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You linked to the third page of the article, not the first. This is particularly inconvenient because every page in a Fortune article is self-contained and looks identical to all other pages. I ended up reading the article backwards.
I suggest that the correct way to link to an article like this is to link to page one and note that the relevant info is on page three. Here's the correct link.
"How can a responsible thinker so easily shrug off the need to protect oneself from the unknown abuses of the future just because one may think things are relatively agreeable at present?"
People who believe in the importance of the right to keep and bear arms have been wondering about this for a long time.
This plays into my deepest existential fear. That everything that anybody can imagine will, sooner or later, happen. So in some universe at some time, I'm going to be tortured to death by a serial killer, in another time and place I'm going to be a holocaust victim, in another time and place I'm going to BE Hitler and so on.
Of course that also means that I'm also going to be Walt Disney and Hugh Hefner too, so it doesn't mean unremitting horror.
No it doesn't. Like many people today you believe that "begs the question" means "leads to the following question." It doesn't. To beg the question is to assume facts not yet proved.
The classic example of begging the question is the question, "When did you stop beating your wife?"
This begs the question, "Did the guy ever beat his wife?" Begging the question always refers to an unasked prior question, not a logically subsequent question.
"Perhaps it is because people's lives hang in the balance when they interact with the products and structures designed by science/engineering students."
Oh no, it's much simpler than that. In English, history and many other courses the standards are mostly subjective. If you write essays and do projects with a viewpoint that matches the professor's political bias you'll get a good grade no matter how bad your work really is.
In astronomy, math, physics and other hard sciences you either know the facts or you don't. There's much less wiggle room for a sympathetic professor to pad your grade.
"DGA is defending the desecration of many of our favorite films",
No it isn't. It's defending against the desecration of many or our favorite films.
"while Clean Flicks is strongly advocating for the copyright rights of the consumer to edit"
Clean Flicks may be advocating for consumers but not for their "copyright" rights. Only a copyright holder has copyright rights. Clean flicks is advocating for consumers' property rights.
It's hard to believe the moon will be an economical source of minerals for use on earth or on orbit in our lifetimes.
With any existing or reasonably forseeable technology, if the surface of the moon were coated in stacks of already mined and fabricated.999 pure ingots of solid gold it would not be worthwhile to go and collect them.
Stop smoking crack man. When an object is selected, hitting the Enter key means "execute this object's default behavior." For a document, application or icon, that means "Open it."
This has been true in both Mac and Windows for years.
Now if only someone could tell these idiots that in English you don't use an apostrophe to form plurals. "reseller's" "builder's" Sheesh.
Assoles like Lindows make all technical people look stupid. I hope Microsoft disembowels them completely. People this pathetically stupid MUST be allowed to die.
Every time I try to click on any of the download links I get a "404 - Page not found" error. Is anyone else having this problem? I tried clearing my browser cache and still no luck.
If no one else is having this problem does anyone know what could cause it? I get 404's much more often than I think I should. Sometimes I'll get a 404 and then go back and click the link again and I get the page. What's up with that? I'm using IE 5.5 on Win98se over a Comcast cable modem.
"With around 30 million high-net-worth households ($500,000+) in the US..."
You gotta stop hitting the crack pipe before you post my man. There are only about 100 million households in the US and the median family income in is in the low $40K range. The average home is worth maybe $200,000.
You really think nearly a third of US households are worth $500,000 plus? You are mistaken.
That 30 million figure must be worldwide.
Once upon a time, when the facts failed you, common sense would bail you out.
No pr0n? That's exactly the kind of restriction this guy is trying to avoid. I have no idea if he wants to actually have it on the site but he said explicitly he's looking for for a hosting company that doesn't care about what's on the server.
Your restriction on illegal stuff, however, is entirely reasonable.
You're misinformed. Copyright protection does not extend to titles. I can write a novel and call it "Gone with the Wind" or write a song and call it "On Broadway" or make a movie and call it "Star Wars."
If I promoted the title in way that would confuse a reasonable person into thinking my work was someone elses' work (like advertising my "Star Wars" with with words, "Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." then the author of that work could sue me for unfair competetion and would undoubtedly win.
Now. Creating a cuckoo bird version of a popular song and making it available via Napster is done undeniably for the express purpose of confusing potential pirates into thinking they're stealing the genuine article.
But think real hard now. Do you think the owner of the original work is going to exercise his right to sue?
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You linked to the third page of the article, not the first. This is particularly inconvenient because every page in a Fortune article is self-contained and looks identical to all other pages. I ended up reading the article backwards.
I suggest that the correct way to link to an article like this is to link to page one and note that the relevant info is on page three. Here's the correct link.
This oft used term is redundant. Your persona is the face you show to the public.
"How can a responsible thinker so easily shrug off the need to protect oneself from the unknown abuses of the future just because one may think things are relatively agreeable at present?"
People who believe in the importance of the right to keep and bear arms have been wondering about this for a long time.
Welcome aboard, brother.
