Fusion reactor output has been increasing exponentially since its inception, and it should not be terribly long before it will be a viable alternative to fission power.
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The fact that the major connectors are physically different, and therefore won't fit in the other holes no matter how hard you push, is the only reason they're sometimes plugged into the correct spot now.
You're missing the point. e.g. With a USB device, *any* USB port is the correct one. And it makes life easier.
Some degree of education of the users may be in order, in your case. You need to understand their language and they need to understand yours.
but in many (possibly most) environments, this idea that a large system can be specified entirely upfront is myth. Business priorities change, problem areas are uncovered, understanding of what the system needs to do is improved (on both the programmer and user side). You may well be in such a fluid a poorly-specified situation.
OOXML uses WMF and relies on quirks of old versions of Word... Word has used WMF ever since Microsoft invented WMF (which was long before SVG came along), Word will continue to use WMF.
So, Word is using all the quirks and legacy formats that it has been using, except now it's "open" because it's got XML wrapped around it. It's not that easy - you can't have it both ways.
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Lacking our biological imperatives, I also suspect that true AIs would not really want to do anything.
And I strongly suspect that built-in desire, even if it is just desire to know, will be an essential component of "true" AI.
You mean, ActiveX-based software, right? It's not like these applications are going to really function on any platform other than Internet Explorer
1996 called, and they want their view of Microsoft back. Things have changed rapidly, better get used to it.
I haven't seen anything new promoted by Microsoft lately that used ActiveX. ASP.net 2 generates xhtml and targets 4 browsers (IE6+ Firefox, Opera, Safari) and WPF/E is explicitly cross-platform.
Punctuated equilibrium is not an "effect", it is a theory, in the sense that there is evidence for and against, and it is not generally agreed upon as happening in all cases, if at all.
You are assuming (falsely) that within the punctuation, change is too rapid for conventional explanations. This is false. A better example would be a tribe living in Africa for 20000 years (walking around there all the time), then migrating to Moscow over 200 years (walking in one direction a lot).
From TFA: Common misconceptions: Punctuated equilibrium is therefore mistakenly thought to oppose the concept of gradualism, when it is actually more appropriately understood as a form of gradualism. This is because even though evolutionary change aggregates "quickly" between geological sediments--relative to the species' full geological existence--change is still occurring incrementally, with no great change from one generation to the next.
The ability to walk is not a new feature. It is a present characteristic similar to my illustration of an organism developing stronger arms. It is merely an enhancement of an existing feature: the ability to walk farther. The ability to *fly* from Africa into Europe would be an example of macroevolution.
You're abusing the analogy. microevolution = short walk. macroevolution = long walk. distance travelled = magnitude of change.
Given that we *know* that small changes do happen in short times (under 100 years), is it logical to assert that large changes do not happen over long times? All I'm saying is that it's all gradual change, there's no absolute, naturally occurring distinction between two different kinds of change.
No, I disagree. Walking is walking, and you can go very far on foot given lots of time. Change is change, and to claim it can only get you short distances is absurd, given millions of years for it to happen.
There *is* a distinction between microevolution and macroevolution. The difference between micro and macro is the former is the enhancement of features already present while the latter is the addition of features not formerly present.
A lizard has four limbs covered in keratinious growths. So does a bird. No new features there. The distinction is in your mind, not in nature. Evolution is all about gradual change in function, arms to wings by gradual change of shape.
Your friends are being stupid, deliberately or not. There is no distinction in nature between microevolution and macroevolution. Macroevolution is just larger quantities of macroevolution over much longer times.
It's like saying that there's "microwalking" which is what I do from the car park to the office every morning, and down to the shops on weekends, and that can result in changes of my location over time on a small scale; but the idea that people, over tens of thousands of years walked out of central Africa into Europe, then over to Asia, across to North America and into South America - that's "macrowalking" and it's impossible. God must have put them there.
Plus, if you decide to settle down, all you have to say is all the short jobs you did were contracts, and no one will count it against you.
