I only take the database course which indeed is not difficult but so what? In any case, here is a home work exercise for you (not too difficult if you know category theory)
Homework Exercise for AC (due Dec4)
Develop the theory of normal form from the categorical point of view. 1) find category theoretic definitions of the normal forms (and all relevant notions needed to express these) 2) what advantages (if any) does the categorical point of view provide (e.g. when considering all normal forms for a given schema and given functional dependencies etc. etc.) 3) why do so many highly intelligent people waste their time at slashdot instead of putting their superior intellect to a more beneficial use
I don't know why you were modded down. I am not sure whether you are right in each and every detail but there is an incredible amount of hypocrisy in all attempts to suppress and control teenagers sex drives. I especially like the fact that all pictures have to be reported. I am sure that the number of job applicants for clerical police work will increase.
OK. Here I go again. How many people die each year in the US because of insufficient medical care (check for "iatrogenic deaths" if you are curious). The numbers I found are 2-3 orders of magnitude larger. Now funds seem to be scarce. If it is a matter to allocate funds either to hunt down some evil bastards or to provide medical support for your fellow countrymen then I'd choose the latter. It seems you'd choose the former. I really don't get this fixation on Al Qaeda. There are more urgent issues.
Oh, then, by all means, we should have left him alone. And if he had slit your mom's throat for the deep moral offense of being a literate woman, we should really let him slide on that too, since there are people out there that have done worse. Are you even listening to yourself?
I rarely listen to myself typing. In any case, first thanks for assuming my mother is a literate woman. But why does saying there are more urgent issues and saying that stooping to the level of cold-blooded killers is wrong lead you to believe that I would condone mindless killing. I don't get it.
So basically you are saying that 'them' are right. All this civilisation stuff (laws etc.) is bullshit? I always thought that lowering yourself to the level of your evil opponent is admission that you lost.
the question why only this evil guy was treated thusly and none of the many other ones you could have chosen raises its ugly head
His direct actions, his particular role in inciting more of them of a certain type, and his un-ending proclomations about his involvement, coupled with all sorts of evidence that he's involved and not simply pretending to be that person on YouTube... that's the sort of thing that warrants specific attention. That and his group's history of killing thousands of people and active, repeated attempts to do more of the same. The recent power vacuum in AQ had this guy moving up the ladder, and we have every reason to keep shutting down the people who climb that ladder.
May I take it then that you belief that 1) you are in possession of all relevant facts 2) you are sure that the information which reached you was by no means filtered or manipulated and that 3) you did not fall for one of the oldest tricks of politics which is: we have problems so let's choose some bad guy, make him look even worse and dangerous than he is, take him out and let everyone think that we are dealing with the important issues.
I myself am most definitely not.
Also speaking in terms of evilness
his group's history of killing thousands of people and active, repeated attempts to do more of the same
this guy looks like small fry. Many 'active' politicians are much worse.
All your arguments hinge on a very strong assumption (which is unfortunately commonly claimed by Bush, Bush2.0 and followers), the assumption that you are infallible (of course usually not stated explicitly). Assuming that 1) you are in possession of all relevant facts 2) your judgement as to what is relevant and what not is perfect 3) your laws and moral values are universal you take on the role of police/judge/jury/executioner. I don't know of any case in history where these assumptions were valid.
Even if valid the question why only this evil guy was treated thusly and none of the many other ones you could have chosen raises its ugly head. If you really believe that this guy was the most dangerous current enemy of the US you are pretty naive.
Using your argument would justify anybody living close to a possible target (e.g. suspected terrorists, wallmart shoppers etc) to attack the US military in self defense.
I have no problem with him trying to make ends meet but with this being a "major" story on slashdot.
Oh, but maybe you are volunteering for taking over the development of dpkg, doing it full time, and without accepting any source of income?
No I will not (I would prefer to work on FreeBSD) but neither should he if he cannot make ends meet. If he chooses do work on dpkg fine; if he can get support for doing it even better, but don't start spamming 'news' sites with this stuff. Post it in the relevant news groups/mailing list etc.
Are you, too, thinking that Raphael doesn't need money to survive?... How generous you are!!!
This self-righteousness is really getting nauseating. There are millions of worthwhile projects to be done. Volunteer if you can, ask for support in the appropriate places and then decide if you can do it. But stop whining if people complain if you start your money drives in the wrong places.
