Comment Why cant governments understand (Score 1) 104
that internet cannot be controlled.
It is probably the last bastion of freedom (away ahead of Scandinavian democracies).
Comment Failures are very necessary part of science (Score 4, Insightful) 140
Science as a process is like Natural selection and just as in Natural selection, one may come with the dead end. This is not necessarily bad.
To quote Thomas A. Edison, "If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward".
To quote Thomas A. Edison, "If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward".
Comment They could have done this more cheaply with ..... (Score 1) 214
a maths professor and a spherical cow.
Comment How much longer . . . (Score 1) 42
till we get here
Comment No. Unless (Score 1) 215
NY gets completely destroyed as it has been in numerous disater movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_New_York_City#New_York_City_destroyed_on_film
Comment Re:Not "venerable" (Score 2) 176
Comment Re:find him, prosecute him (Score 1) 235
except to embarrass those who ought to be embarrassed.
I think he was referring to people who "Got to the shopping mall after stopping at the sporting goods store to pick up some weapons and ammo".
Comment Why not ... (Score 4, Insightful) 307
start celebrating Mexican holidays as well? They outnumber the Chinese in US.
Lets not start going on that slippery slope.
Lets not start going on that slippery slope.
Comment No wonder ... (Score 1) 290
investing in the stock market has become more like high stakes gambling.
Comment You can't have your cake ... (Score 2, Funny) 384
and sell it too.
Submission + - China's Nuclear Rover Will Sample the Moon (vice.com) 1
HansonMB writes: After launching on one of the nation’s Long March rockets and a three-day transit, Chang'E 3 will reach the Moon and enter into a 62 mile orbit. Once settled, the 2,645 pound lander will separate from the roughly 8,200 pound spacecraft and descend into a highly elliptical orbit 62 by 9.5 miles above the surface.
Comment If you want sheer performance.... (Score 2) 437
C is the clear winner.
Maybe that why its 1 number in TIOBE Programming Community Index
However choice of programming language has a lot to do with what you want to do.
If you want to create jobs to processing millions of records locally, C/C++ would be better.
If you want to have secure web based jobs, Java would be better.
If you want to create Windows GUI applications, C# would be better.
Basically its horses for courses.
However choice of programming language has a lot to do with what you want to do.
If you want to create jobs to processing millions of records locally, C/C++ would be better.
If you want to have secure web based jobs, Java would be better.
If you want to create Windows GUI applications, C# would be better.
Basically its horses for courses.
Comment Re:Simply put.. (Score 1) 328
This presupposes that computers play chess differently to humans.
They do. Computers can figure out great defensive tactics by figuring all possible combinations and go into board positions which humans would intrinsically think as too risky.
They do. Computers can figure out great defensive tactics by figuring all possible combinations and go into board positions which humans would intrinsically think as too risky.
Comment You can decide to ..... (Score 3, Informative) 171
not buy it.
The good ideas/products will stay, the bad ones will die away. That's how evolution works.
The good ideas/products will stay, the bad ones will die away. That's how evolution works.
Comment Is there someone paying cash for pirated software? (Score 1) 174
"he advertised them for sale on his websites"
So people paid money to buy pirated software?
That's goes against everything piracy stands for.
So people paid money to buy pirated software?
That's goes against everything piracy stands for.
