Each to his own- that, though, reminds me of the argument that smoking is good for you, because it eradicates bacteria that cause tooth decay.
For a more critical view, the argument on your link can be used both ways: there will be variability in moisture, so one can argue that there will be areas of no mites, and pockets where mites are having a party.
I don't know about you, but I don't tend to have too many house parties in my bedroom.
Ah, perhaps you haven't been at the right party yet!
I also don't see any gain in discipline or self-respect.
This one is simple (and it may or may not work for someone): it merely prevents you from yielding to procrastination, and helps you build and maintain a simple routine, one that can be a starting point to build up upon and evolve. Being good at mundane tasks may make you even better at non-mundane ones. And think of it this way: when someone has kids, do you think the reason of telling them to make their bed is for the bed to look nice?
I do see a few minutes of my life that I won't get back being spent on something that in my house serves no purpose whatsoever
Well, this afterall is Slashdot, so I am not surprised that your post got modded Insightful so fast..
he core of our biological being — the sequence of our DNA, which makes up our genes — remains the same
I was under the impression that it was known that it doesn't: when the molecule replicates, there could be chunks that failed to replicate perfectly, propagating an error: obviously there are redundancies in place, but eventually (and statistically) the error builds up. I vaguely remember the explanation relying on arguments on physics, as to how the molecule may "snap" incorrectly at the end (or some other point). Can someone more adept in biology verify (or dismiss) this?
Why make up a bed in the morning when it's just going to be unmade that evening
Because, appart from basic hygiene and avoiding building a colony of who-knows-what, it helps you maintain a healthy routine and improve discipline and self-respect. It may also improve your social life, since you will not be demonstrating to your house guests that you live in a pit. It is also NOT your mother's job to make your bed.
Seriously, are you such a lazy sod that you invoke teenage arguments against making your bed?
I'm finding this less and less true as KDE apps become more tied in with each other..
True. Last time I bothered to check (ages ago) KDE would automatically spawn what was missing: this could be turned to a user's benefit, though, as one can "deploy a net" to see what processes spawn- and then write a killer script (no pun intended).
In all fairness, I have a flavor of GNOME installed (I don't even remember which-- but the laptop's fan does kick in when I fire it up!) so I can nautilus --no-desktop to get some drag-and-drop functionality if it is better for workflow; and another use for it is that since GNOME is a "default" kind of option, many things work out of the box which I can then use to debug Fluxbox. But other than that, I have never really had a need for it, or KDE.
Because I run fluxbox- KDE runs a load of crap in the background, which is one of the basic reasons I gave up Windows looooooooong ago.
On fluxbox (and openbox, and blackbox) everything has been customizable for years now (key+click combinations etc, window layouts) which makes it ideal for applications that demand lots of hotkeys. Okay, it might not be flashy and 3D accelerated (unless you really try to make it so) but who cares: the memory footprint of the whole window manager is negligible.
And if you miss your $favouriteKDEapp or $favouriteGNOMEapp, remember that the executable can be launched from a terminal window.
I cannot see what the issue is: is it to sell this story as a problematic for patriots? USA was always standing for "acquiring the best" and this rule is here to exactly work this out, in this new era where xenophobia is getting a second, and IMHO rather unfortunate, wind.
If anything, this is patriotic. What, is anyone afraid that those people granted work without a VISA will make a run for it when their months are up, and give up their opportunities for high profile positions and hefty salaries to escape immigration and start flipping burgers on an unregistered job?
FB stock got its ass kicked last week and there is just constant bad press [..] I'm beginning to think that maybe FB stock price may turn upward.
Of course it may. And then it will crumble, and rise again, and so forth in this fashion. Now before you think that I am being a smartass, here is what I mean (albeit a bit off-topic):
I can see four basic components in this company, and by increasing order of importance they are: a) the server hardware, b) the marketing profile, c) the lawyer layer and d) exploitable user data.
The fact that the stock is "rising" or "dropping" in value is irrelevant: what is relevant, is that there is a stock, and that fb is in the stockmarket: it is essentially now an "immortal" in a corporate sense. Fb may very much so change ownership in the future, and perhaps even see a revamp of its logo (as in a "new-and-changed" product), and that may happen a lot: so the core of it, which is what investors are willing to pump money into, which is user data and profiles, will be "immortal" as well.
That alone guarantees that your data will never ever be deleted, as they have become a valuable commodity- and unless you are a "player" in the stockmarket, or a billionaire looking to acquire it, I don't see why you should care about fb stocks.
A facebook branded phone would get lots of sales regardless of how well the phone performed.
I hear your point. Assuming they launch it, at some point it will become apparent that the spying, data-snooping, profiling and all the similar avenues of revenue for FB will have been integrated into the hardware.
As it is usually the case, when this whole (now hypothetical) scenario creates a new set of privacy violation scandals and legal issues, by the moment those issues have been addressed FB will have, as always, already had "gotten away with the loot" (read: further profiling of personal data and habits, which is the whole point).
