Why do astronomers hate the ninth planet? I don't get it.
BTW, it's 76 years (Pluto discovered 1930 IIRC).
The "clearing its orbit" part seems problematic to me too. How do you know there's not some stuff floating around another planet's orbit? Does 2003UB313 now qualify as a planet by the new definition? If not, why not?
Exactly. Since when do parents not have a right to know where their kids are, especially when they are paying for the car, insurance, gas, etc.?
If you want privacy, get a job, move out and get your own place. If parents would stop abdicating their role as parents and stop acting like their children's buddies/peers, the children would be much better off.
And how many employers would consider *any* visits to MySpace, Digg, Slashdot, et al. to be work related? Probably very few. That's not indiscriminate. That said, occasionally I get annoyed that the filter on my work internet connection restricts something it probably shouldn't according to its own definitions of access restriction, but not often.
I don't see why the guy should get modded flamebait for not liking the music, whether or not he understands it's a parody of some other artist whose music sounds a lot like it. It's his opinion and he didn't say it in a way that denigrates Weird Al or people who liked it, or the like.
I suppose there's no way to remove the flamebait rating without giving it some other inappropriate rating. Maybe underrated?
Yeah.
In other news, biologists are angry that the media frequently reports on terrorist "cells", hijacking [pun intended] a term they've been using since Robert Hooke first saw them with a microscope and coined the term.
that's who's making the chips [Infineon]. . read it yesterday. ..they claim 50 separate security features will protect the passport holders. Wish my passport wasn't 4 years old already so I could delay getting one of these electronic ones longer than 2012.
Note: Defense Labs/= National Labs in all cases.
The ALS (Advanced Light Source) at LBNL has people doing chemical, biological and materials research not related to any defense application. I'm familiar with it not as a researcher but as an engineer coming in from industry to use the facility for testing materials that will hopefully be generating profits within 5 -7 yrs. but I see other stuff going on there like atmospheric aerosol reaserch etc. that seems like pretty fundamental research to me. It is DOE funded but there's a lot research not obviously DOE-related happening.
Despite the sentiments, however, it was apparent from the carefully selected panel and audience members that the internet - despite its global reach - remains an English-speaking possession. Not one of the 11 panel members, nor any of the 22 people that spoke during the meeting, had anything but English as their first language.
Ya wanna make tacos, go ahead and speak Spanish. Ya make the internet, ya get to speak English.
US to continue role in ICANN governance Snip from Ars Technica item by Eric Bangeman, which directly contradicts another story circulating widely on blogs today:
Over the past couple of years, the issue of Internet governance has become a hot topic. Currently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is responsible for parceling out IP addresses and domain names. In turn, ICANN operates under the auspices of the US Commerce Department, an arrangement that doesn't sit too well with parts of Europe, the UN, and many developing nations.
So imagine the conversation in MS' marketing department. . .
MarketingGuy1: OK, were here to get some ideas about what to call this new music player. Let's just throw some out names and see what sticks.
MarketingGuy2: How about MyPod? Ya' know - kinda like iPod but with "My" so it's even more personal (snicker) and fits with our "My" theme.
MarketingGuy3: Naaah, way too close, we'd run into copyright problems.
MarketingGuy2: MyTunes is probably out then too, right?
MarketingGuy4: What about a cross between iTunes and Zen. . ..like. . . iZune?
MarketingGuy3: Still too close to iTunes.
MarketingGuy2: Why not just drop the "i"? Call it Zune?
MarketingGuy4: Hey, I like that. Kinda like "zoom". We can really tap into the speed aspect.
MarketingGuy1: Sounds like one pass on to management. . . OK. . .
Well, market dominance has "allowed" them to do so for some time. Where've you been? Burkina Faso?
BTW, "default" and "make people use" are two different things, at least for those not afraid of their computers. For them, the two may well be equivalent.
It may mean the beginning of the end of their dominance though I'm sure that has been predicted before.
. ..how cool is it though to have a car that will do 0-60 in 3 sec, 130 mph, AND so silently that you won't even know it's come and gone 'til it's too late. And 3 seconds is 40% quicker than 5 seconds. I can't afford it whether it's $80k or $50k, so it doesn't really matter to me. I guess the point wasn't to compete with a Viper or Corvette, but to create a whole new class of car, which I'd say they've done.
