Here in northern New Jersey, we obviously do not get as much snow as you do in Buffalo, but we usually have several snowstorms with 6+ inches of snow.
The car I drive is about as far from an 4WD/AWD SUV -- a Mazda Miata. A tiny, lightweight, rear-wheel drive car. When November comes along, I switch out the summer tires with snow tires. And my car is more capable in the snow than just about every 4WD/AWD vehicle with all-season tires.
Case in point -- there is a moderately steep hill a few blocks from my house. Last winter, after a storm dropped 9 inches of snow, I was waiting at the bottom of the hill for 4WD Ford Explorer to either crest the hill or give up. After several attempts, all of which ended in him making it 1/3 - 1/2 of the way up the hill and sliding back down, he pulled off to the side of the road. I then started to drive my Miata up the hill, with the driver of the Explorer pointing and laughing at my car, probably telling his passenger 'what the hell is this guy thinking? My FOUR-wheel drive TRUCK can't get up this hill and he's trying to get up it in a freaking MIATA?!?!'
I wish I could have seen the look on his face when I easily made it to the top of the hill on my very first attempt. And after nearly every significant snowfall a similar situation occurs.
My point is that four-wheel drive does not automatically make your vehicle more capable of bad-weather driving. Too many people rely on it, and justify the poor fuel economy because 'you NEED four-wheel drive in this area because of its climate'. Even a vehicle which you would at first completely dismiss its poor-weather capabilities is far better at doing so (when properly set up) than a vehicle which people specifically purchase FOR its poor-weather 'capabilities'.
15. Piggybacking and Shared Resources
Entrants may not 'piggyback' on other aerospace projects (for example, by launching a satellite as a passenger on a larger launch vehicle). If they do so, the entire cost of the launch will be considered part of the budget of their N-Prize entry. Similarly, no two entries (whether simultaneous or consecutive; whether by the same entrant or different entrants) are allowed to share the cost of common hardware (for example, if a single launch vehicle carries two satellites, then the total cost of the launch vehicle will be considered part of the budget for each of the two satellites).
Building a laptop is now, and has been for some time, possible. While your options are quite limited compared to building a desktop, these options have been increasing steadily.
I agree. My company uses Dell D610's for our mobile workers and they are a good compromise when used with a docking station. My D610 is equipped fairly well: 2.0Ghz Centrino, 2GB RAM, 80GB 7200RPM HD, Radeon X300 graphics. And while not a subcompact it is still quite portable. And when plugged into a docking station, is great for when you are in the office.
Every single set of headphones/earphones has a different sensitivity level. That is, feed the same amount of power to 2 different sets of phones, and one will be louder than the other because of the efficiency of the speaker drivers which convert electricity into vibrations.
Basically, at a given volume level on the portable player (say 75% of total) may produce 80 dB of sound output with Brand X headphones and 84 dB of sound output with Brand Y.
IMO if you damage your hearing it is your own damn fault. It is quite easy to tell if you are listening to something that is too loud. If your ears always ring after you listen to a couple of MP3's on your portable player, turn the freaking volume down, nimwit. Same deal if your ears bleed....
Fine...but for whatever reason, you seem to think that if one *has* a certification, they have *no* qualifications?
What kind of logic is that?
'A' does not require 'B'
Someone with 'B' may or may not know 'A'.
Thus, having 'B' means you do not know 'A'.
QED? Absolutely not.
I agree 100%. It's one thing to not bother with obtaining certifications, or not requiring certifications when you hire someone. But to not give someone an interview, or not hire someone just on the basis that they *have* a certification in the field is asinine.
Up until I read that one comment, I was thinking 'Hey this guy is right. What's the point of certs?'
And then you made yourself look like a fool in my eyes.
I agree completely. What I can't understand is why these facilities have to come at the expense of printed books. You can have all of the computers, lounges, etc. without throwing out the books which remain one of the best methods for intense focused study. How long can you study on your wirelessly enabled computer without checking to see if there's been an update at/.?
According to the article, the books that were in that particular library were moved to other libraries in the system. They were not thrown out (thankfully).
"This summer, 90,000 volumes were transferred to other collections in the campus's massive library system."
I agree, but a 2,000 line program is a *very tiny* one that would (in most cases) be easy to parse through as long as it has good form (proper indenting, meaningful variable names, etc.).
Ultimately, all this soft CANSPAM style BS needs to stop, and tougher measures need to be brought up to speed.
Agreed. In my eyes, CANSPAM means the CAN SPAM me.
I have a very specific system when I purchase a new CD.
I resist the urge to play it in the car, and do not open it until I get home. Once home, the seal is broken, and it goes right into my computer.
Then, I rip each track into a 192kbps MP3 for listening on my computer or my MP3 player.
Then I burn an exact copy of the CD onto a blank CD.
The original CD goes into a protective binder and is stored away.
The burned copy goes into the jewel case and into a space on my cd holder tower thingie.
So, the original is only used to make a backup copy, and the backup copy sees everyday use. If for whatever reason the backup gets lost or damaged, I just pull the original out of the binder and make another copy.
