My next upgrade is definitely going to involve running a PCI-Express AMD64 platform. Is there a PCI-E HDTV card on the horizon? Are motherboard designers planning on including legacy PCI support during the transition?
Well, poop.
I thought I'd be in a category by myself by deliberately not voting (simply because politics in general is disgusting and unproductive), but no -- apparently I have to share this category with unrealistic, naive "anarchists".
You, and other anarchists, should note: People need to be governed. Even if you remove all governing power from the state, impromptu governments will arise out of the population. And this next point is very important: The vast majority of people are not nearly intelligent enough to make important decisions on their own.
You're not as sick of these arguments as I am. Know why? Because there is exactly one thing in the universe that is absolutely correct, all the time: science. That's it; end of story. That point is not open to discussion.
If anyone has some idea or notion or moral code that isn't derived from science, they can argue until they're blue in the face without bringing me any closer to being convinced.
In short, it's 'okay' to have different beliefs as long as it's 'okay' to have a society that tolerates stubborn ignorance and has no general desire to move toward greater enlightenment.
You say that we can all "get along" in spite of our differences. This is apparently not the case. We certainly have differences between us, and look around -- we're not getting along, are we?
There is fixed scientific truth in the universe, and if you choose not to believe it, you're wrong.
--Colin
What, then, is the point of religion? By saying that there's no proof/evidence for the existence of god(s), you've essentially admitted the falsehood inherent in religion.
If the evidence for the existence of this designer consists only of circumstantial evidence such as the "brilliance" or "elegance" of a biological mechanism (for example), then the existence of the designer has not been conclusively proven. Direct physical evidence is required.
History indicates that religions survive and gain popularity if they can stand up to extreme scrutiny. Religions that cannot stand up to scrutiny die out. This results in the common "God works in mysterious ways" explanation being used as an all-purpose response to the questioning of skeptics. (Unfortunately for the religious proponents, using 'God' in that explanation represents an unproven assumption -- the existence of a god.)
Because modern religions must be able to explain their way out of any absurd scenario, god has, by definition, become undetectable by any scientific means. (If god were detectable, the necessary experiment would be conducted, and god would be found to not exist. This is not acceptable for the religions that require a supreme being.)
A completely undetectable supreme being is exactly equivalent to no supreme being at all.
Asking any questions that include 'God' are non-scientific because they are based on an unproven premise. Demonstrate 'God' through direct physical evidence and we'll talk.
Overruled. Don't be a dope. Those situations are politically entirely different.
A colony declaring independence may not even be morally justified to do so, but no one would deny the moral correctness of a nation defending its own soil. The effect of this is that France would have experienced a more negative outcome in the face of Axis invasion than the British colony subjects would have experienced if their stand to create their own nation had failed.
So, please -- you think before you speak next time.
I suppose someone who can't see the worth in moving from PPC to amd64 would think that that was a "stupid question". You are a buffoon, and buying new stuff is awesome.
Notice that he didn't say that America has the best health care coverage in the world. It may indeed be true that the quality of the health care itself (i.e., the skill of those practicing medicine, the available technology, etc.) is second-to-none.
Please don't be so self-righteous. There are reasons that MS has earned such a reputation.
When developing software/languages intended for secure communications over the Internet, the authors are obligated to perform very extensive testing (which should probably involve hiring outsiders to try and circumvent any security measures.) This particular security problem just reflects MS's generally carelessness -- after all, what would people do if MS wasn't very enthusiastic about fixing problems? Use a different platform?
If, by "anti-MS slashdotter bullshit", you meant "valid complaints about yet another thing MS has botched", then you can ignore this post.
One would think that the US citizens who bitch endlessly about the political state in the US would have noticed at some point that THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO SO. That isn't true everywhere in the world. I think it's pretty amazing that the gov't in the US doesn't try to control its citizens to a greater extent, given how incapable the average person is of living his or her own life properly.
If there are parts of the world that aren't jealous of US's freedoms, they should be. Mod parent down severely, please.
Just use an uncooled microbolometer-based infrared thermal imager. BAE Systems has been producing these for years. They're low-power, lightweight, and efficient.