That's not always the case. Many places here in the UK won't (or are very reluctant to) hire ex-contractors as permanent staff. This is on the grounds that they might get itchy feet too soon. Employees are so much more valuable once they have a few years domain knowledge internalised.
Seriously, people who can get by with Postgres wouldn't buy SQL server anyway - it's not even in the same league.
Most people who use databases don't make much use of the advanced features. This is why MySQL is even in the market. I like MS SQL server a lot - it's good DB server, but most of the stuff done on it could just as easily be done on PostgreSQL. Good old select, insert, update, delete covers a lot of ground. The pressure with commercial software is to add new features in new versions, regardless of if they are needed or not.
I read that as "Regrowing, Lost Body Parts Getting Closer All the Time" which is frankly nightmarish. I need more sleep. It should have been "Regrowing Lost Body Parts is Getting Closer All the Time"
Looked at job ads recently? - professionals are harder to find already. However, the length of time to get qualified at university (three years plus) amkes for a sluggish feedback loop and undamped oscilation. Something should be done to correct for the overcorrection:)
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What should I be bracing myself for? Floods or droughts?
If you're in Australia and you're bracing for drought, you're five years or so late to the party. Do yourself a favour and Google for "Australia drought" before asking stupid questions.
PS: It's not global warming, it's "climate change", as in "is happening right now".
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Before anyone suggests making the furniture round, consider that you'd need custom furniture for every size of room.
eh, for rooms larger than a few meters across the walls will be approximately flat.
the (mostly American) concept of identity theft.
it's big in the UK too.
Fusion reactor output has been increasing exponentially since its inception, and it should not be terribly long before it will be a viable alternative to fission power.
Wrong. fusion power is still 50 years away, and might stay so for some time.
As a worst case scenario, we can always mine other planetary bodies.
yeah, I can see that being economically viable. Not.
They are going to try to tie specific implementations to Proprietary products (Windows, IE etc).
That is fact-free spin.
The MS Ajax toolkit has a stated goal of "work with any browser".
The fact that the major connectors are physically different, and therefore won't fit in the other holes no matter how hard you push, is the only reason they're sometimes plugged into the correct spot now.
You're missing the point. e.g. With a USB device, *any* USB port is the correct one. And it makes life easier.
Some degree of education of the users may be in order, in your case. You need to understand their language and they need to understand yours.
but in many (possibly most) environments, this idea that a large system can be specified entirely upfront is myth. Business priorities change, problem areas are uncovered, understanding of what the system needs to do is improved (on both the programmer and user side). You may well be in such a fluid a poorly-specified situation.
Waterfall methodologies are usually broken. Try an agile approach such as scrum instead.
OOXML uses WMF and relies on quirks of old versions of Word ... Word has used WMF ever since Microsoft invented WMF (which was long before SVG came along), Word will continue to use WMF.
So, Word is using all the quirks and legacy formats that it has been using, except now it's "open" because it's got XML wrapped around it. It's not that easy - you can't have it both ways.
Lacking our biological imperatives, I also suspect that true AIs would not really want to do anything.
And I strongly suspect that built-in desire, even if it is just desire to know, will be an essential component of "true" AI.
You mean, ActiveX-based software, right? It's not like these applications are going to really function on any platform other than Internet Explorer
1996 called, and they want their view of Microsoft back. Things have changed rapidly, better get used to it.
I haven't seen anything new promoted by Microsoft lately that used ActiveX. ASP.net 2 generates xhtml and targets 4 browsers (IE6+ Firefox, Opera, Safari) and WPF/E is explicitly cross-platform.
Punctuated equilibrium is not an "effect", it is a theory, in the sense that there is evidence for and against, and it is not generally agreed upon as happening in all cases, if at all.
You are assuming (falsely) that within the punctuation, change is too rapid for conventional explanations. This is false. A better example would be a tribe living in Africa for 20000 years (walking around there all the time), then migrating to Moscow over 200 years (walking in one direction a lot).
