Even if soldiers knew their enemy, there would still be war. Soldiers aren't necessarily the ones who decide to fight.
Case in point, the American civil war. Families were split on the issues and consequently were on opposite sides of the war when war broke out.
Do not fume about it. Do not rage on a forum about it. Do not send you buddy and e-mail pointing out the stupidity of their comments. Make a press release containing the facts and release it.
You must be new here. This is slashdot. We don't "do something" about it, we bitch and moan so we feel better about ourselves before we got back into our parent's basement...
I've played with this technology before and thing's didn't go so well. I was the mayor a city and we had a few hundred thousand people in it. Let's call them "Sims" to protect their identity. They were all bitching about how coal polluted the atmosphere and such. So one day after I was lounging around in my mayor's office this guy called me up and said "hey you should try this microwave energy stuff, it doesn't pollute." So I dropped some coin on this new technology, and everyone loved me.
That is, until the beam got out of alignment and fried half of the town. Then a huge robot showed up and finished off the rest of the town. And just to add insult to injury, an 8.0 earth quake hit and swallowed up what was left of the city.
Let that be a lesson to anyone who might want to try this technology.
This is gonna do wonder's for the self esteem of everyone who fits into this category... er... I'm gonna go eat some ice cream and play some WoW... at least my toon is hot...
If you can program PacMan into a voting machine, I'm sure you could come up with a method to divert the blame... such as a delay so the 73rd voter after you get's to play PacMan instead of "Who Wants To Be A President"
Someone above said that it's better to teach problem solving before you go knee deep into the syntax and all the other fun stuff involved in programming.
I'd agree with that. I'm not necessarily saying that programming is the one and only method (let alone the best) but if it's an effective way to teach problem solving then I think it's a good idea providing its executed properly.
I also believe problem solving would fall into the category of "broad knowledge" since the world is full of problems that need to be solved.
But you see... the problem people have with vaccinations isn't that they prevent disease. It's that they believe the other stuff in it can cause autism, among other things.
If they can somehow disprove the link (in a way that people will actually believe and accept the results... gl w/ that one) or they can develop a vaccine without the side effects or the mercury in there, then we can have a win-win situation. Nobody is autistic, caused by the vaccines that is, and millions of people will live because they were vaccinated.
It would appear that getting the vaccine would also be a gamble seeing as how people have had alergic reactions and/or died from them.
Life is a gamble and there's no user manual. You make the best decisions you can with the knowledge you have at hand, and right now there are alot of questions about the impact the vaccine has.
To us, it would see that getting the vaccine is a bigger gamble. You can always get a vaccine later, but you can't undo it. Especially if it does cause autism. Then what? She won't be able to sue me because she'll be too busy arranging the bookshelf.
I think more than anything else, the people who have autistic kids want to find out if infact that is the cause. I also think that it may be premature to say vaccines are the cause, but to me it's not out of the question. Because if it's not the cause, then they're going to continue looking to find the root cause, whether it's something that can be controlled or not. Maybe it's like others have said, its just being diagnosed now where everyone before was just thought "that kid is just " and accepted it. I'm not against vaccines in the sense of what they accomplish, but is there any collateral damage along the way (IE autism or other long-term problems)?
I think the real question is finding out if there is anything harmful in those vaccines. To get a credible answer to this, it will have to be done by multiple independent compnaies that have no vested interest or bias either way (good luck/w that). But I don't know enough about the subject (and it doesn't sound like anyone else does either) to say "Vaccines are good and harmless, stfu" or "ZOMG you'll die if you get them, ban them and jail their creators!". So unless you've got access to the facilities to perform your own tests, as well as willing subjects, all I, and probably most people here on/., can do is go off of "expert witnesses" and form a conclusion.
First off, I'll be the first to say i'm no expert on linux, but I don't think one distro would be a good idea (let alone feesible). However, maybe narrow the playing field a bit? I mean, hundreds of distros? You'll always have the application specific OS (Phones, stand-alone devices, etc) but I think there should be some way to convey to the average joe that "these distros are a good place to start".
Windows has different "distros" so to speak (not talking versions like 95/98/xp/, but XP Home vs XP Pro, Server 2003 Stanrdard vs Enterprise, etc). I believe Linux kind of accomplishes this via Kernels, so there is some common ground between them (or maybe i don't fully understand it). But even knowing what I know, I still don't have any idea of what distro would be good for what application. Maybe establishing some kind of "master list" of distros and what applications they're good / better suited for would be a place to start?
From the outside looking in I don't know where to even start with Linux. I'd like to get into it more because its obviously a great OS with plenty of great applications, but where do you start?? It's like walking into a food court with 20 different restaurants that all look the same from far away (except for their name), but you gotta walk up and read each menu to figure out what they have to offer. Then as you're walking around, you see other hallways with even more restaurants! Pretty soon, you just say forget it and go back to the restaurant you know best, called Microsoft.
The way I understand it, you are correct in that the states can and do set their own drinking age. However, the federal government said they won't give them federal funds for highways if they don't set it to 21...
I've always had good luck with these drives. It's the only brand I'll buy and recommend to another person. The fact they will warranty their drives for 5 years where most others will only do 1 - 3 years says something about them. If they're betting their drives will last 5 years, who am i to argue?
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Even if soldiers knew their enemy, there would still be war. Soldiers aren't necessarily the ones who decide to fight. Case in point, the American civil war. Families were split on the issues and consequently were on opposite sides of the war when war broke out.
Wonders never cease!
This is news? Can anyone honestly say "omg i'm so surprised"?
Do not fume about it. Do not rage on a forum about it. Do not send you buddy and e-mail pointing out the stupidity of their comments. Make a press release containing the facts and release it.
