Yeah, google has gotten pretty bad for many searches. It would be nice if they gave you a nice cross section of results on the first page. For instance, if you search for a product of some kind, google normally just gives you a bunch of stores that have it. It would be nice if they would give you the first store result, the first review result, the first fan site result, etc... As it stands, I only use the first few results if I'm trying to find the homepage of a company. Otherwise, I assume it's junk.
I was under the impression that he was in some way involved in the process of openning up the internet to the general public. I'm probably mistaken though.
Whereas the government will just sit on the money and not spend it? Do you realize how much you sound like the 18th centurery crack pot Malthus?
"Even when they have an opportunity of saving, the seldom exercise it, but all that is beyond their present necessities goes, generally speaking, to the ale-house. The pool laws of England may therefore be said to diminish both the power and the will to save among the common people, and thus to weaken one of the strongest incentives to sobriety and industry, and consequently to happiness."
funny that you say that since it really hasn't rained in months. Summers used to be very rainy and rather drab, but this year Seattle has been incredibly hot (for the Northwest at least). In fact, the whole year has been rather warm, winter hardly saw any rainfall and no snow (though a little did fall in the suburbs). Ah, when two man-made weather chaning forces collide.
I just did a rather (I'm sorry to say) extensive search of Lexis Nexis, and nothing came up. I looked through the regular news (nothing relevent came up) and business news. I also checked the Lexis-Nexis company listings, which also showed no results for "mulberry slocomb". You can tell it is a hoax just by reading the post though. It looks very similar to many other expose posts that have appeared on slashdot. I'm just pissed that I can't get myself to do some quick research on my final papers, but of course, I'll do some research on a fictional company that some guy on slashdot made references to. Oh well.
if you think that's bad, guess what happens when you don't put any data in the box. I'll give you a hint, they don't just leave it blank. They use other reported data to "allocate" a correct response for you. At least, that's what they do in the US. For instance, say you're black and you decided to put "declined" in the race category. Lets say you live in a predominantly white neighborhood. The census people will look at the neighborhood you live in, and put down that you're white. This is why the "leave it blank!" campaigns are so stupid. Yeah sure, leave it blank. Go ahead and thwart any attempts at addressing the horrible things that were done to blacks in the past.
In the beginning the US insisted that China and India had to comply with Kyoto too. Then they decided that it wasn't fair to require that China and India comply with Kyoto since it wasn't their fault that we were in this mess. So, then, since they were only going to sign if India and China signed, and they didn't think it was fair to make India and China sign, they couldn't possibly sign. So screw it.
you could also try ROX which is just about the most perfect file manager available. I still find myself switching back to the shell much of the time, but when I remember that its there, I find it very intuitive and fast.
get it at: http://rox.sourceforge.net
I would say that it almost matters more. The authors of Trillian have most likely gotten a lot of knowledge from the community and are improving their program based on information gathered from reverse engineering. It seems kinda hypocritical to me. I don't see how the size of the program should make a difference. If you aren't going to be making money, I see no reason to keep it closed source.
Jd Salinger will probably stand the test of time. Catcher in the Rye is a classic. Plus, he's mysterious and that is always a sure way to get at least a cult following. Most of the other authors I could think of were already dead though. I think PKD will stand the test of time. He wasn't just sci-fi for the sake of sci-fi, most of his writings had a larger point to them, and insanse as it sounds, he probably beleived quite a bit of what he wrote. Stephenson might still be read, but I don't think he will as it stands now. He's written some great stuff, but I don't know if he has quite gotten to that one book that will cement his place in literary history yet. Even though he's dead, I feel the need to include Vladimir Nabokov. He WILL be read in 50 years. John Steinbeck will also be read in 50 years, if for no other reason than for the historical context of some of his books.
Here is my question though, what philosophers of the 20th/21st century will still be read in 100 years?
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Yeah, google has gotten pretty bad for many searches. It would be nice if they gave you a nice cross section of results on the first page. For instance, if you search for a product of some kind, google normally just gives you a bunch of stores that have it. It would be nice if they would give you the first store result, the first review result, the first fan site result, etc... As it stands, I only use the first few results if I'm trying to find the homepage of a company. Otherwise, I assume it's junk.
I was under the impression that he was in some way involved in the process of openning up the internet to the general public. I'm probably mistaken though.
Whereas the government will just sit on the money and not spend it? Do you realize how much you sound like the 18th centurery crack pot Malthus?
"Even when they have an opportunity of saving, the seldom exercise it, but all that is beyond their present necessities goes, generally speaking, to the ale-house. The pool laws of England may therefore be said to diminish both the power and the will to save among the common people, and thus to weaken one of the strongest incentives to sobriety and industry, and consequently to happiness."
funny that you say that since it really hasn't rained in months. Summers used to be very rainy and rather drab, but this year Seattle has been incredibly hot (for the Northwest at least). In fact, the whole year has been rather warm, winter hardly saw any rainfall and no snow (though a little did fall in the suburbs). Ah, when two man-made weather chaning forces collide.
I just did a rather (I'm sorry to say) extensive search of Lexis Nexis, and nothing came up. I looked through the regular news (nothing relevent came up) and business news. I also checked the Lexis-Nexis company listings, which also showed no results for "mulberry slocomb". You can tell it is a hoax just by reading the post though. It looks very similar to many other expose posts that have appeared on slashdot. I'm just pissed that I can't get myself to do some quick research on my final papers, but of course, I'll do some research on a fictional company that some guy on slashdot made references to. Oh well.
if you think that's bad, guess what happens when you don't put any data in the box. I'll give you a hint, they don't just leave it blank. They use other reported data to "allocate" a correct response for you. At least, that's what they do in the US.
For instance, say you're black and you decided to put "declined" in the race category. Lets say you live in a predominantly white neighborhood. The census people will look at the neighborhood you live in, and put down that you're white. This is why the "leave it blank!" campaigns are so stupid. Yeah sure, leave it blank. Go ahead and thwart any attempts at addressing the horrible things that were done to blacks in the past.
In the beginning the US insisted that China and India had to comply with Kyoto too. Then they decided that it wasn't fair to require that China and India comply with Kyoto since it wasn't their fault that we were in this mess. So, then, since they were only going to sign if India and China signed, and they didn't think it was fair to make India and China sign, they couldn't possibly sign. So screw it.
you could also try ROX which is just about the most perfect file manager available. I still find myself switching back to the shell much of the time, but when I remember that its there, I find it very intuitive and fast. get it at: http://rox.sourceforge.net
I would say that it almost matters more. The authors of Trillian have most likely gotten a lot of knowledge from the community and are improving their program based on information gathered from reverse engineering. It seems kinda hypocritical to me. I don't see how the size of the program should make a difference. If you aren't going to be making money, I see no reason to keep it closed source.
Jd Salinger will probably stand the test of time. Catcher in the Rye is a classic. Plus, he's mysterious and that is always a sure way to get at least a cult following. Most of the other authors I could think of were already dead though. I think PKD will stand the test of time. He wasn't just sci-fi for the sake of sci-fi, most of his writings had a larger point to them, and insanse as it sounds, he probably beleived quite a bit of what he wrote. Stephenson might still be read, but I don't think he will as it stands now. He's written some great stuff, but I don't know if he has quite gotten to that one book that will cement his place in literary history yet. Even though he's dead, I feel the need to include Vladimir Nabokov. He WILL be read in 50 years. John Steinbeck will also be read in 50 years, if for no other reason than for the historical context of some of his books.
Here is my question though, what philosophers of the 20th/21st century will still be read in 100 years?
Tim