No, because there are situations where both are extremely valuable. In an environment where men are getting killed quite frequently, polygamy makes the most evolutionary sense. In an environment where men and women die at roughly the same rate, then monogamy makes sense, since this allows the man to concentrate more fully on one woman and her offspring. With one wife, men can have more than 10 kids quite easily. With multiple wives, having ten kids per wife is a huge drain on resources.
Thus, in a situation where the men tend to hunt and fight with local tribes while the women do the gathering and take care of the babies, polygamy makes sense. In our current society, monogamy makes more sense.
I had something similar happen to me. I've been driving my Honda Civic for years now, and it's always done well for me. However, just the other day I tried to drive across the country, and it took a lot longer than an airplane.
I love cars, but their speed is horrifying. I'll stick to flying for a while.
There's also a big difference between eating a loss and going bankrupt. The loss is going to be big, yes, but NVidia's flying high right now with some great cards out. If they were to embrace the failure and own the mistake like Microsoft did with the RROD, then they could continue to fly high. The XBox360 has negative press, but for the most part people aren't unwilling to buy one because they know that Microsoft will make good on the warranty without any fuss at all. If NVidia keeps avoiding the issue, then they're going to have a PR nightmare while ATI's opening their driver and starting to get competitive again.
In other words, I see NVidia's choice being either eating a big loss now or eating a big loss as people flock to ATI and maybe stay there. NVidia's been on a roll lately, and avoiding the issue's the best way to screw that up.
I don't care what language you choose, 100x slower is going to make you want to fix the problem.
However, I agree with your analysis that with something that's mission critical, you need to have the flexibility to compile and maintain the program yourself instead of relying on the vendor. In my view, you get the support contract for the things that aren't central to the business and you don't have 15+ people hired for.
I blame Mel Gibson's movies always glorifying fighting the British. Give us a few movies about how great it is to work with British law enforcement, and public opinion will turn your way.
The small increase in performance isn't worth the several hundred in cost it would add to my laptops. I bought my laptop for $650, and a better HD just isn't worth increasing that to nearly $1000. YMMV.
I think you misunderstand what micropayments are, at least in the asian sense. If you were to play Maple Story, for instance, there are certain things you can do if you're willing to pay money to do them. There are marginally better weapons (not a lot, but they're slightly better), you can change some color schemes, or you can buy potions which let you level faster (if I remember, something like 2x as fast). These are all for very small charges, they don't alter the balance of the game all that much (if your skills are within 10% of the next person anyway, then you are either awful or playing way too competitively, at which point you'd be paying money anyway). If you don't want to pay any money at all, you don't, and you still get the full experience of the game.
It was different while the olympics were on? All I saw was a shiny, pretty, smiling face on what was the same old country the whole time. They didn't unblock internet, they still beat people up and arrested dissidents, and they put people out of work in droves.
What really pissed me off is that newspeople didn't scream about how dumb it was to give them the olympics at all.
And what should society as a whole do about that? It's like drunk driving or any of hundreds of society's problems - the underlying cause cannot be addressed. To eliminate drunk driving we just need to eliminate the freedom to drive. To eliminate obesity, we just need to dictate to people what they can or can't eat and then mandate some exercise. Let's eliminate peoples' freedom of choice, shall we?
Surely obsese people don't like being called "fat tub of lard" but in the end they do nothing to improve their condition
I'm sure there are things about yourself that you don't like, don't want pointed out, and don't do anything to improve. Should everyone else be asshats and start mocking you for them?
There are many more sites with no certificate at all which would use a self-signed cert than there are sites with a verified cert which would use a self-signed cert instead. I would want a certificate on all my sites, but very few (if any) would require a verified one.
Map reduce: a framework for taking a problem and breaking it up into smaller pieces. As I understand it, Map is the program that decides which server the data gets sent to, Reduce is the program that actually processes it. For google, when you write a query, they send the query to several different servers. Those servers then search their subset of the internet for that term, rank them, and return them. The central server then combines those results and returns them to the user. In this case, the Map program would send the request to the servers and be smart enough to make sure that you don't get duplicate servers. The Reduce program is the one that does the searching and sends them back.
This analogy only holds if Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot had only wanted to enlarge your penis or make you healthier with green tea! Seriously, how much more benevolence do you need?
