I am sadly amazed that my comment has been considered "Trollish".
My comment was completely on topic as the original article was posted linking a few temperature findings at the bottom of the ocean that were found to be warmer than those above to "Global Warming".
As the article was not even using good, objective science, I was merely pointing out what seems to be a tendency toward sensationalism.
That I offered a layman's hypothesis of why the temps might've been warmer, while never claiming to be an oceanographic scientist, merely sparked a whole host of intelligent commentary.
How is that a troll?
From the standpoint of the diving device itself, I applaud the efficiency and ingenuity of the designer(s) and technicians that built it. With a whole fleet of these devices, we may gain a greater understanding of that which covers the majority of our planet. Until then, the relatively minuscule amount of data collected thus far should not be relied upon to make suppositions about global warming.
From the standpoint of global warming, I'm all for it! I live in the South for a reason, and I'm whole-heartedly opposed to another Ice Age, let alone the absolute zero of space.
More like the temp of the water is warmer since it's closer to the earth's crust?
Why does it seem whenever you hear about something from scientists, they're trying to relate it to "Global Warming"? Cause it sells newspapers/magazines?
Well, yes and no. Yes it's become a tool, but even tools have "fan-boy" bases. I've friends who swear by DeWalt over Craftsman or Delta for power tools.
As to why Windows doesn't seem to have a "fan-boy" set of users is that they all run the OS with the knowledge that they will sometime soon experience the BSOD.
Living under a precariously perched boulder does not make for restful sleep.
I for one completely agree with your comment! None of the others even get one of the main points of what you said (including the parent that you posted to). You have to put it in much simpler words to get it across though:
The point is, you tax to raise prices on gas, ALL consumer goods rise in price to compensate for transportation costs.
Additionally, mid-to-lower-income ppl can't afford the higher prices of the hybrids/alternate fuel vehicles, so they get stuck with continuing to drive older, less efficient clunkers and get in deeper and deeper debt/poverty just to get to work. Wages wont increase at the same rate to compensate either.
In the company I work for, it doesn't matter how bad (or good) you right your code, your position will be outsourced overseas by next year... So there's little incentive to make it work to begin with.
Someone once wrote an online form to create a typical Dave Barry article (forgive me for not having the link). You put in a few MadLib-type words and hit submit and out pops an article that sounds/looks just like a something Dave Barry would write.
This is how I feel everytime I see another "Dooms-day" artical on how Linux isn't "ready" for the desktop. Someone somewhere pulls out the 'ol article generator and hits submit and viola! it gets the press attention it so desperately doesn't deserve.
I've used PC OSes in the workplace since the DOS 2.x days (sorry not old enough for the 1.x) and have lived through all the pains of supporting lame hardware drivers, lack of support, and a myriad of buggy software issues all the way up through the current stuff coming out of Redmond. Thankfully I'm now in a position of supporting UNIX servers/apps and work in a company that (currently) allows me to have a Linux workstation next to my "corporate desktop" build of Windows.
The things I use Linux for saves me hours of point-clicky stuff I'd otherwise be chained to on my Windows box.
Do I still deal with driver issues? Yes. Buggy software? Occasionally. Lack of support? Not nearly as much (I love Google). I've not had to re-compile the Kern. in a couple of versions.
Linux works wonders for me where I need it to. Windows works for me when I have to comply with corporate standards. At home I run a Mac (as does my wife) because I got tired of rebuilding my/her Windows box every couple of weeks due to spyware/virus du jur/etc.
The beauty of it all? Use what works, where it works best and deal with whatever learning curve comes your way as a challenge, not a problem. My definition of a power-user is someone who becomes proficient in knowing what works best and getting the job done as elegantly as possible.
How about truely releasing a product for people to buy after hyping it? An example of which would be the famed OQO that looked so promising, but has yet to materialize. (sigh) That's one item I was looking forward to.
Obviously you didn't see Star Wars 2 which predicts the flying cars will be able to auto-avoid and you'll be able to pull amazing dives right through heavy traffic w/o hitting anything! Also, if a jedi jumps on your car, you'll be able to safely crash-land (when your guidance computer gets shot out) and never hit anyone on the crowded street below, turning them (and you) into so much paste!
