Get the kid a real hardcore synth -- the kind that uses envelopes, oscillators, and filters etc with MIDI ports to boot. Got one in middle school and it taught me more about my major (EE) than you could possibly imagine...
http://www.mathismylife.org/ --CMST (center for math science and technology) has/had a really good summer program in classical cryptanalysis funded by the NSA and taught by employees of the NSA. I took it several summers ago -- very interesting. Very diverse age-group in it, but it was a very challenging course and provides a good base for entering the cryptology field -- they started off with basic mono-alphabetic shifts, and worked their way up to matrix-based algorithms and statistical analysis. At the end there's something crazy like a challenge with 23 different cryptograms that must be solved (that no one almost ever does)...something to look into, though this year it looks like they're having trouble finding a venue.
pretty friggin similar to firefox if you ask me with tabbed browsing and extensions (sorry, "add ons") and all (and search toolbar). Then there's a combined cancel and reload button --I guess that's what this line: "they are using their classic method of producing superior software by catering to the needs of the user" is all about -- saving me a few pixels of clutter.
sorry sorry, don't mean to be a hater. My word is that of humble opinion! (and props to this Andrew Rondeau character for taking the time to download such a product and checking out -- thought his feedback was good too).
SecurityFocus published an interview with Marcus Ranum, the inventor of the proxy firewall. It's an interesting reading, and the end is even better: Truly, the only people who deserve a complete helping of blame are the hackers. Let's not forget that they're the ones doing this to us. They're the ones who are annoying an entire planet. They're the ones who are costing us billions of dollars a year to secure our systems against them. They're the ones who place their desire for fun ahead of everyone on earth's desire for peace and the right to privacy."
something that the article lightly hits on:
there's also a big underground movement about something called "the singularity" which is also a theory that more involves the next step in human evolution rather than evolution itself.
From the http://singinst.org/Singularity Institute: "What is the Singularity? Sometime in the next few years or decades, humanity will become capable of surpassing the upper limit on intelligence that has held since the rise of the human species. We will become capable of technologically creating smarter-than-human intelligence, perhaps through enhancement of the human brain, direct links between computers and the brain, or Artificial Intelligence. This event is called the "Singularity" by analogy with the singularity at the center of a black hole - just as our current model of physics breaks down when it attempts to describe the center of a black hole, our model of the future breaks down once the future contains smarter-than-human minds. Since technology is the product of cognition, the Singularity is an effect that snowballs once it occurs - the first smart minds can create smarter minds, and smarter minds can produce still smarter minds."
There's a singularity group at Stanford as well. Pretty important stuff because it can have many possible outcomes, anywhere from some Matrix-like effect to becoming transhuman -- so there's a big underground movement that's trying to ensure a positive outcome.
Anyways, it's pretty interesting stuff if you've never checked it out. A good place to start is google:)
OK, can someone on here explain to me why -- in episode IV, when Darth hits Obi-Wan he disappears?? Yet...every other time it actually slices-erm-cuts?
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of
voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear
something noobish has happened."
What does it matter where you are specifically? Sure they can find you from a landline, but cell phones can dial 911 and they can't trace you with that either...
ok. In all honesty -- it really wasn't that big of a waste of time. We (the students -- undergrad students who don't have the knowledge of doing this sort of research) were asked by the coordinators to sign up to build the tube. Mind you, we did this on a Friday when most of us don't work hard anyways (especially those silly Academs).
OK. Admittedly, I did not partake in these festivities as I was busy with other more important things, but for the people who had the time to do it, I'm sure it was a bonding experience and I'm sure they had a blast. Plus they got free t-shirts...yum.
omg. I'm 1337 and I didn't know it all these years!!!!! ::goes installs mandrake linux and runs sub7 to open his friends disc-drive and hops into his Russian automible which proceeds to drive him and his massive organ around in front of all the ladies::
Being a mere sophomore, I remember my transition quite well. In my opinion -- it's not a big deal. More than anything make sure you're happy. If you're not, you can always transfer but keep that to a last resort. Going into college you don't have to know what you want to do but a general idea helps -- take as many diverse classes as possible. Learn as much as possible.
