The effects of a poor education and having HIV are not immediately obvious. I wont argue that HIV is not worse than a poor education; I think both are bad. Without treatment, if you have HIV, you are most likely going to get AIDS and die at some, unknown (though statistically calculable) time in the future.
With a poor education, you may make life-altering decisions that shorten your lifespan considerably (smoke crack, get a job with no health insurrance, go to prison, join a gang, work in hazardous job, etc.) These are not easily measurable factors, but most people will agree that they _will_ likely shorten your life span. For each of these decision-based risk factors, a shortened life span is also calculable.
Distrubuters would think that this would suck. Then they'd have to go out and learn a new job.
Truck drivers, packagers, mailpersons, box suppliers, label makers, book binders, librarians, clerks (assuming this would be automated), and all the associated support staff (accountants, managers, binder-repair technicians, HR personel, etc.) would all be affected. For any organization of sufficent size, at least some downsizing would occur. One hope for these people is that they could find jobs related to the automated book-making industry.
...comparing a very horrible, deadly disease to software problems is very tasteless.
I believe he was refering to the practice of large companies applying the same arm-bending tactics to financially-stricken individuals and groups as they do to organizations and individuals that clearly have the capability to pay without severely impacting the other parts of their existence.
If schools have to pay outrageous prices for software that costs next to nothing to reproduce, at the expense of paying for teachers, facilities, books, computers, etc., the kids attending those schools are disadvantaged because it will be difficult to get a good education. AIDS is bad because of the quality of life it bestows on the stricken. A poor education often results in poverty. Either way, a person is reduced to scraping to get by in life, when it doesn't have to happen.
If the means exist to treat both (drugs for aids, better teaching aids in schools), and large, profit-centric companies exacerbate the problem instead of helping, how is this a bad analogy?
It seems to me that an ongoing problem with laser communication is the weather. Fog, rain, snow, smog, dust/sand storms, etc. cause significant problems in some areas on a frequent basis. If they still have trouble using it to go between buildings, how are you going to get 15 miles?
Granted, the government has some pretty awsome equipment for astronomy, satellite links and defense projects, but I don't think the FCC will be too keen on licensing that lasers of that power to the general public.
Tell me, how well does 4WD help when you're trying to stop your massive SUV?
My "massive" Grand Cherokee stops very well, thank you. You should always leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front of you, anyway. Of course, I learned how to drive behind the wheel of a 1978 Dodge Maxivan (think of the stretched, full-size vans you see with 5 rows of seats).
What exactly is the benefit of having 4WD?
First of all, for some people you should be making a comparison between a minivan or van and an SUV. We need a larger vehicle to just fit in all of our stuff when we travel (suitcases, stroller, backpack, diaperbag, diapers, food, toys, presents, etc.). Small children use a LOT of stuff.
Have you ever noticed the number of cars that hydroplane in standing water or heavy downpours vs larger 4WDs? Offhand, I can't think of anybody I know who has with a truck or SUV, but I can with FWD cars. I don't know the capabilities of the person who was driving the 4Runner. I do know that a lot of people don't know how to drive in winter conditions, even if they are good with their own vehicle under good weather. Also, front-wheel drive vehicles act quite differently than rear-wheel drive vehicles. If the person didn't have the 4WD engaged, I'd say they didn't have much of a chance.
4WD vehicles are good for large amounts of snow muddy roads, and potholes. If you are in conditions that require chains, a 4WD would usually be a good match (BTW, they make chains for SUVs too-I used to have a set for my Bronco II). If you are using chains because of glare ice, you might want to rethink your travel plans anyway, unless you want to go slow (chains are not designed for extended driving at highway speeds). Snow tires don't work well on ice-they tend to have too big of a foot print. But, IANATE (I Am Not A Tire Expert).
Large parts of the US are sparsely inhabited by urban standards, with low maintainance roads being the rule. Result: several days until a snowplow comes through, muddy lanes from spring run-off and heavy rain, and potholes big enough to break tie rods and bottom out smaller vehicles. Shovel it out? Not if you live a half mile from the nearest main road. Drive around? Sometimes miles out of the way, if one exists. Go around the potholes? Not to smart to try dodging in heavy traffic, and sometimes they go all the way across the street.
Many of the people I know who drive pickups or SUVs live in cities and rural areas that can't afford to take care of their own streets.
Depending on where you live, how often does that really happen?
