The original draft called for open source to be "supported" and the final draft says "encouraged."
Here is the final compromised sentence:
"Development and deployment of open-source software should be encouraged, as appropriate, as should open standards for ICT (information and communications technology) networking."
That is not that bad. Encouraging open source can mean supporting open source. I like the supporting better, but all they did was make the wording less definite.
If Microsoft keeps its schemas proprietary, looking at the XML code will make it easier to figure out one's own schema than the way it is now figuring out the binary Word format. But people likely will still want to save in the default Word format, instead of XML. Hmm, using the XML output may make it easier to decode the Word format. That would be nice. Microsoft is not going to give away its advantage, but I think they are confident of their market share to let things become just a little easier for the other word processors.
His view of the world differs from Tolkien
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Let me avow upfront that I share the more recent, upstart belief in universities, democratic accountability, science and human improvability -- one that questions the fated persistence of "eternal" stupidities. Above all, any "golden age" lies in our future. It has to. Or what are we striving for?
David Brin views us as progressing to a 'golden age" whereas Tolkien as a Christian sees humankind as corrupt, unable to save ourselves from ourselves, and needing outside help (i.e. God). I don't think Tolkien was trying to glorify the past, rather he in his underlying beliefs in this fantasy is trying to point out that there is no solution by our making (all the rings) to the corruption. In LOTR there is a sense of outside help, of providence, that guides the events on this knife edge to a good solution. (Frodo was meant to have the ring.) So there is hope, but it is not found in the rings.
8) Mock and belittle the family. Provide financial incentives to people willing to live an isolated existence, vulnerable and frightened. This guarantees that men and women of sufficient character to bring about innovation will be psychologically stifled from an early age.
Stable 2 parent families are important for society. I have seen a number of friends who have had to work through some serious issues because their childhold family had serious problems with broken marriages being the most common issue.
Check out the book
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce for a psychologist's startling findings.
It has a lot to do with American culture. Canada's culture is different and they have less killing per gun. It is the same with most other cultures. In America one gets angry, grabs a gun and kills a loved one. In America guns show you are the big man on the street. In America thieves feel it necessary to carry a gun and homeowners feel insecure without a gun.
Do I have an answer to the problem? No I don't, but the culture needs to change, and I believe gun control laws will not make any difference. One must deal with the sense of power in owning a gun and the fear of others owning guns.
There is very little evidence and a lot of speculation when it comes to life beginning on Earth. There is just too much we don't know.
So why is it we are very interested and passionate about our origins? Why do evolution theories or creation stories peak our interest? Do you think that our origins define who we are and how we relate in this world? I think the answer in part is yes.
Moshe Bar says: "The fact that OS X needs to improve in VM and I/O handling is understandable given its relatively young age." That is his opinion from testing XServe. (Note there was things he could have done to improve the test, but on a whole it was a good test.)
1. Tools that help me see what others are up to. 2. Tools that prevent others from seeing what I am up to. 3. Tools that help others see what I am up to. 4. Tools that prevent me from seeing what others are up to.
Maybe we should promote laws that make everyone's activities transparent. We like 1 and 2, but reality is that it is either 1 and 3, or 2 and 4. And 1 and 3 promotes accountability while 2 and 4 is an "arms race" to see if one can remain hidden. If we could check and make certain the FBI was doing its job properly, it would reign in any questionable activities.
The difference is that the Hybrid Civic doesn't drive like crap (like your old civic)
Funny, 10 years a when I got the car it, I was impressed at how much more power it had than my old 1985 Ford Escort. I don't think performance was/is that bad. My wife drives a 2000 Toyota Echo and it does have more power than my Civic VX, but I don't think the difference is all that noticable. (Thanks for the info on the Hybrid Civic engine.)
I own a 1992 Honda Civic VX. During the summer months I have been getting between 50 to 55 mpg. (Winter it will drop to 45-50 mpg.) My car is 10 years old. It uses gasoline. They can do better than what they are doing today.
