Maybe so, but it doesn't disprove my point. That's an argument ad hominem and just shows your poor debating skills.
Yes, I read the sentence. I also read the article. It argues that the individuals that made open source a success were only figureheads and not all that important.
My point is that to invalidate the claim made in the first sentence, one can still embrace the notion that RMS et al were absolutely neccessary for the creation and success of open source software [invention of the concept of a wheel], yet no individual or group of individuals are necessary for the success of open source [concept of a wheel]. Got it now?
I suppose you are arguing that there were no creators, that the inventor of the wheel [open source] was just a figurehead. Care to elaborate of that?
"Taking the position that individuals have pushed open source forward leads to the conclusion that a core group of ideological 'believers' is necessary for the continued success of open source software."
There's a Non Sequitur right there in the summary; just because an individual may have pushed open source forward in the past does not imply anything about future need.
Contrast this with saying "an individual pushed the invention of a wheel forward, leading to the conclusion that a core group of ideological 'believers' is necessary for the continued success of the wheel" and you see the flaw in the reasoning.
Alexander Kornbrust, CEO of Red-Database-Security GmbH. "...It is very possible to use this code to release a worm. I can do this right now if I wanted to." (emphasis mine)
Doesn't this sound very much like something a blackmailer would say?
Alexander is an ex-Oracle employee. I wonder if he was let go because of his poor judgement.
Ownership is only for the rich. Are you rich? You will soon only be allowed to pay for a time-limited license to use a computer. Even the "my computer" icon has been the renamed in the next windows. Guess why?
In other news, women monkeys were said to be disgusted at the results of this survey.
A spokes woman for MWEF (Monkey womens' emanicipation front) said "As always, research on males are considered more important than research on women." When asked to comment, the human researchers mumbled something about women monkeys having a more complex hormonal system.
A team of Russian researchers gabe the monkey couples a remote control as part of the experiment, the women monkeys immediately monopolized it and choose to give all their money to see "Friends", because Marcel is so cute.
1-3% gains in speed will rarely be more important than consistent performance. In most real-life situations, one would rather oversize the server with 10% extra capacity knowing than it will consistently perform, than sometimes after successful GA tuning have an additional 3% capacity that won't always be available.
Apple's marketing department is the best. Not many vendors can get their products announced to the target audience before they officially exist, but Apple keep making front page news on slashdot. Here most of the readership are in their teens and thus are a perfect match the products intended demographics. It's marked up as news and not as the ad it really is. This is a marketers wet dream.
Best of all, you don't even realize your strings are being pulled. You think you're outsmarting Apple and reading something they don't want you to read.
Something to think about. Biologically, once a person is mature enough to procreate they should start attracting members of the oppoite sex. This was accepted for a very long time. This is how it is accepted in every species except humans.
One of the things that makes us human is that we do not accept that it is "right" just because we can.
Example: Biologically, I am stronger than you and can kill you. It would be accepted in every species except humans.
Computer aided diagnostics (CAD) can never replace a doctor's opinion.
For some specialized diagnostics, like looking at x-ray images and finding breast cancer, computers outperform even the best professionals. (http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0005/0005. weiner.html) But when a doctor diagnoses a patient, there is so much more than measureable facts that come into play. A good doctor uses her intuition. There may also be some side-effects to the use of expert systems. MDs are human, too, you know.
Think about this:
- If the diagnosis tool is often wrong, the doctor won't trust the system, even when it is right. The system is unneeded overhead.
- If the diagnosis tool is often right, the doctor will trust the system, even when it is wrong. Eventually the doctor's diagnostic skills will fade away because they're underused.
Both situations are worse than being examined by a skilled doctor with good judgment and no expert system.
M. Scott Peck, MD in his book, Further Along the Road Less Traveled came up with these 10 criteria for a cult:
I don't disagree that Scientology is a cult, however lets see how Peck's list of criteria evalutes for Microsoft...
1. Idolatry of a single charismatic leader
BillG. 'nuf said. Check.
2. A revered inner circle
Microserfs. Check.
3. Secrecy of management
With the exception of a few leaked Halloween memos, check.
4. Financial evasiveness
DOJ. Check.
5. Dependancy (followers become dependant)
Oh, my god, yes. Once a corporation uses Office, they're stuck. Check.
6. Conformity
Windows keys on keyboard, only certified software and hardware can use logo, all XP drivers must conform to specs. Check.
7. Special language
C sharp. Check.
8. Dogmatic doctrine
Developers. Developers. Developers. Check.
9. Heresy
GPL licensed software. Check.
10 God in captivity (Peck defines this as claiming to know everything about God)
Check. What Microsoft says is the future trend of computing, is the future trend of computing.
Well, what do you know. It turns out that Microsoft is also a cult judging from Mr Peck's criteria. Perhaps they're not enough. Or perhaps they are...:-)
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in the days of 8" floppy disks there was hardly any piracy
I think you're on to something.
8" floppy disk: hardly any piracy
5.25" floppy disks: some piracy
3.25" floppy: lots of piracy
Similarly,
LP: hardly any music copying
tapes: some piracy
CD: lots of piracy
and it holds true for video too!
laserdisk: no piracy
vhs tape: some piracy
dvd: lots of piracy
Clearly, the smaller the media becomes, the more copies are made. The MPAA should make a note of this and make pizza-sided Blu-Ray media.
People do not dress this way in normal life, not even in Los Angeles.
Boy, you really do need to get out more! Here in Norway, girls dress like this any summer day.
