I bought my first CFLs back in 2001 (six of them). All but one is still working. One, I had in a portable work light, and I busted it transporting it. The others survived a move to my new house in 2005.
As soon as the builders cheap incandescent lights began burning out (in 2006), I bought replacements for ALL non-dimmer lights in my house (mostly in bathrooms), about 25 bulbs. While not all of them are in use every day, every one of them is still working.
So I am well above your 1.5 estimate with a sample size greater than 30.
If there's ever a case for the statement "Correlation does not equal Causation", this is it.
As a non-smoker, why would I hang around with smokers? I quit; I hate that smell, and don't want to be near it. As a fitness buff, why would I hang around with obese people? It's not like I meet them at the gym! As a happy person, why would I hang around with Debbie Downer? Life's too short!
Wow, not only do I disagree with your comment, but I disagree with your method.
First, the comment: Why should Amazon incur cost because someone lost their Kindle? There's a cost to having a "Brick the Stolen Property" department. There's a cost to Amazon if someone finds a Kindle and bad-mouths the product to ten of their friends, because it worked for a day or two, and then "the piece of junk quit working! no wonder why it was cast aside on the airplane!" There's a cost to Amazon if the person who found the Kindle calls Amazon and complains - the customer support cost. And there's a cost in the lost revenues of a bricked Kindle (which cannot buy any more books).
Second, your method: Do you think there might be a REASON why Slashdot prohibits you from moderating and commenting in the same thread? While you may not be violating the letter of the law, you are certainly violating the spirit of it. I hope that Slashdot tracks you down and suspends your account.
Your logic with Amazon (that the vendor should incur costs to penalize the bad guys) should be used against you with Slashdot!
1. We are happy when anyone gets laid 2. The heterosexual geeks aren't threatened. I mean if we can't get girls to find us attractive no gay guy would. 3. Decreases denominator in available (girl/guy) ratio.
The Microsoft Corporation owes its shareholders a genuine effort to make money and to do the right thing for the long term. I really can't see how anyone could make a business case for Microsoft to have released Windows or Office to be Open Source - It would have been a highly risky strategy, with no "un-do" possible.
Here, they are trying to dip their toes into Open Source, and the summary bashes them. Geez, guys, get a life!
To say that there won't be an AI singularity, because there wasn't a singularity in electrical grids or plumbing networks is just silly.
Sure, there will be life after the point of Singularity. And if that's the gist of his message, well, um, "duh".
I think of the upcoming AI singularity as analogous to any of the major technology points in mankind's long history, such as the dawn of the bronze age. Anyone pre-bronze age could have done extrapolations to guess how society would evolve (slooooowly), and they would have been totally wrong, once tools got invented, and the rate of acceleration accelerated. No matter how smart you were, you couldn't predict what impact tools would have. And tools that can create other tools - oh man. The singularity!
There's a street in Cincinnati named Eula Ave. And for years, it was shown on maps sites as EULA Ave. (all caps), while all surrounding streets were in Title Case.
I think the lawyers got into the mapping software, too.
From wikipedia: About 70% of the people in Taiwan belong to the Hoklo ethnic group and speak both Standard Mandarin (officially recognized by the ROC as the National Language) and Taiwanese Minnan (commonly known as "Taiwanese"
I prefer to be sure that it is not safe than believe it is:)
"I'm safe. My secure wireless router is no where near Japan. There's no way they can pick up signals from me."
(This came from a guy who would only buy American electronics, because he really didn't want to watch Japanese game shows and doesn't speak Japanese, Thai. or Korean.)
You make good points. I used porn to give an example that people could relate to. But here's the specifics of my issue:
I have Firefox and IE, and the specific incident that I run into, on a daily basis, is that I have to demo to customers at a moment's notice, browsing to various sites.
And they are "looking over my shoulder" (really, using GoToMeeting-style screen sharing). And I don't want ANYTHING to pop up unexpectedly.
So it really can't be solved by using private mode when I am browsing on potentially embarrassing sites. Because embarrassing for one customer or client is not embarrassing to another.
For instance, the fact that I went to a competitor's site. I just don't want that popping up unexpectedly. Or even the fact that I went to another prospect's site. Or to my designer's site. Or lmgtfy.com. Or even slashdot.