When receiving this wavelength of IR, you can see through smoke, fog, some plastics (regardless of opacity to visible light), and independent of visible light levels. And seeing radiated heat is, of course, an obvious benefit. A fraction of a degree F is all that's needed to note a difference -- you can even see where things used to be because of the heat shadow they leave.
Overruled. That isn't the same at all. A virus author is very clearly intending his software to be malicious (whereas the X.org developers are doing anything but that), and you also get viruses (virii?) by accident -- never intentionally.
I don't recall ever installing an X server by accident.
I run Gentoo, and I've had the Composite extension working to some extent since RC2. As of RC4, it works more or less perfectly and X is just about as fast as without it.
Future enhancements to various window managers and applications should take advantage of these new X features. (xcompmgr and transset are clumsy utilities intended only for proof-of-concept.) For example, KDE's feature plan notes that true transparency has already been implemented in Konsole.
There's a problem with this. It sounds as though everyone gets the same benefits/discouts and suffers the same penalties based on the metrics of their driving but regardless of their skill level. I don't want an almost-blind grandmother getting the same insurance discounts as Michael Schumacher just because they both stayed under the speed limit. The professional driver is very safe at almost any speed, while some other people shouldn't even be on the road.
Also, no one should buy insurance anyway, for the following reason:
- The insurance companies are businesses.
- The goal of any business is to make money.
- To make money, their average client needs to lose money.
- The only way you, as a client, can actually get any money back is to file a claim.
- The only way you can file a claim is to get in an accident.
- Even if you do get in an accident and file a claim, you'll still come out behind you've already paid the premiums on the insurance policy, and now you need the claim money to repair your wrecked car.
Note that, without fraud, you can't actually make money by having an insurance policy. In fact, the only way you can break even is to file a claim before you've even made any payments -- and that might raise suspicion.
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Source?
My next upgrade is definitely going to involve running a PCI-Express AMD64 platform. Is there a PCI-E HDTV card on the horizon? Are motherboard designers planning on including legacy PCI support during the transition?
--Colin
Well, poop.
I thought I'd be in a category by myself by deliberately not voting (simply because politics in general is disgusting and unproductive), but no -- apparently I have to share this category with unrealistic, naive "anarchists".
You, and other anarchists, should note: People need to be governed. Even if you remove all governing power from the state, impromptu governments will arise out of the population. And this next point is very important: The vast majority of people are not nearly intelligent enough to make important decisions on their own.
--Colin
You're not as sick of these arguments as I am. Know why? Because there is exactly one thing in the universe that is absolutely correct, all the time: science. That's it; end of story. That point is not open to discussion.
If anyone has some idea or notion or moral code that isn't derived from science, they can argue until they're blue in the face without bringing me any closer to being convinced.
In short, it's 'okay' to have different beliefs as long as it's 'okay' to have a society that tolerates stubborn ignorance and has no general desire to move toward greater enlightenment.
You say that we can all "get along" in spite of our differences. This is apparently not the case. We certainly have differences between us, and look around -- we're not getting along, are we? There is fixed scientific truth in the universe, and if you choose not to believe it, you're wrong. --Colin
What, then, is the point of religion? By saying that there's no proof/evidence for the existence of god(s), you've essentially admitted the falsehood inherent in religion.
--Colin
Intelligent design implies a designer.
If the evidence for the existence of this designer consists only of circumstantial evidence such as the "brilliance" or "elegance" of a biological mechanism (for example), then the existence of the designer has not been conclusively proven. Direct physical evidence is required.
History indicates that religions survive and gain popularity if they can stand up to extreme scrutiny. Religions that cannot stand up to scrutiny die out. This results in the common "God works in mysterious ways" explanation being used as an all-purpose response to the questioning of skeptics. (Unfortunately for the religious proponents, using 'God' in that explanation represents an unproven assumption -- the existence of a god.)
Because modern religions must be able to explain their way out of any absurd scenario, god has, by definition, become undetectable by any scientific means. (If god were detectable, the necessary experiment would be conducted, and god would be found to not exist. This is not acceptable for the religions that require a supreme being.)
