With some big name brands, the XP install is tied to the type of computer.
That's true. I've had some hits and misses in terms of being able to install the OS from a CD. But, if you have ten copies of Windows CD's for different computers, you have a good chance of finding one that works. Futhermore, if you already own a copy (say for a Gateway) that will not install on another computer (say a Dell), I would have no qualms about using the Dell CD and giving up my rights to use the Gateway version. Still fair use because you own 1 copy and are only using 1 copy.
I somewhat regularly upgrade computers or rebuild systems for family and friends. When that happens, I end up with a lot of unused copies of Windows. These are bought and payed for - 100% legitimate. So when my friends want a new Windows computer, I'm not going to re-buy a copy of windows when they already own the rights to a copy!
But I bet they would count this as a hit for their study.
And to think, in fifty years they've smashed so many particles together... but I could still smash more in a moment by whipping a tennis ball against the wall...
If you weren't marked as a friend-of-a-friend, I'd assume you were a troll....
Please tell me why you think terrorists prefer anyone but Bush.
First of all, this is a political hyperbole, and meant to convey a point, not to be taken literally. The point is that president Bush has done a very good job hunting down terrorists and either capturing or killing them. Many of their leaders are in prison, and those that aren't are in hiding, tucked away in caves and basements. Also, these people HATE Americans... all of us. If you support the U.S. in any way (like paying taxes) you deserve to die according to them. That includes you and me. Given that, I really doubt that they like the leader of the United States.
It's true that many militants have joined them since our troops landed in the middle east. I'll grant you that. But I'll wager that most of those people were pretty militant to begin with. There are also large numbers of Afgahns and Iraqis who are joining their own country's police force because they are tired of senseless violence, and would like a safe country for their families.
I don't want more terrorists, but the bottom line is this: I'd rather have them recruited, then disposed when the other option is backing down because we are opposed.
There is a bit of a calculated risk here. We're betting that we can kill off or capture terrorists faster than they can recruit, or that there is a soft limit on the number of militants who are ready to become terrorists. In either of these situations, the problem will be solved by continuing our present course. If the native police forces and their supporters recruit faster than terrorists, we also win. The problem would be if none of these cases materialized. There are too many unknowns to say exactly what would happen then, but it wouldn't be good. I think this unlikely though, and I pray that it doesn't get to that point.
By the way, I like your journal explanation linked to in your sig. I agree that generally, the same people post consistantly thoughtful, interesting posts. And I hope you come to the conclusion that just because we disagree, doesn't mean I'm not thoughtful or interesting.
Google news is still in beta because it can't differentiate between real news and editorials.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many people want more editorial! The concept of balanced news is fairly new. The press used to be a political tool used by both sides of any issue. Many people, including myself, would like to see that happen again. Editorial is the closest thing to it right now. And often times its the only interesting thing to read.
Most news stories are duplicates of each other. You hear something on the morning radio, then read it in the paper, then see it on TV at night... same story every time. It is much more interesting when someone says, here's what happened (fill in the blank) and here's what I think about it. Then another person says, here's what happened (duplicate information) here's what I think about it.
As long as Google News picks articles from many viewpoints (and it does) there is no problem. It might even make the news a little more interesting.
I honestly don't think Google should be sued for presenting news from other sources. After all, Google News is just summarizing the pages it finds and linking to them... just like regular Google does. In fact, many webpages get additional hits because of Google News. It isn't really at all different from any other search engine except that the contents are limited to current events.
That being said, I know there's a difference between how things should be and how things are. So you don't need to explain why someone can sue them. No one ever promised you couldn't be successfully sued for millions of dollars for no good reason.
I'm amazed how elegant this space craft is. Granted, the NASA flights were about half a century ago. And these guys have a lot more to work with. But it seems to me like they are doing an amazing job! Think of the NASA budget and manpower as compared to these guys. They have yet to acomplish all that the space program has accomplished - but dang are they doing a good job. Every time I see the separate space crafts and how elegantly they maneuver... I'm just impressed. I think about the old rockets just dropping pieces into the ocean. But this two staged design that flies to altitude and then separates into to pilotable vehicles seems very well thought out.