For a car that 0-60 in 3 seconds and top speed of 130mph, $80k isn't out of line. Once they get going, they make a typical performing sedan geared lower and costing much less. I would love to test drive one.
Yes, and they are a perfect example of the Paradox of Abundance of Dupe Slashdot Articles: Even with lots of new articles to comment on, we find ourselves coming back here to rehash what we discussed yesterday instead. . .
Seems like we've gone from "appeal to authority" to "false dichotomy" in our range of logical fallacies here.
The quote ISTM is a bit hyperbolic, but neither completely right nor completely wrong. It illustrates some truth about what computer science is/is not, but ignores the link between computers and computer science, a link not quite the same as the link between telescopes and astronomy, but quite similar.
In a way, astronomy is about telescopes, in that you can't do it without them.
People also like the positive strokes of having others agree with them and/or mod them up, especially when the other is intelligent, well-informed, etc. (or you can convince yourself they are).
Interesting concept - I had not heard of it before - but I don't think it applies here.
If Netflix lowered the price and people bought less (i.e. cancelled their service due to overabundance) it wouldn't meet the definition of a Giffen good, as it's not something people really need, like rice, bread or gasoline and I don't think it would noticeably change the person's available income by doing so.
BTW, IANAE, but a roommate of mine in college was an Econ PhD.
No, I haven't. Maybe that's my problem, I don't like talking on the phone to begin with, so I don't do it anymore than I have to, but I don't think it's because of the audio quality.;-)
Thanks for your comment - whoever designs and buys phones and voice networks should obviously give more weight to your opinion than mine.
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Never thought I'd see the day when someone is cheering for Microsoft to unseat the monopoly known as Apple!
Why do astronomers hate the ninth planet? I don't get it.
BTW, it's 76 years (Pluto discovered 1930 IIRC).
The "clearing its orbit" part seems problematic to me too. How do you know there's not some stuff floating around another planet's orbit? Does 2003UB313 now qualify as a planet by the new definition? If not, why not?
Exactly. Since when do parents not have a right to know where their kids are, especially when they are paying for the car, insurance, gas, etc.?
If you want privacy, get a job, move out and get your own place. If parents would stop abdicating their role as parents and stop acting like their children's buddies/peers, the children would be much better off.
And how many employers would consider *any* visits to MySpace, Digg, Slashdot, et al. to be work related? Probably very few. That's not indiscriminate. That said, occasionally I get annoyed that the filter on my work internet connection restricts something it probably shouldn't according to its own definitions of access restriction, but not often.
I don't see why the guy should get modded flamebait for not liking the music, whether or not he understands it's a parody of some other artist whose music sounds a lot like it. It's his opinion and he didn't say it in a way that denigrates Weird Al or people who liked it, or the like.
I suppose there's no way to remove the flamebait rating without giving it some other inappropriate rating. Maybe underrated?
Yeah.
In other news, biologists are angry that the media frequently reports on terrorist "cells", hijacking [pun intended] a term they've been using since Robert Hooke first saw them with a microscope and coined the term.
that's who's making the chips [Infineon]. . read it yesterday. . .they claim 50 separate security features will protect the passport holders. Wish my passport wasn't 4 years old already so I could delay getting one of these electronic ones longer than 2012.
Funny maybe, but wrong. Cs is a solid at room temp. MP=83Fe xt/Cs/heat.html
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/t
OK, your room might be that warm, especially as it's August, but room temperature is usually defined as 20C - 25C, or somewhere in there.
Forgive me, I've never heard of "DWB".
What is it? Driving while bitchy?
Note: Defense Labs /= National Labs in all cases.
The ALS (Advanced Light Source) at LBNL has people doing chemical, biological and materials research not related to any defense application. I'm familiar with it not as a researcher but as an engineer coming in from industry to use the facility for testing materials that will hopefully be generating profits within 5 -7 yrs. but I see other stuff going on there like atmospheric aerosol reaserch etc. that seems like pretty fundamental research to me. It is DOE funded but there's a lot research not obviously DOE-related happening.
Ya wanna make tacos, go ahead and speak Spanish. Ya make the internet, ya get to speak English.