I will say this, coming in with AP Credit can help a bunch in the self-discovery process so you can bypass the basics and get to the good stuff to find out what you really want to do.
Study hard. Party hard. Sleep and BE SURE to try to do things that interest you in your free-time instead of just hitting up the video-games (though that's never a bad thing)
From what I've seen, the only bluetooth audio devices are mono-for cell phone headsets.
However, here's my idea: you could buy two of them, grab an M-Audio Quattro (see: http://www.maudio.com/ or http://www.ebay.com/ or any soundcard with separate L/R outs), and hack the headsets so one will carry through the left channel and one will carry through the right channel (make the nec. connections so that you can jack your speax into them).
It's pretty wicked so you can use a central computer or a bunch to connect to various bluetooth speakers throughout the house. So imagine, from any computer being able to choose any audio to play anywhere. w00t!
I'm a genious. I know. Thank you. No please. Really.:P jk
rather than populate parallel universes, what about populating time?? For the John Titor fanatics, why not travel back in time and inhabit livable eras in the universe?
I'm not a Dr., but I've done medical research -- more importantly than the name is the issue of patient confidentiality and ethics! It works differently in Europe I'd imagine, but wiki doesn't seem secure enough.
When keeping a research journal it is an important practice that any and all edits made must be seen (the original version must be seen with a reason why it was edited), and only the researcher should be granted the ability to access his or her journal. Wicki's just not secure enough for this. Protecting data integrity in the medical research field is of the upmost importance, because if it's compromised it can have some seriously detrimental consequences.
Secondly is the issue of confidentiality and how private certain research notebooks are meant to be kepts.
Wiki alone isn't a good idea simply because it's way to easy for others to edit the data which is the purpose of wiki and the exact antithesis of what's needed. A better idea I think would be to have research-journal-type blogs and give out special access to those who need it.
[I'm not an EE, I'm a physics graduate student. But I did EE research (microwave and optoelectronic) with professional EE's for several years before coming to grad school.]
I should clarify (aside from the fact that I just finished my first few EE courses as an undergrad). The first EE course I have taken was actually a light and optics course where the prof said m-fields don't have much of an impact (on the theory...I'm sure it's heavily involved in the hardware). And I guess you know how professors are with this intro-thing...they tell you something isn't important first and then 2 years down the line it really is!
And the second course, my real intro course -- was structured around signal processing and information theory. We never went into any of the hardcore physics theory other than some of Maxwell's equations...
But I digress! It's cool to see magnetic fields playing a more prominent role in the structure of the universe rather than just applications of it in human technology! (I do realize there are a few other natural areas where it is important though...)
I have to say it's nice to see magnetic fields getting more praise than usual! All my professors tell me is "magnetic fields aren't important and blah blah blah so don't worry or care about them"... then again I'm currently majoring in Electrical Engineering.:)
It will be great to see what else unfolds in terms of the importance magnetic fields play in the structure of the universe!
BEST IDEA EVER:
the company label on the pizza box should be "Cosa Nostra Pizza"
marketing genious right there if you ask me. The geeks would be dropping like flies all over it. I'm sure so many more people would buy the box then.
that's my only snowcrash reference for ya.
why not use the kites to collect solar energy? Although, I don't know how better/worse this would be, but it could free up a lot of land needed to maintain solar panels - and depending on how high the kites are, could they could collect energy in nasty weather!
