I have to admit, I was wondering about the name RoShamBo until I got to this:
* Q: RoShamBo? I thought that was the game where you and Cartman take turns kicking each other in the nuts as hard as you can. A: No, that's Roshambeau. Notice that alternating turns (rather than playing simultaneously) affects the strategy. Going first tends to be somewhat advantageous in Roshambeau.
For two reasons, the noise my computer makes DOESN'T MATTER: 1. When using my computer, I always have MP3s playing. And if you're wondering, most of them are legit., too. 2. When NOT using my computer (in other words, when I sleep... sometimes) the noise "keeps me company". It just seems so lonely in my room w/o the fan blowing away. It's a nice background noise, and I can't live without it. Hasn't anyone here been trying to sleep, when suddenly the AC unit outside shuts off - then it seems way too quiet?
Thanks for reminding me of the names. X-Gal, Ampicillin, etc. We were pretty sure HOW it worked: We used restriction enzymes to cut the DNA at certain locations, inserted the plasmid, and used the ligase enzyme (I/think/) to patch it up.
I still can't remember the name of the supply company, though. I think it started with a W
In my biology class, we did a really interesting experiment with recombining DNA plasmids. We had a sample of "Class-room Safe" e-coli. (A supplier, can't remember the name, added a gene to make the e-coli require some compounds which aren't found in the human body). Of course, growing e-coli is fun in itself... but: We also had plasmids with a gene that made e-coli immune to one substance, and another which made it turn BLUE in another substance. We used recombinant techniques to add the plasmids to the e-coli. Unfortunately only 1 of the lab groups succeeded, out of about 10 - but apperantly all of them succeeded all the time for the past so-many-years, according to the teacher.
Well, this doesn't have really much to do with Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR method), which is, as we learned it, sort of like "mass-DNA-replication-in-a-tube", but it was fun...
Keep away from the wheels! They have TEETH. We ask also that you keep any small children away from wheels, especially while in motion. Even though the wheels MAY look harmless enough, they have consumed a fair amount of mathmaticians ('s time?). Also, please don't feed the wheels: they become enourmously fat and refuse to reproduce. We have been issued various legal threats from auto manufacturers about this. You WILL BE FINED. Thank you. (forgive my spellign!)
Perhaps it's just that I misunderstand you, but I see a problem with premise #2. You claim that there are no local community standards on the internet. Well I say this: Consider the Internet as a medium for communication/information, just like books. A community CAN impose restrictions on books, no surprise. But just think of the 'net as the exact same thing. The material, just like from books, comes from all over the world, and is always growing. You can impose standards on what new worldly books you consider OK - therefore you can impose standards on what 'net publications, etc. are considered OK. It's just another medium. Still, all things considered, I agree with the post by KagatoLNX
How much would it take to make Linux's kernel object oriented? Are there any specific reasons why it isn't already? What's kept it from moving into the wonderful world of oo?
I do agree very much with your statement. This has absolutely nothing to do with empowerment. The user is always right because those employed, and thus "empowered" in a certain profession must please the user and make $$. It's just a waste of time to study these things. I remember last year our AP CompSci teacher was talking about how at the last AP grading thingy he went to, this person WASTED three days lecturing about gender-issues. Why don't they concentrate on something important?! I doubt anybody in that class (which there is a girl in this year) cares whatsoever about gender issues. I think they much more care about things like recursive implementations of a trinary search. What has gender got to do with THAT?
I remember back some time this exact same thing had happened, and they were sentenced to death. While scrolling though the comments, I believe I read that the death sentence is the STANDARD sentence for bank robbery. It would have been the same sentence if they had physically broken in in the middle of the night or done a hold-up. Not that I either agree with the sentence, but you have to admit that when applying western thought to easter culture, it only can go so far. I have heard that many chinese are OK with the policy, but either way I don't like the way western/american culture applies itself as being the supreme moral judge
I would love to say that protesterss can accomplish their goals easily, but unfortunatly I will have to agree that many times, to get our point across, we simply must become violent. People just don't feel threatened when they see a group sitting around holding signs and yelling slogans. Sure, there can be ways to make non-violent protest work, but it's (unfortunatly) much easier to pressure somebody when waving a gun in their face. Too much of this stems from the fact that some protesters and police just feel so passionately about the issue. And nomatter what your temper be like, overly passionate opinions can always lead to violence. -- I M H O --
Don't get your panties in a knot about this, boys. If you haven't noticed, there is always an add at the top of the main page. I'm willing to bet that /. get's something like $0.05 every time somebody clicks on it. Running a website costs money, you know... But about the source: 1. How would it affect their pocketbooks? Would somebody try to start an alternative/. ? I think not. 2. This stuff isn't hard to write... come on. 3. I do agree they should release source to lots of their code, but this isn't a big thing. AFAIK this has never been an issue. Maybe if some people get together and do something about this in an ORGANIZED fashion something will happen. Has anyone even asked in the first place?
