TV shows and movies. Five 30 minute TV shows (sans commercials) is less than two hours. Mix in one movie a day with 4 shows and you have (90+(4*22))=172 minutes, or around 3 hours without commercials (DVD sets or rentals) or 4 hours with commercials. That is possible, although it would be rare. I do know some people who watch more TV than that.
Keep in mind that some of us have been watching TV for several decades now, so I could rate every Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Andy Griffith Show, etc. ever made as I have seen them all multiple times. Now, taking the time to rate 50k shows, well that would seem to be a waste of time. Again, most are likely bots (or shills) but it is possible to somewhat legitimately do so.
That pretty much sums it up 100%, no additional input is needed. Admins can pretty much disable comments now, nothing could possibly add more clarity than the parent comment.
"The OSS community" isn't a single entity, and whoever does buy it, they are going to want something in return. IBM or Novell could buy them then GPL them, but what would they get in return? They still have shareholders that deserve to know what the "investment" is going to return.
This isn't like both companies investing directly into Linux, which was already gaining steam and capturing marketshare. That can be explained as investing in the future. At best, buying the alleged "assets" would nothing more than a defensive move, OR an offensive move if someone wants to try yet again to bludgeon the big Linux players (not likely).
No, Microsoft was a concerned enough corporate citizen that they were the FIRST to pay big money to acquire a license to said technology. That was even before SCO found the money to start all the lawsuits, ironically.
I would agree with your assessment. The viral material found on computers is different than 10 years ago, and often the AV catches it in time and just quarantines it, but a quick look at the logs verifies that there is a lot more activity (and profit) in pwning computers today than 10 years ago, as well as more sophisticated methods of serving the malware up.
I would agree with that. Timid people don't make good leaders, regardless of the situation. As the old expression goes "Luck favors the bold". My guess and assumption is they were using age as a determination for testosterone levels, and being a more testosterone laden person, but with more experience (older), would tend to make you a better CEO, on average, and to a degree.
But the local version of the network news has just as many fluff pieces, including many that are only about pushing the local farmer's market/fair/business under the guise of 'local events', instead they are pushing them, not just reporting them. The local nightly news has gone from being about hard information to infomercials for local businesses, with enough blood and guts to scare you into watching it tomorrow.
A couple weeks ago I pulled 2gig and 4gig cards out of the washer. I let them sit for a couple days and tried them. They worked -- all the data was still there.
More importantly, it misses the point. Assuming that the symptoms are true, that older CEOs tend to make better business decisions, assigning it to lower testosterone levels is a bit absurd. Perhaps it is due to experience? Perhaps we get a little less impulsive as we age, tend to not make snap decisions, and exercise better judgement at 55 than at 25? Maybe we just see the big picture better as we age. Some call that wisdom.
Saying that testosterone is the root cause of bad CEO decisions is like the FSM comparison of the correlation between global warming and the number of pirates in the world. It might be an entertaining read, but it isn't science.
Refineries, often located nearer to consumers in North America, Europe, and Japan, then produce refined white sugar, which is 99 percent sucrose.
As soon as I saw your comment, I knew something was wrong with that. Table sugar is pure sucrose, for all intent and purpose. Fructose is also very different than High Fructose Corn Syrup, which itself is around 55% fructose. The fructose isn't the problem (it occurs in nature) its the process that is used that creates products that are NOT found in nature. Just as hydrogenation turns good old fashioned corn oil into artery clogging transfats. There is some credible evidence that it screws up your appetite and makes you crave even more, which isn't good.
HFC doesn't exist in nature, fructose does. Just as hydrogenated shortening (transfats) don't exist in nature but butter and lard does. And look it up your self, there is plenty out there with a simple Googling.
Having a GUI changes nothing when it comes to remote administration. The GUI is just an interface to modify the text files in/etc, they don't create new file types, so it doesn't matter whether you change the files manually and SIGHUP the process, or the GUI does it.
My guess is that "training wheels" means using a GUI and a mouse click to do configuration, instead of vi and editing the config file directly, then sending a SIGHUP signal to the process directly.
Personally, I lean toward the manual editing (using nano/pico, not vi) but I mainly use Linux on servers with no GUI. For individual use, it would seem a GUI would make more sense, assuming your goal is to make it easier for more people to actually use the software.
Someone will post that bringing shurikens onto a plane is a brilliant innovation of the plane user experience, and someone else will post complaining that airport security is a walled garden.
You forgot the guy who will claim that GNU/Star is better because it is open source.
Look, the star is 50 light years away, so the fact that the news got here in just 6 years goes to show you have fast the news really is here on Slashdot. That is almost a full factor faster than light!
