No, you can't reason from one example to a generalization... but, speaking from a statistical standpoint, you can take a sample of sufficient size and reason to a generalization. That's the point I'm working with.
I thought I was making it clear that my experience provided one such example. I never claimed that you could reason from my ONE example to a generalization. However, the fact remains that there are two opposing possibilities, and that I would like to see the true statistics of the thing. I remain neutral until I see the facts.
In other words, I see p and p' and wish I had more to work with to arrive at a conclusion of P or P'.
Incorrect. I am a CS major at college... I don't have a degree yet, and I HAVE compiled it from source.
One of the things they taught us in one of our most basic courses (critical thinking) is that you can't reason from one experience to a generalization. Statistically speaking, as you increase the number of samples, you can get a pretty good feel for the reality of things. There are plenty of people out there who have exponentially increased their productivity after a switch to Linux - myself included. I'd like to see a real survey, and real statistical analysis of the results, detailing real-world productivity by OS.
And in the background, hundreds of software engineers continue working in a quest to give us what we keep asking for...
Anybody who's had to create software for use by somebody else can attest to the fact that you can't make the perfect program... you can only meet the specs, and hope they don't change TOO much. I for one think that the Open Source community, and Linux in general, does a pretty good job all told.
They could put some work into the technology used to actually CONNECT to said servers. Increased compression, lowering latency all around, smarter load-balancing, making ISPs keep up with the times... Why not actually fix something instead of just putting a band-aid on it?
I'm curious as to just how long Microsoft has had somebody trying to minimize the kernel footprint. It would seem, from mere observation, that their trend has been to make a kernel that's feature-oriented at the expense of performance. It's really sad that developers no longer seem to care much about optimization. After all, the end user can just slap another gig of memory or higher-spec video card right in, can't they?
Great... now Berkeley will release a Stellar Evolution @ Home client, and I'll be torn between that and Folding @ Home...
I knew that black holes were supposed to be able to suck matter, but computer time? Good grief, build a better computer, and they'll build a bigger problem...
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Now I can get those random stock tips in my email in less milliseconds! I will be rich one day, I will!
No, you can't reason from one example to a generalization... but, speaking from a statistical standpoint, you can take a sample of sufficient size and reason to a generalization. That's the point I'm working with.
I thought I was making it clear that my experience provided one such example. I never claimed that you could reason from my ONE example to a generalization. However, the fact remains that there are two opposing possibilities, and that I would like to see the true statistics of the thing. I remain neutral until I see the facts.
In other words, I see p and p' and wish I had more to work with to arrive at a conclusion of P or P'.
Incorrect. I am a CS major at college... I don't have a degree yet, and I HAVE compiled it from source.
One of the things they taught us in one of our most basic courses (critical thinking) is that you can't reason from one experience to a generalization. Statistically speaking, as you increase the number of samples, you can get a pretty good feel for the reality of things. There are plenty of people out there who have exponentially increased their productivity after a switch to Linux - myself included. I'd like to see a real survey, and real statistical analysis of the results, detailing real-world productivity by OS.
And in the background, hundreds of software engineers continue working in a quest to give us what we keep asking for...
Anybody who's had to create software for use by somebody else can attest to the fact that you can't make the perfect program... you can only meet the specs, and hope they don't change TOO much. I for one think that the Open Source community, and Linux in general, does a pretty good job all told.
Amateur radio operators have been doing this kind of thing for years... and our satellites actually MAKE it to orbit. Re the OSCAR program.
That's nothing. It took us over 200 years to figure out the government isn't economical.
...they rejected my mission to determine if the Xbox 360 still overheats in a vacuum. Darnit.
Already been done. Other suggestions?
...this is what happens when you make your data members public.
One console means less negotations about buying out the company.
Also, somewhere, Steve Ballmer throws a chair.
Next up: Spam with attached Realmedia files that redirect to "stock sharing sites."
That doctor could take a few lessons from Congress. $6 is WAY too little to let your vote go for.
All Adobe's products are ALREADY online... Bittorrent, Kazaa, edonkey...
They could put some work into the technology used to actually CONNECT to said servers. Increased compression, lowering latency all around, smarter load-balancing, making ISPs keep up with the times... Why not actually fix something instead of just putting a band-aid on it?
... the computing trusts you!
I'm curious as to just how long Microsoft has had somebody trying to minimize the kernel footprint. It would seem, from mere observation, that their trend has been to make a kernel that's feature-oriented at the expense of performance. It's really sad that developers no longer seem to care much about optimization. After all, the end user can just slap another gig of memory or higher-spec video card right in, can't they?
If they'd just approve my patent for flipping a light switch, I'd stop complaining. Simple as that.
What with this and the releases of Gutsy Gibbon and Leopard, this is turning out to be a bad month for furniture.
Geez, you finally release a product, and people complain that they weren't on the beta testing team.
... is how they'll manage to misspell the words in an mp3?
THINK OF THE CHAIRS!
"Hey, according to this report, you can avoid censorship by... wait, where are you taking me?"
Didn't you hear? The Slashdot wish-granting fairy was hospitalized last week after getting hit by a chair.
I don't understand what impact such a program could have on the foreseeable future...
... if I log in, the guvmint will be able to read my mind!
I need more tinfoil.
Great... now Berkeley will release a Stellar Evolution @ Home client, and I'll be torn between that and Folding @ Home... I knew that black holes were supposed to be able to suck matter, but computer time? Good grief, build a better computer, and they'll build a bigger problem...