Re:Jonathan Zdziarski is out of his mind.
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Ending Spam
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I think it is very possible that Mr. Zdziarski is very intelligent and has written an excellent book on the subject. The fact that he seems to have made some pretty horrific logical contortions to try and defend his religion as if it is a science has no bearing on that fact. I wouldn't read a book on theology, science or logic that he wrote, because his grasp on both issues is pretty tenuous. But he seems to be an expert on spam, so his expertise on the subject is valuable.
I think agree with you even though I think you may be a libertarian and I am a rank liberal. Government waste is not the same as individual or corporate waste. The money the government "wastes" still goes into the economy. Those who defend the absurd amount of money this country spends on defense frequently point to the economic benefits of this spending.
Spending that half trillion dollars will help the economy no matter how we spend it, so why not do things that uplift the spirit (to be cheesey)? The benefit to mankind of developing newer and more efficient ways to kill each other is negligable, but space exploration actually does something good for humanity. Lets cut defense by 90% and stop fighting foreign wars. Lets invest in researching better technological and logistical solutions to the world's problems. Lets invest real money in spaceflight. What we are doing know is spending too much on NASA for what we get. We should give up or commit to space exploration. Give NASA a big budget and let scientists decide how to spend it. We have lots of tax dollars, lets spend them on things that matter (or bridges to nowhere and more pointless wars).
I think one of the problems that the United States is facing is the fact that private enterprise is not the solution to every problem. The system has failed notably in health care. It turns out that providing health care is not a very profitable venture, for whatever reason. People complain about government waste (in the space program, the military, etc) when the government is spending money that money is going into the economy, so it isn't exactly being wasted. I am not opposed to government spending, but I would like to see us change our priotities. If we want to funnel billions into the economy in a Keynsian way I think the half trillion we spend on defense is more than a little excessive. The NASA budget is miniscule compared to defense. If we have to subsidize aerospace companies we should do it in a way that is exciting and satisfying, that makes us feel good about humanity rather than killing people. I think that the space program should have more money and more freedom to spend it how they see fit.
Agreed. However, I would be interested to know what people think was the best american sci fi. And what scifi people think really demonstrates the effect of 9/11 on genre fiction, because I hadn't noticed it, per se, I just haven't been reading a lot of american sci fi. (except for John C Wright's stuff, which I didn't really care for)
An all expenses trip to the lovely resort nation of Niger!! Man, that is so great! How can I get that job? I wish I had a wife and the agency that could get me a free trip to "one of the poorest countries in the world, a landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits" Almost as nice as free trip to play golf at St Andrews or the beaches of Tahiti.
For me it still isnt worth owning a printer. I print photos with shutterfly (kodak is just as good, just personal pref) on the rare occasion I want a print. I print documents at work or remotely at kinko's down the street. Having a printer just doesn't seem worth it to me.
This seems to me to be par for the course. BF2 was EXACTLY the same, except I found it to have more crash inducing bugs. They finally got it pretty stable around 1.5. Its annoying as hell but I love this game so much I'll put up with it. I think saying that this might doom the game is...unlikely.
Personally I don't get involved in other people's diets. I am a vegetarian, which is my choice and I do not have to defend that choice. You can eat whatever you want. And yes, I can digest meat. But I choose not to. I don't think many vegetarians are evangelical.
I often encounter meat eaters that seem really insecure about it. I mention that I don't eat meat and they suddenly think that means that they have to justify why they eat meat to me. Like I care what other people eat. I am also often expected to justify why I don't eat meat. Why do I have to have a logically unassailable defense of that choice? I am getting married and no one expects me to defend that. I like to read some books and I don't have to defend a thesis as to why I read those and not others. I can't speak for all vegetarians, but I don't care what the hell you eat. And I refuse to defend my choice anymore. I just don't eat meat. Pretend I'm allergic or something. And lay off the straw man, it doesn't suit you.
Ahhhh, the naturalistic fallacy, everyone's favorite. Just because something is natural, doesn't mean that it is ethical. Personally I don't get involved in other people's diets. I am a vegetarian, which is my choice and I do not have to defend that choice. You can eat whatever you want. And yes, I can digest meat. But I choose not to.
I have not experienced this. Comcast for me was around 1mbs down when I first got it. (three years ago) Now I am up to 4mps down. The T1 at work seems slow to me these days.
Yes but, this guy is still an asshole. The reason Apple and Sun should be able to trademark their names in their realms is because it would be lame if someone was out there selling "apple" computers, but they aren't apple. This guy has gone out and totally abused this system to turn it into his own personal extortion scheme. This is the same kind of attitude problem that makes everyone have to suffer through mounds of spam and spend months securing their websites. Some people are just complete assholes and do not care about anyone else at all.
