"Haole" is a racist term for "white person," for those who don't know. It's so common that the white people have basically acclimated to it.
Actually in `olelo Hawai`i (Hawaiian language) "haole" essentially means "foreigner." It's a perfectly legitimate word which in the original is not racist, and not exclusively applied to white people. In common street talk, though, it's become a pejorative referring to whites.
There is anti-white prejudice here (I'm a Caucasian living in Hawai`i, who has studied the Hawaiian language), but I've not encountered it often. Perhaps this is because I'm older, and I believe I'm respectful to others... perhaps it's also because I don't go to Waianae at night. I don't know, but it's not been much of a problem. I've encountered much, much worse in mainland inner cities.
There is no simplistic answer to the TMT issue, but many native Hawaiians believe that the ancient Hawaiians, who were great students of astronomy (think celestial navigation) would have supported the type of science TMT will make possible, as long as respect for the `aina (land) is maintained. But to traditional Hawaiians that's simply how life is lived, respecting the land and sea while continuing to learn and grow.
My feeling is that it would be a shame to see high-level science disrupted by a handful who don't, to my understanding, represent the majority. They call themselves "protectors" of the mountain... is that what they really are?
Side note: as to the comment that Hawai`i is very corrupt, no kidding. New Jersey has nothing on Hawai`i.
Some open source is good and some sucks...... "Open Source" is not axiomatically good.
Of course this is true, and it is also true of closed source software or software in general.
But at least with open source, if it's almost but not quite good enough, and there are sufficient in-house skills, there's a chance of getting it to do what you want. (A better choice might be to find better software, but sometimes the only other option is something very expensive.) With closed source, there's nothing you can do to fix it if the vendor doesn't step up.
I've come across special-purpose "not quite good enough but promising" open-source tools/software that simply didn't exist in other forms (or in a form that I could afford to pay for). My classic example is OCR software. Really good OCR software typically runs on Windows, not Linux[1], and is very expensive for personal purchase. Open source OCR used to be vastly inferior, but the community tinkered enough and now it's quite decent, and free.
[1] This example may be dated; I'm thinking here of Abbyy Finereader, OmniPage, and competitors. I've noticed that as open-source OCR software has improved, the price of proprietary has been dropping (but still, not inexpensive). This is perhaps an interesting benefit provided by the existence of viable open-source options.
I believe we should be acting on the best scientific information we have.
I couldn't agree more. We should act on scientific information, not the politics of wealth and not the politics of guilt. And the science should itself remain independent and untainted by politics (otherwise it isn't really science).
I am willing to accept whatever unbiased science tells me. If I don't like that answer, too bad for me. It is what it is.
If Dark Matter is real, does it produce gravity waves or does it block gravity waves ? I have the troubling suspicion dark matter actively blocks gravity waves , or maybe it's dark energy. Does anyone think there's a link between these unseen forces ?
You miss the point. Of course the "position" is based on science. But not everyone gets that. They see a clown like Al Gore and they blow off the science right along with the arrogance and self-promotion.
Science should speak for itself but some people get in the way, even advocates.
That's the bottom line for me. While I love to tinker and hack (especially ELISP!) in the end I have a lot of things that have to get done, and Linux (Mint 17.2 Mate in my case) is a positive aid instead of an obstacle.
I also have a secondary boot to Windows 8.1, but I don't use it any longer. I used to have to go there to run my scanner/OCR but that's no longer the case, hasn't been for a while, and I'm not much of a gamer (Out of the Park Baseball has a Linux version, so I'm happy).
I know there's the old argument about "I have to have the latest XXX that only runs on Windows." That's valid, but that's also the exception.
You know, it's the climate science deniers that pay more attention to Al Gore than the rest of us.
That's unfortunate, because Al Gore is so ridiculous that he undermines the issue. Non-deniers (is that the term?) ought to pay attention to those who in attempting to help only weaken the position.
I have Linux Mint 17 running on a MUCH lower spec 6 year old Acer Netbook, 2GB of RAM. It's hardly a screamer, but I can get work done, stream video, etc. So I can't understand why your system doesn't do better.
My Linux system (Fedora) can become unresponsive under seriously heavy disk I/O or swap load. I've seen Firefox do it rarely
Agreed, I've seen this too with heavy I/O load, for me most typically copying multiple large files at once from disk to USB sticks (which, by the way, I find Windows does not do any better). But my objection was to the claim of seeing it with Firefox.
I still find GIMP highly useful, perhaps more so than ever, and I like the price compared to being robbed by Adobe and forced to use an OS that I wish to avoid.
No, I'm not a high end visual artist, I just need to do some things at a medium level of expertise. GIMP works for that and I'm glad to have it. Maybe if I was a high-ender I'd have a different opinion, but most of us are not.
