If there is a dead link, there is usually a reason why it went dead. Sure we get the odd server down. But we also have cases where we have a deliberate take down of information, due to legal, or personal reasons. Heck they just may no longer be in business anymore, and doesn't want people to think they are.
Also the Last Page, may not be a good page to point to, as it may have been a victim of an attack and have harmful information on it. 404 means the page is dead, we should deal with that. Also, there are some web services that use the http error messages to send information across, having the browser say otherwise can prevent debugging. Also it can create lazy companies, why bother hosting your stuff, when you got someone else to do it for you, and you just have it up for some time and take it off. No more hosting for you.
The part of Software freedom, is using software to do things with it that the original author may not agree with. The GPL 2 had enough loopholes in it to allow for companies to make money off of it, where they will normally contribute back. The GPL 3 put screws on the company, because in RMS land the only way you can make money off of software is the following... 1. Redistribution - this is a dying market as the need to ship and package distributions is reduced. 2. Consulting/Training services - this work just as long as your application is complex enough to need such. If you have an easy to use app who needs to hire a consultant to use it. 3. Maintenance/Support - This assumes your software is so mission critical that it will need maintenance and support. 4. Fame - Your project is so popular you are famous for making it. 5. Cross License - You have an other license for your benefit.
Now there are projects that are free for just being free, built as a hobby, or a side affect of an other project you are working on. Those are all fine and good, however those are difficult to keep up to date.
Now the BSD is even more open initially, you as the developer just kinda puts it out there. And yes companies and take and profit from your work... However they become dependent on it and it is their best interests to keep the project running, and will work with the main group to keep it things up to date.
Don't forget Debian/Ubuntu Apt-Get. It is a very similar concept. The only difference is you can add a repository in a config file, but for the most part, Debian and Ubuntu users stick to what is in Apt-Get before they go out of the default box.
You did need to boot a formatted disk so you could save the program. Those 5 1/4 at the time were around a dollar a floppy (Well the cheap ones were 50 cents. but they lead to a lot of bad sectors). and I am sure the Apple IIe wasn't free either. So it cost you bit more than a Dime.
Doesn't matter which party, for stunts like this. It really breaks both sides philosophy on the economy.
The Conservatives/Free market folks, don't like this, because it is manipulating the Market to get cheaper workers, and falsify the Demand for the workers. The Liberals/Controlled Market folks, don't like this as this manipulating of the market is happening in back doors without the correct oversight.
Especially for elementary students, and even for doctorate students. Libraries need to be a place to help guide people in research, help filter out the Crap from the gems, offer access to stuff that people usually need to pay via a paywall to get access to. Peer reviewed Journals, New Paper sites that have a PayWall for archives... Shared Bookmarks with other libraries to build a source of good information. Wikipedia is good starting point, but it isn't good research, as it can be altered and bias. Show people how to find and going threw the sources would be valuable.
Lets say it takes them 8 hours to rig up your home, they will need 2 people. Include 0.5 hour travel time, and 3 hours of administration 20 Man hours, they will probably be at say $50 an hour Pay and benefits. That is $1,000. You are also assuming that the number of workers will grow faster then the demand for solar panels. I doubt that will be the case, the demand for panels will probably be higher then the number of workers, thus their rates would go up. Efficiency in installation will be absorbed in increase demand.
Well playing pretend, sometimes will get our of hand, and you end up playing by the rules of the guy with the strongest will. "No, I am going to be the Hero! and YOU are going to be the Bad Guy!. Bang your dead, no I have a force shield!"
RPG game rules, helps balance that out a bit. So by having a fixed set of rules it makes sure everyone plays the same game. It also forces the game to be more sophisticated, as your imagination needs limits, to help keep the story and plot working, and less chaotic.
It is like the difference between playing Football/Soccer vs playing Tag. There are more rules, which makes that game more consistent and sophisticated.
There are two issues, with home solar. Issue 1. Upfront cost. Solar panels are getting cheaper, however labor rates to install them will only get higher. So it will be a fair investment to get them installed in your home.
Issue 2. Trees. I live in Upstate NY, we have these 30-100 foot tall trees that blocks a lot of the sunlight. We could cut them down... however is it worth it cutting down our best method to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, in order to use less carbon?
Now that the computer found every iteration, I bet it could optimize itself and only store the pathways that will lead to a win, and cut down the iterations.
