Just out of curiosity, if one president can destroy the environment in a mere 3 years, why do you have no hope that another could fix it in their first term? Either you have no faith in your party or you're just a boob looking for any opportunity to take a cheap shot.
Correct. One hundred percent of scientists who recieve their funding from fairy godmothers, lottery winnings, or their side jobs as grocery store clerks agree that "h00manz r teh suXXor!"
If you operate from the basic premise that "funding = bias" then you have to discount _ALL_ results from _ALL_ projects that recieve _ANY_ funding from _ANYONE_. Of course, not many concerned climatologist homeless persons are wanding around Antarctica taking core samples or launching equipment into space.
Anytime we deploy our military (as sad as it is), we put them in world hot spots for PEACE KEEPING. We go to places to STOP wars, not to wage them."
Okay... I'm confused here. Are you not still using (the threat of) violence to impose your will? Using your country's resources to stop someone else from fighting a war is still interfering in the business of another nation.
Real estate law (as with most other parts of the law) has changed a lot since the Great Depression. Most people who came out of the depression "really smart" learned that the only safety was in owning your home free and clear, and that only a fool carried a mortgage. This is because they learned the lesson of the Great Depression which was that the bank could take your property away at any time just by forcing you to cough up the ballance of your mortgage. They can't do that anymore. Now, so long as you keep the monthly payments coming in, you can not lose your home. As most people don't tend to become more poor over time, this means that your ability to make the payments increases over time to the point that even short-term unemployment doesn't cause you a loss of property. Heck, even if you go bankrupt you won't lose your house in most (all?) states. The increased security of simply owning the property even if you have a loan against it is one of the many great hedges against the panic that caused the snowball effect of the Great Depression. Hedges that were put in place for precisely that reason and appear to be working rather well. I say that based on my own experiance (the.com burst was not good to me) and that of many friends of mine (the steel industry collapse was not good to them).
They joys of debt today are not the same as those of the late 20's and early 30's.
Before microprocessors were invented, or before engine management systems were included in automobiles? There's quite a significant gap in between that included a good portion of automotive technology, and probably includes any car you're actually thinking of.
You think a company that actually has money to spend uses windows or netware for a fileserver either? Hell no. They're using NetApps for CIFS/NFS, and one brand of SAN technology or another for "local" storage. Actually Linux is getting a lot of attention in the "Grid computing" space especially in the financial industry and no lack of ACLs is slowing it down. Your original point was that lack of ACLs was a major impediment to uptake of Linux in the business community. I say you aren't even on the board, let alone near the bullseye. Linux is being adopted to be used for the things it is very good at. Just like you have wintendo on the desktop, you have linux in the grid. Heck, some insane fools are even starting to use them as database servers *shudder*. If somebody wants storage, they're likely not using either windows or linux. They're likely using DataOnTap. Granted, Linux isn't kicking Solaris or Windows out of the server room in any case, but it is catching up with them in a big hurry. (ACLs or not) That's the point I was trying to make.
I can't decide how to mod this. If he was serious, he gets -1 (Didn't get the joke). If he knew it was a joke and this is how he responds to jokes, he gets -1 (buzzkill)
Ultimately the problem with Unix is that it is built the way that cars used to be built before Henry Ford, its a computer O/S for folk who like to spend their time tinkering with their system and like endless opportunities for low grade intellectual stimulation because thats an end in itself for them.
Holy Freaking Crap! Mod Parent Up! This is the answer to all those whiners complaining that we need to "make Linux easier for the windows guys if we ever want it to become mainstream". This is the most clearly stated and well spoken version of what I have been trying to say that I have seen all day.
You actually make some fairly interesting points for a bloody coward, but on point 2 you need to fine-tune your argumentative skill. X sucks. Y makes sense. Not terribly objective, that. "Sucks" and "makes sense" are subjective observations If something has been working (albeit possibly it could work better) does it really "suck?" What if the requirement against which "suckiness" is measured is the ability to get the job done. *blink* Well now. It suddenly doesn't suck anymore. It meets the requirement. If you are going to make a series of points and one of them is going to be as poorly made as point 2, don't follow it with point 3 which is made much better. Someone gets to point 2, decides you're not going to make rational points, and quits reading before getting to the good stuff.
Slashdot Mirror
link?
And luckily, the roofs are located close to where the power is needed. Yet another problem solved. ;)
Hrm... A good reason not to use them...
1) They don't bloody fit in my ceiling fan fixtures because they are longer than a standard bulb and interfere with the globe.
2) All my rooms have the same type of ceiling fan. See #1 above.
"But for me it was out of nessesity. They don't offer cable where I am "
... And I would have just died without it. *rolls eyes* Some people need to learn the meaning of the word (*ahem*) "nessesity"
Just out of curiosity, if one president can destroy the environment in a mere 3 years, why do you have no hope that another could fix it in their first term? Either you have no faith in your party or you're just a boob looking for any opportunity to take a cheap shot.
"Good TV show" is an oxymoron.
