We had the case of redundant solutions in our 101 classes, where everyone came up with the same solution to the same problem even though we didn't copy off each other. After that, the professors didn't seem to care because they decided the homework problems were so simple that anyone could code the same solution without collaborating. I certainly was honest, but when comparing solutions with classmates, it became pretty apparent how easy it would be to cheat.
I have my doubts on whether we'll ever see this because of two things from the article: "first applications of graphene transistors will likely be as switches and amplifiers in analog military electronics" and "Graphene's properties are very sensitive to its environment". This means IBM is placing dainty technology into the hands of the harsh military environment. I've heard how rigorously they test military electronics, and if Graphene is sensitive enough to require insulation, then it's never going to make it past those extreme environment tests they do. Has anyone else seen sensitive materials make it through military applications?
I have this device with 104 keys on it that, without even speaking or looking at said device, can transmit commands to a computer. It only requires neurological impulses to transmit down to one's fingers causing a force compression on an electric button, which then sends a signal to the computer, which interprets said signal as directed.
Their computer schooling isn't the problem, it's that they've probably also gone to business school. Rule #1, always cut corners to finish the product on time.
I feel like this whole iPad business is just a regurgitation of an product we've seen on the markets for ages with comparatively less power between these new iterations of tablets and today's modern PCs and those tablets of yesterday compared to the modern PCs of that day. I'd be impressed if they had these new tablets running Crysis at 90fps, but that's impossible. This news has been like watching Steve Jobs go up to his attic and digging out something from the old toy box, dusting it off, and telling the world, "Hey, I just invented this." That followed shortly by everyone else doing the same thing.
Ah, now I see what the scientist's rational was for building the Death Star. No, this isn't a doomsday device, this is just a way to create fusion energy on a macro scale. Don't mind the peons on those plants, this is science!
I can understand the pride and respect between first-world countries where we'd rather avoid war, but show that we can still defend ourselves if someone decides to take the fight outside. However, I'm not sure the point gets across to second and third world countries operated/controlled by dictators or gorilla-mongers. We show off our bling and the tali/queda/misc extremists decide to yoink our technology and proceed to conceal it to prevent us from knowing exactly what we're dealing with (e.g. nuclear weapons, not that I'm saying they have them; we don't really know).
I have yet to understand why new military technology is so widely publicized. It's like a magician showing all the secrets of his magic show at the first showing. Pen and Teller being the exception here. Operating a military force like Pen and Teller just sounds like shear idiocy. Is this all because the military weapons market has turned into a mainstream business unit? Or is this a ploy by news outlets to prevent their websites being filtered by the great firewall? Check it out, we relay military secrets, therefore you should let slide our anti-communist propaganda.
because when I graduated in '03 all the CS jobs vanished thanks to an overabundance of CS grads combining with a dip in the economy. I was lucky to find a job paying $28k/yr. Maybe it was different in other regions, but there certainly weren't any starting jobs around here for 54k.
Hey it's true. My hosting provider, during a facility migration, told me at first that they couldn't support my server (in the old facility) because the admins were busy with other tickets that preceded mine. I found out later through poking and prodding at phone support that they had one, yes, ONE system administrator handling all of their support operations at the old facility while the rest of their staff was reassigned to server migration tasks. The reason they couldn't get to my support ticket was because the guy lived on the east coast and was asleep at the time.
Take into account that the astrophysicists are probably out of tune with current events, does this latest estimate account for Nico Marquardt's correction last year? I'd say that brings it down to odds of 1 in 2,500. The link above says the odds were reduced from 1:45,000 to 1:250,000 while Nico's correction originally brought it down from 1:45,000 to 1:450.
No, I think a better analogy would be wanting a refund for a car because the transmission frequency used to start your keyless car has been jammed by your non-FCC compliant wireless phone system.
I was thinking Black Friday. We can commemorate this year as Black Hole Friday. At least that way we'd have all that tryptophan to put us into a comma so we don't feel the pain of it.
