Considering it will be 6 years before consumers will have a replacement for XP, you would hope that it WOULD be a major revision. Six years to make minor improvements is a disappointment for sure. So, although Dvorak is an absolute nut, I don't think you can completely discount the lack of excitement as a small issue.
Although I usually frown upon such replies, this one is needed.
Good job finding that out. Puts the submission in a new perspective. And, the article is clearly biased towards the Zune. It even concludes with an interview of someone trying to positively spin the sad sales figures and reviews.
I think you summarize what is going on well, but you are missing a key component that is leading you astray on your first point.
There is no "new risk," per se, but there is a less treacherous path for Microsoft should they decide to sue commercial linux vendors or non-profit companies (more than an individual developer). Linux has some protection from Microsoft or other companies with software patent portfolios because Linux has had the backing of Novell and IBM. Both of those companies have very large portfolios of patents. Microsoft has to respect the possibility that if they go after linux, there may be a retaliation. Now that Novell and Microsoft have made an agreement regarding each other's "intellectual property," that clears all of Novell's patents from being used against Microsoft should they decide to attack linux.
There is a slight downward trend. I cannot give you specific numbers or make any statements regarding this because I would be simply talking out of my ass. What this trend indicates is not clear. The meaning of intelligence itself and how we accurately measure it shifts. Are we more accurately measuring what we call intelligence, and therefore getting more accurate results across the nation? Or, is it that we as a society are becoming less and less intelligent? Who knows.
I will say this though. I generally only give IQ tests if there is a child suspected of having a mental disability or a child who may be "gifted." It is funny with the smart children. The idea is to try to identify them very early in their education (but not before staring 1st grade) because a lower percentage of older children meet criteria. Does this mean the education system does not meet the needs and challenge these smart individuals? Maybe so.
Regarding the issue of comparison, I am not sure about correlations between versions of tests. I know that data is there, but I don't know how often that is actually utilized. If someone has a very high IQ, they are going to have a high IQ no matter what test they take, so the issue really becomes moot.
I have given a number of IQ tests. They measure specific skillsets. You have to remember that intelligence is a concept, not a tangible thing. Therefore, all measures of intelligence must first accept a definition for what intelligence actually is. Believe it or not, there are major IQ tests that have different theoretical bases for the definition of intelligence. For example, the Wechsler scales are very well-known. The IQ test for children was updated in 2004. In the new revision, the theory of IQ has changed from the theoretical basis of the previous version.
That is one "issue" with accurate intelligence measurement. Another concern is that some questions are biased to specific groups of people. For example, your cultural upbringing may cause you to answer a question one way, while I answer it another due to my own background. Is it fair to say one of us is wrong based on a cultural belief?
But there's more. When an IQ test is scored, the overall score is derived from scores of similarly aged people across the country. Each time a new revision comes out, the norms are updated. Someone who takes a current IQ test may get a score of 115, which perhaps would have scored as a 110 two or three revisions back. How can we compare one's IQ to another over time if the norms change?
I could go on and on about this. So, no, intelligence is not a random thing that can be applied different ways. However, it is also not a clearly measured factor, either. I must also agree with the grandparent. I cannot play music, or sports, but I definitely think there is a form of intelligence that people who can do those things have. The problem is we cannot always directly test those abilities with consistent reliability. You should check out Howard Garner, who theorized this idea of multiple intelligences.
I think the point is that certifications will give some validity to a job-seeker (other than just saying, "yeah, I've been writing programs for years on the side.") Whether someone with certs is qualified or not is another issue.
Of course Ehrlich was AGAINST early voting. I doubt there is active suppression going on, but having a vote go for seven or ten days would sure make it easier for the democrats to knock on doors and bus in people to vote in their favor.
Politics is politics. Each party is going to support things that will increase the likelihood of re-election and be against anything to decrease that likelihood.
Whether or not you or I find this morally or ethically right is a different matter altogether.
I have used gentoo exclusively since 2001. But, you should stop talking because you are coming across as an ass, which isn't going to help gentoo's case at all.
Even if you couldn't strip the information (such as with EXIF), I could simply take a screencap of the image, then save it in photoshop. Presto, no hidden data.
Considering the school lunch program was nationally established by Truman in 1946 (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch), and that I am in the USA, I think my post is quite accurate. Again, you make posts without any idea of what you are talking about.
B.S. You don't know what the hell you are talking about. I work in the school system as a psychologist, and one of the schools I go to has 80% of their student population on free lunch (and breakfast). Kids who NEED free or reduced lunch, get it.
I am not arguing with your point in general, but don't make up stuff that is blatantly inaccurate.
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I don't know what you are talking about. I have spent time uninstalling just about every AV program out there, and I have never had a need to reinstall the OS. I think perhaps you have some other issues going on to warrent such a drastic measure.
I just moved to a more rural area (although only 10 minutes outside of a 150k city). I cannot get cable internet or TV or DSL from the phone company. I had to get satellite internet. Now, I pay 70$/month for an advertised 1.5mb/512 connection that rarely lives up to the advertised speed and the latency drives me insane. In addition, I can only download 17mb a month (and the month is rolling daily, so I have to basically try to equally distribute how much I dl a day so that I don't end up with some high days that put me over my limit for the month). Even more insane, once I get to 80% of my dl allotment, I will be throttled back to 128kbps until my usage comes down.
So... don't complain about your connection. You don't know what a sucky connection for a rip off price really is.
The problem with your idea that it the DNC will be good for business is that there are plenty of people who have difficulty saying "no" on the phone. These are the easy sells, the people who can be easily persuaded to try your credit card, your vacation, or whatever.
