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They missed the correlation between the stork population and the birth rates in Western Europe...
But the really bad thing is: who does understand that "Correlation does not imply causation"? Your insurance company which thinks that your risks are more expensive? Your bank when analyzing your credit application? The police when investigating some case? ...?
No, none of them. In case of doubt: the correlation alone is enough to decide against you.
See also: "heart rate is related to aggressive forms of antisocial behavior" (https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=250606[^]) and articles based thereon. When you do endurance sports, you'll get a low resting heart rate, and consequently you are a criminal...
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This raises the question: why? What is it about C++ and Fortran that make them fast, and why do they outperform other popular languages, such as Java or Python? It's the flames painted on the sides
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Google was dealt a blow Friday in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging its Android operating system infringes on intellectual property owned by Oracle. "Free for me, but not for thee"
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Does it mean that Oracle wants to discourage programmers using it? Begining of the end of Java?
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Or at least, "if you use it and make money, we want a slice." Either way, not entirely conducive to an open environment.
When two coding giants battle, we'll all just lose.
TTFN - Kent
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Move may end up encouraging some customers to stick with XP even longer. We will never ever patch XP again. Unless it's a really ugly attack. Or we feel like it. Or because.
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because "Lawyers" is why...
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In an era where companies are spending big money on mobile advertising, understanding the demographics of cell phone users can make a big difference to the bottom line. And Windows Phone users like squares?
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 !! I really wonder what people they have surveyed for this! Sounds like total non-sense to me!!
And by the way, it's nice to see you back in action after a while! 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Agent__007 wrote: And by the way, it's nice to see you back in action after a while!
Thank you very much! It's good to be back. Hopefully most people agree. 
TTFN - Kent
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Extremely low quality: no information on the study proper is given (study design, how many people prticipated, etc. - absolutely nothing).
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A neuro-psychologist insists humans are so ignorant about the cosmos that any encounter with aliens would be a disaster. "You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!"
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Better read "Fiasco" by Stanislw Lem, or his other novels. They have far higher quality.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A neuro-psychologist insists humans are so ignorant about the cosmos that any encounter with aliens would be a disaster.
Rather:
Humans are so ignorant about themselves that any encounter with another human is a disaster.
Marc
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A while ago, I wanted to get a little quick feedback on some data I was playing with, but the day was almost over and I wasn’t done working on it yet. I decided to tweet my rough draft of a graph of GitHub language trends anyway, followed later by a slight improvement. Variety is the spice of life, and programming is muy picante.
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Weaker net neutrality rules will pose a 'grave threat' to the Internet, they say. "We are all created equal in the virtual world and we can use this equality to help address some of the sociological problems that society has yet to solve in the physical world,"
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Cutting-edge research still universally involves Fortran; a trio of challengers wants in. "FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular."
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In the "Futurama" pilot, Bender drinks a bottle of "Olde FORTRAN Malt Liquor." No other language can compare to that.
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hmmph... Julia seems like a nice language and fits all the "parameters". I do like the conciseness of Haskell, too.Quote: it’s not surprising that Fortran has no real competition (except perhaps for C++, but few people actually enjoy speaking that language) for serious numerical work.
Harumph! I enjoy it... and why not, it's an elegant language and meets the needs of many, including the scientific community if they'd only adapt...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Some of the sweeping cultural changes affecting Microsoft are having an impact on the company's research arm, as well, says MSR chief Peter Lee. I could go with a cheap Sauron item here, but I'll just say, "Better together"
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Leavitt’s Hopscotch app for iPad is filled with cute, colorful characters and ways to train them to do things like move across the screen, change shape and draw, based on input like tapping or the sound of clapping. The product is open-ended — kids decide what they want to build and put it into action. Because using a keyboard to code is so last century
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It's still not "building something"
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Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report for the second half of 2013 sees Java and Flash as the top attack vectors, with Java being nearly the default. And they *know* vulnerable
Yes, they are MUCH better now than they were. No need for emails.
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Fortunately most people don't need java enabled in the browser. Much better than the situation a few years ago when flash was target #1 and avoiding flash on the web was extremely painful.
Edit: Page 21/22 (aka 13/14) in the MS PDF report has the exploit breakdown by type charts. For 2013, by vulnerabilities targeted it's ~73% java, 18% IE, and 9% flash. The breakdown by exploit used in observed attacks is even worse for Whoracle, with Java exploits growing from 60% of the total in Jan 2012 to >90% by mid year (All values are eyeball estimates.)
Interestingly the other major type of exploit seen in use in 2013 was adobe reader which wasn't listed in the other chart for 2013. I'm guessing that means the first chart is counting vulnerabilities by year of discovery and that the exploits targeted at reader last year used vulnerabilities found in 2012 or earlier. The combination of people getting around to updating their copies of acrobat and/or their browser using pdf.js to show pdfs probably also contributed to it withering as an employed exploit.
Longer term I'm curious how long Java will remain the exploit target king. It's not something that 99% of users need installed in their browser; as people gradually remove it or have it removed for them (when they talk us into fixing their computer) its attractiveness as a target for attack should go down.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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