GOMS is a useful tool for examining a UI. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS ) It's a method to analyze human-computer interaction in various programs, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look.
No, no, no, you've got it completely all wrong.
In game, they're farmers who make pots and drums. Out here, they're...farmers who make pots and drums.
I suppose that trading WoW and MMORPGs for Real Life is the big thing here...The only question that remains is: who profits from the 'gold' that they're farming?
It could infringe on both legal and illegal bittorrent traffic. Unless the Bush administration pulls another 'national security' coverup on this lawsuit, which it easily could under some fabricated reason, it's an unlawful invasion of privacy...
Then again, I'm not quite sure what Comcast has in its ToS. Perhaps it has some secret clause for fraud and impersonation... =P
Of course you do. You should. For that matter, I was highly disturbed when, for our 'ecoawareness day' at Duke, one of my friends was walking around in just a speedo and bodypaint...in the form of Captain Planet. If that's what he does with *normal* paint, who knows what will happen with *eco-friendly* paint. Heh.
It's time to surpass the nudists, green energy compliance, and all other consortiums. We shall paint our bodies with solar cells as we jog through the desert!
Body painting party, anyone?
You, company A, are the manufacturer of some product. You sell to a reseller, Company B. You also sell to a wholesale distributor, Company C.
If I'm not mistaken, you sell the same products at the same prices to both Company B and C; Company C can offer a lower price simply because he gets you to buy more of said product, whereas Company B sells the product at a premium due to lower volume. As a result, you should make the same profit margin regardless of such.
If this thinking is invalid, then all retailers, regardless of who they may be, be they BJs, Costco, and Walmart - are subject to these violations. Couldn't these therefore be extrapolated to being violations if, say, I went out of the country and bought the same product from, say, China at a severely discounted price?
For some odd reason, I forsee more outsourcing as a direct result of this ruling. How does that help us?
Well, that may be true to some extent, but why, then, would people running OS 9 ever upgrade to OS X?
Human nature will want something newer regardless of whether it's actually improved (in stability) over the old; as long as the core hasn't *decreased* in effectiveness, I'm pretty sure that it'll appeal to most people. After all, most people also are very easily-led sheep. It's the odd one in the bunch that questions the system...that means you,/.ers.
No, not technically, but most students at Duke do have laptops. What we do have, however, is this: Our libraries have a small cadre of laptops that can be borrowed from the library for at most 3 hours. Since 3 hours is about the maximum length of any final exam, we all can get away with just borrowing one if the need arises.
I must agree that 'free universal higher education' would be wonderful. The question is: where would it come from?
Humans naturally complain about their situations and say that 'such and such' must happen. However, when they're called to sacrifice some amount of money - in the form of taxes - to accomplish such a fact, what then? They're stingy, reluctant, and complain even more.
Furthermore, look at how many elderly people are disgruntled over paying taxes to the town/state for education when they don't even have children anymore. Look also at taxpayers who complain over paying for things that directly benefit the community and only indirectly benefit themselves.
Yes, Duke is extremely fortunate to have a foundation with lots of money to do stuff with. I must admit that it's done very well as a money-making machine - raising rich alumni to add to Duke's coffers - but that's, well, business.
In essence, for a 'utopian' society, something like communism or marxism would need to be in place. On the other hand, such practices stifle scientific advancement - and the inequalities drive us to achieve more to reach those levels. It all depends on how you look at it.
The number of students who use a wireless network for basic needs is rapidly growing at Duke. As a recent Duke graduate, I've been in a number of classes where tests are administered over the WLAN using Blackboard (burn BB to hell!). If a WLAN AP goes down, and that's during a test, you've got the grades - and unhappiness - of 40+ people/class on your head.
Given that we're a rather nitpicky bunch over our grades, grade unhappiness doesn't end well for those who cause it...
So yes. Wireless is critical at Duke.
Isn't that what Microsoft's been trying to do with the DX10 spec?
Last I checked, things that 'fail DX10' don't get rated for it, so it can essentially start providing a DX10-compliant card that answers the basic questions.
I think the biggest issue that MS has is with backwards compatability...People get cranky when they see a shiny new OS and are told that 'Your computer can't handle it'.
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GOMS is a useful tool for examining a UI. (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS ) It's a method to analyze human-computer interaction in various programs, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look.
No, no, no, you've got it completely all wrong. In game, they're farmers who make pots and drums. Out here, they're...farmers who make pots and drums. I suppose that trading WoW and MMORPGs for Real Life is the big thing here...The only question that remains is: who profits from the 'gold' that they're farming?
