OK, stuff that had a good sized run, and was EOLed at a reasonable time frame is a fair exception. But if you have a product that's less than 3 years old, and the company won't support it properly, that company needs to go out of business.
aye, but it ecourages people to spend money on a company producing an inferior product, if they get better support for it. Not necessarily a good thing, especially if it makes it harder on a company that produces a better product.
[...]Just having them interview professors subtracts so much from that experience (features? sports? opinion?) as does not having any feedback from readers via letters, or being able to hold in your hands a physical newspaper with your byline on it.
Did you read my post? The part about reporting on local events? A world exists outside of college.
I still just can't see it. Ditto for campus radio (in which you operate a real radio station, making decisions about content and what your listening audience wants to hear) and campus television (ditto).
How about a web radio station? So it's being transmitted over the internet instead of air waves, it's still a valid option.
Taco should remove the karma cap for your post there. If anything deserves a +10 insightful, that is it.
Personally, I can't see doing that for a company, they are there to make a profit, in most cases, they don't care about the customer (or, more precisely, consumer) except as a source of money.
While, I like the products/service of *one* company on that list, the fact that people willingly help out with some of the others, disturbs me. One company on that list had the WORST customer service I've ever had (between that company and Wal Mart, I'd go to Wal Mart - and my usual philosophy with Wal Mart is - $5 or less on purchases, only use credit cards. The other is just over prices beyond all belief, and they have crappy abusive service.
Seriously, it's capitalism, let the companies stand/fall on their own merits, if you help them, then they should pay you, and if you don't, then all you are promoting is communism, except with corporations in charge, instead of government.
They don't have to report about campus, actually, it could be better that way. They could interview professors, and report about changes to the sites ued. They could report about local news; real life experience - that in and of itself could probably be an improvement.
vocal/performing/musical arts, sure, I can see those needing a classroom, particularly performing. I could see them having vocal/musical electronic, though the results wouldn't be as nice.
I'm not so sure about most of newspaper/radio/television production, provided they could ensure the students have some basic equipment, and in the latter two cases, don't object to low-fi for the purpose of education.
Maybe a lot can be moved to a electronic/remote format, but anyone who thinks science labs can be remoted, is on crack.
Biology labs, chemistry labs, intro physics labs (and some advanced as well), all require a physical presence.
I can see remote working for most BA degrees, and a lot of the social sciences, but the "hard" sciences and medically related sciences will always require at least a few quarters of on-campus presence (unless the universities want to set up small labs in most cities, and then the students can go to the nearest lab, but that would be, financially, a lousy decision).
I've had too many issues with Solaris breaking to think it was unbreakable, even with a good admin.
Tru64 (when it existed), Linux, VMS (yes, I know, not unix), *BSD, Windows Server 2003. I've had better experiences with this and stability than Solaris.
I pretty much avoid the Adobe stuff for a reason. Bloated crapware that has more bugs and less compatibility than most of it's competitors, but has a few user-abusing features that the marketeers love, and so it gets promoted.
Lock in? No, there's a difference between "using their own thing" and "lock in".
So far, from what I can see, Oracle works with a wide variety of platforms in most cases except recently purchased software where lock-in has yet to be removed. That doesn't mean they don't have a mentality of "Ours is best", simply they seem to realize that they get more money if people have the choices available.
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Oracle already has Linux (a re-branded RHEL) for it's *NIX platform.
My guess is they'll relegate either their Linux, or Solaris to the back (either way, I wouldn't be surprised if Solaris went completely open source, no non-open-source Solaris).
Since Oracle likes primarily using "their own thing", my guess is they'll move to Solaris, and their Linux distro will take a bow, since it's based off of someone elses work, that they've not yet acquired.
The gas chamber, OTOH used cyanide which causes irreversible lack of oxygen by binding to the hemoglobin. It can also often be quite painful, but likely does not cause feelings of suffocation if enough is given to kill quickly.
Actually, it binds to Cytochrome C. It only binds to hemoglobin on someone who is suffering from CO poisoning. If you want to "immunise" someone to CN poisoning, you give them CO poisoning, because there's a LOT more hemoglobin in the body than Cytochrome C.
