Do I have to turn in my fundamentalist membership card or something?
It's an idea worth considering. You self-describe as a "fundamentalist", but you speak quite differently from other "fundamentalists". Every once in a while, it might be advisable to reevaluate whether you want those people for your allies . . . and whether they want you.
What the heck is this "-1 redundant" business? The parent is right. The grandparent is misrepresenting what the quote meant. The quote was referring to Gates taking notes about stuff he and his people had drawn on his conventional whiteboard.
The grandparent seems to have been moderated up by people who didn't bother to RTFA. There is no indication that the grandparent knew what was really said, but was making a joke. The indications are that the grandparent was either (a) confused or (b) taking a cheap shot at Gates. There is no need to take cheap shots at Gates; he presents plenty of high-value targets on a regular basis.
The moderation that promoted the grandparent is uncommonly poor, as is the moderation that demoted the parent.
Each of these tools was widely adopted because it helped workers collaborate in a way that was substantially different / better than the tools before it. The article seems to be focused only on 'new collaboration software' that is trying to be a better email than email. That's a tall order.
A widely-adopted collaboration tool doesn't get replaced all that often. Telephone entirely replaced telegraph. Snail mail for letters was partly replaced by fax, and later partly replaced by email, but both require the receiver to have equipment and can't handle physical objects. It appears that fax will soon be entirely supplanted by email, but the transition is still in progress. IM has carved out a niche for interactive instant text, but both email and telephone have more features.
Whoever creates 'the next email' will have accomplished a rare thing. It's hardly surprising that it hasn't happened yet.
According to the internet filter company N2H2, its database of pages identified as pornography grew from 14 million in 1998 to 260 million in 2003, a 1,800 per cent increase.
Never mind that the number of internet hosts rose 960% over the same period (mid 1998 to mid 2005). Never mind finding out what total internet traffic did over that same period.
Between 18000 and 49000 people fought in the Battle of Agincourt. You don't see them all on stage in a production of Henry V.
An onstage battle scene for LoTR can be done with a handful (2-6) named characters, a handful of extras as allies (2-6), plus a double-handful of extras as enemies (6-12). Good examples of how to stage this stuff can be seen in recent musical productions of Les Mis.
Whether you were referring to (a) the Battle of Helm's Deep (March 4, 3019) (b) the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (March 15, 3019) (c) the Fall of Osgiliath (March 13, 3019) (d) the Battle of Dagorlad (3434 S.A.) or (e) the Battle of Mount Doom (3441 S.A.),
most of which didn't include elves and most of which also shouldn't be depicted in a stage show LotR anyway, it doesn't matter. On stage, you don't depict a massive battle by showing massive numbers of people. Not only can't you use WETA-style computer effects, but you can't do a Braveheart-style scene with a couple hundred extras. Fifty-five is higher than it needs to be. For instance, the recent Les Mis used only 37.
WTF? For a stage show (length must be less than 4 hrs), there are no more than 24 essential named roles. There are another perhaps 35 extra roles, no more than 15 of which are one stage at once, even in the battles.
Yeesh! Even in the three massive films, there were only ~100 credited parts. How in Feanor's name is that 500 costumes?
Make your own is-it-a-country-yet checklist to keep track: has borders has a parliament conducts foreign policy has armed forces collects taxes [add your own here]
Unless it quacks and waddles differently from a duck . . .
So, I was wondering how 3500 books fit in a house. . . approx 1 in per book . . . approx 144 books per smallish bookcase . . . approx 2-3 rooms to hold those bookcases (assuming the rooms have some other furniture) . . . not too bad
Wait a minute! How many books are in my house? . . . backfiguring . . . 2100! WTF, over? How did that happen?
"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has slipped safely into orbit - unlike two of the last four orbiters NASA sent to Mars. Remember Mars Climate Orbiter and the mix up between metric and English units?
Don't you hate it when you make a mistake and even your friends never let you live it down? I mean, isn't it galling to do something right and all people want to talk about is the one you screwed up years ago?
