It doesn't help that the instructions for installing such a driver/app assumes the user knows exactly what "compile this and it'll work" means, whereas everyone knows what "double-click this" means.
It's far more valuable to the end user in terms of getting things done. That's wrong. For the vast majority of users, it doesn't matter much what OS they use. Inasmuch as it does matter for those users, "getting things done" is tipped in Windows favor just because of compatibility issues such as Word vs OpenOffice. Many users (such as myself) use specialized software that only works under Windows, or simply play games. I know you can do some virtual environment or dual boot, but neither of those is better "in terms of getting things done". There is of course a small base of users than can get more done with Linux, but they are a small minority.
I'm not bashing Linux or open source software in general, but the simple fact is that Windows is Just Fine for most people. Add to that fact that people don't see the hidden cost of Windows, and you have the current situations.
Having your vote tallied by someone in running a machine in front of you defeats the whole purpose of confidentiality. They know exactly what I voted for, since they are right there at the machine. That's how it was when I voted in '06, but there was no confidentiality issue. The ballot was optical (fill-in-the-bubble), and when I was done I put it back in this little folder or under a cover sheet or something, and then gave it to one of the poll operators, who then fed it into the machine right in front of me, with the cover still on it so she couldn't see. The machine verified the ballot was filled out correctly and I was done.
We could also learn so much (probably more) by creating fully human embryos, and run tests on them as they develop. And we don't need to stop at the embryo level, we can learn a lot by keeping them in a controlled environment for years while running tests. However, some of us have ethical and moral concerns about such things. Which is also why you don't have the people trying to do such research decide if is ethical for them to do so.
What an ignorant thing to say. A government is created for many reasons. Dealing with disaster recovery is way down on the list.
Individual contributions for Katrina relief were HUGE. And they went to actually helping people, not giving everyone a $2000 credit card so they can go gamble with it.
When you tell people the government will do everything for them, you take away any motivation for them to help themselves. Parts of Mississippi got hit just as hard as New Orleans, but the residents there didn't wait for and rely on government to do everything for them.
While Hilary's promises do mean nothing, I know exactly what she'll do once in office: make the government as big as possible, and make as many people as possible dependent on government. The scary thing about her is she has a good enough political machine to make this happen (unlike Obama and Edwards).
and economics are all about spending it where it will do the most good... No, socialism is all about spending it where it will do the most good. Economics is about me spending it where it will do the most good for me (or giving some away if I choose to).
It wasn't the oil companies decrying the environmental effects of nuclear power. It was the same people that are now pushing for biofuel, causing food shortages around the world.
Insert remark about good intentions and where those get you.
Conservation of momentum is not at all obvious. It wasn't until Galileo carefully watched balls rolling down planes that this "common sense as the result of observation" was first really formulated.
I disagree. Since the mounting evidence of quark theory began, particle physics has simplified immensely. You have the leptons (3 families, two particles in each + antiparticles), the quarks (3 families, two particle in each + antiparticles) and the force-carrying particle (photons, gluons, W/Z bosons, and maybe gravitons). That's it! The rules governing these interactions are relatively simple. Certainly not easy to apply, but still simple.
How is this flamebait? I totally disagree with the post, but it's certainly not flamebait. If you don't like the post, either respond to it or leave it alone.
No, no and no. Some (very high power) lasers can cut steel. Those lasers have many orders of magnitude more power than your standard laser pointer, which is probably amount the amount of power necessary to work a couple of sensors. High energy lightbeams are very well understood, I don't know how you could think otherwise. No, the fiber will not heat up (fibers can safely carry kilowatts or more of laser light without melting). Light leakage would be very small. If the fiber breaks, the light will be dispersed in the fuel rather than absorbed in one spot. The ONLY thing you would have to worry about in this case is if the light from the fiber is focused onto something that absorbs the relevant wavelength, and can heat it up enough to ignite the fuel (which may be impossible depending on the input power). Well, that and the problems with the electricity after the light is converted (which of course are there anyway).
Let me get this straight...rather than the family instilling values in their children, you think it should be the responsibility of the GOVERNMENT RUN SCHOOLS to teach people morality?
Maybe we should just skip this step, and go straight to government reeducation centers.
