To the idiot who modded me "off-topic", go read the damn article.
I not only mention the NP(the paper being sued) but I say my opinion on the climate debate(the controversial issue that this dispute is about) as well as mentioning Fox (the media-outlet the poster I responded to was comparing the NP to).
But that's a problem with anything climate related being posted here. Anyone who disagrees with the idea that the earth is warming up, or even asks questions (just as proper science requires) gets modded down by those who (instead of following scientific guidelines) prefer to do the "feel good thing" and suppress anyone who (in their view) doesn't want to "save the planet" in the only manner that they see fit.
I care about the environment, but it's stupid people like that who do more harm than good. They make lazy people who can't or won't research this topic for themselves question the validity of reputable research just because some bad apples have a clearly evident bias.
Of course with the iDriver, your route will have to be approved by apple 3 weeks in advance. It will not contain any nudity, or bikinis. And if you wanna get there in a flash. Forget it!
Two studies out in the past couple of days show that it's not just conservatives who see a strong tilt by journalists in favor of the Democrats: A nonpartisan media monitoring group and a liberal-leaning research organization both confirm the pro-Obama, anti-McCain bias of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC.
Do you stop using reiserfs(or any other advancements within it) because of Hans?
Conrad Black's articles are some of the most insightful in the paper. And he is in for what some would call "white-collar crime" and others would call a "misappropriation of justice".
I presume you must have never read any of his articles.
And who had the most unbiased coverage of the US presidential election?
Fox
All media is biased to some extent. Just look at magazines at any newstand right before the last US election. I once walked in and could right away see about 10 magazines with Obama on the cover. And how many had McCain? 0
My point being, any news company will want more subscribers/viewers. But I prefer to read/watch news from a company that reports on both sides of the debate and then lets me choose what I believe.
But if someone reads the Globe and Mail, I don't care. They are as liberal as you can get when the Liberals are in power. And when the Conservatives are in power they are "centrist".
While the NP reports regularly on both sides of the climate debate, the rest of the media rarely does.
My view is that both sides of the climate debate have liars.
There are lies,damned lies, and statistics.
But I guess it's different when you have statistics which were collected by people who later destroy the original data.
Who CARES if they get some sub-par file standard through? Its not making anyone use it, if it sucks no one will use it. If no one uses it, then at most MS wasted their money.
I really wish that was the case.
Imagine you're the boss, and you can make your 100 subordinates use whatever software you want. You don't need to use this software yourself, so you don't really care if it has a 'devilish' EULA.
Now a guy from company A comes to you. He has a better, more open and not locking-in product. Then a guy from company B comes in. His product has the same price as the previous guys product, but is closed and makes you have to sign your (companies) life away. But he invites you to his yacht in the summer.
You will have the best summer of your life. Meanwhile your subordinates will suffer and use software (and a file format) that is making the world worse for linux.
So those of us who host our own web servers from our DSL lines will be in that one percent.
Thanks Google. You really f* up my Day.
It took me a while to have my site at #1 based on the regional relevance of its content.
Now I might have to get dedicated hosting, just so that customers who would have previously found my page right away won't go to the the other website which is out of their range but has been around for 5 years longer than mine.
How does an "advancement" turn into a "finished product"?
From the (5 day old) pop-sci article:
Outside experts have deemed the approach promising, if not yet ready to replace Kevlar or conventional bulletproof materials. But the boron-carbide nanowires already show some material improvement over more brittle boron-carbide composites.
Even if a super tough but flexible fabric were made, then they would still have to make it rigid upon impact.
I think it's obvious that the bacteria are transferred after birth.
The real story behind this article is the 'lateral gene transfer between strictly aquatic bacteria and human intestinal bacteria'. This article makes it seem like 'Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi' is the story. But anyone who is exposed to these bacteria and has a 'sushi' diet will have these enzymes in their gut.
Is it not obvious that if you regularly eat a certain type of food, you will eventually have bacteria that thrive in your gut because of the regularity of what you eat?
What would really surprise me is if they find that an American living in Japan and eating a 'local' diet would not acquire these bacteria.
I'm sure by now I've acquired bacteria that help with the digestion of french fries and poutine.
Just give them cell-phones that can do that instead. Make each cell phone have an emergency receiver.
The phone is more likely to be close to the person. It has a greater chance of being charged. People will not ignore it.
And the best part is that cellphones are spreading even in poorer countries. Implementation costs would be minimal, just make sure every cellphone receives an emergency band.
(and being waterproof with a solar charger on the back would be nice too)
And how many of those phones are iPhones? Why does my access_log show "iPhone OS" outnumbering all other mobile devices at least 2 to 1?
While I agree with it being over-hyped, but people are listening, and they are voting with their wallets.
So-far I can just hope that this bring benefits (more html5, less flash, - without having to change user-agents.) otherwise I'm indifferent. And the mac I'm writing this on is not the fastest, or the most robust. But it is much prettier than any other laptop I own.
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To the idiot who modded me "off-topic", go read the damn article.
I not only mention the NP(the paper being sued) but I say my opinion on the climate debate(the controversial issue that this dispute is about) as well as mentioning Fox (the media-outlet the poster I responded to was comparing the NP to).
But that's a problem with anything climate related being posted here.
Anyone who disagrees with the idea that the earth is warming up, or even asks questions (just as proper science requires) gets modded down by those who (instead of following scientific guidelines) prefer to do the "feel good thing" and suppress anyone who (in their view) doesn't want to "save the planet" in the only manner that they see fit.
I care about the environment, but it's stupid people like that who do more harm than good. They make lazy people who can't or won't research this topic for themselves question the validity of reputable research just because some bad apples have a clearly evident bias.