The main reasons for me and people I know are 1) cost effectiveness 2) the option to modify software as needed 3) no fear of lock-in Also many 'enthusiastic' open source software proponents have never even looked at the code. In academic environments people write/use open source programs without giving much thought to who wrote something. The main points are usability and time requirements. If something is usable and can be used quickly then we use it no matter who wrote it.
Oh my god, I will go and hide for the rest of the month. I blame it all on python, lack of sleep and Fukushima. I have not used C for a year or two and now this happens. Damn. I must have caught this thinking-in-python disease.
> You missed the boat if you havent read any Richard Stevens. I agree. > My wife still hates it when I bring that book to bed. Here I side with your wife. (Hide the book until she is asleep.)
> How the hell are we supposed to take what you say seriously if you make such a major fuck-up in the very first line of your comment?
By judging the rest of his post on its merit. ("while (*src++ = *dst++);" is also missing an "="). Depending on the languages you are currently using stuff like this happens and the rest is correct (as far as I can tell) or sounds at least plausible.
Instead of posting such a pointless article could there should simple be a "let's discuss typing" headline. We could discuss typing skills or show off our wpm scores (mine is over 10) without wasting our time.
> Is it just me, or is there nothing to the posted article?
How can you say that. This is a concise and insightful analysis of the history of the art and practice of the grandest of all skills from its birth to its current sad state. It is also a great example of another greatly admired skill of using many words to hide lack of content. The author lays bare is deepest feeling and the innermost workings of his brain (image used without permission from the makers of Hannibal). We should applaud the author for his efforts and the powers that be at/. for selecting this article as one being worthy for the attention of not just a few of us but everyone.
To whom it may concern. I beg thy forgiveness for all the sins I committed against the holy trinity (spelling, grammar and punctuation) with my previous post.
They will start thinking about that when the first crew its in its way.
It is the same technique used with nuclear power and final disposal of radioactive garbage. This technique has been perfected over the years an is now widely considered to be adequate (at least for stockholders of the respective companies)
Slashdot Mirror
I only take the database course which indeed is not difficult but so what? In any case, here is a home work exercise for you (not too difficult if you know category theory)
Homework Exercise for AC (due Dec4)
Develop the theory of normal form from the categorical point of view.
1) find category theoretic definitions of the normal forms (and all relevant notions needed to express these)
2) what advantages (if any) does the categorical point of view provide (e.g. when considering all normal forms for a given schema and given functional dependencies etc. etc.)
3) why do so many highly intelligent people waste their time at slashdot instead of putting their superior intellect to a more beneficial use
That's what I call efficient: a stumbling Grammar Nazi and two "woosh"s with a single line.
I think I would spend the next 165 years practising addition
I don't know why you were modded down. I am not sure whether you are right in each and every detail but there is an incredible amount of hypocrisy in all attempts to suppress and control teenagers sex drives. I especially like the fact that all pictures have to be reported. I am sure that the number of job applicants for clerical police work will increase.
OK. Here I go again. How many people die each year in the US because of insufficient medical care (check for "iatrogenic deaths" if you are curious). The numbers I found are 2-3 orders of magnitude larger. Now funds seem to be scarce. If it is a matter to allocate funds either to hunt down some evil bastards or to provide medical support for your fellow countrymen then I'd choose the latter. It seems you'd choose the former. I really don't get this fixation on Al Qaeda. There are more urgent issues.
Oh, then, by all means, we should have left him alone. And if he had slit your mom's throat for the deep moral offense of being a literate woman, we should really let him slide on that too, since there are people out there that have done worse. Are you even listening to yourself?
I rarely listen to myself typing. In any case, first thanks for assuming my mother is a literate woman. But why does saying there are more urgent issues and saying that stooping to the level of cold-blooded killers is wrong lead you to believe that I would condone mindless killing. I don't get it.
So basically you are saying that 'them' are right. All this civilisation stuff (laws etc.) is bullshit? I always thought that lowering yourself to the level of your evil opponent is admission that you lost.
the question why only this evil guy was treated thusly and none of the many other ones you could have chosen raises its ugly head
His direct actions, his particular role in inciting more of them of a certain type, and his un-ending proclomations about his involvement, coupled with all sorts of evidence that he's involved and not simply pretending to be that person on YouTube ... that's the sort of thing that warrants specific attention. That and his group's history of killing thousands of people and active, repeated attempts to do more of the same. The recent power vacuum in AQ had this guy moving up the ladder, and we have every reason to keep shutting down the people who climb that ladder.
