That said, if this was the other way around. Some 3rd party software installing something into / on top of some other software, people would be screaming of security holes and blasting MS or whoever for their shoddy software.
So where are the folks calling out FF for allowing this to happen?
And what is the limitations? If we could eventually 'reprogram' a cell, how does that help a failing organ? Even though our cells divide trillions and trillions of times they get 'old'. How would reprogramming a cell to make it think it is a heart cell or something else fix things? The replacing cell is still old and will fail sooner rather than later...
To me, the key is to understanding why cells eventually break down. At the core of it, we reproduce asexually by making clones of ourselves. Clearly outside influences will take a roll...toxins, radiation, etc... but why does a cell all of a sudden decide it has divided too many times and deteriorate? For my money, figure that out and you've pretty much figured out how to cure any age related disease. Heart failure / disease, liver, kidney, gall bladder, and prostate issues.
Isn't the trick to get the cell (whether by reprogramming, cleansing, or replacement) 'healthly' again?
Yea, but who has to produce that CD? MS? Why should MS have to incur the cost of producing a CD with all browsers on it just because they sell an OS.
Will my cell phone have to ship with more options? OSX?
Or can the OS maker charge to include that CD? Or is this up to the PC distributor? Opera would love that. They'd have to pay for no one to use their software.
Noooo... No specs means no one knows what is built or why. 6 months later when something changes, there is no baseline!
That said specs != a detailed plan on what to build, how and with what technologies / architectures. Specs = exact requirements as to what the business wants. You as the engineer get to figure out the how part.
I actually thought the ads were hilarious. I loved them. Sure they had nothing to do with anything (let alone MS or the PC), but that is what makes Seinfeld, Seinfeld.
What additional security really exists by having a valid certificate?
I've bought those certs before. It isn't like it is that hard to get, nor does it really mean anything at the end of the day. The whole thing is a racket.
Releases do not work. Not in that way from what I understand. In college when a bunch of friends and I rented a house we threw a HUGE party. Hundreds of people came throughout the night. We investigated the option of having some legal disclaimer, written / signed or otherwise. We found that on private properly, rented or owned, someone cannot sign away their rights or responsibilities while they are present on said property. It had something to do with it being a private residence and not a commercial venture. Sure it looks pretty on paper, but if push came to shove it wouldn't hold up.
Basically by you inviting them into your home by your own free will you are taking on "reasonable" responsibility for their safety and all that. With that said, I don't think you are liable for their possessions. They too are coming by their own free will knowing what they are getting into.
Long story short, save someone getting hurt or worse, you should be fine in terms of liability. Homeowners / Renters insurance covers a very broad number of things. Not sure if this helps your overall question or not...
Language and grammar isn't tough. That's not what I'm saying at all. What I was saying is that shouldn't be the determining factor in judging how educated someone is. That is all.
Einstein was a terrible speller...as am I. I think I read somewhere once, that most of his publications were written by others for him...not sure if that is true or not. Does that mean he wasn't educated, formally or otherwise? If spell check didn't exist I'd be shit outta luck. Does that mean I m not educated? Almost 10 years of industry experience, raises, and promotions say otherwise.
That's all I'm saying. In general I very much agree with you. A good portion of "college educated" people are dumb and aren't worth the paper their diploma is written on. On the other hand, I know people who fail miserably at common sense and other things you and I would consider simplistic, yet they are awesome CPAs, managers, and engineers.
Long story short picking one (relatively trivial) aspect and judging them on that is bogus. Would you rather have a doctor that can speak and write properly, or knows his shit when it comes to medicine?
Good to know that education is defined by how well you can write a bureaucratic memo, not how well you think critically, problem solve, general knowledge or how to work as a team. No, no, we want drones that all think the same and use proper grammar.
You have great ideas, but we're giving you a poor review. You see your last memo concerning our new TPS reports misused the word "they're". Sorry...
Mammalian hearts all tend to have a lifespan of x number of beats. The slower the heart beats, the longer-lived the critter is. This explains why small, jumpy rodents tend to have short lives and something like a whale is long-lived. This x number seems to be fairly consistent across species.
I'm pretty sure this isn't true. If it was, exercising (making your heart beat faster for extended periods of time) would cut years OFF your life, not lengthen it.
Only in America would everyone see the "do nothing, get results" angle. WTF is wrong with the media today? This story comes along and what is the angle? What is the headline? Be a couch potato and get stronger. *sigh*
HELLO!!! The use of this pill (provided it actually works) has nothing to do with dieting or not exercising, but has everything to do with recovering patience. Say I'm 80 and I broke my hip in a fall. Normally I wouldn't have a chance in hell at rehabilitation...but with a solution like this all of a sudden me walking again isn't out of the question.
