I'm pretty sure SharpFang was originally talking about young-earth creationism when he said nobody in Europe of appreciable education or influence believes in it. When people mention 'creationism,' they're usually referring to the literal interpretation that everything was created in 6 days, 6000 years ago, not in the simple belief that there is a string-pulling diety more or less involved in the universe in some way. Unfortunately, in America, this young-earth creationistic belief is held by much more than a 'small minority.' It's good to hear that it's not so in Europe. I think you're arguing the wrong point here.
Dell adapters put out 20 volts at 5 amps. It may not be dangerous, but it is enough to feel for sure. I think this issue, however, is more about a static buildup rather than a short delivering a constant flow to users.
This would all be moot if they could steer hurricanes sharp enough to run down off the East coast of South America. I doubt that though.
At this point I'd imagine they're working on the ability to steer the storms and will worry about logistics later. One would hope that by the time they're ready to actively steer storms that are threatening populated areas, we'll be in a more global society. The United States wouldn't be flinging hurricanes at Mexican farmers; rather mankind would be moving the hurricane to the path of least destruction. The global economy would then be directed to help evacuate and eventually rebuild the affected land.
Of course, after reading that back to myself, I think I have too much hope for humankind.
How does an article about how a new network stack could come with unknown security flaws and the fact that most security flaws that have been found in the beta builds have been fixed - as is to be expected - turn into "ZOMG M$ Winblows still rife with unsecure Hax!!" I'm not a Microsoft fan by any stretch and the world would possibly be a better place without them, but for Pete's sake stop acting like children. The article is "Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista," so at least use that as the slashdot title. If the same article was written about a new network stack for Apple's new OS, the slashdot title would certainly not be spinned as much. Actually, it probably would, but the other way. Maybe I didn't read the article well enough, but it just seems that the summary isn't talking about the same article.
The term can and is applied to fabrics, ask any firefighter. The term's definition may be slightly different in the context of fire suppression, and would probably be more correctly substituted with "fire point," but it can be applied to anything combustible.
Of course I highly doubt that even a MacBook gets hot enough to ignite fabric. Being hot enough to discolor fabric is not the same as being hot enough to ignite it.
Where do you get your statistics? By more than a few you mean a total of two. By plenty damn recently in the history of the program you mean one (or half of all of them since you like to pretend that we're talking about a large quantity) was 5 years after the first launch, which happened 25 years ago. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but your evidence is wrong.
New Jersey has always been known for its stellar traffic engineering marvels.
I kid, I kid! Actually, I live in PA. At least your roads get paved once in a while...
...we should move to a system where any income from traffic citations is counterbalanced by a reduction in income from other sources.
I really don't think any municipality relies on traffic violations as a source of income. The money goes mostly towards court costs. If handing out moving violation fines were to cause a decrease in other income sources, nobody would ever get a ticket, and that's just plain stupid. In many places, the police do not have enough time to do traffic, and they certainly would find the time if it was a reliable source of income. There are not enough police officers patrolling the roads and highways, because several times per day I see someone do something stupid and illegal in their car and think to myself "where's a cop when you need one?" If municipalities made so much money from traffic tickets, there would be one on every corner. I agree that increasing the speed limit on some roadways should be considered, but find a real reason.
Now parking tickets, there's a source of income...
Sure, if you use RAID0 to store your important documents and don't back up, you're either a masochist or your teacher should reconsider the decision to mainstream you. However, if speed is more important than data safety RAID0 has its place.
One example is gamers. The kind of gamers who sometimes have a computer only for gaming. Other than their saved games, the data integrity isn't all that important as a reinstall could take place in an afternoon.
There are also many fields which require fast read/write times, like digital video/audio/etc. As long as everything gets backed up, the RAID0 array is more of a middle step between RAM and reliable non-volatile storage.
Another possibility is installing the Operating System on a RAID0 array, and data on another disk or array better suited for not ruining your life.
