While it is true that we don't know for sure how many galaxies there are in the Universe, 170 billion is likely low balling it a bit too much. The most widely accepted estimate stands at 500 billion - but still, this is murky water. A good article on how that number was arrived at can be found here:
Oh my. Consider the scale and scope of the attack the NSA is reporting. If China had done this and pulled it off, they would have know in advance that not only would we figure out it was them, they would also know it would be act an of war that we would respond to with military might. In other words: they are not that stupid.
BIOS attack? Beyond not likely on a scale where you would have to target such a multitude of vendors running at different patch levels. This was aimed at the technically less inclined (most people).
As a lot of people have already pointed out, our economies are intimately intertwined. Such an attack on us would equal the same level of damage on them. Further, if this would have thrown the entire world into economic chaos, it would have been a double whammy against China. Triple since we would attack. Again: the Chinese are not so short sighted or stupid.
Fact: The NSA lied to the government about what they are up to. Lying to the American people is a cake walk compared to that.
'While the NSA would not name the country behind it, cyber security experts briefed on the operation told us it was China.'
Two things here:
1. My sig becomes more relevant with every passing day.
2. Yes the NSA effectively did say it was China - through "cyber security experts" instructed to say so and that are likely NSA contractors if they could have known that in the first place. The NSA accusing China of nearly pulling of an attack of military escalation proportions is so extraordinary reckless it scares me that they would do it at all.
This is so fucked up. If you don't have a passport get one now and plan where you're going to escape to while there is still time.
Maybe, maybe not. I've always suspected that what would become domestic cats were first brought into our lives for utility. A symbiotic relationship that naturally occurred simply because it made sense for the benefit of both species. Early cats that eventually became modern domestic cats were larger, had bigger brains, and were much more agile hunters. They were also probably not so easy to pick up and coddle (safely). Can you imagine a pack of modern house cat's successfully patrolling farmland? It's not that they can't still hunt, but it's not the same. Anyway, as random mutations and evolution go, a much more lovable and human friendly cat was born. This cat's evolutionary advantage would have been that it was docile enough to be allowed inside and coddled. A lovable cat would have been a favorable enough trait that humans (being strange) started breeding them for those lovable traits. Over time, selective breeding created increasing smaller cats with smaller brains and much more love to give and with a bigger desire to receive it. While domestic cats have certainly taken over our lives and mooch off of us, it was we that bred them to do so in order to have some cute and cuddly to love and that at least appears to love us back unconditionally.
I'm really not sure if I would put it past MS or not to do this intentionally and leave it unfixed while reporting (lying) about trying to fix it in order to force the death of XP on schedule. It seems too obvious.
Luna 9 did not have a computer. It was all careful launch timing and Newtonian mechanics to ensure it got where it needed to be and deployed what it needed to precisely when it needed to. The closest thing it had to a computer was a clock that made these things happen at precise intervals. From Wikipedia:
The lander had a mass of 99 kilograms (220 lb). It used a landing bag to survive the impact speed of 22 kilometres per hour (14 mph).[2] It was a hermetically sealed container with radio equipment, a program timing device, heat control systems, scientific apparatus, power sources, and a television system.
If the whole thing weighed 220 lbs., where would you even fit a meaningful 1966 computer? Never underestimate persistent human beings.
I read the article that started all this, and all of the very interesting comments on that page. I really do mean it when I say some of her thinking may actually have applications in computer science. But all I keep thinking is: god forbid anyone explain male and female connectors to that lady. Can you imagine a hard drive that must give consent before you plug in the SATA cable? Worse?
Boston Dynamics is a favorite company of mine, they have developed some remarkable technologies. Atlas is easily one of the most advanced bi-pedal robots yet developed - albeit also the stupidest. When I consider that the majority of their R&D seems to be for the military, it makes me more than a little curious what Google plans to do with their new toys. I don't see Google going into the business of military hardware, yet the military has been more than interested in some of the tech they have developed. It boggles my mind to think what Google will do with this.
If you suddenly feel the need to play Doom after reading this and long since don't have a copy, I recommend Freedoom. Same engine and gameplay, levels are little different. Tons of fun. http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/
If your running a debian\ubuntu system, it's probably as simple as
sudo apt-get install freedoom
I don't think you need a special PPA I gather it runs on Windows, but I don't know much about that.
