I don't think someone knows what that word means...
So I was sittn' in this bar - Toby Ornauh Toby's - with a full pint of beer in half a glass, thinkn' ter meself, if a hard drive thrashes in the server room, an' noone's there ta hear it, does it make a sound?
That's when she walked up. "What's the difference between an orange?" she says, an' I knew in an instant she'd have my one hand clappn'. Aye, lad, those legs ran all th' way from alpha to omega an' back again. Her skirt hiked up as she crost her legs, and I could see she was wearn' the cutest pair of transcendental pink pannies with just the slightest bit of angst trimmed around the edges.
All the same, though, I had just gottn' out of a seriously unhealthy codependant relationship with myself an' was in no mood for anything serious. I bought her a glass of time in a bottle, told her she was the lovliest flavor of blue I'd ever smelled, but I had an astral plane ter catch. With sadness in me soul, I redefined pi and slipped out the back of the front door.
Ohhhh, so close! You even almost kinda figured out what that "whooshing" sound was. It's kinda like holding a lottery ticket where every number is one digit off from winning, isn't it?
The Thinkpads have _never_ looked modern, never hideously ugly, but never particularly attractive either.
But - and I consider this the more important point - they are built like tanks.
I've provided support for quite a lot of Dell machines. I even reccommend them if for the budget-minded, They perform well, and (if you stay away from the Inspiron line) they hold up fairly well... but they just don't feel that durable. If I'm going to invest in a machine, I'd just as soon buy something that I know is built really, really well, and not only does the Thinkpad feel like that machine, I have reason to believe that it is actually that well... having seen one survive being backed over by a salesman and be none the worse for wear (note that I do NOT advocate repeating this experiment with anything less than a toughbook)
Looks be damned, I'll take the machine that I know will live to die of old age rather than wear and tear.
If you can imagine a situation where the life of somebody else is worth less to you than your own happiness, you are not mentally fit to carry a weapon.
Happiness can take a squat. If "you" pose a grave threat to me, or even moreso my family, then "your" life is worth less to me than a sack of beans. That ain't creative writing either, that's what we call "truth", Bubba. I want to be very clear about that, right up front, so you don't have to scratch your head wondering. I find you endangering the ones I love, and I will end you. No second thoughts. No remorse. All clear on that? Good.
I have bought and sold quite a few guns over the years. I currently own several. I'm a pretty decent shot. I target shoot regularly, because I enjoy doing so as a hobby, and not for any other particular reason like home defense, job requirement, or hunting.
I've played a fair amount of what seems to be considered "violent" video games including GTA, Wolfenstein, Lethal Enforcer, Call of Duty, so on an so forth. I've watched a fair amount of violent television programming and movies. I've read some violent and disturbing books, including everybody's favorite footnote "Catcher in the Rye".
I have never entertained the notion of doing harm to another. I have never pointed a weapon any more dangerous than a SuperSoaker at another human being. I hope on hope I am never put in that position. I, and millions of others, are safe an consciencous gun owners. You suggest that I should not be if I can imagine a situation where another's life is worth less than... something. I refer you back to my first paragraph as testament to my "imagination", and repectfully point out that it doesn't take that much.
All the same, I don't think I'll be letting you take my guns away today. Thanks anyway.
Given this as a benchmark, I'd like to suggest that the world keep a very close eye on Mr. Vincent Furnier and Mr. Brian Warner. They have written and published extensively on some very disturbing topics, including drug use, violence against women, violence in families, violence in general, sexual devience, and school bombings. These are the sort of psychopaths that shouldn't be allowed to roam the streets freely.
Given the social climate, and the impressionable minds that such writings might reach, I think it better if they were arrested as soon as possible. Who knows how much of a following they might be able to generate, or what horrendous acts such followers might carry out?
Please, if you see either of these men, let your local authorities know right away.
You should also know that they frequently travel under the aliases Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson.
