Christ was a teacher, and he taught by using images that the people could understand. Of course he might have believed the story of Noah, but he also came from the same culture and was brought up with the same stories, so that would be expected. Christ wasn't omniscient, he was enlightened. There's a big difference.
Carbon Dioxide traps heat, and causes the temperature of the atmosphere to rise.
Without humans deforesting the earth and spewing tons and tons of hydrocarbons into the air it is highly probable that the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere would be much lower and levels of oxygen would be much higher. The suitability of the atmosphere for mammals depends on the presence of oxygen-making plants.
We do contribute to global warming.
It is better to lessen this contribution than to increase it.
Logically speaking it is always better to err on the side of caution. Anything we can do in this regard will be appreciated by future generations.
Unix is a smart and straightforward platform. The APIs Apple builds on top of Unix are also very well thought-out, refined to a huge degree during their evolution on NeXT. And Apple has an advantage over Microsoft because they have far fewer legacy issues. They have learned that rebuilding everything with a whole new foundation is what you often have to do to remain streamlined.
This is exactly the part of George Bush's brain I would guess remains most damaged by his drinking and heavy cocaine use. His inability to think on his feet and to be extemporaneous have long been notable. I don't think it's just the behavior of a "dry drunk" although that could certainly be contributory.
Cocaine in particular is known to have a long-term devastating effect on temporal and spatial reasoning and tends to impair judgment skills notably. The ability to extend the chain of cause-and-effect to apprehend the future is not a trivial skill, and involves a good deal of high-order reasoning.
If for example one displays a chronic difficulty parsing language he should also be expected to have a limited capacity to create coherent constructions of future consequences.
Remember, the biological machines we put in charge of our lives are subject to the laws of causality, and can thus be quite malformed. Clues to these malformations can be easily picked out in the personality, as lower-order systems attempt to compensate for the deficiencies of the higher-order system. People who display an aggressive stance, who slur their words or emphasize their esses not only give the impression of a reptile, they are in fact animated by the R-complex, the center of aggression and F-F-F-or-F behavior.
You will note that sometimes as George Bush pauses in his speeches - the ones he's reading from the reflective teleprompter - there is the hint of the tongue flicking out to taste the air, and a subtle exhibit of self-satisfaction, evoking a reptilian basking quality. One would not be surprised to find him sunning himself on a big rock in Crawford.
You'll note that Cheney has a very large forehead that juts outward. He compliments Bush well in that regard. He fills in also the higher-order functioning so lacking in the presidential unit. Unfortunately, any two imbalanced biological machines interfaced together will only form a pathology. Garbage out of one system passes into the other, then back again, becoming more garbled and mutilated.
I could be completely wrong. I usually am. But if it isn't this part of George's brain that's messed up, what others could it be? Any theories?
...but I can personally attest to the value of meditation as a healthy practice that brings clarity of mind and an unshakable sense of connectedness and well-being. Shikan-Taza in particular is incredibly focusing, and if one avoids disadvantageous behaviors - the kind that stir up negativity - it works even better. Too bad people are so hung up on worship and sin and the cult of personality, because the core thing is the beneficial practice. If Jesus came back tomorrow he'd tell all his worshipers to fuck off and get a clue.
Weird. Try "Update Permissions" in Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. And if that doesn't work get the 10.3.3 Combo Updater from Apple's web site. It installs just fine on top of the 10.3.3 non-combo update. Sometimes a Combo updater is more reliable, since it has all the latest bits. If after all this the system is still funky you can drop back to 10.3.2. I've found 10.3.3 a bit more sketchy than 10.3.2 but the extras are worth the occasional oddity. I just save more often.;-)
The Amiga's floppy controller had some interesting features. At the low level, when you wrote data to the floppy disk you had to write two bits for every bit of actual data. This is because the floppy controller would become confused if there were two like bits in a row. So you would first encode the data (with the help of the blitter) to fix the bit pattern, then write the whole track. However, the floppy hardware had another mode, in which it would write 5 bits for every four. In other words, while the standard - and supported - mode used 200% the space to store data, the 5-bit mode used 125% space. But as far as I know the 5-bit mode was never supported by the Amiga OS.
I know this because I wrote a game called Dino Wars for the Amiga in 68000 assembler, and I decided to write my own floppy controller. How come? Let's just say it was still marginally acceptable to go straight to the hardware back then.
"Hey, Darl. I'd like to hear more about the pump and dump scheme we were talking about. I'm still a bit fuzzy on the part where you start suing Linux users, but even without that it sounds like you could definitely milk this for an appreciable return. Call my cel if you get back to the clubhouse before 3."
Apple has had a policy at least since November to address the issue by replacing the supply upon request. When I got my G4 fan replaced it was a simple drop-in replacement. I donated the old power supply to the local computer recycler Free Geek.
