Libertarians love to say "If X happens to you, it's your own damn fault!"
What blissful ignorance.
Yes, if someone is listening to their MP3 player while crossing the street it's their own damn fault. However there are consequences to the rest of us when that happens: the ER gets tied up, there's cost to the medical care, friends and relatives are affected, etc.
No man is an island, no matter how much the Libertarian ethos would wish it.
It's completely absurd. Not everything is meant to be turned into cold science.
What's absurd is ascribing emotional motivations to science. Science is not "cold." It just is. I could call it "warm, lovely science" and that would be just as valid.
The more the law is used like this, the more it will be seen as absurd. When the DMCA is used to stomp on uses of technology the wider public can't understand it. When it's used to stop you from being filmed dancing a certain way in public it's understandable by everyone.
Watch now for patents that come as close as possible to stepping over the line, but stop just short. Microsoft easily has the resources to toss up nuisance patents that block possible future development of BlueJ.
And now, because people think of Microsoft as a single entity, they are angry because Microsoft both patent the idea, and at the same time acknowledge where it came from.
And this is exactly what they signed up for when they applied for corporation status. They want to be recognized as a corporate entity, with all of the rights and responsibilities that entails.
It still makes me wonder. Sun has been known to do crass benchmarketting before.
Doesn't seem to be the case here. I'm doing some pretty heavy numerical stuff with java these days. The Sun java6 VM definitely outshines others at the moment. That used to be the case with the IBM VM. Maybe once it comes out of early release it'll be back to it's former glory.
IBM java6: Composite Score: 482.8282568762099 FFT (1024): 551.8002634079949 SOR (100x100): 568.7588552216857 Monte Carlo : 64.62096017621073 Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 219.84569330460474 LU (100x100): 1009.1155122705532
Sun java6: Composite Score: 617.5119705454583 FFT (1024): 510.7586118547276 SOR (100x100): 829.8686416193439 Monte Carlo : 118.25350583943022 Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 470.6355733620428 LU (100x100): 1158.0435200517468
Higher scores are better. Both run on AMD X2 5000+
Sun VM stomped on IBM's. That wasn't true with earlier VM's. IBM used to smoke Sun on scimark. Maybe there's more development to be done.
Despite that fact that people are unique, generalizations also apply to an extent. There are only but so many political viewpoints to be had.
Yes, true. And that number and the nature of those viewpoints is far more and far more subtle than you will ever comprehend. Only an arrogant prick would believe that they understand them all and can thus categorize them. It's a sign of laziness too. Stereotype and you don't need to think too hard anymore.
If I really believed you were that vulnerable, I'd never have bothered arguing with you in the first place, let alone making fun of you.
Like I said: arrogant prick.
I did it based on the words in the post.
There's always more than the words in the post. Don't bore me with the "all I can know is what you're written" argument. Ask before you argue.
Looking at your post history it seems you love to argue. Channel that energy to understanding.
You have, however, so far failed to do anything other than tell me there's no point in arguing with me (before trying) and insist that if I don't see things you way...
I don't insist that you see things my way. I insist that you open your eyes.
Gods, people. Is there no humor left in the world of mathematics? Well, at least not slashdot math geeks.
OK, here's the joke. Yeah, 2 and 5 are primes separated by 3. There aren't any others because all primes other than 2 are odd, and adding 3 to an odd number results in a composite number, which can't be prime.
So you'll be searching for such primes forever. Get it?
Jeez. Apparently the joke is ya'll searching forever for your sense of humor...
What it really comes down to is that I'm sick and tired of of people who get their panties in a twist because the world doesn't realize what a unique and individual political snowflake they really are.
I am a unique and individual political snowflake, bitch.
Yes, we're all individuals!
And, what, it's your job to crush folks feelings of uniqueness? It's your duty to destroy their sense of political self? Make them realize that, yes, in fact they are part of the hive, and no different from everyone else?
You've proven yourself to be exactly what you despise: unique. A uniquely sick fucker, but unique nonetheless.
If I guessed your politics wrong, I did so based on what you wrote.
Nope, you did so based on what you read. If you don't know the difference you can give up now.
What's the point of just saying "you don't know me" and going home?
The point is there's no point in arguing with you. I'm just feeling loquacious enough to post, but that's about it. Writing like you think you know my political views means either
A) You're an idiot.
B) You easily stereotype folks, and assign thoughts to them according to stereotype.
C) I'm self referentially mocking you with this list.
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Libertarians love to say "If X happens to you, it's your own damn fault!"
What blissful ignorance.
Yes, if someone is listening to their MP3 player while crossing the street it's their own damn fault. However there are consequences to the rest of us when that happens: the ER gets tied up, there's cost to the medical care, friends and relatives are affected, etc.
