Once upon a time, long ago, he actually did technical things, but never (to the best of my knowledge) demonstrated either coding or OSS project management brilliance. His contribution was more along the lines of being able to churn out mountains of mediocre code while trying to flesh out a minimally functional GNU clone of the UNIX userland.
GCC may be "mountains of mediocre code", but a) how many people can churn out code like that? and b) that mediocre code has allowed other programmers to produce free software.
Linux changed the course of (from today's perspective) history. And it is the major GPL-licensed project. Not Hurd, not Emacs, not even GCC. How many lines did RMS contributed?
In the absence of Stallman, how much of GCC would have been written? In the absence of GCC, how much of Linux would have been written?
And no one wants to read the story of a nice immigrant who gets an okay job working for someone else and raises an okay family and sends his okay kids to an okay college after which they get okay jobs working for someone else.
So publication bias isn't just in medical journals?
Although I'm not sure why you think it's so difficult to show pollution entered someone's lungs---if they're breathing in the presence of the pollution, that the pollution entered their lungs is an obvious conclusion.
But you still have to show whose pollution it was. And how did people show lung damage in the 19th century? The cities of the time had many factories that polluted; how do you assign blame to any one of them in particular?
Yeah, because the US government never attempted to instill fear in Americans after 9/11. Jefferson warned that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Was he paranoid, too?
The US government has been reducing military budget because the war is coming to an end and our economic state doesn't allow it.
It's still 600 billion dollars. And predator drones may be cost effective.
Did the government prosecute companies for putting pollutants into somebody's lungs, or did they prosecute for putting pollutants into the air? It's easier to show that a firm's pollutants left its own smokestacks than to show it entered someone's lungs.
Or are you just looking for ways of shooting down an alternative, noncoercive solution to the problem of pollution?
I more concerned about the physics of pollution than noncoercion.
"Golden" only means having the appearance of gold. This could be achieved by painting a regular parachute with gold paint. Of course, an actual gold parachute at a thickness above gold leaf could be a problem.
"Pulitzer-prize winning science writer Deborah Blum" -- appeal to emotion -- it asserts that the reader should assume that Deborah Blum is an expert on science matters because she won an award for writing.
Sounds more like an appeal to authority than an appeal to emotion.
I thought that food manufacturers used it as a preservative rather than flavoring. Indeed, until recently, most people would have risked higher sodium levels to avoid food poisoning.
also, do you even know what depleted uranium is used for? it's used instead of lead in a bullet because it's denser and goes farther, not because it's radioactive. If such a small about of uranium could pose a threat
There is some evidence that DU has had an effect in Fallujah:
How about "hazard"? Is that ambiguous? If so, perhaps you should to a different site. Can we use the term "hazardous" to apply to materials warranting a hazard label?
I meant "Post 9/11" in the sense that 9/11 allowed the government to treat terrorism as a bogeyman to attempt to frighten us into accepting encroachments on our liberties.
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GCC may be "mountains of mediocre code", but a) how many people can churn out code like that? and b) that mediocre code has allowed other programmers to produce free software.
Responding to yourself is OK, but calling yourself a troll?
Also, if you're so fed up with Linux, why are you using it at all? Isn't relegating it to the server room an admission that it works?
Linux changed the course of (from today's perspective) history. And it is the major GPL-licensed project. Not Hurd, not Emacs, not even GCC. How many lines did RMS contributed?
In the absence of Stallman, how much of GCC would have been written? In the absence of GCC, how much of Linux would have been written?
Most of that was Medicare, which goes to retired/disabled people. Good luck slave driving them.
Do you have any specific cases where such injunctions were granted?
And no one wants to read the story of a nice immigrant who gets an okay job working for someone else and raises an okay family and sends his okay kids to an okay college after which they get okay jobs working for someone else.
So publication bias isn't just in medical journals?
Although I'm not sure why you think it's so difficult to show pollution entered someone's lungs---if they're breathing in the presence of the pollution, that the pollution entered their lungs is an obvious conclusion.
But you still have to show whose pollution it was. And how did people show lung damage in the 19th century? The cities of the time had many factories that polluted; how do you assign blame to any one of them in particular?
Those who live by censorship shall die by it.
Wow all this paranoia about big government.
Yeah, because the US government never attempted to instill fear in Americans after 9/11. Jefferson warned that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Was he paranoid, too?
The US government has been reducing military budget because the war is coming to an end and our economic state doesn't allow it.
It's still 600 billion dollars. And predator drones may be cost effective.
Did the government prosecute companies for putting pollutants into somebody's lungs, or did they prosecute for putting pollutants into the air? It's easier to show that a firm's pollutants left its own smokestacks than to show it entered someone's lungs.
Or are you just looking for ways of shooting down an alternative, noncoercive solution to the problem of pollution?
I more concerned about the physics of pollution than noncoercion.
And how do we establish in a court of law whose pollution is attacking my lungs?
So the golden ratio and golden mean are made out of gold? Relating to gold could mean having the appearance of gold.
"Golden" only means having the appearance of gold. This could be achieved by painting a regular parachute with gold paint. Of course, an actual gold parachute at a thickness above gold leaf could be a problem.
"Pulitzer-prize winning science writer Deborah Blum" -- appeal to emotion -- it asserts that the reader should assume that Deborah Blum is an expert on science matters because she won an award for writing.
Sounds more like an appeal to authority than an appeal to emotion.
I thought that food manufacturers used it as a preservative rather than flavoring. Indeed, until recently, most people would have risked higher sodium levels to avoid food poisoning.
also, do you even know what depleted uranium is used for? it's used instead of lead in a bullet because it's denser and goes farther, not because it's radioactive. If such a small about of uranium could pose a threat
There is some evidence that DU has had an effect in Fallujah:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah_during_the_Iraq_War#Health_effects
No, 'hazardous' is ambiguous.
How about "hazard"? Is that ambiguous? If so, perhaps you should to a different site. Can we use the term "hazardous" to apply to materials warranting a hazard label?
Since a chemical is simply anything made by chemistry,
How did chemistry make water before people studied chemistry?
Aspartame and saccharine are both carbon compounds, so they are organic, at least with respect to organic chemistry.
Duvel contains 92% of the world's water?
We need critical thinking to be taught in schools.
I am skeptical of the claim that critical thinking can be taught. Nurtured, yes; taught, I'm not so sure.
exactly how often is the air force accidentally spying on us?
Too damn much!
I meant "Post 9/11" in the sense that 9/11 allowed the government to treat terrorism as a bogeyman to attempt to frighten us into accepting encroachments on our liberties.
Are Americans going to tolerate this? Post 9/11, probably.
Also, what is the difference between SIGTERM and SIGQUIT?
15 - 3. I'm guessing 12.
On a more serious note, the man page for kill(1) lists the action for SIGTERM as exit and that for SIGQUIT as core.