Has anyone ever actually used Add/Remove programs to, you know, ADD a program?
Actually, yes. On NT4TSE if one did not install programs using this method, there was no particular guarantee that those programs would work correctly when users remoted in.
So you're saying if my mom starts to call cars "crankshafts", I shouldn't correct her? Or is your analogy exactly backwards from the point you're trying to make?
I'm saying monkey see, monkey do. She's calling them crankshafts because she sees you and a bunch of your buddies calling them crankshafts. I'm saying "if" she's wrong, maybe you should set a different example rather than split hairs and confuse her with information she doesn't need, while continuing to do the same thing for which you're "correcting" her.
Nevermind that I'm not completely convinced she's wrong. Nomenclature changes, and it might be that you don't have a lot of say in that change. Majority rules. We call them "cars" now, but they started out as "horseless carriages". If the majority of folks mean a complete OS when they say "linux", you might just have to suck it up and deal lest you find yourself railing against the wind.
And don't kid yourself, the distinction doesn't really matter. (Blasphemy!) No, but it's true! The kernel, without a platform, is pretty useless. A platform, without a kernel, is much the same. There's an intrinsic linking there that you can't put down as (or with) semantics, and the simple fact is that the demarcation point between the two only matters if you're coding parts of the system. To everyone else, it's just geeks making noise which cues the glazed eyeballs.
You seem to misunderstand that Linux is not an operating system, it is a kernel.
I swear to FSM, I'm gonna go postal the next time I see this argument. Come over here and let me beat you with a clue.
The vast majority of computer users are not developers, code warriors, uber-geeks, or anything of the sort. All they want is to check their mail, browse the web, and run a word processor. They don't understand this distinction. They don't want to understand this distinction. So what happens is that they call it whatever they hear it being called.
It's akin to pointing to a parking lot and calling all of the vehicles in it "crankshafts", and then berating some hapless would-be driver for not understanding the distinction that that happens to be just one critical part in the overall makeup, and even though you casually call them all "crankshafts" the vehicles are likely to bear little semblance to one another in form or function.
Yeah, I know. Another car analogy. I'm trying to be feel apologetic...
It's only a good thing if they're first taught how to think critically and how to prove things. Too much of people "going out and proving things for themselves" involves three steps; <trim>
It all depends on what your question is. "Do things always fall down?" is quite a different question than "Why do things always fall down?" Describing the nature of gravity is an entirely different field than describing its effects. There is a lot more math and laboratory rigor in designing and proving cold fusion than there is in launching a car off of a large mound of dirt to see if it would still be drivable*. There is also a lot less of the process that would make for compelling television. The drive, though, the desire for understanding, is not so different between the two.
* And, I dare say, as special effects artists, the Mythbusters are probably uniquely qualified to speak with authority on the viability of ballistic automobiles.
In other words, if such things were admitted, MS could hire a shill company to do something stupid, and the stupidity becomes precedent which is binding on everybody who does business with MS.
Attempting to delete large numbers of files under XP sets one up to wait quite a while for the OS while it is "preparing to delete", and Vista makes this slower?
WTF is "preparing to delete", anyway? Does it really take that long to generate an "Are you sure?" dialog?
True, ISPs do not have CC status. That status carries with it certain obligations that would be... let's say "inconvenient"... for the providers to meet, like universal coverage. Even in cases where the ISP is also a phone company (DSL providers), the ISP side of the house is a separate business unit.
The other side of this story, though, is that for those obligations, a common carrier is afforded some really desirable perks, like guaranteed right-of-way.
The problem is that in these "hybrid" companies, the ISP side of the house gets all of the benefits of CC status (hey, the lines are already there, whaddaya know?) without any of the burden (we don't feel like providing DSL coverage to your neighborhood. Ever.)
No, they as ISPs don't want CC status. Given the reasons why, and how they (ab)use it to their advantage, it seems only fair that either have their CC status stripped on the phone side of the house, or have it forced upon them on the ISP side.
