Not all geeks like SciFi. I in particular despise most of it with most of my being. There are literally four good sci fi authors: Jules Verne, Issac Assimov , Arthur C. Clarke and Aldous Huxley. Everyone else sucks, IMHO.
That's more a commentary on the conditions of the island when it was used as a dumping ground for the disabled and mentally ill. They were not treated very well and didn't have the best accomidations. The difference between then and now, is that the disabled and mentally ill are just ignored, rather than being quarenteend on an unlivable island. Is it any better? Probably not, just different and less expensive.
Well, according to the cult of the Amiga, you can't replicate the fluidity and responsiveness of Amiga with Linux. Amiga was about the hardware and software. The hardware was quirky, cool, and cutting edge. To use an Amiga in its day was like a trip to the future. Plus it didn't have any memory protection, so a single goof in a program would kill the entire system sadly you can't do that with just a gui in linux. At least not without creating your gui in the kernel.
No, not really. With everything else mostly being the same, battery life rules the roost. My Old nokia dumb phone kills everything else out there for battery life, but there is a reason why its stuck in the sock drawer instead of my pocket.
On one level its like brining in a fifthgrader and having them watch a lecture on quantum electro dynamics and then asking him if he agrees with the lecture.
On the other level its a questioning of the confidence level of the field's understanding. Science moves at a certain rate, growing more confident of findings over time as the wealth of research.
While I respect scientific authority to a large extent, I'm not sure how serious to take their current understanding of the subtle interpay between various parts of our genome. There is still a great deal that is not understood, which makes it a great time to be in the field. I think in another 20- 30 years when the result of all of this reasearch is as obvious as the world champion 95 year old sprinter's bulging leg muscles, I'll have more faith in their prouncements on the ultilization of various parts of the genome.
Three billion DNA pairs in human dna. 1% is 30 million. So we differ by 30 million dna pairs. To the layperson, saying we have 30 million differences explains the differences quite well versus 99% in common.
I think you've vastly underestimated how complex insurance is, and how good the average person is at handling complexity at that level.
HMO's exist that only cover the very cheapest procedures and products. People whine and moan when they don't cover the procedure,prescription, or device they need, but they didn't complain when they were paying lower premiums. Few people know what medical needs they will have, so few actually bother to attempt to investigate the coverage.
the Buisness Software Aliance and other orginizations dedicated to breaking the kneecaps of orphans, their nuns, and all other fine folk without reasonable cause since 1988.
If one of my friends tried that, I'd find another friend. There is nothing worse than a forced slide show of other people's pictures. At least at a pub you can drink until you can't see the pictures anymore.
I love KDE and usually run it on my desktops, excpet when I'm remoting into my system. In that case I'm already running KDE and usually logged in as the primary user, but KDE seems to be slow over remote connections, so I instead create another X session running Razor QT.
I like Gnome 3 too, but not for serious work. My wife's default DE is set to gnome 3 and she loves it. But she pretty much just uses the comptur to websurf, office document editing, printing, and some Graphic design.
What is better than x86, and what are you using to determine what is better? For price/performance it wins for everything except smartphones, which is why it hasn't been widely used in smart phones.
Hey wait guys, stop drinking beer and watching the football game so I can show you my techinique for killing pigs with flying birds projected on a wall!
First of all, driving is already taxed genious. Gas tax, tolls, license fees, ect.
The argument is that if healthcare is going to be provided, then we have to charge those who delibierately do things that increase their risk of expensive medical problems.
So if running, and eating non organic foods increase your health risks significantly more than they decrease them, then they should be taxed/discouraged.
Poulos says that regulatory agencies in 130 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it to be safe.
Most scientific organizations that have weighed in on the question have come to the same conclusion, including the American Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Cancer Society.
Slashdot Mirror
Not all geeks like SciFi. I in particular despise most of it with most of my being. There are literally four good sci fi authors: Jules Verne, Issac Assimov , Arthur C. Clarke and Aldous Huxley. Everyone else sucks, IMHO.
If you have nothing worthy of being leaked, then you shouldn't have to worry about having your privacy leaked.
That's more a commentary on the conditions of the island when it was used as a dumping ground for the disabled and mentally ill. They were not treated very well and didn't have the best accomidations. The difference between then and now, is that the disabled and mentally ill are just ignored, rather than being quarenteend on an unlivable island. Is it any better? Probably not, just different and less expensive.
