HA! I read in G-ORK-LAW, that Gandalf has in fact got a ring, and that its a ring that predates the sale of Rings and related Ring-based-technologies by the Elvish smiths of SCOria. Further more, if you look at the fine print on page 3772 of this 17GB PDF (dated 324 Second Age), you can clearly see that the "Three Rings For Elven Kings" (and hence Nenya, or was it Varya) is implicitly included in the "bringing them all / in the darkness binding them" clauses of the contract.
... but I thought carbon dating only worked on organic matter (since its the death of the matter that stops the carbon cycle refreshing the C14 percentage in the tissue). How does this work on stone tools?
(As to the creationism / darwin debate, people forget that the fact that new evidence can make us throw away previous scientific belief is what's good about science, not what's bad)
You totally miss his point. He checked an article which he knew was likely to have a problem based on his experience with Britannica
Incidentally, this cuts both ways.
I have a ready guide to test music encyclopedias in the same way. Turn to the entry for Frank Zappa. If it says his given name is "Francis Vincent Zappa", throw it away, because it's badly researched...
It's flat out wrong, and it tells you that whoever researched this article didn't even bother to read Zappa's autobiography ("The Real Frank Zappa Book"). He was christened Frank, and always has been called Frank. Here's the preamble to wikipedia's article
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer and satirist
Frank Zappa born Dec. 21, 1940, Baltimore, Md., U.S. died Dec. 4, 1993, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. rock musician and composer. orig. Francis Vincent Zappa
Wikipedia has many flaws. It may often be wrong on subtle issues, like the one raised by the Britannica editor. His mistake is to assume that the same is not true of his own estimable organ.
Never assume a security update can solve already existing errors within the operating system.
But it shouldn't *ever* leave the system unbootable. That's just irrefutable. If SP2 scans the system, doesn't like what it sees and aborts the installation -- that would be acceptable, but to taking a working system (albeit infected with spyware) and leave it in an unbootable state, with no way to revert, is completely unacceptable behaviour.
If a boss calls me in on the weekend to finish the job, I do it. No need to pussy out.
from which I inferred that your job was in some way comparable to the EA employee mentioned. He is forced to work long, unsociable hours for which he is not paid. You are contracted to work long, unsociable hours for which you are paid.
I assumed you were contrasting the two different reactions to similar circumstances, which would have been an intelligent, constructive and interesting thing to do. In fact, you were contrasting two different reactions to equally different circumstances (you doing what you're paid to do, him having to do what he is not paid to do), which made the comparison so utterly irrelevant as to be a complete waste of your and my time.
You are not responsible for things that happen in your work outside your contracted hours. That's your boss's responsibility.
If your boss wants his network running on weekends, he should pay a network admin to work weekends, or at least pay one of his present ones to be on call. If he wants a service, he should pay the market rate for that service. Would you ring a plumber on a saturday and ask him to fix your faucets out of the goodness of his heart?
You're not a doctor or a firefighter, you're not saving lives here, so stop imagining there's a pressing moral element to your vocation.
At the moment, your better nature is being taken advantage, and you're so wrapped up in this (false) sense of indispensibility, you haven't even noticed.
PS : Try ringing your boss up on a saturday and asking him to mow your lawn.
Joe User can work, so Joe User can get money to feed his family
Wow. You're prepared to work for nothing so someone else can get paid. So, presumably, if you got fired, your sense of fair play would mean that you'd keep turning up anyway (at least until you found a new job) in order to keep food on Mr User's table. How munificent!
Fair enough. I appreciate that some people feel obliged to be a corporate drone.
I do however, find it somewhat peculiar that you take such a sense of pride from that your spinelessness, mixed with having nothing better to do on a weekend.
if I'm upper management and offer a 6-digit package to an employee, I expect 6-digit work
Anyone like to offer me odds that SilentChris (452960) is a college kid, from a relatively afluent background, who has never worked a 9-5 job for longer then 3 months at a time.
The funny thing is, given that disk space is cheap and Linux doesn't page unused code sections in to memory, your 1.5MB hello world is only 1.5MB on disk. In memory, its no bigger than a dynamically linked one. The real loss comes from the fact that if you run 1000 of these programs, the footprint is 1000 the size of one, whereas 1000 dynamically linked executables are considerably smaller.
Except when the Flat Earth hypothesis was popular, there were no scientists as we understand the term (in so far as looking for knowledge through the application of the scientific method).
