Really, I am an American and have never had any troubles, and I travel a lot. As long as you aren't an asshole you will be ok. It is silly to pretend to be from somewhere else because of anti-americanism. If people are that bigoted...well...fuck 'em! I do get "I never would have thought you were an american" a lot though. Because in general I am just a nice, fairly intelligent person.
Python has the exact same problem that Java has. Slow startup time. That is the one thing that any VM language will have and it's the one thing users are the most likely to notice.
we are talking about chipping an xbox to play movie files? lets stay on track here people, it is like we all have ADD or something. not every thread needs to turn into a debate on the morality of software piracy.
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While the "slippery slope" argument in itself is a logical fallacy against one particular instance, on the whole it seems to be very true and concerning.
"slippery slope" is only a fallacy if you say beacuse of something something else WILL happen. It is not a fallacy if you say because of something something else COULD (or is very likely even) happen. I find that people that scream about the "slippery slope fallacy" are usually doing so because they have no other arguments to back up their position.
Damn pansy ass hippie linux users. I'm'a roll me and my windows box as close to the volcano as possible. Try and sneak in and get me some pix (this part is actually true hehe). I know i'm sexy all dangerous like (but we gotta talk if you want to get it on)
i'm not saying what the riaa is doing is right, but if you're downloading music you're taking a product for free that you can also buy in the stores. if i have a cd out in stores, but everyone just downloads the music for free, how am i supposed to support myself in order to continue creating music?
How about trying something new instead of just going "but it always worked before". Welcome to the 21st century. I suggest that musicians put their files out themselves and collect ad revenue like tv. Or submit them to my site. 50% of all of our ad revenue gets paid out to the artists.
I use my Creative Nomad 40gb player on by scooter all the time, and we have really crappy roads out here. I have no problems. I bet most HD players would be fine (except for the Karma apparently).
So how has Thomas Hawk managed to get the software and write about it so far in advance without violating an NDA or otherwise going up against the Microsoft legal department?
erm...your statistics leave a bit to be desired. Your first link only covers Michigan and your second link is only for Atlanta, GA. The 3rd link is to a site called "Opinion Journal" and doesn't even bother to cite it's sources. It also includes such gems as: Maybe, he suggests, the difference is that those in red states are more generous with their own money while those in blue states are more likely to be generous with other people's money. Definately an impartial source.
Overall I would say that this is a really bad sample population.
This last link I am not really sure what to make of. It seems to show that the states that make the least money donate a higher percentage of their income than people who make more. One of those sites also mentioned that the highest donations were people earning 60,000 to 90,000, a pretty comfortable, but not rich position. The only correlation I am seeing is the state income one, the interesting part is that all of the states that donated the least actual money all ended up in the leading positions.
Overall, I don't think that results from one state and one city give an accurate representation.
The irony is that the same group of people who insist we must forcibly take money from the rich and redistribute it are also statistically less likely to contribute to charities themselves.
heh....uh.....ok. That is quite a bold statement. You got anything to back it up with?
I know I do! Usually, in contract law, when one side decides to unilaterally change the terms the contract is voided. We set the terms, we waited our 50 years or whatever for Mickey, and when the time came to pay up (into the public domain) the contract was changed. Since the contract is void I am gonna just have to go with my gut. I have a VERY hard time seeing the public good in infinite copyright. I guess it is time to re-negotiate.
HYPOTHESIS: Increase in CO2 levels increases global surface temperature.
FACT: C02 levels are rising as proven by monitoring data and polar ice core drillings.
FACT: Average global surface temperature has been rising consistantly since about 1920.
I realise causality and correlation are not one-to-one, but is there ANY actual data to disprove this hypothesis.
wow, anecdotal evidence and blatant misinformation gets modded insightful, nice...
Thermometers around the world, satellite data, and much soft evidence like receding glaciers and retreating sea ice points quite clearly to global warming being real.
I find that in particular hard to believe. I don't know what kind of thermometer you have, but the last few years where I live (Pennsylvania, USA) have been much colder than usual.
A couple links from a google of "average global temperature": one two
Both of which quite clearly show that temperatures are in fact increasing and proving, once again, that anecdotal evidence means shit.
Second, the theory is quite sound. CO2 pushes the energy budget of Earth up. Less energy out means Earth has to heat up.
IANAS, but doesn't less energy mean that the Earth will cool down?
um....no, seriously, why would you even think that? If you are taking in the same amount of energy, but are losing less energy, you will have a net gain, simple.
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Really, I am an American and have never had any troubles, and I travel a lot. As long as you aren't an asshole you will be ok. It is silly to pretend to be from somewhere else because of anti-americanism. If people are that bigoted...well...fuck 'em! I do get "I never would have thought you were an american" a lot though. Because in general I am just a nice, fairly intelligent person.
Python has the exact same problem that Java has. Slow startup time. That is the one thing that any VM language will have and it's the one thing users are the most likely to notice.
Some work... on LSD.
Yeah, no shit, thats how I lost my university research job too.
In soviet slashdot meme is this stupid joke.
we are talking about chipping an xbox to play movie files? lets stay on track here people, it is like we all have ADD or something. not every thread needs to turn into a debate on the morality of software piracy.