So, what climates would justify an SUV? My parents and inlaws live 5 hours away, here in Minnesota. While it is cold, winter only lasts from October through April. Should we have to fork out even more money to buy a summer vehicle for the 6 months in the year when we can be pretty confident? Keep in mind that you have a lot of stuff for a week+ visit with two active adults and a 1 1/2 year old.
In moderately deep snow, yes a 4WD vehicle is going to have an advantage. But not on ice.
A 4WD truck or SUV is good on ice and snow. A 4WD truck or SUV in 2WD mode is bad in both. Many accidents you see on icy days are from people that:
1. Are not used to driving a taller, larger vehicle and forget that it doesn't handle like a car.
2. Don't try 4WD until it's too late.
3. Need to change their tires.
4. Are in too much of a hurry and would likely end up in the ditch, no matter what they are driving.
Can anyone access the stats and post a good link or copy it in/.? I'm not sure if it's their server or my company's firewall, but don't get anything usable from the embedded link in the article.
The article states that the Intel compiler can be used as a simple plug-in, taking the place of the default M$ compiler. So by recompiling, any app could use SSE2. SSE2 and non-SSE2 code are both generated by the compiler and the decision of which to use is made at runtime.
My question is:
Does AMD have an optimizing compiler for the Athlon that you can plug into VC++? If so, it should have been included in the tests this article ran.
I wonder if you could successfully work the angle that your correspondence is protected under copyright law. Spam added to an email and sent in its place is an unauthorized derivative work, allowing legal action against the spammer.
Microsoft often uses the phrase "embrace and extend" to describe its extentions to existing standards. What are Microsofts plans with regard to opening up its proprietary extensions to other developers, in light of its recent expansion into "open source?"
If the guy (or someone else) gets it working with stereo sound cards, you should be able to set up some kind of token ring network. But he said he that some of his things to do are
- get both channels working,
- run them on two different lines to two different computers,
- get the TCP/IP stack integrated.
I wonder if a person could use a sound card to interface to POTS? That way they could use their PC to figure out whether to make a local call using the phone company or make a long distance call using an Internet phone gateway and still be able to have a phone number that people can call.
Now that shrink-wrapped licenses have the force of law behind them, they can put whatever conditions they want in a license -- and people will agree.
If you don't agree to tax law and pay the taxes the IRS says you owe, you can get tax-auditted and have to pay any fines they impose, or the government will take it from you in a criminal action.
If you don't agree to M$ licenses and pay the fees M$ says you owe, you can get license-auditted and have to pay any fines they impose -- or else they will have the government take it from you in a civil action.
From what I've heard, the IRS and M$ audits can really hurt a business if they find enough infractions. Even if you do follow the rules, the audits can me a killer. The only difference is that M$ doesn't target individual users much...yet.
Why not have the standard include specifications for multiple packages? When the system is installed, the user could select the default installer to use. Just make sure that the specification is easily extensible so that newer package formats can be added so that older systems won't be forced to upgrade.
When I used the term "assumed facts", I was refering to theories with enough evidence to support them that they are no longer debated in their community. I suppose a better term would have been "law".
Observations can be made by scientists and non scientist alike. What many people say separates religion and science is how those observations are interpreted.
If nothing is done with the knowlege that is gleaned, it is not science or religion - merely entertainment. Both science and religion have ideas about why the observed phenomonon occured and what affects it will in the future.
My intentions were not to put down science nor put down religion. I was trying to point out that from the point of view of either a staunch scientist or religious person, all that they believe is based observations (that they believe they are interpretting correcly) and that the difference between science and a given religion or between any given set of religions is that the interpretation of those observations. Good science or a sound religion will not have holes in their reasoning, or they would not have intelligent followers.
Oh, I don't know. What about the following of Linux? Perl? OS? You could almost say that they have a spiritual leader. OS definately implies a belief that OS will result in a better world. So does following a number of religious faiths. I also seem to see the term "zealot" associated and used by members of the above groups.
Well, apparently there are more than 2 people in on this conversation. Personally, I like/. because of the kind of people that go there.
I guess my.sig was flamebait (though it is something I believe), but aren't most people's.sigs flamebait?
My whole point is that science is a religion in that you have a set of beliefs based on what you assume to be facts. If a person is truly religious (not in it for power, greed, etc.), then they belong to a religion that only relies on "facts" they believe.
I've gotten in some heated, um, discussions with a few people of strong faith that are astounded that, as a Christian, I believe in God and science. I believe God created the universe and that science attempts to explain how using observations that can be made using our five senses. These senses can be faulty or deceived and result in bad science (think of any of a number scientific hoaxes that endured for a while before being found out). Miracles are those experiences that don't fit known scientifically describable phenomon. People make up theories to describe the evidence available to them.
