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The problem is not the supply, it's the demand. As long as people keep clicking those links, spammers will keep sending. And spam is evolving at a much faster rate than our filters. You think spammers don't know this stuff? The best filter is an educated user.
In response to your analogy, isn't it a good thing that scientists be aware of this and prepared to respond?
Or...it might not. And then we'll have millions of dollars put into the time and effort it takes to dig through such web traffic only to find that those terrorists have already learned that lesson and are using those techniques.
I've been pressing hard for the opportunity to teach a CS class. I think that there are plenty of students who want to learn how to program. Almost every single student who has played a game thinks it would be cool to make their own.
But it isn't a major part of our curriculum, so that if they finally see it in HS they are very put off by how difficult it is. When they see how technical and exact one has to be simply to make a computer say "Hello world!" (big whoop) they get exhausted. They either become convinced that they're too stupid to do it or the computer is too stupid.
I think you've hit on one of the causes of this phenomenon: programming is not focused on in school. There is very, very little opportunity to do it. If we raised these kids programming computers, they would not be put off so easily. Younger kids can conquer "Hello world!" and would probably be excited about it. They would grow up understanding how crazy and weird programming can seem. Then, when they are working in HS, they could sit down with realistic goals and attain them.
Eventually my students won't have to write papers and I won't have to grade them! Think of the potential application of this technology towards education!
Well, it depends on what we are talking about. First off, the square root of a number, a, is, by definition, the number x such that x*x=a. The definition of a square root says nothing about positive results. However, the definition of the square root function does specify only positive results (because it wouldn't be a function otherwise ). From Mathworld.com:
"For example, the principal square root of 9 is sqrt(9)==+3, while the other square root of 9 is -sqrt(9)==-3. In common usage, unless otherwise specified, 'the' square root is generally taken to mean the principal square root."
The talented development teams did merge. They did create a SuperOffice package. It's called MSOffice. Now we're facing the problems of relenquishing control to one big software packaging behemoth.
The question is whether Steve Jobs authorized the leak. Cause then it's not a leak. Well, it is still a leak, but not one of those illegal kind. But then, of course, reporting it would be encouraged, cause, remember, it's not really a leak (the illegal kind, that is).
God created science! God created discussion! God created computers! God created Slashdot! God created the "Reply to This" link! God made you type that! God made me type this!
It seems like the summary was cut short, here is the full sentence:
Apparently teenaged boys don't need to practice drawing their nudes when they can just download them off the web and use photoshop to add in their friend's mother's face.
I'm sorry, did we read the same thing? The judge made it quite clear that the definition of science, expert scientists, the scientific community has decided that ID is not science. Hence, your point about deciding on a superior theory is a flawed argument, because ID is not a scientific theory.
And do you really think (ghost) referencing (supposed) inconsistencies in a book that was written 147 years ago makes a plausible point against modern evolutionary theory? In the same vein, shall we argue about whether "640K ought to be enough for anybody"?
"...we find that while ID arguments may be true, a proposition on which the court takes no position, ID is not science."
-U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District
When you hear the "activist judges" defense, simply point out that Judge Jones is a republican appointed by GWB.
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They were being designed!
Well done. Well done. Too funny.
In response to your analogy, isn't it a good thing that scientists be aware of this and prepared to respond?
You don't know serious potted meat problems until you've seen my kitchen sink.
Intelligent Design.
Or...it might not. And then we'll have millions of dollars put into the time and effort it takes to dig through such web traffic only to find that those terrorists have already learned that lesson and are using those techniques.
Boom. Well put. One of the largest problems with American education, second, IMO, only to class sizes.
But it isn't a major part of our curriculum, so that if they finally see it in HS they are very put off by how difficult it is. When they see how technical and exact one has to be simply to make a computer say "Hello world!" (big whoop) they get exhausted. They either become convinced that they're too stupid to do it or the computer is too stupid.
I think you've hit on one of the causes of this phenomenon: programming is not focused on in school. There is very, very little opportunity to do it. If we raised these kids programming computers, they would not be put off so easily. Younger kids can conquer "Hello world!" and would probably be excited about it. They would grow up understanding how crazy and weird programming can seem. Then, when they are working in HS, they could sit down with realistic goals and attain them.
This whole idea is just plain batty.
Sure they can and they can act on it. Ever been drug tested?
Okay, actually I just wanted to comment that I love the sig.
Eventually my students won't have to write papers and I won't have to grade them! Think of the potential application of this technology towards education!
Fewer security risks! /troll
Of cores!
"For example, the principal square root of 9 is sqrt(9)==+3, while the other square root of 9 is -sqrt(9)==-3. In common usage, unless otherwise specified, 'the' square root is generally taken to mean the principal square root."
Generally taken: inferred.
I disagree. I think it's generally inferred.
The talented development teams did merge. They did create a SuperOffice package. It's called MSOffice. Now we're facing the problems of relenquishing control to one big software packaging behemoth.
The question is whether Steve Jobs authorized the leak. Cause then it's not a leak. Well, it is still a leak, but not one of those illegal kind. But then, of course, reporting it would be encouraged, cause, remember, it's not really a leak (the illegal kind, that is).
In response to your first paragraph, please consider Asimov's The Relativity of Wrong.
God rests his case.
Apparently teenaged boys don't need to practice drawing their nudes when they can just download them off the web and use photoshop to add in their friend's mother's face.
Oh, check the timestamps you fools.
And do you really think (ghost) referencing (supposed) inconsistencies in a book that was written 147 years ago makes a plausible point against modern evolutionary theory? In the same vein, shall we argue about whether "640K ought to be enough for anybody"?
"...we find that while ID arguments may be true, a proposition on which the court takes no position, ID is not science." -U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District
When you hear the "activist judges" defense, simply point out that Judge Jones is a republican appointed by GWB.