Actually, the Mormon Word of Wisdom only forbids specific stimulating and intoxicating beverages, not alcohol or caffeine as such. Official LDS doctrine uniformly condemns alcohol, but they don't get uptight about the odd caffeinated cola.
Beside the point. Regardless of beverage, Romney can't be seen to treat Obama as anything other than Satan Incarnate. Notice how all the speeches at the recent convention were about how uncool BO is;
Indeed, the whole GOP brand is about condemning liberalism in any shape or form. Nancy Pelosi is evil. Harry Reid is evil. Liberals hate America. That's been their whole brand for the last decade or so.
This is a bad thing. Democracy only works when nominal enemies look past their differences and come up with solutions both sides can live with. If we don't outgrow this holier-than-thou crap soon, we're in big trouble.
Oh, give it a rest. You've been reciting the same Obama-bashing crap over and over for 4 years now, we've all heard it a dozen times. This conversation is about beer.
Well, this conversation has convinced me that I don't know much about how first responders might use an ad-hoc network. They say they need it, and the rest of us can only nod and agree, though more specifics would be very helpful. But from what little I've learned so far, it doesn't sound as if a solution that breaks down unexpectedly is an acceptable one.
I'd also suggest that this problem needs to be attacked on a higher level. I know that there's been a big effort to create standards for emergency radio networks using common frequencies. Part of the justification for the move to digital TV was to free up analog frequencies for this purpose. But broadcasters have ended up holding onto their old frequencies even as they moved to new ones. Obviously this problem needs some serious leadership.
You can use a Blackberry, Windows Phone, even Samsung's own Bada OS.
Oh great, I can switch to an outdated platform that nobody's writing applications for, or I can try to forget my previous bad experiences and hope that MS has finally figured out how to do a mobile OS. Thanks a lot.
I'm not going to cheer for a for-profit company over another, no matter how less "evil" they look.
As I think I've already made clear, this isn't about hating Apple or loving Google. This is about Apple using bad IP laws to obtain market dominance. This is a bad thing.
Which is not to say that other companies (including Google) don't also do bad things. It's just that this bad thing is the one a lot of us really care about right now.
You're right, I don't know much about being a first responder. I'm in no position to argue with your advocacy of self-discovering networks.
But that's not what I'm arguing with. The issue here is reliability. A technical geek whose kludging together unfamiliar technology might be able to promise useful new features, but definitely can't promise that the damned thing will work.
To hackers, making technology do new and interesting stuff is an end in itself. But most people don't care about features if they can't count on a device doing what they need it to do. I may be ignorant of your work, but I think I'm right in assuming that reliability is even more important to you than to the rest of us.
BTW, I had a minor accident a few days ago, and a bunch of first responders came to my aid. I didn't have a chance to thank them, so I'm gonna thank you, for your work, and for putting yourself at risk to make life safer for the rest of us.
In this case, that seems a valid criticism. Messing around with technology you don't understand is a harmless, and even educational, pastime for the hobbyist/hacker. But when lives are on the line, a more conservative approach is called for.
If by "old fashioned radios" you mean the kind that just have a voice channel, then consider situations where being able to share things like maps or long lists quickly could be a literal lifesaver.
Because they're basically out to force Android phones off the market.
And being critical of Apple doesn't make you an Apple hater, any more than pointing out all the problems with Android (version fragmentation, lousy development tools) makes you an Android hater. Some of us simply want to have a serious alternative to iOS devices that only run what Apple says they can run,
What you're saying is, if I go to a random planet inhabited by intelligent life, I should expect to find people and apes; the only thing screwy about this planet Taylor has discovered is that the apes can talk and the people can't.
Sorry, that's bad science. It ignores an observed scientific fact: divergent evolution. When an ecosystem is isolated, it evolves species that are different from those that evolved elsewhere. The longer it's isolated, the more different it is. That was demonstrated when Australia, and the first specimens were sent back to Europe; they were so weird, scientists assumed that they were victims of an elaborate hoax.
