I can't believe I lost mod points by the rant of a coward. "Summer time" == "Daylight savings time" for most of the English speaking world. Type "summer time" into Google and tell me what the first result is!
Sheeze! Maybe you should get out more, and see some of the world Mr Coward.
I get increasingly annoyed by people who claim to use Occam's Razor to dissmiss the existance of a god, but are only too willing to eat up the lastest babble about dark matter (or string theory, etc, etc).
Thank goodness that there are people like Moffat that use reason and intellect to look at the world. I mean really - "there's all this stuff in the universe, but it's INVISIBLE man, so you know, you can't like see it or anything...." - dark matter doesn't come close to surviving Occam's Razor.
This may come off like a flame, but any 'normal' person should think that dark matter sounds like a complete fabrication until 'proven' otherwise.
You've been modded down for some strange reason - maybe it's because you mentioned "human" and "imperfect" in the same sentence. Many people who strongly oppose the possibility of 'god' seem to have a common problem - an over-inflated believe in their own self. Why these supposedly smart people are unable to reconcile the limits of their own abilities with the possibility of something greater (whatever form that takes - there are plenty of 'collective intelligence' theories that you'd think people like this would adhere to) constantly amazes me. Anyway - props to you.
If you think that you can safely control 1.5t of metal at high speeds when you've drunk all you want - then you either shouldn't be drinking or driving, hence the law.
Drink driving laws are there to protect lives from destruction by stupid people. That's a worthy law. And given the number of deaths caused by drink driving, it's a necessary law.
The simple fact is, is that setting up a RAID on a Mac is about as simple as it gets. Yes, it's software RAID, but you'll make me laugh if you say you need hardware RAID for a home file server. I've got an old G3 iMac like the one running the floppy RAID - cheap-as-dirt and dead silent because it has NO fan - with a couple of FW400 boxes. Works like a charm. No drivers to faf around with (have you ever tried to reinstall Windows onto RAID? Jebus!). Runs Connect360 to get media to the Xbob, iTunes for streaming, email (postfix) and webserver (apache).
There are very few - if any - functions the average person could do on Windows but not on OS X. Sure - there might be 58 mp3 tagging apps on windows and only 3 on OS X, but you can bet that those 3 OS X ones are better than 56 of the Window's apps. It's a common mistake that people make - they hear that Windows has 30 million programs for it, but OS X has only 1 million. That doesn't mean that there are 29 million things you can do on windows that you can't do on OS X. Rather, it's a case of you having to wade through so much more shit to find the things that you need.
Also, anyone with a Mac knows where to find Mac wares. Just because you've never looked doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
Oh - right. So universal system wide - and user configurable - short cut keys, simple cross application automation, system wide cross application scripting, detailed logs, and a huge range of *nix command line tools and software including apache and postfix, are all available on a default Windows installation?!
If you only care to look, and you are a 'true' advanced user rather than a MSCE style parrot button-pusher then OS X wins hands down over Windows for advanced functionality. The main difference is - a new user doesn't have to go faffing around in obscure places, checking obscure buttons under obscure tabs just to get the machine working with basic functionality.
Just to clarify - concrete has 'expansion joints' for two reasons: very large slabs will expand and contract with temperature, but also it shrinks over time. A really large block should show some cracking due to shrinkage. Modern concrete uses reinforcing (steel) to control shrinkage - and therefor cracking. If there's no cracking in the pyramid blocks, then they probably are mixed with some kind of fibre - straw or something would probably do - and the researches would be able to test for it.
errr...all the Powerbooks (and the MacBook Pro's) have full sized keys. Even the old 12" G4. What they don't have is a numeric keypad, but the other keys...they're all full sized.
I can't quite still believe people write things like this...
When burned, these carbon-based fuels release millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, where the gas traps heat and is believed to contribute to global warming.
It's established beyond doubt that it does do this - there's no belief required. We're not discussing religion, it's not controversial - we're discussing thousands of real scientific studies. We don't have to believe anything - unlike religion it exists whether we believe in it or not. I mean, I don't have to believe that my powerbook is hot and heats up the table - it just fickin happens. When will these people wake up from their self induced delusions?
I think he means that it's not a de-facto standard, because it's a real ISO standard. That's about as standard standard as they come. There's nothing defacto about it.
I don't know if you realise, but pretty much anyone can set up an IRC server. In fact I'd speculate that only the really small bot-nets piggy pack on known IRC networks, as anyone with a reasonable sized herd would probably be running their own network of servers (ie - compromised machines).