Check out http://www.quaero.com/ [quaero.com] - its a marketing company from Charlotte, North Carolina.
And they're pretty damn good at viral marketing if they even get the President of France to advertise for them.
Are you an idiot?
Maybe so, but it doesn't disprove my point. That's an argument ad hominem and just shows your poor debating skills.
Yes, I read the sentence. I also read the article. It argues that the individuals that made open source a success were only figureheads and not all that important.
My point is that to invalidate the claim made in the first sentence, one can still embrace the notion that RMS et al were absolutely neccessary for the creation and success of open source software [invention of the concept of a wheel], yet no individual or group of individuals are necessary for the success of open source [concept of a wheel]. Got it now?
I suppose you are arguing that there were no creators, that the inventor of the wheel [open source] was just a figurehead. Care to elaborate of that?
"Taking the position that individuals have pushed open source forward leads to the conclusion that a core group of ideological 'believers' is necessary for the continued success of open source software."
There's a Non Sequitur right there in the summary; just because an individual may have pushed open source forward in the past does not imply anything about future need.
Contrast this with saying "an individual pushed the invention of a wheel forward, leading to the conclusion that a core group of ideological 'believers' is necessary for the continued success of the wheel" and you see the flaw in the reasoning.
This isn't France for crying out loud...
Actually, it is. You may not realise this but slashdot can be accessed here too.
Doesn't this sound very much like something a blackmailer would say?
Alexander is an ex-Oracle employee. I wonder if he was let go because of his poor judgement.
As I scramble to find a safer profession than Engineering, I'm not even sure where to go.
To prison. That's the fastest growing industry in America. Halleluja.
Ownership is only for the rich. Are you rich? You will soon only be allowed to pay for a time-limited license to use a computer. Even the "my computer" icon has been the renamed in the next windows. Guess why?
In other news, women monkeys were said to be disgusted at the results of this survey.
A spokes woman for MWEF (Monkey womens' emanicipation front) said "As always, research on males are considered more important than research on women." When asked to comment, the human researchers mumbled something about women monkeys having a more complex hormonal system.
A team of Russian researchers gabe the monkey couples a remote control as part of the experiment, the women monkeys immediately monopolized it and choose to give all their money to see "Friends", because Marcel is so cute.
which appendage can perform faster and more accurately than hand-eye coordination?
/. audience.
Now, now, it's Friday and all, but that's just too dirty for the young
Now I would not be completely sure that eXeem did not 'borrow' code from Azureus or libtorrent, both having the GPL
Indeed. The eXeem home page states that the program is based on libtorrent.
1-3% gains in speed will rarely be more important than consistent performance. In most real-life situations, one would rather oversize the server with 10% extra capacity knowing than it will consistently perform, than sometimes after successful GA tuning have an additional 3% capacity that won't always be available.
Aw, dude. You should have used firefox, then you would never had got infected.
He decided to buy headline ads on
Best of all, you don't even realize your strings are being pulled. You think you're outsmarting Apple and reading something they don't want you to read.
One of the things that makes us human is that we do not accept that it is "right" just because we can.
Example: Biologically, I am stronger than you and can kill you. It would be accepted in every species except humans.
That's right. Except humans. Except.
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It sounds suspiciously like Star Trek Voyager.
So will Seven be there too?
You mean a Daredevil sequel? Noooo...
Bzzzt. Wrong. Argumentum ad populum. Try again.
Computer aided diagnostics (CAD) can never replace a doctor's opinion.
. weiner.html) But when a doctor diagnoses a patient, there is so much more than measureable facts that come into play. A good doctor uses her intuition. There may also be some side-effects to the use of expert systems. MDs are human, too, you know.
For some specialized diagnostics, like looking at x-ray images and finding breast cancer, computers outperform even the best professionals. (http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0005/0005
Think about this:
- If the diagnosis tool is often wrong, the doctor won't trust the system, even when it is right. The system is unneeded overhead.
- If the diagnosis tool is often right, the doctor will trust the system, even when it is wrong. Eventually the doctor's diagnostic skills will fade away because they're underused.
Both situations are worse than being examined by a skilled doctor with good judgment and no expert system.
M. Scott Peck, MD in his book, Further Along the Road Less Traveled came up with these 10 criteria for a cult:
:-)
I don't disagree that Scientology is a cult, however lets see how Peck's list of criteria evalutes for Microsoft...
1. Idolatry of a single charismatic leader
BillG. 'nuf said. Check.
2. A revered inner circle
Microserfs. Check.
3. Secrecy of management
With the exception of a few leaked Halloween memos, check.
4. Financial evasiveness
DOJ. Check.
5. Dependancy (followers become dependant)
Oh, my god, yes. Once a corporation uses Office, they're stuck. Check.
6. Conformity
Windows keys on keyboard, only certified software and hardware can use logo, all XP drivers must conform to specs. Check.
7. Special language
C sharp. Check.
8. Dogmatic doctrine
Developers. Developers. Developers. Check.
9. Heresy
GPL licensed software. Check.
10 God in captivity (Peck defines this as claiming to know everything about God)
Check. What Microsoft says is the future trend of computing, is the future trend of computing.
Well, what do you know. It turns out that Microsoft is also a cult judging from Mr Peck's criteria. Perhaps they're not enough. Or perhaps they are...
You know, I'm not sure there are any ethical considerations to growing "hydroponic" meat.
Sure there are. Just because the meat has been grown in a tank doesn't mean it's OK to eat it.
What if I would grow a piece of my own muscle in this, and then sell the hydroponic human flesh to a fast food chain...