In 1992 it had the second best gas mileage rating (52 mpg on the highway) of all the cars. Geo Metro which was a much smaller car had better mpg. The only difference between my Honda Civic VX and the other Honda Civics was the engine. Why is it they are not doing better?
I find that volunteering time on a worthwhile project is very rewarding. The process of reaching out and helping people is beneficial to my own well being. Even though I paid my way, I consider that I got more out of my mission trip to Latvia than I gave. Volunteering locally has also been very rewarding to me. I believe when we give we benefit. That is just the way we are built.
Unfortunately it seems that many companies have abandoned the maxim that the customer is always right. Ultimately, on this issue, these firms will find out that they've been dead wrong.
Those that limit the customer rights are those that call the customer a consumer. They think of the customer as consuming their product, not purchasing it, but that is not the way the customer views it. I see the entertainment industry trying to limit "consumption" to individual times so they can make more money. Unfortunately they will discover that their customer thinks differently and they will have to scramble to save their business.
You are assuming that since we are becoming more technologically advanced, we also are becoming more morally advanced. I don't see that in history. We are not any less likely to kill one another than before. We just have more effective weapons.
So if an Alien species finds earth, that explorer and scientist crew might see money to be made by exploiting us.
I find it interesting, reading these comments. I think a slashdot poll would give me some understanding of where people stand. Here is the poll I would suggest:
We evolved from a random chance under natural laws (No God).
God started the evolutionary process and created the natural laws.
God helped the evolutionary process along the way at various points in time.
God step by step was involved in the evolutionary process.
I own a 1992 Honda Civic VX. During the summer months I have been getting between 50 to 55 mpg. (Winter it will drop to 45-50 mpg.) My car is 10 years old. Why is it that Honda's best mpg car is just as good as my 10 year old car?
In 1992 it had the second best gas mileage rating (52 mpg on the highway) of all the cars. Geo Metro which was a much smaller car had better mpg. The only difference between my Honda Civic VX and the other Honda Civics was the engine. Why is it they can not do better?
http://www.modperlcookbook.org/modperl2.html One thing to note is that it is for the 1.3 version not the new 2.0 version. They say though there are not too many differences.
Check out The Little Shop of Physics.
"The Little Shop of Physics is a collection of hands-on science experiments that are designed to be used by students at all grade levels, K-16"
Truely this is positive, but one of the entertainment giants needs to get hit with the DMCA. If Disney were taken to court over DMCA violations, they might think about the consequences of the laws they propose.
... but he does not point out that it is impossible to understand molecular biology adequately unless it is seen in an evolutionary context. The interesting question, therefore, is why this fact is not always recognized.
Perhaps it is because some molecular biologists (Behe) see a intellegent design in molecular biology and do not see it a strictly evolutionary context.
And "no major trends involving a complex of character changes can be demonstrated as having resulted from species selection." In contrast, the rapid radiation of the cichlid fish of the East African Great Lakes provides some evidence for species level evolution, and a bridge between macroevolution and microevolution.
It seems like evidence for macroevolution on the changing species level is what is missing. The cichlid fish is an interesting case study but from my minimal research on the matter it does not seem to provide that needed "bridge". It still seems to be firmly in the realm of microevolution.
Nothing is stopping Microsoft from using SELinux. If they don't like GPL, they can just look at it and use the ideas with their own code. With an open license many "American" companies can make use of it. This is much better than the government working with a single company to develop a commerical product. In that case only that company benefits. Their argument is nothing but FUD.
Broadband could use some competition. I am living about 50 miles north of Denver in Loveland. There is DSL but I am not close enough. AT&T Broadband owns the cable franchise but they seem to have no interest in cable modems. Well they keep saying it is coming but I don't think so. The sad thing is 5+ miles up the road from in Fort Collins you can get cable modems from AT&T Broadband.
Please consider coming to Loveland, CO! I want Broadband!
