"the status quo has not changed" There is a great deal of evidence that 'speciation' happens regularly; thus the status quo (i.e. common speciation) has not changed.
"they have NOT observed speciation itself" Are you really this dumb or is it an act? What would you define as "observed speciation"? The birth of a cat from a bitch (female dog)? Speciation is a process. We observe "snapshots" of this process. We could look at genetic information (e.g. DNA sequencing) and speculate on the mechanism by which two species diverged from a common ancestor. We can observe mechanisms by which two populations remain genetically distinct. There is no individual "speciation event" to see.
Would you float "on the spirit of God" after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge? No? Then a bee must be more devout than you.
Now God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Benevolent and Personal; since He cares about me and is infinitely powerful and all-knowing, he will have a place in heaven for my pet bee. In heaven, who will fly, my pet bee or you?
How is this BS insightful? Let's see, SCO wants to ruin their case when they have actual evidence by not presenting the evidence? Riiiiiight! This is the same kind of BS some of the press has used in the past; Where's the beef (i.e. evidence)?
As a math professor, I have found Google Scholar, used in conjunction with MathSciNet, to be a great tool. I was looking for information on Beltrami equations and MathSciNet was not very helpful. I used Google Scholar to find some authors' names, put these in MathSciNet, read the reviews from MR and, in several cases, downloaded articles from the Google Scholar provided link.
You can't win. If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
If I had mod points, I would accept your challenge. My imagination against your power. (I can imagine Yoda using the force to hold you upsidedown 10 feet above the ground for a week. I can imagine G.W. Bush giving you elocution lessons. I can imagine J. Danforth Quayle giving you spelling lessons.)
This is a valid observation. Perhaps this is one reason why U.S. colleges and universities usually do well and public schools usually do poorly teaching students.
(you have to know the "secret code" of differential equations to "get the message" of course)
You think you are being exact but you are too partial. Your theory is a pseudo theory and your ideas are FIOled again; Hormander refuses to support your ideas. Now the FBI is interested but Iagolnitzer remains silent. Most importantly, Singer isn't singing.
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After the recent string of corporate "issues" (e.g. Enron, Arthur Anderson) and the apparent close connection between the US political powers and "business" (e.g. Microsoft & Bush administration, RIAA/MPAA & Congress), it would be nice if you came up with some evidence supporting your point of view rather than just ridicule. I have not idea if there is some ethical or legal problem with Merrill Lynch; do you know for a fact that there is not?
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The campus includes a data network with more than 300 10-gigabyte ports. Fiber-optics cables are connected to every artist desktop, allowing high-resolution images on each computer. In all, there are 600 miles of cable throughout the campus's four buildings.
Just imagine the multiplayer games one could host.:-)
Actually, I think "In Soviet Russia, our new Beowulf-clustered overlords welcome YOUR increased interest in Linux offerings !" does have a certain umph to it. Of course, 2 umph plus $3 will get you a coffee at Barnes & Noble Cafe.
Dear ultranova: Since he did not qualify his comment containing "OS components that you'd be sad to lose for other reasons" by saying this applies to Windows users or `OS components that Windows users will be sad to lose for other reasons', I found his statement to be in error. This is the same type of error which causes businesses to design web pages which only work (or work properly) when viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Many people do use Microsoft Windows but millions of other people use Apple, *BSD, Linux, OS2:-) or some other operating system. A number of Windows users also use Linux or OSX or BSD; do you think they will miss Windows "OS components" when using other OSs?
Microsoft has been found guilty of being a monopoly by the US (and, I believe, EU) courts. Microsoft has a heavier burden to bear because of this. I find people who automatically assume everyone uses Windows to be offensive because they encourage the mindset which allows Microsoft to maintain its illegal monopoly. I also am aware that Microsoft pays people to participate in forums, message boards, chat rooms, blogs, etc. and present Microsoft's propaganda. It is difficult to tell who is expressing an honest opinion and who is being paid to express an opinion. If hacksoncode was a paid shrill for MS, would it be appropriate to insult her/him? If hacksoncode presents a post which implicitly assumes everyone uses Windows, is it appropriate to object to the post? (If a post implicitly assume women cannot have careers in science or math, is it appropriate to object to the post? I guess your answer would be yes; the fact that relatively few women go into these areas does not mean all women are unable to work in these areas. A fairly small percentage of computer uses have non-Windows operating systems; this does not mean that hacksoncode can assume everyone uses Windows.)