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I just wanted to mention that, IMHO, since graphics have become so big, there's just more and more fighting games.
Good Thing: Games are more flexible. Good ideas can become better. Bad Thing: Since graphics have become less and less of a barrier, there's been less originality in games. I long for the days of nes, snes, and genesis, where game programmers had to come up with ORIGINAL ideas. Now it's almost always shoot-em-ups!
I ussually sit around for about 10 minutes trying to think of a sequence that is: 1. VERY fast to type 2. Has a lowercase letter, capital letter, number, and misc. character. It takes a while. I can't type too many things too fast, and I'm a bit paranoid about shoulder-surfers, so it ussually takes me a while to come up with a password I can type in under a second.
A major downside to the rapid growth and economic role of the internet is that it causes all of our governments to want to impose rules, taxes, and such on all websites. IMHO the internet is a place where people should be truly free. as in: no copyright, trademark suits, no patened technology, etc.
I seemed to go through CompSci just fine.... I did QBasic in the 8th grade. Really simple kinda stuff. 9th I did C++. 10th I did AP CompSci AB and got a 5. C++ was very easy after QBasic. Lots of people in my highschool take AP CompSci A as their first ever CompSci course and most of them get 5's on the AP test. (This, btw, was the first year that the AP was in C++. They __finally__ switched from Pascal) Of course there's also people who take just a regular ol' CompSci as their first in HS and we used C++. Most of them dropped out. IMHO they should teach something simple like QBasic first so that syntax doesn't become a big issue and they can focus on basic algorithms. Past that point, learning C++ is a breeze.
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I have to admit, I was wondering about the name RoShamBo until I got to this:
* Q: RoShamBo? I thought that was the game where you and Cartman take turns kicking each other in the nuts as hard as
you can.
A: No, that's Roshambeau. Notice that alternating turns (rather than playing simultaneously) affects the strategy.
Going first tends to be somewhat advantageous in Roshambeau.
For two reasons, the noise my computer makes DOESN'T MATTER:
1. When using my computer, I always have MP3s playing. And if you're wondering, most of them are legit., too.
2. When NOT using my computer (in other words, when I sleep... sometimes) the noise "keeps me company". It just seems so lonely in my room w/o the fan blowing away. It's a nice background noise, and I can't live without it. Hasn't anyone here been trying to sleep, when suddenly the AC unit outside shuts off - then it seems way too quiet?
Thanks for reminding me of the names. X-Gal, Ampicillin, etc. We were pretty sure HOW it worked: We used restriction enzymes to cut the DNA at certain locations, inserted the plasmid, and used the ligase enzyme (I /think/) to patch it up.
I still can't remember the name of the supply company, though. I think it started with a W
In my biology class, we did a really interesting experiment with recombining DNA plasmids. We had a sample of "Class-room Safe" e-coli. (A supplier, can't remember the name, added a gene to make the e-coli require some compounds which aren't found in the human body). Of course, growing e-coli is fun in itself... but:
We also had plasmids with a gene that made e-coli immune to one substance, and another which made it turn BLUE in another substance. We used recombinant techniques to add the plasmids to the e-coli.
Unfortunately only 1 of the lab groups succeeded, out of about 10 - but apperantly all of them succeeded all the time for the past so-many-years, according to the teacher.
Well, this doesn't have really much to do with Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR method), which is, as we learned it, sort of like "mass-DNA-replication-in-a-tube", but it was fun...
Keep away from the wheels! They have TEETH. We ask also that you keep any small children away from wheels, especially while in motion. Even though the wheels MAY look harmless enough, they have consumed a fair amount of mathmaticians ('s time?).
Also, please don't feed the wheels: they become enourmously fat and refuse to reproduce. We have been issued various legal threats from auto manufacturers about this. You WILL BE FINED.
Thank you. (forgive my spellign!)
