Parent has fallen for one of the more classic blunders. The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia. The second is never go in against a Sicillian when death is on the line.
More importantly--Do not cite to the Wikipedia as a source of genuine authority when trying to prove somebody else he's wrong.
IIRC, the whole beauty behind Dark Matter is it is supposed to be some constant that solves the problems we have with understanding how the universe operates. If that constant is not constant, then doesn't that sort of ruin the value?
I'm just reminded of the tendency of science. We make an observation and derive a theory. The theory does not fit subsequent observations, so we try to force the observation to fit the theory. Eventually, we have a confusing mass of a theory that is suddenly destroyed by a much more simple answer. The classic example of this is the theory involving retrograde orbits when we though the Sun orbited the Earth instead of the other way around. It was heresy to say that the Sun orbited--so we tried to force fit a theory.
Now, it is becoming scientific heresy to say there is no Dark Matter. Well, I for one do not put any salt in DM because it's unobservable. Sort of like a Devine creator--we can't observe him so we assume he does not exist. So, why do we assume there is DM?
Now, to make this really effective, you need to make sure you back up early and often. I strongly recommend that you have this command run via a cron script every minute, 24/7. That way, if your C drive ever fails again you'll know that you've only lost a minute of activity.
ReadyNAS is reported to be a better choice than Buffalo. There is a Tom's Networking review on ReadyNAS 600 that compares the two fairly well. It costs a bit more (~1100) for the same amount of storage, but it's worth it if the quality is that much better. Also, I've been told you can have two of them where one remotely backs-up the other . . . which allows for disaster recovery where the physical location of the original is destroyed.
"Though, maybe we should take your tack and say all crimes are punishable by death! After all, it doesn't matter how bad the offense was, the punishment should be very high no matter what. So, lets give the highest punishment possible for every crime!"
Except the reason for less draconian sentencing makes lessor sentences more viable. When the penalties are harsh, juries (and judges) tend to find innocence when they know the defendant is guilty. That is, at one time all unlawful killings met out death in punishment. Juries started nullifying because they thought death was too harsh in some instances. So, courts allowed for life sentences and lessor punishments. This increased the conviction rate at the expense of harshness of crime.
Although, I for one think the death penalty should be instituted for people who drive slow, while talking on their cell phone, in the left lane when I'm trying to pass.
"If Microsoft runs an online service, then the browser (modified, perhaps) will be all that will be required to run Office on any computer (with internet connection)."
And for those of us who find ourselves in a situation where we are at a computer without an internet connection are just plain screwed, right?
Although the project already seems/.'d, I'd love to get ahold of this little gem. The USB drive slowly unthethers me from just one/or a handful of computers. Autonomy!
"1. The characters age from 6yrs old to 12 yrs old. That's a HUGE swing. Them being children and developing are two important themes that need to remain."
Please, they have tweenagers play like they're high school students all the time. You can take a 16 year old and make them look 12. In the alternative, you can start with a child younger than 6. Or, shorten the age gap where the result is still 12.
"2. How are they going to film the Battle Room scenes? It's a 3d fight, so there really isn't a good way of doing it. I think the best way would almost be a first person view directly from Ender, so the battle flows as he sees it, but this would lead to problems in the final battle."
Hmm. CGI. They've done wonders with computers these days--so I've heard.:-) Perhaps green screens--isn't that how they did it in one of those Harry Potter flicks?
"3. The Computer Game at the end (i can't remember it's name). That is going to be an extremely difficult thing to replicate, and build tension with. The build up of hopelessness at the very end will be crucial (more so than in the book) and will be hard to pull of with blips of light."
Well then, we'll just have to rely upon somebody else's imagination for that. I personally have been dumbstruck with how creative they can be in movies. Maybe they'll focus on the pressure Ender goes through with the relentless work schedule. When I read the book, that's what was etched in my mind, not the video game.
"4. Will they even cover Peter Wiggin? It will be hard to do that as well, especially his rise to power on the nets..."
