Come to think of it, Verizon is using my yard for free. They dug a hole in my property and put their crap there without compensating me. Maybe I should dig up their wire and demand to be compensated. If extortion is going to be allowed, I can assure everyone Verizon will lose.
Is it just me or am I the only person in the world who wrests their wrist on the mousepad and moves the mouse with my fingers. With this new mouse it looks like I would have to operate the mouse like a toddler and move my entire arm. The shelf design seems to only exacerbate the problem.
In my experience, in highly bureaucratic environments, this will not bring about long-term change.... Long term change can only come about if the CEO wants it to.
So you are saying that if you want to make a long term change then you need to be the CEO (or possibly have his ear). I think I'll stick to the beer and lunches.
Either his wealth is invested in Microsoft Stock or some interest bearing instrument, but it can't be both (at least for the same buck anyways.) If he sold his billion shares of microsoft and invested in Bonds paying 5% interest, then yes he would have 5% in interest income. Interest income is taxed at 15%, the same as dividend income.
Not quite right. The tax rate on dividend income is capped at 15%, and the portion of "his" $47B given to the charity is not taxed. The MSFT dividend is approximately 1.3%, and his salary is $1M which he likely donates. So his approximate annual tax payment is on the order of 20B * 15% * 1.3% = $39 mils.
Agreed, Page and Brin explicitly stated in the IPO that the shareholder has a very limited influence on their decision. From the IPO filings: In the transition to public ownership, we have set up a corporate structure that will make it harder for outside parties to take over or influence Google. This structure will also make it easier for our management team to follow the long term, innovative approach emphasized earlier. This structure, called a dual class voting structure, is described elsewhere in this prospectus.
The main effect of this structure is likely to leave our team, especially Sergey and me, with significant control over the company's decisions and fate, as Google shares change hands. New investors will fully share in Google's long term growth but will have less influence over its strategic decisions than they would at most public companies.
Obviously you can't read. The chinese "garble" at the bottom translates to: "According to the local law laws and regulations and the policy, some of the results are not displayed."
What if Excel had used MEAN() instead of AVERAGE()?
Excel autochanges avg() to average(). One less keystroke What if Excel had a dynamic transpose function?
Paste special->transpose or using the index or offset functions can achieve the result with links.
Despite the fact that AR was KILLING our reading classes, the administration demanded that we continue to use it simply so they could brag about their computer software.
I went through the same "accelerated reader" program except that the administrators my school did what the program suggested and required each student accumulate a certain number of points. The harder books rewarded students with more points requiring them to read fewer, and the slower students had to read more easy books forcing them to catch up. The scoring system created healty competition and without that program I surely would have never read Anna Karina in middle school. (It had the highest point value of any of the books on the list.)
2) a plaintext record of the vote
It is illegal to give plain text receipts people can take with them. If you give people receipts, then it is simple to buy votes. "Give me a receipt with George Dub's name and I'll give you $5" You get the idea.
And how do we know that the prinout matches whatever counter is incremented within the computer?
Audit the machines.
Would it not be easier to just use a paper ballot in the first place?
No. It makes more sense to have a person input their vote on a computer and verify it on paper. Letting people fill out a ballot however they want and then having a computer try and interpret and count the votes doesn't make much sense. Think about the hanging and pregnant chads or butterfly ballots that confuse old people.
but the turbo does not rob the engine of horsepower like the blower does.
This is simply not true. A turbocharger increases the back pressure during the exhause stroke, creating parasitic drag. Turbos tend to improve the overall efficiency better than a supercharger because there is less friction due to the lack of internal gearing, and the use of a small amount of residual pressure at the end of the exhause stroke.
I agree. What is the professional thing to do?
I assume by that comment, you are asking what is the professional thing to do now? We'll... since you likely got screwed out of telling your co-workers goodbye, send them a note to schedule a happy hour at a bar.
The other trade-off of course is that there is still combustion so it's not as clean as fuel cell cars.
Very intersting info, but burning hydrogen is just as clean as running hydrogen through a fuel cell. There is only water in the exhaust in both cases. The reason fuel cells are preferred is because they have approximately twice the net efficiency.
sounds like a good idea, but the massive amount of copper you would need running through the walls is expensive. Think about how large the battery cables in your car are. Those wires are needed power a starter that uses about the same amount of power as a typical vaccuum cleaner.
1. As many have pointed out, I misspoke with the prime vs composite issue. Trust me, I am not that dumb.
2. Point taken, but according to the wikipedia entry, 9 out of 100 believe it is True. More than nobody, but you are probably right... even among mathematicians 9 in 100 are probably idiots.
3. By encryption I mean public key encryption. Who gives a damn about private key encryption. Are you going to ship floppy disks with your "one time pad" to the website prior to placing an online order? Of course taking a random sequence of 0's and 1's as long as your data and XORing with your data will produce an unbreakable cipher text.
Furthermore, all known examples of P NP algoriths have been shown to be equivalent. I would be interested if there are any public key encryption methods that dont rely on P = NP being false.
