I agree aside from your blurb on the faith thing. Faith does not have to be in any way related to belief. On the one side it can be reguarded as an "educated guess" when dealing with say, the uncertainty principle. When dealing with people, I think, it becomes much more involved. Same issue, as I see it, except it's more like trying to imagine the uncertainty as infinity multiplyed by itself several times over, indefinately. Your only option becomes to literally have faith in people.
k... well, where do I start? Quantum physics are the physics that describe interactions between subatomic particles. Classical physics break down on that level. For example, given 2 electrons in a confined space, if you record where they are at one point of time, and then another, you wouldn't know which electron's which the second time. That is, you couldn't follow their path, and thus tell them apart or where they'll end up based on classical physics.
What we do know, however, about the electron, is that it posses a "quantum state". If you've ever programmed, you can think of it as "properties" of a partical. For instance, one of those properties is that an electron carries a charge of -1.
What it comes down to then is a choice of state. Given the right Quantum state, there shouldn't be interference with how things work out. However, the interference itself, if existed, wouldn't be "quantum interference", it would be structural. Hope it helps.
Disclaimer: I'm more on RMS' side than I care to flaunt around. Ideology is not at all lost on me.
You and I, as individuals, will rarely see this corporation. We will continue to deal with the foundation almost exclusively. However, businesses are generally aren't out there to give charity (sadly), a non profit organization is not reliable. This makes investment decisions difficult. The corporation should augment that market well by being "one of them".
IF, and only IF, the corporation ideologies begin to spill over into the foundation, I will be concerned. If, on the other hand, the foundation's ideologies spill over, what did we lose?
Now that I think about it, Red Hat isn't at all about the ideals of Free Software. Red Hat is a Corporation to the letter. It conducts its business using Free Software, to which it contributed and continues to contribute, that is true. Free Software allows for such businesses to exist.
Debian, on the other hand is (or one of) the altimate idealists. It provides a gateway to a gigantic, well maintained, Free-Software-Only repository.
Both end up giving you a distribution, and reguardless of ideology, give you a choice that is *still* Free Software. So what are we comparing?
I don't disagree, per se, but in my experience image is a less important strategy when it comes to open source. So while you are technically correct, I doubt it really has much significance. I will consult the crystal ball now.
"Or you could surely just prohibit any files with a.bat or.exe or.whatever extension, and only allow.html,.gif,.jpg,.png,.wav,.txt, and a few more."
I don't know about you, but if the extension of the file causes the service to do anything, than something is just not right with the server. I mean honestly... extensions??
Umm... perhaps Gentoo isn't for you? I happen to like the way it installs. In fact it's anything but "ass backwards", as the idea is that you can install gentoo from any standard working environment, which means relying on tools that are *guaranteed* to be there. And no, I'm not a gentoo developer, but have been a satisfied user for quite some time.
So you don't understand what the/dev is there for and want to change how this is done so that it makes just a little more sense to you? That is, you'd like to just go ls/dev/usb (gui can run this command for you) and see a nice listing of files/directories? By any chance are you aware of what would that do? Strange things like all your devices not functioning will probably be the result. Why the hell are you in/dev anyway? This folder isn't for you, it's for the OS and the software, and for people that know what it's for. Currently, you don't.
The files in the/dev directory arn't meant for exploring the contents of a device. Input sent in, and output recieved from these files are commands to the devices and their results, respectively. Trust me, you have no business there. Network devices don't have "file systems" persay, but do transfer data, you have all your ports, and every connection you have a driver for. It's more of a representation of your motherboard as files or something the like.
Just mount your devices in/mnt!/mnt is your "My Computer" folder. Depending on your destribution, this might have been setup to work automatically, a la windows.
Um, my dear AC, as far as the US is concerned, Israel is one large US military base in the middle east. If they are to go in, it is the help the Israely military do something.
Mods, please mark parent troll, there is nothing but hate in his words.