Of course with the iDriver, your route will have to be approved by apple 3 weeks in advance.
It will not contain any nudity, or bikinis.
And if you wanna get there in a flash. Forget it!
You must of had some yourself.
From: No Doubt About It: All But Fox News Tipping Obama's Way.(11/01/2008)
Two studies out in the past couple of days show that it's not just conservatives who see a strong tilt by journalists in favor of the Democrats: A nonpartisan media monitoring group and a liberal-leaning research organization both confirm the pro-Obama, anti-McCain bias of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC.
Why would you troll like that?
Do you stop using reiserfs(or any other advancements within it) because of Hans?
Conrad Black's articles are some of the most insightful in the paper.
And he is in for what some would call "white-collar crime" and others would call a "misappropriation of justice".
I presume you must have never read any of his articles.
And who had the most unbiased coverage of the US presidential election?
Fox
All media is biased to some extent.
Just look at magazines at any newstand right before the last US election.
I once walked in and could right away see about 10 magazines with Obama on the cover.
And how many had McCain?
0
My point being, any news company will want more subscribers/viewers. But I prefer to read/watch news from a company that
reports on both sides of the debate and then lets me choose what I believe.
But if someone reads the Globe and Mail, I don't care.
They are as liberal as you can get when the Liberals are in power.
And when the Conservatives are in power they are "centrist".
While the NP reports regularly on both sides of the climate debate, the rest of the media rarely does.
My view is that both sides of the climate debate have liars.
There are lies,damned lies, and statistics.
But I guess it's different when you have statistics which were collected by people who later destroy the original data.
what is a Haiku? :)
mod you up I would
had I not posted
I loved your OtherOS option
you have turned to the dark side
next chrismas no more sony
Who CARES if they get some sub-par file standard through? Its not making anyone use it, if it sucks no one will use it. If no one uses it, then at most MS wasted their money.
I really wish that was the case.
Imagine you're the boss, and you can make your 100 subordinates use whatever software you want. You don't need to use this software yourself, so you don't really care if it has a 'devilish' EULA.
Now a guy from company A comes to you. He has a better, more open and not locking-in product.
Then a guy from company B comes in. His product has the same price as the previous guys product, but is closed and makes you have to sign your (companies) life away. But he invites you to his yacht in the summer.
You will have the best summer of your life.
Meanwhile your subordinates will suffer and use software (and a file format) that is making the world worse for linux.
No, son. Our corporations care more about profits which is what drives these companies to move to places like China.
We are the corporations!
It's not a democracy(unless you hold voting shares) but we own the stocks and we vote with our wallets.
We bitch about cavities hurting while we are stuffing our faces with candy.
I often go out of my way to buy American.
I really wish that there would be more stuff out there though.
I hope this device will be as successful as the zune.
It's running zunes os after-all.
Will it run OS X?
So those of us who host our own web servers from our DSL lines will be in that one percent.
Thanks Google. You really f* up my Day.
It took me a while to have my site at #1 based on the regional relevance of its content.
Now I might have to get dedicated hosting, just so that customers who would have previously
found my page right away won't go to the the other website which is out of their range but
has been around for 5 years longer than mine.
How does an "advancement" turn into a "finished product"?
From the (5 day old) pop-sci article:
Outside experts have deemed the approach promising, if not yet ready to replace Kevlar or conventional bulletproof materials. But the boron-carbide nanowires already show some material improvement over more brittle boron-carbide composites.
Even if a super tough but flexible fabric were made, then they would still have to make it rigid upon impact.
One of the people at my university has gone back to that area a few times and the photos are far better than anything I've seen sofar.
I find the inside pictures of the school especially eerie.
I think it's obvious that the bacteria are transferred after birth.
The real story behind this article is the 'lateral gene transfer between strictly aquatic bacteria and human intestinal bacteria'.
This article makes it seem like 'Japanese Guts Are Made For Sushi' is the story. But anyone who is exposed to these bacteria and has a 'sushi' diet will have these enzymes in their gut.
Is it not obvious that if you regularly eat a certain type of food, you will eventually have bacteria that thrive in your gut because of the regularity of what you eat?
What would really surprise me is if they find that an American living in Japan and eating a 'local' diet would not acquire these bacteria.
I'm sure by now I've acquired bacteria that help with the digestion of french fries and poutine.
How many terrorists were involved in 9/11 again?
They had no capabilities until they stepped onto those planes.
I found a 1 UP mushroom at work.
It didn't taste that good.
In fact, I don't feel so good right now.
Just give them cell-phones that can do that instead.
Make each cell phone have an emergency receiver.
The phone is more likely to be close to the person.
It has a greater chance of being charged.
People will not ignore it.
And the best part is that cellphones are spreading even in poorer countries.
Implementation costs would be minimal, just make sure every cellphone receives an emergency band.
(and being waterproof with a solar charger on the back would be nice too)
Could this have anything to do with this recent slashdot story?
Time Flies By As You Get Older
"I would like to see people with piercings doing Java programming,"
So what do people with piercings do now?
And how many of those phones are iPhones?
Why does my access_log show "iPhone OS" outnumbering all other mobile devices at least 2 to 1?
While I agree with it being over-hyped, but people are listening, and they are voting with their wallets.
So-far I can just hope that this bring benefits (more html5, less flash, - without having to change user-agents.) otherwise I'm indifferent.
And the mac I'm writing this on is not the fastest, or the most robust. But it is much prettier than any other laptop I own.
learning curve?
That's when you mention QUEL and I don't have the faintest idea what it is.
But it is nevertheless interesting.
--
please excuse my ignorance
I should wear gloves while moving my servers. (Or just get more expensive cases with fewer sharp edges)
Unlike in the story, the slashes can happen any day of the year.