Ms. Coli: Today's lesson is brought to you by the letter "W"
Engineer student: Oh I thought this was Hardware Design 101, not politics.
Surfer: Dude, y'er thinking Dubya. The prof wants to talk about Wire again this semester.
Ms. Coli: Actually, we will be talking about Wire for the next 3.5 million semesters. Today we begin trying to understand why it hurts when the wire comes out.
Good point. Not being a heavy math type, I jumped straight to a CS understanding of idempotence. It is simpler: given the same input, repeatedly, a function's output will not change. Obviously, side-effects must be considered part of the output for this to hold.
Tell the boss you couldn't possibly have done it without him; that he should take the credit for this bold and heroic act of selflessness. Make sure his name is all over it.
Believe it or not this type approach has worked for me in the past.
Just beginning to sort out the company; just starting RE&D; the marketing types come up with a target year; idiots with too much money to spend start making deposits; now, they can really start development along with the inevitable schedule slippage...
Oh yeah. I forgot. We ARE just statistics. You are not a person just a statistic near zero. It simplifies things if we just say you are "essentially zero." Now, when you die, it doesn't affect the equation.
World = You + RestOfWorld
You -> 0
World = RestOfWorld
You don't matter to Us.
All is futility!
Disclaimer: I'm using You in the generic (i.e., not personal) sense.
" Given any reasonable timeframe, the median number of Americans who die every year from terrorism is zero."
You know what they say about lies and statistics;)
Depending on your subjective bent, a reasonable timeframe can be small enough to force the median to zero or large (e.g., per decade) enough to be otherwise useless. If the poster was referring to the median deaths per year over the last few years in the U.S., then the number can in fact be used as evidence of the success of the war on terror: "Where have all the terrorists gone? We haven't had a fatal incident for the last 3 years." If, on the other hand, the poster is using the median over the last few years worldwide , then I suspect the number is simply false.
A more intellectually honest descriptive statistic would be the mean. More precisely the harmonic mean which is useful when averaging rate numbers (e.g., per year).
They don't "have to track it at all or any time." I never suggested such. I was responding to a post asserting that the location information was unnecessary. The location information can be very useful, but that does not mean it should be done in a stupid/intrusive way.
"they want to ship every console with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever."
Please stop. You're killing me with temptation. I played Duke Nukem years ago and loved it. To think I can play it again; and Forever? Here's kissin' my PS2 goodbye.
I don't know much about Xbox except that it is MS, which leads me to the question, "Will the 40 games still work after the release version is superseded?"
On your planet maybe. There are families on this planet suffering because of what terrorist took from them.
Do you know how much has been spent on heart disease research? Didn't think so.
I'm amazed this post got mod'ed up. What is insightful about picking an extreme example to argue against something? Uses for 911 (away from land-lines):
-- Major traffic accident (involving others); -- Brush-fire; -- Building (not yours) fire; -- One-on-one CPR episode: "this guy will live, if I dont' have to find a land-line phone" -- "I'm following the armed-robber, YOU (police) come take over" -- "I've been car-jacked."
Sometimes when things like this happen, we are too jazzed to think clearly about our location. If it is automatically sent, all the better.
You appear to be presuming this is about terrorism and the Patriot Act. If that is what it is about, the document would have said so. You must learn to trust the government and stop confusing your self with the between-the-lines stuff.
It's simple, this is a point A to point B problem. Well, except that point A is moving...and point B...and they are not moving in straight lines...and they are not even circles...and, of course, there's the gravity issue...um, maybe IT IS complicated.
until the next model; the one that incorporates crystalized urea. Then "just-add-water" will work. If they can do it this way, it will be much more acceptable, IMHO.
It's already what I would call bloatable (i.e., user-controlled bloat through extensions). Adding RIA (if it's an extension) shouldn't make much difference to the core efficiency.
"Wall Street columnists are lamenting." Well, this explains why they JUST TALK about making money: Early in their careers, they speculated big money on HAL Industries (TM). Now, it's not looking good.
Cliff: Hello, this is Mozilla tech spt, how can I help you?
Biff: Yeah, this is Biff over in marketing. We've just gotten word of a market shift due to a bug call the..., um,... wait a minute, it's here somewhere...oh yeah, it's the "User Agent Switcher" bug. You guys can fix that quick, can't ya.
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So what? It was more than 36 hours ago. Re: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/1 0/1516216
Ms. Coli: Today's lesson is brought to you by the letter "W"
Engineer student: Oh I thought this was Hardware Design 101, not politics.
Surfer: Dude, y'er thinking Dubya. The prof wants to talk about Wire again this semester.
Ms. Coli: Actually, we will be talking about Wire for the next 3.5 million semesters. Today we begin trying to understand why it hurts when the wire comes out.
Good point. Not being a heavy math type, I jumped straight to a CS understanding of idempotence. It is simpler: given the same input, repeatedly, a function's output will not change. Obviously, side-effects must be considered part of the output for this to hold.