Exactly, human beings don't think in letters. We think words, concepts, even ideas at a time.
That may be, but I have some serious misgivings about my computer having unrestricted access to my mind. Oh, sure, it sounds great at first, but the first time it catches me daydreaming about the printer in the field from Office Space, and suddenly my resume' would start listing my real hobbies...
It is times like this that I wish America would switch over to a system where blank media is taxed and they don't prosecute piracy.
Hey, now, you're trying to mess with the mafiaa's good thing. Right now they have the best of both worlds - the US taxes blank media (and recording devices), and the recording industry can still sue customers.
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would they not have to model every star (or at least make an effort to properly model as many individual massive objects as possible) in order to make an accurate model?
Nah, it should be possible with a variation of particle physics.
In fact, I'm going to be surprised if the behavior doesn't turn out to be fractal-ish in nature. Swirling gasses beget swirling particles beget planets swirling around a star swirling around a galaxy swirling around a megagalaxy swirling about, swirling about.
Swirling, swirling, swirling. Soooo pretty.
Aww, fuck, this coffee is not nearly strong enough... <swirl, swirl>
It seems you misunderstood the expression ad-hominem.
It seems, rather, that you misunderstood the expression ad-hominem It is an argumentative fallacy wherein one attacks the speaker rather than the topic. There is no requirement that the attacker personally know the attacked. Therefore, answering "he's a nutcase" simply because he disagrees is indeed an ad-hominem attack.
Ah, so the climatologists who claim to be able to predict global climate change are actually predicting that there will be a global climate? Because it seems me that when they predict it'll be hotter and by how much they sure as hell are predicting who the candidates are.
The thing is, I completely agree with you, and roughly said as much the last time the topic came up. Well, sort of, anyway.
Still, though, all I'm doing here is pointing out the distinction between predicting the weather and predicting the climate. While intrinsically linked, these are not exactly the same thing. It is much easier to predict a bell curve distribution of a large series of events than it is any particular event within the series. So this is what the climatologists do - they predict the next 50 years by looking at the trendline from the past 100 years. This is a valid approach. Shall it prove accurate? Only time will tell.
I personally feel doing this should come with the same disclaimers as my investments - "Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance."
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So I was sittn' in this bar - Toby Ornauh Toby's - with a full pint of beer in half a glass, thinkn' ter meself, if a hard drive thrashes in the server room, an' noone's there ta hear it, does it make a sound?
That's when she walked up. "What's the difference between an orange?" she says, an' I knew in an instant she'd have my one hand clappn'. Aye, lad, those legs ran all th' way from alpha to omega an' back again. Her skirt hiked up as she crost her legs, and I could see she was wearn' the cutest pair of transcendental pink pannies with just the slightest bit of angst trimmed around the edges.
All the same, though, I had just gottn' out of a seriously unhealthy codependant relationship with myself an' was in no mood for anything serious. I bought her a glass of time in a bottle, told her she was the lovliest flavor of blue I'd ever smelled, but I had an astral plane ter catch. With sadness in me soul, I redefined pi and slipped out the back of the front door.
A Wednesday, i'twas...
Ohhhh, so close! You even almost kinda figured out what that "whooshing" sound was. It's kinda like holding a lottery ticket where every number is one digit off from winning, isn't it?
Really? That's not the asthetic read I get. Rounded corners say "fit and finish" in my mind. Oh, well, to each his own.
But - and I consider this the more important point - they are built like tanks.
I've provided support for quite a lot of Dell machines. I even reccommend them if for the budget-minded, They perform well, and (if you stay away from the Inspiron line) they hold up fairly well... but they just don't feel that durable. If I'm going to invest in a machine, I'd just as soon buy something that I know is built really, really well, and not only does the Thinkpad feel like that machine, I have reason to believe that it is actually that well... having seen one survive being backed over by a salesman and be none the worse for wear (note that I do NOT advocate repeating this experiment with anything less than a toughbook)
Looks be damned, I'll take the machine that I know will live to die of old age rather than wear and tear.