XCF? Who cares. It's not hard to save and also do an export. I'm sure the point of XCF is to not lose information.
When Firefox causes LMDE to swap the machine grinds to a halt for at least 10 minutes before I can barely do anything with it. If Firefox is nice enough to crash (about 30% of the time) then it stops swapping and everything is usable again. If not, then I have to restart or deal with a 4-7 second lag on all computer input. The linux computer uses a SSD and has 8GB of memory and 9.8 GB of swap space,
This isn't even remotely credible. There is no way such a good hardware configuration (I'm assuming a decent CPU) would work so poorly unless you have something majorly screwed up, like disabling most of your memory.
you have the expectation of working the occasional "crunch time"
The problem is when it's always crunch time. To me if a company is in constant crisis mode that's a symptom of poor management, but the managers will never admit it.
The key question is: when do the rights to exercise religious freedom conflict with the legitimate interests of the rest of the people? This is not only a hard question but a potentially dangerous one, with plenty of room to go wrong on either side of it.
Is a burka -- which objectively speaking prevents identification of the wearer -- in conflict with the legitimate interest of identifying drivers for the sake of accountability? Does that conflict override the tenet of religious freedom?
INSULTS? Oh, yes, we shouldn't offend them with insulting words like "terrorist." They have their rights you know. Poor innocent terrorists, you must really feel for them.
I know this is contrary to what many people wish to see or hear, but I don't worry about intense graphical games on Linux. That's not what I use Linux for. Although it sounds like treason (even to my own ears) I don't have any big issue with dual booting into Windows to play those things.
Some things work best on Windows. So what? Some Mac stuff only works on Macs. And so on.
Of course I'm happy to see things develop on the Linux side. But if certain games don't run on Linux, it's not going to stop me and many others from using Linux for day to day computing.
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"Haole" is a racist term for "white person," for those who don't know. It's so common that the white people have basically acclimated to it.
Actually in `olelo Hawai`i (Hawaiian language) "haole" essentially means "foreigner." It's a perfectly legitimate word which in the original is not racist, and not exclusively applied to white people. In common street talk, though, it's become a pejorative referring to whites.
There is anti-white prejudice here (I'm a Caucasian living in Hawai`i, who has studied the Hawaiian language), but I've not encountered it often. Perhaps this is because I'm older, and I believe I'm respectful to others ... perhaps it's also because I don't go to Waianae at night. I don't know, but it's not been much of a problem. I've encountered much, much worse in mainland inner cities.
There is no simplistic answer to the TMT issue, but many native Hawaiians believe that the ancient Hawaiians, who were great students of astronomy (think celestial navigation) would have supported the type of science TMT will make possible, as long as respect for the `aina (land) is maintained. But to traditional Hawaiians that's simply how life is lived, respecting the land and sea while continuing to learn and grow.
My feeling is that it would be a shame to see high-level science disrupted by a handful who don't, to my understanding, represent the majority. They call themselves "protectors" of the mountain ... is that what they really are?
Side note: as to the comment that Hawai`i is very corrupt, no kidding. New Jersey has nothing on Hawai`i.
Some open source is good and some sucks. ..... "Open Source" is not axiomatically good.
Of course this is true, and it is also true of closed source software or software in general.
But at least with open source, if it's almost but not quite good enough, and there are sufficient in-house skills, there's a chance of getting it to do what you want. (A better choice might be to find better software, but sometimes the only other option is something very expensive.) With closed source, there's nothing you can do to fix it if the vendor doesn't step up.
I've come across special-purpose "not quite good enough but promising" open-source tools/software that simply didn't exist in other forms (or in a form that I could afford to pay for). My classic example is OCR software. Really good OCR software typically runs on Windows, not Linux[1], and is very expensive for personal purchase. Open source OCR used to be vastly inferior, but the community tinkered enough and now it's quite decent, and free.
[1] This example may be dated; I'm thinking here of Abbyy Finereader, OmniPage, and competitors. I've noticed that as open-source OCR software has improved, the price of proprietary has been dropping (but still, not inexpensive). This is perhaps an interesting benefit provided by the existence of viable open-source options.
Running XP in a virtual machine isn't hard at all. It's worth your time and effort.
I believe we should be acting on the best scientific information we have.
I couldn't agree more. We should act on scientific information, not the politics of wealth and not the politics of guilt. And the science should itself remain independent and untainted by politics (otherwise it isn't really science).
I am willing to accept whatever unbiased science tells me. If I don't like that answer, too bad for me. It is what it is.
If Dark Matter is real, does it produce gravity waves or does it block gravity waves ? I have the troubling suspicion dark matter actively blocks gravity waves , or maybe it's dark energy. Does anyone think there's a link between these unseen forces ?
Yes. Global warming.
