>Anybody with a Ph.D (especially in something technical) is automatically >going to have a strong understanding of the scientific method.
That's contrary to the Ph.D holders I have met. Most have become so specialized and focused with their particular degree (either in something technical or not) that they lose the ability to think critically.
a specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
i think we're getting rights wrt people mixed with rights wrt corporations.
rights wrt people are bestowed by god or self-evident for the atheists among us, as you describe.
rights wrt to corporations are significantly more limited as they're artificial entities, allowed to exist only because the people/government allows them to, therefor rights wrt to corporations are pretty much exactly as the GP stated.
anyone remember the old fake folder trick from win 9x?
MD name*ALT+255*name in the GUI, the ALT+255 looked like an underscore.
not openable, not deletable, not movable, etc. only able to be removed with RD, and you had to know it wasn't an underscore.
used that back in grade 9 and made it automatically make a new folder like that on every boot, eventually filling the desktop. they had 3 techs there (with a 4th one on the phone!) trying to figure it out for hours.
Is there something terribly wrong with simply getting up off your ass and cleaning your clothes once in a while? Yes, but how much time/money/energy/chemicals are needed for that ordinary cleaning?
Anyway, I see it more as a good alternative to dry cleaning than to regular washing.
Huh? The average resident now drives 3 hours less per day? Is everyone in KY a truck driver or something? no, they must just contract their article writing out to the/. editors. the study linked by TFA says the broadband folks tended to drive about 102 fewer miles per month and they somehow came up with "hours". minutes would have been closer.
Hmm. That's news to me. Must've happened since September, as I worked there last summer and never heard anything about that coming.
OTOH, the usefulness of running a mail server on a dynamic IP is arguable, as I believe a lot of places automatically block mail coming from dynamic IPs for spam reasons.
Customs I believe employ beagles for drugs. sounds about right. IIRC, beagles have the best sense of smell short of a bloodhound. also, they're small, unintimidating, quite inteligent, and work well for rewards.
Of course this will never change, since only a million people have requested it already, and GIMP devs won't be swayed until at least 10 times the population of the Earth require it. Actually, I believe they've hired a GUI design firm (M+MI Works, I think) to redesign the GUI for version 2.6.
The GIMP might be very powerful and feature packed, but the learning curve to get into it is cliff shaped. That makes for a vey significant barrier for newbies.
I hear the same complaint about photoshop quite often. Both have rather steep learning curves.
Where "anyone" means people running Windows. How much of the Slashdot crowd is this supposed to appeal to? or a mac (that version coming soon (possibly Real Soon, but anyway)). and there isn't a whole lot of DRM (in the context of this discussion) on linux systems AFAIK.
that "DSL lite" package is 256k/128k (not really broadband IMO, but it's just fine for my aunt) and costs $23. the 1.5m/384k package is $34.95. another $10 gets you 5m/640k, and another $10 above that ($54) gives you 10m/640k. it's not cheap, but no caps, no shaping, no blocked ports, no restrictions on servers, etc.
also, none of this "14,000 feet" nonsense. if you can get a phone line in town, you can get DSL.
only issues i have is that the gateway they use (2wire 2700) is an awesome modem, but it sucks as a router and has NAT connection issues (if you go above 300 or so connections (hi bittorrent), it'll act strange.).
2 solutions to this are limit the connections (azureus has a limit of 100 connections by default IIRC) or rig the thing in bridge mode and use your own router (this is always done on the 10m installs).
in addition, they're legally required to lease out the lines to competitors at a fixed rate, so there's healthy competition in the DSL market.
i don't use their DSL (i'm too far out of town for that to be an option), but i do use their wireless high speed (an interesting DOCSIS-based system), which isn't cheap ($60/month for 2m/256k), but it's pretty reliable (it's only gone down on their end (it's gone down on my end a few times due to stuff hitting the antenna.) once in over a year, and it was back in in 2 hours) and the same no nonsense as the DSL.
how do you figure that? as far as i understand it, this is practically an automated analog hole trick. theoretically, it should be able to bypass pretty much any DRM scheme.
Unless the embargo law is changed it cannot be ended as long as Fidel or his brother are in charge. And his brother will be in charge. and his brother is, what, 74? how much longer do you expect him to last? then again, do either of them have any children?
Q: If you are running 3 apps at the same time will they each be assigned to their own core? A: maybe. that depends on how good the operating system is about managing multiple processors and multiple threads.
eh, i wouldn't say it's a waste. being as the GG is the official head-of-state, he/she deals with all the ceremonial stuff (foreign visits, etc.), leaving the PM able to do actual work.
