Case in point; A friend of mine who is a "database pro" entered a new contract and began looking at some of the logic and calls behind the data aggregation that was currently taking place. One particular report, that he was supposed to be working on a UI for, took about 6 hour to run to completion. After 3 or 4 days of careful consideration he was able to reduce the time it took to run the report to about 6 seconds. Same hardware, same data, just a better method of access. I think that Apple may actually be working on using SQL Lite to manage iTune libraries in the future.
j/k... but the first few people who turned in their assignment early were held after class the following day and asked to bring in copies of all of their sources to show where they got the info from.
I just think that they at least need to tie some type of user information into the system. What if I am submitting a series of papers that follow my development of thought or experimentation on a certain topic, chances are that large portions will be similar. If the papers that I submitted were tied into my student number then I wouldn't get dinged. Only being able to use the system one time per paper shouldn't be a limitation that the instructor has to work around, especially when the papers are automatically scanned when submitted.
it basically encourages the instructors to not allow the submission of rough drafts.
Last year a big group of people submitted rough drafts to our instructor, they were all run through the system. Then, we submitted our final papers, they were run through the system too, but the second time the class had 30 students that were shown to plagiarize. It really needs work, I understand what they are doing, but the implementation steps on a lot of toes.
I've always wondered why scientists attempt to separate everything. I suppose having a small section of nature makes it easier to understand, but everything is one, you can't separate me from my environment and you can't separate light from matter.
apple is purposely refusing to allow subsidizing of the phone because they felt that if the iPhone were available for $200 or less that it would cause a perceived loss of value for the iPods.
although I don't have as much time as I'd hoped to play, I still love my Wii. The control scheme has kind of faded away as the major draw for the system and I'm left with a bunch of really great games.
I don't really want an X-box, and with all I've spent on the Wii, games, accessories, and Virtual console titles I could've gotten a PS3, but I still think that what Nintendo is offering is the best out there for the time being.
I'd really love if a strong homebrew community broke out, especially if the Wii devkits are released publicly, but as of now I don't regret my purchase at all and feel that nintendo is working every day to add value to he system.
although I do love the effort, it will be a very long time before a group like this could actually compete. Along with the hardware/software that you mentioned there also needs to be some entity that will take the blame when something goes wrong. If that's not there we'll never see a project like this be adopted by any large corporations, even if they were to beat Cisco on the hardware/software front.
I think the fact that Nintendo already issued a recall and has been actively replacing the straps is enough to make this suit go away... you'd think the lawyers involved would've done some research before filing this(is it's taken on contingency that is).
because being in jail is unnatural. there is a strong notion developing that jail does absolutely nothing to benefit society. Actually, most people in the US are in jail for drug related crimes, which are arguably victimless, so getting those people off the streets doesn't make the streets any safer.
I understand that blackmail is a different story, but putting someone in jail doesn't help the victims of the blackmail, nor does it do anything for society, other than creating another welfare case.
In New York they even found that as jail populations fell crime rates fell, contrary to popular belief.
yeah, they already scared the guy, and didn't have to pay him $150,000
If they would've taken this to court there is a good chance that their algorithm would become public knowledge, which would cause them to lose much more money and credibility..... plus sending someone to jail might fall under the "evil" side of things, in a karmic sense at least.
yeah, realistically OS X is easier to use that Ubuntu. I've been in charge of supporting up to 5500 PCs at a time and after all that tech support I didn't want to have to do that at home so I run Mac OS here. OS X has been the only OS I could just put my grandmother in front of and get her to run.
You may also want to try and steer your parents towards web based solutions such as gmail so that the next time their computer changes the interfaces that they're used to do change.
I think that this problem will lead to another competition just a few years down the road between LCD and digital paper technology. It will be interesting to see if there is a paradigm shift in the viewing of video, or if digital paper technology uses some type of electro luminescence to maintain the positive light experience that you have had with all other viewing medium thus far, or if new televisions will be viewed in lighted rooms, or have spotlights projected towards them.
if this is too widely used it could have a negative impact on computer security as people running penetration tests may get lazy and simply run through the tests that this handheld device supports rather than carrying out an exhaustive security analysis.
if the newly developed super capacitors come into being with all of the promises made of them holding true then we may be able to drop power cables in place of small bursts of charge. Or, a more likely situation would be that devices would begin to incorporate half a transformer while desks and other surfaces would incorporate the other half, then anything you placed on one of these desks would be able to get power.
I'd be curious to see just what percentage of time being on land on one side places you in the ocean on the other. It'd seem like 2/3 of the time would be a good estimate, but looking at the distribution of land I think that's probably quite a bit off. Sorry if that got covered in the article, I didn't get a chance to read it all over yet.
even if you are paying $200 more for the black model, it's really not that great of an expense. You could probably say that the extra 20GB of disk space would take up half of that cost, so you're paying $100 for a more aesthetically pleasing case. Think of how much people pay to paint their walls a different color, or how much people pay for a hair cut, or a manicure, or to go a step further cosmetic surgery. Hell I even spend more than $100 on dinner at least a few times a week, so I wouldn't think of people with a black macbook as having more money than sense. Color plays a huge role in almost everyone's purchasing, just show a room full of people a pastel pink Lamborghini and see how many still like the car.
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Case in point; A friend of mine who is a "database pro" entered a new contract and began looking at some of the logic and calls behind the data aggregation that was currently taking place. One particular report, that he was supposed to be working on a UI for, took about 6 hour to run to completion. After 3 or 4 days of careful consideration he was able to reduce the time it took to run the report to about 6 seconds.
