Learning how to use older/simpler machines is an excellent way to learn about a number of fundamental concepts. Modern computing, for all its advances, still operates off the same fundamental principles as it did fifty years ago; it's simply become orders of magnitude more complex.
I don't understand. Soldiers don't train with halberds, swords and crossbows. Officers don't train with cavalry formations, trebuchets and castle. Engineers don't start off recreating Stephenson's Rocket or the Wright Flier. Cooks don't start off rubbing wood to start a bonfire and roast mammoth meat. Architects do not stick to cathedrals until they "get their chops".
In fact, science is about the only profession that does anything remotely similar for training, and even then, if old experiments are recreated, the setup has as many non-crucial elements replaced with modern equivalents as possible. We didn't bother using 19th century batteries for the Ohm's Law experiment, because it didn't matter where the current came from. We didn't bother sucking up chemicals with our mouth through pasteur pipettes for cholesterol extraction when we had automatic pipetters. We didn't bother using Bunsen burners instead of hot plates for chemistry.
Low level programming for ICs and the like aside, I don't see what about high level programming is so difficult to teach with, say, Eclipse. Possibly linking up the libraries can seem confusing at first, since a default project has a bunch of them already (and generated code for the GUI) but it's not like it won't let you start basic command line app projects.
This class would definitely teach much history, but just because you love reminiscing about back in the day doesn't mean you should inflict it on everyone. Not only does it make the student's job unnecessarily difficult, but it also takes away the motivation that comes from going home, and being able to immediately apply the thing you learned in class on your computer.
Well, to be sure when you are biking on an empty road, the vroom vroom coming from behind can be a literal lifesaver. Even if you do have a rear view mirror, its visibility is not perfect and you don't stare into it every moment.
Though then again drivers in that situation should honk to alert the cyclist in the first place.
It has the magic powers of abundant funding, trained personnel and very wide-reaching, legally sanctioned capabilities to conduct counter-intelligence (or whatever you'd call this), I think.
Bacteria do not just mutate into unrecognizable species over night. It took E. coli more than 20 years to accumulate just 100 point mutations, in a genome megabases long, and that is in an exceptionally favorable laboratory environment.
It would take many centuries for any bacteria from the 70s Mars landings to produce even one protein that wouldn't align with our databases. It would take hundreds of thousands of years, and a lot of luck, for a whole species to develop which is not trivial to phylogenetically trace back to Earth.
Piracy has been around since the beginning of PC gaming in the 80's. Hell, back in the day it was easier. By this silly "piracy killing PC" logic, PC gaming has been dead for literally decades.
Books, scientific articles, magazine columns, newspapers, movies, plays, music, painting, sculpture... In short, things which are not simple games. Why are you asking stupid questions?
Actually, isn't this the very reason why the right to own guns was conceived in the first place? The government is obviously too corrupt to effectively prevent ubiquitous surveillance, and even gleefully cooperates with the private sector to jointly effect it. Guns are a perfectly reasonably last-resort.
Because the warning screen is extremely unhelpful. Maybe things improved since 1.5, but I get a warning saying "data may be sent over the internet". What data, Android? Do you mean my highscore, or my Gmail password?
As much as I adore Portal, you are correct. It is only a novelty when you have been exposed to countless cookie-cutter shooters to the point of utter desperation. To the game-naive bystander, it's just a game where you follow arbitrary abstract rules to achieve certain goals; essentially a glorified puzzle.
In fact, this is what happens when you treat Portal as anything beyond that.
I don't think you have read the post you replied to. The point was, "if you neutralize every element of the enemy's fleet by cracking their codes, the enemy will indeed become aware that the code is compromised. This will not matter because they will not have left any elements in their fleet to act upon the knowledge with".
You know, like how if you siege and capture a castle, it will become apparent that your intent was to attack the castle. Except, who cares, because, you know. You already captured the castle.
They didn't have to. The immune system is largely inactive in and oblivious to the airspace of the lung. It would only be when the roots breached the walls and entered the blood that the immune system would get wise.