Might I offer a counter argument? The reason that I get annoyed with this idle stuff is that it truly is worthless to me. With every article, there's some knowledge that can be gleaned from it. I don't like apple, but I read apple stories because they're trend-setters in the market, and it's worthwhile to know what they're doing. I'm not a hardware man, but it's interesting to read about the different video cards coming out. I like book reviews because I learn about what books and authors are worth reading.
Idle brings me none of this. I would never have bought this mans book, and mocking it on the front page wastes space and time that I would rather devote to something else. Not only that, but putting it under book reviews instead of idle means that I can't filter these lame reviews out. Whether slashdot does them or not is their decision, but they should know that they're negatively impacting my use of the site, and judging by the comments, a lot of people feel this way. Slashdot hits a niche where they get serious people who are highly skilled talking about technical things; where in that niche does humor fall?
Seriously, there is no good way for an armed revolt to be pulled off right now. It took over 100 years for the Civil War to be recovered from, and those guys thought 100 / minute was pretty sweet. We've got van mounted miniguns that can shoot thousands of bullets per minute and are completely mobile. Terrorist actions could win the fight in theory, but in reality it's much harder to fight as a terrorist because the collateral damage turns the population against you. I just don't see any way an armed revolt could work given the realities of today's military.
No one will do a single thing about it as long as they can watch their TV shows.
He said, posting on slashdot.
But seriously, what do you want to happen? Would you like everyone to rise up in an armed revolt? The last time something like that happened, we were left with the bloodiest war in US history, and that was before the advent of a lot of the modern weapons of war. Write to their congressmen? I wrote to Harry Reid while I lived in Nevada, and what I got back was a form letter that looked like it could have been written by a white house aide!
Get involved in your local party politics; grassroots efforts are the only peaceful way to pull this off, and changing from within the system seems to be the best method. Or get involved and try to grow a third party to where they can take a seat in congress.
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No, because there are situations where both are extremely valuable. In an environment where men are getting killed quite frequently, polygamy makes the most evolutionary sense. In an environment where men and women die at roughly the same rate, then monogamy makes sense, since this allows the man to concentrate more fully on one woman and her offspring. With one wife, men can have more than 10 kids quite easily. With multiple wives, having ten kids per wife is a huge drain on resources.
Thus, in a situation where the men tend to hunt and fight with local tribes while the women do the gathering and take care of the babies, polygamy makes sense. In our current society, monogamy makes more sense.
I had something similar happen to me. I've been driving my Honda Civic for years now, and it's always done well for me. However, just the other day I tried to drive across the country, and it took a lot longer than an airplane.
I love cars, but their speed is horrifying. I'll stick to flying for a while.
the above post was a pun. He wasn't insulting jews or anything. Last time I checked, puns weren't classified as a troll.
There's also a big difference between eating a loss and going bankrupt. The loss is going to be big, yes, but NVidia's flying high right now with some great cards out. If they were to embrace the failure and own the mistake like Microsoft did with the RROD, then they could continue to fly high. The XBox360 has negative press, but for the most part people aren't unwilling to buy one because they know that Microsoft will make good on the warranty without any fuss at all. If NVidia keeps avoiding the issue, then they're going to have a PR nightmare while ATI's opening their driver and starting to get competitive again.
In other words, I see NVidia's choice being either eating a big loss now or eating a big loss as people flock to ATI and maybe stay there. NVidia's been on a roll lately, and avoiding the issue's the best way to screw that up.
I don't care what language you choose, 100x slower is going to make you want to fix the problem.
However, I agree with your analysis that with something that's mission critical, you need to have the flexibility to compile and maintain the program yourself instead of relying on the vendor. In my view, you get the support contract for the things that aren't central to the business and you don't have 15+ people hired for.
I blame Mel Gibson's movies always glorifying fighting the British. Give us a few movies about how great it is to work with British law enforcement, and public opinion will turn your way.
The small increase in performance isn't worth the several hundred in cost it would add to my laptops. I bought my laptop for $650, and a better HD just isn't worth increasing that to nearly $1000. YMMV.
I think you misunderstand what micropayments are, at least in the asian sense. If you were to play Maple Story, for instance, there are certain things you can do if you're willing to pay money to do them. There are marginally better weapons (not a lot, but they're slightly better), you can change some color schemes, or you can buy potions which let you level faster (if I remember, something like 2x as fast). These are all for very small charges, they don't alter the balance of the game all that much (if your skills are within 10% of the next person anyway, then you are either awful or playing way too competitively, at which point you'd be paying money anyway). If you don't want to pay any money at all, you don't, and you still get the full experience of the game.
