I hope you're not holding your breath for the cogent reply from that guy.
I think the most interesting (well, interesting and stands out enough for me to catch it while skimming through) is Figure 2. It shows the average US voter for two date ranges (1975-1994 and 1994-1999), compared to various media outlets and legislators. All but two are more liberal than the average voter. Plus the average voter has gotten more conservative over time.
.look, the precise complaints against Fox are that they leak in opinion to their so called "hard news" - their main anchor is pretty obvious in his political affiliation, the balance of pundits and opinions is also pretty obvious
Wouldn't you prefer that the biases of their anchors and the rest ARE obvious? It's easier for you to weigh what they're saying, and which stories they choose to cover, and which they ignore...if you know which way their political allegiance slants, and how far.
Presumably, the goal is to keep toxic materials out of landfills (so those materials won't leach into groundwater). Charging the manufacturer or retailer won't stop the consumer from tossing old electronic equipment. For that matter, neither will charging the consumer.
Unless...what if it was more of a deposit system? Have the consumer pay an extra $20 up front when they buy a computer, but give them an incentive (maybe $15?) to return the computer so its components can be disposed of or recycled properly.
Doesn't pumping up water from the ocean consume lots of energy?
Considering the amount of pressure the water at the botom of the ocean is subjected to, I'd imagine that helps to force the water up the pipe, which would reduce the amount of work the pump would have to do.
> > > It is well established that the universe was once inhospitable to life
> > How can you say this with certainty? [...] Maybe it's a well established belief that a universe once inhospitable to life is the most likely scenario, but without some way of transcending time, you can't prove it a fact.
> Do you recommend that people apply that kind of nihilism to everything, or just to discoveries that conflict with their religious beliefs?
All I'm trying to get at is that the prevailing scientific thoughts about the creation of the universe do form a belief system. Although the people who adhere to that belief system are generally more open to reasonable arguments and facts. Except I guess when they suggest that I'm telling people to stand in front of trains...
It is well established that the universe was once inhospitable to life
How can you say this with certainty? I mean sure, the scientific evidence appears to align with theories that the universe began as a super hot super dense region that for one reason or another expanded rapidly.
But let's play the devil's advocate. Whether you're Christian or not, how do you know some higher power didn't just set things up to lead you to think that's how it started? What if our universe is just someone's gigantic billiards table, and the dog jumped on it sending the balls all willy-nilly? Or what if our planet is just the world's greatest supercomputer, and the fjords were lovingly created and dinosaur bones were carefully placed in layers of dirt and rock by some handsomely paid planet crafters?
Maybe it's a well established belief that a universe once inhospitable to life is the most likely scenario, but without some way of transcending time, you can't prove it a fact.
Even if you look at just the last 5 year comparison, you'll see that the "downhill all the way" label just isn't accurate. Sure, Nasdaq has lost value from where it was five years ago, but it's risen above it's lowest point in that five year span.
That extension adds a right-click option for viewing a page in IE.
Probably they'd want to look at that extension, along with something like the slashfix extension. Slashfix has code that causes Firefox to do something when it encounters a certain URL (slashdot.org)...You'd want something like the code in that to check against your list, then use code in ieview to pop open an IE window when one of those pages are detected.
The Arctic report said polar bears were "unlikely to survive as a species" if the ice disappeared and they were left to compete with their better-adapted brown and grizzly cousins.
I vote that we relocate all the polar bears to Antarctica. For too long have we northern-hemispherer's hoarded all those cuddly big white bears to ourselves. Now that we're unable to sustain their population, we should take them to the coldest continent, where there are no brown or grizzly bears, where they can be the dominant species.
Look out Mr Penguin, looks like there'll be a new kid on the block.
Has anyone looked into the various hosts file out there to see how they stack up? I use the hosts file from someonewhocares.org and I've been pleased with it. It looks like it blocks more sites than Mike's, but it'd be interesting to see how much overlap there is.
If the Greenland ice-shelf slides into the sea you'd better be living in the Rockies with a large stash of tinned goods.
well, no:
"Greenland's ice is probably in the most danger of melting, and this would raise global sea levels by about 21 feet. Scientists who study the ice don't think this is likely during the life of anyone alive now."
And according to this article, almost half of that incoming spam is for Bill Gates.
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There's the stuff Google hasn't crawled (yet), and the stuff it's not allowed to. Don't forget that a robots.txt file can prevent Google from crawling/indexing a lot. I mean, take a look at this one: www.whitehouse.gov/robots.txt.
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I've got RUNT booting from my USB key. Actually, I formatted the USB key under Windows 98, SYS'ed it to make it boot to DOS, and then I set up a menu in config.sys/autoexec.bat to give me the choice of booting RUNT via loadlin or a DOS prompt. You could load pretty much any kernel you need via loadlin from DOS.
Anyone know of a way to format/SYS a USB key with FreeDOS? Please share.
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I hope you're not holding your breath for the cogent reply from that guy.
:)
I think the most interesting (well, interesting and stands out enough for me to catch it while skimming through) is Figure 2. It shows the average US voter for two date ranges (1975-1994 and 1994-1999), compared to various media outlets and legislators. All but two are more liberal than the average voter. Plus the average voter has gotten more conservative over time.
Is the media turning voters conservative??
.look, the precise complaints against Fox are that they leak in opinion to their so called "hard news" - their main anchor is pretty obvious in his political affiliation, the balance of pundits and opinions is also pretty obvious
Wouldn't you prefer that the biases of their anchors and the rest ARE obvious? It's easier for you to weigh what they're saying, and which stories they choose to cover, and which they ignore...if you know which way their political allegiance slants, and how far.
