The notion of what harms children has become terribly politicized. Corporal punishment; exposure to nudity; exposure to sexuality; exposure to violence; in utero exposure to alcohol or cocaine... There are experts on both sides of the issues, who argue vehemently, passionately their point of view as the TRVTH.
The european anti-trust case against Microsoft is insisting that MS offer versions of their software without the add-ons. It will be interesting to see if MS reduces the price of the "stripped" version. MS would love to ship a version of their software where you pay for the add-ons, but don't get to use them.
The compelling anti-monopoly argument is that if MS only offers the fully-bundled version of their software, then consumers are forced to buy Microsoft's Office Suite, and Microsoft's DVD Authoring package, or Microsoft's Photo Manipulation program, whether they want to or not.
The X Files got its start on Sunday nights. When Chris Carter's Millenium debuted, Millenium got the Sunday night slot, and The X Files moved to Friday nights.
I wondered how a gamma ray burst, which could affect only half the earth's surface (plus a little bit - 1/144, for the 10 minutes of rotation) could lead to a global mass extinction.
To summarize: Gamma ray burst -> destruction of half the earth's ozone layer -> more UV radiation from the sun -> death of plankton to depth of 3' -> disruption of everything above plankton in the food chain. I.e. everything...
Either: (1) there are other intelligent species out there. Discovering this would have a profound impact on humanity. Or: (2) humanity is alone in the galaxy. Discovering this would have a profound impact on humanity.
But anyway, there's another possibility (the two you mention are: humanity is alone, or the earth got colonized). Interstellar space travel is hard. Really hard. So hard that an intelligent, technological species doesn't manage to get very far. Close in by the stars, there's energy. And energy sustains life. In the vast darkness of interstellar space, there is no energy. So all the energy for an interstellar trip needs to be packed. And all that packing makes the whole kit 'n' kaboodle too heavy to get to velocities that cross interstellar distances in a reasonable number of generations.
Water is a bigger issue than food. They could catch and eat fish; fresh water is much harder to come by.
I heard on the radio, a little more than a year ago, that Columbus had used more than half his water before they found North America. He was definitely wrong about the distance he had to cover. Was he a wiley sea captain with knowledge of the Americas (before Vespucci named it after himself), or was he a fool who bet his life and the lives of his crew that he was correct, lost the bet, but then lucked out?
Eratosthenes not only proved that the world was round, but came within a persent or two of measuring the actual diameter. And did this 1800 years before Copernicus.
The unstated premise of the article is that users of an open-source Database are just as much at the mercy of the vendors as are the customers of a proprietary Database. I believe this is not true for the general case. So the author's argument, that Open Source is to be avoided because the vendors Can't Make Money, is fatally flawed.
Reimplementing any app, changing the language or no, results in a better implementation, because the (re)implementor has a better understanding of the problem.
If he were to go back and redo the Java app in Java, it would be interesting to learn how it turned out.
The Theory of Intelligent Design cannot be taught in school science classes because it is not science. It makes no predictions; it is supported by no evidence.
I'm trying to decide if the parent to this post is serious or not.
If it's not, then I have been trolled. Have a nice day.
There is no fossil evidence in conflict with the Theory of Evolution. If you think there is, please cite it. If it hasn't been published, write it up. If you can make a case, you'll be hailed as one of the innovators of science.
Two points do not _make_ a line. They _define_ a line in Euclidean Geometry.
People presumded that space was filled with "aether" because the then-current theory of waves demanded it. When attempts were made to measure the aether, it turned out not to be there. The person who came up with the best explanation of what was going on... his name is now a household word.
The other problem with measuring the success of management is a tendency to make the current numbers look better at the expense of future numbers. Booking the revenue this year, when the customer is actually going to pay next year, if the customer is still there.
Just the tip of the book-cooking nightmare.
Exec's want all the credit for the successes, and none of the blame for the failures.
Tell her that the Mac Mini goes with the look of the house, and that the generic PC comes in a big, ugly beige box.
Tell her about iLife: iMovie HD, iDVD, iPhoto, Garage Band, iTunes (but you can get that one for Windows). Quicken, and Appleworks, too. That $450 PC includes what software?
Remember that the Mac Mini includes a ATI Radeon 9200 video chipset with its own dedicated 32 MB RAM, and a slot-loading DVD Player/CD-RW drive. Those are all extras on the PC...
