I spent a lot of time, money, and effort so I can legally call myself an "engineer". Don't let some VB script "software programmer" use that title. It's offensive.
Second, it is consistent with Jewish custom to write out and say God's titles
Sorry, but you're mistaken. Jews don't write out or say G-d's titles outside of a prayer (or religious teaching) context. Take a look http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm
Finally, why shouldn't non-Christians refer to the Name of a God they don't believe in? They need something to call Him, and if they don't believe in Him, they have no reason to fear using His name, in vain or otherwise.
Because of not wanting to promote false gods! It's not a matter of fear. It's just like Mac people not wanting to promote Windows.
They started out with a bought copy of the base for both their OS and for BASIC. These weren't even the most advanced things going in the day, but they managed to acquire them.
What they were exceedingly good at is signing a contract with IBM that said all PCs would have their operating system on it. As the PC marketplace grew, it gave them a pretty much locked in revenue stream.
BZZZZZT! Thanks for playing
Remember that your beloved Apple is now using a purchased OS, from Next! And their most successful platform, the iPod, runs a purchased OS from Pixo.
What they were exceedingly good at is signing a contract with IBM that said all PCs would have their operating system on it.
Wrong again! What they were good at is signing a contract permitting them to sell the OS to OTHER manufacturers.
Because, unlike Chr-stians that like to put up graven images of the "10 commandments" up, I hav actually read them.
There's one about not using the L-rd's name in vein. And there's another one about not worshipping false gods.
So xtians shouldn't write out of the name of their deity unless it's a holy or sacred context, and non-xtians don't want to use the name of a false deity.
To avoid all this, I don't spell it out. This is consistent with Jewish custom.
Intelligent Design is not just unproven, it is inherently unprovable. Intelligent Design is not a science in any sense, but a theology, and as such, its place is in the church/mosque/synagogue/whatever, not in the classroom.
Intelligent design wouldn't belong in a Synagogue either, because the Chr-stian theology thinly veiled within it is outside the Torah and wouldn't be taught by any Jewish educator, no matter how traditional. A strictly traditional Jew would go by the creation as documented in the Oral and Written Torah and wouldn't try to adapt it in any way. And progressive / liberal Jews have no trouble accepting that the exact literal creation story in the Torah isn't at odds with Science and both teachings have their separate, distinct place.
So, don't try to place you Chr-stian "intelligent design" inside a Synagogue.
I think with just a little bit more software to detect when one wheel is slipping, it may be able to take care of itself going up without making that annoying grinding noise as its wheels turn against the stair edge.
You hit the nail on the head! Apple is a nasty, monopolistic company too. They're just not as good at is as Microsoft.
While I'm not a fan of "Free Software", I can't imagine why some folks simply hate Microsoft so much that they consider Apple to be one of the "good guys" just so Microsoft has a tiny sliver of competition.
...Test Site said they generated a current equal to about four times all the electrical power on Earth.
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During the few millionths of a second that it operated, the 650-ton Atlas pulsed-power generator discharged about 19 million amps
Um....unless things have changed in the 25+ years since I took a college physics class, we measure POWER in WATTS, and CURRENT in AMPS. So the number you quoted in AMPS that you claims is eqaual to four times the POWER in amps doesn't make any sense. Of course, that never stopped our/. Editors before!
I have an MSDN Universal Subscription! And I read/.! I guess that makes me a masochist or something, but I like seeing how misinformed, short sighted, and downright stupid some people are.
/. has really turned into a parody of itself. It's just "FREE SOFTWARE is Great. And Macintosh (the most expensive platform!) is also Great! And anything that Microsoft does is Bad!"
their render farms have always been Linux on Intel. I remember watching the "Making Of" video for "Finding Nemo" and didn't see a single Mac in it...except for one of the writers laptops.
Seems that when people really need to buy computers based on strict price/performance criteria, Mac loses, even in Steve Jobs' own company!
Absolutely! And running on 'any old hardware' would be a BAD DECISION for Apple! People keep underestimating how difficult it is to support dozens of differnet CPUs, chipsets, disk drive technology, video cards, ethernet cards, etc. There are even at least 4 standards for connecting keyboards to PCs that are still supported!
Also, there's a lot of cruddy cheap hardware out there. If Apple wants to provide a nice quality complete experience, they need to be able to control everything--hardware and software. I doubt if Apple seriously considered for one minute selling their "OS" as a box of software of arbitrary computer hardware.
Get them thinking about how *they* would like it if there was a community of underemployed kids who wanted to do their jobs for free.
In all seriousness, I don't know why folks who wrte computer software for a living like free software. You don't expect free rent, food, clothing, etc. Why should software be free?
They don't care if it's Intel, AMD, Dell, Gateway, or a steaming pile of poo in a box, as long as they hear big numbers at the shop where they buy it.
I don't think that's true. Many maufacturers have tried to build impressive boxes (eMachines) that didn't sell because customers ultimately care about quality.
Frankly, it seems that you have some not-so-hidden agenda: They just hear "three point too giga flops prints faster, faster internet, faster faster" from the sales droids.. Remember, now that your Mac platform runs on PeeCee hardware, too, there's no more Megahurtz myth you have to explain away. And, as we all know now, the stories put forth by Apple--especially during the pre-G5 era--on how the G4 is faster, simply weren't true.