You miss the point. Of course the "position" is based on science. But not everyone gets that. They see a clown like Al Gore and they blow off the science right along with the arrogance and self-promotion.
Science should speak for itself but some people get in the way, even advocates.
I just USE it
That's the bottom line for me. While I love to tinker and hack (especially ELISP!) in the end I have a lot of things that have to get done, and Linux (Mint 17.2 Mate in my case) is a positive aid instead of an obstacle.
I also have a secondary boot to Windows 8.1, but I don't use it any longer. I used to have to go there to run my scanner/OCR but that's no longer the case, hasn't been for a while, and I'm not much of a gamer (Out of the Park Baseball has a Linux version, so I'm happy).
I know there's the old argument about "I have to have the latest XXX that only runs on Windows." That's valid, but that's also the exception.
You know, it's the climate science deniers that pay more attention to Al Gore than the rest of us.
That's unfortunate, because Al Gore is so ridiculous that he undermines the issue. Non-deniers (is that the term?) ought to pay attention to those who in attempting to help only weaken the position.
label a politician with no background in science as an "expert" on climate change
Doing that is not even original, it started years ago with Al Gore.
Good video but I preferred "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries."
I have Linux Mint 17 running on a MUCH lower spec 6 year old Acer Netbook, 2GB of RAM. It's hardly a screamer, but I can get work done, stream video, etc. So I can't understand why your system doesn't do better.
That is a well-thought through list with meaningful improvements.
You realize that most of what you suggest (except possibly items 8-10) would make Windows into ... well ... something like Linux :)
I'd roll Windows back in stages until it reached 1.0 and after that, back into oblivion.
So how do you tell whether you've changed the image since exporting?
Ummm, maybe you use your, you know, brain to tell you if you've done more work on the image?
The warning isn't useless at all. You don't "have to export instead of saving." You do both. You save your work, then export when ready.
My Linux system (Fedora) can become unresponsive under seriously heavy disk I/O or swap load. I've seen Firefox do it rarely
Agreed, I've seen this too with heavy I/O load, for me most typically copying multiple large files at once from disk to USB sticks (which, by the way, I find Windows does not do any better). But my objection was to the claim of seeing it with Firefox.
I still find GIMP highly useful, perhaps more so than ever, and I like the price compared to being robbed by Adobe and forced to use an OS that I wish to avoid.
No, I'm not a high end visual artist, I just need to do some things at a medium level of expertise. GIMP works for that and I'm glad to have it. Maybe if I was a high-ender I'd have a different opinion, but most of us are not.
XCF? Who cares. It's not hard to save and also do an export. I'm sure the point of XCF is to not lose information.
SJWs want to believe that he said this exactly as the headline puts it. Truth and accuracy are of no concern.
Trump is a moron and should never be president. But he should be quoted correctly.
When Firefox causes LMDE to swap the machine grinds to a halt for at least 10 minutes before I can barely do anything with it. If Firefox is nice enough to crash (about 30% of the time) then it stops swapping and everything is usable again. If not, then I have to restart or deal with a 4-7 second lag on all computer input. The linux computer uses a SSD and has 8GB of memory and 9.8 GB of swap space,
This isn't even remotely credible. There is no way such a good hardware configuration (I'm assuming a decent CPU) would work so poorly unless you have something majorly screwed up, like disabling most of your memory.
And yet has become the most used, most useful operating system in the world.
Most used? If you're talking about the PC platform (including laptops etc.), yes, true enough.
Most useful? Matter of opinion. I personally find it anti-useful and a barrier rather than an aid to getting work done.
you have the expectation of working the occasional "crunch time"
The problem is when it's always crunch time. To me if a company is in constant crisis mode that's a symptom of poor management, but the managers will never admit it.
The key question is: when do the rights to exercise religious freedom conflict with the legitimate interests of the rest of the people? This is not only a hard question but a potentially dangerous one, with plenty of room to go wrong on either side of it.
Is a burka -- which objectively speaking prevents identification of the wearer -- in conflict with the legitimate interest of identifying drivers for the sake of accountability? Does that conflict override the tenet of religious freedom?
Not easy to answer.
INSULTS? Oh, yes, we shouldn't offend them with insulting words like "terrorist." They have their rights you know. Poor innocent terrorists, you must really feel for them.
I know this is contrary to what many people wish to see or hear, but I don't worry about intense graphical games on Linux. That's not what I use Linux for. Although it sounds like treason (even to my own ears) I don't have any big issue with dual booting into Windows to play those things.
Some things work best on Windows. So what? Some Mac stuff only works on Macs. And so on.
Of course I'm happy to see things develop on the Linux side. But if certain games don't run on Linux, it's not going to stop me and many others from using Linux for day to day computing.
Over-promise, under-deliver (if they deliver anything usable at all) ... but by golly, they're great at counting up billable hours!