Plus, it's worth noting that most species (including humans) that exist now do so precisely because they have repeatedly expanded their range.
However, when our ancestors were capable of adapting to survive the KT event, they were tiny little shrew-like creatures. And when our ancestors were capable of adapting to survive the big extinction 250M years ago, they were shrimps. In order to survive a global extinction level event such as a reeeeally big asteroid impact, we have to get off of this rock. In the long run, we as a species have already failed to survive because we are too specialised to quickly adapt to the inevitable forthcoming sudden, massive shift in climate that happens every few tens of millions of years. Evolution into higher life forms on a single planet is always a dead end because of this.
Staying in orbit also requires that there be no air resistance from the atmosphere. At the 700km or so that they were orbiting, the resistance would naturally bring it down in a couple of years. Fragments from the impact were probably sent off in all directions, but I have no idea whether the larger chunks would tend to continue in much the same orbit or be wildly deflected. Any significant deflection should bring the pieces down a lot faster.
I find the handling of administrator permissions to be much better in Vista.
I also would be surprised if Linux 2.9 is faster than 2.6. As machines get faster, so the operating system can take on more and more tasks, which inevitably means they get slower.
So the only reason to upgrade an operating system is to make things run faster? What about security, stability, user interface improvement, compatibility?
I think that this could work as an alternative to "semi-protection" that is currently used for articles that are attracting a lot of vandalism or bias. Temporary application of "flagged rev" status, so that anyone can still edit the article to improve it, but those edits don't show up immediately. On such an article there will be plenty of administrators or "trusted editors" whatever that is to quickly approve the majority of good edits.
The "macro" barrier is not only for existing VBA code, but I found it utterly baffling trying to work out how to do anything with macros is OOo. Operations that were a single function call in Excel (such as giving the user a file selection dialog box) required five lines of setup to create some kind of automation object first.
Thanks for that interesting and thought-provoking answer (and yes, I was being a little provocative myself, but I feel justified by your great reply). Getting back to the original subject, I guess it all hangs on how the government sponsorship of OSS is going to be handled - it could work if it's open to competition like the DARPA challenges, but it could be what others have referred to as the "road to nowhere".
Nonsense. Do you really think that Microsoft has a huge stack of dollar bills in a safe? No, they have it in bank accounts and in stock portfolios, in other words they are driving the economy with their wealth. As to what they are "based around", they are based around self-interest, the division of labour, and the free market. These are the three principles of modern market economies and have been the cornerstone of our prosperity for hundreds of years as pointed out by Adam Smith. State ownership of the means of production has another name.
Keep your stupid lies out of those kids' heads you child-abuser, they are human beings, not your slaves. You can't expect me to sit by while you teach them that they are worthless unless they worship your invisible friend.
Indeed, to some extent I sympathise with the American demonization of the word "liberal", even though I call myself a liberal in the "liberty and freedom" sense of the word. Tyrrany of the minority, even tyrrany of the majority, must be guarded against. On the other hand, I have no sympathy for parents who want to teach their children the ridiculous and harmful idea that all life was created by an omnipotent and amoral creator that we must subjugate ourselves to, and I would not defend any parent's right to indoctrinate their child with that at the expense of teaching them real science.
If the teacher strongly suspects that the pupil is breaking the law with that MP3 player, then they have the right to confiscate it. This teacher strongly suspected that the pupil was breaking the law with those CDs.
So the teacher made a mistake, she thought that giving away software that someone else wrote must be wrong, and she made a decision to confiscate the CDs - not to steal, there's no evidence that she would not have returned them to the child's parents. And if you do not want to delegate any authority to the teachers, then that's tough, the alternative is home-schooling. Teachers must have authority, there is simply no other way to run a school.
Caveat: both my parents were teachers, one was headteacher of a primary school and the other was a physics & maths teacher at regular school and later a computing lecturer at a technical college and a University, so you might think I'm prejudiced. I see it as having inside information on what it's like to be a teacher. This is all in the UK, as well, so there are probably differences to the American experience.
But then the teacher followed it up with a letter that indicates an Anti-linux prejudice and a Pro-microsoft bias, so the real motive is now clear.
The letter indicates ignorance, and an ignorance that is sadly very widespread.
On the wider subject of confiscation, a child's property is always subject to the veto of the responsible adult, and at school, that responsible adult is the teacher. Can a parent be taken to court for confiscating their child's property? No, and neither should a teacher. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_loco_parentis
Teachers have to have the right to confiscate property. Such property must of course be returned to the pupil or his/her parents, but making confiscation a potentially criminal act would make school discipline impossible. It's the same with refereeing a sport, the ref's authority has to be unquestionable on the field.
Yes, teachers can confiscate pretty much anything. The child or his/her parents have a right to have it back, but anything that the teacher deems to be unlawful or harmful or disruptive can be confiscated. Sure, this teacher made a mistake, but if they were treading on eggshells all the time then their job would be impossible.
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Plus, it's worth noting that most species (including humans) that exist now do so precisely because they have repeatedly expanded their range.
However, when our ancestors were capable of adapting to survive the KT event, they were tiny little shrew-like creatures. And when our ancestors were capable of adapting to survive the big extinction 250M years ago, they were shrimps. In order to survive a global extinction level event such as a reeeeally big asteroid impact, we have to get off of this rock. In the long run, we as a species have already failed to survive because we are too specialised to quickly adapt to the inevitable forthcoming sudden, massive shift in climate that happens every few tens of millions of years. Evolution into higher life forms on a single planet is always a dead end because of this.
