Yeah, PJ expressed some similar sentiment. Still, I would prefer Lyons' half-hearted (or career saving) apology to Rob Enderle's ego driven life-story non-apology any day.
Early in the SCO saga, Forbes magazine essentially swallowed the story that Linux was pwn3d by SCO through direct copying, derivative works, etc. Dan Lyons was the man behind the pen at Forbes. Of course the concept of value addition without $$$ was foreign to Forbes, so it made sense in their little world that Linux must be stolen. Dan and PJ from Groklaw.net said some less than flattering things about each other, and the rest is history.
Nice strawman. Where are you arriving at the "lack of religion is faith" thing from my words?
I only asserted that those holding scientific views are not immune to zeal. True, religion does not exist in science, but people exist in science, bringing with them all sorts of preconceptions, bruised egos, and the like.
[brief story time]
Many years ago I was a young physics undergrad. I had previously learned of a certain astrophysicist who had been blackballed by the establishment for presenting a view that was contrary to popular theory. His view had nothing to do with God, creation, or Invisible Purple Unicorns.
I asked my department head if he was familiar with this scientist's research. His response was something like, "Oh, you don't want to mess around with anything that guy says." There was no hint of scientific refutation of his work, just him. My undergraduate degree is in math.
[/brief story time]
Now I will suggest, from your kneejerk reaction, that you are possibly one of the zealots I am talking about. Thanks for illustrating my point.
Well said. We all see religious zealotry, but it exists in almost all academic fields as well (mathematics excepted). We just turn a blind eye to it if said zeal matches our own point of view.
It was a most bizarre hour. The lady doing the presentation was funny and cheerful, which starkly contrasted with the subject matter. It was almost surreal to hear her talk pleasantly about the inevitability of a pandemic, the mortality rate of those infected, and the projected death toll in the local communities.
I walked away from the training with the belief that a pandemic would bring our economy to a screeching halt, though the presenter never said so. I also left thinking, "If this thing hits, I'm going to live in the woods for three to six months, starting with news of the first human-to-human infection in the US." Then again, I'm prone to overreaction. I think it stems from watching Red Dawn so many times as a teenager.
Nah. I can empirically prove it. I live in a rural area which neither offers employment commensurate with my education nor competitive wages based on job description. I'm in good company though. There are many like me who trade income for lifestyle.
Anyway, even if I am overvaluing myself, this is/., where such is almost a prerequisite.;-)
I would like to see a wage breakdown by geographical area. Frankly, I don't know how anyone in a California metro area gets by. If the reference to those who "think web 'design' isn't hard" was aimed at me, I didn't mean to imply any such thing. I hate to see those who can produce static pages in Dreamweaver be thought of as web designers.
...providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development (PDF) as practiced in the US and worldwide Were this study of US workers alone, then yes, it does seem low. However, there is likely some skew from India and India-like workers. No I did not RTFA.
I think we are de-valuing the meaning of the word 'super' Bah. We devalued that term long ago with the invention of the "super model." Seriously, when was the last time you saw some skinny chick flying around saving people from burning buildings?
Well, I for one would encourage you to at least throw a few thoughts into your currently empty slashdot journal. I am particularly interested in what you've said regarding wealth, value, jobs, and the like.
I agree with the grandparent. What you have to say generally makes a lot of sense and is well reasoned. You are part of the signal in the slashdot noise.
"You can kinda centrally manage your workstations by implementing LTSP (and others), but this tops out at 150 workstations per server. When you have 15000 desktop, the last thing you need is additional 100 servers to manage."
No. If you use LTSP the 100 servers aren't "additional," they ARE what you manage. The desktops don't need administration because they are "thin clients."
How can I say this nicely? Nope. A change in our position in the Milky Way does not cause an increase in asteroids.
This near miss is like all the other near misses in the past: it orginated in our solar system. All asteroids we've ever observed orbit our sun in a roughly planar orbit.
That is correct. Doubling the distance from a light source (the sun) decreases the amount of light by a factor of four.
So if a spacecraft has cells that produce 200W/m^2 at 1 a.u., the same cells would only produce 50W/m^2 at 2 a.u. That's why the Voyager spacecraft used plutonium batteries.
I arrived at the same conclusion about creating wealth, mostly because I've never lived above the "poverty line" working for others. I would love to live as you say, but I've run into this small problem:
How do I get the 40 acres and the mule when I've never been able to earn enough money to put aside any savings? I am therefore trapped in another man's economy.
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Yeah, PJ expressed some similar sentiment. Still, I would prefer Lyons' half-hearted (or career saving) apology to Rob Enderle's ego driven life-story non-apology any day.
Early in the SCO saga, Forbes magazine essentially swallowed the story that Linux was pwn3d by SCO through direct copying, derivative works, etc. Dan Lyons was the man behind the pen at Forbes. Of course the concept of value addition without $$$ was foreign to Forbes, so it made sense in their little world that Linux must be stolen. Dan and PJ from Groklaw.net said some less than flattering things about each other, and the rest is history.
