The idea of borders, haves and haves nots is a relatively recent concept. Thus to say you need to enforce and keep people out is crap!
People used to move from one place to another ALL the time. So long as you paid your local taxes and gave all of your servitude everything was cheeky.
If we went back to borderless countries we would all be in much better shape because people would travel however they would please.
So do your history and then understand what I am getting at...
Yeah and back when we had borderless countries most people died less than 25 miles from where they were born. Borders exist because technology has allowed far greater population mobility.
In any case, Linus doesn't read every line of code that goes through his mailbox, either. It *might* be technically possible, if he did it too quickly to understand it well, and didn't spend any time on anything else, but it would be a stupid use of his time. Instead, he delegates work to maintainers and is able to focus on particular areas that need it.
We don't pay Linus 200k + massive expenses every year to read the code he approves. What are we paying these guys so much for if it's not to read and understand the bills?
This all reminds me of Obama's "Ask me questions" website. At the top of all questions was "Lightrails and Bullet Trains" -- as if that was the most popular topic, above marijuana legalization, and even above single payer health care. I wrote Obama an email suggesting that he concern himself over those other topics, rather than looking at America as if it were his toy train set. The chance of him reading that, however, is quite low.
Well if I had the choice between health care and the sweetest game of railroad tycoon evar, I'd probably go with the railroads. Although, I might go the route of legalizing pot then playing railroad tycoon for the synergy...
Wait you're saying that the windows splash on all of the equipment in my hospital room wasn't just some sort of in-joke between highly skilled programmers who really used a secure and stable OS!?
Macs though in general are a lot more uniform. If you know how to use X app, you can use Y app easily. Yeah, OS X has some oddities that if you come from Windows or from GUI Linux (if you use the shell on OS X or Linux its pretty similar) but once you get over those, they are very constant. With Windows you learn each program by themselves. Yeah, you can figure out some things, but the interfaces are totally different between even MS programs shipped on the same version of Windows.
Eh windows is pretty uniform. I have 5-6 programs open right now and they pretty much all have the whole file menu going on which pretty much means that I can get to the program controls in the same general manner. They're not exactly the same with different app specific menus, but I understand the system and it's pretty much not a big deal figuring out what I need whenever. Windows allows devs to make stupid apps that don't conform, but if a dev wants to make a shitty app they should be allowed to.
Easily confused people might need the exact same thing in the exact same place in every program, but there's no helping some people.
Also, passengers should be kept in the trunk or tied up on the floor in the back seat, so as not to cause a distraction.
That isn't normally how it's done? Hrmf. Well for the uninformed then, that gets pretty distracting what with all the squirming and yelling. You need to knock the passenger out or turn the music up really loud to drive anywhere in peace.
so what you're saying is that somewhat less than.02% of the world's population are able to identify (not live on) happily with a hippy commune. How exactly does that help the rest of the world?
Remember: while people asking for your help seem stupid, think how you sound when you talk to your mechanic (or doctor).
Like someone who understands the basic mechanical or biological principles and is perfectly capable of having an intelligent conversation on the topic? Oh you mean, how it would sound if I didn't and thought everything was "magic". So what you're really asking is, how do I think I would sound if I was in fact stupid.
I realize that these people aren't really stupid per se, but one of the things I think that makes you "not stupid" (tm) is the interest in and the attempt to understand the world around you. This doesn't mean you can boot strap gentoo, but you should understand a computer needs an operating system to run software and the differences between the steps...
surprising thing her and her husband oppose obama's health care reforms, how can anyone support a system that leaves them blind when its preventable.
I would doubt that Obamacare would help her. It would probably be similar to medicare (or most normal insurance systems) and take more than 3 weeks to fund.
The key is sustaining power. The x43 engines where basically big copper heatsinks. The goal was to demonstrate demonstrate supersonic combustion before the engine melted. I believe the goal for this one is to be able to run an engine that doesn't melt.
'Colonists and pilgrims seldom set off for the New World with the expectation of a return trip.' Indeed, they often did back in the old days, however, I am fairly confident that at the very least, they expected a breatheable atmosphere at their destination.
