That's exactly the point of GP. If there is a "scientist" that lacks proper understanding, you can safely put him in the "sack" of "can't think reasonably" with astrologists.
GP is absolutely dead-on in that the world has a dire need for more rational, humanist thinking. Your objections haven't even begun to touch any of the underpinnings for that argument, so I will take your post as a commentary instead of as a rebuttal.
And yes, the scientific process may NOT be the way to truth all the time, but it has self-fucking-evidently worked much better than the obsolete figments it replaced. Any other answer depends on a dishonestly false definition of the word "truth".
You can FUCK dumb girls -- not that I'm advocating that, but hey, people tend to go that way and you know what? It's because it WORKS -- but under no circumstance should you go steady with one. Self-respect and self-cultivation go hand in hand, and if a person is content with remaining dumb, then that person is probably not going to make a smart guy happy (unless the smart guy is in for the "massive cheating on her" and not for the "loving her").
"but so is disregarding someone because of their spiritual beliefs"
I disagree. If someone holds imbecile beliefs, disregarding that someone is not a shortcut, it's a defense and selection mechanism that works against imbecility.
You should afford imbecile people all of their duly endowed rights -- but it's perfectly reasonable to discriminate against the opposite sex based on the level of imbecility of their beliefs, just as it's perfectly reasonable to discriminate against the opposite sex based on how hot her/his ass is. Just as your prospective employer is entitled to discriminate you based on the imbecility of your answers at the job interview.
I'm on Konq + nspluginviewer, and the difference is dramatic. But, honestly, now my bandwidth isn't enough. They could have moved to x264 and gotten this quality just fine, instead of upping the bitrate. Not to mention the costs.
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The LAYER of code that you are talking about is one function call per operation. INCREDIBLY negligible. With MIT-SHM (shared memory IPC) windowing operations are almost like directly talking to the hardware. It's the HARDWARE DRIVERS that are the bottleneck.
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This is inaccurate. If you see windows wobble, then when you minimize those windows, compiz or kwin will maintain the rendered image in RAM, so when you unminimize it, it will first blit to the screen the saved rendered image while re-requesting a redraw from the app in parallel. Now, if you are using a noncompositing window manager, I agree with you -- the app needs to rerender its contents and that is what causes the problem.
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This is BULLSHIT. X locally uses shared memory, not "network transparency". And even through network displays, it's pretty speedy. The main issue has always been a single-thread architecture for event processing, and poorly-accelerated display drivers.
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The "why not" is easily answered. Copyright's an incentive mechanism. If you give money to a software developer for the rest of his life, you NULLIFY the incentive.
I was also borderline drunk all the time, but the trick, it seems, is to fly only with carryon luggage. No checking of luggage -> very, very quick boardings and transfers. I was subjected to customs stops though. Every single stop asked what was the huge bomb-like device I had in my hand suitcase -- it was a 110V-220V transformer for my electronic gear.
Dats not the point. The point is that each and every one of those parts have no isolation between each other, so a malignant part can wreck the whole kernel.
I was one of those people that preferred an European route, last year. I went to Zürich to interview for a company whose name everyone Gnows, and given the choice between U.S. transit and European transit, I chose the latter, for fairly obvious reasons. Gitmo sounds no fun -- you may call my fear unwarranted, but I'm entitled to it and, given the choice, I'd rather not risk my liberty.
Because the Xiph guys delved EXTENSIVELY into the patent office's archives to ascertain whether their technologies were patented. Unlike the rest of the industry, they intentionally researched for over a year what was patented and what wasn't, and of course any patent granted after the release of their tech is simply invalid because the tech itself is prior art.
Look at this from a positive angle: at least people won't be clogging the series of tubes with YouTube videos. That might make my Internets reach their destinations faster.
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I have reviews of the general KDE desktop and Dolphin 4 on my page. I will review RC1 as soon as I can get Kubuntu packages.
I completely disagree with your statement about the CIA. Lies and corruption scurry away from public scrutiny, and the CIA is the exact opposite of a publicly scrutinizable organization.
Only with transparency and public accountability can you begin to hope for truth and justice.
Slashdot Mirror
I read this two days ago at the source that broke the news. I have two things to say:
- Dowd's a freaking genius.
- Slashdot's a slowpoke.
That's like cats covering their shit with soil. Actually, that's pretty effective, you know?
That's exactly the point of GP. If there is a "scientist" that lacks proper understanding, you can safely put him in the "sack" of "can't think reasonably" with astrologists.
