How about proving yours with your own insight rather than limping around using anothers?
You seem to have missed the second and third sentences of my post. Also, I use someone else's turn of phrase to economically make a point: regardless of its validity, politicians use "religions" to manipulate the public for their own advantage. Nothing more, nothing less. Sadly, this seems to be coming true of more and more of the world. This isn't an argument against religion; it is an argument against the politicians who use religion.
I'll leave the public debate about religion per se to theolgians and folks like Dawkins. You can probably guess where my beliefs lie based on my signature. If you want an "original" observation from me, how about this:
"I don't usually agree with Lenin on much but if religion is the opiate of the masses then radical fundamentalism is the crack cocaine of the misguided few."
Yes, but the validity of the observation doesn't change regardless of whether it originated with Seneca or Gibbon or Gibbon paraphrased Seneca. The bottom line is that politicians find it far easier to manipulate the general populous by appealing to emotional beliefs than to facts and logic. Good article at Scientific American looking at how both the left and the right manipulate their followers by preying on the follower's irrational beliefs.
Take a vehicle capable of escape velocity and put it on the streets of L.A.: maxim speed is now two miles per hour (with lots of stops while waiting for traffic to clear).
I was thinking that at least one zero got dropped from both the/. headline and the article. Judging from some of the responses defending the boob tube, I rest my case.
Scientific American covered the same topic a few months back. The article primarily focused on the U.S. but agrees with TFA. There is a link on the sidebar of the Scientific American article to a nice interactive presentation on "where you live determines whether your plug-in is better for the environment."
Home use started with Red Hat Linux (RHL) 5.0 in 1998 and stuck with RHL through RHL 9. Tried Fedora Core (FC) 1 after RHL split into "Enterprise" and Fedora. FC1 was too bleeding edge but then I found White Box Linux (RHEL 3 clone). Stayed with White Box until it became too much for the guy maintaining it (there was also a hurricane that messed things up and he was in Louisiana). Moved to CentOS for clones of RHEL 4 and 5. Needed RHEL 6 when it was released for its IPv6 support so moved to Scientific Linux since CentOS had build issues with RHEL 6. Currently also running FC 16 xfce on my laptops. Have FC 17 on a separate partition and will start migrating from FC 16 to FC 17 when I have some slack. Tried Ubuntu, Mint and Gentoo at various points and I keep a current live CD of Backtrack handy.
Work: previous job had me supporting Linux Router Project, RHL 7.3 through 9 and RHEL 3 and 4. Current job has me supporting RHEL 5 and 6 plus SuSE (SLES) 10 and 11 plus AIX, Solaris and HP-UX.
I'm just glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee when I read:
Sophos points out that not everyone will be affected: "Please note this issue only affects Windows computers."
or I would still be cleaning coffee off of monitors, laptop, papers, etc.
I have a couple of old Windows XP installations I can still get to when some idiot creates a web site that only works right in IE (e.g., I live in Colorado and the state has a site for doing your state income tax that doesn't work when accessed with Firefox). Ditto for software like most income tax programs. I don't otherwise use Windows. Even my work laptop is running Linux (Fedora 16).
Maybe they'll just line up all of the politicians, get them started talking and then point them at the hurricane. That should blow the storm back out into the Gulf.
I can see it now. Once Bill releases his toilet he'll try to kill off all the trees and bushes on the planet to prevent people for opting for the "Free and Open" alternative.
Ask yourself which of those companies has the most to gain by requiring a secure boot scheme that limits the ability of "bad guys" to root a system and just happens to cripple their primary competitor at the same time?
What makes anyone think that UEFI will be any more secure than anything else Microsoft releases? Actually cracking the key may take longer than the universe has been in existence but I'm betting dear Microsoft won't do any better at engineering this than anything else. There is probably an easily exploitable hole that doesn't require actually cracking the key.
Any bets some marketing droid went to engineering and asked for some string of ones and zeroes that looked compuerish? And some smart-a$$ engineer came back with 1101 knowing it was 13 and also knowing that the marketing droid would never figure that out?
