Um, dark matter and dark energy are two different things. . .
As for me, I'm betting on the physicists who are working on tweaking the gravity equations for large distances. That has the potential to explain away a lot of wacky theories.
Maybe this will improve their selection?
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iTunes is Malware?
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I want them to track my music listening habits. Maybe if they notice the bands I listen to, they will make deals to distribute music from Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords artists. . . 'cause currently iTunes have almost nothing I want to listen to.
This is just annecdotal old-wives-tale advice, but my parents suggested to me that I should look at objects far away occasionally while working. So when I'm working, about once an hour I gaze out a window for 30 seconds.
I have no idea if this makes a difference, but at least it's a good excuse to get up and walk (my office doesn't have a window).
It's funny that the article claims the site uses JavaScript to display the IP. Viewing source indicates that it's something server-side, not JavaScript.
Unlike email, people can't just send you an RSS feed. You need to subscribe. (i.e. your RSS-client needs to be set to go check the feed every so often to see if there's anything new)
To the best of my knowledge, if you get spam from this, it's your own fault for subscribing to crappy feeds.
I enjoy IT, but one needs to get as broad an education as possible. If someone is going to school to learn how to, say, write Computer Language X by memorizing a list of functions available in that language, it's just not worth it. I wouldn't hire them (not that I'm in a position to do hiring, though).
On the other hand, if you're learning general concepts that can be applied across the board (to a wide variety of systems, languages, et cetera), you're probably going to be able to find a pretty decent job.
I've also been using BOINC for at least 6 months for SETI (probably closer to a year). I've had no problems.
I run it nonstop on my work computer (my work computer is fairly high-end and I can't notice any slowdown because of BOINC running), whereas at home I have to have it set to only run when I'm not using my computer. I even upgraded by old laptop to meet the minimum requirements just so I could run SETI on it (I don't use it for anything else).
Scientific American had a very interesting article on the history of this sort of thing. Unfortunately, you probably have to pay for that article if you don't already subscribe.
The more private ventures to space/orbit, the cheaper the technology will get.
Sure, compared to kick-ass NASA/ESA missions this is rather insignificant, but it's not really a waste of money. Especially since some of the money will go back to the people currently creating the technology that will let me tour Mars in 60 years.
Oh, also, putting one's remains into space is totally awesome.
It may be because of jerks like me: Domain names are so cheap that sometimes I register things like williamshatnerrules.com for no reason except that the domain is funny. One day I might put some content at all the domains I have.
Did I mention that I own williamshatnerrules.com? 'Cause I own williamshatnerrules.com!
I disagree. I wrote my own blog system in PHP, my pages are all valid XHTML, and I manually insert my entires into MySQL. I can certainly write HTML and it was hardly an "easy-to-setup-homepage". . .
The reason it's a blog? Because it's updated often, sorted chronologically, and, unlike a forum, only allows me to post entries on it (although readers can submit comments about entries).
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Um, dark matter and dark energy are two different things. . .
As for me, I'm betting on the physicists who are working on tweaking the gravity equations for large distances. That has the potential to explain away a lot of wacky theories.
[insert a Geordi LaForge joke here]
I want them to track my music listening habits. Maybe if they notice the bands I listen to, they will make deals to distribute music from Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords artists. . . 'cause currently iTunes have almost nothing I want to listen to.
This is just annecdotal old-wives-tale advice, but my parents suggested to me that I should look at objects far away occasionally while working. So when I'm working, about once an hour I gaze out a window for 30 seconds. I have no idea if this makes a difference, but at least it's a good excuse to get up and walk (my office doesn't have a window).
It's funny that the article claims the site uses JavaScript to display the IP. Viewing source indicates that it's something server-side, not JavaScript.
.PHP, in this case.
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In many countries around the world, "Government" refers to the "Executive" branch. That's what they are doing here and the wording is perfectly fine.
I can understand why that would be confusing for Americans, though. Hope that helps.
My favorite line:
"My folks were always on me to groom myself and wear underpants. What am I, the pope?"
Haha. Whoops, I messed up my joke. I suppose it's the launchers that use foam.
I think there should be a space shuttle that doesn't use foam.
My "highly sensitive sensory organ" is about the same size.
Unlike email, people can't just send you an RSS feed. You need to subscribe. (i.e. your RSS-client needs to be set to go check the feed every so often to see if there's anything new)
To the best of my knowledge, if you get spam from this, it's your own fault for subscribing to crappy feeds.
I've been Pine-ing for this for a while now.
Get it? Pine? Pining? Hahahahahahahasomebodykillme
I enjoy IT, but one needs to get as broad an education as possible. If someone is going to school to learn how to, say, write Computer Language X by memorizing a list of functions available in that language, it's just not worth it. I wouldn't hire them (not that I'm in a position to do hiring, though).
On the other hand, if you're learning general concepts that can be applied across the board (to a wide variety of systems, languages, et cetera), you're probably going to be able to find a pretty decent job.
I've also been using BOINC for at least 6 months for SETI (probably closer to a year). I've had no problems.
I run it nonstop on my work computer (my work computer is fairly high-end and I can't notice any slowdown because of BOINC running), whereas at home I have to have it set to only run when I'm not using my computer. I even upgraded by old laptop to meet the minimum requirements just so I could run SETI on it (I don't use it for anything else).
I think this thread is in desperate need of recent quote from Mr. Stephen Hawking:
"People who boast about their IQ are losers."
IT professionals, like me, certainly do not dress poorly at work. For example, http://www.spaceadmiral.com/pirateday/pirate2.jpg
Of course, the eyepatch that day was mostly for Talk Like a Pirate Day, but I think it looked professional.
This reminds me of something I posted on my blog. Basically, they will be shipping the 1918 flu virus through commercial mail.
Sounds like some h4x0r got control of the supremecourt process.
I notice the words Linux and Unix share many of the same letters. Guilty!
Scientific American had a very interesting article on the history of this sort of thing. Unfortunately, you probably have to pay for that article if you don't already subscribe.
The more private ventures to space/orbit, the cheaper the technology will get.
Sure, compared to kick-ass NASA/ESA missions this is rather insignificant, but it's not really a waste of money. Especially since some of the money will go back to the people currently creating the technology that will let me tour Mars in 60 years.
Oh, also, putting one's remains into space is totally awesome.
If their competitors were just repackaging their software, they should have put some massive bugs in it.
It may be because of jerks like me: Domain names are so cheap that sometimes I register things like williamshatnerrules.com for no reason except that the domain is funny. One day I might put some content at all the domains I have.
Did I mention that I own williamshatnerrules.com? 'Cause I own williamshatnerrules.com!
Actually, new versions of Netscape let you choose IE-rendering or Firefox-rendering of pages.
I disagree. I wrote my own blog system in PHP, my pages are all valid XHTML, and I manually insert my entires into MySQL. I can certainly write HTML and it was hardly an "easy-to-setup-homepage". . .
The reason it's a blog? Because it's updated often, sorted chronologically, and, unlike a forum, only allows me to post entries on it (although readers can submit comments about entries).