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who's the greater fool? The editor (who already made millions of dot-com dollars from/. and doesn't have to care)? Or you who paid for a subscription so you can see dupes early?
Back in the day when "computer programmers" had degrees in mathematics and not "information systems", it was art.
Then the dot-com thing happened, and nobody differentiates someone with a mathematics or engineering degree and some kid with a "certification". The result? Lousy software for everyone!
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I've heard of people putting iPods up their rectums but never Pentium 4 PCs! This is a whole new trend.
Yes I am.
I spent a lot of time, money, and effort so I can legally call myself an "engineer". Don't let some VB script "software programmer" use that title. It's offensive.
Take a look at his photo so you'll know what I mean....
BZZZZT! Thanks for playing! Here's your consolation prize:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Gla
Sorry, but you're mistaken. Jews don't write out or say G-d's titles outside of a prayer (or religious teaching) context. Take a look http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm
Finally, why shouldn't non-Christians refer to the Name of a God they don't believe in? They need something to call Him, and if they don't believe in Him, they have no reason to fear using His name, in vain or otherwise.
Because of not wanting to promote false gods! It's not a matter of fear. It's just like Mac people not wanting to promote Windows.
What they were exceedingly good at is signing a contract with IBM that said all PCs would have their operating system on it. As the PC marketplace grew, it gave them a pretty much locked in revenue stream.
BZZZZZT! Thanks for playing
Remember that your beloved Apple is now using a purchased OS, from Next! And their most successful platform, the iPod, runs a purchased OS from Pixo.
What they were exceedingly good at is signing a contract with IBM that said all PCs would have their operating system on it.
Wrong again! What they were good at is signing a contract permitting them to sell the OS to OTHER manufacturers.
Because, unlike Chr-stians that like to put up graven images of the "10 commandments" up, I hav actually read them.
There's one about not using the L-rd's name in vein. And there's another one about not worshipping false gods.
So xtians shouldn't write out of the name of their deity unless it's a holy or sacred context, and non-xtians don't want to use the name of a false deity.
To avoid all this, I don't spell it out. This is consistent with Jewish custom.
Intelligent design wouldn't belong in a Synagogue either, because the Chr-stian theology thinly veiled within it is outside the Torah and wouldn't be taught by any Jewish educator, no matter how traditional. A strictly traditional Jew would go by the creation as documented in the Oral and Written Torah and wouldn't try to adapt it in any way. And progressive / liberal Jews have no trouble accepting that the exact literal creation story in the Torah isn't at odds with Science and both teachings have their separate, distinct place.
So, don't try to place you Chr-stian "intelligent design" inside a Synagogue.
I think with just a little bit more software to detect when one wheel is slipping, it may be able to take care of itself going up without making that annoying grinding noise as its wheels turn against the stair edge.
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While I'm not a fan of "Free Software", I can't imagine why some folks simply hate Microsoft so much that they consider Apple to be one of the "good guys" just so Microsoft has a tiny sliver of competition.
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During the few millionths of a second that it operated, the 650-ton Atlas pulsed-power generator discharged about 19 million amps
Um....unless things have changed in the 25+ years since I took a college physics class, we measure POWER in WATTS, and CURRENT in AMPS. So the number you quoted in AMPS that you claims is eqaual to four times the POWER in amps doesn't make any sense. Of course, that never stopped our /. Editors before!
And why did he (skillfully!) black out the photos on the wall? I wonder what they could have contained that he didn't want the world to see?
I have an MSDN Universal Subscription! And I read /.! I guess that makes me a masochist or something, but I like seeing how misinformed, short sighted, and downright stupid some people are.
Seems that when people really need to buy computers based on strict price/performance criteria, Mac loses, even in Steve Jobs' own company!
Also, there's a lot of cruddy cheap hardware out there. If Apple wants to provide a nice quality complete experience, they need to be able to control everything--hardware and software. I doubt if Apple seriously considered for one minute selling their "OS" as a box of software of arbitrary computer hardware.
In all seriousness, I don't know why folks who wrte computer software for a living like free software. You don't expect free rent, food, clothing, etc. Why should software be free?
I don't think that's true. Many maufacturers have tried to build impressive boxes (eMachines) that didn't sell because customers ultimately care about quality.
Frankly, it seems that you have some not-so-hidden agenda: They just hear "three point too giga flops prints faster, faster internet, faster faster" from the sales droids.. Remember, now that your Mac platform runs on PeeCee hardware, too, there's no more Megahurtz myth you have to explain away. And, as we all know now, the stories put forth by Apple--especially during the pre-G5 era--on how the G4 is faster, simply weren't true.
you can see the inside of a HD TiVo.
It failed.
I think linking to eBay auctions is silly. You don't care about the things I have for sale do you?
who's the greater fool? The editor (who already made millions of dot-com dollars from /. and doesn't have to care)? Or you who paid for a subscription so you can see dupes early?
Then the dot-com thing happened, and nobody differentiates someone with a mathematics or engineering degree and some kid with a "certification". The result? Lousy software for everyone!
That's why I left the field.