If Fort Wayne, IN, if you don't live just outside the fence of the FOX station, you cannot receive an HD OTA signal. They are broadcasting in HD only to fulfill the letter of the law, but not the spirit. (statement accurate as of about 3 months ago, but may still be)
And the inferential fallacy in your argument would be the fallacy of composition. Composition is when we reason that what is true of parts of a whole is necessarily true of the whole itself.
Unfortunately, since I am not going to review all of the code either, I have to subscribe to the same argument. I'm fine with the peer review of the individual parts, and believe that when put together it is also still true.
No, I'm not a troll. Yes, I'm reviewing for an exam which includes inference and inferential fallacies.
Some people prefer to be mercenary bosses, pirates kings or wide corporations CEO in a virtual world instead of a pawn in real life.
My main problem with your argument is the phrase choice, "instead of". OK, great, they are all powerful in a virtual world, but this may be "while being" a pawn in real life. Or, this may be "while being" a powerful person in real life. As great as games are for escaping the mundane, you cannot escape real life forever. This is not a binary "instead of" situation.
I play games, but I don't let them interfere with my real life. I choose to make my life better. Do I disagree with your premise that people shouldn't deny themselves of this high lifestyle wish, no. I just disagree with the escapist mentality.
I remember when my friends at school called me a liar because I said our graphics card had 4MB of RAM. It was a sweet ATI VLB card for my dad's architecture workstation.
The same people that I watch movies with. I will have the tv volume at about 1-2 (out of 10), and inevitably, one of my friends will join me and have to turn up the volume because they cannot hear it.
For my home computers this is great, but this won't work in a corporate environment. Say an employee loses 1 minute per day booting up a computer and logging into the network. That one minute adds up to over 4 hours per year (52 weeks * 5 days * 1 minute = 260 minutes -> 260 minutes / 60 minutes = 4.3 hours). If employers are paying their employees minimum wage then cool, otherwise they will only do this for a "save the earth" stamp on their door, not from a financial standpoint.
You don't even have to bug them too much. My father got verizon to install dry-loop DSL with little to no pain. It was when he tried canceling that the problems crept up. He canceled by phone, they still sent more bills, he canceled by certified letter, they sent more bills and threatened to send a collections agency and cut him off after not paying for 6 months. They were finally convinced that the service wasn't being used and he actually had tried to cancel after looking into their logs and noticed that his modem hadn't connected in, wait for it, over 6 months.
There is a program I've seen advertised on the tv about making your computer fast, well finally fast. That's about all the hints I'll make at the actual name of the program. Anyway, the "users/actors" gush over how fast their PCs (ubiquitous for windows machines) now work after running this simple app, even though they are clearly shown alternatively using a Mac and a Dell machine. I've been the only one of my friends to notice this error.
Over the Thanksgiving holidays, I was with my family. My brother and I were messing around on addicting games and somehow came across one of these ads. Of course I clicked on the link, followed by opening an executable virus from an email that just arrived in my junk box. My brother was a little alarmed at my cavalier attitude towards security. Then I reminded him that the executable virus works only in windows, which I don't have, and the website that "scanned" my system told me that my linux machine was a broken windows xp install. We had a good laugh and moved on.
I agree with you completely. Computers are a tool. The software and operating systems on them are also tools. Some software solutions are more elegant than others, some have a more complete set of tools, while others offer an easier experience for a smaller set of common problems. Let's get in the business of matching people to the proper tools.
Your experience with the IC3 certification is not unique. A while ago (2001) I took the A++ certification for a job requirement. One of the questions was to identify the USB port in a picture of a motherboard riser. Although the picture did not include a USB port I had to make a selection before continuing. I selected the LAN port instead, because back then the LAN port was optional on many motherboards and many people accidentally plug their peripherals into it because the plug fits and wonder why it doesn't work. I of course passed the exam with flying colors. I will acknowledge that I gained the certification, but will never really flaunted the certification on the fact that it was obviously a flawed exam.
You are saddened by how widespread ignorance is, but why? I am ignorant when it comes to the specifics of "insert random complex medical procedure here", but I would be STUPID if I did not remove that ignorance if I actually had to perform or inform others of said procedure. I believe that widespread stupidity is what saddens you.
