The last ones don't apply to everyone, if you have the first 9 then you are classed as ADHD-PI (primarily inattentive). In saying that, people often see symptoms in themselves where there are none, even medical professionals are prone to a bit of hypochondria.
All the different versions of Microsoft Office out there,
Office, and mostly not that different. Even post-Ribbon!
law firms still using some version of Word Perfect,
I've heard of this, though all the law firms I'm personally familiar with are running Office.
Open Office,
Fits solidly in the 'wants to be Office' category.
iWork,
I'll admit to no experience with this one -- none of the Mac people I know use it.
Without trying to start a flame war, Macs are pretty much dead in the business world. I do know a couple people with iMacs as their business machine but they boot Windows exclusively on them. Don't ask me to explain that.
Google Docs
I'd also argue that this wants to be a lightweight version of Office, but that's probably a harder argument.
But why do you think this is?
If every student learnt OOo instead, in ten years which word processor do you think will be the most commonly used? Also the parent has a valid point, you'd have to be pretty brain-dead to need to be taught to use a particular word processor, not only do they all come bundled with straightforward documentation, there's also Google. More relevant skills are: touch typing, file management, and most importantly, how to use a search engine.
Or use a Dutch auction; start with the highest price that the seller expects to receive, then the price is periodically lowered until someone goes for it, at which point the item is sold.
If you don't like the paper they print, which has no intrinsic value, feel free to trade it to people who value it for gold, carrots, tin foil, or whatever else floats your boat.
You must accept the legal tender as payment of debt, and IFIK that's at least part of the problem they have with it, because from the time that issue the debt to the time you receive the payment, the tender could have devalued significantly. That's not to say that the value of Fiat currency has to be any less stable than say carrots or tin, but simply that you don't have a choice.
It is not enough to recognize that 'social justice' is an empty phrase without determinable content. It has become a powerful incantation which serves to support deep-seated emotions that are threatening to destroy the Great Society. Unfortunately it is not true that if something cannot be achieved, it can do no harm to strive for it. Like chasing any mirage it is likely to produce results which one would have done much to avoid if one had foreseen them. Many desirable aims will be sacrificed in the vain hope of making possible what must forever elude our grasp.
-Friedrich Hayek "Law, Legislation and Liberty"
Hayek: the unoriginal "too hard; don't try" philosopher.
Hayek strikes me as a bit of crackpot, to illustrate; a quote from Wikipedia: Hayek was prepared to tolerate 'some provision for those threatened by the extremes of indigence or starvation, be it only in the interest of those who require protection against acts of desperation on the part of the needy.' , but then in another instance has voiced support for a basic income, essentially just a non means tested form of welfare: "I have always said that I am in favor of a minimum income for every person in the country.", again from Wikipedia, cited to "Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue". I suppose everyone can have a change of heart, but to flat out deny it seems unscrupulous.
Perhaps he was just using hyperbole to distance himself from socialism as much as possible.
Depends on the school. Mine makes money from football, but the money then gets sucked-up by all the other less popular sports like soccer, field hockey, gymnastics, and so on.
Where sports is REALLY a waste is at the High School level. Yeah I know people need exercise, but that's what gym is for. You don't need all those extra afterschool (and expensive) sports teams.
Agreed to an extent, but the PE system here is exceedingly bad, or at least it was when I went to school, we couldn't actually do anything physical because it made the fat kids feel bad, so we spent most of the lessons playing dodge-ball and generally wasting time. I was a medieval reenactor at the time, so we used to skip lessons and do hand-sewing and what-not, knowing full well that we would get more exercise from the military-esque training at the next meeting (It's amusing watching a 5"6' 15 year old trying to run with an 80 kilo guy in plate and chain on his shoulders:) ) . My point is that the only time you will get a decent opportunity for physical training is outside of school, so in our instance at least, those funds and class time are probably better placed on these kinds of extra-curricular interests, than forcing kids to do piss-around classes.
