Meanwhile people cry about HFCS, which is an abomination but relatively harmless
No, it isn't. The high consumption of HFCS and ordinary table sugar are likely a primary component of the high rise in rates of diabetes and obesity, along with associated diseases of the heart and clogged arteries: Is Sugar Toxic?
Those toxic chemicals will go away if you bike to work every day.
Uh huh. Or if you drink a lot of water, you'll piss them all out. Please stop with the homegrown health science.
So what is it, am I moderate, am I left, or am I right? How about this: labels are for simpletons who can't think about more than two issues at once.
You're pretty much Libertarian. I have a Libertarian bent, but I like federal regulation on things like food and the environment. Why didn't you vote for Gary Johnson and the Libertarian party?
In the Apple store, I saw a dozen people playing with iPads or iPad minis, with Apple employees hovering nearby in case of questions. People were tapping and gesturing and doing what you'd expect on an iPad, almost entirely without any assistance from the employees.
Have you considered that the iPad and iPhone have been out for some time, and that the iBuying crowd were just checking out the latest product? Microsoft's Surface is brand new.
It's hard to prove beyond the one obvious case in 1969 from which the name is derived, and it led to the firing of the person responsible, so it's questionable to what degree anyone actually does this.
"The California Department of Parks and Recreation has been hit by scandal this summer. It began with news in July, first reported by The Sacramento Bee, of an unauthorized vacation buyout program offered to employees at agency headquarters, which resulted in payouts of more than $271,000. A week later, state officials revealed that the department had been sitting on $54 million in surplus money in two special funds, even as it moved to close 70 state parks because of supposed funding shortfalls. The long-serving department director, Ruth Coleman, resigned on July 19, and her chief deputy was fired. Numerous other employees have been demoted, and an attorney general's investigation is under way."
Except he hasn't done anything wrong under UK law. The police and music industry already tried that in the OiNK case and lost their case [..]
Counter-argument: Because the UK prosecutors chose fraud laws instead of copyright laws, the case was never tested in court using the laws most likely to apply:
"The problem seems to have been that prosecutors chose to charge Mr Ellis with conspiracy to defraud, instead of anything related to copyright infringement. This meant that they had to prove Mr Ellis was trying to defraud his customers, when it was clear that he was offering a service, and his clientele knew fully well what they were getting into. No fraud then.
Why didn't the prosecution try for copyright infringement offences? For example, s107 CDPA establishes criminal offences for various copyright infringement acts made "in the course of business". As Mr Ellis was clearly profiting handsomely from his services, it could be argued strongly that he was infringing copyright for commercial gain. Or can it? The main problem with torrent sites is precisely that no infringing copies are kept on the servers, and that the trackers act simply as facilitators. Using a real-world analogy, torrent sites are more akin to bar lounges where illicit goods change hands. Nonetheless, s107 also covers secondary infringement offences, such as communicating infringing copies to the public, which one might think is precisely what a torrent site does. However, the wording of UK copyright law is problematic in this respect, as it seems entirely drafted with physical copyright infringement in mind."
You can find endless differences and similarities between any two things in existence, but for anything that matters legally both sites provide exactly the same service and take similar measures (and all that is legally required) against people who use their services for illegal ends.
No, there were substantial differences that legally mattered in how YouTube and Megaupload operated. The indictment provided evidence that Megaupload was aware of substantial infringement going on and encouraged it.
The slowest he got during the turn was probably 20 km/h and there was tire squeal as he turned.
That's not a "rolling stop". A rolling stop means that you almost completely stop while checking the intersection. You can safely do that while not coming to a complete stop. The situation you described was somebody driving recklessly: going too fast and ignoring the crosswalk.
You asked for my explanation, and I gave you one. As you provide no counter-point, I go back to my original statement: "That sounds like a worthless proposition that seeks to deny everyday reality without any justification."
Please explain the basic reality of the number 2 to me as it seems to be so apparent to you.
I'd like to better understand how you could deny such a basic concept that can be seen everywhere. I have two apples and give one to my friend. I have one apple left to eat. Repeat ad nauseam for just about any item. Numbers are used for counting sheep, money in your bank account, or the number of letters in this sentence. I could go on and on, and I'm sure you don't deny this.
Now you can get into a philosophical debate about what it means to "really" exist, but I find that it's pointless. It's an undeniable part of our everyday reality, and that's good enough for me.
There's a difference between not wanting to do math versus denying the basic reality of the number 2. As for "menial labour", that's bullshit. Mathematicians are clever. The naive, bunch of monkeys typing away approach doesn't work very well.
