There's also the matter of people that have to work on election day, one of my co-workers is stuck working a full twelve hour shift and would have a huge amount of trouble voting if not for absentee voting.
Aren't businesses required by law to give employees several hours off during elections? that sounds like a pretty unfair system if people can be kept from voting by employment obligations.
in Canada: All employees who are qualified electors, that is, those who are 18 years of age or older and Canadian citizens on polling day, are entitled to three consecutive hours on polling day for the purpose of casting their ballots.... Employers cannot impose a penalty or deduct pay from an employee for the time off the employer is required to provide for voting. An employee must be paid what he or she would have earned during the time allowed off for voting. http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=faq&document=faqvoting#voting26
any pathogen that is spread through water, mosquitoes, or other parasites wont face this sort of selective pressure, but something spread primarily through human contact will.
The funny thing is Olivia Chow, who supports fair and balanced copyright is a practicing artist herself.
Why is the opinion of a Canadian artist, and a politician who is actually representing the views of those she represents 'disgusting', while the opinion of a foreign lobby group is somehow acceptable?
The reason we try to gain high amounts of karma is so that we can blow it on "risky" replies that make us feel better even though they will be modded to hell.
that's why I added that line....when you point out that you will take a karma hit before making a comment, you get modded up.
I'll probably get modded down for saying this, but this is one/. meme I plan on riding as far as I can.
I'm temped to suggest a beowulf cluster of ion engines, but I don't want to take the karma hit.
Honestly, the answer is so simple! And I'm just a normal person who can't even do long division. How is it that I know all the answers to solving the ISS problems when these NASA engineers can't seem to figure it out? for serious...
My squiggle has been standard since 1983, when I spent an afternoon writing my signature over and over again, until it evolved into the most efficient thing I could muster that still resembled an attempt at writing.
I'm sad that got modded funny, since i did the exact same thing in grade 5. I actually enjoy my signature. I start with my given name, "kyle" written in a fairly distinctive way, then I just scribble until i run out of space.
but, for the sake of efficiency, I've been seriously considering having a custom stamp made up, so i can just bang it on the paper and be done with it.
These are not facts. You pulled this straight out of the air. I have absolutely no problem reading neat cursive riding.... I am exactly 26 years old.
What you have said are not facts either. I am also 26, and I can not read cursive at all. so, since our sample base is 2, lets just agree that currsive is only legible to 50% of the 26 year old crowd (plus or minus 50%)
I can type about 2X faster than I can print, and everyone can read typed text. What good are notes that can only be read by half the people out there? for a diary, cursive may be ideal, but for anything else, for the love of god, type it!
Do me a favor and call me when someone posts a home-made movie on YouTube that is, I dunno, let's say 10% as well-made, written, and acted as Star Trek.
I think you are missing the point of youtube. content doesn't have to be 10% as well made, written, and acted as star trek. youtube videos don't have to draw in millions of viewers to justify a 1 million per episode budget. Internet media makes use of the long tail. what you might see as crap, I might find hilarious. what you see as the most interesting thing ever, I may find utterly boring. production/distribution is very cheep; if a video can entertain a few hundred people, its a success.
You do realize, right, that ten cubic millimeters is not large? It's 2.15443469mm (yes, I used a calculator) on each side. Granted, most procedures will likely require more than one... shot?... with the device, but such a small amount leaves a lot left untouched.
I don't understand how you arrived at that number.
when i did the math, my answer was that 10 cubic millimeters is 1 cubic centimeter.
FOSS isn't perfect, it's just a whole lot better than one of the competitors.
and I enjoy my FOSS haven very much, thank you.
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I wish people would understand what a phrase meant before trying to use it constructively..."Thinking outside the box" means thinking beyond marketing -- thinking about how the customer will use the product once the box is in the landfill. The use of the phrase in the summary is a great example of not having a clue.
the phrase "think outside the box" may have meant that at one time, but its meaning has evolved since then. Now, when people say 'think outside the box' they mean "take an unconventional approach to problem solving". 'The box' is no longer referring to 'a box' that a product comes in. 'The box' is a metaphor for 'the class room', 'the board room', or 'the established paradigm'
words change meaning with time. this is not a bad thing.
It is also that the reports each build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus...
So it's pretty much like Global Warming Theology, then?
yea, don't you just hate it how the rising global temperatures, rising CO2 in the air and water, shrining ice caps, disappearing glaciers, increase in natural disasters, and Al Gore are all conspiring together to make us believe in global warming.
it's so frustrating...today is 21 degrees, while yesterday was 23 degrees. obviously, global warming is wrong.
