, in particular carbon dioxide (but also, sulfer dioxide, and others), are emmitted by this one volcanic field http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/ nyos/nyos.txt than are emmitted by all the industrialised countries of the world in the same period.
Shall we devote our resources to stopping that ?
The answer is, of course not.
Energy waste is bad for one simple reason, it is wasteful.
...reasonable behaviour is inapproperiate in the face of discrimination. You should just feel guilty.
If you really believe this, you should feel foolish.
If you are implying that the only solution in the prevention of discrimination is unreasonable behaviour, I'll have none of it, and would prefer to be considered discriminatory. It is impossible to correct a wrong, only to prevent it in the future.
It is difficult to explain how minority and female employment figures are constantly rising (even to percentages above relative population within the U.S.), while white male figures are constantly falling without considering reverse discrimination.
Clearly this does not apply to the highest levels of civil service, which I admit appears to be almost exclusively white males, however for middle management and below, the figures are astonishing.
Don't get me wrong, I do not judge a person by race
I will admit to judging the fairer sex, mostly by bust size, and leg length, try as I might, I can't seem to avoid this - but that judgment was against suitability for mating, not against professional competence.
I have worked with some very talented people in my career, many of them people of minority status, and I don't ever remember considering their race - or sex - when judging their competence.
Two main design decisions preclude this from causing disaster.
1.) A proper NTP implementation will only normally change the skew of your clock, so it speeds up or slows down, but does not jump around.
2.) A proper NTP implementation will assume that a clock with a large variance compared to other sources is unreliable, and so it will try not to use it. Of course this assumes you have more than one time source available (and configured).
You are either exaggerating or simply lying.
It is an axiom of software development that the more lines of [meaningful] code, the greater the number of bugs.
I would be astounded if you were able to achieve an error rate of 1 bug per 1000 lines of code delivered to QA.
Of course, if you are doing the QA before QA do QA, that's a different story.
Besides, tens of thousands of lines of quality code sounds like about two months work. What were you doing the rest of the time, testing ?
of many of the 'intellectuals' which come out of MIT. Full of great ideas, and convction for them, but lacking some fundamental understanding of the 'real world'.
I know I'll be slammed for that, but it's hard to say it any more clearly
Why is New Orleans wasting money on building a WiFi infrastructure when what they really need to do is completely rebuild the sea wall to withstand a Cat 5 Hurricane.
Then I realised, why of course, this is New Orleans, they expect the Federal Govt to pay for all their important infrastructure, and they can waste their own money however they like.
A good product speaks for itself and doesn't need to be "sold"...
Your statement is idiocy.
Good products do not sell themselves. When was the last time you saw a copy of any linux distro engage in a debate with Windows. Get used to the idea, people sell products. End of story.
Actually there is more to the story, people sell products that other people don't really need and they do this by convincing them they do need them. Examples: new car (regardless of which manf. you choose), new house, new clothes, new shoes, new sunglasses, holiday to Hawaii.
If you don't agree with the fact that you and I and everyone are buying things all the time that we don't need, well, you are in denial. Well, since we do this, suddenly there is demand for manufacturers to sell their goods.
Until I became friends with a well known S.V. hardware company Marketing Exec. He was the father of one of my childrens' friends. I spent a lot of time talking about how Scientists and Engineers made his job possible, and how he wouldn't have anytthing to market if it weren't for them.
Well, he convinced me that it was a two way street. That there is no shortage of good ideas and products out there, and the ONLY reason some succeed over others is becuase people like him and Sales people make it happen. They sell products that they know aren't quite ready yet (vaporware) because the company needs the revenue. They sell products that they know are inferior to the competition because their Scientists and Engineers made a stupid mistake early on in the product development lifecycle that didn't get caught until too late and the company can't afford to start over.
Basically he convinced me (a seasoned Engineer) that we need them as much as they need us.
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Actually, the phrase Global Warming actually means Sudden Dramatic Global Climate Change, it's just easier to say.
Shall we devote our resources to stopping that ?
The answer is, of course not.
Energy waste is bad for one simple reason, it is wasteful.