Jane Doe has been in a coma for X months. Her body is atrophied. The road to recovery has just gotten a hell of a lot shorter and cheaper.
John Smith has ha major surgery. Maybe a heart attack or something. Does this pill mean his heart will be stronger? Less likely of a repeat visit to the hospital?
It is lame that all the media and general public see in this is the diet, vanity aspect.
As lame (or awesome) as this sounds, get him to do some basic web programming. I know it is mostly just markup stuff, but to do anything complicated or cool, you have to get into the code behind or JavaScript or whatever.
The benefit is, that you instantly see what you just wrote. Sure it may be basic and not really do anything, but it is there on the screen and he can say, "I did that". After the initial learning curve, it is pretty easy to be able to churn out a blog, or a calendar / datebook, or photo repository. A simple program like that will introduce him to the basics of what programming is all about.
Hell, it beats copying 1000 lines from a BASIC book to create a text based game. Ahh, memories.
If he likes that stuff, it won't be a large leap to get into some of the more difficult languages like C++ or C# or Java or whatever. That's when the real fun can begin.
Agreed... OSC has trouble finishing a series. Great novels that would have rocked as a singleton, but when stretched into a series dragged on... and on... and on...
What a cop out. Netflix is like 10 dollars a month for a 1 at a time. If she only watches 2 movies a month, get her a year subscription for Mother's Day or something.
In the very least save the excuse for something that is actually unreasonably priced.
But when the country is China? Come on. China! Like ANYONE or ANY company could get a fair trial there. There are no human rights, what makes you think that large non-govt. corporations will have any?
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Agreed, what MS is doing is TERRIBLE!
That said, if this was the other way around. Some 3rd party software installing something into / on top of some other software, people would be screaming of security holes and blasting MS or whoever for their shoddy software.
So where are the folks calling out FF for allowing this to happen?
Slumdog isn't original. It is a formulaic predictable plot. I think I've seen a few of those movies. :)
Also Momento was adapted from a short story, it was not an original script:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_Mori_(short_story)
Gah, that should read "our cells reproduce asexually..."
What other info do you have on this?
And what is the limitations? If we could eventually 'reprogram' a cell, how does that help a failing organ? Even though our cells divide trillions and trillions of times they get 'old'. How would reprogramming a cell to make it think it is a heart cell or something else fix things? The replacing cell is still old and will fail sooner rather than later...
To me, the key is to understanding why cells eventually break down. At the core of it, we reproduce asexually by making clones of ourselves. Clearly outside influences will take a roll...toxins, radiation, etc... but why does a cell all of a sudden decide it has divided too many times and deteriorate? For my money, figure that out and you've pretty much figured out how to cure any age related disease. Heart failure / disease, liver, kidney, gall bladder, and prostate issues.
Isn't the trick to get the cell (whether by reprogramming, cleansing, or replacement) 'healthly' again?
Yea, but who has to produce that CD? MS? Why should MS have to incur the cost of producing a CD with all browsers on it just because they sell an OS.
Will my cell phone have to ship with more options? OSX?
Or can the OS maker charge to include that CD? Or is this up to the PC distributor? Opera would love that. They'd have to pay for no one to use their software.
Noooo... No specs means no one knows what is built or why. 6 months later when something changes, there is no baseline!
That said specs != a detailed plan on what to build, how and with what technologies / architectures. Specs = exact requirements as to what the business wants. You as the engineer get to figure out the how part.
6 more browsers that all do the same things the mainstream ones do.
Yay! AMD leading the world into the ... past?
I'm not saying I know anything about anything, but isn't vaporizing garbage bad? Aren't we losing precious elements in the process?
Clearly garbage isn't "good", but what about all the zinc or copper or whatever that may be in that garbage. Isn't this process destroying it forever?
There is no such thing as proper functional English. The language is hacked together so just about anything goes.
An exception for every rule, a rule for every exception.
Get over it grammar nazis, go nit-pick Latin or something.
I actually thought the ads were hilarious. I loved them. Sure they had nothing to do with anything (let alone MS or the PC), but that is what makes Seinfeld, Seinfeld.
I for one am sad to see them go.
I'm not the smartest when it comes to this whole IP / copyright / patent stuff...
But how is this different from taking an existing production, modifying it and then reselling as your own?
ie: I take an, I dunno, invention of some kind ... add a clock to it and then redistribute. Isn't that ok?
This example is always seems to be used, so why wouldn't the same be true in this case?
What additional security really exists by having a valid certificate?
I've bought those certs before. It isn't like it is that hard to get, nor does it really mean anything at the end of the day. The whole thing is a racket.