Although I am unable to conceive of the type of spacefaring mishap which could result in a mere broken leg...
The craft hits strong turbulence on the way up, causing over 1000 pounds of Tang from the cargo bay to come crashing down into the crew compartment. And just as fast as that - you have a broken leg.
You're getting into some pretty deep issues now. Can a computer ever think? How would we know if it was thinking? At what point does the computer start thinking instead of just following instructions. No matter how complex it's instructions are or how fast it executes them, isn't it still just following instructions? What about us? Are we just following instructions?
Timeout-- my head hurts.
Which brings me to my next point. If computer ever could think, it would eventually start to think about how it thinks... And then it would overheat or explode.
I made a leadership simulator once. It replayed some situations in order to judge your response.
Some example situations are:
Hey, that's a great idea! It doesn't sound very good when you explain it though. So I'll present it at the meeting like I thought of it.
Here are four things I need you to do. Each one of them is your first priority.
Even though you have extensive education in your field and I'm barely qualified to be a manager, I'll be making some changes to your project to see if I can improve it. Let me know what you think.
This meeting is for you to review your superiors. Tell is what you think of us... honestly.
To my knowledge, no one has even succesfully completed my simulator. I'm not even sure if I could get someone to sit through this if I paid them $60,000 a year.
I know that anything is possible - especially in the corporate world: but I think most of the owners of Apple would strongly resist a buyout attempt by MS. Back to that ideology thing... I know people invest to make money. But I also think a lot of Apple's investors have a degree of loyalty, born out of disgust with MS.
I agree with you that Gates should be the lowest of the three. He is, after all, only there because he owns a monopoly large enough that it can bastardize standards created by other people.
But I think Jobs and Linus should be tied, and higher on the list. Everything you said about Linus is true - he has helped spearhead the OSS movement. But Jobs has generally set the agenda that others follow. Linux has made great strides in making computers accessible to the extremely computer litterate who know what they want their computers to do. Macs have done an equally good job of making computers accessible to those who don't know so much about computers, but would really like to use them. Both men are equally committed to their respective causes.
I get the sense that Microsoft is not necessarily the reflection Bill Gates or his ideas. I think it does whatever amounts in the most profit. On the other hand, I think Jobs and Torvalds are both driven by idealogies. When asked why they made decisions, they respond with the term "should." As in: computers should do this, or operating systems should not behave like this.
I think that makes both of them better leaders and very high on this list.
...but perhaps most interesting is the fact that the panel of judges couldn't separate Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates - they are tied in seventh place.
Is there any difference between the two men? Don't they both more or less control an operating system that is freely distributable, freely modifiable, strongly based on standards, with rock solid performance?
Maybe I'm being overly naive, but checking for broken links doesn't seem all that spectacular to me. It wouldn't take long to write a script to find all the broken links on a page.
The only parts that seemed worth while are replacing the links automatically, and testing if links are relevant.
I'm not so sure I'd trust a computer to do those things though. I'd much rather have the links flagged and checked by a human.
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Actually, newer reactors are designed to shut down without coolant. And it isn't shut down by a computer system, or something that could fail. Particles that fly out of the nuclear material pass through the coolant before going back into more radioactive material. If they don't pass through the coolant, they won't interact with other atoms at a high enough probability to sustain a reaction, and the whole thing shuts down automatically.
...which discusses numerous things happening on the anime front...
I'll venture a guess that the top story on the anime front is some guy hovering in the air screaming at another guy hovering in the air - with various colorbursts displayed behind them all the while. They continue this for several minutes, building up to a short, rather anti-climactic fight.
While technically neat, I think most would agree that this is an abuse, and that it is wrong.
I don't think the FCC will let this stand long. Especially if telemarketers, or similar crud start using it in the obvious ways.
