I've fascinated that a "rocket scientist" would have problems dealing with the Win 3.1 "desktop". Sure, it wasn't great but it wasn't that hard to deal with.
Linux shares the same graphics subsystem as other Unixen use thus allowing for portability of GUI window managers, desktops, and applications across Unixen.
It's much like the start menu itself. It's nothing more than an anchored cascading menu. This was being done by a lot of people on different operating systems (including Windows) before this "invention".
Well, the pink slime scandal was all about chemicals used in processing that weren't disclosed despite the fact that they remained in the end product in sufficient quantities to make them smell rank.
There are other additives that are in American foods and are unlabeled while being banned in other countries. Some of these are also relevant to some portion of the population that are sensitive to them.
Some people can even smell the farm chemicals on produce if you concentrate them through juicing.
Again, you are using the hubris of science to try and treat it like a religion and to smear any skeptic.
GMO is not a "science". It's technology, and like any tech "it's how you use it". Professors I tend to trust. Chemical companies not so much.
Extreme transgenics also ups the ante a bit and puts us in uncharted territory because these things are NOT the same. If they really were, then Monsanto wouldn't have such a hard on for them. They wouldn't because it would give them no added legal benefits.
...except the variety of a particular type of plant matters.
The obvious one here is that it has different nutritional content.
Someone in another forum also brought up the issue of allergies. This really isn't rice anymore. It's a hybrid grain. It's really much more like tritcale and they do label for that.
That's just BS. I know pre-teens that have sense. We just have this pathological aversion to allowing people to be responsible for themselves and it doesn't stop at the age of majority.
It doesn't help that we actively discourage any development of practical life skills or experience. The fact that we always keep our children locked up at all times is part of that.
> But Social Media could. Why shouldn't we let it have a reset button just because life doesn't?
No it could not.
Once something is "out there" then it is out there forever. Even if you go out of your way to hunt it down and destroy it, there will still be hiding places available.
That's why it's absurd to even contemplate the "right to be forgotten". You can't these days.
It actually would be easier for society to adapt to the new reality versus trying to impose a technological solution.
That's part of the reason that we have civil courts and Tort law. Quite often the law won't adequately pursue wrongdoers. Then it's up to you to prosecute the perpetrator. Except that's a very expensive prospect. Most people don't have the resources to do this.
It's much more effective to just shoot hovering trespassers out of the sky. It will be interesting to see what a jury does with this.
> So if your dog wanders on my yard, I can shoot it.
Of course you can. Uncontrolled dogs are dangerous. They even get plenty of media coverage. They kill small children and other dogs and sometimes are rabid.
> > Making up stuff must be awesome. Skip the law school, bro. Just tell the judge how YOU think it works.
That's no problem as long as you bother to educate yourself regarding what the local law is.
Assuming that you have to assume the fetal position and re-attach yourself to the state umbilical cord is not the only option.
I could see how something that hooks into a video device driver for hardware assisted decoding could bork the OS because at that point you've cross the user barrier. This just seems to be a problem of unraveling the wrapper format. Nothing about that should render the OS crash prone.
They need to be going out of their way to make this more of a problem than it should be. No modern OS should be crashing simply because one of it's apps ran amok. This isn't 1981.
Unix + media player should not be able to crash the OS unless they took extra special measures to make the OS vulnerable.
So you are buying into the Cupertino philosophy here...
The problem with Windows was not the users. The problem with Windows and the stupid shit they did. The recent remote exploit on Android is a classic example of the kind of nonsense they pulled. It's something that everyone should have known to avoid in 1990 just as it is today.
Microsoft turned the idea of an email virus from an absurdity into a reality.
You can't just blame the users.
The reason that Windows has a cult of constant patches is because it's a piece of crap that the market should have killed 20 years ago.
What's the point of putting up with monopolyware if can't be assured that you will get a good experience with robust vendor support? That is kind of the whole point of using Windows.
It doesn't really matter who you try to shift the blame to.
The whole cabal and the whole platform is on the hook for problems.
Windows is the gatekeeper and the curator and the entity providing the driver to the user. Their "gatekeeper settings" make it difficult to avoid the problems that they refuse to take any steps to avoid.
That's funny because spreadsheets actually came from accounting. The first spreadsheet wasn't created by a geek or a programmer, it was created by an accountant. It's simply the electronic form of something that was already being done on paper.
Spreadsheets not suitable for finance or accounting?
There are entire branches of computing and computing hardware dedicated to this idea. Before Linux Journal gave up on the idea of dead tree publication, you could always see the ads for multi-GPU compute machines (usually on the back cover).
3D rendering is all about heavy duty math.
Then there's PureVideo/VDPAU and VAAPI. The idea that dedicated silicon can do things better than a general purpose CPU is a pretty old (and obvious) one.
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I've fascinated that a "rocket scientist" would have problems dealing with the Win 3.1 "desktop". Sure, it wasn't great but it wasn't that hard to deal with.
Nope.
MacOS is a variant of OpenStep (not-unix).
Linux shares the same graphics subsystem as other Unixen use thus allowing for portability of GUI window managers, desktops, and applications across Unixen.
No. The problem is that they COPIED it badly.
Another problem is Microsoft invented anything.
It's much like the start menu itself. It's nothing more than an anchored cascading menu. This was being done by a lot of people on different operating systems (including Windows) before this "invention".
Perfect example of a bogus patent.
> That's cute. You think that actual benefits of GMOs mean anything to the people listening to all the FUD that gets spread about them.
