The new guys at Microsoft (the veterans who have created things like Windows NT have now retired), they have not yet understood that you can not make an operating system with the same techniques and procedures they use to create web pages.
Replaced/repaired, not free. Having said that the problem will be how to replace processors that have become obsolete and therefore out of the market, and where you can not simply replace all the associated hardware to pick up a current and patched processor. And I suspect that most of those who can change the associated hardware will simply migrate to AMD instead of taking another Intel.
The problem with some sites is that if you do not enable javascript from at least three different sources all it shows is a blank page (And usually one or more from these scripts only exists to load a second script that then loads a third).
"I don't know what you mean by that, you'll have to explain. Has someone assaulted you and taken your stuff?"
No, and that's irrelevant. I am not speaking in personal terms, I am speaking in terms of human species, what matters is the idea. If you need something more generic to understand we may try the "harm others for personal gain" where this "harm" can be anything from humiliating others (to appear more important and therefore more "alpha" to the group by demoting others) to order the death of your competitors (and therefore reduce the competition in becoming the alpha), and these are just two of several possible examples
Duh, everything tries to converge to perfection if is to use your way of thinking, the question is just where to stop. But okay, we'll give you a cut-off point then. How about "stop assaulting others to get their stuff" (and note that this is in the universal sense, applying to any means of "assaulting others") and "accepting that others are their equals regardless of how much they have on the bank or skin color"? This two points are governed by the very basic animal instinct of "being the alpha male at all costs" and it is shameful for me to see how many millions of humans still obey this instinct without thinking about what they are doing.
Just better, not "perfect". I did not say at any point that I wanted perfection. (as curiosity is another "BIOS" problem of mankind, when someone presents an idea what the other person understands is the extreme of the idea when the middle ground should be enough).
I just wished we had a better "BIOS" than we have now, the actual is really problematic and have a lot of room for improvement.
Uh. Nothing to do with what you wrote. Look deeper.
Using a computer analogy, you are believing that the problem is in the applications when the root of the problem is actually in the BIOS. We as a computer (species) have updated a lot of things in applications (public behavior, society) and even some in the operating system (law system), but our BIOS (instincts) remains defective and affecting everything else. That's what bothers me, these days we should have a bit better BIOS at least. (Is still difficult to explain to a CEO that he should treat his employees as human beings rather than machines, this is a "BIOS" issue)
And you do not have to believe it if you do not want to, but I do not want to "gain something with this". All I believe is that we simply could be doing better than that by now.
P.S: I'm not a "liberal" nor a "conservative", I'm something unclassifiable that uses any idea that I consider good no matter where it came from or who has had it, I sometimes even joke that I am an artificial intelligence.
"It IS the exception not the rule. The majority of humans are not engaged in the activities you describe"
Are you sure about that? Think again. Why does an executive try to gain control of a large corporation at all costs, even by criminal means? Why do shareholders seek profit at all costs, even if it means the death of others? Why do most of society consider it "normal" to treat women as subordinates and in the worst cases as slaves? Why do we insist on trying to control others by political or religious means (and making wars when bullying with words does not work)?
Money or Power. (But you can consider money and power as the same thing in this case)
And for what do we need money/power?
To be the alpha male and have all the females and properties you want.
Very well, my point is this: Our ancestors fought each other to dominate the group and have all the females and resources of the group for themselves. Today we still fight each other to dominate the group and have all the females and resources from the group for themselves, the difference today is that instead of sticks and stones we now use assault rifles and nukes.
Having said that, what would I consider good enough? It is a good question... I believe I would be satisfied when the behavior I described becomes an rare exception rather than being the rule (remember, I'm talking about us as a species and not individually).
What is wrong with you? I did not, at any time, suggest to be "fantasizing" some utopian society or etc, I was just hoping that humanity would be a little more civilized by now. Or assuming you really really misunderstand me, my point is that although we now build cars and travel to the Moon, we still repeat the same destructive animal behaviors of our ancestors and I see that very few realize this or stop to think about it.
I do not think it would work. The average male still insists on try to kill all the competition and having all the resources for himself (food, property and females) than to share or collaborate with other males.
And I was disturbed about... how we looks way more "animal" than we would like [snip]
We ARE animals. You're just now coming to grips with that on this site of all things? Have you not read about our evolutionary roots which we know more about now than we ever did? Apes are our cousins. If you want a primer, here you go.
