In my business its about the right tool for the job. Want to run a web server? Use your favorite Linux distro. Want to run a corporate network? Go get the Windows server. Doing some A/V, art, etc? Get a Mac. Like it or not, the business world runs on Windows. If you want to have a business run successfully, you have to stick with what your colleagues are using. That means no OpenOffice for the majority, even though it works fine. The file format differences and compatibilities are enough to put people off.
Licensing is only part of the issue. The rest of it has to do with what works best, not about whats cheapest.
1. a literally true set of statements? (I take it it's not this, because you reject eg rapture)
Is the Bible 100% literal? No. If it were, then I'd be a fundamentalist young earth creationist. It does have its literal spots, and it does have its symbolic spots (Revelation)
2. divine statements (whether those statements are true or not, or in Hebrew or otherwise)?
Yes, I do. Divine statements such as "This is My Son, the beloved, whom I approve" are 100% literal and correct.
3. helpful guidelines for human life?
Most definitely. Culture, times, technology have changed drastically. People on the other hand have not, and that's what the Bible focuses on.
4. a significant history that gives itself meaning?
Is it a significant history that gives us meaning in life? Yes. But that meaning has more to do with the future than the past. The Bible does explain why the past is important, opening up information on why the world is in the mess it is, but gives hope for future times when all of this will be fixed, back to the way it was supposed to be when God created human kind.
5. access to a social and culture community of people who also "believe in the Bible"?
Sure! But for me that is only a very small part of believing in the Bible.
To clarify a bit more: I've studied the Bible all my life. The religious group I belong to is not stuck on 1600 year old beliefs that are obviously flawed. We do not believe in pre-christian rituals and beliefs that have been integrated into Christendom. We DO believe that there is a sentient being who created us, who has a heavenly realm where he and his other creatures are organized, and that we are a small part of a very large machine. We also don't believe in a God who would create us just to torture us forever if things don't go the way he wants. Who would want to worship that? Not me.
I'll refrain from saying more because I want to answer your questions, not get preachy. Feel free to pm me via/. if you're further curious.
We home school our kids, we believe in the Bible, and yet we view the whole "2012" thing as absurd, that the rapture is equally absurd, and that science does explain a LOT, but that there's also a lot it doesn't explain. We also don't think that the earth was created in 6 24 hour days and is only 6000 years old. That's ridiculous. We also don't think that dinosaur fossils were put here to test our faith. So in other words, we think for ourselves.
Now, there are those who are *exactly* as you describe, and of those we feel the same way you do. But, its not fair to use such a blanket statement. So let me correct it for you: "don't tell that to the *fundamentalist* homeschooled idiots...."
I love the idea of it being sandboxed. I downloaded and installed Reader X yesterday, but I haven't had a virus in a long time so we'll see how it goes. However I've got a customer who gets the virus of the week almost on schedule... I'll have him try it out.
Sure, CPU's include a FPU these days, but in the early days between the 8086/8 you had the 8087 FPU, 286's had the 287, 386's the 387, and even 486SX's could have a 487 added (DX's had it built in). The Pentium class CPU's were the first to have all models include a FPU. Since then, all CPU's have included one.
But now, for more intensive items, we have "physics" cards, GPU cards (which at first glance appear to be FPU's?) etc. So, is the FPU as an addon on its way back? Perhaps.
Or maybe not so simple. You have wind. It took energy to create that wind, and energy can be extracted out of it. Look up Dynamic Soaring. 445MPH with a unpowered radio controlled glider. Not only is it possible, but 500mph may be possible with the right plane and conditions.
So they developed a resistance to the toxin. Big whoop. They're still fish. The same species even. That's not evolution, its adaptation. Now, if they grew legs to get out of the cave, that's evolution. TFA said that the natives "inadvertently kick-started the evolutionary process of natural selection..." Since when is evolution and natural selection the same thing?
If this is all it takes to declare evolution, then automagically adjusting sunglasses evolve every time you go from a bright to dark environment.
Why don't commercial programs have such high quality and thought out design? Simply because there's not enough money in it. The writers of these programs (the Bad Guys(TM)) make far more money on their work than legit companies do. Plus they have real reasons for being so good: stay out of the gulag. How do you think products like Norton Antivirus got to be such pieces of crap? Make what sells instead of what works. The Bad Guys(TM) have the exact opposite motivation. Make what works, and the money starts coming in. They sell to vulnerable machines and other Bad Guys(TM) and if it doesn't work well, their paycheck doesn't get very big.