No man is an island, no matter how much the Libertarian ethos would wish it.
You wanna be an island, fine. Go live on one.
The more the law is used like this, the more it will be seen as absurd. When the DMCA is used to stomp on uses of technology the wider public can't understand it. When it's used to stop you from being filmed dancing a certain way in public it's understandable by everyone.
Watch now for patents that come as close as possible to stepping over the line, but stop just short. Microsoft easily has the resources to toss up nuisance patents that block possible future development of BlueJ.
But I figure this is a perfect test case. Start preparing now to sue the second the patent is granted.
Your point?
Hush up, kiddo. Your jealousy shows.
I saw this in the St Louis, MO airport a few weeks ago. Luckily I use a Mac Book. :)
Doesn't seem to be the case here. I'm doing some pretty heavy numerical stuff with java these days. The Sun java6 VM definitely outshines others at the moment. That used to be the case with the IBM VM. Maybe once it comes out of early release it'll be back to it's former glory.
Scimark wasn't even close:
IBM java6:
Composite Score: 482.8282568762099
FFT (1024): 551.8002634079949
SOR (100x100): 568.7588552216857
Monte Carlo : 64.62096017621073
Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 219.84569330460474
LU (100x100): 1009.1155122705532
Sun java6:
Composite Score: 617.5119705454583
FFT (1024): 510.7586118547276
SOR (100x100): 829.8686416193439
Monte Carlo : 118.25350583943022
Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 470.6355733620428
LU (100x100): 1158.0435200517468
Higher scores are better. Both run on AMD X2 5000+
Sun VM stomped on IBM's. That wasn't true with earlier VM's. IBM used to smoke Sun on scimark. Maybe there's more development to be done.
Ayn: Nooooooooooooooooo!
Like that isn't happening now?
Personally I'd rather have my tax money wasted over here than in Iraq.
Jesus wept?
Nah, higher: numHumans! (factorial) and really higher when you factor in interaction.
The world is finite, which makes it more interesting. Calling it infinite is another form of laziness.
There is action, and then there is proper action. Of course we must act. We breathe without knowing the nature of air.
It is a real rseponse, when you're an arrogant prick. And when it serves a useful purpose. Discover the purpose.
And yet, here you are. Just as I knew you'd be.
That'd be keen. You haven't allowed yet. Yes, yes, you're going to respond with the "but you've only been attacking me" bit. Go ahead...
Oh, I'm used to it, alright. What you call "competitiveness" I call "arrogant prick."
Yes, true. And that number and the nature of those viewpoints is far more and far more subtle than you will ever comprehend. Only an arrogant prick would believe that they understand them all and can thus categorize them. It's a sign of laziness too. Stereotype and you don't need to think too hard anymore.
Like I said: arrogant prick.
There's always more than the words in the post. Don't bore me with the "all I can know is what you're written" argument. Ask before you argue.
Looking at your post history it seems you love to argue. Channel that energy to understanding.
I don't insist that you see things my way. I insist that you open your eyes.
No, but I play one in hell.
Gods, people. Is there no humor left in the world of mathematics? Well, at least not slashdot math geeks.
OK, here's the joke. Yeah, 2 and 5 are primes separated by 3. There aren't any others because all primes other than 2 are odd, and adding 3 to an odd number results in a composite number, which can't be prime.
So you'll be searching for such primes forever. Get it?
Jeez. Apparently the joke is ya'll searching forever for your sense of humor...
I am a unique and individual political snowflake, bitch.
Yes, we're all individuals!
And, what, it's your job to crush folks feelings of uniqueness? It's your duty to destroy their sense of political self? Make them realize that, yes, in fact they are part of the hive, and no different from everyone else?
You've proven yourself to be exactly what you despise: unique. A uniquely sick fucker, but unique nonetheless.
Nope, you did so based on what you read. If you don't know the difference you can give up now.
BTW, the contents of your posts are irrelevant.
Are you kidding? Those are easy to find! Try getting two primes separated by the integer three...
The point is there's no point in arguing with you. I'm just feeling loquacious enough to post, but that's about it. Writing like you think you know my political views means either
A) You're an idiot.
B) You easily stereotype folks, and assign thoughts to them according to stereotype.
C) I'm self referentially mocking you with this list.
Please. I guess that had nothing to do with 95% of the Republican vote going to Lieberman.
You can stop right there, bubba. You know nothing about my political views.
Great! Now I'll have to go all the way to Fairpoint Station to pay my bill. That's way out in the boonies!
Funny thing, that. In the 2006 elections not a single Republican congressman won against a Democrat.
Not one.
Yet we're led to believe that there's "no market" for radio with a liberal viewpoint.
I call bullshit.