Very few of the animals eaten by people presently are "grazing animals".
I actually said nothing about farmed animals. I was referring to the act of killing and eating wild animals, as was the GP.
Maybe try and focus on the topic at hand, rather than attempting to twist it so you can, if you'll pardon the metaphor, beat your preferred dead horse.
I'm sorry, any fucker who's willing to endanger the lives of (stupid, often not-terribly-observant) kids by speeding past a school in their piece of shift car deserves to be nailed to the wall. That's Harley-level douchebaggery, right there.
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Yeah, there's nothing about that that requires an RDBMS. It's certainly *a* solution, but it's hardly the only solution, or even the best solution.
but the feelings I get are a momentary thrill of success if it was a hunt, sorrow for the loss and remorse for what I've done, and a satiated belly if I eat it.
I dunno, one of the functions of your average grazing animal is to be food for those higher up in the food chain, and that includes humans. I'd feel *far* more remorse if I simply killed an animal, or worse, stuffed and mounted the thing. Sport hunters? Seriously, you fuckers can go die in a fire. But hunting, and then eating what we kill, is, I think, nothing to be ashamed of.
I love how you just throw this out there, as if Orion actually existed on anything but paper. It's like people around here talking about fast breeder reactors as if they'd been magically scaled up to production when no one was looking...
You don't shape "torrent traffic" or "YouTube". You shape "bulk, high-throughput, high-latency" traffic or "low-rate, low-latency traffic". These are called traffic classes, and they're well-defined by the IETF.
And since the end-user will clearly see benefits (in higher average throughput in the former, less stuttering in the latter), the application developer will be strongly encouraged to make proper use of those traffic classes (most torrent clients already let you set the IP TOS bit, which can be used with shapers to queue traffic appropriately), and the ISP gets to manage their traffic more effectively. And everyone wins.
'course, this'd be easier with IPv6, which has a more shaping options due to the wider DSCP field.
Sorry, that's simply ridiculous. Your proposal would have them guess the absolute peak rate of all users in their network, and then overbuild their infrastructure, even though a tiny fraction would be in use at any one time. It's a *massive* waste of resources.
QoS makes a *hell* of a lot more sense. Yes, the ISPs should build out anticipating higher average load thanks to streaming audio and video, etc, but QoS can be used to smooth out the peaks so that large transfers still happen in a timely fashion without impacting real-time traffic.
Yes, let's hand over to the government the power to dictate to everyone what they can and can't do with the hardware they bought.
Err, that's not what he said.
What he said was that if I release a piece of software, it's digitally signed so that it can be tracked back to me. If the application does something malicious, I can be identified and am thus on the hook.
This doesn't stop anyone from installing software. All it does is facilitate accountability.
'course, the real problem with this scheme is it stifles freedom of speech. After all, what if I release a piece of software that lets you cut a hole through the Great Firewall of China? With this scheme, they'd be able to track me down as the author.
In summary, as much as they would have enjoyed their plentiful food and jobs, the overall outcome for humanity far outweighed any benefit the individual. Also keep in mind that Hitler was ultimately a destructive personality and in fact achieved his goal of revenge on his parents through the destruction of Germany itself.
Undoubtedly. But that doesn't change one simple fact: like him or not, Hitler, through leadership and rhetoric (however vile), lifted Germany from poverty to the verge of global dominance, and in the process, did a great deal for many Germans (as long as they weren't Jewish, Gypsies, mentally disabled, etc).
'course, none of that justifies murder and genocide, but it is nevertheless true, and is often overlooked when studying the rise of Hitler, which is a shame, as it goes a long long way to explaining how many Germans could have become enamored with a leader and an ideology that was so morally bankrupt at its core.
Which only makes it all the more silly that they didn't file a flight plan before leaving. Yes, I realize its not necessary for VFR flights, but ffs, if you know you're flying into risky territory, why not do it anyway, and seriously cut down on response time if something happens?
You're picking nits. His point still remains: The ranking system *should* provide a prediction of future performance, as its supposed to be an indicator of relative skill. Of course, if two ranks are close together, that means your error bars will be wider, but that doesn't change the basic fact that a higher rank should fundamentally translate to a higher likelihood of winning.
Clearly 3D is something that enhances the moviegoing experience for them, in much the same way that bright colours, happy music and a positive resolution to the plot would.
Yup, so we can agree, then, that 3D is best used for kids movies, where "wow, cool!" is more important than plot, and that they should keep it the hell away from real films? Works for me!
Face it: a new era is here and the kids love it. -I- love it. My kids, all under ten, all expect to see 3D when they go to the cinema now.
That's because your kids are idiots.
No, really, I don't mean that to be a flame, but kids are, well, stupid. Sit them in front of a great film like 2001 or The Shining and they'll get bored out of their minds because, guess what, *they're kids*.
Gauging the relative merits of a technology based on whether or not your 7-year-old likes it is probably one of the worst metrics I can think of...
A director who thinks that simply lacks the imagination to realize the full potential of the medium. Using 3D, you can bring the viewer into an intimate setting, or a wide-open expanse.
