However, left to his own devices in his native environment, a human embryo will develop into an autonomous human.
No, there could be a miscarrage.
You are taking a life and converting it into property without giving that life a chance to decide.
We do the same thing to other living things all the time. We kill catapillers before they become butterflys.
How does harvesting an embryo not equate to slavery?
Because its a mass of cells, and not a human being? There's no brain, arms, legs, heart, anything. It cannot survive on its own either.
We Americans fought a war over this 150 years ago, and I find it amazing that, by changing the perception of "when life begins," some Americans think it's okay. I would have less problem with embryonic stem cells _if_ the embryo were not destroyed.
More than that; these embros live inside another human being, which has rights too. Unlike an embryo, that person can reason and decide what they want to do (or not do) with their own body, including whether or not another living being may survive in it.
I'm also suprised how many Americans think they can involve themselves into the personal affairs of others. Does it really affect YOU specifically in any way? I don't see how it could.
The promise of adult stem cells has yet to be fully explored, and I'm glad research is bearing fruit and receiving media attention. As you say, embryonic cells are potentially easier to deal with. Managing slaves is easier than working with a union; but which is more moral?
Don't equate a few human cells with slavery. You just look foolish.
I don't know where you work, but every job I've had the IT department standardized, so there was no 'locking out' of co-workers. As far as crippling the marketplace, the most common office suite is MS office, so I don't see how moving to the next version of Office changes much.
My second point is still valid; you can't sign away your rights. Would you rather I use bold or italics to emphasis next time? I need to emphasis somehow, since you seem to miss the point each time.
Uh, yeah, this is the 21st century. Computers haven't had manuals for decades. Tell me, where is your windows manual?
Its in my Vista box that the DVDs were packaged in.
On MSDN.com? Is it even useful compared to google?
MSDN is Microsoft DEVELOPERS Network; its not meant for end users. And yes, it is useful, I use it all day long either online or local.
Anyway, what's wrong with google?
Nothing; its just not something you should have to consult and dig though to change a simple setting on a computer.
(Also, I choose to ignore your absurdity of completing circuits with wires to program a VCR. While I agree most VCRs aren't easy to program, none that I know of require you to manually solder wires to do it, and anyway, it's not relevant to this discussion)
Why? That's more or less what you think computer users should be doing... hand editing text files, so that they can more easily bork their system... just like if you connected two parts of the VCR incorrectly..
grep -r [comment]/etc
Wonderful. Why did we even bother leaving the 286 at all? All we need is text!!
True, but I have certainly used windows more than I would like. Fortunately (but unfortunately for this discussion), I have not used IIS. On the other hand, I can assure you that I prefer/etc to the registry.
End users don't typically tweak the registry. If, on the rare occasion they do, its easier and less error prone than editing text files and unlike linux, there are very clear instructions on what exactly to edit.
I've used both too, and system configuration on Linux was enough to push me back to Windows.
Linux configuration is a google away, and you can leave comments in the text-files so you remember what you changed.
Wonderful way to configure a system! Instead of using the system itself, you open your browser and google it. No need for a manual anymore, I'll just google how to program my VCR (by completing circuits with various wires)! Excellent!
And those comments in the file will be oh so helpful when I can't remember where said file is located.
You haven't used Windows much; configuration options haven't really changed for quite a while. IIS4 is very similar to configuring IIS6 or 7 (although there are obviously new features in the newer versions).
First, the store in question is NOT members only. Its Circuit City, open to anyone. Second, even if there was a contract, YOU CANNOT SIGN AWAY YOUR RIGHTS. So it is clear; CC had no legal reason to detain him (even the officer agreed with that).
Since when is anyone leaving a store with products IN THE STORES BAGS suddenly become a criminal? I thought the normal activity happening with those items is that you bought them legitimatly. Also, when did refusing to be searched by an jackass that wants to suddenly become an asshole thing to do?
