If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name? Look, they paid $5K for this device, they are trying to get their money's worth. Exposing the engineer's name not only adds credibility to their story, it also generates publicity for them, which translates into badly needed advertising dollars. Also, don't you think Apple already knows whose phone went missing? They had already asked for it back!
I think Apple should reimburse Gizmodo for their expenses, and Gizmodo should give the phone back. It' been thoroughly documented and Apple has disabled it now, to it no longer serves any useful purpose to Gizmodo.
I was going to say "No reality show is art", but on reflection, there is some artistry involved: 99% of the creativity in a reality show involves the skillful editing of hours and hours of crap footage in order to tell a simple story.
Actually, art is something that serves no purpose other than being itself. Great... so my appendix is a work of art? Why can't you accept that a natural phenomenon like a sunset or a beautiful animal is also a work of art. It seems a little species-centric to believe that only humans can create great art.
If you have an ISDN line, I believe you can set the Caller ID to any value you choose, including setting it to a different number every time you call. So it is really only saying "Have I guessed a number in your white list correctly?". And by the way, my daughter's school makes emergency calls to parents with CallerID blocked -- real useful to those of us that screen calls to our mobile!
One obvious difference between art and games is that you can win a game. It has rules, points, objectives, and an outcome. Obviously he has never played The Sims or Second Life...
Art is anything that has the ability to inspire emotions in people. Some videogames certainly fit that definition. Few videogames currently have really artistic artwork, but good 3D immersion increases, not decreases, the emotional impact of artwork. Some areas of World of Warcraft are enjoyable just to wander through, e.g. the silence of the snow covered woods or flying on a Griffin. But then, I guess I believe that "art" and "play" are not mutually exclusive.
All the "Who's Who" directories work like that; they are in the business of listing anyone vain enough to pay $500 or more for a copy of the book. Yes, my father paid for a listing once in the '70s.
Programming assignments are very time-consuming, especially if you are unfamiliar with the language. Much more so than any other subject I took in college.
I was a computer lab assistant, and there was a very easy way to deal with this problem: if you see 2 or more similar programs, ask each of the students to explain how the program works. Typically, only the original author can explain why everything was done that way. If somebody can't explain how and why the program they submitted functions, then they deserve an F.
...there arte only so many ways to write the same damn sentance.
As sentences go, that one has to be pretty unique! You are correct though -- just because two people use the same algorithm doesn't make one of them a plagiarizer.
No, it would flag you as a bad programmer, because you left out the "less than" symbol. (Actually, I suspect it got stripped by the HTML.) But you raise a valid point: for simple programs, independent sources will create very similar code.
As a bonus, he speculates that it might cut cattle's methane problem--cows burp up to 20 percent of the world's emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas. Humans, he notes, tend to be more gassy if they lounge around. "Helping cows produce less methane while cranking out energy should get them better PR."
This strikes me as complete BS. For one, I'm pretty sure methane comes out the _other_ end, not in a "burp". (Burps come from accidentally ingested air. Farts come from methane produced by gut bacteria. Stomachs have sphincter valves to keep stuff from flowing backwards.) For another, exercise makes people _feel_ less gassy simply because it helps the methane escape! Shaking the intestinal contents probably promotes methane production, in much the same way that rotating composters promote faster composting.
Plus, cows aren't designed to eat corn -- it leaves them susceptible to disease, and requires they be given large amounts of antibiotics in addition to the corn. (Although feed corn does work well for quickly fattening them up -- that should give you a hint about the obesity epidemic in humans -- most of them aren't designed to eat corn either.) The real question is, could you get more energy out of the grasses they eat by converting it directly to biofuel rather than running it through a cow on a treadmill? Also, don't fat, lazy cows simply taste better than ones that work out every day?
Agreed, CID is crap. Just make the ANI available to the called party, just like it is to law enforcement. And no, I don't think there is any compelling societal interest in allowing anonymous phone calls -- that's what pay phones are for.
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For the most part, those logos make me nauseous, not impatient!
His wife runs off with his best friend... and he's really gonna miss that dog!
Killing someone would qualify him for upper management.
If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name? Look, they paid $5K for this device, they are trying to get their money's worth. Exposing the engineer's name not only adds credibility to their story, it also generates publicity for them, which translates into badly needed advertising dollars. Also, don't you think Apple already knows whose phone went missing? They had already asked for it back!