Well, sure, it's an 'upgrade' to the 'Windows' operating system line, but not in the same way that 98 was an upgrade of 95. I guess it's somewhat based on Windows 2003, but the point is that it is certainly a large undertaking, unlike the 'minor' upgrade Longhorne was originally supposed to be in preparation for Blackcomb. It is mostly new code, and lots of it.
...continuing evidence of Microsoft's incompetence in the area of operating system development.
I certainly have no evidence to back this up, but I would imagine that Microsoft has some of the best programming minds working for them. They also probably have some fantastic team leads and managers. I don't think the problem lies in an incompetence in the area of OS development, but rather in a company philosophy that has too many restrictions and silly requirements. Their programmers most likely spend a lot of time integrating DRM and proprietary replacements for perfectly viable technologies into their otherwise quality code. I guess all in all this equates to an overall conclusion that Microsoft has trouble producing quality operating systems in a timely manner, but it doesn't sound like incompetence on the programming end.
Aw, come on. You know that if Microsoft had built an obnoxious-looking store in the middle of New York and the elevator broke, we would be neck-deep in "must have been running Windows XP Elevator Edition" jokes. You must see at least a little humor in this story.
I wish! If someone from Creative wants to shoot me an email I can provide an address to send the check.
You're probably right, it's not a good idea for someone with such a high id number to get involved in mob mentality arguments. Honestly, Creative is just another corporation trying to make a buck as well, but I figured someone should try to represent a different view. My bad.
Because RIAA doesn't have a patent on recording radio broadcasts, and the product has significant non-infringing uses.
Yeah, but they are a bunch of asswipes. I believe he was referring to this lawsuit, where the RIAA is suing XM for allowing time-shifting by selling XM receivers that record. It's a lawsuit over copyright, not patent. One which I've heard Sirius avoided by making a deal ahead of time to pay record companies a fee so they can sell their recording receivers. I'm not sure if that means that Sirius gave in, but either way I maintain my stance that the RIAA can go suck a railroad spike.
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I'm pretty sure SharpFang was originally talking about young-earth creationism when he said nobody in Europe of appreciable education or influence believes in it. When people mention 'creationism,' they're usually referring to the literal interpretation that everything was created in 6 days, 6000 years ago, not in the simple belief that there is a string-pulling diety more or less involved in the universe in some way. Unfortunately, in America, this young-earth creationistic belief is held by much more than a 'small minority.' It's good to hear that it's not so in Europe. I think you're arguing the wrong point here.
Dell adapters put out 20 volts at 5 amps. It may not be dangerous, but it is enough to feel for sure. I think this issue, however, is more about a static buildup rather than a short delivering a constant flow to users.
Apparently these 52x CD-ROM drives work by spinning the CD at a much higher speed than a normal music CD and generating a lot more centrifugal force.
:p
Yeah, about 52 times the speed of a normal music CD.
He also opposes abortion rights, stem cell research, and net neutrality. Oh, and he doesn't 'believe' in evolution. What a great candidate.
When you wear goggles and gloves to use your computer in public, you're going to look like a douche.
It'll probably just get reverted.
This would all be moot if they could steer hurricanes sharp enough to run down off the East coast of South America. I doubt that though.
At this point I'd imagine they're working on the ability to steer the storms and will worry about logistics later. One would hope that by the time they're ready to actively steer storms that are threatening populated areas, we'll be in a more global society. The United States wouldn't be flinging hurricanes at Mexican farmers; rather mankind would be moving the hurricane to the path of least destruction. The global economy would then be directed to help evacuate and eventually rebuild the affected land.
Of course, after reading that back to myself, I think I have too much hope for humankind.
Hehe, subnet mask.
Yes, but not even Canada would be able to fit a reactor on a mars probe. RTGs are not reactors.
Sheesh, I would not want to have their daily commute.
But he really did show his dumb.