A completely undetectable supreme being is exactly equivalent to no supreme being at all.
Suck on that.
--Colin
Asking any questions that include 'God' are non-scientific because they are based on an unproven premise. Demonstrate 'God' through direct physical evidence and we'll talk.
--Colin
"Subaru"? Pfah. Put NASA and General Dynamics on that list. I've always wanted my own reusable space vehicle and Ohio-class submarine.
--Colin
Overruled. Don't be a dope. Those situations are politically entirely different.
A colony declaring independence may not even be morally justified to do so, but no one would deny the moral correctness of a nation defending its own soil. The effect of this is that France would have experienced a more negative outcome in the face of Axis invasion than the British colony subjects would have experienced if their stand to create their own nation had failed.
So, please -- you think before you speak next time.
--Colin
I suppose someone who can't see the worth in moving from PPC to amd64 would think that that was a "stupid question". You are a buffoon, and buying new stuff is awesome.
--Colin
Notice that he didn't say that America has the best health care coverage in the world. It may indeed be true that the quality of the health care itself (i.e., the skill of those practicing medicine, the available technology, etc.) is second-to-none.
--Colin
Please don't be so self-righteous. There are reasons that MS has earned such a reputation.
When developing software/languages intended for secure communications over the Internet, the authors are obligated to perform very extensive testing (which should probably involve hiring outsiders to try and circumvent any security measures.) This particular security problem just reflects MS's generally carelessness -- after all, what would people do if MS wasn't very enthusiastic about fixing problems? Use a different platform?
If, by "anti-MS slashdotter bullshit", you meant "valid complaints about yet another thing MS has botched", then you can ignore this post.
--Colin
Why was parent modded "funny", exactly?
One would think that the US citizens who bitch endlessly about the political state in the US would have noticed at some point that THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO SO. That isn't true everywhere in the world. I think it's pretty amazing that the gov't in the US doesn't try to control its citizens to a greater extent, given how incapable the average person is of living his or her own life properly.
If there are parts of the world that aren't jealous of US's freedoms, they should be. Mod parent down severely, please.
--Colin
Just use an uncooled microbolometer-based infrared thermal imager. BAE Systems has been producing these for years. They're low-power, lightweight, and efficient.
When receiving this wavelength of IR, you can see through smoke, fog, some plastics (regardless of opacity to visible light), and independent of visible light levels. And seeing radiated heat is, of course, an obvious benefit. A fraction of a degree F is all that's needed to note a difference -- you can even see where things used to be because of the heat shadow they leave.
--Colin
Overruled. That isn't the same at all. A virus author is very clearly intending his software to be malicious (whereas the X.org developers are doing anything but that), and you also get viruses (virii?) by accident -- never intentionally.
I don't recall ever installing an X server by accident.
--Colin
Future enhancements to various window managers and applications should take advantage of these new X features. (xcompmgr and transset are clumsy utilities intended only for proof-of-concept.) For example, KDE's feature plan notes that true transparency has already been implemented in Konsole.
Runs shadows/transparency smoothly:
GeForce FX 5900
Athlon XP 2000+
--Colin
There's a problem with this. It sounds as though everyone gets the same benefits/discouts and suffers the same penalties based on the metrics of their driving but regardless of their skill level. I don't want an almost-blind grandmother getting the same insurance discounts as Michael Schumacher just because they both stayed under the speed limit. The professional driver is very safe at almost any speed, while some other people shouldn't even be on the road.
Also, no one should buy insurance anyway, for the following reason:
- The insurance companies are businesses.
- The goal of any business is to make money.
- To make money, their average client needs to lose money.
- The only way you, as a client, can actually get any money back is to file a claim.
- The only way you can file a claim is to get in an accident.
- Even if you do get in an accident and file a claim, you'll still come out behind you've already paid the premiums on the insurance policy, and now you need the claim money to repair your wrecked car.
Note that, without fraud, you can't actually make money by having an insurance policy. In fact, the only way you can break even is to file a claim before you've even made any payments -- and that might raise suspicion.
"Insurance" is a bet against yourself.
--Colin