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Heh, I see what you did there.

I don't think that holds because society (and the law) hold the parents to be responsible for a child's well being - not the school. With that responsibility also comes the right to make decisions affecting the child's well being.

That's why the state (which a public school is an instrument of) doesn't question how a parent raises their child (unless the parent's conduct rises level of abuse, of course).
.. you can't really have CPUs be more than 5 to 10 times larger than they currently are

Why not?

And if you can, it doesn't have to be located in your device considering improvements in network technology.
Any pointers for getting started? I have occasionally used Photoshop and Gimp, but it doesn't help me much at the moment.
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A search for 'bing' does not return Bing itself, at least not in the first 4 pages. Interesting.
No question, but I still see a big difference between my layouts and the average Ruby on Rails generation layout.
I agree. There seems to be no apparent technology mature enough to sustain hardware complexity growth. I think a pause would benefit software technology, in some sense allowing it to catch up on its potential.
"We did not find any results for microsoft."

not terribly impressed...
I have a 25 hour work day.

Does "0 * /25 * * *" work?
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This depends on the project. I'm a non-visual person myself. If it's open source or non-commercial then I recommend http://www.oswd.org -- I have to admit your site will look very Web 1.0 but I've had luck outfitting my open source projects from here.

I'll second what others are saying: you should learn HTML, CSS (properties, selectors, box model, etc.), and become competent with Photoshop or The GIMP.

These skills let me modify (with mixed results) existing templates. They also save me money when working with a designer. I'm able to provide direction by modifying his mockups saving time (= $$$) and confusion in the process.
I think this question has already been answered -- Moore's Law has been out of play (for processor speed) for some time now. Microprocessor companies are now banking on massive parallelism.

One of the most promising new technologies (imo) relies on probabilistic transistors -- which occurs as they get smaller and more current leakage occurs. A perfect example is video decompression, which does not have to be exact. You can get drastic power reduction by doing it probabilistically (for some applications), which is great for mobile devices.
It's probably when I lived with my parents when I was four in Ukraine. My father's salary was delayed by months, I don't think my mother worked, we were poor and I was ALWAYS hungry.

One of the brightest moments of my life was when my uncle brought us two big sticks of sausage. The smell of sausage, how it combines meat, onions, some kind of sauce and a bunch of other ingredients.. sausage still rocks.

Another turning point was when I was a bit older (six?) and my mother gave me chicken soup. The problem was that I ate too fucking much of it and for probably the first time in my life that I can remember my mother said: Stop, that's too much soup, you'll feel sick, little guy. I was really surprised -- how could anyone ever eat too much? Is that humanly possible? Soon after that, our finances were going upward and I began to battle another problem: obesity.

And of course, I still have some food disorders, even ten years later :)
Photoshop, GIMP, CSS, etc. ara just tools. You should first get some good taste. It can be learnt. And it will pay well in the future (for example, you'll avoid hiring a bad designer).

Learn a bit of color theory, as to avoid creating horrible mashups. Don't trust just pre-baked palettes. The proportion you use of each color is even more important.

Learn some composition, read a pair of introduction books on design. The more you learn, the better.

Good design is hard to come by. In programming and in arts.
Try tracking how you use your time. Go make a grid with hours between 7am and 1am for Sunday - Saturday. Print this. Then write down what you do. I do this to hold myself accountable (I do not use it for planning). I find doing this keeps me on track and lets the little successes build on each other.
;-) Neither point holds.

Of course parents are ultimate responsible. But the school parent relationship is better off building on mutual professional respect and a certain division of power.

Edit: and a sound amount of questioning from both sides of course.
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> Finally, don't thrash when the working isn't happening. Instead, go goof off or go for a jog.

Very true. Boils down to better time management overall. You're just as productive and a lot happier if you make work time and fun time separate, and you can be very generous with the fun. What you want to cut is "I intend to work but do something else instead" time.
Any pointers for good existing templates? I already know HTML and CSS, and basic Photoshop/Gimp (even created title graphics with glow and shadows and stuff back in the day). But the only "template" I have available is YUI reset-fonts-grids.css, which looks worse than nothing at first, as it removes all styles.
Yes. One of the best ways to acquire basic photoshop skills is to follow some photoshop tutorials.

There were numerous sites full of these on the web when I got started, and I'm sure there still are. Here's an example of what you're looking for:

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/use-over-40-adv...

