I do believe in science... That is also why I don't dismiss the possibility that organismally produced gasses may alter climate. I also suggested that this may not be the case here, but that the analogy still is valid.
"You're saying 'cyanobacteria'. The article on wikipedia says 'we just don't know'."
The Wikipedia article said "The rising oxygen levels may have wiped out a huge portion of the Earth's anaerobic inhabitants at the time. Cyanobacteria, by producing oxygen that was toxic to anaerobic organisms, were essentially responsible for what was likely the largest extinction event in Earth's history."
That doesn't mean it is true, however. It is a working hypothesis that does explain the rise of the oxygen.
Researchers from the University of Bristol and the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research Centre in Ireland, have found a link between methane production and levels of a compound called archaeol in the feces of several fore-gut fermenting animals including cows, sheep and deer. The compound could potentially be developed as a biomarker to estimate the methane production from domestic and wild animals, allowing scientists to more accurately assess the contribution that ruminants make to global greenhouse gas emissions. Co-author Dr Fiona Gill, who conducted the work as a postdoctoral researcher at Bristol and is now at the University of Leeds, said: "When it comes to calculating carbon budgets there is currently a lot of uncertainty surrounding animal methane contributions, particularly from wild ruminants. "We're quite good at measuring man-made CO2 emissions, but techniques to measure the animal production of methane -- a much more potent greenhouse gas -- have serious limitations. "If we can identify a simple biomarker for methane production in animal stools, then we can use this along with information on diet and animal population numbers to estimate their total contribution to global methane levels." Cows, sheep and other ruminants are thought to be responsible for around one-fifth of global methane production but the precise amount has proved difficult to quantify.
You don't need to be full of shit to appreciate that dung produces methane.
http://www.gimp.org/about/prehistory.html 1995-07-29: "a graphical image manipulation program" [yet unnamed] 1995-11-21: "The GIMP: the General Image Manipulation Program" 1996-02-15: "The GIMP v0.54 -- General Image Manipulation Program"
"A red and green laser pointer were used, each transmitting a stream of data at 500Mbps, which is then multiplexed at the receiver for a grand total of 1Gbps"
That made me think of blue lasers, which would have even better rates.
But, how about longer waves, such as infrared or even radio? Are there any radio lasers around? THAT would do for long distance calls, and proabably be enough for E.T. to phone home.
"Any trip to Walmart will convince you that the situation today seems less clear, and obtaining children seems entirely disassociated with the ability to attract a mate."
Yes, going to Walmart to watch WT is a mistake. Even as a social experiment. Don't get me started on dirt blondes with pimples still clinging to their chain smoking mothers begging for booze. But also, look at the the thai and filippino girls. They don't necessarily have the beauty of air hostesses, either. Go to Brooklyn and you'll see more half-fro black hair and bent noses than you'll care for, ever, and they never go to Walmart. Still, they all reproduce eventually. Or, the dark skinned ladies in the south eastern corner, blocking three Walmart gates at the time with their four-lane wide rears, outside and before any pregnacy. Give them all a mirror and a Groklaw account. Then they realize what life is about, science and evolution, and they'll find no time for reproduction!
Evolution moves in a mysterious way Its wonders to perform; It plants its footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.
"This is probably among the worst ideas I've ever heard. They're basically saying "Standardize at the cost of having different architectures that are superior in their own ways", which is just absurd."
What?! The test:
"This ISA would have to be used for any projects backed with government money — which, in a communist country such as China, is a fairly long list of public and private enterprises and institutions, including China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world."
Sounds like unconditional support to a Windows/Apple hegemony, which may not always be a good thing.
Still, I get your point. But I am not convinced of the critique...
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You mean like if it is a copy-cat Debian?
Are you searching for bugs to exploit?
n/t
I skimmed it through and found what I needed to know right now.
There is an excellent installation manual for new Debian users!
I was just about to write a short text (1 page) but this pdf will give a friend a much better overview.
He got a CD with netinst three days ago. This pdf will probably make him actually do the installation too.
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G3ckoG33k, The Evangelist
# apt-get install debian-handbook
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package debian-handbook
Hmmm. The pdf from the web page is already downloaded.
"your denial of the original statement"
Where did I deny the original statement?
"or not believe in it"
I do believe in science... That is also why I don't dismiss the possibility that organismally produced gasses may alter climate. I also suggested that this may not be the case here, but that the analogy still is valid.
"You're saying 'cyanobacteria'. The article on wikipedia says 'we just don't know'."
The Wikipedia article said "The rising oxygen levels may have wiped out a huge portion of the Earth's anaerobic inhabitants at the time. Cyanobacteria, by producing oxygen that was toxic to anaerobic organisms, were essentially responsible for what was likely the largest extinction event in Earth's history."
That doesn't mean it is true, however. It is a working hypothesis that does explain the rise of the oxygen.
Yes, they made some methane. But I didn't say they would ruin life on Earth. Just that other organisms have done so, because of their gas production.
