I'm sure it depends on the college. My experience was that almost no mathematics graduate students cheated while most engineering graduate students did (and I still out-scored most of them).
Your description still doesn't match the ones I know. Maybe it's that not every member of a group matches the stereotype people apply to members of that group.
Strange, but all the wiccans I've met, save one, are neither vindictive nor scorned. One is a good friend of mine. Like just about any community of sufficient size, there are many good wiccans and some bad ones. That is, of course, unless the communities stated purpose is evil. The KKK and terrorist groups come to mind.
This was my initial thought as well. My second concern would be that the English language commonly adopts words from other languages. That is why it's spelling is so complex and is it's source of interest. If we had a simplified spelling scheme, would that deter future adoption of words? Also, the ability to put two (or more) previously unrelated words next to each other facilitates the formulation and articulation of new ideas. That's why I think it's important to continue to adopt words from other languages and why simplified spelling may be a mistake.
Then again, maybe I can rely less on spell checkers if spelling was systematically simplified.
A side note: It's really funny that one of the tags for this article is 'dum' (sic).
I actually think of it more as a rectangular prism....
No! It's round. If we sail far enough, we'll end up on the other side! All I need is more funding to sail the P2P seas and I'll bring back free digital music from India.
I think that what the researchers did was very non-intuitive. They describe the sound mathematically by the locations of the silent points. This requires a much smaller representation than describing the multitude of locations that are non-zero. The assumption (I believe they use an actual theorem) is that the points of silence uniquely describe a sound. i.e. there are no two sounds that have the exact same set of zero-points. You are right in that subtractive synthesis of noise from a signal is a technique as old as signal analysis itself.
Your point is well taken. The height of French military power has always been under a monarch. I'm also did not mean to imply that their historical assistance entitles them to treat us however they want. It should only be one factor that should be considered and should be appropriately weighted for how significant the help was, how long ago it occurred, and how different the government was at the time (thanks for adding that factor to my list). My point is that we tend to completely discount the significance of their aid to us and its impact on our history and culture. The 'what have you done for us lately' attitude ignores the long-term role that culture plays.
On a side note, it is quite ironic that their assistance that helped us during the Revolutionary War inspired their people to overthrow their monarch a few years later.
It is sad how quickly we Americans have forgotten the invaluable help we received from the French during the American Revolutionary War (and the aid the north received during the American Civil War). It would surprise most of us to learn that France was THE military power in Europe in the century leading up to our war for independence. We should not let our petty modern political differences damage a long and mutually beneficial relationship we have had with France.
That will be a problem with almost any added sense. It can be overloaded and cause damage. Take the some of the senses we have. Too bright of light will make us blind, too loud of a noise will make us deaf, too strong of an electrical field will rip out your implants. Often, you have to take the risk with the reward. The question is wether the reward is worth the risk.
AMD has already captured this share of the market (me). Their chips have provided my home assembled computers with excelent processing power, no glitches, and at a lower cost.
It looks like the other 90% of devices have been largely neglectic up till now. The fact that the size of devices will shrink at a rate faster than Moore's Law might suggest that the rest of a device is just catching up with ICs after a late start.
Or, relating to your original comment, should there be a regulation against sharp objects on inflatable spacecrafts, assuming they are actually dangerous? I suppose such a regulation would be unnecessary, as the company that creates the craft would have incentive to ban dangerous objects themselves in order to protect their property and reputation.
Actually, the comment was meant satirically. It is precisely the it's-too-inconvenient to take action sentiment in America that I'm mocking. I actually have written my representatives and the phone companies over this issue because I am appalled by their behavior. I guess my comment fell flat because there are no "satire tags" to place around it.
I see your point. I guess that the 'proof' would require demonstration that the code can be replaced with something malicious. I suppose the creators decided that downloading unexpected content from the web sufficiently demonstrates this.
The point is that the image is downloaded and displayed without the user doing anything other than opening the document. The 'proof' is that the code executed even if the user did not want it to. The download-and-display-an-image code could easily be replaced with more malicious code. That is the 'virus' part.
I'm really curious about this device. Does the user have to actually have to go through the hand motions or is it sufficient to just think about moving your hand? I'm also interested in how this technology could be used for applications beyond mimicry. The article talks about using the technology to replace keyboards and cell phones, but how can it mimic placing a call? A cell phone is not a natural part of our body that we can manipulate directly with our minds like our hand is.
Also, if they did develop a mind/computer interface, can you imagine how frustratingly slow many software applications would suddenly seem? GUIs would probably require some major overhauls in order to adapt.
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I'm sure it depends on the college. My experience was that almost no mathematics graduate students cheated while most engineering graduate students did (and I still out-scored most of them).
