You've been reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy again, haven't you? Yes, the infinite improbability drive would be nice, but let's not confuse reality with fiction here.;-)
But would there be a way to determine directly if the angles of your triangle add up to a nice 180 degrees from inside the universe or can this only be determined indirectly by measuring for instance the cosmic microwave background radiation? It seems to me like every measuringinstrument would be affected in exactly the same way as the triangle being measured.
I don't get it. Could anyone please explain to me (?again?) how this would benefit consumers? Is it possible to force the three seperate companies not to cooperate?
In my not so well informed opinion it would be much better to force them to open up their standards or to adhere to open standards and make a reasonable effort (to be determined by a team of impartial experts?) to be compatible with competing products. The last would be to prevent something like the let's-not-make-windows-compatible-with-dr-dos-thin g from happening again.
Of course I always like to be corrected when my opinions don't make sense...
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So finally there's a company that doesn't treat me as just a number, but recognises my individuality. They make you a real 'Digital Silhouette' free of charge and everybody is getting upset. Why is this? I say: request your Silhouette (tm) so they'll know who you are and be an individual too!
Ok, I admit I would be doing everything to get rid of a name like 'Tera' too, but this is insane: taking over another company just because you're not creative enough to make up a name of your own. Such people just shouldn't be having access to these amounts of money.
IOW, if someone went around calling up people telling lies about someone, can the telephone company be sued for allowing calls to be placed?
No, they can not. Read the article! ...responsible for defamatory material if they do not take reasonable care to ensure such material is not published, and if they do not remove such material when alerted to it.
Now, how could a phonecompany be sued for neglecting to do the latter (as is Demon Internet)?
Re:Uh, doesn't seem very "rational" at all
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The very existance of everything around us, and the magnificent inclenations in humans that are not found in any animal are great evidences. Well becuase you dismiss it doesn't mean I don't see it.
What exactly do you mean by magnificent inclenations that are to be found in humans, but not in animals?
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But surely you don't believe both in the existence of a God and that there is any thruth in science? If science can't explain everything, then can it anything at all?
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Therefore your belief that we are not meant to be here is as groundless as the opposite one.
No, consider:
You're doing some nice, not so very precise physicsexperiment. Let's say you're measuring the speed of an object that you're dropping from a platform at 10m above the ground. It's quite likely you'll find that the speed of this object increases linear. Then isn't there far more ground to believe that the speed/does/ in fact increase linear than that it's speed increases and decreases, but that your measurements were a coincidence?
.....ok, bad example, evil example; I forgot about poor Heisenberg there for a moment. Still, what I'm trying to say: go for the simpeler interpretation until your findings suggest otherwise.
Funnily enough I just started reading 1984 last night. I think that the only thing George Orwell got wrong was that big brother made it obvious to everyone that they where being watched.
You need to read on a little then, because that's just the whole point.
Or, to be ontopic, writing KeyGhost on all ordinary keyboards in your company would make a very cheap way of keeping your company's secret plan to take over the world a secret. (Is this why there's also a ms natural keyghost keyboard?)
I wonder if I can talk them in to buying back my card.
Did you actually ask them? You might not be able to convince them, but it would be a very 'subtle' way of letting them know you disapprove. I think this is a great way of letting them know your opinions. If enough people did this, it might convince them to revaluate their definition of protecting the interests of their owners. Besides, they might even buy it;).
Von der Wirkung der Stromspartechnik LongRun konnte mich der auch für die virtuelle Northbridge verantwortliche Entwicklungsleiter Marc Fleischmann, übrigens ein Deutscher, im Transmeta-Lab überzeugen.
You mean this? Why use bablefish when there is the instant/.-translationcrew at your disposal? Al you need to do is ask...
I just hope I translate this correctly (I'm Dutch). So, here it goes:
Developmentleader Marc Fleischman, a German btw, who's also responsible for the virtual Northbridge, could convince me of the effect of the powersavingstechnology 'LongRun' at the Transmeta-Lab.
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You're right...except that the plural is indeed legamus. Legimus would be perfectum.
...and secondly there is getting access to the hardware required to get online. If you are depending on the government to provide you with Net access then you probably can't afford the cost of a PC.
