Exactly. That's why such a system will never be allowed.
I suspect that it will be far more likely that 100% will become a "fuzzy" value...
I really think that this whole debate should be rephrased as a 4th amendment issue. Just because we're speaking of a "virtual" domain does not mean we should permit an erosion to our reasonable expectation of privacy in the conduct of our affairs. What's to prevent every tel-co system between source and destination from sniffing our business for their commercial gain? I would assert that encryption isn't an available option for the vast majority of a typical person's internet usage. Even the safeguards of encryption will soon be evaporating as quantum computing comes online.
I really do not understand the point. If one can make a feedback system capable of effectively and intelligently guiding a blind person it wouldn't be necessary... Just make the car capable of driving itself. A sighted person has a hard enough time interpreting and reacting to evolving situations around them. Responding to vibrations and voice alerts is most certainly slower.
*sigh* Everyone know that if you want an expensive fancy toilet that does everything from wash your backside to make you dinner all while playing soothing waterfall sounds from the Dolby surround... you shop in Japan. Why would you ever go to Russia for a toilet, particularly after you just got done telling their cosmonauts that they had to "hold it" until they get back to their side of the ISS?
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The 486DX came in 20, 25, 33 or if you were unlucky 50Mhz variants. Consequently a clock doubled (DX2) 486 was not capable of anything close to 266Mhz. That wasn't achieved until the Tillamook-Pentium much later.
Many of us want to romanticize the ISS as being far more than it really is. The project has a specific design capability and that is for LEO, having a couple decade long lifespan. It was designed to perform under a very limited role with certain expectations of serviceability and modest fail safes. Even if we wished to spend the cash to push it to GEO, a Lagrange point, or even lunar orbit the poor thing would likely tear itself apart in the process. Surviving that, we'd find constant component failure issues from the prolonged exposure to the harsh environs of space. It's difficult to rebuild/remodel that which wasn't designed to be rebuild and remodeled.
I think the best thing we can do is to encourage our respective governments and private industry to plan and execute our next great step in manned space outposts. We've learned a great deal since the ISS was conceived and engineered. That was one of the main purposes of the ISS. Let's take our current state-of-the-art and create an outpost for our future dreams not prolong and rehash our old ones. I for one would love to see a permanent outpost from which we could more easily (and cheaply) launch both manned and robotic missions. Lets learn how to harvest and process off-world resources. Lets learn how to manufacture using those resources. Lets learn how to maintain partial subsistence. These things are inconceivable with the ISS.
Critics say it's a waste of money with no scientific value whatsoever. So why did we put it up there in the first place?
That's the interesting part. Originally the thing was intended to enable a fair bit of "real science" and not just be an expensive engineering play toy and tourist attraction. Unfortunately the modulesintended to enable this were never launched. I guess putting craters in the desert and violating pregnant women at the airport were greater priorities. How can they expect science to be carried out if the preoccupied astronauts can't even perform acts of a personal nature. In all seriousness though, I am heartened to see that the U.S. congress put AMS back on the launch manifest albeit delayed. CAM certainly deserved better though.
So you're saying that companies must operate under the same principles as public schools where the stupidest kid sets the pace for everyone else? That's brilliant. I was under the impression that the whole notion of antitrust was participating in anti-competitive behaviors not out-competing others.
What has Google done to prevent Yahoo, Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter to secure a similar agreement with copyright holders of books so that they can create a competitor product? Shall we next go after Toyota because more people want their products than they do GM or Chrysler?
Antitrust laws were created to protect society from organizations such as AT&T, Clear Channel, Intel, Microsoft, etc. that do/did not compete on the merit of their products but on their ability to squeeze out or prevent competition from ever starting by engaging in aggressive and generally unethical practices. Such companies do not focus on providing maximum societal benefit through their products and services but on maximizing their bottom line by any means possible usually to the detriment of society.
Can you provide a ration argument for how Google by enabling the dissemination of knowledge once locked in less accessible, much more difficult to search printed media is causing societal detriment? Business paradigm shifts do not count as a society detriment. Society is none-the-worse for having lost the need for horse drawn lauries roaming cities emptying out privies, telegraph operators, milkmen, or the local blacksmith.
