Re:Barring bad Bruce Springsteen jokes
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Humans Born to Run
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Right, that's what makes cheetahs so slow -- their body hair.
I'm willing to bet that at human running speed, aerodynamic drag doesn't make much of a difference. Ever notice how even world class sprinters run wearing baggy clothes, jewelry, and even artificial nails? Obviously that necklace isn't slowing them down much. Why don't they wear teardrop shaped helmets like the cyclists?
Yes, but can't most information be broadcast, instead of communicated point to point? E.g. send a single email to everyone on the team, don't compose a separate email to answer a single person's questions. (Ok, this still adds overhead on the receiving side, where each receiver has to filter out all the stuff they already know or didn't want to know.)
My favorite quote is "You can't make a baby in one month by getting 9 women pregnant." All projects can be broken up into smaller tasks, but most tasks simply do not parallelize very well, so your critical path remains the same no matter how many bodies you throw at the problem. Also, the interface between one person's area of responsibility and everybody else's must be clearly documented. With a single developer, he spends 100% of his time getting things working and 0% of his time documenting interfaces. With a large group, most spend 90% of their time documenting and explaining their own interfaces and learning other people's interfaces.
Do they have any idea what kind of equipment would be needed to monitor all Internet2 traffic in real time? And how exactly do you determine that a specific bitstream is a copyrighted movie, especially if it is encrypted? I don't think they wan't to "sniff" Internet2, I think they just want to look at everybody else's file shares for any file name with the word "Grudge" or any other word used in a movie title, then sue the owner of the file share. FTP passwords, anyone? How about IPSec?
Not if you steal them from work instead of paying for them yourself... of course, if I was wasting lab resources like this, I wouldn't be bragging about it on the web!
No, but they might drive from San Diego to Tijuana. And I'd invest in some 55-gallon drums and drive to Nevada to save $1/gallon. The operative phrase here is "make the tax high enough" Increase the gas tax to $100/gallon and see what happens...
And by the way, I live in Oregon and used to routinely buy gas in Washington to save a few cents a gallon...
Look around at the industry rags, Linux to MS is still at nusciance level, not threat level (yet). I suggest that when reading those industry rags you take into account what portion of their revenue they derive from Microsoft advertising versus what part of their revenue they derive from Linux advertising.
Nobody interested in you and where you go. Right. Like my wife isn't going to scan the GPS database every week to see if it contains the coordinates of any strip clubs... or as if I won't use it to check if she's been buying shoes and purses behind my back again!
First you drop food long enough to train them to come running every time you drop something from a plane. Then later when you drop the cluster bombs that look identical to food packages, they are much more effective!
Yes, but does it make sense to shorten the battery life of 100 million phones to make it more difficult for about 100 pervs to take candid shots? And besides, what is the victim going to do when the flash goes off? Beat up the cameraman and take away his camera? This is a great boon for the privacy of criminals -- no more surreptitously taking a photo of muggers caught in the act! Last but not least: who gives a shit if somebody posts a photo of your ass to the internet! Unless it is accompanied by your name etc., you can always claim it isn't you. Every new regulation can cut two ways. This one does far more harm than good.
The already did. They shipped them all out to the colonies...;-)
Re:Not very scientific
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Killer Ozone?
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Yes, but it is the people who live in urban centers and have to breathe all that crap that vote predominately Democrat. Those of us that can afford to live in the country view anything that shortens city-dwellers lives as a GOOD thing... would you like some tobacco with that?;-)
They should have the right to run private servers for online play. Well, no. If the game companies business model involves giving the software away for free, then charging for access to the servers, that would pretty much put them out of business, wouldn't it? Yes, I agree that a single-player game SHOULD NOT require you to connect to a network -- ever. Perhaps people should stop expecting games to be both single-player and multiplayer -- pick one mode or the other. Are there any games out there that do both well?
I'm being too hard on the teachers here. This probably has more with girls not wanting to or being taught not to compete with boys.
At any rate, children should be taught in a classroom situation that models real life as closely as possible. Most girls are not going to live and work in an all-female environment (unless they become nuns), so aren't they better off learning how to deal with the oafs early on?
