The reason that vehicles are simulated is that it is prohibitively expensive to train in the real thing. Walking isn't. You can train alot more people in live ground (sans vehicles) combat war games than you can in a simulator (which everyone would have to train in). It's more accurate, and since the training is against other live targets, it's more realistic. If the costs were a problem, I'm sure that the military would have an alternative solution...
I know that NASA was going to protect the Hubble from the upcoming Leonid meteor showers (this week) by pointing the scope away from the main direction of the comet's debris field. Does the fact the the scope has shut itself down mean that NASA can no longer do this, or has it been done already ?
This would explain the loss Mattel has incurred since the acquisition of The Learning Company. They thought they were purchasing a company which would add 50 million dollars to their bottom line, but actually has taken away 150 million dollars away (ouch). I wonder how much money they spent on porting the game to the PalmOS and WinCE ? What other Unix flavors do they support ?
Really, this whole story is a typo (i.e. Not true). It's possible that someday a company may do childrens games for Linux, but for now it's a sure money loser given the saturation of linux in the family home.
A few months ago, I can't remember where I read it (maybe at/.), a gravitational experiment was set up to measure the effect that an eclipse had on large pendulums like the one in the Smithsonian. Cameras were placed to detect small variations in the pendulum's drift. As I recall, the very early preliminary data suggested that pendulums within the eclipse zone had variations, whereas those outside the zone did not. Now that would be something if true ! Has anyone heard anything more about this ?
According to the last sentence in the abstract, shared memory includes disk storage, not just the "conventional" shared memory. This would include databases as well. Ouch. I wonder what would have happen if an artist were to patent their brush-stroke technique, or patent the fact that they used cubes in their paintings. As I see it, artists patenting these types of things are very similar to programmers/corporations patenting the way they develop apps. So sad.
For those in the Linux community that are used to paying little to nothing for software, be prepared for sticker-shock once you start using Oracle on your server. Oracle must take this into account for linux-platform servers.
Mr. Ellison has always wanted to hurt Mr. Gates and Microsoft in anyway possible. From the initial NC fiasco to Raw Iron, to this. Remember, Larry wants desktops to go away, that everyone would have a browser served by application providers running Oracle. For all the linux users who don't like Billy, wait to you get a load of Larry....
The problem with splitting up Microsoft this way is that it does not really address the main reasons behind the antitrust lawsuit. One of the biggest complaints was the exclusionary practices Microsoft engaged in to limit other OS choices, and a split will not solve this problem by itself. You would still have monopolies, just smaller ones.
A solution that would solve it would be to split up Microsoft into several different companies, each equal, each owning exactly what Microsoft owns now. This might initially be confusing to consumers, but eventually you would wind up with competing OS vendors, apps vendors, etc. In the long run, it would seem to be a better solution if a breakup is called for....
After listening to Trent Lott this weekend, it seems to me that the right wing will begin to exert a lot of pressure to end this thing without drastic measures. Because of this, I do not foresee a break up, nor do I think that's what should be done. The government should make sure that Microsoft follows the law and allows for open competition, no more, no less. Of course, Microsoft should be penalized by fines or other sanctions, but primarily should be forced to abide by existing regulations.
Like it or not, Microsoft has had the primary role in bringing computers to the home (i.e. to my dad), and therefore has been a major figure that allows/. and the 'net to be where they are today. Let's see if they can survive in a truly open market, one that I see has changed much for the better since the initial justice department suit was filed.
The school had little choice but to do what it did. Maybe a heavy dose of counseling with both the student and his parents would have been better, but the school had to do something. Are people saying that if they were in this position, they would rather do nothing ? I can hear the cries now if they did nothing, and the kid acted out his story.
Alot of people may not like it, but the freedoms in school are not the same as the freedoms in our society, nor should they be. IMHO, lack of discipline in public schools is one of the many reasons that private school vouchers are getting more and more support (although I am personally against them, since they will make the public schools worse).