According to the Guardian article you linked, and that I have up there, it was a publicity stunt. You went to an awful lot of trouble to form such a long impassioned rebuttal over such a simple thing that I find it almost disturbing. Amazon is speeding up their service by building micro-warehouses all over the nation in an attempt to facilitate overnight service to all. This we know is a fact. But if you really believe their is a chance that drones are going to be dropping packages off at you doorstep in under 10 - 15 years, you neither understand the logistics and you are both delusional and naive. Set down the Adderal and the Code Red. Maybe light some incense and listen to some Tibetan singing bowls or something.
from the article
Bezos' neat trick has knocked several real stories about Amazon out of the way. Last week's Panorama investigation into Amazon's working and hiring practices, suggesting that the site's employees had an increased risk of mental illness, is the latest in a long line of pieces about the company's working conditions – zero-hour contracts, short breaks, and employees' every move tracked by internal systems. Amazon's drone debacle also moved discussion of its tax bill – another long-running controversy, sparked by the Guardian's revelation last year that the company had UK sales of £7bn but paid no UK corporation tax – to the margins.
This most likely had more to do with the announcement. I can't believe you got modded up...
I read both articles but did not see how old the star it's orbiting is. Pardon me if I missed it, I just woke up. It sounds to me like a failed star from the same general region drifted into the gravity well of the star in question, and found a cozy place that far out. Even if the star it is orbiting is much older, they could have still formed from the same gas cloud. Just because it has taken up orbit, does not mean formed there. Perhaps it's mass results in some kind of wild slingshot orbit... perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
Perhaps this is just another example of the more we learn about science and the universe, the less we know and understand. Funny how it works that way.
I don't understand this new slashdot scheme where the link to the story in the summary, leads to another story under the slashdot domain. Slashdot Business Intelligence? It's still slashdot... The summary on slashdot.org proper and the story under Slashdot Business Intelligence both offer a comments section. Am I supposed to double post or what? I'm posting this here out of habit but in the midst of confusion. The road to hell is paved by websites that suffered unrecoverable identity crisis.
Natural wonder at it's finest, that's what. We should consider ourselves lucky it's in our own backyard. Perhaps one day people will travel to Saturn just to vacation in orbit and take in the wonder of this phenomenon in similar fashion to visiting Earthly wonders such as Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon. If the phenomenon lasts long enough, and I live long enough, I would like to go. Can you imagine staring down at thing in all of it's immensity, from orbit? I can't.
Perhaps what we are seeing is an engineering effort or scientific experiment beyond our understanding. Perhaps one day, if we survive our infancy, we to will find a practical use for black holes. Assuming an upper limit to technology does not prevent their manipulation. As it stands - with physics in general so incomplete - who knows? Don't mind me, I'm posting on very little sleep.
Aren't you a wet blanket. Yes, it takes daring confidence to start your own business. While most new business fail, some don't. Some even go on to become large companies. The modern "American Dream" is not a freebie, and in general the idea of it never has been. It takes a sense of adventure and a willingness to step outside of your comfort zone. It sounds like your saying no one should take the risk of starting their own business. Where would we get new businesses and the innovation that follows?
It sounds like you are neither daring nor confident while lacking a sense of adventure. Enjoy your comfort zone.
With your level of expertise and experience, you should consider starting your own business. I realize it's not that simple: you have to have an idea for a business before you can start one, and that's difficult. I suggest regular brain storming sessions involving a notebook and a pin. You are at a point in your life where you may as well completely re-invent yourself.
More to the point of your question: If you are leading off with telecommuting as a requirement, that's going to get your resume tossed more frequently than not. If you are not applying for a job that explicitly states telecommuting as a requirement, leave it off of your resume - you need to start getting your foot in through some doors - start getting interviews and ask about telecommuting then. Just as a tip, I suggest re-writing your entire resume in a fashion tailored to each individual position and company - just don't get them mixed up.
If I had the money, I would go with a 17.3" Bonobo Extreme from System 76 - It's beefy as is and you can crack it right open for upgrades. The display is very nice, however I really don't know if it goes so far as to meet your Retina requirement. My first order of business would be to wipe out the hard drive and install elementary OS Luna - if you've never used it I promise you will fall in love pretty damn quick. I used Macs exclusively from 2005 until two or three months ago when I gave up OS X for a full migration to eOS after getting hooked on it - something I would have otherwise never believed possible.
I don't know. But if he had left that one sentence out of his treatise\tirade, his argument would have been more convincing to opponents... perhaps. This is an emotional subject, but the discussion needs to be level-headed and practical.
I never said they belong in a science class. They belong in a philosophy class. Are high-school kids not taught the fundamentals of logic and broader philosophy in the United States? I am an American, but I was home-schooled. I guess I just assumed that sort of curriculum was standard.