"Those are just a few of the problems I see. It's going to be a huge challenge to accuratley represent the book well. The only way I can see it getting done is CG, but this seems to dark for a CG movie."
What? Dark? I don't see how that should be an issue at all.
It's quite obvious what happens to programmers when they turn 40. Have you not noticed a little white disk on the inside of their left palm? When they turn 40, the disk turns red. If they don't surrender themselves to the authorities to work on the "Soyent Verde" project (Microsoft), they are forced to run. There are rumors of some 40+ programmers having successfully escaping.
"Honestly, we can't expect any better conduct from Bush, a president who has been quoted as saying the Constitution is'just a goddamned piece of paper' [rense.com]. Apparently he's forgotten all about that oath he took twice to uphold said 'piece of paper'. Fortunately, it looks like most of the Senate (including a few noteworthy Republicans who crossed the aisle on this one) have a slightly higher regard for the Constitution of the Unites States."
I'm sorry, but this is the first I've ever heard of this--though I'm not surprised the parent got modded "insightful." I question the authenticity of this statement. Although, I am quite bothered about the potential Fourth Amendment violations.
As for "noteworthy Republicans," those I've read having comments were those who are more than likely Republican because its what will get them elected.
There is another article that mentions that those who _opposed_ the renewal of the act asked for a 90-day extension of the Patriot Act so they could negotiate more civil right sensitive provisions.
You can't beat the security where I work. All computers have had their harddrives, network cards, and power supplies removed. All peripherial ports have been welded shut. In the more vulnerable computers, the security people have glued all the keys down, and filled the computer chassis with concrete. Mouse balls are removed. Before each session with the computer, each programmer has to endure a full cavity search and provide a urinalysis. We also are forced to work naked to ensure we don't hide any data in our clothing.
"As a matter of fact: France fought the most wars in modern history (that's since the 15th century). It fought more than Great Britain, Prussia and Austria (the other large nations in Europe with many battles) together. As far as I remember, it was more than 2000 wars with french involvement, compared with 500-700 for each of the other nations. The U.S. come not even close to a 10th of the numbers of France. And if french troups have surrendered here and there, the quote is still smaller than that of other nations (otherwise France would not be here anymore)."
That all depends on how you define war, and how far back you wish to stretch the timeline. The United States was involved in quite a few military expeditions in its past that were then referred to more as "minor wars." However, we don't seem to count those in the tally of wars one or lost. If you count minor wars, then the US was in several during the 90s: Rwanda, Kosovo, Somalia, to name a few. However, those hardly count as wars.
However, when we turn to "major wars," France has not done well at all since they became a republic. Napoleon did okay for a while. Got their tails kicked by the Prussians in the 1870s, the Germans in the 1910s (but for a concerted effort), the Germans again in the 1940s, Vietnam (which is more like a minor war by the definition I have for a minor war). The French have also been the least supportive of US military action, presumably because of the repercusions. Although, it may also be a historical friendliness between the Russians and French that partly motivates the French to be unsupportive--that and it sucks to have once been a Great Power and are now not. Don't worry, though, the US nears the downswing of that cycle.
FTFA: "The real start came in 1991, when India began dismantling its state-run economy and opening its markets to foreign imports and investment."
So, what you're saying is that when India ditched Socialism and hopped on the Capitalist highway, then their economy really picked up speed? Fancy that. Next you'll be telling me that China abandoned Communism and became one of the world's fastest growing economies. Of course, adopt a bloated welfare/medical system, and there goes growth.
Either the letter had bad grammar, the transcription had bad grammar, or there was intentional bad grammar injected into the copy that the reporter got--a sort of fingerprint:
"The four principles the United States issues on June 30, 2005" was written in a letter dated this November.
