If you are doing graduate/PhD work you shouldn't be sitting in a classroom for 8 hours a day while professors cram words into your brain.
Masters and PhD work are meant to apply the knowledge you learned in undergrad (sometimes in seemingly useless ways but still).
Masters and PhD work is all about what you can do and how you present it to others. The professor that you work under is meant to guide and direct you, not tell you everything.
Actually, I have tried several versions of the IPOD (all my friends have them) and frankly I hate it.
For one, I actually prefer a file browser type system for sorting and selecting music (assuming on-the-go playlist creation) rather than the media database based on tags. Sometimes I sort oddly based on my tastes and several times having to track down based on tag would be tedious. Plus with my Cowon player I can attach a USB stick, USB hard drive, USB card reader and move files onto it wherever I am and can easily find them (have to sort them properly later but still) and play them. I just mentioned Cowon because that's what I currently have, but many other players with Rockbox can achieve the same functionality, but if you're going to do Rockbox, bothering with an IPod is a waste. I also hate the ring, it never scrolls consistently for me. I don't even like the way they sort their menus.
Those are just some my dislikes about the interface. It just annoys me.
Now, I'll admit that I am entirely wrong in what the field of AI is, but I don't consider AI to be some program that simply has an amalgamation(sp?) of various recognition programs.
I consider AI, to be a program that defines and creates its own. There would of course be direction and guidance (intuition, inherent ability, etc), but I think the learning and open minded system would truly define AI.
So you shouldn't have to dye the colour of yoru skin, but it's okay to dye the colour of your hair to be more acceptable.
That's a double standard. Heck, in the winter, with a scarf and earmuffs the hair colour of a person is fair noticable than their skin colour.
Frankly, if I find a certain skin colour more attractive than other when seeking a mate, that is my personal perogative and that is not racism. I agree with the original parent. Racial bis is different than racism. I am Caucasian, maybe I find Asian or Aboriginal women more attractive than caucasuian women, am I racist against Caucasians? (Or is that all right because I'm not playign favourites to my own)?
The same is true for hair, if I find black hair more attractive than blond hair and actively try to avoid relationships with blondes that's not malicious. If I am avoiding a relationship with blondes because they are portrayed as stupid, that is bigotry and prejudice.
Get a lvl 15 Cleric or passing wizard who's an ass and you're screwed.
Lvl 35 Fighter: "Hey Mr. Wizard" Wizard (Casts Geas): "Hi super heroic fighter, go fetch me that ring of 3 wishes from that dragon cave infested with 8 ancient red dragons" Lvl 35 Fighter: "No... damnit, fine!"
In Saskatchewan we have Sasktel, which is a crown corporation, government controlled.
I won't say its perfect, or it's the cheapest (although its certainly comparable), but I have never had any problems with them.
They have unlimited and it appears to be unlimited, I have never had service cut off or degraded.
Some months I use it a lot, some months I don't.
Heck, even on their basic plan, I could run servers (although it costs more to get static IPs) with no limitations (beyond that set out in the plan 5down/1up for example).
Of course as I said its not perfect.
The speeds aren't exactly stellar although its belive its 25.99 for 1down/512up.
Its ADSL
While they try somewhat, their expansion to rural markets has not been terribly fast, although faster than shaw (the cable option - which will cut you off although has better speeds avalable)
My family used to have a cat, a tabby. We would let it outside on a leach during the summer usually.
It only took the birds 3 days to realize how far that leash would reach and all the birds would stay just outside that range; eating fallen bird seed and just sitting on the grass. Our cat would stalk up, then try to pounce. The birds wouldn't even flinch, well at least until my father lengthened the leash by a foot. That put some fear into them for a little bit.
Oh yes, sorry, I realize what the lawsuits are about.
I was referring more to the parent post where he was commenting on this quote:
"She did not consent to the publication in the media of any photograph of her or her party, or of any material that she wrote on her Bebo site"
While his comments do admittedly more reflect the defamation suit, I found it odd that he attacked this statement, where in fact, this is their greatest legal leg to stand on.
If I post a picture on the internet, sure anyone can see it, but I still retain right of publication (or the perhaps the site that it is posted on depending on the legal mumbo jumbo).
If I put up a poster on a University Bulletin Board with a picture of my house saying big party, that does not give you the right to scan it in and use the picture in a news story about about the big party. You can take your own, but that is still my picture.
