How about this? It will cost money and will not make anyone safer.
Sure about that? I guess the same can be said for drivers' licenses. This is a little different in that it actually will make people safer.
It will restrict unauthorized non-citizens from travel (You know, 80% of the hijackers on 911). Currently different states have so many different types of licenses its hard for anyone to spot fakes when there are 50 possibilities. With a federal ID or at least a new state ID with federal guidelines, it will be easier to detect fakes. It will also have positive effects on airline ticket sales, liquor sales, perscriptions, guns and many more.
In my mind IDs arent used enough. My only complaint is that I am concerned how this ID will affect states' rights. States are having their rights taken away one by one, year after year.
That is sometimes due to an agreement with the manufacturer or distributer where the reseller cannot disclose prices or sales prices without human intervention.
Tornado Foosball Tables for instance have been like this for a long time. Absolutely no benefit to the end user, just to the seller and brand.
Co-Ops have to compete in the market just like everyone else.
Kinda sorta. "Customers" of coops are owners. This can be very appealing to the average consumer. "Customers" can vote and control the direction of coops.
I work for a coop and its very different than a corporation. Our customers are not schmozed and unatainable promises are generally not made. There is no rush to relase prodcuts to market that arent ready. The customer is told what exactly to expect and they are free company memos at any time. No secrets, no rich execs, no BS. With this relationship they have a lot more trust. Its kind of like a self serving government without broad sweeping power. Its hard to describe but its a great place to work and a great place to buy prodcuts and services. We do compete with corporations on some level, but it would take a disaster for our customers to leave while it takes next to nothing to steal theirs.
So what you are saying is, we need an exact replica of a WindowsXP wm in linux. Some distros come close, but a commercial distrobution is asking for a lawsuit if they are too accurate
Men have had their nuts blowtorched on here for less.
most OSS developers have seem to have zero creativity.
As a programmer myself that participates in OSS and closed projects, I can definitely say that most OSS projects are years behind many companies in terms of design patterns and creativity. I like OSS and use it and contribute nearly everyday, but the fact remains a lot of the high profile applications/projects are severely lacking in documentation and modern design patterns. Its getting better, hopefully it will continue to.
Well these recharge on the fly in the detector itself. I supposedly only need to change them every 7 years or something. Normally the detectors run on AC, the battery is a just backup in the event the AC goes offline.
I really dont know anyone who disposes of batteries so quickly that it poses a severe environmental problem. I mean, recycling is great and all but most people use rechargeables that I know. I maybe through away 2 batteries total a year. If you want a large scale recycling problem I would think there are other materials that would take precidence.
I dont remember the last time I bought alk batteries (excl lead car batteries which you have to recycle via rebate program)... Its probably been 4 years. Last time I bought a 12 pack of AAs for my tv/dvd remotes and I still have 4 left.
Even the smoke detectors in my house have rechargeables in them now.
All that you have listed is scientists on advisory boards and committees. We are talking about FDA and EPA employees. You did correctly point out that conflict of interests are not monitored enough though. That is true in almost every monitored industry.
Of course company employees will be on these boards. Who else would? Joe the mechanic? No, we want the best scientists/doctors/engineers on these boards as long as there is no COE. These scientists and researches got to their position _usually_ by merit. Just because these members happen to be employees of _a_ drug firm does not make them any less qualified or irrelavent. Anyone can be bought at anytime. Barring employees of companies from participating will only hurt our industry and our future.
It is almost impossible to test every case for a drug. However if a company pushes a drug they know to have problems, that is criminal matter, not a civil. Its no different from telling a kid that Drano will get rid of his headache. I do believe we are far to leniant in those types of matters.
To use words like "Big Pharams" is just silly. These are people/voters too, although not always the most honest. That is true of any business/government/school/randomorg. There will always be evil people. Grouping them up, labeling them and restricting their rights because you dont believe or trust them, sounds very very familiar...
Get rid of civil suits and start sending people to jail that are corrupt and release drugs upon the masses that have not been tested or are known to hurt.
Never underestimate the power of lies. How many people actually believed this and voted for Kerry? (I am not saying voting for kerry is a bad thing, I think he was a good candidate.) I am simply stating how powerful disinformation is. One of the unfortunate sideaffects of free speech I suppose. I wouldnt be suprised if election laws were harsher wrt disinformation in the future.