All this is perfectly legal and is within consumers' rights. This new system will take away those rights, and will only serve to piss more people off.
So you don't have to buy new batteries every time the mouse dies. Just plop it in the charger and you're good to go.
Batteries are expensive, the $20 difference will pay for itself over time.
(BTW I love my MX700)
I agree 100% with this. The ??AA's are genuinely afraid. They know that the Internet has the potential to 'shed light' on their monopolistic, overpriced, distribution network.
They will continue to fight P2P to the death....it is their executive's wallets that are in jeopardy, and they will use every dirty tactic and pull every political string they have in order to protect their cash flow.
"A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet."
Some rapists don't even serve this much time. How does putting a copy of a movie on the Internet deserve 3 years in jail?
What about the IOCCC? Obfuscated C code can hardly be described as useful, while people do put long hours into labors of love to produce clever and beautiful programs.
Art is about context. A pile of bricks on a building site is a pile of bricks; a pile of bricks in a gallery is art. A line of code in an application is a line of code. But how do you disqualify an elegant one-liner, as presented for public admiration, from being art?
See the post directly above yours, I've included an exception similar to yours;)
And which industry would that be?
Most of the coders I know and work with call it more an art form than science. Feels more like art to me.
Of course, were it a science, you wouldn't get as many variations in code that you do. It's kinda like how they call phsycology a science, when it really isn't.
Specifically the Computer Science industry, but basically everyone in the computing industry...
I don't consider coding an art form because even though certain ways of solving problems may seem artful, it is only a way of solving a specific problem.
Art can be thought of as a way of expressing your emotions and experiences through some medium, while science can be thought of applying your knowledge and experience to solve a problem, or explain why something happens. IMO coding falls more into the category of 'science'.
Of course there are exceptions...what if you write a visual plug-in for Winamp, or are trying to win the Obfuscated Perl contest? I would consider both of those falling more to the 'art' category.
Our favorite music is owned and operated by an industry who cares more about money than music.
I write software for a living, and guess what? I care about money more than software.
I think we can all agree that music is most definitely an art form?
While coding is an art form in some ways, it is most definitely not considered 'art' by the general public. Even most of us in the industry rarely even consider coding to be 'art'.
This is why I disagree with your comparison, as music is truly an art, and it is a shame that most music 'artists' can only see in shades of green. (and other weird colors on the stupid new $20's, but that's a whole 'nother story).
BTW has anyone ever considered themselves a 'programming artist'?
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The MacBook does not have an ExpressCard slot either. Only the MacBook Pro, which already has FireWire anyways.
Here in northern New Jersey, we obviously do not get as much snow as you do in Buffalo, but we usually have several snowstorms with 6+ inches of snow.
The car I drive is about as far from an 4WD/AWD SUV -- a Mazda Miata. A tiny, lightweight, rear-wheel drive car. When November comes along, I switch out the summer tires with snow tires. And my car is more capable in the snow than just about every 4WD/AWD vehicle with all-season tires.
Case in point -- there is a moderately steep hill a few blocks from my house. Last winter, after a storm dropped 9 inches of snow, I was waiting at the bottom of the hill for 4WD Ford Explorer to either crest the hill or give up. After several attempts, all of which ended in him making it 1/3 - 1/2 of the way up the hill and sliding back down, he pulled off to the side of the road. I then started to drive my Miata up the hill, with the driver of the Explorer pointing and laughing at my car, probably telling his passenger 'what the hell is this guy thinking? My FOUR-wheel drive TRUCK can't get up this hill and he's trying to get up it in a freaking MIATA?!?!'
I wish I could have seen the look on his face when I easily made it to the top of the hill on my very first attempt. And after nearly every significant snowfall a similar situation occurs.
My point is that four-wheel drive does not automatically make your vehicle more capable of bad-weather driving. Too many people rely on it, and justify the poor fuel economy because 'you NEED four-wheel drive in this area because of its climate'. Even a vehicle which you would at first completely dismiss its poor-weather capabilities is far better at doing so (when properly set up) than a vehicle which people specifically purchase FOR its poor-weather 'capabilities'.
From the rules at http://www.n-prize.com/ --
15. Piggybacking and Shared Resources
Entrants may not 'piggyback' on other aerospace projects (for example, by launching a satellite as a passenger on a larger launch vehicle). If they do so, the entire cost of the launch will be considered part of the budget of their N-Prize entry. Similarly, no two entries (whether simultaneous or consecutive; whether by the same entrant or different entrants) are allowed to share the cost of common hardware (for example, if a single launch vehicle carries two satellites, then the total cost of the launch vehicle will be considered part of the budget for each of the two satellites).
Building a laptop is now, and has been for some time, possible. While your options are quite limited compared to building a desktop, these options have been increasing steadily.
Here's a nice article about DIY laptops:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/05/04/building_your_dream_notebook/
I agree. My company uses Dell D610's for our mobile workers and they are a good compromise when used with a docking station. My D610 is equipped fairly well: 2.0Ghz Centrino, 2GB RAM, 80GB 7200RPM HD, Radeon X300 graphics. And while not a subcompact it is still quite portable. And when plugged into a docking station, is great for when you are in the office.
Chill. It was an example. I think everyone 'got' the idea I was putting across in very simple terms.
Every single set of headphones/earphones has a different sensitivity level. That is, feed the same amount of power to 2 different sets of phones, and one will be louder than the other because of the efficiency of the speaker drivers which convert electricity into vibrations.
Basically, at a given volume level on the portable player (say 75% of total) may produce 80 dB of sound output with Brand X headphones and 84 dB of sound output with Brand Y.
IMO if you damage your hearing it is your own damn fault. It is quite easy to tell if you are listening to something that is too loud. If your ears always ring after you listen to a couple of MP3's on your portable player, turn the freaking volume down, nimwit. Same deal if your ears bleed....
I would gladly pay $5 a month for unlimited, non-DRMed music. Heck, I already pay $5 amonth for DRM'ed downloads (Yahoo! Music Unlimited).
What kind of logic is that? 'A' does not require 'B' Someone with 'B' may or may not know 'A'. Thus, having 'B' means you do not know 'A'. QED? Absolutely not.
Up until I read that one comment, I was thinking 'Hey this guy is right. What's the point of certs?'
And then you made yourself look like a fool in my eyes.
According to the article, the books that were in that particular library were moved to other libraries in the system. They were not thrown out (thankfully).
"This summer, 90,000 volumes were transferred to other collections in the campus's massive library system."
I agree, but a 2,000 line program is a *very tiny* one that would (in most cases) be easy to parse through as long as it has good form (proper indenting, meaningful variable names, etc.).
Ultimately, all this soft CANSPAM style BS needs to stop, and tougher measures need to be brought up to speed. Agreed. In my eyes, CANSPAM means the CAN SPAM me.
I have a very specific system when I purchase a new CD.
I resist the urge to play it in the car, and do not open it until I get home. Once home, the seal is broken, and it goes right into my computer.
Then, I rip each track into a 192kbps MP3 for listening on my computer or my MP3 player.
Then I burn an exact copy of the CD onto a blank CD.
The original CD goes into a protective binder and is stored away.
The burned copy goes into the jewel case and into a space on my cd holder tower thingie.
So, the original is only used to make a backup copy, and the backup copy sees everyday use. If for whatever reason the backup gets lost or damaged, I just pull the original out of the binder and make another copy.
All this is perfectly legal and is within consumers' rights. This new system will take away those rights, and will only serve to piss more people off.
So you don't have to buy new batteries every time the mouse dies. Just plop it in the charger and you're good to go. Batteries are expensive, the $20 difference will pay for itself over time. (BTW I love my MX700)
I agree 100% with this. The ??AA's are genuinely afraid. They know that the Internet has the potential to 'shed light' on their monopolistic, overpriced, distribution network. They will continue to fight P2P to the death....it is their executive's wallets that are in jeopardy, and they will use every dirty tactic and pull every political string they have in order to protect their cash flow.
My car only gets up to 45mph in 2nd gear. But then again it's a 6-speed with a 4.10 rear.
He's working for a 'small development company'; I doubt they have a HR department. There probably is only one person above his boss, if even that.
*YOU* RTFA. The sentence is going to be a 25 year *MINIMUM, MANDATORY* sentence, with the maximum sentence being life.
"A lawbreaker can land in jail for up to three years for distributing a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet." Some rapists don't even serve this much time. How does putting a copy of a movie on the Internet deserve 3 years in jail?
Ridiculous...another attack on our privacy that will be put into law without question.
And somehow it's Sprint PCS's fault that you went over your minutes?
Art is about context. A pile of bricks on a building site is a pile of bricks; a pile of bricks in a gallery is art. A line of code in an application is a line of code. But how do you disqualify an elegant one-liner, as presented for public admiration, from being art?
See the post directly above yours, I've included an exception similar to yours ;)
Specifically the Computer Science industry, but basically everyone in the computing industry... I don't consider coding an art form because even though certain ways of solving problems may seem artful, it is only a way of solving a specific problem. Art can be thought of as a way of expressing your emotions and experiences through some medium, while science can be thought of applying your knowledge and experience to solve a problem, or explain why something happens. IMO coding falls more into the category of 'science'. Of course there are exceptions...what if you write a visual plug-in for Winamp, or are trying to win the Obfuscated Perl contest? I would consider both of those falling more to the 'art' category.
Our favorite music is owned and operated by an industry who cares more about money than music. I write software for a living, and guess what? I care about money more than software. I think we can all agree that music is most definitely an art form? While coding is an art form in some ways, it is most definitely not considered 'art' by the general public. Even most of us in the industry rarely even consider coding to be 'art'. This is why I disagree with your comparison, as music is truly an art, and it is a shame that most music 'artists' can only see in shades of green. (and other weird colors on the stupid new $20's, but that's a whole 'nother story). BTW has anyone ever considered themselves a 'programming artist'?