Comment Captain MacMillan? (Score 1) 43
Is this MacMillan the one who was in 1998 in Pripyat' with lieutenant Price on a mission to shoot Imran Zakhaev?
Actuarial Science Ranked As Most Valuable College Major (bloomberg.com) 216
According to a new report from Bankrate, actuarial science, the formal term for the study of insurance, was ranked the most valuable college major.
"The actuarial science profession is interesting because students don't need advanced degrees to gain livable wages, but instead are certified through a series of exams overseen by the industry's professional organizations," said Bankrate.com analyst Adrian Garcia in an interview. "Students typically pass one to two of these exams while in school and then go on and complete others while working, earning raises and bonuses as they pass." Bloomberg reports: Actuarial science majors earn an average annual salary of $108,658 and have a better-than-average unemployment rate at 2.3 percent. And at a time when student debt is at a record high, these graduates are less likely to incur the added expense of additional schooling and delayed earning potential. Less than 1 in 4 graduates pursue advanced degrees. The study ranked 162 majors with labor forces of at least 15,000 people based on average annual income, employment status and whether those graduates went on to pursue a higher degree within 12 months. Income accounted for 70 percent of the weighted ranking, unemployment for 20 percent and 10 percent was awarded to career paths that did not demand additional education. The data was derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Survey.
"The actuarial science profession is interesting because students don't need advanced degrees to gain livable wages, but instead are certified through a series of exams overseen by the industry's professional organizations," said Bankrate.com analyst Adrian Garcia in an interview. "Students typically pass one to two of these exams while in school and then go on and complete others while working, earning raises and bonuses as they pass." Bloomberg reports: Actuarial science majors earn an average annual salary of $108,658 and have a better-than-average unemployment rate at 2.3 percent. And at a time when student debt is at a record high, these graduates are less likely to incur the added expense of additional schooling and delayed earning potential. Less than 1 in 4 graduates pursue advanced degrees. The study ranked 162 majors with labor forces of at least 15,000 people based on average annual income, employment status and whether those graduates went on to pursue a higher degree within 12 months. Income accounted for 70 percent of the weighted ranking, unemployment for 20 percent and 10 percent was awarded to career paths that did not demand additional education. The data was derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Survey.
Comment Re:Luarvic FAIL score. (Score 1) 119
I should have put large <humour>
I found quite ironic that a project that could have been _formally _ assigned so many fail points has not failed in any meaningful sense of fail.
Comment Linux kernel FAIL score. (Score 1) 119
== Size ==
* The source code is more than 100 MB. [ +5 points of FAIL ]
* If the source code also exceeds 100 MB when it is compressed [ +5 points of FAIL ]
125372299 Jul 22 00:36 linux-4.1.3.tar.gz
== Source Control ==
* You've written your own source control for this code [ +30 points of FAIL ]
git was written originally for Linux kernel!
== Building From Source ==
* Your source is configured with a handwritten shell script [ +10 points of FAIL ]
Even worse: handwritten C program: scripts/kconfig/mconf that is compiled and run by "make menuconfig".
== Bundling ==
* Your source only comes with other code projects that it depends on [ +20 points of FAIL ]
* If you have modified those other bundled code bits [ +40 points of FAIL ]
Compression and encryption libraries, for example.
== Libraries ==
* Your code only builds static libraries [ +20 points of FAIL ]
* Your source does not try to use system libraries if present [ +20 points of FAIL ]
Not even glibc!
== Code Oddities ==
* Your code depends on specific compiler feature functionality [ +20 points of FAIL ]
Lots of places where gcc-specific code is used.
== Licensing ==
* Your code does not have per-file licensing [ +10 points of FAIL ]
=== FAIL METER ===
Total: 180, highest possible:
135+ points of FAIL: So much fail, your code should have its own reality TV show.
Comment Nokia N900, I mean. (Score 2) 149
Sorry, the wrong subject. I mean, Nokia N900.
Comment Nokia N9000. (Score 5, Insightful) 149
They missed the most important event of the year: launch of Nokia N900.
Comment Why not just seize C&C server? (Score 1) 237
OK, Russia is corrupt and doesn't care of botnets. But Estonia is the EU member. Instead of shutting down C&C servers, they should have obtained a court order to seize at least one of C&C servers and use it to retrieve the secret key used to sign commands. Then this key could be used to kill the whole botnet.
Submission + - Possible 25 million year old frog found
dispatch writes: A frog was found that researchers in Mexico City are saying could be 25 million years old! According to the article, "The chunk of amber containing the 0.4-inch frog was uncovered by a miner in southern Chiapas states in 2005 and was bought by a private collector, who lent it to scientists for study." Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though the scientists will be allowed to drill into the rock at the owner's request which means we're going to have to wait a while longer before we can make Jurassic Park a reality...
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