I think it is important to present the overwhelming body of evidence on the subject as incontrovertible fact
Anybody who believes in creationism is unfit to lead in any capacity, because it is a symptom of a mind gone bad. It seems likely that 400-odd years ago, people like you would have been among those persecuting Galileo for his ideas. I'm sure the irony of posing as champions of science while being dogmatic and close-minded is wasted on you, but maybe some others will also be amused by your ridiculousness.
Never mind, it turns out that the summary is up to its usual (misleading) standards. If one can remember when Slashdot was a useful source of news then one is getting old...
Mouse -- keeps on pushing the minimalist single button. I detest this, and know many people (linux, mac, and pc users) that feel the same. Another button simply adds to the functionality -- I right click several hundred times per day, and don't want combo presses or holding down to approximate this. Overall, I view this as a bad move.
Ahh, it's always good to see someone who doesn't let those pesky facts will get in the way of prejudice and ignorance: http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/
Yes, the current Apple mouse does both left and right click, and there's nothing to stop one plugging in a third-party mouse either. For crying out loud, pick a real issue to whine about...
it doesn't seem to take into account what software you have installed (it keeps telling me there's an update for iTunes, even though I don't have iTunes installed)
It's telling you what is available for install, not what updates are out there for already installed software. Subtle distinction, and if it really bugs you then select the package you're not interested in and use the "Update > Ignore Update..." menu item to stop seeing updates for those packages.
it only updates the software that ships with the system - anything you install separately will have to be updated separately.
Apple's software uses Software Update too - e.g. if you buy iWork and install it separately, you see updates to Keynote and Pages in Software Update.
This is one of my main gripes with OS X, in fact. On Debian and Ubuntu, I have a great package manager that automatically takes care of dependencies, and keeping software up to date is as simple as apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (with graphical front ends available for those who want them).
Um, on Mac OS X keeping software up to date is as simple as 'sudo softwareupdate --install --all' (with a graphical front end available for those who want them). Try 'man softwareupdate' some time. There are other package managers available for non-Apple software.
Question:How do you test features that are easy for humans to observe, but not as easy for software to detect (ie, the light came on, the GUI updated when I pressed the external input, etc)?
Answer:I work at a company with a 30+ year mainframe application that runs exclusively via line mode commands followed by several paragraphs that have nothing to do with the original question, but instead tell how to use (yawn) unit testing.
If God is all of those things above, then how do we resolve the fact that people are allowed to suffer here on earth? How can a God who is all knowing, all powerful and all good even allow one soul to go to hell? Where is the grace in a God who lets those things happen?
Probably gone to the same place as the "infinitely just and allows free will" that you've conveniently forgotten.
Always makes for interesting conversation with people who only repeat what others tell them without ever actually thinking about it.
This probably isn't an issue for the vanilla BSDs, but OS X and Windows are both much more likely than Linux to simply be a workstation rather than a server, given the fact that the overwhelming number of Linux boxes are in use as servers.
And your source for this "fact" is...?
If you don't have a source, then there's probably a job at mi2g for you.
It's staggering how many criticisms of this study (which appears to be flawed) have succeeded in being even less valid/useful/reliable/accurate than the study they're criticising. Quite a feat really.
baseing a campaign on trashing your competitors products is a big no-no...the fact that they are doing this demonstrates that they feel they don't have any other effective marketing weapons against Linux
Maybe it demonstrates that MS marketing people are as competent in their field as MS technical people are in theirs.
"Oh, well, actually you think you've gone through all this, but actually you were in a railroad accident, and you're all dead."
Life after (physical) death is part of the worldview Lewis' series explores, and from that point of view they did not *think* they went through "all this", they *did* go though "all this".
Re-read the books and comment on what they say, rather than you remember them saying.
Also, in the 50 years since Miller's study, our ability and willingness to sift through information has
probably increased, particularly with the rise of the Internet.
Emphasis mine. Since when has guessing become an accepted way to argue with a scientific study? While the author's points may or may not be valid, they're not convincing when "supported" by evidence like this.
Strangely enough, Apple aren't in the business of providing watertight legal opinions for free simply because you think they should. If you want to know, use your own money and ask a lawyer.
Am alone in this, or would others also like to see Safari implement better control over image loading?
I appreciated Mozilla's ability to permanently block images (typically ads), but installing squid with a 19-line adserver blacklist file fixed that. For every computer in my household.
