See, I imagine that each person is at liberty to choose the employment that suits them, and they don't have to pay some Union honcho to maybe look out for their interests, when they're not too busy driving their shiny new Corvettes.
The unions may well solve a problem...but they sure don't solve a problem I've got.
"But computing the probability of being involved in an accident over a period of time is fiendishly difficult as the number of influencing factors increase expotentially."
Well, of course. I was making a huge number of simplifications. However, your bald assertion that the probabilities are not cumulative is misleading. Yes, it's more complicated than just adding up the probabilities, but it's certainly true that your chances of event A happening increase with exposure to opportunities when A may occur.
""I drive less frequently than my neighbour therefore he will be in an accident before me." "
Of course. That's just a variation on the gambler's fallacy. However, holding all other factors equal, the person who drives more has a higher probability of getting in an accident. It's not a difficult thing to understand.
"And it is perfectly reasonable to do 100 coin flips on a fair coin, each time coming up heads. It is just an extraordinary combination of events, of which each individually has a 50:50 chance of occurring."
Well, again, of course. It's perfectly "reasonable", but it's extremely unlikely.
My odds of being in a car crash go up with time. Meaning, if I have a.01% chance of being in a wreck per day I commute to work, my chances of being in a car wreck at some point in the year are something on the order of 2.00%. (Yes, those numbers are totally fabricated) No, the chances of getting in a car wreck today are not impacted by whether I got in a car wreck yesterday, but my chances of having a wreck absolutely do increase the more times I get in the car.
The more times you flip a coin, your probability of getting at least one "Heads" flip does indeed approach 100%. Pretty quickly, actually.
Whoever told you that study==memorization did you a disservice. Study==gaining understanding. It's about rewiring your think-meat to get better solutions. That takes repetition and concentration. It's hard, which is why there are a lot of people (myself included) that aren't experts at it.
Just like everybody else, right? I can and do take that attitude. I know that I happen to be a pretty darn capable human being, and that has little to do with my country of origin, and a lot to do with my family.
People who can write software may not have the expertise to design software that caters to different sets of abilities. So, yes, there does need to be some cooperation between the disabled community (proceeding from the ridiculous assumption that there's anything like a homogenous set of needs) and the software development community.
I don't really see anybody arguing that this discussion shouldn't happen. It simply HASN'T happened, and in the mean time, there's another alternative (the ODF plugin for Word that theoretically exists).
I don't think it's a matter of ignoring, I think it's a matter of not having the resources to do the R&D for accessibility concerns.
But, again, isn't the idea to have a document format that allows you, the user, to select an editing application based on whatever your needs and predilections are? If the best tool for the job is Word, use Word. As long as you can use ODF to send data from your favorite application to my favorite application (FooWrite Gold 2000 Pro), haven't the open document people done their jobs?
Uh huh. My Moto BT850 died the first time I tried to recharge it. The solder joint that attaches the charging jack to the board broke, because the charging cable's fangs wouldn't disengage.
The Discovery 640, as I've mentioned other places in this thread, is a great piece of hardware. I wish I did sell them.
My Disco 640 works great with my Powerbook. All you have to do is pair it. Never played with Skype, but I'd imagine you just choose which sound I/O you want to use in the application, similar to iChat.
I would guess that most BT headsets work just fine. I was chuckling at the posters in earlier threads who were having difficulty figuring out which bluetooth stack made their Windows PC work correctly. Guess what, guys...
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You said: "I dont need a union becuase I make more more money without one". These are fringe cases so stop stereotyping everyone else into them.
You need to read that through a couple more times. Get back to me, would you?
Hold on, what?
Somebody who says "I am content to negotiate my own compensation with my employer" is avoiding responsibility...how exactly?
See, I imagine that each person is at liberty to choose the employment that suits them, and they don't have to pay some Union honcho to maybe look out for their interests, when they're not too busy driving their shiny new Corvettes.
The unions may well solve a problem...but they sure don't solve a problem I've got.
OK, so do it. What's stopping you?
"It's pretty half-assed toy OS"
Because you can't figure out how to copy a CD, it's a half assed toy OS? Sounds to me like you're a half-assed toy computer user.
Seems to me like Three Mile Island is a pretty good proof of a failsafe design. Do you have a different opinion? I'm honestly curious.
"But computing the probability of being involved in an accident over a period of time is fiendishly difficult as the number of influencing factors increase expotentially."
