But the hand will get closer to midnight on a clock somebody made up 50 years ago. Which is scaled completely wrong, because it's always been 'just a bit closer and badoom' since it was though up as a propaganda gimmick
What's stupid is that 'CO2' has become the new boogeyman. Similar to how 'radiation' was the trigger word in the 80's. Now, my cellphone radiates RF energy. The space heater in the next room radiates heat. But back in the day if you said the word 'radiation' or that even more scary word 'nukular' a crowd would form nearby and start chanting 'No Nukes!'
Change will always happen. That's just reality. Deciding how much of what kind of change is acceptable and how to mitigate the undesirable side effects of that change is complicated. One thing for certain is that preparing for that change by sabotaging our entire economy is not the right thing to do.
Advocating for that kind of change is good business, though, if you live on the margins of the economy and will benefit from the churn.
You know, shit they'd rather the high schools didn't teach you in AP History.
Who is this 'they'??
Do you really think your Social Studies teacher was being a rebel by telling you about the Atom Bomb tests?
Furthermore, the risks of radiation exposure were known, but they certainly didn't know how irrationally hysterical we would become about any amount of exposure whatsoever in the future.
History shows that anybody exposed to water dies. We don't have full scientific data on the degree of exposure that will cause death, but they are working on it.
You'll be required to pay it with 1930's money. Better head to the coin dealer to buy rare coins out of that glass display case, take out of the coin holders and spend. Pre 1930 wheat cents are the expensive ones, same with the buffalo and shield nickels. All the higher denomination coins are 90% silver, You're not going to find it a good deal...
Actually, if you look at history, consensus is often the deadweight that holds back scientific progress.
Just because we all hold hands and agree on something doesn't mean there isn't a better explanation. 'Consensus' per se isn't a good thing or an integral part of scientific progress at all.
It pisses me off how much Slashdot seems to have become an 'IT Guy' website. It didn't used to be that way. Slashdot is News for Nerds and there are many flavors of nerds.
What triggered this comment is "a lot of us are the same way if we just have CS degrees" because nerds have all sorts of focuses. Some of us are even primarily hardware oriented. And the hardware isn't necessarily even 'digital.' Historically, nerds are the people who have scanning electron microscopes in their basement that they built themselves. And other stuff.
But demanding people spend billions of dollars to try to "fix" the whole climate situation?
That's one really unscientific part about how many people view Global Warming. It could very well be a true phenomenon. That doesn't mean we understand it well enough for a large central organization to command that we spend billions of dollars to 'fix' it. It very well could be that we should be scrambling to keep our tech base up to the task of dealing with consequences we can't prevent at this point. It could be that the 'fix' hasn't been discovered yet, and that hamstringing our economy will prevent us from ever figuring out what to do.
Yes, but there's also a large infestation of Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, the location of the MofA. So it makes sense as a problem spot and the mall being there is part of why it's a choice target.
I knew somebody back in the day who had a Canadian knockoff of the Apple. I think it was an 'Orange Computer' branded unit. Apple ran outfits like that out of business. They weren't into cloning or open systems in the early days, either.
You're thinking of the price of a Chromebook or an inexpensive Windows laptop. The fruity tablets always cost more. They're the Buick of computers (fans claim they're the BMW, but they're the Buick, believe me)
Are they just a consumption device ? Not by any means at all, and "you need a physical keyboard to produce information" is a largely, bullshit argument made by vendors who make devices with hardware keyboards. Here's a hint : "content creation" does not always equal "lots of typing". There are many forms of content creation where typing is a peripheral activity, that have real educational value, and help students express in more ways than how many WPM they can achieve on a keyboard.
What a ludicrous assertion. You're just excusing the lack of a keyboard, you know. Content creation doesn't necessarily mean 'lots of typing' but it does generally mean more than smudging around on a piece of glass. Apple's tablets are a closed platform designed for consumption. You won't even find Apple denying that.
But why am I arguing with an AC who typed a huge block of text. Go back to the Genius Bar and sell some more, dude.
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Given Google's history (e.g. Android is FOSS)
Not really. Not much more at all than Apple's OS is FOSS.
Google puts out projects all the time that they later decide to kill. They don't 'release them to the community.' They kill them. Frequently.
Political?
Naw, they can do that for reasons of 'Social Justice.'
No politics here. Nope.
But the hand will get closer to midnight on a clock somebody made up 50 years ago. Which is scaled completely wrong, because it's always been 'just a bit closer and badoom' since it was though up as a propaganda gimmick
What's stupid is that 'CO2' has become the new boogeyman. Similar to how 'radiation' was the trigger word in the 80's. Now, my cellphone radiates RF energy. The space heater in the next room radiates heat. But back in the day if you said the word 'radiation' or that even more scary word 'nukular' a crowd would form nearby and start chanting 'No Nukes!'