You wouldnt care to backup your broad sweeping claims would you? Given that Bush has "packed" the EPA and FDA with industry cronies, I would assume you can provide a complete listing of hires in the last 5 years to backup your claim. Your choice of the word packed infers that a majority of the EPA and FDA has been replaced since you did not specify positions.
This reminds of when during the election Bush "said" he wanted to reinstate the draft. I dont care which way you swing, I just care when mindless banter gets passed off as fact and even worse, other people believe it.
Negative. Try developing on a large scale (as in 50k files 8GB) project. Spatial is flat out horrible. There is a reason even microsoft disabled that in 98 and never looked back...
Each his own, just dont tell others that they are doing something wrong because they cant follow someone else's rules.
Then you need to make sure they're all compatible, and that it all works with your OS. Apple does all this for you.
It is all compatible. Why wouldnt it be? RAM compatibility isnt a big problem anymore. It actually is for Macs though. $300+ for the 1G upgrade on a mini? ouch.
Then if something goes wrong you need to work out which actual component is broken, send it back to the manufacturer at your own expense, then hope they actually send you back a replacement. This is if you know how to work out which part is broken, and how to remove it and replace it. Apple does all this for you.
Newegg sells protection plans if that is what you want. You must be the type of person that buys the extended warranty as bestbuy. This is a valid point, but how often does hardware fail and can you actually swap out a component on a mini? nope, not without voiding your warranty.
Then factor in that the Mac is probably quieter, smaller and better looking.
The PC might have better individual parts, but the whole of the Mac is more than the sum of the parts.
Actually no, its still inferior equipment. It just looks pretty. The HD in the minis are horrid. If you want pretty equipment, then buy a Mac. If you need significantly more power, buy an amd64 for the same price =)
I dont care what people buy, buy what matches your needs. I simply and correctly pointed out that you can get a much more powerful system for the same price =)
Video $34 http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp ?desc ription=14-121-184&DEPA=1
Total: $455.50 (+25$ shipping)
*Yawn*
Now If you upgraded to an 80GB drive and a 512 of RAM you would be right at $500. A far cry from the upgrade price of the mini. I even added a couple hw options that the mini doesnt come with (7200rpm drive, nvidia card, cdrw)... =)
I have built around 12 computers for families and friends in the last 18 months. None have had a failure of any kind. A failure is always possible but improbable. Save your $40 for the kid down the street to find out the problem and then ship your bad part to the manufactururer. Works for eveyone? nope, but neither does a Mac. The "challenge" was met.
Fits 3HDs, 2 opterons, a DVDRW, a Double height video card and has a well thought-out cooling system. Its a little expensive up front but its a pretty serious system. Also supports dual core opterons so I guess you could have a 4way.
Considering most comparable dual opteron boards are ~$500 this really isnt that far off the mark.
For $500 you could build an amd64 system with "better" hardware that would absolutely knock the panties off a G4 MacMini in terms of sorting, fp/int calcs, ffts and huffman encoding (amond others).
MacMini's are great though, I have recommended them many times over to family and friends that just need a web/email/music/video machine. They are small, dont have spy/adware (yet) and get the job done. For the _average_ consumer, its $500-$700 well spent.
Its his code, he wrote it and doesnt need to give anyone his source. Now if he sold the module that is a different story.
What he is looking for is someone to give him financial backing to continue work on it. Its kinda like a shareware program at the moment except you dont have to pay anything. If a company steps up and puts him on the payroll, he will release the source and get to dedicate more time to it, but for money.
I completely agree with his direction, he has a right to make money off his work and an obligation to the open source community. He _can_ have it both ways.
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How about this? It will cost money and will not make anyone safer.
Sure about that? I guess the same can be said for drivers' licenses. This is a little different in that it actually will make people safer.
It will restrict unauthorized non-citizens from travel (You know, 80% of the hijackers on 911). Currently different states have so many different types of licenses its hard for anyone to spot fakes when there are 50 possibilities. With a federal ID or at least a new state ID with federal guidelines, it will be easier to detect fakes. It will also have positive effects on airline ticket sales, liquor sales, perscriptions, guns and many more.