Password Safe is another open source application that works similarly.
Presumably, the goal is to keep toxic materials out of landfills (so those materials won't leach into groundwater). Charging the manufacturer or retailer won't stop the consumer from tossing old electronic equipment. For that matter, neither will charging the consumer.
Unless...what if it was more of a deposit system? Have the consumer pay an extra $20 up front when they buy a computer, but give them an incentive (maybe $15?) to return the computer so its components can be disposed of or recycled properly.
Doesn't pumping up water from the ocean consume lots of energy?
Considering the amount of pressure the water at the botom of the ocean is subjected to, I'd imagine that helps to force the water up the pipe, which would reduce the amount of work the pump would have to do.
"OnLamp is reporting on the MySQL Users Conference that is currently underway."
But the conference website says it finished yesterday...
> > > It is well established that the universe was once inhospitable to life
> > How can you say this with certainty? [...] Maybe it's a well established belief that a universe once inhospitable to life is the most likely scenario, but without some way of transcending time, you can't prove it a fact.
> Do you recommend that people apply that kind of nihilism to everything, or just to discoveries that conflict with their religious beliefs?
All I'm trying to get at is that the prevailing scientific thoughts about the creation of the universe do form a belief system. Although the people who adhere to that belief system are generally more open to reasonable arguments and facts. Except I guess when they suggest that I'm telling people to stand in front of trains...
Yeah, but did you know that Google knows the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
You can even use that constant in Google's built-in calculator, like so
It is well established that the universe was once inhospitable to life
How can you say this with certainty? I mean sure, the scientific evidence appears to align with theories that the universe began as a super hot super dense region that for one reason or another expanded rapidly.
But let's play the devil's advocate. Whether you're Christian or not, how do you know some higher power didn't just set things up to lead you to think that's how it started? What if our universe is just someone's gigantic billiards table, and the dog jumped on it sending the balls all willy-nilly? Or what if our planet is just the world's greatest supercomputer, and the fjords were lovingly created and dinosaur bones were carefully placed in layers of dirt and rock by some handsomely paid planet crafters?
Maybe it's a well established belief that a universe once inhospitable to life is the most likely scenario, but without some way of transcending time, you can't prove it a fact.
No.
You are not a hippo.
You are not Alexander the Great.
Alexander the Great was a hippo?
Or for those who don't realize they can let Google do the work
I think he means it in the way that someone might say, "I'm one of those lucky people who have explosive bouts of diarrhea eight times a day."
Compared to those people who have explosive bouts of diarrhea ten times or more per day, those who have it just eight times a day are pretty lucky.
Even if you look at just the last 5 year comparison, you'll see that the "downhill all the way" label just isn't accurate. Sure, Nasdaq has lost value from where it was five years ago, but it's risen above it's lowest point in that five year span.
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Well said. Unfortunately the case, but true.
Politicians have to do what it takes to win. Ideals take a second to that.
That's all for now. Don't have mod points, but I gotta give ya some props for speaking the truth.
Or maybe they'll shorten it to iTV?
I'm not sure your figure is precisely correct.
Do you mean this extension?
ieview
That extension adds a right-click option for viewing a page in IE.
Probably they'd want to look at that extension, along with something like the slashfix extension. Slashfix has code that causes Firefox to do something when it encounters a certain URL (slashdot.org)...You'd want something like the code in that to check against your list, then use code in ieview to pop open an IE window when one of those pages are detected.
Or something like that.
Linux is not invulnerable to exploits, as we all know. Therefore, why are people making such a big deal out of it?
You're new here, aren't you?
The Arctic report said polar bears were "unlikely to survive as a species" if the ice disappeared and they were left to compete with their better-adapted brown and grizzly cousins.
I vote that we relocate all the polar bears to Antarctica. For too long have we northern-hemispherer's hoarded all those cuddly big white bears to ourselves. Now that we're unable to sustain their population, we should take them to the coldest continent, where there are no brown or grizzly bears, where they can be the dominant species.
Look out Mr Penguin, looks like there'll be a new kid on the block.
Has anyone looked into the various hosts file out there to see how they stack up? I use the hosts file from someonewhocares.org and I've been pleased with it. It looks like it blocks more sites than Mike's, but it'd be interesting to see how much overlap there is.
If the Greenland ice-shelf slides into the sea you'd better be living in the Rockies with a large stash of tinned goods.
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well, no:
"Greenland's ice is probably in the most danger of melting, and this would raise global sea levels by about 21 feet. Scientists who study the ice don't think this is likely during the life of anyone alive now."
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/coldsci
"what's a antivirus company want with a backup company?"
What's the first thing you wonder when your network gets infected? When was the last time I backed up my data?
Or, "Why the %#!?& are we paying so much for anti-virus software that doesn't stop my network from getting infected!?!"
And according to this article, almost half of that incoming spam is for Bill Gates.
There's the stuff Google hasn't crawled (yet), and the stuff it's not allowed to. Don't forget that a robots.txt file can prevent Google from crawling/indexing a lot. I mean, take a look at this one: www.whitehouse.gov/robots.txt.
I've got RUNT booting from my USB key. Actually, I formatted the USB key under Windows 98, SYS'ed it to make it boot to DOS, and then I set up a menu in config.sys/autoexec.bat to give me the choice of booting RUNT via loadlin or a DOS prompt. You could load pretty much any kernel you need via loadlin from DOS.
Anyone know of a way to format/SYS a USB key with FreeDOS? Please share.