"I'd like to see 4 guys who hardly speak good English trying to tell 83 angry people with guns to sit down while they hijack anything, never mind a plane they can't jump out of." But I what if it is some guy that hardly speaks English is just going to his brother in Toledo? Just seems a really bad plan. I don't think that anybody will ever successfully highjack a plane again. Not unless they have a team of 50 people with them.
I didn't say that it is impossible I said that I doubt that you could understand. I don't know that I completely understand but an attempt at empathy doesn't require full understanding. A better way to look at ti would be to ask why would I act in that manner. What feelings would cause me to act in such a way. Of course it is way to easy to just say that you or I would never act that way but that doesn't help much. I wasn't disagreeing with what you said but how you said it. Ignorance is such a harsh and cruel word in this case. Frankly unless you are a PHD in biology, biochemistry, or a medical doctor specializing in Autism you are ignorant of the subject as well. Everybody has some level of ignorance on some subject. Unless you know everything in which case your problems go far beyond ignorance. Yes this blaming vaccines is useless and counter productive. The people that will continue to use this fear to make money are the lowest form of scum on the face of the earth. The parents that fall for it are victims and telling some one that they are ignorant and self-delusional isn't going to help them. Explaining that the there is now proof that this isn't the source of the problem and that we now have to look at other causes may help.
Shore based still makes more sense in most places. 1. It will take more than a day to get a ship to a port far enough way from a hurricane to be considered safe. Even if it could 20 knots on average that would only get your about 500 nms. A truck with a container can move at what 60 mph? so in ten hours you can be 600 miles away? Yes you would have traffic issues but those can be dealt with. 2. You would probably want to move your ship data center for even a CAT 1 or CAT 2 storm. I have been through storms up to a CAT 3 in my home. If you are not in a flood zone it is not hard to make a building that can take a CAT 3 storm. In fact every building should. If you have natural gas fired back-up gensets then you will be just fine. If not you better have a week's worth of fuel or more. 3. Earthquakes could be a much bigger problem but you do have the risk of tidal waves from them that could put your dataship on dry land for you.
So if you must have a data center near an expensive port city then this may be a good plan. Remote data centers located near cheap power and fiber seem to be a much better plan for most people.
I was thinking this would be great near the great lakes. No hurricanes or tropical storms. They have some pretty bad storms on the lakes but these ships would be in port so I would think they are okay. No saltwater. Over all I just don't see the point. Yes data centers in New York City would be expensive but they don't have to be in the city.
Netflix has HD-DVD and Blueray DVDs. I got a $98 HD-DVD player and I do like it. I will be a little bummed if BR wins but then for $98 it is a great upscaling DVD player and I only have one HD-DVD movie.
I do understand. My sister has an autistic son as does my wife's brother. They level of autism is vastly different as are the distances. I hate to use the word ignorance because frankly I am pretty ignorant when it comes to biology. I would but my knowledge at about the same level as a good first year college student but not any higher. I would say it is more fear, panic, and guilt. If it is genetic then it is one or both of the parents faults "in their mind". If it is something in the environment then it is their fault for not protecting their child "in there mind". If it is a vaccination that they where told was safe because some company put in a harmful chemical then it really isn't their fault. Guilt is a terrible motivator but a very human one. Unless your involved with an autistic child I doubt you can understand just what is like. I agree with everybody when they say that vacinations are not the cause. What I am simply saying is that judging these people without a big dose of compassion, understanding, and maybe just a bit of empathy isn't helpful.
What the worlds needs now is empathy and more understanding. But that is just my opinion.
"The only thing that I've seen to be effective is the relatively straightforward" Currently. The thing is that there must be a cause. Probably a physical cause of some kind. Viral, chemical, or genetic. Probably a combination of genetic and some trigger. Once we know that we may come up with better treatments. Looking for the cause is a good thing, reacting out of fear and panic is a bad thing.
Not really. You make the same mistake that everybody on Slashdot makes. You think that people know computers as well as you do. I just overheard a support call at my office where a user want to know if she needed to plug in her printer for it to work. Most people will not know how to hide their porn so they will get caught. Think about it. What kind of idiot would cross an international border with kiddie porn on their notebook to start with! Most people that commit crimes are actually pretty stupid.