Well, up until the end of the 19th century, the Chruch had a standing army, plus an inquisition that no one ever expected.
But, other than that a lifetime of perfect happiness would be enough to compel some people, right?
That's absurd. If that was the case, then wouldn't cupcakes be free?
Well, according to the cult of the Amiga, you can't replicate the fluidity and responsiveness of Amiga with Linux. Amiga was about the hardware and software. The hardware was quirky, cool, and cutting edge. To use an Amiga in its day was like a trip to the future. Plus it didn't have any memory protection, so a single goof in a program would kill the entire system sadly you can't do that with just a gui in linux. At least not without creating your gui in the kernel.
Well, you can't say the editors never do anything. They clearly do things related to editing submissions.
Which is why I route all of my companies secrets through my bank.
No, not really. With everything else mostly being the same, battery life rules the roost. My Old nokia dumb phone kills everything else out there for battery life, but there is a reason why its stuck in the sock drawer instead of my pocket.
Win 98 was rock solid, when compared to win95.
Also not sure why you're grouping ME with 98. They were very different.
Win 95 bad
win 98 good
win me bad
No, its not an argument.
On one level its like brining in a fifthgrader and having them watch a lecture on quantum electro dynamics and then asking him if he agrees with the lecture.
On the other level its a questioning of the confidence level of the field's understanding. Science moves at a certain rate, growing more confident of findings over time as the wealth of research.
While I respect scientific authority to a large extent, I'm not sure how serious to take their current understanding of the subtle interpay between various parts of our genome. There is still a great deal that is not understood, which makes it a great time to be in the field. I think in another 20- 30 years when the result of all of this reasearch is as obvious as the world champion 95 year old sprinter's bulging leg muscles, I'll have more faith in their prouncements on the ultilization of various parts of the genome.
Three billion DNA pairs in human dna. 1% is 30 million. So we differ by 30 million dna pairs. To the layperson, saying we have 30 million differences explains the differences quite well versus 99% in common.
I think you've vastly underestimated how complex insurance is, and how good the average person is at handling complexity at that level.
HMO's exist that only cover the very cheapest procedures and products. People whine and moan when they don't cover the procedure,prescription, or device they need, but they didn't complain when they were paying lower premiums. Few people know what medical needs they will have, so few actually bother to attempt to investigate the coverage.
Specific versions of OSX are Unix. Others are not.
Leopard and Snow Leopard are Unix.
http://www.opengroup.org/csq/public/search.mhtml?t=XY1&w=apple&sort=bycomponent&display=short&pid=11720
The others are not officially Unix, but Unix-like.
the Buisness Software Aliance and other orginizations dedicated to breaking the kneecaps of orphans, their nuns, and all other fine folk without reasonable cause since 1988.
At least you don't probram in lisp...
If one of my friends tried that, I'd find another friend. There is nothing worse than a forced slide show of other people's pictures. At least at a pub you can drink until you can't see the pictures anymore.
I love KDE and usually run it on my desktops, excpet when I'm remoting into my system. In that case I'm already running KDE and usually logged in as the primary user, but KDE seems to be slow over remote connections, so I instead create another X session running Razor QT.
I like Gnome 3 too, but not for serious work. My wife's default DE is set to gnome 3 and she loves it. But she pretty much just uses the comptur to websurf, office document editing, printing, and some Graphic design.
What is better than x86, and what are you using to determine what is better? For price/performance it wins for everything except smartphones, which is why it hasn't been widely used in smart phones.
Pubs? Really?
Hey wait guys, stop drinking beer and watching the football game so I can show you my techinique for killing pigs with flying birds projected on a wall!
Yeah and by simular reasoning we can conclude that NaCL is deadly as its composed of two elements that are deadly when eaten in their pure form.
Well, yes, but the aliens are just a front for the government who's discovered text books from atlantis.
First of all, driving is already taxed genious. Gas tax, tolls, license fees, ect.
The argument is that if healthcare is going to be provided, then we have to charge those who delibierately do things that increase their risk of expensive medical problems.
So if running, and eating non organic foods increase your health risks significantly more than they decrease them, then they should be taxed/discouraged.
from the article linked:
Poulos says that regulatory agencies in 130 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it to be safe.
Most scientific organizations that have weighed in on the question have come to the same conclusion, including the American Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Cancer Society.