We might as well teach our children that a mysterious all pervasive aether be regarded as a medium for conducting light and radio waves as an alternative possibility to the definitively understood reality. Its mysterious nature is the best platform for approaching the severe problems physics causes for literal 6-day creation. Yeah, let's step it up.
Slashdot Mirror
While it is true that we don't know for sure how many galaxies there are in the Universe, 170 billion is likely low balling it a bit too much. The most widely accepted estimate stands at 500 billion - but still, this is murky water. A good article on how that number was arrived at can be found here:
500 Billion --A Universe of Galaxies: Some Older than Milky Way
BIOS attack? Beyond not likely on a scale where you would have to target such a multitude of vendors running at different patch levels. This was aimed at the technically less inclined (most people).
As a lot of people have already pointed out, our economies are intimately intertwined. Such an attack on us would equal the same level of damage on them. Further, if this would have thrown the entire world into economic chaos, it would have been a double whammy against China. Triple since we would attack. Again: the Chinese are not so short sighted or stupid.
Fact: The NSA lied to the government about what they are up to. Lying to the American people is a cake walk compared to that.
Two things here:
1. My sig becomes more relevant with every passing day.
2. Yes the NSA effectively did say it was China - through "cyber security experts" instructed to say so and that are likely NSA contractors if they could have known that in the first place. The NSA accusing China of nearly pulling of an attack of military escalation proportions is so extraordinary reckless it scares me that they would do it at all.
This is so fucked up. If you don't have a passport get one now and plan where you're going to escape to while there is still time.
Maybe, maybe not. I've always suspected that what would become domestic cats were first brought into our lives for utility. A symbiotic relationship that naturally occurred simply because it made sense for the benefit of both species. Early cats that eventually became modern domestic cats were larger, had bigger brains, and were much more agile hunters. They were also probably not so easy to pick up and coddle (safely). Can you imagine a pack of modern house cat's successfully patrolling farmland? It's not that they can't still hunt, but it's not the same. Anyway, as random mutations and evolution go, a much more lovable and human friendly cat was born. This cat's evolutionary advantage would have been that it was docile enough to be allowed inside and coddled. A lovable cat would have been a favorable enough trait that humans (being strange) started breeding them for those lovable traits. Over time, selective breeding created increasing smaller cats with smaller brains and much more love to give and with a bigger desire to receive it. While domestic cats have certainly taken over our lives and mooch off of us, it was we that bred them to do so in order to have some cute and cuddly to love and that at least appears to love us back unconditionally.
I'm really not sure if I would put it past MS or not to do this intentionally and leave it unfixed while reporting (lying) about trying to fix it in order to force the death of XP on schedule. It seems too obvious.
Luna 9 did not have a computer. It was all careful launch timing and Newtonian mechanics to ensure it got where it needed to be and deployed what it needed to precisely when it needed to. The closest thing it had to a computer was a clock that made these things happen at precise intervals. From Wikipedia:
The lander had a mass of 99 kilograms (220 lb). It used a landing bag to survive the impact speed of 22 kilometres per hour (14 mph).[2] It was a hermetically sealed container with radio equipment, a program timing device, heat control systems, scientific apparatus, power sources, and a television system.
If the whole thing weighed 220 lbs., where would you even fit a meaningful 1966 computer? Never underestimate persistent human beings.
I read the article that started all this, and all of the very interesting comments on that page. I really do mean it when I say some of her thinking may actually have applications in computer science. But all I keep thinking is: god forbid anyone explain male and female connectors to that lady. Can you imagine a hard drive that must give consent before you plug in the SATA cable? Worse?
A comment worthy of +5 Insightful. Too bad I can't mod you.
Boston Dynamics is a favorite company of mine, they have developed some remarkable technologies. Atlas is easily one of the most advanced bi-pedal robots yet developed - albeit also the stupidest. When I consider that the majority of their R&D seems to be for the military, it makes me more than a little curious what Google plans to do with their new toys. I don't see Google going into the business of military hardware, yet the military has been more than interested in some of the tech they have developed. It boggles my mind to think what Google will do with this.
Do not bring big business to India under any circumstances. I have been warned.
If you suddenly feel the need to play Doom after reading this and long since don't have a copy, I recommend Freedoom. Same engine and gameplay, levels are little different. Tons of fun.
http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/
If your running a debian\ubuntu system, it's probably as simple as sudo apt-get install freedoom
I don't think you need a special PPA
I gather it runs on Windows, but I don't know much about that.
Shhhhh.... You making too much sense around here.
