That's when you apply this odd thing called "experimentation". Just take a look at Thomas Edison. He sure as hell didn't sit around waiting for brilliant ideas, he put together a bunch of things, figured out what was wrong with the ones that didn't work, and adapted his next effort based on what he learned.
If you've always wanted to write music or make art, get off your butt and do it! Re-evaluate what you've done after you've done it. And realize that an "artist" is always their own worst critic, making it prudent to have someone else look at what you're doing.
"I was never taught to do something good" is no excuse for not trying!
Though they did support the guy's privacy, it was inadvertent. If you RTFA, there were two K-9 units, several fire departments and 100 individuals on foot looking for the guy after the police were called by a neighbor. They weren't concerned about the guy's privacy, they were concerned about the guy's unpaid debts.
There were a few classes where I kept myself alert by doodling. 'course, all that engineer's blood made me bust out the colored markers and make basic n/2 fractals on graph paper.
This sounds wonderfully useful for the Blu-Ray manufacturers. They can either have their Blu-ray disk labs pull double duty and burn audio CDs if they have no need to burn DVDs for a time, and they can upgrade their red laser CD burning facilities to use blue lasers to increase the utility of those facilities without more facilities.
The whole "sharper edges on the CD" thing is interesting, but... has been beaten to death by the last 110 comments.
If someone in a suit on the street forced you to wear a band-aid on your shoulder, you'd ask them what was up with them. If someone wanted on the street was "vaccinating" everyone walking by, you'd turn and run the other way.
I think it's unfair to react knee-jerk to this and denounce the new President. He's been there for three whole days and is probably still learning where all the conference rooms and restrooms are. Jumping into the middle of an ongoing court case and having the lawyers completely overhaul the strategy that they've been working on for months or years would be one of the easiest ways to throw a monkey wrench into existing operations without having a full grasp of the entirety of the issue.
Give him six months, and THEN give him hell for supporting warrantless [and unconstitutional] wiretaps.
I always thought that the Martians were the rejects and outcasts anyway. But what about those Venusians? Haven't heard or seen much of those legendary critters.
I'm surprised that Fallen Legions over at instantaction.com hasn't been mentioned so far. They were at PAX this last year... it's rather fast paced, but you can play it for free (or could, it's been a while). It'll run in a browser, as well, which I think is a fairly surprising piece of code work.
Burn the filesharers! Burn! Burn, I say! There's a file sharer, and there's a file sharer...
Allowing guilt with accusation creates an atmosphere no better than that of a witch hunt.
My CS degree has proven itself useful more for the math and science background than for the programming. Sure, there's a lot of code punching involved, but setting up the problem to write programs for have all involved understanding what it is I'm supposed to do. When you end up working regularly with various types of scientists and engineers, your job is more that of a digital blacksmith, to hear what someone wants and to design the tool that will do what they need... and then either hammer it out, or look over what they've done and hammer it into a more efficient and accurate piece of software.
Employers do NOT want mechanical code-punchers. If you want to get a good CS degree, you need to be able to either comprehend complex problems and figure out solutions for them with the assistance of engineers who HAVE the problems, or you need to be good at designing programs and understanding the design of projects you get tapped for. Code becomes where the rubber meets the road, but it's a smaller part of the whole picture.
Guess we're again seeing that any PR is good PR. W7 is getting 'geek' exposure while it's still sounding squirreled up in development. Cruise various forums and blogs, early feedback from the tech-savvy. Makes enough sense to some of us. Whether or not this was planned very far up the line is a good question, but it's not too bad. If the source, rather than a distro was released, OTOH...
The Times of India article claims that the two are being held and charged more for having film of an airport and an air force base, than they are for collecting GPS data. Using a DUI for an analogy, the poor lane control would be the GPS dish, and the film of the air facilities the half-empty beer bottle.
Seconded. The spirit of the stat rape laws are to prevent children from being sexually abused or exploited, from teen pregnancies, etc, ('to keep the kids pure') and the specific age of consent varies between 15 and 18 (typically 16). The great-grandparent post's situation would be legal in the state of Washington, for example, but illegal in Arizona. Legality doesn't make the situation right on either side, just provides options for bludgeoning the "offending" side with lawsuits.
What's the worst that could happen [if we put up a trade embargo against China]?
When was the last time you went into a Wal-Mart and looked at the 'Made In..." tags? 70%-plus of the stuff in that store is from China, from trash cans to seasonal stuff to lego-like shelving units.
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Just stick the petabyte on the cloud! Clouds are as light as air!
(why yes, I am from Marketing, why do you ask?)
That's when you apply this odd thing called "experimentation". Just take a look at Thomas Edison. He sure as hell didn't sit around waiting for brilliant ideas, he put together a bunch of things, figured out what was wrong with the ones that didn't work, and adapted his next effort based on what he learned.
If you've always wanted to write music or make art, get off your butt and do it! Re-evaluate what you've done after you've done it. And realize that an "artist" is always their own worst critic, making it prudent to have someone else look at what you're doing.
"I was never taught to do something good" is no excuse for not trying!