My main objection to GMOs is that they transfer rights from individuals to large corporations.
The "science" aspect is entirely a side show to distract from that.
Well, the pink slime scandal was all about chemicals used in processing that weren't disclosed despite the fact that they remained in the end product in sufficient quantities to make them smell rank.
There are other additives that are in American foods and are unlabeled while being banned in other countries. Some of these are also relevant to some portion of the population that are sensitive to them.
Some people can even smell the farm chemicals on produce if you concentrate them through juicing.
Again, you are using the hubris of science to try and treat it like a religion and to smear any skeptic.
GMO is not a "science". It's technology, and like any tech "it's how you use it". Professors I tend to trust. Chemical companies not so much.
Extreme transgenics also ups the ante a bit and puts us in uncharted territory because these things are NOT the same. If they really were, then Monsanto wouldn't have such a hard on for them. They wouldn't because it would give them no added legal benefits.
...except the variety of a particular type of plant matters.
The obvious one here is that it has different nutritional content.
Someone in another forum also brought up the issue of allergies. This really isn't rice anymore. It's a hybrid grain. It's really much more like tritcale and they do label for that.
That's just BS. I know pre-teens that have sense. We just have this pathological aversion to allowing people to be responsible for themselves and it doesn't stop at the age of majority.
It doesn't help that we actively discourage any development of practical life skills or experience. The fact that we always keep our children locked up at all times is part of that.
> But Social Media could. Why shouldn't we let it have a reset button just because life doesn't?
No it could not.
Once something is "out there" then it is out there forever. Even if you go out of your way to hunt it down and destroy it, there will still be hiding places available.
That's why it's absurd to even contemplate the "right to be forgotten". You can't these days.
It actually would be easier for society to adapt to the new reality versus trying to impose a technological solution.
Nope.
The summary mentioned no firearms offenses, just two catchall offenses for crimes that don't have their own category.
He was basically charged with "disturbing the peace".
That's part of the reason that we have civil courts and Tort law. Quite often the law won't adequately pursue wrongdoers. Then it's up to you to prosecute the perpetrator. Except that's a very expensive prospect. Most people don't have the resources to do this.
It's much more effective to just shoot hovering trespassers out of the sky. It will be interesting to see what a jury does with this.
40mm is the size of tube launched grenade that a soldier might have attached to an M-16.
> So if your dog wanders on my yard, I can shoot it.
Of course you can. Uncontrolled dogs are dangerous. They even get plenty of media coverage. They kill small children and other dogs and sometimes are rabid.
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> Making up stuff must be awesome. Skip the law school, bro. Just tell the judge how YOU think it works.
That's no problem as long as you bother to educate yourself regarding what the local law is.
Assuming that you have to assume the fetal position and re-attach yourself to the state umbilical cord is not the only option.
Unless he was charged with illegally discharging a firearm specifically, I would not buy into any other charge of reckless endangerment.
Pretty much.
This is why you knock, announce yourself, and declare your intentions.
Why should any non-peasant tolerate the invasion of their home?
I could see how something that hooks into a video device driver for hardware assisted decoding could bork the OS because at that point you've cross the user barrier. This just seems to be a problem of unraveling the wrapper format. Nothing about that should render the OS crash prone.
They need to be going out of their way to make this more of a problem than it should be. No modern OS should be crashing simply because one of it's apps ran amok. This isn't 1981.
Unix + media player should not be able to crash the OS unless they took extra special measures to make the OS vulnerable.
So you are buying into the Cupertino philosophy here...
The problem with Windows was not the users. The problem with Windows and the stupid shit they did. The recent remote exploit on Android is a classic example of the kind of nonsense they pulled. It's something that everyone should have known to avoid in 1990 just as it is today.
Microsoft turned the idea of an email virus from an absurdity into a reality.
You can't just blame the users.
The reason that Windows has a cult of constant patches is because it's a piece of crap that the market should have killed 20 years ago.
As a long time Unix user, I am fascinated that there are any significant differences between the various SKUs of Windows products at ALL.
What's the point of putting up with monopolyware if can't be assured that you will get a good experience with robust vendor support? That is kind of the whole point of using Windows.
It doesn't really matter who you try to shift the blame to.
The whole cabal and the whole platform is on the hook for problems.
Windows is the gatekeeper and the curator and the entity providing the driver to the user. Their "gatekeeper settings" make it difficult to avoid the problems that they refuse to take any steps to avoid.
Why would you want the Pro version except for the privelege of paying more for it?
Also, the idea that you need to run the "Pro" version of anything just to have some measure of control over your consumer goods is just assinine.
The main thing you seem to be getting here is the same interface that existed for updates in the previous "consumer" release.
Since the industry hasn't completely embraced HEVC yet, doesn't this level the playing field for VP9 (or any other contender).
h264 is pervasive. h265 is not. It requires a processor with "ludicrous speed" if you don't have the dedicated silicon to decode it.
That's funny because spreadsheets actually came from accounting. The first spreadsheet wasn't created by a geek or a programmer, it was created by an accountant. It's simply the electronic form of something that was already being done on paper.
Spreadsheets not suitable for finance or accounting?
That's where they came from.
There are entire branches of computing and computing hardware dedicated to this idea. Before Linux Journal gave up on the idea of dead tree publication, you could always see the ads for multi-GPU compute machines (usually on the back cover).
3D rendering is all about heavy duty math.
Then there's PureVideo/VDPAU and VAAPI. The idea that dedicated silicon can do things better than a general purpose CPU is a pretty old (and obvious) one.