Waltz' infatuation with neo-realism does not serve him well when looking at Middle Eastern politics. . .
He turns a blind eye to the India-Pakistan skirmish over Kashmir, neatly dismissing the idea that both nations have nuclear weapons.. .
He assumes that Iran would act rationally, and would not destroy Israel out of religious zealotry and the conviction that their actions and own inevitable mutually assured destruction would make them martyrs. A nuclear Iran would not remain nuclear at all. It's mullahs would fulfill their religous obligations as quickly as they possibly could.. .
He assumes that the Sunni nations, like Saudi Arabia would not feel threatened by a Shia nuclear superpower in their backyards and would not start up their own nuclear programs..
The US military presence in Germany and throughout the world is also a stabilizing force. European nations are not diverting financial resources to stand up their own armies and investing those savings to their economy.
Also, the last time we left the Germans unsupervised, WW II began.
I think this has the cause and effect backwards. These people made revolutionary discoveries because they were self-confident, open to questioning basic assumptions, and willing to endure ridicule for proposing unconventional theories. People like this are wrong 99% of the time, but can make some really big breakthroughs the other 1% of the time.
All geniuses are heretics, but all heretics are not necessarily geniuses. He made no significant contribution to his own area of specialization. His body of work is seen as pedantic and derivative when it is not universally dismissed as simply being wrong.
Sometimes the guy talking to God can actually part the Red Sea...but most of the guys talking to voices in their own head are not saints.
Slashdot posters that live in their parents basement misrepresent Microsoft. Only the Metro version of IE10 will not support Flash. The standard version of IE10 will. It makes sense if you think about.
Integration of MS products with MS products is not a reason to call something great. This applies if you replace MS with any other corporation.
A products move from good to great is strongly based on its coupling and cohesion with other solutions. This is true for a software package, a hardware package, or a process. For example, Google Apps and Picassa have very little to no coupling and cohesion. Visual Studio and Azure have a very functional level of coupling and cohesion. Each is greater than the sum of their parts.
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I took the iconic failures. Just like the author of the post took the iconic failures of MS.
You are making the case for Microsoft to get more directly involved in the manufacturing process, rather than rely on contract electronic manufactures like Flextronic that were used to manufacture those XBox's
"Microsoft isn't exactly known for its hardware prowess"
When fans of Apple chime in, they never seem to mention the Newton, Lisa, or Pippin. Yet, any product failure on Microsoft is used as evidence for the "impending doom of Microsoft". Quite frankly, Microsoft's batting average is about as good or better than any other company.
I sure hope that Groklaw keeps us informed about Apple's litiguous behavior.
Next thing you know is that Apple will tell us is that Ivey never heard of the IBM Simon when coming up with the iphone touch interface.
That is like saying we need meatless burgers. Sure, Boca Burgers are definitely in the shape and approximate texture of beef, but it is anything but a burger.
Yes, and just like Sendmail prevented Microsoft from a $1 Billion a year messaging platform (Exchange) and Linux prevented Microsoft from a $15 Billion a year Server platform.
*yawn*
Nothing to see here, please move along.
A free browser? Cool, so I could download it and, say, run it under wine, completely legitly? No? (If wine won't run it due to lack of support of needed APIs, that'd be different.)
Same goes for the media player. It's free when I can decouple it from the OS it's embedded in, and run it in a compatible environment. Lack of support for other OS APIs, however, does not make it non-free. I'm fine with being able to attempt to run it under wine legally. They don't have to support wine.
No. That is only compatibility. Free has nothing to do with portability.
Carl von Ossietsky received his award for publishing details about Treaty of Versailles violations in 1931. He gets an A for effort even if his effort was fruitless.
Obama's "real accomplishment as the first black US President" does not constitute effort at all. Obama won because of the cult of personality, and not based on any historical activity.
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Waltz' infatuation with neo-realism does not serve him well when looking at Middle Eastern politics.
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He turns a blind eye to the India-Pakistan skirmish over Kashmir, neatly dismissing the idea that both nations have nuclear weapons.
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He assumes that Iran would act rationally, and would not destroy Israel out of religious zealotry and the conviction that their actions and own inevitable mutually assured destruction would make them martyrs. A nuclear Iran would not remain nuclear at all. It's mullahs would fulfill their religous obligations as quickly as they possibly could.
