Last time there was a poll reflecting location, it suggested roughly 50-60% of/. poll-voters were in North America. That's not enough to make big generalisations.
If 50-60% is not enough to make big generalizations (which I didn't do), than 40-50% (assuming everyone else is in UTC-2 to UTC+8) is even less appropriate.
Remember that the GGP claimed 90% of readers were at work while reading this, whereas I only supported the denial of this claim by claiming that, for the majority of the/. reader demographic, the time when the GGP posted was not likely to be during work hours. You agreed to this, and even provided a percentage (50 -60%).
I'm kinda confused about in what way you believe that you're disagreeing with my post.
You mean like the huge demographic area you omitted by forgetting about UTC-5?
Ugh. Too early in the morning for me. Point still holds fortunately - unless a lot more people on the eastern seaboard are at work @ 5:37am than I have reason to believe.
Well played. Well played. But what if someone finds a security hole-in-one of the contributions of a member? Will the member lose their membership, or are those kinds of mistakes considered par for the course?
The earth is round and not all people live in the same place on it. As the earth rotates, the sun illuminates a little over half of it and generally people like to work and shop during this time. Society has quite simply divided this time up this into time zones so that 8am for one part of the planet is at a different actual instance as 8am for another part. So while it might be 5:37 where you are, it is working hours for someone else. Next time we meet, we can go over the metric system.
You do realize that the majority of/. readers are in the UTC-8, UTC-7 and UTC-6 time zones, don't you? The GP posted @ 10:37AM GMT, which is 2:37AM, 3:37AM, and 4:37AM respectively for each of aforementioned time zones. Next time we meet we can go over demographics and population distribution.
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For instance, I'm doubtful there will be anything in existence in 2 billion years that will be capable of reading your code...
That's probably what the Ancients thought when they built the Stargates. Never underestimate the need future species may have for a plot generation device.
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Didn't I hear this before? I remember people talking about scamming banking systems via the confusion caused by 2010.
Wait a second... isn't that the plot from Superman IV?
Ask yourself this: When was the last time you watched anything and said, "You know what? This is good, but it would better if it was in 3D."
There are three kinds of liars about porn:
1) Those who say they've never seen any
2) Those who say they tried it once, but didn't like it
3) Those who say they've never thought about how awesome it would be in 3D.
Libertarianism is nice in theory, but there's a reason there isn't a single functioning libertarian society on earth.
Is the reason because Libertarianism is used to describe disparate political philosophies depending on who's laying claim to the term? Or is the reason that the most common meaning Libertarianism has only come into being, slowly, over the 1st half of this last century? It took Marxist-communism 70 years from the publication of the Communist Manifesto before there was a revolution that ended with a Communist State. It was more than 80 years after Locke's Two Treatises of Government before the founding fathers applied his principles to their new government. Historically, political philosophies take some time to gain momentum before they get put into practice. Many consider Ayn Rand to have truly brought to the public eye the proposal of an unfettered free market. Maybe her (and others') ideas just need another 10 to 20 years to build momentum (and to solidify) before we see an attempt at "The Libertarian Experiment".
And a lesbian, to boot. Of course, with a name like "girl in training", there are always other possibilities. It's not like it's unheard of for techies.
I really wanted to, using rational discourse, explain the absurdity of your claims regarding the criminality of using MS products, but I realized that it would be more productive if you could just show us, using this doll, where Windows touched you.
Even assuming you are right that Ginko will have literally no affect whatsoever until the dosage is above a certain level (which I find ridiculous, btw)
Really?! Do you not make a distinction between "literally no affect[sic]" and "no measurable, or statistically significant, effect"? It seems that all substances have a dosage point at which there is no "measurable effect", depending on the precision of the measurement. At least, I'm not aware of any substance that has a measurable effect (in a standard clinical setting) when one molecule of it is introduced into the human body. Alcohol requires billions of molecules to have a measurable effect (varied depending on what one is measuring - i.e. behavior, or just BAC, or the firing of synapses, etc). Water poisoning also only comes into play (has a measurable effect) with certain very high doses.
