Open source products hack together support for file formats all the time.
Microsoft didn't just willingly hand over the file format specs for Office documents to the OpenOffice.org team. Rather, they reverse-engineered support. Microsoft could have released updates to Office to change the file format, but that would have probably
resulted in media backlash when files from one version of Office 2003 couldn't be read by another.
At least, I think this is similar. Perhaps I'm wrong.
// Top-secret! // Copyright 2009 Microsoft Corp. // Windows XP super-secure for USAF
#include <linux.h>
int main(){ // start bootup
ShowWindowsLoading();
LoadKernel(linux); // show shell
ShowGUI();
}
I wrote the paper discussing the history and various counterfactual scenarios. The "they propose" was referring to a counterfactual scenario written by Oleinikov and Kudryashov, where they propose a history where Hitler did manage to push all the way to Moscow, and eliminate senior Red Army leadership in the process.
I've had a theory about this...if I wrote a program that imitated my writing style, and I put in a bunch of information, with appropriate information on bias, etc., and the program outputted a paper, would that paper be considered "written" by me?
I mean, I'm the one who told it how to write, wouldn't that count for something?:)
Forget 20%, I had a rough draft with as high as 61%! The particular service we used in high school was Turnitin.com, and a research paper I wrote for high school had an appendix with a copy of the 1805 Treaty of Tripoli (as a help for the teacher)...the website flagged that as 18% plagiarized, from some random Bell Atlantic user's website.
Excluding that, the site would flag random sentences, and would flag part of a sentence as plagiarized, skip a word or two, and then say the rest of the sentence was plagiarized from the same source!
An example is shown below (words in bold are supposedly plagiarized from one source, words in italics from another):
Thus, the Founding Fathers wanted to create a government that was stable, andprotected the rights of the people.
Another example from a paper on the Russo-German war of 1941:
They propose that German troops push all the way to the outskirts of Moscow, causing Joseph Stalin to abandon the city. While escaping, his train is destroyed by German planes, removing all signiïcant leadership to the Red Army.
In another paper, when I quoted an article, I listed the title of the article in-text. Turnitin reported that the title of the article was plagiarism...of the article I was citing!
Turnitin.com has "features" for excluding the quoted text, and excluding the bibliography, but as I use LaTeX, and like to use block quotes, the usefulness of these features are questionable.
But in 1969, we were in an arms race with the Soviet Union at the time, so we not only spent a gazillion dollars on nuclear missiles, we also managed to get to the Moon?
Either we need to pay more taxes, or we need a more efficient use of our money.
The question becomes, who's responsibility is it to get Photoshop working? The Linux community's, or Adobe's?
I would argue that it is Adobe's responsibility, as they are the company creating a product that people are paying outrageous amounts of money for. They get to choose what operating systems they wish to make it for.
The Linux community can create different apps, but IMO it is not their responsibility to get Photoshop running. Not all operating systems can run all programs, but you still see a segmentation of the market.
Also, how many Windows users do you know that truly know how to use Photoshop? Most average users are not going to spend several hundred dollars on a program that complex--instead, they'll either use Windows's built-in facilities, or they'll use a cheaper option (such as Photoshop Elements, or Jasc's Paint Shop Pro).
This is the second failure associated with the LHC (Large Hole of Cash) since it was first powered on. Is this a coincidence that this is failing, or does it mean that there was a rush job on construction?
We do want to make sure that the billions spent to build the thing don't get wasted by a rush job.
I'm a "fundamentalist" Christian (watch my karma go down:-) ), however, I don't believe I am a nutjob. I believe that many people who claim to be Christian today don't act like it, and thus, our country has a bad impression of Christians.
While there are a few issues I believe being a Creationist would have an effect on, for the most part, I'm not sure what would be entirely different. Some issues are not entirely Christianity-related, but opinion-related.
Foreign policy: Work with other nations. Try to resolve disputes in a peaceful manner. Sometimes, wars are going to be necessary.:-| War is not pretty.
Environment: Christians should be the best stewards of the environment, considering that we believe that its God's creation. But we have to balance that with other things; i.e. not go to an extreme. Moderation in this (as in all things) is key.
Economy: This is my own personal opinion, but I favor the capitalist system. I know some have tried to argue that the Bible favors capitalism, however, I will not get into that debate.
There a host of other issues out there, but that's where I revert into state's rights:-). That is because I believe the Founding Fathers intended a system based on the rights of states, and the citizens.
To see the percentages, I believe you click the Score of the specific message in question, such as, for the message I'm replying to, you would click "Score:1."
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Open source products hack together support for file formats all the time.
Microsoft didn't just willingly hand over the file format specs for Office documents to the OpenOffice.org team. Rather, they reverse-engineered support. Microsoft could have released updates to Office to change the file format, but that would have probably resulted in media backlash when files from one version of Office 2003 couldn't be read by another.
At least, I think this is similar. Perhaps I'm wrong.
The EU must not like me...they keep fining my stock choices!
Keep moving on, EU. These aren't the droids you're looking for.
These kind of competitions always sound like so much fun. Attacking the NSA, with permission? Sign me up!
I gotta get me one of them government jobs, so I can just get money thrown at me.
