A "nuke in space" wouldn't' do that much. Space is big and already filled with a wide range of radiation. The flash from a single nuke wouldn't blind too many sats for that long, and while it could certainly take out a satilite it wouldn't be able to take out many at once.
Not true. It may be possible to have a theory that is objectively true for a given set of definable circumstances, such as Newton's equations, and it may be possible for us to formulate a theory that is objectively true over most or all circumstances.
Here you have to qualify truth with precision. Newton's theories are true and accurate for nearly all levels of precision used in every-day circumstances. If you define your precision field or relevance it is very possible to have objective truth.
In science you have to remember that nearly everything has the underlying question 'relative to what?' attached.
Aye. Well this is a race with many dogs, that is going to be hotly contested. Also you know that b/w eInk style displays are only a transitional technology and that color and improved versions are fast on their way; it only makes sense not to tie one's company to a single dog.
No scientific theory or law is objectively true, or likely to be rather. Nor are they meant to be. They are meant to be a descriptive simulation of the truth, as close as we humans can get.
I use Ubuntu and have noticed no such problem with filenames. Yes Linux Filenames are case-sensitive but both upper and lower case are allowed.
Again my original post did say there was more work-time involved in FOSS.
You are not forced to do full distro upgrades every six months, see the stable long-term Ubuntu distro(I forget what it is called off the top of my head).
And as an advocate for FOSS and other alternatives to MS I salute them for going after that buck at the expense of their users and cheer them on to drive harder.
Getting free software to do ones bidding is really just learning how to use it and doesn't take any more time than non-free software in most cases. The thing is that there are some differences and that in schools proprietary is what is taught.
Yes it is harder for some applications but for the vast majority of office work FOSS is just as good. If you really need that little boost and can't afford to pay the time then pay the money and say hello to the auditor with a smile on your face as you agreed to the horrific contract.
If you really don't like it contact your representative in government. If your government doesn't have a representative for you that is at least elected in a reasonably fair manner well then it may be time to replace your government.
You know I think Google has a limited beta out to compete with this called gExist. The main gheaven GoogleEarth and glight features are already live, and the glight feature is pretty good if I say so myself. It all runs on the gwater framework but uses the gdarkness eula.
From the Wikipiedia article on Android:
The term android was popularized by the French author Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve (1886)
Unless anyone has any reason to call the wiki into question all the Google folks have to do is verify the earlier work(remember using ONLY wiki is a sign of sloppiness when you are using it for real research) and they have the term "android" as a regular English word and not a character name, because there were no characters named "Android" in the book.
More likely won't kill your battery life, allowing you to stay on the line longer, and increasing your chances of survival.
If you are really being hunted you throw the cell away. If someone is hunting you and you don't know about it well it is much easier to nab someone going about their normal routine and that doesn't require cellphone tracking just some observations.
And then you must go on a cleansing ritual. Order this special water from me I'll give it to you for half off because you are a slashdotter, just email me your name, address, credit card numbers, social security number and 5th grade locker combonation and I'll send it to you.
I think there need to be legal ramifications if a patent is sumbitted, approved and then is shown to be unworthy due to prior art.
Or at least there needs to be a prior art defence for any patent. If the accused infringer can show that there is in-fact substantial prior art and that the patent is non-novel...yeah I know pipe dream.
more likely it would have the same mass as an LHC, or rather a particle in the LHC which would almost certainly vaporize before it ran into another particle to swallow given the average density of particles on earth.
depends on the distance from the black hole and the size of the hole itself. Also it would have to be moving fast relative the the hole as all objects are moving fast relative to some other object.
It comes right down to the process is overloaded. We don't put enough people and energy into maintaining the patent system and it is geared solely toward protecting large industry and business.
Indeed. I also have installed it on my machine and have had no troubles. Responsiveness is slightly better than firefox, though the difference isn't as great as when I boot into Windows on the same machine where I also have Chrome and Firefox.
In the end Chrome has several good features for general browsing especially speed but lacks the extendability of Firefox. Firefox has more available features but is slower. Both are likely to improve.
I'd be happy to have strong network neutrality strongly enforced. Search neutrality is nice but nearly unworkable in any reasonable sense it seems.
Instead of saying these companies have to be neutral I think it would be better to require them to show their work. Post in a database what they are scoring up or down and why and perhaps provide some reasonable method of recourse for parties who believe they have been unfairly targeted.
It depends on what you call a right and what you call infringing?
Are laws against murder infringing on a person's right to kill? Obviously not, as almost no one thinks that the right to kill whom we please should be a right, and most belive that a person has a right not to be killed.
How about the right to work or industry with laws against pollution? Well pollution infringes on others rights, but those laws infringe on the worker/industrialist's rights as well. Which infringement is worse?
In the end any laws will "infringe" upon something someone thinks is their right. Thus law isn't about upholding all rights but upholding those deemed most important.
Furthermore the law has another mandate, that to establish some kind of order, peace and the general welfare of the nation, which is beyond and may at times belay the establishment of rights.
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A "nuke in space" wouldn't' do that much. Space is big and already filled with a wide range of radiation. The flash from a single nuke wouldn't blind too many sats for that long, and while it could certainly take out a satilite it wouldn't be able to take out many at once.