Well, of course. I was making a huge number of simplifications. However, your bald assertion that the probabilities are not cumulative is misleading. Yes, it's more complicated than just adding up the probabilities, but it's certainly true that your chances of event A happening increase with exposure to opportunities when A may occur.
""I drive less frequently than my neighbour therefore he will be in an accident before me." "
Of course. That's just a variation on the gambler's fallacy. However, holding all other factors equal, the person who drives more has a higher probability of getting in an accident. It's not a difficult thing to understand.
"And it is perfectly reasonable to do 100 coin flips on a fair coin, each time coming up heads. It is just an extraordinary combination of events, of which each individually has a 50:50 chance of occurring."
Well, again, of course. It's perfectly "reasonable", but it's extremely unlikely.
But you're neglecting something.
.01% chance of being in a wreck per day I commute to work, my chances of being in a car wreck at some point in the year are something on the order of 2.00%. (Yes, those numbers are totally fabricated) No, the chances of getting in a car wreck today are not impacted by whether I got in a car wreck yesterday, but my chances of having a wreck absolutely do increase the more times I get in the car.
My odds of being in a car crash go up with time. Meaning, if I have a
The more times you flip a coin, your probability of getting at least one "Heads" flip does indeed approach 100%. Pretty quickly, actually.
Whoever told you that study==memorization did you a disservice. Study==gaining understanding. It's about rewiring your think-meat to get better solutions. That takes repetition and concentration. It's hard, which is why there are a lot of people (myself included) that aren't experts at it.
"that they really are just average?"
Just like everybody else, right? I can and do take that attitude. I know that I happen to be a pretty darn capable human being, and that has little to do with my country of origin, and a lot to do with my family.
Since you have critical reasoning skills, you must not be American, because everybody knows Americans are ka ka doodie heads.
I think we should have a war on "massive terrorism". That sounds really scary.
Who cares what those folks do?
"Everyone can't write software."
People who can write software may not have the expertise to design software that caters to different sets of abilities. So, yes, there does need to be some cooperation between the disabled community (proceeding from the ridiculous assumption that there's anything like a homogenous set of needs) and the software development community.
I don't really see anybody arguing that this discussion shouldn't happen. It simply HASN'T happened, and in the mean time, there's another alternative (the ODF plugin for Word that theoretically exists).
I don't think it's a matter of ignoring, I think it's a matter of not having the resources to do the R&D for accessibility concerns.
But, again, isn't the idea to have a document format that allows you, the user, to select an editing application based on whatever your needs and predilections are? If the best tool for the job is Word, use Word. As long as you can use ODF to send data from your favorite application to my favorite application (FooWrite Gold 2000 Pro), haven't the open document people done their jobs?
Uh huh. My Moto BT850 died the first time I tried to recharge it. The solder joint that attaches the charging jack to the board broke, because the charging cable's fangs wouldn't disengage.
The Discovery 640, as I've mentioned other places in this thread, is a great piece of hardware. I wish I did sell them.
My Disco 640 works great with my Powerbook. All you have to do is pair it. Never played with Skype, but I'd imagine you just choose which sound I/O you want to use in the application, similar to iChat.
I would guess that most BT headsets work just fine. I was chuckling at the posters in earlier threads who were having difficulty figuring out which bluetooth stack made their Windows PC work correctly. Guess what, guys...
They did mention it, and it does work great. I've got a Disco 640, and it's one of the coolest pieces of hardware evar.
I think the guy must have been high when he only gave the 640 a "B". The makeup kit o' goodies is just awesome, and I got mine for $80 on Amazon.
Why do you care whether I'm talking to myself? More to the point, why should I care what you think?
Fashion is slavery. Do as you will.
What a helpful and informative opinion you have. "Don't buy these, get something cheaper!"
Thank you so much for your insight. Do you have a newsletter to which I could subscribe?
My BT850 broke its solder joints at the charging jack after two days. The fangs on the charger wouldn't disengage, and the jack was damaged.
So, yeah, not gonna buy their gear again.
HOLY CRAP! IT'S THE INNOVATION OF THE CENTURY!
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So, um, who has 60 gb of save game data and ATRAC files? Show of hands?
What do you want a blu-ray player for?
I can read a document and tell you whether someone has proofread it, or pretended to proof it with MS Word.
Spell and grammar checkers are no replacement for being able to proofread.