You may have noticed that most species are wholly moral, they don't live hedonistic lives, and they love and care for their young and other members of their social group without need of intellection about imaginary Daddies. This should convince you that there is something innate in all animals, including Humans, that makes it possible - perhaps even imperative - to be moral beings.
Ants; wars. Pigs; cannibalism. Apes; deceit.
I know it sounds like I'm trying to refute your example but these exceptions prove even animals can be immoral.
So it's imperative WE be moral. It's what separates us from animals, after all...
No matter what SETI uncovers, beliefs will adapt.
I just hope we find the way before something ends us as a species.
If it is all to have meant anything, we must get out of here and spread across the cosmos.
Precisely for the reason that if we ARE alone, it is our destiny. And if we are NOT alone, we must take our place and preserve (and spread) our culture.
I don't believe we can acheive this unless our cause is just, and even then, it's going to be tough.
To the point of what he's expected to see here: he's pointed out that if you have a galaxy at the center of a collapsing black hole, and are in the galaxy, you cannot tell the difference between that event and a big bang. Moreover, once the SC-radius has formed, you cannot tell whether you are inside the black hole, or outside it as the rest of the universe collapses into it's own black hole. Moreover, because light that goes out from the universe / black hole gets redirected back inwards, you cannot tell the boundary of a black hole from the boundary of a universe. They are, by dual definition, identical.
Cool, so that would mean that at the heart of our galaxy and countless others, there are universes being born!
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>>Perhaps if someone were being paid to develop it this wouldn't have happened.
Yes, you are right, if someone had been paying, X.org would not exist.
Because X.org DOES exist and it's far more encompassing of varied hardware than any commercial project, we can conclude that it is NOT the work of one commercial entity. It's a cinch no one company could have pulled it off, it is something that could only (and did only) come into existence the way it did.
>> [...] it lacks the 'coolness' factor of the Linux kernel.
Being a software developer, I know quite well that nobody likes to do maintenance and documentation and that there is always some other, more 'cool' project to work on, but my greatest respect to the devs who stick with something like X.
A while back X began a modularization effort.
On most some distros, this was manifested as an increased number of small x-related packages instead of a huge monolithic one.
Today, the work continues, and you can bet that this is where the going gets tough.
So I send my respect to the X project developers for keeping on it, even though it is one of the hardest things to accomplish - modularizing something so big.
I admit the onus on getting it working is then more on you, the user. Yet at the same time, you come to understand the hardware issues in a more and more straightforward way since with Linux (and GNU) you have the possibility of helping yourself.
The whole point of my argument is that any time a manufacturer decides that it wants to sell another useless and resource-depleting bunch of boxes, YOU have an option.
Those machines can continue to run the most recent kernels, keeping them up to date with security fixes and applications as they become available.
Old boxes that get support dropped will get pwned.
Yes, zero exists, but it is not a number! Look it up; zero is a placeholder (in a column) for no sum. So in a sense, zero DOESN'T exist (as a number) but yes its glyph exists so we can note its absence (from a column). The romans didn't use a zero, they left the column blank.
*Some Arabian mathematician explaining this to his peers a few thousand years ago: "I love it when a plan comes together"
To appreciate it you really have to concentrate. There are lots of subtle details that were put in the movie, time-travel stories like BBS require more from the viewer.
I believe this is the reason some fans didn't like it. It out-geeked its supposed geek audience.
>This could backfire when they say "cool i'll give linux a go aswell, and if i have any problems i know who to call;)".
The few times that has happened, it's been with fellow programmers and has led to some very interesting discussions.
It appears that the only ones who DO go through with it usually have the knack for solving problems to begin with and their exploration leads to new knowledge for me.
More of a case of sharing notes than a one-way dialogue with a clueless user...
As far as I am considered, I hope Linux NEVER becomes mainstream. I've been using Linux exclusively for 4 years and I love it, especially when all the freeloaders ask me "You're in computers; my computer is acting up, can you take a look?" "What operating system are you running?" I ask. "Windows."
"Sorry, I can't help, I run Linux" Ahh... Sweet peace and quiet, not only in my computer, but in my life also. Fuck being an evangelist, it has caused nothing but pain for me and now I just want to be left alone.
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Anything outside our light-cone is a different universe.
Ants; wars.
Pigs; cannibalism.
Apes; deceit.
I know it sounds like I'm trying to refute your example but these exceptions prove even animals can be immoral.
So it's imperative WE be moral. It's what separates us from animals, after all...
No matter what SETI uncovers, beliefs will adapt.
I just hope we find the way before something ends us as a species.
