Perhaps you're intelligent enough to realise that the conclusion drawn will often depend upon the unsaid (and often unspoken) assumptions of the person drawing them? If you believe there is a God, you will see everything supporting your belief. Likewise for atheism. Now the tricky question, who's assumptions are right and whose are wrong? (BTW, if you can't see your own assumptions as well as the other side's assumptions, you fail. Epically. First thing they taught us in science classes; list your assumptions.)
..except that some people are very religious about defending it. To them it must be a religion or why do they get so upset and spend soooo much time trying to convert everyone? Like all religions, they believe the world would be better if everyone agreed with their personal view. But there are nutcases in every beleif system.
I'm a Christian and I got the joke.. Regarding children, most mainstream Christians seem to believe they go straight to heaven if they aren't old enough to make a choice. Some would disagree, but like a lot of things its a debated matter.
How can I claim we are more educated here if I leave out random words? Where, then, is my justification for lording my (oh, so obvious) superiority over all of you?
(Just in case someone misses it, I am joking. I have few illusions; there are many who are more (and many who are less) intelligent than I)
Though you have to admit its odd how these mistakes show up more in this sort of discussion. Something along the lines of Murphy's Law I guess...
I live in Zimbabwe (Africa in case you don't know), and in this troubled country(just read the wikipedia article) we have an aging poorly funded education system that is a manufacturing plant type (I know - I've been through it). But the students here are so motivated by the need to escape their circumstances and to become qualified and hence rich enough to care for their families, that they are very highly motivated.
With this motivation they push through with fewer resources and, I'll wager understand more than your average American student. These are highly motivated intelligent people, most of them (officially 80+% of the population) Christian. In fact those (the majority) who leave this country are considered exceptionally good hard workers. Go look for another place to lay the blame. The problem is most likely motivation - not religion or education style.
What motivation does your average student have to study hard? That is the question I have not seen answer to.
Coz, I dunno, maybe the "wheel" already had it's "14 years" and we now have a wide variety of different types of "wheel" (solid, spokes, etc) to choose from? You miss the point. Completely. Sorry.
There comes a point in any invention's lifetime where it is no longer being improved. At this point it should be public domain. The only reason this is not the case is it would not be fair to the inventor, so to encourage him/her to invent more and out of the kindness of our hearts, we grant them extra time. This time should be limited or I can not invent "cars" because I'm not allowed to use "wheels". Holding perpetual patents holds progress back. Now if I come up with a better "wheel" than ever before, this is still a derivative work, but may be significantly different in some ways and is thus patentable. You can all still use the old "wheels" until my patent is up, or pay me.
This system must be a balanced compromise. Copyrights are a different story altogether.
Not to be fanboyish, but I was quite impressed that my suspend to swap under linux only stores RAM I'm actually using; I have 1.25Gb of RAM and can quite happily suspend to an 800Mb swap partition. But then I don't use many ram intensive applications. And I guess the readahead disk cache must be refilled on resume which slows things down a little.
Now if only I could get sound back reliably after resume...
Though interestingly enough this does set a precedent, even if not a legal one... Sure, sue me. But I will fight tooth and nail until you are forced to secretly settle with me. I'll quite happily keep silent about how much I'm getting, as long as its plenty...
(Disclaimer: I live in a country without a working legal system or an independant judicial system so anything I say on a legal matter may have no meaning)
Actually, the outlook thing isn't a problem for anyone technically minded. I managed to figure it out, and the people I've migrated are very happy with evolution.
What most people don't realise is that GNU/Linux is a change. For a windows user it will mean some things they love, and some things they hate. Just like windows. Most people I have migrated also feel its worth it for free legal software (plus my minimal charge for support) and the lack of hassle involved stuffing around with antivirus/firewall/antimalware/antispyware/antiGoodnessElseKnowsWhat..
As for the windows programs, unless you're a gamer, it's called a virtual machine. Wine also works fairly well these days.
Check the oil in your car recently...? Ever run out of oil in a car...? Cars are four stroke too, you know. The point is, it is important to make sure there is sufficient oil in the generator. You may not have noticed it all leaking out, or being burnt because the generator is overdue for a service and the ring(s) are shot.
Most cheap 12V inverters will not run a fridge. These inverters produce "modified sine wave" output (read step ( square) wave) output, which is not generally good for inductive loads. Running such loads on these can reduce the life of both the fridge's compressor and the inverter. True sine inverters are better, but much more expensive.
I am an Electronic Eng. Student, so I do know what I am talking about.
On the other hand the nice system is the inverter/charger combination, in conjunction with a 100Ah deep cycle battery, to make a UPS for your fridge...
Never ran anything on a below spec system? Come on 67MHz? I've seen XP on a P1 233, and the spec is 300MHz. I don't know if Apple lets you get away with this - but I don't see why not. It's less than 10% out.
Yeah, CRTs are becoming rare these days...(clue: A Cathode Ray Tube is a valve of sorts)
Vacuum tubes are still used. Especially in extremely high frequency high power systems, like some radar systems, since all but the most recent transistors can't cope with the switching that fast. Lets not forget the audiophiles and their vacuum amps. Niche markets, yes, but not "totally phased out."
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Perhaps you're intelligent enough to realise that the conclusion drawn will often depend upon the unsaid (and often unspoken) assumptions of the person drawing them? If you believe there is a God, you will see everything supporting your belief. Likewise for atheism. Now the tricky question, who's assumptions are right and whose are wrong? (BTW, if you can't see your own assumptions as well as the other side's assumptions, you fail. Epically. First thing they taught us in science classes; list your assumptions.)
..except that some people are very religious about defending it. To them it must be a religion or why do they get so upset and spend soooo much time trying to convert everyone? Like all religions, they believe the world would be better if everyone agreed with their personal view. But there are nutcases in every beleif system.