Same hardware, same data, just a better method of access.
I think that Apple may actually be working on using SQL Lite to manage iTune libraries in the future.
30 students were failed.
j/k... but the first few people who turned in their assignment early were held after class the following day and asked to bring in copies of all of their sources to show where they got the info from.
I just think that they at least need to tie some type of user information into the system. What if I am submitting a series of papers that follow my development of thought or experimentation on a certain topic, chances are that large portions will be similar. If the papers that I submitted were tied into my student number then I wouldn't get dinged. Only being able to use the system one time per paper shouldn't be a limitation that the instructor has to work around, especially when the papers are automatically scanned when submitted.
it basically encourages the instructors to not allow the submission of rough drafts.
Last year a big group of people submitted rough drafts to our instructor, they were all run through the system. Then, we submitted our final papers, they were run through the system too, but the second time the class had 30 students that were shown to plagiarize. It really needs work, I understand what they are doing, but the implementation steps on a lot of toes.
I've always wondered why scientists attempt to separate everything. I suppose having a small section of nature makes it easier to understand, but everything is one, you can't separate me from my environment and you can't separate light from matter.
apple is purposely refusing to allow subsidizing of the phone because they felt that if the iPhone were available for $200 or less that it would cause a perceived loss of value for the iPods.
although I don't have as much time as I'd hoped to play, I still love my Wii. The control scheme has kind of faded away as the major draw for the system and I'm left with a bunch of really great games.
I don't really want an X-box, and with all I've spent on the Wii, games, accessories, and Virtual console titles I could've gotten a PS3, but I still think that what Nintendo is offering is the best out there for the time being.
I'd really love if a strong homebrew community broke out, especially if the Wii devkits are released publicly, but as of now I don't regret my purchase at all and feel that nintendo is working every day to add value to he system.
and much more to the point. Why can't all execs speak like that?
although I do love the effort, it will be a very long time before a group like this could actually compete. Along with the hardware/software that you mentioned there also needs to be some entity that will take the blame when something goes wrong. If that's not there we'll never see a project like this be adopted by any large corporations, even if they were to beat Cisco on the hardware/software front.
I think the fact that Nintendo already issued a recall and has been actively replacing the straps is enough to make this suit go away... you'd think the lawyers involved would've done some research before filing this(is it's taken on contingency that is).
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because being in jail is unnatural. there is a strong notion developing that jail does absolutely nothing to benefit society. Actually, most people in the US are in jail for drug related crimes, which are arguably victimless, so getting those people off the streets doesn't make the streets any safer.
I understand that blackmail is a different story, but putting someone in jail doesn't help the victims of the blackmail, nor does it do anything for society, other than creating another welfare case.
In New York they even found that as jail populations fell crime rates fell, contrary to popular belief.
yeah, they already scared the guy, and didn't have to pay him $150,000
If they would've taken this to court there is a good chance that their algorithm would become public knowledge, which would cause them to lose much more money and credibility..... plus sending someone to jail might fall under the "evil" side of things, in a karmic sense at least.
Hey! I have that book on my coffee table and it seems like every girl I have over won't leave
yeah, realistically OS X is easier to use that Ubuntu. I've been in charge of supporting up to 5500 PCs at a time and after all that tech support I didn't want to have to do that at home so I run Mac OS here. OS X has been the only OS I could just put my grandmother in front of and get her to run.
You may also want to try and steer your parents towards web based solutions such as gmail so that the next time their computer changes the interfaces that they're used to do change.
I think that this problem will lead to another competition just a few years down the road between LCD and digital paper technology. It will be interesting to see if there is a paradigm shift in the viewing of video, or if digital paper technology uses some type of electro luminescence to maintain the positive light experience that you have had with all other viewing medium thus far, or if new televisions will be viewed in lighted rooms, or have spotlights projected towards them.
if this is too widely used it could have a negative impact on computer security as people running penetration tests may get lazy and simply run through the tests that this handheld device supports rather than carrying out an exhaustive security analysis.
ballin'est shit evar!
if the newly developed super capacitors come into being with all of the promises made of them holding true then we may be able to drop power cables in place of small bursts of charge.
Or, a more likely situation would be that devices would begin to incorporate half a transformer while desks and other surfaces would incorporate the other half, then anything you placed on one of these desks would be able to get power.
Where'd you look? Google provided about 656,000 results.
These trackpads have been pretty openly available for the past many years. Just in case google is down, here's a direct link to a seller.
Are you sure that you're not missing the bit -vs- bytes distinction? A difference of about 1/10 would appear if you are.
I'd be curious to see just what percentage of time being on land on one side places you in the ocean on the other. It'd seem like 2/3 of the time would be a good estimate, but looking at the distribution of land I think that's probably quite a bit off.
Sorry if that got covered in the article, I didn't get a chance to read it all over yet.
even if you are paying $200 more for the black model, it's really not that great of an expense. You could probably say that the extra 20GB of disk space would take up half of that cost, so you're paying $100 for a more aesthetically pleasing case. Think of how much people pay to paint their walls a different color, or how much people pay for a hair cut, or a manicure, or to go a step further cosmetic surgery. Hell I even spend more than $100 on dinner at least a few times a week, so I wouldn't think of people with a black macbook as having more money than sense. Color plays a huge role in almost everyone's purchasing, just show a room full of people a pastel pink Lamborghini and see how many still like the car.
I personally liked the first and the second, if there were a happy medium between the two I'd go for that.
desperate and obviously not too bright :D
I can usually tell a lot about a woman's desire to have children if I see certain body parts.