If I am recalling correctly, the US armed services in Iraq and Afghanistan are contracting with Hughes Satellite Systems. They are almost certainly using their ordinary off the shelf commercial 2 watt transmitter and requisite dish. It would be highly unlikely that the satellite footprint is not covering Iran.
If one were to research the providers listed from that aforementioned Google search they'd likely find that most, and probably all of them are just resellers for Hughes.
In short, we're already "beaming" them Internet. It's probably one the conduits the "citizen journalists" are using to get what they are out of the country.
The classifieds and job boards are a very good place to get a feel for what's desired in your specific marketplace. Find an industry/specialization that interests you and see what skills mid-level positions are looking for.
That said, while it might disappoint you to hear this, what you know is very unlikely to land you your first job out of college. If landing a position is your goal (which I assume it must) then you need to focus on your grades and your soft skills. You might be a genius at enterprise application development but if your GPA is sub 3.0 (possibly higher depending on the company) you won't even be considered. In this economy with so many organizations having IT hiring freezes the ones that are hiring can afford to be "very" picky. Your academic record needs to come with a glowing halo.
It's only after you've landed the job that the extra studying will pay off. Along those lines I would most definitely focus on learning the more abstract skills such as "best practices", design theory, transaction theory, development processes (RUP, test driven development, agile practices, etc.). In general, syntax is a pretty easy thing to learn. Proper application of that syntax is another story entirely.
If you want to be an asset to your employer then being able to efficiently write simple, elegant, clean code that's flexible in the face of evolving requirements is essential.
It's not like anyone will care. Utah's largely a wasteland anyway. I cannot think of any religious group(s) there that could become radicalised either.
I think they knew that. Which is why they felt it necessary to explain WHY they feel the NIF is a dead end. I'm not a physicist so I cannot speak to whether or not operating this facility will contribute to the development of fusion power with a net positive energy return. I don't feel they actually addressed this either.
It is true that there are some people that will never fit in with modern society. What I think you neglect to realize is that the power these people wield is fed by the socio-economic disenfranchisement of those they would make their followers. The soldiers of the jihad are almost always recruited out of destitution. They are promised a stable income and a better life for their families if they join up. For a person that normally spends their days in constant fear of not being able to provide basic subsistence for their family it's a powerful persuasion. It isn't until after they've spent time as a jihadist that they are sometimes indoctrinated. If given a constructive alternative, most would leave immediately.
Furthermore, this framework is not restricted to the middle-east, nor this present age. Warmongers through out the world and through out time have with come to power in this way with rare exception. Promote the well being of the citizenry by other means and the warmonger's power is severed.
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Doyle is a rube. He's always been quick to rob everyone's piggy banks whether they are fiscally responsible bureaucratic branches of the government such as the University of Wisconsin satellites or the citizens of the states. The whole reason UWRF got two new buildings recently was to spend savings before the governor stole it like he's done in the past. A similar story is unfolding at UW-Stout. The guy hasn't got a clue what fiscal responsibility is and probably never will. It's a shame we can't get Tommy Thompson back.
Doesn't really seem to be free will then, does it? I mean, is the term "free will" even allowed in the same sentence with "lures"?
I'm not going to even get into the whole cat bit. It is sufficient to state that the manufacture of a situation where by some mechanism the intent of the computer owner is carried out is still intent and is still agreeing to the EULA. Separately, as it relates to "lures" it is still considered free will so longer as there is not duress. Waving a dollar bill in front of a person, or a piece of chicken as the case may be is not duress.
In grand/. style I didn't read TFA, deal with it. The study was skewed heavily towards females with 65 to 36 males. In western cultures at least females are generally far more interested in relationships and other inter-personal matters. Men are far more interested in blowing things up and other grandiose displays instant gratification for having accomplished something. I find the results of the study unsurprising and not exactly applicable to the target demographic of such games in the first place.
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Exactly. That's why such a system will never be allowed.
I suspect that it will be far more likely that 100% will become a "fuzzy" value...
