I could be mistaken, but wasn't the script for The Two Towers written long before 2003? And even the film itself opened in 2002, right? How then does it win the 2003 award?
I needed this info a few years ago, when my parents were telling me that computer games were a waste of my time. I argued that my hand-eye coordination was improving, but alas, I had no evidence from reputable sources like/. to back me up. Now I'm in college and don't have time for 3 hours a day of computer games... but maybe I'll have to start making time so my hand-eye coordination improves... next question is if there is a correlation between playing computer games and higher exam scores?
Multitasking is the new favorite activity of millions of people (talking on the celly while eating a hamburger while driving... a manual transmission car), so since baseball has so much downtime, this is perfect! Now we'll all be able to write computer programs and check email and read slashdot while waiting for the pitcher to read the signal from the catcher. Well, maybe some people will - I'll be stuck over here on the east coast. Oh well.
The sad thing is that the U.S. isn't even on the UN Human Rights commission right now, yet the procedure makes sure that "countries with poor human rights records -- including Cuba, Sudan and Syria -- are represented on the commission." (Security Council)
The worst part is that Sudan is one of the countries mentioned in the article about which the United States is "very troubled." Amazing.
"A cryptographic security architecture constitutes the collection of hardware and software that protects encryption keys and other related security parameters from misuse. If the process used to generate the cryptographic code is insecure then even the most sophisticated protection mechanics will not do any good. This topic is extremely important, especially for "embedded"-hardware products and services like smart cards. The author offers a novel design that allows for a great deal of customization."
Tons of choices can be annoying - going to a restaurant and being forced to select from a huge list of foods can be overwhelming. Usually, all I end up doing is finding one thing I like and then ordering that all the time, without checking out other stuff. It's too much of a hassle to try out every choice that exists in the world.
Then again, if we didn't have as many choices, I might not be able to find one thing I like in the first place, and thus probably wouldn't go back to eat there - I'll choose to go somewhere else.
But if that choice was taken away, I'd have to eat something I didn't particularly like, which never killed anyone.
Morale of the story? Having too many choices is the real reason I'm a picky eater.
How much could the U.N. actually do that the U.S. isn't doing now? I understand the appearance issue - this way it might have a bit more international legitimacy, but realistically, on a practical level, I don't see much coming out of this. The language compatibility thing is interesting, and that could possibly turn out better when working through the U.N., but I'm skeptical. To me it all sounds like a bunch of dippy diplomats are talking about something they don't understand.
But wait - isn't that the U.N.'s new mission?
Slashdot Mirror
This is great news for AOL people, but there is one important issue to worry about...
Will they still be able to hear the nice person's voice say, "You've Got Mail"?
I could be mistaken, but wasn't the script for The Two Towers written long before 2003? And even the film itself opened in 2002, right? How then does it win the 2003 award?
Who said computer geeks don't have any creativity in naming their programming languages?
Oh, wait...
That's pretty scary considering Merriam Webster's first definition of "geek":
"a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake"
"Geek"
I needed this info a few years ago, when my parents were telling me that computer games were a waste of my time. I argued that my hand-eye coordination was improving, but alas, I had no evidence from reputable sources like /. to back me up. Now I'm in college and don't have time for 3 hours a day of computer games... but maybe I'll have to start making time so my hand-eye coordination improves... next question is if there is a correlation between playing computer games and higher exam scores?
Maybe it's an election year ploy. Think about it - MA on top, TX dropping hard... hmmm... Either that, or a precursor of things to come...
Multitasking is the new favorite activity of millions of people (talking on the celly while eating a hamburger while driving... a manual transmission car), so since baseball has so much downtime, this is perfect! Now we'll all be able to write computer programs and check email and read slashdot while waiting for the pitcher to read the signal from the catcher. Well, maybe some people will - I'll be stuck over here on the east coast. Oh well.
WAIT! You're saying that people there might have to communicate in person for a bit? How terrible!
The sad thing is that the U.S. isn't even on the UN Human Rights commission right now, yet the procedure makes sure that "countries with poor human rights records -- including Cuba, Sudan and Syria -- are represented on the commission." (Security Council)
The worst part is that Sudan is one of the countries mentioned in the article about which the United States is "very troubled." Amazing.
Quick synopsis of the book (if you don't have time to read the whole review):
"A cryptographic security architecture constitutes the collection of hardware and software that protects encryption keys and other related security parameters from misuse. If the process used to generate the cryptographic code is insecure then even the most sophisticated protection mechanics will not do any good. This topic is extremely important, especially for "embedded"-hardware products and services like smart cards. The author offers a novel design that allows for a great deal of customization."
Tons of choices can be annoying - going to a restaurant and being forced to select from a huge list of foods can be overwhelming. Usually, all I end up doing is finding one thing I like and then ordering that all the time, without checking out other stuff. It's too much of a hassle to try out every choice that exists in the world.
Then again, if we didn't have as many choices, I might not be able to find one thing I like in the first place, and thus probably wouldn't go back to eat there - I'll choose to go somewhere else.
But if that choice was taken away, I'd have to eat something I didn't particularly like, which never killed anyone.
Morale of the story? Having too many choices is the real reason I'm a picky eater.
How much could the U.N. actually do that the U.S. isn't doing now? I understand the appearance issue - this way it might have a bit more international legitimacy, but realistically, on a practical level, I don't see much coming out of this. The language compatibility thing is interesting, and that could possibly turn out better when working through the U.N., but I'm skeptical. To me it all sounds like a bunch of dippy diplomats are talking about something they don't understand. But wait - isn't that the U.N.'s new mission?