RedHat is too corporate and server oriented. Debian is a big bunch of bureaucratic nerds. All the other distros are too small.
When Ubuntu came along it offered the technical prowess of Debian, without the bureaucracy, a big financial backer, and a focus on the desktop instead of the server. That's why it took off.
If you need a super computer to run your algorithm and get decent results then your algorithm is shit. AI research doesn't need more tera-flops thrown at dumb search.. it needs better algorithms.
Is a mule alive? It can't reproduce. Maybe you object because the mule is *made* of cells, each of which can reproduce, but your body is full of cells that can't reproduce, are they alive? What's reproduction got to do with being alive anyway? If you take a cell that can reproduce and mutate the gene that produces a necessary protein for the reproductive process, is the cell now dead? It can still metabolize, make other proteins and interact with its environment. When it no longer can, that's when we say it is dead. As such "living" already has a good definition, even if it isn't too strict, and that is the opposite of dead or, more precisely, "inert". Viruses are not just a package of DNA, (or RNA), they're also a system of proteins for delivering that package from cell to cell. A virus most definitely isn't "inert" in the same sense that a "dead" thing is. So if something isn't dead, what is it? Undead? We typically reserve that word for horror writers, and just say "alive".
I think the objectionable aspect of calling viruses "alive" comes from people thinking of viruses as "pure information", they're not. They're complex machines that can cause their own replication in their environment. Their environment just happens to be living cells, which are also complex machines that can cause their own replication in their environment.. To accept that a virus isn't alive because it needs its environment means you have to accept that a cell that requires a water environment isn't alive, or all multi-cellular organisms are not alive. Are mitochondria alive? Are the cells that require mitochondria alive? How about yeast? How about that mule?
That's pretty ridiculous. Claiming that screws and bolts and blades existed before the invention of the push-lawn-mower is stupid. Surely you see that.
Blah, what usability experts who can't code need is some basic people skills. Find the people who can help you achieve what you want to achieve, make it happen and stop being martyrs.
They don't even need to sign a form. They just send a text to a number they see on tv with "sign me up" or something. Sure, all the fine print is right there on the tv when the instructions are displayed, but frankly, I think the whole thing is abhorrent and the network providers are complacent.
Heh, except for those stupid "send me a ring tone" things, where they charge you $4.99 per message and you have to call an unhelpful man in India you get it canceled.
No, what's funny about Samba is that they actually think people are implementing their stupid attempt at a file system protocol because it is good rather than interoperability.
It's a classic case of the management cringe comment.
Ya.. that's just a straight up lie. If a Falcon 9 launches in 2009 at all, it will be carrying nothing but ballast or, at the best, some commercial payload.
Dude, I'm not here to tell you how to make money. If your work is worth a damn then you'll have no trouble finding an employer - or starting a business. Copyright is completely unnecessary for the majority of professional writers. If you think writing copy is about "publishing a book" then you've been grossly misled on the breadth of the writing profession - just like all those idiots who think the only way to make money from programming is by putting software in boxes.
It's not the just public that the patent system fails. It's also the inventors.
No-one doubts that the Wright Brothers were the inventors of the first practical aircraft.. they had many patents. They spent years litigating and were so successful that by the time WWII started the USA had to beg the French for aircraft because the Wright's US patents had completely decimated the US aircraft industry.
Thousands.. millions? There's this thing called "the web" that you might have heard of. Not public domain, but not strictly controlled either. Does it count? Or do you consider it only worth counting if it is bound (and gagged) by a publisher?
1. That's irrelevant. You can't criminalize the population to keep some ancient business model. 2. Patents and Copyright are not the same thing. 3. The constitution enumerates the powers that the state has the option of using. By your logic the president is required to declare war because the constitution says has the power to.. actually, that might explain why there's some idiot declaring a war every freakin' year.
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That's why slander is a civil matter. You can say whatever you want and there's no law to stop you, but you have to live with the consequences.
like letting the air out of a balloon!!
RedHat is too corporate and server oriented.
Debian is a big bunch of bureaucratic nerds.
All the other distros are too small.
When Ubuntu came along it offered the technical prowess of Debian, without the bureaucracy, a big financial backer, and a focus on the desktop instead of the server. That's why it took off.
If you need a super computer to run your algorithm and get decent results then your algorithm is shit. AI research doesn't need more tera-flops thrown at dumb search.. it needs better algorithms.
