It takes maybe two seconds to say "Stairway to Heaven". On my iPod, it takes up to six button presses and a bunch of scrolling to seek to Stairwy to Heaven.. During that time, my eyes are off the road (which is why I usually program playlists beforehand). Not only could a well-done voice interface be faster, it would be safer.
The total projected deficit for Social Security over the next 70 years is 1/3 the cost of the Bush tax cuts over that same period. Social Security is hardly going to "fail" in 2032, it'll just need a little but more money to keep going. Unless, of course, this technology actually comes to pass, in which case it's completely screwed (but then people wouldn't retire at 65 either, so who knows?).
I know many from my school days who were very good at Math
You're missing the fucking point. No one, anywhere in this discussion, has made any sort of serious suggestion that all women are bad at math. The question being argued is whether women have some sort of inherent disadvantage at math. Anecdotes of specific smart women have nothing whatsoever to do with that.
It's a well-known fact, for example, that it's easier for men to develop strong arm muscles than for women to do the same. Some women have strong muscles and some men don't, but no one gives a fuck, because the general statement is true, even if some women have overcome that disadvantage.
Men and women are different, sometimes in ways we can understand (penis vs. vagina) and sometimes in ways we can't (brain physiology). The Harvard president makes a perfectly valid statement that, if the evidence supports the general statement that girls aren't doing as well at math, then we should look at all possible causes for that, including inherent physical differences. If women weren't doing worse at math overall than men, we wouldn't be discussing the issue in the first place. So please, think before you post and don't post stupid anecdotes that prove nothing about anything.
Re:How lightweight, if it requires gtk+?
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XFCE isn't a window manager; it's a desktop environment. If you want something so ultra-lightweight that libgtk alone is too big, then you probably want Fluxbox or something of that ilk. But that's a damn small pen drive.
For any decent-sized drive (128MB and up) on any computer built within the past ten years, XFCE would be fine.
But, as we've seen, there's no evidence that shows Saddam had any plans for nuking American cities, and he was years away from that capability in any case (and not getting closer). By far the easiest way for terrorists to obtain nukes would be from a country that already has them; Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea would be good bets. Somehow, though, we ignored all of that and managed to invade the one country in the entire region that posed no credible threat to us.
Say what you will about Saddam's Iraq, it was not a chaotic pack of rats. I'm not saying there aren't good excuses for the war, but "we had to bring order to the Middle East" is not one of them. Things are far more chaotic now than they ever were before.
Under your agruement we could also say there are inherent flaws in browsing the internet.
Where do you get that from? My point was that you can't trust the client of a network game. You can't trust a web browser either, but you don't have to - it's not the server's business how someone chooses to display their web pages, and what one person does generally has no effect on what other people can do. But it has a huge effect if your game client is displaying translucent walls or teleporting you around the map.
I haven't played HL2 multi, so I can't really comment, but I suspect much of the anti-cheating consists of banning offending accounts. That's a lot harder to pull off in a free game like AA.
It's (probably) not a bug in AA, it's an inherent flaw in client-server gaming. Unless your server and network are fast enough to render every frame, calculate all the physics, and track everyone's inventory server-side, it's going to be possible to cheat.
No, not really. I see no parallel between the civil rights movement and the right to spend your life disrupting crowds at courthouses. Would you care to point out the connection?
The section title is not "your rights, online", it's "your rights online". If you don't understand the distinction, perhaps you would benefit from a remedial English class.
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Great! Let's see you get those times on my 733Mhz PIII.
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No, the iPod doesn't have digital out (except Firewire/USB). But while I can't personally, I've seen quite a few people claim they can distinguish between lossless and a 256kbit MP3 on the iPod.
Yeah, but why not? You get better quality for the same space (or the same quality in less space). If you've already got the FLAC files, all you've got to do is leave the encoding running overnight - no extra effort from you.
This indicates to me at least that there will be a net loss on this whole endeavor, and thus it is a waste of funds to do it.
It may well turn out to be a net loss, but that doesn't mean it's a waste of funds. Just because something's not profitable doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
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It takes maybe two seconds to say "Stairway to Heaven". On my iPod, it takes up to six button presses and a bunch of scrolling to seek to Stairwy to Heaven.. During that time, my eyes are off the road (which is why I usually program playlists beforehand). Not only could a well-done voice interface be faster, it would be safer.