Firing squads seem a little uncertain unless several of the bullets hit the head. Messy, too... might better just use a guillotine fitted with a big head-smashing hammer instead of a blade. I don't see it catching on outside of maybe Texas, though.
If I am to die, I don't care if it's messy, just if it's quick. Actually, the messier the death, the quicker it usually is... Then again, you mentioned a few good exceptions to the rule.
But, otherwise, most of what you say seems to make sense.
Hanging can be quick, but it's not instant, nor was the guillotine. It takes about 10 seconds after being decapitated for brain activity to stop (someone actually did an experiment with this in France, with a friend, when he was to be beheaded, a blink signal).
My guess, is oxygen will be going to the brain longer, so in terms of pain, having your neck broken is just like lethal injection - you suffocate and can't do anything about it.
Or if the rope is too short, you wiggle around a bit before hand.
As far as I can tell, the only humane method of execution is a firing squad, aiming for the the head.
Except, to my knowledge of this method, he screwed up and picked up rabbit pheromones instead. Chances are, there will be wolves nearby to eat them, but it's not always the case. Often the detector will go off and no wolves will be present, often it will remain silent, while the wolves are gnawing on your bones next to the wonderful detector.
It's the old saying "A stopped clock is right, twice a day".
The radon method, last I heard/read, is not reliable/accurate for determining earthquakes. It can has too-frequent occurrences of false positives and false negatives.
That and his method of going around "warning" people was pretty damn idiotic.
In your example: A man, drives down the street, in a car! He's following the laws (not speeding, etc).
Officer: "That man's driving a car! He'll run over and kill someone!", officer drives over to restrain the man. He gets out of the police car and goes over to the other car. The man shows his license and insurance papers, they are valid. Bystanders: Blocking officer. "Hey, he's got a license" "Plenty of people who drive don't run over others!" "He isn't even driving recklessly, you overreacting spaz?" Three days later, the man accidentally runs over and kills someone.
In that situation, would I feel sorry for the cop, or think those that stopped him were wrong? No. The cop didn't provide any good evidence (lots of people own drive and don't use kill others in the process), and he went about the situation in a horribly wrong manner.
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you have a point, though the only thing I see causing performance issues is the Beta Index.
I tried to give it a chance, but after about 20 minutes, it had to go.
If the beta index becomes the only way to view slashdot... I'll stop reading slashdot.
OK, stuff that had a good sized run, and was EOLed at a reasonable time frame is a fair exception. But if you have a product that's less than 3 years old, and the company won't support it properly, that company needs to go out of business.
aye, but it ecourages people to spend money on a company producing an inferior product, if they get better support for it. Not necessarily a good thing, especially if it makes it harder on a company that produces a better product.
Taco should remove the karma cap for your post there. If anything deserves a +10 insightful, that is it.
Personally, I can't see doing that for a company, they are there to make a profit, in most cases, they don't care about the customer (or, more precisely, consumer) except as a source of money.
While, I like the products/service of *one* company on that list, the fact that people willingly help out with some of the others, disturbs me. One company on that list had the WORST customer service I've ever had (between that company and Wal Mart, I'd go to Wal Mart - and my usual philosophy with Wal Mart is - $5 or less on purchases, only use credit cards. The other is just over prices beyond all belief, and they have crappy abusive service.
Seriously, it's capitalism, let the companies stand/fall on their own merits, if you help them, then they should pay you, and if you don't, then all you are promoting is communism, except with corporations in charge, instead of government.
They don't have to report about campus, actually, it could be better that way. They could interview professors, and report about changes to the sites ued. They could report about local news; real life experience - that in and of itself could probably be an improvement.
vocal/performing/musical arts, sure, I can see those needing a classroom, particularly performing. I could see them having vocal/musical electronic, though the results wouldn't be as nice.
I'm not so sure about most of newspaper/radio/television production, provided they could ensure the students have some basic equipment, and in the latter two cases, don't object to low-fi for the purpose of education.
Maybe a lot can be moved to a electronic/remote format, but anyone who thinks science labs can be remoted, is on crack.
Biology labs, chemistry labs, intro physics labs (and some advanced as well), all require a physical presence.
I can see remote working for most BA degrees, and a lot of the social sciences, but the "hard" sciences and medically related sciences will always require at least a few quarters of on-campus presence (unless the universities want to set up small labs in most cities, and then the students can go to the nearest lab, but that would be, financially, a lousy decision).
