Nice post. You just discovered: Sometime more harm can from inaction then action.
There is a very old cliche that summarizes the solution: Walk softly but carry a big stick.
Meaning, leave peacefully with all men (& women) as much as possible, but when the violent man, er, spiritual child, who thinks violence is the only way, deal with them the only way they understand.
Any ideology taken to an extreme is never a good idea. The secret is to find balance in all things.
Just because you weren't treated the with respect doesn't mean you can't be a better person and treat them professionally along with respect. Why be an asshole just because you can? Life has an uncanny habit of "What goes around, comes around." Plus you can use this as an opportunity to practice your diplomacy skills.
That's the problem with the world -- people just don't care. Maybe if enough people set a proper example there would be less apathy.
> Translating a name to a different alphabet should always produce a name that is still pronounced the same.
History and Language show otherwise. Names are representative of an idea in some languages such as Hebrew.
Also, there is NO standard way to transcribe names, in fact there are at least 2 ways:
1. Transliteration -- Keep the characters (and/or meaning of the name) 2. Translation - Keeping the phonemics
A good example is the bastardization of words starting with a soft Y becoming a hard J in English. Quoting "Evolution of the Name > Yehoshua > Ihsous > Iesus > Jesus" http://jesus8880.com/chapters/gematria/yehoshua.htm
Names like Iames became "James," Iakob became Jacob, and Yohan became "John."
You can see the roots of the soft J in "hallelujah" where "jah" is pronounced identical to "yah".
> Free speech needs to have some limits... yelling FIRE in a theatre are the most popular counter-examples
For the umpteen time, you along with the majority are conflating Free Speech with Property Rights and missing the point that "Laws are Relative" IN context.
Most theaters are PRIVATE property that are OPEN to the public. Let's go over the 2 scenarios:
1) Theater really IS on fire. Yelling "Fire!" is a way to help the owner protect his property AND more importantly, help others from coming to harm and to prevent injury caused by said fire.
2) Theater is NOT on fire. Yelling "Fire!" you may be causing unwarranted destructing to the property by creating panic along with implicitly causing people to get hurt.
"FIRE!" in a Theater" is NOT free speech UNLESS the theater itself is owned by the public.
> This sort of madness is driven by the same fools at places like Google and Mozilla who think pushing a new update every six weeks is a good idea.
Well at least one of the Mozilla developers is slowly coming to their senses and seeing how this 6-week inflated version number is more harmful then helpful.
I am curious for the reasons *why* customers are buying a bigger phone? UI & Usability? Bigger font for reading?
Part of the problem is that you have apps that REFUSE to rotate the screen; this is especially annoying for data entry with the virtual keyboard. The entire width of the keyboard is crammed into the phone's width instead of giving the user a choice to display the keyboard along the height./me glares at Chase Bank app.
A bigger screen gives a giver on-screen keyboard, meaning it is easier to hit the touchscreen buttons.
> But what if experiments were to conclusively prove that all aspects of personality can be explained by neurological processes? Then, consciousness would be tied to an observable, physical mechanism
You fallacy is assuming brain = mind.
Prove to me that :
a) numbers are physical
b) time is physical
Our mind deals with meta-physical objects all the time. Our brain _represents_ these concepts and ideas mechanically, but you are confusing the representation with the actuality.
A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience, and A posteriori knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence
I prefer the word Gnosis = knowledge that can ONLY be understood from experience. e.g. Men have NO knowledge of what it is like to give birth. They obviously can _relate_ to the pain, but they will never truly know what this entails like a woman.
Pray tell, what kind of experiment can Science devise that is
a) repeatable
b) objective that consciousness survives death?
Science is a fantastic system. WITHIN its domain. But there questions (and answers) outside its domain that it will *never* be able to answer. But just because that _one_ system is unable to come to any conclusions, do not imply there aren't other ways of getting the answer. e.g. It is akin to asking a mother "prove" she loves her children. If she doesn't slap you for asking such a stupid question, she will tell you that "she *knows* that precisely _because_ of the experience."
You see, we have this little fact of life in which everyone dies; everyone will be given this opportunity to do their own science!
