"News for nerds, stuff that matters". I was disappointed this appeared so late on slashdot, I ended up just going to google news when I learned of the verdict in the earlier story about the IT Director. This case is important because every individual could be put in a life threating situation.
I hope we never have a zombie apocalypse, because all these nerd pacifists would make for the largest herd of walkers ever.
The pay isn't on parity with the level of schooling required, you would be better off becoming a doctor or even just a joe blow IT guy or something else. Unless you're putting all the patents in your name, It doesn't pay to be an engineer. Do it only if you enjoy it.
It's not so much that it's hard, but that it takes longer to complete a science degree. Figuratively speaking, 1 credit hour in libral arts is like 0.1 hours in STEM courses. I think a lot of people come to realize that a degree is just a key for opening doors, and opt for the easiest degree that will accomplish their goals.
The system of prepaid cards with fees is not the perfect solution for poor workers. But it is better than the old system of paying them with checks. Free checking is not available in most banks. Even when there is an allegedly "free" checking account it comes with a large minimum balance requirement. Fall below that and you trigger monthly fees. Further many people, mostly undocumented, don't have bank accounts and they use check cashing services that charge as much as 10% as the fees.
Most credit unions have free checking with no minimum, credit union membership typically only requires $20 in a savings account. It is unlawful to employ undocumented workers in the united states, and being an undocumented immigrant is a class d felony... I don't see how that can be used as justification to support this. Furthermore check cashing places are willing to deposit the funds directly onto a prepaid cards, I recall that Walmart does this.
I was having dinner with an old friend of mine (I'm early 50's and he's early 60's)... dinking around with his stupid iGadget while I was trying to carry on a conversation with him. yes, it really annoyed me.
Have you considered that maybe he's just not that into you or a crappy friend? I don't have time for people that don't have time for me. Don't enable them.
I won't be, that's what winter is for. I guess I can understand why you would think summer is the time for learning, however most of us don't still live in their mothers basement, avoiding the sun like the plague.
I think it would be neat if you could run Android applications on a vanilla Linux distribution. Remember Microsoft's 16-bit WOW (Windows on Windows)? Why can't we do something just like that to run Android applications on a stock Linux system?
Remember Logitech Revue? This device had an Intel x86 Atom processor, USB 2.0, Honeycomb and Google Market. It was a great product, but was a commercial flop, not because it was flakey as hell... but because nearly all the apps you wanted to run only ran on ARM processors.
The second issue is that Android, and iOS, are really only suitable for unitasking, which is really only workable for content consumption.
The third issue is that if I have a device capable of running something more demanding then Android, It would have the resources to run a traditional operating system, such as Linux.
All that said, the deciding factor will always come down to application support... at the end of the day they're just systems for running applications.
As a network architect, packet transmission over long range radio wavelengths would be a dream come true. I don't understand why the goverment can't carve out a slice of spectrum expressly for this purpose. I also don't understand why the IEEE can't create a new 802.11 long range standard for this new spectrum that overcomes the complexities of unlicensed public access. I'd even settle for licensed access, provided it was accessible to businesses of all sizes.
1 mile, non line of sight, encrypted packet communication would defiantly help solve that last mile problem.
Attorneys need to do probono work to keep their license, why is it too much for you to carve out a few hours to put up a portfolio of your work on GitHub?
I'm still waiting to see the BSD userland / toolchain environment spliced together with the Linux kernel. My headache with BSD was always hardware driver support. Linux, the kernel, has won that race, and rather then duplicate efforts I would like to see the best parts of *BSD merged on top of a Linux kernel. Instead of just GNU/Linux (SysV Style Linux), you could have an alternative BSD/Linux (BSD Style Linux) distribution. If you include Mac OS X, BSD style unix far an away out numbers SysV style machines.
Wait... why does Google want to compete with Microsoft? Last I knew they were in different market spaces. Sure theirs Bing and web apps, but isn't that about it? I think Google's doing just fine, a little diversification never hurt anyone.
