I think I sort of agree with you (though some of their beliefs seem to be intertwined with their religious beliefs -- that it's not a relationship with other people, but with god).. But still, are they even allowed to ride bicycles? A car or a tractor would help them do their daily chores better, etc.
(BTW, while it was widely panned, I thought "Breaking Amish" was entertaining.)
It deals with UTF and other stuff you get in email nowadays... (I forget when this was added, but the A toggle to toggle between viewing the plain & rich/html parts of the message is handy too.. since I prefer to view the plain text, but sometimes have to view the rich/html part.)
Seriously, Google has always been a favorite because of its good design. Saying it suffered from a lack of designers is more evidence that designers suck than that Google had a problem.
You seem to be misunderstanding the article you quoted. It wasn't a lack of *designers*, it was a lack of _consistent_ design.
I agree that I may have made a too general of a statement. Apple II did have expansion slots and there were plenty of third-party accessories for that platform. Coincidently, Apple DOS made use of a licensed version of Microsoft BASIC and most of the functionality was provided by it.
AppleSoft BASIC is MS. Integer isn't.
What do you mean "most of the functionality was provided by it"? DOS obviously refers to the *disk* interaction, and BASIC has none of that.
There may be other parts I don't know about.. (Like it was only recently that I saw the news articles about Apple DOS being originally written under contract!)
Nerves, under the feet?! Hair that gets so oily you must wash it regularly?
What is wrong with nerves under the feet?
Also, you *must* wash your hair? Yes, of course I wash it too, but most likely wetting it would do most of the same work. We're just being brain (and head) washed by the shampoo companies.
Unlike personal computers prior to its introduction, PC clones encouraged third-party hardware manufacturers
Uhh, what? Apple IIs have slots in them, with IIRC, the manuals that come with them giving the pinouts of the slots and how to build new cards for them.
(....and the same comment probably applies to all of the other pre-IBM PC 8 bit computers).
Email was great, there are many different email services, and they all interoperate...
Yeah, tell that to AOL, Delphi, CompuServe, etc. Don't you remember when they had Internet *gateways* to interchange their proprietary with the Internet (mail standard)? It wasn't there instantly, and certainly wasn't pretty.
The telephone is great too, there are many different telcos and they all interoperate.
There initially were different phone companies, with multiple lines running down the streets.
Pluto is planet. Everyone admits it is a dwarf planet, but dwarf is just a modifier. A dwarf human is still a human. So Pluto is a planet, one of 13 currently known in the solar system (though it is thought there may be one hundred or more)
OK, when you get all elementary schools to teach about all 13 planets, I'll go along with it.
(BTW, I don't disagree that emotionally it was a tiny bit sad to have what we "know" about the solar system changed.)
It amazes me how Fox's entertainment division can put sheer crapfests like "American I-Duh-l" and "Jumping Around Like A Monkey With The Stars" on the air
I presume you are referring to "Dancing with the Stars" with the latter. That is an ABC show, and even having Woz on it wouldn't get me to watch it. (Though I actually don't mean that to be as negative as it sounds. I definitely watch some reality shows, and hate the "all reality TV is bad" mindset.. though admittedly, FF and being able to play-faster-than-realtime-with-sound are extra helpful on some reality shows.)
BTW, semi--related, supposedly Isaac Asimov wrote an article for TV Guide in the 1970s about "Three's Company" being his favorite show. So everyone needs some "dumb entertainment".
All the high school bullshit from 20 years ago that somehow found me on Facebook is now long gone.
That's funny, because I think that's a huge proportion of what people like from FB. (I'm not saying it's what *I* like from FB, though I have ended up playing Words With Friends with people I knew in high school, indirectly because we were friends on FB.)
You're right, but what is the positive reinforcement for the removal of the junk DNA then? It seems to me like the "more junk DNA means more places for an error" effect would be dwarfed by the "general" positive/negative mutation process... Heck, isn't it possible for the junk DNA to mutate into being NON-junk? (Which I guess is what a mutation that causes cancer would be.)
Evolution would predict that an excess of junk DNA would be detrimental to the organism since the likelihood of a random mutation turning some of that junk into something harmful goes up with the amount of junk.
But wouldn't evolution also predict that the junk DNA would stick around, because the multitude of random changes necessary to get rid of the junk DNA would have to confer other benefits, so as to give positive reinforcement for its survival?
I admit this is a tiny use case, but if you're streaming the news channels, you HAVE to watch the commercials (at least via the normal streams visible in a web browser). You can't buffer up ~30 minutes then FF through commercials/stories you don't care about.