No, you are quite confused. Species of leukocytes often squeeze through capillary walls to exit the bloodstream, wander around in the tissue, and go back. The immune system is very active in the lung, it would be absurd for it to be inactive in a site so exposed to pathogens (frequent inhalation, thin epithelium). In fact, the inflammation-like context is one reason that the lung is a common site for metastatic cancers.
Now "dealing" with the roots, I don't know. Would you expect the macrophages to swallow the roots whole? B-cells producing antibodies to aggregate the plant? Normal plants already survive much harsher environments than mere immune systems, they grow on soil exposed to the elements.
If they just went and rounded up every single one, it would be pretty obvious that the code had been broken.
If they rounded up every single U-Boat, I don't think it would matter whether the Germans know if it is broken- seeing as how they wouldn't have any U-boats left to send secret messages to.
Grade 9... High school? You didn't know basic algebra in HIGH SCHOOL? Were you homeschooled in Smalltown, Minnesota? I was taught single variable equations in grade 4 and was starting Calculus in grade 9.
Hawking is a physicist not an engineer or a biologist, and it shows.
I had a similar thought. Why is his opinion on the subject being trumpeted as some sort of divine truth? His work has very little to do with the actual practical challenges (both in terms of engineering, finance and convincing the government(s)) involved in leaving Earth. It has very little to do with its ecology and how much damage it will be able to sustain. It has very little to do with history or global politics, and how likely some manner of dark age is to occur in the future.
Quite simply he's the equivalent of my grocer harping on about string theory and his own private "breakthroughs" on the manner. Why is this news? Is it because he does this weird magic science stuff with them stars, so he must know all about getting to them?
No, the FBI exists to protect serve the public whose tax dollars pay its salary. Just because the system is corrupt and the voters are clueless does not suddenly invalidate the ideals and principles the government was founded on.
Why do you Americans stand for this? Some ass at the head of an agency says "Oh yeah? I can't do it? Who's gonna stop me?" and all you do is bow your head and take it because "hey, can't argue with that".
How does turning auctions into some stupid gamble with randomized durations introduce transparency or accountability? How on earth does turning a trading platform into a casino introduce ethical considerations? I'll concede on the profits, but the rest of what you say is simply ridiculous.
You appear to believe that teaching ability is an externally originating quality, such that when the blessing of the gods of teaching falls on a professor, his endeavors succeed. I am afraid this is (probably) not true. The difference between effective and ineffective teaching comes down to the choices made in methodology (assuming equal knowledge on the subject between compared teachers) and a large majority of those are discrete, tangible choices. Like not using a page of text on the handout when a single picture would do.
I'd like to challenge your claim. While you could obviously achieve a lot despite being restricted to a chalk and board, inability and unwillingness to use more effective tools at his disposal is precisely the feature of a bad teacher. It is not the only feature, but it is one of them.
Well, if you assume price*copies sold is constant, sounds like he can make a maximum of 6250$ per week at 50 cents per copy, with your figures.
To be serious, dear Cruciform: Nobody is buying your game at 2$ but they are getting it for free. Note how the market is bigger than 25k, which means many people won't even play your game for free. I bet some of those 25k downloaded it, tried it, and uninstalled it. But even assuming all of those 25k people became addicted within moments, you still have to face it: Your game is just not that good. Most people would literally not play it unless you paid them to.
If you hate it so much why don't you drive a coal truck too? Sounds like you think you have more than enough skill than necessary, would work less, and earn more. Let me guess, either your brother is a very special case, or you tacked on an extra 0 in that number.
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Learning how to use older/simpler machines is an excellent way to learn about a number of fundamental concepts. Modern computing, for all its advances, still operates off the same fundamental principles as it did fifty years ago; it's simply become orders of magnitude more complex.