Your description still doesn't match the ones I know. Maybe it's that not every member of a group matches the stereotype people apply to members of that group.
Strange, but all the wiccans I've met, save one, are neither vindictive nor scorned. One is a good friend of mine. Like just about any community of sufficient size, there are many good wiccans and some bad ones. That is, of course, unless the communities stated purpose is evil. The KKK and terrorist groups come to mind.
This was my initial thought as well. My second concern would be that the English language commonly adopts words from other languages. That is why it's spelling is so complex and is it's source of interest. If we had a simplified spelling scheme, would that deter future adoption of words? Also, the ability to put two (or more) previously unrelated words next to each other facilitates the formulation and articulation of new ideas. That's why I think it's important to continue to adopt words from other languages and why simplified spelling may be a mistake. Then again, maybe I can rely less on spell checkers if spelling was systematically simplified. A side note: It's really funny that one of the tags for this article is 'dum' (sic).
file-trading is flat.
I actually think of it more as a rectangular prism....
No! It's round. If we sail far enough, we'll end up on the other side! All I need is more funding to sail the P2P seas and I'll bring back free digital music from India.
I think that what the researchers did was very non-intuitive. They describe the sound mathematically by the locations of the silent points. This requires a much smaller representation than describing the multitude of locations that are non-zero. The assumption (I believe they use an actual theorem) is that the points of silence uniquely describe a sound. i.e. there are no two sounds that have the exact same set of zero-points. You are right in that subtractive synthesis of noise from a signal is a technique as old as signal analysis itself.
Your point is well taken. The height of French military power has always been under a monarch. I'm also did not mean to imply that their historical assistance entitles them to treat us however they want. It should only be one factor that should be considered and should be appropriately weighted for how significant the help was, how long ago it occurred, and how different the government was at the time (thanks for adding that factor to my list). My point is that we tend to completely discount the significance of their aid to us and its impact on our history and culture. The 'what have you done for us lately' attitude ignores the long-term role that culture plays.
On a side note, it is quite ironic that their assistance that helped us during the Revolutionary War inspired their people to overthrow their monarch a few years later.
Obviously this technology would fail for teenagers. I think the intended audiance is that of parents with younger kids.
It is sad how quickly we Americans have forgotten the invaluable help we received from the French during the American Revolutionary War (and the aid the north received during the American Civil War). It would surprise most of us to learn that France was THE military power in Europe in the century leading up to our war for independence. We should not let our petty modern political differences damage a long and mutually beneficial relationship we have had with France.
That will be a problem with almost any added sense. It can be overloaded and cause damage. Take the some of the senses we have. Too bright of light will make us blind, too loud of a noise will make us deaf, too strong of an electrical field will rip out your implants. Often, you have to take the risk with the reward. The question is wether the reward is worth the risk.
AMD has already captured this share of the market (me). Their chips have provided my home assembled computers with excelent processing power, no glitches, and at a lower cost.
It looks like the other 90% of devices have been largely neglectic up till now. The fact that the size of devices will shrink at a rate faster than Moore's Law might suggest that the rest of a device is just catching up with ICs after a late start.
Or, relating to your original comment, should there be a regulation against sharp objects on inflatable spacecrafts, assuming they are actually dangerous? I suppose such a regulation would be unnecessary, as the company that creates the craft would have incentive to ban dangerous objects themselves in order to protect their property and reputation.
The person inside would certainly hear it; just before the blood starts spewing from his/her ears!
I wonder if they'll launch my collection of broken glass and sewing needles?
4987520-23495863459802-349876927450-09827-10960349 56-875-19608917294857019. 2398798-897326-10691326! 234987340-189763865-19287638946?
Actually, the comment was meant satirically. It is precisely the it's-too-inconvenient to take action sentiment in America that I'm mocking. I actually have written my representatives and the phone companies over this issue because I am appalled by their behavior. I guess my comment fell flat because there are no "satire tags" to place around it.
...only I'm looked into a two year contract with Verizon, but as soon as that's up!
I see your point. I guess that the 'proof' would require demonstration that the code can be replaced with something malicious. I suppose the creators decided that downloading unexpected content from the web sufficiently demonstrates this.
The point is that the image is downloaded and displayed without the user doing anything other than opening the document. The 'proof' is that the code executed even if the user did not want it to. The download-and-display-an-image code could easily be replaced with more malicious code. That is the 'virus' part.
God, the all terrain board is going to be obnoxious if it starts showing up on my favorite hiking trails.
...don't fish eggs predate chickens by a few million years?
Also, if they did develop a mind/computer interface, can you imagine how frustratingly slow many software applications would suddenly seem? GUIs would probably require some major overhauls in order to adapt.
Could it not be both changing sizes and be irregularly shaped and off center?
I have been living in a bubble all my life.