This is particularly true because in manufacturing, you can add 2nd and 3rd shifts, and your labor is concentrated in one place. Expanding broadband gets more expensive as you move away from the center of town. There is typically longer distances between homes in the outskirts of town, and lower population densities means more wire per customer and more potential points of failure, as well as the general latency issues that come with greater distance from a switch to a home. It also means a greater distance to drive for repairs, which takes more time and higher labor costs. The only way to increase customer base *IS* to move farther outside of town, once you have a decent market saturation within the city limits. The two scenarios simply can't use the same metric.
That isn't the point. If the US Government punishes someone in any way because they expressed themselves, then it is still a breach of the 1st Amendment. It says that Congress can't restrict (ie: punish) free speech. Not for citizens, or even visitors, but for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, regardless of where their race, nationality, creed, or residence. It isn't often that this would come into play, but it *is* what the Constitution says about speech. It doesn't cover that teen talking about HIS government, but it DOES cover him talking about ours.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The 1st Amendment does NOT grant us freedom of speech, it assumes that all humans already have it simply says that Congress (or the government in any capacity) can't fuck with it. So in this scenario, unless what he said would be covered as an exemption (ie: threat), then the US government *has* gone against the Constitution. In short, the government has no right to limit or punish anyone, anywhere, for political expression. Barring him entry *is* a form of punishment.
That right is in place to protect all the UNPOPULAR speech
Precisely. "Freedom of speech" is not the right to yell "fire!" in a theater, or to make false claims about a product you are selling. It means the right to express yourself in a political way on any topic, in public. There is a social contract and legal precedence that that says you are free to express yourself as long as you are not interfering with other people's rights. IE: you can protest an abortion clinic, but you can't block people from entering it. You can't threaten to kill or injure someone, which would limit their ability to move freely in a secure manner. If you make an absolute claim about someone, you might have to demonstrate that it is true (libel/slander). In short, you have to be *mildly* responsible, but you can say Obama is a dickhead, burn the flag, and (at least in theory) build a mosque in downtown New York.
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TV shows and movies. Five 30 minute TV shows (sans commercials) is less than two hours. Mix in one movie a day with 4 shows and you have (90+(4*22))=172 minutes, or around 3 hours without commercials (DVD sets or rentals) or 4 hours with commercials. That is possible, although it would be rare. I do know some people who watch more TV than that.
Keep in mind that some of us have been watching TV for several decades now, so I could rate every Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Andy Griffith Show, etc. ever made as I have seen them all multiple times. Now, taking the time to rate 50k shows, well that would seem to be a waste of time. Again, most are likely bots (or shills) but it is possible to somewhat legitimately do so.
That pretty much sums it up 100%, no additional input is needed. Admins can pretty much disable comments now, nothing could possibly add more clarity than the parent comment.
Um, that was my point, only I added the sarcasm ;)
"The OSS community" isn't a single entity, and whoever does buy it, they are going to want something in return. IBM or Novell could buy them then GPL them, but what would they get in return? They still have shareholders that deserve to know what the "investment" is going to return.
This isn't like both companies investing directly into Linux, which was already gaining steam and capturing marketshare. That can be explained as investing in the future. At best, buying the alleged "assets" would nothing more than a defensive move, OR an offensive move if someone wants to try yet again to bludgeon the big Linux players (not likely).
No, Microsoft was a concerned enough corporate citizen that they were the FIRST to pay big money to acquire a license to said technology. That was even before SCO found the money to start all the lawsuits, ironically.
I would agree with your assessment. The viral material found on computers is different than 10 years ago, and often the AV catches it in time and just quarantines it, but a quick look at the logs verifies that there is a lot more activity (and profit) in pwning computers today than 10 years ago, as well as more sophisticated methods of serving the malware up.
I would agree with that. Timid people don't make good leaders, regardless of the situation. As the old expression goes "Luck favors the bold". My guess and assumption is they were using age as a determination for testosterone levels, and being a more testosterone laden person, but with more experience (older), would tend to make you a better CEO, on average, and to a degree.
But the local version of the network news has just as many fluff pieces, including many that are only about pushing the local farmer's market/fair/business under the guise of 'local events', instead they are pushing them, not just reporting them. The local nightly news has gone from being about hard information to infomercials for local businesses, with enough blood and guts to scare you into watching it tomorrow.
A couple weeks ago I pulled 2gig and 4gig cards out of the washer. I let them sit for a couple days and tried them. They worked -- all the data was still there.
But how did the pigeon fare?
Touché my friend, as when we are young, an unattractive merger is still better than taking matters into your own hands. ;)
More importantly, it misses the point. Assuming that the symptoms are true, that older CEOs tend to make better business decisions, assigning it to lower testosterone levels is a bit absurd. Perhaps it is due to experience? Perhaps we get a little less impulsive as we age, tend to not make snap decisions, and exercise better judgement at 55 than at 25? Maybe we just see the big picture better as we age. Some call that wisdom.
