For agnosticism I use the simple example of... zeus. every argument one can make for the any diety can be made for zeus
No, each religion has it's own dogma, so each one needs to be tested for internal and external consistency individually. It just so happens that the Judeo-Christian God is supposedly omnipotent. This allows for all kinds of mental gymnastics around scientific fact.
Is mohommed any less credible than Xenu?
Mohammed is certainly far more credible than Xenu. That doesn't mean I can disprove the existence of Xenu. And it certainly doesn't mean I believe in any of them, but I'm not going to misrepresent what science is by claiming that science doesn't allow for their existence.
I'm not sure what belief in the resurrection of Christ had to do with agnosticism. I'm agnostic and I don't believe in the immaculate conception or resurrection, but I'll admit, assuming existence of an omnipotent being (which, while hardly plausible, is not falsifiable), they are possible. And yes, resurrection would be impossible for all but an omnipotent being. That's kind of the point though, isn't it?
I think you are seriously overestimating the products affected by this issue. If you're shipping a finished product you're using your own VID & PID, right? If you're not you're already changing the PID to one issued by FTD for your product (you did read the license didn't you?) This (admittedly boneheaded) moved is aimed at the $1 USB to serial adapters being sold on eBay with counterfeit chips. It doesn't affect consumer products at all, but it's got the maker community hopping mad.
This will does not affect consumer devices. Almost all devices containing this chip will ship with the manufacturers VID/PID. Those that ship with FTDI's VID will (if they're complying with FTDI's Iicense) ship with a different PID than the raw chip.
There is no reasonable analogy that can be made involving a Gucci product.
While I agree with this.
This,
They are not changing the device at all, they are simply making their drivers not work with the fake ones.
is patently false. They are changing the PID on counterfeit chips to 0. Which causes Windows to flat out refuse to enumerate the device and breaks driver compatibility on all OSs.
Comsumer products with this chip in them won't ship with FTDI's VID and PID. They provide a utility for that purpose. This is not a problem that comsumers are going to encounter.
There is no need for a driver for anything other than Windows. Windows requires a.inf file for anything USB (why do you think it claims to be installing a device driver every time you plug in a new USB drive?) This FTDI chip works just fine in Linux without a driver.
It's not profitable for two companies to build out the same area and wind up with only half the potential customers. Fixed costs are the same, spread over half the customers, meaning the prices go up. Your desire to be able to choose would mean that everyone would pay more for the same service, not less.
This is why the last mile infrastructure should not be owned by ISPs. Or, they should be required to lease access at regulated rates.
True, but if you start streaming video of the Loch Ness monster to every amateur cryptozoologist on the internet, you will probably be noticed by your ISP.
I knew as soon I pressed submit I would be getting this in reply. You're right I extremely over-simplified (probably to the point of being incorrect) series charging with a balancing circuit.
However, charging an 85kWh battery at 12v is still silly. The Tesla pack (which I'm assuming was being referred too) is most assuredly not charged off a single 12v feed.
Where are you coming up with 12v? What lithium battery charges at 12v? The individual cells charge at ~4v, and most high capacity batteries are made up of many cells, and each cell has to be charged individually.
It's important to remember that electrical systems and codes vary wildly from country to country. Where i live (northwestern US) I don't believe you can even get a service smaller than 200A and it's simple to upgrade to a 400A service. I've even seen a few houses with 600A services (I'm a residential carpenter). Also, code here requires radial circuits.
So, around here, it isn't too much trouble to supply 130kw off a residential service.
Also, the patient didn't bleed, vomit, or defecate all over the plane. So the risk of infection is pretty much nil. Come on people this isn't the flu! The transmission vectors are much more similar to HIV than influenza.
You've certainly bought into the fear-mongering. The US isn't "infected", and it's exceedingly unlikely to become so. Ebola simply isn't very infectious in populations with decent sanitation.
Because if you are doing one check a second on a 4096 bit number you will need 6.62x10^1223 centuries to check it all! Even assuming that on average you will only have to check half the numbers, you're still well outside the expected life of the universe.
And how much to replace multi-thousand-dollar specialized peripherals, such as CNC mills, that have no Windows 10 driver?
Stop with this stupid argument! Why ids your multi-thousand dollar specialized peripheral not firewall away from the internet? Oh, it is? Then stop whining and just keep using XP. It has to be, because of some weird edge case? Then realize you are an edge case, and it pretty much always sucks to be an edge case. Either way, I'm tired for that rubbish argument.
Except that, more and more, all grandma wants to do is check the newest baby pictures on Facebook, send emails and run a few web apps. All of which work fine Linux.
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If you think behemoths like Target and Wal-Mart pay the same 2-3% that a corner convenience store does then you're crazy.