I "learned" C this way, I just got a book out of the library, read each chapter, and implemented something from each. It was easy, and I understood everything, and for the limited domain (writing off-line cg shaders) I was interested in, pretty usefull. In saying that, someone could show me a piece of code from any sufficiently complex project, and even though I understand the syntax, I couldn't tell you much about what I was looking at.
Yeah, I agree that it certainly isn't that simple, that was just a piece of misplaced hyperbole. I think those types of issues are for court to decide, not government. Some legal precedents would quickly clarify those specific issues, without injecting egalitarian or moralist politics.
If you give me the choice between those two, I pick A) cryonics, and indeed if money were no object I would like to be put into stasis and sent to space, were I could be discovered eon's later by an either radically improved humanity, or something completely different. On the other hand, if my knowledge of the catering industry is anything to go by, and it isn't, people cant be trusted to keep a chicken chilled, I think that keeping my consciousness at the correct temp for a couple of millennia is too much to ask.
I personally am pretty confident that cryonics works. Yes, I have a degree in a related field and I am working on an MD. When I say "works", I mean that if a patient is frozen with a well oxygenated brain within a short time period following legal death (the heart stops), and cryoprotectants are used, then I am confident that nearly all personality and memories are preserved.
The person needs to be kept cold for 100-200 years. Already, there are people that have been kept frozen for 40 years, so this is not implausible.
It also seems like a better way to spend your inheritance than to leave it to those snivelling kids, who's children will probably be wiped out by a meteor anyway...
But before that the vast Right-wing Conspiracy run by the Bush Clan and the Zionist Elders will get us. Oh yeah, and it's all 'cause of the evils of Capitalism and the banking system.
It's funny, cos your trying to paint the GP as Anti-Semitic, but your sig says that Islam must be destroyed. Pot, meet straw-man.
That's why Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed under "To lay and collect taxes [for] the general welfare". If you don't buy a product, the government reserves the right to tax you for its value and give it to you. Think of it as eminent domain run in reverse.
I don't have to much of a problem with that when it's something that everyone needs, and it works out cheapest when it's centralized: roads, power and data networks, and public healthcare seem to fall under that banner. The problem for me is that because we are all paying the same amount, everyone (or the government) thinks that we should not be allowed to take any risks with our own bodies, otherwise we'll "be a burden on the healthcare system". That fucks me off. Again have no qualms about state run monopolies when: A) private companies are legally allowed to compete with them, B) everyone pays for real value of their own, so that I can smoke crack and ride a Harley with no helmet on, if I so choose.
I don't think people buy Porsches to save money, and I don't think people buy hybrid Porsches to save gas money. They buy a hybrid Porsche for the pu-tang, and perhaps the snob value, more power to them I say:).
Seems pretty feasible, especially for a drag car, but I think in a turn the outside of the tire would want to go a different speed to the inside; making it handle like shit. But what about making it 4WD?, or even 6WD if your going crazy, perhaps they could give each wheel its own motor and do away with complex drive trains, LSDs, clutches etc. IAMNAE:)
Actually Pixar uses Linux workstations for the bulk of it's "animation" work, as does Weta Digital. I think that these are primarily targeted at non-linear editing.
Yea, It's more or less the same in democratic countries though, I mean the current government decided to hike the "danger levies" (ACC) of motorcycles by a factor of four, effectively pricing many out of what was an economical and somewhat "green" mode of transport. I realise that I must sound like a spoilt child comparing a liberal democracy to a Maoist/Lenninist/ect totalitarian state, but to me it's really more of an issue of the scope of government than who is entitled to make the laws.
I will admit though that it is harder to fuck over the majority in a democracy, but if the public sentiment is right, It's no problem to screw over the minority.
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The last ones don't apply to everyone, if you have the first 9 then you are classed as ADHD-PI (primarily inattentive). In saying that, people often see symptoms in themselves where there are none, even medical professionals are prone to a bit of hypochondria.
You can get touch panel kits for them from ebay too.
Not to mention that insurance companies often give discounts if you have a security system in place.
Eh:
All the different versions of Microsoft Office out there,
Office, and mostly not that different. Even post-Ribbon!
law firms still using some version of Word Perfect,
I've heard of this, though all the law firms I'm personally familiar with are running Office.