It would be easier to not concider building a wall if you didn't feel like you were blocking the path of a bomb. It's cold, I know, but these people are paranoid.
I think that the first thing that should stop is attacks. Distribution of land can wait. What's the point in dividing up land if everyone is dead?
Ok, all you with your "insightfull" statements as to who's fault it is, and Israel being a terrorist state. Please, wake up.
First off, the common population in Israel, are just regular people who'd love nothing more than NOT to be involved in any of the political bullshit that currently takes hold over there.
Second, and most importantly, the poeple that had settled the land to cause this commotion in the first place, are pretty much all dead or in the process. How does it make sense to say it's "their fault" if none of the original people are involved?
Third, whenever things finally settle, a bomb goes off.
The current situation suggests that there is a small minority of individuals who *financially benefit* from all of this. Peace time means no recruitment. Satisfaction means no desparation, and desparation is one of the leading conditions that facilitate acts of terror.
I hear ya, I used to live in Ariel. I still have a quite vivid image of the guy with the M16 sitting by the entrance of my public school. Damn, that was in grade 4.
Apologies for not being clear. Yes, the photon will "experience" normal time, and a distance of zero. The time that "stands still" would be that time the photon will be the time the photon spends observing you:).
Not sure if this is any better, it seems that we are in agreement anyway.
The problem you are facing has to do with how you percieve time. Current theory suggests that your perception of time has something to do with the speed you're traveling at. So far, it is speculated that to a photon, which travels at the speed of light, time "stands still". So... in this context, what does your personal perception of time have to do with what happens when everything is said to be moving at that speed?
You can use 0s and 1s to represent 2, 3, 4, 52.5234, etc. The limit is the number of bits, and theoretically, no one has to use 2^64, they can use double or triple that.
To be honest, when I replyed I didn't see the problem as clearly as I should have. I stand by the statement, but I don't think that the PC is the going to be the focus of the "mindless work".
Simply put, PCs are, and always have been quite complicated machienes, and this debate itself proves that where we are now is still far from where we'd like to be on that ground. These days, the number of new devices out there is insane. I'm sure some devices will see as heavy use (if not heavier) than the PC. That means the PC is not the only candidate for fixing.
So, I really can't see an "out of work" senario, it would be too twisted for reality.
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Um.... which.... industry, exactly?
You don't get points for funny, so they gave him points instead of funny. Simple.
I agree aside from your blurb on the faith thing. Faith does not have to be in any way related to belief. On the one side it can be reguarded as an "educated guess" when dealing with say, the uncertainty principle. When dealing with people, I think, it becomes much more involved. Same issue, as I see it, except it's more like trying to imagine the uncertainty as infinity multiplyed by itself several times over, indefinately. Your only option becomes to literally have faith in people.
Wait wait wait... they're waiting to jump in my lap? They're scarce man, face it.
What we do know, however, about the electron, is that it posses a "quantum state". If you've ever programmed, you can think of it as "properties" of a partical. For instance, one of those properties is that an electron carries a charge of -1.
What it comes down to then is a choice of state. Given the right Quantum state, there shouldn't be interference with how things work out. However, the interference itself, if existed, wouldn't be "quantum interference", it would be structural. Hope it helps.
Quantum reffers to the state of matter of carbon nanotubes, not another form of matter that interacts with them.
You and I, as individuals, will rarely see this corporation. We will continue to deal with the foundation almost exclusively. However, businesses are generally aren't out there to give charity (sadly), a non profit organization is not reliable. This makes investment decisions difficult. The corporation should augment that market well by being "one of them".
IF, and only IF, the corporation ideologies begin to spill over into the foundation, I will be concerned. If, on the other hand, the foundation's ideologies spill over, what did we lose?
Debian, on the other hand is (or one of) the altimate idealists. It provides a gateway to a gigantic, well maintained, Free-Software-Only repository.
Both end up giving you a distribution, and reguardless of ideology, give you a choice that is *still* Free Software. So what are we comparing?