...we put a Operating system in your Browser so you can Browse Operating systems while you browse in yo operating system!
software does seem to have a soft spot for recursive acronyms, (GNU, LAME, WINE,etc). This seems to be the next logical step. Recursive operating systems! neat.
A RED has superior resolution, vastly less aliasing, more choice of frame rates etc. etc. Overall, a better picture.
the RED ONE (body only) costs $17,500 the 5D (body only) costs $2,999
because of the great difference in price, I would expect the RED to give much better results than the 5D, but I only see a very slight difference in image quality, despite the huge difference in price.
Why would anyone use this camera to make an independent film?
the sensor size of 5D is the same as a piece of 35mm film, meaning you get much lower noise in low light. Most importantly, you get a film-like depth of field in your shots. This 'film-like' depth of field is a big deal for low budget filmmakers. Also, using SLR lenses gives the film maker far more flexibility and control of their shots, and a SLR lens will give you significantly better results. less barrel distortion, less chromatic aberration, and sharper pictures.
The Canon 5D mark II is a game changer in the amateur film-making world. it can give you professional results that no other camera in the $5000 can touch. (And I'm a Nikon man, so it really makes me feel dirty for admitting that.)
...I'd prefer a library model, say $1 a day to read a book
i don't know what kind of library you've been going to, but my library is free to use. as for e-books: bittorrent seems to be closer to the library model, i go in, take as much as I want, and pay nothing. (you could argue that i pay for library access through taxes, but then i would just argue that i pay for pirate bay access through my internet subscription)
I'm not knocking it, but Linux zealots do tend to overlook flaws in linux, while exaggerating windows flaws.
I don't really know the exact cause. is it just familiarity?, or is it how we nerds think about computers? personally, i find dealing with minor issues on linux to be much easier than windows. if it's broken, there is often a simple workaround i can use until someone on the forums tells me how to fix it properly (I'm no programmer, read my sig!) its quick, transparent, and intuitive for me.
but when my less tech-savvy friends see me doing this, they ask, 'is every thing on linux so complicated?'
we often talk about, 'the year of linux on the desktop', when general users can pick it up and go with FOSS, rather than windows. but, as a user of both, I can say that from my experience, getting MP3s, DVDs, Flash, and Java to work right is much easier on windows. (while just about everything else is easier on linux). if i want to install java in ubuntu, i go to add/remove, type 'java' and 6 options pop up. which one do i want? how are non-savvy people expected to know what to install? we see it is choice, and freedom. non-savy people see it as clutter, confusion, and complicated.
I understand the problems I mention aren't problems with linux, but issues with licensing terms, closed drivers, and proprietary formats, but they are issues to consider.
the nerd in me really wants to see linux succeed, and MS crumble, and Balmer being hit with a barrage of flying chairs, but the pragmatist in me is OS agnostic and just uses what tool works best for a particular task.
windows can do 100% of what I need, but does it really poorly, while linux can only do 70% of what i need, but it does it really well. I am willing to have a dual boot system, but i think most people are less adventurous. my mom gets nervous if i replace her USB mouse! imagine if i replace her OS.
so, in conclusion, sarcasm: sort of, but more like 'sayings from the well of uncomfortable truths'
Windows is far from the only obstacle keeping Linux off the desktop.
Blasphemer! Linux is perfect, it is totally ready for the desktop.
I want to tell you all the reasons why linux is perfect, but I'm going to have to keep this brief, since I'm still recovering from a kernal update that went horribly wrong. but once I get my wifi working again, I can fix my no sound in flash issues. Hopefully, that wont break my DVD playback abilities this time, which i finally got to work, despite the screen saver still popping up after being turned off...
but, once I get all that out of the way, you can expect a long list of reasons why linux is indeed ready for the desktop.
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There's also the matter of people that have to work on election day, one of my co-workers is stuck working a full twelve hour shift and would have a huge amount of trouble voting if not for absentee voting.
Aren't businesses required by law to give employees several hours off during elections? that sounds like a pretty unfair system if people can be kept from voting by employment obligations.
in Canada: ...
All employees who are qualified electors, that is, those who are 18 years of age or older and Canadian citizens on polling day, are entitled to three consecutive hours on polling day for the purpose of casting their ballots.
Employers cannot impose a penalty or deduct pay from an employee for the time off the employer is required to provide for voting. An employee must be paid what he or she would have earned during the time allowed off for voting.