GP is absolutely dead-on in that the world has a dire need for more rational, humanist thinking. Your objections haven't even begun to touch any of the underpinnings for that argument, so I will take your post as a commentary instead of as a rebuttal.
And yes, the scientific process may NOT be the way to truth all the time, but it has self-fucking-evidently worked much better than the obsolete figments it replaced. Any other answer depends on a dishonestly false definition of the word "truth".
You can FUCK dumb girls -- not that I'm advocating that, but hey, people tend to go that way and you know what? It's because it WORKS -- but under no circumstance should you go steady with one. Self-respect and self-cultivation go hand in hand, and if a person is content with remaining dumb, then that person is probably not going to make a smart guy happy (unless the smart guy is in for the "massive cheating on her" and not for the "loving her").
"but so is disregarding someone because of their spiritual beliefs"
I disagree. If someone holds imbecile beliefs, disregarding that someone is not a shortcut, it's a defense and selection mechanism that works against imbecility.
You should afford imbecile people all of their duly endowed rights -- but it's perfectly reasonable to discriminate against the opposite sex based on the level of imbecility of their beliefs, just as it's perfectly reasonable to discriminate against the opposite sex based on how hot her/his ass is. Just as your prospective employer is entitled to discriminate you based on the imbecility of your answers at the job interview.
Imbecility is contagious.
You got me.
I'm on Konq + nspluginviewer, and the difference is dramatic. But, honestly, now my bandwidth isn't enough. They could have moved to x264 and gotten this quality just fine, instead of upping the bitrate. Not to mention the costs.
...and, in the process, nullifying the incentive for established software developers?
1. multicore
2. smoother input processing
3. smoother screen redraws
The LAYER of code that you are talking about is one function call per operation. INCREDIBLY negligible. With MIT-SHM (shared memory IPC) windowing operations are almost like directly talking to the hardware. It's the HARDWARE DRIVERS that are the bottleneck.
This is inaccurate. If you see windows wobble, then when you minimize those windows, compiz or kwin will maintain the rendered image in RAM, so when you unminimize it, it will first blit to the screen the saved rendered image while re-requesting a redraw from the app in parallel. Now, if you are using a noncompositing window manager, I agree with you -- the app needs to rerender its contents and that is what causes the problem.
This is BULLSHIT. X locally uses shared memory, not "network transparency". And even through network displays, it's pretty speedy. The main issue has always been a single-thread architecture for event processing, and poorly-accelerated display drivers.
like xosview and xkbevd?
Because the test currently used by Congress is "how much money corrupt lobbyists gave me". It's so obvious it hits you on the face.
The "why not" is easily answered. Copyright's an incentive mechanism. If you give money to a software developer for the rest of his life, you NULLIFY the incentive.
I was also borderline drunk all the time, but the trick, it seems, is to fly only with carryon luggage. No checking of luggage -> very, very quick boardings and transfers. I was subjected to customs stops though. Every single stop asked what was the huge bomb-like device I had in my hand suitcase -- it was a 110V-220V transformer for my electronic gear.
Dats not the point. The point is that each and every one of those parts have no isolation between each other, so a malignant part can wreck the whole kernel.
I was one of those people that preferred an European route, last year. I went to Zürich to interview for a company whose name everyone Gnows, and given the choice between U.S. transit and European transit, I chose the latter, for fairly obvious reasons. Gitmo sounds no fun -- you may call my fear unwarranted, but I'm entitled to it and, given the choice, I'd rather not risk my liberty.
It's fair in the ethical sense of the word. But in the legal sense, it's not. One more way laws and ethics collide, and ethics loses.
Because the Xiph guys delved EXTENSIVELY into the patent office's archives to ascertain whether their technologies were patented. Unlike the rest of the industry, they intentionally researched for over a year what was patented and what wasn't, and of course any patent granted after the release of their tech is simply invalid because the tech itself is prior art.
That's why.
Look at this from a positive angle: at least people won't be clogging the series of tubes with YouTube videos. That might make my Internets reach their destinations faster.
I have reviews of the general KDE desktop and Dolphin 4 on my page. I will review RC1 as soon as I can get Kubuntu packages.
I completely disagree with your statement about the CIA. Lies and corruption scurry away from public scrutiny, and the CIA is the exact opposite of a publicly scrutinizable organization.
Only with transparency and public accountability can you begin to hope for truth and justice.
It's the Ministry of Truth at work. Keep asking and you'll be reamed in the ass.
welcome our new Psychotic Robotic Cannon overlords.