It was different while the olympics were on? All I saw was a shiny, pretty, smiling face on what was the same old country the whole time. They didn't unblock internet, they still beat people up and arrested dissidents, and they put people out of work in droves.
What really pissed me off is that newspeople didn't scream about how dumb it was to give them the olympics at all.
Yes, but if I'm jaded and think I'm superior to everyone else, how can I express that adequately without veering off topic?
Surely obsese people don't like being called "fat tub of lard" but in the end they do nothing to improve their condition
I'm sure there are things about yourself that you don't like, don't want pointed out, and don't do anything to improve. Should everyone else be asshats and start mocking you for them?
There are many more sites with no certificate at all which would use a self-signed cert than there are sites with a verified cert which would use a self-signed cert instead. I would want a certificate on all my sites, but very few (if any) would require a verified one.
I hope that all the people who thought that spandex was a good idea are starting to feel a bit stupid now...
I like the non-sequitur game! Your turn.
Map reduce: a framework for taking a problem and breaking it up into smaller pieces. As I understand it, Map is the program that decides which server the data gets sent to, Reduce is the program that actually processes it. For google, when you write a query, they send the query to several different servers. Those servers then search their subset of the internet for that term, rank them, and return them. The central server then combines those results and returns them to the user. In this case, the Map program would send the request to the servers and be smart enough to make sure that you don't get duplicate servers. The Reduce program is the one that does the searching and sends them back.
This analogy only holds if Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot had only wanted to enlarge your penis or make you healthier with green tea! Seriously, how much more benevolence do you need?
Sure they do; your browser just automatically replies, "yes".
I wonder if the research averaged the direction for them.
OTOH, something that doesn't seem to be taken into account is, what happens when families change?
The same thing that happens now.
it's not like, say, Home Depot could do a whole lot besides sell wallpaper, paint, and light fixtures to the folks (just as example).
They can't do more than that to apartment/condo owners either.
This is essentially a mega-sized apartment building. The problems it has will likely be patterned on those same problems.
That reminds me of when Bart owned a factory downtown, which made Frank Grimes hate Homer even more.
Is this the fate you wish to subject me to?
Might I offer a counter argument? The reason that I get annoyed with this idle stuff is that it truly is worthless to me. With every article, there's some knowledge that can be gleaned from it. I don't like apple, but I read apple stories because they're trend-setters in the market, and it's worthwhile to know what they're doing. I'm not a hardware man, but it's interesting to read about the different video cards coming out. I like book reviews because I learn about what books and authors are worth reading.
Idle brings me none of this. I would never have bought this mans book, and mocking it on the front page wastes space and time that I would rather devote to something else. Not only that, but putting it under book reviews instead of idle means that I can't filter these lame reviews out. Whether slashdot does them or not is their decision, but they should know that they're negatively impacting my use of the site, and judging by the comments, a lot of people feel this way. Slashdot hits a niche where they get serious people who are highly skilled talking about technical things; where in that niche does humor fall?
You're absolutely right, thank you.
Beautifully said. That's exactly how I feel.
Seriously, there is no good way for an armed revolt to be pulled off right now. It took over 100 years for the Civil War to be recovered from, and those guys thought 100 / minute was pretty sweet. We've got van mounted miniguns that can shoot thousands of bullets per minute and are completely mobile. Terrorist actions could win the fight in theory, but in reality it's much harder to fight as a terrorist because the collateral damage turns the population against you. I just don't see any way an armed revolt could work given the realities of today's military.
No one will do a single thing about it as long as they can watch their TV shows.
He said, posting on slashdot.
But seriously, what do you want to happen? Would you like everyone to rise up in an armed revolt? The last time something like that happened, we were left with the bloodiest war in US history, and that was before the advent of a lot of the modern weapons of war. Write to their congressmen? I wrote to Harry Reid while I lived in Nevada, and what I got back was a form letter that looked like it could have been written by a white house aide!
Get involved in your local party politics; grassroots efforts are the only peaceful way to pull this off, and changing from within the system seems to be the best method. Or get involved and try to grow a third party to where they can take a seat in congress.
Sounds like a scene from a low budget horror movie to me.