Never before has there been a story with such harmony between "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters." Well, except all those other smart beer mug posts.
Microsoft Office has not always been the leader in office software, and it will not always be the leader in office software. In the height of the Roman empire, the Romans seemed invincible, and no power could wrench the Mediterranean from their hands. Fast forward a few centuries, and the "empire" is a shadow of its former self. Hopefully we wont have to wait centuries for Microsoft to decline, though.
BTW, if you are wondering about my fuzzy math, there are no Q nor U names in the list, that is why A-W = 21 letters. Quentin, Uma, Bill (wait, B is already taken).
There are 21 names each in 6 year-long cycles. They alternate between men's and women's names. Whenever there is a major hurricane, the name is retired (i.e. Katrina, Andrew). Otherwise, the names ascend alphabetically from A-W in 6 year cycles. Why do Greek letters when they could simply add Xavier, Yolanda, and Zach if there are too many storms in a season?
You may be underestimating just how much is actually costs to get a Microsoft enterprise solution off the ground. You have to pay for the Server 2003 software, Exchange, XP Pro (volume), Office, Terminal Services licenses, and don't forget server CALs. Plus, you have to worry about Microsoft "obsoleting" your software via Vista, Longhorn Server, Blackcomb, and beyond; another round of licensing (and by extension of Vista's hardware requirements: another round of hardware updates / replacements).
Sure, it may require a fine tooth comb and/or training to get some qualified Linux guys on board, but I doubt that compares with the expense of purchasing the Microsoft solution.
Kindergarden Cop was filmed in Oregon, for any inquisitive minds out there. In fact, they used the classroom of a lady who later became my favorite substitue teacher.
Symphony OS, anybody? They are working on using the four corners as a basis for the Mezzo desktop environment. It is quite nice, and I am sure the linked blogger would get a kick out of it. Too bad it is still in alpha stages.
Then you could change the icon and the name of the Firefox application, and trick your users into using the more secure Firefox when they think, they think, they are using plain old IE. That way you can avoid the whole "I have to learn another browser" whining while still eliminating the number one security threat on Windows: Internet Explorer.
So, if over 50% of scientific papers are wrong, does it make sense to be so concerned that Creationist / I.D. subscribers will use that fact to that advantage? These studies are important in our society; they have a large impact. From diets to car safety to prescription drugs to behavioral profiling, many aspects of our society are based on these types of studies. This information can change lives (or end them as we found out with Vioxx), so I think we need to be concerned about addressing the underlying causes of these problems rather than worrying about those crazy I.D. folks.
According to epidemiologist John Ioannidis, the majority of published articles on Slashdot are dupes. If Ioannidis's own paper is right, a randomly chosen story has less than a 50% chance of being original.
I have a feeling that "expresso" may also owe something to combining "express" with "espresso." This makes sense when you consider all the drive-up coffee stands which serve said product. Perhaps the errant spelling is a marketing gimmick.
. . . I'd rather be able to download the media via bittorrent (even with commercials) rather than watch it streaming from a BBC server. Perhaps once the BBC realizes the expense (in terms of bandwidth) of streaming all their programs to a wide audience they will offer downloads via bittorrent.
First, the IQ Test was developed by men. Since it was first used in 1905, and since it was tested in an academic environment, many of the first IQ Test takers were probably also men. Therefore the very nature of the test may be slanted towards detecting a "masculine" type of intelligence. There may or may not actually be a "masuculine" versus "feminine" intelligence, but if there is, the IQ test would likely lean toward the "masculine."
Second I would like to comment that "intelligence" must be considered in its cultural context. Since we live in a male dominated society, there is no doubt that scoiety casts intelligence towards males more than females. Furthermore, due to childbearing, discrimination, and other factors, women often do not have oportunities for advanced education which could help them improve their IQ scores (yes, I know that IQ is not the same thing as knowledge, but you do learn more than just facts and figures in school; you learn how to think).
So let's not get so excited over this issue, because it is so complex and dynamic that we may never be able to fully understand intelligence (what ever that is) as it differs between men and women.
So that is why Intel is coming out with these new low-power chips for laptops. They have to save some power for all the other junk they want to cram in.