If an isolated continent on Earth can evolve weird life forms over a period of 100 million years, how weird can life be on a planet that's always been isolated? Serious Science Fiction tends to assume that it's pretty damn weird. ' Of course, it's hard to find actors with 3 legs and 2 heads. So SF movies and TV shows have to populate alien worlds with very unalien people. There are two ways to deal with the scientific problem: you can invent a reason why people would appear on other planets (the Stargate franchise assumes that Earth has been repeatedly raided by aliens seeking slaves). Or you can just say, "don't worry about, it's just a story." PotA pretends to do the first, but really does the second.
Your history is way off. MS never bought BeOS. (You're probably thinking of the lawsuit Be filed against MS, claiming anticompetitive practices.) That was Palm, and they bought BeOS long after Be had basically gone out of business. The intention was to make it into a replacement for PalmOS. When I interviewed for a job at Palm (2005, I think) and I asked what they were doing with BeOS, people tended to groan and talk about how stupid that acquisition was.
Irix only runs on SGI MIPS systems, which are no longer made. If you've seen anybody using it, they've got an old SGI box they haven't gotten round to replacing with something modern. I suspect that most of these are old SGI supercomputers, which will probably continue to be used for a long time.
I'll say it again: a platform isn't successful just because a few diehards and hobbyists can't or won't stop using it. It needs to be the basis for a serious ecosystem of users and developers.
The proto race was invented much later, in TNG. It was one of many silly attempts to explain small stuff, like that plague that made Klingons look like humans. The writers for the TOS were less careful about science, and didn't see any contradictions in having aliens look human.
Besides, why did most of the aliens Kirk met look like plain humans, while the aliens Picard met all look like people wearing latex masks?
It's funny how only two species of recent hominids are commonly known
Not funny at all. The first Neanderthals were dug up in 1829, and have had plenty of time to become a feature of popular culture. Except for the unavoidable Modern Humans, every other hominid is a very recent discovery. The Red Deer Cave people were only discovered in 1979. Hobbits and Denisovans were only discovered in the last decade,
It seems to me that Kirk's babes were all as human as he was. Like a lot of TV shows and movies from the 50s and 60s, TOS often assumed that other planets would be inhabited by people. TOS sometimes portrayed aliens as having weird physical features (as TNG and its sequels always did), but mostly the "aliens" looked like they came from Southern California — as indeed they did.
I recently re-watched the original Planet of the Apes. When I first saw it 40 years ago, the teenage me was not bothered by the scientific silliness. But this time, I thought it was dumb that Taylor find a world inhabited by ordinary-looking mute humans and English-speaking apes, but it never occurs to him until the final scene that he's on Earth.
I've had a chance to play with a Chromebook, and yeah, it's a very well designed product. But I remain skeptical about its commercial success. There's too much lockin to PC-based applications, and people are much too thoroughly trained in non-cloud file systems. This may well change, but I wouldn't bet on it happening soon.
Yep, good ideas live forever, if they're not deliberately hidden away.
I define "success" for a platform as having an active community of users and developers. Being kept going because a few hobbyists enjoy playing with the platform is not success.
There are people who own and use linotype machines. Hey, if they're having fun, why not? But serious publishers use computers to prepare PDFs that they send to print shops.
When I've bought used computers (usually off-lease machine sold online) the license stickers were still there. I guess it depends on the history of the machine.
...but only when they have the backing of serious companies whose business models depend on them. (See Linux, Apache.) When a platform is dying because of lack of customer interest (See Solaris, BeOS, Irix), going open source won't save it.
Why did you need to install an OS at all? I'm guessing the original Windows installs had been wiped or were to screwed up to work with, But you could have done a fresh install using the original license keys (which are probably on a certificate pasted to the sides of the computer). Of course the license keys might be lost, and obtaining installation media is a pain But neither of these are cost issues.
Which is not to say that using Linux wasn't a smart move, even if Windows keys and media were available. For your task you needed an OS that doesn't impose a lot of overhead, is easy to install and maintain, and can run for long periods without glitching. None of these criteria apply to Windows.
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Actually, the Mormon Word of Wisdom only forbids specific stimulating and intoxicating beverages, not alcohol or caffeine as such. Official LDS doctrine uniformly condemns alcohol, but they don't get uptight about the odd caffeinated cola.