Could the DMCA be applicable here? I can't recall all of its subtle clauses right now. But I wouldn't be suprised if such a technology violated it (everything else seems to). Can you imagine? The DMCA being used for good !?
Well, I agree with you on the high-speed wind problem. But with enought water, furniture, maybe anchors, I'm sure they can work through that.
The insulation shouldn't be a problem. Material need not be heavy to insulate well. In fact, in many cases, the less dense a material, the better it insulates. For instance, two layers of lightweight material with foam packed between them, or even empty air space should insulate fairly well.
You're basically dealing with heat transfer from contact between elements and radiation. Radiant heat loss can be hampered by a nice shiny layer, like tin foil. And any reasonably thick layer that doesn't transport heat well will slow heat loss do to contact (a vaccuum would be ideal).
I was just thinking that. A spaced aged house should have sheetrock walls, not plaster, and the kitchen counter and or table should have a boomerang print with lots of greens, oranges and browns.
All I want in my space aged buildings is a pneumatic tube for transportation - like a big version of what they have at the bank. Need to go to work? Jump in the pod and push SEND. Want to go the store? Jump in the pod and push SEND. Convenient and fun.
I feel like I'm getting really old, and I'm only in my 20s. This little palm thing, or pda (or whatever the kids are calling them these days) has way more power than my first computer.
I remember playing games on my Apple IIgs. Man was that baby sweet! And I remember when I got a 300MHz computer and everyone thought that was the greatest thing ever! Wow, do you think they'll ever make a 400MHz cpu? Can you even imagine how fast that would be?
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With some big name brands, the XP install is tied to the type of computer.
That's true. I've had some hits and misses in terms of being able to install the OS from a CD. But, if you have ten copies of Windows CD's for different computers, you have a good chance of finding one that works. Futhermore, if you already own a copy (say for a Gateway) that will not install on another computer (say a Dell), I would have no qualms about using the Dell CD and giving up my rights to use the Gateway version. Still fair use because you own 1 copy and are only using 1 copy.
Bollocks. All my work machines come with XP on them. The first thing I have to do is purge the damn thing and install Linux.
Perhaps you should resell your copies of Windows to others who might want them for barebones systems - and split the Microsoft tax 50/50.
Microsoft says you can't do this. But the courts have indicated that you can.
I somewhat regularly upgrade computers or rebuild systems for family and friends. When that happens, I end up with a lot of unused copies of Windows. These are bought and payed for - 100% legitimate. So when my friends want a new Windows computer, I'm not going to re-buy a copy of windows when they already own the rights to a copy!
But I bet they would count this as a hit for their study.
And to think, in fifty years they've smashed so many particles together... but I could still smash more in a moment by whipping a tennis ball against the wall...
If you weren't marked as a friend-of-a-friend, I'd assume you were a troll. ...
Please tell me why you think terrorists prefer anyone but Bush.
First of all, this is a political hyperbole, and meant to convey a point, not to be taken literally. The point is that president Bush has done a very good job hunting down terrorists and either capturing or killing them. Many of their leaders are in prison, and those that aren't are in hiding, tucked away in caves and basements. Also, these people HATE Americans... all of us. If you support the U.S. in any way (like paying taxes) you deserve to die according to them. That includes you and me. Given that, I really doubt that they like the leader of the United States.
It's true that many militants have joined them since our troops landed in the middle east. I'll grant you that. But I'll wager that most of those people were pretty militant to begin with. There are also large numbers of Afgahns and Iraqis who are joining their own country's police force because they are tired of senseless violence, and would like a safe country for their families.
I don't want more terrorists, but the bottom line is this: I'd rather have them recruited, then disposed when the other option is backing down because we are opposed.
There is a bit of a calculated risk here. We're betting that we can kill off or capture terrorists faster than they can recruit, or that there is a soft limit on the number of militants who are ready to become terrorists. In either of these situations, the problem will be solved by continuing our present course. If the native police forces and their supporters recruit faster than terrorists, we also win. The problem would be if none of these cases materialized. There are too many unknowns to say exactly what would happen then, but it wouldn't be good. I think this unlikely though, and I pray that it doesn't get to that point.
