Where do dollars come into this (except, of course, as not being pounds stirling)? This kind of assumption that "they mean what I mean" looks like it's at the root of this problem.
So, you reckon that the researchers may have come to erroneous conclusions, due to their inability to interpolate and extrapolate from the facts, so they just said something that'd support their next follow-on project proposal...
Nope, but a lot of the world IS, because people like reducing a complex issue to a "yes/no" question; and certainty and verbosity are inversely related to knowledge and understanding.
Why can't the sun AND greenhouse gases BOTH be warming the climate. And if you look beyond these two, you'll find other contributors.
Even if one cause is shown to be more significant than the others, is that a reason to ignore the others? If so, pour petrol on your house if it catches fire: after all, it's on fire anyway:-/
Got to agree with this. My wife has been using laptops with versions of SUSE on it now for over 3 years, and one of my daughters has a Linux Aspire One, and both are happy with their machines.
The last one is most interesting as it's a 4Gb SSD version, yet is entirely adequate for her needs (the 16Gb SD card in the slot gets rotated with others to keep the MP3 industry going;-)
They want "consumer appliances", not development machines: if you want bells and whistles then be prepared to pay or make trade-offs.
A lot of teenage girls are vulnerable, much more so than people like to believe. They are infinitely more "social" beings than male geeks would ever think possible.
As an example, I had to "straighten-out" my 2 teenage daughters who were getting het up over some personality test results from a site going around their friends. I looked into it, and found that even when I bent the test, the most positive result I could wring out of it could be paraphrased as "you're not *that* screwed up, but you should still send us money for a full test".
I pointed this out to them, and they are now happier and, hopefully, wiser about attempts like this to manipulate them. However, the fact remains that they were beginning to worry that they were weird because they were vulnerable to negative feedback.
The link with this case? If "normal teenage girls" can be vulnerable to generic put-downs, how much worse when someone is tailoring the put-downs and the timings for maximum impact on someone they knew.
Not too sure that they won completely and will continue to win...
The BBC radio programme about Al-Hazar University (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/labandmosque.shtml) was interesting in pointing out that the Islamic scientific and religious frameworks do not have to be in opposition and can provide a way forward for each other.
This is underlined by Vatican astronomy (see http://www.vaticanobservatory.org/ and http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/science-is-trut.html): hopefully The Church has accepted "The Galileo Affair" and moved on...
But on the plus side, it sounds like a great replacement for train spotting as I get too old to sit on plaforms anymore!
Anyone want an anorak and thermos flask?
Nice idea as the second thing to do, but how about making sure that the applications can run as a non-privileged user, even if you have to be privileged to install it?
A large amount of my time has been spent hacking file privileges and learning how to do "custom installs" to allow my daughters to run games and other applications, such as Sims and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, even then there is a special ID they have to run certain applications as;(((
For those who could hear it, Michael Grade on the Today programme just after 0730 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain) that a problem was commercial pressures being applied to an organisation that has traditionally emphasised excellence. Thus the need to "chuck something out the door or be seen to fail" is encouraging paranoid actions (c.f. Blue Peter competition fracas).
In this context, there was probably a need to get something out the door, and they simply did what they could given the tools they had to hand, rather than consider their public service remit;(
Anyway, for those who are part of the current beta programme, which started at the beginning of June, get on the forum and add to the threads that are already there!!!
Perhaps you should check out "public service broadcasting" in other countries before making the comparison. It comes from an ethos that appears to be entirely alien to you. Having seen PBS in the States, [ABC]BC should be serving a defamation suit on you for this.
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...Big Data was just a scam ;-) #voteFortran
If God had meant people to understand science, he wouldn't have made her a science teacher...
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Where do dollars come into this (except, of course, as not being pounds stirling)? This kind of assumption that "they mean what I mean" looks like it's at the root of this problem.
And don't get get me started on apostrophes ;-)
You're such a square!
No, he said "rubish" as in "rubish cubed" or "as a rube would say"
Well at least it can't be patented if the "prior art" in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapon_Shops_of_Isher is to believed :-o
Problem is that you rant in a pub and only the people in the room hear you: on the internet things are "forever and for all", and searchable...
Sometimes the response of people says more about the responder's attitudes than it does about the thing they are responding to...
