyone!

  18. The inequity is not between people making 5x times average or over 100k.
    The inequity is between average and corporate making 500x times that!

  19. easy to know who's right on Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits Citing Harrassment · · Score: 1

    She says many women joined GitHub after her.
    Let's check their story of perceived sexism. If all women feel their is somewhat a culture of sexism, than she's right.

  20. How Steve Jobs got the iPhone into Japan on How Steve Jobs Got the iPhone Into Japan · · Score: 2

    He took one with him.

  21. Re:Bitcoin on Mt. Gox Knew It Was Selling Phantom Bitcoin 2 Weeks Before Collapse · · Score: 1

    This happens all the time.
    In Belgium if you want to retrieve, say, 50k cash from your account, they will have some questions for you. (not that they will prohibit it, it's still your money after all.)
    Because why would you need 50k in cash if it isn't to pay for moonlighting operations?
    If what you want to do with 50k is legit, a regular bank transfer will do.

  22. different network on Comcast Turning Chicago Homes Into Xfinity Hotspots · · Score: 1

    There is a clear different network between you and the "public connectors".
    They also need to log in with their Comcast credentials, so it's only them whom can use this "public access".
    The point is not other users leeching of your connection, the point is you get to use wifi in a lot of places where other Comcast users opened their network.

  23. Airport security and agencies on Interview: Ask Richard Stallman What You Will · · Score: 1

    In the aftermath (well we're still in the middle of all this...) of the current whistle-blower cases (Snowden et al.) many people related to them have been detained/questioned/.. by various agencies especially at airports. Have you yourself experienced more scrutiny towards your person this past year, have you ever been the subject/victim of questionable interaction with agencies in general, and how did you tackle these events?

  24. Re:Mick Jagger of physics on The Higgs Boson Re-Explained By the Mick Jagger of Physics · · Score: 1

    Still beats being the Justin Bieber of Physics ;-)

  25. Re:Least fitting interview question ever asked on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    They just hired you for the stories during lunch break ;-)