AFAIK, Rogers already got rid of their AMPS system early last year and both Bell and Telus are planning on following the FCC's lead. Here in saskatchewan, i dunno what sasktel is planning, though i'm pretty sure they already have CDMA2000 1X everywhere they have analog service (and in some places they don't), so i wouldn't be real suprised if they followed everyone else and axed the analog in the near future.
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>going to have a strong understanding of the scientific method.
That's contrary to the Ph.D holders I have met. Most have become so specialized and focused with their particular degree (either in something technical or not) that they lose the ability to think critically. a specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
*shrug* I guess that's a matter of opinion. For most purposes, accuracy within a few mils should be fine.
OTOH, it'll likely develop into a resolution war like we've had with digital cameras and inkjet printers.
yes, it does. kicking a monopoly-holder down a peg or few is usually very good for anyone looking to enter the market.
i think we're getting rights wrt people mixed with rights wrt corporations.
rights wrt people are bestowed by god or self-evident for the atheists among us, as you describe.
rights wrt to corporations are significantly more limited as they're artificial entities, allowed to exist only because the people/government allows them to, therefor rights wrt to corporations are pretty much exactly as the GP stated.
anyone remember the old fake folder trick from win 9x?
MD name*ALT+255*name in the GUI, the ALT+255 looked like an underscore.
not openable, not deletable, not movable, etc. only able to be removed with RD, and you had to know it wasn't an underscore.
used that back in grade 9 and made it automatically make a new folder like that on every boot, eventually filling the desktop. they had 3 techs there (with a 4th one on the phone!) trying to figure it out for hours.
Anyway, I see it more as a good alternative to dry cleaning than to regular washing.
Jury -- A group of twelve people who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.
umm, just so you know, that link doesn't work.
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Hmm. That's news to me. Must've happened since September, as I worked there last summer and never heard anything about that coming.
OTOH, the usefulness of running a mail server on a dynamic IP is arguable, as I believe a lot of places automatically block mail coming from dynamic IPs for spam reasons.
"Tell them how"? More like "do it for them", and likely do a significantly better job than they could on their own.
The GIMP might be very powerful and feature packed, but the learning curve to get into it is cliff shaped. That makes for a vey significant barrier for newbies.
I hear the same complaint about photoshop quite often. Both have rather steep learning curves.another sasktel customer here.
that "DSL lite" package is 256k/128k (not really broadband IMO, but it's just fine for my aunt) and costs $23. the 1.5m/384k package is $34.95. another $10 gets you 5m/640k, and another $10 above that ($54) gives you 10m/640k. it's not cheap, but no caps, no shaping, no blocked ports, no restrictions on servers, etc.
also, none of this "14,000 feet" nonsense. if you can get a phone line in town, you can get DSL.
only issues i have is that the gateway they use (2wire 2700) is an awesome modem, but it sucks as a router and has NAT connection issues (if you go above 300 or so connections (hi bittorrent), it'll act strange.).
2 solutions to this are limit the connections (azureus has a limit of 100 connections by default IIRC) or rig the thing in bridge mode and use your own router (this is always done on the 10m installs).
in addition, they're legally required to lease out the lines to competitors at a fixed rate, so there's healthy competition in the DSL market.
i don't use their DSL (i'm too far out of town for that to be an option), but i do use their wireless high speed (an interesting DOCSIS-based system), which isn't cheap ($60/month for 2m/256k), but it's pretty reliable (it's only gone down on their end (it's gone down on my end a few times due to stuff hitting the antenna.) once in over a year, and it was back in in 2 hours) and the same no nonsense as the DSL.
how do you figure that? as far as i understand it, this is practically an automated analog hole trick. theoretically, it should be able to bypass pretty much any DRM scheme.
it was either late '04 or early '05.
eh, i wouldn't say it's a waste. being as the GG is the official head-of-state, he/she deals with all the ceremonial stuff (foreign visits, etc.), leaving the PM able to do actual work.
AFAIK, Rogers already got rid of their AMPS system early last year and both Bell and Telus are planning on following the FCC's lead. Here in saskatchewan, i dunno what sasktel is planning, though i'm pretty sure they already have CDMA2000 1X everywhere they have analog service (and in some places they don't), so i wouldn't be real suprised if they followed everyone else and axed the analog in the near future.