Another take on the story:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/27/us_to_contin
US to continue role in ICANN governance
Snip from Ars Technica item by Eric Bangeman, which directly contradicts another story circulating widely on blogs today:
Over the past couple of years, the issue of Internet governance has become a hot topic. Currently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is responsible for parceling out IP addresses and domain names. In turn, ICANN operates under the auspices of the US Commerce Department, an arrangement that doesn't sit too well with parts of Europe, the UN, and many developing nations.
Mod parent insightful, not just funny.
Then again, maybe they're just playing dumb and are slaving away, burning midnight oil by the drum, to make 8 and 16 core processors.
Hey, AMD! . . . Shhhhhh. Don't tell anyone I told you this, but here's our strategy for MPU architecture. . .
And perhaps this grammar nitpicking will end. But probably not.
By the way, at English Non-Errors you'll see that the third entry indicates that it is acceptable to begin a sentence with a conjunction.
And have a nice day.
What are you saying? That there aren't any non-humans on /.? You, you, speciesist, you!
I was surprised last week to get a piece of spam from a server at nih.gov.
No, we don't need an LED on the front showing me EVERY POSSIBLE THING THE MACHINE IS DOING, etc . . .
Speak for yourself. I like lots of Blinky Lights!
So imagine the conversation in MS' marketing department. . .
.like. . . iZune?
MarketingGuy1: OK, were here to get some ideas about what to call this new music player. Let's just throw some out names and see what sticks.
MarketingGuy2: How about MyPod? Ya' know - kinda like iPod but with "My" so it's even more personal (snicker) and fits with our "My" theme.
MarketingGuy3: Naaah, way too close, we'd run into copyright problems.
MarketingGuy2: MyTunes is probably out then too, right?
MarketingGuy4: What about a cross between iTunes and Zen. . .
MarketingGuy3: Still too close to iTunes.
MarketingGuy2: Why not just drop the "i"? Call it Zune?
MarketingGuy4: Hey, I like that. Kinda like "zoom". We can really tap into the speed aspect.
MarketingGuy1: Sounds like one pass on to management. . . OK. . .
Well, market dominance has "allowed" them to do so for some time. Where've you been? Burkina Faso?
BTW, "default" and "make people use" are two different things, at least for those not afraid of their computers. For them, the two may well be equivalent.
It may mean the beginning of the end of their dominance though I'm sure that has been predicted before.
. . .how cool is it though to have a car that will do 0-60 in 3 sec, 130 mph, AND so silently that you won't even know it's come and gone 'til it's too late. And 3 seconds is 40% quicker than 5 seconds. I can't afford it whether it's $80k or $50k, so it doesn't really matter to me. I guess the point wasn't to compete with a Viper or Corvette, but to create a whole new class of car, which I'd say they've done.
For a car that 0-60 in 3 seconds and top speed of 130mph, $80k isn't out of line. Once they get going, they make a typical performing sedan geared lower and costing much less. I would love to test drive one.
Yes, and they are a perfect example of the Paradox of Abundance of Dupe Slashdot Articles: Even with lots of new articles to comment on, we find ourselves coming back here to rehash what we discussed yesterday instead. . .
Seems like we've gone from "appeal to authority" to "false dichotomy" in our range of logical fallacies here. The quote ISTM is a bit hyperbolic, but neither completely right nor completely wrong. It illustrates some truth about what computer science is/is not, but ignores the link between computers and computer science, a link not quite the same as the link between telescopes and astronomy, but quite similar.
In a way, astronomy is about telescopes, in that you can't do it without them.
People also like the positive strokes of having others agree with them and/or mod them up, especially when the other is intelligent, well-informed, etc. (or you can convince yourself they are).
Interesting concept - I had not heard of it before - but I don't think it applies here.
If Netflix lowered the price and people bought less (i.e. cancelled their service due to overabundance) it wouldn't meet the definition of a Giffen good, as it's not something people really need, like rice, bread or gasoline and I don't think it would noticeably change the person's available income by doing so.
BTW, IANAE, but a roommate of mine in college was an Econ PhD.
No, I haven't. Maybe that's my problem, I don't like talking on the phone to begin with, so I don't do it anymore than I have to, but I don't think it's because of the audio quality. ;-)
Thanks for your comment - whoever designs and buys phones and voice networks should obviously give more weight to your opinion than mine.