If you're using Vista or above, #1 shouldn't be an issue anymore. Volume shadow copy automatically backs up older versions of files, it's been a huge timesaver knowing I can fuck up a file and have it roll back.
Dunno if the same thing exists for Linux, time machine might do the same thing for OSX.
That doesn't follow either; repeatedly performing some task familiarizes your brain to that particular task. While performance in similar tasks (say, remembering people's zip codes for someone who have had to remember phone numbers as in your example) might be improved it doesn't necessarily make one more creative in general.
You probably aren't as good at mental arithmetic as someone who's had to do math without calculators though. The question is whether that is a problem. I think the non sequitur here is the subtle implication that not possessing certain skillsets, such as mental arithmetic, would lead to humans becoming lazy and eventually the downfall of society.
I'd say that by examining the average person's mastery of stabbing a sharp stick into a neighbourhood critter and then making food out of it vs. the "lesserness" of society in modern times as compared to say, the Stone Age, we can find this implication to be factually false.
I just found your comment amusing, because it reminds me of the "individualists" who flock to subcultures in an effort to become "alternative" - but as soon as their subculture/music/fashion becomes popular they don't like it anymore.
Whereas on Slashdot, it just becomes a giant F/OSS circlejerk.
I'd think it would be difficult to keep the oxygen and fuel mixed sufficiently due to different densities, or to make sure the fuel spreads through the tunnels evenly.
All in all, I think trying to light a fire underground is just a little too much effort to be worthwhile.
Giving his product away to you for free just because you're American lowers the value of his product - the people that have to pay for it will wonder why the hell they bother, and just get someone in America to ship them a free copy. Now he has no profits. And then nobody has any profits, and stop producing any such product. Subsequently culture decays, and thus begins the End of Days.
On another note, it would totally kill the imports market.
Should we start requiring a plumbing license to buy drain cleaner because it isn't good to drink?
Strawman detected! There's no incentive to drink drain cleaner. The drugs that can't be used recreationally are mostly already sold on the shelves of the local Walmart.
Did you know before reading this article that the reason you shouldn't exceed the dosage limit is because of the acetaminophen in it? If, say, the daily dosage limit of Nyquil is 100mL, then 42mg is doxylamine, 100mg is dextromethorphan, and 3300mg is acetaminophen. How would you know if the 100mL limit is imposed because more than 3300mg of acetaminophen kills your liver, or maybe more than 42mg of doxylamine hardens your arteries? Would you just avoid taking any other medication that contains these ingredients, even if you need it for a life-threatening condition?
If you didn't know, how would you have known not to take another product containing acetaminophen, or to calculate the combined acetaminophen dosage? Even if you did, would you have known how much the daily limit for acetaminophen is?
I find that usually the people bleating JUST THINK are the ones who think the least.
If not for wars, we'd probably still be in the Stone Age.
Duct tape? Commissioned by the military. Jet planes? First made by the Luftwaffe. Electronic computers? First made for codebreaking. Nuclear energy? Manhattan project. First man in space? Cold War. The Internet.
Like it or not, wars have driven at least a significant portion of technological advancement. Ironic that you're complaining on a computer, over the Internet.
Huh, I wiped out on my motorcycle in the GTA last week and had X-Rays done in emergency. Admittedly it was still ludicrously slow by any normal standards (got in at 11am, got out at like 4pm, spent about 95% of the time waiting), but nowhere near the time you're quoting. Is BC health care that much worse than Ontario?
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I think he's trying to say that product in the "news" article doesn't add variety; it's been available since forever.
RTFA, the product's name in the article is HalogenA.
Huh? Vista Ultimate supports RAID.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=612319
If you're using Vista or above, #1 shouldn't be an issue anymore. Volume shadow copy automatically backs up older versions of files, it's been a huge timesaver knowing I can fuck up a file and have it roll back.
Dunno if the same thing exists for Linux, time machine might do the same thing for OSX.
That doesn't follow either; repeatedly performing some task familiarizes your brain to that particular task. While performance in similar tasks (say, remembering people's zip codes for someone who have had to remember phone numbers as in your example) might be improved it doesn't necessarily make one more creative in general.