Yes. Who isn't tired of it besides the rich lawyers and trolls? I'm waiting on a real plan to abolish software patents entirely. All I've seen is griping and complaining, but no plan of action. Nothing that says "Here mail this to your representative so we can put patents in the grave." I think we should have an 'Ask Slashdot' on how we should best tackle this problem.
So can Superman see X-rays or Tera-waves? or both? He could see through walls, but couldn't see through certain heavy metals like lead. Are X-rays known to pass through bricks as easily as Terahertz radiation? My guess would be that his eyes would have to emit X-rays in order to see through things that way, but perhaps he could use freely available terahertz radiation to naturally see through the same materials. However, he could shoot beams of intense red light (the better to melt things) from his eyes which would suggest he could emit nanometer wavelengths from his eyes, so perhaps 1-100nm x-rays aren't as hard for his eyes to adjust to. Now, if he had the ability to emit terahertz radiation, then it would make him all the more dangerous to mess with. Mess with superman and he'll split your DNA.
I said this once before and am still convinced. All this self-inflicted damage is a secret plan to have Bill Gates make a comeback, just like Steve Jobs, and "save" Microsoft. If Bill isn't initially included in this plan of theirs, Ballmer is certainly ensuring that Gates loses enough of his stock gains to force him to come back and work again. Between the goofy ad campaigns and Ballmer's "Microsoft DOES suck" speeches, why wouldn't Microsoft begin to crumble. From the inside.
Now I know you had a hard time getting over Lucy, and now you're just digging even further into your past, but lets face it. It's been over four million years since she broke up with you. Get over it. Because she's gone.
Hackers love to mess with stuff, and now they can mess with Sidewiki in an attempt to XSS something into people's websites. What's to say hackers don't start using this to provide other hackers with details on how to break into so-and-so's website? And what's preventing them from hacking at Sidewiki in an attempt to push a keylogger to every browser that attempts to go to a login page?
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We had the case of redundant solutions in our 101 classes, where everyone came up with the same solution to the same problem even though we didn't copy off each other. After that, the professors didn't seem to care because they decided the homework problems were so simple that anyone could code the same solution without collaborating. I certainly was honest, but when comparing solutions with classmates, it became pretty apparent how easy it would be to cheat.
I have my doubts on whether we'll ever see this because of two things from the article: "first applications of graphene transistors will likely be as switches and amplifiers in analog military electronics" and "Graphene's properties are very sensitive to its environment". This means IBM is placing dainty technology into the hands of the harsh military environment. I've heard how rigorously they test military electronics, and if Graphene is sensitive enough to require insulation, then it's never going to make it past those extreme environment tests they do. Has anyone else seen sensitive materials make it through military applications?
Personally, I'd prefer an interface from the subconscious to the outside world. Then you can do your work without even thinking about it.
I have this device with 104 keys on it that, without even speaking or looking at said device, can transmit commands to a computer. It only requires neurological impulses to transmit down to one's fingers causing a force compression on an electric button, which then sends a signal to the computer, which interprets said signal as directed.
Their computer schooling isn't the problem, it's that they've probably also gone to business school. Rule #1, always cut corners to finish the product on time.
I feel like this whole iPad business is just a regurgitation of an product we've seen on the markets for ages with comparatively less power between these new iterations of tablets and today's modern PCs and those tablets of yesterday compared to the modern PCs of that day. I'd be impressed if they had these new tablets running Crysis at 90fps, but that's impossible. This news has been like watching Steve Jobs go up to his attic and digging out something from the old toy box, dusting it off, and telling the world, "Hey, I just invented this." That followed shortly by everyone else doing the same thing.
Ah, now I see what the scientist's rational was for building the Death Star. No, this isn't a doomsday device, this is just a way to create fusion energy on a macro scale. Don't mind the peons on those plants, this is science!
I can understand the pride and respect between first-world countries where we'd rather avoid war, but show that we can still defend ourselves if someone decides to take the fight outside. However, I'm not sure the point gets across to second and third world countries operated/controlled by dictators or gorilla-mongers. We show off our bling and the tali/queda/misc extremists decide to yoink our technology and proceed to conceal it to prevent us from knowing exactly what we're dealing with (e.g. nuclear weapons, not that I'm saying they have them; we don't really know).