Well since the "experts" don't know yet what is the cause they feel justified in trying to help. For a lot of them that is what they are trying to do is help. Now the people that are doing it to make money off these poor people are the lowest scum their is. I do tend to put my faith in doctors and scientists. Maybe that is because I know a few of them. The truth is that they know Mercury is dangerous, they know that it is being put into vaccines that there kids have taken, so logically it should be looked at. It has and it doesn't seem to be a problem now we need to look for other causes. Of course the people that wrote the books and sell the "treatments" will say it is all a lie too keep the money rolling in.
I guess you didn't read his post. He did say that you may oppose the search as being intrusive or unconstitutional and they he might agree with that. What he was bent at and I feel justly so what the stupid comment that kiddie porn was just offensive and not dangerous.
On a side note I have to wonder how they expect to find anything on a Hard drive with just a quick look? Heck you could zip up the data and rename the file as a.dll ,.exe ,.iff, or any other unknown file format. Heck run it through PGP and rename it. You would only catch the stupidest of people. Which would probably be a good number.
What do expect from the faithful. First of all why does Linus have to love RMS or even free software? Free software is a thing. It is a tool. It is a means to an end. Isn't it fine if you just like the idea of it? Or that you find enough value in it to contribute to it? Must it be love? Same thing with RMS. I don't know the man but why is love of him required? Isn't like or respect good enough?
Yep RMS can not prevent anyone from using GPL V2 of they want. If RMS forbid the packaging of any GNU Code with Linux that would make the boys in Redmond jump for joy. It would be a big nail in the coffin of the Linux. And then you have the problem of what do you mean by packaging with? Would downloading after you install count? Maybe they should DRM gcc and glibc just to make sure that it isn't used incorrectly?
Yep you are right it is an extreme and dangerous way to look at things. And thank goodness impossible.
"Java is also a lousy "beginners" language, because its reliance on standard libraries leads beginners to look for pre-packaged solutions rather than writing their own. That was one of the main arguments against Java in the paper," That isn't a problem with the language it is a problem with the teacher. How hard is it to say write a linked list, write a hash, or write a btree? Knowing that there are standard libraries is a good thing. If they student wants to use the standard library for the none core functions of the program that is great. How hard is it create an assignment? I pretty much would say yea your right java isn't the problem it is the teachers.
Well they are planning on using compressed air as a "form" of energy storage. I say form because they still burn natural gas with the compressed air. I would say it is 3/4 baked also but it is a start.
"With the XO you can handcrank or use a solar cell to charge the battery. The Classmate offers no such options. " If the Classmate uses a standard charging jack then of course it could use those options. I have not looked at the specs but doesn't the Classmate offer more memory, processor speed, and Mass storage? Also doesn't the XO offer Windows or Linux? While I am a Linux user I have to say that there are probably more paying jobs for people that know Windows than Linux right now. So which is better really seems to have a lot to do with what you want to do with them. For Elementary education the XO seems better. For higher level I can see how the Classmate could have advantages. Of course you then have the factor that many educational programs are only available for Windows right now.
"Even so, if you buy a diamond that is not technically a "blood diamond", you are still supporting the market for diamonds and raising the price of those blood diamonds. And unless you are admiring your "good diamond" in private, you are supporting the culture of diamond-lovers."
I just don't see it. Taking the time to make sure that you are not buying a blood diamond will increase the value of the diamonds that are legally produced. Making the effort to buy an Australian or Canadian diamond seems like a worth while ideal. As far as not showing it off why not. When people say how nice it tell them that it is an Australian or Canadian diamond and why they are better than blood diamonds. It would seem to me that you would do more to stop the trade in conflict diamonds by purchasing diamonds from alternative sources and the telling people why than buy not buying them at all. Frankly I think sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are prettier than diamonds but that is just personal preference.
"Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by a cruise missile from a US warship" No it was shot down with a Standard Missile. The Standard is a surface to air missile. A cruise missile is an air plane like missile much like a drone and is typicaly used to attack land targets and or ships.
"t works if you pay! Modern consumer equipment is designed to fail (at least, according to engineers at my university)." It often is because it is price to durability trade off. A good example is an old Compaq we have at our office. It is an old PII that went from a workstation to a test database server. The test worked so well that we are still using it as a database server. We often toss old IBMs when they are just too slow to use for anything but they are still working just fine and dandy. Some consumer stuff we have bought for desktops dies way before it is too slow. Frankly since most people throw out PCs when they get too slow from spyware instead of fixing them I would say a lot of PCs are over built:)
So when will the drop DRM for video? When will I be able to rip a DVD in iTunes and put it on my iPod? One step at a time. This is a good step but not the last I hope.
