Since you don't present any actual latin evidence, I'm going to instinctively appeal to authority on this one. Latin textbooks (and wikipedia, incidentally) both say that the letter 'c' is pronounced as/k/ (and/g/ apparently.)
In fact, only those with good social skills can deliberartely and effectively insult someone. The finest point of social skill is knowing when rudeness is socially appropriate and knowing the difference between simply being annoying and actually being rude.
Well you either don't know when rudeness is appropriate, or you are deliberately inappropriate, neither of which demonstrate good social ability. To return to your earlier point, I hope you either know the person in question or somehow know an awful lot about Aspergers, since I (without any form of autism, to my knowledge) can analyse social interactions analytically, and fake them. The only way for you to know whether what you see is true is to actually observe the effects of someone with the syndrome talking with someone else - and I somehow doubt you've done that.
Whatever gave you the idea that PHP, Gaim, Xorg and so on are not real open source projects? While there's obviously no reason for you to participate, I don't see why you're saying that other people shouldn't - I'm sure most if not all people who take part find it interesting. In the case of CS students, it will probably give them something to put on their CV that they wouldn't otherwise have.
But it's going to be far easier to tamper with a terminal if the owner is in cahoots, so while you are correct, I don't think it really mitigates the problem.
Once you're used to the command line, it can be easier to use than a GUI. I use the command line in preference to konqueror or nautilus, for example, for most tasks the latter are perfectly capable of.
Its there as a honeypot for your eyes so they can sell them to advertisers.
That is not google's function as it relates to the internet, or to me. That is its purpose in with respect to its shareholders and its executives.
My problem with this mentality is that near as possible is dependent on the person searching and these reference points (peoples preconception of results) are distancing themselves from each other pretty quickly on a growing number of topics. The one world view definition is inaccurate.
Personalized search will go some way to fixing that.
I was really trying to focus on the ridiculous statement "Google should know what I'm looking for" (or something to that effect). Google has a pretty decent idea of what you may be looking for, and that's about as good as it's going to get. A search engine has cultural and social hurdles that it just cannot address with pure logic. Personal perspective can really distort whether or not your search results are "relevant".
I disagree on two counts. Firstly, Google should know what I'm search for; that's what it's there for. It should try to know as well as is possible - how possible that is is another matter. Secondly, human brains seem essentially to be big fat logic machines. It is unreasonable to expect google to know exactly what I'm thinking every time but the way I read the OP was that google should get as near as possible.
Indeed. We could do with more socialism in the world, if you ask me. I agree with Russell when he argues that the quest for wealth is not always coincidental with the quest for general happiness and wellbeing.
Sorry, but light is light. Unless there's something odd going on with colour perception or absorption, this is probably just your imagination! Light of a certain frequency, intensity and angle of incidence will be reflected exactly the same, whether it comes from incandescent or fluorescent sources. The only possibility that springs to mind is that the dye of the fluorescent might emit a frequency less bounced by your walls, but that seems unlikely. It could be checked by going to do different rooms and using different brands, though. To be honest, I suspect it might be all in your head, though;-)
Look what someone's done to the Sellafields nuclear plant in the UK! They've blurred all of the surroundings as well - presumably to stop you from navigating there by landmark.
This weight, though, is evolutionarily practically guaranteed to not be unhealthy. In other words, obese people are not obese because that is their set weight, it's because they eat too much.
And of course they still don't. It's not even much of an inconvenience, since anyone who's recorded something off the radio is used to recording in real time. Like DRM, this will have no effect on a determined copier. Unlike DRM, this will likely have no effect on an undetermined copier, either.
I wonder whether, if all paper was converted to 1:[1+sqrt(5)÷2] everyone who had to do paperwork would be just a little bit happier, since their paper would be more aesthetically pleasing?
Of course, it's still a PITA to copy all your music at play-speed, which is this prevents your casual user from doing what is his right, but goes no way to stopping a rigorous copier from doing what he wants.
Then they change the site? Firefox is up-and-coming and all, but IE still dominates most PCs. Breaking IE is not an option for any website that wants much traffic.
As others have said - why not? People do things all the time just for the hell of it. He probably had a hell of a lot of fun building the thing, so why not! As for the more practical concerns, using a heat exchanger instead of looping pool water inside the house is probably a better idea. It could have anti-corrosives and anti-freezes in, too.