At least it's not a repost. :D
Correct. One hundred percent of scientists who recieve their funding from fairy godmothers, lottery winnings, or their side jobs as grocery store clerks agree that "h00manz r teh suXXor!"
If you operate from the basic premise that "funding = bias" then you have to discount _ALL_ results from _ALL_ projects that recieve _ANY_ funding from _ANYONE_. Of course, not many concerned climatologist homeless persons are wanding around Antarctica taking core samples or launching equipment into space.
"while sitting alone at home watching DVDs?"
Then it's their own fault for supporting the MPAA!
*rimshot*
Technically, that's an URL, not a link.
Sorry.
-1 pedant
But you can't live on wine and olives.
:D
I bet you a dollar you're wrong.
Anytime we deploy our military (as sad as it is), we put them in world hot spots for PEACE KEEPING. We go to places to STOP wars, not to wage them."
Okay... I'm confused here. Are you not still using (the threat of) violence to impose your will? Using your country's resources to stop someone else from fighting a war is still interfering in the business of another nation.
Real estate law (as with most other parts of the law) has changed a lot since the Great Depression. Most people who came out of the depression "really smart" learned that the only safety was in owning your home free and clear, and that only a fool carried a mortgage. This is because they learned the lesson of the Great Depression which was that the bank could take your property away at any time just by forcing you to cough up the ballance of your mortgage. They can't do that anymore. Now, so long as you keep the monthly payments coming in, you can not lose your home. As most people don't tend to become more poor over time, this means that your ability to make the payments increases over time to the point that even short-term unemployment doesn't cause you a loss of property. Heck, even if you go bankrupt you won't lose your house in most (all?) states. The increased security of simply owning the property even if you have a loan against it is one of the many great hedges against the panic that caused the snowball effect of the Great Depression. Hedges that were put in place for precisely that reason and appear to be working rather well. I say that based on my own experiance (the .com burst was not good to me) and that of many friends of mine (the steel industry collapse was not good to them).
They joys of debt today are not the same as those of the late 20's and early 30's.
And remember, you don't own the house until you pay off the mortgage
Yes you do.
Before microprocessors were invented, or before engine management systems were included in automobiles? There's quite a significant gap in between that included a good portion of automotive technology, and probably includes any car you're actually thinking of.
I wonder how many of the people making this rather obvious statement realize that they are making the NRA's point WRT increased gun controls.
I also wonder if you s/police/criminals/ and s/camera jammers/guns/ for each such post, would it have gotten "insightful" or "flamebait?"
You think a company that actually has money to spend uses windows or netware for a fileserver either? Hell no. They're using NetApps for CIFS/NFS, and one brand of SAN technology or another for "local" storage. Actually Linux is getting a lot of attention in the "Grid computing" space especially in the financial industry and no lack of ACLs is slowing it down. Your original point was that lack of ACLs was a major impediment to uptake of Linux in the business community. I say you aren't even on the board, let alone near the bullseye. Linux is being adopted to be used for the things it is very good at. Just like you have wintendo on the desktop, you have linux in the grid. Heck, some insane fools are even starting to use them as database servers *shudder*. If somebody wants storage, they're likely not using either windows or linux. They're likely using DataOnTap. Granted, Linux isn't kicking Solaris or Windows out of the server room in any case, but it is catching up with them in a big hurry. (ACLs or not) That's the point I was trying to make.
-1 (Didn't get the joke)
I can't decide how to mod this. If he was serious, he gets -1 (Didn't get the joke). If he knew it was a joke and this is how he responds to jokes, he gets -1 (buzzkill)
Of course, the Bush admin should not be threatening lawmakers that are speaking out at all.
I missed this bit in the article. Who exactly was being threatened?
Not up on revolutionary era history, are ye? Supervised by the citizens.
Ultimately the problem with Unix is that it is built the way that cars used to be built before Henry Ford, its a computer O/S for folk who like to spend their time tinkering with their system and like endless opportunities for low grade intellectual stimulation because thats an end in itself for them.
Holy Freaking Crap! Mod Parent Up! This is the answer to all those whiners complaining that we need to "make Linux easier for the windows guys if we ever want it to become mainstream". This is the most clearly stated and well spoken version of what I have been trying to say that I have seen all day.
> The lack of ACLs is a major impediment to update
> of Linux in the business community
MUAAAAAAAA-hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You've got to be kidding me, right? Better not tell Morgan Stanley, UBS, Paine Webber, BOA, Bank One, yada yada yada...
You actually make some fairly interesting points for a bloody coward, but on point 2 you need to fine-tune your argumentative skill. X sucks. Y makes sense. Not terribly objective, that. "Sucks" and "makes sense" are subjective observations If something has been working (albeit possibly it could work better) does it really "suck?" What if the requirement against which "suckiness" is measured is the ability to get the job done. *blink* Well now. It suddenly doesn't suck anymore. It meets the requirement. If you are going to make a series of points and one of them is going to be as poorly made as point 2, don't follow it with point 3 which is made much better. Someone gets to point 2, decides you're not going to make rational points, and quits reading before getting to the good stuff.