I'm sorry, but Hillary is definitely *not* a moderate. She is a closet socialist--in the closet because she realizes that most of Americans disagree with her agenda. Remember her universal medical coverage, her bus tour across the U.S. to push it? More importantly, I don't think liberals have rejected her. She is very popular among the NOW, which is not the bastion of Moderateness.
If she were a Moderate, or a Conservative, then she would have run for Senator in Arkansas, her last state of residence. She might have won, even though she is a Yankee. She ran in NY because it is *not* a Conservative state. She went to where her base was.
"Redwood City, CA, -- smack in the middle of one of the most affluent areas in the nation -- currently has what amounts to a ban on all new construction because there's simply no more fresh water. They have already exceeded their allotment from available supplies. Los Angeles has been living on borrowed time for decades, damming up every fresh water supply in sight and draining it dry. Tulare Lake, once measuring roughly 30 by 60 miles across, is now essentially gone. It took government intervention to keep them from completely draining Mono Lake, but they're still slurping a monsterous percentage of the Colorado River. Other scattered communities throughout the continental US are noticing the rivers and lakes are drying up, and underground fresh water aquifers are also becoming harder to find and maintain."
That's what you get for living in the desert. You countered the parent post, who said that freshwater is plentiful in most of the US by saying that in a couple places in California, there is need for conservation. I hate to burst your bubble, but California is not "most" of the US. Come to the Mississippi river area and tell me there's not enough water.
The right answer is anybody can ask a law student that student's opinion. However, as I was trying to say, we law students are warned not to give legal advice. There are sanctions that can be made for unauthorized practice of law that should deter law students from giving advice. Even lawyers tend to avoid giving advice as a result of the duties implied by giving it.
He said he contacted a law school friend. In the U.S., that is unauthorized practice of law, and his friend might end up finding it harder to be admitted to his state Bar. However, I'm not sure how it goes in Austrailia. As a U.S. law student, I've been warned enough times to keep my trap shut. Nothing beats the skill of an experienced attorney, and a law student is not.
"Microsoft is proposing its own rival to PDF, known as Metro, with Windows Vista, its new operating system that is due out next year."
Perhaps Billy failed to notice this, and I know he personally reads all my posts. The U.S. Federal Court system is accepting electronic delivery of documents. The two formats accepted by the court are WordPerfect and Portable Document Format.
What Billy is ignoring is the reason PDF is so successful as a format--its everywhere and has been for years. So, to try to come in now with a "new" document format, he'll have to surmount the legacy. Of course, he'll try to do this with some variation of the PCDos bug and Microsoft's unique market position. Although, another reason why PDF is so successful is it builds off of the PostScript file format, which oddly enough is owned by the same company as PDF--Adobe. So, what Billy will have to do is defeat PS.
All in all, that ZD article shows how grovelly they are toward Microsoft. There's nothing but positive spin on a leaked memo that itself carries little information of nutritional value.
TFA: '"We should've been leaders with all our web properties in harnessing the potential of Ajax, following our pioneering work in OWA (Outlook Web Access)," Ozzie wrote. "We knew search would be important, but through Google's focus they've gained a tremendously strong position."'
Hmm, something does not add up. I remember several other web-based email interfaces long before Outlook Web Access. I thought pioneering was essentially the early adopter phase, not the second wave.
"You should know that it was the electoral defeat of Churchill that gave the UK its National Health Service . . .."
Yes, the finest health service in the world. Where you can go to any doctor any time and get competent medical service in a timely fashion--even though it costs an arm and a leg. Oh, wait--that's the U.S.
"Churchill a superstar, but in reality he was a stuck-up pig of the upper-classes. . . . Churchill was a rich imperialist pig."
And that's why I love him so. Shame we couldn't have a few more around to keep the world in order.
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Maybe, just maybe they're hopping they can use the radio stations for very wi-fi.
Parent has fallen for one of the more classic blunders. The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia. The second is never go in against a Sicillian when death is on the line.
More importantly--Do not cite to the Wikipedia as a source of genuine authority when trying to prove somebody else he's wrong.
