If Microsoft were a soviet state-owned company, and most of the world were communist by now, Linus would have been probably incarcerated. People's General Prosecutor - So, Linus, you say you're not a revisionist, but at the same time, you're telling me that you could build an operating system more efficient and secure than "People's Windows". So, following your reasoning, comrade Bill Gates is really a people's traitor?
linus - No I mean that....
People's General Prosecutor - Shut up you traitor! You are only allowed to answer the questions this court makes to you! We won't allow you to transform this court in a circus!
Magistrate! The court has just seen the attitude of this man that tried to bring doubt and delay the advancement of computer science in the Soviet State. His actions clearly indicate that he has been a victim of brain wash by foreign spies working for foreign powers.
He tried to bring FUD over a outstanding product of proletarian computer science, and therefore he is guilt of contra-revolutionary activities.
For his own good, we demand this court to send him to Siberia for reeducation for no less than 20 years. We also recommend that during his reeducation he should be allowed to work as a way to speed up his reeducation.
Not sure about it. Most societies throughout our history were not democratic ones, and most of them failed not because of popular unrest, but either because of external threats or because the people in command began to dissent.
It was not the slaves that destroyed the roman empire, but the barbarians and the Christians.
Dictatorial regimes sometimes are more stable than democracies, just look at China.
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I've never bought a single song from iTunes. And my pod happily plays all MP3s I feed into it (DISCLAIMER: ALL of my MP3s came from ripping CDs that I have legally purchased). If it weren't for the battery issues, I would even use Rockbox all the time, and then I could even play ogg files on it. So, I fail to see how the iPod can be classified as a DRM-fucked up player.
I can imagine an even worse scenario where Russia and/or China feared that the US would interpret it as a first strike, and thus launch a preventive attack. And maybe, the NATO could also decide to launch their tactical missiles against Russia, just in case....
Arguing with a cop over a ticket is a really bad analogy for scientific discussion. And, no Appeal to authority doesn't have a place on science. Go read some good book on the scientific method, as it's blatantly obvious (*1) that you have forgotten some things you should have learned on university (*2). It's nice to see that the global warming religion has to rely on zealots that have no idea about the theory they defend so eagerly.(*3) *1 (did you enjoy my use of rhetorical qualifiers on this phrase to give reader an idea that you are so wrong that we can't even discuss?) *2 (I hope you also liked this not so subtle ad-hominen attack) *3 (I liked your style, and decided to imitate it. The funny thing is that I think that man-made-global-warming hypothesis is quite likely, but just because I want to see science devoid of political overtones I am attacked (by the way, in an overly inept and gross manner). The only thing that really annoys me, is exactly seeing that there's a condemnation of any competing theory that, even if slightly, happens to change the built consensus.
Personally I think that is very likely that human activities have some impact on recent climate changes. But I think that we would never be able to come to a sound body of theory if we keep on mixing politics with science. We need to give space to dissenting voice, and if we are worried with spin coming from interest groups, we should rely on better review methods instead of trying to silence every dissenting voice.
Of course, that is the case. But it obviously depends on the definition of what is a locally restricted effect.
You know, "south oceans" is a rather large body of water....
As a matter of fact, if you asked me formally if the earth is round, I would have a lot of experiments to suggest you, that would prove my statement that earth is round. That's why reproducible results are the cornerstone for science.
And as a historical side note, the knowledge of the roundness of earth precedes space travel by some centuries;-)
I, personally, believe that there is some global warming, and that yes, it must have been caused, at least in some degree by human activities. But, I am no climate scientist, and for what I have seen so far, there's still not a complete theory, unchallenged that is able to quantify the warming, and the role of human effects on it. I was trained as a economist (as a result of a silly familiar pressure on programming not being a respectable profession), and because of that, I've seen the stupidity that can happens when models are taken as more important than reality itself. Because of that, I get very worried when I see people trying to interdict scientific debate using moral, and utterly politically loaded statements to discredit everyone that holds a theory that contradict his/her particular view.
Apparently he doesn't need to. At least he thinks so, as long as the consensus is with him.
Who are you to criticize him? are you some of those deniers who insist on old fashionable things as reproducible results?
Some years ago, the South Koreans standardized their on-line experience on ActiveX. Everything, from online banking, to school websites has some kind of a friggin ActiveX applet. Because of that, most south Koreans are used to allow activex controls to be installed on IE.
This explains why so much of the attacks, according to TFA, came from there.
So, nothing more fair than sending the bill to Microsoft (no pum intended).
Seriously, if the attack has succeeded, it would have changed life as we know it.
The market itself will start having to pay higher salaries for professionals desperately needed and increasingly harder to find. This will attract more people to the field.
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Actually, in the real world it would be more in the lines of: "Balmer threated to throw a chair over my newborn's if I wouldn't do it"
Not to dismiss Hitler as a repugnant murderer. But the fact is that Stalin killed even more people.
If Microsoft were a soviet state-owned company, and most of the world were communist by now, Linus would have been probably incarcerated. ....
People's General Prosecutor - Shut up you traitor! You are only allowed to answer the questions this court makes to you! We won't allow you to transform this court in a circus!