As an aside, how did he get a 100 on that essay ? My first-grader can spell better than he did.
Another entity that kills cancer cells. There are alot of them already. The far more important step that needs to be solved is how to deliver the entity, whether its a gene or a toxin. Just like any toxin, indiscriminate delivery to all cells yields indiscriminate killing of all cells. If we can figure out how to safely deliver a toxin to only the cancer cells 100% of the time, then there are many powerful drugs we can use, some that we don't dare use today.
The research on using monoclonal antibodies has been attempting to address this situation for years, and if they can finally create an antibody that targets only cancer cells and their antigens (of course, differing types of cancer have different target antigens), then the available spectrum of usable drugs gets much wider.
The effectiveness of a non-compete clause all depends on where it's written. If it is part of a contract, one that stipulates not only the non-compete clause, but also length of employment, salary structure, bonuses, etc. , then they should be valid (although signing one maybe not the smartest thing to do).
If it is part of a employee policy procedure, then it should be null and void, since these are unilateral statements (only the company benefits), even if you sign that you agree with the policies. Signed policy manuals are not considered contracts in many, if not all, states (especially right-to-work states), but that doesn't stop some companies from believing that they are contractual. Unfortunately.:(
...but will it only be used for biotech like this ?
Do you mean useless research that will rapidly improve on diagnosis times, especially when those times can mean the difference between life and death ?
When I was in school, you had to grow the bacteria before you could identify it, and that took anywhere from 1-7 days. Using single strand DNA such as this biochip does to detect which strain of of a virus or bacteria makes this into an hourly proposition. Tuberculosis is just one of many useful applications of this technology. Any rapid onset infection could be diagnosed and treated far more quickly, and that means saving lives.
What this survey proves is that the term 'developer' today is a far cry from the same term used 10 years ago. VB didn't exist like it does now (it was there, but it wasn't the same product). Large corporations like packages such as VB or Developer2000 for many reasons.
1) It's easy compared to the likes of C++ or java and because of this, you don't need to hire top-notch talent. The pool of available 'programmers' is much larger. Don't underestimate how important this is to a company.
2) They are RAD tools - much quicker development and turn-around times.
--That being said, these packages have their limits, especially when it comes to producing a large transaction-based system. I would never trust such a system built upon one of these packages.
This experiment as written was not set up correctly with appropriate negative controls. The people should have had to either eat barley, mashed potatoes, fruit (for high glucose), and maybe bacon (for high fat/protein - a negative control for sugar). In This way, satisfying the people's hunger would not be a variable in this experiment. As it stands, the results would seem to point out that eating provides for better memory than drinking does.
How many games out there have basis in hell - Diablo is just one of many. Why make an issue of it when a game has a basis in heaven as well ? Many games are posed as a battle between good and evil, but because the the forces in this case are heaven vs. hell, it gets extra attention ? How the game plays will determine whether it's successful or not.
As far as religion and freedom not getting along, it should be stated that organized/institutionalized religion and the humans that run them have had problems with freedom, not the faith itself.
'Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one.' -- Sting
You didn't mention specifically what type of Oracle development you do. Is it mainly on the server (i.e. writing stored procedures or other ddl stuff) or do you do client-side development(Developer2000, ODBC stuff)? Are you using java on the server ? Knowing what you're developing with now would make it much easier to answer your question.
On the other hand, if ALL you need is a replacement for SQL*navigator, there are many utilities available, as mentioned in several of these posts.
What these companies do is put genetic markers in their seeds so the 'offspring' exhibit the same marker. In this way, a company such as Monsanto can determine that the seeds were indeed sold/bought illegally.
