Please explain to me how this happened with any human intervention or design by an outside force. Evolution is totally different, where it states that these changes happened by "accident". This being clarified to the point to exclude all possiblity of an external designer.
If you honestly believe that all of the changes/evolutions we are seeing in organisms around the world are only in direct reaction to human interferance, then you should consider what if another cause changed something about the environment. Take for example that some people are hairier than others (think Robin Williams). Now, in a colder climate, Robin would be better able to survive due to this extra hair. As such, he would be more likely to have children. These children, having a parent that is very hairy, are more likely to be hairy. This is evolution. An outside factor (in this case the cold) results in a species becoming harier. However, there are also mutations. Cases where a fast change occurs in an individual (maybe that's where Robin's extra hair comes from). These are flukes, and we seem them even today. We usually think of them as birth defects, but suppose instead of a child missing a body part, they had something that made them a little better than most other people. Then the process starts again. This is evolution.
Now, you can argue that these mutations are the act of some powerful or even omnipotent being. Evolutionists don't believe that. They see these processes are naturally occuring everyday right in front of our eyes. Can we prove that they are not done by some super being? Probably not. It tends to be very difficult to prove a negative. However, aruging that this kind of evolution does not occur makes you look, well, stupid. The Catholic church accepts that evolution occurs. Its the cause of evolution that is the question. Is it simply a fact of nature, or is it the design of some being we don't understand. This is probably a question we will never be able to answer in any definite way.
I believe this theory has only lasted so long simply by the hope and faith that some day it could be proved, not that it ever has. Can you say without a shred of doubt that you 100% believe in the theory of evolution?
Yes, I 100% believe in the theory of evolution. Do I think that there are other possible explanations? Absolutely. Your question is worded very poorly. Instead you should be asking if people believe that the theory of evolution is 100% correct. I doubt you'll find many takers. Now reverse the whole thing. Do you belive 100% everything that the church says and interpruts from the bible? They certainly don't have a good track record to date (think center of the universe, slavery, etc. etc.).
You have not presented evidence, only a hopeful event that has not occured.
Um, yeah. If it that event had occured, the theory would be disproven, or at least need to be seriously altered to fit the new evidence.
Evolution has years of observable change in life forms, years of studying the fossil record, etc. etc. No, its not proof that evolution is what took a single celled organism and produced what we see to day. But it is a theory that fits the facts.
From reference.com: A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
Evloution is not a cause, principle, or activity, though some may treat it that way. It is a theory, which for most of us, is the best explanation for the way we see things today. Things like the fossil record are evidence that this theory is true. Simply because it is an alternate explanation to creationism and ID does not make it a religon. By your logic, anything that is not absolute fact is religion.
Okay here's one for you: explain the eye. It either works or it doesn't. There is no evolutionary intermediate form that would function so how could it have evolved?
Read up on evolution. Evolution is marked by periods of quick change, often considered mutations. If these mutations benefit the individual, it is more likely that the individual will prosper and produce offspring, thus passing the mutation on
No, you completely misunderstand a socialist system, and I'm not going to take the time needed to explain the differences between capitalism, socialism, and communism to you. If you're that interested, read this. There's links in there to capitalism and communism as well.
You obviously don't understand how the system works. What you're proposing would ensure that the system would fail miserably.
Go poll people living at the poverty line in both countries. I'll bet that people in Canada are happier than their US counterparts. In your eyes, this doesn't mean the system is a success. In our eyes, seeing that those without the means to "opt-out" can still receive the same services, at the same level, as those with money, means the system is doing what is was designed to do. Prioritize based on need, not the ability to pay for it.
Not all waiting lists are that long, but to answer you basic question.... because this is the way WE belive OUR country should be run. With a national health care system that provides for every person in the country based on their need, not on their gross income. The US belives differently as is their right. This is why generally speaking, Canada is considered a Socialst country and the US a capitalist.
That's my question. I'd love to replace my gas water heater with a tankless option, but I'm not going to spend twice (or more) as much as a new efficient water heater would cost.
No, they weren't: The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard.
