> The real question is, would Asimov have preferred that the movie tell the exact same stories as the book? Or would he have preferred a novel story that explores his themes further?
As an avid Asimov reader from a young age, and know his affinity for short stories all too well- I suspect the latter.
If you are competing against a PC in every living room it is nonsensical to drop your competitive features. I'm feeling sony just thinks we should all use our smart tvs for DLNA.
It is not portable. Sysvinit, is portable and extremely procedural and easy to understand. It's also easy to kludge if you wish to do something very non-standard. I'm just not sure what systemd and others intend to fix?
I still use SysV because solutions are portable. I work on every flavour of UNIX and some I shouldn't even be able to run anyway. I don't want to write solutions for multiple inits.
SysV for as long as they'll let me. My systems will stay up longer, take less work to maintain and configurations be clearly apparent to actual sysadmins.
I have a family too. It is simply not practical. Like I said I bought an efficient SUV, which is essentially a taller Camry. I tried to be responsible, but at some point I threw out my prinicipals in order to be practical.
> See some restaurants not using factory farmed animals, or only organic produce. Where most people cannot afford to eat. Or simply unsustainable to feed everyone who needs food.
You can't even buy a PC without these shenanigans, so I'm just left to wonder if we're simply being dishonest with ourselves.
I think you are missing my point where the standard is a moving target. I don't disagree with what you've said, (I drive a small fuel efficient SUV, but I'm a goalie and need to lug a giant hockey bag that never quite fit in my Corrolla), but I also understand why companies do not commit to hitting the target of utopian, sustainable manufacture. Until replication technology is available, no one will be happy with their commitments when it comes to input (slave, union, living wage labour) and output (price, availability).
Simple. It's because the moment someone slaps a sustainable or sweatless sticker on their E-product, people are going to start looking at where the caps, commodity chips and resistors come from. Are the components 100% made without slave labour? Can their million part suppliers guarantee this all the time. It becomes a very risky business proposition and a PR disaster waiting to befell any competing product thats dares to promise that which cannot be ever guaranteed.
If you are being 'crucified' at all, it is for lacking nuance on the subject. Viewing things as black and white does not beget 50/50 odds because your views lay along a spectrum. Extreme views tend to result in most people disagreeing with you on some level. It's basic statistics.
>The internet is also rapidly becoming a necessity - a LOT of jobs require online applications - ironically, a lot of them are minimum wage jobs! But in general, the demise of newspapers and other non-internet based media means advertising and classifies are rapidly approaching internet-only.
As much as I'd like to, I'm not sure I can agree this is a problem. Back in early 21st century, post industrialization required education, which was prohibitive to people. We socialized this: It's called the library. People of all ages and creed could go to a library and borrow a book or do research in peace (and for free).
I don't see how socializing the Internet would be any different. You can see it today, with homeless people using the library rather than panhandling on the streets. Good luck getting a terminal at the library!:) The point is anyone can get access to the Internet, but it is not always a necessity to work/live in today's society- and for times when it is, it ca be provided in this manner provided there is sufficient demand.
If it's close to grade (ie not obviously leaning), let's assume 5deg, it's probably not as much as you suggest since logically does not indicate the berms were filled. Why would they filled if the leak was caused by a bad grade?
We could easily estimate, but I lack dimensions of the cylinders. I looked casually and found nothing.
When you consider how rapidly and the fact there are hundreds of tanks, it is entirely possible that one tank out of a few was built slightly sloped. The deviation must be quite small to only let out 430 litres slip out. 430 litres is literally a drop in the bucket when compared to the size of these tanks.
It's great news they were able to track this down.
I stay for the hifi conversation and relatively lofi site. The day you switch to this redesign, slashdot is dead to me. I already don't surf on my phone because your ridiculous mobile layout hides features and makes reading comments impossible.
If I wanted arstechnica, I will read arstechnica (where incidentally I never post). I come here for the bulletin board and basic clean layout. Sometimes I don't want my website to read like a magazine./long time reader #668365
I call em as I see em, and I have plenty of friends who take the 'ewww breeders' attitude toward parenting. Passing judgement on parents without having the foggiest beyond 'knowing better than to be parents'. Being a parent is the hardest thing one will ever do. Choosing not to be one, while being critical of others that do, distills to laziness... It after all takes a village to raise each child.
It's like I'm saying I know enough about cars to avoid fixing one at all costs. The answer to that squeaky wheel? Don't drive!:D
Had you considered that *your* experience is non-typical? This is far more likely than my experience being an anomaly:
Slashdot is a computer program. Mod points are determined by an algorithm so I'm certain there is a correlation... although am (by design) unaware of its precise operation.
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> The real question is, would Asimov have preferred that the movie tell the exact same stories as the book? Or would he have preferred a novel story that explores his themes further?
As an avid Asimov reader from a young age, and know his affinity for short stories all too well- I suspect the latter.
If you are competing against a PC in every living room it is nonsensical to drop your competitive features. I'm feeling sony just thinks we should all use our smart tvs for DLNA.
Agreed, but I'm less angry and emo than I was 20 years ago.
The point is one shouldn't have to buy MORE GARBAGE to run a media server. It completely defeats the purpose.