While, I generally dislike MS, it is important to understand their competitive position and historical tactics. MS controls 80% browser market and can change the browser. Java Script is not necessary if the apps are based on Sparkle.
Inerestingly enough, there is no proof that encryption is even possible. Presently we do not know of any methods to factor a number in polynomial time while we can create primes in polynomial time, but an algorithm may exist that can factor primes in polynomial time. If one is discovered, encryption as we know it today will be impossible... even with your quantum computer. In fact, a solution to the P NP problem comes with a $1,000,000 prize.
To elaborate (but at risk of going off-topic), the basic idea is that if someone wants to store information about you, you should have the right to make them store it on your machine. They can sign it or whatever to prevent you from tampering with it, but if they want to see it again, they should have to ask your permission. As long as it's reasonable, you can let them see it--unless you change your mind. Even including your SSN.
This would be scary. One of my least interesting work assignments is to send the FICA payroll to the federal govenment for 130,000+ US employees. If our HR and payroll systems didn't store the SSN, this trivial assignment would take years.
an 8.5x11" piece of paper printed with a 300 dpi resolution would have a resolution of 3000x2250 assuming the paper has a 0.5" border. Good luck finding a laptop with that resolution.
CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) is better thought of as a very strong plastic rather than a substitue for metal. Because plastic works fine as a laptop case, there should be no worries about carbon fiber.
IMO, metal is the preferred material for laptop cases versus any plastic (carbon fiber reinforced or otherwise). While CFRPs have a higher tensile strength to weight ratio, they tend to be brittle. I would rather have a dent in the case than a crack.
This is way off-topic, but a little backgroung on the realative merits of different modes of transportation.
In the US and the UK deaths per passenger mile are approximately 1 order of magnitude lower on trains than by trucks/buses.
Trains cost 1 order of magnitude less to operate than an autos. There are numerous reasons why Amtrak is not viable in the US that don't necessarily apply to this case. Amtrak has to compete with the autos whose owners benefit from free roads. In areas with user fess for the roads, trains and other modes of public transportation are viable enterprises. Also, the rail and public transit network is not extensive enough to allow people to opt out of buying a vehicle. In Western Europe, it is possible in most places to have a high standard of living and not own a car. With the exception of NYC, Boston, Chicago, DC, and a few other cities in the US, a car is practically a necessity in the States.
Furthermore, in the case of China which is desperate to secure its necessary energy needs, fuel efficiency is important. Planes get roughly 40 miles per passenger gallon, trains get roughly 80, and cars vary from 15-120 based on the vehicle and number of passengers. So unless everyone travels 4 deep into a Honda CRX, trains aren't so bad when it comes to efficiency.
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Come to think of it, Verizon is using my yard for free. They dug a hole in my property and put their crap there without compensating me. Maybe I should dig up their wire and demand to be compensated. If extortion is going to be allowed, I can assure everyone Verizon will lose.
Is it just me or am I the only person in the world who wrests their wrist on the mousepad and moves the mouse with my fingers. With this new mouse it looks like I would have to operate the mouse like a toddler and move my entire arm. The shelf design seems to only exacerbate the problem.
So you are saying that if you want to make a long term change then you need to be the CEO (or possibly have his ear). I think I'll stick to the beer and lunches.
Either his wealth is invested in Microsoft Stock or some interest bearing instrument, but it can't be both (at least for the same buck anyways.) If he sold his billion shares of microsoft and invested in Bonds paying 5% interest, then yes he would have 5% in interest income. Interest income is taxed at 15%, the same as dividend income.
Not quite right. The tax rate on dividend income is capped at 15%, and the portion of "his" $47B given to the charity is not taxed. The MSFT dividend is approximately 1.3%, and his salary is $1M which he likely donates. So his approximate annual tax payment is on the order of 20B * 15% * 1.3% = $39 mils.
I'd bet the censored material was a clear violation of article 51 of the constitution.
Agreed, Page and Brin explicitly stated in the IPO that the shareholder has a very limited influence on their decision. From the IPO filings:
In the transition to public ownership, we have set up a corporate structure that will make it harder for outside parties to take over or influence Google. This structure will also make it easier for our management team to follow the long term, innovative approach emphasized earlier. This structure, called a dual class voting structure, is described elsewhere in this prospectus. The main effect of this structure is likely to leave our team, especially Sergey and me, with significant control over the company's decisions and fate, as Google shares change hands. New investors will fully share in Google's long term growth but will have less influence over its strategic decisions than they would at most public companies.
Obviously you can't read. The chinese "garble" at the bottom translates to: "According to the local law laws and regulations and the policy, some of the results are not displayed."
What if Excel had used MEAN() instead of AVERAGE()?
Excel autochanges avg() to average(). One less keystroke
What if Excel had a dynamic transpose function?
Paste special->transpose or using the index or offset functions can achieve the result with links.