The GP makes a good point. One could similarly perform a study that showed cyanide "is not poisonous" by limiting the dosage levels to below safe levels of ingestion. Or that alcohol "does not impair judgement" by using doses of alcohol that are significantly lower (1/5th) than the average use. I wonder what studies done with rats, etc., with various degrees of dosage of ginkgo would show...
I was gifted the same shirt by a family member. Unfortunately, the effect of wearing it is that those around me (family/friends/co-workers) seem to remember every issue they have with their computers/smartphones/gadgets and my day is spent politely deflecting an abundance of requests for help with their issues, or agreeing to help them - knowing that my charity will be forgotten within an hour of solving their problem(s). Usually the latter.
I don't wear that shirt so much anymore. I just don't have the disdain for my fellow man that the shirt implies...
A lot of people from the United States could care less about what is happening in other countries, but everyone in the United States wants an iPod or iPhone!
FTFY. Kool-aid drinking aside though, it strikes me that Brin/Page or Jimmy Wales has done far more to affect culture, politics, and industry than the entire music industry. More than 70% if internet users rely upon Google's algorithms to find the information they want. When it comes to learning about a given subject/topic (even if in just a basic sense of the word 'learning') Wikipedia has become the de facto source (for better or worse) for hundreds of millions of internet users. If you want to fixate on a small niche of human activity you could just as easily talk about how Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo have directly affected culture everywhere with the continued growth/use of video games. There are more gamers than iPod or iPhone owners. Everyone in the world wants an Xbox 360/PS3/Wii!
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Last time there was a poll reflecting location, it suggested roughly 50-60% of /. poll-voters were in North America. That's not enough to make big generalisations.
If 50-60% is not enough to make big generalizations (which I didn't do), than 40-50% (assuming everyone else is in UTC-2 to UTC+8) is even less appropriate.
/. reader demographic, the time when the GGP posted was not likely to be during work hours. You agreed to this, and even provided a percentage (50 -60%).
Remember that the GGP claimed 90% of readers were at work while reading this, whereas I only supported the denial of this claim by claiming that, for the majority of the
I'm kinda confused about in what way you believe that you're disagreeing with my post.
You mean like the huge demographic area you omitted by forgetting about UTC-5?
Ugh. Too early in the morning for me. Point still holds fortunately - unless a lot more people on the eastern seaboard are at work @ 5:37am than I have reason to believe.
Well played. Well played. But what if someone finds a security hole-in-one of the contributions of a member? Will the member lose their membership, or are those kinds of mistakes considered par for the course?
The earth is round and not all people live in the same place on it. As the earth rotates, the sun illuminates a little over half of it and generally people like to work and shop during this time. Society has quite simply divided this time up this into time zones so that 8am for one part of the planet is at a different actual instance as 8am for another part. So while it might be 5:37 where you are, it is working hours for someone else. Next time we meet, we can go over the metric system.
You do realize that the majority of /. readers are in the UTC-8, UTC-7 and UTC-6 time zones, don't you? The GP posted @ 10:37AM GMT, which is 2:37AM, 3:37AM, and 4:37AM respectively for each of aforementioned time zones. Next time we meet we can go over demographics and population distribution.
For instance, I'm doubtful there will be anything in existence in 2 billion years that will be capable of reading your code...
That's probably what the Ancients thought when they built the Stargates. Never underestimate the need future species may have for a plot generation device.
Didn't I hear this before? I remember people talking about scamming banking systems via the confusion caused by 2010.
Wait a second... isn't that the plot from Superman IV?
A little more respect and deferents would be appreciated.
...its in the France-Switzerland border...
Whoa there bucko. Sweden is next to France?!
I bet I can guess what country you're from.
Ask yourself this: When was the last time you watched anything and said, "You know what? This is good, but it would better if it was in 3D."
There are three kinds of liars about porn:
1) Those who say they've never seen any
2) Those who say they tried it once, but didn't like it
3) Those who say they've never thought about how awesome it would be in 3D.
...unless I'm flying in a plane full of nothing but attractive young female swimsuit models)
My god! Why would you subject those poor women to such an experience unless you hate them?!
something that is too hot to be a planet and too small to be a star
And I'm guessing they've already ruled out the obvious?
