I assume you and the article are speaking degrees Farenheit? At 450 degrees celsius a pizza wouldn't be baked, it would be charred. And that goes for iBooks too I'd guess.
1) Saying that specific views are "obviously correct" would by many be considered the pure definition of stupidity.
2) Shouldn't the fact that you have been a student all your life tell you something? Btw, having the ability to change points of view when proven wrong is not a character flaw, it's a strenght and... a sign of intelligence. (That said, I still won't buy your point of view of pro- and anti-american.)
3) Wrapping complaints in a joke or a smile is the sign of cowards and hypocrites.
1) Intelligence is not the same thing as sharing a specific political view, or nationalistic view for that matter.
2) Who made you the judge of what is anti- or pro-American? I think a lot of American socialists would disagree with you.
3) First complaining about lost karma, m.o.c., or whatever, then saying you don't care? I think we have a word for that kind of behaviour. It begins with "hypo" and ends with "crite".
1) Slashdot may be based in USA, but is still an international forum. Don't think people of other nationalities will hail you for racking down on their country.
2) Most of us non-Americans are not anti-American, we are just not as (hysterically) pro-American as you would like.
3) Remember, kiddo. If you value your karma, you will speak naught before thinking.
Thanks for sharing with us your formidable insights in world politics.
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If you rtfa, like you pretended, you would have seen that he reached the same conclusions.
Quote from article:
The XBOX unit functions well as a desktop computer for general usage, email, web browsing, etc. The total cost of the unit with keyboard, mouse, and parts came to 383.72 dollars. However, it is not as cost effective or as easy as using a general PC obtainable from almost anywhere for the same purpose. The technical merit of soldering the usb to XBOX controller wires as well as installing the mod chip are beyond the technical skills of most. In short if you already have an XBOX and want to tinker/need a computer and have no fear of the possibility of ruining your unit then this is a viable solution. However, as a general replacement to a desktop pc, the XBOX is not nearly as userfriendly or cost effective as a 200 dollar pc from walmart.
Hrm... not to rain on your paranoia parade, but there's more oil in Canada than there is in the middle east. Much of that is at present unexploited, but the US does import more oil from Canada at present than it does from Saudi Arabia.
Interresting, are there any sources to back that up? I am not beeing sarcastic, just curious.
Well, it's a thing called national pride, you know.
Stick photos and real hard evidence into this guys face. Show him that a replica of the actual craft really does work. He will still deny the Wrights weren't the first ones.
Not saying that Wrights weren't the first. Who knows? Really, who cares? Two to three guys claiming they were first in a span of about five years only shows that technology had evlolved far enough for self propelled aircrafts to become a reality.
They were bound to be invented, just a matter of time. If the brothers hadn't been there someone else would have done it in a couple of months.
"If they think they can hold a niche, they should target that niche, instead of trying to be the all-singing all-dancing general purpose wonder platform, because that path is doomed to failure."
From the OSNews article:
"Going forward we are up against Windows, MacOS and Linux. We haven't a hope attacking these markets so we intend to target different niches, there are many specific markets out there which are not dependant on Windows or Unix, they may use one of these Operating Systems but the computers primary purpose in these cases is for use as a tool and we can address these markets, looking at what they need and providing it."
So, pardon my ignorance, but what real world applications actually run on Linux? Please don't bombard me with GNU/development/programming stuff or 10 year old UNIX apps. Is there any compelling reason to use this other than the geek factor? </SARCASM>
And yes, I do use Linux and not for the "geek factor".
A quote from the inteview at OSNews:
"Nicholas Blachford: At the moment our market is "Alternative Computing" starting with current and Ex Amiga users, it provides a very similar feel and runs a lot of their software via a 68K emulator (provided it doesn't access the custom chips). There was and is a great deal of software available some of which has never appeared on any other system so this provides a body of mature software for users to work with, somewhat unusual for a brand new platform.
Going forward we are up against Windows, MacOS and Linux. We haven't a hope attacking these markets so we intend to target different niches, there are many specific markets out there which are not dependant on Windows or Unix, they may use one of these Operating Systems but the computers primary purpose in these cases is for use as a tool and we can address these markets, looking at what they need and providing it. "
Well, since I am against experimenting on (semi sentient) animals I wouldn't vote for experimenting on either cows or newborn infants. Not to mention people of low mental capacity.
In regards to killing a infant or killing a cow, I guess neither would really know what is going on, maybe the cow would be a little more aware.
The big difference there, would be that an infant creates relations with other people (or rather the other way around), which makes infanticide worse than slaying a cow. On the other hand, people can create relations with animals too. A little girl (or an adult farmer) will probably be very sad when they have to put a cow to sleep.