I have yet to see a development group that says they are doing some form of agile development that actually implements the claimed methodology. What I have seen is full implementation of "agilr-speak" where agile terminology is applied to what is esentially just yet another death march development effort. Re-writes become refactorings and milestones become sprints but only the terminology changes. I don't see this as something the developers do so much as something management does since it's a way to supposedly get all three of "good, fast, cheap" without actually defining a product goal, creating a realistic project schedule and then staffing the project with enough people to accomplish the effort.
Although I have yet to actually see such a development effort, my guess is that agile really works when correctly implemented. Several other commenters say they have been part of successful agile development efforts. I've just never actually seen it done.
And let's not forget government control of science. If a "scientist" isn't employed by a corporation, they are probably funded by the government either directly or indirectly. Even private colleges tend to run on government research grants and subsidies. There are very few Rube Goldbergs out there anymore; doing independent research and then selling the result.
Since 2006, USF’s Dr. Cao and Dr. Arendash have published several studies investigating the effects of caffeine/coffee administered to Alzheimer’s mice. Most recently, they reported that caffeine interacts with a yet unidentified component of coffee to boost blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.
My wife used to work with a lady who had bi-polar disorder. She was very sharp but my wife never knew when something would trigger her to "go off." I had this lady in mind with my somewhat snarky comment.
Slashdot Mirror
Social media topped the list when /.ers were asked What tech would you un-invent?
I guess all the people complaining about the article forgot to vote in that particular poll.
Cheers,
Dave
How about proving yours with your own insight rather than limping around using anothers?
You seem to have missed the second and third sentences of my post. Also, I use someone else's turn of phrase to economically make a point: regardless of its validity, politicians use "religions" to manipulate the public for their own advantage. Nothing more, nothing less. Sadly, this seems to be coming true of more and more of the world. This isn't an argument against religion; it is an argument against the politicians who use religion.
I'll leave the public debate about religion per se to theolgians and folks like Dawkins. You can probably guess where my beliefs lie based on my signature. If you want an "original" observation from me, how about this:
"I don't usually agree with Lenin on much but if religion is the opiate of the masses then radical fundamentalism is the crack cocaine of the misguided few."
Cheers,
Dave
Yes, but the validity of the observation doesn't change regardless of whether it originated with Seneca or Gibbon or Gibbon paraphrased Seneca. The bottom line is that politicians find it far easier to manipulate the general populous by appealing to emotional beliefs than to facts and logic. Good article at Scientific American looking at how both the left and the right manipulate their followers by preying on the follower's irrational beliefs.
Cheers,
Dave
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
Take a vehicle capable of escape velocity and put it on the streets of L.A.: maxim speed is now two miles per hour (with lots of stops while waiting for traffic to clear).
Cheers,
Dave
We can always hope that the self-aware computer will stop at telling bad jokes (before it gets to the throwing rocks stage).
Cheers,
Dave
I was thinking that at least one zero got dropped from both the /. headline and the article. Judging from some of the responses defending the boob tube, I rest my case.
Cheers,
Dave
Excellent movie. Ranks right up there with "Thank you for smoking" and "This Movie Is not yet rated"
Cheers,
Dave
Scientific American covered the same topic a few months back. The article primarily focused on the U.S. but agrees with TFA. There is a link on the sidebar of the Scientific American article to a nice interactive presentation on "where you live determines whether your plug-in is better for the environment."
Cheers,
Dave
Home use started with Red Hat Linux (RHL) 5.0 in 1998 and stuck with RHL through RHL 9. Tried Fedora Core (FC) 1 after RHL split into "Enterprise" and Fedora. FC1 was too bleeding edge but then I found White Box Linux (RHEL 3 clone). Stayed with White Box until it became too much for the guy maintaining it (there was also a hurricane that messed things up and he was in Louisiana). Moved to CentOS for clones of RHEL 4 and 5. Needed RHEL 6 when it was released for its IPv6 support so moved to Scientific Linux since CentOS had build issues with RHEL 6. Currently also running FC 16 xfce on my laptops. Have FC 17 on a separate partition and will start migrating from FC 16 to FC 17 when I have some slack. Tried Ubuntu, Mint and Gentoo at various points and I keep a current live CD of Backtrack handy.
