Instead of not teaching evolution in schools, or wasting time teaching intelligent design, we should just say that this theory is probably wrong and is just another theory like newton's laws. It is a useful model for how the world works and nothing more. Intelligent design has no scientific purpose, and therefore should be left for the philosophy classes or something. There is no room for "intelligence" or "magic" in sciencentific theories. Evolution is a powerful model that can can account for more than just the length of a bird's beak. It does this without introducing any magical all powerful decision makers.
any government that spends so much on science can never really be said to be "anti-science"
the US spends more on scientific research than anyone else. By far. By so much in fact, that it is a bit hard to imagine. I don't remember off the top of my head, but the US spends something like double its GDP on scientific research compared to canada. That's amazing when you consider then difference in GDP. The US is the best place in the world to do post-graduate studies, postdocs, etc.
I find vim chokes on files with no line breaks (e.g. unformatted XML where all the tags are on one line for).
I use vim all the time. I used it for my masters (both the thesis (latex) and the code I wrote). some of my favourite commands/plugins:
lines (you can set how many lines vim shows by default (good for.gvimrc) latex suite (man, i don't even know how to use latex without it) s/\(.*\)/blah \1 blah (who knew regex groups would be so useful) qx macro q then @x (very good with repeat (.) multiple execution (e.g. 3@x) % (match brackets - great for xml/html)
I've done this before, but I've had difficulty getting any support from local builders. I know dell has iffy support, but they will quickly replace parts. Many of the builders I know only provide "manufacturers" warranties where they send your part back to the manufacturer and you're screwed for the few weeks or so it takes them to replace it. I've also had problems with builders putting in different parts than were ordered ("equivalent parts").
I'd like to get a new AMD-based machine. The problem is this: I want to get it from an outfit that gives me the same kind of warranty, selection, and competitive pricing I would get from Dell. I basically want to buy an AMD from Dell, but since they only sell Intel machines, I want to buy from the closest thing to Dell out there. Most of the AMD-based machines I'm seeing from large companies are lower end machines. I'm looking for a relatively high end machine (but not ultra-high end gaming). I don't want to buy from some small computer dealer or custom builder if I can avoid it since I want a real warranty and tech support I can call.
Really. I was in computer engineering where the percentages are MUCH lower than CS. The women I knew there were simply not interested in the subject. Some enjoyed the challenge or the problem solving, but none actually were intrinsically interested in computers. Most had engineers as fathers and were in computer engineering because it was a "hot" area at the time.
All of these women now have good high paying jobs, even those who barely passed. Many of my male friends are unemployed or at crap contract positions even if they were good students. Perhaps we can advertize to women: even if you're terrible, you'll succeed because you're a woman. I remember when the co-op applications went out and EVERY girl was ranked first. The smartest girls didn't even do the co-op. These girls barely passed and would beat out guys in the top 10%.
I think the root is that most women do not find the technical and artificially logical world of computers appealing. This is probably compounded by the fact that men finally get with a group of people that share similar interests and are not always receptive to women who don't share this interest.
I had the same DSL service (1Mbit) since 1998 (for about the same price). The speed for broadband hasn't increased that much. In fact, the cable speed has dropped considerably due to increased usage. Granted, it has increased since the jump from dial-up, but since then, not much has happened.
man, this is the coolest website i've seen in a while. You can even search with it, but you have to enter you text backward! so cool. The results list is also 'mirrored'!
I think you prove my point about fonts by saying how much you actually have to know just to get fonts working in a few popular apps. (OO, evolution gtk1,xterm). I grew up using a mac. Back before the internet existed it had font support that was so easy that it was a non-issue. Here we are, a few lightyears ahead in computing power, and something as fundamental as installing a damned font is difficult. Hell, look at all the font specific notes for the new Fedora Core released today. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-note s/ rediculous.
or do what most people do, and just turn on your computer when you buy it. nobody I know that fits the 'consumer' category has ever installed their own OS.
bullshit, font support still sucks even with the so called font support of gnome or kde since not every app depends on the brand new font support. Some work, others don't. As for the.dll comment, it's almost impossible to write a single, binary, app that will run on all versions of i386 linux from 1998-2002. This is common with windows. Hell, sticking to RedHat releases you still couldn't do it. You obviously either spend more time than you realize getting your linux box working, or you don't actually 'use' your linux box the way most 'users' would (actually _print_ stuff, write documents with tables, images, clipart, write presentations, etc.)
