Here's the point - this "safer cigarette" reduces your chances of getting cancer by 90% compared to regular cigarettes. Your chances are still better if you don't smoke. This is like women who go to the store and buy $1,000 worth of shit they won't ever use on sale for $200 and claim they saved $800 by the sale. I call bullshit - they wasted $200, just like smoking these cigarettes increases your chances of getting cancer 10% as much as if you had smoked a regular cigarette, compared to no increase whatsoever by not smoking in the first place.
Actually, you still have to deal with lateral friction between your tire and the road surface. The difference there is that there is less friction required and that it is applied mostly vertically to the vehicle, whereas a four-wheeled vehicle requires more friction due to increased mass and applies that friction non-vertically - that's why you are thrown to the outside of turns in a car and why cars tend to roll over, while motorcycles push you down into the seat in turns and do not roll up until the point they skid (whether on a part of the bike or on a tire). At least that's how I see it.
Sometimes I wish that moderators could attach meta-comments to their moderation. Like "+1 Funny: Spelling" or "+1 Funny: Oregon Trail rocked." That way, we could tell which part they were laughing at when they modded you up.:)
Focusing on dependability instead of performance - in other words, Singularity will be as dependable as ME is fast, at the expense of running slower than ME.
I generally stop reading comments when they contain gems like this early on. I don't feel any particular need to defend a book to someone whose commentary on it isn't in the same language as the book.
Wanna know the funny part? I sort comments by highest scores first. This is currently the highest-ranked comment on this story. The story it links to has as its highest-ranked comment a link to a quasi-dupe. And the highest-ranked comment on that story is also a link to a quasi-dupe.
Studies show that British women watch more sci-fi than British men do. The key reasons the researches found for this were that British men are less entertaining than sci-fi and that British women aren't worth taking out on a Friday night, anyhow.
I was thinking along these lines - if 50 moderators all gave a +5 post a mod point of the same type (say it got 50 extra Insightful mods), then it goes up to +6. And also, CowboyNeal will come massage your shoulders.
I will not now nor ever in the future pay 8 times the going price for sacrifices. If I am paying 8 times what I normally would for something, it's because there are absolutely no sacrifices whatsoever. No sacrificed battery life, no sacrificed ergonomics, no sacrificed ease of use, no sacrificed antenna reception, no sacrificed looks. No sacrifices whatsoever.
Consider this: A company takes my code and accepts the GPL. They develop some minor changes to the user interface and sell it for $50 a copy, including a copy of the GPL and an offer to send you the source if you ask. 8 million people buy it, over the course of a year. Finally, after a year goes by, someone asks for the source and they say "no way!" They did not violate the terms of the license until they refused to send the source, but they made $400 million in the meantime.
Yeah. Someone else pointed out that GPL paragraph 4 covers what happens in event of a breach, but I still don't know if it's specific enough for my taste. Can you sue for damages incurred during the time the license was in effect? Etc.
Right, but what happens if you accept the terms of the GPL and then later on you breach them? That doesn't seem to be explicitly covered in that term, although it is very strongly insinuated by it.
You absolutely can break a license. However, I believe you're correct as far as the GPL goes - although there doesn't seem to be an explicit statement to this effect, it appears that an acceptance of the GPL followed by a violation of its terms constitutes automatic revocation of the license.
I'll save those complaints for a future gripe session.
Good indications that a story is not worth your time:
1. It ends with the above quote
Is it just not possible to post a story without invective? Can we not have stories that are not "gripe sessions" or full of "complaints"? What happened to "news for nerds, stuff that matters"? Gripe sessions and complaints are not news. This story had so much potential to be good, but, like so much in the media (especially sports reporting), a good story is ruined by childish presentation.
Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Trolls are a very central part of Norwegian popular culture and folklore. See the Wikipedia article on trolls for more information about this Scandinavian cultural element, and this article about the Troll Oil Platform for another example of Norwegian companies using this tie to their folklore.
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If you're getting tired of this response, and I'm not the only one exhibiting this response, then maybe you are the one who ought to leave.
So don't sign the contract. Nobody is holding a gun to your head requiring you to take that job.
If there are few things more detrimental to productivity than whiny coworkers, then why is this over the top?