Open Office,
Fits solidly in the 'wants to be Office' category.
iWork,
I'll admit to no experience with this one -- none of the Mac people I know use it.
Without trying to start a flame war, Macs are pretty much dead in the business world. I do know a couple people with iMacs as their business machine but they boot Windows exclusively on them. Don't ask me to explain that.
Google Docs
I'd also argue that this wants to be a lightweight version of Office, but that's probably a harder argument.
But why do you think this is?
If every student learnt OOo instead, in ten years which word processor do you think will be the most commonly used?
Also the parent has a valid point, you'd have to be pretty brain-dead to need to be taught to use a particular word processor, not only do they all come bundled with straightforward documentation, there's also Google.
More relevant skills are: touch typing, file management, and most importantly, how to use a search engine.
Or use a Dutch auction; start with the highest price that the seller expects to receive, then the price is periodically lowered until someone goes for it, at which point the item is sold.
If you don't like the paper they print, which has no intrinsic value, feel free to trade it to people who value it for gold, carrots, tin foil, or whatever else floats your boat.
You must accept the legal tender as payment of debt, and IFIK that's at least part of the problem they have with it, because from the time that issue the debt to the time you receive the payment, the tender could have devalued significantly.
That's not to say that the value of Fiat currency has to be any less stable than say carrots or tin, but simply that you don't have a choice.
Meta-"Obama" comments seem to be on the rise too. :)
It is not enough to recognize that 'social justice' is an empty phrase without determinable content. It has become a powerful incantation which serves to support deep-seated emotions that are threatening to destroy the Great Society. Unfortunately it is not true that if something cannot be achieved, it can do no harm to strive for it. Like chasing any mirage it is likely to produce results which one would have done much to avoid if one had foreseen them. Many desirable aims will be sacrificed in the vain hope of making possible what must forever elude our grasp.
-Friedrich Hayek
"Law, Legislation and Liberty"
Hayek: the unoriginal "too hard; don't try" philosopher.
Hayek strikes me as a bit of crackpot, to illustrate; a quote from Wikipedia: Hayek was prepared to tolerate 'some provision for those threatened by the extremes of indigence or starvation, be it only in the interest of those who require protection against acts of desperation on the part of the needy.' , but then in another instance has voiced support for a basic income, essentially just a non means tested form of welfare: "I have always said that I am in favor of a minimum income for every person in the country.", again from Wikipedia, cited to "Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue". I suppose everyone can have a change of heart, but to flat out deny it seems unscrupulous.
Perhaps he was just using hyperbole to distance himself from socialism as much as possible.
Why is everything legitimized by putting the word terrorist in it?
Because "communist" just doesn't have the same impact any more. Didn't you get the memo? Its a choice between terrorist and paedophile now. And we already have mind-reading for the latter menace.
That article has to be one of the most bizarre Wikipedia has to offer, and that is saying a lot.
Yes!, I was totally waiting for someone to reference that.
Depends on the school. Mine makes money from football, but the money then gets sucked-up by all the other less popular sports like soccer, field hockey, gymnastics, and so on.
Where sports is REALLY a waste is at the High School level. Yeah I know people need exercise, but that's what gym is for. You don't need all those extra afterschool (and expensive) sports teams.
Agreed to an extent, but the PE system here is exceedingly bad, or at least it was when I went to school, we couldn't actually do anything physical because it made the fat kids feel bad, so we spent most of the lessons playing dodge-ball and generally wasting time. I was a medieval reenactor at the time, so we used to skip lessons and do hand-sewing and what-not, knowing full well that we would get more exercise from the military-esque training at the next meeting (It's amusing watching a 5"6' 15 year old trying to run with an 80 kilo guy in plate and chain on his shoulders :) ) . My point is that the only time you will get a decent opportunity for physical training is outside of school, so in our instance at least, those funds and class time are probably better placed on these kinds of extra-curricular interests, than forcing kids to do piss-around classes.
