But the don't-make-resistant-germs benefit of not using bleach is spread out evenly among everyone on the planet, while the benefit of a germ free shower curtain is only spread among your own household.
Doesn't seem rational to me to avoid bleach on those grounds.
Something purely made up doesn't last thousands of years.
Why would it make a difference whether its made up or not as to how long it lasts? Once the story is out, I'd think the only thing that makes a difference as to whether it keeps being retold would have to do with the content of the story, not the truth of it.
rather than just mindlessly coding to a spec. I talk to others who have contracted for the same companies I have and ask "why did you do it that way....that's stupid" and they say "I know, but that's what the spec said". When I worked for them I would offer my opinions on things before the spec was written in stone, and they learned that they needed that valuable input. A contractor overseas is less likely to be able to be effective in that way.
Especially as IE seems to think "oh, he's opened a new window. What I'll do is load up the same webpage he is viewing in the original window"... weird logic that leads to even more delay.
That logic is the main reason I just can't stop using IE entirely (in favor of firefox), no matter how much I try. "New window" is useful in IE, because it not only opens the same page, but it makes a clone of your history...allowing you to "branch" your history.
Regardless, I choose to reward the artist*, rather than blatantly "steal"** from them.
And I congratulate you on your ethics. I also believe the artists should be paid for their work, but I don't believe a system that relies on altruism will work. Just like I believe we do need taxes, but if they were purely voluntary and unenforced, hell no I'm not going to pay some 30% of my income just because it is the right thing to do.
True, and I don't suggest anyone try to extrapolate the whole industry from my experience alone.
However, a little common sense tells me that there are lots of people like me in the sense that if something is available just as conveniently, and free, they will not be as likely to spend money for the same thing. And I think this will become more and more true as digital files become the preferred media for music.
It's affected sales to me. I stopped buying cd's when napster first came out, and haven't since. I bought two songs on itunes, but eventually uninstalled it because it is so pathetically slow in windows.
Its not singular and plural at the same time, it's like the words "water" and "stuff", which are neither. If you want to refer to an individual piece, you should say something like "a lego block".
BTW, since I have mod points today, I almost modded you down for saying "repeat after me", but decided to reply instead.
This is fascinating stuff but the whole reason is not to just find life on another planet.
Um, yeah it is. For the bulk of the people putting up the money, that's exactly what it *is* about. And I am with them, I know I'm not really interested in having that much of my taxes spent on the project if there is zero chance of finding life.
Well that's just lame. If they want it adopted they should produce high quality, free implementations that are easy for anyone who can make an html file to slap onto any site. I'd think the companies that are behind this would have the wherewithal (and the incentive) to make it happen.
But we are talking about what you mean when you say a word. The only evidence that matters is usage. If you say "fruits" when actually what you are talking about is tomatoes and cucumers and squash and pumpkins, people are going to be misled.
In real world usage, having high levels of sugar is a requirement for fruit, being from an herbacious plant is a requirement for vegetables. Tomatoes don't have as much sugar as most things considered fruit, and they certainly are from herbacious plants.
Boyctting is not that effective. If people don't go to the site because the benefits of the site are outwieghed by the ads, fine, but that is not a boycott. If you expect them to avoid the site in hopes of having an effect on the company actions, you should read up on game theory and the nash equilibrium. Boycotts are inherently unstable, because whatever benefit people get from going to the site (remember, they are *boycotting*, so they must still like the site even when taking into account the ads) -- far outweighs the benefit they get from changing the companies actions. (since the former goes to them only, the latter is divided up equally among all people who go to the site)
There are more effective things than boycotts, so suggesting them is counterproductive, in my opinion.
Why does there have to be one? Man's tendency is to compartmentalize things, to make sure everything has a name and that name is unambiguous. Problem is, nature doesn't cooperate. There are always going to be intermediate forms, so there are never going to be definitions that aren't arbitrary.
Same thing applies to species. The nice simple definition "if it can interbreed, its the same species" doesn't always work, and there is no reasonable definition that covers all cases and removes ambiguity.
I suggest me adds it to his campaign platform: keep Hubble, scrap the humans-on-mars-by-way-of-the-moon fantasy, bring stem cell research back to the US, and teach all the children how to pronounce nuclear properly.
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what this really tells me is that anyone who is fortunate to write for the WSJ
Yes, fortunate....in fact WSJ picks its journalists via a lottery, and he just happened to win.
But the don't-make-resistant-germs benefit of not using bleach is spread out evenly among everyone on the planet, while the benefit of a germ free shower curtain is only spread among your own household.
Doesn't seem rational to me to avoid bleach on those grounds.
Something purely made up doesn't last thousands of years.
