Don't assume that the climate changes everywhere at the same rate. The ice mass in the southern hemisphere is actually growing. The net is a slight loss globally. At the current rate of decrease we will see almost an inch rise in sea level in 100 years.
The danger is in a potential exponential change, but we aren't measuring that yet. Most of the hysteria is about worst case scenarios.
I think you exactly 180 degrees wrong. If the State is to make an informed decision then it needs to hear the Microsoft argument for sticking with the Office formats. Call him the Devil's Advocate if you wish, but hearing both sides is necessary to reach an informed decision.
If the State decides to stick with ODF and the committee has no Microsoft representation then Microsoft could claim that both sides were not heard. With this MS employee on the committee they can never say that their side of the story was not heard.
Giving one of these to each blind person would cost a fraction of what it would cost to change our money. Think of what it will cost to change all the ATMs alone.
While you are at it, count the votes in the container without moving it. Do it in full view of anyone who wants to stay and witness the counting. Those vote totals then become an entry in a big spreadsheet that anyone can see and verify. The individual votes stay private, but the voting precinct totals are now public knowledge. You don't need encryption or tamperproof transport of ballots. Everything is transparent and witnessed.
"... the JCB444 engine has been one of the most significant success stories in the company's history, and in the annals of British engineering."
From what I've seen of British engineering, you don't need to accomplish much to rank highly in those annals. If the engine doesn't fall apart during testing they crack the top ten.
There is an OTEC research facility on the big island in Hawaii. They have a natural steep drop-off to the cool water right off shore. The power generation experiment never went beyond the experimental stage, but they did figure out that they could save oodles of money by piping the cold water directly into the cooling system for the seaside hotels. They skipped the inefficient cold-to-electricity phase followed by the inefficient electricity-to-cold phase. The cost of pumping cold water into the resort is much less than heat-pumping the hot out of the resort.
Your comment about the technology being self limiting is still true. The above example works only for buildings in hot climates built near deep cold water.
Let's say that Microsoft funded many fair and impartial studies and, let's say, 5% came to a pro-Microsoft conclusion. Which findings get published and advertised by Microsoft? Does that make the published findings unfair or impartial?
I'm not picking sides, but everyone is picking on the independent institute. Maybe they are independent.
I hate to start a flame war, but how would we recognize when the assimilation was complete? How would Redhat conduct business differently? Don't MSoft and Redhat already answer to the same master?
I'm afraid you have pr0n reading habits. If you read the text instead of just looking at the pictures you would have read that they were taken at Gasworks Park. Also, the shot of the Space Needle should have told you what city it was in.
It snagged me. I spent ~14 hours finishing it. Didn't solve all of them, but didn't cheat. After all that I had to send it in. Haven't gotten a phone cal yet...
Slashdot Mirror
Ditto.
I believe my secondary MX sees more spam than my primary already. I'd have to see some stats to change my mind.
RAmen!
Don't assume that the climate changes everywhere at the same rate. The ice mass in the southern hemisphere is actually growing. The net is a slight loss globally. At the current rate of decrease we will see almost an inch rise in sea level in 100 years.
The danger is in a potential exponential change, but we aren't measuring that yet. Most of the hysteria is about worst case scenarios.
RAmen!
"See a recent podcast by Steve Gibson on Vista's new stack"
s taAttackSurface.pdf
NO! Skip Gibson's gas-bagging and go directly to the source document:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/ATR-Vi
It's very good.
I think you exactly 180 degrees wrong. If the State is to make an informed decision then it needs to hear the Microsoft argument for sticking with the Office formats. Call him the Devil's Advocate if you wish, but hearing both sides is necessary to reach an informed decision.
If the State decides to stick with ODF and the committee has no Microsoft representation then Microsoft could claim that both sides were not heard. With this MS employee on the committee they can never say that their side of the story was not heard.
Where are my mod points when I need them???
Giving one of these to each blind person would cost a fraction of what it would cost to change our money. Think of what it will cost to change all the ATMs alone.