Working is psychologically stressful. Every job has its annoying parts to it. And we can't have a world where everyone does what they want, because there will be a serious gap in what needs to be done.
I expected this would be the case. Fevers are a way to fight the infection. So drugs to lower our fever would hinder our ability to fight the infection. That said, if the body is fighting too hard, it might hurt itself more with a fever that is too high, so you are better off taking the drug and being contagious longer.
However there is also a tolerance to feeling bad, too. Is feeling slightly less crummy for longer, better than feeling really crummy for less time.
The issue with Literature and Music there is a beginning, a middle and and a end.
With Software there is a beginning, then the story changes every time the program runs, based on the input at the time. Leading to multiple end points, including a power off. Music is closer as it had notation that allows for some loops, however this is mostly to keep shorten the notation process and less about workflow. Also a choose your own adventure book, isn't that good analogy, as there are fixed number of stories possible. A relatively complex program can have different outcome all the time.
I think you are also letting your Anti-Microsoft bias get in the way too. Some people do like Microsoft products, or do not find as many faults in them as Slashdotters make us believe.
MS does do a lot of things right with their products, and there are also a lot of things that can be improved, sometimes I feel the made the wrong tradeoffs in their design.
I am OK with windows 8, but it isn't want I really would want in a Desktop OS, It seems to try to mix Tablet and OS together making something not so good at both. That said, it was a really good attempt at doing such. I am not getting paid, by MS to promote their stuff, it is my honest opinion about it.
Windows 98, Not so good. Windows ME, Broke the drivers Windows 2000, A good OS that does it jobs, Based on NT Kernel. Windows XP, Worked and was decent, however early in the game it got attacked by hackers like there was no tomorrow. Vista, It actually worked well... However the UI was too protective. Windows 7, A much improved Windows 8, Works just as well as windows 7... However too many people have and cant stand that fact that it is different.
95, XP, Vista, and Windows 8 offered significant change to the UI, and people have a hard time with change. XP success was it longevity and Microsoft's failure to make a new OS in a decade.
The real failure is that HP isn't making their hardware to take advantage of windows 8, they are just making improved Windows 7 boxes.
Unless you are just over sensitive. However thinking back on my life, there were a lot of things that I have done, that created hostility towards myself first.
A friendly insult from a wise cracker, taken to be a large insult, leading to you escalate it to hating the person, and retribution. Going to an area of people who were neutral to you, and jumping and making assumptions about them. Dissing things that they find interesting and important...
Lets face it, we have done plenty to make the world hostile towards us, and we could have started it.
Well if you Like something, then you are obviously, tainted and oblivious to it problems. You can't be smart unless you thoroughly find faults in everything.
Why do people choose to misinterpret global warming? Because they are stress out from the endless guilt trip on everything they do. The issue is everything we do has some sort of trade off. But it feels like we are being judge for every choice we make. Do you use reusable grocery bags? Then you better be sure that you clean them good enough, otherwise you could get sick from the germs. Do you use new plastic bag? Then here is this documentary about a sea torturous who dies from eating your plastic bag that you threw away. How about if you stick with good old paper? Your Cold/Frozen food creates condensation and break the bag and you waste all this food.
How about the car you drive? A hybrid, which needs more green house gasses to build. A small, car which cannot carry enough people and good thus needing an extra car. A medium sized car, which gives off more carbon, and yet still doesn't fit everything you need. A large car/Suv/Truck you can carry what you need however a lot of time you just polluting gas.
Do you cut down that large tree in you back yard? If so you can prevent it from falling on your house, if not it can suck up so much more carbon?
Don't even get me on, food choices.... We do want to do good, however there are so many tradeoffs we need to think about, and with science showing us more, it overwhelms us, and in essence paralyzes us. So we choose what science we choose to follow and what we choose to disregard as a coping mechanism. It is emotional, it isn't about being stupid, of ill informed, it is just about being emotional on your choice.
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If there is a dead link, there is usually a reason why it went dead.
Sure we get the odd server down. But we also have cases where we have a deliberate take down of information, due to legal, or personal reasons.
Heck they just may no longer be in business anymore, and doesn't want people to think they are.
Also the Last Page, may not be a good page to point to, as it may have been a victim of an attack and have harmful information on it.
404 means the page is dead, we should deal with that. Also, there are some web services that use the http error messages to send information across, having the browser say otherwise can prevent debugging.