Yeah! 'cuz that's, like, totally impossible without 3D! I mean, sure, one *might* say that the amazing shots in, say, Dances with Wolves, captured the incredible open prairie, or that The Shining, shot in 4:3 format with its long, low gliding shots, made the viewer feel enclosed and claustrophobic, or that 2001 captured the silent darkness of space like nothing else... but you'd be wrong! I mean, imagine them in 3D! Now *that* would be immersive.../sarcasm
All of which are elements used to *tell a story*. A story isn't simply words. It's an expression of thought and emotion. Or would you argue that silent films don't tell stories?
That age-old technology known as "trade secrets", which protected artisans for thousands of years before IP came into existence.
Of course, there is a downside: it means no one but Corning knows the process for creating this stuff, and so no one can improve upon it, apply the same techniques to related fields, etc.
Watch Avatar. Now try to focus on something that's out-of-focus in the background.
"WTF", your eyes say, "I know I'm *supposed* to be able to bring that tree into focus, but I can't!" That's because it's *not* 3D. At best, its a fragile optical illusion.
Wasn't Barrack Obama's right to keep his Blackberry after he became President questioned because the server was hosted in Waterloo Ontario, at Blackberry's headquarters in Canada ?
No, it's because there are records retention requirements in government. Remember Sarah Palin and her personal email account? Same thing goes, here.
Yeah, but those countries don't have the affluence of Saudi Arabia.
No, SA is, I think, better compared to Iran: a nation with a relatively affluent population that's under the thumb of oppression, both political and religious. And much like Iran, I'm willing to bet, in the absence of said oppression, they could flourish as a modern nation.
Well, I think it's an overall negative for Free Software to create rich and powerful corporations who stand between the users and the developers. It's a matter of their profits coming before principle.
So then fork Ubuntu and create your own project. Hell, take Ubuntus changes and roll 'em back into Debian and create Debian Desktop. Voila, the cross-pollination enabled by open source works again.
Seriously, you just sound like you're suffering from sour grapes. You aren't getting yours, so Ubuntu must be evil...
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Mathematics is a model for how the universe works
Uh, no its not. Mathematics is *used* to model how the universe works, but it's not, itself, a model.
Very few of the animals eaten by people presently are "grazing animals".
I actually said nothing about farmed animals. I was referring to the act of killing and eating wild animals, as was the GP.
Maybe try and focus on the topic at hand, rather than attempting to twist it so you can, if you'll pardon the metaphor, beat your preferred dead horse.
(I was going to say something else but my politically correct reflex kicked in :( it really ruins things sometimes)
Don't worry, young padawan, you'll get over that in time.
I'm sorry, any fucker who's willing to endanger the lives of (stupid, often not-terribly-observant) kids by speeding past a school in their piece of shift car deserves to be nailed to the wall. That's Harley-level douchebaggery, right there.
Yeah, there's nothing about that that requires an RDBMS. It's certainly *a* solution, but it's hardly the only solution, or even the best solution.
but the feelings I get are a momentary thrill of success if it was a hunt, sorrow for the loss and remorse for what I've done, and a satiated belly if I eat it.
I dunno, one of the functions of your average grazing animal is to be food for those higher up in the food chain, and that includes humans. I'd feel *far* more remorse if I simply killed an animal, or worse, stuffed and mounted the thing. Sport hunters? Seriously, you fuckers can go die in a fire. But hunting, and then eating what we kill, is, I think, nothing to be ashamed of.
lists 12 that could be reached with Orion.
I love how you just throw this out there, as if Orion actually existed on anything but paper. It's like people around here talking about fast breeder reactors as if they'd been magically scaled up to production when no one was looking...
QoS is a private solution, not a public one.
No, you're just thinking about it backwards.
You don't shape "torrent traffic" or "YouTube". You shape "bulk, high-throughput, high-latency" traffic or "low-rate, low-latency traffic". These are called traffic classes, and they're well-defined by the IETF.
And since the end-user will clearly see benefits (in higher average throughput in the former, less stuttering in the latter), the application developer will be strongly encouraged to make proper use of those traffic classes (most torrent clients already let you set the IP TOS bit, which can be used with shapers to queue traffic appropriately), and the ISP gets to manage their traffic more effectively. And everyone wins.
'course, this'd be easier with IPv6, which has a more shaping options due to the wider DSCP field.
That's not to say QoS doesn't have a place in ISP traffic management
Perfect, then we're in agreement.
What was your argument, again?
however, relying solely on QoS and aggressive traffic shaping
I never said that. Respond to what I said, not what you think I said.
Sorry, that's simply ridiculous. Your proposal would have them guess the absolute peak rate of all users in their network, and then overbuild their infrastructure, even though a tiny fraction would be in use at any one time. It's a *massive* waste of resources.
QoS makes a *hell* of a lot more sense. Yes, the ISPs should build out anticipating higher average load thanks to streaming audio and video, etc, but QoS can be used to smooth out the peaks so that large transfers still happen in a timely fashion without impacting real-time traffic.
Yes, let's hand over to the government the power to dictate to everyone what they can and can't do with the hardware they bought.
