Well, let's think about your question. sapiens and neanderthals are like cousins, so it would be like eating a cousin... would you eat your cousin? Would you call that cannibalism?
You know, since we are using spacious reasoning for now, I would also like to propose that neanderthals were major geeks. As I imagine it, this is how it went down. Joe Sapien and Richard M.S. Neanderthal were hanging out one day like they always did. rich was helping joe with a abacus virus he caught while placing the beeds in suggestive positions. The cave collapses and now Rich is trapped with Joe and some of his frat brothers. They can't get out. They get hungry. Heck - Rich isn't even the same species... who do you kill - THE GEEK. Its the only explanation that makes sense. The neanderthal was one major geek.
Thank you. Thank you. I do take requests.
Well, I am assuming this was a joke, but for those who do not get it - This is a EMR software package that is platform independent (unless you consider it a package) and has been ported to Linux as it states further down in the same article linked to by parent.
If I had mod points, I would have just modded parent funny and let non-medical people figure it out. Instead I have done what any worthy/.er would do - kill the joke.
It may not be promoted but is still taught in school as an appropriate mood stabilizer and is commonly used to treat bipolar disorder. I think concern over nephrogenic diabetes insipidus may be more of a limitation in its clinical use.
well, my main issue is that you can embed http or ftp content in non-TCP/IP packets and have it reconstructed into proper TCP/IP packets at the verizon end. This essentially allows them to declare their network "private" and their protocols proprietary thus making their software at the server end the only Internet connected portion of the communication.
well, if the cellular network is not running on IP and requires a bridge, then technically this is not an issue. Does anyone know how software developers interact with the data stack on cell phones? Is it the same as the wifi stack with another device name given or does it have its own API?
$20 for the plan? That is a bit different and definitely would make me think twice about signing up once my workload goes back down. I looked at the netflix website and it keeps touting a two week trial but has no price. How much does it cost per month for three at one time?
um... I don't remember EVER paying a late fee. I will admit, I canceled my plan a few months back - and not because I have ANY plans to join netflix.
I still don't have too much issue with this because when I did have the service, the mail rentals usually sat around for a while and sometimes got exchanged because I wasn't in the mood to watch what came in the mail. I don't watch movies regularly enough.
I have resorted to signing up during periods of excess free time and canceling once I am caught up. The in store exchange satisfies my desire for instant gratification and the mailed items for the fillers. The delay of one day between shippings would hardly have put a dent in my movie watching ability in terms of turn-around (with the three at a time plan).
It sucks that they are reducing service, but Netflix (streaming vs. DVD??? esp w/ all Linux at home??) still doesn't offer this level of service. OF course the BB software doesn't work in linux either...
well, they did say "users" not "computers" - I have multiple systems I use on the internet, and not all have flash. Do I count? I think it is fair to say that a lot more people use and have access to flash than the number of internet connected devices with it installed.
well, that depends on how the 225,454 number is derived. I doubt they can detect all machines behind a firewall - including simple home routers. Figure that if one machine on a home network is infected - the others are likely to be as well (same people managing them).
The wheel may have been invented, but different variations have their use - steering (car), scrolling (mice), tires (car), entertainmetn (ferris, of fortune, roulette), you know - let me check something... yup it exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel - the people like you would have stopped after the first wiki page;) (j/k - aiming for funny here my friend, don't think anybody has been enlightened by this post though some may have been flamed (by accident)).
I second that - I am not in the IT field, but use computers daily. For me to boycott windows would require me to quit my job and I doubt I would find one where I could avoid windows without leaving my field completely.
If I hadn't commented - I would mod you informative. I do run everything as a user on both systems and only log in as admin to install applications/do maintenance work. I can see why UAC would be useful - I personally couldn't stand Vista long enough to keep it and learn it(my laptop that came with it ran way way too slow - I even had to turn off the indexing for search in ubuntu).
so here is then the next question, are the added features of Vista/win 7 worth it? What do you have available that you did not previously and does this make life more efficient?
There are no new features in this build. If Microsoft has any new stuff lined up for the RTM then we're going to have to wait to find out.
All this talk about stable beta's seems a bit pointless. If you change the name and theme on the product, you can't real muck it up too bad. What's the point of this other than to try to put the name "Vista" in the grave?
Anyone know what these people are so excited about? Couldn't get much real info from the article. They comment that its snappier than other betas. How about compared to XP? That would be the real comparison I would like to see.