By the way, I like your journal explanation linked to in your sig. I agree that generally, the same people post consistantly thoughtful, interesting posts. And I hope you come to the conclusion that just because we disagree, doesn't mean I'm not thoughtful or interesting.
Google news is still in beta because it can't differentiate between real news and editorials.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many people want more editorial! The concept of balanced news is fairly new. The press used to be a political tool used by both sides of any issue. Many people, including myself, would like to see that happen again. Editorial is the closest thing to it right now. And often times its the only interesting thing to read.
Most news stories are duplicates of each other. You hear something on the morning radio, then read it in the paper, then see it on TV at night... same story every time. It is much more interesting when someone says, here's what happened (fill in the blank) and here's what I think about it. Then another person says, here's what happened (duplicate information) here's what I think about it.
As long as Google News picks articles from many viewpoints (and it does) there is no problem. It might even make the news a little more interesting.
Why stop there?
The next time my mother-in-law asks why I don't make more money, I'm going to tell her I'm in Beta.
well they can still take stories out of your gmail account and present those as news
And in other news...
Your sister just broke it off with that jerk she was dating.
And your mother's VCR didn't work on the timed record setting last night. Please let her know if any of your friends have "Trading Spouses" on tape.
I honestly don't think Google should be sued for presenting news from other sources. After all, Google News is just summarizing the pages it finds and linking to them... just like regular Google does. In fact, many webpages get additional hits because of Google News. It isn't really at all different from any other search engine except that the contents are limited to current events.
That being said, I know there's a difference between how things should be and how things are. So you don't need to explain why someone can sue them. No one ever promised you couldn't be successfully sued for millions of dollars for no good reason.
I'm amazed how elegant this space craft is. Granted, the NASA flights were about half a century ago. And these guys have a lot more to work with. But it seems to me like they are doing an amazing job! Think of the NASA budget and manpower as compared to these guys. They have yet to acomplish all that the space program has accomplished - but dang are they doing a good job. Every time I see the separate space crafts and how elegantly they maneuver... I'm just impressed. I think about the old rockets just dropping pieces into the ocean. But this two staged design that flies to altitude and then separates into to pilotable vehicles seems very well thought out.
Although I am unable to conceive of the type of spacefaring mishap which could result in a mere broken leg...
The craft hits strong turbulence on the way up, causing over 1000 pounds of Tang from the cargo bay to come crashing down into the crew compartment. And just as fast as that - you have a broken leg.
You're getting into some pretty deep issues now. Can a computer ever think? How would we know if it was thinking? At what point does the computer start thinking instead of just following instructions. No matter how complex it's instructions are or how fast it executes them, isn't it still just following instructions? What about us? Are we just following instructions?
Timeout-- my head hurts.
Which brings me to my next point. If computer ever could think, it would eventually start to think about how it thinks... And then it would overheat or explode.
So, I'll ask you outright: Are you implying that to differ with the republican party is to be an enemy of the state? 'Cause it sure sounds like it.
No, I didn't imply that. You came up with that on your own.
I made a leadership simulator once. It replayed some situations in order to judge your response.
Some example situations are:
Hey, that's a great idea! It doesn't sound very good when you explain it though. So I'll present it at the meeting like I thought of it.
Here are four things I need you to do. Each one of them is your first priority.
Even though you have extensive education in your field and I'm barely qualified to be a manager, I'll be making some changes to your project to see if I can improve it. Let me know what you think.
This meeting is for you to review your superiors. Tell is what you think of us... honestly.
To my knowledge, no one has even succesfully completed my simulator. I'm not even sure if I could get someone to sit through this if I paid them $60,000 a year.
I know that anything is possible - especially in the corporate world: but I think most of the owners of Apple would strongly resist a buyout attempt by MS. Back to that ideology thing... I know people invest to make money. But I also think a lot of Apple's investors have a degree of loyalty, born out of disgust with MS.