Why is it selfish to expect to be left alone by others that have no reason to think you did anything wrong??
Could you get her to clarify? What do you mean by "having ID?" You have ID somewhere, but not on your, or meaning you have it on your at the moment its requested.
Sorry, but you don't lose your rights by walking past a sign which states that you do. It is true though, you don't enter a contract simply by entering a store.
But when one needs RAM one tends to need it now. If the OS has grabbed all the RAM and when I want to use it I have to wait for a few gigs to be written out to disk, this is bad.
Huh? What do you think is being written to disk? We're not talking about keeping things in memory that needs to be swapped, we're talking about keeping things in memory that can just be thrown away if the RAM is needed for something else.
When idle, the main priority of the OS should be that the system is ready to go as quickly as possible for when I want to actually use it.
That is what its doing. I think you need to read up on the new memory management features before you go off with a halfbaked theory.
What is this horseshit? You think that having RAM filled will slow your computer? If the OS has to constantly swap you have a point, but simply having memory filled doesn't slow the computer.
In this case it sounds as if Vista uses the memory as a cache, but if an application needs it, it will flush the cache. That won't cause disk access at all.
Or like when Carter lowered the speed limit to 55 miles per hour, and now it's 40 miles per hour!
Its much, much rarer for goverment to relinquish power on their own. There are many more examples where this doesn't happen. Local governments more and more are "cracking down" on speed enforcement and lowering limits, even when studies show this will increase the number of accidents.
Or like when Linux started using Bitkeeper, and now almost all open-source products use it!
There's no government power involved here. Try to stay on topic.
Or like how in the Netherlands they tolerate marijuana, and now the entire country is addicted to crack cocaine...
Again, stay on topic. We're talking about increasing government power, where the argument DOES apply many times. If you want an example, take the War on Drugs. We're now at the point where if you sniff glue, you're breaking federal antidrug laws.
To sum it it, the slippery slope applies to government power grabs. The very real historical trend is that government will TAKE more and more power, not give it back.
someone named plague, claims Vista is "stable" and blithers
I guess if you don't have any real point you resort to name calling.
Without stability you don't get performance of anykind. The fact remains that adding Vista to any computer is both a performance and stability hit with little to justify it.
Which is your opinion only. Of course when someone that actually DOES tell you they are running Vista just fine, you dismiss it. Yet YOU don't run Vista, and think google hits are meaningful research.
I'm happy for you if Vista does anything right and is worth your use, but really I think you are a liar. More reliable people than you have thrown in the towel on Vista.
You consider them reliable because they agree with your viewpoint. I personally don't care if some editor at PC world has problems; he may, I never said there were no problems with Vista, just that those people are likely a minority.
If you don't like it, don't click through. Stick your head in the sand while Steve and Bill throw chairs. I like my little list and there's something new to add to it almost every day.
That's rich. I don't need to make up shill accounts and link to my journal to try and give myself credibility. Seems like you're the one with you head in the sand. I've seen your journal once.
I bet it kills you that Vista will soon have more marketshare than Linux. Get a life already.
I don't know about you, but when I was on Mandriva i was prompted for a password to use the Menu Editor. The greatest thing about is that it NEVER worked. It said it did, but the items never got removed or added.
Removing something from the start menu isn't a common thing; typically the item is removed when the application is. You should also note that one is a security dialog, the other is a delete confirmation. Should consenting to a security check be the same as 'Yes really delete this?'
Your right, because when an additional fine was proprosed for not wearing a seatbelt, it was accepted as that, and it never went from an additional fine to something that you could be pulled over for all by itself. Also like the DUI laws, no one ever would continue to lower the limit to the point where you can be jailed for not even being drunk. And the PATRIOT 2 act will rollback some of the absurd police powers.
You may call it a logical fallacy all you like, but then you're ignoring history. Give a little power, and more WILL be taken.