I am a linux person myself - Ubuntu on the computer I am posting from, but I did use Windows on my laptop before wiping it. I am also not opposed to having windows installed if I gain any benefit. That is what I want to hear from people, what are its compelling features (I don't play games).
Not sure its still necessary - the RIAA seems to have lost key points already - http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5928.cfm . The problem is that unless you read/. or follow these cases for other reasons, you won't know that. Secondly, it is up to you or your attorney to point out the appropriate case law, so if you get scared and settle, or if you don't have an attorney that brings forth these issues - you lose regardless of whether or not you did anything wrong. What is needed is a direct case against the RIAA like this one - http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/12/boston_illegal.html and a cease and desist order from a judge. At least that way things can be moved to the criminal courts or counterclaims could be filed against them.
just finished reading this in the last front page article http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1059759&cid=26086943 and they throw this at us. Just think, "McDonalds biofuel burned my car after I crashed it!" I would laugh, but I am too scared it may happen.
Well, to answer your question, one must think of the volume of gas produced. Right now, each supplier has output that greatly overwhelms any other aspect of the equation. There is little cost going into extraction, purification and transport because the source itself has an abundant supply.
Now, lets move to the coffee situation. The supply of coffee in each are is relatively limited. It needs to be transported back to a central point for processing. Obviously moving one canister of used coffee to say ohio from washington (state or dc in this case) will not be efficient. Of course no one would do that, so local systems to gather and purify would be needed. The question then is, what is the net energy cost of transporting the spent biofuel to the processing center, and what is the cost of producing diesel from it? Once the diesel is made, will it be in adequate volume to fill tankers and have it moved back out? If collecting a towns coffee only produces twenty gallons, was it worth it? Yes you can move it back out, but it will only supply one or two people.
Perhaps a more realistic view would be that some public service vehicles - say the town trash pickup can actually run off of biofuel being thrown out in the town. Might work out to be a more realistic model.
Now, at the end of this, you might be right. If biowaste other than just coffee grounds are considered, we may have enough to collect and redistribute, but not according to what is stated in this article and links provided in other posts.
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spacious - specious - species .... still funny.
Well, let's think about your question. sapiens and neanderthals are like cousins, so it would be like eating a cousin... would you eat your cousin? Would you call that cannibalism? You know, since we are using spacious reasoning for now, I would also like to propose that neanderthals were major geeks. As I imagine it, this is how it went down. Joe Sapien and Richard M.S. Neanderthal were hanging out one day like they always did. rich was helping joe with a abacus virus he caught while placing the beeds in suggestive positions. The cave collapses and now Rich is trapped with Joe and some of his frat brothers. They can't get out. They get hungry. Heck - Rich isn't even the same species... who do you kill - THE GEEK. Its the only explanation that makes sense. The neanderthal was one major geek. Thank you. Thank you. I do take requests.
Well, I am assuming this was a joke, but for those who do not get it - This is a EMR software package that is platform independent (unless you consider it a package) and has been ported to Linux as it states further down in the same article linked to by parent. If I had mod points, I would have just modded parent funny and let non-medical people figure it out. Instead I have done what any worthy /.er would do - kill the joke.
It may not be promoted but is still taught in school as an appropriate mood stabilizer and is commonly used to treat bipolar disorder. I think concern over nephrogenic diabetes insipidus may be more of a limitation in its clinical use.
well, my main issue is that you can embed http or ftp content in non-TCP/IP packets and have it reconstructed into proper TCP/IP packets at the verizon end. This essentially allows them to declare their network "private" and their protocols proprietary thus making their software at the server end the only Internet connected portion of the communication.
well, if the cellular network is not running on IP and requires a bridge, then technically this is not an issue. Does anyone know how software developers interact with the data stack on cell phones? Is it the same as the wifi stack with another device name given or does it have its own API?
as long as it doesn't SPARC an idea.
$20 for the plan? That is a bit different and definitely would make me think twice about signing up once my workload goes back down. I looked at the netflix website and it keeps touting a two week trial but has no price. How much does it cost per month for three at one time?
um... I don't remember EVER paying a late fee. I will admit, I canceled my plan a few months back - and not because I have ANY plans to join netflix.
I still don't have too much issue with this because when I did have the service, the mail rentals usually sat around for a while and sometimes got exchanged because I wasn't in the mood to watch what came in the mail. I don't watch movies regularly enough.
I have resorted to signing up during periods of excess free time and canceling once I am caught up. The in store exchange satisfies my desire for instant gratification and the mailed items for the fillers. The delay of one day between shippings would hardly have put a dent in my movie watching ability in terms of turn-around (with the three at a time plan).