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...because of course the "normal" amount of C-14 in a Spider is a universal constant, which could never change over 20 million or even 6,000 years.
Never before has there been a story with such harmony between "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters." Well, except all those other smart beer mug posts.
Microsoft Office has not always been the leader in office software, and it will not always be the leader in office software. In the height of the Roman empire, the Romans seemed invincible, and no power could wrench the Mediterranean from their hands. Fast forward a few centuries, and the "empire" is a shadow of its former self. Hopefully we wont have to wait centuries for Microsoft to decline, though.
Luckily for Apple the Beatles, Wings, and McCartney (plus Harrison and Starr for that matter) are already on Apple Records.
Bart: It will be like Treasure Island, only with more swearing. We'll be kings. Damn hell ass kings!
BTW, if you are wondering about my fuzzy math, there are no Q nor U names in the list, that is why A-W = 21 letters. Quentin, Uma, Bill (wait, B is already taken).
There are 21 names each in 6 year-long cycles. They alternate between men's and women's names. Whenever there is a major hurricane, the name is retired (i.e. Katrina, Andrew). Otherwise, the names ascend alphabetically from A-W in 6 year cycles. Why do Greek letters when they could simply add Xavier, Yolanda, and Zach if there are too many storms in a season?
Sure, it may require a fine tooth comb and/or training to get some qualified Linux guys on board, but I doubt that compares with the expense of purchasing the Microsoft solution.
Kindergarden Cop was filmed in Oregon, for any inquisitive minds out there. In fact, they used the classroom of a lady who later became my favorite substitue teacher.
Symphony OS, anybody? They are working on using the four corners as a basis for the Mezzo desktop environment. It is quite nice, and I am sure the linked blogger would get a kick out of it. Too bad it is still in alpha stages.
The real problem with USB flash drives is that after surviving all that abuse, they can still crap out for God knows what reason.
Then you could change the icon and the name of the Firefox application, and trick your users into using the more secure Firefox when they think, they think, they are using plain old IE. That way you can avoid the whole "I have to learn another browser" whining while still eliminating the number one security threat on Windows: Internet Explorer.
So, if over 50% of scientific papers are wrong, does it make sense to be so concerned that Creationist / I.D. subscribers will use that fact to that advantage? These studies are important in our society; they have a large impact. From diets to car safety to prescription drugs to behavioral profiling, many aspects of our society are based on these types of studies. This information can change lives (or end them as we found out with Vioxx), so I think we need to be concerned about addressing the underlying causes of these problems rather than worrying about those crazy I.D. folks.
According to epidemiologist John Ioannidis, the majority of published articles on Slashdot are dupes. If Ioannidis's own paper is right, a randomly chosen story has less than a 50% chance of being original.
It's even more of a pity that we can't moderate them as sarcasm.
You can do scientific analysis on any number of disciplines, but when it comes to good taste, cooking is an art, not a science.
I have a feeling that "expresso" may also owe something to combining "express" with "espresso." This makes sense when you consider all the drive-up coffee stands which serve said product. Perhaps the errant spelling is a marketing gimmick.
Brand ryhmes with grande (in a Spanglish sort of way).
When asked by interrogators concerning the damning code, they simply replied: "No #".
. . . I'd rather be able to download the media via bittorrent (even with commercials) rather than watch it streaming from a BBC server. Perhaps once the BBC realizes the expense (in terms of bandwidth) of streaming all their programs to a wide audience they will offer downloads via bittorrent.
Second I would like to comment that "intelligence" must be considered in its cultural context. Since we live in a male dominated society, there is no doubt that scoiety casts intelligence towards males more than females. Furthermore, due to childbearing, discrimination, and other factors, women often do not have oportunities for advanced education which could help them improve their IQ scores (yes, I know that IQ is not the same thing as knowledge, but you do learn more than just facts and figures in school; you learn how to think).
So let's not get so excited over this issue, because it is so complex and dynamic that we may never be able to fully understand intelligence (what ever that is) as it differs between men and women.
Fox News has posted a conflicting report declaring the Earth's core a "No Spin Zone."
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
So that is why Intel is coming out with these new low-power chips for laptops. They have to save some power for all the other junk they want to cram in.