It might be interesting to consider that Microsoft was able to claim a trademark on "Windows", "Word" and "Excel", et. al under US of A laws. Common words.
Perhaps this is simply an attempt by the EU to demonstrate that they also have laws which are to be followed under international treaties....
In mid-grade school I had a particularly exceptional and progressive teacher who ran experiments like this (Canada)...
Rather than the regular curriculum delivery, each student had a filing box where the entire year's assignments where defined on cards (with references to what pages in what textbooks should be read). The students were allowed to do them as quickly they wished. Once an assignment was completed the card (and the results) were placed back in the box for the teacher to review, grade, and comment on (if needed).
There were almost no "lectures" (read: the teacher standing in front of the classroom talking to the utter boredom of most of the students). In fact, the classroom was broken up into various different areas with partitions upon which the students could stick things -- drawings, notes, etc. There wasn't even line-of-sight from most of the classroom to the blackboard!
Instead, each morning there was a "class meeting" in a common area (with a blackboard) where everyone got to share where they were in their "program", and ask questions or make comments (if they were comfortable doing so). Once a week each student would have a one-on-one "meeting" with the teacher to review progress.
Any student could request additional meetings with the teacher at any time if they were having difficulty with a subject. Often the teacher would then ask a stronger student in a subject to help a weaker student. I was often asked to help in (simple) Maths and (simple) Science. I was often helped in just about all other subjects, like English, Social Studies, etc...
It is interesting how memory works... I had largely forgotten about this exceptional learning environment and experience until this article jogged my memory.
I must try to thank the teacher. He was clearly ahead of his time....
There are, however, many more CPUs than GPUs out there, so most of the work is still done by CPUs. Two different GPUs using different software (CUDALucas) were used to confirm that 2^57,885,161-1 was prime, in addition to two other CPUs (one using different software than the GIMPS standard Prime95/mprime).
As is well known, there is no direct mathematical benefit from finding these primes.
It is, however, a very useful "driving problem" to developing new algorithms, software, and distributed computing infrastructure which have wide ranging real-world applications.
Check out the Mersenne Forum where all types of interesting mathematical, software and computer issues are discussed.
I remember about six years ago sitting in JFK awaiting to board a plane home (3400 km). The Captain happened to sit down beside me. We got talking, and I mentioned that I come from a family of airline pilots, and helped build two home-built aircraft in my youth; both of which were the "Quickie" design by Burt Rutan.
"Oh," says the Captain, "I don't trust composites. That's why I won't fly Airbus aircraft -- they have composite tails. I want metal everywhere."
I wonder if this same Captain is about to retire, or if he's going to limit himself to legacy, short-haul routes?
Rather than spending money getting your own action figure......how about considering donating the equivalent money to those (true) aid agencies which are trying to save lives, but can't because the money isn't there?
Rather than spending money getting your own action figure......how about considering donating the equivalent money to those (true) aid agencies which are trying to save lives, but can't because the money isn't there?
Dummy accounts (or, as I call them, "throw-away" addresses) certainly seem to be an option. The invites don't appear to be bound to the sent-to-email address.
So far today 17 people have taken me up on my offer for invites via direct e-mail. If anyone of them see spam which can be contributed to this, please let them post that fact here.
I'm legit -- not a spammer nor e-mail address harvester -- I just loath Facebook, and want to see Google+ reach critical mass ASAP.
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Here's a radical idea...
Rather than the consumer wearing the RFID chip, the consumer instead carries the RFID reader to find out what the merchant is offering.
The consumer doesn't radiate anything, and the merchant radiates the information the consumer might be interested in (or not...).
This puts the control back into the consumer's hands. As it should be.
It might be interesting to consider that Microsoft was able to claim a trademark on "Windows", "Word" and "Excel", et. al under US of A laws. Common words.
Perhaps this is simply an attempt by the EU to demonstrate that they also have laws which are to be followed under international treaties....
Title says it all.
Those who have profit incentive from burning oil and gas will put a lot of money into dis-crediting alternatives.
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park (England) might be interested as well -- they have a section for personal computers.
Also, if you ever get a chance to visit, plan for at least half a day -- it's fascinating!
Please, please, PLEASE make this an option, not a full removal.
I will stop using GNOME if this ability is fully removed.
In mid-grade school I had a particularly exceptional and progressive teacher who ran experiments like this (Canada)...
Rather than the regular curriculum delivery, each student had a filing box where the entire year's assignments where defined on cards (with references to what pages in what textbooks should be read). The students were allowed to do them as quickly they wished. Once an assignment was completed the card (and the results) were placed back in the box for the teacher to review, grade, and comment on (if needed).