In the meantime, enjoy life! It is too short.
Besides, it is only a gamble, when you don't know the outcome or the odds. In this I already know both so to answer your question: mu. i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(negative)
While you can SM = Quantum Theory, the Standard Model is badly *incomplete*. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Standard_Model... needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the origin of mass, the strong CP problem, neutrino oscillations, matterâ"antimatter asymmetry, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Another problem lies within the mathematical framework of the Standard Model itself â" the Standard Model is inconsistent with that of general relativity to the point that one or both theories break down in their descriptions under certain conditions (for example within known space-time singularities like the Big Bang and black hole event horizons).
Let alone the Fine-Structure Constant, of which Feynman wrote: âoeItâ(TM)s one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics: a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man. You might say the âhand of Godâ(TM) wrote that number, and âwe donâ(TM)t know how he pushed his pencilâ(TM)â (QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, page 131, Princeton, 1985)
> There are no experiments you can perform to confirm or invalidate the existence of God.
Actually there is. Unfortunately it requires death as that results of that experience and the aftermath will provide all the proofs and more then one person could ever dream that indeed your consciousness simply changes state after death, and that there is a super-consciousness to the sub-consciousness of everyone. *Unfortunately* getting the results of said experiment back to the living is the catch. The other "kink" is that: Besides if you already knew the answer, it would (mostly) invalidate the purpose of being human in the first place.
The other way would be to learn meditation and learn how to interact with your True Self. Again, unfortunately one could spend an entire lifetime before ones "get confirmation" that there is indeed far, far more to "who you truely are."
The point though, either way the answer is largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. There are indeed many good people of all kinds of beliefs, faiths, and lack of said beliefs and faiths. If one has to rely on an external force / rules to be positive internally methinks one is the missing the *whole* point of religion which is little more then spiritual kindergarten. At some point one doesn't need others telling you to internalize how to treat others with respect, kindness, etc.
The ignorance and arrogance of man is to simply assume that some questions are unknowable. They may not be easy to get, but they are indeed there if one dedicates their life to seeking them. Again, the proof of this, sadly, is also going thru the death experience.
It is simpler to "just get on with life" - learning and loving. That's what its all about at the end of the day -- creating positive relationships with everyone else.
The instant someone is trying to "sell you" a philosophy is the instant it would be good to be skeptical of their agenda.
> I would be interested in what other spreadsheets have to offer that Excel doesn't.
* Free, as in source code, and in price. * My data is not locked into proprietary formats. * The fact that I can specify column widths in inches. (Not sure if the latest Excel has this.) * Better importing / sorting of data. * On-screen presentation matches 100% the Printed Output. i.e. Is not tied to the printer driver. (The *Same* Excel document printed on Win2000 and WinXP printed different to the *same* printer! WTF?)
OpenOffice is "good enough" for most normal users.
Scenario: User is *only* given IPV6 from their ISP.
They try to run an application that uses the IPV4 networking stack. What is going automatically "auto-tunnel" ipv4 on top of ipv6 ? Does this just work??
"English"; var jos = 1;// OK, jos is not a reserved word IN English if( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
"Finnish"; var jos = 1;// FAIL, jos is reserved as 'if' in Finnish jos( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );// ERROR: AMBIGUOUS
Now multiply ALL the keywords for EVERY language. This is a retarded idea.
So now the interpreter/compiler has to deal with this case? One possible solution is to RENAME variables. i.e.
var jos = 1;// original code
var jos1 = 1;// interpreted/compiled in the Finnish version. Yeah, that's going to go over REAL well...
> I see this as an interesting idea. Why should I write "if" instead of "jos" (i.e. Finnish)? The latter is easier for Finns to understand and learn, especially if they are very young (or very old).
Except this idea was designed by people who have no clue how interpreters/compilers do their parsing.
So now I have to add *all possible potential translation words* as reserved for identifiers??
Using your Finnish example...