"I usually vote Democrat, so everytime a car-bomb goes off in Iraq, I'm happy because it makes Bush's decision to go to war look worse."
I think that your "sports fan" mentality arugment would be more valid if it wasn't based entirely on your perception of what other people think. Who were the protestants outside of the Jack Chick lunatic fringe that cheered the molestation in the church? Who besides Fred Phelps (and presumably those who built the car bombs) cheers the deaths of civilians? Outside of teenaged Linux fanboys and the responsible script kiddies few people are joyful about viruses. (if you work in IT, you have to DEAL with those viruses) I think very few people are actually on a browser crusade. Some people are open source advocates. I root for firefox/mozilla/safari vs ie because it will make my life easier when building web sites. Outside the media I think the "browser war" is highly exagerated. This article, of coures, is just about marketing, which should not be taken seriously.
Re:Microsoft has planned this for quite awhile.
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The Death of Folders?
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With a search or database file management your "folders" would actually just be stored queries. So you can have all the folders you want, but they can be automatic and robust. You just save files and they automatically appear in the way you want. Libraries store physical books on shelves. They store information on the books in databases.
Seconded. My company logs all jabber conversations (read: office gossip). I convinced most of the people in the office to switch to GAIM encrypted and now they can browse logs of gibberish.
I love posts like this. "Many" think, "some" say. The proper form for first person is "I". A fair generalization is that the Mac community has always been plagued by loyal but evidentally miserable users who complain about every change that Apple makes. Its just software, if its not exactly what you want you shouldn't take it as a personal insult.
There is no perfect OS. As my Finacee says to her students: you take what you get and you don't throw a fit. Don't like Tiger? Don't use it. Use windows (I have a windows PC and an Apple laptop). If the loyal users of Macs are really as dissatisfied as you say they will abandon Apple. Which is fine, them's the breaks. I like OS X and I like Apple hardware. But is isn't a religion and if OS X starts to suck it won't be the end of the world and I won't spend hours complaining about how much I miss windowshade.
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I think it is very possible that Mr. Zdziarski is very intelligent and has written an excellent book on the subject. The fact that he seems to have made some pretty horrific logical contortions to try and defend his religion as if it is a science has no bearing on that fact. I wouldn't read a book on theology, science or logic that he wrote, because his grasp on both issues is pretty tenuous. But he seems to be an expert on spam, so his expertise on the subject is valuable.
I think agree with you even though I think you may be a libertarian and I am a rank liberal. Government waste is not the same as individual or corporate waste. The money the government "wastes" still goes into the economy. Those who defend the absurd amount of money this country spends on defense frequently point to the economic benefits of this spending.
Spending that half trillion dollars will help the economy no matter how we spend it, so why not do things that uplift the spirit (to be cheesey)? The benefit to mankind of developing newer and more efficient ways to kill each other is negligable, but space exploration actually does something good for humanity. Lets cut defense by 90% and stop fighting foreign wars. Lets invest in researching better technological and logistical solutions to the world's problems. Lets invest real money in spaceflight. What we are doing know is spending too much on NASA for what we get. We should give up or commit to space exploration. Give NASA a big budget and let scientists decide how to spend it. We have lots of tax dollars, lets spend them on things that matter (or bridges to nowhere and more pointless wars).
I think one of the problems that the United States is facing is the fact that private enterprise is not the solution to every problem. The system has failed notably in health care. It turns out that providing health care is not a very profitable venture, for whatever reason. People complain about government waste (in the space program, the military, etc) when the government is spending money that money is going into the economy, so it isn't exactly being wasted. I am not opposed to government spending, but I would like to see us change our priotities. If we want to funnel billions into the economy in a Keynsian way I think the half trillion we spend on defense is more than a little excessive. The NASA budget is miniscule compared to defense. If we have to subsidize aerospace companies we should do it in a way that is exciting and satisfying, that makes us feel good about humanity rather than killing people. I think that the space program should have more money and more freedom to spend it how they see fit.
Agreed. However, I would be interested to know what people think was the best american sci fi. And what scifi people think really demonstrates the effect of 9/11 on genre fiction, because I hadn't noticed it, per se, I just haven't been reading a lot of american sci fi. (except for John C Wright's stuff, which I didn't really care for)
Swedes on the BBC.
Yes, with an if, long answer: No, with a but
mili-leet-er. Ha ha. That made me laugh.
You also seem to be the dude that is keeping the consumer economy running.
You know, your argument would be stronger without the use of "LOL". Just some friendly advice.
