I absolutely agree with the premise that Software regulation should be handled like the healthcare industry should be handled.
I don't think I should have to pay for the healthcare bills of people who can't control their eating and health habits any more than I should have to pay for the tech. support bill for people who can't control their spam downloading habits.
Meteorologists' models make huge assumptions, meteorologists must. I won't believe a thing the global warmingists have said............
I actually have been looking for peer reviewed papers, and I'm getting closer to finding them. I recently found the American Meteorological Society, which seems to be the governing body in the united states for such research. I'm disappointed in their statements though, because they have statements about "consensus" instead of links to journals.
Have you found any peer reviewed articles? Have you found any source that states its assumptions? I'm looking for them, I'm sure they're out there.
If the parents were clearly notified that the cameras and microphones would be remotely activated and were given the choice whether or not they wanted their kids to use the laptops, I don't see a problem. It would then be their choice to refuse the laptop, or have their kid leave the laptop at school in their locker.
If this was done in secret then those responsible should pay according to the rule of law.
That's the problem, I haven't even been able to find the papers to read. There are some whitepapers on the IPCC site, but I would like to find peer reviewed papers.
I do not agree that the IPCC is 99.999% correct, I have very low confidence in the IPCC
Meteorologists' models make huge assumptions, they must. I won't believe a thing they've said until they clearly state their assumptions and make at least some attempt to find error bounds.
As an example, what do they use for the C02 absorptivity of sea water in their climate models? What temperature sea water? What salinity sea water? At what rate does the sea water mix? What percentage C02 in the water? What percentage in the Air? What temperature air? What wind velocity?
That's just sea water. I have questions like that about many parts of their climate models.
My father was an engineer for NASA for a few years and one of his colleagues dedicated a few years to writing a science fiction novel based on real physics. Since he was an engineer at NASA, I'm confident the physics were real.
The theory behind biofuels is that they could be carbon neutral. While they would put C02 into the atmosphere when you burn them, the next crop would consume the same amount of C02
My beef with biofuels is that they compete with food for farmland.Call me crazy, but as much as I like driving, I prefer to eat.
You've been able to use.NET in the way you mentioned above for some time. Right now you can download visual studio express, go to codeplex, and start an open source project. It's true that you'll be bound to windows, but there are other benifits to Microsoft opening up a bit.
MSDN is just a nice community of developers to be involved in. It makes me loyal to Microsoft development products because I know that if I use Visual Studio and.NET tools there is a community of friendly people who will help me with my problems and there are friendly people working together to release open source code that Microsoft hasn't gotten around to yet. There are also a host of well written blogs, well made videos, and clear tutorials that help you get started using.NET tools.
I have not had the same experience working with Java. Whenever I have a java problem to solve I am met with unclear articles and flames. Lots and lots of flames.
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Thank you, finally someone else who wishes there was a true e-reader on the market
Absolutely, You cannot make an engine more efficient than than the Carnot Cycle.
No matter how shiny their display is, they still can't break the second law of thermodynamics.
I absolutely agree with the premise that Software regulation should be handled like the healthcare industry should be handled.
I don't think I should have to pay for the healthcare bills of people who can't control their eating and health habits any more than I should have to pay for the tech. support bill for people who can't control their spam downloading habits.
Sorry, poor use of pronouns
Meteorologists' models make huge assumptions, meteorologists must. I won't believe a thing the global warmingists have said............
I actually have been looking for peer reviewed papers, and I'm getting closer to finding them. I recently found the American Meteorological Society, which seems to be the governing body in the united states for such research. I'm disappointed in their statements though, because they have statements about "consensus" instead of links to journals.
Have you found any peer reviewed articles? Have you found any source that states its assumptions? I'm looking for them, I'm sure they're out there.
If the parents were clearly notified that the cameras and microphones would be remotely activated and were given the choice whether or not they wanted their kids to use the laptops, I don't see a problem. It would then be their choice to refuse the laptop, or have their kid leave the laptop at school in their locker.
If this was done in secret then those responsible should pay according to the rule of law.
That's the problem, I haven't even been able to find the papers to read. There are some whitepapers on the IPCC site, but I would like to find peer reviewed papers.
This solution would also solve our global warming problems!
I do not agree that the IPCC is 99.999% correct, I have very low confidence in the IPCC
Meteorologists' models make huge assumptions, they must. I won't believe a thing they've said until they clearly state their assumptions and make at least some attempt to find error bounds.
As an example, what do they use for the C02 absorptivity of sea water in their climate models? What temperature sea water? What salinity sea water? At what rate does the sea water mix? What percentage C02 in the water? What percentage in the Air? What temperature air? What wind velocity?
That's just sea water. I have questions like that about many parts of their climate models.
Exactly, My master's thesis was full of sampled text and ideas. All with proper credit given.
.....and a few million dollars in research funding we'll have a product that's almost as good as paper.
I like that this post is moded insightful.
I haven't seen any hard hitting racing games or FPS for the wii, but it seems to be doing very well.
I bet this will do very well with that same group of casual gamers. Most of them probably play games in social groups with the lights on :)
Makes sense since humans are only the third most intelligent life form on the planet earth.
My father was an engineer for NASA for a few years and one of his colleagues dedicated a few years to writing a science fiction novel based on real physics. Since he was an engineer at NASA, I'm confident the physics were real.
The result was very boring.
For his expertise, he was rewarded with an all-expense-paid trip to Baghdad in 2003...
I'd rather be a tanker than regular infantry any day of the week!
Leave it to slashdotters to want to refactor our transportation infrastructure in order to make it more scalable :)
The theory behind biofuels is that they could be carbon neutral. While they would put C02 into the atmosphere when you burn them, the next crop would consume the same amount of C02
My beef with biofuels is that they compete with food for farmland.Call me crazy, but as much as I like driving, I prefer to eat.
Professional sports? This is a video game
I think we should stick to car analogies.
Certainly how is it bad news for microsoft? It's just saying that people are upgrading from XP to 7
And now for something completely different, a man with three buttocks
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How is a pun insightful?
I appreciate the pun, it's a good one, but seriously, not an insightful comment
Watch this get modded funny and the parent not change
50,000 / 3,000,000 = 1.7%
Alarming
You've been able to use .NET in the way you mentioned above for some time. Right now you can download visual studio express, go to codeplex, and start an open source project. It's true that you'll be bound to windows, but there are other benifits to Microsoft opening up a bit.
MSDN is just a nice community of developers to be involved in. It makes me loyal to Microsoft development products because I know that if I use Visual Studio and .NET tools there is a community of friendly people who will help me with my problems and there are friendly people working together to release open source code that Microsoft hasn't gotten around to yet. There are also a host of well written blogs, well made videos, and clear tutorials that help you get started using .NET tools.
I have not had the same experience working with Java. Whenever I have a java problem to solve I am met with unclear articles and flames. Lots and lots of flames.
I know, I can't wait for a full port of Revenge of the Fart Machine II for OS X.