The modularity of Linux (and lack of modularity of Windows), whatever it means, is not something that is particularly relevant to its usefulness as a desktop OS.
The comparison wasn't supposed to be valid, it was supposed to be ridiculous. The difference between the address bar belonging to the browser and the address bar belonging to a tab is utterly insignificant.
If you did a better job of keeping track of how much it actually costs you to drive a mile, you would only be hollering about the amount of time that it takes (you are stating ~$0.16 a mile while your actual costs are probably closer to $0.40 a mile (both of those are incremental costs, the gasoline is simply more visible)).
The time and convenience are both huge benefits of driving though.
It also makes sense to do it the way Firefox does it. I am confident this is true because I am able to switch between tabs and still know the address of each tab when I am looking at it.
The essence of your argument is that it would make more sense to have an tachometer mounted directly on the engine of a car, because it belongs to the engine, and to have the odometer mounted to a wheel, because it belongs to the wheel.
It is prevalent. It is more or less a zoning thing (people can't have cars sitting on blocks in their front yards either, and there are often rules about shoveling snow).
The penalty is generally a fine, and enforcement is generally rather lax.
"The beef might be infected" is not a (useful) risk assessment.
I guess if you think that the majority of the people at the USDA are incompetent/not interested in safety/corrupt/other/etc., you could worry more than they do about BSE and CJD, but I don't see any reason to.
I'm not saying anything remotely similar to we shouldn't care about it.
I'm simply objecting to baseless scaremongering. If the O.P. was doing something else, they would have posted something more substantial than an allegation. Without some serious evidence to the contrary, it is reasonable to assume that beef is safe to eat.
I am convinced enough that there are people that must, *must*, be told not to piss in the pool, so I can accept that a good chunk of that regulation isn't simply in the way. Certainly not all of it is beneficial, but lots of it is.
Paying for the city and relying on the federal government for flood control is a different thing than the port being responsible for flood control. I was indicating that most of the people that are critical of the federal spending would be perfectly o.k. with the latter.
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When was the last time you actually used Cygwin?
The modularity of Linux (and lack of modularity of Windows), whatever it means, is not something that is particularly relevant to its usefulness as a desktop OS.
If only it were possible to replace the dull windows like desktop:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_shell_replacement
And just imagine if GTK and QT worked on Windows! Or if somebody wrote and maintained a POSIX compatibility layer.
All the way to 11.
Owners probably prefer a system where they are the ones to pocket the cash.
Part of the reason that the U.S. economy has worked as well as it has, for as long as it has, is the relatively low level of corruption.
Trust breeds trust, and so on.
Once, the first man was born. Later, his brother was born and they had a pissing contest.
Marketers are happy to exploit this behavior, but they sure as hell didn't create or cause it.
The comparison wasn't supposed to be valid, it was supposed to be ridiculous. The difference between the address bar belonging to the browser and the address bar belonging to a tab is utterly insignificant.
If you did a better job of keeping track of how much it actually costs you to drive a mile, you would only be hollering about the amount of time that it takes (you are stating ~$0.16 a mile while your actual costs are probably closer to $0.40 a mile (both of those are incremental costs, the gasoline is simply more visible)).
The time and convenience are both huge benefits of driving though.
It also makes sense to do it the way Firefox does it. I am confident this is true because I am able to switch between tabs and still know the address of each tab when I am looking at it.
The essence of your argument is that it would make more sense to have an tachometer mounted directly on the engine of a car, because it belongs to the engine, and to have the odometer mounted to a wheel, because it belongs to the wheel.
It is prevalent. It is more or less a zoning thing (people can't have cars sitting on blocks in their front yards either, and there are often rules about shoveling snow).
The penalty is generally a fine, and enforcement is generally rather lax.
Beer is a pretty good general solution to this problem.
There isn't any law against being a sociopath.
Wild interpretations of magic books shall only be introduced when convenient.
REMAP IT TO A USEFUL KEY.
The broad purpose of all laws is to ensure that members of a community do not act against that community.
And really, if you give me 2 or 3 minutes, I am confident that I can find you a living, breathing person who has no guilt, no shame and no conscience.
Complain when a keyboard manufacturer actually has to file a law suit to include page up and page down.
"The beef might be infected" is not a (useful) risk assessment.
I guess if you think that the majority of the people at the USDA are incompetent/not interested in safety/corrupt/other/etc., you could worry more than they do about BSE and CJD, but I don't see any reason to.
As a lazy, secular, drunk, I object to your characterization of me as hardworking and sober.
I'm not saying anything remotely similar to we shouldn't care about it.
I'm simply objecting to baseless scaremongering. If the O.P. was doing something else, they would have posted something more substantial than an allegation. Without some serious evidence to the contrary, it is reasonable to assume that beef is safe to eat.
I am convinced enough that there are people that must, *must*, be told not to piss in the pool, so I can accept that a good chunk of that regulation isn't simply in the way. Certainly not all of it is beneficial, but lots of it is.
Do you generate enough transactions that it is actually worth doing more than looking over everything a couple of times a month?
Corn Republic. Or maybe Tank Republic.
Western style bureaucracy isn't so bad (imagine if your 20 layers of government were *not* a joke):
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/opinion/16Harford.html
Children are also disenfranchised.
Paying for the city and relying on the federal government for flood control is a different thing than the port being responsible for flood control. I was indicating that most of the people that are critical of the federal spending would be perfectly o.k. with the latter.