The teacher expressed that she would research this new fangled linux thing. That at least shows hope for her. If her research then does not turn her from ignorance, then she is stupid. Ignorance on this topic may be widespread, but hopefully she will gain knowledge and at least acknowledge that this is a viable, and legal, alternative, although maybe not suited for her needs/desires.
Note: All of my computers run some variant of Linux, although I am not so naive that I blindly believe every computer should be running Linux instead of Windows. An OS is a tool; use the correct tool for the situation. My parents (75 and 73 years old) happily run Windows XP, but they can operate my laptop using Ubuntu when they visit me. They are aware of the alternatives, but have no desire to permanently switch away from what they originally learned.
I really don't want to be negative to rain on your parade, but... Buying one laptop for a school in your area could potentially be useless. The schools "IT Admin" will get it, poke around, and after a while will set it unused in the corner of the library or in their drawer. Instead, if you can get a group of people to buy one for each classroom, the admin could possibly find a use for a group of non-standard PCs. Just because we make a donation, it doesn't mean that they can use it.
I did some work at a non-profit organization, and one-off crazy donations were always the hardest to deal with. Yes, the donating individual got a tax break, but we got extra work. My suggestion, is find a need and help many people see this need as well and fill the need completely. First, ask the school's admin if this would fill a need.
The thought that everyone must go to college in order to succeed is prevalent in our society. I have lived with a couple guys that could hardly read, barely graduate from high school, or struggled to get a GED. Unfortunately, they all believe that with government help, they can get the college education to which they are "entitled" I believe that the entitlement mindset is the root problem.
The youth are told they are the greatest and can do anything they put their mind towards. There is only a fine line between encouragement and outright lying. If they feel entitled to succeed, where does the desire for hard work come from? For the coup de grace, ineptitude is not eliminated by hard work.
Trying to shove ALL students into the college mold is what schools try, but not every student fits. But, every student pays with the same money, so why should the schools care? Trade schools and apprenticeships are looked down on the the US, although they are a great alternative for students who either don't want to or cannot do the college track.
Any time I'm using a wireless connection I immediately connect to a VPN (ssh tunnel or OpenVPN) and tunnel all of my traffic through there. From a users standpoint, you then don't care if you connect to a utterly suspect WEP AP or now a maybe secure WPA AP. You can double bag the connection if you don't trust any intermediary nodes. Unless you encrypt the data (not just the connection), you have to trust that the nodes after your VPN connection are OK. If you don't trust, encrypt; once your data is in the wild, all bets are off.
Here is an example of why end-to-end encryption is needed. Say you connect to your email server using an encrypted connection, but you do not actually encrypt the message. You send your "top secret" email to your buddy. Your email server then sends your top secret email in plain text to the intended email server, and then your buddy retrieves the email, potentially without a secure connection. So for two out of the three legs of the journey, who knows if someone is reading your email along the way.
From TFA it sounds like USC is doing it correctly, but since it is still a new major and there isn't a "standard" curriculum, there are bound to be problems. I've seen Game Design advertised as a major at community colleges right along side criminal justice to be people's next career step and key to financial freedom. Wherever there is money, people are willing to separate it from the owners.
Most of the computer science dropouts I know started the degree because they like playing computer games. Later they realize that it's much more than playing games and they cannot program themselves out of a logical wet paper bag. At least this gives them an opportunity to get a degree
Agreed. I don't have $3 million to blow, although, the option becomes more and more avaliable. You and I will probably never control space flight, but I'd love to see the day when there is commercial space flight, and this is more evidence that it will eventually be realized.
There...now I even know how to hit "Reply to This." I need more sleep.
To comment on the actual article: I'm all for the general public getting these chances. Hopefully it will increase the awareness and need for space travel.
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If Fort Wayne, IN, if you don't live just outside the fence of the FOX station, you cannot receive an HD OTA signal. They are broadcasting in HD only to fulfill the letter of the law, but not the spirit. (statement accurate as of about 3 months ago, but may still be)
And the inferential fallacy in your argument would be the fallacy of composition. Composition is when we reason that what is true of parts of a whole is necessarily true of the whole itself.
