I'll stay with Windows 7 for a while longer. But I won't be installing Windows 10 willingly, if ever.
Microsoft: "We let you choose how much spying we do on your activities!" Users: "Uh...please don't spy on us at all. Like, none." Microsoft: "OK, here's some revised settings that don't let you actually turn data collection off! One is called 'Basic'!" Users: "..."
Not quite as clean a confirmation as one would like: " It would be like if I asked you to believe that by putting a dollar bill in a special laundry machine and spinning it for half an hour with some special detergent the dollar turns into a $1000 note. You are allowed to watch the machine as it does its work, but it is me who opens it and extracts the bill when it has finished its magic conversion. I doubt you would buy it."
No. Original paper says ~39 Msun. Radius is ~1300. A star massing 1300 Msun couldn't hold itself together, both in terms of gravitational and outward radiation pressure. Source: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1401.2628...
I have five machines ranging from 4 to 12 GB. I also don't keep applications open long enough for "degradation" to play a role; closing an app gives the OS a chance to play memory organizer just as surely as rebooting a machine (sorry *nix fanboys who brag about all of your oh-so-important 'uptime' when rebooting takes, at worst, a few minutes) gives it a fresh pallette.
I don't CARE about memory usage. Just isn't on my radar, anywhere.
> "having said that, what these guys are doing is still important in terms of awareness and getting > the good word out. we NEED fusion power. to save us from pollution, global warming, > petrodollar funded russian neoimperialism and islamic fundamentalism, etc."
Keep in mind that ANY generation of energy releases, in the end, heat.
The Moon will certainly be useful someday - for mining, for energy collection, for tourism, for pure science...but it isn't a useful stop on the way to Mars, nor has it ever been. We've looked at the Moon in recent years for two reasons, both interrelated: first, the big contractors (Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, etc.) figure they can bleed us for the Moon and increase their profits before ever beginning the Mars project. Second, the U.S., and humanity in general, suffers from acute myopia and timidity.
We can go to Mars, and we can start NOW. No need for holes on the Moon into which we pour money...and more importantly, time.
> In a very real sense, Dawkins does evangelize for atheism.
No, he doesn't:
evangelize (-vn'j-lz')
v., -ized, -izing, -izes.
v.tr. To preach the gospel to. To convert to Christianity.
What Dawkins does is not "evangelizing" for a belief. He argues against relgious faith, because it is not based on testable hypotheses. This is a very different thing from arguing for a belief or set of beliefs.
Stuff coalesces. Some is dense, some is not. that which is suficiently dense makes stellar systems. That which is mot does not. Pretty simple, I think.
I still have a mental hold-over from early programming on my Apple II: whenever I see "$a" my brain reads it as "string 'a' ". The "$" character will always be "string" to me, even though it's not used specifically to denote strings anymore. My Java-coding friends look at me weird when I'm reading something outloud and accidentally say "string such-and-such". I have to back up and say "dollar-sign such-and-such".
> You have to be computer literate to be a CS major. > Otherwise you'll fail most of your courses.
So, SO not true (at least not necessarily so)! Loads of CS majors get through 4+ years of college, receive a BS in CS, and STILL know very little about computers that's useful in the real world!
Sure, they can implement various sorting algorithms in half a dozen languages, but they still can't figure out how to add RAM to their machines or do simple OS maintenance.
For users at the level of understanding suggested by the rest of your list, man pages are anything BUT helpful. I run four machines with three different OS's and have been using and programming computers for 26 years...and I *still* find that man pages, for some non-zero fraction of the times I refer to them, alternately useless and confusing. They often have either too little or too much information, and lack either explanations of things that are important or lack the appropriate structure to make finding specific kinds of information possible, particularly for people just getting their sea legs.
Otherwise, your comments are right on the money...although I'll add to your list of terminology:
"bits, bytes, megabytes and gigabytes...and the differences between them."
and a corrollary:
"kbps vs. 'megabytes per second' vs. 'bytes per second' "
I know loads of otherwise smart techie people who couldn't figure out the difference between those last terms to save their lives.
It seems to me that one of the main reasons people misinterpret email content is because the author of said email doesn't know how to write well enough to make themselves understood.
Written language - the ones I'm familiar with, anyway - contains plenty of constructions for getting just about any meaning across, when used properly.
Of course, there are also problems on the reader's end. Many people aren't readers - they don't read for pleasure, don't read newspapers, and don't read for professional purposes. Without a lot of experience reading, it's going to be a difficult thing to do well in any format.
Umm, no...a small fraction of American society "hated the Man". The rest were busy living normal, middle-class, suburban lives. The ones who "hated the Man" didn't end up in Congress, with a (very) few exceptions.
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Astronomical observations don't always need to be reported as "mysterious," tbh.
I'll stay with Windows 7 for a while longer. But I won't be installing Windows 10 willingly, if ever.
Microsoft: "We let you choose how much spying we do on your activities!"
Users: "Uh...please don't spy on us at all. Like, none."
Microsoft: "OK, here's some revised settings that don't let you actually turn data collection off! One is called 'Basic'!"
Users: "..."
Please see: http://www.science20.com/a_qua...
