Once again, another fool trying to makes things strictly black and white. The U.S. tried to stay out of the major events of the early 20th century. No country the size and population of the U.S., even in the late 1800s, is going to be completely isolated. LOL!
The U.S. tried policies of isolation in the early 20th century, but they didnt' work. The outcome of WWII placed a lot of responsibility on the U.S. Blame Europe.
I no this is no excuse for abusing power. The U.S. is far from perfect. But in general, the U.S. is not evil and hasn't changed in the last 10 years. We'll have a new election.
Very true. Not many of the elite "Ivy League" schools are any good at engineering. There are obvious exceptions including MIT. But compare most to, say, a UC-Berkeley when it comes to Computer Science and Engineering.
There are more besides the one MIT Climatologist. The guy who founded the Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Wisconsin (#2 research university in the US based on federal funding) recognizes that the earth is warming, but does not believe it is due to man-made CO2 emissions.
Likely because the evidence ont he other side is very very sparse and comes from mostly "vested" parties (ie. EXXON) or noted shills (Seitz et al). Mostly non-peer reviewed corporate paid studies.
Oh really? How about opinions and papers by a respected MIT climatologist. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the UN-sanctioned International Panel on Climate Change? Please read this article and then research the background on the interviewee: http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/20/2/2/1
Democratic candidates won the majority of the last elections. Keep whining...nothing is gonna change. Government will always be run by a bunch of "incompetent hypocrites". Grow up. (And no, I'm not a Bushie).
I was told it is "equivalent" to 4-transistors by someone at Intel. So unless you work for Intel and know better, I'll take his word over the random slashdotter. I'm not about to go searching for patents on it. Plus I'm pretty sure they keep it a trade secret rather than patenting it. There is a reason why Intel gets more cache capacity out of the same technology generation than its competitors.
How can you say that? The guy is in the National Academy of Sciences and he was one of the IPCC authors on Climate Change. He is an expert in climatology (but no, not an expert in cancer).
No, that is not how I feel. I believe we should devote plenty of money towards research in adaptation as well as prevention. But jumping into half-baked actions is not the right approach. The Kyoto Treaty, for example, would simply destroy our economy while doing nothing about China (which is now the major emitter of CO2).
There is plenty of doubt out there about whether man-made CO2 is the cause of global warming...including well-known scientists in the National Academy of Sciences. Like this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen
Why? Because not everyone in the U.S. government is completely brainwashed on the CO2 thing? Do a little reading...there are hundreds of PhDs (including some in the National Academy of Sciences) who don't believe man-made CO2 emissions are the cause of global warming. Their views are mostly not reported on. Galileo was also rejected by the scientific consensus of his day.
There is no shortage of math and science majors. I'm nearing completion of a PhD in science, and if I could go back 6 years, I would go to law school instead. Yes, there is a shortage of brilliant scientists and mathematicians because hey, our economy depends on innovation that comes from the elite few. Science and math jobs? Maybe you can call engineering jobs related to science and math and of course corporations don't want there to be demand of engineering students because that would drive up salaries.
I first installed Slackware on my 486 computer in 1995. I've used various distributions on and off over the years. I use Linux all day at work since 1999.
Guess what? I prefer Windows to Linux for any non-development task. NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP have all been rock solid and great operating systems for home and business use. The only blue-screens I've ever seen have been when I used crappy hardware with a crappy driver probably written by a Taiwanese teenager. Use good hardware/drivers and Windows is very stable.
The Windows GUI is responsive and snappy. I don't have problems with security/spyware. There is tons of shareware/freeware available. I love Photoshop. Firefox even seems to work better on Windows. Audio/video playback never skips on me. I haven't tried Vista yet, but I will very soon. My brother and sister bought new PCs and they say Vista works fine and "looks cool".
Of course I prefer Linux for work-related engineering and for some server stuff. But I'm relieved to use an OS designed for the consumer when doing consumer-oriented things. I've also tried OS/X...also very nice and clean, but it wasn't enough for me to buy a Mac.
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Once again, another fool trying to makes things strictly black and white. The U.S. tried to stay out of the major events of the early 20th century. No country the size and population of the U.S., even in the late 1800s, is going to be completely isolated. LOL!
MOD PARENT UP
The U.S. tried policies of isolation in the early 20th century, but they didnt' work. The outcome of WWII placed a lot of responsibility on the U.S. Blame Europe.
I no this is no excuse for abusing power. The U.S. is far from perfect. But in general, the U.S. is not evil and hasn't changed in the last 10 years. We'll have a new election.
