Yeah Slashdot is a peer-reviewed website, and has exactly the same flaws as described in the article. You've been assigned a (0). Slashdot's mod system is basically just "+1 I Agree" or "-1 I Disagree". I don't see why it even exists, because the same purpose kind be achieved via posting.
>>>a climate scientist who's an openly devout Christian finds data that sheds doubt on human caused global warming will be rejected because someone's afraid of looking foolish.
Nothing that extreme. More like they would reject papers that claim "global warming caused by natural causes" and accept papers that say "global warming caused by man", in order to protect their Own beliefs. A guy named Thomas Kuhn wrote about this very phenomenon (protecting the current paradigm aka worldview) several decades ago, about why the particle theory of light was initially rejected in favor of the existing "light passes through a medium" theory.
Basically the scientists/reviewers rejected papers as "hogwash" simply because they don't fit the accepted scientific theory. It can be a real challenge for new ideas to overcome this censorship.
I'm probably wrong about Apple too. What made them nearly imploded in the 1995-97 timeframe, when they had billion-dollar losses? Or Atari Computers implode about the same time?
>>>why should Google go to all the trouble of setting up their own location tech?
For the same reason Google created their Maps application, even though Mapquest had already existed for a decade. i.e. A chance to make money. Anyway looking-out certain apps sounds less like an IE v. Netscape situation, and more like an Apple "lock out competitors" deal.
Not as long as Microsoft and Apple still exists. Google will just be 3rd place.
BTW openness isn't always the greatest thing. Commodore operated an open OS with no restrictions whatsoever, including the ability to run your own personal OS, and look where they are today (bankrupt). Apple also verged on bankruptcy until Steve Jobs came-along and stopped their open "mac clone" program and sealed everything behind lock-and-key.
All 3 of ye seem to think this is a "lack of technology knowledge" issue.
The real problem is that journalists DON'T do research any more. Like an amateur blogger, they just take whatever press release is fed to them, and read it over the air in order to be first on the "scoop". Our 24 hour-a-day news cycle has turned reporters into gossipers, and nothing more. They don't double-check anything to verify its veracity. --
I do that with my Insight, because it's a stick shift and it can be a real pain to constantly shift in and out of 1st gear. So instead I just drift along at 5-10 mph during traffic jams.
Sometimes the people behind me get angry and beep their horn, so I just beep my "horn" right back at them .
Well today I sent out 10,000 cease-or-desist letters, received about 1000 $5000 checks from previous recipients, and used that money to hire a lawyer so we could sue Jamie Thomas. Man this is a fun game!
>>>you don't have to watch an entire movie all the way through to give it a one star "I Hated it" or two star "I didn't like it".
Then you shouldn't rate it all. If you've not finished it, don't rate it (same you do not judge a book by its cover). I've discovered that some movies/TV shows are uninteresting but then suddenly turn interesting during the final climax, or sudden plot twist. One of those was Nicole Kidman's "The Others" which is now one of my favorites (seen it 4 or 5 times). Others include Gattaca and the Matrix. If I had stopped at 20 minutes and rated it 1 or 2, I would have been doing those movies a disservice.
>>>It works because it is a real problem. Child porn is a bad thing. 9/11 was a bad thing. There are real terrorists out there who want to kill Americans.
I am more likely to get hit be a meteorite, than to encounter a terrorist or child pornographer. These are NOT real problems. Real problems are how to pay the bills, or navigate to work without a car accident, or how to keep the boss happy.
Normally I would click on that link, but I just learned the local police are breaking into people's homes and scanning their PCs for child porn (they call it a "crackdown"), so I think I'll pass.
I wonder what they do when they encounter someone with Mac or Linux OS? "Sir my software won't run." "Hmmm. That's suspicious. Let's arrest him on grounds that he's hacker running his own custom system. I bet he's up to all kinds of nefarious things."
Never ascribe to religion that which can be explained by avarice and ambition (love of money and love of power). Religion is a convenient tool but if it did not exist, leaders would use something else instead (like race, color, or creed).
"[Malcolm Turnbull] has to explain to Australian families that he is prepared to do nothing about blocking access to those sites,' Conroy added." .
