But if you don't make it clear what you wishes are in a will, then your wishes effectively don't exist, legally speaking, and probably practically speaking as well if you never mentioned it to anyone.
You're right, and wrong. There's no reason why the mindstorms kit can't be transformed into a hammer, should the user need it, and most people need hammers most of the time, not mindstorms kits. The computer as a tool should be tailored/tailor itself to the users needs and level of mental sophistication. Trying to do it the other way indicates a bad tool, not a bad user.
Bad analogy. This is the same as carpenters discussing the best, or most popular shape of hammers. All programming is like driving in a nail, sometimes you need a hammer, sometimes a mallet, sometimes a sledgehammer. But you don't need three different hammers. Okay, this analogy isn't much better, but anyway...
Programming languages are tools, but some tools are worse than others for any task.
The game has been seen before, but not by the general public. The developers, their bosses, and most likely the previous owner have all laid eyes on this glorious piece of history.
No no, you don't get it. These ancient jewels of computing actually developed themselves! Powerful artifacs of magic they are. Bind them with an emulator only with the utmost care.
The real problem is not with how much taxes are collected, it's the "intelligent government" part. I think a part of the problem is that the larger the government or governing structure is (in terms of people and country size, not legislation), the more it becomes an inefficient sieve rather than funnel.
On one hand, a person should indeed be free to live as one sees fit, including spending. But on the other hand, people are stupid, so electing smart people and raising taxes seems like a win to me. That just leaves the "election" part, then. Now what to do about that.....
Even better: reading any PDF becomes a joy instead of a chore when you can have two full pages on screen instead of one. Also, Netbeans & co. have these sidebars on both the left and right side in some situations. That will eat up horizontal space like crazy.
Most importanly, IMHO: a keyboard takes up left-right space, so having a monitor the same shape makes sense on a laptop, as the size can be reduced that way.
Yeah, those were the days of uncomplicated pure games. No unnecessary cruft or details to bog down the enjoyment, or restrict the player. For instance, if you need to fly, just press forward. Afterburner? Just hold shift. None of this "realistic walking/running" crap of today!
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Really now, the controls could be updated to WSAD + mouse aim (up-down included), the insane movement speed slowed a bit, jumping implemented.. but other than that, it's a fine game. OTOH, with the classic controls, it's much more like a puzzle game at times.
If you try it, you'll see that you can move the window any way you like, including completely outside the screen and beyond. The only requirement is that the window has a window menu, some odd dialog boxes might not have one.
I see your point, and I'm really too tired to be thinking about these things, but looking at your conditions for free will: we can't affect the laws of physics, and we can't choose the initial conditions for the universe. This means that according to you, we don't have free will. In essence, either 1) the universe is entirely predictable from initial conditions, or it isn't because of 2a)random events or 2b) something other that laws of physics affecting the universe.
2b) requires some god-like figure(s), while 2a) is already known to happen, and in the latter case it's not really by human willpower that things change unpredictably, though it could appear that way (hence "free will, sorta"). The only way out that I can see is 2b), where universe-changing power could hypothetically be funneled into humans somewhere from the outside, so to speak. Or, like you say, having a say about the initial conditions, but that is also outside the universe as we know it right now.
IOW, true free will requires religion, if my argument is correct.
I think the definition is very simple. If the universe is entirely predictable, then there cannot be free will. If truly random events can occur, then "free will" is possible, though not necessary.
No, I think the point is that no matter how you move, your center of gravity is kept above the center of the sphere at all times. If you jump to the side, the ball will simply move with your feet, cancelling out horizontal vectors, and making you go straight up and down. In other words, the ball is already moving before you leave the "ground". With perfect feedback and measurement, and very speedy rotation, you'll be trapped on top of the ball. Pretty scary, actually.
No, it makes perfect sense. If you buy cigarettes and inflict harm on your health, it's only fair that you have to contribute more to the health insurance with every pack you buy. The conflict of interest only exists for a corrupt government that seeks profits above all else.
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But if you don't make it clear what you wishes are in a will, then your wishes effectively don't exist, legally speaking, and probably practically speaking as well if you never mentioned it to anyone.
You're right, and wrong. There's no reason why the mindstorms kit can't be transformed into a hammer, should the user need it, and most people need hammers most of the time, not mindstorms kits. The computer as a tool should be tailored/tailor itself to the users needs and level of mental sophistication. Trying to do it the other way indicates a bad tool, not a bad user.
Programming languages are tools, but some tools are worse than others for any task.
If those people moved to Google, can we then expect Google to become mired in similar internal issues?
Of course you can, it becomes "Microsoft Ungoodwill". Doubleplus.
And it's an excellent solution, if it makes people stop using the 10^2 prefixes in the relatively few places where they are used.
In fact, do we even need to express filesizes in powers of 2 at all? Is there any reason to continue this practice other than tradition?
You computer is telling you capacity in GiB and MiB, they're just mislabelled.
Incidentally, each month in Japanese has a traditional and descriptive name, but it was changed to a straight number sequence sometime before 1800.
On one hand, a person should indeed be free to live as one sees fit, including spending. But on the other hand, people are stupid, so electing smart people and raising taxes seems like a win to me. That just leaves the "election" part, then. Now what to do about that.....
Most importanly, IMHO: a keyboard takes up left-right space, so having a monitor the same shape makes sense on a laptop, as the size can be reduced that way.
Is this secondary screening thing a (recent) US occurrence? Because I've never heard of it while travelling.
Am I the only one who went off googling for some inspiration, but came back empty-handed?
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Really now, the controls could be updated to WSAD + mouse aim (up-down included), the insane movement speed slowed a bit, jumping implemented.. but other than that, it's a fine game. OTOH, with the classic controls, it's much more like a puzzle game at times.
Other than RSS feeds of webcomics, slashdot is still the ruling procrastinatron.
You're right: people are more good than evil. But people are also more easily duped than smart.
If you try it, you'll see that you can move the window any way you like, including completely outside the screen and beyond. The only requirement is that the window has a window menu, some odd dialog boxes might not have one.
As long as corporations don't have armies and nukes, it's the lesser of two evils.
2b) requires some god-like figure(s), while 2a) is already known to happen, and in the latter case it's not really by human willpower that things change unpredictably, though it could appear that way (hence "free will, sorta"). The only way out that I can see is 2b), where universe-changing power could hypothetically be funneled into humans somewhere from the outside, so to speak. Or, like you say, having a say about the initial conditions, but that is also outside the universe as we know it right now.
IOW, true free will requires religion, if my argument is correct.
I think the definition is very simple. If the universe is entirely predictable, then there cannot be free will. If truly random events can occur, then "free will" is possible, though not necessary.
No, I think the point is that no matter how you move, your center of gravity is kept above the center of the sphere at all times. If you jump to the side, the ball will simply move with your feet, cancelling out horizontal vectors, and making you go straight up and down. In other words, the ball is already moving before you leave the "ground". With perfect feedback and measurement, and very speedy rotation, you'll be trapped on top of the ball. Pretty scary, actually.
No, it makes perfect sense. If you buy cigarettes and inflict harm on your health, it's only fair that you have to contribute more to the health insurance with every pack you buy. The conflict of interest only exists for a corrupt government that seeks profits above all else.
I can read text off an incandescent lightbulb just fine. Perhaps your monitor is set too bright, or the rest of your room is poorly lit?