I believe you could have simply stated that GET should be idempotent and POST doesn't have to be. KISS.
Tell the boss you couldn't possibly have done it without him; that he should take the credit for this bold and heroic act of selflessness. Make sure his name is all over it.
Believe it or not this type approach has worked for me in the past.
"RE&D" -- derrrr!!!
I meant RD&E.
Just beginning to sort out the company; just starting RE&D; the marketing types come up with a target year; idiots with too much money to spend start making deposits; now, they can really start development along with the inevitable schedule slippage...
We'll all be dead before we get a chance to go!
Rules out MOST /. geeks by definition.
Now that is an insightful, cut-to-matter post! Well said.
/. mod culture. Why this post is 1 and previous zomboid drivel gets mod'd as insightful escapes me.
/. newbie is still learning:)
I'm still trying characterize and understand the
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This
Oh yeah. I forgot. We ARE just statistics. You are not a person just a statistic near zero. It simplifies things if we just say you are "essentially zero." Now, when you die, it doesn't affect the equation.
World = You + RestOfWorld
You -> 0
World = RestOfWorld
You don't matter to Us.
All is futility!
Disclaimer: I'm using You in the generic (i.e., not personal) sense.
" Given any reasonable timeframe, the median number of Americans who die every year from terrorism is zero."
You know what they say about lies and statistics;)
Depending on your subjective bent, a reasonable timeframe can be small enough to force the median to zero or large (e.g., per decade) enough to be otherwise useless. If the poster was referring to the median deaths per year over the last few years in the U.S., then the number can in fact be used as evidence of the success of the war on terror: "Where have all the terrorists gone? We haven't had a fatal incident for the last 3 years." If, on the other hand, the poster is using the median over the last few years worldwide , then I suspect the number is simply false.
A more intellectually honest descriptive statistic would be the mean. More precisely the harmonic mean which is useful when averaging rate numbers (e.g., per year).
They don't "have to track it at all or any time." I never suggested such. I was responding to a post asserting that the location information was unnecessary. The location information can be very useful, but that does not mean it should be done in a stupid/intrusive way.
223934 < 228190
Thanks for making me feel better. No up mod but, hey, it's the thought that counts. Right?
I admit I should've tagged it for clarity.
BTW: Can I have your autograph? You are the first <225000 I've met.
Yes, and it is quite blissful. I trust the government. I trust the FAQs. I am very happy.
Whew. Good thing there's the preview button. I assumed "Plain text" meant anything goes. Needed Extrans to stay in the <trance>.
"they want to ship every console with a copy of Duke Nukem Forever."
Please stop. You're killing me with temptation. I played Duke Nukem years ago and loved it. To think I can play it again; and Forever? Here's kissin' my PS2 goodbye.
I don't know much about Xbox except that it is MS, which leads me to the question, "Will the 40 games still work after the release version is superseded?"
Viva la PS2!
228190 and you still haven't figured out that such numbers don't mean anything? Read the FAQ; I did.
I've only been here a while and already learned something: Ad hominem will get you a score of 2.
"zero people a year die from terrorism"
On your planet maybe. There are families on this planet suffering because of what terrorist took from them.
Do you know how much has been spent on heart disease research? Didn't think so.
I'm amazed this post got mod'ed up. What is insightful about picking an extreme example to argue against something? Uses for 911 (away from land-lines):
-- Major traffic accident (involving others);
-- Brush-fire;
-- Building (not yours) fire;
-- One-on-one CPR episode: "this guy will live, if I dont' have to find a land-line phone"
-- "I'm following the armed-robber, YOU (police) come take over"
-- "I've been car-jacked."
Sometimes when things like this happen, we are too jazzed to think clearly about our location. If it is automatically sent, all the better.
You appear to be presuming this is about terrorism and the Patriot Act. If that is what it is about, the document would have said so. You must learn to trust the government and stop confusing your self with the between-the-lines stuff.
It's simple, this is a point A to point B problem. Well, except that point A is moving...and point B...and they are not moving in straight lines...and they are not even circles...and, of course, there's the gravity issue...um, maybe IT IS complicated.
until the next model; the one that incorporates crystalized urea. Then "just-add-water" will work. If they can do it this way, it will be much more acceptable, IMHO.
It's already what I would call bloatable (i.e., user-controlled bloat through extensions). Adding RIA (if it's an extension) shouldn't make much difference to the core efficiency.
"Wall Street columnists are lamenting." Well, this explains why they JUST TALK about making money: Early in their careers, they speculated big money on HAL Industries (TM). Now, it's not looking good.
Cliff: Hello, this is Mozilla tech spt, how can I help you? Biff: Yeah, this is Biff over in marketing. We've just gotten word of a market shift due to a bug call the ..., um,... wait a minute, it's here somewhere...oh yeah, it's the "User Agent Switcher" bug. You guys can fix that quick, can't ya.