Thing || Redeeming aspect(s) Shark || occasionally does not eat it's own offspring Robot || can be used to build/construct/manipulate the world to be more suitable for people Lawyers || N/A
So, shouldn't it be: Robot -> Shark -> Lawyer or Lawyer -> Shark -> Robot
I would like to correct you, picking a nit, specifically.
Optical radiation (light) doesn't affect my DNA in the slightest. However, it affects me greatly none the less. I cant imagine how many bumps, bruises, scrapes, broken bones and bloody noses I'd have without it!
Thank you, little photons between ~400 and ~750nm for making my life so much easier. Except when someone on slashdot links to goatse, then I hate you.
The reason for the latter case that you disagree with, is that the derivatives are demanding right for themselves, but denying it, to a certain extent, to the parent work. I think that they are going about it in completely the wrong way (if nothing else, they willingly forwent that right when they chose the BSD license), but I can understand why they do it.
There are 3 lively "core" BSD forks out right now (Free, Net, Open). All of which have ported in things from the other forks. There are some other forks, but the bear more resemblance to CentOS as a fork of RHEL, than a functional fork, and I have trouble counting that as a true fork.
If you have a lion chewing on your leg, and a tiger on your arm, would you use your free arm and leg on the lion, completely ignoring the tiger? You seem to be implying that is the best course of action.
Oh, wait, from the looks of your post and your sig, it's obvious, you use the simple metric of liberal=wrong, conservative=correct. Never mind, carry on without having to think about an issue.
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Responsibility, and accountability for the wealthy few who direct the country. Focusing more on leading the country (and to an extent, even the world) and it's people to a more financially suitable situation for everyone, and not just the wealthiest few?
People may be focused on different aspects related to that, but I'd call that the overall goal. Changing the government, and allowing government control over more things isn't the way to go about it, changing the mindsets of those individuals with disproportionately more power, who make the decisions, is what is needed, and I think that's what most of the people in the occupy movement are trying for.
D) The 1% to be held more responsible/accountable for their actions, given that they have more power in controlling the direction of the country, than any other 1%.
(mind you, the remaining 99% could do more than they are to direct the country, and I suspect this movement is part of that finally starting to happen).
How much you make doesn't indicate how much you know.
I have a friend who is a complete idiot in the functional aspect of doing his job, lacking the background education, but he's good with people and instead delegates most of the functional work to others (basically acting like a manager, though he isn't), and makes a huge salary.
And I've another friend, who also lacks the background education, but is very competent, and makes a huge salary.
i.e. Salary does not indicate competence and qualification, sadly this seems to be especially true when you get to managerial and executive level positions, which half the time simply need a warm body to fill a chair and occasionally point in a (hopefully good) direction.
Likewise, Education (or lack thereof) does not indicate competence or qualification.
In general there are trends towards better education meaning more competence, and more competence correlating to higher salary, but they are by no means tight or without exception.
Yes. There is a lot of suck in the OSX UI. Vista has a lot of suck too, but it doesn't try to drag my attention away from work quite like OS X does.
OS X's UI has always seemed like a little kid, jumping and screaming for attention. I don't use my computer because it looks pretty, I use it because it does a job. It shouldn't draw attention (either by looking ugly or by trying to get my attention when my attention isn't required).
MacOS X is a skyscraper in the same way a house is a skyscraper. Yes, they use some of the same parts, and use similar (sometimes the same) stuff for similar functionality, but the similarities end there.
MacOS (or as I call it) Frankenstein's OS, is a hodgepodge of at least three distinct operating systems, plus Apples own work. Unlike Frankenstein's monster, however, Frankenstein's OS, doesn't lurch around, it's actually rather good and functional, especially after the X.2 or X.3 update when they put threading into the kernel.
As for the best GUI... that is a matter of opinion, which I disagree with. The GUI is way to distracting and lacks certain pieces of functionality, customisability and accessibility that I would prefer.
Windows 2K ~= KDE > XP > XFCE > Window Maker > Gnome > Vista/7 > Any version of OSX > TWM
at least, IMO. Yes, there's no real one trend in that list, each one is a combination of things that works for me.
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In my experience, *MOST* of the government inefficiency we find, comes from private organizations abusing the government funds (thinking of them as unlimited), and the decisions by the legislators in those peoples pockets...
Sun had Virtual Box. Dunno if it is Oracle or just plane OSS now. Either way, I use it at home (VMWare at work). I'd rather have VMWare but can't quite warrant the cost. The VMWare I use at work is 5 or 6 years old, whereas VIrtual Box is less than a year old, and the VMWare install still works better for most operating systems as guests (Using Windows as a Host for VMWare, Windows or FreeBSD as a host for Virtual Box)
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Seems to be bucking a trend:
Thing || Redeeming aspect(s)
Shark || occasionally does not eat it's own offspring
Robot || can be used to build/construct/manipulate the world to be more suitable for people
Lawyers || N/A
So, shouldn't it be:
Robot -> Shark -> Lawyer
or
Lawyer -> Shark -> Robot
I would like to correct you, picking a nit, specifically.
Optical radiation (light) doesn't affect my DNA in the slightest. However, it affects me greatly none the less. I cant imagine how many bumps, bruises, scrapes, broken bones and bloody noses I'd have without it!
Thank you, little photons between ~400 and ~750nm for making my life so much easier.
Except when someone on slashdot links to goatse, then I hate you.
This is a technology I'd be happier if nobody had.
However, that obviously isn't going to happen....
The reason for the latter case that you disagree with, is that the derivatives are demanding right for themselves, but denying it, to a certain extent, to the parent work. I think that they are going about it in completely the wrong way (if nothing else, they willingly forwent that right when they chose the BSD license), but I can understand why they do it.