And this would not be mentioned in news if it wasn't USA or UK
Well, this prediction is probably correct, but what I see here as news is what can happen when you outsource your clocks/calendars. Microsoft is not that influential in that matter, but an iPhone bug like this one that affects when your morning alarm goes off, will probably end up with you arriving at work one hour late.
Not that it matters too much, because your boss, along with a fair share of the rest of your country, will be affected as well.
To leave the Euro they must first leave the EU, as there is no other method for leaving the Euro.
You got yourself confused- I wont even link wikipedia because it is trivial to click a bit, read and see for yourself that the Eurozone, the Euro, and the EU are not connected the way you might think.
E.g. an area may use the Euro without being part of the Eurozone and/or the EU; a country may be part of the EU without being in the Eurozone; a country may have special trading agreements with EU countries without using the Euro OR being in the Eurozone, or without even being a member of EU; and perhaps a few other details that I don't really have the time now to check on your behalf.
A major reason why Greece won't just "leave the EU" is because it is one of the community's oldest members (1981), back from the 'veto days', where EVERY member state had veto powers. Also, "leaving the Euro" is not an option, since if this happens fingers can be pointed saying "see? It didn't work. The Euro didn't work": no technocrats upstrairs want this to happen.
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Besides Earth, Titan is the only object in the Solar System to circulate liquids in a cycle of rain and evaporation
No, it is not.
According to this, NOT making your bed is better
Each to his own- that, though, reminds me of the argument that smoking is good for you, because it eradicates bacteria that cause tooth decay.
For a more critical view, the argument on your link can be used both ways: there will be variability in moisture, so one can argue that there will be areas of no mites, and pockets where mites are having a party.
I don't know about you, but I don't tend to have too many house parties in my bedroom.
Ah, perhaps you haven't been at the right party yet!
I also don't see any gain in discipline or self-respect.
This one is simple (and it may or may not work for someone): it merely prevents you from yielding to procrastination, and helps you build and maintain a simple routine, one that can be a starting point to build up upon and evolve. Being good at mundane tasks may make you even better at non-mundane ones. And think of it this way: when someone has kids, do you think the reason of telling them to make their bed is for the bed to look nice?
I do see a few minutes of my life that I won't get back being spent on something that in my house serves no purpose whatsoever
Well, this afterall is Slashdot, so I am not surprised that your post got modded Insightful so fast ..
he core of our biological being — the sequence of our DNA, which makes up our genes — remains the same
I was under the impression that it was known that it doesn't: when the molecule replicates, there could be chunks that failed to replicate perfectly, propagating an error: obviously there are redundancies in place, but eventually (and statistically) the error builds up. I vaguely remember the explanation relying on arguments on physics, as to how the molecule may "snap" incorrectly at the end (or some other point). Can someone more adept in biology verify (or dismiss) this?
A made bed looks better [..] help maintain sleep health.
And because you get rid of the dust- see here.
Why make up a bed in the morning when it's just going to be unmade that evening
Because, appart from basic hygiene and avoiding building a colony of who-knows-what, it helps you maintain a healthy routine and improve discipline and self-respect. It may also improve your social life, since you will not be demonstrating to your house guests that you live in a pit. It is also NOT your mother's job to make your bed.
Seriously, are you such a lazy sod that you invoke teenage arguments against making your bed?
The screen real-estate on a mobile device is too tight ..
As is bandwidth. Which also tends to be ridiculously overpriced.
And if you miss your $favouriteKDEapp ..
I'm finding this less and less true as KDE apps become more tied in with each other ..
True. Last time I bothered to check (ages ago) KDE would automatically spawn what was missing: this could be turned to a user's benefit, though, as one can "deploy a net" to see what processes spawn- and then write a killer script (no pun intended).
In all fairness, I have a flavor of GNOME installed (I don't even remember which-- but the laptop's fan does kick in when I fire it up!) so I can nautilus --no-desktop to get some drag-and-drop functionality if it is better for workflow; and another use for it is that since GNOME is a "default" kind of option, many things work out of the box which I can then use to debug Fluxbox. But other than that, I have never really had a need for it, or KDE.
Because I run fluxbox- KDE runs a load of crap in the background, which is one of the basic reasons I gave up Windows looooooooong ago.
On fluxbox (and openbox, and blackbox) everything has been customizable for years now (key+click combinations etc, window layouts) which makes it ideal for applications that demand lots of hotkeys. Okay, it might not be flashy and 3D accelerated (unless you really try to make it so) but who cares: the memory footprint of the whole window manager is negligible.
And if you miss your $favouriteKDEapp or $favouriteGNOMEapp, remember that the executable can be launched from a terminal window.
The proper status code would be "666 - Go To Hell". Served to the court, not the customer.