Unfortunately, since I am not going to review all of the code either, I have to subscribe to the same argument. I'm fine with the peer review of the individual parts, and believe that when put together it is also still true.
No, I'm not a troll. Yes, I'm reviewing for an exam which includes inference and inferential fallacies.
And now all I can think of is Starfox
Some people prefer to be mercenary bosses, pirates kings or wide corporations CEO in a virtual world instead of a pawn in real life.
My main problem with your argument is the phrase choice, "instead of". OK, great, they are all powerful in a virtual world, but this may be "while being" a pawn in real life. Or, this may be "while being" a powerful person in real life. As great as games are for escaping the mundane, you cannot escape real life forever. This is not a binary "instead of" situation.
I play games, but I don't let them interfere with my real life. I choose to make my life better. Do I disagree with your premise that people shouldn't deny themselves of this high lifestyle wish, no. I just disagree with the escapist mentality.
My friends and I watched Postman just to see Tom Petty. Of course, the second he left the screen, we stopped watching.
I remember when my friends at school called me a liar because I said our graphics card had 4MB of RAM. It was a sweet ATI VLB card for my dad's architecture workstation.
The same people that I watch movies with. I will have the tv volume at about 1-2 (out of 10), and inevitably, one of my friends will join me and have to turn up the volume because they cannot hear it.
For my home computers this is great, but this won't work in a corporate environment. Say an employee loses 1 minute per day booting up a computer and logging into the network. That one minute adds up to over 4 hours per year (52 weeks * 5 days * 1 minute = 260 minutes -> 260 minutes / 60 minutes = 4.3 hours). If employers are paying their employees minimum wage then cool, otherwise they will only do this for a "save the earth" stamp on their door, not from a financial standpoint.
You don't even have to bug them too much. My father got verizon to install dry-loop DSL with little to no pain. It was when he tried canceling that the problems crept up. He canceled by phone, they still sent more bills, he canceled by certified letter, they sent more bills and threatened to send a collections agency and cut him off after not paying for 6 months. They were finally convinced that the service wasn't being used and he actually had tried to cancel after looking into their logs and noticed that his modem hadn't connected in, wait for it, over 6 months.
There is a program I've seen advertised on the tv about making your computer fast, well finally fast. That's about all the hints I'll make at the actual name of the program. Anyway, the "users/actors" gush over how fast their PCs (ubiquitous for windows machines) now work after running this simple app, even though they are clearly shown alternatively using a Mac and a Dell machine. I've been the only one of my friends to notice this error.
Over the Thanksgiving holidays, I was with my family. My brother and I were messing around on addicting games and somehow came across one of these ads. Of course I clicked on the link, followed by opening an executable virus from an email that just arrived in my junk box. My brother was a little alarmed at my cavalier attitude towards security. Then I reminded him that the executable virus works only in windows, which I don't have, and the website that "scanned" my system told me that my linux machine was a broken windows xp install. We had a good laugh and moved on.
I agree with you completely. Computers are a tool. The software and operating systems on them are also tools. Some software solutions are more elegant than others, some have a more complete set of tools, while others offer an easier experience for a smaller set of common problems. Let's get in the business of matching people to the proper tools.
Your experience with the IC3 certification is not unique. A while ago (2001) I took the A++ certification for a job requirement. One of the questions was to identify the USB port in a picture of a motherboard riser. Although the picture did not include a USB port I had to make a selection before continuing. I selected the LAN port instead, because back then the LAN port was optional on many motherboards and many people accidentally plug their peripherals into it because the plug fits and wonder why it doesn't work. I of course passed the exam with flying colors. I will acknowledge that I gained the certification, but will never really flaunted the certification on the fact that it was obviously a flawed exam.
You are saddened by how widespread ignorance is, but why? I am ignorant when it comes to the specifics of "insert random complex medical procedure here", but I would be STUPID if I did not remove that ignorance if I actually had to perform or inform others of said procedure. I believe that widespread stupidity is what saddens you.
The teacher expressed that she would research this new fangled linux thing. That at least shows hope for her. If her research then does not turn her from ignorance, then she is stupid. Ignorance on this topic may be widespread, but hopefully she will gain knowledge and at least acknowledge that this is a viable, and legal, alternative, although maybe not suited for her needs/desires.