Happiness can take a squat. If "you" pose a grave threat to me, or even moreso my family, then "your" life is worth less to me than a sack of beans. That ain't creative writing either, that's what we call "truth", Bubba. I want to be very clear about that, right up front, so you don't have to scratch your head wondering. I find you endangering the ones I love, and I will end you. No second thoughts. No remorse. All clear on that? Good.
I have bought and sold quite a few guns over the years. I currently own several. I'm a pretty decent shot. I target shoot regularly, because I enjoy doing so as a hobby, and not for any other particular reason like home defense, job requirement, or hunting.
I've played a fair amount of what seems to be considered "violent" video games including GTA, Wolfenstein, Lethal Enforcer, Call of Duty, so on an so forth. I've watched a fair amount of violent television programming and movies. I've read some violent and disturbing books, including everybody's favorite footnote "Catcher in the Rye".
I have never entertained the notion of doing harm to another. I have never pointed a weapon any more dangerous than a SuperSoaker at another human being. I hope on hope I am never put in that position. I, and millions of others, are safe an consciencous gun owners. You suggest that I should not be if I can imagine a situation where another's life is worth less than... something. I refer you back to my first paragraph as testament to my "imagination", and repectfully point out that it doesn't take that much.
All the same, I don't think I'll be letting you take my guns away today. Thanks anyway.
Given this as a benchmark, I'd like to suggest that the world keep a very close eye on Mr. Vincent Furnier and Mr. Brian Warner. They have written and published extensively on some very disturbing topics, including drug use, violence against women, violence in families, violence in general, sexual devience, and school bombings. These are the sort of psychopaths that shouldn't be allowed to roam the streets freely.
Given the social climate, and the impressionable minds that such writings might reach, I think it better if they were arrested as soon as possible. Who knows how much of a following they might be able to generate, or what horrendous acts such followers might carry out?
Please, if you see either of these men, let your local authorities know right away.
You should also know that they frequently travel under the aliases Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson.
Actually, yes. On NT4TSE if one did not install programs using this method, there was no particular guarantee that those programs would work correctly when users remoted in.
I'm saying monkey see, monkey do. She's calling them crankshafts because she sees you and a bunch of your buddies calling them crankshafts. I'm saying "if" she's wrong, maybe you should set a different example rather than split hairs and confuse her with information she doesn't need, while continuing to do the same thing for which you're "correcting" her.
Nevermind that I'm not completely convinced she's wrong. Nomenclature changes, and it might be that you don't have a lot of say in that change. Majority rules. We call them "cars" now, but they started out as "horseless carriages". If the majority of folks mean a complete OS when they say "linux", you might just have to suck it up and deal lest you find yourself railing against the wind.
And don't kid yourself, the distinction doesn't really matter. (Blasphemy!) No, but it's true! The kernel, without a platform, is pretty useless. A platform, without a kernel, is much the same. There's an intrinsic linking there that you can't put down as (or with) semantics, and the simple fact is that the demarcation point between the two only matters if you're coding parts of the system. To everyone else, it's just geeks making noise which cues the glazed eyeballs.
I swear to FSM, I'm gonna go postal the next time I see this argument. Come over here and let me beat you with a clue.
The vast majority of computer users are not developers, code warriors, uber-geeks, or anything of the sort. All they want is to check their mail, browse the web, and run a word processor. They don't understand this distinction. They don't want to understand this distinction. So what happens is that they call it whatever they hear it being called.
It's akin to pointing to a parking lot and calling all of the vehicles in it "crankshafts", and then berating some hapless would-be driver for not understanding the distinction that that happens to be just one critical part in the overall makeup, and even though you casually call them all "crankshafts" the vehicles are likely to bear little semblance to one another in form or function.