How about this: If someone prays about an incurrable desease and is found free of it a their next checkup, what happened? They had a problem, tried to find a solution through medicine, failed, tried another solution (prayer, it worked. What would your conclusion be?
I looked at the patent, and the first 18 or so claims look like they are described by a TV and cable decoder. I didn't read the rest of the 27 claims (too much legaleeze is bad for the brain -just look at the decisions and arguments made by lawyers, judges and politicians).;-)
Galileo was threatened by the church heirarchy with excomunication if he did not recant his finding. Pope John Paul II apologized for church official being wrong in his case more than 400 years after it happened.
Galileo did recant, as the church was the equivalent of a large-multinational government during his time. Excomunication was worse than being sued-it was basically telling you that you had no rights in a society that was controlled by the church heirarchy. He would not have only been poor, he would have been homeless, ostricised and potentially tortured.
Is Rotary Rocket still alive? I don't think their website has changed since their CFO became their "acting" CEO many months ago (except for removing any email contact info, that is). If anyone knows otherwise, please reply.
One database that has all the information that government agencies need about a person: name, date of birth, current residence, SS#, contact info (address, phone, email), sex... in other words, all that stuff that you have to keep filling out on form after form after form. Other stuff could be in there too, like criminal record, licenses held, preferred bank accounts (for billing and receiving payments).
I realize that this sounds like a lot of important stuff, but it is the same stuff you give whenever you apply for a job, and a lot of it whenever you interact with a public service, bank, etc. As far as I know, nothing is preventing a potential employer from selling information that an applicant submits. Or if a database was cracked at, say, the IRS, law enforcement agency, courthouse, etc. they (the crackers) would get the same info.
Since all this data is at potential risk anyway, it wouldn't bother me if the government put in serious effort to setting up a "Fort Knox" of a database with permissions for each agency that needed the info. Police would have to supoena access to anything other than a police record or basic data (name, address). The IRS wouldn't get access to arrest records. To get the access to the records they needed, they would be forced to go through a "gatekeeper" with oversite from different branches of government to prevent abuses. Infractions by public agencies would be punishible to the specific person(s) that disobeyed the law by personal fine, jailtime or other appropriate punishment.
Each person could opt to let select companies access information in this databank such as banks, prospective employers, credit agencies, etc. All changes to data must be reported to the person via the contact info in the record. The entire record would be accessible by the person in some manner.
If identity theft occurs, it will eventually be caught and a flag can be put on the record that causes an extra-careful examination of identity whenever it is accessed. All transactions occuring would be logged and would be suspect up to the time of the identy theft.
This would let a person update their info in one place when they move, change banks, get married, or change anything else that normally requires notification to multiple organizations. It would also aid those who continue to fight identy theft for years after it is discovered. Government would be more efficient by reducing the need for extra paperwork. And YES, government should be more efficient, especially in anything that makes people wait.
It seems to me that if a person used plenem cable to meet the firecode, the metal ducting would act as a shield from RF noise as long as it was grounded. This might also help get rid of the 60Hz hum on long audio cables.
Another way to run cables is to go up in the ceiling and drop the cables down from the top through the stud walls. The procedure is the same as for running wiring to new electrical outlets.
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With a poor education, you may make life-altering decisions that shorten your lifespan considerably (smoke crack, get a job with no health insurrance, go to prison, join a gang, work in hazardous job, etc.) These are not easily measurable factors, but most people will agree that they _will_ likely shorten your life span. For each of these decision-based risk factors, a shortened life span is also calculable.
Truck drivers, packagers, mailpersons, box suppliers, label makers, book binders, librarians, clerks (assuming this would be automated), and all the associated support staff (accountants, managers, binder-repair technicians, HR personel, etc.) would all be affected. For any organization of sufficent size, at least some downsizing would occur. One hope for these people is that they could find jobs related to the automated book-making industry.
...was the only time we used Apples. In Senior High, we switched to Intel machines (for business software, methinks).
I believe he was refering to the practice of large companies applying the same arm-bending tactics to financially-stricken individuals and groups as they do to organizations and individuals that clearly have the capability to pay without severely impacting the other parts of their existence.
If schools have to pay outrageous prices for software that costs next to nothing to reproduce, at the expense of paying for teachers, facilities, books, computers, etc., the kids attending those schools are disadvantaged because it will be difficult to get a good education. AIDS is bad because of the quality of life it bestows on the stricken. A poor education often results in poverty. Either way, a person is reduced to scraping to get by in life, when it doesn't have to happen.