Actually they could make this more accurate than GPS but they would have to put expensive atomic clocks into every cell tower. Not going to happen but it could and it would even work inside if you could see three or more cell towers. What gets me is that this is no worse than your cell phone. If you have a cell phone then it could be tracked by the towers. You really don't need any software on the device.
"(I don't doubt that one of the reasons OS X is so much more useful than, say, OS 9 or, God forbid, that bombing monster Mac OS, is because it was goosed by Linux coming up fast from behind.)" Not at all. OS/9 Was stuck with no memory protection and no clear path ahead. It was a Good OS in it's day but except in the UI department was really lagged Windows NT/2000/XP. Apple failed with the joint IBM/Apple project called Pink to make anything. Apple then looked at BeOS but instead bought OpenStep and with it got Steve Jobbs back. OpenStep was Unix with a great programing environment and UI... That became OS/X. It was Windows that drove OS/X forward not Linux.
Mac OS/X is a better desktop for most people. You have fewer hassles with just about everything. Where Apple falls down is in hardware. They lack an affordable and expandable desktop. You can not buy an Apple will match the graphics perfromance of a good PC with say an NVidia 8800GT or ATI 3850.
And of course the downside of using all the great Mac resources that you wrote about is that porting to anything else will be a pain. But the same is true for anything but QT or GTK.
And then you have the aquatic dinosaurs. My knowledge of dinosaurs is limted to what one would pick up for the Discovery Channel, PBS, and the Big Book of Dinosaurs but I seem to remember some marine dinosaurs. They spent most of their life under water so how did the insects do them in?
Why? Space is big, you may think it is a log way to the Chemists but that is just peanuts compared to space. And just how we simulate the computer running the simulation of the universe in the simulated universe? The price of RAM will go through the roof.
MySQL is fine for a lot of applications. Early versions lacked a lot of features and the latest version still lags Postgres in features. If it works for you then great.
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"I'd like to see 4 guys who hardly speak good English trying to tell 83 angry people with guns to sit down while they hijack anything, never mind a plane they can't jump out of."
But I what if it is some guy that hardly speaks English is just going to his brother in Toledo?
Just seems a really bad plan. I don't think that anybody will ever successfully highjack a plane again. Not unless they have a team of 50 people with them.
I didn't say that it is impossible I said that I doubt that you could understand. I don't know that I completely understand but an attempt at empathy doesn't require full understanding. A better way to look at ti would be to ask why would I act in that manner. What feelings would cause me to act in such a way. Of course it is way to easy to just say that you or I would never act that way but that doesn't help much. I wasn't disagreeing with what you said but how you said it. Ignorance is such a harsh and cruel word in this case. Frankly unless you are a PHD in biology, biochemistry, or a medical doctor specializing in Autism you are ignorant of the subject as well. Everybody has some level of ignorance on some subject. Unless you know everything in which case your problems go far beyond ignorance. Yes this blaming vaccines is useless and counter productive. The people that will continue to use this fear to make money are the lowest form of scum on the face of the earth. The parents that fall for it are victims and telling some one that they are ignorant and self-delusional isn't going to help them. Explaining that the there is now proof that this isn't the source of the problem and that we now have to look at other causes may help.
Shore based still makes more sense in most places.
1. It will take more than a day to get a ship to a port far enough way from a hurricane to be considered safe. Even if it could 20 knots on average that would only get your about 500 nms. A truck with a container can move at what 60 mph? so in ten hours you can be 600 miles away? Yes you would have traffic issues but those can be dealt with.
2. You would probably want to move your ship data center for even a CAT 1 or CAT 2 storm. I have been through storms up to a CAT 3 in my home. If you are not in a flood zone it is not hard to make a building that can take a CAT 3 storm. In fact every building should. If you have natural gas fired back-up gensets then you will be just fine. If not you better have a week's worth of fuel or more.
3. Earthquakes could be a much bigger problem but you do have the risk of tidal waves from them that could put your dataship on dry land for you.
So if you must have a data center near an expensive port city then this may be a good plan. Remote data centers located near cheap power and fiber seem to be a much better plan for most people.
I was thinking this would be great near the great lakes.
No hurricanes or tropical storms. They have some pretty bad storms on the lakes but these ships would be in port so I would think they are okay.