Basically, it shows you how to create a concrete effect or object. The point is not to create the object itself, but to learn the techniques used to create the object so that when you want to create your own stuff, you have enough of a repertoire of techniques to achieve what you want.

As for places to get design critiques, I'm afraid I'm a bit stumped for that for them moment, since all the design communities that I belonged to back when I got started (around 1998) have died out since, but I would guess you can find them by starting with designer-oriented sites like smashing magazine or this psdtuts, and locating the forums attached to them.

Edit: I assume that you know where to learn CSS.
There you are with the Ruby on Rails web app theme :D
http://github.com/pilu/web-app-theme/tree
I'm not in the USA and I can't get any Wikipedia integration ("deals to hawaii" does nothing special either). Your link works though.

The quality of normal results (the only ones I can get) is bellow Google.
I am deeply suspicious of any attempt to define the next "one true way".

Perhaps it is because I have lived (and worked) through Structured Programming, Object Oriented Programming and now see Functional Programming promoting a (valid) bid to make a contribution to the general improvement in the standard of written programs - this time by attempting to eliminate the side effects of "state".

Each of the previous "one true ways" has made a welcome contribution but only a contribution.

We must remember that all such programming techniques are intended to help us, the poor imperfect programmer, write code with fewer bugs. The final code is always translated into a sequence of simple procedural instructions for the processor to execute - procedural programming is the foundation upon which all other edifices are constructed.
+1 for this. The Pomodoro technique usually helps me when morale is low. You can always commit to a 25 minute push.

If you want to try it you should also check out my open source client, http://code.google.com/p/pomodairo/ =)
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According to wikipedia, 16nm will be succeeded by 11 nanometer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_nanometer
Most color wheels will help you pick three colors, but this isn't really necessary in basic sites. One of the things I've used to overcome this is to just use two colors. Even better is to just stick to the grey scale.

From there, learn a bit about typography. Typography can make a huge difference on whether a site looks great or looks like utter crap. I've seen a few sites that kept color choice really simply without a lot of fancy graphics that truly looked beautiful.

Another thing that will definitely help is practice. Do a couple practice mockups and breakdowns. You can follow along to a tutorial like http://is.gd/Lpx4 or just wing it. The first design I did was a royal pain, but by the second or third design, the process became much more natural and a lot easier. Each subsequent design has gone a lot smoother as well, and I can only attribute this to practice and reading about design.
Have you tried using 'git add --patch'? It will let you commit isolated changes.
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The human brain isn't all that powerful (hardware wise) ...

The numbers I've seen suggest that it's total 'processing power' is only on the order of a few hundred teraflops - and we already have plenty of clusters bigger than that. I know that floating point operations per second is a crappy metric but consider that a neuron can only spike about 100 times per second (i.e., the brain runs at 100 Hz) - even billions of neurons put together just aren't that powerful in terms of hardware.

Software, not hardware, is already the limiting reagent to 'smart' computers.

Everyone says 'massive parallelism' is the answer. But once transistor density plateaus the only way to add more cores (i.e., add more parallelism) will be to make CPUs physically bigger (or make each core 'weaker'). Making each core 'weaker' adds very little net benefit (2 * 100 = 20 * 10) and having physically larger CPUs isn't really practical beyond a point ...
Hopefully they'll (re)invent blood vessels along the way--a.k.a. an effective heat removal system like our brains have.
It's already difficult for hardware designers to keep up with the underlying technology. It's incredibly difficult to manage the complexity of design, hence the massive growth in EDA tools over the last 10 years.

The productivity gap between the underlying hardware and the capabilities of the designers is probably a more immediate threat than reaching the fundamental physical limits.
You seem to bend your will to the opinion of others very quickly.
Only got through the first half before my the flickering in my status bar was so irritating I had to stop reading. Sorry Dustin but if you're talking about user experience, please do not have my browser ajax your site every couple of seconds.
I mostly agree with you, but I don't think an increase in cpu size will slow the pace down much; it will just shift the cpu load to the server side.
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Credentials don't so much matter if you're doing startups -- you need to know some co-founders and you need to all trust each other to be able to make things.

But college helps a lot of other things. So:

If you end up at GT, I'd recommend looking into their Computational Media program. It's a lighter version of CS with extra media studies (games, films, websites, etc). You still have access to all the CS classes if you want them. I am of the (somewhat biased) opinion that you can craft a better startup education there.

UCF also has a pretty good CS/media program and is in Orlando, which might be easier for you.
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If it is as you say, all the better. It means that increased processing power could be achieved by making better use of the parallel hardware we already have. Still, I contend that using parallelism is key in some shape or form.