I "learned" C this way, I just got a book out of the library, read each chapter, and implemented something from each. It was easy, and I understood everything, and for the limited domain (writing off-line cg shaders) I was interested in, pretty usefull. In saying that, someone could show me a piece of code from any sufficiently complex project, and even though I understand the syntax, I couldn't tell you much about what I was looking at.
Yeah, I agree that it certainly isn't that simple, that was just a piece of misplaced hyperbole. I think those types of issues are for court to decide, not government. Some legal precedents would quickly clarify those specific issues, without injecting egalitarian or moralist politics.
If you give me the choice between those two, I pick A) cryonics, and indeed if money were no object I would like to be put into stasis and sent to space, were I could be discovered eon's later by an either radically improved humanity, or something completely different. On the other hand, if my knowledge of the catering industry is anything to go by, and it isn't, people cant be trusted to keep a chicken chilled, I think that keeping my consciousness at the correct temp for a couple of millennia is too much to ask.
I personally am pretty confident that cryonics works. Yes, I have a degree in a related field and I am working on an MD. When I say "works", I mean that if a patient is frozen with a well oxygenated brain within a short time period following legal death (the heart stops), and cryoprotectants are used, then I am confident that nearly all personality and memories are preserved.
The person needs to be kept cold for 100-200 years. Already, there are people that have been kept frozen for 40 years, so this is not implausible.
It also seems like a better way to spend your inheritance than to leave it to those snivelling kids, who's children will probably be wiped out by a meteor anyway...
I swear eco-cultists are fucking retarded.
Coincidentally, leading Neologists predict that the earth will run out of new sounding smear-words by 2100 at the latest.
But before that the vast Right-wing Conspiracy run by the Bush Clan and the Zionist Elders will get us. Oh yeah, and it's all 'cause of the evils of Capitalism and the banking system.
It's funny, cos your trying to paint the GP as Anti-Semitic, but your sig says that Islam must be destroyed. Pot, meet straw-man.
If your referring to my last comment, it's just a hyperbole, and who said state run enterprises can't run in the black?
That's why Obamacare (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed under "To lay and collect taxes [for] the general welfare". If you don't buy a product, the government reserves the right to tax you for its value and give it to you. Think of it as eminent domain run in reverse.
I don't have to much of a problem with that when it's something that everyone needs, and it works out cheapest when it's centralized: roads, power and data networks, and public healthcare seem to fall under that banner.
The problem for me is that because we are all paying the same amount, everyone (or the government) thinks that we should not be allowed to take any risks with our own bodies, otherwise we'll "be a burden on the healthcare system".
That fucks me off. Again have no qualms about state run monopolies when: A) private companies are legally allowed to compete with them, B) everyone pays for real value of their own, so that I can smoke crack and ride a Harley with no helmet on, if I so choose.
I don't think people buy Porsches to save money, and I don't think people buy hybrid Porsches to save gas money. :).
They buy a hybrid Porsche for the pu-tang, and perhaps the snob value, more power to them I say
Seems pretty feasible, especially for a drag car, but I think in a turn the outside of the tire would want to go a different speed to the inside; making it handle like shit. :)
But what about making it 4WD?, or even 6WD if your going crazy, perhaps they could give each wheel its own motor and do away with complex drive trains, LSDs, clutches etc.
IAMNAE
Well, it's sounds like free pizza, after you file the charge-back anyway.
Actually Pixar uses Linux workstations for the bulk of it's "animation" work, as does Weta Digital. I think that these are primarily targeted at non-linear editing.
These guys got away with it, but they're probably wanted by Interpol.
Yea, It's more or less the same in democratic countries though, I mean the current government decided to hike the "danger levies" (ACC) of motorcycles by a factor of four, effectively pricing many out of what was an economical and somewhat "green" mode of transport. I realise that I must sound like a spoilt child comparing a liberal democracy to a Maoist/Lenninist/ect totalitarian state, but to me it's really more of an issue of the scope of government than who is entitled to make the laws.
I will admit though that it is harder to fuck over the majority in a democracy, but if the public sentiment is right, It's no problem to screw over the minority.