Ok so they talk about the fact that the material is "much harder than silica-based glasses" but what is the tensil (sp?) strength. Can it keep an edge? (maybe for use in blades)
Unfortunately most CEOs wouldn't be asking for help with a mail-merge (as they wouldn't do one at their level), nor would they be swayed by the "cost is free" argument. Too many times you get the answer: "If it's not Microsoft (or insert your favorite proprietary company here), it can't be supported, therefore wont be installed here". This only perpetuates the problem.
Although this may be slowly turning around and may only be for larger corporations.
Allow me one last comment. Many ACs have responded (or at least one) to this thread with accusations that my statement was made in blindness or ignorance. I contest that my comment was based by neither of the above but by careful scientific study by many before me.
Someone stated that my claim of a young earth is unsupportable. To that I would refer you to the following link icr.org
that combats modern dating methods. Read the article and think what you wish.
Allow me to clarify my comment, I was not stating that the earth is 6,000 years old. I was suggesting that a world-wide, catastrophic event occurred around that time.
Asking a question to spark intelligent debate should not be considered a Troll.
It would seem the moderators don't see alternative viewpoints as neither valid nor worthy of discussion. I thought/. was about voicing on-topic opinions. Apparently I was wrong.
Come on... 2 Billion, or 250Million... either way doesn't jive with the fossil record. The dying off of the land/sea animals couldn't have been more than 6 Thousand years ago.
Case in point, I just recently went on a fossil hunt in Florida where the hosts brought out a Mammoth femur they found this past year that was only 1 percent fossilized. Explain to me how something that big could survive even 10,000 years in the shifting sand that makes up Florida (with the rest of the skeleton still nearby)? Fossils in this area aren't embedded in rock, you can simply dig them out of the dirt here, so dating them according to the age of nearby rocks doesn't work.
Ok, all jokes aside on the operating system that runs this thing, I'd like to know what happens in a real battle when this thing gets hit with ordinance?
The article states that they had to create new techniques for cutting the material during construction, but if this gets hit with a mine/torpedo/exocet, will it shatter? If not, how would they fix the leaks w/o being able to weld a new piece of steel over the hole(s) to keep it afloat until it makes it back to the shipyard?
You buy it because of the look the feel, the adds, the feeling of going to the apple store and knowing your part of something.
The same thing is said by people who buy Harley Davidson motorcycles. It's not because they're faster, cheaper, nor more powerful, but because it's a "Harley".
I'm not suggesting that Anything is/will be an "ipod killer", but new products are emerging and will be faster, cheaper, and/or more powerful. That's the beauty of advancing technology.
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My comment was completely on topic as the original article was posted linking a few temperature findings at the bottom of the ocean that were found to be warmer than those above to "Global Warming".
As the article was not even using good, objective science, I was merely pointing out what seems to be a tendency toward sensationalism.
That I offered a layman's hypothesis of why the temps might've been warmer, while never claiming to be an oceanographic scientist, merely sparked a whole host of intelligent commentary.
How is that a troll?
From the standpoint of the diving device itself, I applaud the efficiency and ingenuity of the designer(s) and technicians that built it. With a whole fleet of these devices, we may gain a greater understanding of that which covers the majority of our planet. Until then, the relatively minuscule amount of data collected thus far should not be relied upon to make suppositions about global warming.
From the standpoint of global warming, I'm all for it! I live in the South for a reason, and I'm whole-heartedly opposed to another Ice Age, let alone the absolute zero of space.
More like the temp of the water is warmer since it's closer to the earth's crust? Why does it seem whenever you hear about something from scientists, they're trying to relate it to "Global Warming"? Cause it sells newspapers/magazines?
As to why Windows doesn't seem to have a "fan-boy" set of users is that they all run the OS with the knowledge that they will sometime soon experience the BSOD.
Living under a precariously perched boulder does not make for restful sleep.
... And which will have fewer bugs?
Don't you mean a Segway Human interactive Transport?
The point is, you tax to raise prices on gas, ALL consumer goods rise in price to compensate for transportation costs.
