Sadly, this is exactly what happened in Stanislaw Lem's novel Fiasco. A good read, prompts a lot of thought of whether we could (and should) seek out extraterrestrial life.
I have attended ELAC and I could tell you that those courses are quite challenging and there's a LOT covered in each one of them. In addition, I believe that any physics-related majors are required to take ALL or MOST of the math courses available, which incidentally is the same requirements as for a Comp Sci Bachelors degree at UCLA. Maths include calculus 1-3, differential eqs, linear algebra, and discrete math. The 3rd physics (Optics and Waves) also includes a section on relativity, albeit not that big. ELAC is known as one of the campuses where instructors are more strict and standards are a bit higher. For an 11-yr-old kid to breeze through all these advanced maths and physics classes is truly a big accomplishment.
Everyone talks about Circuit City, and indeed, these news are nothing new... Every electronics outlet does that to stay competitive, no? If everyone steals, you either steal too, or go out of business.
Here's an account of a former Circuit City employee.
Here at UCLA (which participates in Internet2 and CENIC and some other organizations), it's not uncommon to see 40 Mbps download/upload in offices and 25 Mbps download/upload through the campus-wide WiFi for students. I can get WinXP SP3 in around 5 seconds...
Not to brag - I actually fear what might happen if some worm or hacker gets access to such high-speed network...:/
OpenArena is a violent, sexy, multiplayer first person shooter based on the ioquake3 fork of the id tech 3 engine. It has many game types beyond deathmatch and a lot of characters. Due to violent and racy content, it may not be suitable for children under 17.
The game is absolutely free and all development is done by the community, including maps, media, and running the game servers. IMHO, it's the only game worth playing that gives me exactly what I need - less BS effects, more fast-paced action and great flexibility at customization (settings, mods, etc). Also, it has a somewhat small but very unique community of players, server admins, and of course clans + n00bs.
one in a million? one in a billion? what kind of dipshit assumptions are these??? in fact, if you look at star formation process, it is almost guaranteed that planet(s) will be formed. and given the amount of star systems out there, i am sure that it is no coincidence that extrasolar planets are being discovered at an increasing rate (even with our relatively primitive technology for this purpose).
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why are we having rotten news here? are we going to discuss every move made by apple thanks to their iphone? then let's discuss what kind of toilet paper does mr. jobs uses!
No, I wasn't trying to discredit anyone's work, and I think their (scientists') dedication will keep us moving forward. Of course we know a lot more about the universe than we knew not so long ago, but all this knowledge is relative - it's like having a hamster who knows every corner of the box that it lives in, while its goal is to learn about a solar system. I just think that there are some things that the human mind is not equipped for, just like you can't teach calculus to a dog.
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Sadly, this is exactly what happened in Stanislaw Lem's novel Fiasco. A good read, prompts a lot of thought of whether we could (and should) seek out extraterrestrial life.
I have attended ELAC and I could tell you that those courses are quite challenging and there's a LOT covered in each one of them. In addition, I believe that any physics-related majors are required to take ALL or MOST of the math courses available, which incidentally is the same requirements as for a Comp Sci Bachelors degree at UCLA. Maths include calculus 1-3, differential eqs, linear algebra, and discrete math. The 3rd physics (Optics and Waves) also includes a section on relativity, albeit not that big.
ELAC is known as one of the campuses where instructors are more strict and standards are a bit higher. For an 11-yr-old kid to breeze through all these advanced maths and physics classes is truly a big accomplishment.
Everyone talks about Circuit City, and indeed, these news are nothing new... Every electronics outlet does that to stay competitive, no? If everyone steals, you either steal too, or go out of business.
Here's an account of a former Circuit City employee.
A great resource for short sci-fi stories written by experienced as well as beginners.
But that's metric 60-100 Mbps. That's like... 7.5-12.5 MBps in US imperial units!
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Here at UCLA (which participates in Internet2 and CENIC and some other organizations), it's not uncommon to see 40 Mbps download/upload in offices and 25 Mbps download/upload through the campus-wide WiFi for students. I can get WinXP SP3 in around 5 seconds...
:/
Not to brag - I actually fear what might happen if some worm or hacker gets access to such high-speed network...
For a demo of OpenArena, see this video (no registration required).
OpenArena is a violent, sexy, multiplayer first person shooter based on the ioquake3 fork of the id tech 3 engine. It has many game types beyond deathmatch and a lot of characters. Due to violent and racy content, it may not be suitable for children under 17.
The game is absolutely free and all development is done by the community, including maps, media, and running the game servers. IMHO, it's the only game worth playing that gives me exactly what I need - less BS effects, more fast-paced action and great flexibility at customization (settings, mods, etc). Also, it has a somewhat small but very unique community of players, server admins, and of course clans + n00bs.
Direct download link for release 0.8.1: here.
Download, unzip, customize your settings, and you'll be fraggin' away!
The Joel on Software series is my favorite read. First book and second book.
Here's another link to full article. It's quite scientific, not for your average slashdot reader.. :/
one in a million? one in a billion? what kind of dipshit assumptions are these???
in fact, if you look at star formation process, it is almost guaranteed that planet(s) will be formed. and given the amount of star systems out there, i am sure that it is no coincidence that extrasolar planets are being discovered at an increasing rate (even with our relatively primitive technology for this purpose).
damn right... i hope everyone understands they don't read Digg either!
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did you mean, "on many an time"?
Just a side note,
Wiki doesn't split articles into pages like some greedy websites do to maximize their ad revenue.
there's no place like /usr// ... ... ...
or, there's no place like c:\documents and settings\\
or, ctrl+home for the less concerned
Wait! But does it run Linux???
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this is great, first time reading it, Asimov is amazing as always, thx for the link
do i have to point out that the feature is already in win XP and is called "application compability"?
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why are we having rotten news here? are we going to discuss every move made by apple thanks to their iphone? then let's discuss what kind of toilet paper does mr. jobs uses!
No, I wasn't trying to discredit anyone's work, and I think their (scientists') dedication will keep us moving forward. Of course we know a lot more about the universe than we knew not so long ago, but all this knowledge is relative - it's like having a hamster who knows every corner of the box that it lives in, while its goal is to learn about a solar system. I just think that there are some things that the human mind is not equipped for, just like you can't teach calculus to a dog.