my family has a long history of heart desease, steak isn't in my diet
Care to point out a single clinical study that proves that eating steak (or fat in general) increases your risk of heart disease? AFAIK, there aren't any so fire up the grill!
If you want to program your VCR to record anything, it is absolutely necessary to set your clock. If you just use it to watch prerecorded material, then you really just need a VCP and you are correct that the clock is superfluous.
That may be due to the odd aspect ratio of the resolution on your 17" monitor. Try running 1280x960 and see how much of a difference the proper 4:3 aspect ratio makes.
I agree that the converse is patently false and even harmful to society to believe otherwise but I don't think the quote, interpreted correctly, is.
My understanding is that "have always" does not indicate that there is a perpetual opposition to great spirits, rather that when opposition is observed presently, this is not a new phenomenon. Taken in the context of scientific discovery, consider the opposition to some of the "great spirits" such as Galileo and read the quote again.
Also consider the complete thought:
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
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I've always been partial to this one:
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. One cannot contract away protections provided by law (including those enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights). That is very clear.
Tell that to the members of the various armed services.
Was anybody else surprised to see this quote at the end of the article?
"We're on the threshold of a whole new system," says Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. "The time where accountants decide what music people hear is coming to an end. Accountants may be good at numbers, but they have terrible taste in music. I don't know how I'm going to get paid, but I'd rather go out into the brave new world than live with dinosaurs that are far too big for their boots."
Can't say I expected such vision and clarity of thought from a man that can't be killed by conventional weapons.
Not really. Using this guide, you can set up e-mail with your own domain name being fowarded to the e-mail service of your choice. If that service goes away, simply change your fowarding to a different account.
As far as e-mail services go, I'd recommend FastMail. The free service is better than Yahoo, Hotmail or any other service I've seen and the paid accounts start as low as a $14.95 one-time fee and move up from there. I guess you can say I'm a satisfied customer.
Since I do ride a bicycle to work everyday, does that mean I can tell you "you shouldn't own an SUV, they're evil!"
Of course, I wouldn't tell you that because an SUV is much more friendly to the environment than, say, a 1989 Chevrolet Sprint and I think the internal combustion engine is one of the greatest acheivements of mankind.
I, for one, think they should go even further and install Severe Tire Damage spikes in the crosswalks that pop up when the light turns red. Couple weeks of idiots trashing their wheels, and your problem is totally solved...
Until you're walking across an intersection that doesn't have that particular "feature" and get hit by a car running a red light. The ambulance rushes you to the hospital, your life in the balance, and has to run a red light in one of your "Safety Enhanced" intersections. I don't think ambulance drivers changing flat tires is going to improve anybodies safety quotient, especially yours in this particular situation.
There has been some interesting work done with lobsters that tends to confirm that Prozac does indeed selectively block serotonin reuptake receptors. It turns out that the serotonin pathway in lobsters is remarkably similar to that of humans.
Good point, bad example. Prozac's clinical pharmacology is understood. It blocks the serotonin reuptake mechanism, thus increasing neuronal serotonin levels. Check out http://pi.lilly.com/prozac.pdf for the PDR-type reference.
I think the existing laws are being abused by corporations who take advantage of back-logged and under-educated patent offices. I would support the exclusion of certain categories of intellectual property from the patent process. For example, I think the trend of patenting human genome sequences is a bad idea. I don't think you should be able to patent things that exist in nature, nor should you be able to patent mathematical or physical laws.
The patent process wasn't originally this dysfunctional. There was a time when it provided legitimate protection to inventors for a limited period of time. Now, I'm not so sure that the public is well-served by patent mechanisms (as was the original intent), given the short-lived nature of today's inventions.
Is the solution totally eliminating the patent system? I'm not sure. I would suggest that, in the time period discussed in the article, there was less up- front investment needed to produce a new invention or process. These days, in the drug industry, at least, the research costs are so high that I think some form of short-duration monopoly protection is required, just to insure that they can recoup their investment. We certainly wouldn't want research on things like cancer and AIDS drugs to slow just because of the risk of not recovering the research investment.
Intel-based servers may be cheap and all, but I do not look forward to a future where the RISC-based manufacturers, such as Sun, IBM, and SGI, are totally displaced.
Reality is that traditional RISC-based workstations and servers, such as Sun's higher-end Ultra and Blade workstations, are really a joy to work with. They are amazingly robust and flexible, since they typically are the result of long and thorough development and testing efforts. They tend to have useful lifetimes of about a decade, where they keep finding new roles and finally get mothballed after enjoying a last hurrah as a print server. They have genuine firmware, so you don't have to jump through flaming hoops to bootstrap the system they way you want to. Their enclosures are very well engineered for easy maintainence, fewer moving parts, and good airflow. And on and on...
Whenever I see the inside of an Intel-based server, I am a bit disappointed. Working with one tends to be disappointing as well. Truth is: you do get what you pay for.
I hope Merrill Lynch doesn't learn too many hard lessons these next few years.
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I don't think I've ever listened to anything written in all caps.
Don't forget the bold letters. It was all caps and bold.
my family has a long history of heart desease, steak isn't in my diet
Care to point out a single clinical study that proves that eating steak (or fat in general) increases your risk of heart disease? AFAIK, there aren't any so fire up the grill!