You see, the problem with numbers is that there doesn't exist 2 of anything in reality. The concept of 2 is derived from generalizations of reality imposed by the limitations of our sensory apparatus.
That sounds like a worthless proposition that seeks to deny everyday reality without any justification.
You say that Microsoft can write good software. Being a member of the community these last 30 years and skilled in the art, I would ask: "show me."
This is just flamebait. I've used both Windows and Linux for near 20 years now, as well as tons of other software. You can find fault with any non-trivial piece of software. As for Microsoft, Windows 95 and Windows XP were good operating systems for their times. Not without fault, but good.
Now show me a Perl 6 version that still isn't in development.
I still don't understand why there isn't an X server you can access over RDP.
Check out NoMachine's NX. We use it at work, and it brings the speed of Window's RDP to Linux. The page mentions other alternatives which I haven't tried.
No, it's not a double standard to respond to a patent attack with your own. That's defending yourself. The offensive trolls are companies like Microsoft and Apple that sought royalties because they were losing market share.
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Meanwhile people cry about HFCS, which is an abomination but relatively harmless
No, it isn't. The high consumption of HFCS and ordinary table sugar are likely a primary component of the high rise in rates of diabetes and obesity, along with associated diseases of the heart and clogged arteries: Is Sugar Toxic?
Those toxic chemicals will go away if you bike to work every day.
Uh huh. Or if you drink a lot of water, you'll piss them all out. Please stop with the homegrown health science.
I'd prefer to hear the math or theories you're using to predict this
Probably the same math you used to predict that a shooting war with China is inevitable -- none.
So what is it, am I moderate, am I left, or am I right? How about this: labels are for simpletons who can't think about more than two issues at once.
You're pretty much Libertarian. I have a Libertarian bent, but I like federal regulation on things like food and the environment. Why didn't you vote for Gary Johnson and the Libertarian party?
Now I am a partner in a small company, we have win xp, and do not care to upgrade. why should I?
Because in 2014 support for XP goes away. No more security fixes. If you upgrade to Windows 8 you get a steep discount versus the Windows 7 price.
In the Apple store, I saw a dozen people playing with iPads or iPad minis, with Apple employees hovering nearby in case of questions. People were tapping and gesturing and doing what you'd expect on an iPad, almost entirely without any assistance from the employees.
Have you considered that the iPad and iPhone have been out for some time, and that the iBuying crowd were just checking out the latest product? Microsoft's Surface is brand new.
It's hard to prove beyond the one obvious case in 1969 from which the name is derived, and it led to the firing of the person responsible, so it's questionable to what degree anyone actually does this.
Guess you missed this in the news this year:
"The California Department of Parks and Recreation has been hit by scandal this summer. It began with news in July, first reported by The Sacramento Bee, of an unauthorized vacation buyout program offered to employees at agency headquarters, which resulted in payouts of more than $271,000. A week later, state officials revealed that the department had been sitting on $54 million in surplus money in two special funds, even as it moved to close 70 state parks because of supposed funding shortfalls. The long-serving department director, Ruth Coleman, resigned on July 19, and her chief deputy was fired. Numerous other employees have been demoted, and an attorney general's investigation is under way."
In this case, the danger of enabling non-free software on top of gcc overweighs the convenience of allowing modularity in gcc.
The more you tighten your grip, Digana, the more software systems will slip through your fingers.
I eat toe cheese too, just in the privacy of my own home.
What the fuck is wrong with you people? You make me want to vomit.
Except he hasn't done anything wrong under UK law. The police and music industry already tried that in the OiNK case and lost their case [..]
Counter-argument: Because the UK prosecutors chose fraud laws instead of copyright laws, the case was never tested in court using the laws most likely to apply:
"The problem seems to have been that prosecutors chose to charge Mr Ellis with conspiracy to defraud, instead of anything related to copyright infringement. This meant that they had to prove Mr Ellis was trying to defraud his customers, when it was clear that he was offering a service, and his clientele knew fully well what they were getting into. No fraud then.
Why didn't the prosecution try for copyright infringement offences? For example, s107 CDPA establishes criminal offences for various copyright infringement acts made "in the course of business". As Mr Ellis was clearly profiting handsomely from his services, it could be argued strongly that he was infringing copyright for commercial gain. Or can it? The main problem with torrent sites is precisely that no infringing copies are kept on the servers, and that the trackers act simply as facilitators. Using a real-world analogy, torrent sites are more akin to bar lounges where illicit goods change hands. Nonetheless, s107 also covers secondary infringement offences, such as communicating infringing copies to the public, which one might think is precisely what a torrent site does. However, the wording of UK copyright law is problematic in this respect, as it seems entirely drafted with physical copyright infringement in mind."