If the means exist to treat both (drugs for aids, better teaching aids in schools), and large, profit-centric companies exacerbate the problem instead of helping, how is this a bad analogy?
Granted, the government has some pretty awsome equipment for astronomy, satellite links and defense projects, but I don't think the FCC will be too keen on licensing that lasers of that power to the general public.
My "massive" Grand Cherokee stops very well, thank you. You should always leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front of you, anyway. Of course, I learned how to drive behind the wheel of a 1978 Dodge Maxivan (think of the stretched, full-size vans you see with 5 rows of seats).
What exactly is the benefit of having 4WD?
First of all, for some people you should be making a comparison between a minivan or van and an SUV. We need a larger vehicle to just fit in all of our stuff when we travel (suitcases, stroller, backpack, diaperbag, diapers, food, toys, presents, etc.). Small children use a LOT of stuff.
Have you ever noticed the number of cars that hydroplane in standing water or heavy downpours vs larger 4WDs? Offhand, I can't think of anybody I know who has with a truck or SUV, but I can with FWD cars. I don't know the capabilities of the person who was driving the 4Runner. I do know that a lot of people don't know how to drive in winter conditions, even if they are good with their own vehicle under good weather. Also, front-wheel drive vehicles act quite differently than rear-wheel drive vehicles. If the person didn't have the 4WD engaged, I'd say they didn't have much of a chance.
4WD vehicles are good for large amounts of snow muddy roads, and potholes. If you are in conditions that require chains, a 4WD would usually be a good match (BTW, they make chains for SUVs too-I used to have a set for my Bronco II). If you are using chains because of glare ice, you might want to rethink your travel plans anyway, unless you want to go slow (chains are not designed for extended driving at highway speeds). Snow tires don't work well on ice-they tend to have too big of a foot print. But, IANATE (I Am Not A Tire Expert).
Large parts of the US are sparsely inhabited by urban standards, with low maintainance roads being the rule. Result: several days until a snowplow comes through, muddy lanes from spring run-off and heavy rain, and potholes big enough to break tie rods and bottom out smaller vehicles. Shovel it out? Not if you live a half mile from the nearest main road. Drive around? Sometimes miles out of the way, if one exists. Go around the potholes? Not to smart to try dodging in heavy traffic, and sometimes they go all the way across the street.
Many of the people I know who drive pickups or SUVs live in cities and rural areas that can't afford to take care of their own streets.
Does this mean that the first artificial consciense will be a /. fan? ;)
So, what climates would justify an SUV? My parents and inlaws live 5 hours away, here in Minnesota. While it is cold, winter only lasts from October through April. Should we have to fork out even more money to buy a summer vehicle for the 6 months in the year when we can be pretty confident? Keep in mind that you have a lot of stuff for a week+ visit with two active adults and a 1 1/2 year old.
In moderately deep snow, yes a 4WD vehicle is going to have an advantage. But not on ice.
A 4WD truck or SUV is good on ice and snow. A 4WD truck or SUV in 2WD mode is bad in both. Many accidents you see on icy days are from people that:
1. Are not used to driving a taller, larger vehicle and forget that it doesn't handle like a car.
2. Don't try 4WD until it's too late.
3. Need to change their tires.
4. Are in too much of a hurry and would likely end up in the ditch, no matter what they are driving.
My question is:
Does AMD have an optimizing compiler for the Athlon that you can plug into VC++? If so, it should have been included in the tests this article ran.
- get both channels working,
- run them on two different lines to two different computers,
- get the TCP/IP stack integrated.
I wonder if a person could use a sound card to interface to POTS? That way they could use their PC to figure out whether to make a local call using the phone company or make a long distance call using an Internet phone gateway and still be able to have a phone number that people can call.
If you don't agree to tax law and pay the taxes the IRS says you owe, you can get tax-auditted and have to pay any fines they impose, or the government will take it from you in a criminal action.
If you don't agree to M$ licenses and pay the fees M$ says you owe, you can get license-auditted and have to pay any fines they impose -- or else they will have the government take it from you in a civil action.
From what I've heard, the IRS and M$ audits can really hurt a business if they find enough infractions. Even if you do follow the rules, the audits can me a killer. The only difference is that M$ doesn't target individual users much...yet.
Why not have the standard include specifications for multiple packages? When the system is installed, the user could select the default installer to use. Just make sure that the specification is easily extensible so that newer package formats can be added so that older systems won't be forced to upgrade.
