The solar system is awash in hydrocarbons, its one of the most common molecular structures in the universe; it's not about running out, it's about the easy of extraction, and processing, and the consequences of handling disruptions in supply as we transition from one source of hydrocarbons to another. Our species has survived 500000 years, I'm thinking we can cope.
I think you're observations are absolutely false. History is littered with the idea of something "out there", whether its a god in heaven, Apollo racing his chariot across the sky (the names of all the planets in our solar system are beings from human mythology! Have you heard of astrology?), space aliens stealing our neighbors. Virtually all belief systems situate humans in a cosmos filled with life.
I think it is a bit irresponsible to place a link to this site, given that there is no way of ensuring accountability for the "safe" handling of the personal information provided to it.
That an absolutely inane analogy.
Although I don't know this as a certainty, I'm sure OEMs are licensing the right to place MS on their machines. They don't own the OS, anymore than we do when we purchase it - we license it too, remember?
Just like McDonalds requires individual franchises to use a specific ratio of coke syrup to carbonated water, so too MS requires OEMs use a specific desktop configuration...
Read the first sentence, and then compare to item B...
What part of Katz's commentary are you actually disagreeing with?
Read his article more closely and you will see that he is making the same argument that you make in paragraph 2.
I guess most imporantly, who mod'ed this up?
I almost always get angry, and rarely in a nice way, when I read slashdot commentary on social issues. What I find facinating, is that the overwhelming majority of this people lack even the most basic education in the social sciences. In fact, I would be surprised if a majority had a college education - Big Ten style.
The irony, of course, is that as technical people one would assume they would be adept at employing logic and reason in the course of critically analyzing a phenomena. What we have instead, of course, is anecdotal, e.g., "Where I work, and I am a white guy, I'm a (numerical) minority... so racism doesn't exist... ", or "I've worked at MS, and I am a white guy, and I've never personally experienced racism, so racism doesn't exist at MS."
With respect to the issue at hand, I'll leave it to the judge (and jury) to decide based on the facts brought up during the litigation of the case.
Oh yeah, one more thing: racism is systemic. This implies that racism not only exists, it is normal. Meaning that even if you are the target of an act of racism you might not even register it unless it was egregious. An other way to describe racism, is that it is insidious.
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It means that Picard will get another chance to kill with a crossbow.
The solar system is awash in hydrocarbons, its one of the most common molecular structures in the universe; it's not about running out, it's about the easy of extraction, and processing, and the consequences of handling disruptions in supply as we transition from one source of hydrocarbons to another. Our species has survived 500000 years, I'm thinking we can cope.
Nice emotional meltdown.
I think you're observations are absolutely false. History is littered with the idea of something "out there", whether its a god in heaven, Apollo racing his chariot across the sky (the names of all the planets in our solar system are beings from human mythology! Have you heard of astrology?), space aliens stealing our neighbors. Virtually all belief systems situate humans in a cosmos filled with life.
Bobby Knight is only 48 games away from breaking Dean Smith's record for number of wins for an NCAA Division I coach. He is good.
In support of the parent arguement, I provide this FOLDOC defintion of type.
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I think it is a bit irresponsible to place a link to this site, given that there is no way of ensuring accountability for the "safe" handling of the personal information provided to it.
That an absolutely inane analogy. Although I don't know this as a certainty, I'm sure OEMs are licensing the right to place MS on their machines. They don't own the OS, anymore than we do when we purchase it - we license it too, remember? Just like McDonalds requires individual franchises to use a specific ratio of coke syrup to carbonated water, so too MS requires OEMs use a specific desktop configuration ...
I know, you don't.
Read the first sentence, and then compare to item B ...
What part of Katz's commentary are you actually disagreeing with?
Read his article more closely and you will see that he is making the same argument that you make in paragraph 2.
I guess most imporantly, who mod'ed this up?
Corporations are legally entities, quite distinct from the individuals who either work there, or who "own" them.
As the author of the article attempted to point out, this isn't like most problems.
I apologize. I meant to say has been addressed adequately.
Name a single significant social problem that has been addressed by an individual, or a private institution.
Your right/ability to sue is a dictate of law, and hence a product of government.
should have posted at slashduh ...
The irony, of course, is that as technical people one would assume they would be adept at employing logic and reason in the course of critically analyzing a phenomena. What we have instead, of course, is anecdotal, e.g., "Where I work, and I am a white guy, I'm a (numerical) minority ... so racism doesn't exist ... ", or "I've worked at MS, and I am a white guy, and I've never personally experienced racism, so racism doesn't exist at MS."
With respect to the issue at hand, I'll leave it to the judge (and jury) to decide based on the facts brought up during the litigation of the case.Oh yeah, one more thing: racism is systemic. This implies that racism not only exists, it is normal. Meaning that even if you are the target of an act of racism you might not even register it unless it was egregious. An other way to describe racism, is that it is insidious.