Reported number of local phone calls (for peek year, 1999) [1, Table 10.2]: 553,853,237 thousand. Reported number of long distance calls (for peek year, 2000) [1, Table 10.2]: 102,245,666 thousand.
So for the NSA to record and retain every call for the year would be in the ball park of 107 to 430 petabytes. Retaining one months worth of calls would be in the ball park of 9 to 36 petabytes, and one weeks worth of calls would be 2 to 8 petabytes. Worth noting, these figures are pre-text messaging era, I believe call volume is actually much less today.
This is newsworthy because the crimes occurred outside the US but he was still considered to have broken US law.
Crimes transpire in the jurisdiction the victim was located in at the time of the crime, for a prosecutor to get envolved they need to have jurisdiction and probable cause first. Typically these two requirements are met when a victim asserts jurisdiction and probable cause to the commission of a crime in a complaint filed with a law enforcement office. The prosecutor, of that jurisdiction, then prosecutes the complaint on behalf of the victim, or on behalf of the people of that jurisdiction.
It's my understanding that the people bought the software while on US soil, so the crime would have happened here, wherever the complaint was filed. If you sell pirated software over the internet to someone in China, China and the US both have the right to prosecute you, because the act is presumably criminal in both jurisdictions.
Four times the range of electric cars? World-changing technology.
Do we know for a fact that this new battery technology can be deep cycled, in addition to withstanding prolonged high current draw applications like in electric cars, boats, and planes? If so then yes it would be revolutionary, provided it doesn't cost four times more then the current technologies.
4x the density would come in handy for powering stealth drones, the military should be very interested in this...
It really depends what you want to do for a career, honestly you could get by with College Algebra for most any business I.T. position, but to be great at your IT job I would take Business Calculus, Statistics, and Discrete / Finite mathematics at a minimum. I would say that breadth of mathematical knowledge is more important then knowing something like Calculus III, Linear Algebra, or Differential Equations. Survey classes are a good option.
If you want to be a computer scientist proper, you will need 400 level mathematics courses, a real computer science degree is little more then an applied mathematics degree. If you want to be a programer I can't comment on that because I'm not a programmer, I'm a computer systems engineer. If your going down the systems engineering route knowing something about electronics is just as important as mathematics. To be good at systems engineering you need a very broad knowledge base, I've used advanced calculus like never in my career. Algebra and Statistics daily, for example calculating the MTBF for a RAID array requires no calculus what so ever, but you need to know how to work with probabilities. If you want to implement an algorithm in code, some random computer scientist already did the leg work and all you have to do is integrate it into your project.
In short it's like playing with legos, you'll need advanced mathematics or electronics if you wish to roll your own lego bricks, however today we typically just buy bricks off the shelf.
This device is targeted for businesses, a representative doesn't need a camera. The device is cheap enough to integrate into a business process, and it has a development platform and hardware architecture to synergize whatever management wants.
Tablets have their place, but not so much in the business world. Basically anyone using a commuter in a business setting is a content producer (documents, spreadsheets, databases), and you still need a traditional computer to do this type of work, i.e. MS Office. A full size tablet in the workplace then is the odd man out due to cost / benefit. However a iOS tablet priced at $229, even with the small screen, is just the right price point to make it very useful in the business world.
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"News for nerds, stuff that matters". I was disappointed this appeared so late on slashdot, I ended up just going to google news when I learned of the verdict in the earlier story about the IT Director. This case is important because every individual could be put in a life threating situation.
I hope we never have a zombie apocalypse, because all these nerd pacifists would make for the largest herd of walkers ever.
Personally I'm holding out for Linux Me
I can't get a job because I haven't got the experience. I can't get the experience because I can't get a job. Catch 22.
That's bs, compensation isn't a requirement for gaining experience. Go help on an open source hardware project or something.
The pay isn't on parity with the level of schooling required, you would be better off becoming a doctor or even just a joe blow IT guy or something else. Unless you're putting all the patents in your name, It doesn't pay to be an engineer. Do it only if you enjoy it.