Not necessarily so. The biggest obstacle to getting internet access at home for me has been convincing my father this email-and-stuff-thingie was really worth all the money. It was only when he could get limited access for f1,-- (~ $0.437621) a month when he decided to give it a try. Now, about one year later, I^Hwe've got full cableaccess, all because the initial threshhold was extremely low and my father decided to give it a try. While it may have it's shortcomings, this initiative could give a lot of people a chance of exploring the internet without commitment.
Am I the only one around here who prefers Go to Chess?
Nope, there are at least two of us. I like chess, but go is just a lot more fun.
That said I don't think go-puzzles should be on/.. I believe chess-puzzles could be enjoyed by a lot more of the slashdotreaders. Unless you want two add two sections of course...
Maybe there should be a poll to index which kind of puzzles are liked best?
Yes, but isn't Holland an English name anyway? Does anyone in Holland actually call it Holland, or do they call it Nederland?
Some do. It's a regional thing. There are two provinces called Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. Holland is used more often by people who live in these provinces and less often (?never?) by people who live in e.g. Noord-Brabant (like me) or Friesland. However when Dutch people speak English you can hear them say Holland all the time. Why? Because it's a lot easier to pronounce;-).
Dictionary: Nederland. On money: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Kingdom of the Netherlands; deprecated)
I think this depends on your definition of 'God'. So, here's my criteria he/she/it has to meet:
1) For me to consider a creature a God, it has to have created the universe or at least the earth.
2) Also, I would require it to be omnipotent.
As you pointed out, it is impossible to have a given set of beings and yet no supreme being (let's nog drag equality into it, shall we?), but, by my definition, it *is* possible to believe there is no God. I would agree with you however, that by your definition it is fact that there must be a God.
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You've been reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy again, haven't you? Yes, the infinite improbability drive would be nice, but let's not confuse reality with fiction here. ;-)
But would there be a way to determine directly if the angles of your triangle add up to a nice 180 degrees from inside the universe or can this only be determined indirectly by measuring for instance the cosmic microwave background radiation? It seems to me like every measuringinstrument would be affected in exactly the same way as the triangle being measured.
There's a preview-button you might want to try next time.
I liked your post, btw.
I don't get it. Could anyone please explain to me (?again?) how this would benefit consumers? Is it possible to force the three seperate companies not to cooperate?
n g from happening again.
In my not so well informed opinion it would be much better to force them to open up their standards or to adhere to open standards and make a reasonable effort (to be determined by a team of impartial experts?) to be compatible with competing products. The last would be to prevent something like the let's-not-make-windows-compatible-with-dr-dos-thi
Of course I always like to be corrected when my opinions don't make sense...
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So finally there's a company that doesn't treat me as just a number, but recognises my individuality. They make you a real 'Digital Silhouette' free of charge and everybody is getting upset. Why is this? I say: request your Silhouette (tm) so they'll know who you are and be an individual too!
The new company will take Cray's name.
Ok, I admit I would be doing everything to get rid of a name like 'Tera' too, but this is insane: taking over another company just because you're not creative enough to make up a name of your own. Such people just shouldn't be having access to these amounts of money.
IOW, if someone went around calling up people telling lies about someone, can the telephone company be sued for allowing calls to be placed?
...responsible for defamatory material if they do not take reasonable care to ensure such material is not published, and if they do not remove such material when alerted to it.
No, they can not. Read the article!
Now, how could a phonecompany be sued for neglecting to do the latter (as is Demon Internet)?
The very existance of everything around us, and the magnificent inclenations in humans that are not found in any animal are great evidences. Well becuase you dismiss it doesn't mean I don't see it.
What exactly do you mean by magnificent inclenations that are to be found in humans, but not in animals?
But surely you don't believe both in the existence of a God and that there is any thruth in science? If science can't explain everything, then can it anything at all?
Therefore your belief that we are not meant to be here is as groundless as the opposite one.
/does/ in fact increase linear than that it's speed increases and decreases, but that your measurements were a coincidence?
.....ok, bad example, evil example; I forgot about poor Heisenberg there for a moment. Still, what I'm trying to say: go for the simpeler interpretation until your findings suggest otherwise.
No, consider:
You're doing some nice, not so very precise physicsexperiment. Let's say you're measuring the speed of an object that you're dropping from a platform at 10m above the ground. It's quite likely you'll find that the speed of this object increases linear. Then isn't there far more ground to believe that the speed
Funnily enough I just started reading 1984 last night. I think that the only thing George Orwell got wrong was that big brother made it obvious to everyone that they where being watched.