Stability and performance are not the same. I never said performance was not an issue, nor did I say stability was unimportant... so I really don't see your point.
And please, enough with your stupid journal already. Its already been picked apart, and even the anti-MS crowd here is starting to see you for the nutjob you are.
I disagree. I'd probably buy more third party games, because Nintendo seems to still like to target kids and general audiences. But I'd like to see on the wii games like Resident Evil, Manhunt, Sadness, Mortal Kombat, etc.
The gamecube didn't sell like the Wii is selling, so I don't think you can safely assume that the people that have flocked to nintendo will act the same as those that were with nintendo for the GC.
The first statement does raise a bit of doubt, but also remember this is a whitepaper about a beta product; its possible that slipsteaming the BETA won't be possible, but the RTM version may be.
If its not, that's disapointing. Slipsteaming is more a matter of convience for me; large enterprises will probably just make a ghost after installing sp1.
ME was rushed out the door to placate those that wanted a new windows but couldn't wait for Xp. There's no major shift here like going from DOS to NT was, and the next desktop OS is scheduled for a few years now... so I don't see this being the same as ME.
I think you need to stop looking at things as black and white. Its not "stable vs. unstable." Personally, I've not had a single Vista OS crash since I started using it. So its been very stable for me. I think that covers most Vista users actually.
The presense of bugs or unstability in some computers does not mean its not a value to most; even those affected by the bugs may see value depending on the severity of the bugs. Some may be annoying, but taken as a whole, the product is of value to them.
I'm not sure where you're going with your activation complaint; its seems to me to be the exact same thing that WinXP activation is, and it wasn't any more intrusive than XP.
Plese read even the summary again.. it said its not going to ADD features. As in add new functionality. But you go do whatever you need to to mindlessly bash.
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However, left to his own devices in his native environment, a human embryo will develop into an autonomous human.
No, there could be a miscarrage.
You are taking a life and converting it into property without giving that life a chance to decide.
We do the same thing to other living things all the time. We kill catapillers before they become butterflys.
How does harvesting an embryo not equate to slavery?
Because its a mass of cells, and not a human being? There's no brain, arms, legs, heart, anything. It cannot survive on its own either.
We Americans fought a war over this 150 years ago, and I find it amazing that, by changing the perception of "when life begins," some Americans think it's okay. I would have less problem with embryonic stem cells _if_ the embryo were not destroyed.
More than that; these embros live inside another human being, which has rights too. Unlike an embryo, that person can reason and decide what they want to do (or not do) with their own body, including whether or not another living being may survive in it.
I'm also suprised how many Americans think they can involve themselves into the personal affairs of others. Does it really affect YOU specifically in any way? I don't see how it could.
The promise of adult stem cells has yet to be fully explored, and I'm glad research is bearing fruit and receiving media attention. As you say, embryonic cells are potentially easier to deal with. Managing slaves is easier than working with a union; but which is more moral?
Don't equate a few human cells with slavery. You just look foolish.
I don't know where you work, but every job I've had the IT department standardized, so there was no 'locking out' of co-workers. As far as crippling the marketplace, the most common office suite is MS office, so I don't see how moving to the next version of Office changes much.
My second point is still valid; you can't sign away your rights. Would you rather I use bold or italics to emphasis next time? I need to emphasis somehow, since you seem to miss the point each time.
Uh, yeah, this is the 21st century. Computers haven't had manuals for decades. Tell me, where is your windows manual?
/etc
/etc to the registry.
Its in my Vista box that the DVDs were packaged in.
On MSDN.com? Is it even useful compared to google?
MSDN is Microsoft DEVELOPERS Network; its not meant for end users. And yes, it is useful, I use it all day long either online or local.
Anyway, what's wrong with google?
Nothing; its just not something you should have to consult and dig though to change a simple setting on a computer.
