I'm sure I'll try the Wynn out soon after it opens, but I think I'll be cashing out my chips before I leave the casino.
I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to leave the property with the chips but even if you could, they won't be accepted at other casinos (especially since Wynn is not part of the major casino chains - unless you plan on playing in Wynn's property in Macau).
If you're concerned about going back to your room with chips because of theft - well, I think it's more suspicious redeeming them for cash in plain view.
The RFID features are meant to a) reduce theft, fraud and counterfeiting and b) reduce the time required to balance a table.
One of its highlights is that the first administrator account set up in a domain is designated an "Encrypted Data Recovery Agent". What does this mean?
For corporations (the target market for EFS), it means that if someone is fired, quits, dies, etc. then their data is not lost foreever.
Everyone keeps saying PostgreSQL is better than mySQL, but where does it stand in comparison to Oracle? Anyone know?
The main difference: PostgreSQL is anywhere from $5,000 to $1,000,000 less expensive than Oracle.
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There is no substitute for knowing how to write your own sort routines, specialized linked lists, and binary trees.
Hogwash! Write first, optimize later...or in the real world: write first, optimize if the customer complains. Even then, what are the chances that I can write a better sorting algorithm than one included in a standard library that was written by some who studied sorting algorithms? Close to zero.
Those extra levies on casettes/minidiscs/CD-R and apparently also MP3 players, do they really reach the artists? How do they redistrubute, and on what criteria?
It's interesting that I was just looking into this yesterday. They have a website that they've collected $80 million over that past 5 years and distributed $30 million of it. The distributions are based on radio airplay and CD sales. The funds are paid out by groups like SOCAN (an artist organization that handles royalties, etc.).
So, yes, the money is getting out slowly - unfortunately, it's being distributed to Celine Dion and Bryan Adams for the most part.
Commercial software typically has 20 to 30 bugs for every 1,000 lines of code, according to Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Sustainable Computing Consortium
I'm going to call bullshit on this. Maybe this number is based on some rule that every variable must be asserted, everything exception checked, etc. (even if these conditions rarely or never happen).
If they're counting bugs like I count bugs - i.e., in a normal operating environment the software loses data, produces incorrect results or limits operability then there is no way that a commericially viable product can have this number of bugs.
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This is a great way of filling up the library in your new McMansion
That's why I said 'platform' not 'computer'
Is Apple going by selling ANY PowerMac computers? Seriously, who is going to buy into a platform that will be obsolete in 9 months?
Remember when AOL was valued at $200 billion in 1999? But wait, we're so much wiser now...
Call me cynical but I don't think it's possible to create "professional level applications" using Excel.
In fact, who is masochistic enough to even attempt writing a complex app in Excel? Let alone write a book about it...
Toronto addresses work fine for me
I think we actually slashdot'ed google. The site's not responding.
Why not go for your MCSE? *ducks*
Since IBM is now involved, should it be called the PS/3 instead of the PS3?
I'm sure I'll try the Wynn out soon after it opens, but I think I'll be cashing out my chips before I leave the casino.
I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to leave the property with the chips but even if you could, they won't be accepted at other casinos (especially since Wynn is not part of the major casino chains - unless you plan on playing in Wynn's property in Macau).
If you're concerned about going back to your room with chips because of theft - well, I think it's more suspicious redeeming them for cash in plain view.
The RFID features are meant to a) reduce theft, fraud and counterfeiting and b) reduce the time required to balance a table.
And the best part is that every file request is randomized! You'll rediscover the data you already own and haven't worked with in years!
MSN frontpage: umbteen kilobytes of clutter, flash, and totally irrelevant BS.
The Microsoft Search engine is not actually pretty clean - it's not the same as the MSN home page: http://search.msn.com/
So Sun's finally found a use for all of their spare inventory.
It's funny how old ideas become new again though...Is Jonathon Schwartz/Sun trying to become the new Ross Perot/EDS?
One of its highlights is that the first administrator account set up in a domain is designated an "Encrypted Data Recovery Agent". What does this mean?
For corporations (the target market for EFS), it means that if someone is fired, quits, dies, etc. then their data is not lost foreever.
Everyone keeps saying PostgreSQL is better than mySQL, but where does it stand in comparison to Oracle? Anyone know?
The main difference: PostgreSQL is anywhere from $5,000 to $1,000,000 less expensive than Oracle.
There is no substitute for knowing how to write your own sort routines, specialized linked lists, and binary trees.
Hogwash! Write first, optimize later...or in the real world: write first, optimize if the customer complains. Even then, what are the chances that I can write a better sorting algorithm than one included in a standard library that was written by some who studied sorting algorithms? Close to zero.
yet another new reason for Americans to take out a home equity loan.
This makes me wonder -- is it common in India to use the old 5.25 inch or 8 inch floppies?
It's likely some bullshit anecdote. The rest of the article is filled with similar hyperbole.
Does anyone have a torrent link to archived copies of the sites?
is she HOT?
6 beers.
Did anyone else immediately think of the Superman's Fortress of Solitude? Guys?...Guys?..No?
Those extra levies on casettes/minidiscs/CD-R and apparently also MP3 players, do they really reach the artists? How do they redistrubute, and on what criteria?
It's interesting that I was just looking into this yesterday. They have a website that they've collected $80 million over that past 5 years and distributed $30 million of it. The distributions are based on radio airplay and CD sales. The funds are paid out by groups like SOCAN (an artist organization that handles royalties, etc.).
So, yes, the money is getting out slowly - unfortunately, it's being distributed to Celine Dion and Bryan Adams for the most part.
Commercial software typically has 20 to 30 bugs for every 1,000 lines of code, according to Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Sustainable Computing Consortium
I'm going to call bullshit on this. Maybe this number is based on some rule that every variable must be asserted, everything exception checked, etc. (even if these conditions rarely or never happen).
If they're counting bugs like I count bugs - i.e., in a normal operating environment the software loses data, produces incorrect results or limits operability then there is no way that a commericially viable product can have this number of bugs.
Did anyone else think 'programmable interrupt controller'? It's too early...
In the caption below the photograph they say that the streetlight has been inspected and no damage was found.