Especially when you douse it in a good dose of conspiracy theory.
The truth is, the FCC is cracking down because of public outrage over the Superbowl halftime orgy.
I realize that's not nearly as satisfying to your hate as having Karl Rove send the Evangelical Christian gestapo out to put a dead horse's head on the Clear Channel CEO's bed, but, you know, this thing called reality could really care less about your fantasies.
The chutzpah of some of these open-source people really annoys me. There was a time when real men were ASHAMED to take charity when they had the ability to work, even if it was just digging ditches.
For example, ask the anti-outsourcing advocates what the cost in non-visible jobs is by engaging in protectionism of the highly visible tech jobs lost to outsourcing.
Then ask the pro-outsourcing folks a question like how will the economy absorb the displaced workers resulting from outsourcing.
This will make each side actually defend their position instead of using you as a sounding platform for their agenda.
You are aware that oil wells in the gulf are refilling? You are aware that most oil may be non-biotic; we've extracted oil from wells drilled in solid granite. You are aware that oils there are several species of plants that can be refined into a very fine oil. You are aware that animal entrails can be reduced to a very fine grade oil, right?
The last two points make oil a renewable resource.
So, your motto is now: How can I limit what my computer allows me to do?
It's like people who yell at others for not locking their doors, failing to realize that locking doors is simply the reaction to the problem, not the solution.
1 kilowatt/m^2?!? That's equivalent to full sunlight in Death Valley. If that were true, we'd never grow anything north of the 30th parallel or outside of a desert environment. There are many plants that grow fantastically well in shade.
Trust me, flourescent grow lights require far less than a kilowatt to run and illuminate a whole lot more than a square meter of ground. A more realistic number is about 40 watts per square meter.
Glass several inches thick is no problem. You are aware that most of the moon's surface is composed of various silicates, right? Great for making glass.
And don't forget the 2-week day/night cycle that makes growing plants on the moon impractical.
Good grief. You talk like we're going to plant crops on the lunar surface. They're called greenhouses, and you close the blinds every twelve hours. At night, you flip on the growlights. Sheesh.
The lunar crust is full of oxygen. Getting 6 tons of liquid H2 to the moon takes a lot less time than getting it to Mars, assuming we even have to. The solar wind may have already deposited lots of hydrogen into the lunar regolith already. We just need to go and do more than gather a few rocks. We need to drill, take core samples, put orbital surveyors in place, etc.
Really? The truth is, we don't know because we haven't explored more than a tiny fraction of the moon, and we haven't done any kind of drilling or core samples. Maybe the guy who postulates that hydrocarbons do not come from organic sources is right, and we'll find the moon full of oil (and please, no stupid Bush/Cheney/Haliburton jokes).
The truth is, we just don't knnow enough to be making these kinds of conclusions.
It's not water that's the issue with the moon, it's hydrogen. If we can find any kind of hydrogen present, we have the resources we need, since we know oxygen is present.
...the moon doesn't have the variety of chemical compounds... like Mars does.
How do we know? We haven't explored more than a tiny fraction of the moon, and even less on Mars.
Also, the moon is thought to only have water in very small quantities in remote craters on the north and south poles
You don't need to find water, you can make it with Hydrogen and Oxygen. There's a LOT of Oxygen in the moon's crust, and very likely a good amount of Hydrogen in the regolith deposited by the solar wind.
However, in the terms that matter (the energy it takes to get there), the Moon is about the same distance...
Not when you figure in mass of life support and size of the capsule needed for a six-month journey.
A classic fallacy of false equivalence. You equate social deterioration with a perverted social system backed by brutality.
You've never been in a police state or spoken to someone who has. They'd laugh in your face at your charge of endless police aggression.
I will give you an example of police state aggression:
Forcing open a door to a home at 3 AM. Dragging the entire family out into the street. Raping the mother in front of the children and husband, often repeatedly, then beheading the mother and putting her head on a pole outside the home as a warning to the neighbors.
This was a routine occurrence in Iraq before the US liberation. Now, tell me again how America is an aggressive police state.
The fact you even ask this question shows just how much of a fool you are. Last I checked, American soldiers weren't pinning burqas to women's cheeks with safety pins or executing men who refused to shave.
However, the last time I checked, I did find "radical Christians" rebuilding schools, sending medical supplies, food and other necessities for the Iraqi people to ease their suffering. I think it has to do with something in the Q'ran that says: Kill the infidel, and something in the New Testament that says: Love thy Enemy.
They aren't just newbie-unfriendly, they are USER-unfriendly. Human being think pictographically. It is ALWAYS easier to do something graphically on a computer. It may be less efficient, but it is always easier.
He's an end user. He shouldn't have to worry about any of the crap you just spouted, and the paradigm SHOULD be KDE = Linux, especially for the developers.
This is why the OS X user experience rocks, and the Linux user experience sucks. Linux is coded by geeks for geeks, many of whom have really snotty elitist attitudes.
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Wow! 17% is a vast majority. Stupid me.
And I've never liked that listen to something else argument. I prefer the just shut up and go away because you're an idiot argument.
Especially when you douse it in a good dose of conspiracy theory.
The truth is, the FCC is cracking down because of public outrage over the Superbowl halftime orgy.
I realize that's not nearly as satisfying to your hate as having Karl Rove send the Evangelical Christian gestapo out to put a dead horse's head on the Clear Channel CEO's bed, but, you know, this thing called reality could really care less about your fantasies.
but no one has given them the authority to decide what is indecent.
