I guess I don't understand what you're saying. You think that a specialized court, one that has made an effort to understand a specific issue in greater detail than a general purpose court ever could is "unconstitutional" because they only look at cases that fall into that specialization?
What do you mean when you say "special courts whose purview is less than the entire judicial power"?
As far as I'm concerned, your daughter shouldn't be allowed to go to public schools if she isn't vaccinated. She puts every other student at risk since some people have an insufficient immune response to the vaccine which still leaves them vulnerable.
You do realize that different compounds of Mercury have different chemical properties, right? Sure, some are dangerous in small amounts, but not all of them.
By your reasoning, since hydrogen is a toxin, then so is water.
Also, you might be surprised at the resolution of current statistical methods, even with relatively small sample sizes. It's very possible that an increase of 0.006% is detectable depending on the quality and size of the sample and the methods used.
I think it's horrible that the FDA told manufacturers to stop using a particular preservative not based on evidence that it was dangerous, but instead because a small group of vocal and misguided parents complained about it. It was stupid and, of course, seen as an admission that there was something wrong with it (when there's no evidence at all that there is).
Obviously, something in our environment is making autism rates climb.
Not at all. It's a combination of 2 things: 1. the definition of autism has broadened with time so that things that weren't considered autism 50 years ago now count 2. better detection means people with autism are more likely to get counted.
The scientific consensus is that there is no reason to believe that autism is more common now than before.
That's exactly what it will be for some people. But for others, if they find that Linux offers them what they would otherwise use Windows for, Linux may become a viable alternative for regular use.
Since FF3 has been out for quite a while and this hasn't been addressed yet (and likely won't until 3.1 or whatever) I'm starting to have doubts myself.
I don't think that's a fair assessment of the situation. Looking at the bug, there's lots of effort going into trying to reproduce the bug so that it can be debugged. If you know how to reliably trigger the bug scenario, contact the developers.
You make it sound like they're just sitting on their hands doing nothing.
I encrypt all my data on my work laptop using loop-aes. I simply type in a password when the machine mounts my data partition. All my executables are on an unencrypted partition, so I don't notice any performance degradation.
I see no reason why this wouldn't be an acceptable solution at the "Enterprise Level" (whatever that means).
Fine, so recommend Ubuntu to all the people who are interested in Linux but don't know anything about it. Let the rest of us continue merrily on our way.
I can't stand to use Ubuntu myself, but I recommend it to anyone who asks. Only when it's obvious that Ubuntu doesn't meet their needs do I engage them about what distribution would be better for them to use.
Those are excellent examples that actually help prove the parent post's point. Both MySQL and PHP, while still popular, are being replaced by better products. Sure it takes time, especially when the older products have lots of momentum, but it is happening.
meh, some number of developers will decide IE6 support isn't worth the effort which will cause some IE6 users to actually look for an alternative. Eventually, IE6 will only be used for internal apps that will never be upgraded and not regular browsing. Similarly, IE7 will eventually fade away.
As much as I dislike Microsoft and most of their products, I'm going to have to say yes, their "mainstream tools" usually just work. They may or may not actually be better than competing products and services, but any honest person will have to admit that they do "usually just work."
I had the misfortune of trying to edit a bulleted list in Word the other day on someone's MacBook-Pro. It was horribly painful and there's no way that you could argue that is "just works".
It could be done in an intelligent manner that preserves the integrity of the site.
For instance, making advertisements opt-in for registered users would allow people to make a decision to support Wikipedia, but at the same time would ensure that the ads are not intrusive (since people would opt-out if the ads were too annoying).
Make sure you let them know why you chose to purchase their product. If they get lots of feedback saying that the decision to opensource their stuff made a difference, they'll be more likely to make similar decisions in the future.
Replying to your sig: Fork Python to rid tab-crap.
Most people who use for Python for more than a couple of minutes stop noticing that whitespace is significant since they already use whitespace meaningfully in their code in a way that satisfies Python's requirements. People who've never tried Python but have heard about the whitespace requirements often assume that whitespace is meaningful on every line, rather than just at the beginning of a statement. Once they learn how it really works, they stop complaining.
Could you post an example of your code (in any language) that shows how you format your code? Also, please explain how it conflicts with the Python whitespace requirements.
I find it interesting that you say this. There isn't a single large company that I'm aware of that isn't playing with the idea of pushing Linux on at least some of their desktops.
Exchange is a curious nut to crack (especially for blackberry users), but having an Exchange server does not necessitate that the rest of your infrastructure and desktops run Windows.
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If they sell USB fobs and SD cards as loss leaders, I'd buy from the Microsoft store...maybe headphones...
Can't think of anything else, though.
I guess I don't understand what you're saying. You think that a specialized court, one that has made an effort to understand a specific issue in greater detail than a general purpose court ever could is "unconstitutional" because they only look at cases that fall into that specialization?
What do you mean when you say "special courts whose purview is less than the entire judicial power"?
As far as I'm concerned, your daughter shouldn't be allowed to go to public schools if she isn't vaccinated. She puts every other student at risk since some people have an insufficient immune response to the vaccine which still leaves them vulnerable.
You do realize that different compounds of Mercury have different chemical properties, right? Sure, some are dangerous in small amounts, but not all of them.