The drug companies are in the same boat here as well. They spend alot of money in developing a superior product that will benefit man, and then get blasted by the public for either charging too much or selling 'terminator' seeds. These companies are in the business to make money, not save the world, and certainly have the right to try and earn a profit. If they didn't have that right, they would stop trying to develop these products, which would be far worse. This is where the government needs to step in (OK, start flaming me now...) and provide monetary support so these companies can continue to (1) develop the products that help mankind, and (2) recuperate the cost. Some checks and balances need to be in place (i.e. regulating the prices to the consumer), but if done correctly, the cost savings should be passed on to the farmers, patients, etc.
The driving factor for PC/Windows/DOS home PCs may have been games, but the real money flowing into Redmond is from the business community. Many home PCs came into existence simply because mom/dad had one at work, became comfortable with it, and bought one for home. Better gaming support (i.e. solid API's) is only a small part of the solution if the goal is to make Linux more mainstream.
One of the main reasons console platforms are as popular as they are today is the fact that they don't act like computers, such as having a file system that needs to be maintained or having to install drivers to get your hardware to work, etc. Until Linux PC admin becomes as easy as it is in Windows, it will likely not be adopted by the 'masses', and will stay in the 'techie' world. I'm afraid enough when my father calls and asks for some Windows help... I can't imagine him calling and asking for Linux help...
In generations past, to be successful, Johnny had to finish high school. When I was in high shool, to be successful meant having to get a bachelor's degree. Now, a bachelor's degree doesn't mean as much and a master's or doctorate degree is required.
This story proves that.
The only question left is when will writing a thesis be this easy ??
I've had the (unfortunate) opportunity to play around with a version of the original NC (remember the first time Larry tried this ?). I had always surmised that these were no more than a glorified X-terminal. My suspicions were confirmed when, upon power up, the old familiar X root desktop appeared for a few seconds.
Apparently, the manufacturers of these NC's simply bootstrapped some browser on top of the X client and continued producing their X-terminals with this new facade. I remember the late 80's glory day(s) of the X-terminals and am somewhat perplexed at this re-emergence of a solution that doesn't expand upon the X-terminal, but rather limits it to java-based applications. Real network computers with the real ability to run X-based apps have been around for nearly 20 years now, and they work.
This has the classic look of disjointed process management. It doesn't really matter which system was used, rather that they weren't consistent. The blame here goes to the project management, not the engineering teams. A reasonable (IMHO) guess here is that each team produced what they were asked, complete with solid QA work, but little or no integration testing was done.
And I always thought project managers were a joke.....
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The reason that vehicles are simulated is that it is prohibitively expensive to train in the real thing. Walking isn't. You can train alot more people in live ground (sans vehicles) combat war games than you can in a simulator (which everyone would have to train in). It's more accurate, and since the training is against other live targets, it's more realistic. If the costs were a problem, I'm sure that the military would have an alternative solution...
I know that NASA was going to protect the Hubble from the upcoming Leonid meteor showers (this week) by pointing the scope away from the main direction of the comet's debris field. Does the fact the the scope has shut itself down mean that NASA can no longer do this, or has it been done already ?
Really, this whole story is a typo (i.e. Not true). It's possible that someday a company may do childrens games for Linux, but for now it's a sure money loser given the saturation of linux in the family home.
A few months ago, I can't remember where I read it (maybe at /.), a gravitational experiment was set up to measure the effect that an eclipse had on large pendulums like the one in the Smithsonian. Cameras were placed to detect small variations in the pendulum's drift. As I recall, the very early preliminary data suggested that pendulums within the eclipse zone had variations, whereas those outside the zone did not. Now that would be something if true ! Has anyone heard anything more about this ?
According to the last sentence in the abstract, shared memory includes disk storage, not just the "conventional" shared memory. This would include databases as well. Ouch. I wonder what would have happen if an artist were to patent their brush-stroke technique, or patent the fact that they used cubes in their paintings. As I see it, artists patenting these types of things are very similar to programmers/corporations patenting the way they develop apps. So sad.
Mr. Ellison has always wanted to hurt Mr. Gates and Microsoft in anyway possible. From the initial NC fiasco to Raw Iron, to this. Remember, Larry wants desktops to go away, that everyone would have a browser served by application providers running Oracle. For all the linux users who don't like Billy, wait to you get a load of Larry....
