I'm somewhat curious. What is the origin of the soviet russia troll? I see it quite frequently, but most of the time, I simply don't get it. I'm sorry if that makes me a n00b, but so be it.
Umm, excuse me, but fair use definitely includes making CD copies for my own personal use. Suppose I have a cd player at home, as well as one at work, and I don't want to bother carting the cd with me everywhere? Well, that is quite firmly under the umbrella of fair use.:)
when I posted, there was one other calling bullshit, but as far as I could tell, I was the first "FUD" call. oh well. I guess I lost that. Giving out links on request, however... that really seems odd. Why not post the links in his original rant? Are links protected IP now?:-p
So, go and open as many pages on the WIPO site as possible... There is a small PDF I found, follow the About WIPO link on the main page, then down on the left, the link "organigram" is a PDF... dl that as many times as possible.... if we all work together, we should be able to pull the site down.
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No no no... 1 Mipx would be 1 Mebipixel, ie 1,048,576 pixels. You're looking for the SI Prefix, not the IEC Binary Prefix
So, what you presumably meant to say, (in order to remain consistent with the statement 1,000,000 pixels == 1 substantial productivity increase) is 1 Mpx=1spi.
Of course, this whole idea brings up another interesting point: Should management be handing out digital cameras to all the geeks in order to gain, what, 3spi, or for a more state of the art model, 5spi?
One advantage Apple has this time: The open-source FreeBSD operating system, of which Mac OS X is a variant, already runs on x86 chips such as Intel's Pentium. And Jobs has said Mac OS X could easily run on x86 chips.
Otherwise, I'd commend you and everyone who agreed with you for being insightful. And what you've suggested is certainly not ruled out. But that paragraph strongly suggests that it is not correct. Of course, I rather doubt the whole article to begin with, but that's another story.
Here's why I got an LCD: I move a lot. Since I'm currently in college, I move everything I own from my parents house to my dorm/apartment at the beginning/end of every semester. Since for the last two summers I've had a summer job in another city entirely, that's another move. Also, when I go home at Spring Break/Christmas, I'm usually planning to work on my summer job stuff (physics research), which requires my computer. So, all in all, I move my computer around ~10 times a year. I used to have a CRT and it was hell. Now I have an LCD, and its manageable.
That said, I think mostly everything else you said is pretty sensible.
Oh, one more reason I like it... we have crappy desks in the dorm at college, and with a giant CRT, there was not space for the keyboard, so it went beside the monitor... good recipe for a sore neck. LCD fits behind the keyboard with no trouble at all.
A whole lot of research papers are written in LaTeX these days, and since plain LaTeX doesn't handle any sort of images very well, it makes sense to use pdfLaTeX. Thus, the normal output is PDF. Yes, there are LaTeX2HTML tools out there, but the output is ugly, and plus you have to go to the extra trouble of creating two final versions of your paper.
Also, for anyone who thinks updates of firefox count as another download (as someone always seems to bring up in these discussions as well), they don't.
How about RPM installs? Does the one download it takes to make the binary RPM count as only one download? Because in that case, there are tons more Redhat, Mandrake^H^H^Hiva etc users who use firefox on a regular basis but have never in their lives downloaded it.
According to Doktor Esperanto (my girlfriend recently did a report and discussion on Doktor Esperanto's original booklet, which I have unfortunately been unable to find online) you can learn his entire grammar in a single hour. Here are some links to learning materials: http://www.esperanto-usa.org/lessons.html
This does not answer the original question, ridiculous as it may be. It would be quite conceivable for him to be the bestprogramming professor you had ever known. But the answer to grandparent's question would still be "programming, not CS". I commend him for being an excellent professor, there are far too few of those, but the question still stands:
[Is he], a CS professor, teaching real computer science, or [is he] teaching programming and calling it computer science at the behest of Intel?
You teach kids to program by letting them decide whether they want to write their own version of Hangman or Missile Command.