By your reasoning, since hydrogen is a toxin, then so is water.
Also, you might be surprised at the resolution of current statistical methods, even with relatively small sample sizes. It's very possible that an increase of 0.006% is detectable depending on the quality and size of the sample and the methods used.
I think it's horrible that the FDA told manufacturers to stop using a particular preservative not based on evidence that it was dangerous, but instead because a small group of vocal and misguided parents complained about it. It was stupid and, of course, seen as an admission that there was something wrong with it (when there's no evidence at all that there is).
Obviously, something in our environment is making autism rates climb.
Not at all. It's a combination of 2 things:
1. the definition of autism has broadened with time so that things that weren't considered autism 50 years ago now count
2. better detection means people with autism are more likely to get counted.
The scientific consensus is that there is no reason to believe that autism is more common now than before.
That's exactly what it will be for some people. But for others, if they find that Linux offers them what they would otherwise use Windows for, Linux may become a viable alternative for regular use.
This is a good thing.
Since FF3 has been out for quite a while and this hasn't been addressed yet (and likely won't until 3.1 or whatever) I'm starting to have doubts myself.
I don't think that's a fair assessment of the situation. Looking at the bug, there's lots of effort going into trying to reproduce the bug so that it can be debugged. If you know how to reliably trigger the bug scenario, contact the developers.
You make it sound like they're just sitting on their hands doing nothing.
I encrypt all my data on my work laptop using loop-aes.
I simply type in a password when the machine mounts my data partition.
All my executables are on an unencrypted partition, so I don't
notice any performance degradation.
I see no reason why this wouldn't be an acceptable solution
at the "Enterprise Level" (whatever that means).
It's not that they have any realistic chance of ever spending most of them for real products or services.
You mean, besides buying oil with it?
I hope they do touch it. I hope they uphold the ruling and create a clear test for patentability that is difficult to game or circumvent.
But I'll settle for them not touching it, I suppose.
Fine, so recommend Ubuntu to all the people who are interested in Linux but don't know anything about it. Let the rest of us continue merrily on our way.
I can't stand to use Ubuntu myself, but I recommend it to anyone who asks. Only when it's obvious that Ubuntu doesn't meet their needs do I engage them about what distribution would be better for them to use.
Those are excellent examples that actually help prove the parent post's point. Both MySQL and PHP, while still popular, are being replaced by better products. Sure it takes time, especially when the older products have lots of momentum, but it is happening.
If this system is so superior, why haven't groups of people started working together to make it happen already?
Both Gentoo and Debian already do this.
meh, some number of developers will decide IE6 support isn't worth the effort which will cause some IE6 users to actually look for an alternative. Eventually, IE6 will only be used for internal apps that will never be upgraded and not regular browsing. Similarly, IE7 will eventually fade away.
Most indies WANT you to download.
Links, please?
Wouldn't the Bar Association have strong words with the RIAA lawyers if the lawyers knowingly left out or misrepresented relevant case law?
If not, then what's the purpose of the Bar Association if it isn't to enforce the practice of law?
As much as I dislike Microsoft and most of their products, I'm going to have to say yes, their "mainstream tools" usually just work. They may or may not actually be better than competing products and services, but any honest person will have to admit that they do "usually just work."
I had the misfortune of trying to edit a bulleted list in Word the other day on someone's MacBook-Pro. It was horribly painful and there's no way that you could argue that is "just works".
In my experience, the Honda generators are so quiet that you can't hear them when you're inside. The cheaper units sound like a lawn mower.
Depending on your neighbors (or city noise ordinances), it might be worth paying a bit extra for the Honda generator.
It could be done in an intelligent manner that preserves the integrity of the site.
For instance, making advertisements opt-in for registered users would allow people to make a decision to support Wikipedia, but at the same time would ensure that the ads are not intrusive (since people would opt-out if the ads were too annoying).
Make sure you let them know why you chose to purchase their product. If they get lots of feedback saying that the decision to opensource their stuff made a difference, they'll be more likely to make similar decisions in the future.
Whatever their motivations happen to be, they are doing exactly what the kernel developers have been asking them to do.
If it saves ATI/AMD money, even better. Maybe other companies will see the light and follow suit.
Has it really failed? Don't companies still pay IBM lots of money to use it?
Replying to your sig: Fork Python to rid tab-crap.
Most people who use for Python for more than a couple of minutes stop noticing that whitespace is significant since they already use whitespace meaningfully in their code in a way that satisfies Python's requirements. People who've never tried Python but have heard about the whitespace requirements often assume that whitespace is meaningful on every line, rather than just at the beginning of a statement. Once they learn how it really works, they stop complaining.
Could you post an example of your code (in any language) that shows how you format your code? Also, please explain how it conflicts with the Python whitespace requirements.
I find it interesting that you say this. There isn't a single large company that I'm aware of that isn't playing with the idea of pushing Linux on at least some of their desktops.
Exchange is a curious nut to crack (especially for blackberry users), but having an Exchange server does not necessitate that the rest of your infrastructure and desktops run Windows.
But by learning to do it this way, he's not hostage to whatever configuration GUI is packaged with whatever distro he happens to use.
There's value in learning this stuff even if you don't *need* it.