"English"; var jos = 1;// OK, jos is not a reserved word IN English if( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
"Finnish"; var jos = 1;// FAIL, jos is reserved as 'if' in Finnish jos( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );// ERROR: AMBIGUOUS
One killer feature I miss from BeOS is the fact that the window title bar didn't take up the whole honkin window width. It actually looked like a tab. One that was able to slide across the "top" of the window. Proper tabbed windows may have killed the sliding aspect, but damit, I want my screen real estate back !!!
Sorry, my speciality is graphics + optimizations not networking. Question for the/. crowd...
If I have a ipv6 address how do I guarantee all my "old" ipv4 games work ?
Is this a non-issue? I realize ipv6 doesn't have NAT, but are there any special configurations I need to do on the router if I switch my entire home network over to ipv6 ?
You can blame that model on JRPGs -- freedom of choice is taken away because like to pretend their narrative is supposed to the focused -- but they forgot the first rule -- you are making a fucking game, NOT a movie.
As Chris Hecker recently said
"It annoys me when people focus on the linear content in games, rather than the gameplay. We are always going to be shitty movies if we keep emphasizing that direction."
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Nice post. You just discovered:
Sometime more harm can from inaction then action.
There is a very old cliche that summarizes the solution:
Walk softly but carry a big stick.
Meaning, leave peacefully with all men (& women) as much as possible, but when the violent man, er, spiritual child, who thinks violence is the only way, deal with them the only way they understand.
Any ideology taken to an extreme is never a good idea. The secret is to find balance in all things.
Just because you weren't treated the with respect doesn't mean you can't be a better person and treat them professionally along with respect. Why be an asshole just because you can? Life has an uncanny habit of "What goes around, comes around." Plus you can use this as an opportunity to practice your diplomacy skills.
That's the problem with the world -- people just don't care. Maybe if enough people set a proper example there would be less apathy.
> Translating a name to a different alphabet should always produce a name that is still pronounced the same.
History and Language show otherwise. Names are representative of an idea in some languages such as Hebrew.
Also, there is NO standard way to transcribe names, in fact there are at least 2 ways:
1. Transliteration -- Keep the characters (and/or meaning of the name)
2. Translation - Keeping the phonemics
A good example is the bastardization of words starting with a soft Y becoming a hard J in English. Quoting "Evolution of the Name > Yehoshua > Ihsous > Iesus > Jesus" http://jesus8880.com/chapters/gematria/yehoshua.htm
You can see the roots of the soft J in "hallelujah" where "jah" is pronounced identical to "yah".
References:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J
> Free speech needs to have some limits ... yelling FIRE in a theatre are the most popular counter-examples
For the umpteen time, you along with the majority are conflating Free Speech with Property Rights and missing the point that "Laws are Relative" IN context.
Most theaters are PRIVATE property that are OPEN to the public. Let's go over the 2 scenarios:
1) Theater really IS on fire.
Yelling "Fire!" is a way to help the owner protect his property AND more importantly, help others from coming to harm and to prevent injury caused by said fire.
2) Theater is NOT on fire.
Yelling "Fire!" you may be causing unwarranted destructing to the property by creating panic along with implicitly causing people to get hurt.
"FIRE!" in a Theater" is NOT free speech UNLESS the theater itself is owned by the public.
> This sort of madness is driven by the same fools at places like Google and Mozilla who think pushing a new update every six weeks is a good idea.
Well at least one of the Mozilla developers is slowly coming to their senses and seeing how this 6-week inflated version number is more harmful then helpful.
http://evilbrainjono.net/blog?showcomments=true&permalink=1094
I am curious for the reasons *why* customers are buying a bigger phone? UI & Usability? Bigger font for reading?
Part of the problem is that you have apps that REFUSE to rotate the screen; this is especially annoying for data entry with the virtual keyboard. The entire width of the keyboard is crammed into the phone's width instead of giving the user a choice to display the keyboard along the height. /me glares at Chase Bank app.
A bigger screen gives a giver on-screen keyboard, meaning it is easier to hit the touchscreen buttons.
> But what if experiments were to conclusively prove that all aspects of personality can be explained by neurological processes? Then, consciousness would be tied to an observable, physical mechanism
You fallacy is assuming brain = mind.