This story is tagged "metricplease", but they didn't have the metric system in the mesozoic era. Sheesh.
Staying in orbit also requires that there be no air resistance from the atmosphere. At the 700km or so that they were orbiting, the resistance would naturally bring it down in a couple of years. Fragments from the impact were probably sent off in all directions, but I have no idea whether the larger chunks would tend to continue in much the same orbit or be wildly deflected. Any significant deflection should bring the pieces down a lot faster.
My front page just switched over to only displaying headlines and hour ago, I have to click through to each article now to get the summary!
1. The PROJECT can be cheap
2. The PROJECT can be fast
#3 applies to the finished project, and generally refers to achieving the right balance of performance and reliability, but #1 and #2 do not.
You can do it now. You just have to go around the SDK.
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and Apple probably would not accept the techniques used for entries in the store.
Fair enough.
I find the handling of administrator permissions to be much better in Vista.
I also would be surprised if Linux 2.9 is faster than 2.6. As machines get faster, so the operating system can take on more and more tasks, which inevitably means they get slower.
So the only reason to upgrade an operating system is to make things run faster? What about security, stability, user interface improvement, compatibility?
I think that this could work as an alternative to "semi-protection" that is currently used for articles that are attracting a lot of vandalism or bias. Temporary application of "flagged rev" status, so that anyone can still edit the article to improve it, but those edits don't show up immediately. On such an article there will be plenty of administrators or "trusted editors" whatever that is to quickly approve the majority of good edits.
Because Apple doesn't enjoy a monopoly position in the cellphone/PDA market.
The "macro" barrier is not only for existing VBA code, but I found it utterly baffling trying to work out how to do anything with macros is OOo. Operations that were a single function call in Excel (such as giving the user a file selection dialog box) required five lines of setup to create some kind of automation object first.
Not if you use ISO 8601:2004
Thanks for that interesting and thought-provoking answer (and yes, I was being a little provocative myself, but I feel justified by your great reply). Getting back to the original subject, I guess it all hangs on how the government sponsorship of OSS is going to be handled - it could work if it's open to competition like the DARPA challenges, but it could be what others have referred to as the "road to nowhere".
Nonsense. Do you really think that Microsoft has a huge stack of dollar bills in a safe? No, they have it in bank accounts and in stock portfolios, in other words they are driving the economy with their wealth. As to what they are "based around", they are based around self-interest, the division of labour, and the free market. These are the three principles of modern market economies and have been the cornerstone of our prosperity for hundreds of years as pointed out by Adam Smith. State ownership of the means of production has another name.
From personal experience, Avast! is rubbish. It failed to find 8 viruses on my system.
Nah, when they get below 655.35m they get a Blue Screen of Depth
Keep your stupid lies out of those kids' heads you child-abuser, they are human beings, not your slaves. You can't expect me to sit by while you teach them that they are worthless unless they worship your invisible friend.
Indeed, to some extent I sympathise with the American demonization of the word "liberal", even though I call myself a liberal in the "liberty and freedom" sense of the word. Tyrrany of the minority, even tyrrany of the majority, must be guarded against. On the other hand, I have no sympathy for parents who want to teach their children the ridiculous and harmful idea that all life was created by an omnipotent and amoral creator that we must subjugate ourselves to, and I would not defend any parent's right to indoctrinate their child with that at the expense of teaching them real science.
If the teacher strongly suspects that the pupil is breaking the law with that MP3 player, then they have the right to confiscate it. This teacher strongly suspected that the pupil was breaking the law with those CDs.
So the teacher made a mistake, she thought that giving away software that someone else wrote must be wrong, and she made a decision to confiscate the CDs - not to steal, there's no evidence that she would not have returned them to the child's parents. And if you do not want to delegate any authority to the teachers, then that's tough, the alternative is home-schooling. Teachers must have authority, there is simply no other way to run a school.
Caveat: both my parents were teachers, one was headteacher of a primary school and the other was a physics & maths teacher at regular school and later a computing lecturer at a technical college and a University, so you might think I'm prejudiced. I see it as having inside information on what it's like to be a teacher. This is all in the UK, as well, so there are probably differences to the American experience.
But then the teacher followed it up with a letter that indicates an Anti-linux prejudice and a Pro-microsoft bias, so the real motive is now clear.
The letter indicates ignorance, and an ignorance that is sadly very widespread.
On the wider subject of confiscation, a child's property is always subject to the veto of the responsible adult, and at school, that responsible adult is the teacher. Can a parent be taken to court for confiscating their child's property? No, and neither should a teacher. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_loco_parentis
Teachers have to have the right to confiscate property. Such property must of course be returned to the pupil or his/her parents, but making confiscation a potentially criminal act would make school discipline impossible. It's the same with refereeing a sport, the ref's authority has to be unquestionable on the field.
Yes, teachers can confiscate pretty much anything. The child or his/her parents have a right to have it back, but anything that the teacher deems to be unlawful or harmful or disruptive can be confiscated. Sure, this teacher made a mistake, but if they were treading on eggshells all the time then their job would be impossible.
It did. We're just a very complex bacteria colony.