It's not so much that it's hard, but that it takes longer to complete a science degree. Figuratively speaking, 1 credit hour in libral arts is like 0.1 hours in STEM courses. I think a lot of people come to realize that a degree is just a key for opening doors, and opt for the easiest degree that will accomplish their goals.
The system of prepaid cards with fees is not the perfect solution for poor workers. But it is better than the old system of paying them with checks. Free checking is not available in most banks. Even when there is an allegedly "free" checking account it comes with a large minimum balance requirement. Fall below that and you trigger monthly fees. Further many people, mostly undocumented, don't have bank accounts and they use check cashing services that charge as much as 10% as the fees.
Most credit unions have free checking with no minimum, credit union membership typically only requires $20 in a savings account. It is unlawful to employ undocumented workers in the united states, and being an undocumented immigrant is a class d felony... I don't see how that can be used as justification to support this. Furthermore check cashing places are willing to deposit the funds directly onto a prepaid cards, I recall that Walmart does this.
I was having dinner with an old friend of mine (I'm early 50's and he's early 60's)... dinking around with his stupid iGadget while I was trying to carry on a conversation with him. yes, it really annoyed me.
Have you considered that maybe he's just not that into you or a crappy friend? I don't have time for people that don't have time for me. Don't enable them.
The last movie I actually went to a theater to see was the last Starwars installment
What do you do for dates then... oh wait, this is slashdot nevermind.
I won't be, that's what winter is for. I guess I can understand why you would think summer is the time for learning, however most of us don't still live in their mothers basement, avoiding the sun like the plague.
I'll be learning SEO, Sun Enjoyment Optimization.
I think it would be neat if you could run Android applications on a vanilla Linux distribution. Remember Microsoft's 16-bit WOW (Windows on Windows)? Why can't we do something just like that to run Android applications on a stock Linux system?
Remember Logitech Revue? This device had an Intel x86 Atom processor, USB 2.0, Honeycomb and Google Market. It was a great product, but was a commercial flop, not because it was flakey as hell... but because nearly all the apps you wanted to run only ran on ARM processors.
The second issue is that Android, and iOS, are really only suitable for unitasking, which is really only workable for content consumption.
The third issue is that if I have a device capable of running something more demanding then Android, It would have the resources to run a traditional operating system, such as Linux.
All that said, the deciding factor will always come down to application support... at the end of the day they're just systems for running applications.
So what kind of precedent does this set? If the officials of the state don't appeal a ruling then the citizens are pretty much screwed?
Last I checked, they are elected... yes?
As a network architect, packet transmission over long range radio wavelengths would be a dream come true. I don't understand why the goverment can't carve out a slice of spectrum expressly for this purpose. I also don't understand why the IEEE can't create a new 802.11 long range standard for this new spectrum that overcomes the complexities of unlicensed public access. I'd even settle for licensed access, provided it was accessible to businesses of all sizes.
1 mile, non line of sight, encrypted packet communication would defiantly help solve that last mile problem.
In the meantime, guys like me who actually *do* know how to do that stuff get stuck training their dumb asses.
Rather then continuing to go against the grain, maybe it's time you became a professional trainer?
IBM pools its resources, maybe it's time we pool ours?
Please donate: http://ibmemployeelegalservices.com/
Should we tell car manufacturers their cars can't go faster than 75 mph too while we're at it?*
Works for me... "officer, you're mistaken, my car can never exceed the limit."
Attorneys need to do probono work to keep their license, why is it too much for you to carve out a few hours to put up a portfolio of your work on GitHub?
I'm still waiting to see the BSD userland / toolchain environment spliced together with the Linux kernel. My headache with BSD was always hardware driver support. Linux, the kernel, has won that race, and rather then duplicate efforts I would like to see the best parts of *BSD merged on top of a Linux kernel. Instead of just GNU/Linux (SysV Style Linux), you could have an alternative BSD/Linux (BSD Style Linux) distribution. If you include Mac OS X, BSD style unix far an away out numbers SysV style machines.
IBM isn't known for dumb moves, but partnering with Oracle on this sure is one.