In my mind IDs arent used enough. My only complaint is that I am concerned how this ID will affect states' rights. States are having their rights taken away one by one, year after year.
That is sometimes due to an agreement with the manufacturer or distributer where the reseller cannot disclose prices or sales prices without human intervention.
Tornado Foosball Tables for instance have been like this for a long time. Absolutely no benefit to the end user, just to the seller and brand.
little tools that do one thing only, that can be chained together is the "Unix way".
There is a term for what you are describing:
"Separation of Layers"
Works fine here, even in OO2
Unlike what you have heard, J2EE (i.e. Struts) is not MVC
That doesnt make any sense, Struts has nothing to do with J2EE or MVC. J2EE is a spec. Struts is an implementation.
Co-Ops have to compete in the market just like everyone else.
Kinda sorta. "Customers" of coops are owners. This can be very appealing to the average consumer. "Customers" can vote and control the direction of coops.
I work for a coop and its very different than a corporation. Our customers are not schmozed and unatainable promises are generally not made. There is no rush to relase prodcuts to market that arent ready. The customer is told what exactly to expect and they are free company memos at any time. No secrets, no rich execs, no BS. With this relationship they have a lot more trust. Its kind of like a self serving government without broad sweeping power. Its hard to describe but its a great place to work and a great place to buy prodcuts and services. We do compete with corporations on some level, but it would take a disaster for our customers to leave while it takes next to nothing to steal theirs.
So what you are saying is, we need an exact replica of a WindowsXP wm in linux. Some distros come close, but a commercial distrobution is asking for a lawsuit if they are too accurate
Men have had their nuts blowtorched on here for less.
most OSS developers have seem to have zero creativity.
As a programmer myself that participates in OSS and closed projects, I can definitely say that most OSS projects are years behind many companies in terms of design patterns and creativity. I like OSS and use it and contribute nearly everyday, but the fact remains a lot of the high profile applications/projects are severely lacking in documentation and modern design patterns. Its getting better, hopefully it will continue to.
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Lets not get carried away here...
Well these recharge on the fly in the detector itself. I supposedly only need to change them every 7 years or something. Normally the detectors run on AC, the battery is a just backup in the event the AC goes offline.
I really dont know anyone who disposes of batteries so quickly that it poses a severe environmental problem. I mean, recycling is great and all but most people use rechargeables that I know. I maybe through away 2 batteries total a year. If you want a large scale recycling problem I would think there are other materials that would take precidence.
I dont remember the last time I bought alk batteries (excl lead car batteries which you have to recycle via rebate program)... Its probably been 4 years. Last time I bought a 12 pack of AAs for my tv/dvd remotes and I still have 4 left.
Even the smoke detectors in my house have rechargeables in them now.
All that you have listed is scientists on advisory boards and committees. We are talking about FDA and EPA employees. You did correctly point out that conflict of interests are not monitored enough though. That is true in almost every monitored industry.
Of course company employees will be on these boards. Who else would? Joe the mechanic? No, we want the best scientists/doctors/engineers on these boards as long as there is no COE. These scientists and researches got to their position _usually_ by merit. Just because these members happen to be employees of _a_ drug firm does not make them any less qualified or irrelavent. Anyone can be bought at anytime. Barring employees of companies from participating will only hurt our industry and our future.
It is almost impossible to test every case for a drug. However if a company pushes a drug they know to have problems, that is criminal matter, not a civil. Its no different from telling a kid that Drano will get rid of his headache. I do believe we are far to leniant in those types of matters.
To use words like "Big Pharams" is just silly. These are people/voters too, although not always the most honest. That is true of any business/government/school/randomorg. There will always be evil people. Grouping them up, labeling them and restricting their rights because you dont believe or trust them, sounds very very familiar...
Get rid of civil suits and start sending people to jail that are corrupt and release drugs upon the masses that have not been tested or are known to hurt.
I dont have the email anymore but here is a similar one. There were several version floating around.
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http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000140.ht
Never underestimate the power of lies. How many people actually believed this and voted for Kerry? (I am not saying voting for kerry is a bad thing, I think he was a good candidate.) I am simply stating how powerful disinformation is. One of the unfortunate sideaffects of free speech I suppose. I wouldnt be suprised if election laws were harsher wrt disinformation in the future.