True. My father is a software engineer (well, now he is in network security, but never mind, the point is he would come home and talk about "coding this or that") and when I was about 8 or 9, my sister (2 years older) and I decided we wanted to learn to program. Well, my dad really didn't think we would be able to learn, and not much wanting to bother with trying to figure out something simple enough for us at that age, he sat us down at the 286 packard bell, and fired up GW-BASIC. Then he loaded a simple colored line walks around the edge of the screen program, showed us how to list, edit, and run the program, explained that the line was drawn by two points, said "make it three points, three lines" and went outside to mow the lawn. My turn was first. Ten minutes later, I went outside and said "Ok, Dad, what do I do next?"
Now I program IMHO proficiently in C++ and moderately well in Guile SCHEME. Only somewhat ad hoc scientific programming, no slick apps, and I'm certainly not a computer scientist. But all the same, I got my start from a simple problem I was interested in.
I study physics because I love physics. Not because my parents or anyone else pressured me to be a physicist or to do whatever else. In fact, especially toward the end of high school, I was the focus of a great deal of pressure (not from my parents though) to major in engineering instead of physics, because "with an engineering degree you can get a job." However, my parents, whether by blind luck or by design, managed to do something right, and I _chose_ what I wanted to be and to do. I have just finished my junior level undergraduate class (as a sophomore) and I am working as part of a high energy physics group at my university in collaboration with Fermilab, where I will be all summer.
Sadly, I do agree with you. A story like mine is a rarity. The physics world is nearly lost in the US to the engineering departments. Nearly all of the grad students in physics at my school are from overseas. I very nearly did succumb to the pressure and chose engineering (luckily the engineering department at my university is crap...). I think the Computer Science vs. programming world is heading the same direction.
In short, I commend you, and if I knew where those 12 kids could be found, I would tell you in a heartbeat.
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A successful troll, then. ;)
...you read the company's email.
I'm somewhat curious. What is the origin of the soviet russia troll? I see it quite frequently, but most of the time, I simply don't get it. I'm sorry if that makes me a n00b, but so be it.
Umm, excuse me, but fair use definitely includes making CD copies for my own personal use. Suppose I have a cd player at home, as well as one at work, and I don't want to bother carting the cd with me everywhere? Well, that is quite firmly under the umbrella of fair use. :)
when I posted, there was one other calling bullshit, but as far as I could tell, I was the first "FUD" call. oh well. I guess I lost that. Giving out links on request, however... that really seems odd. Why not post the links in his original rant? Are links protected IP now? :-p
So, go and open as many pages on the WIPO site as possible... There is a small PDF I found, follow the About WIPO link on the main page, then down on the left, the link "organigram" is a PDF... dl that as many times as possible.... if we all work together, we should be able to pull the site down.
I, for one, piss in our new overlords coffee.
Sir, please step away from the **AA's brainwashing machine. Copying information simply does not decrease its value.
You said DRM is ok as long as any of your rights are not affected. Show me one form of DRM that preserves the right to fair use. Just one. I dare you.
Furthermore, what rights do you think are being violated by not having DRM?
virtually every single thing I've said can be confirmed with a little Googling and a handful of links.
So.... why didn't you provide us with said links? hmmmm? Let me be the first: FUD!
Which would take something on the order of.... oh two months I'd guess. A year at the outside. I call FUD.
1Mipx=1spi
No no no... 1 Mipx would be 1 Mebipixel, ie 1,048,576 pixels. You're looking for the SI Prefix, not the IEC Binary Prefix
So, what you presumably meant to say, (in order to remain consistent with the statement 1,000,000 pixels == 1 substantial productivity increase) is 1 Mpx=1spi.
Of course, this whole idea brings up another interesting point: Should management be handing out digital cameras to all the geeks in order to gain, what, 3spi, or for a more state of the art model, 5spi?
RTFA. Ninth paragraph:
One advantage Apple has this time: The open-source FreeBSD operating system, of which Mac OS X is a variant, already runs on x86 chips such as Intel's Pentium. And Jobs has said Mac OS X could easily run on x86 chips.
Otherwise, I'd commend you and everyone who agreed with you for being insightful. And what you've suggested is certainly not ruled out. But that paragraph strongly suggests that it is not correct. Of course, I rather doubt the whole article to begin with, but that's another story.
Particularly when someone who does work for MS (SCO, etc.) asks you why you don't use Windows (SCO UNIX, etc.).