"reasonable proportion of the cost"
How much does the Windows OS (take your pick) cost MicroThief now?
"Mind you, I'm counting the fact that most of those apps are just shells around OS components that you'd be sad to lose for other reasons"
Thanks, I needed a good laugh! After switching away from MicroSoft six years ago, I have missed NOTHING from them. "For another example, do you really want to lose Windows' DirectShow API (and the myriads of 3rd party apps that use it) along with Media Player?"YES! Please crawl back into your hole and quit trying to astroturf.
Google Scholar has to be looked at with this background: Even in its disappointing incarnation it is an asset for those scholars whose university or research institute cannot afford WoS or Scopus.
Many university libraries (e.g. our Carnegie Classification:
Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive university) cannot afford WoS. Even the review of WoS by
Péter's Digital Reference Shelf does not mention the cost.
Title: Web of Science Citation Indexes
Publisher: Thomson ISI
URL: http://www.isinet.com/
Cost: Depends on database combinations and time span
Tested: July 12-20, 2004
Google Scholar is not perfect but I find that it supplements MathSciNet well.
Actually I hope O'Gara stepped over the line and PJ can sue her for every cent she has. Since PJ is a public figure, I believe the requirements to prove libel or slander are very steep. However, if someone published SHRUB's private phone number, etc., I think the legal system would do something; since no one is more of a public figure than W, I think there might be hope.
Which software (e.g. OS, applications) to use on a desktop computer is an individual decision. There is no "war", just people making choices. If more people realize that they have a choice other than MS, this is good. To any given person, it is not important if MS controls 99% or 95% or 80% or 50% of the OS market as long as their applications run on a variety of OSs. Unless MS is going to hire the police to force people to use MS products, your "pro-reality" statement is silly; who in the user world cares if MS is "a big mean dog"? (Now if you are suggesting that MS should illegally use its market position to prevent applications from being ported to other OSs, then you might edit your comment to Please don't talk this as pro-MS, it's more of a pro-mafia statement.)
Professors and other science researchers often face this same issue. Researchers submit research articles to journals and then often pay fees (e.g. publication costs) and sign over copyrights to the journals. It's a strange world. (Of course, researchers benefit by becoming well known, getting academic jobs, winning Noble prizes:-) and getting grants. Still, many journals would not exist without freely submitted research (and publication fees).)
"a similar purge would occur going the other way"
Did this happen under Clinton? No? Then how do you know this would happen under an elected Democrat? Oh, you are just a troll? OK.
I had some silly notion that this was a country and government for the people, not just for the right people. Silly me.
"Similarly, for gaming,... you won't go wrong with Windows."
Have you compared Quake3 on Linux with Quake3 on Windows? Your comment is valid only when the game you wish to play runs solely on Windows. To the extent that your comment is valid, the MS monopoly in games survives. Do you consider this a good thing?
Is your "in house" support free? If you started from scratch, would windows be cheaper? Would you have to hire an outside consultant to set up and run a single Linux box (say for your web pages)? Could you use a Gentoo LiveCD or LiveDVD to install Linux on a computer? What about white box linux or RHEL?
"So there is a consensus on gravity - and that is that it isn't a valid theory."
This is the kind of distortion I expect from creationists. Enough said.
One of the faculty members at the Royal Institute of Technology, Henrik Shahgholian, collaborates with one of my colleagues on free boundary problems and visited here about a year ago. Shahgholian is an outstanding mathematician and a very nice person. I agree that RIT is an outstanding university/institute but I do not know how CalTech, MIT and RIT compare. I do know that MIT has a 2004 Abel prize winner, Isadore Singer, and RIT has no Abel prize winners.
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"the status quo has not changed" There is a great deal of evidence that 'speciation' happens regularly; thus the status quo (i.e. common speciation) has not changed.