There is a ginormous difference in 15M degrees F and 15M Kelvin.
From where we're sitting (70 F, 294 K) the difference between 15M F and 15M Kelvins may seem ginormous, but from the perspective of the hot gases (3.6B Kelvins), not so much.
What is the use of a blog if bloggers are just going to copy sentences and sentiments from the puppetmaster's email?
The use of a blog is the same as it ever was: if an individual has something valuable to say, we listen; if not, not.
PR departments have invaded every form of communication that has been developed. They will continue to do so. All we can do is be selective about who we listen to.
From the article: Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.)
Lovely survey. Never mind that there are at least 6 freedoms in that amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting (1) an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the (2) free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of (3) speech, or of the (4) press; or the right of the people peaceably to (5) assemble, and to (6) petition the government for a redress of grievances.
In recent years, the ruling party has enacted . . . No Child Left Behind . . . all of which are (a) ironically named - . . . children are left behind . ..
NCLB is more or less performing as advertised. As long as no children more forward, no one is left beind.
What is fundamentally wrong with the notion that perserverance can lead to success? Absolutely nothing. It's as true a life-lesson as 'skill can lead to success'.
The reviewer wants a PvP environment that is like chess or tennis in that each side starts each match on absolutely equal footing so that the victory reflects who the better player (not character) was. That's fine, but that's not WoW.
The reviewer wants an adventure/exploration game that is not social (no guilds, no teamwork). That's fine, but that's not WoW.
It's not that WoW is teaching bad lessons, it's just that WoW has gotten to be a lot like life (having friends helps, past aquisitions help gain future acquisitions). If this reviewer wants to go find another gaming environment that suits him better, that's fine, too. But is doesn't mean that something is wrong with WoW.
imagine a normal curve of the population of users. The early adopters are the ones on the far left who use it right away and the ones on the right are the . . . change-is-bad people who will refuse until the bitter end.
It's somewhat easier to see if you use the adoption S-curve. Note how slow the adoption rate is at the beginning and near the end of the curve.
My hunch is that modern USPS and overnight delivery services did the most damage, though.
At first, I thought the submitter was nuts. Telegrams are like email, right? Surely email, fax, and phone killed demand for telegrams. But no. Telegrams served a different market. A telegram is a message delivered in less than a day to a physical address where there is no receiving equipment.
What does it say about the US Patent office and software patents that these patents have made it through trials, appeals, etc and only now has the Patent Office decided they weren't any good in the first place?
That the PTO had its head up its collective @$$ on computer patents in the 1990s (which everyone here knew) and that there is the slim possibility that the PTO has now pulled its head back out (which most people don't believe yet).
Blizzard's behavior is susceptible to a completely money-based, completely cynical explanation.
Namely, guilds are good for Blizzard because players like them and play more and recruit friends to play too. More players for more months = more money. However, now there is a guild devoted to groups and viewpoints that are unpopular among players and potential players. Such a guild could anger bigger groups of players and potential players. If prohibiting this new guild will cause Blizzard to have more customers than not prohibiting it, they will prohibit it.
The cynical explanation neatly explains why Blizzard would allow discussion of popular viewpoints but prohibit discussion of unpopular ones. So, why should we believe that Blizzard's move is about anything but the money?
Yes, "without copyright or patent impediments" is what I was referring to at the time. (Trademark isn't terribly applicable to restricting access to the machinery of government.)
However, it doesn't seem that the general principle would benefit from more specificity unless there were some sorts of restrictions that should be accepted.
(Of course, some trivial procedural restrictions and/or user fees may be necessary, but those are hardly worth worrying about.)
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Do I have to turn in my fundamentalist membership card or something?
It's an idea worth considering. You self-describe as a "fundamentalist", but you speak quite differently from other "fundamentalists". Every once in a while, it might be advisable to reevaluate whether you want those people for your allies . . . and whether they want you.
What the heck is this "-1 redundant" business? The parent is right. The grandparent is misrepresenting what the quote meant. The quote was referring to Gates taking notes about stuff he and his people had drawn on his conventional whiteboard.
