While on the subject, when are we going to establish repeater stations around the solar system so that space probes don't need massive transceivers and line-of-sight to communicate with the Earth?
IIRC, isn't that what the Mars orbiters are effectively doing for all the rover missions?
I generally prefer lmgtfy indirection, myself.
Shouldn't we spend tax dollars on stuff that is useful, such as not being beholden to our #1 creditor, China?
My, don't we sound talking-pointy.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/biggest-holders-of-us-gov-t-debt.html
That’s right, the biggest single holder of U.S. government debt is inside the United States and includes the Federal Reserve system and other intragovernmental holdings.
I've always thought things got smaller in the cold.
A 20 is a critical hit. I can't imagine the vorpal blade's effect to become a complete miss if it's not applicable. I'd expect just a solid hit, not a fatal blow.
There were reports in the last year or so that Asperger's folks tended to fixate on the mouth, not the eyes, during conversation.
Not sure why you just noticed that in the last year. That's been part of the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers and Autism Spectrum Disorder for a while.
This is the first thing I thought of when I read the summary, but then I and my kids all on the spectrum to varying degrees.
Looking over all (heh) of the posts already here, then adding my own $0.02, the answer can be summarized as follows:
IT DEPENDS
We regularly give trivial problems (like FizzBuzz) to our applicants. Ever since we went from hiring only referrals from other developers, a large percentage of them can't even handle the trivial problems. How in heck are they supposed to be able to solve real problems with bugs in deployed production software?
Judging by the number of applicants we get for junior (and senior!) software development positions that can't code their way out of a wet paper bag, I'd have to say no, not everyone can become a programmer.
I should add that protection from investors is not absolute. If an investor thinks that you defrauded them, they can still sue you personally.
Anybody can always sue you personally. They won't necessarily win, but will generally cost you legal fees just to address it, even if it's spurious. (I don't disagree with you, in case it's unclear. Also, IANAL.)
I don't buy that. The contents of my speech do not make me liable for the actions of others in response to that speech.
[In a crowded theater.]
FIRE!!! FIRE!!!
You can say anything you want about Jesus and no Christian will kill you.
...anymore.
A basic precept of science is that you can't prove a negative.
Can we please stop circulating this little bit of folk "wisdom" now?
Proofs of non-existence by reductio ad absurdum are common. Euler's proof of the non-existance of a largest prime number is one notable example.
More discussion here.
For me, using a keyboard+mouse will always trump using a multistick+button controller. I'll put up with crappier graphics to have better, faster controls.
And before anyone argues otherwise, posting to Slashdot is totally like playing an immersve FPS.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire
