1) You made a hideously inaccurate remark revealing your true understanding of the situation. 2) You attempt to defend the gross inaccuracy by saying I don't understand which is clearly a deflection technique against my criticism. 3) You want to somehow blame me for your ignorant comments.
Next time, don't present ignorant opinion as truth and we can all get along.
More dribble showing your ignorance. I suggest you read the history of Jordan Hubbard, then ask yourself why a top level Apple employee is making significant BSD licensed contributions to FreeBSD if your statement is correct.
Again, many other examples could be made but you do the practice. Keep trying!
You are an industry apologist who is attempting to hide the problems present in GMO, and I will make no further attempt at discourse with you.
In case of future readers of this thread I will make a point to for the reader. Please do your own research. Things like Google Scholar make finding peer reviewed scientific studies exceedingly easy. Take the time to read them. Here is one to get you started.
This is only one of several studies I've seen showing adverse, sometimes severe effects of the descendants of mammals raised on diet that is only partially based on GMOs. If you still have confidence in feeding your kids that after you understand the depth of the issue go ahead.
And, oddly enough, neither is this. Note that monopolies are one antithesis of the "free market". And they're usually government induced as well.
Governments are surely responsible for some monopolies, some intentionally and corruptly. However any free enterprise system ultimately trends toward bigger and bigger corporations and fewer and fewer choices. The only hope controlling that system is governments that looks out for the interests of it's people.
While I'm sure suffers of the potato famine would have consumed the GMO crop and thanked you while doing it, the question then becomes would TJB Designs be here today to protest the use of GMO crops. One of the problems with GMO is that it's effects are long term, and don't show up strongly until generations later. Feed that your kids if you want, but as a person who ancestors fled Ireland during the potato famine I firmly reject GMO crops.
Also there is and were potato varieties at that time that are resistant to the blight. Ireland's problems then stemmed far more from politics and agricultural practices than it's lack of GMO potatoes.
Just to be clear, I do believe some GMO is safe, and perhaps the potato is actually safe for consumption, but certain types produce chemicals and enzymes not naturally found in our food system. Others increase level far beyond what is found normally. Until thorough, rigorous, multi-generational long-term studies are completed by transparent process, GMO is to be avoided.
Wow, you are an willfully ignorant moron. What do you think babies drink? Do yourself a favor read up on lactose intolerance, and it's history. Of any group of humans that doesn't need to worry about drink milk(almost regardless of it's source mammal), babies are it.
It's a well accepted fact that you can feed far more people on grain than meat. Meat is a very wasteful way to get nutrition because of all the grain that it requires, which could be used as nutrition for many more people.
Interesting, you think meat animals only eat grain? In fact, no they don't. For example there are things called grass fed beef which largely subsist on plants inedible to humans on land that is not suitable for farming for one reason or another. That seems like a pretty efficient use of resources to me. There are many things like meat/grain energy efficiently which are true in a controlled environment, but in the real world don't make sense for a lot situations.
Also the whole "grain can feed the whole world better" argument may be true but is entirely pointless at this stage. The world wastes a tremendous of amount of food every year and the large majority of that is grain. This clearly shows there is no grain shortage, and since it's a perishable consumable there is zero reward for "conserving" grain at this point. Come talk to me when grain is being fully distributed and consumed and there are still hunger problems. At that point, I would consider giving up my steak.
Dairy calves are generally not sold to make veal. Veal has a very small consumption rate, even in the US where it is a little higher per capita than most other countries. Also, I'm not sure you can draw a moral distinction between butchering adult cattle vs young calves. I just don't get that argument.
All this for a product which is not particularly healthy. There are better sources of calcium and protein.
Beef is very healthy when done in moderation like most other common food products. Feedlot cattle not as much grass fed because it tends to be fattier and higher in cholesterol. But really all the effort goes into it because of the taste. Cattle have the unfortunate distinction of being the tastiest animal on the planet.
I raise calves purchased from such operations, and cattle raising has been part of my family for generations. Cows get over the loss of their calf soon(calf death is quite common even when raised by the mother), but the process is definitely harder on the calf. Calf survival is harmed by separating it from it's mother, even when the separated calf is given colostrum, appropriate vaccines. and good quality milk replacer.
I have 7 head which roam around 9 acres of grass and woodland. They are very happy, extremely people friendly, and very entertaining to be around as they each have unique personalities. However, at the end of the day they are beef cattle, and when the time comes they will be brought to auction. If you have moral qualms about the treatment of farm animals, but still like the taste of beef you should seek out small producers like myself in your area. Conditions at the larger beef feedlots I've seen are much better than say some of the chicken farm videos I've seen, but cattle like mine are much happier because they live in a low stress environment that is similar to their natural one. Feedlot cattle are kept in large pens, fed antibiotic treated feed mostly based on corn, and largely have little choice in their daily actions.
Who knows how many more undiscovered serious long term effects GMO use causes. I'm not a person who generally subscribes to FUD, but until we get more comprehensive regulation on GMO I have am afraid to serve it to my family.
GMO food presents health risks. I'm not decided on the short-term effect of GMO use/consumption, but there have been several recent studies that have shown major concerns on the long term effects which are freaky scary.
Hardly, that. The Xenon is quite an impressive CPU/arch. That CPU coupled with the VMX-128 clearly outperforms the PS3 in the graphics arena despite the oceans of koolaid Sony served to the world on the subject. PS3 does quite well at Folding@Home, but I bought it so I could play games at 1080, not 720.
I've seen the articles or their equivalents. I've been around long enough to remember it all. I disagree with your assessment that MS received little benefit from Cell project. I understand MS didn't utilize all or maybe even most of the technology developed in the joint venture. However it's quite clear that what did go in was substantial.
You've also got some of your facts/assumptions messed up. The Cell and PPE are based of off a combination of POWERn/PowerPC arch. The terms seem mostly interchangeable for recent CPU's.
And Cell was spearheaded by Sony, especially financially. I'm sure IBM could have done it on their own if they wanted, but why do it that way when Sony will foot much of the developmental funding and IBM and sell to them and MS.
but not to the extent that they would use the whole Cell architecture and give it to SCEA's direct gaming competitors (and I would have thought there would be an explicit exemption to that in the Sony-IBM contract). The wikipedia article (see below for links) is quite informative.
Yes, and the links that article is based on contains a lot more detail info including information that contradicts your exemption thought.
Only LAZY developers make inferior games.... great games come from great programmers, not from great hardware.
I completely agree with you. Someone like John Carmack comes to mind. That being said, I'd rather give a great programmer great hardware. The people who are really interested in this type of work would not become lazy, that is their passion. In the big picture when it comes to video games, I'm not fretting about about video quality on either of my ps3 or x360. I just want great game play, but that seems to be a harder challenge than graphics. After playing Two Worlds, I was ready to break out my copy of ZMUD 32 and get back to the good stuff.
Ha. Sorry that's just plain ridiculous. A high PC would have out visually outpreformed a PS3 when it was released. The difference is today on a nice rig vs a PS3 is like a a PS1 vs Atari 2600.
Consoles are the lowest common denominator, and they reduce the progress of video games because devs develop games that can run well on old slow tech even when options many times their superior are available.
No manufacturer covers malware as part of their warranty. Fun to see all the righteous indignation of this topic, but getting upset about it is utter nonsense. You put it on there, it didn't ship that way. If you run a red light and get smashed into, are you going to expect Ford to cover the costs of it? No, most rational people wouldn't that why there's insurance. If you infect your computer with some malware, well there's anti-malware for that. Guess what, you have to pay for it just like you do insurance.
This is indeed a sub-atomic deal regarding anything except for the individuals involved. The news coverage given to the topic is disproportionate to effect this would have on IMF's daily operations, let alone how this would effect the world-at-large.
Nobody's mind is in a good shape after coding in Perl. Even reading it can cause mild permanent brain damage. Someone who writes a reasonably complex app in Perl has a very good chance of developing an uncontrollable homicidal rage and other social problems. For example, I hear the Unibomber, Timothy McVeigh, Dieter Simader, and bin Laden are all accomplished Perl grey beards.
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You mean like this?
http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/os-mysql.png
This a moron alert for the previous comment.
Baloroth has apparently forgotten to include any other science other than what he/she/it picked up in 5th grade.
Please see fine scholarly articles such as this one for further details:
http://home.comcast.net/~pdnoerd/NoerdlingerBrower.pdf
If you're unsatisfied, don't stop your research there.
I found particularly interesting the phrase "illegal data tetherers". Something doesn't smell right here.
This is 2011, and it's customary to do one of two things when you find a reference to something you aren't familiar with:
1. Bitch, piss and moan about it.
2. Google it.
Pick the lamest of these 3 points:
1) You made a hideously inaccurate remark revealing your true understanding of the situation.
2) You attempt to defend the gross inaccuracy by saying I don't understand which is clearly a deflection technique against my criticism.
3) You want to somehow blame me for your ignorant comments.
Next time, don't present ignorant opinion as truth and we can all get along.
More dribble showing your ignorance. I suggest you read the history of Jordan Hubbard, then ask yourself why a top level Apple employee is making significant BSD licensed contributions to FreeBSD if your statement is correct.
Again, many other examples could be made but you do the practice. Keep trying!
Sure they have. Take this for example.
http://www.osnews.com/story/22331/FreeBSD_Gets_Grand_Central_Dispatch_Port
I could go on, but it's obvious you need to develop some research before forming opinion skills so I'll let you handle it from there.
You are an industry apologist who is attempting to hide the problems present in GMO, and I will make no further attempt at discourse with you.
In case of future readers of this thread I will make a point to for the reader. Please do your own research. Things like Google Scholar make finding peer reviewed scientific studies exceedingly easy. Take the time to read them. Here is one to get you started.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33928396/GMO-Study
This is only one of several studies I've seen showing adverse, sometimes severe effects of the descendants of mammals raised on diet that is only partially based on GMOs. If you still have confidence in feeding your kids that after you understand the depth of the issue go ahead.
And, oddly enough, neither is this. Note that monopolies are one antithesis of the "free market". And they're usually government induced as well.
Governments are surely responsible for some monopolies, some intentionally and corruptly. However any free enterprise system ultimately trends toward bigger and bigger corporations and fewer and fewer choices. The only hope controlling that system is governments that looks out for the interests of it's people.
While I'm sure suffers of the potato famine would have consumed the GMO crop and thanked you while doing it, the question then becomes would TJB Designs be here today to protest the use of GMO crops. One of the problems with GMO is that it's effects are long term, and don't show up strongly until generations later. Feed that your kids if you want, but as a person who ancestors fled Ireland during the potato famine I firmly reject GMO crops.
Also there is and were potato varieties at that time that are resistant to the blight. Ireland's problems then stemmed far more from politics and agricultural practices than it's lack of GMO potatoes.
Just to be clear, I do believe some GMO is safe, and perhaps the potato is actually safe for consumption, but certain types produce chemicals and enzymes not naturally found in our food system. Others increase level far beyond what is found normally. Until thorough, rigorous, multi-generational long-term studies are completed by transparent process, GMO is to be avoided.
Wow, you are an willfully ignorant moron. What do you think babies drink? Do yourself a favor read up on lactose intolerance, and it's history. Of any group of humans that doesn't need to worry about drink milk(almost regardless of it's source mammal), babies are it.
It's a well accepted fact that you can feed far more people on grain than meat. Meat is a very wasteful way to get nutrition because of all the grain that it requires, which could be used as nutrition for many more people.
Interesting, you think meat animals only eat grain? In fact, no they don't. For example there are things called grass fed beef which largely subsist on plants inedible to humans on land that is not suitable for farming for one reason or another. That seems like a pretty efficient use of resources to me. There are many things like meat/grain energy efficiently which are true in a controlled environment, but in the real world don't make sense for a lot situations.
Also the whole "grain can feed the whole world better" argument may be true but is entirely pointless at this stage. The world wastes a tremendous of amount of food every year and the large majority of that is grain. This clearly shows there is no grain shortage, and since it's a perishable consumable there is zero reward for "conserving" grain at this point. Come talk to me when grain is being fully distributed and consumed and there are still hunger problems. At that point, I would consider giving up my steak.
Dairy calves are generally not sold to make veal. Veal has a very small consumption rate, even in the US where it is a little higher per capita than most other countries. Also, I'm not sure you can draw a moral distinction between butchering adult cattle vs young calves. I just don't get that argument.
All this for a product which is not particularly healthy. There are better sources of calcium and protein.
Beef is very healthy when done in moderation like most other common food products. Feedlot cattle not as much grass fed because it tends to be fattier and higher in cholesterol. But really all the effort goes into it because of the taste. Cattle have the unfortunate distinction of being the tastiest animal on the planet.
I raise calves purchased from such operations, and cattle raising has been part of my family for generations. Cows get over the loss of their calf soon(calf death is quite common even when raised by the mother), but the process is definitely harder on the calf. Calf survival is harmed by separating it from it's mother, even when the separated calf is given colostrum, appropriate vaccines. and good quality milk replacer.
I have 7 head which roam around 9 acres of grass and woodland. They are very happy, extremely people friendly, and very entertaining to be around as they each have unique personalities. However, at the end of the day they are beef cattle, and when the time comes they will be brought to auction. If you have moral qualms about the treatment of farm animals, but still like the taste of beef you should seek out small producers like myself in your area. Conditions at the larger beef feedlots I've seen are much better than say some of the chicken farm videos I've seen, but cattle like mine are much happier because they live in a low stress environment that is similar to their natural one. Feedlot cattle are kept in large pens, fed antibiotic treated feed mostly based on corn, and largely have little choice in their daily actions.
can I really trust Monsanto when saying "no known danger"?