It could infringe on both legal and illegal bittorrent traffic. Unless the Bush administration pulls another 'national security' coverup on this lawsuit, which it easily could under some fabricated reason, it's an unlawful invasion of privacy... Then again, I'm not quite sure what Comcast has in its ToS. Perhaps it has some secret clause for fraud and impersonation... =P
Of course you do. You should. For that matter, I was highly disturbed when, for our 'ecoawareness day' at Duke, one of my friends was walking around in just a speedo and bodypaint...in the form of Captain Planet. If that's what he does with *normal* paint, who knows what will happen with *eco-friendly* paint. Heh.
It's time to surpass the nudists, green energy compliance, and all other consortiums. We shall paint our bodies with solar cells as we jog through the desert! Body painting party, anyone?
Well, let me pose to you this question:
You, company A, are the manufacturer of some product. You sell to a reseller, Company B. You also sell to a wholesale distributor, Company C.
If I'm not mistaken, you sell the same products at the same prices to both Company B and C; Company C can offer a lower price simply because he gets you to buy more of said product, whereas Company B sells the product at a premium due to lower volume. As a result, you should make the same profit margin regardless of such.
If this thinking is invalid, then all retailers, regardless of who they may be, be they BJs, Costco, and Walmart - are subject to these violations. Couldn't these therefore be extrapolated to being violations if, say, I went out of the country and bought the same product from, say, China at a severely discounted price?
For some odd reason, I forsee more outsourcing as a direct result of this ruling. How does that help us?
Haha. Capital punishment. If you suck at killing yourself, we'll help you do it.
Another cached version (PDF), courtesy of SharePapyrus: http://sharepapyrus.com/sh/156/
So, will we get massive Clone armies for hunting down rebel security holes? Boba Fett to the rescue!
Well, that may be true to some extent, but why, then, would people running OS 9 ever upgrade to OS X? Human nature will want something newer regardless of whether it's actually improved (in stability) over the old; as long as the core hasn't *decreased* in effectiveness, I'm pretty sure that it'll appeal to most people. After all, most people also are very easily-led sheep. It's the odd one in the bunch that questions the system...that means you, /.ers.
No, not technically, but most students at Duke do have laptops. What we do have, however, is this: Our libraries have a small cadre of laptops that can be borrowed from the library for at most 3 hours. Since 3 hours is about the maximum length of any final exam, we all can get away with just borrowing one if the need arises.
I must agree that 'free universal higher education' would be wonderful. The question is: where would it come from? Humans naturally complain about their situations and say that 'such and such' must happen. However, when they're called to sacrifice some amount of money - in the form of taxes - to accomplish such a fact, what then? They're stingy, reluctant, and complain even more. Furthermore, look at how many elderly people are disgruntled over paying taxes to the town/state for education when they don't even have children anymore. Look also at taxpayers who complain over paying for things that directly benefit the community and only indirectly benefit themselves. Yes, Duke is extremely fortunate to have a foundation with lots of money to do stuff with. I must admit that it's done very well as a money-making machine - raising rich alumni to add to Duke's coffers - but that's, well, business. In essence, for a 'utopian' society, something like communism or marxism would need to be in place. On the other hand, such practices stifle scientific advancement - and the inequalities drive us to achieve more to reach those levels. It all depends on how you look at it.
The number of students who use a wireless network for basic needs is rapidly growing at Duke. As a recent Duke graduate, I've been in a number of classes where tests are administered over the WLAN using Blackboard (burn BB to hell!). If a WLAN AP goes down, and that's during a test, you've got the grades - and unhappiness - of 40+ people/class on your head. Given that we're a rather nitpicky bunch over our grades, grade unhappiness doesn't end well for those who cause it... So yes. Wireless is critical at Duke.
Point taken. However, correct me if I'm wrong - script kiddies and their cheap tools tend to be more obsolete than the serious crackers...
Isn't part of computer security security through obscurity?
If they're auctioning off vulnerabilities... and someone that we'd prefer to not know about them knows... who's at fault?
Isn't that what Microsoft's been trying to do with the DX10 spec? Last I checked, things that 'fail DX10' don't get rated for it, so it can essentially start providing a DX10-compliant card that answers the basic questions. I think the biggest issue that MS has is with backwards compatability...People get cranky when they see a shiny new OS and are told that 'Your computer can't handle it'. Citius