Maybe he moderated it as "overrated" because of the transparent(and succesful) attempt to manipulate moderators with his claim that he is going to lose karma for the post.
Personally, I skip over reading any comment that contains, "I'll get moderated down for this". I never thought of moderating them as overrated before. I think I will start doing that since I just got another 5 mod points. Thanks for the tip.:)
Consider a reference to Bible parable (say Noah and the Ark) sure most people in the US would understand it - but would you understand the relevance of a reference to a parable from the Koran?
Bad example. Noah is in the Koran, also. The Abrahamic religions(e.g.Christianity,Islam,Judaism) aren't as different as people pretend.:)
This thread also made me think of a C. S. Lewis quote.:)
"...you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed
and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough
to start reading fairy tales again." -- C. S. Lewis
I used to wear that on a button I had made when I was working my way through college at Borders (I was in charge of the sci-fi, fantasy, and computer sections, of course.:)
hrm, the "GeForce 7950 GX2" is there, but not the "GeForce 7950 GT", which this article is about.(and that list is only for IA32, the IA64 driver hasn't been updated since 2004). However:
the GeForce 7950 GT is based on a single G71 chip and bears more resemblances with a GeForce 7900-series card than it does with the GeForce 7950 GX2.
So perhaps it not being on the supported list is an oversight.
I was coincidentally researching prices/performance last week to upgrade my aging ti4200 and had decided on the 7900 GT but I am glad I procrastinated since this one looks a bit better. I'll wait for actual confirmed linux support before buying, though.;)
Because we are human. Humans have instincts that make us continually attempt to improve our position in whatever heirarchy we find ourselves. If we find ourselves in a new group, then we try to establish a hierarchy. Geeks aren't much different than normal folks in this regard.
Pointing out the mistakes of others, belittling them, and speaking to them condescendingly are all ways to push others lower in the hierarchy. Pushing others down means we end up higher in the hierarchy. Self-promotion, showing off, following social rules, refusing to admit being wrong, allying with folks percieved to be higher in the hierarchy are all ways to rise or maintain position in the hierarchy.
Sublimating those instincts is a very difficult thing to do.
A pro-lifer here... An organism's awareness of what's going on is irrelevant. One is human; the other is not. That's all that matters.
That's all that matters.
Why?
Because people do not use reason to decide things like this; they use instinct. One of our most basic instincts is to treat things that are similar to us well because that results in our genes being more likely to continue existing. This particular issue has nothing to do with "life". Nearly every pro-lifer I know has no qualms about killing a cockroach which we all agree is alive. But a cockroach is quite alien and not very similar to us because we don't have very many genes in common with insects. But we have laws against harming dogs. Dogs are a lot more similar to humans: social mammals that we are a lot more similar to, physically and behaviorally.
So if you believe, or have it pounded into your head by family and church, that embryos are really just miniature humans which are very similar to us, then no matter the rationalizations you come up with, your mind is pretty much made up at the gut level already. If you think an embryo is just a clump of cells, then you don't think it is very similar to you and so you don't feel as strongly about harm to something so disimilar to yourself.
I know there is a seeming catch in there, because genetically an embryo is very similar even though it is a clump of cells. But we animals can't do genomic sequencing, we've just had a few hundred thousand years of going by what things look like or behave like; and those are the instincts we still have.
She does seem like an awesome person. This quote gave me a hopeful, warm, fuzzy feeling:
"One good thing is, maybe, I will generate some positive media about the Middle East with everything going on," said Ansari, who was born in Iran. "I've gotten so many calls and e-mails and mail, especially from women in Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries that are excited that someone from [there] gets to go up...and a woman!"