You mean other than the act of Congress that established the FCC in the first place and gave them the mandate to enforce standards of public decency?
The chutzpah of some of these open-source people really annoys me. There was a time when real men were ASHAMED to take charity when they had the ability to work, even if it was just digging ditches.
Ask the arguments of the other side as questions.
For example, ask the anti-outsourcing advocates what the cost in non-visible jobs is by engaging in protectionism of the highly visible tech jobs lost to outsourcing.
Then ask the pro-outsourcing folks a question like how will the economy absorb the displaced workers resulting from outsourcing.
This will make each side actually defend their position instead of using you as a sounding platform for their agenda.
You are aware that oil wells in the gulf are refilling? You are aware that most oil may be non-biotic; we've extracted oil from wells drilled in solid granite. You are aware that oils there are several species of plants that can be refined into a very fine oil. You are aware that animal entrails can be reduced to a very fine grade oil, right?
The last two points make oil a renewable resource.
One word: v-chip. No one wanted it. Congress mandated it. All TVs now have it.
All it takes is an act of congress and all computers have it. End of story.
1. Create fairytale disaster
2. Come up with boondoggle, pork-laden solution
3. Profit!!
So, your motto is now: How can I limit what my computer allows me to do?
It's like people who yell at others for not locking their doors, failing to realize that locking doors is simply the reaction to the problem, not the solution.
Except in the Xbox case, doubling from 100,000 200,000 at an ADDITIONAL $30 LOSS per unit is a big hit on profits.
Right now, speeds are fast enough that raw clock speed isn't as much of a concern for consumers any more.
Really? You obviously don't do much with digital video and photography, but many consumers do.
1 kilowatt/m^2?!? That's equivalent to full sunlight in Death Valley. If that were true, we'd never grow anything north of the 30th parallel or outside of a desert environment. There are many plants that grow fantastically well in shade.
Trust me, flourescent grow lights require far less than a kilowatt to run and illuminate a whole lot more than a square meter of ground. A more realistic number is about 40 watts per square meter.
Glass several inches thick is no problem. You are aware that most of the moon's surface is composed of various silicates, right? Great for making glass.
Worked for me, too. Switching from a mouse to a trackball eliminated the pain in my wrist.
The principle still applies.
I think the point is: Why should I pay YOUR grandparents' rent. Get off your butt and pay their rent yourself.
And don't forget the 2-week day/night cycle that makes growing plants on the moon impractical.
Good grief. You talk like we're going to plant crops on the lunar surface. They're called greenhouses, and you close the blinds every twelve hours. At night, you flip on the growlights. Sheesh.
The lunar crust is full of oxygen. Getting 6 tons of liquid H2 to the moon takes a lot less time than getting it to Mars, assuming we even have to. The solar wind may have already deposited lots of hydrogen into the lunar regolith already. We just need to go and do more than gather a few rocks. We need to drill, take core samples, put orbital surveyors in place, etc.
Really? The truth is, we don't know because we haven't explored more than a tiny fraction of the moon, and we haven't done any kind of drilling or core samples. Maybe the guy who postulates that hydrocarbons do not come from organic sources is right, and we'll find the moon full of oil (and please, no stupid Bush/Cheney/Haliburton jokes).
The truth is, we just don't knnow enough to be making these kinds of conclusions.
It's not water that's the issue with the moon, it's hydrogen. If we can find any kind of hydrogen present, we have the resources we need, since we know oxygen is present.
How do we know? We haven't explored more than a tiny fraction of the moon, and even less on Mars.
Also, the moon is thought to only have water in very small quantities in remote craters on the north and south poles
You don't need to find water, you can make it with Hydrogen and Oxygen. There's a LOT of Oxygen in the moon's crust, and very likely a good amount of Hydrogen in the regolith deposited by the solar wind.
However, in the terms that matter (the energy it takes to get there), the Moon is about the same distance...
Not when you figure in mass of life support and size of the capsule needed for a six-month journey.
A classic fallacy of false equivalence. You equate social deterioration with a perverted social system backed by brutality.
You've never been in a police state or spoken to someone who has. They'd laugh in your face at your charge of endless police aggression.
I will give you an example of police state aggression:
Forcing open a door to a home at 3 AM. Dragging the entire family out into the street. Raping the mother in front of the children and husband, often repeatedly, then beheading the mother and putting her head on a pole outside the home as a warning to the neighbors.
This was a routine occurrence in Iraq before the US liberation. Now, tell me again how America is an aggressive police state.
The fact you even ask this question shows just how much of a fool you are. Last I checked, American soldiers weren't pinning burqas to women's cheeks with safety pins or executing men who refused to shave.
However, the last time I checked, I did find "radical Christians" rebuilding schools, sending medical supplies, food and other necessities for the Iraqi people to ease their suffering. I think it has to do with something in the Q'ran that says: Kill the infidel, and something in the New Testament that says: Love thy Enemy.
Train your replacement, then put on your resume that you have training experience.
They aren't just newbie-unfriendly, they are USER-unfriendly. Human being think pictographically. It is ALWAYS easier to do something graphically on a computer. It may be less efficient, but it is always easier.
He's an end user. He shouldn't have to worry about any of the crap you just spouted, and the paradigm SHOULD be KDE = Linux, especially for the developers.
This is why the OS X user experience rocks, and the Linux user experience sucks. Linux is coded by geeks for geeks, many of whom have really snotty elitist attitudes.
Nothing like marginalizing yourself over a misplaced zealotry