Lyons did eventually apologize.
Nice strawman. Where are you arriving at the "lack of religion is faith" thing from my words?
I only asserted that those holding scientific views are not immune to zeal. True, religion does not exist in science, but people exist in science, bringing with them all sorts of preconceptions, bruised egos, and the like.
[brief story time]
Many years ago I was a young physics undergrad. I had previously learned of a certain astrophysicist who had been blackballed by the establishment for presenting a view that was contrary to popular theory. His view had nothing to do with God, creation, or Invisible Purple Unicorns.
I asked my department head if he was familiar with this scientist's research. His response was something like, "Oh, you don't want to mess around with anything that guy says." There was no hint of scientific refutation of his work, just him. My undergraduate degree is in math.
[/brief story time]
Now I will suggest, from your kneejerk reaction, that you are possibly one of the zealots I am talking about. Thanks for illustrating my point.
Scene opens at Imperial Headquarters, Redmond. Imperial march plays and quiets as conversation begins.
Bill: Man, I am getting so tired of the EU. I am going to have to buy Europe. Bring me my checkbook.
Accountant: Sir, it's a little out of your price range.
Bill: (Staring blankly) Price range?
Accountant: Yes, sir. It costs more than you have, especially since most of your money is in dollar currency.
Bill: (Picks up phone.) Steve, get in here. And bring your chair.
But Zonk was brought by aliens.
Well said. We all see religious zealotry, but it exists in almost all academic fields as well (mathematics excepted). We just turn a blind eye to it if said zeal matches our own point of view.
It was a most bizarre hour. The lady doing the presentation was funny and cheerful, which starkly contrasted with the subject matter. It was almost surreal to hear her talk pleasantly about the inevitability of a pandemic, the mortality rate of those infected, and the projected death toll in the local communities.
I walked away from the training with the belief that a pandemic would bring our economy to a screeching halt, though the presenter never said so. I also left thinking, "If this thing hits, I'm going to live in the woods for three to six months, starting with news of the first human-to-human infection in the US." Then again, I'm prone to overreaction. I think it stems from watching Red Dawn so many times as a teenager.
Nah. I can empirically prove it. I live in a rural area which neither offers employment commensurate with my education nor competitive wages based on job description. I'm in good company though. There are many like me who trade income for lifestyle. Anyway, even if I am overvaluing myself, this is /., where such is almost a prerequisite. ;-)
... a stake in the face, I suppose.
I would like to see a wage breakdown by geographical area. Frankly, I don't know how anyone in a California metro area gets by. If the reference to those who "think web 'design' isn't hard" was aimed at me, I didn't mean to imply any such thing. I hate to see those who can produce static pages in Dreamweaver be thought of as web designers.
...providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development (PDF) as practiced in the US and worldwide Were this study of US workers alone, then yes, it does seem low. However, there is likely some skew from India and India-like workers. No I did not RTFA."...and sometimes inflicting DoS on some poor evil empire." Or in the case of sco.com, an evil feifdom.
Well, I for one would encourage you to at least throw a few thoughts into your currently empty slashdot journal. I am particularly interested in what you've said regarding wealth, value, jobs, and the like. I agree with the grandparent. What you have to say generally makes a lot of sense and is well reasoned. You are part of the signal in the slashdot noise.
Did anyone else notice that respondants expected innovation to come from the Open Source community, not from Microsoft?
Many Intelligence satellites are in a low altitude (150-300 mile) polar orbit. Reading newspapers from 22,000 miles (geosync) just can't be done yet.
"You can kinda centrally manage your workstations by implementing LTSP (and others), but this tops out at 150 workstations per server. When you have 15000 desktop, the last thing you need is additional 100 servers to manage." No. If you use LTSP the 100 servers aren't "additional," they ARE what you manage. The desktops don't need administration because they are "thin clients."
1989! The telegraph did the same thing about 100 years before that. Does that mean the idea is now in the public domain?
How can I say this nicely? Nope. A change in our position in the Milky Way does not cause an increase in asteroids. This near miss is like all the other near misses in the past: it orginated in our solar system. All asteroids we've ever observed orbit our sun in a roughly planar orbit.
That is correct. Doubling the distance from a light source (the sun) decreases the amount of light by a factor of four. So if a spacecraft has cells that produce 200W/m^2 at 1 a.u., the same cells would only produce 50W/m^2 at 2 a.u. That's why the Voyager spacecraft used plutonium batteries.
I arrived at the same conclusion about creating wealth, mostly because I've never lived above the "poverty line" working for others. I would love to live as you say, but I've run into this small problem: How do I get the 40 acres and the mule when I've never been able to earn enough money to put aside any savings? I am therefore trapped in another man's economy.