It sucks that they are reducing service, but Netflix (streaming vs. DVD??? esp w/ all Linux at home??) still doesn't offer this level of service. OF course the BB software doesn't work in linux either...
well, they did say "users" not "computers" - I have multiple systems I use on the internet, and not all have flash. Do I count? I think it is fair to say that a lot more people use and have access to flash than the number of internet connected devices with it installed.
well, that depends on how the 225,454 number is derived. I doubt they can detect all machines behind a firewall - including simple home routers. Figure that if one machine on a home network is infected - the others are likely to be as well (same people managing them).
The wheel may have been invented, but different variations have their use - steering (car), scrolling (mice), tires (car), entertainmetn (ferris, of fortune, roulette), you know - let me check something... yup it exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel - the people like you would have stopped after the first wiki page ;) (j/k - aiming for funny here my friend, don't think anybody has been enlightened by this post though some may have been flamed (by accident)).
Trying to find middle ground with C?
of course its not remotely new - they're talking about insiders -its locally new!
thank you. thank you /exits stage right.
I second that - I am not in the IT field, but use computers daily. For me to boycott windows would require me to quit my job and I doubt I would find one where I could avoid windows without leaving my field completely.
In normal times, evil would be fought by good. But in times like these, well, it should be fought by another kind of evil.
If I hadn't commented - I would mod you informative. I do run everything as a user on both systems and only log in as admin to install applications/do maintenance work. I can see why UAC would be useful - I personally couldn't stand Vista long enough to keep it and learn it(my laptop that came with it ran way way too slow - I even had to turn off the indexing for search in ubuntu).
so here is then the next question, are the added features of Vista/win 7 worth it? What do you have available that you did not previously and does this make life more efficient?
There are no new features in this build. If Microsoft has any new stuff lined up for the RTM then we're going to have to wait to find out.
All this talk about stable beta's seems a bit pointless. If you change the name and theme on the product, you can't real muck it up too bad. What's the point of this other than to try to put the name "Vista" in the grave?
Anyone know what these people are so excited about? Couldn't get much real info from the article. They comment that its snappier than other betas. How about compared to XP? That would be the real comparison I would like to see.
I am a linux person myself - Ubuntu on the computer I am posting from, but I did use Windows on my laptop before wiping it. I am also not opposed to having windows installed if I gain any benefit. That is what I want to hear from people, what are its compelling features (I don't play games).
how long were you waiting to post that one?
So if I understand you correctly you're saying that repeating that phrase decreases understanding of of statistics and scientific research methods?
No, correlation is not causation
I can do this all day...
Not sure its still necessary - the RIAA seems to have lost key points already - http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5928.cfm . The problem is that unless you read /. or follow these cases for other reasons, you won't know that. Secondly, it is up to you or your attorney to point out the appropriate case law, so if you get scared and settle, or if you don't have an attorney that brings forth these issues - you lose regardless of whether or not you did anything wrong. What is needed is a direct case against the RIAA like this one - http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2008/12/boston_illegal.html and a cease and desist order from a judge. At least that way things can be moved to the criminal courts or counterclaims could be filed against them.
Come, I have some of them in my van.
The children or the candy?
just finished reading this in the last front page article http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1059759&cid=26086943 and they throw this at us. Just think, "McDonalds biofuel burned my car after I crashed it!" I would laugh, but I am too scared it may happen.
Well, to answer your question, one must think of the volume of gas produced. Right now, each supplier has output that greatly overwhelms any other aspect of the equation. There is little cost going into extraction, purification and transport because the source itself has an abundant supply.
Now, lets move to the coffee situation. The supply of coffee in each are is relatively limited. It needs to be transported back to a central point for processing. Obviously moving one canister of used coffee to say ohio from washington (state or dc in this case) will not be efficient. Of course no one would do that, so local systems to gather and purify would be needed. The question then is, what is the net energy cost of transporting the spent biofuel to the processing center, and what is the cost of producing diesel from it? Once the diesel is made, will it be in adequate volume to fill tankers and have it moved back out? If collecting a towns coffee only produces twenty gallons, was it worth it? Yes you can move it back out, but it will only supply one or two people.
Perhaps a more realistic view would be that some public service vehicles - say the town trash pickup can actually run off of biofuel being thrown out in the town. Might work out to be a more realistic model.
Now, at the end of this, you might be right. If biowaste other than just coffee grounds are considered, we may have enough to collect and redistribute, but not according to what is stated in this article and links provided in other posts.