IIRC, the whole beauty behind Dark Matter is it is supposed to be some constant that solves the problems we have with understanding how the universe operates. If that constant is not constant, then doesn't that sort of ruin the value?
I'm just reminded of the tendency of science. We make an observation and derive a theory. The theory does not fit subsequent observations, so we try to force the observation to fit the theory. Eventually, we have a confusing mass of a theory that is suddenly destroyed by a much more simple answer. The classic example of this is the theory involving retrograde orbits when we though the Sun orbited the Earth instead of the other way around. It was heresy to say that the Sun orbited--so we tried to force fit a theory.
Now, it is becoming scientific heresy to say there is no Dark Matter. Well, I for one do not put any salt in DM because it's unobservable. Sort of like a Devine creator--we can't observe him so we assume he does not exist. So, why do we assume there is DM?
"copy C:\*.* D: Done!"
Now, to make this really effective, you need to make sure you back up early and often. I strongly recommend that you have this command run via a cron script every minute, 24/7. That way, if your C drive ever fails again you'll know that you've only lost a minute of activity.
ReadyNAS is reported to be a better choice than Buffalo. There is a Tom's Networking review on ReadyNAS 600 that compares the two fairly well. It costs a bit more (~1100) for the same amount of storage, but it's worth it if the quality is that much better. Also, I've been told you can have two of them where one remotely backs-up the other . . . which allows for disaster recovery where the physical location of the original is destroyed.
"Intel Macs May Boot Windows XP After All"
Okay, maybe it may be able to boot WinXP . . . buy why in the hell would they want to?!
"Though, maybe we should take your tack and say all crimes are punishable by death! After all, it doesn't matter how bad the offense was, the punishment should be very high no matter what. So, lets give the highest punishment possible for every crime!"
Except the reason for less draconian sentencing makes lessor sentences more viable. When the penalties are harsh, juries (and judges) tend to find innocence when they know the defendant is guilty. That is, at one time all unlawful killings met out death in punishment. Juries started nullifying because they thought death was too harsh in some instances. So, courts allowed for life sentences and lessor punishments. This increased the conviction rate at the expense of harshness of crime.
Although, I for one think the death penalty should be instituted for people who drive slow, while talking on their cell phone, in the left lane when I'm trying to pass.
It's not so much the cold as it is the humidity.
"If Microsoft runs an online service, then the browser (modified, perhaps) will be all that will be required to run Office on any computer (with internet connection)."
/.'d, I'd love to get ahold of this little gem. The USB drive slowly unthethers me from just one/or a handful of computers. Autonomy!
And for those of us who find ourselves in a situation where we are at a computer without an internet connection are just plain screwed, right?
Although the project already seems
"1. The characters age from 6yrs old to 12 yrs old. That's a HUGE swing. Them being children and developing are two important themes that need to remain."
:-) Perhaps green screens--isn't that how they did it in one of those Harry Potter flicks?
Please, they have tweenagers play like they're high school students all the time. You can take a 16 year old and make them look 12. In the alternative, you can start with a child younger than 6. Or, shorten the age gap where the result is still 12.
"2. How are they going to film the Battle Room scenes? It's a 3d fight, so there really isn't a good way of doing it. I think the best way would almost be a first person view directly from Ender, so the battle flows as he sees it, but this would lead to problems in the final battle."
Hmm. CGI. They've done wonders with computers these days--so I've heard.
"3. The Computer Game at the end (i can't remember it's name). That is going to be an extremely difficult thing to replicate, and build tension with. The build up of hopelessness at the very end will be crucial (more so than in the book) and will be hard to pull of with blips of light."
Well then, we'll just have to rely upon somebody else's imagination for that. I personally have been dumbstruck with how creative they can be in movies. Maybe they'll focus on the pressure Ender goes through with the relentless work schedule. When I read the book, that's what was etched in my mind, not the video game.
"4. Will they even cover Peter Wiggin? It will be hard to do that as well, especially his rise to power on the nets..."