With regards to aircraft, I'd say make these power-gathering areas no-fly zones -- otherwise how different is it from a field of broadcast towers?
well. it was meant to be a joke at the cheeze grandiose edge that wired gave...yet somehow, no one seems to have gotten what I was talking about. Whatever. Now I've given myself bad karma >:/
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Get the kid a real hardcore synth -- the kind that uses envelopes, oscillators, and filters etc with MIDI ports to boot. Got one in middle school and it taught me more about my major (EE) than you could possibly imagine...
go through an anonymous proxy...
http://www.mathismylife.org/ --CMST (center for math science and technology) has/had a really good summer program in classical cryptanalysis funded by the NSA and taught by employees of the NSA. I took it several summers ago -- very interesting. Very diverse age-group in it, but it was a very challenging course and provides a good base for entering the cryptology field -- they started off with basic mono-alphabetic shifts, and worked their way up to matrix-based algorithms and statistical analysis. At the end there's something crazy like a challenge with 23 different cryptograms that must be solved (that no one almost ever does)...something to look into, though this year it looks like they're having trouble finding a venue.
apple switch parodies made by the olde english sketch comedy group...
pretty friggin similar to firefox if you ask me with tabbed browsing and extensions (sorry, "add ons") and all (and search toolbar). Then there's a combined cancel and reload button --I guess that's what this line: "they are using their classic method of producing superior software by catering to the needs of the user" is all about -- saving me a few pixels of clutter.
sorry sorry, don't mean to be a hater. My word is that of humble opinion! (and props to this Andrew Rondeau character for taking the time to download such a product and checking out -- thought his feedback was good too).
The instititute does actually exist. I think this is legitimate. http://www.safar.pitt.edu/
SecurityFocus published an interview with Marcus Ranum, the inventor of the proxy firewall. It's an interesting reading, and the end is even better: Truly, the only people who deserve a complete helping of blame are the hackers. Let's not forget that they're the ones doing this to us. They're the ones who are annoying an entire planet. They're the ones who are costing us billions of dollars a year to secure our systems against them. They're the ones who place their desire for fun ahead of everyone on earth's desire for peace and the right to privacy."
:)
They're also the ones giving you a job
something that the article lightly hits on: there's also a big underground movement about something called "the singularity" which is also a theory that more involves the next step in human evolution rather than evolution itself.
:)
From the http://singinst.org/Singularity Institute: "What is the Singularity? Sometime in the next few years or decades, humanity will become capable of surpassing the upper limit on intelligence that has held since the rise of the human species. We will become capable of technologically creating smarter-than-human intelligence, perhaps through enhancement of the human brain, direct links between computers and the brain, or Artificial Intelligence. This event is called the "Singularity" by analogy with the singularity at the center of a black hole - just as our current model of physics breaks down when it attempts to describe the center of a black hole, our model of the future breaks down once the future contains smarter-than-human minds. Since technology is the product of cognition, the Singularity is an effect that snowballs once it occurs - the first smart minds can create smarter minds, and smarter minds can produce still smarter minds." There's a singularity group at Stanford as well. Pretty important stuff because it can have many possible outcomes, anywhere from some Matrix-like effect to becoming transhuman -- so there's a big underground movement that's trying to ensure a positive outcome. Anyways, it's pretty interesting stuff if you've never checked it out. A good place to start is google
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something noobish has happened."
What does it matter where you are specifically? Sure they can find you from a landline, but cell phones can dial 911 and they can't trace you with that either...
ok. In all honesty -- it really wasn't that big of a
waste of time. We (the students -- undergrad
students who don't have the knowledge of doing
this sort of research) were asked by the coordinators to sign up to build the tube.
Mind you, we did this on a Friday when most of us don't
work hard anyways (especially those silly Academs).
OK. Admittedly, I did not partake in these festivities as I was busy with other more important things,
but for the people who had the time to do it, I'm sure
it was a bonding experience and I'm sure they had a blast. Plus they got free t-shirts...yum.
which I am...
::goes installs mandrake linux and runs sub7 to open his friends disc-drive and hops into his Russian automible which proceeds to drive him and his massive organ around in front of all the ladies::
omg. I'm 1337 and I didn't know it all these years!!!!!
ahem. carry on.
