Not sure why you're modded funny. You are probably correct, in that this therapy wouldn't reverse the effects, at least not immediately. Whether the body can heal on its own (albeit slowly), or there needs to be some other complementary procedure that would actively reverse the effects of MS is probably an area that warrants further study.
Imagine Da Vinci had stored his notes on magnetic media. I wonder how much of it would have survived and been restorable for general consumption (hint: probably none).
Digital storage makes duplication and sometimes modification much easier. But all it really does is commoditize the knowledge that's being stored. I.e., only the worthless stuff really qualifies to be stored digitally.
And yet, with today's "processes", an extension of that mentality, nothing seems to be able to complete on time and anywhere near budget.
There's a point when processes are good enough, where they just work, and things are still getting done. Don't forget that processes increase time and effort for the engineers, but produce meta-work that does not contribute directly to the output. Processes are useful only if that meta-work can save the engineers more time and effort in future work, than the meta-work requires. Once past that point, it's just a lot of overhead and time wasting. It's like NASA developing a "space pen" when the Russians used pencils (or so goes the story).
Process is not a bad thing, just like OOP is not a bad thing. But overdo it, and it becomes an impediment that at best will delay the real work from completion, and at worst make working so onerous that real work doesn't even start.
The question of whether something is invented or discovered is just semantics with no real impact on whether or not it's useful or whether or not patent protection will accelerate or slow progress in the field.
Perhaps not the field per se, but if patents were granted for mere discoveries instead of inventions, then society itself will fall apart. Do we owe Higgs royalties for "discovering" the Higgs Boson? Or perhaps we owe them to CERN, whose LHC actually did the discovering?
Patenting discoveries does not lead to the promotion of the useful arts and sciences in any situation. Instead, it leads to extreme corporatism.
You see this from the microcosm of the small business (the boss is the boss because he signs the paychecks) to countries (the U.S. holds power over most other countries because it is the wealthiest of all countries). Unfortunately, the only way to decouple these two things is to completely rewrite our social values. And quite frankly, that's not going to happen without a major evolution in human physiology.
The only thing we as poor, common people can do is maybe pool our money together and maybe try to buy the same power as those who are already independently wealthy. Unfortunately, then it comes down to who gets to wield the power, which ultimately comes around full circle becoming the same quandary, just on a smaller scale. But it's easier for individuals to wield their own personal power on a smaller scale than on a large one. And that's why this country was founded as a republic, and why a direct democracy would be a very, very bad idea.
Wait, what? Do you even know what you're talking about?
Metro is just a fancy desktop replacement. It offers little to no functional purpose. Why do you think it failed? It's not because Microsoft's own products couldn't support it. It's because it was a useless waste of screen space and mouse clicks. Office runs "natively" on Metro as far as it can, i.e. there's a button to start Office apps through Metro. That's it. There's no other requirement to being "native". Metro is not an architecture thing, it's just window dressing replacing the desktop. It's like replacing the glass panes of your greenhouse with fancy curtains. Well, you still need those glass panes, hence the neutered "desktop" that still ships with Windows 8 and RT. Only now, you can't let sunlight in without first brushing aside those damn curtains every time.
The DOJ did squat. Microsoft had so much cash in its vaults in preparation for the antitrust sentence that they ended up paying their shareholders a ton of dividend afterwards because the fine was so small. Do you really think that if the DOJ's actions hurt Microsoft in any way, they would have left over cash to spread to their shareholders afterwards?
No, Microsoft's failures are due to incompetence at the top. Like all other large, made companies, they got soft and stopped taking risks. They encouraged their senior management to fight and jostle among each other for the CEO's good graces. They let people with vision and talent go, while refusing to "retire" the useless, good-for-nothings that are even now still fighting over their standings with Ballmer.
Cream rises to the top. So does shit. Large companies accumulate a lot of shit, and all it takes is for one chunk to stain the cream brown and turn it into shit too. Most companies try to keep their shit from rising, but Microsoft funnily enough promoted one to CEO.
The internal politics of MS are keeping it from progressing quickly. The lack of a vision from up top is keeping it from moving in a single, unified dimension.
MS is like an amoeba still running on a large chunk of food it was lucky to happen upon and consumed a long time ago. It has since blindly stretched out to its surroundings in an attempt to find the next big chunk of sustinence, but it has not been able to find anything, and pulls back almost immediately in trepidation.