I don't think they were air conditioned, but some of them may have been in air conditioned rooms. There were some others brought aboard that ended up in what was definitely not an air condition space, but those machines likely left when the field experiment was over.
They went to the equatorial eastern Pacific so I think they were in cold upwelling water, though I know since they take care of a lot of bouys they also go to the equatorial warm pool.
I set up a computer on the USS Ron Brown, a NOAA research ship. They had a bunch of computers on board. Some of them, I think, had been there 4-5 years. Nothing special was done for those computers. They seemed to do quite well there.
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The original draft called for open source to be "supported" and the final draft says "encouraged." Here is the final compromised sentence: "Development and deployment of open-source software should be encouraged, as appropriate, as should open standards for ICT (information and communications technology) networking." That is not that bad. Encouraging open source can mean supporting open source. I like the supporting better, but all they did was make the wording less definite.
If Microsoft keeps its schemas proprietary, looking at the XML code will make it easier to figure out one's own schema than the way it is now figuring out the binary Word format. But people likely will still want to save in the default Word format, instead of XML. Hmm, using the XML output may make it easier to decode the Word format. That would be nice. Microsoft is not going to give away its advantage, but I think they are confident of their market share to let things become just a little easier for the other word processors.
David Brin views us as progressing to a 'golden age" whereas Tolkien as a Christian sees humankind as corrupt, unable to save ourselves from ourselves, and needing outside help (i.e. God). I don't think Tolkien was trying to glorify the past, rather he in his underlying beliefs in this fantasy is trying to point out that there is no solution by our making (all the rings) to the corruption. In LOTR there is a sense of outside help, of providence, that guides the events on this knife edge to a good solution. (Frodo was meant to have the ring.) So there is hope, but it is not found in the rings.
Stable 2 parent families are important for society. I have seen a number of friends who have had to work through some serious issues because their childhold family had serious problems with broken marriages being the most common issue. Check out the book The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce for a psychologist's startling findings.
It has a lot to do with American culture. Canada's culture is different and they have less killing per gun. It is the same with most other cultures. In America one gets angry, grabs a gun and kills a loved one. In America guns show you are the big man on the street. In America thieves feel it necessary to carry a gun and homeowners feel insecure without a gun.
Do I have an answer to the problem? No I don't, but the culture needs to change, and I believe gun control laws will not make any difference. One must deal with the sense of power in owning a gun and the fear of others owning guns.
There is very little evidence and a lot of speculation when it comes to life beginning on Earth. There is just too much we don't know.
So why is it we are very interested and passionate about our origins? Why do evolution theories or creation stories peak our interest? Do you think that our origins define who we are and how we relate in this world? I think the answer in part is yes.
Moshe Bar says: "The fact that OS X needs to improve in VM and I/O handling is understandable given its relatively young age." That is his opinion from testing XServe. (Note there was things he could have done to improve the test, but on a whole it was a good test.)
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1. Tools that help me see what others are up to.
2. Tools that prevent others from seeing what I am up to.
3. Tools that help others see what I am up to.
4. Tools that prevent me from seeing what others are up to.
Maybe we should promote laws that make everyone's activities transparent. We like 1 and 2, but reality is that it is either 1 and 3, or 2 and 4. And 1 and 3 promotes accountability while 2 and 4 is an "arms race" to see if one can remain hidden. If we could check and make certain the FBI was doing its job properly, it would reign in any questionable activities.
The difference is that the Hybrid Civic doesn't drive like crap (like your old civic)
Funny, 10 years a when I got the car it, I was impressed at how much more power it had than my old 1985 Ford Escort. I don't think performance was/is that bad. My wife drives a 2000 Toyota Echo and it does have more power than my Civic VX, but I don't think the difference is all that noticable. (Thanks for the info on the Hybrid Civic engine.)
I own a 1992 Honda Civic VX. During the summer months I have been getting between 50 to 55 mpg. (Winter it will drop to 45-50 mpg.) My car is 10 years old. It uses gasoline. They can do better than what they are doing today.