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I think I sort of agree with you (though some of their beliefs seem to be intertwined with their religious beliefs -- that it's not a relationship with other people, but with god).. But still, are they even allowed to ride bicycles? A car or a tractor would help them do their daily chores better, etc.
(BTW, while it was widely panned, I thought "Breaking Amish" was entertaining.)
It deals with UTF and other stuff you get in email nowadays... (I forget when this was added, but the A toggle to toggle between viewing the plain & rich/html parts of the message is handy too.. since I prefer to view the plain text, but sometimes have to view the rich/html part.)
http://www.washington.edu/alpine/
Time to take your medicine, grandpa.
You seem to be misunderstanding the article you quoted. It wasn't a lack of *designers*, it was a lack of _consistent_ design.
I buy games new, but wait until they're $20 or under.
...and that certainly is using a euphemism to make it sound less bad than it is.
AppleSoft BASIC is MS. Integer isn't.
What do you mean "most of the functionality was provided by it"? DOS obviously refers to the *disk* interaction, and BASIC has none of that.
There may be other parts I don't know about.. (Like it was only recently that I saw the news articles about Apple DOS being originally written under contract!)
[citation needed]
You may have to tighten the tinfoil hat to find the "evidence", though.
What is wrong with nerves under the feet?
Also, you *must* wash your hair? Yes, of course I wash it too, but most likely wetting it would do most of the same work. We're just being brain (and head) washed by the shampoo companies.
Uhh, what? Apple IIs have slots in them, with IIRC, the manuals that come with them giving the pinouts of the slots and how to build new cards for them.
(....and the same comment probably applies to all of the other pre-IBM PC 8 bit computers).
Yeah, tell that to AOL, Delphi, CompuServe, etc. Don't you remember when they had Internet *gateways* to interchange their proprietary with the Internet (mail standard)? It wasn't there instantly, and certainly wasn't pretty.
There initially were different phone companies, with multiple lines running down the streets.
..maybe he'd still be around if he wasn't doing drugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_hedberg#Death
Why couldn't I support them by MORE than voting for them? If I wanted to give money to them, why is that not a free speech matter?
I think there should be far *fewer* campaign finance laws, not more. However, *ALL* donations should be made public.
Heck, GM tried to do that originally with the Saturn. Fixed price.
OK, when you get all elementary schools to teach about all 13 planets, I'll go along with it.
(BTW, I don't disagree that emotionally it was a tiny bit sad to have what we "know" about the solar system changed.)
[citation needed]
They talk about getting good, reliable, repeatable data. Adam is thrilled when the data proves his hypothesis wrong.
How is that not good science?
I presume you are referring to "Dancing with the Stars" with the latter. That is an ABC show, and even having Woz on it wouldn't get me to watch it. (Though I actually don't mean that to be as negative as it sounds. I definitely watch some reality shows, and hate the "all reality TV is bad" mindset.. though admittedly, FF and being able to play-faster-than-realtime-with-sound are extra helpful on some reality shows.)
BTW, semi--related, supposedly Isaac Asimov wrote an article for TV Guide in the 1970s about "Three's Company" being his favorite show. So everyone needs some "dumb entertainment".
That's funny, because I think that's a huge proportion of what people like from FB. (I'm not saying it's what *I* like from FB, though I have ended up playing Words With Friends with people I knew in high school, indirectly because we were friends on FB.)
You don't think that most people know that sausage casing is intestines?
You're right, but what is the positive reinforcement for the removal of the junk DNA then? It seems to me like the "more junk DNA means more places for an error" effect would be dwarfed by the "general" positive/negative mutation process... Heck, isn't it possible for the junk DNA to mutate into being NON-junk? (Which I guess is what a mutation that causes cancer would be.)
But wouldn't evolution also predict that the junk DNA would stick around, because the multitude of random changes necessary to get rid of the junk DNA would have to confer other benefits, so as to give positive reinforcement for its survival?
But wait, isn't "a different way" to do things one of the huge advantages of the open source/UNIX way of doing things?
Yet you're using it as a negative if Word does the same thing?
How? I want everybody to keep their own money that they earned.
Children, your math problem for today is to figure out the ethnicity of Tiger Woods' parents.
I admit this is a tiny use case, but if you're streaming the news channels, you HAVE to watch the commercials (at least via the normal streams visible in a web browser). You can't buffer up ~30 minutes then FF through commercials/stories you don't care about.