If you find that you have to track your 12 year old's eating habits or watch the internet activity of your 17 year old, the problem lies with faulty parenting, not the child.
I agree completely. Today's children are no more evil, stupid, lazy or whatever than they were 100 years before. The only thing changed is their conditioning, in other words: how are they raised, what experiences have they gone through. You will harvest what you planted.
Applying the authority to track children, to 'make them eat the right food' etc shouldn't be a surrogate for stuff you messed up in your own life. Don't desire them to be more perfect than you are, and if you do, do not force it upon them. Life has become stressful and demanding enough (also for children) without going the extra miles of being Mr Perfect son. Instead of applying authority, set a good example. That will render you their respect FAR more than forcing them to do stuff and tracking them all the tome to see if they obey.
What if the child is being bullied out of thier lunch money or something?
Why can't the kid just tell? Also I do not completely agree with your statement about trusting the kids. Imho the idea about trust is that you _do not_ check if they are telling the truth but believe them. Checking=not believing=not trusting. This may or may not be a problem but I wouldn't have liked it as a kid.
Microsoft alone could solve the world's hunger problems. They could cure all the curable diseases. They could save the 33,000 kids that are dying every day because they're hungry.
That does not do credit to Bill Gates. He already donates lots of money to medical research. IIRC, when he dies he will only leave a (relatively) small fraction of his fortune to his children and donate the rest to charities too.
Antenna for the transmitter. If we're talking about a VHF transmitter at 150 MHz, the antenna is going to be about 24 INCHES long. (That's already 1/4 wave!). Now fit this into panties unobstrustively.
Is that a 24 inch antenna in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?..
I mean, how would somebodies profession really determine his/her childs' sex? I'm sure that mining other datasets would lead to similar 'interesting' ratios/facts.
Especially since around here engineers and nurses typically form couples (going to each others parties etc.). This would make the statistics... explode.
Again I give the example of extremely low "use taxes" collected by states. This isn't a perfect world where corporations get the appropriate amount of money for every showing of a film. Perfect worlds don't exist yet. Utopia is a fiction just as much as Star Wars itself is.
1) someone makes something that you are supposed to pay for if you want it
2) you can get it without paying. I don't care whether you call this thefth, copyright infringement or whatever. I don't care if this actually _helps_ them make revenue. You TAKE something you are supposed to pay for.
3) Remarking this illogic on/. is good for a "flamebait" comment. Small variation on a common theme "modded me down if you wish"-it already happened.
4) imho the rule is simple: either you want the product and are willing to pay the price, or you don't want it/think it is too expensive. Make up your mind and buy it or don't.
5) "Hey, it's an imperfect world, learn to live with it" is a crappy argument.
Hey, it's an imperfect world - kick all the crippled
Hey, it's an imperfect world, screw the homeless
In short: "hey, it's an imperfect world, you can't stop me anyway, SO what I am doing is right". That's just the law of the jungle.
I rarely go to a movie theatre, mostly because a lot of movies are crap. I have never downloaded a movie, but if I ever will (which is very well possible), at least I would realize I am doing something "wrong". The only reason why I support the movie industry in this post is because all of the crap arguments I read on/. where everybody just tries to suck up with each other to convince themselves they are cool rebels against the movie industry. Well, you're not.
They are just being greedy for the small amount of money they might be losing
Following this reasoning: what amount should they be losing before they can start 'being greedy'? Should they act against bittorrents when they have become overly popular, i.e. when it is too late? It's THEIR money. Don't tell them what is a large or small amount.
As far as I know there is nothing wrong with _possessing_ music, whether you buy it from Yahoo or in a record store and compress it yourself. The _sharing_ is wrong (at least according to the RIAA). Methinks it doesn't matter where you got the source from...
Seriously, though, sabotaging your former or current network is just a plain dumb idea, especially if it is/was your job to keep this sort of thing from happening.
Indeed, it was your job. Now you are no longer responsible for it. Sabotaging is a bad idea indeed, but for different reasons imho.
Keyboards are one of the few things with computers where cheaper is better
My experience is different: Cherry is my favourite. At least a keyboard should have individual switches. I once had a keyboard which used one giant rubber slab underneath the keys. At each key this slab had a small elevation with the contact, more or less like the buttons on ATMs etc. The problem is that the rubber hardly has enough force to press up the plactic key, especially when this has also been degisned poorly. Cheaper is NOT better in this case...
Survivalistian: Protective brow and skin layer contribute to "radiation hardening."
I highly doubt this: human intervention will outrun 'natural' changes in background radiation.
In general I have the impression that the article assumes human adaptation while engineering will probably be much more important: we unravel the DNA etc and cure diseases and make 'stronger' humans. Drawback of this: I don't want to sound like a Nazi, but I can imagine this counteracts 'natural selection'. If glasses wouldn't have been invented, everybody would have perfect eyesight etc...
The simplest truth is that every year we disprove a limitation that stood in the past. Next year I suspect the same.
While this is true, we also discover fundamental boundaries. The Heisenberg inequality is a limit (or can be interpreted as such). The Shannon information theorem is a limit. Maybe next year we will discover other fundamental limits.
Of course it is a waste of time. This is the exact goal of such a challenge. It is good PR for RSA if it takes long, they want to show the world their encryption can only be broken using LOTS of computer power. If someone finds a new FAST algorithm, obviously he will win the contest (in a spectacular time, because it is fast) and RSA will need to think of a better encryption.