No saltwater.
Over all I just don't see the point. Yes data centers in New York City would be expensive but they don't have to be in the city.
Netflix has HD-DVD and Blueray DVDs. I got a $98 HD-DVD player and I do like it. I will be a little bummed if BR wins but then for $98 it is a great upscaling DVD player and I only have one HD-DVD movie.
I do understand. My sister has an autistic son as does my wife's brother. They level of autism is vastly different as are the distances. I hate to use the word ignorance because frankly I am pretty ignorant when it comes to biology. I would but my knowledge at about the same level as a good first year college student but not any higher. I would say it is more fear, panic, and guilt. If it is genetic then it is one or both of the parents faults "in their mind". If it is something in the environment then it is their fault for not protecting their child "in there mind". If it is a vaccination that they where told was safe because some company put in a harmful chemical then it really isn't their fault. Guilt is a terrible motivator but a very human one. Unless your involved with an autistic child I doubt you can understand just what is like. I agree with everybody when they say that vacinations are not the cause. What I am simply saying is that judging these people without a big dose of compassion, understanding, and maybe just a bit of empathy isn't helpful.
What the worlds needs now is empathy and more understanding. But that is just my opinion.
"The only thing that I've seen to be effective is the relatively straightforward"
Currently. The thing is that there must be a cause. Probably a physical cause of some kind. Viral, chemical, or genetic. Probably a combination of genetic and some trigger. Once we know that we may come up with better treatments. Looking for the cause is a good thing, reacting out of fear and panic is a bad thing.
Not really.
You make the same mistake that everybody on Slashdot makes. You think that people know computers as well as you do. I just overheard a support call at my office where a user want to know if she needed to plug in her printer for it to work.
Most people will not know how to hide their porn so they will get caught.
Think about it. What kind of idiot would cross an international border with kiddie porn on their notebook to start with!
Most people that commit crimes are actually pretty stupid.
Well since the "experts" don't know yet what is the cause they feel justified in trying to help. For a lot of them that is what they are trying to do is help. Now the people that are doing it to make money off these poor people are the lowest scum their is.
I do tend to put my faith in doctors and scientists. Maybe that is because I know a few of them.
The truth is that they know Mercury is dangerous, they know that it is being put into vaccines that there kids have taken, so logically it should be looked at. It has and it doesn't seem to be a problem now we need to look for other causes. Of course the people that wrote the books and sell the "treatments" will say it is all a lie too keep the money rolling in.
I guess you didn't read his post. He did say that you may oppose the search as being intrusive or unconstitutional and they he might agree with that.
.dll , .exe , .iff, or any other unknown file format. Heck run it through PGP and rename it.
What he was bent at and I feel justly so what the stupid comment that kiddie porn was just offensive and not dangerous.
On a side note I have to wonder how they expect to find anything on a Hard drive with just a quick look?
Heck you could zip up the data and rename the file as a
You would only catch the stupidest of people. Which would probably be a good number.
What do expect from the faithful. First of all why does Linus have to love RMS or even free software?
Free software is a thing. It is a tool. It is a means to an end. Isn't it fine if you just like the idea of it? Or that you find enough value in it to contribute to it? Must it be love?
Same thing with RMS. I don't know the man but why is love of him required? Isn't like or respect good enough?
Yep RMS can not prevent anyone from using GPL V2 of they want. If RMS forbid the packaging of any GNU Code with Linux that would make the boys in Redmond jump for joy. It would be a big nail in the coffin of the Linux. And then you have the problem of what do you mean by packaging with? Would downloading after you install count? Maybe they should DRM gcc and glibc just to make sure that it isn't used incorrectly?
Yep you are right it is an extreme and dangerous way to look at things.
And thank goodness impossible.
"Java is also a lousy "beginners" language, because its reliance on standard libraries leads beginners to look for pre-packaged solutions rather than writing their own. That was one of the main arguments against Java in the paper,"
That isn't a problem with the language it is a problem with the teacher.
How hard is it to say write a linked list, write a hash, or write a btree? Knowing that there are standard libraries is a good thing. If they student wants to use the standard library for the none core functions of the program that is great.
How hard is it create an assignment?
I pretty much would say yea your right java isn't the problem it is the teachers.
Well they are planning on using compressed air as a "form" of energy storage.
I say form because they still burn natural gas with the compressed air. I would say it is 3/4 baked also but it is a start.