"they have NOT observed speciation itself" Are you really this dumb or is it an act? What would you define as "observed speciation"? The birth of a cat from a bitch (female dog)? Speciation is a process. We observe "snapshots" of this process. We could look at genetic information (e.g. DNA sequencing) and speculate on the mechanism by which two species diverged from a common ancestor. We can observe mechanisms by which two populations remain genetically distinct. There is no individual "speciation event" to see.
One time a slashdotter was on a date ...
Would you float "on the spirit of God" after jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge? No? Then a bee must be more devout than you.
Now God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Benevolent and Personal; since He cares about me and is infinitely powerful and all-knowing, he will have a place in heaven for my pet bee. In heaven, who will fly, my pet bee or you?
stratjakt, are you astroturfing again?
How is this BS insightful? Let's see, SCO wants to ruin their case when they have actual evidence by not presenting the evidence? Riiiiiight! This is the same kind of BS some of the press has used in the past; Where's the beef (i.e. evidence)?
As a math professor, I have found Google Scholar, used in conjunction with MathSciNet, to be a great tool. I was looking for information on Beltrami equations and MathSciNet was not very helpful. I used Google Scholar to find some authors' names, put these in MathSciNet, read the reviews from MR and, in several cases, downloaded articles from the Google Scholar provided link.
You can't win. If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
If I had mod points, I would accept your challenge. My imagination against your power. (I can imagine Yoda using the force to hold you upsidedown 10 feet above the ground for a week. I can imagine G.W. Bush giving you elocution lessons. I can imagine J. Danforth Quayle giving you spelling lessons.)
This is a valid observation. Perhaps this is one reason why U.S. colleges and universities usually do well and public schools usually do poorly teaching students.
(you have to know the "secret code" of differential equations to "get the message" of course)
You think you are being exact but you are too partial. Your theory is a pseudo theory and your ideas are FIOled again; Hormander refuses to support your ideas. Now the FBI is interested but Iagolnitzer remains silent. Most importantly, Singer isn't singing.
After the recent string of corporate "issues" (e.g. Enron, Arthur Anderson) and the apparent close connection between the US political powers and "business" (e.g. Microsoft & Bush administration, RIAA/MPAA & Congress), it would be nice if you came up with some evidence supporting your point of view rather than just ridicule. I have not idea if there is some ethical or legal problem with Merrill Lynch; do you know for a fact that there is not?
The campus includes a data network with more than 300 10-gigabyte ports. Fiber-optics cables are connected to every artist desktop, allowing high-resolution images on each computer. In all, there are 600 miles of cable throughout the campus's four buildings. :-)
Just imagine the multiplayer games one could host.
"Maybe even put some astroturfers onto Slashdot..." :-)
NO, tell me it isn't true. astroturfers? (Autobiography of ultranova?)
Actually, I think "In Soviet Russia, our new Beowulf-clustered overlords welcome YOUR increased interest in Linux offerings !" does have a certain umph to it. Of course, 2 umph plus $3 will get you a coffee at Barnes & Noble Cafe.
Dear ultranova: Since he did not qualify his comment containing "OS components that you'd be sad to lose for other reasons" by saying this applies to Windows users or `OS components that Windows users will be sad to lose for other reasons', I found his statement to be in error. This is the same type of error which causes businesses to design web pages which only work (or work properly) when viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Many people do use Microsoft Windows but millions of other people use Apple, *BSD, Linux, OS2 :-) or some other operating system. A number of Windows users also use Linux or OSX or BSD; do you think they will miss Windows "OS components" when using other OSs?
Microsoft has been found guilty of being a monopoly by the US (and, I believe, EU) courts. Microsoft has a heavier burden to bear because of this. I find people who automatically assume everyone uses Windows to be offensive because they encourage the mindset which allows Microsoft to maintain its illegal monopoly. I also am aware that Microsoft pays people to participate in forums, message boards, chat rooms, blogs, etc. and present Microsoft's propaganda. It is difficult to tell who is expressing an honest opinion and who is being paid to express an opinion. If hacksoncode was a paid shrill for MS, would it be appropriate to insult her/him? If hacksoncode presents a post which implicitly assumes everyone uses Windows, is it appropriate to object to the post? (If a post implicitly assume women cannot have careers in science or math, is it appropriate to object to the post? I guess your answer would be yes; the fact that relatively few women go into these areas does not mean all women are unable to work in these areas. A fairly small percentage of computer uses have non-Windows operating systems; this does not mean that hacksoncode can assume everyone uses Windows.)