The cruise ship was 100 miles off the coast of Somalia when the pirates fired. We don't know how far away the pirates were.
Lets face it, if venture capitalists are investing money in companies because of buzz words (is open source a buzz word now?), then the problem isn't with the product, but with the investors. Linux, Apache, and countless other OSS didn't start with a big investment by venture capitalists. It was started by a person or group that recognized and need and thought they could fill it. OSS will live on, with or without VC.
Yes, the summary is a bit misleading. What this is, is a bill to request that telecommunication companies have the CAPACITY to allow authorities WITH warrants to perform wiretaps on a variety of services including email and phone. The capacity they want is about 1/5000 users. So, if you're an ISP with 10,000 users, you need to be able to tap 2 users simultaneously. This isn't news, and certainly nothing that matters. On average 2000 warrants for taps are issued per year in Canada, and are only good for 60 days without renewal.
IANAL - that being said, I believe the logic as far as having uploads going on while you are legally downloading material is okay in Canada. The logic being that some|most P2Ps require (or their users do) you to also share what you are downloading. As such, you are not breaking the law as your PRIMARY intent is to download.
From the internet to the resources you are trying to provide, identify every point of failure. Power outage, uplink, router, switch, server, etc. Prioritize - which are the most likely to fail? Budget - which ones can we afford to, or are cost effective, to duplicate? Clustering may be an option, but might be too expensive. What about a cold/hot standby - reduces downtime overall. You can find relatively inexpensive UPSs just about everywhere. Making your entire network redundant can take a lot of time and money.
I've actually built a home alarm system that uses iButtons as the arm/disarm switch instead of a numeric code. I have about 15 iButtons which I store in a DB. When we need to lend a key to someone to check on the house, I put an iButton on the keychain, go into the database and activate it. Then, when that iButton touches the sensor pad by the door, it will arm/disarm the system.
I've had it running for about 6 months now without a problem. I'm still adding features (the IR beam across a doorway insdie the house is almost ready) and I just need to find a better spot for the webcam.
In case of the system detecting someone when the system is armed, it sends me an SMS, takes pictures through the webcam and sends them to my gmail account, etc. etc.
A lot of fun to build, and I've got a couple people in my LUG working on building similar stuff
But seriously, a good IT professional isn't one who's good at explaining the jargon, or getting laypeople to understand the technical isues...it's one that takes care of the issues for the laypeople, so they don't need to worry about them.
I think you came very close to hitting the nail on the head, but instead walked away with a brusined thumb. For most of us, understanding the issues that these people don't understand is common knowledge to us. We can take the time to explain these things to our customers or we can fix the problem, we can explain how to avoid similar problems in the future, or structure the environment to avoid them. To me, a "good IT professional" is one who recognizes what the customer wants and provides. Having worked a few help desk and similar type positions, I can tell you that some people don't want the problem fixed, they want to understand the problem. Others don't care, they just want it to work.
Now, there may be other obstacles to providing exactly what the customer wants. Most help desks don't want you spending 20 minutes on the phone with someone explaining why sending Grandma who's on dial up, 20 pictures from your 8MP digital camera may not be a good idea. However, I've always found that taking the time you have available to explain things at the level the customer wants, results in a much happier customer.
I said customers, but this of course can apply to anyone for whom you are working on a problem for. This also applies outside of IT. When I had someone in last year to clean our ducts, I spent a lot of time talking with him to find out what I could do to reduce dust and such in the air and picked up a lot of valuable information that has saved me money since then. Next time I need the ducts cleaned, I'll be calling him back because he was willing to pass on information and experience to me.
No, but someone with a suspended license can often still drive as long as it is for work (a company car, for example). They give such exemptions all the time to people.
Fine, if he is applying for a job that requires computer and/or a cell phone use, let him apply for an exemption. If the judge decides he can, let him. Just because you see a computer as an essential tool for entry into the job market doesn't mean everyone does.
So, what kind of punishment did T-Mobile get? They are clearly negligent if a 16 year old kid can crack their systems and compromise hundreds of thousands of customers' information. And what kind of punishment are the people who provided him with access to computers getting?