Prove to me that :
a) numbers are physical
b) time is physical
Our mind deals with meta-physical objects all the time. Our brain _represents_ these concepts and ideas mechanically, but you are confusing the representation with the actuality.
See Peter Russell in the documentary "The Primacy of Consciousness" which points out the absurdity in Materialism
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7799171063626430789
> Perhaps you could call it knowledge, but it isn't knowledge in the ordinary sense.
That is indeed correct, for there are two types of knowledge.
i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori
A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience, and
A posteriori knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence
I prefer the word Gnosis = knowledge that can ONLY be understood from experience. e.g. Men have NO knowledge of what it is like to give birth. They obviously can _relate_ to the pain, but they will never truly know what this entails like a woman.
Pray tell, what kind of experiment can Science devise that is
a) repeatable
b) objective
that consciousness survives death?
Science is a fantastic system. WITHIN its domain. But there questions (and answers) outside its domain that it will *never* be able to answer. But just because that _one_ system is unable to come to any conclusions, do not imply there aren't other ways of getting the answer.
e.g.
It is akin to asking a mother "prove" she loves her children. If she doesn't slap you for asking such a stupid question, she will tell you that "she *knows* that precisely _because_ of the experience."
You see, we have this little fact of life in which everyone dies; everyone will be given this opportunity to do their own science!
In the meantime, enjoy life! It is too short.
Besides, it is only a gamble, when you don't know the outcome or the odds. In this I already know both so to answer your question: mu.
i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(negative)
While you can SM = Quantum Theory, the Standard Model is badly *incomplete*. ... needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the origin of mass, the strong CP problem, neutrino oscillations, matterâ"antimatter asymmetry, and the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Another problem lies within the mathematical framework of the Standard Model itself â" the Standard Model is inconsistent with that of general relativity to the point that one or both theories break down in their descriptions under certain conditions (for example within known space-time singularities like the Big Bang and black hole event horizons).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Standard_Model
Let alone the Fine-Structure Constant, of which Feynman wrote:
âoeItâ(TM)s one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics: a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man. You might say the âhand of Godâ(TM) wrote that number, and âwe donâ(TM)t know how he pushed his pencilâ(TM)â (QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, page 131, Princeton, 1985)
You need to ask Microsoft about that ... 0xBI6B00B5
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/07/19/1923200/microsoft-apologizes-for-inserting-naughty-phrase-into-linux-kernel /me ducks!
> There are no experiments you can perform to confirm or invalidate the existence of God.
Actually there is. Unfortunately it requires death as that results of that experience and the aftermath will provide all the proofs and more then one person could ever dream that indeed your consciousness simply changes state after death, and that there is a super-consciousness to the sub-consciousness of everyone. *Unfortunately* getting the results of said experiment back to the living is the catch. The other "kink" is that: Besides if you already knew the answer, it would (mostly) invalidate the purpose of being human in the first place.
The other way would be to learn meditation and learn how to interact with your True Self. Again, unfortunately one could spend an entire lifetime before ones "get confirmation" that there is indeed far, far more to "who you truely are."
The point though, either way the answer is largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. There are indeed many good people of all kinds of beliefs, faiths, and lack of said beliefs and faiths. If one has to rely on an external force / rules to be positive internally methinks one is the missing the *whole* point of religion which is little more then spiritual kindergarten. At some point one doesn't need others telling you to internalize how to treat others with respect, kindness, etc.
The ignorance and arrogance of man is to simply assume that some questions are unknowable. They may not be easy to get, but they are indeed there if one dedicates their life to seeking them. Again, the proof of this, sadly, is also going thru the death experience.
It is simpler to "just get on with life" - learning and loving. That's what its all about at the end of the day -- creating positive relationships with everyone else.
The instant someone is trying to "sell you" a philosophy is the instant it would be good to be skeptical of their agenda.
I prefer 0xDEADC0DE :-)
Apple seems to use:
0x8BADF00D
Ironically, Sony uses 0xD15EA5ED (diseased) for its guard bytes for memory corrupt.