For agnosticism I use the simple example of... zeus. every argument one can make for the any diety can be made for zeus
No, each religion has it's own dogma, so each one needs to be tested for internal and external consistency individually. It just so happens that the Judeo-Christian God is supposedly omnipotent. This allows for all kinds of mental gymnastics around scientific fact.
Is mohommed any less credible than Xenu?
Mohammed is certainly far more credible than Xenu. That doesn't mean I can disprove the existence of Xenu. And it certainly doesn't mean I believe in any of them, but I'm not going to misrepresent what science is by claiming that science doesn't allow for their existence.
I'm not sure what belief in the resurrection of Christ had to do with agnosticism. I'm agnostic and I don't believe in the immaculate conception or resurrection, but I'll admit, assuming existence of an omnipotent being (which, while hardly plausible, is not falsifiable), they are possible. And yes, resurrection would be impossible for all but an omnipotent being. That's kind of the point though, isn't it?
Are there really password managers that don't purge the clipboard a few seconds after copying a password?
I think you are seriously overestimating the products affected by this issue. If you're shipping a finished product you're using your own VID & PID, right? If you're not you're already changing the PID to one issued by FTD for your product (you did read the license didn't you?) This (admittedly boneheaded) moved is aimed at the $1 USB to serial adapters being sold on eBay with counterfeit chips. It doesn't affect consumer products at all, but it's got the maker community hopping mad.
This will does not affect consumer devices. Almost all devices containing this chip will ship with the manufacturers VID/PID. Those that ship with FTDI's VID will (if they're complying with FTDI's Iicense) ship with a different PID than the raw chip.
There is no reasonable analogy that can be made involving a Gucci product.
While I agree with this.
This,
They are not changing the device at all, they are simply making their drivers not work with the fake ones.
is patently false. They are changing the PID on counterfeit chips to 0. Which causes Windows to flat out refuse to enumerate the device and breaks driver compatibility on all OSs.
Comsumer products with this chip in them won't ship with FTDI's VID and PID. They provide a utility for that purpose. This is not a problem that comsumers are going to encounter.
There is no need for a driver for anything other than Windows. Windows requires a .inf file for anything USB (why do you think it claims to be installing a device driver every time you plug in a new USB drive?) This FTDI chip works just fine in Linux without a driver.
No (since all they are doing on the counterfeit chips is rewritting the PID to 0, which is reversible) it's more like ripping the Gucci label off.
It's not profitable for two companies to build out the same area and wind up with only half the potential customers. Fixed costs are the same, spread over half the customers, meaning the prices go up. Your desire to be able to choose would mean that everyone would pay more for the same service, not less.
This is why the last mile infrastructure should not be owned by ISPs. Or, they should be required to lease access at regulated rates.
I have to admit, I have no idea what you are trying to imply.
Along the same lines, simply having control over where your cloud server is physically located, doesn't make it not a cloud server.
True, but if you start streaming video of the Loch Ness monster to every amateur cryptozoologist on the internet, you will probably be noticed by your ISP.
However, charging an 85kWh battery at 12v is still silly. The Tesla pack (which I'm assuming was being referred too) is most assuredly not charged off a single 12v feed.
Where are you coming up with 12v? What lithium battery charges at 12v? The individual cells charge at ~4v, and most high capacity batteries are made up of many cells, and each cell has to be charged individually.
So, around here, it isn't too much trouble to supply 130kw off a residential service.
Also, the patient didn't bleed, vomit, or defecate all over the plane. So the risk of infection is pretty much nil. Come on people this isn't the flu! The transmission vectors are much more similar to HIV than influenza.
You've certainly bought into the fear-mongering. The US isn't "infected", and it's exceedingly unlikely to become so. Ebola simply isn't very infectious in populations with decent sanitation.
Clearly, he's not talking about Texas.
Because if you are doing one check a second on a 4096 bit number you will need 6.62x10^1223 centuries to check it all! Even assuming that on average you will only have to check half the numbers, you're still well outside the expected life of the universe.
One has to wonder just how closely that map correlates with median incomes as well.
And how much to replace multi-thousand-dollar specialized peripherals, such as CNC mills, that have no Windows 10 driver?
Stop with this stupid argument! Why ids your multi-thousand dollar specialized peripheral not firewall away from the internet? Oh, it is? Then stop whining and just keep using XP. It has to be, because of some weird edge case? Then realize you are an edge case, and it pretty much always sucks to be an edge case. Either way, I'm tired for that rubbish argument.
Why use OpenOffice when Google docs does everything the average person uses an office suite for.
The web version of QuickBooks works just fine under Linux. And most people don't use accounting software unless they own a business anyhow.
Except that, more and more, all grandma wants to do is check the newest baby pictures on Facebook, send emails and run a few web apps. All of which work fine Linux.