The grandparent seems to have been moderated up by people who didn't bother to RTFA. There is no indication that the grandparent knew what was really said, but was making a joke. The indications are that the grandparent was either (a) confused or (b) taking a cheap shot at Gates. There is no need to take cheap shots at Gates; he presents plenty of high-value targets on a regular basis.
The moderation that promoted the grandparent is uncommonly poor, as is the moderation that demoted the parent.
Each of these tools was widely adopted because it helped workers collaborate in a way that was substantially different / better than the tools before it. The article seems to be focused only on 'new collaboration software' that is trying to be a better email than email. That's a tall order.
A widely-adopted collaboration tool doesn't get replaced all that often. Telephone entirely replaced telegraph. Snail mail for letters was partly replaced by fax, and later partly replaced by email, but both require the receiver to have equipment and can't handle physical objects. It appears that fax will soon be entirely supplanted by email, but the transition is still in progress. IM has carved out a niche for interactive instant text, but both email and telephone have more features.
Whoever creates 'the next email' will have accomplished a rare thing. It's hardly surprising that it hasn't happened yet.
leading
:)
bleading
bleeding
YMMV
Oops. Wrong period. More like 578% from early 1998 to early 2003.
According to the internet filter company N2H2, its database of pages identified as pornography grew from 14 million in 1998 to 260 million in 2003, a 1,800 per cent increase.
Never mind that the number of internet hosts rose 960% over the same period (mid 1998 to mid 2005). Never mind finding out what total internet traffic did over that same period.
component-sized dvd player: $25-50
hd-dvd player: $800-936
They don't call it the "bleading edge" of technology for nothing.
Between 18000 and 49000 people fought in the Battle of Agincourt. You don't see them all on stage in a production of Henry V.
An onstage battle scene for LoTR can be done with a handful (2-6) named characters, a handful of extras as allies (2-6), plus a double-handful of extras as enemies (6-12). Good examples of how to stage this stuff can be seen in recent musical productions of Les Mis.
Whether you were referring to
(a) the Battle of Helm's Deep (March 4, 3019)
(b) the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (March 15, 3019)
(c) the Fall of Osgiliath (March 13, 3019)
(d) the Battle of Dagorlad (3434 S.A.) or
(e) the Battle of Mount Doom (3441 S.A.),
most of which didn't include elves and most of which also shouldn't be depicted in a stage show LotR anyway, it doesn't matter. On stage, you don't depict a massive battle by showing massive numbers of people. Not only can't you use WETA-style computer effects, but you can't do a Braveheart-style scene with a couple hundred extras. Fifty-five is higher than it needs to be. For instance, the recent Les Mis used only 37.
WTF? For a stage show (length must be less than 4 hrs), there are no more than 24 essential named roles. There are another perhaps 35 extra roles, no more than 15 of which are one stage at once, even in the battles.
Yeesh! Even in the three massive films, there were only ~100 credited parts. How in Feanor's name is that 500 costumes?
. . . EU is not a country.
Isn't this just a matter of semantics and time?
Make your own is-it-a-country-yet checklist to keep track:
has borders
has a parliament
conducts foreign policy
has armed forces
collects taxes
[add your own here]
Unless it quacks and waddles differently from a duck . . .
War is not a fucking soccer match.
Sadly, it isn't. A fucking soccer match would be a much, much better idea.
So, I was wondering how 3500 books fit in a house. . . approx 1 in per book . . . approx 144 books per smallish bookcase . . . approx 2-3 rooms to hold those bookcases (assuming the rooms have some other furniture) . . . not too bad
Wait a minute! How many books are in my house? . . . backfiguring . . . 2100! WTF, over? How did that happen?
"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has slipped safely into orbit - unlike two of the last four orbiters NASA sent to Mars. Remember Mars Climate Orbiter and the mix up between metric and English units?