Change will always happen. That's just reality. Deciding how much of what kind of change is acceptable and how to mitigate the undesirable side effects of that change is complicated. One thing for certain is that preparing for that change by sabotaging our entire economy is not the right thing to do.
Advocating for that kind of change is good business, though, if you live on the margins of the economy and will benefit from the churn.
You know, shit they'd rather the high schools didn't teach you in AP History.
Who is this 'they'??
Do you really think your Social Studies teacher was being a rebel by telling you about the Atom Bomb tests?
Furthermore, the risks of radiation exposure were known, but they certainly didn't know how irrationally hysterical we would become about any amount of exposure whatsoever in the future.
History shows that anybody exposed to water dies. We don't have full scientific data on the degree of exposure that will cause death, but they are working on it.
We want to keep building and maintaining it.
Others want to stop spending on roads, and set up high rise housing along rapid transit corridors, and crowd everybody in.
People are easier to control when they're living in high rises they don't own.
Obviously the Koch brothers.
And should we add:
Haliburton! (the old timey version of Benghazi)
Successful at identifying it as rhetorical fluff.
There are almost always video game guitars at Goodwill these days for a few dollars.
The bassoon is popularly known as the 'farting bedpost' in some circles. In Italian, the word for bassoon is 'faggot'.
You'll be required to pay it with 1930's money. Better head to the coin dealer to buy rare coins out of that glass display case, take out of the coin holders and spend. Pre 1930 wheat cents are the expensive ones, same with the buffalo and shield nickels. All the higher denomination coins are 90% silver, You're not going to find it a good deal...
How often do you need it? And why would you download it more than once?
Well, then. You seem to have everything figured out. . . .
Next, we need the FDA to take control of the ear wax buildup problem. Why do we even allow people in restaurants who have an ear was buildup problem.
So it's hoaxes all the way down.
I'm glad we can at least establish that.
Consensus is part of the scientific method.
Actually, if you look at history, consensus is often the deadweight that holds back scientific progress.
Just because we all hold hands and agree on something doesn't mean there isn't a better explanation. 'Consensus' per se isn't a good thing or an integral part of scientific progress at all.
It pisses me off how much Slashdot seems to have become an 'IT Guy' website. It didn't used to be that way. Slashdot is News for Nerds and there are many flavors of nerds.
What triggered this comment is "a lot of us are the same way if we just have CS degrees" because nerds have all sorts of focuses. Some of us are even primarily hardware oriented. And the hardware isn't necessarily even 'digital.' Historically, nerds are the people who have scanning electron microscopes in their basement that they built themselves. And other stuff.
Almost everyone that you see on TV is an actor.
It's shocking that a lot of people don't seem to understand this.
But demanding people spend billions of dollars to try to "fix" the whole climate situation?
That's one really unscientific part about how many people view Global Warming. It could very well be a true phenomenon. That doesn't mean we understand it well enough for a large central organization to command that we spend billions of dollars to 'fix' it. It very well could be that we should be scrambling to keep our tech base up to the task of dealing with consequences we can't prevent at this point. It could be that the 'fix' hasn't been discovered yet, and that hamstringing our economy will prevent us from ever figuring out what to do.
Yes, but there's also a large infestation of Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, the location of the MofA. So it makes sense as a problem spot and the mall being there is part of why it's a choice target.
In recent iOS releases, Apple has been pushing Alpha-grade code out to their customer base. This is a real improvement.
I knew somebody back in the day who had a Canadian knockoff of the Apple. I think it was an 'Orange Computer' branded unit. Apple ran outfits like that out of business. They weren't into cloning or open systems in the early days, either.
Maybe he's pre-bought a grave plot. It doesn't seem like what he'd do, but I don't know him personally.
You're thinking of the price of a Chromebook or an inexpensive Windows laptop. The fruity tablets always cost more. They're the Buick of computers (fans claim they're the BMW, but they're the Buick, believe me)
Are they just a consumption device ? Not by any means at all, and "you need a physical keyboard to produce information" is a largely, bullshit argument made by vendors who make devices with hardware keyboards. Here's a hint : "content creation" does not always equal "lots of typing". There are many forms of content creation where typing is a peripheral activity, that have real educational value, and help students express in more ways than how many WPM they can achieve on a keyboard.
What a ludicrous assertion. You're just excusing the lack of a keyboard, you know. Content creation doesn't necessarily mean 'lots of typing' but it does generally mean more than smudging around on a piece of glass. Apple's tablets are a closed platform designed for consumption. You won't even find Apple denying that.
But why am I arguing with an AC who typed a huge block of text. Go back to the Genius Bar and sell some more, dude.