Beside the point. Regardless of beverage, Romney can't be seen to treat Obama as anything other than Satan Incarnate. Notice how all the speeches at the recent convention were about how uncool BO is;
Indeed, the whole GOP brand is about condemning liberalism in any shape or form. Nancy Pelosi is evil. Harry Reid is evil. Liberals hate America. That's been their whole brand for the last decade or so.
This is a bad thing. Democracy only works when nominal enemies look past their differences and come up with solutions both sides can live with. If we don't outgrow this holier-than-thou crap soon, we're in big trouble.
Actually, the first family only pays the grocery bills. Taxpayers cover the cost of preparing the food.
Oh, give it a rest. You've been reciting the same Obama-bashing crap over and over for 4 years now, we've all heard it a dozen times. This conversation is about beer.
Well, this conversation has convinced me that I don't know much about how first responders might use an ad-hoc network. They say they need it, and the rest of us can only nod and agree, though more specifics would be very helpful. But from what little I've learned so far, it doesn't sound as if a solution that breaks down unexpectedly is an acceptable one.
I'd also suggest that this problem needs to be attacked on a higher level. I know that there's been a big effort to create standards for emergency radio networks using common frequencies. Part of the justification for the move to digital TV was to free up analog frequencies for this purpose. But broadcasters have ended up holding onto their old frequencies even as they moved to new ones. Obviously this problem needs some serious leadership.
You can use a Blackberry, Windows Phone, even Samsung's own Bada OS.
Oh great, I can switch to an outdated platform that nobody's writing applications for, or I can try to forget my previous bad experiences and hope that MS has finally figured out how to do a mobile OS. Thanks a lot.
I'm not going to cheer for a for-profit company over another, no matter how less "evil" they look.
As I think I've already made clear, this isn't about hating Apple or loving Google. This is about Apple using bad IP laws to obtain market dominance. This is a bad thing.
Which is not to say that other companies (including Google) don't also do bad things. It's just that this bad thing is the one a lot of us really care about right now.
You're right, I don't know much about being a first responder. I'm in no position to argue with your advocacy of self-discovering networks.
But that's not what I'm arguing with. The issue here is reliability. A technical geek whose kludging together unfamiliar technology might be able to promise useful new features, but definitely can't promise that the damned thing will work.
To hackers, making technology do new and interesting stuff is an end in itself. But most people don't care about features if they can't count on a device doing what they need it to do. I may be ignorant of your work, but I think I'm right in assuming that reliability is even more important to you than to the rest of us.
BTW, I had a minor accident a few days ago, and a bunch of first responders came to my aid. I didn't have a chance to thank them, so I'm gonna thank you, for your work, and for putting yourself at risk to make life safer for the rest of us.
Well then, I guess the computers so many first responders have in their vehicles are just for show.
Actually, that's the second step. The first step is to find out what users need. This step is often skipped, alas.
Oh come on, the subordinate clause was directly after "iOS devices".
In this case, that seems a valid criticism. Messing around with technology you don't understand is a harmless, and even educational, pastime for the hobbyist/hacker. But when lives are on the line, a more conservative approach is called for.
If by "old fashioned radios" you mean the kind that just have a voice channel, then consider situations where being able to share things like maps or long lists quickly could be a literal lifesaver.
Why is Apple the bad guy?
Because they're basically out to force Android phones off the market.
And being critical of Apple doesn't make you an Apple hater, any more than pointing out all the problems with Android (version fragmentation, lousy development tools) makes you an Android hater. Some of us simply want to have a serious alternative to iOS devices that only run what Apple says they can run,
Oh jeez. If somebody is enthusiastic about something you're cynical about, they must be a "mindless sycophant". Get over yourself.
And no, I don't install political apps. I'm just aware that plenty of people have interests that others find silly.
What you're saying is, if I go to a random planet inhabited by intelligent life, I should expect to find people and apes; the only thing screwy about this planet Taylor has discovered is that the apes can talk and the people can't.
Sorry, that's bad science. It ignores an observed scientific fact: divergent evolution. When an ecosystem is isolated, it evolves species that are different from those that evolved elsewhere. The longer it's isolated, the more different it is. That was demonstrated when Australia, and the first specimens were sent back to Europe; they were so weird, scientists assumed that they were victims of an elaborate hoax.