The reason it hasn't been able to find anything is because they are slow to move (most of the other chunks have been eaten already by the competition), and because they lack one focus (they are feeling around in all directions, and thus cannot extend too far in any particular direction). Google is fast-moving and constantly pioneering new places to go, while Apple has a strong focus and sense of direction. As is demonstrated by the two companies, only one quality is really necessary to grow. Microsoft unfortunately has neither.
Something has to give. Either Ballmer needs to go, the culture of infighting among senior management needs to go, or Microsoft will slowly waste itself away. That crap like Windows 8 was allowed to even come out of them is indicative of this decay. XBox 720 will be yet another failure when Valve comes out with their console.
On the contrary. I want to know how the Linux driver compares with the Windows driver, feature-wise, and performance-wise. It's not a technical question. It's a user-oriented question, e.g. with this new driver, how could a game compiled or run under Wine in Linux compare to the same game for Windows quality-wise and framerate-wise, assuming OpenGL takes advantage of all of the features of each driver when available.
I don't need to propogate doubt. There's plenty of it out there. Answers are what there aren't. Your attitude seems like an excuse to propogate that.
So does this release bring the Linux drivers into parity with the Windows drivers? I'm sure this is a large step in the right direction, but if the Windows driver is still more capable or efficient, then Linux will still suffer on the gaming front.
They don't include always-on DRM for new titles anymore.
But either someone fucked up bad by putting an unannounced pre-release title into their distribution servers, or this is merely a lame way of drawing attention to a product, or perhaps somebody took their April Fool's joke and ran a little too hard with it.
Frankly, I find it hard to believe Russian hackers would just release gameplay footage. If the full (playable, obviously) game's not on a torrent site somewhere, it's probably just a publicity stunt. Yes, the hackers could be looking to blackmail Ubisoft, but there's really no point. It's not like the game's not going to eventually end up on some torrent site after release anyway. All Ubisoft would have to do is ignore the hackers and change the game a bit here and there maybe add some more levels or whatnot, tweak the ending, and call that final.
That's only for when there's an obstruction on the other lane, either a wall or some car in your blind spot. And it also engages the brakes on one side to get you back into your lane.
It's funny you mention the NFL. There are some really strict rules about broadcasting NFL games, and other sports probably have similar rules. Aereo sounds like a way to get around those restrictions.
Sports team owners and Fox affiliates are the ones who are primarily against this service.
Reading comprehension fail? I thought they were talking about OTA Fox, which does include Fox News. Fox News is not the Fox News Channel, the latter of which is a cable-only channel that practically nobody watches.
To be honest, based on the quality of Slashdot's editors and the rigidity of their article vetting process, I wouldn't be surprised if these were legitimate editorial-independent accepted submissions.
tl:dr: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Many consider "compile-run-debug" to be an advantage
Sorry, I think most software programmers who are exposed to this process would disagree. Compile-run-debug is a necessity, not an advantage. There's a reason most modern languages or dialects thereof provide a command line interface that'll interpret code in real time. It doesn't avoid the paradigm, but it does make it much easier to work with by making writing programs closer to the more intuitive WYSIWYG.
WYSIWYG, of course, is horrible for doing actual work, which is why nobody (competent) really uses it to do actual work. But it makes getting something simple done so much easier and faster.
I'm still waiting on them lifting that ridiculous liquid ban.
Really, if they wanted to ensure that a liquid wasn't exposive, they should just make the passenger take a swig of whatever they're bringing in. If said passenger doesn't get horribly sick and unable to fly while waiting for their flight, it's probably OK.
the ultimate outcome of this talk becoming known to the public at large will be to close duty-free stores at international airports
Actually, the FBI is monitoring all inbound connections to TFA, and is immediately adding everyone that ever accessed that server onto the no-fly list.
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The only part still intact is that bit about patents and copyrights.
One could dream...
It's still a bit early, but some places are reporting that there was a third explosion somewhere else, and two other devices.
Won't know for certain for a while (news sites could be feeding off each other), but the gas line theory isn't holding up so well.
Not sure why you're modded funny. You are probably correct, in that this therapy wouldn't reverse the effects, at least not immediately. Whether the body can heal on its own (albeit slowly), or there needs to be some other complementary procedure that would actively reverse the effects of MS is probably an area that warrants further study.
