Any astronomer could tell you that the Milky Way does have dark matter. The rotational curve of the galaxy does not match what we would expect from a purely baryonic galaxy of our size. The closest thing to a baryonic "galaxy" would be a
globular cluster.
For the most part, you are correct. It comes down to how each individual project is run, and some
projects stall for financial or personal reasons. However, the most successful applications were built upon other applications that, in essence, worked.
In line with my point above, both mozilla and firefox were based upon one of those "working" applications: Netscape,
He's not a god or anything, but a very down-to-earth person when it comes to software and
the linux kernal in general. He is absolutely correct on what happens to "big vision" software. Too many projects that started big have fizzled, and small applications that work tend to grow and morph into ground-shaking applications as they mature. Take web-browsers for example.
Disclaimer: I'm sure that many companies are
innocent of the following.
Which is the more likely scenario: That open source will steal and conceal proprietary code within OSS. Or, conversely, that proprietary software companies might "lift" open source code and insert it within closed sourced programs? Care to speculate on how many companies have abused software published under BSD licenses?
I have had the misfortune to now live and teach in two states that have a really conservative
attitude towards presenting theories such as the big bang and evolution (Don't!). Why is it that these ultra-fundamentalists (to borrow your phrase) can't at least acknowledge that what scientists observe what seem to be universal physical laws, and then draw their conclusions from observations using those laws? That is how geologists come up with the age of the Earth, and astrophysicists come up with the age of the universe.
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Which would probably wipe the harddrive so that M$ would have to sell the new schmuck a new Windows license.
JMD
Any astronomer could tell you that the Milky Way does have dark matter. The rotational curve of the galaxy does not match what we would expect from a purely baryonic galaxy of our size. The closest thing to a baryonic "galaxy" would be a globular cluster.
Shit, I am such a f*cking geek.
JMD
What would you do with eternity?
JMD
Automated nanobots
Now we need only worry about the whole thing going berserk, killing the crewmembers, and attempting to destroy the Earth.
JMD
.. they have built-in calculators, can be worn on the wrist, and can run a scaled-down version of Linux.
JMD
For the most part, you are correct. It comes down to how each individual project is run, and some projects stall for financial or personal reasons. However, the most successful applications were built upon other applications that, in essence, worked.
In line with my point above, both mozilla and firefox were based upon one of those "working" applications: Netscape,
JMD
He's not a god or anything, but a very down-to-earth person when it comes to software and the linux kernal in general. He is absolutely correct on what happens to "big vision" software. Too many projects that started big have fizzled, and small applications that work tend to grow and morph into ground-shaking applications as they mature. Take web-browsers for example.
JMD
Disclaimer: I'm sure that many companies are innocent of the following.
Which is the more likely scenario: That open source will steal and conceal proprietary code within OSS. Or, conversely, that proprietary software companies might "lift" open source code and insert it within closed sourced programs? Care to speculate on how many companies have abused software published under BSD licenses?
JMD
I'll call a counselor straight away to help me with my game addiction.
Right after I beat this level, I mean.
JMDQuote: I would prefer attempting to cluster 500 Windows ME systems.
I tried to visualize attempting such a feat. My brain rejected the idea totally, much like a coredump. I now have a headache for my heresy...
JMD
I have had the misfortune to now live and teach in two states that have a really conservative attitude towards presenting theories such as the big bang and evolution (Don't!). Why is it that these ultra-fundamentalists (to borrow your phrase) can't at least acknowledge that what scientists observe what seem to be universal physical laws, and then draw their conclusions from observations using those laws? That is how geologists come up with the age of the Earth, and astrophysicists come up with the age of the universe.
Frustrated,
JMD