I don't know, maybe the same punishment every software company gets for having security vulnerabilities. Generally speaking, something like that would not fall under the criminal code, but under civil. So, if you really want to, you can try to sue T-Mobile. And of course we should punish every place that let him use a computer, and his ISP, and probably Microsoft if he was using a Windows OS. Good lord man, do you blame [CAR MANUFACTURER] when you get a speeding ticket? Maybe every kid that gets arrested for shoplifting a choclate bar should also have Hershey and 7-11 dragged into court... afterall Hershey made the choclate bar, and 7-11 displayed it on the rack.
But nah - let's just blame the kid and forget about the whole fact that our network and security was clearly worth shit since some highschool kid was able to get around it. If we keep all the focus on what an evil little snotty shit he is, nobody will turn an eye toward us.
So instead, let just give the CRIMINAL a slap on the wrist and 11 months in juvenile? Come on, this kid was calling in bomb threats. The kid abused a tool, and now that tool will be denied to him for a time. I have no sympathy for him. Worst case scenario, he's a few years behind, and will have to do some catching up. Guess he should have thought about that before committing the crimes he did.
I tend to agree... sort of. Once your familiar with httpd.conf, editing it tends to be quite simple. However, trying to write an application front end to do that is a pain. This is where XML is nice. Its structured and formatted. The idea behind using XML isn't to make your life easier to edit it by hand... its to make it easier to make automated tools to edit and query the config files.
You're kidding right? Does a drunk driver get to keep his license because the bus doesn't come right to his house? How many jobs outside of the IT sector, require any more than basic computer knowledge (which I'm sure he can maintain during his sentance)? Seems to me that most people alive today completed most of their education without the need for computers. I don't see why the rights of the general populace should be threatened so this CRIMINAL can have access to the tool he used to commit his crimes.
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Please explain to me how this happened with any human intervention or design by an outside force. Evolution is totally different, where it states that these changes happened by "accident". This being clarified to the point to exclude all possiblity of an external designer.
If you honestly believe that all of the changes/evolutions we are seeing in organisms around the world are only in direct reaction to human interferance, then you should consider what if another cause changed something about the environment. Take for example that some people are hairier than others (think Robin Williams). Now, in a colder climate, Robin would be better able to survive due to this extra hair. As such, he would be more likely to have children. These children, having a parent that is very hairy, are more likely to be hairy. This is evolution. An outside factor (in this case the cold) results in a species becoming harier. However, there are also mutations. Cases where a fast change occurs in an individual (maybe that's where Robin's extra hair comes from). These are flukes, and we seem them even today. We usually think of them as birth defects, but suppose instead of a child missing a body part, they had something that made them a little better than most other people. Then the process starts again. This is evolution.
Now, you can argue that these mutations are the act of some powerful or even omnipotent being. Evolutionists don't believe that. They see these processes are naturally occuring everyday right in front of our eyes. Can we prove that they are not done by some super being? Probably not. It tends to be very difficult to prove a negative. However, aruging that this kind of evolution does not occur makes you look, well, stupid. The Catholic church accepts that evolution occurs. Its the cause of evolution that is the question. Is it simply a fact of nature, or is it the design of some being we don't understand. This is probably a question we will never be able to answer in any definite way.
I believe this theory has only lasted so long simply by the hope and faith that some day it could be proved, not that it ever has. Can you say without a shred of doubt that you 100% believe in the theory of evolution?
Yes, I 100% believe in the theory of evolution. Do I think that there are other possible explanations? Absolutely. Your question is worded very poorly. Instead you should be asking if people believe that the theory of evolution is 100% correct. I doubt you'll find many takers. Now reverse the whole thing. Do you belive 100% everything that the church says and interpruts from the bible? They certainly don't have a good track record to date (think center of the universe, slavery, etc. etc.).
You have not presented evidence, only a hopeful event that has not occured.
Um, yeah. If it that event had occured, the theory would be disproven, or at least need to be seriously altered to fit the new evidence.
Evolution has years of observable change in life forms, years of studying the fossil record, etc. etc. No, its not proof that evolution is what took a single celled organism and produced what we see to day. But it is a theory that fits the facts.