In other words, big companies don't need good programming and quality checks. They have marketing departments.
And yes that word DOES mean what I think it means.
WTF is wrong with people! In the old days this would be a tragedy that would haunt the little girl for the rest of her life. Now she's going to forget about that and just remember how the 'justice' system *sued* her for a horrible accident and ruined her life for it.
And since this is slashdot, she's going to grow up a rebel, find solace in technology, start programming around 9 years old, invent her own OS by 13 and AI by 17. Still under 18, she sends her new AI capable software out as a virus, gets a few million PC's infected and now has a distributed network of AI. Then it takes over industrial, then government computers. Then satellites. Then she dies when an old lady runs her over and the AI gets sad. So it starts taking out its sadness and agression. Then the world comes to and end. Oh wait, no- that couldn't have happened, that last part at least. The world came to an end right after an asshole piece of shit judge said a 6 year old girl could be sued.
Consumers go for numbers. This one has 1.5TB and this one has 200GB. Well the 1.5TB *MUST* be better, so I"m going to buy that so I can check my mail and surf teh intarwebz.
Additionally, SSD's aren't a panacea yet. Sure they're fast but they do have a finite life and as far as that goes they are best for short term storage rather than long term, and vice versa for hard drives except for the finite life part.
I'm not sure if it is still the case but for a LONG time 286 processors were the only ones available that had been hardened against cosmic radiation and were rated for space. When you're lobbing people into space, it matters most what works and is proven, not what is fastest or the newest technology.
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Its so they can remember all that stuff!
"What's a darknet? I have a feeling we'll need one in the US very soon"
Typical. You don't know what it is but it sounds cool so we need one. Right.
That is incredibly funny! IRIRL (I Laughed In Real Life!)
In my business its about the right tool for the job. Want to run a web server? Use your favorite Linux distro. Want to run a corporate network? Go get the Windows server. Doing some A/V, art, etc? Get a Mac. Like it or not, the business world runs on Windows. If you want to have a business run successfully, you have to stick with what your colleagues are using. That means no OpenOffice for the majority, even though it works fine. The file format differences and compatibilities are enough to put people off.
Licensing is only part of the issue. The rest of it has to do with what works best, not about whats cheapest.
RIP Steve Irwin. These are the kinds of things he *lived* for.
That being said...
"Land shark!"
Dude those guys saved your parents? Thats AMAZING! Talk about serendipity. Did your parents design the 6502?
I'd be happy to answer your questions:
1. a literally true set of statements? (I take it it's not this, because you reject eg rapture)
Is the Bible 100% literal? No. If it were, then I'd be a fundamentalist young earth creationist. It does have its literal spots, and it does have its symbolic spots (Revelation)
2. divine statements (whether those statements are true or not, or in Hebrew or otherwise)?
Yes, I do. Divine statements such as "This is My Son, the beloved, whom I approve" are 100% literal and correct.
3. helpful guidelines for human life?
Most definitely. Culture, times, technology have changed drastically. People on the other hand have not, and that's what the Bible focuses on.
4. a significant history that gives itself meaning?
Is it a significant history that gives us meaning in life? Yes. But that meaning has more to do with the future than the past. The Bible does explain why the past is important, opening up information on why the world is in the mess it is, but gives hope for future times when all of this will be fixed, back to the way it was supposed to be when God created human kind.
5. access to a social and culture community of people who also "believe in the Bible"?
Sure! But for me that is only a very small part of believing in the Bible.
To clarify a bit more: I've studied the Bible all my life. The religious group I belong to is not stuck on 1600 year old beliefs that are obviously flawed. We do not believe in pre-christian rituals and beliefs that have been integrated into Christendom. We DO believe that there is a sentient being who created us, who has a heavenly realm where he and his other creatures are organized, and that we are a small part of a very large machine. We also don't believe in a God who would create us just to torture us forever if things don't go the way he wants. Who would want to worship that? Not me.
I'll refrain from saying more because I want to answer your questions, not get preachy. Feel free to pm me via /. if you're further curious.
We home school our kids, we believe in the Bible, and yet we view the whole "2012" thing as absurd, that the rapture is equally absurd, and that science does explain a LOT, but that there's also a lot it doesn't explain. We also don't think that the earth was created in 6 24 hour days and is only 6000 years old. That's ridiculous. We also don't think that dinosaur fossils were put here to test our faith. So in other words, we think for ourselves.
