"But also, Apple customers are used to breathlessly thanking The Steve for making their lives momentarily miserable. As long as they're promised to receive Teh New Shiny, and that all of their problems will be solved in the next iteration, Apple customers will do it. "
Where do you pick up this sort of bullshit? Is there a bot somewhere that spits it out so you can parrot it without any thought?
"I wish the US would start borrowing from China in this regard." I wish you were right. However, if an American firm did this, they'd be sued by Chinese companies in American courts using American lawyers...and their Imaginary Property would be protected and the American firm set up for serious damages. And the Chinese know this.
In my opinion, the new devices usually have a company behind them pushing them as a software-hardware gizmo that is what it is. If they need a Linux driver, they'll produce it for themselves by themselves and it becomes part of the special sauce they use to distinguish their gimzo from all the others.
I just do not see where there is a market for Intel or others to produce FOSS drivers or help others produce them.
How can this be rated insightful. The fellow argued from a few isolated cases to damn every congress-critter. Most congress-critters are fine, upstanding people; their biggest problem is putting up with the American people; the American people believe the worst while refusing to take any responsibility for the state of the country.
Hmm...so then your position is that advertising doesn't work....contrary to the data that shows it does work. Nope, no slasher movie could possibly influence someone.
The fish always rots from head on down. Gates and Allen set by example the odious behavior that MS prizes. Allen was no less a jerk than Gates, just presented a more polished persona to the press.
You don't understand real estate agencies, they exist solely to wall off information and make you go through them to get it. The last thing they want is customers shopping for a home by driving around with an iPad and an on-line listing service.
It never was a Marxist dictatorship. It was always a government kleptocracy. Now it is less so, but Putin is moving them back to the level of government kleptocracy he's comfortable with. You can take the man out of the KGB, you cannot take the KGB out of the man.
Errr...try comparing Russian oil exports to the U.S. against the imports of software. There's no comparison, the U.S. is pumping way more money into Russia in that comparison, not sure about the rest of trade.
For Putin, there are likely two draws to FOSS: 1. using it means money likely isn't being shipped to Western software companies leaving more for in-country software development, and 2. his mafia geeks in the FSB, the genetic spawn of the KGB, can check for any sneaky backdoors.
Not entirely, Poland was not ruled by a murderous dictator. And Germany invaded Poland for Lebensraum, and never intended to give it back to the Poles. The U.S. never intended to keep Iraq. Also, Germany didn't have to keep a significant threat over Poland to keep it in line as the U.S. did. At the time, sanctions were breaking down because the dear Allies in Europe saw nothing wrong with helping re-equip Saddam. The alternative was to allow Saddam to rearm...hmm...wonder what he intended to rearm for?
The U.S. has caught a Iranian linked to arms smuggling for the Taliban. And some of the road side bombs the Taliban uses were linked back to Iran. I think it is more or less Iran playing the spoiler. If the Taliban ever come back in Afghanistan, Iran will point to this help as a reason for good relations...until the Taliban start murdering Hazaras again. Then the gloves will come off.
"The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's blast in Pakistan's tribal region that killed at least 43 people at a food distribution point."
"decadent westerners"??? Hmm...child brides? Women with no rights? Persecution of non-Muslim minorities? No concept of human (as opposed to religious) rights? Support for some Muslim sects killing other Muslim sects, 'cause, you know, Allah wills it? And you are calling Westerners decadent?
On the other hand, maybe it will force the cities to be more self-reliant when it comes to water. Currently, water is wasted and few cities want to recover waste water because of the 'yuck' factor; yet, the water from those recovery facilities is just as clean as from anywhere else. It's the cities' problem, let them solve it without sucking aquifers dry.
The U.S. isn't supporting Israel in defense of oil. U.S. would still be interested in the region without the oil. And Iran bucking for nuclear weapons would surely catch the U.S.'s interest.
Just for the record, pick up Vicious Circles by Barwise and Moss or Non-wellfounded Set Theory by Peter Aczel. They show how some instances of circular phenomena can be treated formally in a consistent set theory (put quick, it allows a set to be a member of itself). These circular phenomena come up frequently in computer science, but they also come up in semantics of natural languages.
We should teach problem solving in a wider context. However, to get the basics of logical reasoning down, it is nice to have relatively small, clearly delineated subjects like those in mathematics where it is fairly difficult bring in irrelevant details that most people confuse when attempting a logical argument.
Knowing a CLI doesn't make you computer literate or anything like an administrator. Knowing only a gui doesn't make you computer illiterate either. Lemme, guess, you think computer science is computer programming?
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"But also, Apple customers are used to breathlessly thanking The Steve for making their lives momentarily miserable. As long as they're promised to receive Teh New Shiny, and that all of their problems will be solved in the next iteration, Apple customers will do it. "
Where do you pick up this sort of bullshit? Is there a bot somewhere that spits it out so you can parrot it without any thought?