I think Apple should reimburse Gizmodo for their expenses, and Gizmodo should give the phone back. It' been thoroughly documented and Apple has disabled it now, to it no longer serves any useful purpose to Gizmodo.
I was going to say "No reality show is art", but on reflection, there is some artistry involved: 99% of the creativity in a reality show involves the skillful editing of hours and hours of crap footage in order to tell a simple story.
Yes. Some art is better to observe than to be an active participant in.
Actually, art is something that serves no purpose other than being itself. Great... so my appendix is a work of art? Why can't you accept that a natural phenomenon like a sunset or a beautiful animal is also a work of art. It seems a little species-centric to believe that only humans can create great art.
...video games can't be art. Because they serve a purpose. You've obviously never played The Sims or Second Life...
If you have an ISDN line, I believe you can set the Caller ID to any value you choose, including setting it to a different number every time you call. So it is really only saying "Have I guessed a number in your white list correctly?". And by the way, my daughter's school makes emergency calls to parents with CallerID blocked -- real useful to those of us that screen calls to our mobile!
I am frequently baffled why so many of my jokes are modded "insightful" or "interesting". However, I am even more baffled how this got modded "funny"!
Ok, so this is art, but this is not art? WTF?!?
One obvious difference between art and games is that you can win a game. It has rules, points, objectives, and an outcome. Obviously he has never played The Sims or Second Life...
Art is anything that has the ability to inspire emotions in people. Some videogames certainly fit that definition. Few videogames currently have really artistic artwork, but good 3D immersion increases, not decreases, the emotional impact of artwork. Some areas of World of Warcraft are enjoyable just to wander through, e.g. the silence of the snow covered woods or flying on a Griffin. But then, I guess I believe that "art" and "play" are not mutually exclusive.
This Who's Who contain biographies of over 19,000 snakes!
All the "Who's Who" directories work like that; they are in the business of listing anyone vain enough to pay $500 or more for a copy of the book. Yes, my father paid for a listing once in the '70s.
Uh, no. That prints it all on one line. Original printed 1 number per line.
I can't see how they could work.
At last, my sig is actually appropriate for a slashdot story!
It's *57 to record a trace. *69 calls back the last number that called you.
Programming assignments are very time-consuming, especially if you are unfamiliar with the language. Much more so than any other subject I took in college.
I was a computer lab assistant, and there was a very easy way to deal with this problem: if you see 2 or more similar programs, ask each of the students to explain how the program works. Typically, only the original author can explain why everything was done that way. If somebody can't explain how and why the program they submitted functions, then they deserve an F.
...there arte only so many ways to write the same damn sentance.
As sentences go, that one has to be pretty unique! You are correct though -- just because two people use the same algorithm doesn't make one of them a plagiarizer.
No, it would flag you as a bad programmer, because you left out the "less than" symbol. (Actually, I suspect it got stripped by the HTML.) But you raise a valid point: for simple programs, independent sources will create very similar code.
As a bonus, he speculates that it might cut cattle's methane problem--cows burp up to 20 percent of the world's emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas. Humans, he notes, tend to be more gassy if they lounge around. "Helping cows produce less methane while cranking out energy should get them better PR."
This strikes me as complete BS. For one, I'm pretty sure methane comes out the _other_ end, not in a "burp". (Burps come from accidentally ingested air. Farts come from methane produced by gut bacteria. Stomachs have sphincter valves to keep stuff from flowing backwards.) For another, exercise makes people _feel_ less gassy simply because it helps the methane escape! Shaking the intestinal contents probably promotes methane production, in much the same way that rotating composters promote faster composting.
Plus, cows aren't designed to eat corn -- it leaves them susceptible to disease, and requires they be given large amounts of antibiotics in addition to the corn. (Although feed corn does work well for quickly fattening them up -- that should give you a hint about the obesity epidemic in humans -- most of them aren't designed to eat corn either.) The real question is, could you get more energy out of the grasses they eat by converting it directly to biofuel rather than running it through a cow on a treadmill? Also, don't fat, lazy cows simply taste better than ones that work out every day?
Agreed, CID is crap. Just make the ANI available to the called party, just like it is to law enforcement. And no, I don't think there is any compelling societal interest in allowing anonymous phone calls -- that's what pay phones are for.