That seems to be the problem with all the Segway advocates who say getting run over by one is no big deal. First point is, of course, getting hit by a Segway @ 12mph and a car at 12mph is nothing alike, and saying so shows ignorance of physics. Of course the car will do much more damage, it is heavier and will transfer much more momentum. It also shows those people have never been hit by a car @ 12mph, or even by a Segway @ 12mph. Comparing either to a runner is likewise ridiculous. You are unlikely to see a 12mph runner off-track. 12mph is pretty damn fast. Also, a runner is a regular person, and probably not wearing body armour, so they are softer, more flexible, have hands and reflexes to assist you as you're falling, and are lighter. Running into a Segway will not be a pleasant experience, and it is NOT comparable to running into a person or a car for that matter.
Oh, and try to get all the arabs against Saddam Hussein (Iraq has no oil, just Mecca)
Uh, Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. And Iraq is sitting on a shitload of oil. What do you think US was doing cozying up to Iraq 20 years ago? To get Iraqi oil of course. Only Saudi Arabia has more oil than Iraq, and that's just what we know, which, seeing as we haven't been there exploring in a while, is probably greatly understated.
This doesn't have unparalleled performance, since Sun sells systems that can smoke this thing.
Forget Sun. I'll build a PC machine for 1/3 the price that will demolish this thing on just about every benchmark you want to throw at it. That's at least 100% markup we're talking here, unless the case costs $3000.
Recently I had to pick "Install Everything" to resolve a dependency conflict...and it still bugs me.
Recently (with RH7.2) I had to pick 'Install Everything' because the packages I selected crashed the installer when it was checking dependancy links. Crashed it. Consistantly. Then I had to spend an hour uninstalling all the crap I didn't want. That really bugged me.
Lawyer to court: We can see that you were in fact in the vicinity of the crime, because your GPS records, people's exhibit C, show clearly you were there at the time.
Err... wouldn't that just show that your CAR was there? Or even better, that your GPS receiver was there?
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And, preemptively, I apologize if I screwed up, it's just that any attempt at understanding this relativity stuff will mess with your head, until you understand it thoroughly.
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Small correction. The wavelength 'changes' because your frame of referance forces a change in space/time to allow light to travel at the same speed relative to you.
The 'public' in 'public library' has a different meaning than the 'public' in 'out in public'. One means freely accessible to the people, the other refers to openness and public display.
Err. Mind explaining what kind of use a CDDB lookup might have for DVDs?
Uh, perhaps to look up the director, cast list, reviews, goofs, trivia?
Many mp3 players have an option to hook up to a directory to look up album details. Why would they do that? It's an MP3! It already has all the info you need in the ID tag! But there's obviously a use for it.
The problem with WMP lookups is that it sends a unique id along with the request.
Look, the argument that you have nothing to hide == you have nothing to fear has long been established as bullshit. It's just like library records. Your parents or loan officer or insurance agent should not be able to find out you've been looking up books on cancer or aids or syphilis, or bomb making for that matter. What you do is by default private (unless done in public) and no amount of disclaimers and click-through licenses change this situation and expectation.
And to continue the great tradition of replying to my own posts...
It's not compelling enough.
...not even to people like me, who see what is going on.
Every couple of years when I get a new Linux mahine for my server, I buckle and install X with Gnome and KDE and all the doodads, only to spend an hour removing them a month later. And as flameworthy and downmodworthy as this is, I have to say, Linux desktops uniformly suck. For my purposes anyways. I love my Windows desktop. Period. Even with all its quirks. And say what you will, but clicking Start to shut down a computer is no less intuitive or inappropriate than clicking on a giant foot icon to do the same.
Gnome/KDE do absolutely nothing I expect a desktop to do for me. They do nothing in a way I expect a desktop to behave. I'm not exaggerating. There is nothing 'nice' I have to say about Gnome/KDE. The biggest obvious problem is the stupid Gnome/KDE/window manager 'multality' (as opposed to duality?). Just pick one and stick with it damnit. I know the popular view here is that is a 'good' thing, but to the 99% of us outside the 'community' it's just, well, retarded.
Which is why Windows will have to get much much worse before the likes of me start to switch to something else (not necessarily LInux either).
Essentially, the point is not that Linux is not good enough or unworthy, but that, as bad as Windows and spyware and licensing is, it's not THAT bad, not bad enough to switch to and learn something completely different. It's not compelling enough. But if trends continue, that day will come. It's just inertia and path of least resistance.
Anybody can confirm it just by launching their own probe to the moon or using a high powered telescope to see the debris on the surface.
No they can't. Not even Hubble could see it. The landing craft would show up being smaller than a pixel on Hubble. Makes you appreciate how absolutely huge those gas nebulae must be when they're thousands of lightyears away.
They can even bounce a laser beam off the mirror on the moon used to measure earth-to-moon distance if they were really intent on it.
A mirror could have been dropped by an unmanned mission.
I think they're crackpots too, but them are NOT the reasons.
Two of your remaining four came to America to do their most influential work. Who cares if Fermi was born in Italy?
That's a red herring. The reason these scientists made their way to the US was because US paid for them to come. They did not want them falling into Axis hands. Why? Because they were already educated and distinguished in their fields. The US had nothing to do with their accomplishments or training. It's not like the US took a bunch of nobodys and made them into world-class scientists.
Well, ever since the new version of AOL did away with pop-up ads, it only makes sense. I don't know if AOL/TW properties have popups (I use Mozilla myself so I never see them), but if they do now, that will change soon as well. If AOL doesn't derive any revenus from popup advertising, why would it support it?
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They're getting off easy! The top 1% controls about 43% of the wealth in the US. Top 10% has 77%.