No, you can't.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/monsanto-roundup-ready-miscarriages_n_827135.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/monsantos-gmo-corn-linked_n_420365.html
Who knows how many more undiscovered serious long term effects GMO use causes. I'm not a person who generally subscribes to FUD, but until we get more comprehensive regulation on GMO I have am afraid to serve it to my family.
GMO food presents health risks. I'm not decided on the short-term effect of GMO use/consumption, but there have been several recent studies that have shown major concerns on the long term effects which are freaky scary.
http://www.grist.org/article/gm-oh-no
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/monsanto-roundup-ready-miscarriages_n_827135.html
http://www.prisonplanet.com/gmo-pesticides-linked-to-birth-defects-disruption-of-male-hormones-cancer.html
It's clear GMO isn't regulated nearly enough or with enough restrictions.
People will buy junk for awhile, until they figure out it's a gimmick. Fucking worthless controller.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20027133-17.html
Of course Sony had their own with the SIXAXIS sensors, but AFAIK later games have not pursued it strongly because it sucks so bad.
Hardly, that. The Xenon is quite an impressive CPU/arch. That CPU coupled with the VMX-128 clearly outperforms the PS3 in the graphics arena despite the oceans of koolaid Sony served to the world on the subject. PS3 does quite well at Folding@Home, but I bought it so I could play games at 1080, not 720.
I've seen the articles or their equivalents. I've been around long enough to remember it all. I disagree with your assessment that MS received little benefit from Cell project. I understand MS didn't utilize all or maybe even most of the technology developed in the joint venture. However it's quite clear that what did go in was substantial.
You've also got some of your facts/assumptions messed up. The Cell and PPE are based of off a combination of POWERn/PowerPC arch. The terms seem mostly interchangeable for recent CPU's.
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.arch.innovation.html
And the PPE is a derivative of Cell, not an ancestor.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/1647/3
And Cell was spearheaded by Sony, especially financially. I'm sure IBM could have done it on their own if they wanted, but why do it that way when Sony will foot much of the developmental funding and IBM and sell to them and MS.
but not to the extent that they would use the whole Cell architecture and give it to SCEA's direct gaming competitors (and I would have thought there would be an explicit exemption to that in the Sony-IBM contract). The wikipedia article (see below for links) is quite informative.
Yes, and the links that article is based on contains a lot more detail info including information that contradicts your exemption thought.
Only LAZY developers make inferior games.... great games come from great programmers, not from great hardware.
I completely agree with you. Someone like John Carmack comes to mind. That being said, I'd rather give a great programmer great hardware. The people who are really interested in this type of work would not become lazy, that is their passion. In the big picture when it comes to video games, I'm not fretting about about video quality on either of my ps3 or x360. I just want great game play, but that seems to be a harder challenge than graphics. After playing Two Worlds, I was ready to break out my copy of ZMUD 32 and get back to the good stuff.
Ha. Sorry that's just plain ridiculous. A high PC would have out visually outpreformed a PS3 when it was released. The difference is today on a nice rig vs a PS3 is like a a PS1 vs Atari 2600.
Consoles are the lowest common denominator, and they reduce the progress of video games because devs develop games that can run well on old slow tech even when options many times their superior are available.
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/170605,nvidias-fermi-so-much-potential-so-little-software-support.aspx
Except it is. And the OP exactly right.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123069467545545011.html
Why would anyone ever dream of developing a console that is weaker than a mobile phone?
Nintendo did.
No manufacturer covers malware as part of their warranty. Fun to see all the righteous indignation of this topic, but getting upset about it is utter nonsense. You put it on there, it didn't ship that way. If you run a red light and get smashed into, are you going to expect Ford to cover the costs of it? No, most rational people wouldn't that why there's insurance. If you infect your computer with some malware, well there's anti-malware for that. Guess what, you have to pay for it just like you do insurance.
I see you like the flavor of the kool-aid.
This is indeed a sub-atomic deal regarding anything except for the individuals involved. The news coverage given to the topic is disproportionate to effect this would have on IMF's daily operations, let alone how this would effect the world-at-large.
And yes, it's totally off-topic.
Nobody's mind is in a good shape after coding in Perl. Even reading it can cause mild permanent brain damage. Someone who writes a reasonably complex app in Perl has a very good chance of developing an uncontrollable homicidal rage and other social problems. For example, I hear the Unibomber, Timothy McVeigh, Dieter Simader, and bin Laden are all accomplished Perl grey beards.