Allowing ACs to post undermines the moderation system. And if by "karma whoring" you mean sensible rational posts, then I'm all for getting rid of ACs.
It isn't the anonymity that is the problem, it's that ACs literally are completely unaccountable. So what if some disgusting little troll posting AC gets a post downmodded, big fucking deal. When I get enough posts downmodded I pay a price in karma. That makes me accountable.
So far as I can tell not even string theorists are really hopeful that the theory (whatever it may be, no one even has a useful version of the theory, or rather there are a huge number of string theories). At the moment, the real game is about supersymmetry.
My theory is that the Judeao-Christian notion of a creator deity is completely self-contradictory, and while some of the Church's finest minds like St. Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas did an admirable job of creating a word salad to paper over the problems of omnipotence and omniscience on the one hand and free will on the other, at the end of the day it's just metaphysical mumbo jumbo.
I'm of the "weak atheist" variety, in that I see no reason for Prime Mover, but don't preclude the possibility, providing someone can produce some evidence. But even if I were to accept that necessity, I can't imagine why I would believe that the Hebraic Yahweh, or his Jewish, Christian or Islamic variants, was the actual nature and identity of such an entity.
It's likely the actual IDing of what dark matter is is going to happen at LHC or a similar facility at some point in the future. We know there's a large amount of weakly-interacting matter out there, but exactly what it is is a question for particle physicists. I know from my reading that at least some physicists are hoping that dark matter may be one of the pathways beyond the Standard Model that has been expected for some time now.
You mean companies not wanting to be sexist assholes at work is why America has a problem? Perhaps you also feel constrained by the fact that you can't urinate in public.
First off, they are two entirely different things. Dark matter is the observation that galaxies and groups of galaxies behave as if they have a lot more mass than can be observed via the EM spectrum, and applying Occam's razor, the simplest explanation is that they have a lot more mass, not that Einstein was totally wrong. Dark energy is simply a place holder for whatever repulsive force is causing the acceleration of the universe to speed up.
Dark matter is hardly the first type or class of particles that was postulated first, and then later demonstrated, so why DM gets such a bad rap when the work going on is no different than the work that went on nearly a century ago to determine the inner workings of the atom, and then later postulating classes of particles like quarks.
Either Einsteinian gravity has a problem, and it seems to work in all other instances (i.e. gravity lenses). This is a matter of parsimony; Occam's razor as you will. Either a theory that explains gravity in virtually every other circumstance somehow is wrong when it applies to the structure and behavior of galaxies, or there are particles that only weakly react with electromagnetic radiation but still have mass.
In fact, to even make Edge look like it is even in the race, they combine Edge and IE 11 under the same statistic, but considering that IE11 is the third most used browser at a meager 3.49% based on browser/version, I'm guessing Edge is below Firefox in usage.
So you can call me a fanboy if you like, but the fact is that it's very clear very few people are using Edge at all, even with Microsoft's increasingly overt attempts to make switching default browsers difficult.
The whole Windows environment spies on you, and as to battery life, it's not that important to me, and even if it was, Microsoft's history of rigged analyses of the wonders of its own products would hardly convince me they're telling me the truth this time.
If the quality of the browser isn't an obstacle, and battery life is your only really concern, then I'll wager Links has everything else beat for battery life. What's more, it's probably the safest browser ever made.
MS's numbers are clear. I'm not really going to simply believe what MS says about their own browser. They've spent fifteen years exaggerating the wonders of their shitty browsers. As it is, unless battery life is your only concern, Edge just fucking sucks in every other way. The whole browsing experience in Edge just stinks, and the numbers don't lie there either, people simply don't use Edge.
Nobody believes you, MS. And even if it were true, Edge sucks so fucking bad that I'd rather have a shorter battery life and a decent browser than that worthless piece of shit browser you've produced.
So, in other words, some investors came in and suggested "Just take a few dozen of the employees out back and shoot them, and that will totally focus the rest of the team!"
So what is the solution then? Just accept subpar service from the big ISPs? Regulation bad. Government-run services bad. EVerything is bad unless it's run by a crook in a board room, it seems to me.
Jules: Yeah, but, you are aware that there's an invention called television, and on this invention they show shows, right?
Vincent: Yeah.
Jules: Well, the way they pick TV shows is, they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they want to make more shows. Some get chosen and become television programs. Some don't, become nothing. She starred in one of the ones that became nothing.
It's too bad, because, being a prog rock fan myself, I've always loved those longer songs of yesteryear; Genesis' Supper's Ready, Pink Floyd's Echoes, King Crimson's Starless and Bible Black.
I'm enjoying watching the Trump supporters bleed away as the man actually transforms himself into a President, and slowly evolves away from fist thumping populist.
Then the real solution is make compensation MUCH higher. Since the airlines apparently are making money off of overbooking (though how much I wonder since most tickets sold are non-refundable, so the seat is already purchased). I'd say let's make the minimum where the passenger can't get on another flight within two hours be $10,000, and in cash. Ban travel vouchers entirely.
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Allowing ACs to post undermines the moderation system. And if by "karma whoring" you mean sensible rational posts, then I'm all for getting rid of ACs.
It isn't the anonymity that is the problem, it's that ACs literally are completely unaccountable. So what if some disgusting little troll posting AC gets a post downmodded, big fucking deal. When I get enough posts downmodded I pay a price in karma. That makes me accountable.