The human form of the disease was first observed among the natives of New Guinea in the early 1900's. The tribal custom was to consume the bodies of decedents, and the consumption the brain was a special honor reserved for immediate family. It was in this way that a minor epidemic began.
Remember when George W Bush was making speeches about accountability and stuff like that, with the cool patriot-colored backdrop that had the topic printed all over it. That was a cool show, wasn't it? Really well produced.
Before I go into my shtick, a couple of puns and punlike semantic constructions. My apologies, some of them are horrible.
- Won't this be a problem for eyedentical twins?
- Your passport Mister Willard. "Eye don't think so!"
- Rods? Cones? Where the hell is my luggage?
- Sir, can you remove any loose change from your eyelids...
- Sorry maam, your scan keeps coming up "Grape Juice $2.95."
And an airline joke or two off the cuff...
1. Thank you for flying Air Lingus. Oh no, THANK YOU! 2. Will you be smoking or non-smoking Herr Schrodinger? 3.
Okay, now to the schtick.
Yes, isn't it wonderful. At last something macabre and frighteningly science-fictioney is crossing over into our lives, citizens. At last we can unite in glory, as one. Travel is a very cautious affair, citizens. I ask you, should we not take every possible precaution?
So you see.
There is no deriding this measure, my fellows.
It follows then, that we should adopt a similar solidarity in our daily lives. We are one body. We are one, whole, together.
The 21st century is here! Let's do the 21st Century Cheer!
DNA! DNA! Nanobots! Nanobots! DNA!
Siss Boom Bah! Gat Ta Ca! Iris scans! Cyberspace! Siss Boom Bah!
Human clones! Reality shows! Dick Clarke's corpse is still alive! Human clones!
Martian brine! GMO wine! The spice must flow! We rule the soul! We're free, cool, and fine!
Terror War! What's it for? Raining death from outer space! Terror War!
Woohoo! We love you Twenty First Century!! Big kiss! Mmmwwwahh!
...but it's about attachment! They really should make this distinction clear so love doesn't keep getting such a bad rap.
Remember when O.J. said "If I did kill her it's only cuz I loved her, right?" No, O.J.! It's because you were deeply attached to your idea of her.... and you froze your brain with cocaine years ago.
*sigh* If it was "love" you would have let her live.
See, "love" runs in the opposite direction, resisting the impulses that chemical attachment might cause. Well, that's my take on it anyhow.
I'm pretty sure a Java Plugin isn't the only benefit, but you're right. If that was all it wouldn't make sense.
I believe the idea is that Sun could offer support and specialized distributions in the manner of open-source-advocating companies like IBM and Red Hat. In other words, just because they aren't getting revenues from licenses (i.e., infrequent or one-time charges) they could focus on selling documentation, providing support, and implementing tools and extensions. There are probably lots of other things they could do to capitalize on Java also.
Java has gotten pretty far, despite Sun's sometimes-boneheaded decisions and Microsoft's attempts to sabotage it. I don't believe ESR is trying to sabotage Sun and kill their revenue stream. And I don't think he's putting the FOSS community "ahead of" Sun. I think he genuinely believes this is a good idea and provides a viable business-model.
Sun should at least examine similar models and see how other FOSS organizations sustain themselves. In particular, they should take a long, hard look at IBM's Open Source initiatives.
I feel your pain. What's worse is that none of these so-called writers ever seems to learn from their mistakes and publishes a retraction or a response. It makes you wonder if they really have any interest in journalism at all, or if they're just playing games.
The thing is, the general public hears all these conflicting messages about open source. It doesn't generally matter what the public thinks because the government will probably develop its software policies unilaterally without any public review or input, just as it does with anything that actually matters. The government will of course choose proprietary solutions from Microsoft more often than not, simply because MS is an icon of the capitalist ethos, and people in government generally do not have the political will to do anything that might be construed as "anti-capitalist" (hence, anti-american).
Public ignorance and confusion is a requisite condition for Government to follow its natural pathological course.
Is it possible that these foolish, uninformed, and perhaps even deceptive writers are acting in the interest of MS simply out of their love for profit uber alles? Or are they simply mindless MS fanboys? Or is it possible that they really do believe that their assertions are true, that they're being objective and relaying accurate information? This sort of intellectual laziness is really sad.
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Christ was a teacher, and he taught by using images that the people could understand. Of course he might have believed the story of Noah, but he also came from the same culture and was brought up with the same stories, so that would be expected. Christ wasn't omniscient, he was enlightened. There's a big difference.
...so work on your patience now, kids! You're going to need it.
Carbon Dioxide traps heat, and causes the temperature of the atmosphere to rise.
