No, it's not enough. You don't always just want a 'big boom'. You want to know exactly what a weapon will do so you can make them appropriately for different scenarios. If you just make the biggest weapon you can and assume 'it's enough' you'll be dropping huge ordinance and risking large amounts of collateral damage.
The US rather than making them bigger makes them small enough to fit into MIRVs and such. Or to be fired by artillery cannons (at one time). But you need to know *what it will do*. How close to friendly units can it be used? What sort of outcome can we expect when it's used? etc.
You also want to know whether the airplane *dropping* the bomb has enough time to fly away from the explosion (I know with the Tsar Bomba this was a concern).
Forget the anti-nuke hippy mentality for a bit and think about the situation for crying out loud.
You realize that "most" people aren't in "western" nations don't you? That chart ignores the Middle East, South America, Canada, Africa, Australia, and that little scrap of land called Asia.
If that is true, what is the point in having a trial by jury?
To, um, determine whether the law was broken, like the GP said. What don't you get? It's so you can't be brought into a trial on fake charges and convicted in private behind closed doors.
Sure, not everybody can or will. But some people do. And that's the point. Folks didn't like how OpenOffice looked on MacOS, and created a version that looked good.
This is a security failure known as a "false positive." This means the police failed at their job. The arrested somebody who wasn't doing anything illegal, and now they're going to make up something illegal to charge her with.
While not quite as bad as a false negative, it's still a security failure. The sooner we start to recognize it as such the better off we'll all be.
Strictly speaking, the GPL is a license from the developer for others to use, distribute and change the program. The developer itself is not bound by it, so no matter what the developer does, this is not a "violation" of the GPL.
However, if the developer does something that would violate the GPL if done by someone else, the developer will surely lose moral standing in the community.
I just switched from FF to Opera because of its low market share numbers - which was the same reason I switched from IE to FF when the FF market was about 2%.
Pffft. I'm must more emo than you, I use Lynx which has practucally no market share!
Oh? Why not? What are *you* doing with that free memory? Nothing, that's what. Why shouldn't Windows use it to cache things that may be used again, like recently opened files and such?
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No, it's not enough. You don't always just want a 'big boom'. You want to know exactly what a weapon will do so you can make them appropriately for different scenarios. If you just make the biggest weapon you can and assume 'it's enough' you'll be dropping huge ordinance and risking large amounts of collateral damage.
The US rather than making them bigger makes them small enough to fit into MIRVs and such. Or to be fired by artillery cannons (at one time). But you need to know *what it will do*. How close to friendly units can it be used? What sort of outcome can we expect when it's used? etc.
You also want to know whether the airplane *dropping* the bomb has enough time to fly away from the explosion (I know with the Tsar Bomba this was a concern).
Forget the anti-nuke hippy mentality for a bit and think about the situation for crying out loud.
Is it really that hard to grasp that the Gaia concept is a metaphor for our incredibly complex and precious biosphere.
Yes. Just as difficult as it is to accept the idea of a magical invisible man who knows everything.
ancient, loving Earth
Tough love....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
etc. etc.
Hey Nancy boy, maybe the Earth is trying to tell you to man-up?
That is one of the best posts I've ever read on slashdot. Bravo. :-)
You realize that "most" people aren't in "western" nations don't you? That chart ignores the Middle East, South America, Canada, Africa, Australia, and that little scrap of land called Asia.
The *Sun* has a *fever*!
There's a *bit* more info here (from slashdot, to slashgear, to MacOS rumors, etc.):
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10894
I wonder why [some] westerners always come up with their pet projects and think these projects will solve third world problems.
Becuase most of the innovation in third world nations takes the form of "new ways to commit genocide?"
So what? Seriously. Just because the US complains doesn't mean you have to actually *do* something about it you know...
Mmm. Keeping your word *is* certainly a silly idea isn't it. ::roll::
But you *would* be under legal obligation to *try*.
Slashdot is a technical community so my comment may not be well received.
No, your comment won't be well received because it has nothing at all to do with the article or the Linux kernel.
If that is true, what is the point in having a trial by jury?
To, um, determine whether the law was broken, like the GP said. What don't you get? It's so you can't be brought into a trial on fake charges and convicted in private behind closed doors.
Sure, not everybody can or will. But some people do. And that's the point. Folks didn't like how OpenOffice looked on MacOS, and created a version that looked good.
While not quite as bad as a false negative, it's still a security failure. The sooner we start to recognize it as such the better off we'll all be.
You'll only keep your rights if you're willing to fight for *all* of them.
You know those people who say you should write the way you talk? They're lying...
Now that *is* a story. John Titor got *something* right!
"mutt -f " works just fine too....
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#Developer Violate
Strictly speaking, the GPL is a license from the developer for others to use, distribute and change the program. The developer itself is not bound by it, so no matter what the developer does, this is not a "violation" of the GPL.
However, if the developer does something that would violate the GPL if done by someone else, the developer will surely lose moral standing in the community.
I just switched from FF to Opera because of its low market share numbers - which was the same reason I switched from IE to FF when the FF market was about 2%.
Pffft. I'm must more emo than you, I use Lynx which has practucally no market share!
Ah, right. I think I misunderstood your point a bit, or jumped to an incorrect conclusion...
Let me introduce you to our friend RAID.
Isn't being buggy and broken enough for it to take a lot of crap? Seriously, "spaceLikeWord98?" WTF?
Oh? Why not? What are *you* doing with that free memory? Nothing, that's what. Why shouldn't Windows use it to cache things that may be used again, like recently opened files and such?