"You need $4.5 million for a bunch of Cheez-It's and a Beowulf cluster for home? You've got it!"
Word might be to blame. Microsoft states that Word needs 256MB RAM minimum, and 1GB RAM for grammar and contextual spelling to be turned on.
// Top-secret!
// Copyright 2009 Microsoft Corp.
// Windows XP super-secure for USAF
// start bootup
// show shell
#include <linux.h>
int main(){
ShowWindowsLoading();
LoadKernel(linux);
ShowGUI();
}
I wish I knew.
What is interesting is that it didn't flag every single instance of the word "that" or "and."
Sorry, I should have clarified.
I wrote the paper discussing the history and various counterfactual scenarios. The "they propose" was referring to a counterfactual scenario written by Oleinikov and Kudryashov, where they propose a history where Hitler did manage to push all the way to Moscow, and eliminate senior Red Army leadership in the process.
From what I understand, many Linux distros use the Go-oo code (or at least some patches) as well...Bug report on Launchpad
I've had a theory about this...if I wrote a program that imitated my writing style, and I put in a bunch of information, with appropriate information on bias, etc., and the program outputted a paper, would that paper be considered "written" by me?
I mean, I'm the one who told it how to write, wouldn't that count for something? :)
With history though, we are supposed to be researching what actually happened. We're not supposed to "make up" events.
And, if I'm citing my sources, I'm giving acknowledgment to where the information came from.
It's like the theory of the bunch of monkeys typing the complete works of Shakespeare.
Technically, yes.
Whenever you use an author's thought on the idea, you need to cite.
There are exceptions for common knowledge...for example, you don't need to cite that the sky is blue.
Forget 20%, I had a rough draft with as high as 61%! The particular service we used in high school was Turnitin.com, and a research paper I wrote for high school had an appendix with a copy of the 1805 Treaty of Tripoli (as a help for the teacher)...the website flagged that as 18% plagiarized, from some random Bell Atlantic user's website.
Excluding that, the site would flag random sentences, and would flag part of a sentence as plagiarized, skip a word or two, and then say the rest of the sentence was plagiarized from the same source!
An example is shown below (words in bold are supposedly plagiarized from one source, words in italics from another):
Thus, the Founding Fathers wanted to create a government that was stable, and protected the rights of the people.
Another example from a paper on the Russo-German war of 1941:
They propose that German troops push all the way to the outskirts of Moscow, causing Joseph Stalin to abandon the city. While escaping, his train is destroyed by German planes, removing all signiïcant leadership to the Red Army.
In another paper, when I quoted an article, I listed the title of the article in-text. Turnitin reported that the title of the article was plagiarism...of the article I was citing!
Turnitin.com has "features" for excluding the quoted text, and excluding the bibliography, but as I use LaTeX, and like to use block quotes, the usefulness of these features are questionable.
In my opinion, Turnitin.com is a joke.
Mr Obama used a BlackBerry during the campaign---I assume thus that he chose to use a BlackBerry.
Also, you know there is a berry called a blackberry right? And blueberries (Celts)?
But in 1969, we were in an arms race with the Soviet Union at the time, so we not only spent a gazillion dollars on nuclear missiles, we also managed to get to the Moon?
Either we need to pay more taxes, or we need a more efficient use of our money.
The question becomes, who's responsibility is it to get Photoshop working? The Linux community's, or Adobe's?
I would argue that it is Adobe's responsibility, as they are the company creating a product that people are paying outrageous amounts of money for. They get to choose what operating systems they wish to make it for.
The Linux community can create different apps, but IMO it is not their responsibility to get Photoshop running. Not all operating systems can run all programs, but you still see a segmentation of the market.
Also, how many Windows users do you know that truly know how to use Photoshop? Most average users are not going to spend several hundred dollars on a program that complex--instead, they'll either use Windows's built-in facilities, or they'll use a cheaper option (such as Photoshop Elements, or Jasc's Paint Shop Pro).
Sir, while you say you greatly respect ham operators, you persist in using crass language in almost every post you have made. Why isn't that irony?
Couldn't we just do a Stage 3 install, rather than resorting to a Stage 1? It takes way too long, otherwise!
But will they run Linux?
Perhaps a Beowulf cluster?
I meant it more as a joke than anything--next time, I've got to keep my mouth shut. :-)
This is the second failure associated with the LHC (Large Hole of Cash) since it was first powered on. Is this a coincidence that this is failing, or does it mean that there was a rush job on construction?
We do want to make sure that the billions spent to build the thing don't get wasted by a rush job.
I'm a "fundamentalist" Christian (watch my karma go down :-) ), however, I don't believe I am a nutjob. I believe that many people who claim to be Christian today don't act like it, and thus, our country has a bad impression of Christians.
While there are a few issues I believe being a Creationist would have an effect on, for the most part, I'm not sure what would be entirely different. Some issues are not entirely Christianity-related, but opinion-related.
There a host of other issues out there, but that's where I revert into state's rights :-). That is because I believe the Founding Fathers intended a system based on the rights of states, and the citizens.
To see the percentages, I believe you click the Score of the specific message in question, such as, for the message I'm replying to, you would click "Score:1."