I am a Christan with a scientific background (read "I took some science in school"). The big difference between religious and scientific world-views is their base. Religious world-views are based in faith, whereas the scientific world-view is based in experimental verification. This is a huge distinction. Science makes predictions that can be tested. Let me state that again.
Science makes predictions that can be tested.
Religion is a wonderful thing, and faith certainly still has a place in the world, but science has supplanted religion and philosophy as a description of the world. (The Bible even admits that religion alone can't accurately describe the world. Read the book of Job for a much more eloquent discussion than I could possibly manage.)
Because of this distinction, many of the more vocal members of Slashdot make the argument that religion must therefore be worthless. I feel that this is an uncharacteristically narrow-minded approach. Religion and science can very happily coexist. It is truly unfortunate that the most vocal members of either viewpoint also thend to be the least tolerant.
Calc actually has some good graphing capabilities; it interfaces with Gnuplot if it can find it on the system. I've produced some nice-looking 2D, 3D, and parametric graphs on my Linux system. My Win98 system has some problems, though.
Info for setting up Gnuplot for use with Calc can be found in the Calc info file or here.
I still have my original GURPS Cyberpunk book. (In fact, I'm looking at it right now.) I remember, as a youngster, browsing through the role-playing material and finding this book. In big letters on the front it said,
The book that was seized by the U.S. Secret Service! (See p. 4)
That more than anything convinced me to buy it. (Well, also the fact that Steve Jackson makes phenomenal games.)
I don't mean to pick nits here... (well, maybe I do) but time actually speeds up as height increases. See, gravity slows time; the higher you go, the less gravity, and voila, time speeds up.
CLONAID purports to offer a nice variety of cloning services, including
A program that provides a clone of a person to be used in case of accidental (or non-accidental, I suppose) death.
A program that provides cloned babies for sterile/homosexual couples.
(My favorite) A program that provides "the cloning of pets to wealthy individuals".
However, they then go on to state,
However, there lies a gap between the demonstration that human cloning is possible and the actual practice. Many steps are necessary to successfully clone a human being, starting with the proper gene transfer which must be carried out without damage to the gene (any damage would lead to embryo defects and miscarriage).
For this reason, extensive research should be done in order to define the best cloning process and scientists expect to offer positive answers in a very near future.
So they're selling services that they admit they can't do. Someone should call the Better Business Bureau. (Or Blade Runner, maybe.)
If he stays 12 months he'll end up receiving $98,280. That's a nice chunk of change, but I don't know if that could induce me to stay inside for a full year.
If they offered me $196,584 for 13 months, though... (Love those geometric progressions.)
I work for an equipment company that has a software department consisting of one person (me), that writes reporting software for our instruments. Our version numbers are strictly market-dictated. A typical statement is, "People don't trust version X.0... make it X.01." This drove me crazy for a while, just because it offended the part of my brain that likes order.
Nowadays I slip a build number into the versioning so it at least makes some sense to me. (e.g. Our current version is 3.02(1007))
So eBay has filed suit in US District Court in San Jose under a California statute originally written to fight "cracking," or breaking into computers.
Oviously, Bidder's Edge isn't cracking anything, at least by any sane definition. Can anyone post the text of (or a link to) the statute referred to above? I'm curious how the State of California defines "cracking".
I don't remember my high-school biology all that well, but I'd guess that we geeks meet the definition of a symbiotic species. We aid the 'net in growth, and in return, it provides us with... well, hours and hours of porn entertainment, I guess.
I administer (and I mean that in the loosest possible sense) an NT server at my workplace. About a year ago, we applied service pack 3, and our central sales processing database immediately went down. The lower level support people were unable to help, but as soon as I got hold of a senior, he immediately screamed, "Service pack 3? For heaven's sake, take it off! TAKE IT OFF!"
What I find most interesting in this article is that Leonard used the terms "free software" and "open source" interchangeably. "Open source" is everywhere now, but I've never heard any member of the media say "free software" before. (At least, not in the RMS sense.)
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I am a Christan with a scientific background (read "I took some science in school"). The big difference between religious and scientific world-views is their base. Religious world-views are based in faith, whereas the scientific world-view is based in experimental verification. This is a huge distinction. Science makes predictions that can be tested. Let me state that again.
Science makes predictions that can be tested.
