At my undergrad, we had a course called DDS, which stood for discrete dynamical systems. It was required for all students, not jus CS students. It was developed to deal with real world situations, and converting them into methods that can be solved by a computer. Its focus was on modeling in MATHCAD, but the underlying concepts are very applicable to computer science. Really, what is computer science but trying to convert real world situations into things a binary mind can understand, and then converting the results back?
IANAL, but a law student. If the judgment is in your favor, even if all of the underlying facts or statements by the judge are incorrect, you cannot appeal. So, even if the judge misstated the GPL, the fact that he ruled in the favor of the parties defending the GPL means that they can't appeal to get his statements fixed.
You are right, but I wish they would stop offering the 512MB option on products. I upgraded to 1 gig, and still find it limiting. And that's with all compiling done on a linux box.
That would be evidence of the government working. Its far more politically empowering to point out how it fails and blame it on the opposition. Crap, did I say the government worked? It must be early.
I am curious about how much freedom OEM's will have to remove IE. For instance, if Dell decided that their default installation had firefox as the default browser, or even eliminated IE altogether, would Microsoft eliminate their current discount? Will Microsoft untie IE to look like they are promoting competition and then force OEM's to install Windows in such a way as makes no difference?
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I refuse to believe they are that incompetent.
Then you've never worked for the government.
Or banks could refrain from sending e-mails, period, like most do. Most banks are pretty good about warning their customers to ignore e-mails. All communication is done by letter, or a phone call requesting the client come to the branch. Not 100% of banks do this, but I think we will see more and more go this way.
Its good to see someone is looking out for individual rights. Maybe its because the law was passed prior to the industry growing large enough to have an effective lobby. I hope that more states see the potential and pass similar laws. If it is passed, it will be interesting to see how it is enforced, and how many companies try and get around it. Also, I could see health insurance giving big "discounts" to people who sign up to get a chip.
I think debit cards with no id would be a good way to go. You could put it in an ATM, enter your PIN number, and transfer a certain amount to the card. Then you could swipe the card wherever you are, but since it has no ID, there isn't a record of your transaction. This gives you the convience of debit cars without the loss of privacy. Of course, you would lose all of the money on the card if you lost it, but in general, what you gain in privacy, you lose in security, so I don't think it would be too bad. That would be a true cashless experiment.
I majored in computer science, but I don't feel comfortable entering it as a career field. I spent five years in the military, so I am not as cutting edge as I should be, not to mention a complete lack of experience despite being 27 years old. I buy books and keep up with things well enough to be a good hobbiest, but it is rough being in the tech world post-boom. I will go to law school, and hopefully provide a much needed technical viewpoint to the legal system that is currently strangling technological innovation in this country. I think some of the first things that law makers could do would be to reduce restrictions on people who want to study technology, such as the DMCA. As long as India and China can provide competent coders for less money, we will continue to lose jobs. That is part of globilization, and is no different than factory workers losing theirs in the last century. The key is to find the jobs that Americans can do for less opportunity costs, or that other countries can not do at all yet. Globilization is a good thing overall, as the standard of living will rise throughout the world, but it is very painful now, especially for people in the computer industry.
So a Soldier in Iraq avoided hostile fire, an extremely ineffective logistics system, a broken mail system, US Army censorship, and demands on his time from his day job to set up a computer system that allows him information that he couldn't get elsewhere. That goes to show the initiative of the NCO in our Army today, as well as how pointless it is to censor information. **AA should figure that out. I know the Army is trying to deal with blogs leaking information, and they have a lot more power over their people than the **AA does over its "customers." (Although I am sure the **AA is jealous of the entire Gitmo thing.)
Since I had never heard of the artist until Google used an interpretation of her art as its logo, this seems like it would be a good thing for artists. I have never understood the knee jerk reaction to anything that could possibly be explotive. Its just free publicity in this case, and you would think the family would see that.
Actually, since such a small percentage of voters actually voted, any percentage claimed by a party in the election has no bearing on what the American population as a whole thought at the time. Also, since Bush had the largest winning percentage in over a decade, I would say that the election wasn't that close. Remember, Clinton never received 50% of the vote. I would think that most people around the world would judge us harshly based on election numbers because we are "The World's leading Democracy (tm)" and almost 80% of our eligible population wastes the right to vote for their leaders.
I am going to assume that you have never been to Iraq. The average person there does what their Imam tells them to do. Very few hate the United States for any reason that they can explain. Actually, a majority don't care about the United States. They would just like to make enough money to feed their families and see tomorrow. There are radical muslims out there, but they don't limit themselves to the United States. Spain and Great Britian were hit, as well as numerous targets in the South Pacific. I don't like Bush (especially his domestic policies), and I agree that the United States has done an enormous amount of things wrong, but the invasion of Iraq did make sense. It has been mishandled horribly, but the initial invasion was justified.
If people are willing to purchase a larger capacity iPod, why shouldn't Apple offer it to them? Companies should never limit sizes because a few people don't understand why you need that much hard drive(or flash memory) space. When we went to Iraq, everyone who had iPods copied their entire music selection to their iPod, and those who didn't had almost no music. If you build it, they will come.
Also, what are people supposed to be focused on while on public transportation? Its not like they are driving...