You need to read on a little then, because that's just the whole point.
Or, to be ontopic, writing KeyGhost on all ordinary keyboards in your company would make a very cheap way of keeping your company's secret plan to take over the world a secret. (Is this why there's also a ms natural keyghost keyboard?)
Are we moderating the human race here? Not to be negative or anything, but ... clickety, clickety, clickety...redundant...clickety, moderate.
I wonder if I can talk them in to buying back my card.
;).
Did you actually ask them? You might not be able to convince them, but it would be a very 'subtle' way of letting them know you disapprove. I think this is a great way of letting them know your opinions. If enough people did this, it might convince them to revaluate their definition of protecting the interests of their owners. Besides, they might even buy it
Von der Wirkung der Stromspartechnik LongRun konnte mich der auch für die virtuelle Northbridge verantwortliche Entwicklungsleiter Marc Fleischmann, übrigens ein Deutscher, im Transmeta-Lab überzeugen.
/.-translationcrew at your disposal? Al you need to do is ask...
You mean this? Why use bablefish when there is the instant
I just hope I translate this correctly (I'm Dutch). So, here it goes:
Developmentleader Marc Fleischman, a German btw, who's also responsible for the virtual Northbridge, could convince me of the effect of the powersavingstechnology 'LongRun' at the Transmeta-Lab.
You're right...except that the plural is indeed legamus. Legimus would be perfectum.
Yadayadayada, who cares anyway?
...and secondly there is getting access to the hardware required to get online. If you are depending on the government to provide you with Net access then you probably can't afford the cost of a PC.
Not necessarily so. The biggest obstacle to getting internet access at home for me has been convincing my father this email-and-stuff-thingie was really worth all the money. It was only when he could get limited access for f1,-- (~ $0.437621) a month when he decided to give it a try. Now, about one year later, I^Hwe've got full cableaccess, all because the initial threshhold was extremely low and my father decided to give it a try. While it may have it's shortcomings, this initiative could give a lot of people a chance of exploring the internet without commitment.
Ah, but maybe half the people there were beeing quite amused ;).
I'm trying to access the site from The Netherlands and it's just *very* slow. I've got the title already:
Hearing THE EUROPEAN UNION AND DATA PROTECTION
Brussels, 22-23 February 2000
Anyone got more?
There was an 'unknown error' when I tried to post this. I'm trying not to get paranoid. Please tell me this happens all the time...
Am I the only one around here who prefers Go to Chess?
/.. I believe chess-puzzles could be enjoyed by a lot more of the slashdotreaders. Unless you want two add two sections of course...
Nope, there are at least two of us. I like chess, but go is just a lot more fun.
That said I don't think go-puzzles should be on
Maybe there should be a poll to index which kind of puzzles are liked best?
I just hope the guys at the dojo take it the right way, when I tell them I'm just doing aikido to be able to play UT longer.
Can anyone explain to me the difference between e.g. Borland C++ 5.02 and C++Builder?
Yes, but isn't Holland an English name anyway? Does anyone in Holland actually call it Holland, or do they call it Nederland?
;-).
Some do. It's a regional thing. There are two provinces called Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. Holland is used more often by people who live in these provinces and less often (?never?) by people who live in e.g. Noord-Brabant (like me) or Friesland. However when Dutch people speak English you can hear them say Holland all the time. Why? Because it's a lot easier to pronounce
Dictionary: Nederland.
On money: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Kingdom of the Netherlands; deprecated)
According to an internal Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) memo viewed by Sm@rt Reselle
So now they're putting marketspeak in their internal memo's? You really are paranoid, aren't you? (That's probably a good thing btw.)
I think this depends on your definition of 'God'. So, here's my criteria he/she/it has to meet:
1) For me to consider a creature a God, it has to have created the universe or at least the earth.
2) Also, I would require it to be omnipotent.
As you pointed out, it is impossible to have a given set of beings and yet no supreme being (let's nog drag equality into it, shall we?), but, by my definition, it *is* possible to believe there is no God. I would agree with you however, that by your definition it is fact that there must be a God.
Just my atheist perspective.