A solution that would solve it would be to split up Microsoft into several different companies, each equal, each owning exactly what Microsoft owns now. This might initially be confusing to consumers, but eventually you would wind up with competing OS vendors, apps vendors, etc. In the long run, it would seem to be a better solution if a breakup is called for....
Curious, no ?
After listening to Trent Lott this weekend, it seems to me that the right wing will begin to exert a lot of pressure to end this thing without drastic measures. Because of this, I do not foresee a break up, nor do I think that's what should be done. The government should make sure that Microsoft follows the law and allows for open competition, no more, no less. Of course, Microsoft should be penalized by fines or other sanctions, but primarily should be forced to abide by existing regulations.
Like it or not, Microsoft has had the primary role in bringing computers to the home (i.e. to my dad), and therefore has been a major figure that allows /. and the 'net to be where they are today. Let's see if they can survive in a truly open market, one that I see has changed much for the better since the initial justice department suit was filed.
The school had little choice but to do what it did. Maybe a heavy dose of counseling with both the student and his parents would have been better, but the school had to do something. Are people saying that if they were in this position, they would rather do nothing ? I can hear the cries now if they did nothing, and the kid acted out his story.
Alot of people may not like it, but the freedoms in school are not the same as the freedoms in our society, nor should they be. IMHO, lack of discipline in public schools is one of the many reasons that private school vouchers are getting more and more support (although I am personally against them, since they will make the public schools worse).
As an aside, how did he get a 100 on that essay ? My first-grader can spell better than he did.
Microsoft will come after you for using the term "window", or maybe it will be Apple, or maybe Xerox/PARC.
One of those anyway.
Another entity that kills cancer cells. There are alot of them already. The far more important step that needs to be solved is how to deliver the entity, whether its a gene or a toxin. Just like any toxin, indiscriminate delivery to all cells yields indiscriminate killing of all cells. If we can figure out how to safely deliver a toxin to only the cancer cells 100% of the time, then there are many powerful drugs we can use, some that we don't dare use today.
The research on using monoclonal antibodies has been attempting to address this situation for years, and if they can finally create an antibody that targets only cancer cells and their antigens (of course, differing types of cancer have different target antigens), then the available spectrum of usable drugs gets much wider.
The effectiveness of a non-compete clause all depends on where it's written. If it is part of a contract, one that stipulates not only the non-compete clause, but also length of employment, salary structure, bonuses, etc. , then they should be valid (although signing one maybe not the smartest thing to do).
If it is part of a employee policy procedure, then it should be null and void, since these are unilateral statements (only the company benefits), even if you sign that you agree with the policies. Signed policy manuals are not considered contracts in many, if not all, states (especially right-to-work states), but that doesn't stop some companies from believing that they are contractual. Unfortunately. :(
Do you mean useless research that will rapidly improve on diagnosis times, especially when those times can mean the difference between life and death ?
When I was in school, you had to grow the bacteria before you could identify it, and that took anywhere from 1-7 days. Using single strand DNA such as this biochip does to detect which strain of of a virus or bacteria makes this into an hourly proposition. Tuberculosis is just one of many useful applications of this technology. Any rapid onset infection could be diagnosed and treated far more quickly, and that means saving lives.
What this survey proves is that the term 'developer' today is a far cry from the same term used 10 years ago. VB didn't exist like it does now (it was there, but it wasn't the same product). Large corporations like packages such as VB or Developer2000 for many reasons.
1) It's easy compared to the likes of C++ or java and because of this, you don't need to hire top-notch talent. The pool of available 'programmers' is much larger. Don't underestimate how important this is to a company.
2) They are RAD tools - much quicker development and turn-around times.
--That being said, these packages have their limits, especially when it comes to producing a large transaction-based system. I would never trust such a system built upon one of these packages.
