"When the number of committed opinion holders is below 10 percent, there is no visible progress in the spread of ideas. It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority
If that were the case, no new ideas would ever take hold.
This whole argument is "it could have happened, therefore it happened."
If you care at all about the integrity of our electoral system that's the position you have to take, no matter who benefits from the error. We won't send a man to jail when there's reasonable doubt, why should we elect a president on less?
How about an easy to use interface that makes your highly expressive language easier to use?
Never seen such a beast. If you find one, let me know.
Why do you think "highly expressive language" and "GUI" (or whatever inherently-biased term you prefer) are mutually-exclusive?
If GUIs were as expressive as languages, we'd be programming with them. As it is, they are only suitable for a small subset of tasks.
Are you trying to argue that the current crop of touch interfaces in iOS and Android are actually a regression in the way that people interact with computers?
Yes. How do you automate tasks with iOS without writing code? For that matter, IIRC iOS doesn't even support AppleScript. Hell yes that's a regression!
If you're looking for a saved file, isn't it pretty obvious and intuitive to point at the icon and touch it
Sure, if you only want to do one thing with it once. If you want to do several things with it, in several different ways, at different times, it's not obvious that it's even possible to do that solely with a GUI.
Can't we say that it represents progress when we are able to simply point at a file and say "that one", and have the GUI fill in the details?
Sure, if the GUI is smarter than you are. This is probably the case for most people actually. But let's not pretend it represents any kind of pinnacle of UI.
Here's a question: when you're writing up a design document for the piece of custom software that your customer wants to build
Obviously you build what the customer wants. What the customer wants and what is actually most useful are often radically different.
You're not taking into account a) cost of living or b) income inequality. You're also ignoring the overarching trend of the past few decades. We're not a 3rd world banana republic yet, but we're well on our way there.
Ok, sure. Let's withhold something you need, let's say air, and see what you're willing to agree to. Are you going to argue that such an agreement was reached voluntarily?
I suspect you are not. If you allow that such an agreement is not voluntary, all that's left to decide is where we draw the line. Or in other words, what really constitutes a "need".
In the end, it's not even philosophically coherent to speak about voluntary agreements and coercion. Such arguments rely on fictional concepts like free will. Not that I have an alternative, just figured it was worth mentioning in this context.
Not at all. However, a solution designed for a UNIX operating system (e.g. OS X) is likely to be less reliable when ported to a different system (e.g. Windows).
Nowhere did I say that Windows was less reliable than UNIX.
If you're not satisfied with your upgrade path from an OS X server, why would Windows be your choice? Wouldn't another UNIX like platform be an easier, cheaper, and more reliable choice?
Threat to whom? The established power structure? Well sure, that's the point. A threat to you and me? No, I'm more concerned about the militarization of the police and the lawlessness of the banking industry than I am anything that happens on the internet.
Of course not. But in making that comparison you've admitted my basic point. Biochemical self determination is a right, one that comes with responsibilities and problems, like all rights. It's not an absolute right, but what is?
You can make the same sort of statements about speech. Doesn't matter, determinations about what goes into your mouth or comes out of your mouth are questions of essential liberty.
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PNGs and PDFs aren't easy to import back into your design software. I don't know if this format is, but it would be stupid if it wasn't.
You don't need a GUI for autocompletion or hyperlinked help. Emacs does both for instance.
Not guilty and not elected are both the null hypothesis.
Even the slowest email mailing list benefits from a threaded display.
There's one thing I can say in favor of /.' forum. At least it's threaded. Unthreaded forums are an abomination.
"When the number of committed opinion holders is below 10 percent, there is no visible progress in the spread of ideas. It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority
If that were the case, no new ideas would ever take hold.
This whole argument is "it could have happened, therefore it happened."
If you care at all about the integrity of our electoral system that's the position you have to take, no matter who benefits from the error. We won't send a man to jail when there's reasonable doubt, why should we elect a president on less?
How about an easy to use interface that makes your highly expressive language easier to use?
Never seen such a beast. If you find one, let me know.
Why do you think "highly expressive language" and "GUI" (or whatever inherently-biased term you prefer) are mutually-exclusive?
If GUIs were as expressive as languages, we'd be programming with them. As it is, they are only suitable for a small subset of tasks.
Are you trying to argue that the current crop of touch interfaces in iOS and Android are actually a regression in the way that people interact with computers?
Yes. How do you automate tasks with iOS without writing code? For that matter, IIRC iOS doesn't even support AppleScript. Hell yes that's a regression!
If you're looking for a saved file, isn't it pretty obvious and intuitive to point at the icon and touch it
Sure, if you only want to do one thing with it once. If you want to do several things with it, in several different ways, at different times, it's not obvious that it's even possible to do that solely with a GUI.
Can't we say that it represents progress when we are able to simply point at a file and say "that one", and have the GUI fill in the details?
Sure, if the GUI is smarter than you are. This is probably the case for most people actually. But let's not pretend it represents any kind of pinnacle of UI.
Here's a question: when you're writing up a design document for the piece of custom software that your customer wants to build
Obviously you build what the customer wants. What the customer wants and what is actually most useful are often radically different.
Not what I was thinking of. But just to make sure, is there a nice front end for streaming off of USENET? A plugin for XBMC would be awesome.
But it's not legal.
There's not a whole lot you can do with a BS in the sciences except get into grad school.
You're not taking into account a) cost of living or b) income inequality. You're also ignoring the overarching trend of the past few decades. We're not a 3rd world banana republic yet, but we're well on our way there.
Ok, sure. Let's withhold something you need, let's say air, and see what you're willing to agree to. Are you going to argue that such an agreement was reached voluntarily?
I suspect you are not. If you allow that such an agreement is not voluntary, all that's left to decide is where we draw the line. Or in other words, what really constitutes a "need".
In the end, it's not even philosophically coherent to speak about voluntary agreements and coercion. Such arguments rely on fictional concepts like free will. Not that I have an alternative, just figured it was worth mentioning in this context.
Which really resembles progress more? A highly expressive language, or a point and grunt interface?
Not at all. However, a solution designed for a UNIX operating system (e.g. OS X) is likely to be less reliable when ported to a different system (e.g. Windows).
Nowhere did I say that Windows was less reliable than UNIX.
If you're not satisfied with your upgrade path from an OS X server, why would Windows be your choice? Wouldn't another UNIX like platform be an easier, cheaper, and more reliable choice?
You could say the same for gold.
Fact is both LuzSec and Anon' are a threat.
Threat to whom? The established power structure? Well sure, that's the point. A threat to you and me? No, I'm more concerned about the militarization of the police and the lawlessness of the banking industry than I am anything that happens on the internet.
Of course not. But in making that comparison you've admitted my basic point. Biochemical self determination is a right, one that comes with responsibilities and problems, like all rights. It's not an absolute right, but what is?
You can't outlaw parties, but you don't have to offer them official recognition either. Why are parties listed on ballots?
Reagan was Governor of California for nearly a decade before entering national politics.
You can make the same sort of statements about speech. Doesn't matter, determinations about what goes into your mouth or comes out of your mouth are questions of essential liberty.
what the penalty should be for selling small quantities of marijuana?
That is not a local issue but one of essential liberty.
Because truth is an absolute defense against libel.
2) someone else to shoot the first person when they're done.
Oh, an editor.