Alright, but if you get mumps orchitis because you refused to get the MMR vaccine, then we as a society shouldn't be obligated to treat your malady. Is that fair?
If you have direct patient contact, you should be doing all you can to keep your patients from getting more sick. That means getting your vaccines and getting tests for certain diseases. Or do you think TB testing shouldn't be mandatory for front-line hospital workers as they are now?
It's not really free. It's either the student pays or it's higher taxes for everyone. I and most of my friends went to state universities and we all turned out fine (doctors, dentists, pharmacists, lawyers, etc.).
I disagree. There are a plethora of jobs that require education and not just knowledge. Try being a surgeon or a lawyer without an education. It's one thing to know what they do and how they do it. It's another thing to actually be able to do what they do.
$30+/year? Holy crap! You know what I did? I lived at home to save money and commuted to school. You kids these days. That's what it costs to get the "college experience" but was it worth getting into so much debt?
They lost because the Brazilian government was willing to put up $14 Billion to host the event vs. $5 Billion for Chicago. Heard it on NPR this morning.
I just heard this on NPR this morning. You know what else the Brazilians are pledging? $14 Billion! What was Chicago going to pledge? $5 Billion to this event.
Wrong. ICEs get better fuel economy in the vicinity of 50 mpg, just before drag becomes a major factor. See e.g. this chart [wikipedia.org].
While true, what you're missing is that on cars with manual transmissions the engine can be turned off while the car coasts in neutral (this can't be done on most automatics without destroying the transmission). Popular Science wrote an article on the high gas mileage competition that Shell sponsors back in the late 1980s. One of the things the writers did was to emulate what the drivers in the competition were doing, and they were able to squeeze out about 100 mpg on a Civic averaging 20 mph.
Wrong. Turning off the ICE does not modify the car's tires' rolling resistance, or its air drag, or the (often substantial) load imposed by climate controls. The only reason that the ICE is not 'needed' instantaneously, is because the Prius is draining its batteries instead, and those must eventually be recharged by running the ICE. They could have easily given the Prius a very small gasoline engine, strictly for running a generator, which would run all the time.
Well, the Prius is more aerodynamic than most vehicles and is equipped with low rolling resistance tires. It also has regenerative braking. If driven carefully, the need for the ICE can be delayed significantly. Even if not driven carefully, the Prius still gets better gas mileage than practically any car in the market in city driving.
Personally, I like what Chevy's doing with the Volt, just not the price.
The thing people are overlooking with burning hydrogen is that our atmosphere is still 75+% nitrogen. Thus, in any internal combustion engine (no matter what it burns: gasoline, diesel, methane, hydrogen, etc) NOx species will be produced. And that means smog formation during daylight hours.
Since no one's responded, let me be the first to say that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Why you were modded up I'll never understand.
A Prius, in capable hands, is able to get in excess of 80 mpg. In not so capable hands it's still getting in the 40-50 mpg range. For lead foots it's still high 30s mpg. I know a guy who's a complete lead foot in his Prius (ie WOT almost all the time in the city, way over the speed limit on the highway, etc), and he still manages to get 40 mpg.
A Prius works by trading faster-running efficiency for slower-running efficiency - i.e. it moves the optimal efficiency point from about 55mph down to about 20mph, and adds a bit of regenerative braking. Big deal. It's still very, very inefficient.
Absolutely false. If you're talking about the absolute highest MPG you'll ever get, then every single car right now will get better mileage at 20 mph than at 55 mph. Hell, I can easily get over 50 mpg at an average speed of 20 mph on my 5-speed MkV Jetta. However, the Prius is the most fuel efficient vehicle at each speed point from 1 mph to 100+ mph compared to any other car on the market. That's because at lower speeds, the car's computer turns off the engine until needed. The ICE has late intake valve closure (aka Atkinsonized cams), which makes the engine more fuel efficient. This, coupled with a more aerodynamic shape than most other cars makes the Prius more fuel efficient on the highway as well.
You wouldn't believe me anyway, which is fine since I'm just a random name on the net. That is why I'm saying go to the textbook definition - LOOK IT UP INSTEAD OF MAKING IT UP.
Instead of being so cryptic, why don't you enlighten the rest of us as to your definition of an OS?
Pretending that glibc is part of it is pointless since there are versions of linux that come with a different libc
You mean like Android? Or would you still call that Linux?
I'm really suprised and disappointed that the newbie gnu fanboys that had never heard of gnu when it was actually doing something are following the Microsoft line that the Judge threw out - INCLUDING SOME GNU TOOLS DOES NOT MAKE IT THE GNU OPERATING SYSTEM.
The kernel is not the OS. We don't call it XNU, we call it either Mac OS X (if it's running aqua) or Darwin (if aqua isn't installed). Other OSes don't even have separate names for the kernel (Windows, *BSDs, etc).
With regard to Hurd, look it up again. Hurd is just a kernel. A FreeBSD distribution consists of the kernel + BSD userland. My question to you: what do you call a system that uses the FreeBSD kernel + GNU userland? Better yet, what do you call Windows NT kernel + GNU userland?
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Alright, but if you get mumps orchitis because you refused to get the MMR vaccine, then we as a society shouldn't be obligated to treat your malady. Is that fair?
If you have direct patient contact, you should be doing all you can to keep your patients from getting more sick. That means getting your vaccines and getting tests for certain diseases. Or do you think TB testing shouldn't be mandatory for front-line hospital workers as they are now?
since antibodies react to proteins or other structures and not the RNA/DNA. Maybe profits on vaccines aren't really there?
