This whole 'God Particle' term is an embarrassment to science, it sounds catchy but just gets the religious believers excited. Maybe we should've called stem cells 'god' cells, and maybe Bush wouldn't have cut its research funding.
"While AbiWord and NeoOffice are both available through X11, neither had the full functionality that we needed, not to mention that we had a hell of a time getting them to work at all."
If I'm not mistaken, NeoOffice is a native Mac app that is as easy to install as any other, and integrates just fine with the OS. Is the author think of openoffice.org?
You really think that a Koran in a toilet in a museum would NOT cause riots?! Why, because it's free speech? We saw how well that worked out for the Dutch cartoons.
Just an FYI, fork isn't always available. The best example I can think of is uClinux, a linux distro for embedded computers. With an MMU, a process cannot be copied, therefore, only threads can be used. This can be a pain in the butt sometimes, but luckily pthreads aren't so bad once you know how to avoid races and deadlocks.
I completely agree that shouldn't fix a problem that doesn't exist yet, and may never exist.
I'd like to remind people that Rogers (an enormous cable internet provider in Ontario, and elsewhere) are using traffic shaping with Bit Torrent traffic. Would net neutrality fix that problem? If so, I'd say the problem is already here!
AAC is not open, and neither is mp3. To sell a device that supports either, you have to pay a fee, since they are patented. Ogg Vorbis on the other hand, is an open format. Anyone can use it any way they want, for free.
Quebec is terrible with rights. It is illegal in Quebec to put a sign outside your business in anything but the official language, French. Even if you live in a town where everyone speaks English, you HAVE to use French signs. If you want an English sign too, it's writing must be half the size of the French sign.
You cannot get a job as a civil servant unless you speak French, even if it's a job where no French is required. It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get government forms in any language but French, despite the large English population. If you are an English family, you must send your kids to a French school, unless you went to an English school in Quebec as a child.
Ya, I hate it when people assume that those 200k people somehow deserve their jobs. If you make widgets for a living, and someone appears that can make widgets just as well and as fast as you, but needs less money, you're out of your job.
In Tim Harford's "Undercover Economist" book, which I recently read, he gave a great example.
Did you know that instead of manufacturing GM cars in Detroit, you could grow Toyotas in Iowa? There's this new technology that just became available! You put a bunch of corn on ships, send those ships to this new technology called "Japan", and we receive back Toyota cars! It's amazing!
In other words, if you oppose free trade, and support protectionism, you're a form of Luddite. A change in the programmer job market is not much different than a change in technology.
Even with debit, can't the blind consumer still be scammed? He can't verify the amount he's paying by looking at the debit machine, or read the amount on the receipt he's signing.
To me, it doesn't solve the problem. The blind person is still at the mercy of the merchant.
How about feeling emotions for a fictional character in a book or movie? It's similar. We can cheer for Frodo to destroy the ring, just like we cheer for the local hockey team to win the stanley cup.
I'm not a sports fan, but going to the odd game, especially during playoffs, is LOTS of fun!
Don't forget that when children get hurt, they often recover much quicker and more fully than an adult would with a similar injury. Evolution has created children to be more 'durable' than adults, for whatever reason. Kids need to get hurt and do stupid things, it teaches them what NOT to do in the future. When I was 8 I tried doing something stupid on the monkey bars, got hurt, recovered, never tried it again.
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Are you implying that the Liberals would never let something like this pass? Please.
He might also have not been shot. I just had to point that out.
God has as much to do with this as Zeus.
This whole 'God Particle' term is an embarrassment to science, it sounds catchy but just gets the religious believers excited. Maybe we should've called stem cells 'god' cells, and maybe Bush wouldn't have cut its research funding.
Did you try NeoOffice? You obviously knew that it existed since you 'typoed' it.
It's freeware, and easy to install. And it's definitely better than a 'wordpad' like app. You would definitely be able to type up your article in it.
"While AbiWord and NeoOffice are both available through X11, neither had the full functionality that we needed, not to mention that we had a hell of a time getting them to work at all."
If I'm not mistaken, NeoOffice is a native Mac app that is as easy to install as any other, and integrates just fine with the OS. Is the author think of openoffice.org?