Not very scientific
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Killer Ozone?
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Confusing correlation with cause again, I see... how is this for a theory: perhaps the same crowded conditions that create the accumulation of ozone also create stress in people's lives that makes them more prone to violence?
Quite how you solve that, I don't know. You solve this by not having teachers with pre-conceived notions about what boys and girls should know. In mixed classrooms, the teachers generally pay more attention to the boys and expect them to know the answers. They did a simular test where black students performed worse on SAT tests if you sat them next to white students. It's all about expectations...
Why is it that they assume these kids that apparently are not responsible enough to take care of themselves are still responsible enough to not lose their RFID tags? Heck, even I don't have a perfect track record with regards to bringing my badge with me to work every day.
ALL of these symptoms went away went I went back to smoking weed! And ALL of the symptoms of heroin withdrawal go away when you go back to shooting up! What you're describing sounds more like a physical dependence on a substance. Take anything long enough, and your body adjusts to function better with it than without it. And yes, I have known people who had serious psychological effects associated with Marijuana withdrawal, to the point where when he started getting pissed off and breaking things, we decided it was better to just hand him a joint and let him calm down.
Regardless, it's glad to know there's still a few bands out there who are in it for the love. There are a lot of bands that are still in it for love. A lot of them are into Bluegrass, Blues, Acoustic, Celtic, Classical, etc. and not into mainstream pop. And probably 99% of the good artists never get that Record Company deal, many because they are unwilling to sign away all rights to their songs in exchange.
I bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot mostly to support Wilco... I have yet to decide if it is really good, or just weird... but then, I feel the same way about Brian Wilson's Smile, e.g. "Is this guy a genius or a madman?" But at least it is different from the formulaic pop most companies are churning out now.
Maybe your rating system is different from mine. My ratings work this way: if I can sit down with my 3 year old and watch the movie several dozen times without going postal, it's a really good movie. Monsters Inc. actually holds up very well to repeated viewings. The Toy Story movies were great movies and state of the art at the time, and the story still bears repeat viewing. But I mention. I mention The Incredibles and Shrek 2 for the amount of humor in them targeted at adults. Shrek 2 is filled with references to other movies, which you may not catch all of in a single viewing. Also, I find the Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2 and Edna Mode from The Incredibles to be fascinating characters... but then, I've got strange tastes.
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Right, that's what makes cheetahs so slow -- their body hair.
I'm willing to bet that at human running speed, aerodynamic drag doesn't make much of a difference. Ever notice how even world class sprinters run wearing baggy clothes, jewelry, and even artificial nails? Obviously that necklace isn't slowing them down much. Why don't they wear teardrop shaped helmets like the cyclists?
Yes, but can't most information be broadcast, instead of communicated point to point? E.g. send a single email to everyone on the team, don't compose a separate email to answer a single person's questions. (Ok, this still adds overhead on the receiving side, where each receiver has to filter out all the stuff they already know or didn't want to know.)
My favorite quote is "You can't make a baby in one month by getting 9 women pregnant." All projects can be broken up into smaller tasks, but most tasks simply do not parallelize very well, so your critical path remains the same no matter how many bodies you throw at the problem. Also, the interface between one person's area of responsibility and everybody else's must be clearly documented. With a single developer, he spends 100% of his time getting things working and 0% of his time documenting interfaces. With a large group, most spend 90% of their time documenting and explaining their own interfaces and learning other people's interfaces.
Do they have any idea what kind of equipment would be needed to monitor all Internet2 traffic in real time? And how exactly do you determine that a specific bitstream is a copyrighted movie, especially if it is encrypted? I don't think they wan't to "sniff" Internet2, I think they just want to look at everybody else's file shares for any file name with the word "Grudge" or any other word used in a movie title, then sue the owner of the file share. FTP passwords, anyone? How about IPSec?
Not if you steal them from work instead of paying for them yourself... of course, if I was wasting lab resources like this, I wouldn't be bragging about it on the web!
And by the way, I live in Oregon and used to routinely buy gas in Washington to save a few cents a gallon...