Mods? Are you playing mod-roulette today?
Paper will never die.
Imagine Da Vinci had stored his notes on magnetic media. I wonder how much of it would have survived and been restorable for general consumption (hint: probably none).
Digital storage makes duplication and sometimes modification much easier. But all it really does is commoditize the knowledge that's being stored. I.e., only the worthless stuff really qualifies to be stored digitally.
And yet, with today's "processes", an extension of that mentality, nothing seems to be able to complete on time and anywhere near budget.
There's a point when processes are good enough, where they just work, and things are still getting done. Don't forget that processes increase time and effort for the engineers, but produce meta-work that does not contribute directly to the output. Processes are useful only if that meta-work can save the engineers more time and effort in future work, than the meta-work requires. Once past that point, it's just a lot of overhead and time wasting. It's like NASA developing a "space pen" when the Russians used pencils (or so goes the story).
Process is not a bad thing, just like OOP is not a bad thing. But overdo it, and it becomes an impediment that at best will delay the real work from completion, and at worst make working so onerous that real work doesn't even start.
The question of whether something is invented or discovered is just semantics with no real impact on whether or not it's useful or whether or not patent protection will accelerate or slow progress in the field.
Perhaps not the field per se, but if patents were granted for mere discoveries instead of inventions, then society itself will fall apart. Do we owe Higgs royalties for "discovering" the Higgs Boson? Or perhaps we owe them to CERN, whose LHC actually did the discovering?
Patenting discoveries does not lead to the promotion of the useful arts and sciences in any situation. Instead, it leads to extreme corporatism.
Wealth == power.
You see this from the microcosm of the small business (the boss is the boss because he signs the paychecks) to countries (the U.S. holds power over most other countries because it is the wealthiest of all countries). Unfortunately, the only way to decouple these two things is to completely rewrite our social values. And quite frankly, that's not going to happen without a major evolution in human physiology.
The only thing we as poor, common people can do is maybe pool our money together and maybe try to buy the same power as those who are already independently wealthy. Unfortunately, then it comes down to who gets to wield the power, which ultimately comes around full circle becoming the same quandary, just on a smaller scale. But it's easier for individuals to wield their own personal power on a smaller scale than on a large one. And that's why this country was founded as a republic, and why a direct democracy would be a very, very bad idea.
That's because the editors only include explanations for things they know about. What, were you expecting them to read TFA before front-paging it?
Wait, what? Do you even know what you're talking about?
Metro is just a fancy desktop replacement. It offers little to no functional purpose. Why do you think it failed? It's not because Microsoft's own products couldn't support it. It's because it was a useless waste of screen space and mouse clicks. Office runs "natively" on Metro as far as it can, i.e. there's a button to start Office apps through Metro. That's it. There's no other requirement to being "native". Metro is not an architecture thing, it's just window dressing replacing the desktop. It's like replacing the glass panes of your greenhouse with fancy curtains. Well, you still need those glass panes, hence the neutered "desktop" that still ships with Windows 8 and RT. Only now, you can't let sunlight in without first brushing aside those damn curtains every time.
The DOJ did squat. Microsoft had so much cash in its vaults in preparation for the antitrust sentence that they ended up paying their shareholders a ton of dividend afterwards because the fine was so small. Do you really think that if the DOJ's actions hurt Microsoft in any way, they would have left over cash to spread to their shareholders afterwards?
No, Microsoft's failures are due to incompetence at the top. Like all other large, made companies, they got soft and stopped taking risks. They encouraged their senior management to fight and jostle among each other for the CEO's good graces. They let people with vision and talent go, while refusing to "retire" the useless, good-for-nothings that are even now still fighting over their standings with Ballmer.
Cream rises to the top. So does shit. Large companies accumulate a lot of shit, and all it takes is for one chunk to stain the cream brown and turn it into shit too. Most companies try to keep their shit from rising, but Microsoft funnily enough promoted one to CEO.
The internal politics of MS are keeping it from progressing quickly. The lack of a vision from up top is keeping it from moving in a single, unified dimension.