(Also, I choose to ignore your absurdity of completing circuits with wires to program a VCR. While I agree most VCRs aren't easy to program, none that I know of require you to manually solder wires to do it, and anyway, it's not relevant to this discussion)
Why? That's more or less what you think computer users should be doing... hand editing text files, so that they can more easily bork their system... just like if you connected two parts of the VCR incorrectly..
grep -r [comment]
Wonderful. Why did we even bother leaving the 286 at all? All we need is text!!
True, but I have certainly used windows more than I would like. Fortunately (but unfortunately for this discussion), I have not used IIS. On the other hand, I can assure you that I prefer
End users don't typically tweak the registry. If, on the rare occasion they do, its easier and less error prone than editing text files and unlike linux, there are very clear instructions on what exactly to edit.
I've used both too, and system configuration on Linux was enough to push me back to Windows.
Linux configuration is a google away, and you can leave comments in the text-files so you remember what you changed.
Wonderful way to configure a system! Instead of using the system itself, you open your browser and google it. No need for a manual anymore, I'll just google how to program my VCR (by completing circuits with various wires)! Excellent!
And those comments in the file will be oh so helpful when I can't remember where said file is located.
You haven't used Windows much; configuration options haven't really changed for quite a while. IIS4 is very similar to configuring IIS6 or 7 (although there are obviously new features in the newer versions).
First, the store in question is NOT members only. Its Circuit City, open to anyone. Second, even if there was a contract, YOU CANNOT SIGN AWAY YOUR RIGHTS. So it is clear; CC had no legal reason to detain him (even the officer agreed with that).
Since when is being nice more important than our liberty? Our founders would be proud...
Since when is anyone leaving a store with products IN THE STORES BAGS suddenly become a criminal? I thought the normal activity happening with those items is that you bought them legitimatly. Also, when did refusing to be searched by an jackass that wants to suddenly become an asshole thing to do?
Why is it selfish to expect to be left alone by others that have no reason to think you did anything wrong??
Sorry, it sounds like you're the selfish dick.
Could you get her to clarify? What do you mean by "having ID?" You have ID somewhere, but not on your, or meaning you have it on your at the moment its requested.
To affect a citizen's arrest, you must have witnessed a crime, not merely suspect one may have occurred.
In some states, more than that. The witnessed crime MUST be a felony, not just a misdemeanor.
Sorry, but you don't lose your rights by walking past a sign which states that you do. It is true though, you don't enter a contract simply by entering a store.
Just remember though, you can't sign away your rights with a contract.
Since the RIAA doesn't even have enough evidence that a person probably downloaded a copyrighted work, I fail to see your point.
But when one needs RAM one tends to need it now. If the OS has grabbed all the RAM and when I want to use it I have to wait for a few gigs to be written out to disk, this is bad.
Huh? What do you think is being written to disk? We're not talking about keeping things in memory that needs to be swapped, we're talking about keeping things in memory that can just be thrown away if the RAM is needed for something else.
When idle, the main priority of the OS should be that the system is ready to go as quickly as possible for when I want to actually use it.
That is what its doing. I think you need to read up on the new memory management features before you go off with a halfbaked theory.
What is this horseshit? You think that having RAM filled will slow your computer? If the OS has to constantly swap you have a point, but simply having memory filled doesn't slow the computer.
In this case it sounds as if Vista uses the memory as a cache, but if an application needs it, it will flush the cache. That won't cause disk access at all.
Or like when Carter lowered the speed limit to 55 miles per hour, and now it's 40 miles per hour!
Its much, much rarer for goverment to relinquish power on their own. There are many more examples where this doesn't happen. Local governments more and more are "cracking down" on speed enforcement and lowering limits, even when studies show this will increase the number of accidents.
Or like when Linux started using Bitkeeper, and now almost all open-source products use it!
There's no government power involved here. Try to stay on topic.
Or like how in the Netherlands they tolerate marijuana, and now the entire country is addicted to crack cocaine...