I would be browsing in Private mode all the time, and that makes the feature useless. Or I'd have to destroy all my history.
My solution is to use IE (specifically configured NOT to auto-fill-in) when I am sharing screen with a customer. And I hate that.
I REALLY just want to push a button (conveniently located RIGHT THERE) to disable that data exposure crap.
Even if it's *possible* to remove and prevent, that doesn't address the concern.
Users are not migrating to Firefox 3 because of this issue.
I don't want to have to regularly go through my history of sites, and remove odd sites (whether it's porn or slashdot, or whatever). And I certainly don't want to rely on auto-search to tell me when there's a problem.
Once those addresses pop up and cause embarrassment (whether it's one-on-one with my boss, or presenting to a large group), it's too late - the damage is done.
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I bought my first CFLs back in 2001 (six of them). All but one is still working. One, I had in a portable work light, and I busted it transporting it. The others survived a move to my new house in 2005.
As soon as the builders cheap incandescent lights began burning out (in 2006), I bought replacements for ALL non-dimmer lights in my house (mostly in bathrooms), about 25 bulbs. While not all of them are in use every day, every one of them is still working.
So I am well above your 1.5 estimate with a sample size greater than 30.
If there's ever a case for the statement "Correlation does not equal Causation", this is it.
As a non-smoker, why would I hang around with smokers? I quit; I hate that smell, and don't want to be near it.
As a fitness buff, why would I hang around with obese people? It's not like I meet them at the gym!
As a happy person, why would I hang around with Debbie Downer? Life's too short!
Verbulating is commonstuff. What's surprisamazing is that the hypermajority of communicenglishers can simpquickly graspulate the vocabulextension.
2 sentences. 16 words, 8 of which were made up. Yet you probably understood.
Verbulating is commonstuff. What's surprisamazing is that the hypermajority of communicenglishers can simpquickly graspulate the vocabulextension.
Women are wired to fear ME.
Hey, my mom's first laptop had ME installed on it
My Mom's laptop had ME and My siblings installed on it. One by one, we were uninstalled at birth.
Wow, not only do I disagree with your comment, but I disagree with your method.
First, the comment: Why should Amazon incur cost because someone lost their Kindle? There's a cost to having a "Brick the Stolen Property" department. There's a cost to Amazon if someone finds a Kindle and bad-mouths the product to ten of their friends, because it worked for a day or two, and then "the piece of junk quit working! no wonder why it was cast aside on the airplane!" There's a cost to Amazon if the person who found the Kindle calls Amazon and complains - the customer support cost. And there's a cost in the lost revenues of a bricked Kindle (which cannot buy any more books).
Second, your method: Do you think there might be a REASON why Slashdot prohibits you from moderating and commenting in the same thread? While you may not be violating the letter of the law, you are certainly violating the spirit of it. I hope that Slashdot tracks you down and suspends your account.
Your logic with Amazon (that the vendor should incur costs to penalize the bad guys) should be used against you with Slashdot!
Recording a public conversation might be different than recording a phone call. The Wikipedia article seemed to be focused on phone tapping.
Still, it would not surprise me if the police were breaking the law. It's happened many times before.
4. We respect anyone who can double their wardrobe without having to go shopping.
5. Geeks recognize that diversity can produce great results - not just pertaining to homosexuality.
6. From our parents' basement, we all look the same - like an Arial 11 font. (obligatory reference)
7. There are bigger targets for our hatred and bigotry.
mod parent up.
The Microsoft Corporation owes its shareholders a genuine effort to make money and to do the right thing for the long term. I really can't see how anyone could make a business case for Microsoft to have released Windows or Office to be Open Source - It would have been a highly risky strategy, with no "un-do" possible.
Here, they are trying to dip their toes into Open Source, and the summary bashes them. Geez, guys, get a life!
Interesting that your list includes Delaware, but the Wikipedia reference above, includes Nevada instead.
Who to trust.. .Wikipedia, or a journalist?
12/50 = 24/100
Doesn't sound like exactly 20% to me. Closer to exactly 24% (or ~25%)
Am I missing something?