Same if I post a short story or poem on the internet, sure its public, anyone can see it, but its still mine.
I have some similar problems. I leave firefox running for about a week at a time before restarting it.
However, what I find works faster is, just kill the firefox process and use the built in "Restore Session" feature to restore all your windows and tabs. I keep about 7-10 firefox windows with anywhere from 5-15 tabs in each and this works fine.
One note though is, you do need to let it load that many. If you try using firefox while its loading all those pages it cries till you leave it alone and let it finish its business.
Please read what I wrote, I said that expects to make a profit (ok perhaps I should have said directly). EBay takes a cut of what it is sold for. USPS does not. They simply transfer blindly with not direct benefit on what they are carrying.
They arne't quite silent borkers in this deal as they are getting a cut of the sale.
I would expect that anyone acting as the middle man in a transaction would be obligated to verify the legality of the product if he expects to profit from it.
Unless you're there for the summer semester, it gets pretty cold here for most of the university year (October to March is our general no more shorts weather although there are pockets of warm weather on the fringes of that range); where the normal fall/winter semesters are september to december and January to April.
You need a specific patent attorney to receive a patent?
Now, I'm from Canada, but I could mail in a patent application with the appropriate fees myself and potentially receive one.
Why do you need a specific lawyer, that seems to just complicate things.
That being said, they still highly recommend you use a lawyer to help make sure everything is proper and whatnot, but its not a requirement.
This kid didn't break into Rowling's House and take pictures of her secret yet to be completed and published encyclopedia. He simply compiled a lot of information together on his own time.
I have been through several possible careers and schooling. It was all things I used to love or tinker with at home on my personal time - for hours and hours on end almost obsessively. However, as soon as I was forced into some arbitrary schedule for completing it (deadlines, projects, assignments) I started hating it. In the end I went with something I had a real intuitive knack for, but found rather boring or uninteresting, with a company that let me have quite a bit of flexibility in how and when I did my job and then started up a part time small business that lets me do what I really want with my free time.
If I ever find something where I will still like it even with having someone telling me you have 2 weeks to complete a 2 month project that I know you hate and should have told you about 3 months ago but forgot, then I will switch to that.
You are not seriously blaming the victim here are you? You can get your card stolen from any number of ways. Maybe he ordered some specialty art piece from a smaller online art shop stores credit numbers plain text and has bad security. Maybe he lost his wallet and the guy that returned it to him decided to copy the info down first then play the good citizen. I bet you most people would think "Hey, thanks buddy, let me get you a drink for being so nice". In fact, until I just thought of this situation, I probably would have done the same, and I am usually fairly paranoid myself.
Just because someone stole his identity doesn't mean that he has an insecure computer and he should learn a lesson about being more computer savvy.
That sucks though, I had purchased the points through their system, I believe they asked for the serial number of the old system and some other numbers on it.
Then same of the new one. When I logged back in to the Wii shop, they were available for download.
Mine was only $20 worth as well. They wouldn't refund the points i had left over (something like 200-300) but the games were back available for download.
Nintendo will allow you to transfer titles under limited circumtances.
If you replace your Wii, they will transfer them to the new console.
I was taking mine to a friends house to play when I slipped on some ice and crushed it. It didn't really smash, but it never really worked again. Needless to say it wasn't covered under warranty.
When I picked up the new one, I called Nintendo Canada, explained the situation, and they transferred my virtual console purchases without hassle.
If you mean between you and a buddy like you might lend or borrow cartridges, ok yes, then they won't. I suppose they could put some sort of capability to unregister your Wii, transfer by SD card, then reregister on another.
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If you are doing graduate/PhD work you shouldn't be sitting in a classroom for 8 hours a day while professors cram words into your brain.
Masters and PhD work are meant to apply the knowledge you learned in undergrad (sometimes in seemingly useless ways but still).
Masters and PhD work is all about what you can do and how you present it to others.
The professor that you work under is meant to guide and direct you, not tell you everything.
Actually, I have tried several versions of the IPOD (all my friends have them) and frankly I hate it.
For one, I actually prefer a file browser type system for sorting and selecting music (assuming on-the-go playlist creation) rather than the media database based on tags. Sometimes I sort oddly based on my tastes and several times having to track down based on tag would be tedious.