Funny I know I have seen bibles in the store.
The Bible is real. The contents of the bible contains some facts and many parables.
"With the XO you can handcrank or use a solar cell to charge the battery. The Classmate offers no such options. "
If the Classmate uses a standard charging jack then of course it could use those options.
I have not looked at the specs but doesn't the Classmate offer more memory, processor speed, and Mass storage?
Also doesn't the XO offer Windows or Linux?
While I am a Linux user I have to say that there are probably more paying jobs for people that know Windows than Linux right now.
So which is better really seems to have a lot to do with what you want to do with them.
For Elementary education the XO seems better. For higher level I can see how the Classmate could have advantages.
Of course you then have the factor that many educational programs are only available for Windows right now.
"Even so, if you buy a diamond that is not technically a "blood diamond", you are still supporting the market for diamonds and raising the price of those blood diamonds. And unless you are admiring your "good diamond" in private, you are supporting the culture of diamond-lovers."
I just don't see it. Taking the time to make sure that you are not buying a blood diamond will increase the value of the diamonds that are legally produced. Making the effort to buy an Australian or Canadian diamond seems like a worth while ideal. As far as not showing it off why not. When people say how nice it tell them that it is an Australian or Canadian diamond and why they are better than blood diamonds. It would seem to me that you would do more to stop the trade in conflict diamonds by purchasing diamonds from alternative sources and the telling people why than buy not buying them at all.
Frankly I think sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are prettier than diamonds but that is just personal preference.
"Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by a cruise missile from a US warship"
No it was shot down with a Standard Missile. The Standard is a surface to air missile. A cruise missile is an air plane like missile much like a drone and is typicaly used to attack land targets and or ships.
"t works if you pay! Modern consumer equipment is designed to fail (at least, according to engineers at my university)." :)
It often is because it is price to durability trade off.
A good example is an old Compaq we have at our office. It is an old PII that went from a workstation to a test database server. The test worked so well that we are still using it as a database server. We often toss old IBMs when they are just too slow to use for anything but they are still working just fine and dandy.
Some consumer stuff we have bought for desktops dies way before it is too slow.
Frankly since most people throw out PCs when they get too slow from spyware instead of fixing them I would say a lot of PCs are over built
So when will the drop DRM for video? When will I be able to rip a DVD in iTunes and put it on my iPod?
One step at a time. This is a good step but not the last I hope.
Actually they could make this more accurate than GPS but they would have to put expensive atomic clocks into every cell tower. Not going to happen but it could and it would even work inside if you could see three or more cell towers.
What gets me is that this is no worse than your cell phone. If you have a cell phone then it could be tracked by the towers. You really don't need any software on the device.
"(I don't doubt that one of the reasons OS X is so much more useful than, say, OS 9 or, God forbid, that bombing monster Mac OS, is because it was goosed by Linux coming up fast from behind.)"
Not at all.
OS/9 Was stuck with no memory protection and no clear path ahead. It was a Good OS in it's day but except in the UI department was really lagged Windows NT/2000/XP.
Apple failed with the joint IBM/Apple project called Pink to make anything.
Apple then looked at BeOS but instead bought OpenStep and with it got Steve Jobbs back.
OpenStep was Unix with a great programing environment and UI... That became OS/X.
It was Windows that drove OS/X forward not Linux.
Mac OS/X is a better desktop for most people. You have fewer hassles with just about everything. Where Apple falls down is in hardware.
They lack an affordable and expandable desktop. You can not buy an Apple will match the graphics perfromance of a good PC with say an NVidia 8800GT or ATI 3850.
And of course the downside of using all the great Mac resources that you wrote about is that porting to anything else will be a pain. But the same is true for anything but QT or GTK.
I on the other hand really want an Asus EEPC.
And then you have the aquatic dinosaurs. My knowledge of dinosaurs is limted to what one would pick up for the Discovery Channel, PBS, and the Big Book of Dinosaurs but I seem to remember some marine dinosaurs. They spent most of their life under water so how did the insects do them in?
Why?
Space is big, you may think it is a log way to the Chemists but that is just peanuts compared to space.
And just how we simulate the computer running the simulation of the universe in the simulated universe?
The price of RAM will go through the roof.
MySQL is fine for a lot of applications. Early versions lacked a lot of features and the latest version still lags Postgres in features.
If it works for you then great.