[sarcasm] Yep, I'm positive that the hundreds if not thousands of PhD-level man hours that went into this part of the project didn't consider that. Yep, took that young whippersnapper Quasar1999 to think about it for a few mintues to evaluate and assess the entire effort and proclaim, "it's a stupid self diagnosis test." [/sarcasm]
I work for a webhosting company whose servers are powered by solar power. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "That's stupid, what are you guys going to do when it's cloudy for two days?"
Now-a-days when I hear that I just widen my eyes as much as humanly possible, stare at them, and say, "oh shit..."
I hunt and peck without looking on a flat keyboard at 110-130 WPM
Interesting that there's no mention of % of accuracy. I bet bashing the keyboard with my forehead could yield me at least 200 wpm at 2% or 3% accuracy.
But I find 130 wpm hunting and pecking impressive to the point of disbelief. I type on the homerow and have to concentrate to do 130.
Why don't you help this guy instead of giving him advice he's not asking for?
I can't believe how pessimistic this slashdot crowd can be. Some guy wants to work on a new project to replace his car and all anyone can do is call him a fat ass.
I used to think the same way as you. I guess it takes a lot of time and experience added onto the knowledge for it to actually have some effect.
So the arguments illogical and hence can't be understood unless one has experienced sometype of personal spiritual growth or something? What exactly is it that experience gives that can't be explained logically?
Furthermore, how could an illogical argument be the correct one, especially considering political science?
YOU are not going to apologize. The country is going to apologize for what IT did.
What is a country but a group of individuals?
Point being, how can a country apologize? It is merely the men which it is composed of, so therefore it is, in fact, the individuals of the country who are being asked to apologize.
i wouldn't drive one if i didn't need it to get up my fucken driveway in the winter.
You wouldn't need to get up your driveway in the winter if you moved because you couldn't afford the only car that can drive up it. And the invisible hand keeps pushing...
>>Yeah, but do you really think anyone's going to be driving cars in 25 years?
>I think that's a safe assumption.
>I'd put money on it, in fact.
Of course you'd put money on it. You could just buy two cars now and park 'em in your garage. And twenty-five years from now take 'em for a spin and say, "see, I'm driving cars."
Sometimes the market does provide a vested interest.
I understand the point you made with your scenario. But what about the scenario where Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,N, and O all use one standard and company P uses a proprietary standard. Most consumers are going to choose the other companies products so that when it breaks or they want to upgrade they can fix it with tools they already own or replace it with parts they have on hand.
Like you admitted could happen, this is a scenario where market forces are creating an open standard. Although I'm not sure it is all that rare.
Most cars run off the same types of gasoline and have similar controls (there aren't too many hand operated throttles). Most screws are either flathead or phillips. Pipes and most building materials all adhere to standards. Perhaps the reason market forces aren't forcing software companies to adhere to standards is because their customer base is too ignorant to consider that when shopping for solutions.
If someone tried to sell me a car that I couldn't fix because all the screws and bolts had heads that required a special tool that only they made and sold for 50 Bajillion dollars; well, I'd go to their competitor who uses the standard bolts and screws and I don't know anyone who wouldn't barring fairly competitive products from each company.
some money can change hands from some corporations to some people who truely deserve it (i figure if i were 12, i'd be willing to sit for three hours , opening and closing tabs(firefox) for ~10,000 clicks )
So a 12 year old wasting hours on a computer clicking things, producing nothing for his efforts that betters the world deserves the money more than a corporation? A corporation that employs people building things and making things easier for everyone and increasing the GDP of whatever country their in as well as, of course, the GDP of the entire world.
This clicking is like gambling (not that they're not essentially guaranteed their money, but) in that, sure, they may gain some personal wealth from it, but they produce nothing for society.
4 out of 5 businesses fail. How many businesses are successful enough to become mega-corps? I bet it's in the area of 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000. With those kinds of risks, these guys deserve the rewards from their hard work, producing something that lasts and makes products we all, obviously (due to their success), enjoy.
I can't stand this view that poor people, because they are poor, are somehow righteous. Some are in tough economic environments. Some are unlucky. And some are lazy. None of which make them more deserving. Perhaps of our pity, but not our dollars.
There is already a law against this in most states. It's called reckless driving. If the cell phone user is really distracted, pull them over and ticket them for that. There's no need for a whole new law. Just thickening the thick books...
Democracy may be superior to a dictatorship. I'm still undecided about that.
However, I'm pretty sure a brilliant, benevolent dictator is far better than a democracy of illiterates.
Machiavelli points out that in a nation riddled with crime, a severe tyranny is usually the best government for creating order and a setting where democracy can eventually flourish.
My point is: Perhaps the internet has not toppled tyrants because the people aren't ready to topple the tyrant.
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[sarcasm] Yep, I'm positive that the hundreds if not thousands of PhD-level man hours that went into this part of the project didn't consider that. Yep, took that young whippersnapper Quasar1999 to think about it for a few mintues to evaluate and assess the entire effort and proclaim, "it's a stupid self diagnosis test." [/sarcasm]
I work for a webhosting company whose servers are powered by solar power. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "That's stupid, what are you guys going to do when it's cloudy for two days?"
Now-a-days when I hear that I just widen my eyes as much as humanly possible, stare at them, and say, "oh shit..."
