Learning how to become a computer programmer has never been easy or fun for most people. Some would even call it boring.
This first line hints at an important point the article missed. Some of us actually liked learning to program. I remember learning BASIC on my Apple IIC when I was 12 years old. If you don't have the hacker mentality - the feeling that you want to figure things out - then you're going to have a hard time learning to program. I don't know, maybe this hacker mentality can be learned.
Yep, they're just causing their own demise. Podcasting and other technologies will just replace radio (digital or otherwise) that much quicker as the RIAA continues to piss people off.
Thank you. You're right, my question was not intended as a troll and I have received some very interesting answers. I can remember the excitement of logging onto a BBS for the first time or, God forbid, the first time I used Prodigy (gag) or AOL (choke).
It's important perhaps to point out here that secure programs, reliable programs and correct programs are all different things. Knowing how to write provably secure programs is very different from saying we know how to write reliable or correct programs.
This is a very important point. How does one prove that software is secure? Reliablity can be checked through unit tests, etc. but security is much harder to test and takes a lot more imagination.
"From the copyright point of view, we think differently than the music companies. Baidu is just a platform for music search," Liang said.
Why aren't they suing Google as well? Google makes it possible to find copyrighted material? Of course one could use a search engine to find the people who are providing illegal copies and sue them.
Is technology making us smarter? Or are we lazily reliant on computers, and, well, dumber than we used to be?
I don't think it makes us smarter or dumber. What we are smart about changes. We can use technology to do things we could never do before. But there are things we could do in the past that we can't do anymore.
The CEO of North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold, Inc., Walden O'Dell has been oft-quoted for his 2003 Republican fund-raiser promise to help "Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." O'Dell himself was a high-level contributor to the Bush/Cheney '04 campaign as well as many other Republican causes.
As I said in my last post, they use this data to market to me in an attempt to take more of my money. I think of myself as pretty immune to the influence of marketing, however, it is impossible to be completely immune. So, I do the best I can. I am not saying that marketing is evil or that these companies are trying to "hurt" me. I am simply saying that I want to be fully aware of what is influencing my decision to make a purchase.
It is not just about giving up a benefit so that somebody else can't benefit more. Companies use this data to figure out how to market to me. They then use this marketing to attempt to take more of my money. Just one person not buying into this won't make much of a difference but it's a start.
On top of tracking who swaps what from what location, BigChampagne also searches the libraries of everyone who's online.
So it looks like whether you're paying for it or getting it for free somebody is using this data for their profit. This is why I don't, for example, use those supermarket discount cards. The data they collect from me is more valuable to them then the money I save.
This just means they buy into the advertisement of the people who have monetary benefits from the existence of the specification, they don't do any research, and they generally don't understand ABI issues.
This sort of thing happens in all sorts of industries, for better or for worse. Some examples I can think of are in the food industry such as Organic or Kosher certification.
At only 759 euros (~ $940), the combination of Mandriva Linux and the Dell Latitude 110L is currently one of the most affordable notebooks available in developed countries.
It appears that it will only be available in europe. Or it could just be that Mandriva is from Europe.
Better still, use the truly secure Linux operating system. Six months after making the change, you will not use Windows again. The cost of Linux is also much less than the cost of upgrading Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Professional.
Unfortunately Linux isn't as easy to use for most people. How about suggesting that they use a Mac? Macs are secure and are easy to use.
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Why not just use a cheese grater?
Apparently, they haven't tried eXtreme Programming for the Business Manager (yet).
Isn't that what the XP in Windows XP stands for? I thought Microsoft invented eXtreme Programming? j/kLearning how to become a computer programmer has never been easy or fun for most people. Some would even call it boring.
This first line hints at an important point the article missed. Some of us actually liked learning to program. I remember learning BASIC on my Apple IIC when I was 12 years old. If you don't have the hacker mentality - the feeling that you want to figure things out - then you're going to have a hard time learning to program. I don't know, maybe this hacker mentality can be learned.My bet is 18 hours.
