So, cool heads, operating at negative temperatures, put lots of energy towards stopping the chaos of stupidity.
Hot heads, operating at positive temperatures, are just bouncing around ignorantly smashing into people with their stupid comments and increasing the noise to signal ratio, and causing others to get all hot and bothered as well.
I don't know, the classical and the quantum seem to be quite harmonious here....you just have to deal with the fact that with a 'cool head' of logic you also qualify for the description 'party-pooper'.
Not a very good example. A large percentage of lay people refer to the whole case as 'the hard drive'. Techs, depending on their age, are more likely to call it a 'cpu' or 'micro'. Is either term inherently less intuitive or more technical? They both follow the same naming strategy but from a different point of view,i.e., the focus of importance has shifted. Technically, is it really a computer if the first computers were humans?
The big loser for your point is that in reality, terminology for the most part, technical or not, is neither intuitive nor technical.
Not really, one must simply master the master tool. Any increase in mastery propagates down to specialized tasks and vice-versa.
The act of crafting breeds respect and admiration for quality craftsmanship and a distaste for waste. You would be suprised how little it takes to live comfortably when you own quality, maintainable goods.
I could spend a whole day working to pay for some nice machine made dinnerware, or pay 1/4 less for something that'll last 1/10 as long, or I could spend 10-12 hours in the studio making myself something that fits my needs EXACTLY....with some wobbylness...
I know which I would prefer. Unfortunately, I've seen first hand how people struggle with crafting things so unless there's a big concerted effort to teach mastery of the human body and move away from the virus of 'individuality', it won't be possible for the vast majority of humans.
But what if we lived in a society where you wouldn't have to do just one all the time? The tasks themselves are intrinsically rewarding, it's just the mass production and constant repetition that kill the joy.
Who even needs approximations. My thumb is 1", finger 3", palm 4", index to thumb 6", elbow to end of wrist 12". I may have used metric my whole life in school but I would never be able to tell you how tall somebody is in meters, though I could do so accurately in feet/inches.
Right tool for the right job. Subjective measurements should be made with subjectively derived units, objective units objective ones.
Sounds like Dell to me... unless you're talking about not working without drivers under windows 7, then it sounds like every motherboard I've had experience with:)
Back in 1996 it was extremely simple to search for motherboard reviews and compatability. It's now 2012 and the web is overrun with crappy sites and crappy reviews. Smart people would rather get direct answers from 'qualified' people then wade through piles of garbage, it's not like it's 1996!
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Hot heads, operating at positive temperatures, are just bouncing around ignorantly smashing into people with their stupid comments and increasing the noise to signal ratio, and causing others to get all hot and bothered as well.
I don't know, the classical and the quantum seem to be quite harmonious here. ...you just have to deal with the fact that with a 'cool head' of logic you also qualify for the description 'party-pooper'.
The big loser for your point is that in reality, terminology for the most part, technical or not, is neither intuitive nor technical.
The act of crafting breeds respect and admiration for quality craftsmanship and a distaste for waste. You would be suprised how little it takes to live comfortably when you own quality, maintainable goods.
I could spend a whole day working to pay for some nice machine made dinnerware, or pay 1/4 less for something that'll last 1/10 as long, or I could spend 10-12 hours in the studio making myself something that fits my needs EXACTLY. ...with some wobbylness...
I know which I would prefer. Unfortunately, I've seen first hand how people struggle with crafting things so unless there's a big concerted effort to teach mastery of the human body and move away from the virus of 'individuality', it won't be possible for the vast majority of humans.
But what if we lived in a society where you wouldn't have to do just one all the time? The tasks themselves are intrinsically rewarding, it's just the mass production and constant repetition that kill the joy.
Just hit the target area perpendicular to your sightline of the target. Though that doesn't deal with ricochets.
duck?
No, my thumb is 1". I'm pretty sure I would know.
Wow, modded down for saying somebody can't make an informed decision/judgement without data. Slashdot has certainly gone mainstream.
Seriously though, the point being you can find parts of your body that lign up easier with inches than cm.
There is. The fact that you hold such a naive view is proof that you do not have the necessary knowledge to form any sort of judgement.
exactly like when they removed other os from the ps3.
That's perfect. Keep all conversions done in your own country and you'll be back on your feet financially in no time.
Do you know how many jobs will be created from all that confusion?
In Canada they print prices in pounds very large in flyers, in the store you pay per kg. .99$/lb looks better than 2.18$/k.
7 is more rational than 10.
Right tool for the right job. Subjective measurements should be made with subjectively derived units, objective units objective ones.
How is that a myth? You don't mess with the price of a cultures drugs, it'd be like doubling the price of coffee in the states.
I hope the surface tanks. Linux users are probably more likely to want keyboards than windows users.
You cannot slow down the singularity.
Only for immature societies/cultures. One's ideas do need to be tested in the pit of reality.
Sounds like Dell to me... unless you're talking about not working without drivers under windows 7, then it sounds like every motherboard I've had experience with :)
Back in 1996 it was extremely simple to search for motherboard reviews and compatability. It's now 2012 and the web is overrun with crappy sites and crappy reviews. Smart people would rather get direct answers from 'qualified' people then wade through piles of garbage, it's not like it's 1996!
Silly you, babies don't come in storks, the storks carry them. Everybody knows that.
Food is the best medicine. Educate yourself.
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