This plays into my deepest existential fear. That everything that anybody can imagine will, sooner or later, happen. So in some universe at some time, I'm going to be tortured to death by a serial killer, in another time and place I'm going to be a holocaust victim, in another time and place I'm going to BE Hitler and so on.
Of course that also means that I'm also going to be Walt Disney and Hugh Hefner too, so it doesn't mean unremitting horror.
"So, this begs the questions..."
No it doesn't. Like many people today you believe that "begs the question" means "leads to the following question." It doesn't. To beg the question is to assume facts not yet proved.
The classic example of begging the question is the question, "When did you stop beating your wife?"
This begs the question, "Did the guy ever beat his wife?" Begging the question always refers to an unasked prior question, not a logically subsequent question.
Yours for clearer communications,
Windowpain
"Perhaps it is because people's lives hang in the balance when they interact with the products and structures designed by science/engineering students."
Oh no, it's much simpler than that. In English, history and many other courses the standards are mostly subjective. If you write essays and do projects with a viewpoint that matches the professor's political bias you'll get a good grade no matter how bad your work really is.
In astronomy, math, physics and other hard sciences you either know the facts or you don't. There's much less wiggle room for a sympathetic professor to pad your grade.
Get a spell-checker.
Best UI, by far.
Most applications, by far.
The most hardware options, by far.
It's the de facto standard for home users.
It's the de facto standard for corporate America.
It's easy to build your own box and hotrod it if you want to.
With all of its many faults, it's the platform that's the least annoying to me.
Print this list out and keep it with you. Next time you start scratching your head and wondering why Windows is so popular, take it out and read it.
"DGA is defending the desecration of many of our favorite films",
No it isn't. It's defending against the desecration of many or our favorite films.
"while Clean Flicks is strongly advocating for the copyright rights of the consumer to edit"
Clean Flicks may be advocating for consumers but not for their "copyright" rights. Only a copyright holder has copyright rights. Clean flicks is advocating for consumers' property rights.
the New York City subway pays as much to pay for the expenses of fare collection as it actually collects in fares
This sounds like an urban legend. In fact, when I was kid the same was said of the cost of phone billing.
Do you have any evidence that your assertion is true?
Did anyone else notice father down the page that Intel is running a processor at 4.1 GHz and it crashed just as it hit 4.7 GHz?
When they do get it to work at that speed it will be running at exactly 1,000 times faster than the chip used in the original IBM PC.
Not bad. A thousand-fold increase in clock speed in about 20 years.
I can teach you two quick things about physics and quantum mechanics.
You don't capitalize either one in a sentence.
It's hard to believe the moon will be an economical source of minerals for use on earth or on orbit in our lifetimes.
.999 pure ingots of solid gold it would not be worthwhile to go and collect them.
With any existing or reasonably forseeable technology, if the surface of the moon were coated in stacks of already mined and fabricated
Stop smoking crack man. When an object is selected, hitting the Enter key means "execute this object's default behavior." For a document, application or icon, that means "Open it."
This has been true in both Mac and Windows for years.
Now if only someone could tell these idiots that in English you don't use an apostrophe to form plurals. "reseller's" "builder's" Sheesh.
Assoles like Lindows make all technical people look stupid. I hope Microsoft disembowels them completely. People this pathetically stupid MUST be allowed to die.
CZ is the only way to go man. Prettier than diamonds and cheap. Just don't let the low prices persuade to geta ridiculously big ring.
Stick to a carat or so.
... or with my system?
Every time I try to click on any of the download links I get a "404 - Page not found" error. Is anyone else having this problem? I tried clearing my browser cache and still no luck.
If no one else is having this problem does anyone know what could cause it? I get 404's much more often than I think I should. Sometimes I'll get a 404 and then go back and click the link again and I get the page. What's up with that? I'm using IE 5.5 on Win98se over a Comcast cable modem.
Thanks.
"With around 30 million high-net-worth households ($500,000+) in the US..."
You gotta stop hitting the crack pipe before you post my man. There are only about 100 million households in the US and the median family income in is in the low $40K range. The average home is worth maybe $200,000.
You really think nearly a third of US households are worth $500,000 plus? You are mistaken.
That 30 million figure must be worldwide.
Once upon a time, when the facts failed you, common sense would bail you out.
No pr0n? That's exactly the kind of restriction this guy is trying to avoid. I have no idea if he wants to actually have it on the site but he said explicitly he's looking for for a hosting company that doesn't care about what's on the server.
Your restriction on illegal stuff, however, is entirely reasonable.
Had me going there for a moment. Read most of the way through before I got it.
You're misinformed. Copyright protection does not extend to titles. I can write a novel and call it "Gone with the Wind" or write a song and call it "On Broadway" or make a movie and call it "Star Wars."
If I promoted the title in way that would confuse a reasonable person into thinking my work was someone elses' work (like advertising my "Star Wars" with with words, "Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." then the author of that work could sue me for unfair competetion and would undoubtedly win.
Now. Creating a cuckoo bird version of a popular song and making it available via Napster is done undeniably for the express purpose of confusing potential pirates into thinking they're stealing the genuine article.
But think real hard now. Do you think the owner of the original work is going to exercise his right to sue?