You must be new here. This is slashdot. We don't "do something" about it, we bitch and moan so we feel better about ourselves before we got back into our parent's basement...
Is anybody familiar with what it takes to make a good wood case?
Wood.
I've played with this technology before and thing's didn't go so well. I was the mayor a city and we had a few hundred thousand people in it. Let's call them "Sims" to protect their identity. They were all bitching about how coal polluted the atmosphere and such. So one day after I was lounging around in my mayor's office this guy called me up and said "hey you should try this microwave energy stuff, it doesn't pollute." So I dropped some coin on this new technology, and everyone loved me.
That is, until the beam got out of alignment and fried half of the town. Then a huge robot showed up and finished off the rest of the town. And just to add insult to injury, an 8.0 earth quake hit and swallowed up what was left of the city.
Let that be a lesson to anyone who might want to try this technology.
1. Stake claim to something that's widely used.
2. Appeal to death anyone who disagrees with you.
3. ????????
4. Profit!
If you have the need to write any software for this type of project, be sure to write it in COBOL. That stuff is gonna be around forever!
"...our fans can take us at our word..." ... because they're sure good at dodging the LAN question.
This is gonna do wonder's for the self esteem of everyone who fits into this category... er... I'm gonna go eat some ice cream and play some WoW... at least my toon is hot...
If you can program PacMan into a voting machine, I'm sure you could come up with a method to divert the blame... such as a delay so the 73rd voter after you get's to play PacMan instead of "Who Wants To Be A President"
Only if they put a desk on the map to hide under when it goes off. That way you don't die when you drop it!
Maybe that's why I love the internet? It's kind of above this bullshit
You must be new here?
People over 30 use computers?? I thought it was just a myth...
Someone above said that it's better to teach problem solving before you go knee deep into the syntax and all the other fun stuff involved in programming. I'd agree with that. I'm not necessarily saying that programming is the one and only method (let alone the best) but if it's an effective way to teach problem solving then I think it's a good idea providing its executed properly. I also believe problem solving would fall into the category of "broad knowledge" since the world is full of problems that need to be solved.
But you see... the problem people have with vaccinations isn't that they prevent disease. It's that they believe the other stuff in it can cause autism, among other things. If they can somehow disprove the link (in a way that people will actually believe and accept the results... gl w/ that one) or they can develop a vaccine without the side effects or the mercury in there, then we can have a win-win situation. Nobody is autistic, caused by the vaccines that is, and millions of people will live because they were vaccinated.
It would appear that getting the vaccine would also be a gamble seeing as how people have had alergic reactions and/or died from them. Life is a gamble and there's no user manual. You make the best decisions you can with the knowledge you have at hand, and right now there are alot of questions about the impact the vaccine has. To us, it would see that getting the vaccine is a bigger gamble. You can always get a vaccine later, but you can't undo it. Especially if it does cause autism. Then what? She won't be able to sue me because she'll be too busy arranging the bookshelf.
I think more than anything else, the people who have autistic kids want to find out if infact that is the cause. I also think that it may be premature to say vaccines are the cause, but to me it's not out of the question. Because if it's not the cause, then they're going to continue looking to find the root cause, whether it's something that can be controlled or not. Maybe it's like others have said, its just being diagnosed now where everyone before was just thought "that kid is just " and accepted it. I'm not against vaccines in the sense of what they accomplish, but is there any collateral damage along the way (IE autism or other long-term problems)? I think the real question is finding out if there is anything harmful in those vaccines. To get a credible answer to this, it will have to be done by multiple independent compnaies that have no vested interest or bias either way (good luck /w that). But I don't know enough about the subject (and it doesn't sound like anyone else does either) to say "Vaccines are good and harmless, stfu" or "ZOMG you'll die if you get them, ban them and jail their creators!". So unless you've got access to the facilities to perform your own tests, as well as willing subjects, all I, and probably most people here on /., can do is go off of "expert witnesses" and form a conclusion.
I know for a fact you can opt out. My daughter hasn't received a single vaccine. All you gotta do is sign a little form saying you don't want it.
First off, I'll be the first to say i'm no expert on linux, but I don't think one distro would be a good idea (let alone feesible). However, maybe narrow the playing field a bit? I mean, hundreds of distros? You'll always have the application specific OS (Phones, stand-alone devices, etc) but I think there should be some way to convey to the average joe that "these distros are a good place to start". Windows has different "distros" so to speak (not talking versions like 95/98/xp/, but XP Home vs XP Pro, Server 2003 Stanrdard vs Enterprise, etc). I believe Linux kind of accomplishes this via Kernels, so there is some common ground between them (or maybe i don't fully understand it). But even knowing what I know, I still don't have any idea of what distro would be good for what application. Maybe establishing some kind of "master list" of distros and what applications they're good / better suited for would be a place to start? From the outside looking in I don't know where to even start with Linux. I'd like to get into it more because its obviously a great OS with plenty of great applications, but where do you start?? It's like walking into a food court with 20 different restaurants that all look the same from far away (except for their name), but you gotta walk up and read each menu to figure out what they have to offer. Then as you're walking around, you see other hallways with even more restaurants! Pretty soon, you just say forget it and go back to the restaurant you know best, called Microsoft.
... that it's impossible to remove the speaker!
I think we're going about this the wrong way... Just setup a bong and pour in ~60 ounces of espresso. Takes the water out of the equation!
The way I understand it, you are correct in that the states can and do set their own drinking age. However, the federal government said they won't give them federal funds for highways if they don't set it to 21...
... the area code for these "perfect calls" all start with 1-900...
I've always had good luck with these drives. It's the only brand I'll buy and recommend to another person. The fact they will warranty their drives for 5 years where most others will only do 1 - 3 years says something about them. If they're betting their drives will last 5 years, who am i to argue?