Those idiots! Honestly, FEMA had nothing to worry about on this one, because (and I've been living through these fires 1st-hand) FEMA's response was quite good. Everybody's response: Cal Fire, the state, and the feds all operated together unlike, both Katrina, and the last time we had massive fires down here.
Curious why I hadn't thought of this question before, but what could the density of air be on mars which has a large effect on wind power, if it's approximately vacuum?
So I watched this show "In God They Trust"... a documentary about Evangelical Christianity and America by Tom Brokaw.
It was presented as this fair view, and in a sense it was. But I don't think Tom really challenged the evangelicals. At one point the issue of "activist judges" came up. Now first of all, the term "activist judge" is extremely patronizing and presumptuous, I think. It presumes that you know the law better than this particular judge does. But let's accept the term. At one point, Tom asks a black evangelical (Leon Lowman) "Where do you think the civil rights movement would have been without activist judges?" A very interesting point that Lowman struggles with initially, but ends up completely avoiding the question only claiming that the civil rights movement was only brought about by christians. YEECHCH!!!! Tom unfortunataely just lets him off the hook with that. He had him in a corner of hypocrisy, but didn't push it.
But, getting to the point of the thought, here's a quote:
"Pastor Ted Haggard believes that bringing faith to bear on politics is simply democracy at work.
Haggard: We should not be discouraged because of lively debate. And we should not be discouraged or fearful with religious infusion of ideas into that debate. Because that's the way it should work so that we overall come out with the best idea."
My point is that... hello! We're talking about religion!! Religion brings nothing to any debate at all. It all depends on faith which we know should never be pushed by anyone onto anybody else. The ONLY.... ONLY, ONLY, ONLY information that should be allowed in any debate (of which we assume should be tied to logic). The only information presented should be clear, substatiated facts, not hearsay or "faith." It is the logical presentation of facts that brings any substance to any debate. Once you allow religion into the debate, it becomes a matter of opinion. Opinion is just opinion and doesn't establish anything. It doesn't prove anything, and it doesn't bring anything worthwhile to any debate (except maybe a debate over religions).
Since Tom didn't press him on that either, it really bothered me. Tom just didn't push back, he didn't really assert the concerns that the secular community brings.
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So, what gives? Surely these Deskzilla guys should have figured that one out!
I never said that it isn't work to do. But let's take a quick step back:
You put a lot of work into the designing the code so that when you grow the project, you're not fighting the growth, but that the design is functional. Obviously, a HUGE part of that design is usability, because otherwise --what's the point? So, from many standpoints, usability is hardcoded into most projects anyway. This must be true because at least the creator would like to use the program.
The other thing is that most creators want an audience. I think its more a problem that people don't want to put effort into presentation of their work. We just need to get off our butts --write the docs, provide the helpful clues in the UI, make helpful defaults. This part often doesn't get done because this level isn't needed by the creator of the work. It's a lot of work --yes, but it takes a lot of these features to get the program to the next level of customer/user. I think in most cases the software is totally functional: it just needs the helper-ware.
Raymond was right. The software is there, but the hints and the documentation are totally left out! The CUPS guys (and others) just need to tie the loose ends because --obviously he did finally get it to work-- there were simply no run-time links/ hints/ discovery to do the job.
Gruber's idea of UI driving the software design is totally another level (more like Thomas' idea of why FOSS UIs tend to suck). And although Raymond is shooting for Aunt Tillie (which he WON'T get without this level of design), he can at least get all his semi-technical brothers and sisters into the game and we can all think about A.T. for another iteration.
Sorry, but better distribution of wealth was not due just to the unions. Nor was americas emergence as a super-power just due to a better economic policy. The 2 world wars which devastated europe caused the biggest economic boon in history. On top of it, america was just about the only 1st world country left standing. So yeah, economic reform happened... and it needs to continue, but don't blindly bash the providers of the products that you use everyday!
This just confirms what we short people have known all along: that people who you *literally* look up to, you normally look to be a leader. I think it is an artifact that literally comes from our evolutionary history. The biggest wolf in the pack, the strongest caveman of the tribe, etc. Tall people have a very real "management appeal."
Put the work-load, or the zealous filters aside for a minute....
The question is:
Do you generally trust content of unknown origin?
The "zealous filters" could be applied either way to try and either BLOCK or ACCEPT urls that aren't explicitly entered into the ruleset. Anyway... -jeff
This would be a great feature to bundle with the web-browsers. I'm a little surprised this feature isn't already available in some browser. Maybe Netscape would give this a try. The problem is what it implies: what? I have to pay MORE money?
At work, though (I technically spend more hours on my office computer), its all those software tools that my company uses.
Although there are some *potential* replacement tools like open office and the new connectors to interoperate with MS exchange, all the infrastructure is still built on the monopoly platform. We use a lot of custom software that has been built to work on MS servers and clients. But more importantly, all of our main productivity software (like CAD programs, design programs, you name it) is supposed to interoperate with co-workers with file formats, etc.
