I'm pretty sure there's a 24th account belonging to a banana slug that lives in one of the danker corners of Cowboy Niel's parent's basement. But it doesn't log in any more - lost interest when the Natalie Portman/Hot Grits meme ran its course.
What's wrong with offshore drilling? Please tell me you aren't someone who is going to condemn an entire industry because of one accident. No human enterprise ever attempted managed to get underway without mistakes. The important thing here is to learn what went wrong and take steps to ensure that it doesn't happen again in the future.
What went wrong was believing the the oil companies when they said they had a plan in the first place. When ever there's a mistake we get boned. Every time - this isn't just an isolated case - the industry has a 100% track record with major oils spills. The contingency plan that was supposed to keep this from happening didn't get implemented or just wasn't sufficient.
For better or worse human civilization can not exist without environmental impact. The knee-jerk reaction to this unfortunate incident by certain politicians is disappointing to say the least.
It is unfortunate that the knee-jerk reaction of a certain number of politicians is going to be to defend the oil companies and their actions will predictably be enough to keep us from making any real progress.
The main reason Apple is a little more spry is that it had to change or go bankrupt. It had to innovate and compete. Microsoft is still riding its dominate position (monopoly) on the desktop and really hasn't learned any new tricks. As the desktop moves to the palm top I guess we'll see if M$ can adapt its strategy to the mobile market very effectively. Apple gets to do what Apple does well - supply and OS/hardware combo that has a well thought out user interface.
People who wrestle with statistics need programmers that understand how to get answers out of data like they need their livers. See if you can't find a research assistanceship to support you for 2 years while you get an MS in Statistics. You will have a reference with 2 years of programming on it when you leave school and probably some personal contacts in the "REAL" world. This is a field that has job openings all over the world.
I would repurpose your plumbing if I were you. After all the internet will get you through weeks of no showers better than daily showers will get you through weeks of no internet.
Fortunately the internet is not a big truck that you just dump something on. Otherwise you would have to build roadways in your house.
In the US many (if not most) CS departments were affiliated with the Math department. There was a movement after I graduated (1982) to move CS departments to the engineering schools because there was more government funding for engineering. Math intersects programming in two ways: both programs and proofs benefit from a certain logical approach that can be learned in classes like abstract algebra and advanced calculus; numerical methods for solving integrals, differential equations, and linear algebra.
The first helps with logically setting out a program. Minds are lazy; we all tend to believe "hand waving" rather than work out all the nitty gritty details. Learning mathematical proofs will help you recognize when you are hand waving and when you have really nailed things down.
The second is a specialty for the sciences. There are a lot of good things to know about the pitfalls of numerical calculations on computers.
The stupidity is that you trusted CCP yet again. Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. CCP's lame ass buggy code exposes you to impossible situations where you can't fight back because the server isn't listening to you yet. By the time you get any control of your character you are "respawning" with out your stuff.
If you get Saturday AND Sunday off then you benefited from a union. If you have some expectation of getting paid more for working more than 40 hours then you benefited from a union.
Unions have to reinvent themselves to be more relevant in today's market place - but most of you that have a full time job benefit from labor unions.
By that logic wouldn't those same people then wait for AMD's next offering which will be yet faster? Waiting for the latest and greatest means there will always be something greater in the pipeline to wait for.
How long before we saturate the PCI-E bus and need something faster? The current bus structure is about as old as AGP was when it lost favor.
I'm pretty sure the guy in front of me on the 520 bridge this morning was blind or of limited vision. He had his head up his ass and he sure as hell couldn't drive. Perhaps a tactile feed back GPS would help him - it wouldn't hurt.
Asking the pointy haired what they want is a fool's errand. Best to come up with a straw man and some reasons behind it. Build a CGI (or something) and put it on a web page. Make sure it prints nicely.
The numbers could be entirely fictional - as long as the report looks good and seems to trend the right way it will never be read.
Perhaps we could just mount a mouse ball on the bottom of a key board. You just move the whole keyboard around when you want to scroll. The 105 button mouse.
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Probably a good thing - Harder to remotely detonate bombs that way.
That wasn't a cell phone conversation - that actually was a street person.
I'm pretty sure there's a 24th account belonging to a banana slug that lives in one of the danker corners of Cowboy Niel's parent's basement. But it doesn't log in any more - lost interest when the Natalie Portman/Hot Grits meme ran its course.