Here's why I got an LCD: I move a lot. Since I'm currently in college, I move everything I own from my parents house to my dorm/apartment at the beginning/end of every semester. Since for the last two summers I've had a summer job in another city entirely, that's another move. Also, when I go home at Spring Break/Christmas, I'm usually planning to work on my summer job stuff (physics research), which requires my computer. So, all in all, I move my computer around ~10 times a year. I used to have a CRT and it was hell. Now I have an LCD, and its manageable.
That said, I think mostly everything else you said is pretty sensible.
Oh, one more reason I like it... we have crappy desks in the dorm at college, and with a giant CRT, there was not space for the keyboard, so it went beside the monitor... good recipe for a sore neck. LCD fits behind the keyboard with no trouble at all.
A whole lot of research papers are written in LaTeX these days, and since plain LaTeX doesn't handle any sort of images very well, it makes sense to use pdfLaTeX. Thus, the normal output is PDF. Yes, there are LaTeX2HTML tools out there, but the output is ugly, and plus you have to go to the extra trouble of creating two final versions of your paper.
Oracle working in their domain space to open up things like CRM, SAP, and other areas is a damn good thing.
CRM, SAP... hmm, this is an anagram for MS, CRAP!
Also, for anyone who thinks updates of firefox count as another download (as someone always seems to bring up in these discussions as well), they don't.
How about RPM installs? Does the one download it takes to make the binary RPM count as only one download? Because in that case, there are tons more Redhat, Mandrake^H^H^Hiva etc users who use firefox on a regular basis but have never in their lives downloaded it.
"Usability Experts": read "Proverbial Grandmothers"
Let's do it.
True enough. My apologies for not reading your post closely enough.
According to Doktor Esperanto (my girlfriend recently did a report and discussion on Doktor Esperanto's original booklet, which I have unfortunately been unable to find online) you can learn his entire grammar in a single hour. Here are some links to learning materials: http://www.esperanto-usa.org/lessons.html
This does not answer the original question, ridiculous as it may be. It would be quite conceivable for him to be the best programming professor you had ever known. But the answer to grandparent's question would still be "programming, not CS". I commend him for being an excellent professor, there are far too few of those, but the question still stands:
[Is he], a CS professor, teaching real computer science, or [is he] teaching programming and calling it computer science at the behest of Intel?
You teach kids to program by letting them decide whether they want to write their own version of Hangman or Missile Command.
True. My father is a software engineer (well, now he is in network security, but never mind, the point is he would come home and talk about "coding this or that") and when I was about 8 or 9, my sister (2 years older) and I decided we wanted to learn to program. Well, my dad really didn't think we would be able to learn, and not much wanting to bother with trying to figure out something simple enough for us at that age, he sat us down at the 286 packard bell, and fired up GW-BASIC. Then he loaded a simple colored line walks around the edge of the screen program, showed us how to list, edit, and run the program, explained that the line was drawn by two points, said "make it three points, three lines" and went outside to mow the lawn. My turn was first. Ten minutes later, I went outside and said "Ok, Dad, what do I do next?"
Now I program IMHO proficiently in C++ and moderately well in Guile SCHEME. Only somewhat ad hoc scientific programming, no slick apps, and I'm certainly not a computer scientist. But all the same, I got my start from a simple problem I was interested in.
I study physics.
I study physics because I love physics. Not because my parents or anyone else pressured me to be a physicist or to do whatever else. In fact, especially toward the end of high school, I was the focus of a great deal of pressure (not from my parents though) to major in engineering instead of physics, because "with an engineering degree you can get a job." However, my parents, whether by blind luck or by design, managed to do something right, and I _chose_ what I wanted to be and to do. I have just finished my junior level undergraduate class (as a sophomore) and I am working as part of a high energy physics group at my university in collaboration with Fermilab, where I will be all summer.
Sadly, I do agree with you. A story like mine is a rarity. The physics world is nearly lost in the US to the engineering departments. Nearly all of the grad students in physics at my school are from overseas. I very nearly did succumb to the pressure and chose engineering (luckily the engineering department at my university is crap...). I think the Computer Science vs. programming world is heading the same direction.
In short, I commend you, and if I knew where those 12 kids could be found, I would tell you in a heartbeat.