I would like to see them pushing consumer multi-core computing more personally. Get MS and other application manufacturers to support more cores. Servers have been doing it for ages and with pretty much all consumer level chips being dual core they should be pushing this angle more.
And before anyone says...."yeah, but Linux/Mac OS X supports multi-cores out of the box".... Yes, yes it does. However, most of the applications don't actually benefit much from SMP by themselves. A few things like video conversion, but, for the most part, office suites, e-mail user agents, etc., do not actually benefit directly from SMP.
OTOH, why should they? Any processor made within the last five years is good enough for that stuff.
Yep. I'm not buying one. No way! Hell, if enough people say this, they'll have to practically GIVE them away....hehehehehehe....giiiivveeee awaaaayyy mmmyyyy presscccciouuuuusss..... uh, yeah. Anyway...
I know that;). I was looking for an easy "one click" create two users for one DB, in the same way that you can currently create a user and a DB at one time.
Well, it's not like it's that hard. Honestly, this really sounds like you're just being lazy.;)
Oh, I agree. There's nothing to say that psychic ability is 'supernatural'. Few have bothered to seriously scientifically study it, and those that have have typically been labelled as 'crackpots' for even bothering to try.
Read my post above regarding the brain's ability to solve problems using only subtle clues in the 'unconscious background' so to speak.
No one else likely will because I've been immediately dismissed as a 'crackpot' for suggesting that psychics are real in the first place.
Who said they had supernatural abilities? Call it 'intuition'. There is plenty of proof to suggest that the brain can work on problems in the "subconsious background" with only subtle clues.
And to AC below: Criss Angel doesn't actually claim any supernatural ability. He's an illusionist. There's a major difference between 'psychic ability' and stage magic.
Here's my question to you: if you were an Alison DuBois or similar, would you agree to meet James Randi's challenge, "neutral ground" or no? Think about the question, read Randi's challenge, knowing that the best that's going to come out of such a meeting is either a throughough 'debunking' or a 'stalemate' as psychic ability really is quite 100% unprovable and then answer honestly.
Not entirely true. In the strictest sense of the term, the police have consulted psychics in crime investigation. How much psychics help vs. old-fashioned police detective work is a matter for debate. But psychics are real despite what the blowhard freak James Randi would have you believe.
then what is the reason we can't lend brainwave scans credence in the real world?
Because science must be peer-reviewed before it can be accepted for general applicability in the real world.
Agreed. Python is a trademark. And it isn't even GPLed. And it even comes installed on Ubuntu by default. How come I don't need to accept a Python EULA?
Hell, Ubuntu itself is a friggin' trademark. I don't need to accept a EULA when I install Ubuntu.
OTOH, the trademark holders of Python and Ubuntu don't require its users to accept EULAs.
Anyway, I wonder if this means that Firefox is violating the GPL? After all, Firefox itself is offered under the GPL (and other licenses) and uses GPL code, right? Doesn't the GPL state that you can't force additional restrictions?
String theory isn't that kind of theory. The purpose of string theory is to attempt to unify two different theories (or really classes of theories) -- relativity and quantum theory -- each of which are based, partially, on directly observed data in an effort to provide a theory for everything. This is why string theory is called a 'unified field theory'. String theory is provable by mathematical proof.
As far as 'many religions having a concept of Creation' -- well, there are also many religions that do not have any relgious dogma regarding the creation or cosmology of the universe. You make it out like every religion has a 'holy book' with a bunch of content stating what it is you are supposed to believe. This is definitely not the case. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam share a dogma and are classified as 'revealed religions.' Other religions, such as many Eastern religions and philosphy, don't have any actual dogma on what is to be believed -- beliefs are to be attained by enlightenment. These religions focus on shared practice. For example, Buddhism concentrates heavily on correct thought and correct action -- things that are to be done. There's not much written Buddhist text that specifies or attempts to describe any explanation for how the universe came into being or what it is necessarily made of.
OTOH, Christian dogma, for example, attempts to describe how the Earth was created, and, in fact what it looks like. The Bible also describes the world as having four corners and states that is being held up by pillars. Why don't you Christians start arguing with the scientists about the shape of the Earth?
IT management needs to know enough to get by -- they don't need to know everything to last technical detail, but they should have a basic understanding in what's involved in creating code or implementing and testing a new system or what have you.
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Yes. You are.
Where do you work? Do you have any positions open?;)
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she was the most divisive and hated CEO of HP in the company's history, thanks to her being a paranoid sociopathic c--t
there. Fixed it for you.
I would like to see them pushing consumer multi-core computing more personally. Get MS and other application manufacturers to support more cores. Servers have been doing it for ages and with pretty much all consumer level chips being dual core they should be pushing this angle more.
And before anyone says...."yeah, but Linux/Mac OS X supports multi-cores out of the box".... Yes, yes it does. However, most of the applications don't actually benefit much from SMP by themselves. A few things like video conversion, but, for the most part, office suites, e-mail user agents, etc., do not actually benefit directly from SMP.
OTOH, why should they? Any processor made within the last five years is good enough for that stuff.