Posted by kdawson on Monday October 16, @09:01PM
from the it's-a-killer! dept.
killer writes,
"To promote an Internet radio service killer Sirius is launching this week, a Howard Stern killer, 4+ hour program will be made available live online for free on October 25 and 26. The new killer Sirius service will offer 75+ channels of killer programming for $12.95/month with no need to buy a Sirius satellite receiver killer."
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And it's been done before - at least once - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2732 - there's another one too, but I can't find it right now. Crazy stuff though.
This is a new tactic developed by paid Microsoft shills. I wonder if it will be as successful as previous attempts. Not.
Sheeze! Maybe you should get out more, and see some of the world Mr Coward.
I get increasingly annoyed by people who claim to use Occam's Razor to dissmiss the existance of a god, but are only too willing to eat up the lastest babble about dark matter (or string theory, etc, etc).
Thank goodness that there are people like Moffat that use reason and intellect to look at the world. I mean really - "there's all this stuff in the universe, but it's INVISIBLE man, so you know, you can't like see it or anything...." - dark matter doesn't come close to surviving Occam's Razor.
This may come off like a flame, but any 'normal' person should think that dark matter sounds like a complete fabrication until 'proven' otherwise.
Ok, ok. I'll be nice. Summertime begins for the northern hemisphere.
You've been modded down for some strange reason - maybe it's because you mentioned "human" and "imperfect" in the same sentence. Many people who strongly oppose the possibility of 'god' seem to have a common problem - an over-inflated believe in their own self. Why these supposedly smart people are unable to reconcile the limits of their own abilities with the possibility of something greater (whatever form that takes - there are plenty of 'collective intelligence' theories that you'd think people like this would adhere to) constantly amazes me. Anyway - props to you.
Drink driving laws are there to protect lives from destruction by stupid people. That's a worthy law. And given the number of deaths caused by drink driving, it's a necessary law.
Yeah, that's the reason that Apple does so poorly in Japan too. Not.
The simple fact is, is that setting up a RAID on a Mac is about as simple as it gets. Yes, it's software RAID, but you'll make me laugh if you say you need hardware RAID for a home file server. I've got an old G3 iMac like the one running the floppy RAID - cheap-as-dirt and dead silent because it has NO fan - with a couple of FW400 boxes. Works like a charm. No drivers to faf around with (have you ever tried to reinstall Windows onto RAID? Jebus!). Runs Connect360 to get media to the Xbob, iTunes for streaming, email (postfix) and webserver (apache).
Ahh...you've taken something I wrote entirely the wrong way. If it was the wares thing...then maybe you could ask rather than calling me a dick.
Keep up the good work Petey. We're rooting for you.
Also, anyone with a Mac knows where to find Mac wares. Just because you've never looked doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
If you only care to look, and you are a 'true' advanced user rather than a MSCE style parrot button-pusher then OS X wins hands down over Windows for advanced functionality. The main difference is - a new user doesn't have to go faffing around in obscure places, checking obscure buttons under obscure tabs just to get the machine working with basic functionality.
Too damn right. Usually I just ignore Roland's articles...but this one has just pissed me right off.
Try Rhino.
I'd be surprised if he didn't cite an earlier group like Severed Heads ( http://sevcom.com/shop-classic.html ) as inspiration. Enjoy the link.
Although the GP should be shot for making pun. Just on priniple, you understand. Nothing personal.
Just to clarify - concrete has 'expansion joints' for two reasons: very large slabs will expand and contract with temperature, but also it shrinks over time. A really large block should show some cracking due to shrinkage. Modern concrete uses reinforcing (steel) to control shrinkage - and therefor cracking. If there's no cracking in the pyramid blocks, then they probably are mixed with some kind of fibre - straw or something would probably do - and the researches would be able to test for it.
I wish you were logged in so I could mod you up. Well said.
errr...all the Powerbooks (and the MacBook Pro's) have full sized keys. Even the old 12" G4. What they don't have is a numeric keypad, but the other keys...they're all full sized.
It's established beyond doubt that it does do this - there's no belief required. We're not discussing religion, it's not controversial - we're discussing thousands of real scientific studies. We don't have to believe anything - unlike religion it exists whether we believe in it or not. I mean, I don't have to believe that my powerbook is hot and heats up the table - it just fickin happens. When will these people wake up from their self induced delusions?
I think he means that it's not a de-facto standard, because it's a real ISO standard. That's about as standard standard as they come. There's nothing defacto about it.
I don't know if you realise, but pretty much anyone can set up an IRC server. In fact I'd speculate that only the really small bot-nets piggy pack on known IRC networks, as anyone with a reasonable sized herd would probably be running their own network of servers (ie - compromised machines).
Posted by kdawson on Monday October 16, @09:01PM
from the it's-a-killer! dept.
killer writes,
Cray is the new iPod KILLLER