Is a mule alive? It can't reproduce. Maybe you object because the mule is *made* of cells, each of which can reproduce, but your body is full of cells that can't reproduce, are they alive? What's reproduction got to do with being alive anyway? If you take a cell that can reproduce and mutate the gene that produces a necessary protein for the reproductive process, is the cell now dead? It can still metabolize, make other proteins and interact with its environment. When it no longer can, that's when we say it is dead. As such "living" already has a good definition, even if it isn't too strict, and that is the opposite of dead or, more precisely, "inert". Viruses are not just a package of DNA, (or RNA), they're also a system of proteins for delivering that package from cell to cell. A virus most definitely isn't "inert" in the same sense that a "dead" thing is. So if something isn't dead, what is it? Undead? We typically reserve that word for horror writers, and just say "alive".
I think the objectionable aspect of calling viruses "alive" comes from people thinking of viruses as "pure information", they're not. They're complex machines that can cause their own replication in their environment. Their environment just happens to be living cells, which are also complex machines that can cause their own replication in their environment.. To accept that a virus isn't alive because it needs its environment means you have to accept that a cell that requires a water environment isn't alive, or all multi-cellular organisms are not alive. Are mitochondria alive? Are the cells that require mitochondria alive? How about yeast? How about that mule?
I hope someone wins it this year. I hope more than one team fields a vehicle. I hope Armadillo still comes out ahead ;)
I'm not saying the patent is defensible, I'm just saying your argument isn't either.
Combining existing things in novel ways is what invention is about.
That's pretty ridiculous. Claiming that screws and bolts and blades existed before the invention of the push-lawn-mower is stupid. Surely you see that.
I'd rather just have turtle soup in a paper cup.
With chives.
Would you like to kill a tree or a turtle?
You know shit about me, so don't pretend you do.
Fuckin' wannabe Slashdot psychologists. Worse than wannabe Slashdot lawyers.
Someone who kills themselves over an "internet boyfriend" hating on them is better off dead.
Fucking whimpy generation of losers.
The accused should be getting a medal not a trial.
Blah, what usability experts who can't code need is some basic people skills. Find the people who can help you achieve what you want to achieve, make it happen and stop being martyrs.
They don't even need to sign a form. They just send a text to a number they see on tv with "sign me up" or something. Sure, all the fine print is right there on the tv when the instructions are displayed, but frankly, I think the whole thing is abhorrent and the network providers are complacent.
Heh, except for those stupid "send me a ring tone" things, where they charge you $4.99 per message and you have to call an unhelpful man in India you get it canceled.
No, what's funny about Samba is that they actually think people are implementing their stupid attempt at a file system protocol because it is good rather than interoperability.
It's a classic case of the management cringe comment.
Multitouch technology predates Microsoft's "research" by about 30 years.
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-4930199129876830943
Enjoy.
The R&D they do never makes it into products.
Ya.. that's just a straight up lie. If a Falcon 9 launches in 2009 at all, it will be carrying nothing but ballast or, at the best, some commercial payload.
Dude, every constitutional lawyer on the planet disagrees with you. You're a fucking retard. Grow up.
Dude, I'm not here to tell you how to make money. If your work is worth a damn then you'll have no trouble finding an employer - or starting a business. Copyright is completely unnecessary for the majority of professional writers. If you think writing copy is about "publishing a book" then you've been grossly misled on the breadth of the writing profession - just like all those idiots who think the only way to make money from programming is by putting software in boxes.
It's not the just public that the patent system fails. It's also the inventors.
No-one doubts that the Wright Brothers were the inventors of the first practical aircraft.. they had many patents. They spent years litigating and were so successful that by the time WWII started the USA had to beg the French for aircraft because the Wright's US patents had completely decimated the US aircraft industry.
Thousands.. millions? There's this thing called "the web" that you might have heard of. Not public domain, but not strictly controlled either. Does it count? Or do you consider it only worth counting if it is bound (and gagged) by a publisher?
1. That's irrelevant. You can't criminalize the population to keep some ancient business model.
2. Patents and Copyright are not the same thing.
3. The constitution enumerates the powers that the state has the option of using. By your logic the president is required to declare war because the constitution says has the power to.. actually, that might explain why there's some idiot declaring a war every freakin' year.