From reference.com:
A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
Evloution is not a cause, principle, or activity, though some may treat it that way. It is a theory, which for most of us, is the best explanation for the way we see things today. Things like the fossil record are evidence that this theory is true. Simply because it is an alternate explanation to creationism and ID does not make it a religon. By your logic, anything that is not absolute fact is religion.
But that's still not proof that ID explains how the world came into existance. Prooving something CAN be done does not prove it WAS done.
Okay here's one for you: explain the eye. It either works or it doesn't. There is no evolutionary intermediate form that would function so how could it have evolved?
Read up on evolution. Evolution is marked by periods of quick change, often considered mutations. If these mutations benefit the individual, it is more likely that the individual will prosper and produce offspring, thus passing the mutation on
They did it in Independance Day!
No, you completely misunderstand a socialist system, and I'm not going to take the time needed to explain the differences between capitalism, socialism, and communism to you. If you're that interested, read this. There's links in there to capitalism and communism as well.
You obviously don't understand how the system works. What you're proposing would ensure that the system would fail miserably.
Go poll people living at the poverty line in both countries. I'll bet that people in Canada are happier than their US counterparts. In your eyes, this doesn't mean the system is a success. In our eyes, seeing that those without the means to "opt-out" can still receive the same services, at the same level, as those with money, means the system is doing what is was designed to do. Prioritize based on need, not the ability to pay for it.
Not all waiting lists are that long, but to answer you basic question.... because this is the way WE belive OUR country should be run. With a national health care system that provides for every person in the country based on their need, not on their gross income. The US belives differently as is their right. This is why generally speaking, Canada is considered a Socialst country and the US a capitalist.
That's my question. I'd love to replace my gas water heater with a tankless option, but I'm not going to spend twice (or more) as much as a new efficient water heater would cost.
No, they weren't:
The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard.
The cruise ship was 100 miles off the coast of Somalia when the pirates fired. We don't know how far away the pirates were.
Lets face it, if venture capitalists are investing money in companies because of buzz words (is open source a buzz word now?), then the problem isn't with the product, but with the investors. Linux, Apache, and countless other OSS didn't start with a big investment by venture capitalists. It was started by a person or group that recognized and need and thought they could fill it. OSS will live on, with or without VC.
At first I thought you were going to say the movie. The game however, can be very scary. The first game I remember making me jump was Phantasmagoria.
With current on the market controllers, yes, absolutely.
Yes, the summary is a bit misleading. What this is, is a bill to request that telecommunication companies have the CAPACITY to allow authorities WITH warrants to perform wiretaps on a variety of services including email and phone. The capacity they want is about 1/5000 users. So, if you're an ISP with 10,000 users, you need to be able to tap 2 users simultaneously. This isn't news, and certainly nothing that matters. On average 2000 warrants for taps are issued per year in Canada, and are only good for 60 days without renewal.
IANAL - that being said, I believe the logic as far as having uploads going on while you are legally downloading material is okay in Canada. The logic being that some|most P2Ps require (or their users do) you to also share what you are downloading. As such, you are not breaking the law as your PRIMARY intent is to download.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
From the internet to the resources you are trying to provide, identify every point of failure. Power outage, uplink, router, switch, server, etc. Prioritize - which are the most likely to fail? Budget - which ones can we afford to, or are cost effective, to duplicate? Clustering may be an option, but might be too expensive. What about a cold/hot standby - reduces downtime overall. You can find relatively inexpensive UPSs just about everywhere. Making your entire network redundant can take a lot of time and money.
I've actually built a home alarm system that uses iButtons as the arm/disarm switch instead of a numeric code. I have about 15 iButtons which I store in a DB. When we need to lend a key to someone to check on the house, I put an iButton on the keychain, go into the database and activate it. Then, when that iButton touches the sensor pad by the door, it will arm/disarm the system.
I've had it running for about 6 months now without a problem. I'm still adding features (the IR beam across a doorway insdie the house is almost ready) and I just need to find a better spot for the webcam.
In case of the system detecting someone when the system is armed, it sends me an SMS, takes pictures through the webcam and sends them to my gmail account, etc. etc.