Again, stay on topic. We're talking about increasing government power, where the argument DOES apply many times. If you want an example, take the War on Drugs. We're now at the point where if you sniff glue, you're breaking federal antidrug laws.
To sum it it, the slippery slope applies to government power grabs. The very real historical trend is that government will TAKE more and more power, not give it back.
someone named plague, claims Vista is "stable" and blithers
I guess if you don't have any real point you resort to name calling.
Without stability you don't get performance of anykind. The fact remains that adding Vista to any computer is both a performance and stability hit with little to justify it.
Which is your opinion only. Of course when someone that actually DOES tell you they are running Vista just fine, you dismiss it. Yet YOU don't run Vista, and think google hits are meaningful research.
I'm happy for you if Vista does anything right and is worth your use, but really I think you are a liar. More reliable people than you have thrown in the towel on Vista.
You consider them reliable because they agree with your viewpoint. I personally don't care if some editor at PC world has problems; he may, I never said there were no problems with Vista, just that those people are likely a minority.
If you don't like it, don't click through. Stick your head in the sand while Steve and Bill throw chairs. I like my little list and there's something new to add to it almost every day.
That's rich. I don't need to make up shill accounts and link to my journal to try and give myself credibility. Seems like you're the one with you head in the sand. I've seen your journal once.
I bet it kills you that Vista will soon have more marketshare than Linux. Get a life already.
I don't know about you, but when I was on Mandriva i was prompted for a password to use the Menu Editor. The greatest thing about is that it NEVER worked. It said it did, but the items never got removed or added.
Removing something from the start menu isn't a common thing; typically the item is removed when the application is. You should also note that one is a security dialog, the other is a delete confirmation. Should consenting to a security check be the same as 'Yes really delete this?'
Your right, because when an additional fine was proprosed for not wearing a seatbelt, it was accepted as that, and it never went from an additional fine to something that you could be pulled over for all by itself. Also like the DUI laws, no one ever would continue to lower the limit to the point where you can be jailed for not even being drunk. And the PATRIOT 2 act will rollback some of the absurd police powers.
You may call it a logical fallacy all you like, but then you're ignoring history. Give a little power, and more WILL be taken.
Stability and performance are not the same. I never said performance was not an issue, nor did I say stability was unimportant... so I really don't see your point.
And please, enough with your stupid journal already. Its already been picked apart, and even the anti-MS crowd here is starting to see you for the nutjob you are.
I disagree. I'd probably buy more third party games, because Nintendo seems to still like to target kids and general audiences. But I'd like to see on the wii games like Resident Evil, Manhunt, Sadness, Mortal Kombat, etc.
The gamecube didn't sell like the Wii is selling, so I don't think you can safely assume that the people that have flocked to nintendo will act the same as those that were with nintendo for the GC.
The first statement does raise a bit of doubt, but also remember this is a whitepaper about a beta product; its possible that slipsteaming the BETA won't be possible, but the RTM version may be.
If its not, that's disapointing. Slipsteaming is more a matter of convience for me; large enterprises will probably just make a ghost after installing sp1.
ME was rushed out the door to placate those that wanted a new windows but couldn't wait for Xp. There's no major shift here like going from DOS to NT was, and the next desktop OS is scheduled for a few years now... so I don't see this being the same as ME.
I think you need to stop looking at things as black and white. Its not "stable vs. unstable." Personally, I've not had a single Vista OS crash since I started using it. So its been very stable for me. I think that covers most Vista users actually.
The presense of bugs or unstability in some computers does not mean its not a value to most; even those affected by the bugs may see value depending on the severity of the bugs. Some may be annoying, but taken as a whole, the product is of value to them.
I'm not sure where you're going with your activation complaint; its seems to me to be the exact same thing that WinXP activation is, and it wasn't any more intrusive than XP.
Plese read even the summary again.. it said its not going to ADD features. As in add new functionality. But you go do whatever you need to to mindlessly bash.