The total projected deficit for Social Security over the next 70 years is 1/3 the cost of the Bush tax cuts over that same period. Social Security is hardly going to "fail" in 2032, it'll just need a little but more money to keep going. Unless, of course, this technology actually comes to pass, in which case it's completely screwed (but then people wouldn't retire at 65 either, so who knows?).
Yes, it did. The availability of iTunes and iPod for Windows is probably responsible for more new Mac sales than any other single factor.
You're missing the fucking point. No one, anywhere in this discussion, has made any sort of serious suggestion that all women are bad at math. The question being argued is whether women have some sort of inherent disadvantage at math. Anecdotes of specific smart women have nothing whatsoever to do with that.
It's a well-known fact, for example, that it's easier for men to develop strong arm muscles than for women to do the same. Some women have strong muscles and some men don't, but no one gives a fuck, because the general statement is true, even if some women have overcome that disadvantage.
Men and women are different, sometimes in ways we can understand (penis vs. vagina) and sometimes in ways we can't (brain physiology). The Harvard president makes a perfectly valid statement that, if the evidence supports the general statement that girls aren't doing as well at math, then we should look at all possible causes for that, including inherent physical differences. If women weren't doing worse at math overall than men, we wouldn't be discussing the issue in the first place. So please, think before you post and don't post stupid anecdotes that prove nothing about anything.
I don't think so. IIRC, the MPL allows them to keep changes to themselves.
The TI-89 Titanium isn't an improvement over the 89. It's uglier, bulkier, and actually slightly slower (in my brief testing).
You're looking for gcj.
For any decent-sized drive (128MB and up) on any computer built within the past ten years, XFCE would be fine.
Keynote?
But, as we've seen, there's no evidence that shows Saddam had any plans for nuking American cities, and he was years away from that capability in any case (and not getting closer). By far the easiest way for terrorists to obtain nukes would be from a country that already has them; Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea would be good bets. Somehow, though, we ignored all of that and managed to invade the one country in the entire region that posed no credible threat to us.
Say what you will about Saddam's Iraq, it was not a chaotic pack of rats. I'm not saying there aren't good excuses for the war, but "we had to bring order to the Middle East" is not one of them. Things are far more chaotic now than they ever were before.
Where do you get that from? My point was that you can't trust the client of a network game. You can't trust a web browser either, but you don't have to - it's not the server's business how someone chooses to display their web pages, and what one person does generally has no effect on what other people can do. But it has a huge effect if your game client is displaying translucent walls or teleporting you around the map.
I haven't played HL2 multi, so I can't really comment, but I suspect much of the anti-cheating consists of banning offending accounts. That's a lot harder to pull off in a free game like AA.
It's (probably) not a bug in AA, it's an inherent flaw in client-server gaming. Unless your server and network are fast enough to render every frame, calculate all the physics, and track everyone's inventory server-side, it's going to be possible to cheat.
What did one WTC tower say to the other? "Well, I'd love to stand around all day, but I've got a plane to catch."
No, not really. I see no parallel between the civil rights movement and the right to spend your life disrupting crowds at courthouses. Would you care to point out the connection?
A: For the right money, either one will assume any position.
I always heard that one as "There are some things a whore won't do for money."
The section title is not "your rights, online", it's "your rights online". If you don't understand the distinction, perhaps you would benefit from a remedial English class.
Great! Let's see you get those times on my 733Mhz PIII.
$210.
No, it doesn't void the warrenty as long as you don't screw something up while replacing the RAM.
No, the iPod doesn't have digital out (except Firewire/USB). But while I can't personally, I've seen quite a few people claim they can distinguish between lossless and a 256kbit MP3 on the iPod.
Yeah, but why not? You get better quality for the same space (or the same quality in less space). If you've already got the FLAC files, all you've got to do is leave the encoding running overnight - no extra effort from you.
I understand it to mean that you have less money afterwords than you did before. Do you have a different definition?
It may well turn out to be a net loss, but that doesn't mean it's a waste of funds. Just because something's not profitable doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
Only plain text files, though. It's no good with binary formats like MS Office.