Observations can be made by scientists and non scientist alike. What many people say separates religion and science is how those observations are interpreted.
If nothing is done with the knowlege that is gleaned, it is not science or religion - merely entertainment. Both science and religion have ideas about why the observed phenomonon occured and what affects it will in the future.
My intentions were not to put down science nor put down religion. I was trying to point out that from the point of view of either a staunch scientist or religious person, all that they believe is based observations (that they believe they are interpretting correcly) and that the difference between science and a given religion or between any given set of religions is that the interpretation of those observations. Good science or a sound religion will not have holes in their reasoning, or they would not have intelligent followers.
Oh, I don't know. What about the following of Linux? Perl? OS? You could almost say that they have a spiritual leader. OS definately implies a belief that OS will result in a better world. So does following a number of religious faiths. I also seem to see the term "zealot" associated and used by members of the above groups.
I guess my .sig was flamebait (though it is something I believe), but aren't most people's .sigs flamebait?
My whole point is that science is a religion in that you have a set of beliefs based on what you assume to be facts. If a person is truly religious (not in it for power, greed, etc.), then they belong to a religion that only relies on "facts" they believe.
I've gotten in some heated, um, discussions with a few people of strong faith that are astounded that, as a Christian, I believe in God and science. I believe God created the universe and that science attempts to explain how using observations that can be made using our five senses. These senses can be faulty or deceived and result in bad science (think of any of a number scientific hoaxes that endured for a while before being found out). Miracles are those experiences that don't fit known scientifically describable phenomon. People make up theories to describe the evidence available to them.
How about this: If someone prays about an incurrable desease and is found free of it a their next checkup, what happened? They had a problem, tried to find a solution through medicine, failed, tried another solution (prayer, it worked. What would your conclusion be?
I looked at the patent, and the first 18 or so claims look like they are described by a TV and cable decoder. I didn't read the rest of the 27 claims (too much legaleeze is bad for the brain -just look at the decisions and arguments made by lawyers, judges and politicians). ;-)
Galileo did recant, as the church was the equivalent of a large-multinational government during his time. Excomunication was worse than being sued-it was basically telling you that you had no rights in a society that was controlled by the church heirarchy. He would not have only been poor, he would have been homeless, ostricised and potentially tortured.
Is Rotary Rocket still alive? I don't think their website has changed since their CFO became their "acting" CEO many months ago (except for removing any email contact info, that is). If anyone knows otherwise, please reply.
One database that has all the information that government agencies need about a person: name, date of birth, current residence, SS#, contact info (address, phone, email), sex... in other words, all that stuff that you have to keep filling out on form after form after form. Other stuff could be in there too, like criminal record, licenses held, preferred bank accounts (for billing and receiving payments).
I realize that this sounds like a lot of important stuff, but it is the same stuff you give whenever you apply for a job, and a lot of it whenever you interact with a public service, bank, etc. As far as I know, nothing is preventing a potential employer from selling information that an applicant submits. Or if a database was cracked at, say, the IRS, law enforcement agency, courthouse, etc. they (the crackers) would get the same info.
Since all this data is at potential risk anyway, it wouldn't bother me if the government put in serious effort to setting up a "Fort Knox" of a database with permissions for each agency that needed the info. Police would have to supoena access to anything other than a police record or basic data (name, address). The IRS wouldn't get access to arrest records. To get the access to the records they needed, they would be forced to go through a "gatekeeper" with oversite from different branches of government to prevent abuses. Infractions by public agencies would be punishible to the specific person(s) that disobeyed the law by personal fine, jailtime or other appropriate punishment.
Each person could opt to let select companies access information in this databank such as banks, prospective employers, credit agencies, etc. All changes to data must be reported to the person via the contact info in the record. The entire record would be accessible by the person in some manner.
If identity theft occurs, it will eventually be caught and a flag can be put on the record that causes an extra-careful examination of identity whenever it is accessed. All transactions occuring would be logged and would be suspect up to the time of the identy theft.
This would let a person update their info in one place when they move, change banks, get married, or change anything else that normally requires notification to multiple organizations. It would also aid those who continue to fight identy theft for years after it is discovered. Government would be more efficient by reducing the need for extra paperwork. And YES, government should be more efficient, especially in anything that makes people wait.
It seems to me that if a person used plenem cable to meet the firecode, the metal ducting would act as a shield from RF noise as long as it was grounded. This might also help get rid of the 60Hz hum on long audio cables. Another way to run cables is to go up in the ceiling and drop the cables down from the top through the stud walls. The procedure is the same as for running wiring to new electrical outlets.