It's an OS... it doesn't kick puppies or kitties, scare little children, cause curvature of the spine, or make weeds grow in your yard.
I would actually argue that curvature of the spine is a natural detriment to using tablets/mobile interfaces. Also, I've been on my computer so long that there's no longer enough nutrients in my yard to even support weeds, so your point is moot.
Evolution itself is a fact. The theory of evolution explains why and/or how the theory of evolution occurs. The fact that it does occur is set in stone, and can be repeatedly proven both in the lab and in the field, empirically. The theory part explains the why/how, but that doesn't stop it from being true.
Same with gravity. Gravity is explained by the general theory of relativity. Gravity itself is a fact. The Earth attracts your mass and you "fall" into it. Explaining why/how that occurs is in the theory. I suppose it does get muddied up some since physical geodesy describes mathematically how, while relativity describes why, but both are valid.
all she would have to say is "you need to cut this list down to only the witnesses you plan to present"
That's what the point of Apple submitting this list was all about in the first place. She had asked that the first time and they gave her a list of 20 witnesses that Apple believed they were going to bring to court.
She told them off. Unprofessional or not, she could have done much worse to Apple's lawyers for trying to waste her own as well as the courts' time. I think it's a welcome change for this case, and is probably one of the reasons Koh remained as judge for it. This needs to be a quick, no-nonsense, no-bullshit, no-courtroom-theatrics case that settles things once and for all. The amount of patent cases in a day alone waste enough of the courts' time, and I doubt that anyone wants it to be wasted anymore, because Apple thinks their going to get away with 20 witnesses in an impossibly short amount of time.
As a geomatics engineer, my programming often involves using and understanding different levels of vector calculus as well as some basic linear algebra.
By the time I'm 30, I probably won't use it as much. In the meantime, I use it everyday to solve different problems.
If Microsoft keeps this up, I'll be looking forward to the day that computer science grads have to pledge an oath to the four software freedoms, not much unlike Doctors and their oath to the tenets of medicine.
Perhaps there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, but I do worry that the light will require a license key.
I think just emacs and you could probably say your computer does everything. Not efficiently or beautifully mind you, but it does everything nonetheless.
Our Intrepid Admin should have taken a few notes from the BOFH and stopped trying to "convince the users" as much as he should have been trying to "inflict upon the users." Then again our Intrepid Admin is probably an overgrown PFY so we can't really expect much, now can we?
I'm going to try this right now. I'm going to break into my neighbour's house, and change all the locks on all their doors and windows. Each one will require a different key. It may be expensive, but it'll be interesting.
I suppose I could booby trap the home and steal the TV remote for good measure, but I'd like to see how they cope. I'll leave a key to each room hidden somewhere and they can start with a key that I'll tape to their back door. They have to unlock every single door in order to solve the final puzzle. Hell, I think I just came up with a way to have endless fun.
All I'll need now is to video stream it using a Raspberry Pi and I can make an entire story on Slashdot about it too!
While I am skeptical that we'll have enough resources either way, I think that humans are going to have to adapt hard or the entire race will just fade away. This won't necessarily be a problem for a few generations, but there is very little left in this world that is untouched, or that we can leave untouched. Solutions to the energy crisis aside, food and water are still major concerns, and we can't infinitely increase the amount of farming, because we'll also need to increase our living spaces; however, this is unless we go full Tokyo and build above and below ourselves and learn to live in cramped situations. Even still, it will be an incredibly difficult feat to convince most Westerners that they aren't allowed cars anymore and that they need to walk or use trains to go to work. I don't mind myself, since I'm a student who uses trains and busing all the time, but few people want to give up the luxury of driving to work in favour of using a subway system (similar to how most east asian countries operate).
In the meantime, I'm going to be developing my zombie formula so that I can do my part to end overpopulation. Call me if you can help, I'm trying to put a patent together so I can sue others who want to destroy the Earth while the zombies and lawyers (?difference) take over.
Between this and the lawyer that was behind theOatmeal vs FunnyJunk I'm getting this funny impression that lawyers outside silicon valley are actually pretty nice people.
I must be getting brainwashed. Where's my tinfoil hat?
Now here I thought you said you'd be giving me girlfriends. I thought that if they're in an endless supply I could use the same life expectancy model on the relationship that silicon valley uses on technology nowadays. Planned obsolescence anyone?
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It's an OS ... it doesn't kick puppies or kitties, scare little children, cause curvature of the spine, or make weeds grow in your yard.
I would actually argue that curvature of the spine is a natural detriment to using tablets/mobile interfaces. Also, I've been on my computer so long that there's no longer enough nutrients in my yard to even support weeds, so your point is moot.
You're forgetting that Windows never held majority market share on servers.
They don't care, because they don't have the ability to compete there to begin with. It's all about Linux and *BSD in the server world.
"backup password."
There should never be a backup password to a secure system. You lost the password? Too bad, not even you can get your data.
This.
Evolution itself is a fact. The theory of evolution explains why and/or how the theory of evolution occurs. The fact that it does occur is set in stone, and can be repeatedly proven both in the lab and in the field, empirically. The theory part explains the why/how, but that doesn't stop it from being true.
Same with gravity. Gravity is explained by the general theory of relativity. Gravity itself is a fact. The Earth attracts your mass and you "fall" into it. Explaining why/how that occurs is in the theory. I suppose it does get muddied up some since physical geodesy describes mathematically how, while relativity describes why, but both are valid.
