Not to defend telepathy which I happen to postulate is the *cumulative* effect of rather normal information principles and personal memory, but I think he said "without sound or visual cues" which is different from "without passing through a physical medium and without spending energy doing it." Could you clarify that?
Also, please clarify your statement about time being uni-directional. I'm having trouble rationalizing that with my courses on block time in the framework of quantum electrodynamics which suggests that time is not uni-directional but more like a landscape. I took graduate philosophy courses on this topic, rather than science courses, so my understanding of your comment might be plagued by a different domain language.
Not a challenge. I think you're on the right track but I'm stuck on a few bits!
Thanks for the helpful response despite my inexcusable laziness in regards to RingTFA. Honestly, I just figured out today what that stands for. Is there also a guide to Slashdot lingo or should I RTFG for that?
Let's try something interesting. Hopefully. Since this ultimately comes down to an issue of personal finance for many people:
Imagine the likelihood of significant global climate change and its impact on upright mammals (more dangerous than its impact on many other types of critters) could be speculated on as a stock. Would you invest in this stock on the advice of a significant portion of the scientific community or would you pass on this stock and consider it too risky
I would buy shares not because I could flip them soon for a profit but because my research leads me to believe that they will provide significant long term "returns" for myself and my two young boys. For the average human being like me who works for a living the best portfolio strategy is to buy for the long term, not the short term.
They make Windows sound like a controlled substance. "Oh man, we're working night and day to get these employees off such a nasty habit. Please don't let this affect your opinion of Novell as a Windows-free workplace."
Windows is a million times less addictive than nicotine. I kicked the habit on my personal computers in junior high while my peers were just *starting* to smoke.
Linux can be FAT, although old versions of Windows are decidely FATter than most Linux installations. My Linux installations tend to run on the leaner side. Like Reiser. Yeah, Paul Reiser... right...
I'm a product manager for a suite of web applications. Personally, I'm a Ruby on Rails guy. Professionally, all of my developers are Visual Studio people--they're moving to ASP.NET from ISAPI. I'll tell you one key difference with ASP.NET vs. Ruby on Rails. It follows the principle of most surprise.
ASP.NET looks like someone took a look at web dev and said, "how can we make this less web-like" whereas Ruby on Rails looks at the web and says, "how can we make this cleaner without changing it." Ruby on Rails spits out predictable, high quality markup. ASP.NET appends dynamically generated values to your HTML id attributes, significantly complicating otherwise straightforward client-side scripting.
Would you rather peek behind the curtain and see an attractive woman undressing herself or a sweaty, naked fat guy picking his nose?
No offense to sweaty, naked fat guys with an abundance of boogies.
I agree with everyone who supports smaller linux distributions. Here are a number of reasons:
1 - 95% of installation effort is choosing packages. While this option is for more advanced users, normally, lower end users who do not waste their time choosing packages will undoubtedly be wasting resources.
2 - Providing extremely large distros takes maintenance effort away from the distro, and additionally can make upgrading to newer packages more painful.
3 - Providing extremely large distros involves bundling out of date software. Not just stable versions, but downright out of date software.
4 - Linux is still considered the "free OS." Multiple install CDs are better suited to Power Pack style sales. Free distro ISOs and such should be one CD max in size.
5 - Many installations come with 20 some odd numbers of mp3 players, mpeg video players, and image viewers. Overall, they can be extremely redundant, and often confusing to the novice.
Here's what I say. Focus on providing innovations like Mandrake's use of Aurora, DrakX, etc. This will make linux more viable for the mass audience. Since open source software is by no means difficult to obtain (apt, wget, ftp, etc), focus on providing unique and innovative distros with better installation/uninstallation interfaces and documentation.
But hey, what do I know, I have an iMac.
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Not to defend telepathy which I happen to postulate is the *cumulative* effect of rather normal information principles and personal memory, but I think he said "without sound or visual cues" which is different from "without passing through a physical medium and without spending energy doing it." Could you clarify that?