Err, that's not what he said.
What he said was that if I release a piece of software, it's digitally signed so that it can be tracked back to me. If the application does something malicious, I can be identified and am thus on the hook.
This doesn't stop anyone from installing software. All it does is facilitate accountability.
'course, the real problem with this scheme is it stifles freedom of speech. After all, what if I release a piece of software that lets you cut a hole through the Great Firewall of China? With this scheme, they'd be able to track me down as the author.
In summary, as much as they would have enjoyed their plentiful food and jobs, the overall outcome for humanity far outweighed any benefit the individual. Also keep in mind that Hitler was ultimately a destructive personality and in fact achieved his goal of revenge on his parents through the destruction of Germany itself.
Undoubtedly. But that doesn't change one simple fact: like him or not, Hitler, through leadership and rhetoric (however vile), lifted Germany from poverty to the verge of global dominance, and in the process, did a great deal for many Germans (as long as they weren't Jewish, Gypsies, mentally disabled, etc).
'course, none of that justifies murder and genocide, but it is nevertheless true, and is often overlooked when studying the rise of Hitler, which is a shame, as it goes a long long way to explaining how many Germans could have become enamored with a leader and an ideology that was so morally bankrupt at its core.
Which only makes it all the more silly that they didn't file a flight plan before leaving. Yes, I realize its not necessary for VFR flights, but ffs, if you know you're flying into risky territory, why not do it anyway, and seriously cut down on response time if something happens?
You're picking nits. His point still remains: The ranking system *should* provide a prediction of future performance, as its supposed to be an indicator of relative skill. Of course, if two ranks are close together, that means your error bars will be wider, but that doesn't change the basic fact that a higher rank should fundamentally translate to a higher likelihood of winning.
Clearly 3D is something that enhances the moviegoing experience for them, in much the same way that bright colours, happy music and a positive resolution to the plot would.
Yup, so we can agree, then, that 3D is best used for kids movies, where "wow, cool!" is more important than plot, and that they should keep it the hell away from real films? Works for me!
Every step closer to reality has been found to be an improvement in the capabilities of storytellers.
So, I suppose the advent of the animated feature resulted in a decrease "in the capabilities of storytellers"?
Please. That statement of yours is patently false right on its face.
Face it: a new era is here and the kids love it. -I- love it. My kids, all under ten, all expect to see 3D when they go to the cinema now.
That's because your kids are idiots.
No, really, I don't mean that to be a flame, but kids are, well, stupid. Sit them in front of a great film like 2001 or The Shining and they'll get bored out of their minds because, guess what, *they're kids*.
Gauging the relative merits of a technology based on whether or not your 7-year-old likes it is probably one of the worst metrics I can think of...
A director who thinks that simply lacks the imagination to realize the full potential of the medium. Using 3D, you can bring the viewer into an intimate setting, or a wide-open expanse.
Yeah! 'cuz that's, like, totally impossible without 3D! I mean, sure, one *might* say that the amazing shots in, say, Dances with Wolves, captured the incredible open prairie, or that The Shining, shot in 4:3 format with its long, low gliding shots, made the viewer feel enclosed and claustrophobic, or that 2001 captured the silent darkness of space like nothing else... but you'd be wrong! I mean, imagine them in 3D! Now *that* would be immersive... /sarcasm
All of which are elements used to *tell a story*. A story isn't simply words. It's an expression of thought and emotion. Or would you argue that silent films don't tell stories?
That age-old technology known as "trade secrets", which protected artisans for thousands of years before IP came into existence.
Of course, there is a downside: it means no one but Corning knows the process for creating this stuff, and so no one can improve upon it, apply the same techniques to related fields, etc.
Please, that's not remotely true.
Watch Avatar. Now try to focus on something that's out-of-focus in the background.
"WTF", your eyes say, "I know I'm *supposed* to be able to bring that tree into focus, but I can't!" That's because it's *not* 3D. At best, its a fragile optical illusion.
Remember Nixon and his 18 minutes of audio tape? Sheesh.
Sheesh? Huh? What's got your panties in a twist?
Wasn't Barrack Obama's right to keep his Blackberry after he became President questioned because the server was hosted in Waterloo Ontario, at Blackberry's headquarters in Canada ?
No, it's because there are records retention requirements in government. Remember Sarah Palin and her personal email account? Same thing goes, here.
Yeah, but those countries don't have the affluence of Saudi Arabia.
No, SA is, I think, better compared to Iran: a nation with a relatively affluent population that's under the thumb of oppression, both political and religious. And much like Iran, I'm willing to bet, in the absence of said oppression, they could flourish as a modern nation.
Well, I think it's an overall negative for Free Software to create rich and powerful corporations who stand between the users and the developers. It's a matter of their profits coming before principle.
So then fork Ubuntu and create your own project. Hell, take Ubuntus changes and roll 'em back into Debian and create Debian Desktop. Voila, the cross-pollination enabled by open source works again.
Seriously, you just sound like you're suffering from sour grapes. You aren't getting yours, so Ubuntu must be evil...