MS is like an amoeba still running on a large chunk of food it was lucky to happen upon and consumed a long time ago. It has since blindly stretched out to its surroundings in an attempt to find the next big chunk of sustinence, but it has not been able to find anything, and pulls back almost immediately in trepidation.
The reason it hasn't been able to find anything is because they are slow to move (most of the other chunks have been eaten already by the competition), and because they lack one focus (they are feeling around in all directions, and thus cannot extend too far in any particular direction). Google is fast-moving and constantly pioneering new places to go, while Apple has a strong focus and sense of direction. As is demonstrated by the two companies, only one quality is really necessary to grow. Microsoft unfortunately has neither.
Something has to give. Either Ballmer needs to go, the culture of infighting among senior management needs to go, or Microsoft will slowly waste itself away. That crap like Windows 8 was allowed to even come out of them is indicative of this decay. XBox 720 will be yet another failure when Valve comes out with their console.
Funny, that sounds just like every other pad commercial I've seen on TV.
I see that coming has left you satisfied.
Depends on how much alcohol was consumed just prior.
On the contrary. I want to know how the Linux driver compares with the Windows driver, feature-wise, and performance-wise. It's not a technical question. It's a user-oriented question, e.g. with this new driver, how could a game compiled or run under Wine in Linux compare to the same game for Windows quality-wise and framerate-wise, assuming OpenGL takes advantage of all of the features of each driver when available.
I don't need to propogate doubt. There's plenty of it out there. Answers are what there aren't. Your attitude seems like an excuse to propogate that.
So does this release bring the Linux drivers into parity with the Windows drivers? I'm sure this is a large step in the right direction, but if the Windows driver is still more capable or efficient, then Linux will still suffer on the gaming front.
They don't include always-on DRM for new titles anymore.
But either someone fucked up bad by putting an unannounced pre-release title into their distribution servers, or this is merely a lame way of drawing attention to a product, or perhaps somebody took their April Fool's joke and ran a little too hard with it.
Frankly, I find it hard to believe Russian hackers would just release gameplay footage. If the full (playable, obviously) game's not on a torrent site somewhere, it's probably just a publicity stunt. Yes, the hackers could be looking to blackmail Ubisoft, but there's really no point. It's not like the game's not going to eventually end up on some torrent site after release anyway. All Ubisoft would have to do is ignore the hackers and change the game a bit here and there maybe add some more levels or whatnot, tweak the ending, and call that final.
That's only for when there's an obstruction on the other lane, either a wall or some car in your blind spot. And it also engages the brakes on one side to get you back into your lane.
It's funny you mention the NFL. There are some really strict rules about broadcasting NFL games, and other sports probably have similar rules. Aereo sounds like a way to get around those restrictions.
Sports team owners and Fox affiliates are the ones who are primarily against this service.
Reading comprehension fail? I thought they were talking about OTA Fox, which does include Fox News. Fox News is not the Fox News Channel, the latter of which is a cable-only channel that practically nobody watches.
His lunches could be partially subsidized by the school, no? In which case, he should be paying tax in the amount of those subsidies.
Oh, and those faculty parties that he gets invited to, and doesn't have to pay a dime to attend?
To be honest, based on the quality of Slashdot's editors and the rigidity of their article vetting process, I wouldn't be surprised if these were legitimate editorial-independent accepted submissions.
tl:dr: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Many consider "compile-run-debug" to be an advantage
Sorry, I think most software programmers who are exposed to this process would disagree. Compile-run-debug is a necessity, not an advantage. There's a reason most modern languages or dialects thereof provide a command line interface that'll interpret code in real time. It doesn't avoid the paradigm, but it does make it much easier to work with by making writing programs closer to the more intuitive WYSIWYG.
WYSIWYG, of course, is horrible for doing actual work, which is why nobody (competent) really uses it to do actual work. But it makes getting something simple done so much easier and faster.
I'm still waiting on them lifting that ridiculous liquid ban.
Really, if they wanted to ensure that a liquid wasn't exposive, they should just make the passenger take a swig of whatever they're bringing in. If said passenger doesn't get horribly sick and unable to fly while waiting for their flight, it's probably OK.
It has happened before.
the ultimate outcome of this talk becoming known to the public at large will be to close duty-free stores at international airports
Actually, the FBI is monitoring all inbound connections to TFA, and is immediately adding everyone that ever accessed that server onto the no-fly list.