You probably aren't as good at mental arithmetic as someone who's had to do math without calculators though. The question is whether that is a problem. I think the non sequitur here is the subtle implication that not possessing certain skillsets, such as mental arithmetic, would lead to humans becoming lazy and eventually the downfall of society.
I'd say that by examining the average person's mastery of stabbing a sharp stick into a neighbourhood critter and then making food out of it vs. the "lesserness" of society in modern times as compared to say, the Stone Age, we can find this implication to be factually false.
I just found your comment amusing, because it reminds me of the "individualists" who flock to subcultures in an effort to become "alternative" - but as soon as their subculture/music/fashion becomes popular they don't like it anymore.
Whereas on Slashdot, it just becomes a giant F/OSS circlejerk.
Nobody would care about MS having a monopoly if they actually made the best software.
That is actually the opposite of true. An untruth, if you will.
I'd think it would be difficult to keep the oxygen and fuel mixed sufficiently due to different densities, or to make sure the fuel spreads through the tunnels evenly.
All in all, I think trying to light a fire underground is just a little too much effort to be worthwhile.
I think you're all wrong. See you in five years.
Giving his product away to you for free just because you're American lowers the value of his product - the people that have to pay for it will wonder why the hell they bother, and just get someone in America to ship them a free copy. Now he has no profits. And then nobody has any profits, and stop producing any such product. Subsequently culture decays, and thus begins the End of Days.
On another note, it would totally kill the imports market.
Tomorrow, if you don't mind buying all the tools and then dying horribly of infections!
Easier when you have a double-jointed ring finger.
Should we start requiring a plumbing license to buy drain cleaner because it isn't good to drink?
Strawman detected! There's no incentive to drink drain cleaner. The drugs that can't be used recreationally are mostly already sold on the shelves of the local Walmart.
Did you know before reading this article that the reason you shouldn't exceed the dosage limit is because of the acetaminophen in it? If, say, the daily dosage limit of Nyquil is 100mL, then 42mg is doxylamine, 100mg is dextromethorphan, and 3300mg is acetaminophen. How would you know if the 100mL limit is imposed because more than 3300mg of acetaminophen kills your liver, or maybe more than 42mg of doxylamine hardens your arteries? Would you just avoid taking any other medication that contains these ingredients, even if you need it for a life-threatening condition?
If you didn't know, how would you have known not to take another product containing acetaminophen, or to calculate the combined acetaminophen dosage? Even if you did, would you have known how much the daily limit for acetaminophen is?
I find that usually the people bleating JUST THINK are the ones who think the least.
If not for wars, we'd probably still be in the Stone Age.
Duct tape? Commissioned by the military. Jet planes? First made by the Luftwaffe. Electronic computers? First made for codebreaking. Nuclear energy? Manhattan project. First man in space? Cold War. The Internet.
Like it or not, wars have driven at least a significant portion of technological advancement. Ironic that you're complaining on a computer, over the Internet.
Since the oxygen in the tunnels is rather limited I'd think fire wouldn't go too far.
On the Internet we call it 'sperging.
I believe you're the one missing the (intentional) irony. You should get that neocortex checked out.
And yes, the period goes inside the quotes
Maybe in your locally mutilated version of "English".
Oh, COME ON You make it TOO easy.
I'm pretty sure the opposition achieves their quest for power by NOT going along with the governing party.
this is a case of Ron Paul being seen carted off by armed mobsters outside of a Starbucks. All you've done is create a strawman.
Read this section again.
Huh, I wiped out on my motorcycle in the GTA last week and had X-Rays done in emergency. Admittedly it was still ludicrously slow by any normal standards (got in at 11am, got out at like 4pm, spent about 95% of the time waiting), but nowhere near the time you're quoting. Is BC health care that much worse than Ontario?
where it's clear that they cannot help everyone equally situated.
Can't they? How many other people do you know of that are kidnapped by terrorist organizations?
Exactly.
Unfortunately, there are hardware vendors who don't bother supporting anything but windows
But the big advantage of the Linux is the support community, right? The one that produces open and Free(tm) drivers for hardware?