I'm not sure which creationism you're talking about, but I'm talking about the one where the earth is 6000 years old, there's no evolution, the whole flood thing, etc. That "theory" has been thoroughly dis-proven. That also happens to be the theory this museum is showcasing.
I don't care what the museum thinks, personally, I probably disagree with them. The problem with disproving creationism is that an ompnipotent being can theoretically create a fully 'grown' planet that appears to be billions of years old, no problem. That's what I was referring to. Its not relevant if you believe it or not, I'm just saying its not disprovable.
You'll actually find critical thinking is more pervasive among strong creationists than evolution proponents. Sure, there are morons on both sides of the fence, but most of the people I know who believe in evolution have no scientific basis for that belief, they just believe it out of blind faith, and they happen to be smart people in their own fields. Most of the people I know who believe in creation (or just don't blindly believe in evolution or creation for that matter) have reasons for it -- doubts, thoughts, theories, etc. They think critically. That's what critical thinking is about. "So what if... " is a good question and for some reason, a lot of people ignore that numerous creation believers will simply say "evolution requires more faith than creation to me" because they have questions that remain unanswered about evolution.
Just because there's no scientific way to disprove creation (there really isn't, sorry -- instantaneous creation of the planet as you know it now is perfectly possible for a hypothetical all-powerful being of course) doesn't mean its right or wrong. And even so, there's no reason not to study evolution, but there are massive gaping holes in evolutionary theory and presently assumptions, unproven theories and faith fill in the gaps for proponents (ditto for string theory, black holes, dark matter, etc.) We may eventually prove evolution is how we all got here, and we may never do so. If you refuse to believe in God, I can see why that can be hard to swallow, but get over it, its good science.
PS. By way of comparison, belief in the possibility of extra-terrestrial life (despite a complete lack of hard evidence at this time) has become much more mainstream of late among scientifically minded people, but that isn't openly mocked on Slashdot -- how many of you are running Seti@Home?
My only real problem with that statement is that there's a biblical doctrine of one man for one wife. I've yet to figure that one out -- David had many wives, and Solomon had two for each day of the year or thereabouts, and even in NT scriptures the only reference to having only one wife is for deacons and elders who "should be the husband of but one wife."
I honestly believe software and hardware companies would get the hint real fast if you started doing this at a retail level. I dare you to start purchasing software, check the EULA after opening it, then return it to the store explaining you don't agree with the license agreement and want your money back. A few too many of those and they'll be complaining to distributors something fierce.
The AC isn't correct in their assumption -- your friend may in fact do exactly as others have done, not just one person has ever sent hard drives by mail.
We do not have the same laws at all. We have private copy rights for example, guaranteed by law at this time. We also have better protection for P2P usage (a Canadian judge wisely compared P2P software to photocopiers in libraries -- usable for offense, but also legally).
There's a big difference, and hopefully it stays that way. Educate yourself and write to your paper about it (so other voters know).
Just because its capable of 11Mbit doesn't mean you'll always get it.
Personally, I get 10Mbit at home right now on my cable Internet connection, and that's the middle priced plan ($45/mo Canadian) and using wireless would feel stupid (adding to my lag and decreasing my speed).
Firefox uses way too much RAM. It annoys me to death -- if you're making my machine swap, then keeping tabs in memory is not helping performance. I'd contribute intelligent cache memory usage to Firefox (maybe from the Squid project?) if I were more familiar with the algorithms.
First of all, you're assuming Putin believes the official line about the defense shield. I for one have never believed the defense shield wouldn't include offensive weaponry as well for rapid retaliation -- not that they'd officially condone such a thing in congress of course.
Its like the "secret" prisons all over Europe -- large numbers of people knew they existed, but everyone still seemed shocked when it hit the press. Trusting the American military machine to do what it says and no more is like trusting ants to protect your sugar supply.
You're confusing GPL'd software and GNU software. The GNU toolset (GCC, binutils, etc.) are in a constant state of flux as well, but yes, are pretty much "finished" as they stand now to most people. That said, they're a very small percentage of overall GPL software. Take a look at http://freshmeat.net/ and search by license for GPL or LGPL and you're realize how much software we're dealing with here. List out a full repo listing for Fedora or some such distribution to see how many separately licensed apps are included in a distribution too.
Forking isn't bad news. Unless Novell et al completely own the Copyrights on said GPLv2 software (say, a few packages?) they can't change the licensing on it. It will have to stay GPLv2 which allows the rest of us to keep seeing their sources and picking and choosing any useful patches they distribute to their software. On the other hand, they won't be able to do the same to GPLv3 software being worked on by the rest of the community. Forking is bad news for them, not us.
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The GPL is about restricting freedom for a potential end user.