Also it can create lazy companies, why bother hosting your stuff, when you got someone else to do it for you, and you just have it up for some time and take it off. No more hosting for you.
The part of Software freedom, is using software to do things with it that the original author may not agree with.
The GPL 2 had enough loopholes in it to allow for companies to make money off of it, where they will normally contribute back. The GPL 3 put screws on the company, because in RMS land the only way you can make money off of software is the following...
1. Redistribution - this is a dying market as the need to ship and package distributions is reduced.
2. Consulting/Training services - this work just as long as your application is complex enough to need such. If you have an easy to use app who needs to hire a consultant to use it.
3. Maintenance/Support - This assumes your software is so mission critical that it will need maintenance and support.
4. Fame - Your project is so popular you are famous for making it.
5. Cross License - You have an other license for your benefit.
Now there are projects that are free for just being free, built as a hobby, or a side affect of an other project you are working on. Those are all fine and good, however those are difficult to keep up to date.
Now the BSD is even more open initially, you as the developer just kinda puts it out there. And yes companies and take and profit from your work... However they become dependent on it and it is their best interests to keep the project running, and will work with the main group to keep it things up to date.
Don't forget Debian/Ubuntu Apt-Get. It is a very similar concept. The only difference is you can add a repository in a config file, but for the most part, Debian and Ubuntu users stick to what is in Apt-Get before they go out of the default box.
You did need to boot a formatted disk so you could save the program. Those 5 1/4 at the time were around a dollar a floppy (Well the cheap ones were 50 cents. but they lead to a lot of bad sectors). and I am sure the Apple IIe wasn't free either. So it cost you bit more than a Dime.
Doesn't matter which party, for stunts like this. It really breaks both sides philosophy on the economy.
The Conservatives/Free market folks, don't like this, because it is manipulating the Market to get cheaper workers, and falsify the Demand for the workers.
The Liberals/Controlled Market folks, don't like this as this manipulating of the market is happening in back doors without the correct oversight.
Especially for elementary students, and even for doctorate students. Libraries need to be a place to help guide people in research, help filter out the Crap from the gems, offer access to stuff that people usually need to pay via a paywall to get access to. Peer reviewed Journals, New Paper sites that have a PayWall for archives...
Shared Bookmarks with other libraries to build a source of good information. Wikipedia is good starting point, but it isn't good research, as it can be altered and bias. Show people how to find and going threw the sources would be valuable.
Labor cost is always the issue.
Lets say it takes them 8 hours to rig up your home, they will need 2 people. Include 0.5 hour travel time, and 3 hours of administration 20 Man hours, they will probably be at say $50 an hour Pay and benefits. That is $1,000. You are also assuming that the number of workers will grow faster then the demand for solar panels. I doubt that will be the case, the demand for panels will probably be higher then the number of workers, thus their rates would go up. Efficiency in installation will be absorbed in increase demand.
Well playing pretend, sometimes will get our of hand, and you end up playing by the rules of the guy with the strongest will. "No, I am going to be the Hero! and YOU are going to be the Bad Guy!. Bang your dead, no I have a force shield!"
RPG game rules, helps balance that out a bit. So by having a fixed set of rules it makes sure everyone plays the same game. It also forces the game to be more sophisticated, as your imagination needs limits, to help keep the story and plot working, and less chaotic.
It is like the difference between playing Football/Soccer vs playing Tag. There are more rules, which makes that game more consistent and sophisticated.
And you got a 19.
My thoughts exactly.
People who do not like what X is doing. Doesn't like the fact that X is doing it.
Tomorrows headline.
Republican Groups has serious issues, about the policy goals of the Democrats.
There are two issues, with home solar.
Issue 1. Upfront cost. Solar panels are getting cheaper, however labor rates to install them will only get higher. So it will be a fair investment to get them installed in your home.
Issue 2. Trees. I live in Upstate NY, we have these 30-100 foot tall trees that blocks a lot of the sunlight. We could cut them down... however is it worth it cutting down our best method to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, in order to use less carbon?
6... 7... 8... 9... 10... 11... 12... 13...
Well lets find out.
1... 2... 3... 4... 5...
Now that the computer found every iteration, I bet it could optimize itself and only store the pathways that will lead to a win, and cut down the iterations.
Working is psychologically stressful.
Every job has its annoying parts to it. And we can't have a world where everyone does what they want, because there will be a serious gap in what needs to be done.
However if they didn't make Libra Office, you would have been thoroughly outraged.
--Mainfile.c /* your code */
include "magic.h";
--magic.h //Behold the power of recursion!
include "magic.h"
I almost got it to work, but I ran out of processing power... Perhaps the next generation computer will handle it.
I expected this would be the case. Fevers are a way to fight the infection. So drugs to lower our fever would hinder our ability to fight the infection.
That said, if the body is fighting too hard, it might hurt itself more with a fever that is too high, so you are better off taking the drug and being contagious longer.
However there is also a tolerance to feeling bad, too. Is feeling slightly less crummy for longer, better than feeling really crummy for less time.
Not as much, it is closer but not really.
The issue with Literature and Music there is a beginning, a middle and and a end.
With Software there is a beginning, then the story changes every time the program runs, based on the input at the time. Leading to multiple end points, including a power off.
Music is closer as it had notation that allows for some loops, however this is mostly to keep shorten the notation process and less about workflow.
Also a choose your own adventure book, isn't that good analogy, as there are fixed number of stories possible.
A relatively complex program can have different outcome all the time.
I think you are also letting your Anti-Microsoft bias get in the way too.
Some people do like Microsoft products, or do not find as many faults in them as Slashdotters make us believe.
MS does do a lot of things right with their products, and there are also a lot of things that can be improved, sometimes I feel the made the wrong tradeoffs in their design.
I am OK with windows 8, but it isn't want I really would want in a Desktop OS, It seems to try to mix Tablet and OS together making something not so good at both. That said, it was a really good attempt at doing such. I am not getting paid, by MS to promote their stuff, it is my honest opinion about it.
Clap, Clap, Clap.
Good for you. Guess what, some people do.
Windows 98, Not so good.
Windows ME, Broke the drivers
Windows 2000, A good OS that does it jobs, Based on NT Kernel.
Windows XP, Worked and was decent, however early in the game it got attacked by hackers like there was no tomorrow.
Vista, It actually worked well... However the UI was too protective.
Windows 7, A much improved
Windows 8, Works just as well as windows 7... However too many people have and cant stand that fact that it is different.
95, XP, Vista, and Windows 8 offered significant change to the UI, and people have a hard time with change.
XP success was it longevity and Microsoft's failure to make a new OS in a decade.
The real failure is that HP isn't making their hardware to take advantage of windows 8, they are just making improved Windows 7 boxes.
Unless you are just over sensitive.
However thinking back on my life, there were a lot of things that I have done, that created hostility towards myself first.
A friendly insult from a wise cracker, taken to be a large insult, leading to you escalate it to hating the person, and retribution.
Going to an area of people who were neutral to you, and jumping and making assumptions about them.
Dissing things that they find interesting and important...
Lets face it, we have done plenty to make the world hostile towards us, and we could have started it.
Well if you Like something, then you are obviously, tainted and oblivious to it problems.
You can't be smart unless you thoroughly find faults in everything.
Why do people choose to misinterpret global warming? Because they are stress out from the endless guilt trip on everything they do.
The issue is everything we do has some sort of trade off. But it feels like we are being judge for every choice we make.
Do you use reusable grocery bags? Then you better be sure that you clean them good enough, otherwise you could get sick from the germs.
Do you use new plastic bag? Then here is this documentary about a sea torturous who dies from eating your plastic bag that you threw away.
How about if you stick with good old paper? Your Cold/Frozen food creates condensation and break the bag and you waste all this food.
How about the car you drive?
A hybrid, which needs more green house gasses to build.
A small, car which cannot carry enough people and good thus needing an extra car.
A medium sized car, which gives off more carbon, and yet still doesn't fit everything you need.
A large car/Suv/Truck you can carry what you need however a lot of time you just polluting gas.
Do you cut down that large tree in you back yard? If so you can prevent it from falling on your house, if not it can suck up so much more carbon?
Don't even get me on, food choices....
We do want to do good, however there are so many tradeoffs we need to think about, and with science showing us more, it overwhelms us, and in essence paralyzes us. So we choose what science we choose to follow and what we choose to disregard as a coping mechanism.
It is emotional, it isn't about being stupid, of ill informed, it is just about being emotional on your choice.