Whooossshhhh!
I'm a Christian and I got the joke.. Regarding children, most mainstream Christians seem to believe they go straight to heaven if they aren't old enough to make a choice. Some would disagree, but like a lot of things its a debated matter.
Have fun..
An excellent idea, best so far. Even better if we can get the penguins from Madagascar involved... :}
I'm Ubuntu... No wait. I'm Mandriva(but I used to be Mandrake). No. I'm Slackware. No wait, come back I'm Debian. Seriously I've always been Gentoo!
Or perhaps I've got Multiple Personality Disorder!
Seriously why don't we all just vote on one system to foist on all the n00bs and move on with life?
Most cordless handsets I've seen are either illegal or abuse the 433MHz ISM band...
Damn! I really thought I could get away with using a free service!
How can I claim we are more educated here if I leave out random words? Where, then, is my justification for lording my (oh, so obvious) superiority over all of you?
(Just in case someone misses it, I am joking. I have few illusions; there are many who are more (and many who are less) intelligent than I)
Though you have to admit its odd how these mistakes show up more in this sort of discussion. Something along the lines of Murphy's Law I guess...
My kingdom for mod points.
Well said sir.
Can you answer my question?
^ seen an answer to.
Preiview is my friend.. Preiview is my friend.. Preiview is my friend.. Preiview is my friend..
I live in Zimbabwe (Africa in case you don't know), and in this troubled country(just read the wikipedia article) we have an aging poorly funded education system that is a manufacturing plant type (I know - I've been through it). But the students here are so motivated by the need to escape their circumstances and to become qualified and hence rich enough to care for their families, that they are very highly motivated.
With this motivation they push through with fewer resources and, I'll wager understand more than your average American student. These are highly motivated intelligent people, most of them (officially 80+% of the population) Christian. In fact those (the majority) who leave this country are considered exceptionally good hard workers. Go look for another place to lay the blame. The problem is most likely motivation - not religion or education style.
What motivation does your average student have to study hard? That is the question I have not seen answer to.
Coz, I dunno, maybe the "wheel" already had it's "14 years" and we now have a wide variety of different types of "wheel" (solid, spokes, etc) to choose from? You miss the point. Completely. Sorry.
There comes a point in any invention's lifetime where it is no longer being improved. At this point it should be public domain. The only reason this is not the case is it would not be fair to the inventor, so to encourage him/her to invent more and out of the kindness of our hearts, we grant them extra time. This time should be limited or I can not invent "cars" because I'm not allowed to use "wheels". Holding perpetual patents holds progress back. Now if I come up with a better "wheel" than ever before, this is still a derivative work, but may be significantly different in some ways and is thus patentable. You can all still use the old "wheels" until my patent is up, or pay me.
This system must be a balanced compromise. Copyrights are a different story altogether.
Not to be fanboyish, but I was quite impressed that my suspend to swap under linux only stores RAM I'm actually using; I have 1.25Gb of RAM and can quite happily suspend to an 800Mb swap partition. But then I don't use many ram intensive applications. And I guess the readahead disk cache must be refilled on resume which slows things down a little.
Now if only I could get sound back reliably after resume...
Though interestingly enough this does set a precedent, even if not a legal one... Sure, sue me. But I will fight tooth and nail until you are forced to secretly settle with me. I'll quite happily keep silent about how much I'm getting, as long as its plenty...
(Disclaimer: I live in a country without a working legal system or an independant judicial system so anything I say on a legal matter may have no meaning)
Actually, the outlook thing isn't a problem for anyone technically minded. I managed to figure it out, and the people I've migrated are very happy with evolution.
What most people don't realise is that GNU/Linux is a change. For a windows user it will mean some things they love, and some things they hate. Just like windows. Most people I have migrated also feel its worth it for free legal software (plus my minimal charge for support) and the lack of hassle involved stuffing around with antivirus/firewall/antimalware/antispyware/antiGoodnessElseKnowsWhat..
As for the windows programs, unless you're a gamer, it's called a virtual machine. Wine also works fairly well these days.
Check the oil in your car recently...? Ever run out of oil in a car...? Cars are four stroke too, you know. The point is, it is important to make sure there is sufficient oil in the generator. You may not have noticed it all leaking out, or being burnt because the generator is overdue for a service and the ring(s) are shot.
Most cheap 12V inverters will not run a fridge. These inverters produce "modified sine wave" output (read step ( square) wave) output, which is not generally good for inductive loads. Running such loads on these can reduce the life of both the fridge's compressor and the inverter. True sine inverters are better, but much more expensive.
I am an Electronic Eng. Student, so I do know what I am talking about.
On the other hand the nice system is the inverter/charger combination, in conjunction with a 100Ah deep cycle battery, to make a UPS for your fridge...
I can confirm this; though I'm still a student.
Nice Back to the Future Reference, but probably too obscure for most...
*wonders why sibling posters took this so seriously.*
At least he has the sense to post AC when drunk... :-)
Sure it will. I'll take 50! Can I write you a check? 2 Billion Zimbabwe dollars is dirt cheap. Why thats barely US$10!
(Moral: Never say "never")
Never ran anything on a below spec system? Come on 67MHz? I've seen XP on a P1 233, and the spec is 300MHz. I don't know if Apple lets you get away with this - but I don't see why not. It's less than 10% out.
No problem. Laptops are worth more when you sell the parts individually rather than the whole thing.
Like Cars?
Yeah, CRTs are becoming rare these days...(clue: A Cathode Ray Tube is a valve of sorts)
Vacuum tubes are still used. Especially in extremely high frequency high power systems, like some radar systems, since all but the most recent transistors can't cope with the switching that fast. Lets not forget the audiophiles and their vacuum amps. Niche markets, yes, but not "totally phased out."