Despite the fact that AR was KILLING our reading classes, the administration demanded that we continue to use it simply so they could brag about their computer software.
I went through the same "accelerated reader" program except that the administrators my school did what the program suggested and required each student accumulate a certain number of points. The harder books rewarded students with more points requiring them to read fewer, and the slower students had to read more easy books forcing them to catch up. The scoring system created healty competition and without that program I surely would have never read Anna Karina in middle school. (It had the highest point value of any of the books on the list.)
Well then, do what I did and buy a tivo remote and program myth to work with it. 20 bucks on ebay.
2) a plaintext record of the vote
It is illegal to give plain text receipts people can take with them. If you give people receipts, then it is simple to buy votes. "Give me a receipt with George Dub's name and I'll give you $5" You get the idea.
Audit the machines.
Would it not be easier to just use a paper ballot in the first place?
No. It makes more sense to have a person input their vote on a computer and verify it on paper. Letting people fill out a ballot however they want and then having a computer try and interpret and count the votes doesn't make much sense. Think about the hanging and pregnant chads or butterfly ballots that confuse old people.
but the turbo does not rob the engine of horsepower like the blower does.
This is simply not true. A turbocharger increases the back pressure during the exhause stroke, creating parasitic drag. Turbos tend to improve the overall efficiency better than a supercharger because there is less friction due to the lack of internal gearing, and the use of a small amount of residual pressure at the end of the exhause stroke.
I agree.
What is the professional thing to do?
I assume by that comment, you are asking what is the professional thing to do now? We'll... since you likely got screwed out of telling your co-workers goodbye, send them a note to schedule a happy hour at a bar.
Very intersting info, but burning hydrogen is just as clean as running hydrogen through a fuel cell. There is only water in the exhaust in both cases. The reason fuel cells are preferred is because they have approximately twice the net efficiency.
Any engineer whose job is to sit around all day waiting for something that has already been designed and implemented to break should find a new job.
sounds like a good idea, but the massive amount of copper you would need running through the walls is expensive. Think about how large the battery cables in your car are. Those wires are needed power a starter that uses about the same amount of power as a typical vaccuum cleaner.
1. As many have pointed out, I misspoke with the prime vs composite issue. Trust me, I am not that dumb.
2. Point taken, but according to the wikipedia entry, 9 out of 100 believe it is True. More than nobody, but you are probably right... even among mathematicians 9 in 100 are probably idiots.
3. By encryption I mean public key encryption. Who gives a damn about private key encryption. Are you going to ship floppy disks with your "one time pad" to the website prior to placing an online order? Of course taking a random sequence of 0's and 1's as long as your data and XORing with your data will produce an unbreakable cipher text. Furthermore, all known examples of P NP algoriths have been shown to be equivalent. I would be interested if there are any public key encryption methods that dont rely on P = NP being false.
While, I generally dislike MS, it is important to understand their competitive position and historical tactics. MS controls 80% browser market and can change the browser. Java Script is not necessary if the apps are based on Sparkle.
Inerestingly enough, there is no proof that encryption is even possible. Presently we do not know of any methods to factor a number in polynomial time while we can create primes in polynomial time, but an algorithm may exist that can factor primes in polynomial time. If one is discovered, encryption as we know it today will be impossible... even with your quantum computer. In fact, a solution to the P NP problem comes with a $1,000,000 prize.
This would be scary. One of my least interesting work assignments is to send the FICA payroll to the federal govenment for 130,000+ US employees. If our HR and payroll systems didn't store the SSN, this trivial assignment would take years.
an 8.5x11" piece of paper printed with a 300 dpi resolution would have a resolution of 3000x2250 assuming the paper has a 0.5" border. Good luck finding a laptop with that resolution.
IMO, metal is the preferred material for laptop cases versus any plastic (carbon fiber reinforced or otherwise). While CFRPs have a higher tensile strength to weight ratio, they tend to be brittle. I would rather have a dent in the case than a crack.
This is way off-topic, but a little backgroung on the realative merits of different modes of transportation.
In the US and the UK deaths per passenger mile are approximately 1 order of magnitude lower on trains than by trucks/buses.
Trains cost 1 order of magnitude less to operate than an autos. There are numerous reasons why Amtrak is not viable in the US that don't necessarily apply to this case. Amtrak has to compete with the autos whose owners benefit from free roads. In areas with user fess for the roads, trains and other modes of public transportation are viable enterprises. Also, the rail and public transit network is not extensive enough to allow people to opt out of buying a vehicle. In Western Europe, it is possible in most places to have a high standard of living and not own a car. With the exception of NYC, Boston, Chicago, DC, and a few other cities in the US, a car is practically a necessity in the States.
Furthermore, in the case of China which is desperate to secure its necessary energy needs, fuel efficiency is important. Planes get roughly 40 miles per passenger gallon, trains get roughly 80, and cars vary from 15-120 based on the vehicle and number of passengers. So unless everyone travels 4 deep into a Honda CRX, trains aren't so bad when it comes to efficiency.