While the "slippery slope" argument in itself is a logical fallacy against one particular instance, on the whole it seems to be very true and concerning.
"slippery slope" is only a fallacy if you say beacuse of something something else WILL happen. It is not a fallacy if you say because of something something else COULD (or is very likely even) happen. I find that people that scream about the "slippery slope fallacy" are usually doing so because they have no other arguments to back up their position.
hehe, not to mention that they used a couple big words I am pretty sure Bush doesn't know the meaning of.
um...he was obviously refering to his original stance on Iraq.
If leaders form their opinions based on a set of facts and they learn that those facts are wrong, it is appropriate to change their position.
Get it: Iraq has WMD. Attack! Oops, they got nothing. Maybe this war wasn't such a great idea then huh?
If leaders form their opinions based on a set of facts and they learn that those facts are wrong, it is appropriate to change their position.
Enough of the stupid act, he is obviously talking about his stance on Iraq.
Besides, if the site does get slashdotted McBride will just claim it was "hacked" by Linux zealots.
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ugh!
Damn pansy ass hippie linux users. I'm'a roll me and my windows box as close to the volcano as possible. Try and sneak in and get me some pix (this part is actually true hehe). I know i'm sexy all dangerous like (but we gotta talk if you want to get it on)
i'm not saying what the riaa is doing is right, but if you're downloading music you're taking a product for free that you can also buy in the stores. if i have a cd out in stores, but everyone just downloads the music for free, how am i supposed to support myself in order to continue creating music?
How about trying something new instead of just going "but it always worked before". Welcome to the 21st century. I suggest that musicians put their files out themselves and collect ad revenue like tv. Or submit them to my site. 50% of all of our ad revenue gets paid out to the artists.
I use my Creative Nomad 40gb player on by scooter all the time, and we have really crappy roads out here. I have no problems. I bet most HD players would be fine (except for the Karma apparently).
Linux and Mac are mirrored there as well, just click "New Stuff".
Really neat stuff, I want to build a virtual interface for my site!
Wow, this looks really cool. I am going to mess around with it when I get home.
The site is actually doing fairly well right now but I put up the torrent on GFP2P here
So how has Thomas Hawk managed to get the software and write about it so far in advance without violating an NDA or otherwise going up against the Microsoft legal department?
eMule?
erm...your statistics leave a bit to be desired. Your first link only covers Michigan and your second link is only for Atlanta, GA. The 3rd link is to a site called "Opinion Journal" and doesn't even bother to cite it's sources. It also includes such gems as: Maybe, he suggests, the difference is that those in red states are more generous with their own money while those in blue states are more likely to be generous with other people's money. Definately an impartial source.
Overall I would say that this is a really bad sample population.
This last link I am not really sure what to make of. It seems to show that the states that make the least money donate a higher percentage of their income than people who make more. One of those sites also mentioned that the highest donations were people earning 60,000 to 90,000, a pretty comfortable, but not rich position. The only correlation I am seeing is the state income one, the interesting part is that all of the states that donated the least actual money all ended up in the leading positions.
Overall, I don't think that results from one state and one city give an accurate representation.
The irony is that the same group of people who insist we must forcibly take money from the rich and redistribute it are also statistically less likely to contribute to charities themselves.
heh....uh.....ok. That is quite a bold statement. You got anything to back it up with?
didn't think so
wow, this thread has gotten rather convoluted...
How are vibrations an abstract thing when you can feel them?
Is jumping up and down a thing too?
Do you believe in contract law?
I know I do! Usually, in contract law, when one side decides to unilaterally change the terms the contract is voided. We set the terms, we waited our 50 years or whatever for Mickey, and when the time came to pay up (into the public domain) the contract was changed. Since the contract is void I am gonna just have to go with my gut. I have a VERY hard time seeing the public good in infinite copyright. I guess it is time to re-negotiate.
HYPOTHESIS: Increase in CO2 levels increases global surface temperature. FACT: C02 levels are rising as proven by monitoring data and polar ice core drillings. FACT: Average global surface temperature has been rising consistantly since about 1920. I realise causality and correlation are not one-to-one, but is there ANY actual data to disprove this hypothesis.
wow, anecdotal evidence and blatant misinformation gets modded insightful, nice...
Thermometers around the world, satellite data, and much soft evidence like receding glaciers and retreating sea ice points quite clearly to global warming being real.
I find that in particular hard to believe. I don't know what kind of thermometer you have, but the last few years where I live (Pennsylvania, USA) have been much colder than usual.
A couple links from a google of "average global temperature":
one
two
Both of which quite clearly show that temperatures are in fact increasing and proving, once again, that anecdotal evidence means shit.
Second, the theory is quite sound. CO2 pushes the energy budget of Earth up. Less energy out means Earth has to heat up.
IANAS, but doesn't less energy mean that the Earth will cool down?
um....no, seriously, why would you even think that? If you are taking in the same amount of energy, but are losing less energy, you will have a net gain, simple.
c'mon, there is still a browser flamefest article of the front friggin page! Take it over there!
Believe what you will, but if sexual promiscuity didn't exist, then we wouldn't have this problem.
Yeah, because without sex none of us would be here in the first place.