Not quite as clean a confirmation as one would like: " It would be like if I asked you to believe that by putting a dollar bill in a special laundry machine and spinning it for half an hour with some special detergent the dollar turns into a $1000 note. You are allowed to watch the machine as it does its work, but it is me who opens it and extracts the bill when it has finished its magic conversion. I doubt you would buy it."
If it sounds too good to be true...
> 1300 times as massive.
No. Original paper says ~39 Msun. Radius is ~1300. A star massing 1300 Msun couldn't hold itself together, both in terms of gravitational and outward radiation pressure.
Source: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1401.2628...
...I don't.
I have five machines ranging from 4 to 12 GB. I also don't keep applications open long enough for "degradation" to play a role; closing an app gives the OS a chance to play memory organizer just as surely as rebooting a machine (sorry *nix fanboys who brag about all of your oh-so-important 'uptime' when rebooting takes, at worst, a few minutes) gives it a fresh pallette.
I don't CARE about memory usage. Just isn't on my radar, anywhere.
Not that difficut to find:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_nationalism_in_Russia
> "having said that, what these guys are doing is still important in terms of awareness and getting
> the good word out. we NEED fusion power. to save us from pollution, global warming,
> petrodollar funded russian neoimperialism and islamic fundamentalism, etc."
Keep in mind that ANY generation of energy releases, in the end, heat.
Oh shit! Here comes an s!
Yes.
Thanks. I was going to say that but checked to see if anyone else did. Glad someone beat me to it.
Whales aren't all THAT big...
> Next time, hire a Web developer who isn't a stupid fscktard before gallivanting around, suing everyone,
That assumes they could actually FIND one to work for them...
The Moon is a white elephant.
The Moon will certainly be useful someday - for mining, for energy collection, for tourism, for pure science...but it isn't a useful stop on the way to Mars, nor has it ever been. We've looked at the Moon in recent years for two reasons, both interrelated: first, the big contractors (Lockheed, Boeing, Raytheon, etc.) figure they can bleed us for the Moon and increase their profits before ever beginning the Mars project. Second, the U.S., and humanity in general, suffers from acute myopia and timidity.
We can go to Mars, and we can start NOW. No need for holes on the Moon into which we pour money...and more importantly, time.
No, he doesn't:
What Dawkins does is not "evangelizing" for a belief. He argues against relgious faith, because it is not based on testable hypotheses. This is a very different thing from arguing for a belief or set of beliefs.
> I don't want implanted chips or digital display in my body.
:)
Believe it or not, you might well be in the minority here.
Makes sense to me.
Stuff coalesces. Some is dense, some is not. that which is suficiently dense makes stellar systems. That which is mot does not. Pretty simple, I think.
(IAAA - 'I am an astronomer')
I still have a mental hold-over from early programming on my Apple II: whenever I see "$a" my brain reads it as "string 'a' ". The "$" character will always be "string" to me, even though it's not used specifically to denote strings anymore. My Java-coding friends look at me weird when I'm reading something outloud and accidentally say "string such-and-such". I have to back up and say "dollar-sign such-and-such".
> You have to be computer literate to be a CS major.
> Otherwise you'll fail most of your courses.
So, SO not true (at least not necessarily so)! Loads of CS majors get through 4+ years of college, receive a BS in CS, and STILL know very little about computers that's useful in the real world!
Sure, they can implement various sorting algorithms in half a dozen languages, but they still can't figure out how to add RAM to their machines or do simple OS maintenance.
> The man pages (or help files) are your friend.
For users at the level of understanding suggested by the rest of your list, man pages are anything BUT helpful. I run four machines with three different OS's and have been using and programming computers for 26 years...and I *still* find that man pages, for some non-zero fraction of the times I refer to them, alternately useless and confusing. They often have either too little or too much information, and lack either explanations of things that are important or lack the appropriate structure to make finding specific kinds of information possible, particularly for people just getting their sea legs.
Otherwise, your comments are right on the money...although I'll add to your list of terminology:
"bits, bytes, megabytes and gigabytes...and the differences between them."
and a corrollary:
"kbps vs. 'megabytes per second' vs. 'bytes per second' "
I know loads of otherwise smart techie people who couldn't figure out the difference between those last terms to save their lives.
It seems to me that one of the main reasons people misinterpret email content is because the author of said email doesn't know how to write well enough to make themselves understood.
Written language - the ones I'm familiar with, anyway - contains plenty of constructions for getting just about any meaning across, when used properly.
Of course, there are also problems on the reader's end. Many people aren't readers - they don't read for pleasure, don't read newspapers, and don't read for professional purposes. Without a lot of experience reading, it's going to be a difficult thing to do well in any format.
Not only would I wear these, I'd implant them after removing my tear ducts.
Hey, what a great idea to include in a story! Oh, wait...
This is SOOO three days ago.
> Is it just me or a law like this is
> just a police state waiting to happen?
WAITING? We're already there. Welcome to the (pre-bobble) world.
> They grew up hating "The Man"
Umm, no...a small fraction of American society "hated the Man". The rest were busy living normal, middle-class, suburban lives. The ones who "hated the Man" didn't end up in Congress, with a (very) few exceptions.
> Is it possible to actually sexually abuse a child online?
/.
This is one of the strangest things I've ever seen on
Are you serious? Go ask anyone who's worked with a, or is an, abused kid.