Today is the day a PS4 died to me. Now I have zero reason to not put a fanless PC in my living room.
People love Shirley Manson. She truly is talented and beautiful. What's not to like?
It is not portable. Sysvinit, is portable and extremely procedural and easy to understand. It's also easy to kludge if you wish to do something very non-standard. I'm just not sure what systemd and others intend to fix?
Maybe you can explain it AC.
I still use SysV because solutions are portable. I work on every flavour of UNIX and some I shouldn't even be able to run anyway. I don't want to write solutions for multiple inits.
SysV for as long as they'll let me. My systems will stay up longer, take less work to maintain and configurations be clearly apparent to actual sysadmins.
Just my two cents.
I am root you insensitive clod!!!
No caps seriously /.
Mario still makes money for Nintendo. Yes. Even the very first Mario.
Fullpage mario is probably the worst example of obsolete games (it holds up surprisingly well 30 years later with spit and polish).
I have a family too. It is simply not practical. Like I said I bought an efficient SUV, which is essentially a taller Camry. I tried to be responsible, but at some point I threw out my prinicipals in order to be practical.
> See some restaurants not using factory farmed animals, or only organic produce.
Where most people cannot afford to eat. Or simply unsustainable to feed everyone who needs food.
You can't even buy a PC without these shenanigans, so I'm just left to wonder if we're simply being dishonest with ourselves.
I think you are missing my point where the standard is a moving target. I don't disagree with what you've said, (I drive a small fuel efficient SUV, but I'm a goalie and need to lug a giant hockey bag that never quite fit in my Corrolla), but I also understand why companies do not commit to hitting the target of utopian, sustainable manufacture. Until replication technology is available, no one will be happy with their commitments when it comes to input (slave, union, living wage labour) and output (price, availability).
Exactly. And the reason no one does this?
Simple. It's because the moment someone slaps a sustainable or sweatless sticker on their E-product, people are going to start looking at where the caps, commodity chips and resistors come from. Are the components 100% made without slave labour? Can their million part suppliers guarantee this all the time. It becomes a very risky business proposition and a PR disaster waiting to befell any competing product thats dares to promise that which cannot be ever guaranteed.
>Anybody who dares to disagree is crucified.
Honestly? This is not reddit.
If you are being 'crucified' at all, it is for lacking nuance on the subject. Viewing things as black and white does not beget 50/50 odds because your views lay along a spectrum. Extreme views tend to result in most people disagreeing with you on some level. It's basic statistics.
It's ok, I trust you will do the needful.
Where have you been? /. Subs and Mods have also been outsourced.
>The internet is also rapidly becoming a necessity - a LOT of jobs require online applications - ironically, a lot of them are minimum wage jobs! But in general, the demise of newspapers and other non-internet based media means advertising and classifies are rapidly approaching internet-only.
As much as I'd like to, I'm not sure I can agree this is a problem. Back in early 21st century, post industrialization required education, which was prohibitive to people. We socialized this: It's called the library. People of all ages and creed could go to a library and borrow a book or do research in peace (and for free).
I don't see how socializing the Internet would be any different. You can see it today, with homeless people using the library rather than panhandling on the streets. Good luck getting a terminal at the library! :) The point is anyone can get access to the Internet, but it is not always a necessity to work/live in today's society- and for times when it is, it ca be provided in this manner provided there is sufficient demand.
Probably the most apt and evenhanded post I've ever read on the subject!
If it's close to grade (ie not obviously leaning), let's assume 5deg, it's probably not as much as you suggest since logically does not indicate the berms were filled. Why would they filled if the leak was caused by a bad grade?
We could easily estimate, but I lack dimensions of the cylinders. I looked casually and found nothing.
When you consider how rapidly and the fact there are hundreds of tanks, it is entirely possible that one tank out of a few was built slightly sloped.
The deviation must be quite small to only let out 430 litres slip out. 430 litres is literally a drop in the bucket when compared to the size of these tanks.
It's great news they were able to track this down.
I stay for the hifi conversation and relatively lofi site. The day you switch to this redesign, slashdot is dead to me. I already don't surf on my phone because your ridiculous mobile layout hides features and makes reading comments impossible.
If I wanted arstechnica, I will read arstechnica (where incidentally I never post). I come here for the bulletin board and basic clean layout. Sometimes I don't want my website to read like a magazine. /long time reader #668365
I call em as I see em, and I have plenty of friends who take the 'ewww breeders' attitude toward parenting. Passing judgement on parents without having the foggiest beyond 'knowing better than to be parents'. Being a parent is the hardest thing one will ever do. Choosing not to be one, while being critical of others that do, distills to laziness... It after all takes a village to raise each child.
It's like I'm saying I know enough about cars to avoid fixing one at all costs. The answer to that squeaky wheel? Don't drive! :D
Cheers to caring parenting, fellow grown-up!
Your maybe was correct ...sorry about that. my point still stands as a general observation of the greater net.
Had you considered that *your* experience is non-typical? This is far more likely than my experience being an anomaly:
Slashdot is a computer program. Mod points are determined by an algorithm so I'm certain there is a correlation... although am (by design) unaware of its precise operation.
>So YOU should STFU.
Hallmark of a man-child. Like the parent said, grow-up then talk shop.