I know that. I just hoped that in the 21st century we, as species, would be a bit more civilized now than a bunch of monkeys fighting each other to be the alpha male and have all the females in the pack for itself.
... And I was disturbed about how the arguments really make good sense and how we looks way more "animal" than we would like when it comes to basic things like sex and family formation. As example has anyone seen in documentaries how a lions family works? Very similar, too much similar to my liking.
This is a perfect example of flawed reasoning from the specific to the general. I'm sorry that in your specific small town that this is true, but it's not true everywhere.
Wrong. This is actually a good example of what happens when some guy like you in a hurry to make others look foolish ends up making yourself look foolish by not asking yourself what the scope is and what size would be what I described as "where I live" before commenting. Tip: Not all countries are like the US or like in Europe where I imagine that you might actually get a good theater around every corner.
The problem is that most theaters are not equipped for this level of quality. For example, where I live theaters insist on using obsolete and really bad projectors, the price of only one bag of popcorn is enough to buy kilograms of popcorn in any supermarket and finally the quality of the image and the sound are mediocre compared to quality and sound of a good TV these days.
I used to have a password that which could not be typed on a keyboard in the normal way, to type it you needed to use ALT + (character numeric code) many times (one for every character). Except that most systems and sites were unable to accept anything in the password field other than characters between A~Z and 0~9.
Same here. I have a legit blu-ray (Avatar) and I can only play it using a old version of AnyDVD (No, I will NOT buy a expensive dedicated blu-ray player, my PC is more than enougth for the job).
Businesses today are controlled by psychotic CEOs whose goal is solely to secure the golden parachute for the next victim, oops, next company. You need long-term CEOs for very long-term projects such as mining asteroids with billions and billions of dollars in metals and useful compounds (if you come up with a practical method of doing so).
Slashdot Mirror
E-Coin will take over.
Which means the dark army wins... You think these are related? ;^)
Has anyone summoned me? :-))
No, my DarkCoin wil take over >:-)
The new guys at Microsoft (the veterans who have created things like Windows NT have now retired), they have not yet understood that you can not make an operating system with the same techniques and procedures they use to create web pages.
Replaced/repaired, not free. Having said that the problem will be how to replace processors that have become obsolete and therefore out of the market, and where you can not simply replace all the associated hardware to pick up a current and patched processor. And I suspect that most of those who can change the associated hardware will simply migrate to AMD instead of taking another Intel.
The problem with some sites is that if you do not enable javascript from at least three different sources all it shows is a blank page (And usually one or more from these scripts only exists to load a second script that then loads a third).
Oooookay I got it. You're really into drugs. I will not spend more time answering you, go bother somebody else.
I suspect he was just trying to make me look like a fool and when I do not fall into the trap he got pissed and started swearing at me.
Tell me... Were you smoking drugs when you wrote your answer? It's the only explanation I see for the headless nonsense you wrote.
"I don't know what you mean by that, you'll have to explain. Has someone assaulted you and taken your stuff?"
No, and that's irrelevant. I am not speaking in personal terms, I am speaking in terms of human species, what matters is the idea. If you need something more generic to understand we may try the "harm others for personal gain" where this "harm" can be anything from humiliating others (to appear more important and therefore more "alpha" to the group by demoting others) to order the death of your competitors (and therefore reduce the competition in becoming the alpha), and these are just two of several possible examples
Duh, everything tries to converge to perfection if is to use your way of thinking, the question is just where to stop. But okay, we'll give you a cut-off point then. How about "stop assaulting others to get their stuff" (and note that this is in the universal sense, applying to any means of "assaulting others") and "accepting that others are their equals regardless of how much they have on the bank or skin color"? This two points are governed by the very basic animal instinct of "being the alpha male at all costs" and it is shameful for me to see how many millions of humans still obey this instinct without thinking about what they are doing.
Just better, not "perfect". I did not say at any point that I wanted perfection. (as curiosity is another "BIOS" problem of mankind, when someone presents an idea what the other person understands is the extreme of the idea when the middle ground should be enough).
I just wished we had a better "BIOS" than we have now, the actual is really problematic and have a lot of room for improvement.
Uh. Nothing to do with what you wrote. Look deeper .