Don't worry about him. He'll find the true Jesus long before someone like you.
Wasn't Jubal Hershaw the exception - his personification of himself in the story?
XPDF, KPDF and Foxit.
Agreed.
I just keep thinking about how this was supposed to be a response to Heinlein's Starship Troopers (or vice versa?)
Either way, it was an excellent book, and I hope they don't butcher it.
I've had too many issues with Solaris breaking to think it was unbreakable, even with a good admin.
Tru64 (when it existed), Linux, VMS (yes, I know, not unix), *BSD, Windows Server 2003. I've had better experiences with this and stability than Solaris.
Not hard. It'd be PDF.
I pretty much avoid the Adobe stuff for a reason. Bloated crapware that has more bugs and less compatibility than most of it's competitors, but has a few user-abusing features that the marketeers love, and so it gets promoted.
Given my experiences with Flash.
I think I'd prefer it.
I'm hoping that's a joke and not serious...
Lock in? No, there's a difference between "using their own thing" and "lock in".
So far, from what I can see, Oracle works with a wide variety of platforms in most cases except recently purchased software where lock-in has yet to be removed. That doesn't mean they don't have a mentality of "Ours is best", simply they seem to realize that they get more money if people have the choices available.
Oracle already has Linux (a re-branded RHEL) for it's *NIX platform.
My guess is they'll relegate either their Linux, or Solaris to the back (either way, I wouldn't be surprised if Solaris went completely open source, no non-open-source Solaris).
Since Oracle likes primarily using "their own thing", my guess is they'll move to Solaris, and their Linux distro will take a bow, since it's based off of someone elses work, that they've not yet acquired.
Hey, look on the bright side... at least it wasn't Corona.
Actually, it binds to Cytochrome C. It only binds to hemoglobin on someone who is suffering from CO poisoning. If you want to "immunise" someone to CN poisoning, you give them CO poisoning, because there's a LOT more hemoglobin in the body than Cytochrome C.
If I am to die, I don't care if it's messy, just if it's quick. Actually, the messier the death, the quicker it usually is... Then again, you mentioned a few good exceptions to the rule.
But, otherwise, most of what you say seems to make sense.
When a person stops responding, and when they stop feeling are two different things.
Hanging would be pretty darn low on my list, unless I could be guaranteed the rope would be too long, then it'd move up slightly.
Hanging can be quick, but it's not instant, nor was the guillotine. It takes about 10 seconds after being decapitated for brain activity to stop (someone actually did an experiment with this in France, with a friend, when he was to be beheaded, a blink signal).
My guess, is oxygen will be going to the brain longer, so in terms of pain, having your neck broken is just like lethal injection - you suffocate and can't do anything about it.
Or if the rope is too short, you wiggle around a bit before hand.
As far as I can tell, the only humane method of execution is a firing squad, aiming for the the head.
mmm, corn.
But the spammers are phishers, not pharmers!
Except, to my knowledge of this method, he screwed up and picked up rabbit pheromones instead. Chances are, there will be wolves nearby to eat them, but it's not always the case. Often the detector will go off and no wolves will be present, often it will remain silent, while the wolves are gnawing on your bones next to the wonderful detector.
It's the old saying "A stopped clock is right, twice a day".
The radon method, last I heard/read, is not reliable/accurate for determining earthquakes. It can has too-frequent occurrences of false positives and false negatives.
That and his method of going around "warning" people was pretty damn idiotic.
In your example: A man, drives down the street, in a car! He's following the laws (not speeding, etc).
Officer: "That man's driving a car! He'll run over and kill someone!", officer drives over to restrain the man. He gets out of the police car and goes over to the other car. The man shows his license and insurance papers, they are valid.
Bystanders: Blocking officer. "Hey, he's got a license" "Plenty of people who drive don't run over others!" "He isn't even driving recklessly, you overreacting spaz?"
Three days later, the man accidentally runs over and kills someone.
In that situation, would I feel sorry for the cop, or think those that stopped him were wrong? No. The cop didn't provide any good evidence (lots of people own drive and don't use kill others in the process), and he went about the situation in a horribly wrong manner.