I like to think of myself as a logical person and I like to be able to justify my choices and opinions.
But recently I've been noticing that, in fact, I make decisions based on gut feeling then justify those choices with whatever logical argument applies.
Cookies just feel wrong. Spyware probably hasn't hurt anyone either but it still feels wrong. I like open source software because it feels right (and then I justify it with arguments most people on/. will be familliar with).
Cookies are a symptom of what is wrong with the world, Orwell's 1984 is not a future to be scared of, it's here now! It has crept up on us by stealth.
Cookies are just one part of a whole and if no one speaks out sooner or later you're locked in the ministry of love with a rat on your face screaming "Do it to Julia!"
It's this sort of thinking which is giving science a bad name;)
At 19.00 we can definitively say that, from out rest frame, the probe had, one hour ago, a high probability of hitting jupiter, however at 20.00 it can be said that by far the most probable outcome occurred, (an hour ago) it hit. If we don't look inbetween it can be said that the probe occupies some combination of all possible probable states.
Wow! Prescott two jabs, two jags and now 64 bit.
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It just feels wrong.
I like to think of myself as a logical person and I like to be able to justify my choices and opinions.
But recently I've been noticing that, in fact, I make decisions based on gut feeling then justify those choices with whatever logical argument applies.
Cookies just feel wrong. Spyware probably hasn't hurt anyone either but it still feels wrong. I like open source software because it feels right (and then I justify it with arguments most people on/. will be familliar with).
Cookies are a symptom of what is wrong with the world, Orwell's 1984 is not a future to be scared of, it's here now! It has crept up on us by stealth.
Cookies are just one part of a whole and if no one speaks out sooner or later you're locked in the ministry of love with a rat on your face screaming "Do it to Julia!"
"Do it to
Be honest, that's not drool is it?
I totally agree, computers beat humans everyday in specific situations.
To tests this get a 368 and a list of 500 random of semi-random integers and see if you can sort them by hand low to high faster than the computer.
Even a badly written sorting algorithm would obviously totally kick you're ass.
It all comes down to the question of whether the problem (Chess) is more suited to a human mind or a machine.
Are chess computers improving faster than grandmasters?
Sooner or later both the computers and the top players will be able to work out every move from both ends of the game (i.e. the start and the end)
When this happens they'll realize it's all pointless and start nuclear war instead.
...maybe the Valve version has been delayed.
no, it's a gift.
Accutally -R drives are really not very expensive these days.
Hmmm, I often wonder why the rest of the world seems to hate americans.
Luckily there is always someone around to remind me.
w-hooooo, no more recompressing (or trancoding) DVDs!!
Well I for one welcome...
oh, wait..
"...the customizations were an ugly hack, completely undocumented, and had been done by an employee who was later fired"
What a sound managerial decision that was, sack the only guy who knows how it works!
With managment like that who needs an economic downturn.
BTW good work on making your employer realize the value of OSS.
What's redundant about saying that socialisum and even communisum are not necessarily a bad thing?
Oh wait, I get it I mentioned Americans. That's fair.
All I ask is you hold off invading me until I've got my WMD production sorted out.
You Americans never really got over those communist witch hunts did you?
While I don't really agree with the policy my self I wonder why "a socialistic procurement system" is automatically considered a bad thing?
Perhaps they should have concentrated more on showing that linux and open source software is a better choice rather than imposing a ban on other OSs
I heard you can still use the -flintlock switch for BSD compatibility.
Becoming?
People have long been the most expendable part of any enterprise.
Bloody peasant!
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you :)
It's this sort of thinking which is giving science a bad name ;)
At 19.00 we can definitively say that, from out rest frame, the probe had, one hour ago, a high probability of hitting jupiter, however at 20.00 it can be said that by far the most probable outcome occurred, (an hour ago) it hit. If we don't look inbetween it can be said that the probe occupies some combination of all possible probable states.
confused?
So am I.
God does not play dice.
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