Who gets to take decide on the test? Sorry but I know a lot of people that believe in evolution that have just as many other ding bat ideas. Things like Hundreds of people where killed at Three Mile Island or got cancer from it. That aspartame is evil. Sugar causes Diabetes. That the government needs to do something about our dependence on oil. All the while driving an SUV when they have just a family of four. So pick your stupidity. I think everyone has a slightly biased view of the universe. Most people I know that rant about how stupid everyone else is are usually just as blind to their own follies as those that drive them crazy. The idea of a democracy is that they all tend to balance each other out. You don't want people that can think better. You want people that think like you.
I haven't tried 6 yet but 5 runs just fine on a 2.4 Ghz P4. Start up time is allways a pain with java applications but with an IDE you tend to start it and run it all day. If you are running slow on a quad core I have to wonder what else you are running at the same time?
They are not used for the same type of problems. Some problems are ideal for cluster systems like the ones you have described. Others are are ideal for Vector systems like the SX. They don't compair well at all because they are not used for the same type of problem.
Not if you keep that tin foil hat on fellow. Not even WWII stopped presidential elections in the US. Just not going to happen and no evidence that it could.
WOW and they say that people in the US think they are the center of the world. "Standardizing GSM virtually worldwide" GSM is the standard for Europe. It isn't for the US, Korea, Japan, or China. Those seem to be some pretty big exceptions worldwide..
Funny when I went to the UK I found that I really liked London. I hope that I can go back some time and see more of the country. You see I have flown across the US many times. To me those are the good flight since they are just long enough to get in a good nap:) Now a Long flight is from South FL to Hawaii. That took forever and when you get their they look like freaking rocks in the middle of the ocean! They are so tiny and the ocean is so large.
I hate to say it but I have to agree. I have seen people complain about FOSS and then when I give them the true FOSS answer they get all bent. You have the source go fix it yourself. I have found that if I find a bug and document a fix for it or if I want a feature added and write it myself that the FOSS author is very willing to add it.
I guess and the fact that I am willing to say thank you also helps.
"Because you're smug about being an exception? Charming." Not really I was shocked because a large number of people that I know from the US would know it also. I found it interesting that people in the UK had a preconceived idea that an American wouldn't know what the battle of Trafalgar was. I would be willing go guess that a large number of people in the EU wouldn't have a clue about the battle of Mobile Bay or the battle of the Alamo. History isn't everybody's thing. And no my comment about someone from Norway not knowing Japanese history is just a statment of fact. The current economic, social, and political climate has elevated the importance of the US. So the history or politics of say Norway is no more important to the average US citizen than the History and or politics of Japan is to the typical person in Norway. All of your examples of why you look down on Americans show a real lack of understanding. You would point at a map of Europe and smirk because a US citizen couldn't point to Scotland and feel superior because you could point to the US and Scotland. But odds are on the same map you couldn't find Costa Rica or Chad or some country. Very few people can pick out EVERY country on a map. But just about everyone can pick out the US and their country.
Funny but a few years ago we had a relative from the UK come for his first visit to the US. He wanted to see Disney World, the Grand Cayon, Hollywood, New York City, and the Kenndy Space Center. They wanted to know if we thought a week would be enough time...
The US "lagged behind" Europe in mobile phones because of the way phone service in the US is priced. Local calls which in the US tend to cover a large area are free on land lines. That is one of the big reasons that the US lagged in broadband. I thought it very funny that when I was in the UK that I shocked people because I knew what the battle of Trafalgar was. The simple fact is that the US will almost always come off looking bad when you compare what US citizens know about a country and what the people in that country know about the US. Just about everybody knows about the US. But I would bet very few people in say the UK know much about the history of Japan. Or that many Japanese know much about the politics of Norway.
For years MySQL offered better write a few read a lot databases than PostgreSQL. It may still offer better performance for those types of operations. That is the way most websites used MySQL. It is a good tool for some applications. Slashdot is one of them. Yes I think PostgreSQL is better but MySQL isn't crappy.
"(And anyway, the Pirates/Global Temperature correlation doesn't really bear the weight of too much scrutiny...)"
Of course the more interesting correlation is a group that prides themselves on being enlightened and rational above all else, like the fans of the FSM would be so out of touch that they didn't know that there where still pirates on the high seas and that it is a real problem for shipping.
Actually piracy has been on the increase since the end of the cold war. That has been attributed to the increase in shipping and the decrease in patrols by the US, UK and the USSR.
