The laws were just an thought experiment in ethics. There is no way to calculate the right thing to do in a lot of situations; a guy holds a kid at gunpoint and will shoot him, what to do? Or two kids are going to be killed by whatever he can only save one; we get in triage issue, what is the solution?
It took me six months to master whatdoyoucallit gamepad to play PES because I wanted to play a football game. It is the only game requiring any kind of real time input (others being chess and various turn based strategies).
Just thinking about going through this again for another game (with the same controller!) is a non-starter. Six axes, 1 degree precision? Thanks, but no thanks.
Why is Windows poorly designed for a tablet? Vista and 7 have excellent support for my Fujitsu Siemens ST5031D.
As always, Apple will change the game for the hip crowd and show them the light. I just want to point out before Steve invents it that some of us already have decent slates.
2012 gains nothing by being seen in cinema. The most shocking thing about it is that they spent over 200 million and the effects are so lame you feel like playing a shitty game. I went to see it for effects only and it is not worth it.
I have a "postpaid" number with my provider and pay maintenance of 5 eur + what I used per month and as I said I go under 10 eur most of the time. This includes 3g internet access though the rates are a bit steep for heavy traffic. Granted, I am not a phone maniac but I don't care how much time I spend talking either.
Regarding prepaid, if you go cheap (7.5 eur) you have to add 5 eur every month. The more expensive option allows you to go for a year without topping up so you could have it for 15 + 10 eur. No 3g internet though.
Every time I read about mobile phone escapades of our fellow American slashdotters I feel blessed to live in Europe. Sure, you can go and get a contract for so and so minutes/megabytes/messages per month + your "free" phone but nothing stops you from buying a number for a small sum (7.5 - 15 eur where I live) and paying as you go. Rates are a bit higher but I can generally fit my usage under 10 eur per month. In comparison to amounts paid monthly in the USA, it is obvious that phones given with those contracts are far from free, or even subsidised.
I think you nailed it -.NET is moving really really fast.
If you look at software available you might say that 91.34% of everything is based on Framework v2.0 even though latest version is already at 4.0.
I still have a lot of legacy stuff written for 1.1, plus most of ongoing projects on 2.0, by the time we decide to upgrade, we will skip from vs 2005 to vs 2010 and.NET 2.0 to 4.0. Sometimes you wish for them to slow down a bit.:)
If you expected cure for cancer, it failed miserably. However, if you were involved with any of the likes of MFC, ATL, Visual Basic 6 and bellow, DAO, Interop & COM (to name just a few), it is to be regarded as the second coming of Christ.
It has nothing to do with TFA but it just occured to me - do we know of any system where the central body is not a star (or a more massive object), for example let's imagine Jupiter in place of the Sun? Would it be possible to detect this kind of system at all?
Why would anyone want to buy a device for the exclusive use of reading books + being locked into specific retailer's network?
I got my second hand Fujitsu Stylistic Tablet for 450 EUR on eBay. To put it as short as possible, it is a computer. I can do anything short of playing 3D intensive games on it.
Netbooks, eBook readers, iPods... so what do you do when you have all this? Carry a suitcase?
Man, it seems to me that your inflexibility to make a compromise on a minor issue (dress code) while pursuing a greater goal (career, paycheck) is just the tip of the iceberg...
I don't disagree that the author had specific intentions. But the essay being engineered to play to target audience sensibilities doesn't make it less flowery crap.
And yes, you are reading into it, drawing from your knowledge of MIT admission process and overall atmosphere. Not having this background greatly diminishes the impression of author's skill - the essay does not stand on its own.
You're reading too much into it. Your explanations are sound and logical, but the piece still looks, walks & talks like gazillion other flowery wordfests devoid of substance all of us who ever had a crush on a pretentious girl had to read through (and appraise!).
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The laws were just an thought experiment in ethics. There is no way to calculate the right thing to do in a lot of situations; a guy holds a kid at gunpoint and will shoot him, what to do? Or two kids are going to be killed by whatever he can only save one; we get in triage issue, what is the solution?
Exactly.
It took me six months to master whatdoyoucallit gamepad to play PES because I wanted to play a football game. It is the only game requiring any kind of real time input (others being chess and various turn based strategies).
Just thinking about going through this again for another game (with the same controller!) is a non-starter. Six axes, 1 degree precision? Thanks, but no thanks.
What's the point of this setup?
Whatever you want to download and use, has to come from the VM -> your security is compromised.
Or... your main machine has no access to internet. Not really a solution.
