The one which says that copying is at the very heart of human nature.
We are all copies (with remixing and occasional variations) of our parents' DNA. We grow up copying the language of the people we hear; copying their manners and values (it is called "culture" in the social science sense). Our civilisation grew because people copied one another's hunting techniques, copied agriculture and all subsequent technology from one another.
Human beings are imitators. It is our very essence.
If the moon landings had been faked by studios on earth, it would have looked better than it did.
I saw the original moon landing on TV as it happened, and Hollywood would have made it more sensational. AND the lead actor would not have fluffed his lines.
He's donating more than he's required to, and doing it of his own free will. May as well be pleased about that.
My (poor) understanding of US inheritance laws makes it a necessity to give away his fortune to charities and charitable foundations if he doesn't want the government to get hold of 45% of it.
So the altruism would be jumping out of the way of the oncoming truck.
Win 7 is not competing with the previous version (Vista). It is competing with an even older version (XP) which is 6 years old.
So it will have everybody buying a new PC using it; everyone sick of Vista upgrading to it; and people who hung onto XP because they hated Vista upgrading to it.
XP, on the other hand, was competing with the immediate previous version (2000) which was only 3 years old at the time AND was well liked.
I would expect Win 7 uptake to be higher than XP uptake.
We had some staff talk about "temporarily deleting documents". After our heads stopped spinning, we asked them what they meant. They said they were deliberately deleting files that they wanted to keep, and then later on undeleting them from the "trash can"... as a way of hiding the files for a while.
Difference #1: brains are analogue; digital computers are digital; analogue computers are analogue... um, what was his point again? Computers are no more digital than human beings are males. That is, some are and some aren't.
Difference # 10 "brain have bodies" - um, my body has a brain. My brain is a body part.
You seem to be unaware that large numbers of Christians - especially outside the US - do in fact accept evolution and have no fundamental problems with it.
The largest Christian organisation in the world (the Catholic Church) sees no contradiction between evolution and Christian faith.
I will show you an example of your reasoning: "It is quite clear to any reader that Frodo and Sam walked all by themselves from the edge of Mordor to Mount Doom. Therefore no imaginary author called Tolkien had anything to do with their journey." The process of evolution tells us about how the world works. It does not tell us why such a world even exists. If you want to know how Sam and Frodo got to Mount Doom, saying "Tolkien got them there" is both true and unhelpful - the question is really about the process within the story ("they walked") not about how the story as a whole even exists.
Unfortunately these events are occuring in Europe.
Well, in the UK (aka Britain).
Britain seceded from Europe just after the last Ice Age, when the Brits built the English Channel.
According to reliable British sources, as a result of Continental Drift, the distance between Britain and America is far shorter than between Britain and Europe, which is why British TVs can pick up US shows but not French or German ones.
I have Vista... and Ubuntu 8 on my machine, each with its own drive, and while Vista is a tad bit better than Ubuntu...
I have Vista and Ubuntu on a Lenovo X61 laptop. Vista is as slow as molasses - all gloss and frustration. Booting, updating software, and general operation is a pain. Ubuntu boots fast, works fast, updates fast. And has a vast array of free software to install.
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If I ever find a woman named Debbie Ann, I'll marry her.
And you could always have Amanda as a backup!
... we can move one.
Which one?
And where to?
(Score one to stupid pedantic comments!)
The one which says that copying is at the very heart of human nature.
We are all copies (with remixing and occasional variations) of our parents' DNA. We grow up copying the language of the people we hear; copying their manners and values (it is called "culture" in the social science sense). Our civilisation grew because people copied one another's hunting techniques, copied agriculture and all subsequent technology from one another.
Human beings are imitators. It is our very essence.
If the moon landings had been faked by studios on earth, it would have looked better than it did.
I saw the original moon landing on TV as it happened, and Hollywood would have made it more sensational. AND the lead actor would not have fluffed his lines.
He's donating more than he's required to, and doing it of his own free will. May as well be pleased about that.
My (poor) understanding of US inheritance laws makes it a necessity to give away his fortune to charities and charitable foundations if he doesn't want the government to get hold of 45% of it.
So the altruism would be jumping out of the way of the oncoming truck.
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Huh. Did they have a contest to come up with the most Orwellian sounding name? Are they a section of the Department Of Bureaus? :)
Apparently they hang out next door to the Ambiguous Identification Authority.