"I wish the US would start borrowing from China in this regard." I wish you were right. However, if an American firm did this, they'd be sued by Chinese companies in American courts using American lawyers...and their Imaginary Property would be protected and the American firm set up for serious damages. And the Chinese know this.
Okay, how about you give up a third of your income? How does that feel?
Those iPads and iPhones and iPods and Macs and Macbooks aren't the hardware devices you are looking for (theatrical wave of hand).
In my opinion, the new devices usually have a company behind them pushing them as a software-hardware gizmo that is what it is. If they need a Linux driver, they'll produce it for themselves by themselves and it becomes part of the special sauce they use to distinguish their gimzo from all the others.
I just do not see where there is a market for Intel or others to produce FOSS drivers or help others produce them.
How can this be rated insightful. The fellow argued from a few isolated cases to damn every congress-critter. Most congress-critters are fine, upstanding people; their biggest problem is putting up with the American people; the American people believe the worst while refusing to take any responsibility for the state of the country.
Hmm...so then your position is that advertising doesn't work....contrary to the data that shows it does work. Nope, no slasher movie could possibly influence someone.
The fish always rots from head on down. Gates and Allen set by example the odious behavior that MS prizes. Allen was no less a jerk than Gates, just presented a more polished persona to the press.
Jesus had a sense of humor, get over it.
You don't understand real estate agencies, they exist solely to wall off information and make you go through them to get it. The last thing they want is customers shopping for a home by driving around with an iPad and an on-line listing service.
It never was a Marxist dictatorship. It was always a government kleptocracy. Now it is less so, but Putin is moving them back to the level of government kleptocracy he's comfortable with. You can take the man out of the KGB, you cannot take the KGB out of the man.
Errr...try comparing Russian oil exports to the U.S. against the imports of software. There's no comparison, the U.S. is pumping way more money into Russia in that comparison, not sure about the rest of trade.
For Putin, there are likely two draws to FOSS: 1. using it means money likely isn't being shipped to Western software companies leaving more for in-country software development, and 2. his mafia geeks in the FSB, the genetic spawn of the KGB, can check for any sneaky backdoors.
Not entirely, Poland was not ruled by a murderous dictator. And Germany invaded Poland for Lebensraum, and never intended to give it back to the Poles. The U.S. never intended to keep Iraq. Also, Germany didn't have to keep a significant threat over Poland to keep it in line as the U.S. did. At the time, sanctions were breaking down because the dear Allies in Europe saw nothing wrong with helping re-equip Saddam. The alternative was to allow Saddam to rearm...hmm...wonder what he intended to rearm for?
The U.S. has caught a Iranian linked to arms smuggling for the Taliban. And some of the road side bombs the Taliban uses were linked back to Iran. I think it is more or less Iran playing the spoiler. If the Taliban ever come back in Afghanistan, Iran will point to this help as a reason for good relations...until the Taliban start murdering Hazaras again. Then the gloves will come off.
"The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's blast in Pakistan's tribal region that killed at least 43 people at a food distribution point."
Hello! Hmmm...you say it blew up. Here's what you could try:
1. Could you try rebooting? Oh, it's already blown up.
2. How about reinstalling your software? Ah, no machine left to reinstall into.
3. Please contact your manufacturer. You may have to mail in the remains.
"decadent westerners"??? Hmm...child brides? Women with no rights? Persecution of non-Muslim minorities? No concept of human (as opposed to religious) rights? Support for some Muslim sects killing other Muslim sects, 'cause, you know, Allah wills it? And you are calling Westerners decadent?
On the other hand, maybe it will force the cities to be more self-reliant when it comes to water. Currently, water is wasted and few cities want to recover waste water because of the 'yuck' factor; yet, the water from those recovery facilities is just as clean as from anywhere else. It's the cities' problem, let them solve it without sucking aquifers dry.
The U.S. isn't supporting Israel in defense of oil. U.S. would still be interested in the region without the oil. And Iran bucking for nuclear weapons would surely catch the U.S.'s interest.
Technically, to be Turing complete, it would need an infinite memory size.
The uneasiness with Pelosi's look is the Deer-in-the-Headlights stare with the mechanical smile. You expect her to go postal when you turn your back.
Just for the record, pick up Vicious Circles by Barwise and Moss or Non-wellfounded Set Theory by Peter Aczel. They show how some instances of circular phenomena can be treated formally in a consistent set theory (put quick, it allows a set to be a member of itself). These circular phenomena come up frequently in computer science, but they also come up in semantics of natural languages.
We should teach problem solving in a wider context. However, to get the basics of logical reasoning down, it is nice to have relatively small, clearly delineated subjects like those in mathematics where it is fairly difficult bring in irrelevant details that most people confuse when attempting a logical argument.
Knowing a CLI doesn't make you computer literate or anything like an administrator. Knowing only a gui doesn't make you computer illiterate either. Lemme, guess, you think computer science is computer programming?