Yeah they expected air, but the first guy to go had the odds between him falling off the surface of the earth and getting eaten by monsters. It was a pleasant surprise when he actually survived to come back.
For example, although Social Security is roughly 21% of the budget, one can not necessarily conclude than none of it is spent on science and research, either directly or indirectly.
Would you please explain to me how paying old people to go on vacation to Florida somehow gets spent on R&D? Near as I can tell one can in fact conclude that social security does not contribute at all to science and research.
Why would the departure of Steve Cook raise doubts about the future of an entire program? If that is the case, then NASA really needs to work on hiring and/or training more Program Managers.
He talked to the Augustine panel and decided to ring up a buddy for a job believing the program is not long for this world...
Care to explain? 30 miles per hour is 13.4112 metres per second. If you are going at 30mph, you are, therefore, travelling over 13 metres in one second.
Mixed SI and English units. It's just bad form. (and you lose points for it if you're an engineering student)
That happens on a daily basis as corporations large and small try to buy favors in Congress, and ideally laws the benefit their specific industries. Really, this should be considered treasonous behavior, on both the part of the companies that pay the lobbyists, and the Congresspersons that sell out the people for a few thousand in campaign contributions.
Never happen! Do you realize how much you'd have to pay to get a law like that passed!
My wife and daughter would tell you you're ignorant about me, but that argument would matter about as much in reality as your argument that being straight has any importance of the value of person I am.
He didn't call you gay. A straight man is a comedy term.
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...so I and my siblings are vaccinated against all sorts of odd things, with no ill-effects other than an usually low slashdot ID number.
Correlation is not causation, anecdotes is not data, etc., but you're not making the case for vaccines with that one.
The idea of borders, haves and haves nots is a relatively recent concept. Thus to say you need to enforce and keep people out is crap!
People used to move from one place to another ALL the time. So long as you paid your local taxes and gave all of your servitude everything was cheeky.
If we went back to borderless countries we would all be in much better shape because people would travel however they would please.
So do your history and then understand what I am getting at...
Yeah and back when we had borderless countries most people died less than 25 miles from where they were born. Borders exist because technology has allowed far greater population mobility.
In any case, Linus doesn't read every line of code that goes through his mailbox, either. It *might* be technically possible, if he did it too quickly to understand it well, and didn't spend any time on anything else, but it would be a stupid use of his time. Instead, he delegates work to maintainers and is able to focus on particular areas that need it.
We don't pay Linus 200k + massive expenses every year to read the code he approves. What are we paying these guys so much for if it's not to read and understand the bills?
There also comes a point when "let's have another horrendously expensive tax-sucking boondoggle" is no longer a viable option.
Frankly sir, that mere idea is offensive and un-American!
This all reminds me of Obama's "Ask me questions" website. At the top of all questions was "Lightrails and Bullet Trains" -- as if that was the most popular topic, above marijuana legalization, and even above single payer health care. I wrote Obama an email suggesting that he concern himself over those other topics, rather than looking at America as if it were his toy train set. The chance of him reading that, however, is quite low.
Well if I had the choice between health care and the sweetest game of railroad tycoon evar, I'd probably go with the railroads. Although, I might go the route of legalizing pot then playing railroad tycoon for the synergy...
Those "others" are blissfully ignorant.
Wait you're saying that the windows splash on all of the equipment in my hospital room wasn't just some sort of in-joke between highly skilled programmers who really used a secure and stable OS!?
Macs though in general are a lot more uniform. If you know how to use X app, you can use Y app easily. Yeah, OS X has some oddities that if you come from Windows or from GUI Linux (if you use the shell on OS X or Linux its pretty similar) but once you get over those, they are very constant. With Windows you learn each program by themselves. Yeah, you can figure out some things, but the interfaces are totally different between even MS programs shipped on the same version of Windows.
Eh windows is pretty uniform. I have 5-6 programs open right now and they pretty much all have the whole file menu going on which pretty much means that I can get to the program controls in the same general manner. They're not exactly the same with different app specific menus, but I understand the system and it's pretty much not a big deal figuring out what I need whenever. Windows allows devs to make stupid apps that don't conform, but if a dev wants to make a shitty app they should be allowed to.