Good luck phoning home from my media player.
And if it becomes mandatory, as in won't play if no net, then it won't be played.
There is a staggering amount of old content on teh internets. My attention is by far scarcer resource than content being pushed.
Why is Windows poorly designed for a tablet? Vista and 7 have excellent support for my Fujitsu Siemens ST5031D.
As always, Apple will change the game for the hip crowd and show them the light.
I just want to point out before Steve invents it that some of us already have decent slates.
This is the most exciting news since Steve invented the phone in 2007.
10 years and the summary reads Blackberry, Motorola, Apple?
Well, keep wondering...
"every time" and "mind blowing" - pick one.
2012 gains nothing by being seen in cinema. The most shocking thing about it is that they spent over 200 million and the effects are so lame you feel like playing a shitty game. I went to see it for effects only and it is not worth it.
Torrent it and watch it on your phone.
If mono develops last thing to do is trifle with whether it was GPLd or not.
It doesn't matter.
I found it interesting the first time I stumbled upon it, so I reposted it here, is all.
She is young and rather attractive, however there are some questions raised.
I have a "postpaid" number with my provider and pay maintenance of 5 eur + what I used per month and as I said I go under 10 eur most of the time. This includes 3g internet access though the rates are a bit steep for heavy traffic.
Granted, I am not a phone maniac but I don't care how much time I spend talking either.
Regarding prepaid, if you go cheap (7.5 eur) you have to add 5 eur every month.
The more expensive option allows you to go for a year without topping up so you could have it for 15 + 10 eur. No 3g internet though.
Every time I read about mobile phone escapades of our fellow American slashdotters I feel blessed to live in Europe.
Sure, you can go and get a contract for so and so minutes/megabytes/messages per month + your "free" phone but nothing stops you from buying a number for a small sum (7.5 - 15 eur where I live) and paying as you go. Rates are a bit higher but I can generally fit my usage under 10 eur per month.
In comparison to amounts paid monthly in the USA, it is obvious that phones given with those contracts are far from free, or even subsidised.
I think you nailed it - .NET is moving really really fast.
If you look at software available you might say that 91.34% of everything is based on Framework v2.0 even though latest version is already at 4.0.
I still have a lot of legacy stuff written for 1.1, plus most of ongoing projects on 2.0, by the time we decide to upgrade, we will skip from vs 2005 to vs 2010 and .NET 2.0 to 4.0. Sometimes you wish for them to slow down a bit. :)
Gee, I have mod points but could not help but notice your modesty - why exclude yourself?
If someone has mod points, please mod us all up!
The answer is, as always, it depends.
If you expected cure for cancer, it failed miserably.
However, if you were involved with any of the likes of MFC, ATL, Visual Basic 6 and bellow, DAO, Interop & COM (to name just a few), it is to be regarded as the second coming of Christ.
Yep, that's what I wanted to say.
It has nothing to do with TFA but it just occured to me - do we know of any system where the central body is not a star (or a more massive object), for example let's imagine Jupiter in place of the Sun?
Would it be possible to detect this kind of system at all?
Why would anyone want to buy a device for the exclusive use of reading books + being locked into specific retailer's network? I got my second hand Fujitsu Stylistic Tablet for 450 EUR on eBay. To put it as short as possible, it is a computer. I can do anything short of playing 3D intensive games on it. Netbooks, eBook readers, iPods... so what do you do when you have all this? Carry a suitcase?
This kind of early investigative reporting is exactly what Slashdot needs to rectify "old news & dupes site" image.
Also showing:
Australia will crash into Antarctica!
Barack Obama will die!
Cockroaches will go extinct!
You read it first here!
Man, it seems to me that your inflexibility to make a compromise on a minor issue (dress code) while pursuing a greater goal (career, paycheck) is just the tip of the iceberg...
I don't disagree that the author had specific intentions. But the essay being engineered to play to target audience sensibilities doesn't make it less flowery crap.
And yes, you are reading into it, drawing from your knowledge of MIT admission process and overall atmosphere.
Not having this background greatly diminishes the impression of author's skill - the essay does not stand on its own.
You're reading too much into it.
Your explanations are sound and logical, but the piece still looks, walks & talks like gazillion other flowery wordfests devoid of substance all of us who ever had a crush on a pretentious girl had to read through (and appraise!).
Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Menard,_Author_of_the_Quixote by Borges for more than 500 words on the subject of reader response.
I agree with you on that one, but I was talking about marketing _random product_ by mentioning Windows 7.
Like,
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