So the knowledge that lots of non-violent offenders and pot heads are locked up in the US comforts you enough that you can ignore the fact that you are 2.7X more likely to be murdered in the US (*murder rate 4.8/100K) than in NZ (*1.76/100K) ?
I'd say that statistically speaking, whatever they are doing seems to be working better than the US strategy. Your one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't change that.
More recently, the buckeye tree, namesake of a certain powerhouse football team in Ohio, has had its range shifted northward due to warming, so that the team's home town is now barely within the trees range, and won't be within it at all in another decade or two.
which states: The coalition doesn't have any evidence that the buckeye's range has been pushed north but says global warming threatens to make that happen.
and
Lytle said healthy adult buckeye trees can tolerate a wide climate range, although seedlings are more sensitive. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could eventually give buckeye trees a more comfortable habitat.
So, basically... There is no evidence the range has shifted at all. It may shift in the future but the existing trees are not likely to be threatened.
I'm not a denier. I am convinced the science behind AGW is basically true because I have examined the evidence to the best of my ability not because I had a "revelation". I'm in favour of taking reasonable and effective action to reduce CO2.
I don't believe you were trying to intentionally mislead anyone but there are too many sensationalistic articles out there that basically follow the template: *Global warming causes X... We're all going to die! * note: global warming has not been found to cause X
But but but...how is the situation when the HDD has multiple platters? Assuming that this 1.5TB disk has 3 x 500GB platters, wouldn't short-stroke like that mean that the whole disk area is used, but only one platter? Or is the data interleaved across platters?
The data is interleaved across the platters. If you look at the access times Tom's hardware got from short-stroking, you can see that they drop considerably. This is because the head moves over a much shorter range.
Short-stroking is restricting a HD to the outer area of the disk which is higher performance. This also makes access times better since the max distance the head has to travel is shorter. The capacity of the drive is decreased significantly depending on how much you restrict the area e.g. 1 TB > 100 GB might cut access times by 50% and bring your minimum and average transfer rates close to your max rate.
This was more viable when HDs were dirt cheap. I don't think you would want to do it in a hybrid setup since the point is to get capacity + speed. If you just want speed, use the SSD on it's own.
They can already insert genes from a completely different species into e.g. a cat to make it glow: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27338236/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/me-yow-cat-has-glow-good-cause/#.Tt5uaRfNmeU
I imagine they could identify the elephant-like portion of the genome and vary that using different "donors" to create diversity/swap sex. I think initially they would probably just clone one animal and sell it to zoos across the world. Setting up a prehistoric park that mimics the animal's natural habitat makes for a good story but there is no economic advantage. A simple zoo enclosure would cost less and be more accessible to visitors.
You cannot prove that Stanislaw Burzynski is a scammer! I assume you are not a doctor and do not have enough information to come to that conclusion! I could stand up and shout:
Stanislaw Burzynski is a fraud who bilks desperate people out of their life's savings! Antineoplaston therapy is a sham. After 30 years of "trials", there is no proof whatsoever that it works!
But you don't see me doing that do you? Apparently, the main ingredient in this therapy can be derived from urine! He now manufactures it synthetically but we could jump to all kinds of baseless assumptions like:
Stanislaw Burzynski defrauds people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a product he could produce by having healthy volunteers pee in a jar Stanislaw Burzynski is a madman who sews people together by their genitals in order to create a sick, twisted, human centipede whose sole purpose in life is to distil his snake oil
Stanislaw Burzynski may be a fraud. It may be that Antineoplaston therapy is a sham. I can't PROVE these things. I don't have access to the list of sex offenders in his area. Stanislaw Burzynski may be a serial rapist for all I know! You don't see me posting that sort of conjecture on a reputable site like Slashdot do you? I understand that your conclusion was derived from the analysis of so called FACTS and EVIDENCE backed by the opinion of the FDA and numerous scientists. These things have no place on the internet!
Software Developers need to eat too.
There is no way I would release anything under 'AGPL' or even 'GPL' if it was important to my core business. How am I supposed to pay for a roof over my head!?
Nobody is forcing you to release anything under AGPL/GPL. You can write and release all the software you like without being restricted by these licenses - just don't use them. People who choose to use them 'get it' just fine. They benefit from other people's work and give back something in return. Some people even make a living doing it.
If you want to take someone else's GPL'd code, modify 1% and sell/support that - The GPL lets you do that. You just have to give that 1% back to the community. If you don't like that, write your own damn code from scratch! You don't normally have the right to use other people's code at all, the GPL gives you rights (with certain limitations), it doesn't take anything away.
I think some language comprehension classes could help you. 90% failure rate within 6 months does not equal the 100% in "a couple years" you are implying. Several of our customers (the 10% that had WD drives that *didn't* fail) kept their machines for quite some time and never had issues. Somehow, that doesn't doesn't help the 90% with failed drives, now does it?
Now who's "full of it?" That would still be you. 90% failure rate within 6 months indeed does not imply 100% failure rate in a couple years. By the same token, your limited experience of a 90% failure rate (assuming that is accurate - which seems unlikely) does not imply that there is 90% failure rate in the general population. Perhaps some statistics classes would help you?