The Japanese businessman - a young-at-heart science-fiction fan - had sent ahead his spacesuit: an outfit modelled after cartoon pilot hero Char Aznable from the Gundam animation series.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5278190.stm That article also has a picture showing that she is quite pretty on top of being smart and wealthy. If she weren't married, I think she'd be getting more marriage proposals from us geeks than congratulatory messages from Iranian women.:)
Yes, mod this up. It is a good catch. We need to pay attention to subtle tricks like this so we can keep the bloodsucking leeches off of our backs even when they inject us with anaesthetics so we are less likely to notice them.:)
The longest known performance lasted 74 minutes. This was a mono recording made during the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1951 and conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. This therefore became the playing time of a CD. A diameter of 12 centimeters was required for this playing time.
Reader "Sloppy"'s comment reminded me of a piece of software called "sloppy". It is a proxy you can use that throttles a connection to make it look like you are using dial-up speeds. I've set it up for QA departments to test websites. He could use it to violate net neutrality and make two-tiered net access!:)
English is very good at "absorbing" words from other languages and with that often comes unusual spelling which, however, provides valuable insight into underlying meanings.
I have tried to configure an Elo touch on Linux, but I could never get the pointer calibrated. The documentation is sparse. I haven't tried again since about a year ago, so maybe it has gotten easier.
I added the ability to calibrate Elo touchscreens to firecast(commercial linux distro for kiosks) years ago. I used a java app called EloVa. Oh, funky, my google search for it brought up my own post to our LUG 3 years ago. I forgot about the way they changed names of settings like MinX. That might help you get it working: http://www.flux.org/pipermail/linux/2003-June/0131 07.html
Noone seems to have pointed out the obvious. Look for an option to "clear history" or "logout" when you are done using a public kiosk. (I know my company's kiosk software has the feature. I'm sure some other kiosk software have similar options, albeit not running a secure linux kernel like us. (yeah, yeah, shameless plug for firecast.:) We actually do a complete browser restart to be sure everything starts from scratch; no saved history, cookies, cached images/css/js, etc. and also have an idle timeout which does the same. Of course, there is no way to protect from a boot and root and someone running their own software without well secured hardware, but at least being sure to logout protects you from the more likely problem of someone else using the machine right after you.
My, um, friend, used to gain extra cpu time for MUDing by walking in to the university lab and being greeted by a prompt.;) (yes, they used to limit cpu time per user way back in the 90s and our login names were our social security number with just the last digit swapped for a letter)
Not just for questionable business ethics, but apparently for not being proud of Bush: "in 2003, the American Red Cross refused a 1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks."
I saw part of a show on the discovery channel about SWAT teams, and the sniper on the team was talking about how his target is the triangle made from the temples and the bottom of the nose.
They also showed him shoot a practice target as his team broke down a door and headed into the room; with his bullet traveling within a foot of his team members on its way to the target.
I can understand not reading articles other people post due to laziness. But you have taken it to a whole new level by not reading an article you are telling us about and embellishing extra details to make the mistakes seem worse than they were. Congratulations.:) The storage drums were plastic.
And wow, one of the two who died was in a wheelchair. Those folks must have some serious survivor's guilt for not helping that guy when they all ran and drove away.
Why was this moderated to -1? Too bad I just had some mod points expire. His perception seems quite accurate to me.
I feel the same way, and I paid for a month a couple years ago, so I played for a bit longer. It is a nice change of pace from other games, e.g. creating artwork to be judged by others, but the primary goals of the game are way too repetitive for my personal taste.
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Thanks for the "overrated" moderation. Gave me a good laugh. :)
Maybe he moderated it as "overrated" because of the transparent(and succesful) attempt to manipulate moderators with his claim that he is going to lose karma for the post. :)
Personally, I skip over reading any comment that contains, "I'll get moderated down for this". I never thought of moderating them as overrated before. I think I will start doing that since I just got another 5 mod points. Thanks for the tip.
This thread also made me think of a C. S. Lewis quote. :)
:)
"...you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
-- C. S. Lewis
I used to wear that on a button I had made when I was working my way through college at Borders (I was in charge of the sci-fi, fantasy, and computer sections, of course.