"Those are just a few of the problems I see. It's going to be a huge challenge to accuratley represent the book well. The only way I can see it getting done is CG, but this seems to dark for a CG movie."
What? Dark? I don't see how that should be an issue at all.
It's quite obvious what happens to programmers when they turn 40. Have you not noticed a little white disk on the inside of their left palm? When they turn 40, the disk turns red. If they don't surrender themselves to the authorities to work on the "Soyent Verde" project (Microsoft), they are forced to run. There are rumors of some 40+ programmers having successfully escaping.
"Honestly, we can't expect any better conduct from Bush, a president who has been quoted as saying the Constitution is'just a goddamned piece of paper' [rense.com]. Apparently he's forgotten all about that oath he took twice to uphold said 'piece of paper'. Fortunately, it looks like most of the Senate (including a few noteworthy Republicans who crossed the aisle on this one) have a slightly higher regard for the Constitution of the Unites States."
I'm sorry, but this is the first I've ever heard of this--though I'm not surprised the parent got modded "insightful." I question the authenticity of this statement. Although, I am quite bothered about the potential Fourth Amendment violations.
As for "noteworthy Republicans," those I've read having comments were those who are more than likely Republican because its what will get them elected.
There is another article that mentions that those who _opposed_ the renewal of the act asked for a 90-day extension of the Patriot Act so they could negotiate more civil right sensitive provisions.
"Huh? What applications have these?"
Solitare, Minesweeper, Frogger.
You can't beat the security where I work. All computers have had their harddrives, network cards, and power supplies removed. All peripherial ports have been welded shut. In the more vulnerable computers, the security people have glued all the keys down, and filled the computer chassis with concrete. Mouse balls are removed. Before each session with the computer, each programmer has to endure a full cavity search and provide a urinalysis. We also are forced to work naked to ensure we don't hide any data in our clothing.
"As a matter of fact: France fought the most wars in modern history (that's since the 15th century). It fought more than Great Britain, Prussia and Austria (the other large nations in Europe with many battles) together. As far as I remember, it was more than 2000 wars with french involvement, compared with 500-700 for each of the other nations. The U.S. come not even close to a 10th of the numbers of France. And if french troups have surrendered here and there, the quote is still smaller than that of other nations (otherwise France would not be here anymore)."
That all depends on how you define war, and how far back you wish to stretch the timeline. The United States was involved in quite a few military expeditions in its past that were then referred to more as "minor wars." However, we don't seem to count those in the tally of wars one or lost. If you count minor wars, then the US was in several during the 90s: Rwanda, Kosovo, Somalia, to name a few. However, those hardly count as wars.
However, when we turn to "major wars," France has not done well at all since they became a republic. Napoleon did okay for a while. Got their tails kicked by the Prussians in the 1870s, the Germans in the 1910s (but for a concerted effort), the Germans again in the 1940s, Vietnam (which is more like a minor war by the definition I have for a minor war). The French have also been the least supportive of US military action, presumably because of the repercusions. Although, it may also be a historical friendliness between the Russians and French that partly motivates the French to be unsupportive--that and it sucks to have once been a Great Power and are now not. Don't worry, though, the US nears the downswing of that cycle.
"Shouldn't we now classify living things entirely with genetics?"
No, because then we'd probably find that we have much more in common with viruses than mammals, and some people can't stomach that.
FTFA: "The real start came in 1991, when India began dismantling its state-run economy and opening its markets to foreign imports and investment."
So, what you're saying is that when India ditched Socialism and hopped on the Capitalist highway, then their economy really picked up speed? Fancy that. Next you'll be telling me that China abandoned Communism and became one of the world's fastest growing economies. Of course, adopt a bloated welfare/medical system, and there goes growth.
Either the letter had bad grammar, the transcription had bad grammar, or there was intentional bad grammar injected into the copy that the reporter got--a sort of fingerprint:
"The four principles the United States issues on June 30, 2005" was written in a letter dated this November.