Note: All of my computers run some variant of Linux, although I am not so naive that I blindly believe every computer should be running Linux instead of Windows. An OS is a tool; use the correct tool for the situation. My parents (75 and 73 years old) happily run Windows XP, but they can operate my laptop using Ubuntu when they visit me. They are aware of the alternatives, but have no desire to permanently switch away from what they originally learned.
Hmmm...and I thought that a slashdot post would have been sufficient.
I really don't want to be negative to rain on your parade, but... Buying one laptop for a school in your area could potentially be useless. The schools "IT Admin" will get it, poke around, and after a while will set it unused in the corner of the library or in their drawer. Instead, if you can get a group of people to buy one for each classroom, the admin could possibly find a use for a group of non-standard PCs. Just because we make a donation, it doesn't mean that they can use it.
I did some work at a non-profit organization, and one-off crazy donations were always the hardest to deal with. Yes, the donating individual got a tax break, but we got extra work. My suggestion, is find a need and help many people see this need as well and fill the need completely. First, ask the school's admin if this would fill a need.
This gives new meaning to a man in the middle attack.
The thought that everyone must go to college in order to succeed is prevalent in our society. I have lived with a couple guys that could hardly read, barely graduate from high school, or struggled to get a GED. Unfortunately, they all believe that with government help, they can get the college education to which they are "entitled" I believe that the entitlement mindset is the root problem.
The youth are told they are the greatest and can do anything they put their mind towards. There is only a fine line between encouragement and outright lying. If they feel entitled to succeed, where does the desire for hard work come from? For the coup de grace, ineptitude is not eliminated by hard work.
Trying to shove ALL students into the college mold is what schools try, but not every student fits. But, every student pays with the same money, so why should the schools care? Trade schools and apprenticeships are looked down on the the US, although they are a great alternative for students who either don't want to or cannot do the college track.
Although you may be correct in your sleuth work, there are a lot of people with the same name in India. Be careful before you throw him under the bus.
Any time I'm using a wireless connection I immediately connect to a VPN (ssh tunnel or OpenVPN) and tunnel all of my traffic through there. From a users standpoint, you then don't care if you connect to a utterly suspect WEP AP or now a maybe secure WPA AP. You can double bag the connection if you don't trust any intermediary nodes. Unless you encrypt the data (not just the connection), you have to trust that the nodes after your VPN connection are OK. If you don't trust, encrypt; once your data is in the wild, all bets are off.
Here is an example of why end-to-end encryption is needed. Say you connect to your email server using an encrypted connection, but you do not actually encrypt the message. You send your "top secret" email to your buddy. Your email server then sends your top secret email in plain text to the intended email server, and then your buddy retrieves the email, potentially without a secure connection. So for two out of the three legs of the journey, who knows if someone is reading your email along the way.
From TFA it sounds like USC is doing it correctly, but since it is still a new major and there isn't a "standard" curriculum, there are bound to be problems. I've seen Game Design advertised as a major at community colleges right along side criminal justice to be people's next career step and key to financial freedom. Wherever there is money, people are willing to separate it from the owners.
Most of the computer science dropouts I know started the degree because they like playing computer games. Later they realize that it's much more than playing games and they cannot program themselves out of a logical wet paper bag. At least this gives them an opportunity to get a degree
Agreed. I don't have $3 million to blow, although, the option becomes more and more avaliable. You and I will probably never control space flight, but I'd love to see the day when there is commercial space flight, and this is more evidence that it will eventually be realized.
There...now I even know how to hit "Reply to This." I need more sleep.
To comment on the actual article: I'm all for the general public getting these chances. Hopefully it will increase the awareness and need for space travel.
singly -> single
I'd claim a fat-finger error, but I'd need fingers the size of the Hulk's to make that mistake.
Just thought I'd add fuel to the fire. Let's nitpick every singly grammatical inaccuracy contained in the article summary. Here is my contribution.
"US$3 million price tag won't her first cash contribution"
should be
"US$3 million price tag won't BE her first cash contribution"