Mod this guy up and the parent down PLEASE.
Not comparing like with like.
Win 7 is not competing with the previous version (Vista). It is competing with an even older version (XP) which is 6 years old.
So it will have everybody buying a new PC using it; everyone sick of Vista upgrading to it; and people who hung onto XP because they hated Vista upgrading to it.
XP, on the other hand, was competing with the immediate previous version (2000) which was only 3 years old at the time AND was well liked.
I would expect Win 7 uptake to be higher than XP uptake.
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer promised me something a long time ago.
And this is one delivery they won't miss.
Affectionately yours,
Satan.
Their souls ... or ours?
But where does he put the Commodore 64 with the 300 baud modem?
Microsoft does not compete. Microsoft kills, destroys, eliminates, obliterates. It does not compete.
Google is simply aware that to exist it must fight.
As long as MS owns the desktop, it will try to leverage that to funnel users into Microsoft products and services and away from its competitors.
Of course, Google tries to do the same thing, as does Apple. Which is why I avoid proprietary OSs - they think they own you.
FOSS is a gift. Proprietary software is a baited hook.
I mean, for pete sake people, what possible gain would there be in trying to break into a mechanical leg?
Give me your wallet or I'll make that person kick you!
Yet it will have that familiar Windows logo on it.
Of course the lack of training shows.
We had some staff talk about "temporarily deleting documents". After our heads stopped spinning, we asked them what they meant. They said they were deliberately deleting files that they wanted to keep, and then later on undeleting them from the "trash can"... as a way of hiding the files for a while.
What could possibly go wrong?
Still using VisiCalc and WordStar, are you?
PS They were very good in their time.
Difference #1: brains are analogue; digital computers are digital; analogue computers are analogue ... um, what was his point again? Computers are no more digital than human beings are males. That is, some are and some aren't.
Difference # 10 "brain have bodies" - um, my body has a brain. My brain is a body part.
Could not be bothered reading the rest.
Beautiful non sequitur at the end.
You seem to be unaware that large numbers of Christians - especially outside the US - do in fact accept evolution and have no fundamental problems with it.
The largest Christian organisation in the world (the Catholic Church) sees no contradiction between evolution and Christian faith.
I will show you an example of your reasoning: "It is quite clear to any reader that Frodo and Sam walked all by themselves from the edge of Mordor to Mount Doom. Therefore no imaginary author called Tolkien had anything to do with their journey." The process of evolution tells us about how the world works. It does not tell us why such a world even exists. If you want to know how Sam and Frodo got to Mount Doom, saying "Tolkien got them there" is both true and unhelpful - the question is really about the process within the story ("they walked") not about how the story as a whole even exists.
1 in 10 scientists had apoplexy while trying to answer the question vehemently enough in the face of popular ignorance.
...and undersampled people who use scientific method in their work, such as farmers.
So because I use a computer, I'm now considered a Computer Scientist? Good to know. I need to update my CV.
It's alright. Scientists eat farm products, so the farming sector is already covered.
Unfortunately these events are occuring in Europe.
Well, in the UK (aka Britain).
Britain seceded from Europe just after the last Ice Age, when the Brits built the English Channel.
According to reliable British sources, as a result of Continental Drift, the distance between Britain and America is far shorter than between Britain and Europe, which is why British TVs can pick up US shows but not French or German ones.
But we have to accept the awful truth: many Linux users would be using Mac OS X if they weren't a misers.
And I would be driving a Rolls Royce too if I wasn't such a "miser".
Linux with OOo and Firefox is good enough for me. Paying more is not "appreciating value", it is "wasting good money".
You tried three times with a dog?
I guess the rats are "babes" when the researchers start going out on dates with them.
I don't get why you would need a mouse for programming.. programming languages are typed, no?
No one ever typed in B, the precursor of C.
I have Vista ... and Ubuntu 8 on my machine, each with its own drive, and while Vista is a tad bit better than Ubuntu...
I have Vista and Ubuntu on a Lenovo X61 laptop. Vista is as slow as molasses - all gloss and frustration. Booting, updating software, and general operation is a pain. Ubuntu boots fast, works fast, updates fast. And has a vast array of free software to install.
Vista is more than a tad worse than Ubuntu.