Ummm.
There are 3 lively "core" BSD forks out right now (Free, Net, Open). All of which have ported in things from the other forks. There are some other forks, but the bear more resemblance to CentOS as a fork of RHEL, than a functional fork, and I have trouble counting that as a true fork.
So, your first paragraph is BS. Sorry.
Oh, like how it targets liberals (who helped with the problem) but ignores the conservative in the middle (who helped, maybe in different ways)?
You are targeting a lot of liberal stuff, but ignoring the conservative elements that also contribute to the problem.
Your right, it would be a stretch to call that thinking, it's obvious enough that you could stop at calling it 'observation of the obvious.'
The tea party is already going after that group.
If you have a lion chewing on your leg, and a tiger on your arm, would you use your free arm and leg on the lion, completely ignoring the tiger? You seem to be implying that is the best course of action.
Oh, wait, from the looks of your post and your sig, it's obvious, you use the simple metric of liberal=wrong, conservative=correct. Never mind, carry on without having to think about an issue.
Responsibility, and accountability for the wealthy few who direct the country. Focusing more on leading the country (and to an extent, even the world) and it's people to a more financially suitable situation for everyone, and not just the wealthiest few?
People may be focused on different aspects related to that, but I'd call that the overall goal. Changing the government, and allowing government control over more things isn't the way to go about it, changing the mindsets of those individuals with disproportionately more power, who make the decisions, is what is needed, and I think that's what most of the people in the occupy movement are trying for.
D) The 1% to be held more responsible/accountable for their actions, given that they have more power in controlling the direction of the country, than any other 1%.
(mind you, the remaining 99% could do more than they are to direct the country, and I suspect this movement is part of that finally starting to happen).
Google allowed them to mess with the graphics engine? OMFG, we'll end up with tablet devices that run 1990's era graphics tech.
Wow. I hadn't realized Intel's graphics offerings have improved to even that point.
At least it wasn't ATI/AMD, then it would be fast, but crash a lot...
Hmmm.
I believe it was Forbes that said the average CEO worked about 80 hours a year on the position (not counting schmoozing events).
That must mean these people are real vegetables to get so much money with so little work.
"Damn. I lost another chess match with that rutabaga, maybe I should just give up and compete against the celery instead."
I think the GPs point is that, in this case, the latter can also be true for open source software.
who the hell still falls for this? I just assume any link in the comments is to goatse...
How much you make doesn't indicate how much you know.
I have a friend who is a complete idiot in the functional aspect of doing his job, lacking the background education, but he's good with people and instead delegates most of the functional work to others (basically acting like a manager, though he isn't), and makes a huge salary.
And I've another friend, who also lacks the background education, but is very competent, and makes a huge salary.
i.e. Salary does not indicate competence and qualification, sadly this seems to be especially true when you get to managerial and executive level positions, which half the time simply need a warm body to fill a chair and occasionally point in a (hopefully good) direction.
Likewise, Education (or lack thereof) does not indicate competence or qualification.
In general there are trends towards better education meaning more competence, and more competence correlating to higher salary, but they are by no means tight or without exception.
If they aren't out yet, how can you know? I wouldn't trust the performance benchmarks from either manufacturer.
Yeah. I could ditch my furnace in the winter with a computer like that... Might even have to open a few Windows.
OH. I see the point now. Coffee. Yes.
MacOS is a BSD OS in the same way a house is a skyscraper.
"Correct. It continues because they it is effective."
Hmm. No. I don't like that correction. <sarcasm>I English better than that</sarcasm>
Hey! My cat says that when she is made aware of the existence of any other cat...
Well, not in those exact words, but she can't actually speak. The intent is clear though.
I wonder if I could train her to go into these homicidal rages at spammers?
Correct. It continues because they think it is effective.
Contact the group being advertised for.
Tell them you will not use their services, explain why (including the firm).
Don't use their services.
Yes. There is a lot of suck in the OSX UI. Vista has a lot of suck too, but it doesn't try to drag my attention away from work quite like OS X does.
OS X's UI has always seemed like a little kid, jumping and screaming for attention. I don't use my computer because it looks pretty, I use it because it does a job. It shouldn't draw attention (either by looking ugly or by trying to get my attention when my attention isn't required).
Would you have preferred a car analogy?
MacOS X is a skyscraper in the same way a house is a skyscraper. Yes, they use some of the same parts, and use similar (sometimes the same) stuff for similar functionality, but the similarities end there.
MacOS (or as I call it) Frankenstein's OS, is a hodgepodge of at least three distinct operating systems, plus Apples own work.
Unlike Frankenstein's monster, however, Frankenstein's OS, doesn't lurch around, it's actually rather good and functional, especially after the X.2 or X.3 update when they put threading into the kernel.
As for the best GUI... that is a matter of opinion, which I disagree with. The GUI is way to distracting and lacks certain pieces of functionality, customisability and accessibility that I would prefer.
Windows 2K ~= KDE > XP > XFCE > Window Maker > Gnome > Vista/7 > Any version of OSX > TWM
at least, IMO.
Yes, there's no real one trend in that list, each one is a combination of things that works for me.
In my experience, *MOST* of the government inefficiency we find, comes from private organizations abusing the government funds (thinking of them as unlimited), and the decisions by the legislators in those peoples pockets...
Sun had Virtual Box. Dunno if it is Oracle or just plane OSS now. Either way, I use it at home (VMWare at work). I'd rather have VMWare but can't quite warrant the cost. The VMWare I use at work is 5 or 6 years old, whereas VIrtual Box is less than a year old, and the VMWare install still works better for most operating systems as guests (Using Windows as a Host for VMWare, Windows or FreeBSD as a host for Virtual Box)