So if I botch the balance in my checkbook, the bank will pat me on the head. ..
Why should the bank even care? I don't even remember the last time I balanced my checkbook.
"Almost correct" is someone being spineless.
I just measured the hight of a tree with a meter long chunk of 2x4 and a bubble protractor. I get a figure of 10 meters. How many feet is that? 32.808399 is not the right answer. Using it is likely to result in your shell missing the top of the tree. 30 is the right answer. Why?
Neither you nor you wife is correct, or incorrect either. Define what "correct" means and define the degree of incorrectness and precisely why it is incorrect.
Arithmatic is exact, the things you use it to model often are not. Modeling states and calculation of figures are two seperate acts and skills. They both need to be taught and understood.
Telling me that I'm stooopid is a personal attack; telling me my calculation is incorrect is a statement of fact. Folks need to learn that the latter statement isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Now, you have to admit... that was a good bit of subtle trivia on the GP's part.
Good enough that I've used something like it myself.
Arguably Martin Landau's finest hour.
The first episode found me glued to the TV set. In part because, while it is hard to understand it in today's glut of sci-fi/fantasy "content," at the time a show like that really was something extraordinary, but in part because I've always liked Martin. One of the great underrateds; and I think his Oscar was as much a recognition of that fact as it was for the specific performance, which was wonderful.
I wonder what would have happened if he'd taken that "Spock" thingy?
"we spent all our money on products from company X, so we have none left to buy products from company Y".
This isn't the issue. The issue is:
"We can't use a product which company Y supplies for free because our products from company X don't play well with it. Thus we are stuck with purchasing further products from company X."
It now seems obvious that this whole lawsuit was an attempt to delay Linux adoption by destroying Linux credibility in the marketplace.
Unfortunately I did not bookmark the page and cannot find it now, but back in the day Darl had a moment of candor during an interview and when asked why he filed the suit said (paraphrasing}:
"We were approached by outside parties who asked us to use the power of our license to help monitize Linux."
In his attempt to deflect bad feelings away from SCO he . ..told the truth. Just once.
This wasn't merely an attempt to discredit Linux, it was an attempt to "virally infect" it with propriatary code so that it could not be freely distributed.
Who those outside parties are was never named, but you can note who jumped up to pay SCO license fees of a million or more and draw your own conclusions. There were only two and it's interesting to note as well that one of those license fees almost exactly matched SCO's legal expenses up to that time; and I'm sure that the fact that these two licensees being the two that would most benefit from a "monitized" Linux was a complete coincidence.
And yet Zappa managed to make a living as an independent in the days of vinyl discs while getting virtually no radio play of his wholly uncommercial product. He paid Capital, in advance, to distribute his records.
Now you don't even have that hurdle.
Top 40 is itself is a record company scam. Part of their "buzz" machine. As an artist what you looking for is to make a living, not make the Top 40. Keep your eyes on the prize, lest someone apply missdirection and head you off on the wrong path, while keeping all the money.
Cisco actually played their trump card on Dec. 18th when they released the iPhone under their Linksys brand; despite the fact that they were actively negotiating with Apple over the use of the mark.
Personally; I hope the judge hands down the ruling "You've both been acting like complete dickheads."
...in a vacuum. When not in a vacuum, light can travel at a fraction of the speed of light.
Well no, not exactly. When not in a vacuum it takes rest stops which reduce its average speed, but when not taking rest stops it travels at the designated finite speed; because that's the only speed at which light can travel. There was this Maxwell guy who 'splained it.
You know about the pony express? Well, they had posts along the way to change horses. Let's say, for the sake of simplicity, that these posts were 15 miles apart and that the horses traveled at a finite speed of 15 miles per hour. When the horse is moving it is always going 15 miles per hour, but the average speed of the horses over a full day is 13 miles per hour because of the time it takes for the rider to change them on an hourly basis.
Light is like the Pony Express, only without the horses, which wouldn't be like the Pony Express at all, would it? That would just be some guy taking a walk.
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They're disqs.
KFG
How the hell should I know? See rule one.
KFG
Well, if Martin Landau had taken the role of Spock, Leonard Nimoy might have avoided typecasting and actually had a career.
Exactly. Now plug Martin into that equation. He didn't necessarily make the wrong choice. Being an "icon" can really suck.
KFG
So if I botch the balance in my checkbook, the bank will pat me on the head. . .
Why should the bank even care? I don't even remember the last time I balanced my checkbook.
"Almost correct" is someone being spineless.
I just measured the hight of a tree with a meter long chunk of 2x4 and a bubble protractor. I get a figure of 10 meters. How many feet is that? 32.808399 is not the right answer. Using it is likely to result in your shell missing the top of the tree. 30 is the right answer. Why?
Neither you nor you wife is correct, or incorrect either. Define what "correct" means and define the degree of incorrectness and precisely why it is incorrect.
Arithmatic is exact, the things you use it to model often are not. Modeling states and calculation of figures are two seperate acts and skills. They both need to be taught and understood.