Using a computer analogy, you are believing that the problem is in the applications when the root of the problem is actually in the BIOS. We as a computer (species) have updated a lot of things in applications (public behavior, society) and even some in the operating system (law system), but our BIOS (instincts) remains defective and affecting everything else. That's what bothers me, these days we should have a bit better BIOS at least. (Is still difficult to explain to a CEO that he should treat his employees as human beings rather than machines, this is a "BIOS" issue)
And you do not have to believe it if you do not want to, but I do not want to "gain something with this". All I believe is that we simply could be doing better than that by now.
P.S: I'm not a "liberal" nor a "conservative", I'm something unclassifiable that uses any idea that I consider good no matter where it came from or who has had it, I sometimes even joke that I am an artificial intelligence.
"It IS the exception not the rule. The majority of humans are not engaged in the activities you describe"
Are you sure about that? Think again. Why does an executive try to gain control of a large corporation at all costs, even by criminal means? Why do shareholders seek profit at all costs, even if it means the death of others? Why do most of society consider it "normal" to treat women as subordinates and in the worst cases as slaves? Why do we insist on trying to control others by political or religious means (and making wars when bullying with words does not work)?
Money or Power. (But you can consider money and power as the same thing in this case)
And for what do we need money/power?
To be the alpha male and have all the females and properties you want.
Now you see my point?
Very well, my point is this: Our ancestors fought each other to dominate the group and have all the females and resources of the group for themselves. Today we still fight each other to dominate the group and have all the females and resources from the group for themselves, the difference today is that instead of sticks and stones we now use assault rifles and nukes.
Having said that, what would I consider good enough? It is a good question... I believe I would be satisfied when the behavior I described becomes an rare exception rather than being the rule (remember, I'm talking about us as a species and not individually).
What is wrong with you? I did not, at any time, suggest to be "fantasizing" some utopian society or etc, I was just hoping that humanity would be a little more civilized by now. Or assuming you really really misunderstand me, my point is that although we now build cars and travel to the Moon, we still repeat the same destructive animal behaviors of our ancestors and I see that very few realize this or stop to think about it.
I do not think it would work. The average male still insists on try to kill all the competition and having all the resources for himself (food, property and females) than to share or collaborate with other males.
And I was disturbed about ... how we looks way more "animal" than we would like [snip]
We ARE animals. You're just now coming to grips with that on this site of all things? Have you not read about our evolutionary roots which we know more about now than we ever did? Apes are our cousins. If you want a primer, here you go.
I know that. I just hoped that in the 21st century we, as species, would be a bit more civilized now than a bunch of monkeys fighting each other to be the alpha male and have all the females in the pack for itself.
It seems i'm wrong in having hope.
... And I was disturbed about how the arguments really make good sense and how we looks way more "animal" than we would like when it comes to basic things like sex and family formation. As example has anyone seen in documentaries how a lions family works? Very similar, too much similar to my liking.
I bought two of these to cook chickens without having to spend time chasing them :-)
You're annoyed because Tesla has contributed considerably to the world while you... well... did not contribute anything? Poor soul.
This is a perfect example of flawed reasoning from the specific to the general. I'm sorry that in your specific small town that this is true, but it's not true everywhere.
Wrong. This is actually a good example of what happens when some guy like you in a hurry to make others look foolish ends up making yourself look foolish by not asking yourself what the scope is and what size would be what I described as "where I live" before commenting. Tip: Not all countries are like the US or like in Europe where I imagine that you might actually get a good theater around every corner.
The problem is that most theaters are not equipped for this level of quality. For example, where I live theaters insist on using obsolete and really bad projectors, the price of only one bag of popcorn is enough to buy kilograms of popcorn in any supermarket and finally the quality of the image and the sound are mediocre compared to quality and sound of a good TV these days.
I used to have a password that which could not be typed on a keyboard in the normal way, to type it you needed to use ALT + (character numeric code) many times (one for every character). Except that most systems and sites were unable to accept anything in the password field other than characters between A~Z and 0~9.
Same here. I have a legit blu-ray (Avatar) and I can only play it using a old version of AnyDVD (No, I will NOT buy a expensive dedicated blu-ray player, my PC is more than enougth for the job).
Businesses today are controlled by psychotic CEOs whose goal is solely to secure the golden parachute for the next victim, oops, next company. You need long-term CEOs for very long-term projects such as mining asteroids with billions and billions of dollars in metals and useful compounds (if you come up with a practical method of doing so).