Without humans deforesting the earth and spewing tons and tons of hydrocarbons into the air it is highly probable that the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere would be much lower and levels of oxygen would be much higher. The suitability of the atmosphere for mammals depends on the presence of oxygen-making plants.
We do contribute to global warming.
It is better to lessen this contribution than to increase it.
Logically speaking it is always better to err on the side of caution. Anything we can do in this regard will be appreciated by future generations.
Unix is a smart and straightforward platform. The APIs Apple builds on top of Unix are also very well thought-out, refined to a huge degree during their evolution on NeXT. And Apple has an advantage over Microsoft because they have far fewer legacy issues. They have learned that rebuilding everything with a whole new foundation is what you often have to do to remain streamlined.
This is exactly the part of George Bush's brain I would guess remains most damaged by his drinking and heavy cocaine use. His inability to think on his feet and to be extemporaneous have long been notable. I don't think it's just the behavior of a "dry drunk" although that could certainly be contributory.
Cocaine in particular is known to have a long-term devastating effect on temporal and spatial reasoning and tends to impair judgment skills notably. The ability to extend the chain of cause-and-effect to apprehend the future is not a trivial skill, and involves a good deal of high-order reasoning.
If for example one displays a chronic difficulty parsing language he should also be expected to have a limited capacity to create coherent constructions of future consequences.
Remember, the biological machines we put in charge of our lives are subject to the laws of causality, and can thus be quite malformed. Clues to these malformations can be easily picked out in the personality, as lower-order systems attempt to compensate for the deficiencies of the higher-order system. People who display an aggressive stance, who slur their words or emphasize their esses not only give the impression of a reptile, they are in fact animated by the R-complex, the center of aggression and F-F-F-or-F behavior.
You will note that sometimes as George Bush pauses in his speeches - the ones he's reading from the reflective teleprompter - there is the hint of the tongue flicking out to taste the air, and a subtle exhibit of self-satisfaction, evoking a reptilian basking quality. One would not be surprised to find him sunning himself on a big rock in Crawford.
You'll note that Cheney has a very large forehead that juts outward. He compliments Bush well in that regard. He fills in also the higher-order functioning so lacking in the presidential unit. Unfortunately, any two imbalanced biological machines interfaced together will only form a pathology. Garbage out of one system passes into the other, then back again, becoming more garbled and mutilated.
I could be completely wrong. I usually am. But if it isn't this part of George's brain that's messed up, what others could it be? Any theories?
...but I can personally attest to the value of meditation as a healthy practice that brings clarity of mind and an unshakable sense of connectedness and well-being. Shikan-Taza in particular is incredibly focusing, and if one avoids disadvantageous behaviors - the kind that stir up negativity - it works even better. Too bad people are so hung up on worship and sin and the cult of personality, because the core thing is the beneficial practice. If Jesus came back tomorrow he'd tell all his worshipers to fuck off and get a clue.
Weird. Try "Update Permissions" in Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. And if that doesn't work get the 10.3.3 Combo Updater from Apple's web site. It installs just fine on top of the 10.3.3 non-combo update. Sometimes a Combo updater is more reliable, since it has all the latest bits. If after all this the system is still funky you can drop back to 10.3.2. I've found 10.3.3 a bit more sketchy than 10.3.2 but the extras are worth the occasional oddity. I just save more often. ;-)
...it became apparent their initial impression had been wrong. Said they: "That's no asteroid. It's a space station."
Wow, is Wikipedia cool or what?
The Amiga's floppy controller had some interesting features. At the low level, when you wrote data to the floppy disk you had to write two bits for every bit of actual data. This is because the floppy controller would become confused if there were two like bits in a row. So you would first encode the data (with the help of the blitter) to fix the bit pattern, then write the whole track. However, the floppy hardware had another mode, in which it would write 5 bits for every four. In other words, while the standard - and supported - mode used 200% the space to store data, the 5-bit mode used 125% space. But as far as I know the 5-bit mode was never supported by the Amiga OS.
I know this because I wrote a game called Dino Wars for the Amiga in 68000 assembler, and I decided to write my own floppy controller. How come? Let's just say it was still marginally acceptable to go straight to the hardware back then.
...Darl McBride is what we call an "overcooked ham!"
It went something like:
"Hey, Darl. I'd like to hear more about the pump and dump scheme we were talking about. I'm still a bit fuzzy on the part where you start suing Linux users, but even without that it sounds like you could definitely milk this for an appreciable return. Call my cel if you get back to the clubhouse before 3."
Apple has had a policy at least since November to address the issue by replacing the supply upon request. When I got my G4 fan replaced it was a simple drop-in replacement. I donated the old power supply to the local computer recycler Free Geek.