Startup notification in GNOME tends to screw up. That's why I like turning it off. 'Normal' users never change preferences anyways. Hell, 'Normal' users don't use Linux.(except maybe at work). I think the preference removals are retarded and I agree with the posters that say that GNOME is getting worse, not better.
GNOME seems to be getting slower. Nautilus is a bit piece of crap. Windows XP is pulling away from Linux in just about all categories except for security. I've been using Linux for a long time and almost always used GNOME. The only thing part of Linux from my point of view that has improved drastically since 1999 is Mozilla and it runs better on Windows! Back then, Windows sucked ass and Linux's superior stability and networking features really impresed me. Windows XP has completely caught up and even surpassed Linux in those areas. What advantages does Linux have left besides being 'free'?
I just installed XD2 on RH9 and Galeon won't start. Here's the error:
$ galeon& [1] 14570 $ trying to load bookmarks from/home/user/.galeon/bookmarks.xbel
** (galeon-bin:14570): WARNING **: I could not load the bookmarks file, will load the default bookmarks. Detected version of bookmarks file: galeon2 INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: No manager for initializing factory?
Well, for one, a hardware bug is very easy to define. The chips may be complex, but in the end they have relatively few well defined operations. Software, on the other hand, has almost infinite poorly defined operations and it's not even possible to define what all software bugs are.
No, she's wondering why the man she fell in love with is a Montague. If he had another name (ie was not the son of her father's rival) than all would be well.
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I think you mean "Engineers Rule The World."
:)
Comp0T2
Exactly! I would love to have an apple laptop but be able to dual boot to windows for work and other windows only stuff.
Instead of not teaching evolution in schools, or wasting time teaching intelligent design, we should just say that this theory is probably wrong and is just another theory like newton's laws. It is a useful model for how the world works and nothing more. Intelligent design has no scientific purpose, and therefore should be left for the philosophy classes or something. There is no room for "intelligence" or "magic" in sciencentific theories. Evolution is a powerful model that can can account for more than just the length of a bird's beak. It does this without introducing any magical all powerful decision makers.
any government that spends so much on science can never really be said to be "anti-science"
the US spends more on scientific research than anyone else. By far. By so much in fact, that it is a bit hard to imagine. I don't remember off the top of my head, but the US spends something like double its GDP on scientific research compared to canada. That's amazing when you consider then difference in GDP. The US is the best place in the world to do post-graduate studies, postdocs, etc.
c# doesn't have closures? man, when will it catch up with scheme? :P
I find vim chokes on files with no line breaks (e.g. unformatted XML where all the tags are on one line for).
I use vim all the time. I used it for my masters (both the thesis (latex) and the code I wrote). some of my favourite commands/plugins:
I've done this before, but I've had difficulty getting any support from local builders. I know dell has iffy support, but they will quickly replace parts. Many of the builders I know only provide "manufacturers" warranties where they send your part back to the manufacturer and you're screwed for the few weeks or so it takes them to replace it. I've also had problems with builders putting in different parts than were ordered ("equivalent parts").
Thanks for the suggestion.
I'd like to get a new AMD-based machine. The problem is this: I want to get it from an outfit that gives me the same kind of warranty, selection, and competitive pricing I would get from Dell. I basically want to buy an AMD from Dell, but since they only sell Intel machines, I want to buy from the closest thing to Dell out there. Most of the AMD-based machines I'm seeing from large companies are lower end machines. I'm looking for a relatively high end machine (but not ultra-high end gaming). I don't want to buy from some small computer dealer or custom builder if I can avoid it since I want a real warranty and tech support I can call.