Perhaps, but the state will be better served if it is "911 - We are calling them on you for some whooping"
Anyone know more on the specifics of the law here?
I meant to say 'knows'. Gods, the crap I am about to get from my grammar nazi anonymous fans.
[..] who cares about patents [..]
their manufacturers are likely starting to feel a little uneasy
Should they? Their own inventions preceded the granting of this patent. Anyone know more on the specifics of the law here?
I cannot see what the issue is: is it to sell this story as a problematic for patriots? USA was always standing for "acquiring the best" and this rule is here to exactly work this out, in this new era where xenophobia is getting a second, and IMHO rather unfortunate, wind.
If anything, this is patriotic. What, is anyone afraid that those people granted work without a VISA will make a run for it when their months are up, and give up their opportunities for high profile positions and hefty salaries to escape immigration and start flipping burgers on an unregistered job?
Phantom Eye’s innovative and environmentally responsible liquid-hydrogen propulsion system will allow the aircraft [..]
The payload will be the new eco-friendly AGM-115 Flowerkitten laser-guided missile. It's just like the Hellfire, only made out of recycled materials.
Good news, because the guilt of not being environmentally friendly while exterminating humans can be unbearable.
FB stock got its ass kicked last week and there is just constant bad press [..] I'm beginning to think that maybe FB stock price may turn upward.
Of course it may. And then it will crumble, and rise again, and so forth in this fashion. Now before you think that I am being a smartass, here is what I mean (albeit a bit off-topic):
I can see four basic components in this company, and by increasing order of importance they are: a) the server hardware, b) the marketing profile, c) the lawyer layer and d) exploitable user data.
The fact that the stock is "rising" or "dropping" in value is irrelevant: what is relevant, is that there is a stock, and that fb is in the stockmarket: it is essentially now an "immortal" in a corporate sense. Fb may very much so change ownership in the future, and perhaps even see a revamp of its logo (as in a "new-and-changed" product), and that may happen a lot: so the core of it, which is what investors are willing to pump money into, which is user data and profiles, will be "immortal" as well.
That alone guarantees that your data will never ever be deleted, as they have become a valuable commodity- and unless you are a "player" in the stockmarket, or a billionaire looking to acquire it, I don't see why you should care about fb stocks.
A facebook branded phone would get lots of sales regardless of how well the phone performed.
I hear your point. Assuming they launch it, at some point it will become apparent that the spying, data-snooping, profiling and all the similar avenues of revenue for FB will have been integrated into the hardware.
As it is usually the case, when this whole (now hypothetical) scenario creates a new set of privacy violation scandals and legal issues, by the moment those issues have been addressed FB will have, as always, already had "gotten away with the loot" (read: further profiling of personal data and habits, which is the whole point).
I would think they should be looking for ion engine signatures. That seems a more likely signal to span the distance.
And gamma-ray bursts!
See? Europe is the best country in the world.
Just because they're really out to get you doesn't mean you're not paranoid.
Are you as think as I drunk you are?
Are those the friends of the USA of America?
That they are. They are not very good friends with the People's Republic of PRC though.
And this would not be mentioned in news if it wasn't USA or UK
Well, this prediction is probably correct, but what I see here as news is what can happen when you outsource your clocks/calendars. Microsoft is not that influential in that matter, but an iPhone bug like this one that affects when your morning alarm goes off, will probably end up with you arriving at work one hour late.
Not that it matters too much, because your boss, along with a fair share of the rest of your country, will be affected as well.
" [..] and not have to worry about their favorite shows being cancelled like FireFly."
Yea I am still not over that either ..
But there was this follow-up movie, where all of it was wrapped up, right? *ducks*
The fabric needs to have small holes so sweat can vent out and given those hole dimensions black fabric actually behaved better than white fabric
Natural selection, eh?
Per person, the USA is the worst country in the world for air pollution [..]
Not only that, but the USA is the only country not intending to ratify the Kyoto Protocol
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Yes it is.
Why?
For example here in Norway we're required to implement the Data Retention Directive that was passed in the EU in 2006
How so? Norway is not in the EU.
To leave the Euro they must first leave the EU, as there is no other method for leaving the Euro.
You got yourself confused- I wont even link wikipedia because it is trivial to click a bit, read and see for yourself that the Eurozone, the Euro, and the EU are not connected the way you might think.
E.g. an area may use the Euro without being part of the Eurozone and/or the EU; a country may be part of the EU without being in the Eurozone; a country may have special trading agreements with EU countries without using the Euro OR being in the Eurozone, or without even being a member of EU; and perhaps a few other details that I don't really have the time now to check on your behalf.
A major reason why Greece won't just "leave the EU" is because it is one of the community's oldest members (1981), back from the 'veto days', where EVERY member state had veto powers. Also, "leaving the Euro" is not an option, since if this happens fingers can be pointed saying "see? It didn't work. The Euro didn't work": no technocrats upstrairs want this to happen.