But since open source is a superior development model (right?), any private fork will lag behind the open source version
I don't think that's necessarily true. For example, if I keep my own internal set of commits on the Linux kernel, then any time a new kernel is published, I can simply rebase my commits to the new kernel tree and then fix anything that might have been broken.
So it should be possible to get all the benefits of the open source development efforts and still have my own private modifications. Now, if the official tree diverges from my patches sufficiently, I may need to reimplement my patches, but that's probably not all that big a deal.
If they did then I wouldn't have to repeat the same information to ever nurse and doctor that I see in the same office, much less after I am referred to another doctor.
They have read your file. What they're doing is called a History and Physical (H&P).
They are doing this to verify what's been recorded in your record (the current complaint) and, very likely, the questions that they're asking are tailored by what they read to try to cover gaps and identify mistakes in your record or to connect the dots in your symptoms to help reach a diagnosis.
If the doctor has a good idea what your problem is, the H&P might be very brief, asking only probing questions related to the suspected diagnosis. If you're being admitted, even if it's obvious what's wrong, the admitting team is expected to do a full H&P if possible.
Think about it, if someone had a problem and you were given a write-up of their complaint before you met with them, wouldn't you want to verify the contents of that write-up before you ordered potentially life-threatening procedures/drugs based on its contents?
A patient's medical history may be about the patient, but it is the doctor's tool. It allows the doctor pass information to future doctors who care for the patient. Some of the stuff in the record may not be flattering to the patient, but it's there to protect the doctors from making avoidable mistakes forseen by previous care givers and to create a context for diagnosis and treatment. Allowing the patient to "edit" their medical history would be a huge mistake.
Seriously, how could a patient be better served by giving their doctor a censored view of their medical history?
The ID argument, as I've seen it, requires a designer that wasn't designed by another designer, but if that un-designed designer was natural, then there's no reason that we couldn't be un-designed by the same argument. Therefore, the designer must be supernatural.
If they require a supernatural designer, then it's a religious argument.
If you don't agree, I'd like to hear your explanation of what makes a religious argument.
Anyone have any numbers on how many organizations get audited by the BSA each year and how expensive those audits are (both in the performing the audit and in dealing with the results of the audit)?
For posterity's sake, could you tell us what you were trying to do and what you found inadequate so that we have some context to evaluate your negative experience?
Were these mainstream OSS apps that you were attempting to use?
IIRC Solaris still has the highest market share among proprietary Unixes. And AIX ist only third after HP-UX.
Please give us some context.
Is Solaris #1 because it's out competing AIX and HP-UX or because both HP and IBM are focusing on Linux in the data center and no longer pushing their own proprietary Unixes?
How does the proprietary Unix market compare to the Linux market? Is proprietary Unix still relevant?
If Solaris is such a strong contender, why is SUN perceived to be in such a weak position?
Seriously, I have no idea what the answers are, but I'd love to hear from someone who does.
Preeclampsia is a bad example since the two choices are really: 1. mom and baby dies 2. mom survives, baby might survive
There's no real option where mom dies but baby lives, therefore the decision on how to treat doesn't really weigh the survival of the baby against the survival of the mother.
My wife is the perfect example of a computer user that just wants to get stuff done without having to know all the details involved.
We bought her the 12" macbook about four years ago because the size was right and the price was right (it cost us about $800 after her student discount). She still uses that machine today without any complaints. The machine has run like a champ and I've never had to learn how to use it or fix it because she's never run into something that she couldn't figure out on her own.
There's value in that that you just can't get from a windows laptop.
There's no way we would have received the same value from an $800 windows laptop if we'd decided to go that route four years ago.
Trees are carbon neutral, not carbon negative. If you made charcoal from the trees and not burn it (perhaps bury it somewhere) then you've made them carbon negative.
You're overlooking that a terestrial unit gets the noon-day sun for a couple of minutes each day. An orbiting unit gets it 24 hours a day except for around the spring and autumnal equinoxes when it's in the shadow of the Earth for, worst case, 70 minutes or so, each day.
There should be no "traffic" in geosynchronous orbit. Everything that is in geosynchronous orbit is stationary relative to its neighbors (otherwise it wouldn't be synchronous with the spot of ground it's supposed to be over).
The only real danger is from transients that pass through the orbit.
I don't think Lilith made the final cut for the modern Christian bible. Once upon a time, I read the King James version and don't remember her in Genesis.
Obviously, the current vehicles don't meet your needs. But if you're lucky, people who find these cars desirable now will fund the future improvements that will make later electric vehicles capable of meeting your needs.
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How is a double-height return/enter key useful?
(personally, I hate it because I hit it every time I mean to hit \ or |)
But since open source is a superior development model (right?), any private fork will lag behind the open source version
I don't think that's necessarily true. For example, if I keep my own internal set of commits on the Linux kernel, then any time a new kernel is published, I can simply rebase my commits to the new kernel tree and then fix anything that might have been broken.
So it should be possible to get all the benefits of the open source development efforts and still have my own private modifications. Now, if the official tree diverges from my patches sufficiently, I may need to reimplement my patches, but that's probably not all that big a deal.