So far as I can tell not even string theorists are really hopeful that the theory (whatever it may be, no one even has a useful version of the theory, or rather there are a huge number of string theories). At the moment, the real game is about supersymmetry.
My theory is that the Judeao-Christian notion of a creator deity is completely self-contradictory, and while some of the Church's finest minds like St. Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas did an admirable job of creating a word salad to paper over the problems of omnipotence and omniscience on the one hand and free will on the other, at the end of the day it's just metaphysical mumbo jumbo.
I'm of the "weak atheist" variety, in that I see no reason for Prime Mover, but don't preclude the possibility, providing someone can produce some evidence. But even if I were to accept that necessity, I can't imagine why I would believe that the Hebraic Yahweh, or his Jewish, Christian or Islamic variants, was the actual nature and identity of such an entity.
I'll take my chances, thanks. To imagine that infinite and all-powerful being would give a shit whether I believed in it or not beggars belief.
It's likely the actual IDing of what dark matter is is going to happen at LHC or a similar facility at some point in the future. We know there's a large amount of weakly-interacting matter out there, but exactly what it is is a question for particle physicists. I know from my reading that at least some physicists are hoping that dark matter may be one of the pathways beyond the Standard Model that has been expected for some time now.
You mean companies not wanting to be sexist assholes at work is why America has a problem? Perhaps you also feel constrained by the fact that you can't urinate in public.
Which is why Ian Fleming used the name.
First off, they are two entirely different things. Dark matter is the observation that galaxies and groups of galaxies behave as if they have a lot more mass than can be observed via the EM spectrum, and applying Occam's razor, the simplest explanation is that they have a lot more mass, not that Einstein was totally wrong. Dark energy is simply a place holder for whatever repulsive force is causing the acceleration of the universe to speed up.
Dark matter is hardly the first type or class of particles that was postulated first, and then later demonstrated, so why DM gets such a bad rap when the work going on is no different than the work that went on nearly a century ago to determine the inner workings of the atom, and then later postulating classes of particles like quarks.
Either Einsteinian gravity has a problem, and it seems to work in all other instances (i.e. gravity lenses). This is a matter of parsimony; Occam's razor as you will. Either a theory that explains gravity in virtually every other circumstance somehow is wrong when it applies to the structure and behavior of galaxies, or there are particles that only weakly react with electromagnetic radiation but still have mass.
Dark Energy specifically refers to what ever force that is causing the universe to expand at an accelerated rate.
The statistics speak for themselves:
https://www.w3counter.com/glob...
In fact, to even make Edge look like it is even in the race, they combine Edge and IE 11 under the same statistic, but considering that IE11 is the third most used browser at a meager 3.49% based on browser/version, I'm guessing Edge is below Firefox in usage.
So you can call me a fanboy if you like, but the fact is that it's very clear very few people are using Edge at all, even with Microsoft's increasingly overt attempts to make switching default browsers difficult.
The whole Windows environment spies on you, and as to battery life, it's not that important to me, and even if it was, Microsoft's history of rigged analyses of the wonders of its own products would hardly convince me they're telling me the truth this time.
If the quality of the browser isn't an obstacle, and battery life is your only really concern, then I'll wager Links has everything else beat for battery life. What's more, it's probably the safest browser ever made.
More to the point, tell a story that isn't a complete fabrication. /. really does need to kill the AC.
Really? What actually sets it apart, or even makes it the equivalent of Chrome or Firefox?
MS's numbers are clear. I'm not really going to simply believe what MS says about their own browser. They've spent fifteen years exaggerating the wonders of their shitty browsers. As it is, unless battery life is your only concern, Edge just fucking sucks in every other way. The whole browsing experience in Edge just stinks, and the numbers don't lie there either, people simply don't use Edge.
Nobody believes you, MS. And even if it were true, Edge sucks so fucking bad that I'd rather have a shorter battery life and a decent browser than that worthless piece of shit browser you've produced.
So, in other words, some investors came in and suggested "Just take a few dozen of the employees out back and shoot them, and that will totally focus the rest of the team!"
So what is the solution then? Just accept subpar service from the big ISPs? Regulation bad. Government-run services bad. EVerything is bad unless it's run by a crook in a board room, it seems to me.
It was a royalty overpayment suit, hence an IP suit.
So, much as some of us suspected, BB's future is going to be in IP lawsuits.
Vincent: Pilot? What's a pilot?
Jules: Well, you know the shows on TV?
Vincent: I don't watch TV.
Jules: Yeah, but, you are aware that there's an invention called television, and on this invention they show shows, right?
Vincent: Yeah.
Jules: Well, the way they pick TV shows is, they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they want to make more shows. Some get chosen and become television programs. Some don't, become nothing. She starred in one of the ones that became nothing.
It's too bad, because, being a prog rock fan myself, I've always loved those longer songs of yesteryear; Genesis' Supper's Ready, Pink Floyd's Echoes, King Crimson's Starless and Bible Black.
I'm enjoying watching the Trump supporters bleed away as the man actually transforms himself into a President, and slowly evolves away from fist thumping populist.
Then the real solution is make compensation MUCH higher. Since the airlines apparently are making money off of overbooking (though how much I wonder since most tickets sold are non-refundable, so the seat is already purchased). I'd say let's make the minimum where the passenger can't get on another flight within two hours be $10,000, and in cash. Ban travel vouchers entirely.