Look around at the industry rags, Linux to MS is still at nusciance level, not threat level (yet). I suggest that when reading those industry rags you take into account what portion of their revenue they derive from Microsoft advertising versus what part of their revenue they derive from Linux advertising.
Add a high enough tax on gasoline, and people will just buy thier gas in another state -- or another country.
Nobody interested in you and where you go. Right. Like my wife isn't going to scan the GPS database every week to see if it contains the coordinates of any strip clubs... or as if I won't use it to check if she's been buying shoes and purses behind my back again!
What happens if you "accidentally" break the antenna off, and don't realize it's gone for a year?
Because they only want to bill you for the miles you actually drove within California, not the trip you took to New York...
First you drop food long enough to train them to come running every time you drop something from a plane. Then later when you drop the cluster bombs that look identical to food packages, they are much more effective!
Yes, but does it make sense to shorten the battery life of 100 million phones to make it more difficult for about 100 pervs to take candid shots? And besides, what is the victim going to do when the flash goes off? Beat up the cameraman and take away his camera? This is a great boon for the privacy of criminals -- no more surreptitously taking a photo of muggers caught in the act! Last but not least: who gives a shit if somebody posts a photo of your ass to the internet! Unless it is accompanied by your name etc., you can always claim it isn't you. Every new regulation can cut two ways. This one does far more harm than good.
The already did. They shipped them all out to the colonies... ;-)
Yes, but it is the people who live in urban centers and have to breathe all that crap that vote predominately Democrat. Those of us that can afford to live in the country view anything that shortens city-dwellers lives as a GOOD thing... would you like some tobacco with that? ;-)
They should have the right to run private servers for online play. Well, no. If the game companies business model involves giving the software away for free, then charging for access to the servers, that would pretty much put them out of business, wouldn't it? Yes, I agree that a single-player game SHOULD NOT require you to connect to a network -- ever. Perhaps people should stop expecting games to be both single-player and multiplayer -- pick one mode or the other. Are there any games out there that do both well?
At any rate, children should be taught in a classroom situation that models real life as closely as possible. Most girls are not going to live and work in an all-female environment (unless they become nuns), so aren't they better off learning how to deal with the oafs early on?
Confusing correlation with cause again, I see... how is this for a theory: perhaps the same crowded conditions that create the accumulation of ozone also create stress in people's lives that makes them more prone to violence?
Quite how you solve that, I don't know. You solve this by not having teachers with pre-conceived notions about what boys and girls should know. In mixed classrooms, the teachers generally pay more attention to the boys and expect them to know the answers. They did a simular test where black students performed worse on SAT tests if you sat them next to white students. It's all about expectations...
Why not just elect one kid to carry everybody's tag?
Why is it that they assume these kids that apparently are not responsible enough to take care of themselves are still responsible enough to not lose their RFID tags? Heck, even I don't have a perfect track record with regards to bringing my badge with me to work every day.
Why not just carry around 2 hard disks and swap them, if you don't like to dual boot?
ALL of these symptoms went away went I went back to smoking weed! And ALL of the symptoms of heroin withdrawal go away when you go back to shooting up! What you're describing sounds more like a physical dependence on a substance. Take anything long enough, and your body adjusts to function better with it than without it. And yes, I have known people who had serious psychological effects associated with Marijuana withdrawal, to the point where when he started getting pissed off and breaking things, we decided it was better to just hand him a joint and let him calm down.
I bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot mostly to support Wilco... I have yet to decide if it is really good, or just weird... but then, I feel the same way about Brian Wilson's Smile, e.g. "Is this guy a genius or a madman?" But at least it is different from the formulaic pop most companies are churning out now.
Maybe your rating system is different from mine. My ratings work this way: if I can sit down with my 3 year old and watch the movie several dozen times without going postal, it's a really good movie. Monsters Inc. actually holds up very well to repeated viewings. The Toy Story movies were great movies and state of the art at the time, and the story still bears repeat viewing. But I mention. I mention The Incredibles and Shrek 2 for the amount of humor in them targeted at adults. Shrek 2 is filled with references to other movies, which you may not catch all of in a single viewing. Also, I find the Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2 and Edna Mode from The Incredibles to be fascinating characters... but then, I've got strange tastes.