Perhaps it's just that I misunderstand you, but I see a problem with premise #2. You claim that there are no local community standards on the internet. Well I say this: Consider the Internet as a medium for communication/information, just like books. A community CAN impose restrictions on books, no surprise. But just think of the 'net as the exact same thing. The material, just like from books, comes from all over the world, and is always growing. You can impose standards on what new worldly books you consider OK - therefore you can impose standards on what 'net publications, etc. are considered OK. It's just another medium.
Still, all things considered, I agree with the post by KagatoLNX
How much would it take to make Linux's kernel
object oriented? Are there any specific reasons
why it isn't already? What's kept it from moving
into the wonderful world of oo?
I do agree very much with your statement. This has
absolutely nothing to do with empowerment. The user
is always right because those employed, and thus "empowered"
in a certain profession must please the user and
make $$.
It's just a waste of time to study these things. I remember
last year our AP CompSci teacher was talking about
how at the last AP grading thingy he went to, this
person WASTED three days lecturing about gender-issues.
Why don't they concentrate on something important?!
I doubt anybody in that class (which there is a girl in this year) cares whatsoever about gender issues. I think they much more care about things like recursive implementations of a trinary search. What has gender got to do with THAT?
I remember back some time this exact same thing
had happened, and they were sentenced to death.
While scrolling though the comments, I believe I
read that the death sentence is the STANDARD sentence
for bank robbery. It would have been the same
sentence if they had physically broken in in the
middle of the night or done a hold-up. Not that I
either agree with the sentence, but you have to
admit that when applying western thought to easter
culture, it only can go so far. I have heard that
many chinese are OK with the policy, but either way I don't like the way western/american culture applies itself as being the supreme moral judge
I would love to say that protesterss can accomplish
their goals easily, but unfortunatly I will have
to agree that many times, to get our point across, we
simply must become violent. People just don't feel
threatened when they see a group sitting around holding signs
and yelling slogans. Sure, there can be ways to make
non-violent protest work, but it's (unfortunatly)
much easier to pressure somebody when waving a gun
in their face. Too much of this stems from the fact
that some protesters and police just feel so passionately about the issue. And nomatter what your temper be like, overly passionate opinions can always lead to violence. -- I M H O --
Don't get your panties in a knot about this, boys. /. ? I think not.
If you haven't noticed, there is always an add at
the top of the main page. I'm willing to bet that
/. get's something like $0.05 every time somebody
clicks on it. Running a website costs money, you know...
But about the source:
1. How would it affect their pocketbooks? Would somebody try to start an alternative
2. This stuff isn't hard to write... come on.
3. I do agree they should release source to lots of their code, but this isn't a big thing.
AFAIK this has never been an issue. Maybe if some people get together and do something about this in an ORGANIZED fashion something will happen. Has anyone even asked in the first place?
I just wanted to mention that, IMHO, since graphics
have become so big, there's just more and more fighting
games.
Good Thing: Games are more flexible. Good ideas can become better.
Bad Thing: Since graphics have become less and less
of a barrier, there's been less originality in games.
I long for the days of nes, snes, and genesis, where
game programmers had to come up with ORIGINAL ideas. Now it's
almost always shoot-em-ups!
I ussually sit around for about 10 minutes trying
to think of a sequence that is:
1. VERY fast to type
2. Has a lowercase letter, capital letter, number, and misc. character.
It takes a while. I can't type too many things too
fast, and I'm a bit paranoid about shoulder-surfers, so it ussually takes me a while
to come up with a password I can type in under a second.
A major downside to the rapid growth and economic role of the internet is that it causes all of our governments to want to impose rules, taxes, and such on all websites. IMHO the internet is a place where people should be truly free. as in: no copyright, trademark suits, no patened technology, etc.
I seemed to go through CompSci just fine....
I did QBasic in the 8th grade. Really simple kinda stuff. 9th I did C++. 10th I did AP CompSci AB and got a 5. C++ was very easy after QBasic. Lots of people in my highschool take AP CompSci A as their first ever CompSci course and most of them get 5's on the AP test. (This, btw, was the first year that the AP was in C++. They __finally__ switched from Pascal)
Of course there's also people who take just a regular ol' CompSci as their first in HS and we used C++. Most of them dropped out.
IMHO they should teach something simple like QBasic first so that syntax doesn't become a big issue and they can focus on basic algorithms. Past that point, learning C++ is a breeze.