Also, I'm in Canada.
Can anyone offer advice? Share experiences?
I don't think thew will work
[warning, a bit of a rant:]
Really. I was in computer engineering where the percentages are MUCH lower than CS. The women I knew there were simply not interested in the subject. Some enjoyed the challenge or the problem solving, but none actually were intrinsically interested in computers. Most had engineers as fathers and were in computer engineering because it was a "hot" area at the time.
All of these women now have good high paying jobs, even those who barely passed. Many of my male friends are unemployed or at crap contract positions even if they were good students. Perhaps we can advertize to women: even if you're terrible, you'll succeed because you're a woman. I remember when the co-op applications went out and EVERY girl was ranked first. The smartest girls didn't even do the co-op. These girls barely passed and would beat out guys in the top 10%.
I think the root is that most women do not find the technical and artificially logical world of computers appealing. This is probably compounded by the fact that men finally get with a group of people that share similar interests and are not always receptive to women who don't share this interest.
eg. "The very foundation of the free software movement no longer exists."
I had the same DSL service (1Mbit) since 1998 (for about the same price). The speed for broadband hasn't increased that much. In fact, the cable speed has dropped considerably due to increased usage. Granted, it has increased since the jump from dial-up, but since then, not much has happened.
man, this is the coolest website i've seen in a while. You can even search with it, but you have to enter you text backward! so cool. The results list is also 'mirrored'!
Pete
I think you prove my point about fonts by saying how much you actually have to know just to get fonts working in a few popular apps. (OO, evolution gtk1,xterm). I grew up using a mac. Back before the internet existed it had font support that was so easy that it was a non-issue. Here we are, a few lightyears ahead in computing power, and something as fundamental as installing a damned font is difficult. Hell, look at all the font specific notes for the new Fedora Core released today.e s/
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-not
rediculous.
or do what most people do, and just turn on your computer when you buy it. nobody I know that fits the 'consumer' category has ever installed their own OS.
bullshit, font support still sucks even with the so called font support of gnome or kde since not every app depends on the brand new font support. Some work, others don't. As for the .dll comment, it's almost impossible to write a single, binary, app that will run on all versions of i386 linux from 1998-2002. This is common with windows. Hell, sticking to RedHat releases you still couldn't do it. You obviously either spend more time than you realize getting your linux box working, or you don't actually 'use' your linux box the way most 'users' would (actually _print_ stuff, write documents with tables, images, clipart, write presentations, etc.)
Startup notification in GNOME tends to screw up. That's why I like turning it off. 'Normal' users never change preferences anyways. Hell, 'Normal' users don't use Linux.(except maybe at work). I think the preference removals are retarded and I agree with the posters that say that GNOME is getting worse, not better.
GNOME seems to be getting slower. Nautilus is a bit piece of crap. Windows XP is pulling away from Linux in just about all categories except for security. I've been using Linux for a long time and almost always used GNOME. The only thing part of Linux from my point of view that has improved drastically since 1999 is Mozilla and it runs better on Windows! Back then, Windows sucked ass and Linux's superior stability and networking features really impresed me. Windows XP has completely caught up and even surpassed Linux in those areas. What advantages does Linux have left besides being 'free'?
Thanks! Peter
Well, for one, a hardware bug is very easy to define. The chips may be complex, but in the end they have relatively few well defined operations. Software, on the other hand, has almost infinite poorly defined operations and it's not even possible to define what all software bugs are.
No, she's wondering why the man she fell in love with is a Montague. If he had another name (ie was not the son of her father's rival) than all would be well.
If analog recordings "sound better" to you it's because you like noise.
Nothing wrong with that, but don't make up phony technical reasons explaining why you like noise. Just admit it.
I think using useless big words such as delapidated is just a way of making up for a small brain. Especially when you spell it wrong (dilapidated).
don't get me started on 'utilized'...
the name actually has to due with the architecture of the computer - NUMA short for Non-Uniform Memory Access.
Pete