Also, please clarify your statement about time being uni-directional. I'm having trouble rationalizing that with my courses on block time in the framework of quantum electrodynamics which suggests that time is not uni-directional but more like a landscape. I took graduate philosophy courses on this topic, rather than science courses, so my understanding of your comment might be plagued by a different domain language.
Not a challenge. I think you're on the right track but I'm stuck on a few bits!
West Virginia, eh? There goes that plan.
Thanks for the helpful response despite my inexcusable laziness in regards to RingTFA. Honestly, I just figured out today what that stands for. Is there also a guide to Slashdot lingo or should I RTFG for that?
Let's try something interesting. Hopefully. Since this ultimately comes down to an issue of personal finance for many people:
Imagine the likelihood of significant global climate change and its impact on upright mammals (more dangerous than its impact on many other types of critters) could be speculated on as a stock. Would you invest in this stock on the advice of a significant portion of the scientific community or would you pass on this stock and consider it too risky
I would buy shares not because I could flip them soon for a profit but because my research leads me to believe that they will provide significant long term "returns" for myself and my two young boys. For the average human being like me who works for a living the best portfolio strategy is to buy for the long term, not the short term.
15 states and the District of Columbia currently tax online media...
I'm curious to know which they are. I was recently forced out of my house due to a sinkhole. I'd consider relocating based on digital download taxes.
No, not really. But I'd like to know.
The entimology of the definition probably goes back to "pirating" of licensed radio frequencies back in radio's early days.
You mean etymology, the study of word origins, I believe. Either that or you mispelled entomology, which is the study of insects.
They make Windows sound like a controlled substance. "Oh man, we're working night and day to get these employees off such a nasty habit. Please don't let this affect your opinion of Novell as a Windows-free workplace."
Windows is a million times less addictive than nicotine. I kicked the habit on my personal computers in junior high while my peers were just *starting* to smoke.
Linux can be FAT, although old versions of Windows are decidely FATter than most Linux installations. My Linux installations tend to run on the leaner side. Like Reiser. Yeah, Paul Reiser... right...
Can we ease up on "enabled" or at least restrict it to one use per sentence.
I'm a product manager for a suite of web applications. Personally, I'm a Ruby on Rails guy. Professionally, all of my developers are Visual Studio people--they're moving to ASP.NET from ISAPI. I'll tell you one key difference with ASP.NET vs. Ruby on Rails. It follows the principle of most surprise.
ASP.NET looks like someone took a look at web dev and said, "how can we make this less web-like" whereas Ruby on Rails looks at the web and says, "how can we make this cleaner without changing it." Ruby on Rails spits out predictable, high quality markup. ASP.NET appends dynamically generated values to your HTML id attributes, significantly complicating otherwise straightforward client-side scripting.
Would you rather peek behind the curtain and see an attractive woman undressing herself or a sweaty, naked fat guy picking his nose?
No offense to sweaty, naked fat guys with an abundance of boogies.
Are we talking a delay in all 6 versions, or just the 3 consumer ones, or the 2 other ones or that 1 other one?
I'm glad I don't pay by the k.
I agree with everyone who supports smaller linux distributions. Here are a number of reasons: 1 - 95% of installation effort is choosing packages. While this option is for more advanced users, normally, lower end users who do not waste their time choosing packages will undoubtedly be wasting resources. 2 - Providing extremely large distros takes maintenance effort away from the distro, and additionally can make upgrading to newer packages more painful. 3 - Providing extremely large distros involves bundling out of date software. Not just stable versions, but downright out of date software. 4 - Linux is still considered the "free OS." Multiple install CDs are better suited to Power Pack style sales. Free distro ISOs and such should be one CD max in size. 5 - Many installations come with 20 some odd numbers of mp3 players, mpeg video players, and image viewers. Overall, they can be extremely redundant, and often confusing to the novice. Here's what I say. Focus on providing innovations like Mandrake's use of Aurora, DrakX, etc. This will make linux more viable for the mass audience. Since open source software is by no means difficult to obtain (apt, wget, ftp, etc), focus on providing unique and innovative distros with better installation/uninstallation interfaces and documentation. But hey, what do I know, I have an iMac.