I really think that this whole debate should be rephrased as a 4th amendment issue. Just because we're speaking of a "virtual" domain does not mean we should permit an erosion to our reasonable expectation of privacy in the conduct of our affairs. What's to prevent every tel-co system between source and destination from sniffing our business for their commercial gain? I would assert that encryption isn't an available option for the vast majority of a typical person's internet usage. Even the safeguards of encryption will soon be evaporating as quantum computing comes online.
I really do not understand the point. If one can make a feedback system capable of effectively and intelligently guiding a blind person it wouldn't be necessary... Just make the car capable of driving itself. A sighted person has a hard enough time interpreting and reacting to evolving situations around them. Responding to vibrations and voice alerts is most certainly slower.
*sigh* Everyone know that if you want an expensive fancy toilet that does everything from wash your backside to make you dinner all while playing soothing waterfall sounds from the Dolby surround... you shop in Japan. Why would you ever go to Russia for a toilet, particularly after you just got done telling their cosmonauts that they had to "hold it" until they get back to their side of the ISS?
... and that in turn would make the whole "shock and awe" deterrent a joke.
Mission accomplished!
FACT NAZI Observation: The 486DX came in 20, 25, 33 or if you were unlucky 50Mhz variants. Consequently a clock doubled (DX2) 486 was not capable of anything close to 266Mhz. That wasn't achieved until the Tillamook-Pentium much later.
Many of us want to romanticize the ISS as being far more than it really is. The project has a specific design capability and that is for LEO, having a couple decade long lifespan. It was designed to perform under a very limited role with certain expectations of serviceability and modest fail safes. Even if we wished to spend the cash to push it to GEO, a Lagrange point, or even lunar orbit the poor thing would likely tear itself apart in the process. Surviving that, we'd find constant component failure issues from the prolonged exposure to the harsh environs of space. It's difficult to rebuild/remodel that which wasn't designed to be rebuild and remodeled.
I think the best thing we can do is to encourage our respective governments and private industry to plan and execute our next great step in manned space outposts. We've learned a great deal since the ISS was conceived and engineered. That was one of the main purposes of the ISS. Let's take our current state-of-the-art and create an outpost for our future dreams not prolong and rehash our old ones. I for one would love to see a permanent outpost from which we could more easily (and cheaply) launch both manned and robotic missions. Lets learn how to harvest and process off-world resources. Lets learn how to manufacture using those resources. Lets learn how to maintain partial subsistence. These things are inconceivable with the ISS.
Critics say it's a waste of money with no scientific value whatsoever. So why did we put it up there in the first place?
That's the interesting part. Originally the thing was intended to enable a fair bit of "real science" and not just be an expensive engineering play toy and tourist attraction. Unfortunately the modules intended to enable this were never launched. I guess putting craters in the desert and violating pregnant women at the airport were greater priorities. How can they expect science to be carried out if the preoccupied astronauts can't even perform acts of a personal nature. In all seriousness though, I am heartened to see that the U.S. congress put AMS back on the launch manifest albeit delayed. CAM certainly deserved better though.
So you're saying that companies must operate under the same principles as public schools where the stupidest kid sets the pace for everyone else? That's brilliant. I was under the impression that the whole notion of antitrust was participating in anti-competitive behaviors not out-competing others.
What has Google done to prevent Yahoo, Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter to secure a similar agreement with copyright holders of books so that they can create a competitor product? Shall we next go after Toyota because more people want their products than they do GM or Chrysler?
Antitrust laws were created to protect society from organizations such as AT&T, Clear Channel, Intel, Microsoft, etc. that do/did not compete on the merit of their products but on their ability to squeeze out or prevent competition from ever starting by engaging in aggressive and generally unethical practices. Such companies do not focus on providing maximum societal benefit through their products and services but on maximizing their bottom line by any means possible usually to the detriment of society.
Can you provide a ration argument for how Google by enabling the dissemination of knowledge once locked in less accessible, much more difficult to search printed media is causing societal detriment? Business paradigm shifts do not count as a society detriment. Society is none-the-worse for having lost the need for horse drawn lauries roaming cities emptying out privies, telegraph operators, milkmen, or the local blacksmith.
