I know this wasn't the point of your post, but this is a pet peeve of mine. There's mutation, competition, and cooperation, both inter and intra species. We'd be screwed without mitochondria. We'd be screwed without each other. Nonzero sum, mutually beneficial relationships (cooperation) affect evolution, just like the zero sum (competition) ones.
No, actually I just hate register.com with a passion. They fucked me sumthin' fierce when I got that domain with horrible hosting that was basically unusable, then wouldn't cancel it when I asked. I just let the domain lapse and haven't set up an alternate yet. Forgot to take it off my profile.
Sure it's exactly what he said. If there was no value difference between intentional and unintentional action we would react no differently to either event. This is plainly not the case.
I read this idea often on slashdot: There's no real difference between Democrats and Republicans.
So I ask those who say this: Would this legislation have come to be in the House under the Republicans? (Answer: it didn't) Yes, it was a bipartisan compromise, but we all know that the compromise wouldn't be possible with the Republicans in charge.
That's really all there is to it. Marketing is everything.
That's a load of horse hockey.
I started out using Mandrake, back in '98 or so. I wanted a distro that "just worked" and it was fine in that respect...until it wasn't. Once I was comfortable enough with linux I used Gentoo for a few years. Then it started crashing and burning, even on the "stable" configuration. After that, Ubuntu was the choice for a distro that "just worked," and it's served that purpose for me for the last few years. Marketing had nothing to do with my decision to use Ubuntu. Zippo. It has value on it's technical merits alone. Just because it's publicized and wrapped in a pretty package does not mean it's value is decreased. Marketing and technical merit are not mutually exclusive.
When other new huge phones launch, there is often a flurry of activations, and I do believe AT&T has been in the phone business a while.
Yeah, but this was a phone launch like no other. I'm not just being the fanboi here. I've never seen a line outside a cellular phone store for anything. (Well, to get tech support at lunch time, maybe...) Cell providers just aren't prepared to handle this kind of burst buying.
Case in point, I got my iPhone at an AT&T store. For each person who bought a phone they sat us down, asked us a few questions, got our payment info, etc. Took about 10 minutes, and they had maybe five sales guys processing customers. From when the line started moving (I was #34 in line) it took about an hour before I was driving away. For contrast, my friends who bought at an Apple store were out in half the time, and there were more customers there than at the AT&T store I went to.
Bottom line, Apple knows how to handle hype generated high volume sales. (They know how to create hype, natch...) The public's never gotten so excited about a cell phone before, so cell providers are unaccustomed to the phenomena. Hopefully they'll learn...
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? How many angels can fly on the head of a pin? How many people tried to build an airplane before one flew? How many people thought they were idiots? Who, in 1902, could tell you the amount of lift generated by the wing of a 747?
Speculating now about the wind loading on a space elevator is akin to the last question.
I live close to a large beautiful park. In recent years I have noticed a large percentage of people in the park walking with each other and holding hands. I was amazed. I go to the park to get away from relationships. You are truly a relationship slave if you can't even get away for a few minutes of peace and quiet without being bothered.
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Science has nothing to do with truth. It's all about dis provability. If your view of the universe is not disprovable, you're a crackpot.
Yeah! And on top of that we stereotype and overgeneralize.
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I know this wasn't the point of your post, but this is a pet peeve of mine. There's mutation, competition, and cooperation, both inter and intra species. We'd be screwed without mitochondria. We'd be screwed without each other. Nonzero sum, mutually beneficial relationships (cooperation) affect evolution, just like the zero sum (competition) ones.
Carry on.
Ya, but it makes a difference to the rest of us, which is the point.
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And, oh yeah... FUCK REGISTER.COM
If by intrinsic you refer to meaning absent human cognition, that's not possible. People give meaning. It does not exist independently of the mind.
But it is different.
I did think of that one, but then I exiled and destroyed the thought.
Nah, I've got it...
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What would they call the training arm of OIN? Open Invention Network Knowledge?
Sure it's exactly what he said. If there was no value difference between intentional and unintentional action we would react no differently to either event. This is plainly not the case.
So, by the same token, murder is no worse than someone falling off a ladder.
Should we let the murderer go free, then?
I read this idea often on slashdot: There's no real difference between Democrats and Republicans.
So I ask those who say this: Would this legislation have come to be in the House under the Republicans? (Answer: it didn't) Yes, it was a bipartisan compromise, but we all know that the compromise wouldn't be possible with the Republicans in charge.
Yep. It's called juxtaposition. See "Al Qaeda in Iraq"
Seriously. This is about the weakest FUD I've seen in years. If this is the best the windows side has to offer, they're in trouble.
Sure I've got that right. I my post I suggested nothing of the kind, though. I do suggest you work on your reading comprehension.
That's a load of horse hockey.
I started out using Mandrake, back in '98 or so. I wanted a distro that "just worked" and it was fine in that respect...until it wasn't. Once I was comfortable enough with linux I used Gentoo for a few years. Then it started crashing and burning, even on the "stable" configuration. After that, Ubuntu was the choice for a distro that "just worked," and it's served that purpose for me for the last few years. Marketing had nothing to do with my decision to use Ubuntu. Zippo. It has value on it's technical merits alone. Just because it's publicized and wrapped in a pretty package does not mean it's value is decreased. Marketing and technical merit are not mutually exclusive.
I'm afraid you're mistaken. He was in the Cheney Branch.
Yeah, but this was a phone launch like no other. I'm not just being the fanboi here. I've never seen a line outside a cellular phone store for anything. (Well, to get tech support at lunch time, maybe...) Cell providers just aren't prepared to handle this kind of burst buying.
Case in point, I got my iPhone at an AT&T store. For each person who bought a phone they sat us down, asked us a few questions, got our payment info, etc. Took about 10 minutes, and they had maybe five sales guys processing customers. From when the line started moving (I was #34 in line) it took about an hour before I was driving away. For contrast, my friends who bought at an Apple store were out in half the time, and there were more customers there than at the AT&T store I went to.
Bottom line, Apple knows how to handle hype generated high volume sales. (They know how to create hype, natch...) The public's never gotten so excited about a cell phone before, so cell providers are unaccustomed to the phenomena. Hopefully they'll learn...
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Activation was a snap. Took about 3 minutes. Posting fromm iPhone. :)
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? How many angels can fly on the head of a pin? How many people tried to build an airplane before one flew? How many people thought they were idiots? Who, in 1902, could tell you the amount of lift generated by the wing of a 747?
Speculating now about the wind loading on a space elevator is akin to the last question.
Did you read the rebuttal? Thin as a sheet of paper, 15 feet wide. It'd fall with the force of newsprint due to air friction.
Connected? I'd like to think not...
I live close to a large beautiful park. In recent years I have noticed a large percentage of people in the park walking with each other and holding hands. I was amazed. I go to the park to get away from relationships. You are truly a relationship slave if you can't even get away for a few minutes of peace and quiet without being bothered.
Maybe that's why the only cable news network that's listing to the left is MSNBC...