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Considering it will be 6 years before consumers will have a replacement for XP, you would hope that it WOULD be a major revision. Six years to make minor improvements is a disappointment for sure. So, although Dvorak is an absolute nut, I don't think you can completely discount the lack of excitement as a small issue.
Although I usually frown upon such replies, this one is needed. Good job finding that out. Puts the submission in a new perspective. And, the article is clearly biased towards the Zune. It even concludes with an interview of someone trying to positively spin the sad sales figures and reviews.
I think you summarize what is going on well, but you are missing a key component that is leading you astray on your first point.
There is no "new risk," per se, but there is a less treacherous path for Microsoft should they decide to sue commercial linux vendors or non-profit companies (more than an individual developer). Linux has some protection from Microsoft or other companies with software patent portfolios because Linux has had the backing of Novell and IBM. Both of those companies have very large portfolios of patents. Microsoft has to respect the possibility that if they go after linux, there may be a retaliation. Now that Novell and Microsoft have made an agreement regarding each other's "intellectual property," that clears all of Novell's patents from being used against Microsoft should they decide to attack linux.
No new risk, but a more probable scenario.
There is a slight downward trend. I cannot give you specific numbers or make any statements regarding this because I would be simply talking out of my ass. What this trend indicates is not clear. The meaning of intelligence itself and how we accurately measure it shifts. Are we more accurately measuring what we call intelligence, and therefore getting more accurate results across the nation? Or, is it that we as a society are becoming less and less intelligent? Who knows. I will say this though. I generally only give IQ tests if there is a child suspected of having a mental disability or a child who may be "gifted." It is funny with the smart children. The idea is to try to identify them very early in their education (but not before staring 1st grade) because a lower percentage of older children meet criteria. Does this mean the education system does not meet the needs and challenge these smart individuals? Maybe so. Regarding the issue of comparison, I am not sure about correlations between versions of tests. I know that data is there, but I don't know how often that is actually utilized. If someone has a very high IQ, they are going to have a high IQ no matter what test they take, so the issue really becomes moot.
I have given a number of IQ tests. They measure specific skillsets. You have to remember that intelligence is a concept, not a tangible thing. Therefore, all measures of intelligence must first accept a definition for what intelligence actually is. Believe it or not, there are major IQ tests that have different theoretical bases for the definition of intelligence. For example, the Wechsler scales are very well-known. The IQ test for children was updated in 2004. In the new revision, the theory of IQ has changed from the theoretical basis of the previous version.
That is one "issue" with accurate intelligence measurement. Another concern is that some questions are biased to specific groups of people. For example, your cultural upbringing may cause you to answer a question one way, while I answer it another due to my own background. Is it fair to say one of us is wrong based on a cultural belief?
But there's more. When an IQ test is scored, the overall score is derived from scores of similarly aged people across the country. Each time a new revision comes out, the norms are updated. Someone who takes a current IQ test may get a score of 115, which perhaps would have scored as a 110 two or three revisions back. How can we compare one's IQ to another over time if the norms change?
I could go on and on about this. So, no, intelligence is not a random thing that can be applied different ways. However, it is also not a clearly measured factor, either. I must also agree with the grandparent. I cannot play music, or sports, but I definitely think there is a form of intelligence that people who can do those things have. The problem is we cannot always directly test those abilities with consistent reliability. You should check out Howard Garner, who theorized this idea of multiple intelligences.
I think the point is that certifications will give some validity to a job-seeker (other than just saying, "yeah, I've been writing programs for years on the side.") Whether someone with certs is qualified or not is another issue.
You misspelled "feel"
Politics is politics. Each party is going to support things that will increase the likelihood of re-election and be against anything to decrease that likelihood.
Whether or not you or I find this morally or ethically right is a different matter altogether.
I have used gentoo exclusively since 2001. But, you should stop talking because you are coming across as an ass, which isn't going to help gentoo's case at all.
Even if you couldn't strip the information (such as with EXIF), I could simply take a screencap of the image, then save it in photoshop. Presto, no hidden data.
Considering the school lunch program was nationally established by Truman in 1946 (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch), and that I am in the USA, I think my post is quite accurate. Again, you make posts without any idea of what you are talking about.
B.S. You don't know what the hell you are talking about. I work in the school system as a psychologist, and one of the schools I go to has 80% of their student population on free lunch (and breakfast). Kids who NEED free or reduced lunch, get it. I am not arguing with your point in general, but don't make up stuff that is blatantly inaccurate.
I don't know what you are talking about. I have spent time uninstalling just about every AV program out there, and I have never had a need to reinstall the OS. I think perhaps you have some other issues going on to warrent such a drastic measure.
I just moved to a more rural area (although only 10 minutes outside of a 150k city). I cannot get cable internet or TV or DSL from the phone company. I had to get satellite internet. Now, I pay 70$/month for an advertised 1.5mb/512 connection that rarely lives up to the advertised speed and the latency drives me insane. In addition, I can only download 17mb a month (and the month is rolling daily, so I have to basically try to equally distribute how much I dl a day so that I don't end up with some high days that put me over my limit for the month). Even more insane, once I get to 80% of my dl allotment, I will be throttled back to 128kbps until my usage comes down. So... don't complain about your connection. You don't know what a sucky connection for a rip off price really is.
This guy simply cut and pasted several posts from this story: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/06/125 0212&tid=172
The problem with your idea that it the DNC will be good for business is that there are plenty of people who have difficulty saying "no" on the phone. These are the easy sells, the people who can be easily persuaded to try your credit card, your vacation, or whatever.
Those will be the first in line to sign up.