An all expenses trip to the lovely resort nation of Niger!! Man, that is so great! How can I get that job? I wish I had a wife and the agency that could get me a free trip to "one of the poorest countries in the world, a landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits" Almost as nice as free trip to play golf at St Andrews or the beaches of Tahiti.
For me it still isnt worth owning a printer. I print photos with shutterfly (kodak is just as good, just personal pref) on the rare occasion I want a print. I print documents at work or remotely at kinko's down the street. Having a printer just doesn't seem worth it to me.
And everytime you install something it INSISTS on putting itself in that space. I hate that.
This seems to me to be par for the course. BF2 was EXACTLY the same, except I found it to have more crash inducing bugs. They finally got it pretty stable around 1.5. Its annoying as hell but I love this game so much I'll put up with it. I think saying that this might doom the game is...unlikely.
Personally I don't get involved in other people's diets. I am a vegetarian, which is my choice and I do not have to defend that choice. You can eat whatever you want. And yes, I can digest meat. But I choose not to. I don't think many vegetarians are evangelical.
I often encounter meat eaters that seem really insecure about it. I mention that I don't eat meat and they suddenly think that means that they have to justify why they eat meat to me. Like I care what other people eat. I am also often expected to justify why I don't eat meat. Why do I have to have a logically unassailable defense of that choice? I am getting married and no one expects me to defend that. I like to read some books and I don't have to defend a thesis as to why I read those and not others. I can't speak for all vegetarians, but I don't care what the hell you eat. And I refuse to defend my choice anymore. I just don't eat meat. Pretend I'm allergic or something. And lay off the straw man, it doesn't suit you.
Ahhhh, the naturalistic fallacy, everyone's favorite. Just because something is natural, doesn't mean that it is ethical. Personally I don't get involved in other people's diets. I am a vegetarian, which is my choice and I do not have to defend that choice. You can eat whatever you want. And yes, I can digest meat. But I choose not to.
I have not experienced this. Comcast for me was around 1mbs down when I first got it. (three years ago) Now I am up to 4mps down. The T1 at work seems slow to me these days.
Yes but, this guy is still an asshole. The reason Apple and Sun should be able to trademark their names in their realms is because it would be lame if someone was out there selling "apple" computers, but they aren't apple. This guy has gone out and totally abused this system to turn it into his own personal extortion scheme. This is the same kind of attitude problem that makes everyone have to suffer through mounds of spam and spend months securing their websites. Some people are just complete assholes and do not care about anyone else at all.
"I usually vote Democrat, so everytime a car-bomb goes off in Iraq, I'm happy because it makes Bush's decision to go to war look worse."
I think that your "sports fan" mentality arugment would be more valid if it wasn't based entirely on your perception of what other people think. Who were the protestants outside of the Jack Chick lunatic fringe that cheered the molestation in the church? Who besides Fred Phelps (and presumably those who built the car bombs) cheers the deaths of civilians? Outside of teenaged Linux fanboys and the responsible script kiddies few people are joyful about viruses. (if you work in IT, you have to DEAL with those viruses) I think very few people are actually on a browser crusade. Some people are open source advocates. I root for firefox/mozilla/safari vs ie because it will make my life easier when building web sites. Outside the media I think the "browser war" is highly exagerated. This article, of coures, is just about marketing, which should not be taken seriously.
With a search or database file management your "folders" would actually just be stored queries. So you can have all the folders you want, but they can be automatic and robust. You just save files and they automatically appear in the way you want. Libraries store physical books on shelves. They store information on the books in databases.
Seconded. My company logs all jabber conversations (read: office gossip). I convinced most of the people in the office to switch to GAIM encrypted and now they can browse logs of gibberish.
Hmm...I wonder the execs at apple don't realize this. If they charge more they will provide more value. Or they will charge less.
I love posts like this. "Many" think, "some" say. The proper form for first person is "I". A fair generalization is that the Mac community has always been plagued by loyal but evidentally miserable users who complain about every change that Apple makes. Its just software, if its not exactly what you want you shouldn't take it as a personal insult.
There is no perfect OS. As my Finacee says to her students: you take what you get and you don't throw a fit. Don't like Tiger? Don't use it. Use windows (I have a windows PC and an Apple laptop). If the loyal users of Macs are really as dissatisfied as you say they will abandon Apple. Which is fine, them's the breaks. I like OS X and I like Apple hardware. But is isn't a religion and if OS X starts to suck it won't be the end of the world and I won't spend hours complaining about how much I miss windowshade.
I think the major apps will be fat binaries for at least two years. I have a three year old mac and it can't run new software anyway.
Oh, and also, you can direct companies that us Word for creating large print documents other tools better suited to this task.
I am never suprised that people do stupid things.