Well considering that many people now keep their photos, home movies, and finical records in digital form taking your notebook is a lot like taking the photo album. My wife keeps two portable hard drives with all that stuff on it just in case. Having the Internet in this case available is very useful. It allows you to contact your family and friends to let them know you are okay and to get news. During the Hurricanes the Hams where passing a lot of traffic just to let people know that there loved ones where okay.
The big problem is still evacuation routing. When Frances was coming my wife and decided that we would bolt. It looked like a CAT 5 at the time and that is just too big to risk.. Some friends headed out hours before us but took the "freeway" I took an old back road. They went less than 100 miles in 16 hours. Many people where in danger of running out of fuel on the road. We had no problems and went twice as far in less time. The problem is everybody will try and jump on the freeways and over load them. If one gets cut then you are in real trouble.
I do. When truth can be dismissed because of some greater good chances are that in the end nothing good can come of it. The simple truth is that Greenpeace is now better than Fox News.
"In fact, the Buran design was superior - it had no lift engines of its own and could ride on top of the real rocket." But it didn't. It was mounted on the side just like the shuttle. And the truth is they ran out of money.
"Isn't the safety of an activity determined by the number of actual accidents, and not by the number of near-accidents?" Not in civil aviation or any other very serious activities. When an air craft gets with in a certain distance then it is a accident. It isn't supposed to happen so a mistake was made and needs to be fixed. If you must think of it like driving then would you say that a driver that constantly runs red lights but doesn't actually hit anyone is a "safe" driver? Think of near misses as moving violations if you must.
I have had one close call. I saw a biz jet on a crossing vector. It was close enough that both pilots decided to maneuver to avoid. How closer where we. Well I could see that there where two men in the cockpit of the bizjet so it was way too close. The wost was we where descending and where in a dirty configuration and he was climbing. All in all I would say where where both lucky.
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Who gets to take decide on the test?
Sorry but I know a lot of people that believe in evolution that have just as many other ding bat ideas.
Things like Hundreds of people where killed at Three Mile Island or got cancer from it.
That aspartame is evil.
Sugar causes Diabetes.
That the government needs to do something about our dependence on oil. All the while driving an SUV when they have just a family of four.
So pick your stupidity. I think everyone has a slightly biased view of the universe. Most people I know that rant about how stupid everyone else is are usually just as blind to their own follies as those that drive them crazy. The idea of a democracy is that they all tend to balance each other out.
You don't want people that can think better. You want people that think like you.
I haven't tried 6 yet but 5 runs just fine on a 2.4 Ghz P4.
Start up time is allways a pain with java applications but with an IDE you tend to start it and run it all day.
If you are running slow on a quad core I have to wonder what else you are running at the same time?
Hey $27 per cucumber isn't that expensive.
It doesn't compare at all.
They are not used for the same type of problems. Some problems are ideal for cluster systems like the ones you have described. Others are are ideal for Vector systems like the SX. They don't compair well at all because they are not used for the same type of problem.
Not if you keep that tin foil hat on fellow.
Not even WWII stopped presidential elections in the US. Just not going to happen and no evidence that it could.
WOW and they say that people in the US think they are the center of the world.
"Standardizing GSM virtually worldwide"
GSM is the standard for Europe.
It isn't for the US, Korea, Japan, or China.
Those seem to be some pretty big exceptions worldwide..
Funny when I went to the UK I found that I really liked London. I hope that I can go back some time and see more of the country. You see I have flown across the US many times. To me those are the good flight since they are just long enough to get in a good nap :) Now a Long flight is from South FL to Hawaii. That took forever and when you get their they look like freaking rocks in the middle of the ocean! They are so tiny and the ocean is so large.
I hate to say it but I have to agree. I have seen people complain about FOSS and then when I give them the true FOSS answer they get all bent. You have the source go fix it yourself.
I have found that if I find a bug and document a fix for it or if I want a feature added and write it myself that the FOSS author is very willing to add it.
I guess and the fact that I am willing to say thank you also helps.
"Because you're smug about being an exception? Charming."
Not really I was shocked because a large number of people that I know from the US would know it also. I found it interesting that people in the UK had a preconceived idea that an American wouldn't know what the battle of Trafalgar was. I would be willing go guess that a large number of people in the EU wouldn't have a clue about the battle of Mobile Bay or the battle of the Alamo. History isn't everybody's thing.
And no my comment about someone from Norway not knowing Japanese history is just a statment of fact. The current economic, social, and political climate has elevated the importance of the US. So the history or politics of say Norway is no more important to the average US citizen than the History and or politics of Japan is to the typical person in Norway. All of your examples of why you look down on Americans show a real lack of understanding. You would point at a map of Europe and smirk because a US citizen couldn't point to Scotland and feel superior because you could point to the US and Scotland. But odds are on the same map you couldn't find Costa Rica or Chad or some country. Very few people can pick out EVERY country on a map. But just about everyone can pick out the US and their country.