"One consequence of that is that nearly all Linux distros out there need to bring up a network connection before X starts"
Knoppix?
"reasonable proportion of the cost"
How much does the Windows OS (take your pick) cost MicroThief now?
"Mind you, I'm counting the fact that most of those apps are just shells around OS components that you'd be sad to lose for other reasons" Thanks, I needed a good laugh! After switching away from MicroSoft six years ago, I have missed NOTHING from them. "For another example, do you really want to lose Windows' DirectShow API (and the myriads of 3rd party apps that use it) along with Media Player?" YES! Please crawl back into your hole and quit trying to astroturf.
Google Scholar has to be looked at with this background: Even in its disappointing incarnation it is an asset for those scholars whose university or research institute cannot afford WoS or Scopus.
Many university libraries (e.g. our Carnegie Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive university) cannot afford WoS. Even the review of WoS by Péter's Digital Reference Shelf does not mention the cost. Title: Web of Science Citation Indexes
Publisher: Thomson ISI
URL: http://www.isinet.com/
Cost: Depends on database combinations and time span
Tested: July 12-20, 2004
Google Scholar is not perfect but I find that it supplements MathSciNet well.
Actually I hope O'Gara stepped over the line and PJ can sue her for every cent she has. Since PJ is a public figure, I believe the requirements to prove libel or slander are very steep. However, if someone published SHRUB's private phone number, etc., I think the legal system would do something; since no one is more of a public figure than W, I think there might be hope.
Which software (e.g. OS, applications) to use on a desktop computer is an individual decision. There is no "war", just people making choices. If more people realize that they have a choice other than MS, this is good. To any given person, it is not important if MS controls 99% or 95% or 80% or 50% of the OS market as long as their applications run on a variety of OSs. Unless MS is going to hire the police to force people to use MS products, your "pro-reality" statement is silly; who in the user world cares if MS is "a big mean dog"? (Now if you are suggesting that MS should illegally use its market position to prevent applications from being ported to other OSs, then you might edit your comment to Please don't talk this as pro-MS, it's more of a pro-mafia statement.)
Professors and other science researchers often face this same issue. Researchers submit research articles to journals and then often pay fees (e.g. publication costs) and sign over copyrights to the journals. It's a strange world. (Of course, researchers benefit by becoming well known, getting academic jobs, winning Noble prizes :-) and getting grants. Still, many journals would not exist without freely submitted research (and publication fees).)
"a similar purge would occur going the other way"
Did this happen under Clinton? No? Then how do you know this would happen under an elected Democrat? Oh, you are just a troll? OK.
I had some silly notion that this was a country and government for the people, not just for the right people. Silly me.
"Similarly, for gaming, ... you won't go wrong with Windows."
Have you compared Quake3 on Linux with Quake3 on Windows? Your comment is valid only when the game you wish to play runs solely on Windows. To the extent that your comment is valid, the MS monopoly in games survives. Do you consider this a good thing?
Is your "in house" support free? If you started from scratch, would windows be cheaper? Would you have to hire an outside consultant to set up and run a single Linux box (say for your web pages)? Could you use a Gentoo LiveCD or LiveDVD to install Linux on a computer? What about white box linux or RHEL?
"So there is a consensus on gravity - and that is that it isn't a valid theory."
This is the kind of distortion I expect from creationists. Enough said.
One of the faculty members at the Royal Institute of Technology, Henrik Shahgholian, collaborates with one of my colleagues on free boundary problems and visited here about a year ago. Shahgholian is an outstanding mathematician and a very nice person. I agree that RIT is an outstanding university/institute but I do not know how CalTech, MIT and RIT compare. I do know that MIT has a 2004 Abel prize winner, Isadore Singer, and RIT has no Abel prize winners.