To change my own system, I would have to operate as some kind of satellite employee. But since I don't, and my groups are so far away from migrating to linux tools (even where its truely feasible, which is rare) most of my co-workers still don't know much about linux, and don't want to spend much energy giving it a chance.:(
Apparently the technology is good technology.... and it will become ubiquitous. There will continue to be people engineering the product to improve it for this or that. The people who developed the product got their payoff and made themselves a lot more valuable. AdAge cares more about branding and marketability than product development. Well, I don't! I'm glad that people won't be able to push a brand over merit.
Video:
Right now, you can't audio record anybody without their permission: (see any tech support/ customer service phone system). This bill is perfectly legal... or at least its common, anyway.
*.prn:
Not a free speech issue. No body is denying access to pr0n--its still available. But the idea is that filtering, which is legal, becomes much easier. This is good for any concerned parents out there.
Koffice is pretty damn good as is... but unfortunately, there are some major insufficiencies: notably, filter support. I think most people who have actually tried using staroffice/openoffice would agree that there is a lot of unnecessary bloat. Another problem, for KDE-zealots like myself, is that other office suites don't integrate well into the slick, advanced, well supported, and popular KDE.
It just seems that with all the different projects out there that are supported by thousands of developers... there are only a few people for each that actually use the program. However, I see K-Office getting a lot more usage. It just seems that you get a LOT more *useful* code by improving k-office than by improving xyz-random project on Freshmeat. (my 2 cents)
Okay...
Even if all you had to do was retrofit all the engines, and fuel tanks on all available airplanes. (I don't think this is the case) This would be a monumental task. There are thousands and thousands of airplanes. These planes are robust and available... and no matter how you power them, they'll be dangerous.
Why not focus on the source of the problem: ie, passengers taking control of aircraft. Lock the doors to the cockpit (obviously). And secondarily, lock the passengers to their seats. Nobody goes to use the bathroom without a flight attendant unlocking the seat-belt. There... no more planes flying into buildings... or being hijacked, etc.
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I have a '99 laptop (K6-2 processor, no less) running SliTaz-- it boots in seconds, and does some lightweight tasks really well.
Those idiots! Honestly, FEMA had nothing to worry about on this one, because (and I've been living through these fires 1st-hand) FEMA's response was quite good. Everybody's response: Cal Fire, the state, and the feds all operated together unlike, both Katrina, and the last time we had massive fires down here.
Curious why I hadn't thought of this question before, but what could the density of air be on mars which has a large effect on wind power, if it's approximately vacuum?
So I watched this show "In God They Trust"... a documentary about Evangelical Christianity and America by Tom Brokaw.
It was presented as this fair view, and in a sense it was. But I don't think Tom really challenged the evangelicals. At one point the issue of "activist judges" came up. Now first of all, the term "activist judge" is extremely patronizing and presumptuous, I think. It presumes that you know the law better than this particular judge does. But let's accept the term. At one point, Tom asks a black evangelical (Leon Lowman) "Where do you think the civil rights movement would have been without activist judges?" A very interesting point that Lowman struggles with initially, but ends up completely avoiding the question only claiming that the civil rights movement was only brought about by christians. YEECHCH!!!! Tom unfortunataely just lets him off the hook with that. He had him in a corner of hypocrisy, but didn't push it.
But, getting to the point of the thought, here's a quote:
"Pastor Ted Haggard believes that bringing faith to bear on politics is simply democracy at work.
Haggard: We should not be discouraged because of lively debate. And we should not be discouraged or fearful with religious infusion of ideas into that debate. Because that's the way it should work so that we overall come out with the best idea."
My point is that... hello! We're talking about religion!! Religion brings nothing to any debate at all. It all depends on faith which we know should never be pushed by anyone onto anybody else. The ONLY.... ONLY, ONLY, ONLY information that should be allowed in any debate (of which we assume should be tied to logic). The only information presented should be clear, substatiated facts, not hearsay or "faith." It is the logical presentation of facts that brings any substance to any debate. Once you allow religion into the debate, it becomes a matter of opinion. Opinion is just opinion and doesn't establish anything. It doesn't prove anything, and it doesn't bring anything worthwhile to any debate (except maybe a debate over religions).
Since Tom didn't press him on that either, it really bothered me. Tom just didn't push back, he didn't really assert the concerns that the secular community brings.
You missed one:
:P
Always blow things way out of proportion, and use superlatives at every (even if inappropriate) opportunity.
This might be a fallacy that you're guilty of, but chose to ignore.
I've always thought this was so well put, it
inspired me to try it: unplug my monitor and go.
http://www.eklhad.net/cli.html
You can't buy A4 paper here for even close to 2X the price of letter.
I never said that it isn't work to do. But let's take a quick step back:
You put a lot of work into the designing the code so that when you grow the project, you're not fighting the growth, but that the design is functional. Obviously, a HUGE part of that design is usability, because otherwise --what's the point? So, from many standpoints, usability is hardcoded into most projects anyway. This must be true because at least the creator would like to use the program.