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He assumes that the Sunni nations, like Saudi Arabia would not feel threatened by a Shia nuclear superpower in their backyards and would not start up their own nuclear programs..
The US military presence in Germany and throughout the world is also a stabilizing force. European nations are not diverting financial resources to stand up their own armies and investing those savings to their economy. Also, the last time we left the Germans unsupervised, WW II began.
I think this has the cause and effect backwards. These people made revolutionary discoveries because they were self-confident, open to questioning basic assumptions, and willing to endure ridicule for proposing unconventional theories. People like this are wrong 99% of the time, but can make some really big breakthroughs the other 1% of the time.
All geniuses are heretics, but all heretics are not necessarily geniuses. He made no significant contribution to his own area of specialization. His body of work is seen as pedantic and derivative when it is not universally dismissed as simply being wrong. Sometimes the guy talking to God can actually part the Red Sea...but most of the guys talking to voices in their own head are not saints.
Slashdot posters that live in their parents basement misrepresent Microsoft. Only the Metro version of IE10 will not support Flash. The standard version of IE10 will. It makes sense if you think about.
Integration of MS products with MS products is not a reason to call something great. This applies if you replace MS with any other corporation.
A products move from good to great is strongly based on its coupling and cohesion with other solutions. This is true for a software package, a hardware package, or a process. For example, Google Apps and Picassa have very little to no coupling and cohesion. Visual Studio and Azure have a very functional level of coupling and cohesion. Each is greater than the sum of their parts.
Google wanted these patents for defensive purposes.
Why would Google need to purchase these patents for defensive purposes if they were not already infringing upon these patents?
Google is being hypocritcal here. If they opensource their propietary technology maybe I will believe them. Now, it looks like crocodile tears.
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I took the iconic failures. Just like the author of the post took the iconic failures of MS.
You are making the case for Microsoft to get more directly involved in the manufacturing process, rather than rely on contract electronic manufactures like Flextronic that were used to manufacture those XBox's
"Microsoft isn't exactly known for its hardware prowess" When fans of Apple chime in, they never seem to mention the Newton, Lisa, or Pippin. Yet, any product failure on Microsoft is used as evidence for the "impending doom of Microsoft". Quite frankly, Microsoft's batting average is about as good or better than any other company.
Google has only been as open as necessary.
I sure hope that Groklaw keeps us informed about Apple's litiguous behavior. Next thing you know is that Apple will tell us is that Ivey never heard of the IBM Simon when coming up with the iphone touch interface.
That is like saying we need meatless burgers. Sure, Boca Burgers are definitely in the shape and approximate texture of beef, but it is anything but a burger.
Yes, and just like Sendmail prevented Microsoft from a $1 Billion a year messaging platform (Exchange) and Linux prevented Microsoft from a $15 Billion a year Server platform. *yawn* Nothing to see here, please move along.
And people still ask why I refuse to buy a console... I just will not buy hardware I am not allowed to own.
So, you don't own a Macbook either?
As for the video card... get a Raedeon 4790. It's about 90% of the 5850 for $200. .
That is completely false 5265 is 90% of 5850, not 4790.
At least I received a free copy of Windows 7 for having a Windows 7 house party.
We keep giving more of our independence and power to Google. Google, have mercy!
Fortunately, for folks such as yourself Google has provided an opt-out service for you: http://bit.ly/4kDFIH
How does this not get a Troll rating?
A free browser? Cool, so I could download it and, say, run it under wine, completely legitly? No? (If wine won't run it due to lack of support of needed APIs, that'd be different.)
Same goes for the media player. It's free when I can decouple it from the OS it's embedded in, and run it in a compatible environment. Lack of support for other OS APIs, however, does not make it non-free. I'm fine with being able to attempt to run it under wine legally. They don't have to support wine.
No. That is only compatibility. Free has nothing to do with portability.
Carl von Ossietsky received his award for publishing details about Treaty of Versailles violations in 1931. He gets an A for effort even if his effort was fruitless. Obama's "real accomplishment as the first black US President" does not constitute effort at all. Obama won because of the cult of personality, and not based on any historical activity.
http://www.quotegarden.com/hypocrisy.html Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. ~H.G. Wells
Isn't the Data Liberation group the same group that kidnapped Patty Hearst?