A lot of fun to build, and I've got a couple people in my LUG working on building similar stuff
But seriously, a good IT professional isn't one who's good at explaining the jargon, or getting laypeople to understand the technical isues...it's one that takes care of the issues for the laypeople, so they don't need to worry about them.
I think you came very close to hitting the nail on the head, but instead walked away with a brusined thumb. For most of us, understanding the issues that these people don't understand is common knowledge to us. We can take the time to explain these things to our customers or we can fix the problem, we can explain how to avoid similar problems in the future, or structure the environment to avoid them. To me, a "good IT professional" is one who recognizes what the customer wants and provides. Having worked a few help desk and similar type positions, I can tell you that some people don't want the problem fixed, they want to understand the problem. Others don't care, they just want it to work.
Now, there may be other obstacles to providing exactly what the customer wants. Most help desks don't want you spending 20 minutes on the phone with someone explaining why sending Grandma who's on dial up, 20 pictures from your 8MP digital camera may not be a good idea. However, I've always found that taking the time you have available to explain things at the level the customer wants, results in a much happier customer.
I said customers, but this of course can apply to anyone for whom you are working on a problem for. This also applies outside of IT. When I had someone in last year to clean our ducts, I spent a lot of time talking with him to find out what I could do to reduce dust and such in the air and picked up a lot of valuable information that has saved me money since then. Next time I need the ducts cleaned, I'll be calling him back because he was willing to pass on information and experience to me.
No, but someone with a suspended license can often still drive as long as it is for work (a company car, for example). They give such exemptions all the time to people.
Fine, if he is applying for a job that requires computer and/or a cell phone use, let him apply for an exemption. If the judge decides he can, let him. Just because you see a computer as an essential tool for entry into the job market doesn't mean everyone does.
So, what kind of punishment did T-Mobile get? They are clearly negligent if a 16 year old kid can crack their systems and compromise hundreds of thousands of customers' information. And what kind of punishment are the people who provided him with access to computers getting?
I don't know, maybe the same punishment every software company gets for having security vulnerabilities. Generally speaking, something like that would not fall under the criminal code, but under civil. So, if you really want to, you can try to sue T-Mobile. And of course we should punish every place that let him use a computer, and his ISP, and probably Microsoft if he was using a Windows OS. Good lord man, do you blame [CAR MANUFACTURER] when you get a speeding ticket? Maybe every kid that gets arrested for shoplifting a choclate bar should also have Hershey and 7-11 dragged into court... afterall Hershey made the choclate bar, and 7-11 displayed it on the rack.
But nah - let's just blame the kid and forget about the whole fact that our network and security was clearly worth shit since some highschool kid was able to get around it. If we keep all the focus on what an evil little snotty shit he is, nobody will turn an eye toward us.
So instead, let just give the CRIMINAL a slap on the wrist and 11 months in juvenile? Come on, this kid was calling in bomb threats. The kid abused a tool, and now that tool will be denied to him for a time. I have no sympathy for him. Worst case scenario, he's a few years behind, and will have to do some catching up. Guess he should have thought about that before committing the crimes he did.
I tend to agree... sort of. Once your familiar with httpd.conf, editing it tends to be quite simple. However, trying to write an application front end to do that is a pain. This is where XML is nice. Its structured and formatted. The idea behind using XML isn't to make your life easier to edit it by hand... its to make it easier to make automated tools to edit and query the config files.
You're kidding right? Does a drunk driver get to keep his license because the bus doesn't come right to his house? How many jobs outside of the IT sector, require any more than basic computer knowledge (which I'm sure he can maintain during his sentance)? Seems to me that most people alive today completed most of their education without the need for computers. I don't see why the rights of the general populace should be threatened so this CRIMINAL can have access to the tool he used to commit his crimes.
This is my favourite so far:
Subject: OK, enough with the Thanksgiving jokes already!
IP address: 1.2.3.4
DNS Name: notfunny.turkey.com
Location: Turkey
Emails: lots
I forgive you... just not the mods for modding up your reply higher than mine. :)