Interesting that there's no mention of % of accuracy. I bet bashing the keyboard with my forehead could yield me at least 200 wpm at 2% or 3% accuracy.
But I find 130 wpm hunting and pecking impressive to the point of disbelief. I type on the homerow and have to concentrate to do 130.
Why don't you help this guy instead of giving him advice he's not asking for?
I can't believe how pessimistic this slashdot crowd can be. Some guy wants to work on a new project to replace his car and all anyone can do is call him a fat ass.
Sorry to spoil the fun, but you would sure need a heck of a lot of bandwidth to do that. Home DSL/Cable connections are de-facto excluded here.
Simple. Upload just 1 large 500 hundred MB file and then forward it to yourself 200 times. BAM! 100 GB
Save the taxpayers money by using $2,000 laptops? What about desktops at less than half that price?
;-)
I know I know... you don't own monitors or work underground or near a particle accelerater that destroys crt's....
I used to think the same way as you. I guess it takes a lot of time and experience added onto the knowledge for it to actually have some effect.
So the arguments illogical and hence can't be understood unless one has experienced sometype of personal spiritual growth or something? What exactly is it that experience gives that can't be explained logically?
Furthermore, how could an illogical argument be the correct one, especially considering political science?
YOU are not going to apologize. The country is going to apologize for what IT did.
What is a country but a group of individuals?
Point being, how can a country apologize? It is merely the men which it is composed of, so therefore it is, in fact, the individuals of the country who are being asked to apologize.
i wouldn't drive one if i didn't need it to get up my fucken driveway in the winter.
You wouldn't need to get up your driveway in the winter if you moved because you couldn't afford the only car that can drive up it. And the invisible hand keeps pushing...
Sure, some people have access to multiple addresses but this would largely address the problem.
>I think that's a safe assumption.
>I'd put money on it, in fact.
Of course you'd put money on it. You could just buy two cars now and park 'em in your garage. And twenty-five years from now take 'em for a spin and say, "see, I'm driving cars."
I understand the point you made with your scenario. But what about the scenario where Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,N, and O all use one standard and company P uses a proprietary standard. Most consumers are going to choose the other companies products so that when it breaks or they want to upgrade they can fix it with tools they already own or replace it with parts they have on hand.
Like you admitted could happen, this is a scenario where market forces are creating an open standard. Although I'm not sure it is all that rare.
Most cars run off the same types of gasoline and have similar controls (there aren't too many hand operated throttles). Most screws are either flathead or phillips. Pipes and most building materials all adhere to standards. Perhaps the reason market forces aren't forcing software companies to adhere to standards is because their customer base is too ignorant to consider that when shopping for solutions.
If someone tried to sell me a car that I couldn't fix because all the screws and bolts had heads that required a special tool that only they made and sold for 50 Bajillion dollars; well, I'd go to their competitor who uses the standard bolts and screws and I don't know anyone who wouldn't barring fairly competitive products from each company.
And the airline customer will pay less to fly.
It's not a link to the law. But chp.ca.gov is pretty close ;). I wonder if you could reference this if you were taken to court for it...
What's so funny?
1000%? How long did the first light-bulb burn for? Was it two minutes... or less, I can't remember...
So a 12 year old wasting hours on a computer clicking things, producing nothing for his efforts that betters the world deserves the money more than a corporation? A corporation that employs people building things and making things easier for everyone and increasing the GDP of whatever country their in as well as, of course, the GDP of the entire world.
This clicking is like gambling (not that they're not essentially guaranteed their money, but) in that, sure, they may gain some personal wealth from it, but they produce nothing for society.
4 out of 5 businesses fail. How many businesses are successful enough to become mega-corps? I bet it's in the area of 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000. With those kinds of risks, these guys deserve the rewards from their hard work, producing something that lasts and makes products we all, obviously (due to their success), enjoy.
I can't stand this view that poor people, because they are poor, are somehow righteous. Some are in tough economic environments. Some are unlucky. And some are lazy. None of which make them more deserving. Perhaps of our pity, but not our dollars.
The speed of sound at 30,000 ft above sea level is about 678 MPH
So at top speed thats: 89% the speed of sound (damn near 90%)
And At cruising speed it's: 83%
Pretty Close.
This is stupid. Even Aristotle suggests the world is round. As well as Ptolemny. The Greek-speaking Egyptian astronomer who published in 400 B.C.(E.)
Since when is Polish Eastern?
...you mean pennies.
I'll get you a 50 lb bag for 10 bucks a pop AND I'll throw in some gold.
While we're at it. I have some Hershey bars I'm willing to let go for $2.50 a peice.
$30 for 50 lbs???? RIP. OFF."
Besides you get more than 63 tubs per 50lbs
I happily give many of my dollars over to Phillip Morris at regular intervals. And I even USE the product!
There is already a law against this in most states. It's called reckless driving. If the cell phone user is really distracted, pull them over and ticket them for that. There's no need for a whole new law. Just thickening the thick books...
They have no shareholders. It's a privately held company.
However, I'm pretty sure a brilliant, benevolent dictator is far better than a democracy of illiterates.
Machiavelli points out that in a nation riddled with crime, a severe tyranny is usually the best government for creating order and a setting where democracy can eventually flourish.
My point is: Perhaps the internet has not toppled tyrants because the people aren't ready to topple the tyrant.