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=faq&document=faqvoting#voting26
good point.
any pathogen that is spread through water, mosquitoes, or other parasites wont face this sort of selective pressure, but something spread primarily through human contact will.
there was actually a TED talk video about this very phenomenon: can we domesticate germs?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176adlNeRy8
The funny thing is Olivia Chow, who supports fair and balanced copyright is a practicing artist herself.
Why is the opinion of a Canadian artist, and a politician who is actually representing the views of those she represents 'disgusting', while the opinion of a foreign lobby group is somehow acceptable?
On the bright side, that's millions of available South Korean women.
you've obviously never been to South Korea.
in starcraft, my ass was handed to me by just as many female gamers as male gamers at the PC bang.
The reason we try to gain high amounts of karma is so that we can blow it on "risky" replies that make us feel better even though they will be modded to hell.
that's why I added that line....when you point out that you will take a karma hit before making a comment, you get modded up.
I'll probably get modded down for saying this, but this is one /. meme I plan on riding as far as I can.
There's no ion engine that can lift 303t.
then use two.
I'm temped to suggest a beowulf cluster of ion engines, but I don't want to take the karma hit.
Honestly, the answer is so simple! And I'm just a normal person who can't even do long division. How is it that I know all the answers to solving the ISS problems when these NASA engineers can't seem to figure it out? for serious...
My squiggle has been standard since 1983, when I spent an afternoon writing my signature over and over again, until it evolved into the most efficient thing I could muster that still resembled an attempt at writing.
I'm sad that got modded funny, since i did the exact same thing in grade 5. I actually enjoy my signature. I start with my given name, "kyle" written in a fairly distinctive way, then I just scribble until i run out of space.
but, for the sake of efficiency, I've been seriously considering having a custom stamp made up, so i can just bang it on the paper and be done with it.
These are not facts. You pulled this straight out of the air. I have absolutely no problem reading neat cursive riding. ... I am exactly 26 years old.
What you have said are not facts either. I am also 26, and I can not read cursive at all. so, since our sample base is 2, lets just agree that currsive is only legible to 50% of the 26 year old crowd (plus or minus 50%)
I can type about 2X faster than I can print, and everyone can read typed text. What good are notes that can only be read by half the people out there? for a diary, cursive may be ideal, but for anything else, for the love of god, type it!
Do me a favor and call me when someone posts a home-made movie on YouTube that is, I dunno, let's say 10% as well-made, written, and acted as Star Trek.
I think you are missing the point of youtube.
content doesn't have to be 10% as well made, written, and acted as star trek. youtube videos don't have to draw in millions of viewers to justify a 1 million per episode budget.
Internet media makes use of the long tail. what you might see as crap, I might find hilarious. what you see as the most interesting thing ever, I may find utterly boring.
production/distribution is very cheep; if a video can entertain a few hundred people, its a success.
i think you confuse 10 cubic millimeters (10 mm) with a "cubic 10 millimeters" (1cm = 1000 mm)
ok, that makes sense. i was visualizing it wrong.
"10 cubic millimeters" is 10mm X 10mm X 10mm, while "10 cubic millimeters" is just over 2mm X 2mm X 2mm...
hmmm... ...there really should be some better terminology to express the difference more clearly.
in South Korea, the time of year when students get their report carts is known as 'jumping season'
You do realize, right, that ten cubic millimeters is not large? It's 2.15443469mm (yes, I used a calculator) on each side. Granted, most procedures will likely require more than one ... shot? ... with the device, but such a small amount leaves a lot left untouched.
I don't understand how you arrived at that number.
when i did the math, my answer was that 10 cubic millimeters is 1 cubic centimeter.
I have yet to see a single blue screen on Linux.
FOSS isn't perfect, it's just a whole lot better than one of the competitors.
and I enjoy my FOSS haven very much, thank you.
I wish people would understand what a phrase meant before trying to use it constructively..."Thinking outside the box" means thinking beyond marketing -- thinking about how the customer will use the product once the box is in the landfill. The use of the phrase in the summary is a great example of not having a clue.
the phrase "think outside the box" may have meant that at one time, but its meaning has evolved since then. Now, when people say 'think outside the box' they mean "take an unconventional approach to problem solving". 'The box' is no longer referring to 'a box' that a product comes in. 'The box' is a metaphor for 'the class room', 'the board room', or 'the established paradigm'
words change meaning with time. this is not a bad thing.
It is also that the reports each build on one another, creating the false impression of growing momentum and consensus...
So it's pretty much like Global Warming Theology, then?
yea, don't you just hate it how the rising global temperatures, rising CO2 in the air and water, shrining ice caps, disappearing glaciers, increase in natural disasters, and Al Gore are all conspiring together to make us believe in global warming.
it's so frustrating...today is 21 degrees, while yesterday was 23 degrees. obviously, global warming is wrong.
ah, BING...how can I forget BING
Bing Is Not Google.