Plus with my Cowon player I can attach a USB stick, USB hard drive, USB card reader and move files onto it wherever I am and can easily find them (have to sort them properly later but still) and play them. I just mentioned Cowon because that's what I currently have, but many other players with Rockbox can achieve the same functionality, but if you're going to do Rockbox, bothering with an IPod is a waste.
I also hate the ring, it never scrolls consistently for me. I don't even like the way they sort their menus.
Those are just some my dislikes about the interface. It just annoys me.
Now, I'll admit that I am entirely wrong in what the field of AI is, but I don't consider AI to be some program that simply has an amalgamation(sp?) of various recognition programs.
I consider AI, to be a program that defines and creates its own. There would of course be direction and guidance (intuition, inherent ability, etc), but I think the learning and open minded system would truly define AI.
The professional engineering exam, at least in Canada, has nothing to do with your field. Its basically a 20 minute ethics and common sense test.
What you do need to do first though is, 4 years of relevant and fairly well documented experience in your field before you can write the PE exam.
So you shouldn't have to dye the colour of yoru skin, but it's okay to dye the colour of your hair to be more acceptable.
That's a double standard. Heck, in the winter, with a scarf and earmuffs the hair colour of a person is fair noticable than their skin colour.
Frankly, if I find a certain skin colour more attractive than other when seeking a mate, that is my personal perogative and that is not racism. I agree with the original parent. Racial bis is different than racism. I am Caucasian, maybe I find Asian or Aboriginal women more attractive than caucasuian women, am I racist against Caucasians? (Or is that all right because I'm not playign favourites to my own)?
The same is true for hair, if I find black hair more attractive than blond hair and actively try to avoid relationships with blondes that's not malicious. If I am avoiding a relationship with blondes because they are portrayed as stupid, that is bigotry and prejudice.
Geez no saving throw allowed with no HD limit.
Get a lvl 15 Cleric or passing wizard who's an ass and you're screwed.
Lvl 35 Fighter: "Hey Mr. Wizard" ... damnit, fine!"
Wizard (Casts Geas): "Hi super heroic fighter, go fetch me that ring of 3 wishes from that dragon cave infested with 8 ancient red dragons"
Lvl 35 Fighter: "No
You might not remember this story from awhile back:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/19/offbeat.mike.rowe.soft.ap/index.html
Actually at my bank, any teller transactions (right in the bank) have to be verified with you using your bank card and associated PIN.
Pretty much any bank service associated with your account too (cheques, safety deposit box, etc)
In Saskatchewan we have Sasktel, which is a crown corporation, government controlled. I won't say its perfect, or it's the cheapest (although its certainly comparable), but I have never had any problems with them. They have unlimited and it appears to be unlimited, I have never had service cut off or degraded. Some months I use it a lot, some months I don't. Heck, even on their basic plan, I could run servers (although it costs more to get static IPs) with no limitations (beyond that set out in the plan 5down/1up for example). Of course as I said its not perfect. The speeds aren't exactly stellar although its belive its 25.99 for 1down/512up. Its ADSL While they try somewhat, their expansion to rural markets has not been terribly fast, although faster than shaw (the cable option - which will cut you off although has better speeds avalable)
My family used to have a cat, a tabby.
We would let it outside on a leach during the summer usually.
It only took the birds 3 days to realize how far that leash would reach and all the birds would stay just outside that range; eating fallen bird seed and just sitting on the grass.
Our cat would stalk up, then try to pounce. The birds wouldn't even flinch, well at least until my father lengthened the leash by a foot. That put some fear into them for a little bit.
Oh yes, sorry, I realize what the lawsuits are about.
I was referring more to the parent post where he was commenting on this quote:
"She did not consent to the publication in the media of any photograph of her or her party, or of any material that she wrote on her Bebo site"
While his comments do admittedly more reflect the defamation suit, I found it odd that he attacked this statement, where in fact, this is their greatest legal leg to stand on.
Whoa there.
If I post a picture on the internet, sure anyone can see it, but I still retain right of publication (or the perhaps the site that it is posted on depending on the legal mumbo jumbo).
If I put up a poster on a University Bulletin Board with a picture of my house saying big party, that does not give you the right to scan it in and use the picture in a news story about about the big party. You can take your own, but that is still my picture.