I don't understand. Soldiers don't train with halberds, swords and crossbows. Officers don't train with cavalry formations, trebuchets and castle. Engineers don't start off recreating Stephenson's Rocket or the Wright Flier. Cooks don't start off rubbing wood to start a bonfire and roast mammoth meat. Architects do not stick to cathedrals until they "get their chops".
In fact, science is about the only profession that does anything remotely similar for training, and even then, if old experiments are recreated, the setup has as many non-crucial elements replaced with modern equivalents as possible. We didn't bother using 19th century batteries for the Ohm's Law experiment, because it didn't matter where the current came from. We didn't bother sucking up chemicals with our mouth through pasteur pipettes for cholesterol extraction when we had automatic pipetters. We didn't bother using Bunsen burners instead of hot plates for chemistry.
Low level programming for ICs and the like aside, I don't see what about high level programming is so difficult to teach with, say, Eclipse. Possibly linking up the libraries can seem confusing at first, since a default project has a bunch of them already (and generated code for the GUI) but it's not like it won't let you start basic command line app projects.
This class would definitely teach much history, but just because you love reminiscing about back in the day doesn't mean you should inflict it on everyone. Not only does it make the student's job unnecessarily difficult, but it also takes away the motivation that comes from going home, and being able to immediately apply the thing you learned in class on your computer.
Well, to be sure when you are biking on an empty road, the vroom vroom coming from behind can be a literal lifesaver. Even if you do have a rear view mirror, its visibility is not perfect and you don't stare into it every moment.
Though then again drivers in that situation should honk to alert the cyclist in the first place.
How do you think game companies would continue to make games if everyone pirated them? It wouldn't be possible.
"Everyone" has been pirating for the past three decades, and the gaming industry is growing anyway. I think you're full of it.
Do you think CIA has magic powers?
It has the magic powers of abundant funding, trained personnel and very wide-reaching, legally sanctioned capabilities to conduct counter-intelligence (or whatever you'd call this), I think.
Bacteria do not just mutate into unrecognizable species over night. It took E. coli more than 20 years to accumulate just 100 point mutations, in a genome megabases long, and that is in an exceptionally favorable laboratory environment.
It would take many centuries for any bacteria from the 70s Mars landings to produce even one protein that wouldn't align with our databases. It would take hundreds of thousands of years, and a lot of luck, for a whole species to develop which is not trivial to phylogenetically trace back to Earth.
Piracy has been around since the beginning of PC gaming in the 80's. Hell, back in the day it was easier. By this silly "piracy killing PC" logic, PC gaming has been dead for literally decades.
Get over yourselves already.
Books, scientific articles, magazine columns, newspapers, movies, plays, music, painting, sculpture... In short, things which are not simple games. Why are you asking stupid questions?
Actually, isn't this the very reason why the right to own guns was conceived in the first place? The government is obviously too corrupt to effectively prevent ubiquitous surveillance, and even gleefully cooperates with the private sector to jointly effect it. Guns are a perfectly reasonably last-resort.
Because the warning screen is extremely unhelpful. Maybe things improved since 1.5, but I get a warning saying "data may be sent over the internet". What data, Android? Do you mean my highscore, or my Gmail password?
As much as I adore Portal, you are correct. It is only a novelty when you have been exposed to countless cookie-cutter shooters to the point of utter desperation. To the game-naive bystander, it's just a game where you follow arbitrary abstract rules to achieve certain goals; essentially a glorified puzzle.
In fact, this is what happens when you treat Portal as anything beyond that.
Except it wouldn't matter, because the Germany would have no naval presence left.
I don't think you have read the post you replied to. The point was, "if you neutralize every element of the enemy's fleet by cracking their codes, the enemy will indeed become aware that the code is compromised. This will not matter because they will not have left any elements in their fleet to act upon the knowledge with".
You know, like how if you siege and capture a castle, it will become apparent that your intent was to attack the castle. Except, who cares, because, you know. You already captured the castle.
They didn't have to. The immune system is largely inactive in and oblivious to the airspace of the lung. It would only be when the roots breached the walls and entered the blood that the immune system would get wise.