...we put a Operating system in your Browser so you can Browse Operating systems while you browse in yo operating system!
software does seem to have a soft spot for recursive acronyms, (GNU, LAME, WINE,etc). This seems to be the next logical step. Recursive operating systems! neat.
What shell do you use that compiles to paper?
C-x M-c M-butterfly?
A RED has superior resolution, vastly less aliasing, more choice of frame rates etc. etc. Overall, a better picture.
the RED ONE (body only) costs $17,500
the 5D (body only) costs $2,999
because of the great difference in price, I would expect the RED to give much better results than the 5D, but I only see a very slight difference in image quality, despite the huge difference in price.
Why would anyone use this camera to make an independent film?
the sensor size of 5D is the same as a piece of 35mm film, meaning you get much lower noise in low light. Most importantly, you get a film-like depth of field in your shots. This 'film-like' depth of field is a big deal for low budget filmmakers. Also, using SLR lenses gives the film maker far more flexibility and control of their shots, and a SLR lens will give you significantly better results. less barrel distortion, less chromatic aberration, and sharper pictures.
The Canon 5D mark II is a game changer in the amateur film-making world. it can give you professional results that no other camera in the $5000 can touch. (And I'm a Nikon man, so it really makes me feel dirty for admitting that.)
I'm Canadian.
I already AM paying a tax on blank media in case I pirate copyrighted content.
I am charged this tax, along with everyone else if i pirate or not. I don't like it, but I do make the most of it.
...I'd prefer a library model, say $1 a day to read a book
i don't know what kind of library you've been going to, but my library is free to use.
as for e-books: bittorrent seems to be closer to the library model, i go in, take as much as I want, and pay nothing.
(you could argue that i pay for library access through taxes, but then i would just argue that i pay for pirate bay access through my internet subscription)
Sarcasm?
warning: pointless rant below:
my post was half sarcasm, half truth.
I fixed all those problems several weeks ago. ;)
I'm not knocking it, but Linux zealots do tend to overlook flaws in linux, while exaggerating windows flaws.
I don't really know the exact cause. is it just familiarity?, or is it how we nerds think about computers?
personally, i find dealing with minor issues on linux to be much easier than windows. if it's broken, there is often a simple workaround i can use until someone on the forums tells me how to fix it properly (I'm no programmer, read my sig!) its quick, transparent, and intuitive for me.
but when my less tech-savvy friends see me doing this, they ask, 'is every thing on linux so complicated?'
we often talk about, 'the year of linux on the desktop', when general users can pick it up and go with FOSS, rather than windows. but, as a user of both, I can say that from my experience, getting MP3s, DVDs, Flash, and Java to work right is much easier on windows. (while just about everything else is easier on linux). if i want to install java in ubuntu, i go to add/remove, type 'java' and 6 options pop up. which one do i want? how are non-savvy people expected to know what to install? we see it is choice, and freedom. non-savy people see it as clutter, confusion, and complicated.
I understand the problems I mention aren't problems with linux, but issues with licensing terms, closed drivers, and proprietary formats, but they are issues to consider.
the nerd in me really wants to see linux succeed, and MS crumble, and Balmer being hit with a barrage of flying chairs, but the pragmatist in me is OS agnostic and just uses what tool works best for a particular task.
windows can do 100% of what I need, but does it really poorly, while linux can only do 70% of what i need, but it does it really well. I am willing to have a dual boot system, but i think most people are less adventurous. my mom gets nervous if i replace her USB mouse! imagine if i replace her OS.
so, in conclusion, sarcasm: sort of, but more like 'sayings from the well of uncomfortable truths'
Windows is far from the only obstacle keeping Linux off the desktop.
Blasphemer!
Linux is perfect, it is totally ready for the desktop.
I want to tell you all the reasons why linux is perfect, but I'm going to have to keep this brief, since I'm still recovering from a kernal update that went horribly wrong. but once I get my wifi working again, I can fix my no sound in flash issues. Hopefully, that wont break my DVD playback abilities this time, which i finally got to work, despite the screen saver still popping up after being turned off...
but, once I get all that out of the way, you can expect a long list of reasons why linux is indeed ready for the desktop.
I feel people will WAIT to switch to Win7, until they see how it performs, and how many bugs/security holes are revealed in the first month or two...
I think MOST people will have no idea what windows 7 is, and will just go with whatever comes pre-installed on their computer.