As far as I understand plagarism, It's not plagarism if there's not some kind of deception involved.
If I photocopy a page of the encyclopedia, slap on a cover sheet pointing out that the paper is not my own work and include the name(s) of the author(s), it isn't plagarism, though probably IS copyright violation.
If I write a paper for history, and use it for english the next semester, it is only plagarism if there is some claim (or implication) that I wrote the paper specifically for the english class (which implication is not uncommon).
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When they say that uranium is becoming scarce they mean that it is becoming scare in the east to reach places of the top 0.5 km of the 6371 km radius Earth
Actually, that's not what they mean. They mean that people haven't invested in mining uranium lately. There is plenty of easy (for uranium) stuff in the US.
I think that Microsoft going under is very unlikely.
I think that Microsoft deciding to no longer activate Windows XP is not nearly so unlikely. I still use MS-DOS 6.22 sometimes, and I don't need continuing permission from Microsoft to use it. Are you confident that I'll be able to install XP 10 years from now?
Even if you disagree with this summary, you must agree that the West had a head start through sheer historical accident.
Nope. Independent of your definition of "historical accident" I can think of another bossibility. Depending on your definition, I can think of several.
Most people are now getting to the point where they can see through the PR and simply look out the window to notice the effects of global warming.
This kind of non-thinking is how humans manage to cause big problems. 1- Looking out the window doesn't tell you about global climate, it tells you about local weather. 2- Even if you went and bought a thermometer, and looked at it several times each day, and recorded your observations, for an entire year, and your local weather was perfectly representative of the clobal climate...your margin of error would still be so much greater than any mainstream global temperature change estimate that it wouldn't help you tell if global climate change is real.
...you seem to imply that older children beat younger ones is rare compared to the older children assaulting younger sexually?
That's not what I understood him to say. It seemed (to me) that he was suggesting that a particular child physically assaulting another particular child is less prone to repetition, because it is usually seen and stopped.
If they stop making stuff, the companies that currently use China for manufacturing would go somewhere else. There are plenty of people in Mexico, India, Africa, etc. that would be willing to have those jobs.
There should be some focus on teaching children how to think and learn on their own and critical thinking.
As a child, parent, student and teacher, I've thought a lot about teaching critical thinking, and come to two conclusions. 1- That it can be taught. (I have direct empirical evidence of this.) 2- It can't be mass-taught. (This is thoughtful speculation.)
I'm speaking as an American who has been known to be drunk for years at a time, and I believe that the American attitude towards many of the taboo things is really detrimental to society in general vs being open about these things and it actually makes the behaviors worse.
Our attitudes towards sex increases promiscuity and teen pregnancies...
Our (societal) attitudes towards sex have become much more "open" (=permissive) over the past few decades. You're suggesting that this has caused decreased promiscuity and teenage pregnancy???
Not that I disagree with your points, because I actually agree with them, still.
I think that part of the nature of the OS model is that often when a project forks the number of developers (and support people, and users, which are likely intersecting groups) increases.
I know this doesn't always happen. Sometimes the fork may kill the entire project.
My (purely off-the-cuff, entirely unsubstantiated, speculative) answer would be: It is arguable that an OSS project often grows, matures, innovates faster and increases in value and resources when it forks.
When a monolithic brand (like Microsoft) lacks unified direction, it not only loses a chunck of the marketing advantage of being a well-known brand, it also tends to stagnate (slower innovation) and lose resources.
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As far as I understand plagarism, It's not plagarism if there's not some kind of deception involved.
If I photocopy a page of the encyclopedia, slap on a cover sheet pointing out that the paper is not my own work and include the name(s) of the author(s), it isn't plagarism, though probably IS copyright violation.
If I write a paper for history, and use it for english the next semester, it is only plagarism if there is some claim (or implication) that I wrote the paper specifically for the english class (which implication is not uncommon).
Nano valentines: For when you only love a very tiny amount.
I think that Microsoft going under is very unlikely.
I think that Microsoft deciding to no longer activate Windows XP is not nearly so unlikely. I still use MS-DOS 6.22 sometimes, and I don't need continuing permission from Microsoft to use it. Are you confident that I'll be able to install XP 10 years from now?
That sounds like an address in Utah.
Where else are there addresses as simple as the cartesian coordinate system?
(Maybe other Mormon-settled western places?)
I've looked for Make Room, Make Room because I've wanted to read it.
Still, regarding:If this is true, it's very different from anything else I've read by him.
I don't understand.
In the GP, rujholla explained the widely known experience of thousands of farmers in dealing with volcanic ash.
You appear to be trying to use your imagined idea of what farmers are capable of to disprove the results of this empirical evidence.
So, since Wal-Mart isn't willing to sell my paintings (or reproductions of them) I can sue them for illegal censorship?
SWEET!!!
The voice of experience?
(just kidding)
Independent of your definition of "historical accident" I can think of another bossibility. Depending on your definition, I can think of several.
1- Looking out the window doesn't tell you about global climate, it tells you about local weather.
2- Even if you went and bought a thermometer, and looked at it several times each day, and recorded your observations, for an entire year, and your local weather was perfectly representative of the clobal climate...your margin of error would still be so much greater than any mainstream global temperature change estimate that it wouldn't help you tell if global climate change is real.
[naive]So, is the loaner computer any good?[/naive]
10,000 RPM is not "thousands of times per second"
If they stop making stuff, the companies that currently use China for manufacturing would go somewhere else. There are plenty of people in Mexico, India, Africa, etc. that would be willing to have those jobs.
1- That it can be taught. (I have direct empirical evidence of this.)
2- It can't be mass-taught. (This is thoughtful speculation.)
Try reading a few more slashdot posts from any side of any issue.
You must be thinking about a different definition of "literally" than is in my dictionary.
I would say your assertion has been proven right for some species, though.
(Remember, this is still non-expert and off-the-cuff.)
Examples of poor performance when direction is lost: Novell, Corel, Sears
Examples of increased success by forking: RedHat, Novell
(Yes, I see the apparent contradiction. Working out what I mean is left to the reader.)
Not that I disagree with your points, because I actually agree with them, still.
I think that part of the nature of the OS model is that often when a project forks the number of developers (and support people, and users, which are likely intersecting groups) increases.
I know this doesn't always happen. Sometimes the fork may kill the entire project.
I don't know if you intended this, but it seems like you're confusing anti-socialism with anti-charity.
In fact, one of the major aspects of socialism that I dislike is that it seem to me that it discourages charity.
Me deciding to give my money to the poor is NOT the same as my community deciding to give my money to the poor.
My (purely off-the-cuff, entirely unsubstantiated, speculative) answer would be: It is arguable that an OSS project often grows, matures, innovates faster and increases in value and resources when it forks.
When a monolithic brand (like Microsoft) lacks unified direction, it not only loses a chunck of the marketing advantage of being a well-known brand, it also tends to stagnate (slower innovation) and lose resources.