Yeah, I know. Another car analogy. I'm trying to be feel apologetic...
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It all depends on what your question is. "Do things always fall down?" is quite a different question than "Why do things always fall down?" Describing the nature of gravity is an entirely different field than describing its effects. There is a lot more math and laboratory rigor in designing and proving cold fusion than there is in launching a car off of a large mound of dirt to see if it would still be drivable*. There is also a lot less of the process that would make for compelling television. The drive, though, the desire for understanding, is not so different between the two.
* And, I dare say, as special effects artists, the Mythbusters are probably uniquely qualified to speak with authority on the viability of ballistic automobiles.
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You, sir, are failing heeding meaning lying in your own .sig
Neverminding that youing are correcting.
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Attempting to delete large numbers of files under XP sets one up to wait quite a while for the OS while it is "preparing to delete", and Vista makes this slower? WTF is "preparing to delete", anyway? Does it really take that long to generate an "Are you sure?" dialog?
Maybe not as an organization, but many of the individuals who are state police are also guardsmen.
Wait... you've gone a hundred million years without sex, and your wife is preggers?
I'd stop trusting the UPS guy if I were you.
True, ISPs do not have CC status. That status carries with it certain obligations that would be... let's say "inconvenient"... for the providers to meet, like universal coverage. Even in cases where the ISP is also a phone company (DSL providers), the ISP side of the house is a separate business unit.
The other side of this story, though, is that for those obligations, a common carrier is afforded some really desirable perks, like guaranteed right-of-way.
The problem is that in these "hybrid" companies, the ISP side of the house gets all of the benefits of CC status (hey, the lines are already there, whaddaya know?) without any of the burden (we don't feel like providing DSL coverage to your neighborhood. Ever.)
No, they as ISPs don't want CC status. Given the reasons why, and how they (ab)use it to their advantage, it seems only fair that either have their CC status stripped on the phone side of the house, or have it forced upon them on the ISP side.
That may be, but I have some serious misgivings about my computer having unrestricted access to my mind. Oh, sure, it sounds great at first, but the first time it catches me daydreaming about the printer in the field from Office Space, and suddenly my resume' would start listing my real hobbies...
Hey, now, you're trying to mess with the mafiaa's good thing. Right now they have the best of both worlds - the US taxes blank media (and recording devices), and the recording industry can still sue customers.
I tell ya, I get no fucking respect.
Nah, it should be possible with a variation of particle physics.
In fact, I'm going to be surprised if the behavior doesn't turn out to be fractal-ish in nature. Swirling gasses beget swirling particles beget planets swirling around a star swirling around a galaxy swirling around a megagalaxy swirling about, swirling about.
Swirling, swirling, swirling. Soooo pretty.
Aww, fuck, this coffee is not nearly strong enough... <swirl, swirl>
My God, please mod this insightful. Snide, yes, AC, yes, but a completely valid point.
Thereby decreasing their cost effectiveness. 'Tis a viscious circle.
Ummmm.... awww, fuck it.
It seems, rather, that you misunderstood the expression ad-hominem It is an argumentative fallacy wherein one attacks the speaker rather than the topic. There is no requirement that the attacker personally know the attacked. Therefore, answering "he's a nutcase" simply because he disagrees is indeed an ad-hominem attack.
The thing is, I completely agree with you, and roughly said as much the last time the topic came up. Well, sort of, anyway.
Still, though, all I'm doing here is pointing out the distinction between predicting the weather and predicting the climate. While intrinsically linked, these are not exactly the same thing. It is much easier to predict a bell curve distribution of a large series of events than it is any particular event within the series. So this is what the climatologists do - they predict the next 50 years by looking at the trendline from the past 100 years. This is a valid approach. Shall it prove accurate? Only time will tell.
I personally feel doing this should come with the same disclaimers as my investments - "Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance."