If you can spell nullification your too smart to be on a jury. Juries are made up of people to stupid to think of a reason to get out of jury duty.
Since you're on a crusade to determine who is too stupid to serve on a jury, please allow me to correct your own glaring errors.
"If you can spell nullification you're too smart to be on a jury. Juries are made up of people too stupid to think of a reason to get out of jury duty."
Given the fact that you're obviously too stupid to compose a grammatically correct reply to the GP, I suppose you'll be scheduled for jury duty shortly. Have a nice day.
Your attempt to compare the current discussion to the lifelong struggle Gandhi endured is comical in a distorted sense at best, and pathetic at worst (I'm voting for the latter).
In a democratic society, there are established ways to change the legal climate if the population cares enough. The trick is getting enough people to understand the issues and vote accordingly. If the majority of the population simply doesn't care, it doesn't matter how "right" your point of view may be; it simply will not be encoded into law.
All your post proves is that "the people" are uniform in their desire to attain something at zero cost. There's no surprise there, but interestingly enough that doesn't work out in economic terms. I choose to publish all my software under GPL and BSD licenses, but those licenses carray requirements of their own (especially the GPL) to offset potentially negative economic considerations.
Especially because I publish my works under free licenses, I respect the rights of others.
It's best to avoid illegal acts. If you don't like a law, work to change it.
Support alternatives to infringing activities. I don't like the music industry any more than most people here, and I like to support independent artists in any way I can. I use Linux on all my desktops and servers because I (a) it works well for me, and (2) I don't enjoy feeding Microsoft more money.
Use strong crypto whenever possible. This shouldn't be limited to cases where you're doing something naughty. It's just a good habit to be in.
I live in the Real World, and I moved on from Windows years ago. My employer doesn't even *have* a Windows machine (office runs on Macs and Linux boxes).
I gave up on Microsoft after Win2K, and haven't looked back. Doing just fine, thanks.
You seem confused. First you ask for a list of brilliant people who think slowly. Einstein comes to mind, although he's an overused example. You then make the very valid point that this can be due to taking a large number of factors into consideration. This is followed up with an obvious statement regarding comprehension (it's difficult to use something in any context that you don't fully comprehend). Things get more difficult here:
Either way, these are just skills that can be developed. Intelligence is nothing mysterious.
This is largely false. People have a "hard limit" to the level of insight they are able to attain, particularly with respect to connections between multiple disciplines. This may be overcome to some extent through conditioning, but some people are simply capable of deeper thought than others.
My original point is that all too often, entirely too much emphasis is placed on quick thinking. The ability to deeply analyze information is much more valuable in the long term when it comes to the advancement of human knowledge.
I disagree. While quick comprehension is important in life, the ability to synthesize new data from seemingly disparate sources (regardless of the time taken, many brilliant people "think slowly") has had a far greater impact on history.
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Believe it or not, there's an awful lot of nerds that honestly have no idea how Gates got his start. I'm old, but many people around here aren't.
"at war with my parents over who is in control"
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His life achievements notwithstanding, obviously Bill never outgrew this mentality, from his "open letter to hobbyists" on the antics of Microsoft, especially from the 90s onward...
The magistrates that control the music industry in the European Union have obviously been playing quite a game of roulette, with specific regard to industry charlatans who claim to represent the wishes of the people to be frogs.
Nevertheless, these actions must be accounted for in a court of law. This means sacred cows will be sacrificed on the court of public opinion, and pimps and thieves will run free. Hunter S. Thompson would be proud.
So, can I run DOS software via emulation inside XP inside Window 7? It's time for some Jazz Jackrabbit; I just knew Microsoft was still good for something.
It's already getting hard to find any moderately powerful desktop or laptop rig that doesn't have a CPU that supports hardware virtualization. Hell, I've got an older development box with a single-core AMD64 chip that supports KVM just fine.
Good AC post. You've utterly failed to prove your point, and you're only reinforcing mine regarding nuclear power's overwhelmingly positive track record on safety when viewed over the long term. Nice job. School starts in a few hours, you don't want to be late for the bus.
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The idea that planes will disastrously depressurize as a consequence of bullet holes in bulkheads is a "busted myth."
"I'll see you on the flip side."
+1 Funny, aside from minor details involving the range of F16s ;).
On the other hand, I suppose the Canadians could have finally snapped.
If you can spell nullification your too smart to be on a jury. Juries are made up of people to stupid to think of a reason to get out of jury duty.
Since you're on a crusade to determine who is too stupid to serve on a jury, please allow me to correct your own glaring errors.
"If you can spell nullification you're too smart to be on a jury. Juries are made up of people too stupid to think of a reason to get out of jury duty."
Given the fact that you're obviously too stupid to compose a grammatically correct reply to the GP, I suppose you'll be scheduled for jury duty shortly. Have a nice day.
That has got the be the single best AC post I've seen in years.
You seem to admire the GGP's attitude toward these matters. Are your prepared to go to jail for your beliefs?
Your attempt to compare the current discussion to the lifelong struggle Gandhi endured is comical in a distorted sense at best, and pathetic at worst (I'm voting for the latter).
In a democratic society, there are established ways to change the legal climate if the population cares enough. The trick is getting enough people to understand the issues and vote accordingly. If the majority of the population simply doesn't care, it doesn't matter how "right" your point of view may be; it simply will not be encoded into law.
All your post proves is that "the people" are uniform in their desire to attain something at zero cost. There's no surprise there, but interestingly enough that doesn't work out in economic terms. I choose to publish all my software under GPL and BSD licenses, but those licenses carray requirements of their own (especially the GPL) to offset potentially negative economic considerations.
Especially because I publish my works under free licenses, I respect the rights of others.
I live in the Real World, and I moved on from Windows years ago. My employer doesn't even *have* a Windows machine (office runs on Macs and Linux boxes).
I gave up on Microsoft after Win2K, and haven't looked back. Doing just fine, thanks.
Either way, these are just skills that can be developed. Intelligence is nothing mysterious.
This is largely false. People have a "hard limit" to the level of insight they are able to attain, particularly with respect to connections between multiple disciplines. This may be overcome to some extent through conditioning, but some people are simply capable of deeper thought than others.
My original point is that all too often, entirely too much emphasis is placed on quick thinking. The ability to deeply analyze information is much more valuable in the long term when it comes to the advancement of human knowledge.
I disagree. While quick comprehension is important in life, the ability to synthesize new data from seemingly disparate sources (regardless of the time taken, many brilliant people "think slowly") has had a far greater impact on history.
Believe it or not, there's an awful lot of nerds that honestly have no idea how Gates got his start. I'm old, but many people around here aren't.
His life achievements notwithstanding, obviously Bill never outgrew this mentality, from his "open letter to hobbyists" on the antics of Microsoft, especially from the 90s onward...
after he finally dies
For some things, there's wishing. For others, there's a .40 caliber hangun. It's everwhere you don't want someone to be.
The magistrates that control the music industry in the European Union have obviously been playing quite a game of roulette, with specific regard to industry charlatans who claim to represent the wishes of the people to be frogs.
Nevertheless, these actions must be accounted for in a court of law. This means sacred cows will be sacrificed on the court of public opinion, and pimps and thieves will run free. Hunter S. Thompson would be proud.
All these posts about DOSBox are ruining my fun with Windows. I run DOSBox on my Ubuntu systems, silly.
Yeah, I originally built the system as a super-cheap second desktop for the house, but now it just runs as a headless Ubuntu server.
So, can I run DOS software via emulation inside XP inside Window 7? It's time for some Jazz Jackrabbit; I just knew Microsoft was still good for something.
It's already getting hard to find any moderately powerful desktop or laptop rig that doesn't have a CPU that supports hardware virtualization. Hell, I've got an older development box with a single-core AMD64 chip that supports KVM just fine.
I can set your thermostat via the the Internet, too.
Yes, but your battery will still go dead.
Everything starts somewhere.
Good AC post. You've utterly failed to prove your point, and you're only reinforcing mine regarding nuclear power's overwhelmingly positive track record on safety when viewed over the long term. Nice job. School starts in a few hours, you don't want to be late for the bus.
Fool, they're not running Vista on the control system. They're running a pirated copy of the Windows 7 beta. Get it straight.