There is a fun list at: Magic Debug Values
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_debug_values#Magic_debug_values
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_byte
Us geeks laugh, and move on.
It is only an issue for those that have nothing better to do.
One of these options needs to be removed
* The fact that I can specify column widths in inches.
Excel 2011, Ver 14 can do this.
> I would be interested in what other spreadsheets have to offer that Excel doesn't.
* Free, as in source code, and in price.
* My data is not locked into proprietary formats.
* The fact that I can specify column widths in inches. (Not sure if the latest Excel has this.)
* Better importing / sorting of data.
* On-screen presentation matches 100% the Printed Output. i.e. Is not tied to the printer driver. (The *Same* Excel document printed on Win2000 and WinXP printed different to the *same* printer! WTF?)
OpenOffice is "good enough" for most normal users.
Ok, I can follow that.
Scenario: User is *only* given IPV6 from their ISP.
They try to run an application that uses the IPV4 networking stack. What is going automatically "auto-tunnel" ipv4 on top of ipv6 ? Does this just work??
Counter-Example of why this won't work: (From my previous post http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2990493&cid=40698389 )
"English"; // OK, jos is not a reserved word IN English
var jos = 1;
if( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
"Finnish"; // FAIL, jos is reserved as 'if' in Finnish // ERROR: AMBIGUOUS
var jos = 1;
jos( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
Now multiply ALL the keywords for EVERY language. This is a retarded idea.
So now the interpreter/compiler has to deal with this case? One possible solution is to RENAME variables. i.e. // original code // interpreted/compiled in the Finnish version.
var jos = 1;
var jos1 = 1;
Yeah, that's going to go over REAL well...
> I see this as an interesting idea. Why should I write "if" instead of "jos" (i.e. Finnish)? The latter is easier for Finns to understand and learn, especially if they are very young (or very old).
Except this idea was designed by people who have no clue how interpreters/compilers do their parsing.
So now I have to add *all possible potential translation words* as reserved for identifiers??
Using your Finnish example...
"English"; // OK, jos is not a reserved word IN English
var jos = 1;
if( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
"Finnish"; // FAIL, jos is reserved as 'if' in Finnish // ERROR: AMBIGUOUS
var jos = 1;
jos( jos ) console.log( "jos = " + jos );
One killer feature I miss from BeOS is the fact that the window title bar didn't take up the whole honkin window width. It actually looked like a tab. One that was able to slide across the "top" of the window. Proper tabbed windows may have killed the sliding aspect, but damit, I want my screen real estate back !!!
i.e. See how "Home" takes up the minimal amount of space ?
http://betips.net/wp-content/uploads/images/239.window.decor.jpg
/sarcasm That's the nice thing about English -- you have options on how to spell !
Aluminium vs Aluminum
color vs colour
dialog vs dialogue
moustache vs mustache
And don't forgot the different pronunciations !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
--
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to pick from!" -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Haven't played Journey yet, but the other two are awesome!
You may want to also check out:
Nihilumbra (blend between Limbo and Portal 2)
Portal 2
Sleep is Death
The Binding of Isaac
Sorry, my speciality is graphics + optimizations not networking. Question for the /. crowd ...
If I have a ipv6 address how do I guarantee all my "old" ipv4 games work ?
Is this a non-issue? I realize ipv6 doesn't have NAT, but are there any special configurations I need to do on the router if I switch my entire home network over to ipv6 ?
Thanks.
You can blame that model on JRPGs -- freedom of choice is taken away because like to pretend their narrative is supposed to the focused -- but they forgot the first rule -- you are making a fucking game, NOT a movie.
As Chris Hecker recently said
"It annoys me when people focus on the linear content in games, rather than the gameplay. We are always going to be shitty movies if we keep emphasizing that direction."
http://kotaku.com/5923134/weve-got--jonathan-blow-the-witness-braid-and-chris-hecker-spy-party-here-to-answer-your-best-questions
That's why some of my friends call it "FazeBook" (or worse .. F**Book). I have no opinion, I don't use it.
Just like LiveJournal before MySpace, the social medium is fad-based. Same with clothes / fashion.