Additionally, mid-to-lower-income ppl can't afford the higher prices of the hybrids/alternate fuel vehicles, so they get stuck with continuing to drive older, less efficient clunkers and get in deeper and deeper debt/poverty just to get to work. Wages wont increase at the same rate to compensate either.
In the company I work for, it doesn't matter how bad (or good) you right your code, your position will be outsourced overseas by next year... So there's little incentive to make it work to begin with.
Yeah, I'd recognise those security holes anywhere!
All of them saying "What's in Your wallet?"
This is how I feel everytime I see another "Dooms-day" artical on how Linux isn't "ready" for the desktop. Someone somewhere pulls out the 'ol article generator and hits submit and viola! it gets the press attention it so desperately doesn't deserve.
I've used PC OSes in the workplace since the DOS 2.x days (sorry not old enough for the 1.x) and have lived through all the pains of supporting lame hardware drivers, lack of support, and a myriad of buggy software issues all the way up through the current stuff coming out of Redmond. Thankfully I'm now in a position of supporting UNIX servers/apps and work in a company that (currently) allows me to have a Linux workstation next to my "corporate desktop" build of Windows.
The things I use Linux for saves me hours of point-clicky stuff I'd otherwise be chained to on my Windows box.
Do I still deal with driver issues? Yes. Buggy software? Occasionally. Lack of support? Not nearly as much (I love Google). I've not had to re-compile the Kern. in a couple of versions.
Linux works wonders for me where I need it to. Windows works for me when I have to comply with corporate standards. At home I run a Mac (as does my wife) because I got tired of rebuilding my/her Windows box every couple of weeks due to spyware/virus du jur/etc.
The beauty of it all? Use what works, where it works best and deal with whatever learning curve comes your way as a challenge, not a problem. My definition of a power-user is someone who becomes proficient in knowing what works best and getting the job done as elegantly as possible.
but that's linux/ppc not linux/X86
How about truely releasing a product for people to buy after hyping it? An example of which would be the famed OQO that looked so promising, but has yet to materialize. (sigh) That's one item I was looking forward to.
I agree, the headline should read MS secure right now, just unplug it from the network!
Obviously you didn't see Star Wars 2 which predicts the flying cars will be able to auto-avoid and you'll be able to pull amazing dives right through heavy traffic w/o hitting anything! Also, if a jedi jumps on your car, you'll be able to safely crash-land (when your guidance computer gets shot out) and never hit anyone on the crowded street below, turning them (and you) into so much paste!
Ok so they talk about the fact that the material is "much harder than silica-based glasses" but what is the tensil (sp?) strength. Can it keep an edge? (maybe for use in blades)
Now if they could find a way to mitigate the booms from the lowriders playing their loud music! THAT would be practical!
Although this may be slowly turning around and may only be for larger corporations.
One giant leap for ... well for some commercial enterprise at least.
Someone stated that my claim of a young earth is unsupportable. To that I would refer you to the following link icr.org that combats modern dating methods. Read the article and think what you wish.
I'll drop the subject now.
Asking a question to spark intelligent debate should not be considered a Troll.
It would seem the moderators don't see alternative viewpoints as neither valid nor worthy of discussion. I thought /. was about voicing on-topic opinions. Apparently I was wrong.
Case in point, I just recently went on a fossil hunt in Florida where the hosts brought out a Mammoth femur they found this past year that was only 1 percent fossilized. Explain to me how something that big could survive even 10,000 years in the shifting sand that makes up Florida (with the rest of the skeleton still nearby)? Fossils in this area aren't embedded in rock, you can simply dig them out of the dirt here, so dating them according to the age of nearby rocks doesn't work.
The article states that they had to create new techniques for cutting the material during construction, but if this gets hit with a mine/torpedo/exocet, will it shatter? If not, how would they fix the leaks w/o being able to weld a new piece of steel over the hole(s) to keep it afloat until it makes it back to the shipyard?
The same thing is said by people who buy Harley Davidson motorcycles. It's not because they're faster, cheaper, nor more powerful, but because it's a "Harley".
I'm not suggesting that Anything is/will be an "ipod killer", but new products are emerging and will be faster, cheaper, and/or more powerful. That's the beauty of advancing technology.
But with all that built in stuff, does it have a radar detector?