I'm sorry, but Hillary is definitely *not* a moderate. She is a closet socialist--in the closet because she realizes that most of Americans disagree with her agenda. Remember her universal medical coverage, her bus tour across the U.S. to push it? More importantly, I don't think liberals have rejected her. She is very popular among the NOW, which is not the bastion of Moderateness.
If she were a Moderate, or a Conservative, then she would have run for Senator in Arkansas, her last state of residence. She might have won, even though she is a Yankee. She ran in NY because it is *not* a Conservative state. She went to where her base was.
"Redwood City, CA, -- smack in the middle of one of the most affluent areas in the nation -- currently has what amounts to a ban on all new construction because there's simply no more fresh water. They have already exceeded their allotment from available supplies. Los Angeles has been living on borrowed time for decades, damming up every fresh water supply in sight and draining it dry. Tulare Lake, once measuring roughly 30 by 60 miles across, is now essentially gone. It took government intervention to keep them from completely draining Mono Lake, but they're still slurping a monsterous percentage of the Colorado River. Other scattered communities throughout the continental US are noticing the rivers and lakes are drying up, and underground fresh water aquifers are also becoming harder to find and maintain."
That's what you get for living in the desert. You countered the parent post, who said that freshwater is plentiful in most of the US by saying that in a couple places in California, there is need for conservation. I hate to burst your bubble, but California is not "most" of the US. Come to the Mississippi river area and tell me there's not enough water.
The right answer is anybody can ask a law student that student's opinion. However, as I was trying to say, we law students are warned not to give legal advice. There are sanctions that can be made for unauthorized practice of law that should deter law students from giving advice. Even lawyers tend to avoid giving advice as a result of the duties implied by giving it.
Ben
He said he contacted a law school friend. In the U.S., that is unauthorized practice of law, and his friend might end up finding it harder to be admitted to his state Bar. However, I'm not sure how it goes in Austrailia. As a U.S. law student, I've been warned enough times to keep my trap shut. Nothing beats the skill of an experienced attorney, and a law student is not.
"Microsoft is proposing its own rival to PDF, known as Metro, with Windows Vista, its new operating system that is due out next year."
Perhaps Billy failed to notice this, and I know he personally reads all my posts. The U.S. Federal Court system is accepting electronic delivery of documents. The two formats accepted by the court are WordPerfect and Portable Document Format.
What Billy is ignoring is the reason PDF is so successful as a format--its everywhere and has been for years. So, to try to come in now with a "new" document format, he'll have to surmount the legacy. Of course, he'll try to do this with some variation of the PCDos bug and Microsoft's unique market position. Although, another reason why PDF is so successful is it builds off of the PostScript file format, which oddly enough is owned by the same company as PDF--Adobe. So, what Billy will have to do is defeat PS.
All in all, that ZD article shows how grovelly they are toward Microsoft. There's nothing but positive spin on a leaked memo that itself carries little information of nutritional value.
TFA: '"We should've been leaders with all our web properties in harnessing the potential of Ajax, following our pioneering work in OWA (Outlook Web Access)," Ozzie wrote. "We knew search would be important, but through Google's focus they've gained a tremendously strong position."'
Hmm, something does not add up. I remember several other web-based email interfaces long before Outlook Web Access. I thought pioneering was essentially the early adopter phase, not the second wave.
What about the Y2K bug? I believe that had a greater economic impact than many of the other "worst."
"You should know that it was the electoral defeat of Churchill that gave the UK its National Health Service . . . ."
Yes, the finest health service in the world. Where you can go to any doctor any time and get competent medical service in a timely fashion--even though it costs an arm and a leg. Oh, wait--that's the U.S.
"Churchill a superstar, but in reality he was a stuck-up pig of the upper-classes. . . . Churchill was a rich imperialist pig."
And that's why I love him so. Shame we couldn't have a few more around to keep the world in order.