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At my undergrad, we had a course called DDS, which stood for discrete dynamical systems. It was required for all students, not jus CS students. It was developed to deal with real world situations, and converting them into methods that can be solved by a computer. Its focus was on modeling in MATHCAD, but the underlying concepts are very applicable to computer science. Really, what is computer science but trying to convert real world situations into things a binary mind can understand, and then converting the results back?
IANAL, but a law student. If the judgment is in your favor, even if all of the underlying facts or statements by the judge are incorrect, you cannot appeal. So, even if the judge misstated the GPL, the fact that he ruled in the favor of the parties defending the GPL means that they can't appeal to get his statements fixed.
Yes, you are wrong. A parent is not responsible for every act their child commits.
You are right, but I wish they would stop offering the 512MB option on products. I upgraded to 1 gig, and still find it limiting. And that's with all compiling done on a linux box.
That would be evidence of the government working. Its far more politically empowering to point out how it fails and blame it on the opposition. Crap, did I say the government worked? It must be early.
Its amazing how jaded some people here are. Anyway, I want this to be a wall in my house.
I am curious about how much freedom OEM's will have to remove IE. For instance, if Dell decided that their default installation had firefox as the default browser, or even eliminated IE altogether, would Microsoft eliminate their current discount? Will Microsoft untie IE to look like they are promoting competition and then force OEM's to install Windows in such a way as makes no difference?
I refuse to believe they are that incompetent.
Then you've never worked for the government.
Or banks could refrain from sending e-mails, period, like most do. Most banks are pretty good about warning their customers to ignore e-mails. All communication is done by letter, or a phone call requesting the client come to the branch. Not 100% of banks do this, but I think we will see more and more go this way.
Its good to see someone is looking out for individual rights. Maybe its because the law was passed prior to the industry growing large enough to have an effective lobby. I hope that more states see the potential and pass similar laws. If it is passed, it will be interesting to see how it is enforced, and how many companies try and get around it. Also, I could see health insurance giving big "discounts" to people who sign up to get a chip.
I think debit cards with no id would be a good way to go. You could put it in an ATM, enter your PIN number, and transfer a certain amount to the card. Then you could swipe the card wherever you are, but since it has no ID, there isn't a record of your transaction. This gives you the convience of debit cars without the loss of privacy. Of course, you would lose all of the money on the card if you lost it, but in general, what you gain in privacy, you lose in security, so I don't think it would be too bad. That would be a true cashless experiment.
I majored in computer science, but I don't feel comfortable entering it as a career field. I spent five years in the military, so I am not as cutting edge as I should be, not to mention a complete lack of experience despite being 27 years old. I buy books and keep up with things well enough to be a good hobbiest, but it is rough being in the tech world post-boom. I will go to law school, and hopefully provide a much needed technical viewpoint to the legal system that is currently strangling technological innovation in this country. I think some of the first things that law makers could do would be to reduce restrictions on people who want to study technology, such as the DMCA. As long as India and China can provide competent coders for less money, we will continue to lose jobs. That is part of globilization, and is no different than factory workers losing theirs in the last century. The key is to find the jobs that Americans can do for less opportunity costs, or that other countries can not do at all yet. Globilization is a good thing overall, as the standard of living will rise throughout the world, but it is very painful now, especially for people in the computer industry.
So a Soldier in Iraq avoided hostile fire, an extremely ineffective logistics system, a broken mail system, US Army censorship, and demands on his time from his day job to set up a computer system that allows him information that he couldn't get elsewhere. That goes to show the initiative of the NCO in our Army today, as well as how pointless it is to censor information. **AA should figure that out. I know the Army is trying to deal with blogs leaking information, and they have a lot more power over their people than the **AA does over its "customers." (Although I am sure the **AA is jealous of the entire Gitmo thing.)
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Since I had never heard of the artist until Google used an interpretation of her art as its logo, this seems like it would be a good thing for artists. I have never understood the knee jerk reaction to anything that could possibly be explotive. Its just free publicity in this case, and you would think the family would see that.
Actually, since such a small percentage of voters actually voted, any percentage claimed by a party in the election has no bearing on what the American population as a whole thought at the time. Also, since Bush had the largest winning percentage in over a decade, I would say that the election wasn't that close. Remember, Clinton never received 50% of the vote. I would think that most people around the world would judge us harshly based on election numbers because we are "The World's leading Democracy (tm)" and almost 80% of our eligible population wastes the right to vote for their leaders.
I am going to assume that you have never been to Iraq. The average person there does what their Imam tells them to do. Very few hate the United States for any reason that they can explain. Actually, a majority don't care about the United States. They would just like to make enough money to feed their families and see tomorrow. There are radical muslims out there, but they don't limit themselves to the United States. Spain and Great Britian were hit, as well as numerous targets in the South Pacific. I don't like Bush (especially his domestic policies), and I agree that the United States has done an enormous amount of things wrong, but the invasion of Iraq did make sense. It has been mishandled horribly, but the initial invasion was justified.
If people are willing to purchase a larger capacity iPod, why shouldn't Apple offer it to them? Companies should never limit sizes because a few people don't understand why you need that much hard drive(or flash memory) space. When we went to Iraq, everyone who had iPods copied their entire music selection to their iPod, and those who didn't had almost no music. If you build it, they will come. Also, what are people supposed to be focused on while on public transportation? Its not like they are driving...