How does an article about how a new network stack could come with unknown security flaws and the fact that most security flaws that have been found in the beta builds have been fixed - as is to be expected - turn into "ZOMG M$ Winblows still rife with unsecure Hax!!" I'm not a Microsoft fan by any stretch and the world would possibly be a better place without them, but for Pete's sake stop acting like children. The article is "Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista," so at least use that as the slashdot title. If the same article was written about a new network stack for Apple's new OS, the slashdot title would certainly not be spinned as much. Actually, it probably would, but the other way. Maybe I didn't read the article well enough, but it just seems that the summary isn't talking about the same article.
The term can and is applied to fabrics, ask any firefighter. The term's definition may be slightly different in the context of fire suppression, and would probably be more correctly substituted with "fire point," but it can be applied to anything combustible.
Of course I highly doubt that even a MacBook gets hot enough to ignite fabric. Being hot enough to discolor fabric is not the same as being hot enough to ignite it.
Where do you get your statistics? By more than a few you mean a total of two. By plenty damn recently in the history of the program you mean one (or half of all of them since you like to pretend that we're talking about a large quantity) was 5 years after the first launch, which happened 25 years ago. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, but your evidence is wrong.
I heard they want to open a Walmart...
New Jersey has always been known for its stellar traffic engineering marvels.
I kid, I kid! Actually, I live in PA. At least your roads get paved once in a while...
Now parking tickets, there's a source of income...
Sure, if you use RAID0 to store your important documents and don't back up, you're either a masochist or your teacher should reconsider the decision to mainstream you. However, if speed is more important than data safety RAID0 has its place.
One example is gamers. The kind of gamers who sometimes have a computer only for gaming. Other than their saved games, the data integrity isn't all that important as a reinstall could take place in an afternoon.
There are also many fields which require fast read/write times, like digital video/audio/etc. As long as everything gets backed up, the RAID0 array is more of a middle step between RAM and reliable non-volatile storage.
Another possibility is installing the Operating System on a RAID0 array, and data on another disk or array better suited for not ruining your life.
Well, sure, it's an 'upgrade' to the 'Windows' operating system line, but not in the same way that 98 was an upgrade of 95. I guess it's somewhat based on Windows 2003, but the point is that it is certainly a large undertaking, unlike the 'minor' upgrade Longhorne was originally supposed to be in preparation for Blackcomb. It is mostly new code, and lots of it.
I certainly have no evidence to back this up, but I would imagine that Microsoft has some of the best programming minds working for them. They also probably have some fantastic team leads and managers. I don't think the problem lies in an incompetence in the area of OS development, but rather in a company philosophy that has too many restrictions and silly requirements. Their programmers most likely spend a lot of time integrating DRM and proprietary replacements for perfectly viable technologies into their otherwise quality code. I guess all in all this equates to an overall conclusion that Microsoft has trouble producing quality operating systems in a timely manner, but it doesn't sound like incompetence on the programming end.
Sounds like a scented candle or juice flavor. I can't think of a third company starting with Cran- to complete my joke with though...
Aw, come on. You know that if Microsoft had built an obnoxious-looking store in the middle of New York and the elevator broke, we would be neck-deep in "must have been running Windows XP Elevator Edition" jokes. You must see at least a little humor in this story.
Now, if only we could get somebody to trademark the term "AJAX".
I think these guys do. They don't seem to be too interested in fighting for it though.
I wish! If someone from Creative wants to shoot me an email I can provide an address to send the check.
You're probably right, it's not a good idea for someone with such a high id number to get involved in mob mentality arguments. Honestly, Creative is just another corporation trying to make a buck as well, but I figured someone should try to represent a different view. My bad.
Because RIAA doesn't have a patent on recording radio broadcasts, and the product has significant non-infringing uses.
Yeah, but they are a bunch of asswipes. I believe he was referring to this lawsuit, where the RIAA is suing XM for allowing time-shifting by selling XM receivers that record. It's a lawsuit over copyright, not patent. One which I've heard Sirius avoided by making a deal ahead of time to pay record companies a fee so they can sell their recording receivers. I'm not sure if that means that Sirius gave in, but either way I maintain my stance that the RIAA can go suck a railroad spike.