The Mac Mini is close to perfect. But not quite. I would put it in a box that's the same width as a VCR or DVD player; it needs to stack with other Consumer Electronic components. Now you have a little more room; move the power supply inside, use a standard 3.5" hard drive instead of the low-performance 2.5" laptop drive. It would need to have surround-sound outputs to feed to a power amp.
Plays DVDs -- check. Plays CDs etc. -- check. Stores and plays iTunes libraries -- check. Manages iPods -- check. Displays iPhoto libraries -- check. Lets users create and store iMovie libraries -- check. Records broadcast video -- check. Burns recorded video to disks -- check; $100 option.
The NEC UltraLight still had the keyboard at the bottom. The PowerBook was the first computer with the keyboard at the top, so that the body of the computer could hold a pointing device and serve as a palm rest.
I talked my Boss into buying a Mac Portable for the group.
You heard the sound of a dozen Jaws hitting the floor when I was asked what I was doing with the machine, I replied "taking notes in FrameMaker". That I could carry a machine into a conference room, turn it on, and run FrameMaker in 1989-1990 was simply unbelievable.
The "owners" love it. But they're not entitled to "own" their IP forever.
DRM technologies do not respect fair use, either. DRM technologies restrict consumers' rights far more than the law does.
Besides, I almost never buy movies any more. I never watch the ones I have. Too much else to do... And I haven't added to my 400-CD collection in a long time. I might get an iPod and rip 'em all. When I have time.
I sold my Apple stock at $17 (pre split) to buy my house in 2001. I wish I had kept it. But then again, I rode it down from $70 to $35 in one night; didn't sell at $70 then, pro'lly wouldn't sell at $70 now...
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The notion of what harms children has become terribly politicized. Corporal punishment; exposure to nudity; exposure to sexuality; exposure to violence; in utero exposure to alcohol or cocaine... There are experts on both sides of the issues, who argue vehemently, passionately their point of view as the TRVTH.
Hmmm.
Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Isn't that one of the Ten Commandments?
Because Apple isn't violating the law. Microsoft was.
It is illegal to leverage a monopoly in one market (PC Operating Systems) to gain a monopoly in another market (Web Browsing applications).
Microsoft violated that law, and was convicted of violating the law.
The european anti-trust case against Microsoft is insisting that MS offer versions of their software without the add-ons. It will be interesting to see if MS reduces the price of the "stripped" version. MS would love to ship a version of their software where you pay for the add-ons, but don't get to use them.
The compelling anti-monopoly argument is that if MS only offers the fully-bundled version of their software, then consumers are forced to buy Microsoft's Office Suite, and Microsoft's DVD Authoring package, or Microsoft's Photo Manipulation program, whether they want to or not.
Writing papers and doing taxes have been low-challenge tasks for a while. The cheapest of the cheap computers will do this just fine.
For the gamers, look at the game benchmarks included in the article.
The X Files got its start on Sunday nights. When Chris Carter's Millenium debuted, Millenium got the Sunday night slot, and The X Files moved to Friday nights.
I wondered how a gamma ray burst, which could affect only half the earth's surface (plus a little bit - 1/144, for the 10 minutes of rotation) could lead to a global mass extinction.
To summarize: Gamma ray burst -> destruction of half the earth's ozone layer -> more UV radiation from the sun -> death of plankton to depth of 3' -> disruption of everything above plankton in the food chain. I.e. everything...
Either: (1) there are other intelligent species out there. Discovering this would have a profound impact on humanity.
Or: (2) humanity is alone in the galaxy. Discovering this would have a profound impact on humanity.
But anyway, there's another possibility (the two you mention are: humanity is alone, or the earth got colonized). Interstellar space travel is hard. Really hard. So hard that an intelligent, technological species doesn't manage to get very far. Close in by the stars, there's energy. And energy sustains life. In the vast darkness of interstellar space, there is no energy. So all the energy for an interstellar trip needs to be packed. And all that packing makes the whole kit 'n' kaboodle too heavy to get to velocities that cross interstellar distances in a reasonable number of generations.
Bush distorts Kerry for rhetorical purposes. So Dachannien is just playing by Republican Rules. If you don't like it, too bad.
Water is a bigger issue than food. They could catch and eat fish; fresh water is much harder to come by.
