Shoot, I should have covered this in my first reply. Not quite awake yet...
So why do we teach evolution as the only answer?
Because evolution (or to be more correct, natural selection) is proven. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution for just one example. Now, does this prove that life spontaneously formed out of the "primordial soup"? No. But it can't be denied that evolution itself is a fact
This. Especially not bad books. I quite enjoyed Cryptonomicon, and so right now I'm trying to read The Baroque Cycle.
What self-indulgent drivel it is...
His recent work is horrible...
Though I do have to (mostly) agree with you about The Baroque Cycle, I do have to recommend a book of his that came later: Anathem. I enjoyed that one about as much as Cryptonomicon (which is to say, a LOT)
When is the last time you heard about the labor practices that go into making Android handsets?
That's just dumb. Android is not a singular product made by a singular manufacturer. Sure, if you want to criticise one the the many companies who make products that us Android as the OS, then that's okay. And I might even agree with you. But to act like Android there's a singular entity behind making products that use Android is just silly.
...Microsoft's foray into cellphones is getting a free pass, as is Android's attempts at a tablet.
There you go again. Android itself is not trying to do anything. It's just an OS that other people use.
Funny, you call Linux a toy, then just brush off real, clear evidence that it's used for real, serious use FAR more than Windows and OS-X combined, and then talk some stupid shit about desktops. Desktops, for the record, are toys. Servers, where Linux dominates, are not.
Seriously, if you're going to keep trying to defend your absurd statement about Linux being a toy, you're going to make yourself look more stupid than you already have.
The US Chamber of Commerce is a LOBBYING organization (y'know, some of the folks behind SOPA and other crap) and is NOT the US Department of Commerce, the cabinet department that (supposedly) promotes economic growth.
I'm having trouble feeling bad or worried about this.
I had a friend who wanted to open a restaurant....In China you just don't have that problem. The massive left wing agenda to redistribute the wealth has caused these problems.
Yes, and as we all know, things in China are SO much better. Those darn left-wingers are holding us back.
By the way, do you EVER have trouble finding a restaurant? I don't. They're everywhere. Somehow people still manage to open them and run them successfully. Hmmm....
"The reality is there are easily multiple places in the mobile market. The other reality is that very soon Windows Mobile 7 is going to start eating up Android marketshare."
If you go hiking, carrying 4.5 kg for hours is absolutely nothing.
Sure, if that's all you're carrying, but rarely is that ever the case. Real hikers know that reducing your load is a matter of trimming small bits of weight from every item possible. Pretty soon those couple of grams you've saved among a bunch of objects add up to real significant weight reduction.
In the (admittedly unlikely) scenario of taking a laptop hiking, every hiker I've known would absolutely take a 4kg one over a 4.5kg one. Hell, they would even be glad to have a 4.4kg instead.
Amazing that she just comes right out like that and says, "Yes, let's make things HARDER for the American worker. Let's give businesses even MORE reason to hire non-Americans." Ms. Clinton - aren't you supposed to be working for _us_?
I don't know why I still consider this a technical forum. Almost everything you said isn't true. Windows 7 installs from a USB stick in about 15 minutes (longer depending on the performance of your system).
Shenanigans. Unless you're using some ultra-mega-quantum computer it does NOT install in 15 minutes. On _my_ machine, an i5 2.66Mhz with 4G RAM it was well into 45 minutes. Compare that to my Bodhi Linux install on the same machine: from the time I hit the "install Now" button after answering the last of 7 questions -> 2min 53secs ON THE DESKTOP CONNECTED TO THE NET. No, I'm not exaggerating.
The only choice is where to put it and installation completes and the system reboots.
During which it completely takes a crap on the MBR, completely ignoring any other OS you may have installed.
Windows starts and then some configuration questions are asked and I assume are required on other platforms (account name and password, date and time, and yes, choosing to enter the Windows license key or not). I feel like I'm leaving something out, but after these steps the system is up and ready for use.
Yes, you are forgetting something. Like when you have do find the drivers some some strange hardware on something unusual and not on a popular machine, like, say, a DELL MINI 10!! which win7 couldn't cope with with graphics or wireless. Compared to EVERY Linux I've put on there which had them both working OOTB.
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So why do we teach evolution as the only answer?
Because evolution (or to be more correct, natural selection) is proven. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution for just one example. Now, does this prove that life spontaneously formed out of the "primordial soup"? No. But it can't be denied that evolution itself is a fact
There is not a single shred of evidence to prove there is not a creator. Not one.
There is also not a single shred of evidence to prove there is not a Bigfoot also. Not one.
This. Especially not bad books. I quite enjoyed Cryptonomicon, and so right now I'm trying to read The Baroque Cycle.
What self-indulgent drivel it is...
His recent work is horrible...
Though I do have to (mostly) agree with you about The Baroque Cycle, I do have to recommend a book of his that came later: Anathem. I enjoyed that one about as much as Cryptonomicon (which is to say, a LOT)
When is the last time you heard about the labor practices that go into making Android handsets?