I have yet to understand why new military technology is so widely publicized. It's like a magician showing all the secrets of his magic show at the first showing. Pen and Teller being the exception here. Operating a military force like Pen and Teller just sounds like shear idiocy. Is this all because the military weapons market has turned into a mainstream business unit? Or is this a ploy by news outlets to prevent their websites being filtered by the great firewall? Check it out, we relay military secrets, therefore you should let slide our anti-communist propaganda.
because when I graduated in '03 all the CS jobs vanished thanks to an overabundance of CS grads combining with a dip in the economy. I was lucky to find a job paying $28k/yr. Maybe it was different in other regions, but there certainly weren't any starting jobs around here for 54k.
I'm sorry, but does anyone have a SpamAssassin filter for this? http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/14/0037231
Hey it's true. My hosting provider, during a facility migration, told me at first that they couldn't support my server (in the old facility) because the admins were busy with other tickets that preceded mine. I found out later through poking and prodding at phone support that they had one, yes, ONE system administrator handling all of their support operations at the old facility while the rest of their staff was reassigned to server migration tasks. The reason they couldn't get to my support ticket was because the guy lived on the east coast and was asleep at the time.
I heard the people from these galaxies read it 13 billion years ago through the art of time viewing.
Take into account that the astrophysicists are probably out of tune with current events, does this latest estimate account for Nico Marquardt's correction last year? I'd say that brings it down to odds of 1 in 2,500. The link above says the odds were reduced from 1:45,000 to 1:250,000 while Nico's correction originally brought it down from 1:45,000 to 1:450.
No, I think a better analogy would be wanting a refund for a car because the transmission frequency used to start your keyless car has been jammed by your non-FCC compliant wireless phone system.
'Running' is not the optimal term here. I'd say they have monkeys defecating on their systems.
I was thinking Black Friday. We can commemorate this year as Black Hole Friday. At least that way we'd have all that tryptophan to put us into a comma so we don't feel the pain of it.
Yes. Who isn't tired of it besides the rich lawyers and trolls? I'm waiting on a real plan to abolish software patents entirely. All I've seen is griping and complaining, but no plan of action. Nothing that says "Here mail this to your representative so we can put patents in the grave." I think we should have an 'Ask Slashdot' on how we should best tackle this problem.
So can Superman see X-rays or Tera-waves? or both? He could see through walls, but couldn't see through certain heavy metals like lead. Are X-rays known to pass through bricks as easily as Terahertz radiation? My guess would be that his eyes would have to emit X-rays in order to see through things that way, but perhaps he could use freely available terahertz radiation to naturally see through the same materials. However, he could shoot beams of intense red light (the better to melt things) from his eyes which would suggest he could emit nanometer wavelengths from his eyes, so perhaps 1-100nm x-rays aren't as hard for his eyes to adjust to. Now, if he had the ability to emit terahertz radiation, then it would make him all the more dangerous to mess with. Mess with superman and he'll split your DNA.
I said this once before and am still convinced. All this self-inflicted damage is a secret plan to have Bill Gates make a comeback, just like Steve Jobs, and "save" Microsoft. If Bill isn't initially included in this plan of theirs, Ballmer is certainly ensuring that Gates loses enough of his stock gains to force him to come back and work again. Between the goofy ad campaigns and Ballmer's "Microsoft DOES suck" speeches, why wouldn't Microsoft begin to crumble. From the inside.
One might have to wonder if heavy breathing might change the effectiveness of such a gas mask.
Forget about the new PSP go. Check out my new PS3 Go Slim. In other news, Sony may have plans to start producing fitness software/devices.
Now I know you had a hard time getting over Lucy, and now you're just digging even further into your past, but lets face it. It's been over four million years since she broke up with you. Get over it. Because she's gone.
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Hackers love to mess with stuff, and now they can mess with Sidewiki in an attempt to XSS something into people's websites. What's to say hackers don't start using this to provide other hackers with details on how to break into so-and-so's website? And what's preventing them from hacking at Sidewiki in an attempt to push a keylogger to every browser that attempts to go to a login page?