In 1992 it had the second best gas mileage rating (52 mpg on the highway) of all the cars. Geo Metro which was a much smaller car had better mpg. The only difference between my Honda Civic VX and the other Honda Civics was the engine. Why is it they are not doing better?
I find that volunteering time on a worthwhile project is very rewarding. The process of reaching out and helping people is beneficial to my own well being. Even though I paid my way, I consider that I got more out of my mission trip to Latvia than I gave. Volunteering locally has also been very rewarding to me. I believe when we give we benefit. That is just the way we are built.
Those that limit the customer rights are those that call the customer a consumer. They think of the customer as consuming their product, not purchasing it, but that is not the way the customer views it. I see the entertainment industry trying to limit "consumption" to individual times so they can make more money. Unfortunately they will discover that their customer thinks differently and they will have to scramble to save their business.
You are assuming that since we are becoming more technologically advanced, we also are becoming more morally advanced. I don't see that in history. We are not any less likely to kill one another than before. We just have more effective weapons.
So if an Alien species finds earth, that explorer and scientist crew might see money to be made by exploiting us.
I think OEone's HomeBase Desktop could do the job.
I find it interesting, reading these comments. I think a slashdot poll would give me some understanding of where people stand. Here is the poll I would suggest:
We evolved from a random chance under natural laws (No God).
God started the evolutionary process and created the natural laws.
God helped the evolutionary process along the way at various points in time.
God step by step was involved in the evolutionary process.
God created it all without evolution.
It is CowboyNeal's fault.
I own a 1992 Honda Civic VX. During the summer months I have been getting between 50 to 55 mpg. (Winter it will drop to 45-50 mpg.) My car is 10 years old. Why is it that Honda's best mpg car is just as good as my 10 year old car?
In 1992 it had the second best gas mileage rating (52 mpg on the highway) of all the cars. Geo Metro which was a much smaller car had better mpg. The only difference between my Honda Civic VX and the other Honda Civics was the engine. Why is it they can not do better?
http://www.modperlcookbook.org/modperl2.html
One thing to note is that it is for the 1.3 version not the new 2.0 version. They say though there are not too many differences.
Check out The Little Shop of Physics. "The Little Shop of Physics is a collection of hands-on science experiments that are designed to be used by students at all grade levels, K-16"
Truely this is positive, but one of the entertainment giants needs to get hit with the DMCA. If Disney were taken to court over DMCA violations, they might think about the consequences of the laws they propose.
Perhaps it is because some molecular biologists (Behe) see a intellegent design in molecular biology and do not see it a strictly evolutionary context.
It seems like evidence for macroevolution on the changing species level is what is missing. The cichlid fish is an interesting case study but from my minimal research on the matter it does not seem to provide that needed "bridge". It still seems to be firmly in the realm of microevolution.
Nothing is stopping Microsoft from using SELinux. If they don't like GPL, they can just look at it and use the ideas with their own code. With an open license many "American" companies can make use of it. This is much better than the government working with a single company to develop a commerical product. In that case only that company benefits. Their argument is nothing but FUD.
Broadband could use some competition. I am living about 50 miles north of Denver in Loveland. There is DSL but I am not close enough. AT&T Broadband owns the cable franchise but they seem to have no interest in cable modems. Well they keep saying it is coming but I don't think so. The sad thing is 5+ miles up the road from in Fort Collins you can get cable modems from AT&T Broadband.
Please consider coming to Loveland, CO! I want Broadband!
I don't think they were air conditioned, but some of them may have been in air conditioned rooms. There were some others brought aboard that ended up in what was definitely not an air condition space, but those machines likely left when the field experiment was over.
They went to the equatorial eastern Pacific so I think they were in cold upwelling water, though I know since they take care of a lot of bouys they also go to the equatorial warm pool.
I set up a computer on the USS Ron Brown, a NOAA research ship. They had a bunch of computers on board. Some of them, I think, had been there 4-5 years. Nothing special was done for those computers. They seemed to do quite well there.