My Quad core, 3GB desktop takes about two minutes to boot into Vista. The installation is very new, and running Panda. I hardly ever use it because I'm on Linux most of the time.
Did you do any tweaking to get it to boot that fast?
Are you sure? Well you might call it data if you are stupid and technologically inept. That's a bit harsh. I don't believe I'm stupid. Inept, maybe. Data often just means "Information" (even according to the dictionary). Would you say that it's digital information, by definition? This use of the word "data" is much older than anything digital.
Wasn't the point of the discussion that, when you buy information, you should be able to back that up, since you didn't actually buy the physical thing, but the enjoyment of the content.
Now, we can argue over whether one should be able to share the information or only back it up. Currently, we are often not allowed to do either.
There is one age for cigarettes: 18. There is one age for alcohol: 21. It's not remotely that clear cut for video games. Imagine if cigarettes or alcohol were sold with age based ratings: Right, so different psychostimulants have different ages attached. In my country, there are separate ages for alcohol percentages as well: 16 for beer and wine, 18 for distilled drinks.
The problem with #2 is that any video game that is not appropriate for children will be immediately pulled from store shelves. No retailer will want to run the risk of accidentally running afowl of the law. Walmart especially will pull the things on "moral grounds." So in effect, it *will* be censorship, albiet indirectly. I'm not from the US, but I think minors can't buy alcohol, right? That didn't have the effect of alcohol being pulled from the shelves. Perhaps this is just an effect of the video-game industry maturing. 15 years ago your statement would be true. Now I'm not so sure anymore.
Thinking there's no basis for morality without God is a rather scary thought. First, of course, because you seem to imply that I, as an atheist, am somehow incapable of moral reasoning. Read up on the ethical foundations that may lie at the basis of atheism. You might be surprised. Also, your god leaves open so many interpretations of your texts, that religions have been warring for millenia. Religion didn't really help setting a uniform morality. The second reason why your statement is scary, is that it implies that you (and religious people like you) are somehow only restrained by an imaginary god. Only a fear of punishment keeps you in line. If you were 6, that wouldn't be a problem. Adults however, may aspire to more than that.
Thinking of dumping my family and friends...It's time I venture forth into the world and leave them behind! Sorry, you must gather your party before venturing forth.
Not entirely the same, but still interesting: http://www.amstat.org/PUBLICATIONS/chance/103.myth 0.pdf. It's 10 years old though. Still, there are some relevant numbers in the article. Atlanta Police Department reports show that, in 198 cases of burglary, offenders obtained the victim's gun in 6 cases. Victims were able to use their gun in self-defense in only 3 cases.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 1995 Jul-Aug;57(4):189-93. Effect of prolonged hypergravity on the vestibular system: a behavioural study.Sondag HN, de Jong HA, Oosterveld WJ. Vestibular Department ENT, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Golden hamsters were exposed to conditions of 2.5 times normal gravity (hypergravity, HG) for 4 months. During this period, tests were carried out to study equilibrium maintenance, swimming behaviour and open-field behaviour of these HG hamsters and of control hamsters living in a normal-gravity environment. The tests proved to be useful devices for detecting differences in perceptive-motor behaviour between HG hamsters and control hamsters. The HG hamsters had more difficulties in balancing on tubes and orientation during swimming. In the open-field study, the HG hamsters showed less locomotor activity than control hamsters. However, no differences were observed between the groups in washing, rearing and number of times having defaecation. These findings indicate that the daily transition from 2.5 to 1 g was not experienced as stressful by the hamsters, although performance on several perceptive-motor tasks was decreased, especially during the first weeks.
Heh. I don't want my kernel's scheduler to be fair. The hell with "fair". "Fair" is for quiche-eaters. I want it to give ME all the resources I need to get whatever I'm doing done before I even think of it. Any other job can just go jump on its head...;-) Don't worry, Windows ME will indeed take all available resources.
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You made the same point as the OP, but the OP was mistakenly modden Insightful instead of Sarcastic.
I think the poster you replied to was talking about contributing to, not merely about profiting from OSS.
My Quad core, 3GB desktop takes about two minutes to boot into Vista. The installation is very new, and running Panda. I hardly ever use it because I'm on Linux most of the time.
Did you do any tweaking to get it to boot that fast?
And in Dutch as well.
Plus, writing a decent XML parser is easy!
...or any other steps.
I've seen your sig a couple of times now. Isn't it time to correct the typos now?
That sounds like a great use for all the nukes on earth.
I think I had to install a third-party app for my ibook to enable anything but clone for a connected monitor.
Well you might call it data if you are stupid and technologically inept. That's a bit harsh. I don't believe I'm stupid. Inept, maybe. Data often just means "Information" (even according to the dictionary). Would you say that it's digital information, by definition? This use of the word "data" is much older than anything digital.
Wasn't the point of the discussion that, when you buy information, you should be able to back that up, since you didn't actually buy the physical thing, but the enjoyment of the content.
Now, we can argue over whether one should be able to share the information or only back it up. Currently, we are often not allowed to do either.
don't forget 'rebuke'!
How does your company manage to block the summary, but not the discussion?
Filip
I believe he's referring to the difference between an abbreviation and an acronym.
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Thinking there's no basis for morality without God is a rather scary thought. First, of course, because you seem to imply that I, as an atheist, am somehow incapable of moral reasoning. Read up on the ethical foundations that may lie at the basis of atheism. You might be surprised. Also, your god leaves open so many interpretations of your texts, that religions have been warring for millenia. Religion didn't really help setting a uniform morality. The second reason why your statement is scary, is that it implies that you (and religious people like you) are somehow only restrained by an imaginary god. Only a fear of punishment keeps you in line. If you were 6, that wouldn't be a problem. Adults however, may aspire to more than that.
Not entirely the same, but still interesting: http://www.amstat.org/PUBLICATIONS/chance/103.myth 0.pdf. It's 10 years old though. Still, there are some relevant numbers in the article. Atlanta Police Department reports show that, in 198 cases of burglary, offenders obtained the victim's gun in 6 cases. Victims were able to use their gun in self-defense in only 3 cases.
That's only illegal near spawn points.
I didn't know that! I love google's unit calculator: http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=(pi*10%5E9)+se conds+in+centuries+&meta=
From Pubmed:
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 1995 Jul-Aug;57(4):189-93.
Effect of prolonged hypergravity on the vestibular system: a behavioural study.Sondag HN, de Jong HA, Oosterveld WJ.
Vestibular Department ENT, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Golden hamsters were exposed to conditions of 2.5 times normal gravity (hypergravity, HG) for 4 months. During this period, tests were carried out to study equilibrium maintenance, swimming behaviour and open-field behaviour of these HG hamsters and of control hamsters living in a normal-gravity environment. The tests proved to be useful devices for detecting differences in perceptive-motor behaviour between HG hamsters and control hamsters. The HG hamsters had more difficulties in balancing on tubes and orientation during swimming. In the open-field study, the HG hamsters showed less locomotor activity than control hamsters. However, no differences were observed between the groups in washing, rearing and number of times having defaecation. These findings indicate that the daily transition from 2.5 to 1 g was not experienced as stressful by the hamsters, although performance on several perceptive-motor tasks was decreased, especially during the first weeks.
The web would be a mess if it ran on open-source technology!