The reason why I didn't dismiss their idea entirely is that we already know that mammals produce methane in large quantities. See, for example http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606112822.htm
Researchers from the University of Bristol and the Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research Centre in Ireland, have found a link between methane production and levels of a compound called archaeol in the feces of several fore-gut fermenting animals including cows, sheep and deer. The compound could potentially be developed as a biomarker to estimate the methane production from domestic and wild animals, allowing scientists to more accurately assess the contribution that ruminants make to global greenhouse gas emissions. Co-author Dr Fiona Gill, who conducted the work as a postdoctoral researcher at Bristol and is now at the University of Leeds, said: "When it comes to calculating carbon budgets there is currently a lot of uncertainty surrounding animal methane contributions, particularly from wild ruminants. "We're quite good at measuring man-made CO2 emissions, but techniques to measure the animal production of methane -- a much more potent greenhouse gas -- have serious limitations. "If we can identify a simple biomarker for methane production in animal stools, then we can use this along with information on diet and animal population numbers to estimate their total contribution to global methane levels." Cows, sheep and other ruminants are thought to be responsible for around one-fifth of global methane production but the precise amount has proved difficult to quantify.
You don't need to be full of shit to appreciate that dung produces methane.
"What's a Good Tool To Detect Corrupted Files?"
BSOD?
Of course it is possible.
There is in fact a perfect analogy. This is analogous to how oxygen producing cyanobacteria changed the world. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event
It may not be true here for methane, but one cannot dismiss the idea that readily.
Just a thought.
http://www.gimp.org/about/prehistory.html
1995-07-29: "a graphical image manipulation program" [yet unnamed]
1995-11-21: "The GIMP: the General Image Manipulation Program"
1996-02-15: "The GIMP v0.54 -- General Image Manipulation Program"
http://www.gimp.org/about/ancient_history.html
1996-97 "A name change also occurred; The General Image Manipulation Program became the GNU Image Manipulation Program."
So, there was already a name change. Please, consider one more. The second name change.
From what I have read here, Gimp is an offensive name for several reason. Go find them in the comments above...
So, they returned a server. Isn't that good?
Maybe I don't understand the issue here.
A RENAMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Read the comments below parent and you'll see why.
I for one had no idea it was a bad nick-name for handicapped people. That alone makes a re-naming priority one.
Any other argument I can joke about. But that one, no.
"leather bound masochistic homosexuals"
Hmm... Where is the pejorative?
Did you ever use anything on Windows before Gimp came out. There was just one blue window, and damn hard to edit.
"A red and green laser pointer were used, each transmitting a stream of data at 500Mbps, which is then multiplexed at the receiver for a grand total of 1Gbps"
That made me think of blue lasers, which would have even better rates.
But, how about longer waves, such as infrared or even radio? Are there any radio lasers around? THAT would do for long distance calls, and proabably be enough for E.T. to phone home.
"The 24 'Bloom boxes' will have a capacity of 4.8 megawatts of power"
I wonder how long it will take before they'll be called "fart boxes", eventually?
Or something to that effect.
"Any trip to Walmart will convince you that the situation today seems less clear, and obtaining children seems entirely disassociated with the ability to attract a mate."
Yes, going to Walmart to watch WT is a mistake. Even as a social experiment. Don't get me started on dirt blondes with pimples still clinging to their chain smoking mothers begging for booze. But also, look at the the thai and filippino girls. They don't necessarily have the beauty of air hostesses, either. Go to Brooklyn and you'll see more half-fro black hair and bent noses than you'll care for, ever, and they never go to Walmart. Still, they all reproduce eventually. Or, the dark skinned ladies in the south eastern corner, blocking three Walmart gates at the time with their four-lane wide rears, outside and before any pregnacy. Give them all a mirror and a Groklaw account. Then they realize what life is about, science and evolution, and they'll find no time for reproduction!
Evolution moves in a mysterious way
Its wonders to perform;
It plants its footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
Beneath Burma? Why not in Burma? Or did you mean Thailand?
"This is probably among the worst ideas I've ever heard. They're basically saying "Standardize at the cost of having different architectures that are superior in their own ways", which is just absurd."
What?! The test:
"This ISA would have to be used for any projects backed with government money — which, in a communist country such as China, is a fairly long list of public and private enterprises and institutions, including China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world."
Sounds like unconditional support to a Windows/Apple hegemony, which may not always be a good thing.
Still, I get your point. But I am not convinced of the critique...
"Steve Jobs came up with the idea of ad supported software, that you can pay for to remove the ads! Awesome! The man truely was a genius."
No, he only took it to a new level, and in a traditional Steve Jobs style - a lower level.
He was cheap.
I loved Pi!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/
for those who missed it
I don't believe there is such a thing as a clean coffee room. That can't be done.
"Google wanted Android to be open source, and Sun was unwilling to give up that much control over Java."
What?! Java already was open source, GPLv2. Since 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Java_implementations#Sun.27s_November_2006_announcement
It must be something else then, or what am I missing here?
"How did you come to this conclusion?"
I didn't come to that conclusion, I speculated that the university management may have reasoned along something like those ideas.
"It is the best CS dept in Florida and one of the best in the southeast of the country."
Best? Using which metrics? (http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm#metrics)
"it brings in 17% of the college revenues while consuming only 10% of the budget"
So, the financial argument goes away there, unless it brought in even more before... ;)
Good luck with the university management. They are not necessarily the best at what they do, at the campus, or, in any corner of the nation.
"What were you thinking?"
Well, probably something along the lines of "That department did not publish well enough and the students did not bring in enough money".