Here's the point - this "safer cigarette" reduces your chances of getting cancer by 90% compared to regular cigarettes. Your chances are still better if you don't smoke. This is like women who go to the store and buy $1,000 worth of shit they won't ever use on sale for $200 and claim they saved $800 by the sale. I call bullshit - they wasted $200, just like smoking these cigarettes increases your chances of getting cancer 10% as much as if you had smoked a regular cigarette, compared to no increase whatsoever by not smoking in the first place.
Actually, you still have to deal with lateral friction between your tire and the road surface. The difference there is that there is less friction required and that it is applied mostly vertically to the vehicle, whereas a four-wheeled vehicle requires more friction due to increased mass and applies that friction non-vertically - that's why you are thrown to the outside of turns in a car and why cars tend to roll over, while motorcycles push you down into the seat in turns and do not roll up until the point they skid (whether on a part of the bike or on a tire). At least that's how I see it.
However, it would be funny if Google was responsible for setting it up. ;)
Sometimes I wish that moderators could attach meta-comments to their moderation. Like "+1 Funny: Spelling" or "+1 Funny: Oregon Trail rocked." That way, we could tell which part they were laughing at when they modded you up. :)
Focusing on dependability instead of performance - in other words, Singularity will be as dependable as ME is fast, at the expense of running slower than ME.
You certainly do get riled up easily. :)
Is alcohol a hormone? If so, then I'm guilty.
Is that book suppossed to be so great?
I generally stop reading comments when they contain gems like this early on. I don't feel any particular need to defend a book to someone whose commentary on it isn't in the same language as the book.
Wanna know the funny part? I sort comments by highest scores first. This is currently the highest-ranked comment on this story. The story it links to has as its highest-ranked comment a link to a quasi-dupe. And the highest-ranked comment on that story is also a link to a quasi-dupe.
Studies show that British women watch more sci-fi than British men do. The key reasons the researches found for this were that British men are less entertaining than sci-fi and that British women aren't worth taking out on a Friday night, anyhow.
Both Linux, OS X, and Windows? I'm so confused!!!
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Keep up the good work, though. I may just get a TiVo someday with gadgets like thsi coming into being.
Vote Republican - they are tolerant of hot women in lingerie.
I was thinking along these lines - if 50 moderators all gave a +5 post a mod point of the same type (say it got 50 extra Insightful mods), then it goes up to +6. And also, CowboyNeal will come massage your shoulders.
Best comment ever. Why can't there be like one comment that is allowed to be modded up to +6 every year or so?
I will not now nor ever in the future pay 8 times the going price for sacrifices. If I am paying 8 times what I normally would for something, it's because there are absolutely no sacrifices whatsoever. No sacrificed battery life, no sacrificed ergonomics, no sacrificed ease of use, no sacrificed antenna reception, no sacrificed looks. No sacrifices whatsoever.
Consider this: A company takes my code and accepts the GPL. They develop some minor changes to the user interface and sell it for $50 a copy, including a copy of the GPL and an offer to send you the source if you ask. 8 million people buy it, over the course of a year. Finally, after a year goes by, someone asks for the source and they say "no way!" They did not violate the terms of the license until they refused to send the source, but they made $400 million in the meantime.
Yeah. Someone else pointed out that GPL paragraph 4 covers what happens in event of a breach, but I still don't know if it's specific enough for my taste. Can you sue for damages incurred during the time the license was in effect? Etc.
Right, but what happens if you accept the terms of the GPL and then later on you breach them? That doesn't seem to be explicitly covered in that term, although it is very strongly insinuated by it.
The actual language from the site you linked to is "Email sales@drdos.com for price quote." A price quote is not distribution.
You absolutely can break a license. However, I believe you're correct as far as the GPL goes - although there doesn't seem to be an explicit statement to this effect, it appears that an acceptance of the GPL followed by a violation of its terms constitutes automatic revocation of the license.
I'll save those complaints for a future gripe session.
Good indications that a story is not worth your time:
1. It ends with the above quote
Is it just not possible to post a story without invective? Can we not have stories that are not "gripe sessions" or full of "complaints"? What happened to "news for nerds, stuff that matters"? Gripe sessions and complaints are not news. This story had so much potential to be good, but, like so much in the media (especially sports reporting), a good story is ruined by childish presentation.
Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Trolls are a very central part of Norwegian popular culture and folklore. See the Wikipedia article on trolls for more information about this Scandinavian cultural element, and this article about the Troll Oil Platform for another example of Norwegian companies using this tie to their folklore.