Since you have never seen his code and know nothing about its application, it would seem you carry around the "refactor it!" hammer.
It seems that both of you are carrying around the "with a hammer everything is a nail" analogy hammer.
Libertarianism is nice in theory, but there's a reason there isn't a single functioning libertarian society on earth.
Is the reason because Libertarianism is used to describe disparate political philosophies depending on who's laying claim to the term? Or is the reason that the most common meaning Libertarianism has only come into being, slowly, over the 1st half of this last century? It took Marxist-communism 70 years from the publication of the Communist Manifesto before there was a revolution that ended with a Communist State. It was more than 80 years after Locke's Two Treatises of Government before the founding fathers applied his principles to their new government. Historically, political philosophies take some time to gain momentum before they get put into practice. Many consider Ayn Rand to have truly brought to the public eye the proposal of an unfettered free market. Maybe her (and others') ideas just need another 10 to 20 years to build momentum (and to solidify) before we see an attempt at "The Libertarian Experiment".
And a lesbian, to boot. Of course, with a name like "girl in training", there are always other possibilities. It's not like it's unheard of for techies.
Whats next, patenting the use of punctuation in sentances?
There's not nearly as much potential infringement for punctuation, as say, common misspellings.
If you're not careful with the BBQ, you'll be ROTFBYOF.
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(Because You're On Fire)
I really wanted to, using rational discourse, explain the absurdity of your claims regarding the criminality of using MS products, but I realized that it would be more productive if you could just show us, using this doll, where Windows touched you.
I got norton.
[in before people who don't get the reference]
Other things you were "in before":
Humor
For Hilton and France.
Even assuming you are right that Ginko will have literally no affect whatsoever until the dosage is above a certain level (which I find ridiculous, btw)
Really?! Do you not make a distinction between "literally no affect[sic]" and "no measurable, or statistically significant, effect"? It seems that all substances have a dosage point at which there is no "measurable effect", depending on the precision of the measurement. At least, I'm not aware of any substance that has a measurable effect (in a standard clinical setting) when one molecule of it is introduced into the human body. Alcohol requires billions of molecules to have a measurable effect (varied depending on what one is measuring - i.e. behavior, or just BAC, or the firing of synapses, etc). Water poisoning also only comes into play (has a measurable effect) with certain very high doses.
The GP makes a good point. One could similarly perform a study that showed cyanide "is not poisonous" by limiting the dosage levels to below safe levels of ingestion. Or that alcohol "does not impair judgement" by using doses of alcohol that are significantly lower (1/5th) than the average use. I wonder what studies done with rats, etc., with various degrees of dosage of ginkgo would show...
White sleeveless dress shirt and black tie.
Classy and sexy all at once!
Thus expanding on the axiom that what worked for Chris Farley will work for most IT guys.
I was gifted the same shirt by a family member. Unfortunately, the effect of wearing it is that those around me (family/friends/co-workers) seem to remember every issue they have with their computers/smartphones/gadgets and my day is spent politely deflecting an abundance of requests for help with their issues, or agreeing to help them - knowing that my charity will be forgotten within an hour of solving their problem(s). Usually the latter.
I don't wear that shirt so much anymore. I just don't have the disdain for my fellow man that the shirt implies...
lost revenues $99.996G => drive government to bankruptcy.
That's what governments deserve for dealing in Gigadollars!
A lot of people from the United States could care less about what is happening in other countries, but everyone in the United States wants an iPod or iPhone!
FTFY. Kool-aid drinking aside though, it strikes me that Brin/Page or Jimmy Wales has done far more to affect culture, politics, and industry than the entire music industry. More than 70% if internet users rely upon Google's algorithms to find the information they want. When it comes to learning about a given subject/topic (even if in just a basic sense of the word 'learning') Wikipedia has become the de facto source (for better or worse) for hundreds of millions of internet users. If you want to fixate on a small niche of human activity you could just as easily talk about how Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo have directly affected culture everywhere with the continued growth/use of video games. There are more gamers than iPod or iPhone owners. Everyone in the world wants an Xbox 360/PS3/Wii!
Typing fail
I just read the original with a pirate accent . Makes perfect sense.