From TFA: Common misconceptions: Punctuated equilibrium is therefore mistakenly thought to oppose the concept of gradualism, when it is actually more appropriately understood as a form of gradualism. This is because even though evolutionary change aggregates "quickly" between geological sediments--relative to the species' full geological existence--change is still occurring incrementally, with no great change from one generation to the next.
Thank you for having the time, patience and words to explain what I did not.
The ability to walk is not a new feature. It is a present characteristic similar to my illustration of an organism developing stronger arms. It is merely an enhancement of an existing feature: the ability to walk farther. The ability to *fly* from Africa into Europe would be an example of macroevolution.
You're abusing the analogy. microevolution = short walk. macroevolution = long walk. distance travelled = magnitude of change.
Given that we *know* that small changes do happen in short times (under 100 years), is it logical to assert that large changes do not happen over long times? All I'm saying is that it's all gradual change, there's no absolute, naturally occurring distinction between two different kinds of change.
What, fossils aren't observable?
No, I disagree. Walking is walking, and you can go very far on foot given lots of time. Change is change, and to claim it can only get you short distances is absurd, given millions of years for it to happen.
There *is* a distinction between microevolution and macroevolution. The difference between micro and macro is the former is the enhancement of features already present while the latter is the addition of features not formerly present.
A lizard has four limbs covered in keratinious growths. So does a bird. No new features there.
The distinction is in your mind, not in nature. Evolution is all about gradual change in function, arms to wings by gradual change of shape.
Your friends are being stupid, deliberately or not. There is no distinction in nature between microevolution and macroevolution. Macroevolution is just larger quantities of macroevolution over much longer times.
It's like saying that there's "microwalking" which is what I do from the car park to the office every morning, and down to the shops on weekends, and that can result in changes of my location over time on a small scale; but the idea that people, over tens of thousands of years walked out of central Africa into Europe, then over to Asia, across to North America and into South America - that's "macrowalking" and it's impossible. God must have put them there.
Plus, if you decide to settle down, all you have to say is all the short jobs you did were contracts, and no one will count it against you.
That's not always the case. Many places here in the UK won't (or are very reluctant to) hire ex-contractors as permanent staff. This is on the grounds that they might get itchy feet too soon. Employees are so much more valuable once they have a few years domain knowledge internalised.
Seriously, people who can get by with Postgres wouldn't buy SQL server anyway - it's not even in the same league.
Most people who use databases don't make much use of the advanced features. This is why MySQL is even in the market. I like MS SQL server a lot - it's good DB server, but most of the stuff done on it could just as easily be done on PostgreSQL. Good old select, insert, update, delete covers a lot of ground. The pressure with commercial software is to add new features in new versions, regardless of if they are needed or not.
I read that as "Regrowing, Lost Body Parts Getting Closer All the Time" which is frankly nightmarish. I need more sleep. It should have been "Regrowing Lost Body Parts is Getting Closer All the Time"
Sorry, I should have said:
"Name one country where the people in power are neither 1) Lawyers 2) Kleptocratic despots 3) Bloodthirsty dictators"
Tony Blair? Qualified Lawyer.
so opposed to the last x years where these kinds of devices have been not available, they are now ... not available?
Name one country where the ruling classes are neither 1) Lawyers 2) Kleptocratic despots 3) Barking bad dictators
Looked at job ads recently? - professionals are harder to find already. However, the length of time to get qualified at university (three years plus) amkes for a sluggish feedback loop and undamped oscilation. Something should be done to correct for the overcorrection :)
Anything for the almighty buck.
Anything indeed, no matter how irresponsible.
What should I be bracing myself for? Floods or droughts?
If you're in Australia and you're bracing for drought, you're five years or so late to the party. Do yourself a favour and Google for "Australia drought" before asking stupid questions.
PS: It's not global warming, it's "climate change", as in "is happening right now".