No, you are quite confused. Species of leukocytes often squeeze through capillary walls to exit the bloodstream, wander around in the tissue, and go back. The immune system is very active in the lung, it would be absurd for it to be inactive in a site so exposed to pathogens (frequent inhalation, thin epithelium). In fact, the inflammation-like context is one reason that the lung is a common site for metastatic cancers.
Now "dealing" with the roots, I don't know. Would you expect the macrophages to swallow the roots whole? B-cells producing antibodies to aggregate the plant? Normal plants already survive much harsher environments than mere immune systems, they grow on soil exposed to the elements.
B and C are not conceivable, no.
If they just went and rounded up every single one, it would be pretty obvious that the code had been broken.
If they rounded up every single U-Boat, I don't think it would matter whether the Germans know if it is broken- seeing as how they wouldn't have any U-boats left to send secret messages to.
Grade 9... High school? You didn't know basic algebra in HIGH SCHOOL? Were you homeschooled in Smalltown, Minnesota? I was taught single variable equations in grade 4 and was starting Calculus in grade 9.
Hawking is a physicist not an engineer or a biologist, and it shows.
I had a similar thought. Why is his opinion on the subject being trumpeted as some sort of divine truth? His work has very little to do with the actual practical challenges (both in terms of engineering, finance and convincing the government(s)) involved in leaving Earth. It has very little to do with its ecology and how much damage it will be able to sustain. It has very little to do with history or global politics, and how likely some manner of dark age is to occur in the future.
Quite simply he's the equivalent of my grocer harping on about string theory and his own private "breakthroughs" on the manner. Why is this news? Is it because he does this weird magic science stuff with them stars, so he must know all about getting to them?
I guarantee someone somewhere will post something like "If everyone had your attitude, we'd never have left the trees!"
Someone already has.
No, the FBI exists to protect serve the public whose tax dollars pay its salary. Just because the system is corrupt and the voters are clueless does not suddenly invalidate the ideals and principles the government was founded on.
Why do you Americans stand for this? Some ass at the head of an agency says "Oh yeah? I can't do it? Who's gonna stop me?" and all you do is bow your head and take it because "hey, can't argue with that".
How does turning auctions into some stupid gamble with randomized durations introduce transparency or accountability? How on earth does turning a trading platform into a casino introduce ethical considerations? I'll concede on the profits, but the rest of what you say is simply ridiculous.
I see something now and decide I'll pay $50 max for it. If it sells for $50.01, well damn, I would have paid $50.01. I might not have paid $60
Then set it above $50.01, but below $60! God, what is wrong with you people?
Typical eBay whiner.
Microsoft Office is indispensable to any work place. What planet do you live on?
You appear to believe that teaching ability is an externally originating quality, such that when the blessing of the gods of teaching falls on a professor, his endeavors succeed. I am afraid this is (probably) not true. The difference between effective and ineffective teaching comes down to the choices made in methodology (assuming equal knowledge on the subject between compared teachers) and a large majority of those are discrete, tangible choices. Like not using a page of text on the handout when a single picture would do.
I'd like to challenge your claim. While you could obviously achieve a lot despite being restricted to a chalk and board, inability and unwillingness to use more effective tools at his disposal is precisely the feature of a bad teacher. It is not the only feature, but it is one of them.
Well, if you assume price*copies sold is constant, sounds like he can make a maximum of 6250$ per week at 50 cents per copy, with your figures.
To be serious, dear Cruciform: Nobody is buying your game at 2$ but they are getting it for free. Note how the market is bigger than 25k, which means many people won't even play your game for free. I bet some of those 25k downloaded it, tried it, and uninstalled it. But even assuming all of those 25k people became addicted within moments, you still have to face it: Your game is just not that good. Most people would literally not play it unless you paid them to.
If you hate it so much why don't you drive a coal truck too? Sounds like you think you have more than enough skill than necessary, would work less, and earn more. Let me guess, either your brother is a very special case, or you tacked on an extra 0 in that number.