Can't cache anything sent over an encrypted connection.
Don't know if most video is sent encrypted, but I bet the premium stuff is.
Can anyone post a good link describing what funds were given to the telcos, what was expected of them, and what they actually did?
I've heard people make statements like this, but have never actually seen a good discussion of it.
If they did then I wouldn't have to repeat the same information to ever nurse and doctor that I see in the same office, much less after I am referred to another doctor.
They have read your file. What they're doing is called a History and Physical (H&P).
They are doing this to verify what's been recorded in your record (the current complaint) and, very likely, the questions that they're asking are tailored by what they read to try to cover gaps and identify mistakes in your record or to connect the dots in your symptoms to help reach a diagnosis.
If the doctor has a good idea what your problem is, the H&P might be very brief, asking only probing questions related to the suspected diagnosis. If you're being admitted, even if it's obvious what's wrong, the admitting team is expected to do a full H&P if possible.
Think about it, if someone had a problem and you were given a write-up of their complaint before you met with them, wouldn't you want to verify the contents of that write-up before you ordered potentially life-threatening procedures/drugs based on its contents?
A patient's medical history may be about the patient, but it is the doctor's tool. It allows the doctor pass information to future doctors who care for the patient. Some of the stuff in the record may not be flattering to the patient, but it's there to protect the doctors from making avoidable mistakes forseen by previous care givers and to create a context for diagnosis and treatment. Allowing the patient to "edit" their medical history would be a huge mistake.
Seriously, how could a patient be better served by giving their doctor a censored view of their medical history?
Google directly has an effect on my royalty checks.
How did you determine that?
"Why build one when you can build two for twice the price?"
That works once per grandpa...
The ID argument, as I've seen it, requires a designer that wasn't designed by another designer, but if that un-designed designer was natural, then there's no reason that we couldn't be un-designed by the same argument. Therefore, the designer must be supernatural.
If they require a supernatural designer, then it's a religious argument.
If you don't agree, I'd like to hear your explanation of what makes a religious argument.
Anyone have any numbers on how many organizations get audited by the BSA each year and how expensive those audits are (both in the performing the audit and in dealing with the results of the audit)?
For posterity's sake, could you tell us what you were trying to do and what you found inadequate so that we have some context to evaluate your negative experience?
Were these mainstream OSS apps that you were attempting to use?
Thanks for the excellent and informative post!
That was exactly the kind of context I was missing.
IIRC Solaris still has the highest market share among proprietary Unixes. And AIX ist only third after HP-UX.
Please give us some context.
Is Solaris #1 because it's out competing AIX and HP-UX or because both HP and IBM are focusing on Linux in the data center and no longer pushing their own proprietary Unixes?
How does the proprietary Unix market compare to the Linux market? Is proprietary Unix still relevant?
If Solaris is such a strong contender, why is SUN perceived to be in such a weak position?
Seriously, I have no idea what the answers are, but I'd love to hear from someone who does.
Preeclampsia is a bad example since the two choices are really:
1. mom and baby dies
2. mom survives, baby might survive
There's no real option where mom dies but baby lives, therefore the decision on how to treat doesn't really weigh the survival of the baby against the survival of the mother.
There's a truth to what you've said, but...
My wife is the perfect example of a computer user that just wants to get stuff done without having to know all the details involved.
We bought her the 12" macbook about four years ago because the size was right and the price was right (it cost us about $800 after her student discount). She still uses that machine today without any complaints. The machine has run like a champ and I've never had to learn how to use it or fix it because she's never run into something that she couldn't figure out on her own.
There's value in that that you just can't get from a windows laptop.
There's no way we would have received the same value from an $800 windows laptop if we'd decided to go that route four years ago.
Trees are carbon neutral, not carbon negative. If you made charcoal from the trees and not burn it (perhaps bury it somewhere) then you've made them carbon negative.
Evolution supports MAPI.
Really? I thought it scraped the webmail interface.
You're overlooking that a terestrial unit gets the noon-day sun for a couple of minutes each day. An orbiting unit gets it 24 hours a day except for around the spring and autumnal equinoxes when it's in the shadow of the Earth for, worst case, 70 minutes or so, each day.
There's potential here for something feasible.
There should be no "traffic" in geosynchronous orbit. Everything that is in geosynchronous orbit is stationary relative to its neighbors (otherwise it wouldn't be synchronous with the spot of ground it's supposed to be over).
The only real danger is from transients that pass through the orbit.
Make that spring and autumnal equinox. Summer and winter have solstices which will have no effect on the satellite's time in the sun.
I don't think Lilith made the final cut for the modern Christian bible. Once upon a time, I read the King James version and don't remember her in Genesis.
but I could be wrong...
I made no claims about usefulness, I just said it would be secure.
Obviously, the current vehicles don't meet your needs. But if you're lucky, people who find these cars desirable now will fund the future improvements that will make later electric vehicles capable of meeting your needs.
Assuming you meant to say "apethetic majority", then what you said is exactly what I was going to say.