There were almost no "lectures" (read: the teacher standing in front of the classroom talking to the utter boredom of most of the students). In fact, the classroom was broken up into various different areas with partitions upon which the students could stick things -- drawings, notes, etc. There wasn't even line-of-sight from most of the classroom to the blackboard!
Instead, each morning there was a "class meeting" in a common area (with a blackboard) where everyone got to share where they were in their "program", and ask questions or make comments (if they were comfortable doing so). Once a week each student would have a one-on-one "meeting" with the teacher to review progress.
Any student could request additional meetings with the teacher at any time if they were having difficulty with a subject. Often the teacher would then ask a stronger student in a subject to help a weaker student. I was often asked to help in (simple) Maths and (simple) Science. I was often helped in just about all other subjects, like English, Social Studies, etc...
It is interesting how memory works... I had largely forgotten about this exceptional learning environment and experience until this article jogged my memory.
I must try to thank the teacher. He was clearly ahead of his time....
All the regulator has to do is introduce a very small charge for every share traded.
Let's say something like USD $0.0001 per share.
Feed the funds collected back to the exchanges to pay for the networking and the compute consumed by the very high-speed traders.
Problem solved.
Yes. And both are used for GIMPS.
See the Mersenne Forum's GPU Computing sub-forum for details.
There are, however, many more CPUs than GPUs out there, so most of the work is still done by CPUs. Two different GPUs using different software (CUDALucas) were used to confirm that 2^57,885,161-1 was prime, in addition to two other CPUs (one using different software than the GIMPS standard Prime95/mprime).
As is well known, there is no direct mathematical benefit from finding these primes.
It is, however, a very useful "driving problem" to developing new algorithms, software, and distributed computing infrastructure which have wide ranging real-world applications.
Check out the Mersenne Forum where all types of interesting mathematical, software and computer issues are discussed.
They're all right here: http://mersennewiki.org/index.php/List_of_known_Mersenne_primes
I remember about six years ago sitting in JFK awaiting to board a plane home (3400 km). The Captain happened to sit down beside me. We got talking, and I mentioned that I come from a family of airline pilots, and helped build two home-built aircraft in my youth; both of which were the "Quickie" design by Burt Rutan.
"Oh," says the Captain, "I don't trust composites. That's why I won't fly Airbus aircraft -- they have composite tails. I want metal everywhere."
I wonder if this same Captain is about to retire, or if he's going to limit himself to legacy, short-haul routes?
Amusing...
I'm rewarded with a "-1, Troll" score for my offer.
But 19 people have taken me up on my offer....
Free Google+ invites available now from http://www.mersenne.info/google_plus_invite/
No tricks; no spam. No Facebook...
Rather than spending money getting your own action figure... ...how about considering donating the equivalent money to those (true) aid agencies which are trying to save lives, but can't because the money isn't there?
Or is our own vanity more important?
Here's a radical thought.
Rather than spending money getting your own action figure... ...how about considering donating the equivalent money to those (true) aid agencies which are trying to save lives, but can't because the money isn't there?
Or is our own vanity more important?
so low ID equals trustworthy?
Doesn't hurt...
Also, the fact the wabbit.com domain has existed since 1995 doesn't hurt either....
Dummy accounts (or, as I call them, "throw-away" addresses) certainly seem to be an option. The invites don't appear to be bound to the sent-to-email address.
So far today 17 people have taken me up on my offer for invites via direct e-mail. If anyone of them see spam which can be contributed to this, please let them post that fact here.
I'm legit -- not a spammer nor e-mail address harvester -- I just loath Facebook, and want to see Google+ reach critical mass ASAP.
Anyone want an invite? Post your e-mail address here, or e-mail gplus@wabbit.com.
If you e-mail me, I promise not to give your e-mail address to any spammers, nor use it myself other than to send the invite.
Certainly better than posting it publicly here!
This was done on an earlier thread, but it's scrolled off the front page, so many might miss it...
Invitations are available again. If anyone would like one, e-mail me at gpluss@wabbit.com, and I'll send you one.
(Note to spammers -- this is a throw-away e-mail address. Feel free to add it to your lists -- it will go straight to spam after a few days.)
(Note to everyone else -- I hate spammers, and promise not to add the sent e-mail address to any lists, nor use them myself.)
OK. You hopefully have one.
You (hopefully) got it.
I wonder how many people here are receiving multiple invites? Sent.
There appear to be some left. Sent.
Exponential growth, thanks to Slashdot! Your invite has been sent.