So, you reckon that the researchers may have come to erroneous conclusions, due to their inability to interpolate and extrapolate from the facts, so they just said something that'd support their next follow-on project proposal...
Fair call ;-)
Nope, but a lot of the world IS, because people like reducing a complex issue to a "yes/no" question; and certainty and verbosity are inversely related to knowledge and understanding.
Why can't the sun AND greenhouse gases BOTH be warming the climate. And if you look beyond these two, you'll find other contributors.
Even if one cause is shown to be more significant than the others, is that a reason to ignore the others? If so, pour petrol on your house if it catches fire: after all, it's on fire anyway :-/
http://www.newyorkerstore.com/1971/excuse-me-sir-i-am-prepared-to-make-you-a-rather-attractive-offer-for-your-square/invt/117010/ 'nuff said Cheers Kev
Got to agree with this. My wife has been using laptops with versions of SUSE on it now for over 3 years, and one of my daughters has a Linux Aspire One, and both are happy with their machines. The last one is most interesting as it's a 4Gb SSD version, yet is entirely adequate for her needs (the 16Gb SD card in the slot gets rotated with others to keep the MP3 industry going ;-)
They want "consumer appliances", not development machines: if you want bells and whistles then be prepared to pay or make trade-offs.
A lot of teenage girls are vulnerable, much more so than people like to believe. They are infinitely more "social" beings than male geeks would ever think possible. As an example, I had to "straighten-out" my 2 teenage daughters who were getting het up over some personality test results from a site going around their friends. I looked into it, and found that even when I bent the test, the most positive result I could wring out of it could be paraphrased as "you're not *that* screwed up, but you should still send us money for a full test". I pointed this out to them, and they are now happier and, hopefully, wiser about attempts like this to manipulate them. However, the fact remains that they were beginning to worry that they were weird because they were vulnerable to negative feedback. The link with this case? If "normal teenage girls" can be vulnerable to generic put-downs, how much worse when someone is tailoring the put-downs and the timings for maximum impact on someone they knew.
Indeed, a society is here in which everyone gets what they think they deserve. Except me. Strange. http://www.angryflower.com/atlass.gif
Oral Roberts? Now there was a friendly girl...
How about saving gorillas so they can install Linux... After all, if a "Standard End User" can do it, then it's a cinch for a gorilla!
Not too sure that they won completely and will continue to win... The BBC radio programme about Al-Hazar University (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/labandmosque.shtml) was interesting in pointing out that the Islamic scientific and religious frameworks do not have to be in opposition and can provide a way forward for each other. This is underlined by Vatican astronomy (see http://www.vaticanobservatory.org/ and http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/science-is-trut.html): hopefully The Church has accepted "The Galileo Affair" and moved on...
But on the plus side, it sounds like a great replacement for train spotting as I get too old to sit on plaforms anymore! Anyone want an anorak and thermos flask?
Ah, the good old "Apostrophe Catastrophe". They need stringing up, but I can
Nice idea as the second thing to do, but how about making sure that the applications can run as a non-privileged user, even if you have to be privileged to install it? A large amount of my time has been spent hacking file privileges and learning how to do "custom installs" to allow my daughters to run games and other applications, such as Sims and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, even then there is a special ID they have to run certain applications as ;(((
For those who could hear it, Michael Grade on the Today programme just after 0730 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain) that a problem was commercial pressures being applied to an organisation that has traditionally emphasised excellence. Thus the need to "chuck something out the door or be seen to fail" is encouraging paranoid actions (c.f. Blue Peter competition fracas). In this context, there was probably a need to get something out the door, and they simply did what they could given the tools they had to hand, rather than consider their public service remit ;(
Anyway, for those who are part of the current beta programme, which started at the beginning of June, get on the forum and add to the threads that are already there!!!
That's several hundred of who? Random people or people taking part in the current beta programme?
...confirming the rumour that the new FermiLab uniform involves long moustaches, a top hat and cloak, and the motto "Curses, foiled again"?
Perhaps you should check out "public service broadcasting" in other countries before making the comparison. It comes from an ethos that appears to be entirely alien to you. Having seen PBS in the States, [ABC]BC should be serving a defamation suit on you for this.