You mean the GPL is not about restricting freedom for a potential end user I hope.
Blu-ray disc players are also stand-alone, although the PS3 has one built-in. The fact that nobody is bundling HD-DVD drives in other products does not make it "more" stand-alone. (Yeah, I'm sure someone is, but the point needs to be made -- the logic was poor in the parent post).
If nothing else, BD is going to gain more studio support as studios realize that AACS is broken, since it has BD+ to fall back on with dynamic decryption.
And not to sound like a shill here, but the GP does realize that there's no connection between Sony Music's DRM'd CDs and Sony Electronics' PlayStation 3, right?
Do you people all just go to one place a day or something? "Don't bring that, you don't need it" cause you know, he wasn't at work 15 minutes before the movie started, or downtown price comparison shopping, or whatever. Some of us carry stuff with us cause we're more busy than that.
My wife and I keep hoping Harmonix will come out with a new version of Amplitude / Frequency again... enjoyed those much more than Guitar Hero, personally.
Agreed -- I have a friend who told me that a certain band's songs all sounded the same on his MP3 player and that he didn't like their music. I turned on the 224kbit AAC rips I have on my PS3 (hooked up by optical cable to my 5.1 system with tower speakers) and he said they sounded like a completely different band. Duh.
Good speakers vs. headphones vs. earbuds... wow, huge difference.
This is a frivolous argument (as you've ignored several of my 'open' remarks and only focus on 3D and video here -- I assume you're giving in on the other points), but that said, you're still wrong. HDMI is not a standard for the software to use, but one for interconnects. Sony COULD still just use their proprietary AV connector (which is included on the PS3, PS2, etc.) and force you to pay $60+ to connect a PS3 to your TV or stereo system, but they don't -- HDMI allows you to connect a PS3 to any STANDARDS COMPLIANT HDMI device (that's what standards are for) for both audio and video, or any STANDARDS COMPLIANT digital audio receiver via TOSLink.
Open standards aren't the same as "open source", I wish the PS3 were an "Open Hardware" device, but its not. It is however very standards compliant which is good both for consumers and for other hardware and software companies.
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I don't care what the museum thinks, personally, I probably disagree with them. The problem with disproving creationism is that an ompnipotent being can theoretically create a fully 'grown' planet that appears to be billions of years old, no problem. That's what I was referring to. Its not relevant if you believe it or not, I'm just saying its not disprovable.
You'll actually find critical thinking is more pervasive among strong creationists than evolution proponents. Sure, there are morons on both sides of the fence, but most of the people I know who believe in evolution have no scientific basis for that belief, they just believe it out of blind faith, and they happen to be smart people in their own fields. Most of the people I know who believe in creation (or just don't blindly believe in evolution or creation for that matter) have reasons for it -- doubts, thoughts, theories, etc. They think critically. That's what critical thinking is about. "So what if ... " is a good question and for some reason, a lot of people ignore that numerous creation believers will simply say "evolution requires more faith than creation to me" because they have questions that remain unanswered about evolution.
Just because there's no scientific way to disprove creation (there really isn't, sorry -- instantaneous creation of the planet as you know it now is perfectly possible for a hypothetical all-powerful being of course) doesn't mean its right or wrong. And even so, there's no reason not to study evolution, but there are massive gaping holes in evolutionary theory and presently assumptions, unproven theories and faith fill in the gaps for proponents (ditto for string theory, black holes, dark matter, etc.) We may eventually prove evolution is how we all got here, and we may never do so. If you refuse to believe in God, I can see why that can be hard to swallow, but get over it, its good science.
PS. By way of comparison, belief in the possibility of extra-terrestrial life (despite a complete lack of hard evidence at this time) has become much more mainstream of late among scientifically minded people, but that isn't openly mocked on Slashdot -- how many of you are running Seti@Home?
My only real problem with that statement is that there's a biblical doctrine of one man for one wife. I've yet to figure that one out -- David had many wives, and Solomon had two for each day of the year or thereabouts, and even in NT scriptures the only reference to having only one wife is for deacons and elders who "should be the husband of but one wife."
... ugh.
Bad theology even
I honestly believe software and hardware companies would get the hint real fast if you started doing this at a retail level. I dare you to start purchasing software, check the EULA after opening it, then return it to the store explaining you don't agree with the license agreement and want your money back. A few too many of those and they'll be complaining to distributors something fierce.
The AC isn't correct in their assumption -- your friend may in fact do exactly as others have done, not just one person has ever sent hard drives by mail.
See this article for more info though.
We do not have the same laws at all. We have private copy rights for example, guaranteed by law at this time. We also have better protection for P2P usage (a Canadian judge wisely compared P2P software to photocopiers in libraries -- usable for offense, but also legally).
