Amphetamines are not extremely addictive to everyone. Whether a drug is addictive also depends greatly on the person talking it and their situation, as well as the properties of the drug. And no, Provigil is not just an amphetamine renamed, although Adderall is quite similar to amphetamines.
On the other hand, their OS and software have continued to include handy features that make use of new hardware. iPhoto, iTunes, Expose, Spotlight... they rely heavily on a certain level of hardware to perform properly. Same goes for the iPhone. That slick and intuitively animated interface is something that only become possible recently if you want a reasonable size and battery life to go along with it.
I'm a technical user and I use these features all the time. How can I know what's in a file I've never seen before? Why would I want to remember the contents of every single file I have? Why would I be more likely to remember the file name of a photo rather than the photo itself?
Since chemistry, electricity and matter at the level of cells, neurons, ganglia, etc. behave deterministically, if free will exists at all the root of it MUST be found at the quantum level.
Big claims require big proof. Why must free will exist on the quantum level? When did neuroscience determine that all aspects of the brain are 100% deterministic?
I can't believe people here think this is a good idea. You will need to explain to so many people just what the hell it is they are doing and why they must do it, because it will be far, far from intuitive. They will come off with the impression that the whole system is a complete hack... Perhaps you're on to something after all.
You can't be serious? Doesn't that go against the whole ease-of-use idea of using touchscreens? If the machines can't stay calibrated, then it's time to dump them and go back to physical buttons.
But, the thing is, dolphins and whales are mammals. The would leave the noisy layer when they surfaced. Therefore, they would quickly learn how to escape the sound: surface or dive.
This assumes that they have surfaced during an event enough times to learn the correlation, and that no matter what they are doing, whenever they hear the sound, they will quickly surface. It also seems to assume that the dolphins know they should do this because they somehow know the sound may cause temporary or permanent hearing lose, rather than just experiencing an annoying or intolerable sound.
Care to back that up with some links to scientific studies? While there definitely seems to be a link between a person's mental health and their immune system, that guy isn't an immunologist, from what I can tell.
If you think Apple cares about anything but your money, you must have drank all the Kool-Aid.
Apple care about more than my money because they know that's how to get money. Apple is far from perfect, but neither is anything else on offer, so you're not achieving much by listing some random assortment of bad things about them. Perhaps Apple doesn't make sense to you, but what makes you think that your requirements apply to everyone?
Certainly Open Office and Evolution are more like the familiar Microsoft Office and Outlook than are the equivalent OS X apps.
You say that like it was a good thing. I think you'll find that many people hate using MS Office in the first place. Sure, advanced users might not like iWork, but you can still get MS Office and Open Office on OS X.
So because it doesn't make the best server, it's irrelevant to the UNIX world? I looked into an OS X server, and while it wasn't suitable for what I needed it for, it seems very suitable for some things. And the previous comment was talking about workstations, not servers. Servers are just part of a system.
And you think they don't appreciate the fact that even if they don't run OS X on any server, they can still have both UNIX and a good personal laptop in the same space?
Of all the bits of OS X that are actually interesting and of value to users, "it's a UNIX" is a long, long, long way down the list.
As a web designer, I have to disagree. Running a UNIX system like OS X means I can run more (if not completely) native versions of all the web server and related technologies that I want to develop for and run. I means I've had to get my hands a bit dirty and learn to use the command line again, but everything just seems so much better compared to doing the same stuff on Windows or Linux. I have a computer that is actually nice to use, yet still has the geeky parts when I need them.
Well, US based or not, Slashdot is handing me a date using my non-US timezone. But I'm used to a day lasting 48 hours on the web, so it doesn't bother me.
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Amphetamines are not extremely addictive to everyone. Whether a drug is addictive also depends greatly on the person talking it and their situation, as well as the properties of the drug. And no, Provigil is not just an amphetamine renamed, although Adderall is quite similar to amphetamines.
On the other hand, their OS and software have continued to include handy features that make use of new hardware. iPhoto, iTunes, Expose, Spotlight... they rely heavily on a certain level of hardware to perform properly. Same goes for the iPhone. That slick and intuitively animated interface is something that only become possible recently if you want a reasonable size and battery life to go along with it.