Now, there are those who are *exactly* as you describe, and of those we feel the same way you do. But, its not fair to use such a blanket statement. So let me correct it for you: "don't tell that to the *fundamentalist* homeschooled idiots...."
88x31 and 468x60 animated GIF's.
I'm going to implement ad blocking at the router level at my house....
I love the idea of it being sandboxed. I downloaded and installed Reader X yesterday, but I haven't had a virus in a long time so we'll see how it goes. However I've got a customer who gets the virus of the week almost on schedule... I'll have him try it out.
Sure, CPU's include a FPU these days, but in the early days between the 8086/8 you had the 8087 FPU, 286's had the 287, 386's the 387, and even 486SX's could have a 487 added (DX's had it built in). The Pentium class CPU's were the first to have all models include a FPU. Since then, all CPU's have included one.
But now, for more intensive items, we have "physics" cards, GPU cards (which at first glance appear to be FPU's?) etc. So, is the FPU as an addon on its way back? Perhaps.
We're in big trouble. Especially if Google buys stock in Global Dynamics....
Or maybe not so simple. You have wind. It took energy to create that wind, and energy can be extracted out of it. Look up Dynamic Soaring. 445MPH with a unpowered radio controlled glider. Not only is it possible, but 500mph may be possible with the right plane and conditions.
So they developed a resistance to the toxin. Big whoop. They're still fish. The same species even. That's not evolution, its adaptation. Now, if they grew legs to get out of the cave, that's evolution. TFA said that the natives "inadvertently kick-started the evolutionary process of natural selection..." Since when is evolution and natural selection the same thing?
If this is all it takes to declare evolution, then automagically adjusting sunglasses evolve every time you go from a bright to dark environment.
Why don't commercial programs have such high quality and thought out design? Simply because there's not enough money in it. The writers of these programs (the Bad Guys(TM)) make far more money on their work than legit companies do. Plus they have real reasons for being so good: stay out of the gulag. How do you think products like Norton Antivirus got to be such pieces of crap? Make what sells instead of what works. The Bad Guys(TM) have the exact opposite motivation. Make what works, and the money starts coming in. They sell to vulnerable machines and other Bad Guys(TM) and if it doesn't work well, their paycheck doesn't get very big.
In other words, big companies don't need good programming and quality checks. They have marketing departments.
In base 4!
And yes that word DOES mean what I think it means.
WTF is wrong with people! In the old days this would be a tragedy that would haunt the little girl for the rest of her life. Now she's going to forget about that and just remember how the 'justice' system *sued* her for a horrible accident and ruined her life for it.
And since this is slashdot, she's going to grow up a rebel, find solace in technology, start programming around 9 years old, invent her own OS by 13 and AI by 17. Still under 18, she sends her new AI capable software out as a virus, gets a few million PC's infected and now has a distributed network of AI. Then it takes over industrial, then government computers. Then satellites. Then she dies when an old lady runs her over and the AI gets sad. So it starts taking out its sadness and agression. Then the world comes to and end. Oh wait, no- that couldn't have happened, that last part at least. The world came to an end right after an asshole piece of shit judge said a 6 year old girl could be sued.
Does it run LINUX? Oh wait, it does. Cool!
Consumers go for numbers. This one has 1.5TB and this one has 200GB. Well the 1.5TB *MUST* be better, so I"m going to buy that so I can check my mail and surf teh intarwebz.
Additionally, SSD's aren't a panacea yet. Sure they're fast but they do have a finite life and as far as that goes they are best for short term storage rather than long term, and vice versa for hard drives except for the finite life part.
There's my 2 inflated-into-uselessness cents.
Who knew that when I got up to check my daily's (Incl /.) that I'd end up with scrambled brains for breakfast.
An Oxymoron indeed!
I agree 100%! I'd go with something more time proven like Windows ME. They didn't call it "Millenium Edition" for nothing!
I'm not sure if it is still the case but for a LONG time 286 processors were the only ones available that had been hardened against cosmic radiation and were rated for space. When you're lobbing people into space, it matters most what works and is proven, not what is fastest or the newest technology.
So if it can sense my mood, can it play different ring tones based on that?
That would be cool, because then we could all have Mood Rings.
at least try to improve on it! Touchscreen with pictures of keys != keyboard.