Why would it make a difference whether its made up or not as to how long it lasts? Once the story is out, I'd think the only thing that makes a difference as to whether it keeps being retold would have to do with the content of the story, not the truth of it.
What is negative time offset? Spit out the pixels/sounds before the signal comes in?
rather than just mindlessly coding to a spec. I talk to others who have contracted for the same companies I have and ask "why did you do it that way....that's stupid" and they say "I know, but that's what the spec said". When I worked for them I would offer my opinions on things before the spec was written in stone, and they learned that they needed that valuable input. A contractor overseas is less likely to be able to be effective in that way.
The teacher is the authority, as a boss is. It's known as an analogy:
:: boss : employee
teacher : student
So what problems in particular are caused by teachers "thinking they are the boss"?
Sweet! Thank you!
Especially as IE seems to think "oh, he's opened a new window. What I'll do is load up the same webpage he is viewing in the original window" ... weird logic that leads to even more delay.
That logic is the main reason I just can't stop using IE entirely (in favor of firefox), no matter how much I try. "New window" is useful in IE, because it not only opens the same page, but it makes a clone of your history...allowing you to "branch" your history.
Regardless, I choose to reward the artist*, rather than blatantly "steal"** from them.
And I congratulate you on your ethics. I also believe the artists should be paid for their work, but I don't believe a system that relies on altruism will work. Just like I believe we do need taxes, but if they were purely voluntary and unenforced, hell no I'm not going to pay some 30% of my income just because it is the right thing to do.
True, and I don't suggest anyone try to extrapolate the whole industry from my experience alone.
However, a little common sense tells me that there are lots of people like me in the sense that if something is available just as conveniently, and free, they will not be as likely to spend money for the same thing. And I think this will become more and more true as digital files become the preferred media for music.
Downloading music does not affect sales.
It's affected sales to me. I stopped buying cd's when napster first came out, and haven't since. I bought two songs on itunes, but eventually uninstalled it because it is so pathetically slow in windows.
Its not singular and plural at the same time, it's like the words "water" and "stuff", which are neither. If you want to refer to an individual piece, you should say something like "a lego block".
BTW, since I have mod points today, I almost modded you down for saying "repeat after me", but decided to reply instead.
Am I missing something?
Yes.
move along, netizens
Or you could just move along, if you don't wish to discuss it again.
This is fascinating stuff but the whole reason is not to just find life on another planet.
Um, yeah it is. For the bulk of the people putting up the money, that's exactly what it *is* about. And I am with them, I know I'm not really interested in having that much of my taxes spent on the project if there is zero chance of finding life.
Well that's just lame. If they want it adopted they should produce high quality, free implementations that are easy for anyone who can make an html file to slap onto any site. I'd think the companies that are behind this would have the wherewithal (and the incentive) to make it happen.
But we are talking about what you mean when you say a word. The only evidence that matters is usage. If you say "fruits" when actually what you are talking about is tomatoes and cucumers and squash and pumpkins, people are going to be misled.
In real world usage, having high levels of sugar is a requirement for fruit, being from an herbacious plant is a requirement for vegetables. Tomatoes don't have as much sugar as most things considered fruit, and they certainly are from herbacious plants.
Slashdot has always had purposefully sensationalist titles. It's funny, laugh.
Boyctting is not that effective. If people don't go to the site because the benefits of the site are outwieghed by the ads, fine, but that is not a boycott. If you expect them to avoid the site in hopes of having an effect on the company actions, you should read up on game theory and the nash equilibrium. Boycotts are inherently unstable, because whatever benefit people get from going to the site (remember, they are *boycotting*, so they must still like the site even when taking into account the ads) -- far outweighs the benefit they get from changing the companies actions. (since the former goes to them only, the latter is divided up equally among all people who go to the site)
There are more effective things than boycotts, so suggesting them is counterproductive, in my opinion.
That's why whenever I use someone else's keyboard, I make a point to lick it.
That seemed like an odd comment, certainly they are doing this with permission from the record companies, much as iTunes did.
So where's the line between asteroid and planet?
Why does there have to be one? Man's tendency is to compartmentalize things, to make sure everything has a name and that name is unambiguous. Problem is, nature doesn't cooperate. There are always going to be intermediate forms, so there are never going to be definitions that aren't arbitrary.
Same thing applies to species. The nice simple definition "if it can interbreed, its the same species" doesn't always work, and there is no reasonable definition that covers all cases and removes ambiguity.
Oh well, my kid'll be smarter than yours! So where can I get the stuff?
sorry i'm a tard
I suggest me adds it to his campaign platform: keep Hubble, scrap the humans-on-mars-by-way-of-the-moon fantasy, bring stem cell research back to the US, and teach all the children how to pronounce nuclear properly.