I'm a technical user and I use these features all the time. How can I know what's in a file I've never seen before? Why would I want to remember the contents of every single file I have? Why would I be more likely to remember the file name of a photo rather than the photo itself?
When you want some new feature, you chuck it and buy a new one.
Are you telling us that the iPhone can't be upgraded?
I'll just buy from another company.
Where else can I get Hulu.com content then? The Pirate Bay?
When they didn't know what was going on? When they didn't realise they had entered something they don't understand?
"There is no way to chain together a series of completely deterministic processes and arrive at a non-deterministic end product."
Since when has the brain been proven to be completely deterministic?
Since chemistry, electricity and matter at the level of cells, neurons, ganglia, etc. behave deterministically, if free will exists at all the root of it MUST be found at the quantum level.
Big claims require big proof. Why must free will exist on the quantum level? When did neuroscience determine that all aspects of the brain are 100% deterministic?
I can't believe people here think this is a good idea. You will need to explain to so many people just what the hell it is they are doing and why they must do it, because it will be far, far from intuitive. They will come off with the impression that the whole system is a complete hack... Perhaps you're on to something after all.
You can't be serious? Doesn't that go against the whole ease-of-use idea of using touchscreens? If the machines can't stay calibrated, then it's time to dump them and go back to physical buttons.
But, the thing is, dolphins and whales are mammals. The would leave the noisy layer when they surfaced. Therefore, they would quickly learn how to escape the sound: surface or dive.
This assumes that they have surfaced during an event enough times to learn the correlation, and that no matter what they are doing, whenever they hear the sound, they will quickly surface. It also seems to assume that the dolphins know they should do this because they somehow know the sound may cause temporary or permanent hearing lose, rather than just experiencing an annoying or intolerable sound.
Your logic seems to be implying that there is only one cause of dolphin strandings. Is that what you're saying?
Care to back that up with some links to scientific studies? While there definitely seems to be a link between a person's mental health and their immune system, that guy isn't an immunologist, from what I can tell.
What makes you think that the source is reliable and has correctly interpreted the situation?
If you think Apple cares about anything but your money, you must have drank all the Kool-Aid.
Apple care about more than my money because they know that's how to get money. Apple is far from perfect, but neither is anything else on offer, so you're not achieving much by listing some random assortment of bad things about them. Perhaps Apple doesn't make sense to you, but what makes you think that your requirements apply to everyone?
Certainly Open Office and Evolution are more like the familiar Microsoft Office and Outlook than are the equivalent OS X apps.
You say that like it was a good thing. I think you'll find that many people hate using MS Office in the first place. Sure, advanced users might not like iWork, but you can still get MS Office and Open Office on OS X.
So because it doesn't make the best server, it's irrelevant to the UNIX world? I looked into an OS X server, and while it wasn't suitable for what I needed it for, it seems very suitable for some things. And the previous comment was talking about workstations, not servers. Servers are just part of a system.
And you think they don't appreciate the fact that even if they don't run OS X on any server, they can still have both UNIX and a good personal laptop in the same space?
Of all the bits of OS X that are actually interesting and of value to users, "it's a UNIX" is a long, long, long way down the list.
As a web designer, I have to disagree. Running a UNIX system like OS X means I can run more (if not completely) native versions of all the web server and related technologies that I want to develop for and run. I means I've had to get my hands a bit dirty and learn to use the command line again, but everything just seems so much better compared to doing the same stuff on Windows or Linux. I have a computer that is actually nice to use, yet still has the geeky parts when I need them.
Burglaries will be sorted out after a few burglars end up dead for their efforts.
Yeah, because that worked out so well in the USA. No crime there at all.
And that you think killing someone can be justified in this way shows how out of touch with reality you seem to be.
What are the others?
the recent train cars purchased that don't fit in the tunnel (Wairapa line)
When did this happen?
Well, US based or not, Slashdot is handing me a date using my non-US timezone. But I'm used to a day lasting 48 hours on the web, so it doesn't bother me.
Perhaps you don't know a generalisation when you see it?
Given the tone of your post here, I thinking that perhaps they were right in not wanting to have anything to do with you.