Completely right: I expect dry ice to cause lots of trouble, including the ones you mentioned (though condensation may be overcome by covering everything with grease like in the article). Also the _large_ difference in temperature could be dangerous, as it may cause cracks in the die of your CPU. Besides: why do you need it to be _that_ cool? There is a difference between sinking a lot of heat (useful in PCs) and making stuff _really_ cold (useful in satellite receivers). I would welcome a robust and preferably cheap method for the _sustained_ removal of heat, rather than an expensive method of overcooling your CPU which requires a consumeable and is dangerous. (though it's a cool hack)
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I agree completely. Today's children are no more evil, stupid, lazy or whatever than they were 100 years before. The only thing changed is their conditioning, in other words: how are they raised, what experiences have they gone through. You will harvest what you planted.
Applying the authority to track children, to 'make them eat the right food' etc shouldn't be a surrogate for stuff you messed up in your own life. Don't desire them to be more perfect than you are, and if you do, do not force it upon them. Life has become stressful and demanding enough (also for children) without going the extra miles of being Mr Perfect son.
Instead of applying authority, set a good example. That will render you their respect FAR more than forcing them to do stuff and tracking them all the tome to see if they obey.
Why can't the kid just tell? Also I do not completely agree with your statement about trusting the kids. Imho the idea about trust is that you _do not_ check if they are telling the truth but believe them. Checking=not believing=not trusting. This may or may not be a problem but I wouldn't have liked it as a kid.
There's no such thing as a free meal...
(now also as in: "freedom of speech")
That does not do credit to Bill Gates. He already donates lots of money to medical research. IIRC, when he dies he will only leave a (relatively) small fraction of his fortune to his children and donate the rest to charities too.
Is that a 24 inch antenna in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?..
insmod patent.o
Insofar as all the geeks in the world need to know, the headline could also have been that the power was out in Moscow, not that the internet was.
I felt a great disturbance in the force. As if millions (well, two) of voices suddenly cried out 'aw aw aw...'
Especially since around here engineers and nurses typically form couples (going to each others parties etc.). This would make the statistics... explode.
'Never try to download everything you know. It may take only a single floppy...'
1) someone makes something that you are supposed to pay for if you want it /. is good for a "flamebait" comment. Small variation on a common theme "modded me down if you wish"-it already happened.
2) you can get it without paying. I don't care whether you call this thefth, copyright infringement or whatever. I don't care if this actually _helps_ them make revenue. You TAKE something you are supposed to pay for.
3) Remarking this illogic on
4) imho the rule is simple: either you want the product and are willing to pay the price, or you don't want it/think it is too expensive. Make up your mind and buy it or don't.
5) "Hey, it's an imperfect world, learn to live with it" is a crappy argument.
Hey, it's an imperfect world - kick all the crippled
Hey, it's an imperfect world, screw the homeless
In short: "hey, it's an imperfect world, you can't stop me anyway, SO what I am doing is right". That's just the law of the jungle.
I rarely go to a movie theatre, mostly because a lot of movies are crap. I have never downloaded a movie, but if I ever will (which is very well possible), at least I would realize I am doing something "wrong". The only reason why I support the movie industry in this post is because all of the crap arguments I read on /. where everybody just tries to suck up with each other to convince themselves they are cool rebels against the movie industry. Well, you're not.
Please mod troll, I already have FB.
Following this reasoning: what amount should they be losing before they can start 'being greedy'? Should they act against bittorrents when they have become overly popular, i.e. when it is too late? It's THEIR money. Don't tell them what is a large or small amount.
If they really wanted to name their OS after a mountain, somehow I feel that blue ridge mountain would have been a more appriopriate choice...
As far as I know there is nothing wrong with _possessing_ music, whether you buy it from Yahoo or in a record store and compress it yourself. The _sharing_ is wrong (at least according to the RIAA). Methinks it doesn't matter where you got the source from...
Indeed, it was your job. Now you are no longer responsible for it. Sabotaging is a bad idea indeed, but for different reasons imho.
You can still use it as a pencil.
... the last food supplies only contained chili beans. Poor guys.
Can't you just brush it off? It's only powder...
My experience is different: Cherry is my favourite. At least a keyboard should have individual switches. I once had a keyboard which used one giant rubber slab underneath the keys. At each key this slab had a small elevation with the contact, more or less like the buttons on ATMs etc. The problem is that the rubber hardly has enough force to press up the plactic key, especially when this has also been degisned poorly. Cheaper is NOT better in this case...
I highly doubt this: human intervention will outrun 'natural' changes in background radiation.
In general I have the impression that the article assumes human adaptation while engineering will probably be much more important: we unravel the DNA etc and cure diseases and make 'stronger' humans. Drawback of this: I don't want to sound like a Nazi, but I can imagine this counteracts 'natural selection'. If glasses wouldn't have been invented, everybody would have perfect eyesight etc...
No, that was IBM.
To allow the English to say on foggy days: "The continent is isolated"...
While this is true, we also discover fundamental boundaries. The Heisenberg inequality is a limit (or can be interpreted as such). The Shannon information theorem is a limit. Maybe next year we will discover other fundamental limits.
Of course it is a waste of time. This is the exact goal of such a challenge. It is good PR for RSA if it takes long, they want to show the world their encryption can only be broken using LOTS of computer power. If someone finds a new FAST algorithm, obviously he will win the contest (in a spectacular time, because it is fast) and RSA will need to think of a better encryption.
Completely right: I expect dry ice to cause lots of trouble, including the ones you mentioned (though condensation may be overcome by covering everything with grease like in the article). Also the _large_ difference in temperature could be dangerous, as it may cause cracks in the die of your CPU. Besides: why do you need it to be _that_ cool? There is a difference between sinking a lot of heat (useful in PCs) and making stuff _really_ cold (useful in satellite receivers). I would welcome a robust and preferably cheap method for the _sustained_ removal of heat, rather than an expensive method of overcooling your CPU which requires a consumeable and is dangerous. (though it's a cool hack)