Wow, a 90% failure rate within 6 month surely doesn't leave any drives functioning after more than a couple of years. Well my WD800JB is still just fine after more than five years of almost continuous usage, so obviously you're full of it, right? "Anecdotes". Heh. Tell that to all those who lost data. I'd chalk up what happened to us to a bad batch from a vendor, except the HDD's came from several (TechData, Equus, Bass, Ingram, and at least a couple others). We can't tell those people anything since we have no documented evidence that they exist. Just as we have no evidence that your claim is accurate. That would be what makes it anecdotal.
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So the knowledge that lots of non-violent offenders and pot heads are locked up in the US comforts you enough that you can ignore the fact that you are 2.7X more likely to be murdered in the US (*murder rate 4.8/100K) than in NZ (*1.76/100K) ?
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
I'd say that statistically speaking, whatever they are doing seems to be working better than the US strategy. Your one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't change that.
More recently, the buckeye tree, namesake of a certain powerhouse football team in Ohio, has had its range shifted northward due to warming, so that the team's home town is now barely within the trees range, and won't be within it at all in another decade or two.
I assume you are referring to:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-12-3324435158_x.htm
which states:
The coalition doesn't have any evidence that the buckeye's range has been pushed north but says global warming threatens to make that happen. and Lytle said healthy adult buckeye trees can tolerate a wide climate range, although seedlings are more sensitive. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could eventually give buckeye trees a more comfortable habitat.
So, basically... There is no evidence the range has shifted at all. It may shift in the future but the existing trees are not likely to be threatened.
I'm not a denier. I am convinced the science behind AGW is basically true because I have examined the evidence to the best of my ability not because I had a "revelation". I'm in favour of taking reasonable and effective action to reduce CO2.
I don't believe you were trying to intentionally mislead anyone but there are too many sensationalistic articles out there that basically follow the template: *Global warming causes X... We're all going to die! * note: global warming has not been found to cause X
The sad thing is that the law DOES protect Scientology... which is an even more nonsensical made-up religion.
But but but...how is the situation when the HDD has multiple platters? Assuming that this 1.5TB disk has 3 x 500GB platters, wouldn't short-stroke like that mean that the whole disk area is used, but only one platter? Or is the data interleaved across platters?
The data is interleaved across the platters. If you look at the access times Tom's hardware got from short-stroking, you can see that they drop considerably. This is because the head moves over a much shorter range.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157-5.html
Short-stroking is restricting a HD to the outer area of the disk which is higher performance. This also makes access times better since the max distance the head has to travel is shorter. The capacity of the drive is decreased significantly depending on how much you restrict the area e.g. 1 TB > 100 GB might cut access times by 50% and bring your minimum and average transfer rates close to your max rate.
Tom's hardware article here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/short-stroking-hdd,2157.html
This was more viable when HDs were dirt cheap. I don't think you would want to do it in a hybrid setup since the point is to get capacity + speed. If you just want speed, use the SSD on it's own.
They can already insert genes from a completely different species into e.g. a cat to make it glow: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27338236/ns/today-today_pets_and_animals/t/me-yow-cat-has-glow-good-cause/#.Tt5uaRfNmeU I imagine they could identify the elephant-like portion of the genome and vary that using different "donors" to create diversity/swap sex. I think initially they would probably just clone one animal and sell it to zoos across the world. Setting up a prehistoric park that mimics the animal's natural habitat makes for a good story but there is no economic advantage. A simple zoo enclosure would cost less and be more accessible to visitors.
You cannot prove that Stanislaw Burzynski is a scammer! I assume you are not a doctor and do not have enough information to come to that conclusion! I could stand up and shout:
Stanislaw Burzynski is a fraud who bilks desperate people out of their life's savings!
Antineoplaston therapy is a sham. After 30 years of "trials", there is no proof whatsoever that it works!
But you don't see me doing that do you? Apparently, the main ingredient in this therapy can be derived from urine! He now manufactures it synthetically but we could jump to all kinds of baseless assumptions like:
Stanislaw Burzynski defrauds people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a product he could produce by having healthy volunteers pee in a jar
Stanislaw Burzynski is a madman who sews people together by their genitals in order to create a sick, twisted, human centipede whose sole purpose in life is to distil his snake oil
Stanislaw Burzynski may be a fraud. It may be that Antineoplaston therapy is a sham. I can't PROVE these things. I don't have access to the list of sex offenders in his area. Stanislaw Burzynski may be a serial rapist for all I know! You don't see me posting that sort of conjecture on a reputable site like Slashdot do you? I understand that your conclusion was derived from the analysis of so called FACTS and EVIDENCE backed by the opinion of the FDA and numerous scientists. These things have no place on the internet!
Got one. Thanks Chris!
kerry dot paulson at gmail Thanks
Nobody is forcing you to release anything under AGPL/GPL. You can write and release all the software you like without being restricted by these licenses - just don't use them. People who choose to use them 'get it' just fine. They benefit from other people's work and give back something in return. Some people even make a living doing it.
If you want to take someone else's GPL'd code, modify 1% and sell/support that - The GPL lets you do that. You just have to give that 1% back to the community. If you don't like that, write your own damn code from scratch! You don't normally have the right to use other people's code at all, the GPL gives you rights (with certain limitations), it doesn't take anything away.