If I am recalling correctly, the US armed services in Iraq and Afghanistan are contracting with Hughes Satellite Systems. They are almost certainly using their ordinary off the shelf commercial 2 watt transmitter and requisite dish. It would be highly unlikely that the satellite footprint is not covering Iran.
If one were to research the providers listed from that aforementioned Google search they'd likely find that most, and probably all of them are just resellers for Hughes.
In short, we're already "beaming" them Internet. It's probably one the conduits the "citizen journalists" are using to get what they are out of the country.
d*mn, never mind... Still cool though...
first post, nothing useful to say but. Cool!
There's a few angles I think you're missing...
The classifieds and job boards are a very good place to get a feel for what's desired in your specific marketplace. Find an industry/specialization that interests you and see what skills mid-level positions are looking for.
That said, while it might disappoint you to hear this, what you know is very unlikely to land you your first job out of college. If landing a position is your goal (which I assume it must) then you need to focus on your grades and your soft skills. You might be a genius at enterprise application development but if your GPA is sub 3.0 (possibly higher depending on the company) you won't even be considered. In this economy with so many organizations having IT hiring freezes the ones that are hiring can afford to be "very" picky. Your academic record needs to come with a glowing halo.
It's only after you've landed the job that the extra studying will pay off. Along those lines I would most definitely focus on learning the more abstract skills such as "best practices", design theory, transaction theory, development processes (RUP, test driven development, agile practices, etc.). In general, syntax is a pretty easy thing to learn. Proper application of that syntax is another story entirely.
If you want to be an asset to your employer then being able to efficiently write simple, elegant, clean code that's flexible in the face of evolving requirements is essential.
I could be here for months and not scratch the surface with even recent history.
This sounds cool, but what they are not telling you is that it will stop working if you bring it south of the equator. :)
It doesn't stop per-se, it just reverses polarity.
It's not like anyone will care. Utah's largely a wasteland anyway. I cannot think of any religious group(s) there that could become radicalised either.
I think they knew that. Which is why they felt it necessary to explain WHY they feel the NIF is a dead end. I'm not a physicist so I cannot speak to whether or not operating this facility will contribute to the development of fusion power with a net positive energy return. I don't feel they actually addressed this either.
It is true that there are some people that will never fit in with modern society. What I think you neglect to realize is that the power these people wield is fed by the socio-economic disenfranchisement of those they would make their followers. The soldiers of the jihad are almost always recruited out of destitution. They are promised a stable income and a better life for their families if they join up. For a person that normally spends their days in constant fear of not being able to provide basic subsistence for their family it's a powerful persuasion. It isn't until after they've spent time as a jihadist that they are sometimes indoctrinated. If given a constructive alternative, most would leave immediately.
Furthermore, this framework is not restricted to the middle-east, nor this present age. Warmongers through out the world and through out time have with come to power in this way with rare exception. Promote the well being of the citizenry by other means and the warmonger's power is severed.
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Doyle is a rube. He's always been quick to rob everyone's piggy banks whether they are fiscally responsible bureaucratic branches of the government such as the University of Wisconsin satellites or the citizens of the states. The whole reason UWRF got two new buildings recently was to spend savings before the governor stole it like he's done in the past. A similar story is unfolding at UW-Stout. The guy hasn't got a clue what fiscal responsibility is and probably never will. It's a shame we can't get Tommy Thompson back.
Doesn't really seem to be free will then, does it? I mean, is the term "free will" even allowed in the same sentence with "lures"?
I'm not going to even get into the whole cat bit. It is sufficient to state that the manufacture of a situation where by some mechanism the intent of the computer owner is carried out is still intent and is still agreeing to the EULA. Separately, as it relates to "lures" it is still considered free will so longer as there is not duress. Waving a dollar bill in front of a person, or a piece of chicken as the case may be is not duress.
Yeh, I know what you mean. But serious, could you imagine a Beowolf cluster of those things...?
In grand /. style I didn't read TFA, deal with it. The study was skewed heavily towards females with 65 to 36 males. In western cultures at least females are generally far more interested in relationships and other inter-personal matters. Men are far more interested in blowing things up and other grandiose displays instant gratification for having accomplished something. I find the results of the study unsurprising and not exactly applicable to the target demographic of such games in the first place.