Telling me that I'm stooopid is a personal attack; telling me my calculation is incorrect is a statement of fact. Folks need to learn that the latter statement isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Here I am with you 100%.
KFG
Now, you have to admit ... that was a good bit of subtle trivia on the GP's part.
Good enough that I've used something like it myself.
Arguably Martin Landau's finest hour.
The first episode found me glued to the TV set. In part because, while it is hard to understand it in today's glut of sci-fi/fantasy "content," at the time a show like that really was something extraordinary, but in part because I've always liked Martin. One of the great underrateds; and I think his Oscar was as much a recognition of that fact as it was for the specific performance, which was wonderful.
I wonder what would have happened if he'd taken that "Spock" thingy?
KFG
"we spent all our money on products from company X, so we have none left to buy products from company Y".
This isn't the issue. The issue is:
"We can't use a product which company Y supplies for free because our products from company X don't play well with it. Thus we are stuck with purchasing further products from company X."
KFG
. . .environmentalists scream at us to pay attention to science when it comes to global warming
The hell they do.
KFG
1999 called; they want their moon back.
KFG
You have already failed the first rule of disposing of Spam:
1. For goodness sake, whatever you do, don't eat the stuff!
KFG
If you wish them to grow up to be good little engineers; ask them to define how "almost" correct it is.
KFG
Aero and space are very unforgiving of human coding errors.
The sea is no pussycat either.
KFG
It now seems obvious that this whole lawsuit was an attempt to delay Linux adoption by destroying Linux credibility in the marketplace.
.told the truth. Just once.
Unfortunately I did not bookmark the page and cannot find it now, but back in the day Darl had a moment of candor during an interview and when asked why he filed the suit said (paraphrasing}:
"We were approached by outside parties who asked us to use the power of our license to help monitize Linux."
In his attempt to deflect bad feelings away from SCO he . .
This wasn't merely an attempt to discredit Linux, it was an attempt to "virally infect" it with propriatary code so that it could not be freely distributed.
Who those outside parties are was never named, but you can note who jumped up to pay SCO license fees of a million or more and draw your own conclusions. There were only two and it's interesting to note as well that one of those license fees almost exactly matched SCO's legal expenses up to that time; and I'm sure that the fact that these two licensees being the two that would most benefit from a "monitized" Linux was a complete coincidence.
KFG
we can expect a cruising speed of 90km/h or more.
Under what conditions?
speeds of up to 70 km/h (43 mph) can be attained, over short distances.
Under what conditions?
KFG
Touche!
KFG
Do you think it would survive a collision with a kangaroo?
Wouldn't it have to be able to catch up to one first?
KFG
A VW Microbus full. It's a Bezerkely thing.
KFG
And yet Zappa managed to make a living as an independent in the days of vinyl discs while getting virtually no radio play of his wholly uncommercial product. He paid Capital, in advance, to distribute his records.
Now you don't even have that hurdle.
Top 40 is itself is a record company scam. Part of their "buzz" machine. As an artist what you looking for is to make a living, not make the Top 40. Keep your eyes on the prize, lest someone apply missdirection and head you off on the wrong path, while keeping all the money.
KFG
Cisco actually played their trump card on Dec. 18th when they released the iPhone under their Linksys brand; despite the fact that they were actively negotiating with Apple over the use of the mark.
Personally; I hope the judge hands down the ruling "You've both been acting like complete dickheads."
KFG
The mounted centenar is implicit.
KFG
that portfolio is what makes it attractive for purchase by larger companies.
Back in the day the goal of a small company was to grow until it was one of the larger companies, not lose itself to the highest bidder.
KFG
Or "Clarence Thomas." Use the one that makes you happy and leave me out of it.
KFG
Any other decision would defy all logic.
Please note the name "Clarance Thomas."
Draw your own conclusions.
KFG
Well now I'm all confused about whether I'm a wave, a particle, or a horse, so I'm just going to cheese out and post a reference:
r efrn/u14l1c.html
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/
KFG
...in a vacuum. When not in a vacuum, light can travel at a fraction of the speed of light.
Well no, not exactly. When not in a vacuum it takes rest stops which reduce its average speed, but when not taking rest stops it travels at the designated finite speed; because that's the only speed at which light can travel. There was this Maxwell guy who 'splained it.
You know about the pony express? Well, they had posts along the way to change horses. Let's say, for the sake of simplicity, that these posts were 15 miles apart and that the horses traveled at a finite speed of 15 miles per hour. When the horse is moving it is always going 15 miles per hour, but the average speed of the horses over a full day is 13 miles per hour because of the time it takes for the rider to change them on an hourly basis.
Light is like the Pony Express, only without the horses, which wouldn't be like the Pony Express at all, would it? That would just be some guy taking a walk.
Nevermind.
KFG
There are people in this world who are perfectly capable of ignoring the reality of what "everyone" is talking about.
And some of them have mod points.
KFG