Same if I post a short story or poem on the internet, sure its public, anyone can see it, but its still mine.
I have some similar problems. I leave firefox running for about a week at a time before restarting it.
However, what I find works faster is, just kill the firefox process and use the built in "Restore Session" feature to restore all your windows and tabs. I keep about 7-10 firefox windows with anywhere from 5-15 tabs in each and this works fine.
One note though is, you do need to let it load that many. If you try using firefox while its loading all those pages it cries till you leave it alone and let it finish its business.
Please read what I wrote, I said that expects to make a profit (ok perhaps I should have said directly). EBay takes a cut of what it is sold for. USPS does not. They simply transfer blindly with not direct benefit on what they are carrying.
They arne't quite silent borkers in this deal as they are getting a cut of the sale.
I would expect that anyone acting as the middle man in a transaction would be obligated to verify the legality of the product if he expects to profit from it.
You don't get to Canada much do you?
Unless you're there for the summer semester, it gets pretty cold here for most of the university year (October to March is our general no more shorts weather although there are pockets of warm weather on the fringes of that range); where the normal fall/winter semesters are september to december and January to April.
I think he's saying you aspire to high to be a gadfly.
Try becoming a mosquito first, then see where it takes you.
You need a specific patent attorney to receive a patent? Now, I'm from Canada, but I could mail in a patent application with the appropriate fees myself and potentially receive one. Why do you need a specific lawyer, that seems to just complicate things. That being said, they still highly recommend you use a lawyer to help make sure everything is proper and whatnot, but its not a requirement.
That doesn't even make sense.
This kid didn't break into Rowling's House and take pictures of her secret yet to be completed and published encyclopedia.
He simply compiled a lot of information together on his own time.
I would have agree with everything you said.
I have been through several possible careers and schooling.
It was all things I used to love or tinker with at home on my personal time - for hours and hours on end almost obsessively.
However, as soon as I was forced into some arbitrary schedule for completing it (deadlines, projects, assignments) I started hating it.
In the end I went with something I had a real intuitive knack for, but found rather boring or uninteresting, with a company that let me have quite a bit of flexibility in how and when I did my job and then started up a part time small business that lets me do what I really want with my free time.
If I ever find something where I will still like it even with having someone telling me you have 2 weeks to complete a 2 month project that I know you hate and should have told you about 3 months ago but forgot, then I will switch to that.
Oh come on.
You are not seriously blaming the victim here are you?
You can get your card stolen from any number of ways.
Maybe he ordered some specialty art piece from a smaller online art shop stores credit numbers plain text and has bad security.
Maybe he lost his wallet and the guy that returned it to him decided to copy the info down first then play the good citizen. I bet you most people would think "Hey, thanks buddy, let me get you a drink for being so nice". In fact, until I just thought of this situation, I probably would have done the same, and I am usually fairly paranoid myself.
Just because someone stole his identity doesn't mean that he has an insecure computer and he should learn a lesson about being more computer savvy.
I would think that having headlights on your car would fulfill the spirit of this particular law.
I can't imagine this surviving any sort of review in a court room.
Hmm, my ancedital evidence has failed it seems.
That sucks though, I had purchased the points through their system, I believe they asked for the serial number of the old system and some other numbers on it.
Then same of the new one. When I logged back in to the Wii shop, they were available for download.
Mine was only $20 worth as well. They wouldn't refund the points i had left over (something like 200-300) but the games were back available for download.
Nintendo will allow you to transfer titles under limited circumtances.
If you replace your Wii, they will transfer them to the new console.
I was taking mine to a friends house to play when I slipped on some ice and crushed it. It didn't really smash, but it never really worked again.
Needless to say it wasn't covered under warranty.
When I picked up the new one, I called Nintendo Canada, explained the situation, and they transferred my virtual console purchases without hassle.
If you mean between you and a buddy like you might lend or borrow cartridges, ok yes, then they won't. I suppose they could put some sort of capability to unregister your Wii, transfer by SD card, then reregister on another.
The original hyrule was buried far underwater, it was either the church or the castle you visit at some point.
It seemed like many generations had passed.
I always assumed you were simply of the bloodline, not "the" link from Ocarina of Time.
I think the story even hints at, if not directly says, something to that effect.