Just remember, it's a funhouse mirror!
You're describing attachment.
The human form of the disease was first observed among the natives of New Guinea in the early 1900's. The tribal custom was to consume the bodies of decedents, and the consumption the brain was a special honor reserved for immediate family. It was in this way that a minor epidemic began.
Remember when George W Bush was making speeches about accountability and stuff like that, with the cool patriot-colored backdrop that had the topic printed all over it. That was a cool show, wasn't it? Really well produced.
Before I go into my shtick, a couple of puns and punlike semantic constructions. My apologies, some of them are horrible.
- Won't this be a problem for eyedentical twins?
- Your passport Mister Willard. "Eye don't think so!"
- Rods? Cones? Where the hell is my luggage?
- Sir, can you remove any loose change from your eyelids...
- Sorry maam, your scan keeps coming up "Grape Juice $2.95."
And an airline joke or two off the cuff...
1. Thank you for flying Air Lingus. Oh no, THANK YOU!
2. Will you be smoking or non-smoking Herr Schrodinger?
3.
Okay, now to the schtick.
Yes, isn't it wonderful. At last something macabre and frighteningly science-fictioney is crossing over into our lives, citizens. At last we can unite in glory, as one. Travel is a very cautious affair, citizens. I ask you, should we not take every possible precaution?
So you see.
There is no deriding this measure, my fellows.
It follows then, that we should adopt a similar solidarity in our daily lives. We are one body. We are one, whole, together.
The 21st century is here! Let's do the 21st Century Cheer!
DNA!
DNA!
Nanobots! Nanobots!
DNA!
Siss Boom Bah!
Gat Ta Ca!
Iris scans! Cyberspace!
Siss Boom Bah!
Human clones!
Reality shows!
Dick Clarke's corpse is still alive!
Human clones!
Martian brine!
GMO wine!
The spice must flow! We rule the soul!
We're free, cool, and fine!
Terror War!
What's it for?
Raining death from outer space!
Terror War!
Woohoo! We love you Twenty First Century!! Big kiss! Mmmwwwahh!
Well, if there was ever a more clear-cut case where something should be developed in the D language I've never seen it.
...but it's about attachment! They really should make this distinction clear so love doesn't keep getting such a bad rap.
Remember when O.J. said "If I did kill her it's only cuz I loved her, right?" No, O.J.! It's because you were deeply attached to your idea of her.... and you froze your brain with cocaine years ago.
*sigh* If it was "love" you would have let her live.
See, "love" runs in the opposite direction, resisting the impulses that chemical attachment might cause. Well, that's my take on it anyhow.
I'm pretty sure a Java Plugin isn't the only benefit, but you're right. If that was all it wouldn't make sense.
I believe the idea is that Sun could offer support and specialized distributions in the manner of open-source-advocating companies like IBM and Red Hat. In other words, just because they aren't getting revenues from licenses (i.e., infrequent or one-time charges) they could focus on selling documentation, providing support, and implementing tools and extensions. There are probably lots of other things they could do to capitalize on Java also.
Java has gotten pretty far, despite Sun's sometimes-boneheaded decisions and Microsoft's attempts to sabotage it. I don't believe ESR is trying to sabotage Sun and kill their revenue stream. And I don't think he's putting the FOSS community "ahead of" Sun. I think he genuinely believes this is a good idea and provides a viable business-model.
Sun should at least examine similar models and see how other FOSS organizations sustain themselves. In particular, they should take a long, hard look at IBM's Open Source initiatives.
...I have Open Source on my butt that just won't heal!
I feel your pain. What's worse is that none of these so-called writers ever seems to learn from their mistakes and publishes a retraction or a response. It makes you wonder if they really have any interest in journalism at all, or if they're just playing games.
The thing is, the general public hears all these conflicting messages about open source. It doesn't generally matter what the public thinks because the government will probably develop its software policies unilaterally without any public review or input, just as it does with anything that actually matters. The government will of course choose proprietary solutions from Microsoft more often than not, simply because MS is an icon of the capitalist ethos, and people in government generally do not have the political will to do anything that might be construed as "anti-capitalist" (hence, anti-american).
Public ignorance and confusion is a requisite condition for Government to follow its natural pathological course.
Is it possible that these foolish, uninformed, and perhaps even deceptive writers are acting in the interest of MS simply out of their love for profit uber alles? Or are they simply mindless MS fanboys? Or is it possible that they really do believe that their assertions are true, that they're being objective and relaying accurate information? This sort of intellectual laziness is really sad.
I'm sorry, but what does any of this have to do with Janet Jackson's breast, people? Get with the program!
Now come on, do you really need an excuse to "polish the helmet"? I'd think you'd just do it when the mood strikes you. At least, that's my tendency.