Families don't need me to block the sites. They can do it themselves by turning-on the SafeSearch on google and filtering on their browser or OS. Same way they can block dirty channels from their TV. Mr. Conroy, the fact you did not know that demonstrates you are incompetent for this job and should step down.
Yeah good. But you failed to explain why this Sensor Node would work any better? I still don't think it would.
Also the ideal antenna would not be a fraction of the wavelength, but exactly the wavelength. So if you want VHF 6 from Philadelphia's WPVI-TV, then 114" (9 1/2 feet) would be the ideal size for your receiving antenna.
>>>Arriving alive is the goal, it's not a fucking race track.
I agree 100% with you, but I'm afraid you're wasting your breath. A lot of slashdotters think it's also okay to text-and-drive, or phone-and-drive, even though repeated tests show by AAA show that the reaction time is slower than if you were legally drunk
I disagree with both posts above. I drive I-95 almost every day, and I do have those "butting" drivers that squeeze in between, but I just slow down 1/2 MPH and restore the original 5-6 car lengths of space. It is not big deal, especially since my goal is to avoid accidents (almost 500,000 miles and none so far).
So I repeat: So? I'd still rather keep the 5-6 car space, rather than tailgate and risk being thrown through my windshield if the car in front suddenly stops.
>>>No, I'm saying they foul the air less than gasoline cars, a fact which is supported by mountains of evidence.
No not really. Greenercars.org rated the EV1 and RAV4 EVs as no cleaner than a Prius or Civic Hybrid, and about 8% less clean than a Honda Insight Hybrid or Civic Natural Gas car.
You are allowed to drive experimental cars for short distances (less than 1000 miles), or with an experimental license for longer distances. Volkswagen did the experimental license deal when they drove their Lupo across the United States.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah Slashdot is a peer-reviewed website, and has exactly the same flaws as described in the article. You've been assigned a (0). Slashdot's mod system is basically just "+1 I Agree" or "-1 I Disagree". I don't see why it even exists, because the same purpose kind be achieved via posting.
>>>a climate scientist who's an openly devout Christian finds data that sheds doubt on human caused global warming will be rejected because someone's afraid of looking foolish.
Nothing that extreme. More like they would reject papers that claim "global warming caused by natural causes" and accept papers that say "global warming caused by man", in order to protect their Own beliefs. A guy named Thomas Kuhn wrote about this very phenomenon (protecting the current paradigm aka worldview) several decades ago, about why the particle theory of light was initially rejected in favor of the existing "light passes through a medium" theory.
Basically the scientists/reviewers rejected papers as "hogwash" simply because they don't fit the accepted scientific theory. It can be a real challenge for new ideas to overcome this censorship.
I watch children's shows (Hannah Montana, iCarly, Kim Possible, Wishbone). What does that say about me?
I know! "Middle aged but young at heart." Yeah, yeah that's it.
OK.
I'm probably wrong about Apple too. What made them nearly imploded in the 1995-97 timeframe, when they had billion-dollar losses? Or Atari Computers implode about the same time?
>>>why should Google go to all the trouble of setting up their own location tech?
For the same reason Google created their Maps application, even though Mapquest had already existed for a decade. i.e. A chance to make money. Anyway looking-out certain apps sounds less like an IE v. Netscape situation, and more like an Apple "lock out competitors" deal.
Not as long as Microsoft and Apple still exists. Google will just be 3rd place.
BTW openness isn't always the greatest thing. Commodore operated an open OS with no restrictions whatsoever, including the ability to run your own personal OS, and look where they are today (bankrupt). Apple also verged on bankruptcy until Steve Jobs came-along and stopped their open "mac clone" program and sealed everything behind lock-and-key.
I thought the moon was the same size as the sun (see solar eclipses)
All 3 of ye seem to think this is a "lack of technology knowledge" issue.
The real problem is that journalists DON'T do research any more. Like an amateur blogger, they just take whatever press release is fed to them, and read it over the air in order to be first on the "scoop". Our 24 hour-a-day news cycle has turned reporters into gossipers, and nothing more. They don't double-check anything to verify its veracity.
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Ooops.... about 5 feet long
>>>You seem grouchy.
Nope.