I don't disagree, per se, but in my experience image is a less important strategy when it comes to open source. So while you are technically correct, I doubt it really has much significance. I will consult the crystal ball now.
How so? What exactly do you see changing as far as open source is concerned? From what I gather, it's all about accounting, not development methods.
I don't know about you, but if the extension of the file causes the service to do anything, than something is just not right with the server. I mean honestly... extensions??
Umm... perhaps Gentoo isn't for you? I happen to like the way it installs. In fact it's anything but "ass backwards", as the idea is that you can install gentoo from any standard working environment, which means relying on tools that are *guaranteed* to be there. And no, I'm not a gentoo developer, but have been a satisfied user for quite some time.
Warning: You are TOO used to windows
So you don't understand what the /dev is there for and want to change how this is done so that it makes just a little more sense to you? That is, you'd like to just go ls /dev/usb (gui can run this command for you) and see a nice listing of files/directories? By any chance are you aware of what would that do? Strange things like all your devices not functioning will probably be the result. Why the hell are you in /dev anyway? This folder isn't for you, it's for the OS and the software, and for people that know what it's for. Currently, you don't.
The files in the /dev directory arn't meant for exploring the contents of a device. Input sent in, and output recieved from these files are commands to the devices and their results, respectively. Trust me, you have no business there. Network devices don't have "file systems" persay, but do transfer data, you have all your ports, and every connection you have a driver for. It's more of a representation of your motherboard as files or something the like.
Just mount your devices in /mnt! /mnt is your "My Computer" folder. Depending on your destribution, this might have been setup to work automatically, a la windows.
Besides, Quake 3 Arena was $14 (on the shelf) by the time I bothered paying for it.
I liked it enough that a week later, I went out and bought a copy.
Um, my dear AC, as far as the US is concerned, Israel is one large US military base in the middle east. If they are to go in, it is the help the Israely military do something. Mods, please mark parent troll, there is nothing but hate in his words.
I think that the first thing that should stop is attacks. Distribution of land can wait. What's the point in dividing up land if everyone is dead?
First off, the common population in Israel, are just regular people who'd love nothing more than NOT to be involved in any of the political bullshit that currently takes hold over there.
Second, and most importantly, the poeple that had settled the land to cause this commotion in the first place, are pretty much all dead or in the process. How does it make sense to say it's "their fault" if none of the original people are involved?
Third, whenever things finally settle, a bomb goes off.
The current situation suggests that there is a small minority of individuals who *financially benefit* from all of this. Peace time means no recruitment. Satisfaction means no desparation, and desparation is one of the leading conditions that facilitate acts of terror.
I hear ya, I used to live in Ariel. I still have a quite vivid image of the guy with the M16 sitting by the entrance of my public school. Damn, that was in grade 4.
Not sure if this is any better, it seems that we are in agreement anyway.
The problem you are facing has to do with how you percieve time. Current theory suggests that your perception of time has something to do with the speed you're traveling at. So far, it is speculated that to a photon, which travels at the speed of light, time "stands still". So... in this context, what does your personal perception of time have to do with what happens when everything is said to be moving at that speed?
In theory, PI does not terminate. In practice, the full value of PI is not used. So what's your point?
IEEE isn't "in theory", its standards that allow for different things to work together. Completely irreleavant.
You can use 0s and 1s to represent 2, 3, 4, 52.5234, etc. The limit is the number of bits, and theoretically, no one has to use 2^64, they can use double or triple that.
It was groceries, he compared them to groceries. Not food.
Simply put, PCs are, and always have been quite complicated machienes, and this debate itself proves that where we are now is still far from where we'd like to be on that ground. These days, the number of new devices out there is insane. I'm sure some devices will see as heavy use (if not heavier) than the PC. That means the PC is not the only candidate for fixing.
So, I really can't see an "out of work" senario, it would be too twisted for reality.