Also, I still think a infant have vastly more feelings and emotions than the mass of cells from which they take stem cells.
"Added bonus: it doesn't involve creating a life just to destroy it and harvest parts."
Maybe I am cynical, but I really can't see the problem. Well, I can see why some people see it as a problem, but I can't really understand them.
My view on this is that as long as the blob of cells frow which the scientists "harvest" the stem cells isn't sentient, the problem doesn't exist. It is like picking a flower or using a beetle for the sake of science. A non sentient mass of cells beeing sacrificed for a better life with less suffering for an allready suffering human beeing is not much of a problem in my book.
I really don't care much for the viewpoint of the blob of cells beeing "a potential human life". If we walk down that path we might end upp where we want to condemn preventives and equals. Imho, resarch on embryonic stem cells is not even as bad as an abortion, since aborted featueses often (always?) are more developed than the ones used for stem cell resaerch (btw, I am not against abortions). Some might argue that the featuses do respond to stimuli and pain and therefore shouldn't be used. Well, so does beetles and flowers. We still wouldn't hesitate to use them for the sake of science.
Regarding bone marrow stem cells. Yes, there are studies showing that they might have the same potential as embryonic stem cells, but afaik no conclusions have still been drawn and embryonic cells still have the most potential, even though some drawbacks have recently been discovered there too.
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Nothing beats the feeling of being proven wrong, huh? :)
The article doesn't mention Fahrenheit anywhere as far as I can tell. Neither does the discussion.
I assume you and the article are speaking degrees Farenheit? At 450 degrees celsius a pizza wouldn't be baked, it would be charred. And that goes for iBooks too I'd guess.
1) Saying that specific views are "obviously correct" would by many be considered the pure definition of stupidity.
2) Shouldn't the fact that you have been a student all your life tell you something? Btw, having the ability to change points of view when proven wrong is not a character flaw, it's a strenght and... a sign of intelligence. (That said, I still won't buy your point of view of pro- and anti-american.)
3) Wrapping complaints in a joke or a smile is the sign of cowards and hypocrites.
1) Intelligence is not the same thing as sharing a specific political view, or nationalistic view for that matter.
2) Who made you the judge of what is anti- or pro-American? I think a lot of American socialists would disagree with you.
3) First complaining about lost karma, m.o.c., or whatever, then saying you don't care? I think we have a word for that kind of behaviour. It begins with "hypo" and ends with "crite".
A few things you can learn here if you care:
1) Slashdot may be based in USA, but is still an international forum. Don't think people of other nationalities will hail you for racking down on their country.
2) Most of us non-Americans are not anti-American, we are just not as (hysterically) pro-American as you would like.
3) Remember, kiddo. If you value your karma, you will speak naught before thinking.
Nice, they finally managed to gather all the morons on the net in one single site. :)
Please post more hillarious links when you find them!
Thanks for sharing with us your formidable insights in world politics.
If you rtfa, like you pretended, you would have seen that he reached the same conclusions.
Quote from article:
The XBOX unit functions well as a desktop computer for general usage, email, web browsing, etc. The total cost of the unit with keyboard, mouse, and parts came to 383.72 dollars. However, it is not as cost effective or as easy as using a general PC obtainable from almost anywhere for the same purpose. The technical merit of soldering the usb to XBOX controller wires as well as installing the mod chip are beyond the technical skills of most. In short if you already have an XBOX and want to tinker/need a computer and have no fear of the possibility of ruining your unit then this is a viable solution. However, as a general replacement to a desktop pc, the XBOX is not nearly as userfriendly or cost effective as a 200 dollar pc from walmart.
And your point was, what?
Were do the US armed forces get all these silly names for their battle plans? Invasion of Grenada - "Operation Urgent Fury"!? Huh?
What will they call the attack Warner Bros will demand they initiate against Australia? "Operation P2P Rage"?
I bet they have a guy employed just for figuring these names out.
Hrm... not to rain on your paranoia parade, but there's more oil in Canada than there is in the middle east. Much of that is at present unexploited, but the US does import more oil from Canada at present than it does from Saudi Arabia.
Interresting, are there any sources to back that up? I am not beeing sarcastic, just curious.
Well, it's a thing called national pride, you know.
Stick photos and real hard evidence into this guys face. Show him that a replica of the actual craft really does work. He will still deny the Wrights weren't the first ones.
Not saying that Wrights weren't the first. Who knows? Really, who cares? Two to three guys claiming they were first in a span of about five years only shows that technology had evlolved far enough for self propelled aircrafts to become a reality.