Work: previous job had me supporting Linux Router Project, RHL 7.3 through 9 and RHEL 3 and 4. Current job has me supporting RHEL 5 and 6 plus SuSE (SLES) 10 and 11 plus AIX, Solaris and HP-UX.
Cheers,
Dave
I'm just glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee when I read:
or I would still be cleaning coffee off of monitors, laptop, papers, etc.
I have a couple of old Windows XP installations I can still get to when some idiot creates a web site that only works right in IE (e.g., I live in Colorado and the state has a site for doing your state income tax that doesn't work when accessed with Firefox). Ditto for software like most income tax programs. I don't otherwise use Windows. Even my work laptop is running Linux (Fedora 16).
Cheers,
Dave
Maybe they'll just line up all of the politicians, get them started talking and then point them at the hurricane. That should blow the storm back out into the Gulf.
Cheers,
Dave
How much more do we need before the public accepts that it's just a few guys driving around Nevada?
Not Nevada; Barstow:
Leno: Is it Mars or is it Barstow?
Cheers,
Dave
I can see it now. Once Bill releases his toilet he'll try to kill off all the trees and bushes on the planet to prevent people for opting for the "Free and Open" alternative.
Cheers,
Dave
Ask yourself which of those companies has the most to gain by requiring a secure boot scheme that limits the ability of "bad guys" to root a system and just happens to cripple their primary competitor at the same time?
Cheers,
Dave
What makes anyone think that UEFI will be any more secure than anything else Microsoft releases? Actually cracking the key may take longer than the universe has been in existence but I'm betting dear Microsoft won't do any better at engineering this than anything else. There is probably an easily exploitable hole that doesn't require actually cracking the key.
Cheers,
Dave
I was wondering if they were babblefish.
Cheers,
Dave
Any bets some marketing droid went to engineering and asked for some string of ones and zeroes that looked compuerish? And some smart-a$$ engineer came back with 1101 knowing it was 13 and also knowing that the marketing droid would never figure that out?
Cheers,
Dave
I have yet to see a development group that says they are doing some form of agile development that actually implements the claimed methodology. What I have seen is full implementation of "agilr-speak" where agile terminology is applied to what is esentially just yet another death march development effort. Re-writes become refactorings and milestones become sprints but only the terminology changes. I don't see this as something the developers do so much as something management does since it's a way to supposedly get all three of "good, fast, cheap" without actually defining a product goal, creating a realistic project schedule and then staffing the project with enough people to accomplish the effort.
Although I have yet to actually see such a development effort, my guess is that agile really works when correctly implemented. Several other commenters say they have been part of successful agile development efforts. I've just never actually seen it done.
Cheers,
Dave
And let's not forget government control of science. If a "scientist" isn't employed by a corporation, they are probably funded by the government either directly or indirectly. Even private colleges tend to run on government research grants and subsidies. There are very few Rube Goldbergs out there anymore; doing independent research and then selling the result.
Cheers,
Dave
Easy:
Gin + tonic + ice + slice of lime. Drink. Repeat until cooled off or don't care that it's hot.
Cheers,
Dave
Are slashdotters really this blind to obvious satire? Geez, what do you guys do when you encounter the Colbert Report?
You mean we really shouldn't take as gospel truth everything he says?
Cheers,
Dave
From TFA:
Since 2006, USF’s Dr. Cao and Dr. Arendash have published several studies investigating the effects of caffeine/coffee administered to Alzheimer’s mice. Most recently, they reported that caffeine interacts with a yet unidentified component of coffee to boost blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the Alzheimer’s disease process.
Cheers,
Dave
My wife used to work with a lady who had bi-polar disorder. She was very sharp but my wife never knew when something would trigger her to "go off." I had this lady in mind with my somewhat snarky comment.
Cheers,
Dave