What's wrong with offshore drilling? Please tell me you aren't someone who is going to condemn an entire industry because of one accident. No human enterprise ever attempted managed to get underway without mistakes. The important thing here is to learn what went wrong and take steps to ensure that it doesn't happen again in the future.
What went wrong was believing the the oil companies when they said they had a plan in the first place. When ever there's a mistake we get boned. Every time - this isn't just an isolated case - the industry has a 100% track record with major oils spills. The contingency plan that was supposed to keep this from happening didn't get implemented or just wasn't sufficient.
For better or worse human civilization can not exist without environmental impact. The knee-jerk reaction to this unfortunate incident by certain politicians is disappointing to say the least.
It is unfortunate that the knee-jerk reaction of a certain number of politicians is going to be to defend the oil companies and their actions will predictably be enough to keep us from making any real progress.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid - Ben Franklin
I always thought the browser was trying to emulate X Windows. I suspect it will keep going in that direction.
Are you trying to say that by building the Great Pyramids the Egyptians actually got graineries in all of their towns?
The main reason Apple is a little more spry is that it had to change or go bankrupt. It had to innovate and compete. Microsoft is still riding its dominate position (monopoly) on the desktop and really hasn't learned any new tricks. As the desktop moves to the palm top I guess we'll see if M$ can adapt its strategy to the mobile market very effectively. Apple gets to do what Apple does well - supply and OS/hardware combo that has a well thought out user interface.
People who wrestle with statistics need programmers that understand how to get answers out of data like they need their livers. See if you can't find a research assistanceship to support you for 2 years while you get an MS in Statistics. You will have a reference with 2 years of programming on it when you leave school and probably some personal contacts in the "REAL" world. This is a field that has job openings all over the world.
Fortunately the internet is not a big truck that you just dump something on. Otherwise you would have to build roadways in your house.
Ha! I have a Pentium 90! - 2 of them infact. Old DEC servers.
That's what I do - make an estimate that you think gives you lots of time; then double it. It's still a WAG
... So kids born in early July were the result of an an April fools joke involving contraception that was tampered with?
ultra edit is a great editor - best I've used. There isn't any good way to integrate a debugger while code is running in a web server though.
Ummm ....
http://www.bing.com/news/search ScienceAndTechnology
To the defendant - counter sue for this blatant disregard for your allergy to small minded ass-holes.
In the US many (if not most) CS departments were affiliated with the Math department. There was a movement after I graduated (1982) to move CS departments to the engineering schools because there was more government funding for engineering. Math intersects programming in two ways: both programs and proofs benefit from a certain logical approach that can be learned in classes like abstract algebra and advanced calculus; numerical methods for solving integrals, differential equations, and linear algebra. The first helps with logically setting out a program. Minds are lazy; we all tend to believe "hand waving" rather than work out all the nitty gritty details. Learning mathematical proofs will help you recognize when you are hand waving and when you have really nailed things down. The second is a specialty for the sciences. There are a lot of good things to know about the pitfalls of numerical calculations on computers.
The stupidity is that you trusted CCP yet again. Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. CCP's lame ass buggy code exposes you to impossible situations where you can't fight back because the server isn't listening to you yet. By the time you get any control of your character you are "respawning" with out your stuff.
And it make turning in you "Geek Card" somewhat more painful.
If you get Saturday AND Sunday off then you benefited from a union. If you have some expectation of getting paid more for working more than 40 hours then you benefited from a union. Unions have to reinvent themselves to be more relevant in today's market place - but most of you that have a full time job benefit from labor unions.
By that logic wouldn't those same people then wait for AMD's next offering which will be yet faster? Waiting for the latest and greatest means there will always be something greater in the pipeline to wait for. How long before we saturate the PCI-E bus and need something faster? The current bus structure is about as old as AGP was when it lost favor.
I'm pretty sure the guy in front of me on the 520 bridge this morning was blind or of limited vision. He had his head up his ass and he sure as hell couldn't drive. Perhaps a tactile feed back GPS would help him - it wouldn't hurt.
The numbers could be entirely fictional - as long as the report looks good and seems to trend the right way it will never be read.
Smart Heuristic Reprogramable Open Office Mouse (SHROOM)
Perhaps we could just mount a mouse ball on the bottom of a key board. You just move the whole keyboard around when you want to scroll. The 105 button mouse.