The other thing is that most creators want an audience. I think its more a problem that people don't want to put effort into presentation of their work. We just need to get off our butts --write the docs, provide the helpful clues in the UI, make helpful defaults. This part often doesn't get done because this level isn't needed by the creator of the work. It's a lot of work --yes, but it takes a lot of these features to get the program to the next level of customer/user. I think in most cases the software is totally functional: it just needs the helper-ware.
Raymond was right. The software is there, but the hints and the documentation are totally left out! The CUPS guys (and others) just need to tie the loose ends because --obviously he did finally get it to work-- there were simply no run-time links/ hints/ discovery to do the job.
Gruber's idea of UI driving the software design is totally another level (more like Thomas' idea of why FOSS UIs tend to suck). And although Raymond is shooting for Aunt Tillie (which he WON'T get without this level of design), he can at least get all his semi-technical brothers and sisters into the game and we can all think about A.T. for another iteration.
Sorry, but better distribution of wealth was not due just to the unions. Nor was americas emergence as a super-power just due to a better economic policy. The 2 world wars which devastated europe caused the biggest economic boon in history. On top of it, america was just about the only 1st world country left standing. So yeah, economic reform happened... and it needs to continue, but don't blindly bash the providers of the products that you use everyday!
This just confirms what we short people have known all along: that people who you *literally* look up to, you normally look to be a leader. I think it is an artifact that literally comes from our evolutionary history. The biggest wolf in the pack, the strongest caveman of the tribe, etc. Tall people have a very real "management appeal."
The link is down. Did anybody get to see what it pointed to? If a pdf available... mirrors? .torrent?
Put the work-load, or the zealous filters aside for a minute....
The question is:
Do you generally trust content of unknown origin?
The "zealous filters" could be applied either way to try and either BLOCK or ACCEPT urls that aren't explicitly entered into the ruleset.
Anyway...
-jeff
This would be a great feature to bundle with the web-browsers. I'm a little surprised this feature isn't already available in some browser. Maybe Netscape would give this a try. The problem is what it implies: what? I have to pay MORE money?
Remember....
5, count 'em FIVE of the top 10 richest Americans are the children of the late Sam Walton.
They're way beyond huge.
At home... its a no brainer, I'm always on Linux.
At work, though (I technically spend more hours on my office computer), its all those software tools that my company uses.
Although there are some *potential* replacement tools like open office and the new connectors to interoperate with MS exchange, all the infrastructure is still built on the monopoly platform. We use a lot of custom software that has been built to work on MS servers and clients. But more importantly, all of our main productivity software (like CAD programs, design programs, you name it) is supposed to interoperate with co-workers with file formats, etc.
To change my own system, I would have to operate as some kind of satellite employee. But since I don't, and my groups are so far away from migrating to linux tools (even where its truely feasible, which is rare) most of my co-workers still don't know much about linux, and don't want to spend much energy giving it a chance.
Apparently the technology is good technology.... and it will become ubiquitous. There will continue to be people engineering the product to improve it for this or that. The people who developed the product got their payoff and made themselves a lot more valuable. AdAge cares more about branding and marketability than product development. Well, I don't! I'm glad that people won't be able to push a brand over merit.
Where does the gcc 3.2 release stand in terms of fixing the linking speeds of C++ programs?
What about kernel upgrades?
Video:
Right now, you can't audio record anybody without their permission: (see any tech support/ customer service phone system). This bill is perfectly legal... or at least its common, anyway.
*.prn:
Not a free speech issue. No body is denying access to pr0n--its still available. But the idea is that filtering, which is legal, becomes much easier. This is good for any concerned parents out there.
Koffice is pretty damn good as is... but unfortunately, there are some major insufficiencies: notably, filter support. I think most people who have actually tried using staroffice/openoffice would agree that there is a lot of unnecessary bloat. Another problem, for KDE-zealots like myself, is that other office suites don't integrate well into the slick, advanced, well supported, and popular KDE.
It just seems that with all the different projects out there that are supported by thousands of developers... there are only a few people for each that actually use the program. However, I see K-Office getting a lot more usage. It just seems that you get a LOT more *useful* code by improving k-office than by improving xyz-random project on Freshmeat. (my 2 cents)
One of the MAIN problems to carrying H2 is simply that.
You're talking about 2 protons & 2 electrons forming a molecule. That's EXTREMELY tiny.
Hydrogen induces cracking in nearly everything and is basically unsafe.
Okay...
Even if all you had to do was retrofit all the engines, and fuel tanks on all available airplanes. (I don't think this is the case) This would be a monumental task. There are thousands and thousands of airplanes. These planes are robust and available... and no matter how you power them, they'll be dangerous.
Why not focus on the source of the problem: ie, passengers taking control of aircraft. Lock the doors to the cockpit (obviously). And secondarily, lock the passengers to their seats. Nobody goes to use the bathroom without a flight attendant unlocking the seat-belt. There... no more planes flying into buildings... or being hijacked, etc.
All I have to say is....
DAMN! You grew up at a RICH-KID school.
We would love to be "plagued" with PII-266 hardware and computers that are only 3 yrs old, or so.