Climatologists are just now getting hip to the fact that the Earth's oceans are acting as giant carbon dioxide sinks
That's true, as long as when you say "are just now getting hip to the fact" you mean "have been aware for decades" (It's in the 1990 IPCC summary, FFS, and it wasn't news then).
Is Microsoft opening itself to defending thousands of lawsuits against their customers?
No. It's opening the way for the next attack on the supposed IP irregularities of Linux. Microsoft is an 800lb gorilla, with an enormous patent stockpile to use againts agressors. Just making this promise means they're unlikely to have to go to court.
RedHat, or whoever, aren't. They simply can't make comporable promises. Mix in some FUD from MS's attempts to get licensees from TCP/IP, HTTP etc (slashdot, passim) and you'll keep your business consumers scared away from Open Source.
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Public transport, this is America.
Have a nice day.
Gosh, its depressing to see "I'm ignorant, by gowen" marked "Insightful"
... but I thought carbon dating only worked on organic matter (since its the death of the matter that stops the carbon cycle refreshing the C14 percentage in the tissue). How does this work on stone tools?
(As to the creationism / darwin debate, people forget that the fact that new evidence can make us throw away previous scientific belief is what's good about science, not what's bad)
Hell, it would be good news if it was just "Two Linux Vendors Agree ... on anything"
I have a ready guide to test music encyclopedias in the same way. Turn to the entry for Frank Zappa. If it says his given name is "Francis Vincent Zappa", throw it away, because it's badly researched...
It's flat out wrong, and it tells you that whoever researched this article didn't even bother to read Zappa's autobiography ("The Real Frank Zappa Book"). He was christened Frank, and always has been called Frank. Here's the preamble to wikipedia's article Here's Britannica's Wikipedia has many flaws. It may often be wrong on subtle issues, like the one raised by the Britannica editor. His mistake is to assume that the same is not true of his own estimable organ.
I assumed you were contrasting the two different reactions to similar circumstances, which would have been an intelligent, constructive and interesting thing to do. In fact, you were contrasting two different reactions to equally different circumstances (you doing what you're paid to do, him having to do what he is not paid to do), which made the comparison so utterly irrelevant as to be a complete waste of your and my time.
I thought you had something relevant to say.
I see now that I was wrong.
Mea maxima culpa.
If your boss wants his network running on weekends, he should pay a network admin to work weekends, or at least pay one of his present ones to be on call. If he wants a service, he should pay the market rate for that service. Would you ring a plumber on a saturday and ask him to fix your faucets out of the goodness of his heart?
You're not a doctor or a firefighter, you're not saving lives here, so stop imagining there's a pressing moral element to your vocation.
At the moment, your better nature is being taken advantage, and you're so wrapped up in this (false) sense of indispensibility, you haven't even noticed.
PS : Try ringing your boss up on a saturday and asking him to mow your lawn.
Wow.
You're prepared to work for nothing so someone else can get paid. So, presumably, if you got fired, your sense of fair play would mean that you'd keep turning up anyway (at least until you found a new job) in order to keep food on Mr User's table. How munificent!
I do fill my workday with something I care about. Then I go home, and fill my personal time with something I care about more.
Fair enough. I appreciate that some people feel obliged to be a corporate drone.
I do however, find it somewhat peculiar that you take such a sense of pride from that your spinelessness, mixed with having nothing better to do on a weekend.
The funny thing is, given that disk space is cheap and Linux doesn't page unused code sections in to memory, your 1.5MB hello world is only 1.5MB on disk. In memory, its no bigger than a dynamically linked one. The real loss comes from the fact that if you run 1000 of these programs, the footprint is 1000 the size of one, whereas 1000 dynamically linked executables are considerably smaller.
Here's an idea. Why not buy every third version?
Except when the Flat Earth hypothesis was popular, there were no scientists as we understand the term (in so far as looking for knowledge through the application of the scientific method).
But they've already said they're not going to indemnify Linux users, so thats pretty much a moot point.
RedHat, or whoever, aren't. They simply can't make comporable promises. Mix in some FUD from MS's attempts to get licensees from TCP/IP, HTTP etc (slashdot, passim) and you'll keep your business consumers scared away from Open Source.
Ob/. : 3) Profit...
Must be reassuring to the USMC presently in Fallujah that what they're doing isn't a major combat operation.
Because it looks like one to me.
Taping things off the TV to watch at a later date constitutes theft now? On what planet do you live?
What is the sound of one hand crashing?
Who The Hell Uses Microsoft Products Anymore?
About 90% of the world's home/office computer users. No stop asking stupid questions.