It doesn't actually matter if it's base 2. All that matters for SMP is that it is an even number of cores.
Yep. I'm not buying one. No way! Hell, if enough people say this, they'll have to practically GIVE them away....hehehehehehe....giiiivveeee awaaaayyy mmmyyyy presscccciouuuuusss..... uh, yeah. Anyway...
When you're the only game in town, profit is most assured.
They said the same thing about DirectX 9-only games.
Not bad, if you have Windows and IE. Does browser ID-spoofing work?
No, but this does the trick. ;)
Not surprised. McCain's made no secret of his desire to have Steve Ballmer in his cabinet. Ballmer himself probably put those words right in McCain's mouth
Until you need one that requires DirectX 10. Then your Go 6800 won't be able to keep up.
I know that ;). I was looking for an easy "one click" create two users for one DB, in the same way that you can currently create a user and a DB at one time.
Well, it's not like it's that hard. Honestly, this really sounds like you're just being lazy. ;)
One particular vessel of Microsoft's new fleet, the MSS Chair, has the words "I'm gonna f---ing kill Google!" emblazoned on her hull.
Oh, I agree. There's nothing to say that psychic ability is 'supernatural'. Few have bothered to seriously scientifically study it, and those that have have typically been labelled as 'crackpots' for even bothering to try.
Read my post above regarding the brain's ability to solve problems using only subtle clues in the 'unconscious background' so to speak.
No one else likely will because I've been immediately dismissed as a 'crackpot' for suggesting that psychics are real in the first place.
And? Who says Randi's ever going to pay that out? Did you read what you replied to?
However, your idea is much better, and it would be nice if phpMyAdmin had such a feature
Um, it does. Click on 'Privileges' and then 'Add a new user'. You're looking for 'database-specific priveleges.'
Who said they had supernatural abilities? Call it 'intuition'. There is plenty of proof to suggest that the brain can work on problems in the "subconsious background" with only subtle clues.
And to AC below: Criss Angel doesn't actually claim any supernatural ability. He's an illusionist. There's a major difference between 'psychic ability' and stage magic.
Here's my question to you: if you were an Alison DuBois or similar, would you agree to meet James Randi's challenge, "neutral ground" or no? Think about the question, read Randi's challenge, knowing that the best that's going to come out of such a meeting is either a throughough 'debunking' or a 'stalemate' as psychic ability really is quite 100% unprovable and then answer honestly.
Psychics are fake, but brainwaves are real.
Not entirely true. In the strictest sense of the term, the police have consulted psychics in crime investigation. How much psychics help vs. old-fashioned police detective work is a matter for debate. But psychics are real despite what the blowhard freak James Randi would have you believe.
then what is the reason we can't lend brainwave scans credence in the real world?
Because science must be peer-reviewed before it can be accepted for general applicability in the real world.
Do they? Or does Netscape Communications Corp., own some of it?
Are you trolling or what?
Ubuntu is a distro aimed at the 'average user'. Most of their design decisions revolve around the question "What would be best for the average user?"
Agreed. Python is a trademark. And it isn't even GPLed. And it even comes installed on Ubuntu by default. How come I don't need to accept a Python EULA?
Hell, Ubuntu itself is a friggin' trademark. I don't need to accept a EULA when I install Ubuntu.
OTOH, the trademark holders of Python and Ubuntu don't require its users to accept EULAs.
Anyway, I wonder if this means that Firefox is violating the GPL? After all, Firefox itself is offered under the GPL (and other licenses) and uses GPL code, right? Doesn't the GPL state that you can't force additional restrictions?
String theory isn't that kind of theory. The purpose of string theory is to attempt to unify two different theories (or really classes of theories) -- relativity and quantum theory -- each of which are based, partially, on directly observed data in an effort to provide a theory for everything. This is why string theory is called a 'unified field theory'. String theory is provable by mathematical proof.
As far as 'many religions having a concept of Creation' -- well, there are also many religions that do not have any relgious dogma regarding the creation or cosmology of the universe. You make it out like every religion has a 'holy book' with a bunch of content stating what it is you are supposed to believe. This is definitely not the case. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam share a dogma and are classified as 'revealed religions.' Other religions, such as many Eastern religions and philosphy, don't have any actual dogma on what is to be believed -- beliefs are to be attained by enlightenment. These religions focus on shared practice. For example, Buddhism concentrates heavily on correct thought and correct action -- things that are to be done. There's not much written Buddhist text that specifies or attempts to describe any explanation for how the universe came into being or what it is necessarily made of.
OTOH, Christian dogma, for example, attempts to describe how the Earth was created, and, in fact what it looks like. The Bible also describes the world as having four corners and states that is being held up by pillars. Why don't you Christians start arguing with the scientists about the shape of the Earth?
Because it ain't easy bein' green!
IT management needs to know enough to get by -- they don't need to know everything to last technical detail, but they should have a basic understanding in what's involved in creating code or implementing and testing a new system or what have you.
Yes. You are.
Where do you work? Do you have any positions open? ;)
actually, due to increased solar output, it's getting warmer on all of the planets.
Does Al Gore know about this?