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Comment: Re:Bizarre advice (Score 1) 113

by mr3038 (#46417699) Attached to: Mathematicians Are Chronically Lost and Confused

It seems to me that we are approaching a brave new time when only the skills and knowledge which are economically valuable will be taught.

This paragraph gives me the impression that you advocate educational institutions should resist giving what students and society wants out of education and instead deliver what some intellectual elite thinks is more valuable.

I read that as "we should only teach skills and knowledge that provides more monetary value for the society in the long run, compared to the resources spent on education". As a whole, I agree. However, we should improve on detecting childs clearly above average and using extra resources on them. I believe that everybody should have basic education but there's no reason to spend huge amount of education resources on everybody.

Comment: Re:Short answer: I don't (Score 1) 88

by mr3038 (#46417635) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Reviewing 3rd Party Libraries?

I don't check (I prefer word "review" or "audit" here) the libraries for security vulnerabilities before I start using them. However, I only accept libraries than come with the source and I do cursory review of the code with a question in mind:

"Would I be willing to fix a bug in this library if the original author were not willing to fix it?"

Only if the code looks sane enough that I can answer "yes" I even start using the library. And the security is only a small part of the picture here! If the library does anything important within the product, any major bug in it's behavior will cause major issues for my product, too. If I cannot (at least in theory) fix the library, I'm not going to use it.

I might use a closed source library for some totally optional feature in the product but even in that case I'd keep looking for another solution with the source. And with "optional feature" I mean something that can be disabled or removed if any evidence comes up for the library having a security issue.

Comment: Re:Game is okay (Score 1) 110





Comment: Re:You just got low expectations (Score 1) 110










Save your preaching, they are only games.



Tell me, Freud, what is my main problem?




What the new Thief gets right:
- Stealth. Just as good as previous iterations.

What the new Thief gets wrong:

Comment: Re:Another way to look at it... (Score 1) 357

by grub (#46254397) Attached to: Under Armour/Lockheed Suit Blamed For US Skating Performance
Just today on the news some Canadian luge folks were lamenting coming in 4th. Some were suggesting the Russians slowed the track down for them by raising the track temperature. No proof, of course.

It was embarsssing to hear my countrymen spewing such sour grapes without any evidence. You lost, deal with it. Don't blame your suits, the weather, Russian subterfuge, cosmic rays, whatever...

"Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers." -- Chip Salzenberg