I was coincidentally researching prices/performance last week to upgrade my aging ti4200 and had decided on the 7900 GT but I am glad I procrastinated since this one looks a bit better. I'll wait for actual confirmed linux support before buying, though.
Because we are human. Humans have instincts that make us continually attempt to improve our position in whatever heirarchy we find ourselves. If we find ourselves in a new group, then we try to establish a hierarchy. Geeks aren't much different than normal folks in this regard.
Pointing out the mistakes of others, belittling them, and speaking to them condescendingly are all ways to push others lower in the hierarchy. Pushing others down means we end up higher in the hierarchy. Self-promotion, showing off, following social rules, refusing to admit being wrong, allying with folks percieved to be higher in the hierarchy are all ways to rise or maintain position in the hierarchy.
Sublimating those instincts is a very difficult thing to do.
So if you believe, or have it pounded into your head by family and church, that embryos are really just miniature humans which are very similar to us, then no matter the rationalizations you come up with, your mind is pretty much made up at the gut level already. If you think an embryo is just a clump of cells, then you don't think it is very similar to you and so you don't feel as strongly about harm to something so disimilar to yourself.
I know there is a seeming catch in there, because genetically an embryo is very similar even though it is a clump of cells. But we animals can't do genomic sequencing, we've just had a few hundred thousand years of going by what things look like or behave like; and those are the instincts we still have.
That article also has a picture showing that she is quite pretty on top of being smart and wealthy. If she weren't married, I think she'd be getting more marriage proposals from us geeks than congratulatory messages from Iranian women.
Yes, mod this up. It is a good catch. We need to pay attention to subtle tricks like this so we can keep the bloodsucking leeches off of our backs even when they inject us with anaesthetics so we are less likely to notice them. :)
Reader "Sloppy"'s comment reminded me of a piece of software called "sloppy". It is a proxy you can use that throttles a connection to make it look like you are using dial-up speeds. I've set it up for QA departments to test websites. :)
He could use it to violate net neutrality and make two-tiered net access!
The Casimir Effect has been observed/measured.
http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm
Noone seems to have pointed out the obvious. Look for an option to "clear history" or "logout" when you are done using a public kiosk. (I know my company's kiosk software has the feature. I'm sure some other kiosk software have similar options, albeit not running a secure linux kernel like us. :) We actually do a complete browser restart to be sure everything starts from scratch; no saved history, cookies, cached images/css/js, etc. and also have an idle timeout which does the same.
;) (yes, they used to limit cpu time per user way back in the 90s and our login names were our social security number with just the last digit swapped for a letter)
(yeah, yeah, shameless plug for firecast.
Of course, there is no way to protect from a boot and root and someone running their own software without well secured hardware, but at least being sure to logout protects you from the more likely problem of someone else using the machine right after you.
My, um, friend, used to gain extra cpu time for MUDing by walking in to the university lab and being greeted by a prompt.
Not just for questionable business ethics, but apparently for not being proud of Bush: "in 2003, the American Red Cross refused a 1 million dollar donation from the Dixie Chicks."
We have 311 in Miami also: http://311.miamidade.gov/
But Eric the King says, "America, the world no longer looks forward to playing you." :)
I saw part of a show on the discovery channel about SWAT teams, and the sniper on the team was talking about how his target is the triangle made from the temples and the bottom of the nose.
They also showed him shoot a practice target as his team broke down a door and headed into the room; with his bullet traveling within a foot of his team members on its way to the target.The storage drums were plastic.
And wow, one of the two who died was in a wheelchair. Those folks must have some serious survivor's guilt for not helping that guy when they all ran and drove away.
... the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done".
--Linus Torvalds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_oracle
I feel the same way, and I paid for a month a couple years ago, so I played for a bit longer. It is a nice change of pace from other games, e.g. creating artwork to be judged by others, but the primary goals of the game are way too repetitive for my personal taste.