According to the Guardian article you linked, and that I have up there, it was a publicity stunt. You went to an awful lot of trouble to form such a long impassioned rebuttal over such a simple thing that I find it almost disturbing. Amazon is speeding up their service by building micro-warehouses all over the nation in an attempt to facilitate overnight service to all. This we know is a fact. But if you really believe their is a chance that drones are going to be dropping packages off at you doorstep in under 10 - 15 years, you neither understand the logistics and you are both delusional and naive. Set down the Adderal and the Code Red. Maybe light some incense and listen to some Tibetan singing bowls or something.
from the article
This most likely had more to do with the announcement. I can't believe you got modded up...
No competition from Amazon. Have we already forgotten it was a hoax?
I guess they don't have much in the way of international business interests to lose.
If you don't know who she is, educate yourself
I read both articles but did not see how old the star it's orbiting is. Pardon me if I missed it, I just woke up. It sounds to me like a failed star from the same general region drifted into the gravity well of the star in question, and found a cozy place that far out. Even if the star it is orbiting is much older, they could have still formed from the same gas cloud. Just because it has taken up orbit, does not mean formed there. Perhaps it's mass results in some kind of wild slingshot orbit... perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
Perhaps this is just another example of the more we learn about science and the universe, the less we know and understand. Funny how it works that way.
I don't understand this new slashdot scheme where the link to the story in the summary, leads to another story under the slashdot domain. Slashdot Business Intelligence? It's still slashdot... The summary on slashdot.org proper and the story under Slashdot Business Intelligence both offer a comments section. Am I supposed to double post or what? I'm posting this here out of habit but in the midst of confusion. The road to hell is paved by websites that suffered unrecoverable identity crisis.
Natural wonder at it's finest, that's what. We should consider ourselves lucky it's in our own backyard. Perhaps one day people will travel to Saturn just to vacation in orbit and take in the wonder of this phenomenon in similar fashion to visiting Earthly wonders such as Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon. If the phenomenon lasts long enough, and I live long enough, I would like to go. Can you imagine staring down at thing in all of it's immensity, from orbit? I can't.
Perhaps what we are seeing is an engineering effort or scientific experiment beyond our understanding. Perhaps one day, if we survive our infancy, we to will find a practical use for black holes. Assuming an upper limit to technology does not prevent their manipulation. As it stands - with physics in general so incomplete - who knows? Don't mind me, I'm posting on very little sleep.
Aren't you a wet blanket. Yes, it takes daring confidence to start your own business. While most new business fail, some don't. Some even go on to become large companies. The modern "American Dream" is not a freebie, and in general the idea of it never has been. It takes a sense of adventure and a willingness to step outside of your comfort zone. It sounds like your saying no one should take the risk of starting their own business. Where would we get new businesses and the innovation that follows?
It sounds like you are neither daring nor confident while lacking a sense of adventure. Enjoy your comfort zone.
With your level of expertise and experience, you should consider starting your own business. I realize it's not that simple: you have to have an idea for a business before you can start one, and that's difficult. I suggest regular brain storming sessions involving a notebook and a pin. You are at a point in your life where you may as well completely re-invent yourself.
More to the point of your question: If you are leading off with telecommuting as a requirement, that's going to get your resume tossed more frequently than not. If you are not applying for a job that explicitly states telecommuting as a requirement, leave it off of your resume - you need to start getting your foot in through some doors - start getting interviews and ask about telecommuting then. Just as a tip, I suggest re-writing your entire resume in a fashion tailored to each individual position and company - just don't get them mixed up.
If I had the money, I would go with a 17.3" Bonobo Extreme from System 76 - It's beefy as is and you can crack it right open for upgrades. The display is very nice, however I really don't know if it goes so far as to meet your Retina requirement. My first order of business would be to wipe out the hard drive and install elementary OS Luna - if you've never used it I promise you will fall in love pretty damn quick. I used Macs exclusively from 2005 until two or three months ago when I gave up OS X for a full migration to eOS after getting hooked on it - something I would have otherwise never believed possible.
I don't know. But if he had left that one sentence out of his treatise\tirade, his argument would have been more convincing to opponents... perhaps. This is an emotional subject, but the discussion needs to be level-headed and practical.
I never said they belong in a science class. They belong in a philosophy class. Are high-school kids not taught the fundamentals of logic and broader philosophy in the United States? I am an American, but I was home-schooled. I guess I just assumed that sort of curriculum was standard.
We might as well teach our children that a mysterious all pervasive aether be regarded as a medium for conducting light and radio waves as an alternative possibility to the definitively understood reality. Its mysterious nature is the best platform for approaching the severe problems physics causes for literal 6-day creation. Yeah, let's step it up.