Religion is a wonderful thing, and faith certainly still has a place in the world, but science has supplanted religion and philosophy as a description of the world. (The Bible even admits that religion alone can't accurately describe the world. Read the book of Job for a much more eloquent discussion than I could possibly manage.)
Because of this distinction, many of the more vocal members of Slashdot make the argument that religion must therefore be worthless. I feel that this is an uncharacteristically narrow-minded approach. Religion and science can very happily coexist. It is truly unfortunate that the most vocal members of either viewpoint also thend to be the least tolerant.
The Computer Virus Myths page labels this "False Authority Syndrome" and has a pretty good write-up at http://kumite.com/myths/fas/.
Calc actually has some good graphing capabilities; it interfaces with Gnuplot if it can find it on the system. I've produced some nice-looking 2D, 3D, and parametric graphs on my Linux system. My Win98 system has some problems, though.
Info for setting up Gnuplot for use with Calc can be found in the Calc info file or here.
I still have my original GURPS Cyberpunk book. (In fact, I'm looking at it right now.) I remember, as a youngster, browsing through the role-playing material and finding this book. In big letters on the front it said,
That more than anything convinced me to buy it. (Well, also the fact that Steve Jackson makes phenomenal games.)
I don't mean to pick nits here... (well, maybe I do) but time actually speeds up as height increases. See, gravity slows time; the higher you go, the less gravity, and voila, time speeds up.
To what kind of messages does this apply?
I keep my Knuth with my CD's. No particular reason... I just ran out of room in my bookcase.
CLONAID purports to offer a nice variety of cloning services, including
However, they then go on to state,
So they're selling services that they admit they can't do. Someone should call the Better Business Bureau. (Or Blade Runner, maybe.)
Has anyone here had a chance to use Sphinx? I'd especially like to know how it compares with Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM ViaVoice.
Don't forget transparent aluminum!
Seriously, though, I think the ball bearing should be on there somewhere. That's the first thing I thought of.
If I may elaborate a bit...
Month 1: $24 (= 24*2^0)
...and so on until...
Month 2: $48 (= 24*2^1)
Month 12: $49,152 (= 24*2^11)
The whole of which totals 24*(2^12-1)=$98,280.
If he stays 12 months he'll end up receiving $98,280. That's a nice chunk of change, but I don't know if that could induce me to stay inside for a full year.
If they offered me $196,584 for 13 months, though... (Love those geometric progressions.)
There's a red pill in the background. Click it, and they go into "The Making Of...". Clever.
I work for an equipment company that has a software department consisting of one person (me), that writes reporting software for our instruments. Our version numbers are strictly market-dictated. A typical statement is, "People don't trust version X.0... make it X.01." This drove me crazy for a while, just because it offended the part of my brain that likes order.
Nowadays I slip a build number into the versioning so it at least makes some sense to me. (e.g. Our current version is 3.02(1007))
Ozzy bites the head off of bats. That definitely makes makes him a geek. (The bad kind, not the good kind.)
Paladin was the main character in the 50's TV series "Have Gun Will Travel". He was a wild west gunslinger and righter of wrongs, sort of...
IMDB has info here.
So eBay has filed suit in US District Court in San Jose under a California statute originally written to fight "cracking," or breaking into computers.
Oviously, Bidder's Edge isn't cracking anything, at least by any sane definition. Can anyone post the text of (or a link to) the statute referred to above? I'm curious how the State of California defines "cracking".
I don't remember my high-school biology all that well, but I'd guess that we geeks meet the definition of a symbiotic species. We aid the 'net in growth, and in return, it provides us with... well, hours and hours of porn entertainment, I guess.
*I've* never seen Lara Croft sit down at a keyboard.
I'm pretty sure I saw her using a laptop during one of those inter-level movies. Uh, not that I've memorized everything she does, mind you.
I administer (and I mean that in the loosest possible sense) an NT server at my workplace. About a year ago, we applied service pack 3, and our central sales processing database immediately went down. The lower level support people were unable to help, but as soon as I got hold of a senior, he immediately screamed, "Service pack 3? For heaven's sake, take it off! TAKE IT OFF!"
The only other inhabitants are ... deadly coral snakes. It seems romantic ...
I tried to come up with a witty comment, but everything I came up with seemed pretty indadequate next to that quote.
What I find most interesting in this article is that Leonard used the terms "free software" and "open source" interchangeably. "Open source" is everywhere now, but I've never heard any member of the media say "free software" before. (At least, not in the RMS sense.)