That seems to be the problem with all the Segway advocates who say getting run over by one is no big deal. First point is, of course, getting hit by a Segway @ 12mph and a car at 12mph is nothing alike, and saying so shows ignorance of physics. Of course the car will do much more damage, it is heavier and will transfer much more momentum. It also shows those people have never been hit by a car @ 12mph, or even by a Segway @ 12mph. Comparing either to a runner is likewise ridiculous. You are unlikely to see a 12mph runner off-track. 12mph is pretty damn fast. Also, a runner is a regular person, and probably not wearing body armour, so they are softer, more flexible, have hands and reflexes to assist you as you're falling, and are lighter. Running into a Segway will not be a pleasant experience, and it is NOT comparable to running into a person or a car for that matter.
Adding 70lbs to a person's weight does not make them lighter, especially when Segway users are already likely starting heavier than a runner.
And how do you propose the speed be checked, never mind enforced? By whom? With what? Financed how?
No, CDs they could provide a track list summary/TOC for. How can you prove to a web site you own a particular CD?
Hate to break this to ya, buy consumers always pay for R&D. Who did you think did, the R&D Fairy?
Oops, sorry, missed the reply by AC. Still, I gave the links, so it's not redundant :)
Uh, Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. And Iraq is sitting on a shitload of oil. What do you think US was doing cozying up to Iraq 20 years ago? To get Iraqi oil of course. Only Saudi Arabia has more oil than Iraq, and that's just what we know, which, seeing as we haven't been there exploring in a while, is probably greatly understated.
Forget Sun. I'll build a PC machine for 1/3 the price that will demolish this thing on just about every benchmark you want to throw at it. That's at least 100% markup we're talking here, unless the case costs $3000.
Recently (with RH7.2) I had to pick 'Install Everything' because the packages I selected crashed the installer when it was checking dependancy links. Crashed it. Consistantly. Then I had to spend an hour uninstalling all the crap I didn't want. That really bugged me.
I then propose you skip the middle-man, and tax the gasoline directly? This is what you are proposing after all.
Err... wouldn't that just show that your CAR was there? Or even better, that your GPS receiver was there?
And, preemptively, I apologize if I screwed up, it's just that any attempt at understanding this relativity stuff will mess with your head, until you understand it thoroughly.
Small correction. The wavelength 'changes' because your frame of referance forces a change in space/time to allow light to travel at the same speed relative to you.
Perhaps because they don't know? I know I wouldn't notice someone sneaking away my IE history file, or the password file, or a couple of mp3s.
The 'public' in 'public library' has a different meaning than the 'public' in 'out in public'. One means freely accessible to the people, the other refers to openness and public display.
Uh, perhaps to look up the director, cast list, reviews, goofs, trivia?
Many mp3 players have an option to hook up to a directory to look up album details. Why would they do that? It's an MP3! It already has all the info you need in the ID tag! But there's obviously a use for it.
The problem with WMP lookups is that it sends a unique id along with the request.
Look, the argument that you have nothing to hide == you have nothing to fear has long been established as bullshit. It's just like library records. Your parents or loan officer or insurance agent should not be able to find out you've been looking up books on cancer or aids or syphilis, or bomb making for that matter. What you do is by default private (unless done in public) and no amount of disclaimers and click-through licenses change this situation and expectation.
It's not compelling enough.
Every couple of years when I get a new Linux mahine for my server, I buckle and install X with Gnome and KDE and all the doodads, only to spend an hour removing them a month later. And as flameworthy and downmodworthy as this is, I have to say, Linux desktops uniformly suck. For my purposes anyways. I love my Windows desktop. Period. Even with all its quirks. And say what you will, but clicking Start to shut down a computer is no less intuitive or inappropriate than clicking on a giant foot icon to do the same.
Gnome/KDE do absolutely nothing I expect a desktop to do for me. They do nothing in a way I expect a desktop to behave. I'm not exaggerating. There is nothing 'nice' I have to say about Gnome/KDE. The biggest obvious problem is the stupid Gnome/KDE/window manager 'multality' (as opposed to duality?). Just pick one and stick with it damnit. I know the popular view here is that is a 'good' thing, but to the 99% of us outside the 'community' it's just, well, retarded.
Which is why Windows will have to get much much worse before the likes of me start to switch to something else (not necessarily LInux either).
Essentially, the point is not that Linux is not good enough or unworthy, but that, as bad as Windows and spyware and licensing is, it's not THAT bad, not bad enough to switch to and learn something completely different. It's not compelling enough. But if trends continue, that day will come. It's just inertia and path of least resistance.
No they can't. Not even Hubble could see it. The landing craft would show up being smaller than a pixel on Hubble. Makes you appreciate how absolutely huge those gas nebulae must be when they're thousands of lightyears away.
They can even bounce a laser beam off the mirror on the moon used to measure earth-to-moon distance if they were really intent on it.
A mirror could have been dropped by an unmanned mission.
I think they're crackpots too, but them are NOT the reasons.
Evidence? I don't see any evidence there. All I see is some guy trying to sell his book.
That's a red herring. The reason these scientists made their way to the US was because US paid for them to come. They did not want them falling into Axis hands. Why? Because they were already educated and distinguished in their fields. The US had nothing to do with their accomplishments or training. It's not like the US took a bunch of nobodys and made them into world-class scientists.
Well, ever since the new version of AOL did away with pop-up ads, it only makes sense. I don't know if AOL/TW properties have popups (I use Mozilla myself so I never see them), but if they do now, that will change soon as well. If AOL doesn't derive any revenus from popup advertising, why would it support it?
The US has the death penalty for defamation suits? It's not even a criminal matter!