I just sent little Jimmy outside to eat some dirt. I hope your right about this though, people warned me about trusting the medical advice on this internet thingy.
Many people on slashdot say that code is speech, and some court decisions seem to support this. Perhaps people are afraid hacking and killing someone could be downgraded to incitment of murder?
The reason this issue has come up is that the states want Microsoft to sell a version of Windows without IE (media player, etc.) at a cheaper price. If the only thing that is removed is the front-end, the price wouldn't go down significantly. Additionally, there would still need to be a front-end in order to use things like the control panel, so these features would not work until a front-end was installed. Now imagine something is wrong with Netscape, and causes the computer to crash every time the control panel is used. The user will blame Microsoft, yet the problem lies in an external product.
Slashdot: having a choice about your operating system is a religous belief, but having a choice about getting broadband? Who needs one, everyone wants broadband right?
From the original article "As their thumbs become stronger and more dexterous..." This is a physical change in the thumb, which allows us to use it in new ways.
According to dictionary.com mutation is "An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality." This is exactly what the article is talking about: a change in the physical nature of the thumb or, in other words, a physical mutation. Now there is also a distinct meaning of mutation when it comes to genetics, but that is not the meaning that they are using.
The article is about how clubs are scanning IDs and taking the information from them and putting it in databases. What does this have to do with the government?
Let's apply the Environmentalist's argument to another situation.
Facts: Recently, the tolerance for homosexuality in various countries has increased dramatically. In the same period, the population growth in these countries has begun to drop, and in many of them is now negative.
Conjectures: If population growth continues to drop, then the human race will eventually die out. Since homosexuality results in decreased sex drive, and homosexual tolerance and negative population growth have a positive correlation, there is a possibility that homosexuality will cause the human race to become extinct. Extinction is obviously a huge problem, so even if the probability of homosexuality causing it is small, we still must do everything possible to stop homosexuality.
Solution: Make being a homosexual a capital offence.
Hey, if the argument works with one situation, it should work with a similar one, right?
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(No really, I was serious. Just don't tell anyone.)
I just sent little Jimmy outside to eat some dirt. I hope your right about this though, people warned me about trusting the medical advice on this internet thingy.
Let's play poker some time. I'll deal.
Forget Christopher Reeve. What about poor Captain Pike?
Many people on slashdot say that code is speech, and some court decisions seem to support this. Perhaps people are afraid hacking and killing someone could be downgraded to incitment of murder?
There are four Microsoft Articles on the frontpage right now.
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The reason this issue has come up is that the states want Microsoft to sell a version of Windows without IE (media player, etc.) at a cheaper price. If the only thing that is removed is the front-end, the price wouldn't go down significantly. Additionally, there would still need to be a front-end in order to use things like the control panel, so these features would not work until a front-end was installed. Now imagine something is wrong with Netscape, and causes the computer to crash every time the control panel is used. The user will blame Microsoft, yet the problem lies in an external product.
You cannot patent a mathematical algorithm, so many basic CS techniques are not patentable.
Hey, Bill Gates got laid.
Slashdot: having a choice about your operating system is a religous belief, but having a choice about getting broadband? Who needs one, everyone wants broadband right?
"Team Fortress 2 will only be avaliable as an expansion pack for the soon-to-be-released Half Life." Complete with screenshots.
From the original article "As their thumbs become stronger and more dexterous..." This is a physical change in the thumb, which allows us to use it in new ways.
According to dictionary.com mutation is "An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality." This is exactly what the article is talking about: a change in the physical nature of the thumb or, in other words, a physical mutation. Now there is also a distinct meaning of mutation when it comes to genetics, but that is not the meaning that they are using.
The article is about how clubs are scanning IDs and taking the information from them and putting it in databases. What does this have to do with the government?
Let's apply the Environmentalist's argument to another situation. Facts: Recently, the tolerance for homosexuality in various countries has increased dramatically. In the same period, the population growth in these countries has begun to drop, and in many of them is now negative. Conjectures: If population growth continues to drop, then the human race will eventually die out. Since homosexuality results in decreased sex drive, and homosexual tolerance and negative population growth have a positive correlation, there is a possibility that homosexuality will cause the human race to become extinct. Extinction is obviously a huge problem, so even if the probability of homosexuality causing it is small, we still must do everything possible to stop homosexuality. Solution: Make being a homosexual a capital offence. Hey, if the argument works with one situation, it should work with a similar one, right?