Did you misspell precedent on purpose?
You really think that a Koran in a toilet in a museum would NOT cause riots?! Why, because it's free speech? We saw how well that worked out for the Dutch cartoons.
He's a shill!! Get him!!!!
Why can't you just plug your monitor and keyboard into your all-in-one?
Think outside the box! The zeitgeist is shifting to a new paradigm!
Just an FYI, fork isn't always available. The best example I can think of is uClinux, a linux distro for embedded computers. With an MMU, a process cannot be copied, therefore, only threads can be used. This can be a pain in the butt sometimes, but luckily pthreads aren't so bad once you know how to avoid races and deadlocks.
In case people are curious about where the bible makes such a silly claim, check out the Skeptic's Annotated Bible, it's hours of fun!
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/is/11.html#12
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/dan/4.html#10
I completely agree that shouldn't fix a problem that doesn't exist yet, and may never exist.
I'd like to remind people that Rogers (an enormous cable internet provider in Ontario, and elsewhere) are using traffic shaping with Bit Torrent traffic. Would net neutrality fix that problem? If so, I'd say the problem is already here!
"According to VideoScan, during the first two weeks of January, Blu-ray discs outsold HD DVD by more than a 2:1 margin."
Why does the summary make Blu-Ray sound better by saying it outsold HD DVD by 3:1 in 1 week? Do I detect a bias?
AAC is not open, and neither is mp3. To sell a device that supports either, you have to pay a fee, since they are patented. Ogg Vorbis on the other hand, is an open format. Anyone can use it any way they want, for free.
Quebec is terrible with rights. It is illegal in Quebec to put a sign outside your business in anything but the official language, French. Even if you live in a town where everyone speaks English, you HAVE to use French signs. If you want an English sign too, it's writing must be half the size of the French sign.
You cannot get a job as a civil servant unless you speak French, even if it's a job where no French is required. It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get government forms in any language but French, despite the large English population. If you are an English family, you must send your kids to a French school, unless you went to an English school in Quebec as a child.
It goes on...
Quebec supports rights, my ass!
Half of that post made no sense.
The **IA would say that all of it made no sense.
Ya, I hate it when people assume that those 200k people somehow deserve their jobs. If you make widgets for a living, and someone appears that can make widgets just as well and as fast as you, but needs less money, you're out of your job.
In Tim Harford's "Undercover Economist" book, which I recently read, he gave a great example.
Did you know that instead of manufacturing GM cars in Detroit, you could grow Toyotas in Iowa? There's this new technology that just became available! You put a bunch of corn on ships, send those ships to this new technology called "Japan", and we receive back Toyota cars! It's amazing!
In other words, if you oppose free trade, and support protectionism, you're a form of Luddite. A change in the programmer job market is not much different than a change in technology.
Even with debit, can't the blind consumer still be scammed? He can't verify the amount he's paying by looking at the debit machine, or read the amount on the receipt he's signing.
To me, it doesn't solve the problem. The blind person is still at the mercy of the merchant.
What about the engineers and programmers that create and maintain the self-checkout machines? Don't they deserve jobs too?
Don't buy a horse and buggy just to prevent the people who make horse and buggies keep their jobs.
How about feeling emotions for a fictional character in a book or movie? It's similar. We can cheer for Frodo to destroy the ring, just like we cheer for the local hockey team to win the stanley cup.
I'm not a sports fan, but going to the odd game, especially during playoffs, is LOTS of fun!
I had no idea he was responsible for that! That show rocked!!
I had that gun too. Never worked right, but was fun.
Don't think that engineering's all that better.
You're probably being sarcastic but I'll offer this link anyways:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
If you're going to correct a spelling, at least provide the spelling (gail)
Don't forget that when children get hurt, they often recover much quicker and more fully than an adult would with a similar injury. Evolution has created children to be more 'durable' than adults, for whatever reason. Kids need to get hurt and do stupid things, it teaches them what NOT to do in the future. When I was 8 I tried doing something stupid on the monkey bars, got hurt, recovered, never tried it again.