Easily confused people might need the exact same thing in the exact same place in every program, but there's no helping some people.
Also, passengers should be kept in the trunk or tied up on the floor in the back seat, so as not to cause a distraction.
That isn't normally how it's done? Hrmf. Well for the uninformed then, that gets pretty distracting what with all the squirming and yelling. You need to knock the passenger out or turn the music up really loud to drive anywhere in peace.
so what you're saying is that somewhat less than .02% of the world's population are able to identify (not live on) happily with a hippy commune. How exactly does that help the rest of the world?
Mod me up! They're both right, and I'm a karma whore!
Remember: while people asking for your help seem stupid, think how you sound when you talk to your mechanic (or doctor).
Like someone who understands the basic mechanical or biological principles and is perfectly capable of having an intelligent conversation on the topic? Oh you mean, how it would sound if I didn't and thought everything was "magic". So what you're really asking is, how do I think I would sound if I was in fact stupid.
I realize that these people aren't really stupid per se, but one of the things I think that makes you "not stupid" (tm) is the interest in and the attempt to understand the world around you. This doesn't mean you can boot strap gentoo, but you should understand a computer needs an operating system to run software and the differences between the steps...
Swine flu is the Apophis of pandemics. Now, Apophis has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth in a few decades...
Huh? What?...oh the asteroid!
Note to self: watch less Stargate.
surprising thing her and her husband oppose obama's health care reforms, how can anyone support a system that leaves them blind when its preventable.
I would doubt that Obamacare would help her. It would probably be similar to medicare (or most normal insurance systems) and take more than 3 weeks to fund.
Try to kill someone accidentally without a gun or something that requires a license.
Bump...Oh no sorry for knocking you down the stairs into the basement...Billy? Wake up, Billy.
The key is sustaining power. The x43 engines where basically big copper heatsinks. The goal was to demonstrate demonstrate supersonic combustion before the engine melted. I believe the goal for this one is to be able to run an engine that doesn't melt.
And why?
Sergey Brin. The nefariousness is obvious isn't it?
'Colonists and pilgrims seldom set off for the New World with the expectation of a return trip.' Indeed, they often did back in the old days, however, I am fairly confident that at the very least, they expected a breatheable atmosphere at their destination.
Yeah they expected air, but the first guy to go had the odds between him falling off the surface of the earth and getting eaten by monsters. It was a pleasant surprise when he actually survived to come back.
So you're saying that it would take just 11 posts on Twitter to kill someone?
Well 11 posts into a twitter feed and I'm willing to kill myself, so yeah...
I'd sure like to try. sex? Sounds awesome.
There fixed that for...me :(
For example, although Social Security is roughly 21% of the budget, one can not necessarily conclude than none of it is spent on science and research, either directly or indirectly.
Would you please explain to me how paying old people to go on vacation to Florida somehow gets spent on R&D? Near as I can tell one can in fact conclude that social security does not contribute at all to science and research.
Why would the departure of Steve Cook raise doubts about the future of an entire program? If that is the case, then NASA really needs to work on hiring and/or training more Program Managers.
He talked to the Augustine panel and decided to ring up a buddy for a job believing the program is not long for this world...
Care to explain? 30 miles per hour is 13.4112 metres per second. If you are going at 30mph, you are, therefore, travelling over 13 metres in one second.
Mixed SI and English units. It's just bad form. (and you lose points for it if you're an engineering student)
That happens on a daily basis as corporations large and small try to buy favors in Congress, and ideally laws the benefit their specific industries. Really, this should be considered treasonous behavior, on both the part of the companies that pay the lobbyists, and the Congresspersons that sell out the people for a few thousand in campaign contributions.
Never happen! Do you realize how much you'd have to pay to get a law like that passed!
My wife and daughter would tell you you're ignorant about me, but that argument would matter about as much in reality as your argument that being straight has any importance of the value of person I am.
He didn't call you gay. A straight man is a comedy term.
At 30mph, you travel over 13 metres in one second...
Units Fail!!!!