From Wikipedia:
Two party consent states
Twelve states currently require that BOTH or ALL parties consent to the recording. These states are:
* California
* Connecticut
* Florida
* Illinois
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Montana
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* Pennsylvania
* Washington
If you HATE that your state is on that list, get it changed! It's a wiki, you can change it yourself! :-)
I'm unimpressed by the Bruce Sterling talk.
To say that there won't be an AI singularity, because there wasn't a singularity in electrical grids or plumbing networks is just silly.
Sure, there will be life after the point of Singularity. And if that's the gist of his message, well, um, "duh".
I think of the upcoming AI singularity as analogous to any of the major technology points in mankind's long history, such as the dawn of the bronze age. Anyone pre-bronze age could have done extrapolations to guess how society would evolve (slooooowly), and they would have been totally wrong, once tools got invented, and the rate of acceleration accelerated. No matter how smart you were, you couldn't predict what impact tools would have. And tools that can create other tools - oh man. The singularity!
This is all the more reason to prepare for it.
Wrong. There's that one guy, Smivs
your message body means something totally different as a stand alone sentence!
Gawd, I REALLY hate when people think that the "Subject" of a post == the first few words of the first sentence.
Just to clarify the comment prior to mine...
Simply adding a linefeed in the right place in the comment would perform the import properly. In other words, the GP post says:
and it should be
A lawyer once told me: "You can fire someone for a good reason, or no reason. But not a bad reason."
There's a street in Cincinnati named Eula Ave. And for years, it was shown on maps sites as EULA Ave. (all caps), while all surrounding streets were in Title Case.
I think the lawyers got into the mapping software, too.
Actually no.
From wikipedia:
About 70% of the people in Taiwan belong to the Hoklo ethnic group and speak both Standard Mandarin (officially recognized by the ROC as the National Language) and Taiwanese Minnan (commonly known as "Taiwanese"
oops.. did i say Thai. I meant Taiwanese. duh to me.
I prefer to be sure that it is not safe than believe it is :)
"I'm safe. My secure wireless router is no where near Japan. There's no way they can pick up signals from me."
(This came from a guy who would only buy American electronics, because he really didn't want to watch Japanese game shows and doesn't speak Japanese, Thai. or Korean.)
I've been struggling with a real tough problem, and getting more and more depressed.
Now I read this, and I have hope of solving it! woo hoo!
I can't tell you how happy I am!
wait....
You make good points. I used porn to give an example that people could relate to. But here's the specifics of my issue:
I have Firefox and IE, and the specific incident that I run into, on a daily basis, is that I have to demo to customers at a moment's notice, browsing to various sites.
And they are "looking over my shoulder" (really, using GoToMeeting-style screen sharing). And I don't want ANYTHING to pop up unexpectedly.
So it really can't be solved by using private mode when I am browsing on potentially embarrassing sites. Because embarrassing for one customer or client is not embarrassing to another.
For instance, the fact that I went to a competitor's site. I just don't want that popping up unexpectedly. Or even the fact that I went to another prospect's site. Or to my designer's site. Or lmgtfy.com. Or even slashdot.
I would be browsing in Private mode all the time, and that makes the feature useless. Or I'd have to destroy all my history.
My solution is to use IE (specifically configured NOT to auto-fill-in) when I am sharing screen with a customer. And I hate that.
I REALLY just want to push a button (conveniently located RIGHT THERE) to disable that data exposure crap.
Even if it's *possible* to remove and prevent, that doesn't address the concern.
Users are not migrating to Firefox 3 because of this issue.
I don't want to have to regularly go through my history of sites, and remove odd sites (whether it's porn or slashdot, or whatever). And I certainly don't want to rely on auto-search to tell me when there's a problem.
Once those addresses pop up and cause embarrassment (whether it's one-on-one with my boss, or presenting to a large group), it's too late - the damage is done.
memorizing the porn URLs does NOT help.
Imagine discussing something with your boss, and saying "there's a good instructional video over on YouTube".
Boss: "Show me"
You key in "www.you...."
up pops:
http://www.youporn.com/ThreeHotChicksTakeItInTheAss
http://www.youtube.com/
Yeah, this is a serious issue.