I cannot say much about transistor density issues as I'm not competent in that area. I read that IBM is experimenting with nano technology in order to create much more dense hardware that uses very little energy. I have no idea how far out that sort of approach is.
Thanks - I already know HTML and CSS, just don't know where to start with design.
How does that mesh with the steady increase in atmospheric CO2 over the last 50+ years? I mean it seems like a simple test if the rate of absorption is slower than production then the concentration increases which it has.

PS: There is huge and then there is HUGE, once you start talking about millions of tuns of a gas it's hard to get an idea of scale.
I looked at the Pomdoro site, and I'm intrigued. I don't understand something, though. How does it work with programming?

First of all, programming tasks defy time planning, as the next unplanned time-sinking bug or unforeseen difficulty always waits just around the corner.

Second, when you are in the zone, a timer going off every 25 minutes will just cause aggravation.
but only your deepest feelings surrounding your participation

I just like to take a walk. Now the same argument as you made can be made about that statement. Are you gone take me down the rabbit hole an do some soul searching? I just like to hang around with my friends, I just don't like to hang around with my friends, I just like looking at the stars, I just like writing nonsense sometimes, like just droping down my thoughts, etc. etc. etc. Sometimes we just do things just to do something.

As far as the actual article goes, he has a point I think, even though he seems to be rather nasty towards the "amature outie". He is just saying that they are people who do not have any influence nor authority therefore do not matter. He on the other hand and people like him I presume, who have authority and attract the ear of the audience, then should one be worried. Quite a fine point, although quite common sensical.
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The neuron runs at just 100 Hz, yes, but the brain is not a synchronously clocked machine. How much information processing capacity is due to the timing of spikes? How fine grained is its time sensitivity? 1ms? 1ns? 1µs? 1ps? ...
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Damn, that lost 10 minutes of my life. Not that I don't agree with the article, but I was really reading to get to the part which discusses the concequences of global warming, as suggested in the introduction. But there isn't one.

Anyways, it's worth clicking around, he writes some pretty interesting things.
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That sounds more like, "its design interferes with fast implementation" to me. If there's a major difference between that and "it's slow language", I'm really curious what it is.
What is with the "Tool Tips" for the search box and the search button? Tool Tips should only be used when a button needs explaining and never for text boxes IMO.
I think most of us just accept "double the work" because it's better for the user. Instant error/success messages skyrocket the usability of an app, and as mentioned here before, yslow tells us that app speed is frequently relative to front-end perception rather than actual server-side bottlenecks. I.E. a website that instantly responds to your input is "faster" than one than doesn't, even if its doing twice the work.

Most validation is just a bunch of regex, so you can minimize inconsistencies by making sure the expressions are equivalent.
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You can look at it as an agile process. You don't model your whole project at once, but when you start a Pomodoro you commit to working focused for 25 minutes. When the time is up you can prioritize differently or make a push on an unplanned item.

Also, I totally agree on your in-the-zone statement. I currently only use Pomodoro when I am having a slow day and I don't want to let the procrastination get the best of me. When I am in the zone I don't need Pomodoro to help me! =)
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Wow. I just spent the last hour noodling around for different stuff, searching for air fares, doing some shopping on Bing. It's actually really pretty nice.

Thoughts:

Bing shopping is much better than Froogle ever was. They are pushing the "cash back" program pretty hard, and it will probably gain some traction.

Bing Video really doesn't show much YouTube content. That gives a bunch different search results, which is kinda nice. The video preview is rather helpful.
Bing airfare shopping is now going to be my first stop for airfare shopping. Really, really nice. Bing is now competing with Orbitz, Priceline, Kayak, and doing a great job at it.

Bing image search is okay. Image search sucks in general, but it's nice to have a third source for image searches (flikr being the other).

Bing maps are useable. Google maps is the clear winner.

Had anybody else aside from Microsoft just launched this product, it would have been nothing short of amazing. People here would be very excited. Google will still be #1, but at least now they have a serious competitor.

Microsoft just learned a whole bunch about making data centers and making server operating systems run in large clusters. That's going to influence their server OS game in a big way for the better.
give them over to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and help poor kids in Africa. Bing is embarassing.
Yeah, my situation is exactly like this. I guess I relied on my network too heavily. Now I'm just about to start applying for jobs way below (what I thought to be) my level. That's really confidence-shattering. I hope everything's going to be OK for both of us :)
...and in each case, you get what you pay for.

Listen, I speak from experience: a few thousand bucks in legal fees could have literally saved me millions. Don't skimp where the legal profession is concerned.
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After using it for a few hours, I second that.

1. Similar quality of results.

2. Superior image search. Actually, I think Google's image search is a result of them being on top for so long, it's been the same for years with little improvement. I mean, just look at Bing's.

3. Better video search. I love the hover-preview feature. I can see Google implementing it next year after some other mainstream sites implement it and it's no longer a "Bing thing."

4. Slightly cleaner interface. Let me show you: http://r.im/1rf7 http://r.im/1rf8
Bing has a line-height of 130% which makes it a little more readable in my opinion. Sure it has more clutter in some areas, but the search results are cleaner and that's what matters to me when I'm scanning through them.

I don't use maps, travel, health, etc., so I can't comment on them, but so far I'm very pleased with the results. I didn't think Microsoft could pull it off and they did.
I think you mean http://www.960.gs (Highly recommend it by the way). http://smashingmagazine.com has some great articles on design.
I think the bottom line about global warming is that we are deathly afraid of dynamics we don't understand. Our civilization is predicated on a very narrow set of conditions and we don't have the resources to handle major perturbations of those conditions.
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You should learn basic design principles first.
Start reading this book:

Non-Designer's Design Book

http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-3rd-Designer...
It's not that I don't agree with you, but did you read the whole article?

This ebook selling bit is a new gambit, for new titles, not scanned books.
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I mean the "Did you mean" top two results-- it gives me two results about "tos_msg" which are useless for the particular query and mess me up pretty much every day on other queries.
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This isn't about selling the books they scanned, but a separate project.

This sounds remarkably like when they tried to reach out and do print, video and radio ads. Even though it looked like something that was related to their core offering, it flopped hugely.

They are overreaching.

To get legs under an ebook-selling project, a company has to devote a lot of resources to promotion, the ecosystem, and making users happy.

That's why Amazon's gotten a much higher adoption rate for the Kindle than Sony has for the Reader. Sony was like "Eh, we'll make an ebook reader" and (seemingly) didn't invest much in the service and ecosystem. The device was fine. But the Kindle whoops its ass because you can order books from anywhere in, what is it, 49 states? And people are used to buying all their books from Amazon already.

I don't really see Google doing things that differently from Sony. They have so many projects going on already that seem neglected.

I think this is a strategy that's going to fail.
It's also illegal to cross a totally empty street against the light, but that doesn't stop almost anyone.
I had a reply to this (see below), but reflection revealed that this is just a flame-baiting comment. Intel/AT&T is apparently a long-running flamewar. See e.g. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&... .

Originally wrote:
Why? The OSS world uses AT&T syntax, because that's what gas uses.
VisiCalc didn't even make the list, though it got mentioned under Lotus 1-2-3. Oh, so very wrong. VisiCalc was the program that turned personal computers from a small hobbyist market into something the business world needed. With the possible exception of Mosaic, it is the most important personal computer program ever written.
If you use YUI reset, you can use YUI Base to get a consistent style as a starting point.

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I recently decided to make the shift from physics to IT. In physics we would have very concise (less than 100 page) books that would cover things like Fourier Transforms, Special Relativity etc. These would usually be published by the Cambridge or Oxford university presses and would be highly theoretical and compressed.

In IT I've been amazed by how many 500 page behemoths that exist to describe each particular framework in excruciating detail. I want to get a tight, in-depth explanation of MVC, design patterns, databases etc, in a short period of time. Are there any publishers of highly compressed books out there for IT?
I'm surprised that they didn't include the standard joke about natural methods of birth control:

"You know what they call people who use withdrawal [or the rhythm method]? Parents."
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I don't think the article promotes functional programming in favor of structured programming or object oriented programming. Rather it explains why pure functional programming should be favored over 'impure' functional programming.

I think your point about 'us poor imperfect programmers' is well supported by the article, because it argues that purely functional programs are easier to understand. To quote the article:

This is why you have bugs, why programs are hard to debug, and software is difficult to extend. It’s because programs are difficult to comprehend to the extent that they are impure. And the reason for that is that they are not sufficiently abstract. A writer of impure code is not operating on the level of abstraction of programming. He’s operating at the level of abstraction of the machine.
I recommend Non-Designer's Design Book too.
Its the best starter book on designing.

Combine that with making a few trips to colourlovers.com for selecting your site colours - and you're set.