Entropy, how can I explain it? I'll take it frame by frame it, to have you all jumping, shouting saying it. Let's just say that it's a measure of disorder, in a system that is closed, like with a border. It's sorta, like a, well a measurement of randomness, proposed in 1850 by a German, but wait I digress. "What the fuck is entropy?", I here the people still exclaiming, it seems I gotta start the explaining.
You down with entropy? Yeah, you know me! Yeah, you know me! Yeah, you know me! Who's down with entropy? Every last homey!
There's nothing magic about a turbocharger, though. It does enable the engine to burn more fuel for a given volume of air (since the mass of air in that volume is higher), but there's no such thing as a free lunch.
It's even possible for a turbocharger to improve fuel economy, with appropriate tuning. Having said that, if your car could do 0-60 in seven seconds before your turbocharger, you're going to burn more fuel to get a 5 second run. The additional energy comes from additional fuel, not from turbocharger magic.
I'm sure you knew that, but I'm equally sure that some other folks might not.
"So just because others don't know about or use a feature means I shouldn't have it available to me?"
No, but it shouldn't necessarily be presented to a novice user as a choice between "Shut down, log off, go away, hibernate, sleep, lock, make computer not be on anymore, standby, and f*** off".
"we looked at the rights that he's talked about and affirmed first that we as a society do indeed value those rights, and second the reasons that we value them. And then look at all the other rights that we value and protect today, as well."
I don't know that I agree. I shouldn't have to justify my essential liberties to anybody, least of all Government. Brandeis was right: The most important right of a free person is the right to be left alone by the government.
As a fully functioning adult, I would choose a life where I can discern good from evil, and choose accordingly, even if that means I die. I would not like to live as your infant son lives for eternity.
For the record, I'm also a Christian. I just don't agree with you.
"Constitutions are normally used to keep governments in check and to GIVE rights to the people"
That's a very serious misconception. The US Constitution does not give rights to the people. The people already have the rights (endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...). The Constitution explicitly forbids the Government from abridging those rights.
That's why half of the Founding Fathers opposed the Bill of Rights. They figured that some jackass would decide that anything that's not specifically written into the Bill of Rights is not a Constitutionally guaranteed freedom. Guess what? They were right.
"If you have surrendered your capacity to take decisions, to think for yourself, and to control your own destiny, then you are oppressed (according to Marx and others)."
So what does that say about people who parrot the words of long-dead economists? Are Marxists oppressed? Is Marxism the opiate of the masses, too?
You trust the authorities! I think that's just adorable. Unforgivably naive, but adorable.
I'm sure that'll be quite the comfort to the family of the Brazilian guy who was shot seven times in the head while he was being restrained by a police officer in London.
You know all those cameras? Coincidentally, none of them had any footage of the shooting, and the case against the officers was dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Just ask MC Hawking.
Entropy, how can I explain it? I'll take it frame by frame it,
to have you all jumping, shouting saying it.
Let's just say that it's a measure of disorder,
in a system that is closed, like with a border.
It's sorta, like a, well a measurement of randomness,
proposed in 1850 by a German, but wait I digress.
"What the fuck is entropy?", I here the people still exclaiming,
it seems I gotta start the explaining.
You down with entropy?
Yeah, you know me!
Yeah, you know me!
Yeah, you know me!
Who's down with entropy?
Every last homey!
There's nothing magic about a turbocharger, though. It does enable the engine to burn more fuel for a given volume of air (since the mass of air in that volume is higher), but there's no such thing as a free lunch.
It's even possible for a turbocharger to improve fuel economy, with appropriate tuning. Having said that, if your car could do 0-60 in seven seconds before your turbocharger, you're going to burn more fuel to get a 5 second run. The additional energy comes from additional fuel, not from turbocharger magic.
I'm sure you knew that, but I'm equally sure that some other folks might not.
It can be done. The question is, are the yields useful? Is it more efficient than, say, a steam engine?
"So just because others don't know about or use a feature means I shouldn't have it available to me?"
No, but it shouldn't necessarily be presented to a novice user as a choice between "Shut down, log off, go away, hibernate, sleep, lock, make computer not be on anymore, standby, and f*** off".
"we looked at the rights that he's talked about and affirmed first that we as a society do indeed value those rights, and second the reasons that we value them. And then look at all the other rights that we value and protect today, as well."
I don't know that I agree. I shouldn't have to justify my essential liberties to anybody, least of all Government. Brandeis was right: The most important right of a free person is the right to be left alone by the government.
{izzard} I'll have the cake, please. {/izzard}
"there's so much more of them"
I don't think that's true. I just think they get all the press.
"am glad to be able to use the Office 2007 UI."
Could you go ahead and tell me what software you work on, so I can avoid that too? Thanks.
Those are no more Christians than the guys with bomb belts are Muslims.
"The whole chrisitian religion is as full of logical holes as any other one. For example:
1. fornicators are to be shunned"
OK, I'm going to need you to quote me the place where Jesus said that.
There are a lot of non-Christians who oppress their neighbors, too. What's your point?
As a fully functioning adult, I would choose a life where I can discern good from evil, and choose accordingly, even if that means I die. I would not like to live as your infant son lives for eternity.
For the record, I'm also a Christian. I just don't agree with you.
"That said, at the core of any institutionalized religion you will find dogma."
Well, apparently at the core of your belief structure, there is this dogmata that religious people are brain-dead automatons.
You're welcome to your misperceptions, of course, but you look pretty silly espousing them.
I am a religious person. I find the notion that I give up my personal soverignty abhorrent, and I would never tolerate it.
"Constitutions are normally used to keep governments in check and to GIVE rights to the people"
That's a very serious misconception. The US Constitution does not give rights to the people. The people already have the rights (endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...). The Constitution explicitly forbids the Government from abridging those rights.
That's why half of the Founding Fathers opposed the Bill of Rights. They figured that some jackass would decide that anything that's not specifically written into the Bill of Rights is not a Constitutionally guaranteed freedom. Guess what? They were right.
"If you have surrendered your capacity to take decisions, to think for yourself, and to control your own destiny, then you are oppressed (according to Marx and others)."
So what does that say about people who parrot the words of long-dead economists? Are Marxists oppressed? Is Marxism the opiate of the masses, too?
Terribly interesting, maybe. Terribly probative, no.
Are you familiar with the term "circumstantial evidence"? Be assured that this system would be used against the public, and never against the police.
You trust the authorities! I think that's just adorable. Unforgivably naive, but adorable.
I'm sure that'll be quite the comfort to the family of the Brazilian guy who was shot seven times in the head while he was being restrained by a police officer in London.
You know all those cameras? Coincidentally, none of them had any footage of the shooting, and the case against the officers was dismissed for lack of evidence.
I feel safer already!
"Do you know of any conservatives who are reccomending stoning women for adultery?"
No, but you hear of some of them who think it's perfectly OK to solicit the murder of certain doctors, up to and including bombing their offices.
Lunatic fringe? Yes. Conservative? Uh huh.
What makes you think that police cameras administered by the police are going to make the police more accountable?
"How do they get the 360 degrees out of a single camera?"
It's called a "pirouette" in French, and I'd pay good money to see a London Bobby do one.
Yeah. Tell that to Josh Wolf.
Wouldn't that be just a large number of instances of the same crime, and tried as such?
What's the difference between a chatroom and, say, a public pool?
You can be as miserable as you want. I'm going to go home and sit next to my wife, and play WoW while she plays FFXII.
Yes, I married a geek. Common interests FTW!
"concider it to be the best windows mickysoft has made."
Being the least bad product doesn't mean it's good.
And they promise to keep doing so. See? How could you not trust those guys?