May I take it then that you belief that 1) you are in possession of all relevant facts 2) you are sure that the information which reached you was by no means filtered or manipulated and that 3) you did not fall for one of the oldest tricks of politics which is: we have problems so let's choose some bad guy, make him look even worse and dangerous than he is, take him out and let everyone think that we are dealing with the important issues.
I myself am most definitely not.
Also speaking in terms of evilness
his group's history of killing thousands of people and active, repeated attempts to do more of the same
this guy looks like small fry. Many 'active' politicians are much worse.
All your arguments hinge on a very strong assumption (which is unfortunately commonly claimed by Bush, Bush2.0 and followers), the assumption that you are infallible (of course usually not stated explicitly). Assuming that 1) you are in possession of all relevant facts 2) your judgement as to what is relevant and what not is perfect 3) your laws and moral values are universal you take on the role of police/judge/jury/executioner. I don't know of any case in history where these assumptions were valid.
Even if valid the question why only this evil guy was treated thusly and none of the many other ones you could have chosen raises its ugly head. If you really believe that this guy was the most dangerous current enemy of the US you are pretty naive.
Using your argument would justify anybody living close to a possible target (e.g. suspected terrorists, wallmart shoppers etc) to attack the US military in self defense.
Let the mayhem begin.
I have no problem with him trying to make ends meet but with this being a "major" story on slashdot.
Oh, but maybe you are volunteering for taking over the development of dpkg, doing it full time, and without accepting any source of income?
No I will not (I would prefer to work on FreeBSD) but neither should he if he cannot make ends meet. If he chooses do work on dpkg fine; if he can get support for doing it even better, but don't start spamming 'news' sites with this stuff. Post it in the relevant news groups/mailing list etc.
Are you, too, thinking that Raphael doesn't need money to survive? ... How generous you are!!!
This self-righteousness is really getting nauseating. There are millions of worthwhile projects to be done. Volunteer if you can, ask for support in the appropriate places and then decide if you can do it. But stop whining if people complain if you start your money drives in the wrong places.
[and 33% to the slashdot editor who posts this 'story' ]
This line was accidentally erased when the story was posted.
And then there are still people claiming Moore's law is dead
The main reasons for me and people I know are
1) cost effectiveness
2) the option to modify software as needed
3) no fear of lock-in
Also many 'enthusiastic' open source software proponents have never even looked at the code. In academic environments people write/use open source programs without giving much thought to who wrote something. The main points are usability and time requirements. If something is usable and can be used quickly then we use it no matter who wrote it.
deflector shields
Oh my god, I will go and hide for the rest of the month. I blame it all on python, lack of sleep and Fukushima. I have not used C for a year or two and now this happens. Damn. I must have caught this thinking-in-python disease.
> You missed the boat if you havent read any Richard Stevens.
I agree.
> My wife still hates it when I bring that book to bed.
Here I side with your wife. (Hide the book until she is asleep.)
> How the hell are we supposed to take what you say seriously if you make such a major fuck-up in the very first line of your comment?
By judging the rest of his post on its merit. ("while (*src++ = *dst++) ;" is also missing an "=").
Depending on the languages you are currently using stuff like this happens and the rest is correct (as far as I can tell)
or sounds at least plausible.
Instead of posting such a pointless article could there should simple be a "let's discuss typing" headline.
We could discuss typing skills or show off our wpm scores (mine is over 10) without wasting our time.
you mean my attempt at steganography failed?
> Is it just me, or is there nothing to the posted article?
How can you say that. This is a concise and insightful analysis /. for selecting this article as one being worthy for the attention of
of the history of
the art and practice of the grandest of all
skills from its birth to its current sad state. It is also a great example of another greatly admired skill of using many words to
hide lack of content. The author lays bare
is deepest feeling and
the innermost workings of his brain (image used without permission from the
makers of Hannibal). We should
applaud the author for his efforts and the powers that be at
not just a few of us but everyone.
3 out of 4 comments in a thread is pretty impressive,
You cannot have consciousness without electrons
Well that goes without saying. You can't have anything in our universe without electrons...
Except for Asimov's robot's positronic brains.
You are easy to please. I envy you.
actually it is called unity-2d
To whom it may concern. I beg thy forgiveness for all the sins I committed against the holy trinity (spelling, grammar and punctuation) with my previous post.
They will start thinking about that when the first crew its in its way.
It is the same technique used with nuclear power and final disposal of radioactive garbage.
This technique has been perfected over the years an is now widely considered to be adequate
(at least for stockholders of the respective companies)