You wouldnt care to backup your broad sweeping claims would you? Given that Bush has "packed" the EPA and FDA with industry cronies, I would assume you can provide a complete listing of hires in the last 5 years to backup your claim. Your choice of the word packed infers that a majority of the EPA and FDA has been replaced since you did not specify positions.
This reminds of when during the election Bush "said" he wanted to reinstate the draft. I dont care which way you swing, I just care when mindless banter gets passed off as fact and even worse, other people believe it.
Oh yeah this is slantdot =)
Subversion doesnt support branches? uh what? Mine server sure does (210k files, 53GB, 1000 branches on 34 projects).
An actual virus or an unknown program that you ran on your system?
How exactly would Java be "integrated" into an OS? Do you mean a DE or a WM?
Negative. Try developing on a large scale (as in 50k files 8GB) project. Spatial is flat out horrible. There is a reason even microsoft disabled that in 98 and never looked back...
Each his own, just dont tell others that they are doing something wrong because they cant follow someone else's rules.
Then you need to make sure they're all compatible, and that it all works with your OS. Apple does all this for you.
It is all compatible. Why wouldnt it be? RAM compatibility isnt a big problem anymore. It actually is for Macs though. $300+ for the 1G upgrade on a mini? ouch.
Then if something goes wrong you need to work out which actual component is broken, send it back to the manufacturer at your own expense, then hope they actually send you back a replacement. This is if you know how to work out which part is broken, and how to remove it and replace it. Apple does all this for you.
Newegg sells protection plans if that is what you want. You must be the type of person that buys the extended warranty as bestbuy. This is a valid point, but how often does hardware fail and can you actually swap out a component on a mini? nope, not without voiding your warranty.
Then factor in that the Mac is probably quieter, smaller and better looking.
The PC might have better individual parts, but the whole of the Mac is more than the sum of the parts.
Actually no, its still inferior equipment. It just looks pretty. The HD in the minis are horrid. If you want pretty equipment, then buy a Mac. If you need significantly more power, buy an amd64 for the same price =)
I dont care what people buy, buy what matches your needs. I simply and correctly pointed out that you can get a much more powerful system for the same price =)
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Thanks for playing!
Sure =)
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Windows XP $88.95
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc
MB $70.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc
AMD64 $120
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.a
40GB HD $48
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.as
CDRW $23.50
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc
Case $43
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.as
RAM $27
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.as
Video $34
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.as
Total: $455.50 (+25$ shipping)
*Yawn*
Now If you upgraded to an 80GB drive and a 512 of RAM you would be right at $500. A far cry from the upgrade price of the mini. I even added a couple hw options that the mini doesnt come with (7200rpm drive, nvidia card, cdrw)... =)
I have built around 12 computers for families and friends in the last 18 months. None have had a failure of any kind. A failure is always possible but improbable. Save your $40 for the kid down the street to find out the problem and then ship your bad part to the manufactururer. Works for eveyone? nope, but neither does a Mac. The "challenge" was met.
Game. Set. Match. World... Next.
I am going to have to go with this baby for an SFF.
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Fits 3HDs, 2 opterons, a DVDRW, a Double height video card and has a well thought-out cooling system. Its a little expensive up front but its a pretty serious system. Also supports dual core opterons so I guess you could have a 4way.
Considering most comparable dual opteron boards are ~$500 this really isnt that far off the mark.
For $500 you could build an amd64 system with "better" hardware that would absolutely knock the panties off a G4 MacMini in terms of sorting, fp/int calcs, ffts and huffman encoding (amond others).
MacMini's are great though, I have recommended them many times over to family and friends that just need a web/email/music/video machine. They are small, dont have spy/adware (yet) and get the job done. For the _average_ consumer, its $500-$700 well spent.
Lets hope not, To me that is like polishing several turds all at once (except apt maybe).
Start over, please.
hehe nice troll =)
Its his code, he wrote it and doesnt need to give anyone his source. Now if he sold the module that is a different story.
What he is looking for is someone to give him financial backing to continue work on it. Its kinda like a shareware program at the moment except you dont have to pay anything. If a company steps up and puts him on the payroll, he will release the source and get to dedicate more time to it, but for money.
I completely agree with his direction, he has a right to make money off his work and an obligation to the open source community. He _can_ have it both ways.