Comment Re:Comcast Business Class (Score 1) 291
There used to be a troll named Subjunctive Sam. I miss him.
There used to be a troll named Subjunctive Sam. I miss him.
They were inspired by the Traveling Wilburys.
Look! De Morgan's Theorem just let me reduce those 5 lines of code to 2.
So what? The 5 lines probably represent the set of logical questions that makes sense to a human. Once it's been manipulated by De Morgan's laws, the connection to the problem is lost. (If it was maintained, you wouldn't have needed De Morgan to optimise them.) You have fewer logic operations, but less legible code.
What a silly argument. Optimize the code and use a comment to explain what's happening.
Or better yet, they go to PBS and do a reboot of 3-2-1 Contact! But who would play be the bloodhound gang?
You are being flippant here. Hiring someone into a tenure track position is a lot more work than hiring someone into a temporary position. Someone in a temporary position is usually just going to teach classes and that's it. All you need to know is if they are knowledgable and can run a classroom. Credentials give you a ballpark idea of the first, and references give you an idea of the second. Budget-wise you only need a commitment from above for one year's salary, which is a lot easier to secure than a continuing salary. You don't have to worry about their research compatibility, long-term career plans, or their ability to get tenure.
And if you screw up and hire a person who isn't up to the job, you don't renew them. So true, they are easier to fire, but that's a very small part of the story.
My only experience is with charter. Their service itself is usually pretty good, but I hate their website. You can't find straightforward information on what individual services cost, and even finding a channel listing is difficult. On more than one occasion I've searched for services available at my house--where they make me enter my exact address--and their website tells me that they do not service my area.
It really frustrates me that the companies that run the internet don't care enough or aren't required to make basic information about their services available.
Good point. Get two.
Am I the only one who's been waiting for years to nail someone who "corrects" me for saying "pdf file"?
This is a very capable calculator for under 20 USD. The two things that really impressed me about is are that (1) it can do arithmetic with and simplify square roots, and (2) it can do numerical integration and in some cases give exact answers. The numerical integration can be painfully slow, but it can recognize that, for instance int_{-1}^1 \sqrt{1-x^2} = \pi/2.
They have to get to the ISS because they are running out of oxygen. Sounds a lot like Space Camp.
Because of performance-based funding, and programs like Complete College America.
This reminds me of the movie Chopping Mall, where security robots patrol a mall, and (big surprise) a bunch of teenagers get stuck in there overnight.
you get nothing in return
FB users get a significant amount of utility out of Facebook, and of course it comes at a cost. It looks extremely lop-sided because there's only one facebook and there are a billion or so users, but saying that users get nothing from it is just as stupid as saying that it costs users nothing.
Here's a good visual of that concept.
but the Antarctica Journal of Mathematics has such a great webpage.
Life is a healthy respect for mother nature laced with greed.