That's just dumb. Android is not a singular product made by a singular manufacturer. Sure, if you want to criticise one the the many companies who make products that us Android as the OS, then that's okay. And I might even agree with you. But to act like Android there's a singular entity behind making products that use Android is just silly.
There you go again. Android itself is not trying to do anything. It's just an OS that other people use.
Funny, you call Linux a toy, then just brush off real, clear evidence that it's used for real, serious use FAR more than Windows and OS-X combined, and then talk some stupid shit about desktops. Desktops, for the record, are toys. Servers, where Linux dominates, are not.
Seriously, if you're going to keep trying to defend your absurd statement about Linux being a toy, you're going to make yourself look more stupid than you already have.
Either way, it's fitting that you used a toy analogy. After all; Linux is, if anything, a tinker-toy desktop OS.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [catching my breath] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Why don't you ask Google about that?
Ira Glass is a man of honour. Would we EVER see another news agency do this?
I know I'm far from the first to say it, but write docs. Here's how.
cheers
This reminds me of a really bad joke I heard:
"Someday, I want to be the next Hitler. I want to exterminate all the Jews and a clown."
"Huh? Why a clown?"
"See? Nobody cares about the Jews."
I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
The US Chamber of Commerce is a LOBBYING organization (y'know, some of the folks behind SOPA and other crap) and is NOT the US Department of Commerce, the cabinet department that (supposedly) promotes economic growth.
I'm having trouble feeling bad or worried about this.
Those Iranians need to have their mouths washed out with SOPA.
I had a friend who wanted to open a restaurant ....In China you just don't have that problem. The massive left wing agenda to redistribute the wealth has caused these problems.
Yes, and as we all know, things in China are SO much better. Those darn left-wingers are holding us back.
By the way, do you EVER have trouble finding a restaurant? I don't. They're everywhere. Somehow people still manage to open them and run them successfully. Hmmm....
cheers
+1
I got around this on my Lenovo u460 by disabling the switchable graphics in the BIOS. Happily running NVidia drivers in Bodhi Linux now.
Hope that helps.
cheers
Wow, if there were ever a need of citations in a comment, this is it.
"The reality is there are easily multiple places in the mobile market. The other reality is that very soon Windows Mobile 7 is going to start eating up Android marketshare."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Thanks for the laugh - I needed that.
Not unless they mount the frikkin' laser on shark's heads
Well done! That has to be the most convoluted "solution I've ever read that starts with:
It would make much more sense just to ...
If you go hiking, carrying 4.5 kg for hours is absolutely nothing.
Sure, if that's all you're carrying, but rarely is that ever the case. Real hikers know that reducing your load is a matter of trimming small bits of weight from every item possible. Pretty soon those couple of grams you've saved among a bunch of objects add up to real significant weight reduction.
In the (admittedly unlikely) scenario of taking a laptop hiking, every hiker I've known would absolutely take a 4kg one over a 4.5kg one. Hell, they would even be glad to have a 4.4kg instead.
cheers
Amazing that she just comes right out like that and says, "Yes, let's make things HARDER for the American worker. Let's give businesses even MORE reason to hire non-Americans." Ms. Clinton - aren't you supposed to be working for _us_?
I don't know why I still consider this a technical forum. Almost everything you said isn't true. Windows 7 installs from a USB stick in about 15 minutes (longer depending on the performance of your system).
Shenanigans. Unless you're using some ultra-mega-quantum computer it does NOT install in 15 minutes. On _my_ machine, an i5 2.66Mhz with 4G RAM it was well into 45 minutes. Compare that to my Bodhi Linux install on the same machine: from the time I hit the "install Now" button after answering the last of 7 questions -> 2min 53secs ON THE DESKTOP CONNECTED TO THE NET. No, I'm not exaggerating.
The only choice is where to put it and installation completes and the system reboots.
During which it completely takes a crap on the MBR, completely ignoring any other OS you may have installed.
Windows starts and then some configuration questions are asked and I assume are required on other platforms (account name and password, date and time, and yes, choosing to enter the Windows license key or not). I feel like I'm leaving something out, but after these steps the system is up and ready for use.
Yes, you are forgetting something. Like when you have do find the drivers some some strange hardware on something unusual and not on a popular machine, like, say, a DELL MINI 10!! which win7 couldn't cope with with graphics or wireless. Compared to EVERY Linux I've put on there which had them both working OOTB.
In Soviet Russia Chronopay jails you ... or something.
So shocked that Apple is not acting their customer's interests. Just unbelievable.
You're not thinking it through. Export them all... ok... and put them where?
Uh ... on a cd?
It's really a no-brainer.
Yea, it really is.
Radio Shack once sold some of the highest quality affordable home audio (yes, it did)
I can attest to this, being old enough to remember them and having owned quite a number of their products.