Very true. Not many of the elite "Ivy League" schools are any good at engineering. There are obvious exceptions including MIT. But compare most to, say, a UC-Berkeley when it comes to Computer Science and Engineering.
Sorry, you don't have a clue. The PS3 GPU actually under-performs the Xbox360 GPU.
There are more besides the one MIT Climatologist. The guy who founded the Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Wisconsin (#2 research university in the US based on federal funding) recognizes that the earth is warming, but does not believe it is due to man-made CO2 emissions.
Likely because the evidence ont he other side is very very sparse and comes from mostly "vested" parties (ie. EXXON) or noted shills (Seitz et al). Mostly non-peer reviewed corporate paid studies.
Oh really? How about opinions and papers by a respected MIT climatologist. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the UN-sanctioned International Panel on Climate Change? Please read this article and then research the background on the interviewee: http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/20/2/2/1
Democratic candidates won the majority of the last elections. Keep whining...nothing is gonna change. Government will always be run by a bunch of "incompetent hypocrites". Grow up. (And no, I'm not a Bushie).
Elitist attitude.
I was told it is "equivalent" to 4-transistors by someone at Intel. So unless you work for Intel and know better, I'll take his word over the random slashdotter. I'm not about to go searching for patents on it. Plus I'm pretty sure they keep it a trade secret rather than patenting it. There is a reason why Intel gets more cache capacity out of the same technology generation than its competitors.
Intel does not use the classic 6-transistor SRAM cell. Their SRAM technology is cutting-edge and a couple generations beyond everybody else.
Lindzen is hardly credible.
How can you say that? The guy is in the National Academy of Sciences and he was one of the IPCC authors on Climate Change. He is an expert in climatology (but no, not an expert in cancer).
No, that is not how I feel. I believe we should devote plenty of money towards research in adaptation as well as prevention. But jumping into half-baked actions is not the right approach. The Kyoto Treaty, for example, would simply destroy our economy while doing nothing about China (which is now the major emitter of CO2).
It is not a unanimous consensus. Please read this article and then research the background on the interviewee: http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/20/2/2/1
There is plenty of doubt out there about whether man-made CO2 is the cause of global warming...including well-known scientists in the National Academy of Sciences. Like this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen
Why? Because not everyone in the U.S. government is completely brainwashed on the CO2 thing? Do a little reading...there are hundreds of PhDs (including some in the National Academy of Sciences) who don't believe man-made CO2 emissions are the cause of global warming. Their views are mostly not reported on. Galileo was also rejected by the scientific consensus of his day.
Yup...thx for reminding me of that. i just need to keep telling myself that there were worse mistakes in life I could have made then getting a PhD
There is no shortage of math and science majors. I'm nearing completion of a PhD in science, and if I could go back 6 years, I would go to law school instead. Yes, there is a shortage of brilliant scientists and mathematicians because hey, our economy depends on innovation that comes from the elite few. Science and math jobs? Maybe you can call engineering jobs related to science and math and of course corporations don't want there to be demand of engineering students because that would drive up salaries.
I first installed Slackware on my 486 computer in 1995. I've used various distributions on and off over the years. I use Linux all day at work since 1999.
Guess what? I prefer Windows to Linux for any non-development task. NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP have all been rock solid and great operating systems for home and business use. The only blue-screens I've ever seen have been when I used crappy hardware with a crappy driver probably written by a Taiwanese teenager. Use good hardware/drivers and Windows is very stable.
The Windows GUI is responsive and snappy. I don't have problems with security/spyware. There is tons of shareware/freeware available. I love Photoshop. Firefox even seems to work better on Windows. Audio/video playback never skips on me. I haven't tried Vista yet, but I will very soon. My brother and sister bought new PCs and they say Vista works fine and "looks cool".
Of course I prefer Linux for work-related engineering and for some server stuff. But I'm relieved to use an OS designed for the consumer when doing consumer-oriented things. I've also tried OS/X...also very nice and clean, but it wasn't enough for me to buy a Mac.
Why are consumer-end processors still stagnating under 5 GHZ?
Cooling. Power. Cost.
Yes, better graphics sucks. The Atari 2600, with its innovative paddle controllers, is so superior to the PS3 with its yesterday controllers.
LOL! A gaming luddite! Why not just go back to CGA graphics with only 4 colors?
You might not prefer a Wii if you owned a 50" HDTV. The difference is night-and-day. Its really too bad that Nintendo couldn't manage 720p.
I've heard the song. Does not justify the moderator implying that "JFK blown away" is Funny. Neither does Billy Joel.
Moderating this as "Funny" is sick.