While you are at it, count the votes in the container without moving it. Do it in full view of anyone who wants to stay and witness the counting. Those vote totals then become an entry in a big spreadsheet that anyone can see and verify. The individual votes stay private, but the voting precinct totals are now public knowledge. You don't need encryption or tamperproof transport of ballots. Everything is transparent and witnessed.
Troll? Who turned on the sarcasm filter?
On my Firefox tab the head line reads:
FairUse4WM Breaks Wind...
Somehow that seems as correct as any of the other suggestions.
"... the JCB444 engine has been one of the most significant success stories in the company's history, and in the annals of British engineering."
From what I've seen of British engineering, you don't need to accomplish much to rank highly in those annals. If the engine doesn't fall apart during testing they crack the top ten.
The poor souls that don't have their threshold at -1 will totally miss this humorous gem!
There is an OTEC research facility on the big island in Hawaii. They have a natural steep drop-off to the cool water right off shore. The power generation experiment never went beyond the experimental stage, but they did figure out that they could save oodles of money by piping the cold water directly into the cooling system for the seaside hotels. They skipped the inefficient cold-to-electricity phase followed by the inefficient electricity-to-cold phase. The cost of pumping cold water into the resort is much less than heat-pumping the hot out of the resort.
Your comment about the technology being self limiting is still true. The above example works only for buildings in hot climates built near deep cold water.
I know, let's call the Microsoft legal department and ask them whether we can keep using the software or if we should send them a check!
Let's say that Microsoft funded many fair and impartial studies and, let's say, 5% came to a pro-Microsoft conclusion. Which findings get published and advertised by Microsoft? Does that make the published findings unfair or impartial?
I'm not picking sides, but everyone is picking on the independent institute. Maybe they are independent.
Or complain loudly enough to be an embarrasement to Microsoft and they will supply equipment and support to get Exchange running smoothly!
I hate to admit that the parent made some good points, but he did.
I will never, ever use that kind of subscription service, but some people may find it to be a good thing.
I hate to start a flame war, but how would we recognize when the assimilation was complete? How would Redhat conduct business differently? Don't MSoft and Redhat already answer to the same master?
Dude, wake up and smell the oil.
I was picturing the toll both in Blazing Saddles.
"We're going to need a shitload of dimes!"
Hey moderators, who marked this a troll? It's cranky, and you may not agree with it, but it's not troll material.
Keep your politics out of the mod'ing process!
I'm afraid you have pr0n reading habits. If you read the text instead of just looking at the pictures you would have read that they were taken at Gasworks Park. Also, the shot of the Space Needle should have told you what city it was in.
It snagged me. I spent ~14 hours finishing it. Didn't solve all of them, but didn't cheat. After all that I had to send it in. Haven't gotten a phone cal yet...
I did a find on "jerk" and came up with nothing. I'm glad someone made a reference. Let the cross-eyed lawsuits begin!
Here is the debian list of the debian-based distros:
...and this list doesn't include Ubuntu or UserLinux yet.
* Adamantix
* BenHur
* Corel Linux
* Debian JP
* DemoLinux
* Demudi, http://www.demudi.org/, a multimedia distribution.
* Embedded Debian, http://www.emdebian.org/
* ESware Linux
* Euronode, http://euronode.org/
* Floppix, http://floppix.ccai.com/
* Gibraltar
* Impi Linux
* KNOPPIX, http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
* Libranet, http://www.libranet.com/
* Linspire, http://www.linspire.com/
* Linex
* Linuxin
* Linux-YeS, http://eugene.mplik.ru/doc/lys/
* Linux Router Project, http://www.linuxrouter.org/
* MEPIS, http://www.mepis.org/
* M.N.I.S. Linux, http://www.mnis.fr/
* Morphix
* PingOO, http://www.linuxedu.org/
* Progeny Linux, http://www.progeny.com/
* Prosa, http://www.prosa.it/
* Stonegate
* Stormix Technologies' Storm Linux.
* TelemetryBox, http://telemetrybox.org/
* Xandros.