A book is not intangible - you can hold it in your hand, give it to someone else, destroy it physically, etc.
Goodwill (such as a company's reputation) is an example of an intangible. You can't hold it, can't move it, but it is frequently listed as an asset on accounting records.
I think we can quite easily prove my original point.
Do you believe what I've said?
Clearly not, as you're disagreeing with it.
Hence, you can't believe me. Sure, if I gave you my qualifications, you might think differently. Then you'd have some tangible proof that I know what I'm talking about and am prepared to bear the cost of being wrong. Otherwise I'm just a guy on the Internet. The same goes for discussion on bulletin boards etc. No one would believe them, just as you haven't believed me here.
> 1) somebody fresh out of college, with a glowing recommendation from his professor?
- can see a tough project through to fruition - clear mechanical ability - recommendation from someone with something to lose
> 2) somebody who dropped out of college, but has been an active participant in some open source projects?
- can't complete a big project - *may* have some programming skills
Re your point about looking "at what the guy is doing", are you for real?? Don't you think a firm can do that ordinarily? Talk to profs, sports coaches, previous employers?
> When you're spending $200USD or more on any piece of hardware, you want to know that your purchasing decision was the best one you could make
I think what the original poster was saying was that it wasn't worth your time to undertake this analysis. Why not do some work in the hours it took you to come up with these benchmarks, so as to enable you to buy an outrageously fast card and be done with it.
> Ooooh, you're so fucking deep. I'm sorry, but your brilliant observation is obvious to any C- college student in my intro philosophy class
You said earlier you're a teacher - is this the way you nurture your students and their learning? "Ooooh, you're so fucking deep - I thought of that YEARS ago".
> Go someplace else if you want to talk about cars.
So you're in charge of/. now, are you? You get to decide what constitutes/. material and what doesn't?
Why don't YOU go someplace else if you DON'T want to talk about cars? Modding motor vehicles is just as relevant as any of the other stuff that pops up on/.
Did you even read the article? This isn't a potato gun that simply spits potato pellets: this is a *combustion* firearm that shoots an entire potato (or orange or tennis ball) with some substantial force.
Now, I'm not going to tell you that conflicts don't occur. Of course they do. The best andidote, and prevention, is sunlight. Several journalism publications keep an eye out for ethical transgressions, but they're not widely read except inside the trade. I'm encouraged by the Web's growing influence in journalism criticism, and not just in traditional ways. I think it's great, for example, that people who are interviewed are posting transcripts of the interviews on their websites, to provide context for how they've been quoted. ...but trust me on the sunlight.
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> Is a book nontangible? The paper is worthless.
A book is not intangible - you can hold it in your hand, give it to someone else, destroy it physically, etc.
Goodwill (such as a company's reputation) is an example of an intangible. You can't hold it, can't move it, but it is frequently listed as an asset on accounting records.
It's a joke. Lighten up.
I'd say you can get out of just about anything with this sort of mindless comment. Means you don't have to consider another's point of view, too.
I think we can quite easily prove my original point.
Do you believe what I've said?
Clearly not, as you're disagreeing with it.
Hence, you can't believe me. Sure, if I gave you my qualifications, you might think differently. Then you'd have some tangible proof that I know what I'm talking about and am prepared to bear the cost of being wrong. Otherwise I'm just a guy on the Internet. The same goes for discussion on bulletin boards etc. No one would believe them, just as you haven't believed me here.
Sweet! Now all it needs is a FAT EXHAUST!!
> You get what you pay for. Literally.
Hmmm...that must make Linux a really bad operating system then...
> Who would you rather higher:
Someone who can spell, for a start, but anyway:
> 1) somebody fresh out of college, with a glowing recommendation from his professor?
- can see a tough project through to fruition
- clear mechanical ability
- recommendation from someone with something to lose
> 2) somebody who dropped out of college, but has been an active participant in some open source projects?
- can't complete a big project
- *may* have some programming skills
Re your point about looking "at what the guy is doing", are you for real?? Don't you think a firm can do that ordinarily? Talk to profs, sports coaches, previous employers?
> "It's illegal to be 'evil'"
But it's hip to be square!
> Cogito ergo sun (I think therefore i am.)
Er...of course you mean "sum".
Yeah, it's a fair comment. Your mom sends her apologies for me being late.
> When you're spending $200USD or more on any piece of hardware, you want to know that your purchasing decision was the best one you could make
I think what the original poster was saying was that it wasn't worth your time to undertake this analysis. Why not do some work in the hours it took you to come up with these benchmarks, so as to enable you to buy an outrageously fast card and be done with it.
> Not just who it is, but WHY it is?
I may have completely the wrong end of the stick...could Agent Smith be The One? He was the only survivor from the fall of Zion...
> Ooooh, you're so fucking deep. I'm sorry, but your brilliant observation is obvious to any C- college student in my intro philosophy class
You said earlier you're a teacher - is this the way you nurture your students and their learning? "Ooooh, you're so fucking deep - I thought of that YEARS ago".
> didn't you see this coming from a mile away? I mean, it's just such an obvious move
Obvious, huh? Did you mention this at the time of the original film?
Too late! Behold the first frame of my new masterpiece:
(.)(.)
I call it "Tits From a Distance".
> (one number for life... the ultimate!)"
/. is about privacy - NOT having one number...
But the next story on
> Go someplace else if you want to talk about cars.
/. now, are you? You get to decide what constitutes /. material and what doesn't?
/.
So you're in charge of
Why don't YOU go someplace else if you DON'T want to talk about cars? Modding motor vehicles is just as relevant as any of the other stuff that pops up on
**WHOOSH**
> Well, it is a country full of criminals.
Surely you are joking, little man.
Did you even read the article? This isn't a potato gun that simply spits potato pellets: this is a *combustion* firearm that shoots an entire potato (or orange or tennis ball) with some substantial force.
Yeah, I always drive my 1/8 nitro around my office. I can even drive them on my desk!
Oh, wait up - no I can't...
Now, I'm not going to tell you that conflicts don't occur. Of course they do. The best andidote, and prevention, is sunlight. Several journalism publications keep an eye out for ethical transgressions, but they're not widely read except inside the trade. I'm encouraged by the Web's growing influence in journalism criticism, and not just in traditional ways. I think it's great, for example, that people who are interviewed are posting transcripts of the interviews on their websites, to provide context for how they've been quoted. ...but trust me on the sunlight.
As the original post puts it, it's somewhat ironic. There's a difference.
Oh yeah - that "somewhat" in there makes ALL the difference.
2 + 2 = 5 is "somewhat" correct.
...but it ain't really ironic, now, is it.
All the instances of this quote I've read read:
"And you, dear lady, are ugly. But in the morning, I'll be sober."
Sig.
OK, mate, you got me ;)
:)
Cheers, Max!