They were bound to be invented, just a matter of time. If the brothers hadn't been there someone else would have done it in a couple of months.
Oh, my, god.
Just trying to make a little joke, I had no idea he mentioned browser CSS in the article too. Yes, I should have read it before, yadda yadda...
But what is the fucking matter with you? Got a christmas tree stuck upp your bum or what? Chill man.
In A.D. 2002
Trial was beginning
Judge: What happen?
Prosecution: Jon set up us the DeCSS.
CSS in an article from opera.com? Are you sure it isn't this kind of CSS they are discussing in that article? ;)
Yeah, and leaving "I am calling from Oslo District Court, can you please call back us?" on his answering machine?
The court should have checked him off the prosecutors list of witnesses.
.dvdrip.divx.avi? Or is that only here in europe?
Since when is "TOTALLY skinnable" an excuse for a bad default GUI?
BeOS on the contrary had a very nice GUI to begin with which helped its popularity.
"If they think they can hold a niche, they should target that niche, instead of trying to be the all-singing all-dancing general purpose wonder platform, because that path is doomed to failure."
From the OSNews article:
"Going forward we are up against Windows, MacOS and Linux. We haven't a hope attacking these markets so we intend to target different niches, there are many specific markets out there which are not dependant on Windows or Unix, they may use one of these Operating Systems but the computers primary purpose in these cases is for use as a tool and we can address these markets, looking at what they need and providing it."
RTFA.
So, pardon my ignorance, but what real world applications actually run on Linux? Please don't bombard me with GNU/development/programming stuff or 10 year old UNIX apps. Is there any compelling reason to use this other than the geek factor?
</SARCASM>
And yes, I do use Linux and not for the "geek factor".
A quote from the inteview at OSNews:
"Nicholas Blachford: At the moment our market is "Alternative Computing" starting with current and Ex Amiga users, it provides a very similar feel and runs a lot of their software via a 68K emulator (provided it doesn't access the custom chips). There was and is a great deal of software available some of which has never appeared on any other system so this provides a body of mature software for users to work with, somewhat unusual for a brand new platform.
Going forward we are up against Windows, MacOS and Linux. We haven't a hope attacking these markets so we intend to target different niches, there are many specific markets out there which are not dependant on Windows or Unix, they may use one of these Operating Systems but the computers primary purpose in these cases is for use as a tool and we can address these markets, looking at what they need and providing it. "
Well, since I am against experimenting on (semi sentient) animals I wouldn't vote for experimenting on either cows or newborn infants. Not to mention people of low mental capacity.
In regards to killing a infant or killing a cow, I guess neither would really know what is going on, maybe the cow would be a little more aware.
The big difference there, would be that an infant creates relations with other people (or rather the other way around), which makes infanticide worse than slaying a cow. On the other hand, people can create relations with animals too. A little girl (or an adult farmer) will probably be very sad when they have to put a cow to sleep.
Also, I still think a infant have vastly more feelings and emotions than the mass of cells from which they take stem cells.
"Added bonus: it doesn't involve creating a life just to destroy it and harvest parts."
Maybe I am cynical, but I really can't see the problem. Well, I can see why some people see it as a problem, but I can't really understand them.
My view on this is that as long as the blob of cells frow which the scientists "harvest" the stem cells isn't sentient, the problem doesn't exist. It is like picking a flower or using a beetle for the sake of science. A non sentient mass of cells beeing sacrificed for a better life with less suffering for an allready suffering human beeing is not much of a problem in my book.
I really don't care much for the viewpoint of the blob of cells beeing "a potential human life". If we walk down that path we might end upp where we want to condemn preventives and equals. Imho, resarch on embryonic stem cells is not even as bad as an abortion, since aborted featueses often (always?) are more developed than the ones used for stem cell resaerch (btw, I am not against abortions). Some might argue that the featuses do respond to stimuli and pain and therefore shouldn't be used. Well, so does beetles and flowers. We still wouldn't hesitate to use them for the sake of science.
Regarding bone marrow stem cells. Yes, there are studies showing that they might have the same potential as embryonic stem cells, but afaik no conclusions have still been drawn and embryonic cells still have the most potential, even though some drawbacks have recently been discovered there too.
I am not so worried about size, I am more worried about content.
;)
I mean: "robdoeswaynenewton.jpg". Still haven't found the guts to view that picture.
Congrats, guys!
But still, "under the sea"? Sounds like they were digging 20,000 leagues of tunnels under the oceans.
Maybe he thought "20,000 Leagues Under the surface of the Sea" didn't have the same ring to it.