I agree with you that Gates should be the lowest of the three. He is, after all, only there because he owns a monopoly large enough that it can bastardize standards created by other people.
But I think Jobs and Linus should be tied, and higher on the list. Everything you said about Linus is true - he has helped spearhead the OSS movement. But Jobs has generally set the agenda that others follow. Linux has made great strides in making computers accessible to the extremely computer litterate who know what they want their computers to do. Macs have done an equally good job of making computers accessible to those who don't know so much about computers, but would really like to use them. Both men are equally committed to their respective causes.
I get the sense that Microsoft is not necessarily the reflection Bill Gates or his ideas. I think it does whatever amounts in the most profit. On the other hand, I think Jobs and Torvalds are both driven by idealogies. When asked why they made decisions, they respond with the term "should." As in: computers should do this, or operating systems should not behave like this.
I think that makes both of them better leaders and very high on this list.
...but perhaps most interesting is the fact that the panel of judges couldn't separate Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates - they are tied in seventh place.
Is there any difference between the two men? Don't they both more or less control an operating system that is freely distributable, freely modifiable, strongly based on standards, with rock solid performance?
Maybe I'm being overly naive, but checking for broken links doesn't seem all that spectacular to me. It wouldn't take long to write a script to find all the broken links on a page.
The only parts that seemed worth while are replacing the links automatically, and testing if links are relevant.
I'm not so sure I'd trust a computer to do those things though. I'd much rather have the links flagged and checked by a human.
Actually, newer reactors are designed to shut down without coolant. And it isn't shut down by a computer system, or something that could fail. Particles that fly out of the nuclear material pass through the coolant before going back into more radioactive material. If they don't pass through the coolant, they won't interact with other atoms at a high enough probability to sustain a reaction, and the whole thing shuts down automatically.
Pretty sweet idea really.
...which discusses numerous things happening on the anime front...
I'll venture a guess that the top story on the anime front is some guy hovering in the air screaming at another guy hovering in the air - with various colorbursts displayed behind them all the while. They continue this for several minutes, building up to a short, rather anti-climactic fight.
But I could be wrong.
While technically neat, I think most would agree that this is an abuse, and that it is wrong.
I don't think the FCC will let this stand long. Especially if telemarketers, or similar crud start using it in the obvious ways.
Could the DMCA be applicable here? I can't recall all of its subtle clauses right now. But I wouldn't be suprised if such a technology violated it (everything else seems to). Can you imagine? The DMCA being used for good !?
Well, I agree with you on the high-speed wind problem. But with enought water, furniture, maybe anchors, I'm sure they can work through that.
The insulation shouldn't be a problem. Material need not be heavy to insulate well. In fact, in many cases, the less dense a material, the better it insulates. For instance, two layers of lightweight material with foam packed between them, or even empty air space should insulate fairly well.
You're basically dealing with heat transfer from contact between elements and radiation. Radiant heat loss can be hampered by a nice shiny layer, like tin foil. And any reasonably thick layer that doesn't transport heat well will slow heat loss do to contact (a vaccuum would be ideal).
I was just thinking that. A spaced aged house should have sheetrock walls, not plaster, and the kitchen counter and or table should have a boomerang print with lots of greens, oranges and browns.
All I want in my space aged buildings is a pneumatic tube for transportation - like a big version of what they have at the bank. Need to go to work? Jump in the pod and push SEND. Want to go the store? Jump in the pod and push SEND. Convenient and fun.
Give me that, and I can die happy.
I feel like I'm getting really old, and I'm only in my 20s. This little palm thing, or pda (or whatever the kids are calling them these days) has way more power than my first computer.
I remember playing games on my Apple IIgs. Man was that baby sweet! And I remember when I got a 300MHz computer and everyone thought that was the greatest thing ever! Wow, do you think they'll ever make a 400MHz cpu? Can you even imagine how fast that would be?