Since humanity originated in Africa, that would mean humans would no longer exist. And Slashdot wouldn't exist. Well, at least MySpace wouldn't exist.
Or use Intel's GMA. Their drivers are open source.
Ouch! I only paid $5k+gas/year.
It's not really free. It's either the student pays or it's higher taxes for everyone. I and most of my friends went to state universities and we all turned out fine (doctors, dentists, pharmacists, lawyers, etc.).
I disagree. There are a plethora of jobs that require education and not just knowledge. Try being a surgeon or a lawyer without an education. It's one thing to know what they do and how they do it. It's another thing to actually be able to do what they do.
What do you mean you "didn't pay"? You paid through taxes! One way or another you pay for your education whether directly or indirectly.
$30+/year? Holy crap! You know what I did? I lived at home to save money and commuted to school. You kids these days. That's what it costs to get the "college experience" but was it worth getting into so much debt?
They lost because the Brazilian government was willing to put up $14 Billion to host the event vs. $5 Billion for Chicago. Heard it on NPR this morning.
Rio isn't much better in terms of crime.
I just heard this on NPR this morning. You know what else the Brazilians are pledging? $14 Billion! What was Chicago going to pledge? $5 Billion to this event.
Same with zippers. What would life be like without zippers?
I'd rather just donate the money directly to the project. I have enough nerdy t-shirts.
Wrong. ICEs get better fuel economy in the vicinity of 50 mpg, just before drag becomes a major factor. See e.g. this chart [wikipedia.org].
While true, what you're missing is that on cars with manual transmissions the engine can be turned off while the car coasts in neutral (this can't be done on most automatics without destroying the transmission). Popular Science wrote an article on the high gas mileage competition that Shell sponsors back in the late 1980s. One of the things the writers did was to emulate what the drivers in the competition were doing, and they were able to squeeze out about 100 mpg on a Civic averaging 20 mph.
Wrong. Turning off the ICE does not modify the car's tires' rolling resistance, or its air drag, or the (often substantial) load imposed by climate controls. The only reason that the ICE is not 'needed' instantaneously, is because the Prius is draining its batteries instead, and those must eventually be recharged by running the ICE. They could have easily given the Prius a very small gasoline engine, strictly for running a generator, which would run all the time.
Well, the Prius is more aerodynamic than most vehicles and is equipped with low rolling resistance tires. It also has regenerative braking. If driven carefully, the need for the ICE can be delayed significantly. Even if not driven carefully, the Prius still gets better gas mileage than practically any car in the market in city driving.
Personally, I like what Chevy's doing with the Volt, just not the price.
The thing people are overlooking with burning hydrogen is that our atmosphere is still 75+% nitrogen. Thus, in any internal combustion engine (no matter what it burns: gasoline, diesel, methane, hydrogen, etc) NOx species will be produced. And that means smog formation during daylight hours.
Since no one's responded, let me be the first to say that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Why you were modded up I'll never understand.
A Prius, in capable hands, is able to get in excess of 80 mpg. In not so capable hands it's still getting in the 40-50 mpg range. For lead foots it's still high 30s mpg. I know a guy who's a complete lead foot in his Prius (ie WOT almost all the time in the city, way over the speed limit on the highway, etc), and he still manages to get 40 mpg.
Absolutely false. If you're talking about the absolute highest MPG you'll ever get, then every single car right now will get better mileage at 20 mph than at 55 mph. Hell, I can easily get over 50 mpg at an average speed of 20 mph on my 5-speed MkV Jetta. However, the Prius is the most fuel efficient vehicle at each speed point from 1 mph to 100+ mph compared to any other car on the market. That's because at lower speeds, the car's computer turns off the engine until needed. The ICE has late intake valve closure (aka Atkinsonized cams), which makes the engine more fuel efficient. This, coupled with a more aerodynamic shape than most other cars makes the Prius more fuel efficient on the highway as well.
I thought it was only useful for creating flying penises?
Found something better: 6502 assembler!
I prefer a javascript assembler
So what do you call Apple's OS then? xnu?
You wouldn't believe me anyway, which is fine since I'm just a random name on the net. That is why I'm saying go to the textbook definition - LOOK IT UP INSTEAD OF MAKING IT UP.
Instead of being so cryptic, why don't you enlighten the rest of us as to your definition of an OS?
Pretending that glibc is part of it is pointless since there are versions of linux that come with a different libc
You mean like Android? Or would you still call that Linux?
I'm really suprised and disappointed that the newbie gnu fanboys that had never heard of gnu when it was actually doing something are following the Microsoft line that the Judge threw out - INCLUDING SOME GNU TOOLS DOES NOT MAKE IT THE GNU OPERATING SYSTEM.
And yet RMS still disagrees with you.
You never answered the questions, unless you're willing to call just the kernel the entire operating system.
The kernel is not the OS. We don't call it XNU, we call it either Mac OS X (if it's running aqua) or Darwin (if aqua isn't installed). Other OSes don't even have separate names for the kernel (Windows, *BSDs, etc).
With regard to Hurd, look it up again. Hurd is just a kernel. A FreeBSD distribution consists of the kernel + BSD userland. My question to you: what do you call a system that uses the FreeBSD kernel + GNU userland? Better yet, what do you call Windows NT kernel + GNU userland?