Yep, they're just causing their own demise. Podcasting and other technologies will just replace radio (digital or otherwise) that much quicker as the RIAA continues to piss people off.
Well, actually, Google Wifi would be a nice compliment to PodCasting making it possible to truly replace radio.
Is this to compete with Firefox?
Thank you. You're right, my question was not intended as a troll and I have received some very interesting answers. I can remember the excitement of logging onto a BBS for the first time or, God forbid, the first time I used Prodigy (gag) or AOL (choke).
Yes but will it work with the newer and more sophisticated C128?
...why?
It's important perhaps to point out here that secure programs, reliable programs and correct programs are all different things. Knowing how to write provably secure programs is very different from saying we know how to write reliable or correct programs.
This is a very important point. How does one prove that software is secure? Reliablity can be checked through unit tests, etc. but security is much harder to test and takes a lot more imagination."From the copyright point of view, we think differently than the music companies. Baidu is just a platform for music search," Liang said.
Why aren't they suing Google as well? Google makes it possible to find copyrighted material? Of course one could use a search engine to find the people who are providing illegal copies and sue them.Is technology making us smarter? Or are we lazily reliant on computers, and, well, dumber than we used to be?
I don't think it makes us smarter or dumber. What we are smart about changes. We can use technology to do things we could never do before. But there are things we could do in the past that we can't do anymore.The CEO of North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold, Inc., Walden O'Dell has been oft-quoted for his 2003 Republican fund-raiser promise to help "Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." O'Dell himself was a high-level contributor to the Bush/Cheney '04 campaign as well as many other Republican causes.
Is this not a conflict of interest?As I said in my last post, they use this data to market to me in an attempt to take more of my money. I think of myself as pretty immune to the influence of marketing, however, it is impossible to be completely immune. So, I do the best I can. I am not saying that marketing is evil or that these companies are trying to "hurt" me. I am simply saying that I want to be fully aware of what is influencing my decision to make a purchase.
It is not just about giving up a benefit so that somebody else can't benefit more. Companies use this data to figure out how to market to me. They then use this marketing to attempt to take more of my money. Just one person not buying into this won't make much of a difference but it's a start.
My Karma gets knocked down, but it gets up again! They ain't never ever ever gonaa win!
On top of tracking who swaps what from what location, BigChampagne also searches the libraries of everyone who's online.
So it looks like whether you're paying for it or getting it for free somebody is using this data for their profit. This is why I don't, for example, use those supermarket discount cards. The data they collect from me is more valuable to them then the money I save.This just means they buy into the advertisement of the people who have monetary benefits from the existence of the specification, they don't do any research, and they generally don't understand ABI issues.
This sort of thing happens in all sorts of industries, for better or for worse. Some examples I can think of are in the food industry such as Organic or Kosher certification.Last year, 85 million kronor in cassette compensation was collected and redistributed by the copyright organisation Copyswede.
FYI, 85 million kronor is appx. 11 million U.S. dollars.The 100mW cell can generate sufficient current for 35 hours of playback time, while the larger unit can operate the HDD-based device for 60 hours.
This is pretty good compared to the iPod's "about 5 hour" battery life. Too bad it won't be available until at least 2007.At only 759 euros (~ $940), the combination of Mandriva Linux and the Dell Latitude 110L is currently one of the most affordable notebooks available in developed countries.
It appears that it will only be available in europe. Or it could just be that Mandriva is from Europe.I agree. I've seen several slashdot stories lately that seem to be thinly veiled ads.
(there goes my karma...)
Better still, use the truly secure Linux operating system. Six months after making the change, you will not use Windows again. The cost of Linux is also much less than the cost of upgrading Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Professional.
Unfortunately Linux isn't as easy to use for most people. How about suggesting that they use a Mac? Macs are secure and are easy to use.Actually, the won't need to worry about that in the future. We're going to blow them up first if we think they have WMD:/ 12/2221200&tid=103&tid=219
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09
There won't be much left on the map after that.