I have a channel 6 antenna, and it's 1/2 wavelength in size (i.e. 9 feet long). Plus some small-sized "directors" in front of it. Works great.
I do that with my Insight, because it's a stick shift and it can be a real pain to constantly shift in and out of 1st gear. So instead I just drift along at 5-10 mph during traffic jams.
Sometimes the people behind me get angry and beep their horn, so I just beep my "horn" right back at them
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That actually sounds like a good idea.
Well today I sent out 10,000 cease-or-desist letters, received about 1000 $5000 checks from previous recipients, and used that money to hire a lawyer so we could sue Jamie Thomas. Man this is a fun game!
>>>you don't have to watch an entire movie all the way through to give it a one star "I Hated it" or two star "I didn't like it".
Then you shouldn't rate it all. If you've not finished it, don't rate it (same you do not judge a book by its cover). I've discovered that some movies/TV shows are uninteresting but then suddenly turn interesting during the final climax, or sudden plot twist. One of those was Nicole Kidman's "The Others" which is now one of my favorites (seen it 4 or 5 times). Others include Gattaca and the Matrix. If I had stopped at 20 minutes and rated it 1 or 2, I would have been doing those movies a disservice.
I came-up with 7.6 years if you watched 50,000 TV episodes at 12 hours a day. Not an inconceivable feat.
>>>It works because it is a real problem. Child porn is a bad thing. 9/11 was a bad thing. There are real terrorists out there who want to kill Americans.
I am more likely to get hit be a meteorite, than to encounter a terrorist or child pornographer. These are NOT real problems. Real problems are how to pay the bills, or navigate to work without a car accident, or how to keep the boss happy.
Normally I would click on that link, but I just learned the local police are breaking into people's homes and scanning their PCs for child porn (they call it a "crackdown"), so I think I'll pass.
I wonder what they do when they encounter someone with Mac or Linux OS? "Sir my software won't run." "Hmmm. That's suspicious. Let's arrest him on grounds that he's hacker running his own custom system. I bet he's up to all kinds of nefarious things."
Never ascribe to religion that which can be explained by avarice and ambition (love of money and love of power). Religion is a convenient tool but if it did not exist, leaders would use something else instead (like race, color, or creed).
"[Malcolm Turnbull] has to explain to Australian families that he is prepared to do nothing about blocking access to those sites,' Conroy added."
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Families don't need me to block the sites. They can do it themselves by turning-on the SafeSearch on google and filtering on their browser or OS. Same way they can block dirty channels from their TV. Mr. Conroy, the fact you did not know that demonstrates you are incompetent for this job and should step down.
Yeah good. But you failed to explain why this Sensor Node would work any better? I still don't think it would.
Also the ideal antenna would not be a fraction of the wavelength, but exactly the wavelength. So if you want VHF 6 from Philadelphia's WPVI-TV, then 114" (9 1/2 feet) would be the ideal size for your receiving antenna.
>>>Arriving alive is the goal, it's not a fucking race track.
I agree 100% with you, but I'm afraid you're wasting your breath. A lot of slashdotters think it's also okay to text-and-drive, or phone-and-drive, even though repeated tests show by AAA show that the reaction time is slower than if you were legally drunk
I disagree with both posts above. I drive I-95 almost every day, and I do have those "butting" drivers that squeeze in between, but I just slow down 1/2 MPH and restore the original 5-6 car lengths of space. It is not big deal, especially since my goal is to avoid accidents (almost 500,000 miles and none so far).
So I repeat: So? I'd still rather keep the 5-6 car space, rather than tailgate and risk being thrown through my windshield if the car in front suddenly stops.
Yes that's correct. Why do you ask?
>>>No, I'm saying they foul the air less than gasoline cars, a fact which is supported by mountains of evidence.
No not really. Greenercars.org rated the EV1 and RAV4 EVs as no cleaner than a Prius or Civic Hybrid, and about 8% less clean than a Honda Insight Hybrid or Civic Natural Gas car.
Troll? Really? I don't see why. "Informative" or "Interesting" would have been more appropriate. Or no mod at all. But troll???
You are allowed to drive experimental cars for short distances (less than 1000 miles), or with an experimental license for longer distances. Volkswagen did the experimental license deal when they drove their Lupo across the United States.