I heard on the radio, a little more than a year ago, that Columbus had used more than half his water before they found North America. He was definitely wrong about the distance he had to cover. Was he a wiley sea captain with knowledge of the Americas (before Vespucci named it after himself), or was he a fool who bet his life and the lives of his crew that he was correct, lost the bet, but then lucked out?
Eratosthenes not only proved that the world was round, but came within a persent or two of measuring the actual diameter. And did this 1800 years before Copernicus.
The unstated premise of the article is that users of an open-source Database are just as much at the mercy of the vendors as are the customers of a proprietary Database. I believe this is not true for the general case. So the author's argument, that Open Source is to be avoided because the vendors Can't Make Money, is fatally flawed.
I can't read TFA; slashdot effect?
Reimplementing any app, changing the language or no, results in a better implementation, because the (re)implementor has a better understanding of the problem.
If he were to go back and redo the Java app in Java, it would be interesting to learn how it turned out.
The Theory of Intelligent Design cannot be taught in school science classes because it is not science. It makes no predictions; it is supported by no evidence.
I'm trying to decide if the parent to this post is serious or not.
If it's not, then I have been trolled. Have a nice day.
There is no fossil evidence in conflict with the Theory of Evolution. If you think there is, please cite it. If it hasn't been published, write it up. If you can make a case, you'll be hailed as one of the innovators of science.
Two points do not _make_ a line. They _define_ a line in Euclidean Geometry.
People presumded that space was filled with "aether" because the then-current theory of waves demanded it. When attempts were made to measure the aether, it turned out not to be there. The person who came up with the best explanation of what was going on... his name is now a household word.
The other problem with measuring the success of management is a tendency to make the current numbers look better at the expense of future numbers. Booking the revenue this year, when the customer is actually going to pay next year, if the customer is still there.
Just the tip of the book-cooking nightmare.
Exec's want all the credit for the successes, and none of the blame for the failures.
CorelDraw used to be a big app on the PC side that originated on the PC.
Tell her that the Mac Mini goes with the look of the house, and that the generic PC comes in a big, ugly beige box.
Tell her about iLife: iMovie HD, iDVD, iPhoto, Garage Band, iTunes (but you can get that one for Windows). Quicken, and Appleworks, too. That $450 PC includes what software?
Remember that the Mac Mini includes a ATI Radeon 9200 video chipset with its own dedicated 32 MB RAM, and a slot-loading DVD Player/CD-RW drive. Those are all extras on the PC...
The Mac Mini is close to perfect. But not quite. I would put it in a box that's the same width as a VCR or DVD player; it needs to stack with other Consumer Electronic components. Now you have a little more room; move the power supply inside, use a standard 3.5" hard drive instead of the low-performance 2.5" laptop drive. It would need to have surround-sound outputs to feed to a power amp.
Plays DVDs -- check.
Plays CDs etc. -- check.
Stores and plays iTunes libraries -- check.
Manages iPods -- check.
Displays iPhoto libraries -- check.
Lets users create and store iMovie libraries -- check.
Records broadcast video -- check.
Burns recorded video to disks -- check; $100 option.
The NEC UltraLight still had the keyboard at the bottom. The PowerBook was the first computer with the keyboard at the top, so that the body of the computer could hold a pointing device and serve as a palm rest.
I talked my Boss into buying a Mac Portable for the group.
You heard the sound of a dozen Jaws hitting the floor when I was asked what I was doing with the machine, I replied "taking notes in FrameMaker". That I could carry a machine into a conference room, turn it on, and run FrameMaker in 1989-1990 was simply unbelievable.
The "owners" love it. But they're not entitled to "own" their IP forever.
DRM technologies do not respect fair use, either. DRM technologies restrict consumers' rights far more than the law does.
Besides, I almost never buy movies any more. I never watch the ones I have. Too much else to do... And I haven't added to my 400-CD collection in a long time. I might get an iPod and rip 'em all. When I have time.
As soon as Apache is as popular as Microsoft's superior IIS, there will be just as many exploits for Apache as there are for IIS.
Oh, wait a minute....
I sold my Apple stock at $17 (pre split) to buy my house in 2001. I wish I had kept it. But then again, I rode it down from $70 to $35 in one night; didn't sell at $70 then, pro'lly wouldn't sell at $70 now...
And bases. Don't forget Bases!