If you want to program your VCR to record anything, it is absolutely necessary to set your clock. If you just use it to watch prerecorded material, then you really just need a VCP and you are correct that the clock is superfluous.
That may be due to the odd aspect ratio of the resolution on your 17" monitor. Try running 1280x960 and see how much of a difference the proper 4:3 aspect ratio makes.
I agree that the converse is patently false and even harmful to society to believe otherwise but I don't think the quote, interpreted correctly, is.
My understanding is that "have always" does not indicate that there is a perpetual opposition to great spirits, rather that when opposition is observed presently, this is not a new phenomenon. Taken in the context of scientific discovery, consider the opposition to some of the "great spirits" such as Galileo and read the quote again.
Also consider the complete thought:
So if he was asking for a VHS copy of seasons 1-2, would that be OK?
How does this compare in quality to playing the DivX file on a notebook using the S-Video output?
Wrong, wrong, wrong. One cannot contract away protections provided by law (including those enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights). That is very clear.
Tell that to the members of the various armed services.
With X11, you're limited by the local client stability. That's unfortunate since the client is often Windows (at least in my case it is).
With VNC, you're limited by the remote machine stability. That's much better since that machine is often a server running Linux (again, in my case)
Not really. Using this guide, you can set up e-mail with your own domain name being fowarded to the e-mail service of your choice. If that service goes away, simply change your fowarding to a different account.
As far as e-mail services go, I'd recommend FastMail. The free service is better than Yahoo, Hotmail or any other service I've seen and the paid accounts start as low as a $14.95 one-time fee and move up from there. I guess you can say I'm a satisfied customer.
Is that duct tape on the leading edges?
One day, I'm gonna compile a /. speak dictionary.
What, interpreted languages aren't good enough for you?
The reason they settled on 4*8 sheets as opposed to say, 5*10, is AC had allowed for comfortable homes to be made with 8' ceilings
Really? I figured it was so they would fit in the back of my minivan.
There, but for the pesky third law of thermodynamics, go we.
Which is why he said, and I quote, "if the screws are all made the same"
Since I do ride a bicycle to work everyday, does that mean I can tell you "you shouldn't own an SUV, they're evil!"
Of course, I wouldn't tell you that because an SUV is much more friendly to the environment than, say, a 1989 Chevrolet Sprint and I think the internal combustion engine is one of the greatest acheivements of mankind.
I, for one, think they should go even further and install Severe Tire Damage spikes in the crosswalks that pop up when the light turns red. Couple weeks of idiots trashing their wheels, and your problem is totally solved...
Until you're walking across an intersection that doesn't have that particular "feature" and get hit by a car running a red light. The ambulance rushes you to the hospital, your life in the balance, and has to run a red light in one of your "Safety Enhanced" intersections. I don't think ambulance drivers changing flat tires is going to improve anybodies safety quotient, especially yours in this particular situation.Yes
There has been some interesting work done with lobsters that tends to confirm that Prozac does indeed selectively block serotonin reuptake receptors. It turns out that the serotonin pathway in lobsters is remarkably similar to that of humans.
Good point, bad example. Prozac's clinical pharmacology is understood. It blocks the serotonin reuptake mechanism, thus increasing neuronal serotonin levels. Check out http://pi.lilly.com/prozac.pdf for the PDR-type reference.
Except Fark. I've given up on other websites and rely on Fark for everything.
I think the existing laws are being abused by corporations who take advantage of back-logged and under-educated patent offices. I would support the exclusion of certain categories of intellectual property from the patent process. For example, I think the trend of patenting human genome sequences is a bad idea. I don't think you should be able to patent things that exist in nature, nor should you be able to patent mathematical or physical laws.
The patent process wasn't originally this dysfunctional. There was a time when it provided legitimate protection to inventors for a limited period of time. Now, I'm not so sure that the public is well-served by patent mechanisms (as was the original intent), given the short-lived nature of today's inventions.
Is the solution totally eliminating the patent system? I'm not sure. I would suggest that, in the time period discussed in the article, there was less up- front investment needed to produce a new invention or process. These days, in the drug industry, at least, the research costs are so high that I think some form of short-duration monopoly protection is required, just to insure that they can recoup their investment. We certainly wouldn't want research on things like cancer and AIDS drugs to slow just because of the risk of not recovering the research investment.
Intel-based servers may be cheap and all, but I do not look forward to a future where the RISC-based manufacturers, such as Sun, IBM, and SGI, are totally displaced.
Reality is that traditional RISC-based workstations and servers, such as Sun's higher-end Ultra and Blade workstations, are really a joy to work with. They are amazingly robust and flexible, since they typically are the result of long and thorough development and testing efforts. They tend to have useful lifetimes of about a decade, where they keep finding new roles and finally get mothballed after enjoying a last hurrah as a print server. They have genuine firmware, so you don't have to jump through flaming hoops to bootstrap the system they way you want to. Their enclosures are very well engineered for easy maintainence, fewer moving parts, and good airflow. And on and on...
Whenever I see the inside of an Intel-based server, I am a bit disappointed. Working with one tends to be disappointing as well. Truth is: you do get what you pay for.
I hope Merrill Lynch doesn't learn too many hard lessons these next few years.