Saying that testosterone is the root cause of bad CEO decisions is like the FSM comparison of the correlation between global warming and the number of pirates in the world. It might be an entertaining read, but it isn't science.
I'm neither a Chemist nor a nutritionist, so corrections are welcome!
According to Wikipedia:
As soon as I saw your comment, I knew something was wrong with that. Table sugar is pure sucrose, for all intent and purpose. Fructose is also very different than High Fructose Corn Syrup, which itself is around 55% fructose. The fructose isn't the problem (it occurs in nature) its the process that is used that creates products that are NOT found in nature. Just as hydrogenation turns good old fashioned corn oil into artery clogging transfats. There is some credible evidence that it screws up your appetite and makes you crave even more, which isn't good.
High fructose corn syrup != fructose.
HFC doesn't exist in nature, fructose does. Just as hydrogenated shortening (transfats) don't exist in nature but butter and lard does. And look it up your self, there is plenty out there with a simple Googling.
I say we petition the government to outlaw glucose as well. ;)
Having a GUI changes nothing when it comes to remote administration. The GUI is just an interface to modify the text files in /etc, they don't create new file types, so it doesn't matter whether you change the files manually and SIGHUP the process, or the GUI does it.
Did you read the story about the giant diamond/sun they found in space on the front page today? That article is 6 years old.
My guess is that "training wheels" means using a GUI and a mouse click to do configuration, instead of vi and editing the config file directly, then sending a SIGHUP signal to the process directly.
Personally, I lean toward the manual editing (using nano/pico, not vi) but I mainly use Linux on servers with no GUI. For individual use, it would seem a GUI would make more sense, assuming your goal is to make it easier for more people to actually use the software.
And then he threw a Shuriken at the press, just to make the point clear . . .
Jobs with shiriken; Balmer with chairs . . . who wins . . .?
We do.
Someone will post that bringing shurikens onto a plane is a brilliant innovation of the plane user experience, and someone else will post complaining that airport security is a walled garden.
You forgot the guy who will claim that GNU/Star is better because it is open source.
But he is RICH! It is wrong to think that rich people should have to follow the same rules as the unwashed masses.
Look, the star is 50 light years away, so the fact that the news got here in just 6 years goes to show you have fast the news really is here on Slashdot. That is almost a full factor faster than light!
Chances are high that the only lawn he's mowed since arriving is his own.
Chances are even higher than the guy mowing his lawn now doesn't have the same paperwork that Linus had before he became a citizen.
This is particularly true because in manufacturing, you can add 2nd and 3rd shifts, and your labor is concentrated in one place. Expanding broadband gets more expensive as you move away from the center of town. There is typically longer distances between homes in the outskirts of town, and lower population densities means more wire per customer and more potential points of failure, as well as the general latency issues that come with greater distance from a switch to a home. It also means a greater distance to drive for repairs, which takes more time and higher labor costs. The only way to increase customer base *IS* to move farther outside of town, once you have a decent market saturation within the city limits. The two scenarios simply can't use the same metric.
That isn't the point. If the US Government punishes someone in any way because they expressed themselves, then it is still a breach of the 1st Amendment. It says that Congress can't restrict (ie: punish) free speech. Not for citizens, or even visitors, but for ANYONE, ANYWHERE, regardless of where their race, nationality, creed, or residence. It isn't often that this would come into play, but it *is* what the Constitution says about speech. It doesn't cover that teen talking about HIS government, but it DOES cover him talking about ours.
The 1st Amendment does NOT grant us freedom of speech, it assumes that all humans already have it simply says that Congress (or the government in any capacity) can't fuck with it. So in this scenario, unless what he said would be covered as an exemption (ie: threat), then the US government *has* gone against the Constitution. In short, the government has no right to limit or punish anyone, anywhere, for political expression. Barring him entry *is* a form of punishment.
That right is in place to protect all the UNPOPULAR speech
Precisely. "Freedom of speech" is not the right to yell "fire!" in a theater, or to make false claims about a product you are selling. It means the right to express yourself in a political way on any topic, in public. There is a social contract and legal precedence that that says you are free to express yourself as long as you are not interfering with other people's rights. IE: you can protest an abortion clinic, but you can't block people from entering it. You can't threaten to kill or injure someone, which would limit their ability to move freely in a secure manner. If you make an absolute claim about someone, you might have to demonstrate that it is true (libel/slander). In short, you have to be *mildly* responsible, but you can say Obama is a dickhead, burn the flag, and (at least in theory) build a mosque in downtown New York.