Though they did support the guy's privacy, it was inadvertent. If you RTFA, there were two K-9 units, several fire departments and 100 individuals on foot looking for the guy after the police were called by a neighbor. They weren't concerned about the guy's privacy, they were concerned about the guy's unpaid debts.
In other news, Al Gore is starting a pre-emptive campaign against "Air Ballution". Pundits are already sharpening their witty one-liners.
There were a few classes where I kept myself alert by doodling. 'course, all that engineer's blood made me bust out the colored markers and make basic n/2 fractals on graph paper.
This sounds wonderfully useful for the Blu-Ray manufacturers. They can either have their Blu-ray disk labs pull double duty and burn audio CDs if they have no need to burn DVDs for a time, and they can upgrade their red laser CD burning facilities to use blue lasers to increase the utility of those facilities without more facilities.
The whole "sharper edges on the CD" thing is interesting, but ... has been beaten to death by the last 110 comments.
Harmonix employees can be heard in Tribe, Bang Camaro, Speck, Death of the Cool, Acro-bats, The Konks, and several others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix_Music_Systems#Employee_bands
It started as "RTFA".
Then it became "RTFS".
Now it's "The Editor Should RTFS".
Sheesh.
Echo'ed.
If someone in a suit on the street forced you to wear a band-aid on your shoulder, you'd ask them what was up with them. If someone wanted on the street was "vaccinating" everyone walking by, you'd turn and run the other way.
It's on the other side of Mr Radar, next to Mr Coffee. Everybody knows you like your coffee before looking at Mr Fusion, sir!
Seriously. When I first read that, I was wondering how a planet could play a guitar, much less commit tremolo [whammy bar] abuse.
I think it's unfair to react knee-jerk to this and denounce the new President. He's been there for three whole days and is probably still learning where all the conference rooms and restrooms are. Jumping into the middle of an ongoing court case and having the lawyers completely overhaul the strategy that they've been working on for months or years would be one of the easiest ways to throw a monkey wrench into existing operations without having a full grasp of the entirety of the issue.
Give him six months, and THEN give him hell for supporting warrantless [and unconstitutional] wiretaps.
I always thought that the Martians were the rejects and outcasts anyway. But what about those Venusians? Haven't heard or seen much of those legendary critters.
I'm surprised that Fallen Legions over at instantaction.com hasn't been mentioned so far. They were at PAX this last year ... it's rather fast paced, but you can play it for free (or could, it's been a while). It'll run in a browser, as well, which I think is a fairly surprising piece of code work.
See, applications of Polonium 210 to ex-KGB agents.
Burn the filesharers! Burn! Burn, I say! There's a file sharer, and there's a file sharer... Allowing guilt with accusation creates an atmosphere no better than that of a witch hunt.
My CS degree has proven itself useful more for the math and science background than for the programming. Sure, there's a lot of code punching involved, but setting up the problem to write programs for have all involved understanding what it is I'm supposed to do. When you end up working regularly with various types of scientists and engineers, your job is more that of a digital blacksmith, to hear what someone wants and to design the tool that will do what they need ... and then either hammer it out, or look over what they've done and hammer it into a more efficient and accurate piece of software.
Employers do NOT want mechanical code-punchers. If you want to get a good CS degree, you need to be able to either comprehend complex problems and figure out solutions for them with the assistance of engineers who HAVE the problems, or you need to be good at designing programs and understanding the design of projects you get tapped for. Code becomes where the rubber meets the road, but it's a smaller part of the whole picture.
Guess we're again seeing that any PR is good PR. W7 is getting 'geek' exposure while it's still sounding squirreled up in development. Cruise various forums and blogs, early feedback from the tech-savvy. Makes enough sense to some of us. Whether or not this was planned very far up the line is a good question, but it's not too bad. If the source, rather than a distro was released, OTOH...
Fruitcake missing! Non-film at 11. Review of mental hospital institutions at 11:30.
Technically, it's been a van analogy, but hey.
The Times of India article claims that the two are being held and charged more for having film of an airport and an air force base, than they are for collecting GPS data. Using a DUI for an analogy, the poor lane control would be the GPS dish, and the film of the air facilities the half-empty beer bottle.
Seconded. The spirit of the stat rape laws are to prevent children from being sexually abused or exploited, from teen pregnancies, etc, ('to keep the kids pure') and the specific age of consent varies between 15 and 18 (typically 16). The great-grandparent post's situation would be legal in the state of Washington, for example, but illegal in Arizona. Legality doesn't make the situation right on either side, just provides options for bludgeoning the "offending" side with lawsuits.
What's the worst that could happen [if we put up a trade embargo against China]?
When was the last time you went into a Wal-Mart and looked at the 'Made In..." tags? 70%-plus of the stuff in that store is from China, from trash cans to seasonal stuff to lego-like shelving units.
Hey now, squirrel eating is a perfectly good past time. In fact, I saw someone eating a squirrel just last week!
'course, cats like fresh meat, and squirrels are rodents.
Windows replicates quickly? You must never have had to nuke'n'pave a laptop...