Also, I think that IE has done things correctly in regards to managing history. I like how it stores visited sites chronologically.
The History menu in Safari lists visited pages in reverse chronological order with a separate submenu for each day...
It reads like it was written by a 16 year old with no proof-reading skills.
The amusement value of a satirical piece is proportional to the quality of the writing: this piece has satirical content, but the presentation of that content is crap.
Are there any developers out there really developing cross platform products that target Macs?
This discussion has been obfuscated by the bad summary of the announcement - it's Qt for Mac OS X. From the postings it's clear that a lot of people thought (rightly IMHO) that the phrase "Qt for Mac" meant "Qt for Mac OS 8/9".
Pity we can't mod down poor postings on the Slashdot home page...
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Then again, perhaps you're just trolls.
Never mind, it turns out that the summary is up to its usual (misleading) standards. If one can remember when Slashdot was a useful source of news then one is getting old...
Has the OS X 10.5 kernel been renamed to xiu?
Ahh, it's always good to see someone who doesn't let those pesky facts will get in the way of prejudice and ignorance: http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/
Yes, the current Apple mouse does both left and right click, and there's nothing to stop one plugging in a third-party mouse either. For crying out loud, pick a real issue to whine about...
It's telling you what is available for install, not what updates are out there for already installed software. Subtle distinction, and if it really bugs you then select the package you're not interested in and use the "Update > Ignore Update..." menu item to stop seeing updates for those packages.
Apple's software uses Software Update too - e.g. if you buy iWork and install it separately, you see updates to Keynote and Pages in Software Update.
Um, on Mac OS X keeping software up to date is as simple as 'sudo softwareupdate --install --all' (with a graphical front end available for those who want them). Try 'man softwareupdate' some time. There are other package managers available for non-Apple software.
s/computer science/mathematics/
and you'll have a chance of finding someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
Question: How do you test features that are easy for humans to observe, but not as easy for software to detect (ie, the light came on, the GUI updated when I pressed the external input, etc)?
Answer: I work at a company with a 30+ year mainframe application that runs exclusively via line mode commands followed by several paragraphs that have nothing to do with the original question, but instead tell how to use (yawn) unit testing.
Relevancy: None.
If God is all of those things above, then how do we resolve the fact that people are allowed to suffer here on earth? How can a God who is all knowing, all powerful and all good even allow one soul to go to hell? Where is the grace in a God who lets those things happen?
Probably gone to the same place as the "infinitely just and allows free will" that you've conveniently forgotten.
Always makes for interesting conversation with people who only repeat what others tell them without ever actually thinking about it.
Pot, meet kettle.
And your source for this "fact" is...?
If you don't have a source, then there's probably a job at mi2g for you.
Do you have numbers to back that statement up?
It's staggering how many criticisms of this study (which appears to be flawed) have succeeded in being even less valid/useful/reliable/accurate than the study they're criticising. Quite a feat really.
"Oh, well, actually you think you've gone through all this, but actually you were in a railroad accident, and you're all dead."
Life after (physical) death is part of the worldview Lewis' series explores, and from that point of view they did not *think* they went through "all this", they *did* go though "all this".
Re-read the books and comment on what they say, rather than you remember them saying.
Thanks for not answering the question!
Strangely enough, Apple aren't in the business of providing watertight legal opinions for free simply because you think they should. If you want to know, use your own money and ask a lawyer.
Nope, it's only an attempt to be a joke.
It reads like it was written by a 16 year old with no proof-reading skills.
The amusement value of a satirical piece is proportional to the quality of the writing: this piece has satirical content, but the presentation of that content is crap.
Barely worth reading, IMO. He waffles so much it's hard to understand what exactly he's saying, and even appears to contradict himself:
:)
"We cleaned up KDE and made it look pretty. It's a pretty decent desktop,..."
but later...
"My big gripe about KDE is I think it's butt-ugly"
Huh? Does *he* even know what his opinion is? And what kind of drugs do you have to be on to think that saying:
"the letter K is kind of offensive, it's not very elegant"
relates in any way to a question about marketing applications with a distribution?
An awful interview -- next time find someone articulate and coherent to talk to!
This discussion has been obfuscated by the bad summary of the announcement - it's Qt for Mac OS X. From the postings it's clear that a lot of people thought (rightly IMHO) that the phrase "Qt for Mac" meant "Qt for Mac OS 8/9".
Pity we can't mod down poor postings on the Slashdot home page...