This experiment as written was not set up correctly with appropriate negative controls. The people should have had to either eat barley, mashed potatoes, fruit (for high glucose), and maybe bacon (for high fat/protein - a negative control for sugar). In This way, satisfying the people's hunger would not be a variable in this experiment. As it stands, the results would seem to point out that eating provides for better memory than drinking does.
How many games out there have basis in hell - Diablo is just one of many. Why make an issue of it when a game has a basis in heaven as well ? Many games are posed as a battle between good and evil, but because the the forces in this case are heaven vs. hell, it gets extra attention ? How the game plays will determine whether it's successful or not.
As far as religion and freedom not getting along, it should be stated that organized/institutionalized religion and the humans that run them have had problems with freedom, not the faith itself.
'Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one.' -- Sting
You didn't mention specifically what type of Oracle development you do. Is it mainly on the server (i.e. writing stored procedures or other ddl stuff) or do you do client-side development(Developer2000, ODBC stuff)? Are you using java on the server ? Knowing what you're developing with now would make it much easier to answer your question.
On the other hand, if ALL you need is a replacement for SQL*navigator, there are many utilities available, as mentioned in several of these posts.
What these companies do is put genetic markers in their seeds so the 'offspring' exhibit the same marker. In this way, a company such as Monsanto can determine that the seeds were indeed sold/bought illegally.
The drug companies are in the same boat here as well. They spend alot of money in developing a superior product that will benefit man, and then get blasted by the public for either charging too much or selling 'terminator' seeds. These companies are in the business to make money, not save the world, and certainly have the right to try and earn a profit. If they didn't have that right, they would stop trying to develop these products, which would be far worse. This is where the government needs to step in (OK, start flaming me now ...) and provide monetary support so these companies can continue to (1) develop the products that help mankind, and (2) recuperate the cost. Some checks and balances need to be in place (i.e. regulating the prices to the consumer), but if done correctly, the cost savings should be passed on to the farmers, patients, etc.
The driving factor for PC/Windows/DOS home PCs may have been games, but the real money flowing into Redmond is from the business community. Many home PCs came into existence simply because mom/dad had one at work, became comfortable with it, and bought one for home. Better gaming support (i.e. solid API's) is only a small part of the solution if the goal is to make Linux more mainstream.
One of the main reasons console platforms are as popular as they are today is the fact that they don't act like computers, such as having a file system that needs to be maintained or having to install drivers to get your hardware to work, etc. Until Linux PC admin becomes as easy as it is in Windows, it will likely not be adopted by the 'masses', and will stay in the 'techie' world. I'm afraid enough when my father calls and asks for some Windows help ... I can't imagine him calling and asking for Linux help...
In generations past, to be successful, Johnny had to finish high school. When I was in high shool, to be successful meant having to get a bachelor's degree. Now, a bachelor's degree doesn't mean as much and a master's or doctorate degree is required.
This story proves that.
The only question left is when will writing a thesis be this easy ??
I've had the (unfortunate) opportunity to play around with a version of the original NC (remember the first time Larry tried this ?). I had always surmised that these were no more than a glorified X-terminal. My suspicions were confirmed when, upon power up, the old familiar X root desktop appeared for a few seconds.
Apparently, the manufacturers of these NC's simply bootstrapped some browser on top of the X client and continued producing their X-terminals with this new facade. I remember the late 80's glory day(s) of the X-terminals and am somewhat perplexed at this re-emergence of a solution that doesn't expand upon the X-terminal, but rather limits it to java-based applications. Real network computers with the real ability to run X-based apps have been around for nearly 20 years now, and they work.
This has the classic look of disjointed process management. It doesn't really matter which system was used, rather that they weren't consistent. The blame here goes to the project management, not the engineering teams. A reasonable (IMHO) guess here is that each team produced what they were asked, complete with solid QA work, but little or no integration testing was done.
And I always thought project managers were a joke .....