Here's a theory that might act as a counter to that in being a theory that is objectively true then.
'Existence is.'
At this level what we are really doing is dickering over the meaning of the word truth.
Not true. It may be possible to have a theory that is objectively true for a given set of definable circumstances, such as Newton's equations, and it may be possible for us to formulate a theory that is objectively true over most or all circumstances.
Here you have to qualify truth with precision. Newton's theories are true and accurate for nearly all levels of precision used in every-day circumstances. If you define your precision field or relevance it is very possible to have objective truth.
In science you have to remember that nearly everything has the underlying question 'relative to what?' attached.
Aye. Well this is a race with many dogs, that is going to be hotly contested. Also you know that b/w eInk style displays are only a transitional technology and that color and improved versions are fast on their way; it only makes sense not to tie one's company to a single dog.
No scientific theory or law is objectively true, or likely to be rather. Nor are they meant to be. They are meant to be a descriptive simulation of the truth, as close as we humans can get.
I use Ubuntu and have noticed no such problem with filenames. Yes Linux Filenames are case-sensitive but both upper and lower case are allowed.
Again my original post did say there was more work-time involved in FOSS.
You are not forced to do full distro upgrades every six months, see the stable long-term Ubuntu distro(I forget what it is called off the top of my head).
You are forced to have the auditors by agreeing to the licenses to use certain software products.
And as an advocate for FOSS and other alternatives to MS I salute them for going after that buck at the expense of their users and cheer them on to drive harder.
Depends on the flavor. Try debian.
Getting free software to do ones bidding is really just learning how to use it and doesn't take any more time than non-free software in most cases. The thing is that there are some differences and that in schools proprietary is what is taught.
Yes it is harder for some applications but for the vast majority of office work FOSS is just as good. If you really need that little boost and can't afford to pay the time then pay the money and say hello to the auditor with a smile on your face as you agreed to the horrific contract.
If you really don't like it contact your representative in government. If your government doesn't have a representative for you that is at least elected in a reasonably fair manner well then it may be time to replace your government.
You know I think Google has a limited beta out to compete with this called gExist. The main gheaven GoogleEarth and glight features are already live, and the glight feature is pretty good if I say so myself. It all runs on the gwater framework but uses the gdarkness eula.
From the Wikipiedia article on Android:
The term android was popularized by the French author Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve (1886)
Unless anyone has any reason to call the wiki into question all the Google folks have to do is verify the earlier work(remember using ONLY wiki is a sign of sloppiness when you are using it for real research) and they have the term "android" as a regular English word and not a character name, because there were no characters named "Android" in the book.
More likely won't kill your battery life, allowing you to stay on the line longer, and increasing your chances of survival.
If you are really being hunted you throw the cell away. If someone is hunting you and you don't know about it well it is much easier to nab someone going about their normal routine and that doesn't require cellphone tracking just some observations.
And then you must go on a cleansing ritual. Order this special water from me I'll give it to you for half off because you are a slashdotter, just email me your name, address, credit card numbers, social security number and 5th grade locker combonation and I'll send it to you.
I think there need to be legal ramifications if a patent is sumbitted, approved and then is shown to be unworthy due to prior art.
Or at least there needs to be a prior art defence for any patent. If the accused infringer can show that there is in-fact substantial prior art and that the patent is non-novel...yeah I know pipe dream.
You are underestimating the waging power of lawyers.
more likely it would have the same mass as an LHC, or rather a particle in the LHC which would almost certainly vaporize before it ran into another particle to swallow given the average density of particles on earth.
depends on the distance from the black hole and the size of the hole itself. Also it would have to be moving fast relative the the hole as all objects are moving fast relative to some other object.
If they marketed it as encrypting the data on the drive then yes, or at least false advertising.
It comes right down to the process is overloaded. We don't put enough people and energy into maintaining the patent system and it is geared solely toward protecting large industry and business.
Its not a joke, you can run vi in it.
Indeed. I also have installed it on my machine and have had no troubles. Responsiveness is slightly better than firefox, though the difference isn't as great as when I boot into Windows on the same machine where I also have Chrome and Firefox.
In the end Chrome has several good features for general browsing especially speed but lacks the extendability of Firefox. Firefox has more available features but is slower. Both are likely to improve.
I'd be happy to have strong network neutrality strongly enforced. Search neutrality is nice but nearly unworkable in any reasonable sense it seems.
Instead of saying these companies have to be neutral I think it would be better to require them to show their work. Post in a database what they are scoring up or down and why and perhaps provide some reasonable method of recourse for parties who believe they have been unfairly targeted.
You want the fantasy that Windows works?
It depends on what you call a right and what you call infringing?
Are laws against murder infringing on a person's right to kill? Obviously not, as almost no one thinks that the right to kill whom we please should be a right, and most belive that a person has a right not to be killed.
How about the right to work or industry with laws against pollution? Well pollution infringes on others rights, but those laws infringe on the worker/industrialist's rights as well. Which infringement is worse?
In the end any laws will "infringe" upon something someone thinks is their right. Thus law isn't about upholding all rights but upholding those deemed most important.
Furthermore the law has another mandate, that to establish some kind of order, peace and the general welfare of the nation, which is beyond and may at times belay the establishment of rights.