Releases do not work. Not in that way from what I understand. In college when a bunch of friends and I rented a house we threw a HUGE party. Hundreds of people came throughout the night. We investigated the option of having some legal disclaimer, written / signed or otherwise. We found that on private properly, rented or owned, someone cannot sign away their rights or responsibilities while they are present on said property. It had something to do with it being a private residence and not a commercial venture. Sure it looks pretty on paper, but if push came to shove it wouldn't hold up.
Basically by you inviting them into your home by your own free will you are taking on "reasonable" responsibility for their safety and all that. With that said, I don't think you are liable for their possessions. They too are coming by their own free will knowing what they are getting into.
Long story short, save someone getting hurt or worse, you should be fine in terms of liability. Homeowners / Renters insurance covers a very broad number of things. Not sure if this helps your overall question or not...
Language and grammar isn't tough. That's not what I'm saying at all. What I was saying is that shouldn't be the determining factor in judging how educated someone is. That is all.
Einstein was a terrible speller...as am I. I think I read somewhere once, that most of his publications were written by others for him...not sure if that is true or not. Does that mean he wasn't educated, formally or otherwise? If spell check didn't exist I'd be shit outta luck. Does that mean I m not educated? Almost 10 years of industry experience, raises, and promotions say otherwise.
That's all I'm saying. In general I very much agree with you. A good portion of "college educated" people are dumb and aren't worth the paper their diploma is written on. On the other hand, I know people who fail miserably at common sense and other things you and I would consider simplistic, yet they are awesome CPAs, managers, and engineers.
Long story short picking one (relatively trivial) aspect and judging them on that is bogus. Would you rather have a doctor that can speak and write properly, or knows his shit when it comes to medicine?
NO! Did you see the move Idiocracy?
(I'm paraphrasing)
"Welcome to the hospital. How are you feeling today"
*man at counter throws up*
*woman behind counter presses the button that shows a stick figure throwing up*
"Thank you, come again."
Good to know that education is defined by how well you can write a bureaucratic memo, not how well you think critically, problem solve, general knowledge or how to work as a team. No, no, we want drones that all think the same and use proper grammar.
You have great ideas, but we're giving you a poor review. You see your last memo concerning our new TPS reports misused the word "they're". Sorry...
Mammalian hearts all tend to have a lifespan of x number of beats. The slower the heart beats, the longer-lived the critter is. This explains why small, jumpy rodents tend to have short lives and something like a whale is long-lived. This x number seems to be fairly consistent across species.
I'm pretty sure this isn't true. If it was, exercising (making your heart beat faster for extended periods of time) would cut years OFF your life, not lengthen it.
Only in America would everyone see the "do nothing, get results" angle. WTF is wrong with the media today? This story comes along and what is the angle? What is the headline? Be a couch potato and get stronger. *sigh*
HELLO!!! The use of this pill (provided it actually works) has nothing to do with dieting or not exercising, but has everything to do with recovering patience. Say I'm 80 and I broke my hip in a fall. Normally I wouldn't have a chance in hell at rehabilitation...but with a solution like this all of a sudden me walking again isn't out of the question.
Jane Doe has been in a coma for X months. Her body is atrophied. The road to recovery has just gotten a hell of a lot shorter and cheaper.
John Smith has ha major surgery. Maybe a heart attack or something. Does this pill mean his heart will be stronger? Less likely of a repeat visit to the hospital?
It is lame that all the media and general public see in this is the diet, vanity aspect.
I feel sad for humanity.
As lame (or awesome) as this sounds, get him to do some basic web programming. I know it is mostly just markup stuff, but to do anything complicated or cool, you have to get into the code behind or JavaScript or whatever.
The benefit is, that you instantly see what you just wrote. Sure it may be basic and not really do anything, but it is there on the screen and he can say, "I did that". After the initial learning curve, it is pretty easy to be able to churn out a blog, or a calendar / datebook, or photo repository. A simple program like that will introduce him to the basics of what programming is all about.
Hell, it beats copying 1000 lines from a BASIC book to create a text based game. Ahh, memories.
If he likes that stuff, it won't be a large leap to get into some of the more difficult languages like C++ or C# or Java or whatever. That's when the real fun can begin.
Agreed... OSC has trouble finishing a series. Great novels that would have rocked as a singleton, but when stretched into a series dragged on... and on... and on...
What a cop out. Netflix is like 10 dollars a month for a 1 at a time. If she only watches 2 movies a month, get her a year subscription for Mother's Day or something.
In the very least save the excuse for something that is actually unreasonably priced.
Zoink!
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070803-shocker-microsoft-combats-chinese-piracy-via-major-price-cuts.html
Guess again.
Besides if they are too poor to buy Windows, how do they afford the computer to run it on?
But when the country is China? Come on. China! Like ANYONE or ANY company could get a fair trial there. There are no human rights, what makes you think that large non-govt. corporations will have any?
Very true. The far crazy right isn't that different from the far crazy left when you truly look at it.
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