Funny but a few years ago we had a relative from the UK come for his first visit to the US. He wanted to see Disney World, the Grand Cayon, Hollywood, New York City, and the Kenndy Space Center. They wanted to know if we thought a week would be enough time...
The US "lagged behind" Europe in mobile phones because of the way phone service in the US is priced. Local calls which in the US tend to cover a large area are free on land lines. That is one of the big reasons that the US lagged in broadband.
I thought it very funny that when I was in the UK that I shocked people because I knew what the battle of Trafalgar was.
The simple fact is that the US will almost always come off looking bad when you compare what US citizens know about a country and what the people in that country know about the US. Just about everybody knows about the US. But I would bet very few people in say the UK know much about the history of Japan. Or that many Japanese know much about the politics of Norway.
"That said toy DB's are quite useful for a number of applications, just not any I personally care about."
Like the one you are using right now?
I prefer PostgreSQL but MySQL isn't crappy.
For years MySQL offered better write a few read a lot databases than PostgreSQL. It may still offer better performance for those types of operations. That is the way most websites used MySQL. It is a good tool for some applications. Slashdot is one of them.
Yes I think PostgreSQL is better but MySQL isn't crappy.
What?
Gee what about this Lunar orbiter? http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunarorb.html
Take a look at the date.
Yea it was 40 years ago.
Your right it isn't like the US has done anything recently. Like say a mission to the asteroid belt http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2007-043A
Or a fly by of Mercury http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2004-030A
Or a mission to Pluto...
But what about the moon?
Well there was at least two missions to the moon in the 1990s Clementine and the Lunar Prospector.
Does it look like China is getting interested in space? Yes.
Seems like you are getting a little worked up with the US just having a 40 year lead at this point.
I had no idea that you where running for president.
"(And anyway, the Pirates/Global Temperature correlation doesn't really bear the weight of too much scrutiny...)"
Of course the more interesting correlation is a group that prides themselves on being enlightened and rational above all else, like the fans of the FSM would be so out of touch that they didn't know that there where still pirates on the high seas and that it is a real problem for shipping.
Actually piracy has been on the increase since the end of the cold war.
That has been attributed to the increase in shipping and the decrease in patrols by the US, UK and the USSR.
Don't forget an outright ban on bit-torrent on the Comcast network.
Well considering that many people now keep their photos, home movies, and finical records in digital form taking your notebook is a lot like taking the photo album. My wife keeps two portable hard drives with all that stuff on it just in case.
Having the Internet in this case available is very useful. It allows you to contact your family and friends to let them know you are okay and to get news. During the Hurricanes the Hams where passing a lot of traffic just to let people know that there loved ones where okay.
The big problem is still evacuation routing. When Frances was coming my wife and decided that we would bolt. It looked like a CAT 5 at the time and that is just too big to risk.. Some friends headed out hours before us but took the "freeway" I took an old back road. They went less than 100 miles in 16 hours. Many people where in danger of running out of fuel on the road. We had no problems and went twice as far in less time. The problem is everybody will try and jump on the freeways and over load them. If one gets cut then you are in real trouble.
The music industry, record industry, retail stores... Way to many of them in MHO.
Just wondering if this is all part of some brilliant and devious plan.
I do. When truth can be dismissed because of some greater good chances are that in the end nothing good can come of it. The simple truth is that Greenpeace is now better than Fox News.
"In fact, the Buran design was superior - it had no lift engines of its own and could ride on top of the real rocket."
But it didn't. It was mounted on the side just like the shuttle.
And the truth is they ran out of money.
"Isn't the safety of an activity determined by the number of actual accidents, and not by the number of near-accidents?"
Not in civil aviation or any other very serious activities. When an air craft gets with in a certain distance then it is a accident. It isn't supposed to happen so a mistake was made and needs to be fixed.
If you must think of it like driving then would you say that a driver that constantly runs red lights but doesn't actually hit anyone is a "safe" driver? Think of near misses as moving violations if you must.
I have had one close call. I saw a biz jet on a crossing vector. It was close enough that both pilots decided to maneuver to avoid. How closer where we. Well I could see that there where two men in the cockpit of the bizjet so it was way too close. The wost was we where descending and where in a dirty configuration and he was climbing. All in all I would say where where both lucky.
"Selling your soul is one thing, but selling it cheap is unconscionable." No selling your soul is always unconscionable.
It benefits a man, not to sell his soul for the whole world... But for Wales?
I am not a fan of piracy I do feel it is wrong. But this is just ickkyy.