There's a big difference, and hopefully it stays that way. Educate yourself and write to your paper about it (so other voters know).
I'm not holding my breath for Mesa to be ported to an SPU but it would be interesting I must say.
Just because its capable of 11Mbit doesn't mean you'll always get it.
Personally, I get 10Mbit at home right now on my cable Internet connection, and that's the middle priced plan ($45/mo Canadian) and using wireless would feel stupid (adding to my lag and decreasing my speed).
Please explain -- I can't see why you wouldn't be able to "forward-port" GPLv2 code into a GPLv3 project. I can see the reverse being true however.
Firefox uses way too much RAM. It annoys me to death -- if you're making my machine swap, then keeping tabs in memory is not helping performance. I'd contribute intelligent cache memory usage to Firefox (maybe from the Squid project?) if I were more familiar with the algorithms.
I'm so glad you're joking ... you're joking right? :-)
Besides the kernel (which is not a GNU project), see their downloads page.
First of all, you're assuming Putin believes the official line about the defense shield. I for one have never believed the defense shield wouldn't include offensive weaponry as well for rapid retaliation -- not that they'd officially condone such a thing in congress of course.
Its like the "secret" prisons all over Europe -- large numbers of people knew they existed, but everyone still seemed shocked when it hit the press. Trusting the American military machine to do what it says and no more is like trusting ants to protect your sugar supply.
You're confusing GPL'd software and GNU software. The GNU toolset (GCC, binutils, etc.) are in a constant state of flux as well, but yes, are pretty much "finished" as they stand now to most people. That said, they're a very small percentage of overall GPL software. Take a look at http://freshmeat.net/ and search by license for GPL or LGPL and you're realize how much software we're dealing with here. List out a full repo listing for Fedora or some such distribution to see how many separately licensed apps are included in a distribution too.
Forking isn't bad news. Unless Novell et al completely own the Copyrights on said GPLv2 software (say, a few packages?) they can't change the licensing on it. It will have to stay GPLv2 which allows the rest of us to keep seeing their sources and picking and choosing any useful patches they distribute to their software. On the other hand, they won't be able to do the same to GPLv3 software being worked on by the rest of the community. Forking is bad news for them, not us.
You mean the GPL is not about restricting freedom for a potential end user I hope.
Next time you want to win an energy debate, talk about geothermal power. Otherwise, nuclear really is either the answer or part of it.
What, you mean plants? (They absorb solar energy and CO2 too)
For you urbanites, they're the green things.
Blu-ray disc players are also stand-alone, although the PS3 has one built-in. The fact that nobody is bundling HD-DVD drives in other products does not make it "more" stand-alone. (Yeah, I'm sure someone is, but the point needs to be made -- the logic was poor in the parent post).
If nothing else, BD is going to gain more studio support as studios realize that AACS is broken, since it has BD+ to fall back on with dynamic decryption.
And not to sound like a shill here, but the GP does realize that there's no connection between Sony Music's DRM'd CDs and Sony Electronics' PlayStation 3, right?
Do you people all just go to one place a day or something? "Don't bring that, you don't need it" cause you know, he wasn't at work 15 minutes before the movie started, or downtown price comparison shopping, or whatever. Some of us carry stuff with us cause we're more busy than that.
My wife and I keep hoping Harmonix will come out with a new version of Amplitude / Frequency again ... enjoyed those much more than Guitar Hero, personally.
Agreed -- I have a friend who told me that a certain band's songs all sounded the same on his MP3 player and that he didn't like their music. I turned on the 224kbit AAC rips I have on my PS3 (hooked up by optical cable to my 5.1 system with tower speakers) and he said they sounded like a completely different band. Duh.
... wow, huge difference.
Good speakers vs. headphones vs. earbuds
I guess mounting my filesystems with noatime is anti-forensic of me ;-)
I want the shot of the locals stripping down the van and selling off the high end cameras ;-)
This is a frivolous argument (as you've ignored several of my 'open' remarks and only focus on 3D and video here -- I assume you're giving in on the other points), but that said, you're still wrong. HDMI is not a standard for the software to use, but one for interconnects. Sony COULD still just use their proprietary AV connector (which is included on the PS3, PS2, etc.) and force you to pay $60+ to connect a PS3 to your TV or stereo system, but they don't -- HDMI allows you to connect a PS3 to any STANDARDS COMPLIANT HDMI device (that's what standards are for) for both audio and video, or any STANDARDS COMPLIANT digital audio receiver via TOSLink.
Open standards aren't the same as "open source", I wish the PS3 were an "Open Hardware" device, but its not. It is however very standards compliant which is good both for consumers and for other hardware and software companies.