People's General Prosecutor - So, Linus, you say you're not a revisionist, but at the same time, you're telling me that you could build an operating system more efficient and secure than "People's Windows". So, following your reasoning, comrade Bill Gates is really a people's traitor? linus - No I mean that
Magistrate! The court has just seen the attitude of this man that tried to bring doubt and delay the advancement of computer science in the Soviet State. His actions clearly indicate that he has been a victim of brain wash by foreign spies working for foreign powers.
He tried to bring FUD over a outstanding product of proletarian computer science, and therefore he is guilt of contra-revolutionary activities.
For his own good, we demand this court to send him to Siberia for reeducation for no less than 20 years. We also recommend that during his reeducation he should be allowed to work as a way to speed up his reeducation.
Not sure about it. Most societies throughout our history were not democratic ones, and most of them failed not because of popular unrest, but either because of external threats or because the people in command began to dissent. It was not the slaves that destroyed the roman empire, but the barbarians and the Christians. Dictatorial regimes sometimes are more stable than democracies, just look at China.
Man. you have issues. Seek medical advice. Fast.
I've never bought a single song from iTunes. And my pod happily plays all MP3s I feed into it (DISCLAIMER: ALL of my MP3s came from ripping CDs that I have legally purchased). If it weren't for the battery issues, I would even use Rockbox all the time, and then I could even play ogg files on it. So, I fail to see how the iPod can be classified as a DRM-fucked up player.
I can imagine an even worse scenario where Russia and/or China feared that the US would interpret it as a first strike, and thus launch a preventive attack. And maybe, the NATO could also decide to launch their tactical missiles against Russia, just in case....
You americans are so self-centered! Every intelligent brazilian knows that'd be if the asteroid hit Brasilia (Brazil's capital). Duh!
Not only Solaris, but the machines, specially the big ones, are pretty good stuff also.
If you need to use an interactive debugger at all, I find YOUR competency suspect.
Pardon, Mister, but it's not robbery, it is called blackmailing, fraud and conspiration.
OK Coward Idiot. Demonstrate, not prove.
touché! Next time I meet you I'll refuse your gambit. LOL.
Arguing with a cop over a ticket is a really bad analogy for scientific discussion. And, no Appeal to authority doesn't have a place on science. Go read some good book on the scientific method, as it's blatantly obvious (*1) that you have forgotten some things you should have learned on university (*2).
It's nice to see that the global warming religion has to rely on zealots that have no idea about the theory they defend so eagerly.(*3)
*1 (did you enjoy my use of rhetorical qualifiers on this phrase to give reader an idea that you are so wrong that we can't even discuss?)
*2 (I hope you also liked this not so subtle ad-hominen attack)
*3 (I liked your style, and decided to imitate it. The funny thing is that I think that man-made-global-warming hypothesis is quite likely, but just because I want to see science devoid of political overtones I am attacked (by the way, in an overly inept and gross manner). The only thing that really annoys me, is exactly seeing that there's a condemnation of any competing theory that, even if slightly, happens to change the built consensus.
Personally I think that is very likely that human activities have some impact on recent climate changes. But I think that we would never be able to come to a sound body of theory if we keep on mixing politics with science. We need to give space to dissenting voice, and if we are worried with spin coming from interest groups, we should rely on better review methods instead of trying to silence every dissenting voice.
Of course, that is the case. But it obviously depends on the definition of what is a locally restricted effect. You know, "south oceans" is a rather large body of water....
As a matter of fact, if you asked me formally if the earth is round, I would have a lot of experiments to suggest you, that would prove my statement that earth is round. That's why reproducible results are the cornerstone for science. And as a historical side note, the knowledge of the roundness of earth precedes space travel by some centuries ;-)
I, personally, believe that there is some global warming, and that yes, it must have been caused, at least in some degree by human activities. But, I am no climate scientist, and for what I have seen so far, there's still not a complete theory, unchallenged that is able to quantify the warming, and the role of human effects on it.
I was trained as a economist (as a result of a silly familiar pressure on programming not being a respectable profession), and because of that, I've seen the stupidity that can happens when models are taken as more important than reality itself. Because of that, I get very worried when I see people trying to interdict scientific debate using moral, and utterly politically loaded statements to discredit everyone that holds a theory that contradict his/her particular view.
Apparently he doesn't need to. At least he thinks so, as long as the consensus is with him. Who are you to criticize him? are you some of those deniers who insist on old fashionable things as reproducible results?
LOL Well, You're obviously a non-scientist yourself, as your willingness to resort to authority argument clearly demonstrates.
Some years ago, the South Koreans standardized their on-line experience on ActiveX. Everything, from online banking, to school websites has some kind of a friggin ActiveX applet. Because of that, most south Koreans are used to allow activex controls to be installed on IE. This explains why so much of the attacks, according to TFA, came from there. So, nothing more fair than sending the bill to Microsoft (no pum intended). Seriously, if the attack has succeeded, it would have changed life as we know it.
Considering that you are brave enough to spill your racism here without showing your face you must be ....
The market itself will start having to pay higher salaries for professionals desperately needed and increasingly harder to find. This will attract more people to the field.
You obviously don't watch CNN too frequently, do you? Or did you mean Fox News?
Of course they are. A .NET shop, by instance.