Let's devote our energy to reducing energy waste. Let's tighten up the efficiency regulations of automobiles so that SUV's aren't a 'loop-hole' (http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/gu est_commentary/lynch-cafe-standard-insanity.htm) in the CAFE standards. Let's stop producing so much light pollution (url:httpwwwdarkskyorg>)that I can no longer make out the Milky Way from my back garden in a surburb of a small mid-western city . Let's insist that fuck-brains who choose to buy Harley Davidson motorcycles aren't buying them because they make A LOT OF NOISE (http://www.noisefree.org/motorcycles/loudpipes.ht ml), and really only want to look macho http://www.havasy.net/images/bike/chapsleather01_t humbnail.jpg!
If you really believe this, you should feel foolish.
If you are implying that the only solution in the prevention of discrimination is unreasonable behaviour, I'll have none of it, and would prefer to be considered discriminatory. It is impossible to correct a wrong, only to prevent it in the future.
Go cry somewhere else.
You have a point there, but I think it's on your head
A simple look at employment statistics http://www.opm.gov/feddata/demograp/02demo.pdf would reveal rampant reverse discrimination.
It is difficult to explain how minority and female employment figures are constantly rising (even to percentages above relative population within the U.S.), while white male figures are constantly falling without considering reverse discrimination.
Clearly this does not apply to the highest levels of civil service, which I admit appears to be almost exclusively white males, however for middle management and below, the figures are astonishing.
Don't get me wrong, I do not judge a person by race
I will admit to judging the fairer sex, mostly by bust size, and leg length, try as I might, I can't seem to avoid this - but that judgment was against suitability for mating, not against professional competence.
I have worked with some very talented people in my career, many of them people of minority status, and I don't ever remember considering their race - or sex - when judging their competence.
or "georgebush naked" http://www.urbanvibe303.com/image/georgebush-naked .jpg
an anti-static bag, like most computer parts are shipped, in work ?
1.) A proper NTP implementation will only normally change the skew of your clock, so it speeds up or slows down, but does not jump around.
2.) A proper NTP implementation will assume that a clock with a large variance compared to other sources is unreliable, and so it will try not to use it. Of course this assumes you have more than one time source available (and configured).
Really ?
And all this time I thought my comment was puny !
I mean, what's wrong with travelling on a good old fashioned Gerund anyway ?
I would be astounded if you were able to achieve an error rate of 1 bug per 1000 lines of code delivered to QA.
Of course, if you are doing the QA before QA do QA, that's a different story.
Besides, tens of thousands of lines of quality code sounds like about two months work. What were you doing the rest of the time, testing ?
I know I'll be slammed for that, but it's hard to say it any more clearly
I can't wait till I'm as mature as you, then I can go around shitting my trousers, and waiting for my mother to clean up after me.
Nuf Said.
....They are easy to cook and taste good too
A brick house is virtually identical to a pile of sand in every detail but stature.
God is in the detail
Surely that makes it Post Modern Journalism ?
Then I realised, why of course, this is New Orleans, they expect the Federal Govt to pay for all their important infrastructure, and they can waste their own money however they like.
I couldn't have said it better
I have found this to be very true, and when I find myself getting lazy, I recall these words, and force myself into action.
Good products do not sell themselves. When was the last time you saw a copy of any linux distro engage in a debate with Windows. Get used to the idea, people sell products. End of story.
Actually there is more to the story, people sell products that other people don't really need and they do this by convincing them they do need them. Examples: new car (regardless of which manf. you choose), new house, new clothes, new shoes, new sunglasses, holiday to Hawaii.
If you don't agree with the fact that you and I and everyone are buying things all the time that we don't need, well, you are in denial. Well, since we do this, suddenly there is demand for manufacturers to sell their goods.
Well, he convinced me that it was a two way street. That there is no shortage of good ideas and products out there, and the ONLY reason some succeed over others is becuase people like him and Sales people make it happen. They sell products that they know aren't quite ready yet (vaporware) because the company needs the revenue. They sell products that they know are inferior to the competition because their Scientists and Engineers made a stupid mistake early on in the product development lifecycle that didn't get caught until too late and the company can't afford to start over.
Basically he convinced me (a seasoned Engineer) that we need them as much as they need us.
So, be careful in your thinking about this issue.
That is complete non-sense. Please cite a source.