I disagree. Presumably, once something like this is working, the performance can and will be improved upon. Also, a classical computer can only fully simulate something like 12 qubits (maybe even less, like 8, I don't remember), so it doesn't have to scale that much to be useful for quantum simulations. For decrypting RSA, then yes, scaling to 1024+ bits would be a bit more challenging to say the least.
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It doesn't help that the instructions for installing such a driver/app assumes the user knows exactly what "compile this and it'll work" means, whereas everyone knows what "double-click this" means.
I'm not bashing Linux or open source software in general, but the simple fact is that Windows is Just Fine for most people. Add to that fact that people don't see the hidden cost of Windows, and you have the current situations.
So an effort to fix global warming made things worse? How surprising.
Oops! I stand corrected.
Also Mercury is tidally locked with the sun, so even if there are huge forces, they are constant, not varying.
RTFA. It's already illegal you twit.
We could also learn so much (probably more) by creating fully human embryos, and run tests on them as they develop. And we don't need to stop at the embryo level, we can learn a lot by keeping them in a controlled environment for years while running tests. However, some of us have ethical and moral concerns about such things. Which is also why you don't have the people trying to do such research decide if is ethical for them to do so.
What an ignorant thing to say. A government is created for many reasons. Dealing with disaster recovery is way down on the list. Individual contributions for Katrina relief were HUGE. And they went to actually helping people, not giving everyone a $2000 credit card so they can go gamble with it. When you tell people the government will do everything for them, you take away any motivation for them to help themselves. Parts of Mississippi got hit just as hard as New Orleans, but the residents there didn't wait for and rely on government to do everything for them.
While Hilary's promises do mean nothing, I know exactly what she'll do once in office: make the government as big as possible, and make as many people as possible dependent on government. The scary thing about her is she has a good enough political machine to make this happen (unlike Obama and Edwards).
Quantum teleportation does not allow information transfer faster than the speed of light.
Screwing over NSI is productive!
It wasn't the oil companies decrying the environmental effects of nuclear power. It was the same people that are now pushing for biofuel, causing food shortages around the world.
Insert remark about good intentions and where those get you.
Are you aware that members of Congress were notified well in advance that this destruction would take place?
They also die in greater numbers.
Conservation of momentum is not at all obvious. It wasn't until Galileo carefully watched balls rolling down planes that this "common sense as the result of observation" was first really formulated.
I disagree. Since the mounting evidence of quark theory began, particle physics has simplified immensely. You have the leptons (3 families, two particles in each + antiparticles), the quarks (3 families, two particle in each + antiparticles) and the force-carrying particle (photons, gluons, W/Z bosons, and maybe gravitons). That's it! The rules governing these interactions are relatively simple. Certainly not easy to apply, but still simple.
How is this flamebait? I totally disagree with the post, but it's certainly not flamebait. If you don't like the post, either respond to it or leave it alone.
No, no and no. Some (very high power) lasers can cut steel. Those lasers have many orders of magnitude more power than your standard laser pointer, which is probably amount the amount of power necessary to work a couple of sensors. High energy lightbeams are very well understood, I don't know how you could think otherwise. No, the fiber will not heat up (fibers can safely carry kilowatts or more of laser light without melting). Light leakage would be very small. If the fiber breaks, the light will be dispersed in the fuel rather than absorbed in one spot. The ONLY thing you would have to worry about in this case is if the light from the fiber is focused onto something that absorbs the relevant wavelength, and can heat it up enough to ignite the fuel (which may be impossible depending on the input power). Well, that and the problems with the electricity after the light is converted (which of course are there anyway).
Let me get this straight...rather than the family instilling values in their children, you think it should be the responsibility of the GOVERNMENT RUN SCHOOLS to teach people morality?
Maybe we should just skip this step, and go straight to government reeducation centers.
No need to use complex math software, it's also equal to cos(e*ln(pi))+i*sin(e*ln(pi)) which you can get to with just a bit of algebra.
I disagree. Presumably, once something like this is working, the performance can and will be improved upon. Also, a classical computer can only fully simulate something like 12 qubits (maybe even less, like 8, I don't remember), so it doesn't have to scale that much to be useful for quantum simulations. For decrypting RSA, then yes, scaling to 1024+ bits would be a bit more challenging to say the least.
I been have been good at proofreading.
Yeah, one of the more egregious examples of legislation from the bench.