If an isolated continent on Earth can evolve weird life forms over a period of 100 million years, how weird can life be on a planet that's always been isolated? Serious Science Fiction tends to assume that it's pretty damn weird.
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Of course, it's hard to find actors with 3 legs and 2 heads. So SF movies and TV shows have to populate alien worlds with very unalien people. There are two ways to deal with the scientific problem: you can invent a reason why people would appear on other planets (the Stargate franchise assumes that Earth has been repeatedly raided by aliens seeking slaves). Or you can just say, "don't worry about, it's just a story." PotA pretends to do the first, but really does the second.
And why were there no devices? Usually the answer to that kind of question is "no market for them".
Your history is way off. MS never bought BeOS. (You're probably thinking of the lawsuit Be filed against MS, claiming anticompetitive practices.) That was Palm, and they bought BeOS long after Be had basically gone out of business. The intention was to make it into a replacement for PalmOS. When I interviewed for a job at Palm (2005, I think) and I asked what they were doing with BeOS, people tended to groan and talk about how stupid that acquisition was.
Irix only runs on SGI MIPS systems, which are no longer made. If you've seen anybody using it, they've got an old SGI box they haven't gotten round to replacing with something modern. I suspect that most of these are old SGI supercomputers, which will probably continue to be used for a long time.
I'll say it again: a platform isn't successful just because a few diehards and hobbyists can't or won't stop using it. It needs to be the basis for a serious ecosystem of users and developers.
The proto race was invented much later, in TNG. It was one of many silly attempts to explain small stuff, like that plague that made Klingons look like humans. The writers for the TOS were less careful about science, and didn't see any contradictions in having aliens look human.
Besides, why did most of the aliens Kirk met look like plain humans, while the aliens Picard met all look like people wearing latex masks?
It's funny how only two species of recent hominids are commonly known
Not funny at all. The first Neanderthals were dug up in 1829, and have had plenty of time to become a feature of popular culture. Except for the unavoidable Modern Humans, every other hominid is a very recent discovery. The Red Deer Cave people were only discovered in 1979. Hobbits and Denisovans were only discovered in the last decade,
It seems to me that Kirk's babes were all as human as he was. Like a lot of TV shows and movies from the 50s and 60s, TOS often assumed that other planets would be inhabited by people. TOS sometimes portrayed aliens as having weird physical features (as TNG and its sequels always did), but mostly the "aliens" looked like they came from Southern California — as indeed they did.
I recently re-watched the original Planet of the Apes. When I first saw it 40 years ago, the teenage me was not bothered by the scientific silliness. But this time, I thought it was dumb that Taylor find a world inhabited by ordinary-looking mute humans and English-speaking apes, but it never occurs to him until the final scene that he's on Earth.
I've had a chance to play with a Chromebook, and yeah, it's a very well designed product. But I remain skeptical about its commercial success. There's too much lockin to PC-based applications, and people are much too thoroughly trained in non-cloud file systems. This may well change, but I wouldn't bet on it happening soon.
Yep, good ideas live forever, if they're not deliberately hidden away.
I define "success" for a platform as having an active community of users and developers. Being kept going because a few hobbyists enjoy playing with the platform is not success.
There are people who own and use linotype machines. Hey, if they're having fun, why not? But serious publishers use computers to prepare PDFs that they send to print shops.
Doesn't Diablo 3 require Windows?
When I've bought used computers (usually off-lease machine sold online) the license stickers were still there. I guess it depends on the history of the machine.
...but only when they have the backing of serious companies whose business models depend on them. (See Linux, Apache.) When a platform is dying because of lack of customer interest (See Solaris, BeOS, Irix), going open source won't save it.
Why did you need to install an OS at all? I'm guessing the original Windows installs had been wiped or were to screwed up to work with, But you could have done a fresh install using the original license keys (which are probably on a certificate pasted to the sides of the computer). Of course the license keys might be lost, and obtaining installation media is a pain But neither of these are cost issues.
Which is not to say that using Linux wasn't a smart move, even if Windows keys and media were available. For your task you needed an OS that doesn't impose a lot of overhead, is easy to install and maintain, and can run for long periods without glitching. None of these criteria apply to Windows.
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