Ben Wade stated that evolution is just a theory, and that Darwin made it all up.
I mean, before this article, I didn't even realise that evolution had a theoretical side, or that Darwin was the one who came up with it.
We need this guy to come up to Canada and teach at our schools. Clearly our teachers aren't doing their jobs.
all she would have to say is "you need to cut this list down to only the witnesses you plan to present"
That's what the point of Apple submitting this list was all about in the first place. She had asked that the first time and they gave her a list of 20 witnesses that Apple believed they were going to bring to court.
She told them off. Unprofessional or not, she could have done much worse to Apple's lawyers for trying to waste her own as well as the courts' time. I think it's a welcome change for this case, and is probably one of the reasons Koh remained as judge for it. This needs to be a quick, no-nonsense, no-bullshit, no-courtroom-theatrics case that settles things once and for all. The amount of patent cases in a day alone waste enough of the courts' time, and I doubt that anyone wants it to be wasted anymore, because Apple thinks their going to get away with 20 witnesses in an impossibly short amount of time.
Can we take some of this code and give emacs a decent editor already?
Also, I noticed there's some fortran code in there. What is going on?
I use linear algebra and calculus everyday.
As a geomatics engineer, my programming often involves using and understanding different levels of vector calculus as well as some basic linear algebra.
By the time I'm 30, I probably won't use it as much. In the meantime, I use it everyday to solve different problems.
What, you don't use butterflies to write your notes? Get off my lawn, you petulant n00b!
Then license it as GPLv3, then post it on Craigslist.
They might just give it back to you with that license, though...
If Microsoft keeps this up, I'll be looking forward to the day that computer science grads have to pledge an oath to the four software freedoms, not much unlike Doctors and their oath to the tenets of medicine.
Perhaps there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, but I do worry that the light will require a license key.
The esteem with which you hold yourself in is depressing.
If Apple wants to expand their market share, it can only come from PC/Windows users.
Now do you mean to tell me, that Apple has no interest in one of the 6 Hurd users? The 3 Haiku users?
I want to mod this "+1 Thank you".
Why do people assume otherwise?
I think just emacs and you could probably say your computer does everything. Not efficiently or beautifully mind you, but it does everything nonetheless.
Intrepid Admin... "trying to convince" the users
Our Intrepid Admin should have taken a few notes from the BOFH and stopped trying to "convince the users" as much as he should have been trying to "inflict upon the users." Then again our Intrepid Admin is probably an overgrown PFY so we can't really expect much, now can we?
More like, "Why won't this executable virus I got off facebook run!? Linux is shit, going back to windows!"
I'm going to try this right now. I'm going to break into my neighbour's house, and change all the locks on all their doors and windows. Each one will require a different key. It may be expensive, but it'll be interesting.
I suppose I could booby trap the home and steal the TV remote for good measure, but I'd like to see how they cope. I'll leave a key to each room hidden somewhere and they can start with a key that I'll tape to their back door. They have to unlock every single door in order to solve the final puzzle. Hell, I think I just came up with a way to have endless fun.
All I'll need now is to video stream it using a Raspberry Pi and I can make an entire story on Slashdot about it too!
Obligatory TED links, that might actually be a bit more insightful than TFA.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html
While I am skeptical that we'll have enough resources either way, I think that humans are going to have to adapt hard or the entire race will just fade away. This won't necessarily be a problem for a few generations, but there is very little left in this world that is untouched, or that we can leave untouched. Solutions to the energy crisis aside, food and water are still major concerns, and we can't infinitely increase the amount of farming, because we'll also need to increase our living spaces; however, this is unless we go full Tokyo and build above and below ourselves and learn to live in cramped situations. Even still, it will be an incredibly difficult feat to convince most Westerners that they aren't allowed cars anymore and that they need to walk or use trains to go to work. I don't mind myself, since I'm a student who uses trains and busing all the time, but few people want to give up the luxury of driving to work in favour of using a subway system (similar to how most east asian countries operate).
In the meantime, I'm going to be developing my zombie formula so that I can do my part to end overpopulation. Call me if you can help, I'm trying to put a patent together so I can sue others who want to destroy the Earth while the zombies and lawyers (?difference) take over.
Between this and the lawyer that was behind theOatmeal vs FunnyJunk I'm getting this funny impression that lawyers outside silicon valley are actually pretty nice people.
I must be getting brainwashed. Where's my tinfoil hat?
OH!!!! A WIFE!!!!
Now here I thought you said you'd be giving me girlfriends. I thought that if they're in an endless supply I could use the same life expectancy model on the relationship that silicon valley uses on technology nowadays. Planned obsolescence anyone?
So do they propose that we kidnap some women from the street and tell them that they're taking one for the team?
Yes, actually. This is exactly what I propose.
If you send beautiful women my way, I'm not going to complain.
Don't be ridiculous. There are no girls on the internet.
It is simple. We build our malls out of plastic and we'll navigate just fine.
Another plus is that you'll be able to use this to find your kid in the ball pit at McDonalds next time they disappear.
I would argue the opposite, actually. Most Adobe stuff just simply cannot keep up with Linux.
Why would they even try when the end product comes out like garbage anyways? I'm looking at you Flash.