Being a mere sophomore, I remember my transition quite well. In my opinion -- it's not a big deal. More than anything make sure you're happy. If you're not, you can always transfer but keep that to a last resort. Going into college you don't have to know what you want to do but a general idea helps -- take as many diverse classes as possible. Learn as much as possible. I will say this, coming in with AP Credit can help a bunch in the self-discovery process so you can bypass the basics and get to the good stuff to find out what you really want to do. Study hard. Party hard. Sleep and BE SURE to try to do things that interest you in your free-time instead of just hitting up the video-games (though that's never a bad thing)
I'll talk to one of my fundy prof's after class about what you should do (he's a tube freak so...we'll see :P)
However, here's my idea: you could buy two of them, grab an M-Audio Quattro (see: http://www.maudio.com/ or http://www.ebay.com/ or any soundcard with separate L/R outs), and hack the headsets so one will carry through the left channel and one will carry through the right channel (make the nec. connections so that you can jack your speax into them).
:P jk
It's pretty wicked so you can use a central computer or a bunch to connect to various bluetooth speakers throughout the house. So imagine, from any computer being able to choose any audio to play anywhere. w00t!
I'm a genious. I know. Thank you. No please. Really.
rather than populate parallel universes, what about populating time?? For the John Titor fanatics, why not travel back in time and inhabit livable eras in the universe?
I'm not a Dr., but I've done medical research -- more importantly than the name is the issue of patient confidentiality and ethics! It works differently in Europe I'd imagine, but wiki doesn't seem secure enough. When keeping a research journal it is an important practice that any and all edits made must be seen (the original version must be seen with a reason why it was edited), and only the researcher should be granted the ability to access his or her journal. Wicki's just not secure enough for this. Protecting data integrity in the medical research field is of the upmost importance, because if it's compromised it can have some seriously detrimental consequences. Secondly is the issue of confidentiality and how private certain research notebooks are meant to be kepts. Wiki alone isn't a good idea simply because it's way to easy for others to edit the data which is the purpose of wiki and the exact antithesis of what's needed. A better idea I think would be to have research-journal-type blogs and give out special access to those who need it.
Jobs describes the Mac mini and BYODKM: Bring Your Own Display, Keyboard and Mouse.
LOL. OMG. WTF. TITWAIIHEHO (That Is The Worst Acronym If I Have Ever Heard One)
[I'm not an EE, I'm a physics graduate student. But I did EE research (microwave and optoelectronic) with professional EE's for several years before coming to grad school.] I should clarify (aside from the fact that I just finished my first few EE courses as an undergrad). The first EE course I have taken was actually a light and optics course where the prof said m-fields don't have much of an impact (on the theory...I'm sure it's heavily involved in the hardware). And I guess you know how professors are with this intro-thing...they tell you something isn't important first and then 2 years down the line it really is!
And the second course, my real intro course -- was structured around signal processing and information theory. We never went into any of the hardcore physics theory other than some of Maxwell's equations...
But I digress! It's cool to see magnetic fields playing a more prominent role in the structure of the universe rather than just applications of it in human technology! (I do realize there are a few other natural areas where it is important though...)
I have to say it's nice to see magnetic fields getting more praise than usual! All my professors tell me is "magnetic fields aren't important and blah blah blah so don't worry or care about them" ... then again I'm currently majoring in Electrical Engineering. :)
It will be great to see what else unfolds in terms of the importance magnetic fields play in the structure of the universe!
NEWSFLASH: US GIVES 10,000,000,000 GIL in AID, 300 DEXTERITY POINTS, and 5,000 HEALING POTIONS
BEST IDEA EVER: the company label on the pizza box should be "Cosa Nostra Pizza" marketing genious right there if you ask me. The geeks would be dropping like flies all over it. I'm sure so many more people would buy the box then. that's my only snowcrash reference for ya.
why not use the kites to collect solar energy? Although, I don't know how better/worse this would be, but it could free up a lot of land needed to maintain solar panels - and depending on how high the kites are, could they could collect energy in nasty weather! With regards to aircraft, I'd say make these power-gathering areas no-fly zones -- otherwise how different is it from a field of broadcast towers?
well. it was meant to be a joke at the cheeze grandiose edge that wired gave...yet somehow, no one seems to have gotten what I was talking about. Whatever. Now I've given myself bad karma >:/
Mess with the best, die like the rest.-Crash_Override