Lotus Notes
Not buying Sun Microsystems
I can go on...
Wait... why does Google want to compete with Microsoft? Last I knew they were in different market spaces. Sure theirs Bing and web apps, but isn't that about it? I think Google's doing just fine, a little diversification never hurt anyone.
Reported number of local phone calls (for peek year, 1999) [1, Table 10.2]: 553,853,237 thousand.
Reported number of long distance calls (for peek year, 2000) [1, Table 10.2]: 102,245,666 thousand.
Average phone call length: 3 minutes (+/- 1 minute):
(180 seconds) * 8 Kbps (minimum bitrate) = 180 kilobytes per call.
(180 seconds) * 32 Kbps (maximium bitrate) = 720 kilobytes per call.
(553,853,237,000 + 102,245,666,000) * 180 kilobytes = 107.409326 petabytes
(553,853,237,000 + 102,245,666,000) * 720 kilobytes = 429.637303 petabytes
So for the NSA to record and retain every call for the year would be in the ball park of 107 to 430 petabytes. Retaining one months worth of calls would be in the ball park of 9 to 36 petabytes, and one weeks worth of calls would be 2 to 8 petabytes. Worth noting, these figures are pre-text messaging era, I believe call volume is actually much less today.
[1]: http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Reports/FCC-State_Link/IAD/trend605.pdf
This is newsworthy because the crimes occurred outside the US but he was still considered to have broken US law.
Crimes transpire in the jurisdiction the victim was located in at the time of the crime, for a prosecutor to get envolved they need to have jurisdiction and probable cause first. Typically these two requirements are met when a victim asserts jurisdiction and probable cause to the commission of a crime in a complaint filed with a law enforcement office. The prosecutor, of that jurisdiction, then prosecutes the complaint on behalf of the victim, or on behalf of the people of that jurisdiction.
It's my understanding that the people bought the software while on US soil, so the crime would have happened here, wherever the complaint was filed. If you sell pirated software over the internet to someone in China, China and the US both have the right to prosecute you, because the act is presumably criminal in both jurisdictions.
Four times the range of electric cars? World-changing technology.
Do we know for a fact that this new battery technology can be deep cycled, in addition to withstanding prolonged high current draw applications like in electric cars, boats, and planes? If so then yes it would be revolutionary, provided it doesn't cost four times more then the current technologies.
4x the density would come in handy for powering stealth drones, the military should be very interested in this...
It really depends what you want to do for a career, honestly you could get by with College Algebra for most any business I.T. position, but to be great at your IT job I would take Business Calculus, Statistics, and Discrete / Finite mathematics at a minimum. I would say that breadth of mathematical knowledge is more important then knowing something like Calculus III, Linear Algebra, or Differential Equations. Survey classes are a good option.
If you want to be a computer scientist proper, you will need 400 level mathematics courses, a real computer science degree is little more then an applied mathematics degree. If you want to be a programer I can't comment on that because I'm not a programmer, I'm a computer systems engineer. If your going down the systems engineering route knowing something about electronics is just as important as mathematics. To be good at systems engineering you need a very broad knowledge base, I've used advanced calculus like never in my career. Algebra and Statistics daily, for example calculating the MTBF for a RAID array requires no calculus what so ever, but you need to know how to work with probabilities. If you want to implement an algorithm in code, some random computer scientist already did the leg work and all you have to do is integrate it into your project.
In short it's like playing with legos, you'll need advanced mathematics or electronics if you wish to roll your own lego bricks, however today we typically just buy bricks off the shelf.
This device is targeted for businesses, a representative doesn't need a camera. The device is cheap enough to integrate into a business process, and it has a development platform and hardware architecture to synergize whatever management wants.
Tablets have their place, but not so much in the business world. Basically anyone using a commuter in a business setting is a content producer (documents, spreadsheets, databases), and you still need a traditional computer to do this type of work, i.e. MS Office. A full size tablet in the workplace then is the odd man out due to cost / benefit. However a iOS tablet priced at $229, even with the small screen, is just the right price point to make it very useful in the business world.