This leads to a fundamental axiom, that truth is more of a philosophical concept than a scientific one. Sometimes that distinction can seem hazy, but I believe it's there.
I wonder if we'd be able to proliferate quickly enough, however, to prevent ourselves from being wiped out by a catastrophic occurrence in our local neighborhood within our galaxy. Say, a supernova a few hundred light-years away.
So, to put it more succinctly, you advocate that we delude ourselves?
No, but I advocate that we advance science with the hope that our hypotheses might be correct, rather than with a firm belief that our hypotheses are incorrect.
Sure, there is some really original software, and there are some original features in the big name products too, but it's not as if there's a killer FOSS product that has fundamentally changed how huge numbers of people use computers.
Indeed. I was planning on buying a Kindle (I read a LOT), but now I'm not going to. This is inexcusable, even if the complainant in the thread is in the wrong.
A boss who (while otherwise good-intentioned) interrupts your work constantly and reprioritizes your tasks every few hours can cause your work to come to a complete standstill too.
You gotta compare similar statistics. You're comparing one measure of urban population with a completely different measure of urban population. It's worse than comparing apples to oranges. More like comparing apples to lumber.
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This leads to a fundamental axiom, that truth is more of a philosophical concept than a scientific one. Sometimes that distinction can seem hazy, but I believe it's there.
I'm not completely convinced that 20 light-years is nearly "far enough".
I wonder if we'd be able to proliferate quickly enough, however, to prevent ourselves from being wiped out by a catastrophic occurrence in our local neighborhood within our galaxy. Say, a supernova a few hundred light-years away.
So, to put it more succinctly, you advocate that we delude ourselves?
No, but I advocate that we advance science with the hope that our hypotheses might be correct, rather than with a firm belief that our hypotheses are incorrect.
DC should support commuter rail, because DC would be well served by it.
Sure, there is some really original software, and there are some original features in the big name products too, but it's not as if there's a killer FOSS product that has fundamentally changed how huge numbers of people use computers.
Mosaic.
I think you mean...
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
That isn't a good analogy. A better analogy would be if Target canceled his credit card and repossessed anything he had ever bought with it.
Epic troll fail.
Allow me to respond in your native tongue... Idea of the is learn Anglaish the
He was clarifying for someone (Profane MuthaFucka) who didn't seem to understand. Why do you have a problem with that?
Indeed. I was planning on buying a Kindle (I read a LOT), but now I'm not going to. This is inexcusable, even if the complainant in the thread is in the wrong.
I know some people who work at NASA. This kind of geekiness doesn't surprise me, coming from that organization. Kudos!
We all know that's the way Goberments act.
That has always been the case in this country. And in most other countries, for that matter.
A boss who (while otherwise good-intentioned) interrupts your work constantly and reprioritizes your tasks every few hours can cause your work to come to a complete standstill too.
Thank you for using that word that doesn't mean what you think it means.
Also, ethernet networks have a "NO CARRIER" condition, brainiac.
.net? Bleh!
I patch running code in assembler with some regularity.
I've worked debugging code in a clean room at a chip fab. I can vouch for it being a totally intolerable situation.
I don't know... Perl looks like line noise to me. ksh doesn't.
Is there a difference?
Personally, I think Camel filters are the best for kids.
Oy.
You gotta compare similar statistics. You're comparing one measure of urban population with a completely different measure of urban population. It's worse than comparing apples to oranges. More like comparing apples to lumber.
*WHOOSH!!!*
Your numbers indicate that Microsoft is substantially smaller than Intel. Are your numbers reversed?