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Since you don't present any actual latin evidence, I'm going to instinctively appeal to authority on this one. Latin textbooks (and wikipedia, incidentally) both say that the letter 'c' is pronounced as /k/ (and /g/ apparently.)
I would point out that, especially with dimmer-switched incandescents, I can often hear quite a strong buzzing noise.
Well you either don't know when rudeness is appropriate, or you are deliberately inappropriate, neither of which demonstrate good social ability. To return to your earlier point, I hope you either know the person in question or somehow know an awful lot about Aspergers, since I (without any form of autism, to my knowledge) can analyse social interactions analytically, and fake them. The only way for you to know whether what you see is true is to actually observe the effects of someone with the syndrome talking with someone else - and I somehow doubt you've done that.
Capitalism is sub-optimal because some things that benefit the consumer do not also benefit the pockets of the companies that might be producing it.
Whatever gave you the idea that PHP, Gaim, Xorg and so on are not real open source projects? While there's obviously no reason for you to participate, I don't see why you're saying that other people shouldn't - I'm sure most if not all people who take part find it interesting. In the case of CS students, it will probably give them something to put on their CV that they wouldn't otherwise have.
Unless you're irrational, that is.
But it's going to be far easier to tamper with a terminal if the owner is in cahoots, so while you are correct, I don't think it really mitigates the problem.
Once you're used to the command line, it can be easier to use than a GUI. I use the command line in preference to konqueror or nautilus, for example, for most tasks the latter are perfectly capable of.
That is not google's function as it relates to the internet, or to me. That is its purpose in with respect to its shareholders and its executives.
Personalized search will go some way to fixing that.
I disagree on two counts. Firstly, Google should know what I'm search for; that's what it's there for. It should try to know as well as is possible - how possible that is is another matter. Secondly, human brains seem essentially to be big fat logic machines. It is unreasonable to expect google to know exactly what I'm thinking every time but the way I read the OP was that google should get as near as possible.
Had I mod points, I think I'd have to mod you up just for reminding me of that intro sequence.
Indeed. We could do with more socialism in the world, if you ask me. I agree with Russell when he argues that the quest for wealth is not always coincidental with the quest for general happiness and wellbeing.
Sorry, but light is light. Unless there's something odd going on with colour perception or absorption, this is probably just your imagination! Light of a certain frequency, intensity and angle of incidence will be reflected exactly the same, whether it comes from incandescent or fluorescent sources. The only possibility that springs to mind is that the dye of the fluorescent might emit a frequency less bounced by your walls, but that seems unlikely. It could be checked by going to do different rooms and using different brands, though. To be honest, I suspect it might be all in your head, though ;-)
Look what someone's done to the Sellafields nuclear plant in the UK! They've blurred all of the surroundings as well - presumably to stop you from navigating there by landmark.
Judging by the hyperactive character of your post, I would disagree...
This weight, though, is evolutionarily practically guaranteed to not be unhealthy. In other words, obese people are not obese because that is their set weight, it's because they eat too much.
Not to condemn, but the choice is also fat and dying or thin and living, statistically speaking.
After all, every linux user hates having strongbad appear in those annoying emails...
You seem to have overlooked the manner in which it was posted.
And of course they still don't. It's not even much of an inconvenience, since anyone who's recorded something off the radio is used to recording in real time. Like DRM, this will have no effect on a determined copier. Unlike DRM, this will likely have no effect on an undetermined copier, either.
I wonder whether, if all paper was converted to 1:[1+sqrt(5)÷2] everyone who had to do paperwork would be just a little bit happier, since their paper would be more aesthetically pleasing?
Of course, it's still a PITA to copy all your music at play-speed, which is this prevents your casual user from doing what is his right, but goes no way to stopping a rigorous copier from doing what he wants.
Then they change the site? Firefox is up-and-coming and all, but IE still dominates most PCs. Breaking IE is not an option for any website that wants much traffic.
As others have said - why not? People do things all the time just for the hell of it. He probably had a hell of a lot of fun building the thing, so why not! As for the more practical concerns, using a heat exchanger instead of looping pool water inside the house is probably a better idea. It could have anti-corrosives and anti-freezes in, too.