If it is all to have meant anything, we must get out of here and spread across the cosmos.
Precisely for the reason that if we ARE alone, it is our destiny.
And if we are NOT alone, we must take our place and preserve (and spread) our culture.
I don't believe we can acheive this unless our cause is just, and even then, it's going to be tough.
I seem to recall Eclipse saves your edit history
Linux will just take advantage of whatever they come up with to speed up Vista.
I suggest they name everything beyond four 'hrare'
Always worked for us in the warren....
then how do you explain the song?
We're whalers on the moon
We carry a harpoon
*sheesh, I used to go to school with that guy*
A certain amount of shrinkage is normal with age.
Or someone who had your address in their address book got pwned
Obviously
Hmmm... I hate to say it, but if slashdot ever did form a vigilante mob, the only fitting name for it would be Army of Dorkness.
Cool, so that would mean that at the heart of our galaxy and countless others, there are universes being born!
>>Perhaps if someone were being paid to develop it this wouldn't have happened.
Yes, you are right, if someone had been paying, X.org would not exist.
Because X.org DOES exist and it's far more encompassing of varied hardware than any commercial project, we can conclude that it is NOT the work of one commercial entity. It's a cinch no one company could have pulled it off, it is something that could only (and did only) come into existence the way it did.
Thanks for making that point.
>> [...] it lacks the 'coolness' factor of the Linux kernel.
Being a software developer, I know quite well that nobody likes to do maintenance and documentation and that there is always some other, more 'cool' project to work on, but my greatest respect to the devs who stick with something like X.
A while back X began a modularization effort.
On most some distros, this was manifested as an increased number of small x-related packages instead of a huge monolithic one.
Today, the work continues, and you can bet that this is where the going gets tough.
So I send my respect to the X project developers for keeping on it, even though it is one of the hardest things to accomplish - modularizing something so big.
I admit the onus on getting it working is then more on you, the user.
Yet at the same time, you come to understand the hardware issues in a more and more straightforward way since with Linux (and GNU) you have the possibility of helping yourself.
The whole point of my argument is that any time a manufacturer decides that it wants to sell another useless and resource-depleting bunch of boxes, YOU have an option.
Those machines can continue to run the most recent kernels, keeping them up to date with security fixes and applications as they become available.
Old boxes that get support dropped will get pwned.
>> [...] worry about drivers never being available for your cards, peripherals, etc.
Linux can run on more hardware than any other operating system.
>>No? The earlier versions of the software continue to run, they don't magically stop working when 10.6 is out.
But if a new version of their favourite software comes out that requires the newer version of the operating system...
So this leaves a great number of PowerPC hardware owners with a bunch of very nice bookends?
Run Linux, you will probably never have to worry about the next version being unavailable for your preferred hardware platform!
Yes, zero exists, but it is not a number!
Look it up; zero is a placeholder (in a column) for no sum.
So in a sense, zero DOESN'T exist (as a number) but yes its glyph exists so we can note its absence (from a column). The romans didn't use a zero, they left the column blank.
*Some Arabian mathematician explaining this to his peers a few thousand years ago: "I love it when a plan comes together"
Make sure you tag all your images with descriptive text, these folks have to imagine it all, help 'em out
If it's GPL3, does that mean Microsoft may NOT re-use the code?
It would be interesting if all vendors did the same.
Anyhow, good news, everyone!
Film at 11.
You're not alone.
I also thought it was great.
To appreciate it you really have to concentrate. There are lots of subtle details that were put in the movie, time-travel stories like BBS require more from the viewer.
I believe this is the reason some fans didn't like it. It out-geeked its supposed geek audience.
>That's surely plausible. But the notion that Reiser then threw out the seat? No way.
Keep it WHERE? He was living out of his car.
>This could backfire when they say "cool i'll give linux a go aswell, and if i have any problems i know who to call
The few times that has happened, it's been with fellow programmers and has led to some very interesting discussions.
It appears that the only ones who DO go through with it usually have the knack for solving problems to begin with and their exploration leads to new knowledge for me.
More of a case of sharing notes than a one-way dialogue with a clueless user...
Tell him his new clothes are ready!
As far as I am considered, I hope Linux NEVER becomes mainstream.
I've been using Linux exclusively for 4 years and I love it, especially when all the freeloaders ask me
"You're in computers; my computer is acting up, can you take a look?"
"What operating system are you running?" I ask.
"Windows."
"Sorry, I can't help, I run Linux"
Ahh... Sweet peace and quiet, not only in my computer, but in my life also.
Fuck being an evangelist, it has caused nothing but pain for me and now I just want to be left alone.