You can find endless differences and similarities between any two things in existence, but for anything that matters legally both sites provide exactly the same service and take similar measures (and all that is legally required) against people who use their services for illegal ends.
No, there were substantial differences that legally mattered in how YouTube and Megaupload operated. The indictment provided evidence that Megaupload was aware of substantial infringement going on and encouraged it.
The slowest he got during the turn was probably 20 km/h and there was tire squeal as he turned.
That's not a "rolling stop". A rolling stop means that you almost completely stop while checking the intersection. You can safely do that while not coming to a complete stop. The situation you described was somebody driving recklessly: going too fast and ignoring the crosswalk.
You've paid the fee. I'll give you some new stuff.
Oh joy.
And you let him design NT.
I am not Microsoft, not even by proxy. I use both Windows and Linux, and there are plenty of posts both for and against each in my history.
The NT kernel in XP or W7 is sufficient to the needs of the user, and has been since introduction.
Which is the whole point of an operating system, is it not?
Don't pretend these things are secure.
I won't if you don't pretend your operating system of choice is.
Get over yourself.
If you were skilled in the art you would know how primitive the NT kernel, XP and W7 are.
Compared to what? Please elucidate me, oh master.
For people who actually care about uptime, reliability, quality, portability or flexibility: we weren't looking in this direction anyway.
I haven't had problems with Windows reliability or quality. I've had my fair share of Linux horror stories, though mostly during software upgrades.
If you failed to understand it, there's nothing I can do about that.
Perhaps there's nothing you can do about it because the problem is with your ability to explain, or more fundamentally, your claims are specious.
You asked for my explanation, and I gave you one. As you provide no counter-point, I go back to my original statement: "That sounds like a worthless proposition that seeks to deny everyday reality without any justification."
Please explain the basic reality of the number 2 to me as it seems to be so apparent to you.
I'd like to better understand how you could deny such a basic concept that can be seen everywhere. I have two apples and give one to my friend. I have one apple left to eat. Repeat ad nauseam for just about any item. Numbers are used for counting sheep, money in your bank account, or the number of letters in this sentence. I could go on and on, and I'm sure you don't deny this.
Now you can get into a philosophical debate about what it means to "really" exist, but I find that it's pointless. It's an undeniable part of our everyday reality, and that's good enough for me.
There's a difference between not wanting to do math versus denying the basic reality of the number 2. As for "menial labour", that's bullshit. Mathematicians are clever. The naive, bunch of monkeys typing away approach doesn't work very well.
You see, the problem with numbers is that there doesn't exist 2 of anything in reality. The concept of 2 is derived from generalizations of reality imposed by the limitations of our sensory apparatus.
That sounds like a worthless proposition that seeks to deny everyday reality without any justification.
Sometimes smart people can be really stupid.
Yes, and sometimes people who claim others are stupid are making a mistake. I won't go so far as to say you're being stupid.
The paradox only exists in not understanding logic.
It's about intuition. I think it's a fascinating and illustrative problem.
Logic doesn't speak to truth but to relativity.
Relativity to what? Logic is about finding truth.
Sometimes people confuse reality (well, actually, their subjective reality) with thought games...
Yes, but then those "thought games" can be very useful models of reality, and paradoxes serve to refine their usefulness.
You say that Microsoft can write good software. Being a member of the community these last 30 years and skilled in the art, I would ask: "show me."
This is just flamebait. I've used both Windows and Linux for near 20 years now, as well as tons of other software. You can find fault with any non-trivial piece of software. As for Microsoft, Windows 95 and Windows XP were good operating systems for their times. Not without fault, but good.
Now show me a Perl 6 version that still isn't in development.
I still don't understand why there isn't an X server you can access over RDP.
Check out NoMachine's NX. We use it at work, and it brings the speed of Window's RDP to Linux. The page mentions other alternatives which I haven't tried.
Who the hell BUYS on ebay?!?
I don't regularly shop on eBay, but I've bought a fair number of items at good prices over the years. You just have to be a smart bidder.
Ebay is the place to SELL.
I agree. It's worked great for me when selling used stuff.
Watch me get modded down
Of course you got modded up instead for including the reverse-mod charm.
No, it's not a double standard to respond to a patent attack with your own. That's defending yourself. The offensive trolls are companies like Microsoft and Apple that sought royalties because they were losing market share.