Don't you hate it when you make a mistake and even your friends never let you live it down? I mean, isn't it galling to do something right and all people want to talk about is the one you screwed up years ago?
There is a ginormous difference in 15M degrees F and 15M Kelvin.
From where we're sitting (70 F, 294 K) the difference between 15M F and 15M Kelvins may seem ginormous, but from the perspective of the hot gases (3.6B Kelvins), not so much.
What is the use of a blog if bloggers are just going to copy sentences and sentiments from the puppetmaster's email?
The use of a blog is the same as it ever was: if an individual has something valuable to say, we listen; if not, not.
PR departments have invaded every form of communication that has been developed. They will continue to do so. All we can do is be selective about who we listen to.
From the article: Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.)
Lovely survey. Never mind that there are at least 6 freedoms in that amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting (1) an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the (2) free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of (3) speech, or of the (4) press; or the right of the people peaceably to (5) assemble, and to (6) petition the government for a redress of grievances.
In recent years, the ruling party has enacted . . . No Child Left Behind . . . all of which are (a) ironically named - . . . children are left behind . . .
NCLB is more or less performing as advertised. As long as no children more forward, no one is left beind.
What is fundamentally wrong with the notion that perserverance can lead to success? Absolutely nothing. It's as true a life-lesson as 'skill can lead to success'.
The reviewer wants a PvP environment that is like chess or tennis in that each side starts each match on absolutely equal footing so that the victory reflects who the better player (not character) was. That's fine, but that's not WoW.
The reviewer wants an adventure/exploration game that is not social (no guilds, no teamwork). That's fine, but that's not WoW.
It's not that WoW is teaching bad lessons, it's just that WoW has gotten to be a lot like life (having friends helps, past aquisitions help gain future acquisitions). If this reviewer wants to go find another gaming environment that suits him better, that's fine, too. But is doesn't mean that something is wrong with WoW.
imagine a normal curve of the population of users. The early adopters are the ones on the far left who use it right away and the ones on the right are the . . . change-is-bad people who will refuse until the bitter end.
It's somewhat easier to see if you use the adoption S-curve. Note how slow the adoption rate is at the beginning and near the end of the curve.
My hunch is that modern USPS and overnight delivery services did the most damage, though.
At first, I thought the submitter was nuts. Telegrams are like email, right? Surely email, fax, and phone killed demand for telegrams. But no. Telegrams served a different market. A telegram is a message delivered in less than a day to a physical address where there is no receiving equipment.
What does it say about the US Patent office and software patents that these patents have made it through trials, appeals, etc and only now has the Patent Office decided they weren't any good in the first place?
That the PTO had its head up its collective @$$ on computer patents in the 1990s (which everyone here knew) and that there is the slim possibility that the PTO has now pulled its head back out (which most people don't believe yet).
Blizzard's behavior is susceptible to a completely money-based, completely cynical explanation.
Namely, guilds are good for Blizzard because players like them and play more and recruit friends to play too. More players for more months = more money. However, now there is a guild devoted to groups and viewpoints that are unpopular among players and potential players. Such a guild could anger bigger groups of players and potential players. If prohibiting this new guild will cause Blizzard to have more customers than not prohibiting it, they will prohibit it.
The cynical explanation neatly explains why Blizzard would allow discussion of popular viewpoints but prohibit discussion of unpopular ones. So, why should we believe that Blizzard's move is about anything but the money?
they settled for $9 million and an agreement to cease using the technology
That's the story here: Microsoft infringes patent, but settles for $9 million and distributing a patch. Film at 11 -- of some stuff that matters.
Yes, "without copyright or patent impediments" is what I was referring to at the time. (Trademark isn't terribly applicable to restricting access to the machinery of government.)
However, it doesn't seem that the general principle would benefit from more specificity unless there were some sorts of restrictions that should be accepted.
(Of course, some trivial procedural restrictions and/or user fees may be necessary, but those are hardly worth worrying about.)
Cripes, not the Brits, too! Must everyone be as dumb, on average, as us Americans? C'mon, act a little superior, already!