Holy shit, you've got me beat by a lot. When I did it a couple years ago (the last score I have bookmarked), I was -4.38, -5.23. It is possible to have "socialist libertarians", it's just that nobody in the US knows what that means, since it's the opposite of both major parties.
Choosing R means failing to acknowledge that the car is in a ditch. Choosing D means there will be lots of talk about getting the car out of the ditch, but nobody will actually do anything about it.
If American Democrats are "right of center"... what is Center?
Slightly to the left of most Democrats. A lot of people in the US like to call Obama a socialist. These are people that have never looked at European politics, where you can see real socialists. Take a look at the political compass and count how many 2008 candidates were left of center.
Though they used to be x.6 and x.10 when they released in June and October.
The only June release was 6.06, and that was only because it wasn't ready for release in April. The goal has always been releases in April and October.
If OO has an equivalent to PP, someone please correct me.
It's called Impress. I've never used it (I don't do presentations), so I don't know how "equivalent" it is, but it is OpenOffice's presentation software.
It doesn't matter if you're legally liable or not. Once you touch someone's computer, all future problems become YOUR problem, and they expect you to fix it for free.
They may expect you to fix it, and you may feel a professional or ethical obligation to correct your mistakes, but I don't think they can sue you for malpractice the way they can with a doctor or lawyer.
This. An IT professional will do more free work than a doctor or lawyer would ever dream of. Some people have legal problems... everyone has problems with windows.
If an IT professional were legally liable if they mess up something when doing free work, would any of them still do it?
The only religion I can think of that has that kind of hierarchy is Catholicism. Islam in many Middle East theocracies is a bit of a strange case, since their power is at least as much political as it is religious. Judaism has very little hierarchy, and the rabbis that work at the central offices and seminaries certainly aren't being paid millions of dollars. Most other branches of Christianity don't have large hierarchies that I'm aware of either. Those "megachurch" assholes don't count, since they aren't part of a hierarchy, even though they convince lots of stupid people to give them millions of dollars so that they can build a new stadiu- I mean, church- and an adjacent mansion for themselves.
Religion is about accepting that a group of "facts" (bible) is right with no physical proof, and the leadership objects when someone doubts or questions the accuracy of the "facts".
Beware of confusing the word "religion" with a specific religion that you don't like.
My point is, the audiences of these shows are mostly young liberal and uninformed.
Yes, yes, and demonstrably false. When polls were done a couple years ago, people that watched The Daily Show were more politically informed than people that got their news primarily from other cable channels. People who don't understand what Stewart and Colbert are making fun of probably won't find them funny and won't watch their shows.
The problem with Stewart (not so much Colbert), is that too many people get their news from him, a comedian
Jon Stewart's response when the first polls were done that showed how large and politically informed his audience is: "People, we make stuff up! We follow a show about puppets making prank phone calls."
My point is, the audiences of these shows are mostly young liberal and uninformed
Yes, yes, and demonstrably false. When polls were done a couple years ago, people that watched The Daily Show were more politically informed than people that got their news primarily from other cable channels. People who don't understand what Stewart and Colbert are making fun of probably won't find them funny and won't watch their shows.
hen doctors talk of obesity they often state, our genetics didn't change, so environmental factors must be contributing to the rise in obesity. The same must be said for Autism. Our genetics did not change, so there must be an environmental factor (or factors).
You're forgetting a third possibility, that it's being diagnosed more frequently (whether correctly or incorrectly is an issue that I'll leave to biological and medical experts). A hundred years ago, we didn't know that Pluto existed, but that doesn't mean that it didn't exist before then.
Why is it that we here at/. are frothing at the mouth when companies use false DMCAtakedownnotices but apparently have no such anger directed at other companies using false patent information, we even defend them because of the "evil lawyers"?
Filing a false DMCA takedown notice is intentionally committing perjury. In order to avoid committing such a crime, you only have to do nothing.
Selling a product that's marked as being covered by a patent that expired a month ago is probably just a retail store selling existing stock. In order to avoid committing a crime, the manufacturer would have to recall every store's stock on the day the patent expires and destroy every piece, potentially costing a large amount of money and wasting a large amount of resources.
If a manufacturer continues to produce items marked with patents that expired 5 years earlier, then sure, they should be fined, since it's pretty reasonable to check the production lines once per year, but going after them the day after the patent expires would be ridiculous.
there cycles being in nature does NOT mean that 'private research institutions' can suddenly start inventing numerous 'cycles' just in a decade, whereas there have been only a set amount of cycles invented since the start of scientific revolution.
Because as we all know, the pace of scientific and technological advancement is perfectly constant.
You aren't describing theories; you're describing hypotheses. Nothing should be called a theory without repeatable experiments that can confirm the predictions.
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(My result: -9.25, -8.21.)
Holy shit, you've got me beat by a lot. When I did it a couple years ago (the last score I have bookmarked), I was -4.38, -5.23. It is possible to have "socialist libertarians", it's just that nobody in the US knows what that means, since it's the opposite of both major parties.
Choosing R means failing to acknowledge that the car is in a ditch. Choosing D means there will be lots of talk about getting the car out of the ditch, but nobody will actually do anything about it.
If American Democrats are "right of center" ... what is Center?
Slightly to the left of most Democrats. A lot of people in the US like to call Obama a socialist. These are people that have never looked at European politics, where you can see real socialists. Take a look at the political compass and count how many 2008 candidates were left of center.
Though they used to be x.6 and x.10 when they released in June and October.
The only June release was 6.06, and that was only because it wasn't ready for release in April. The goal has always been releases in April and October.
Forgive my ignorance, but how can somebody patent an idea that Adobe delivers with their developer's toolkit?
By filing their patent application 6 years before the first version of Flash was released.
If OO has an equivalent to PP, someone please correct me.
It's called Impress. I've never used it (I don't do presentations), so I don't know how "equivalent" it is, but it is OpenOffice's presentation software.
It doesn't matter if you're legally liable or not. Once you touch someone's computer, all future problems become YOUR problem, and they expect you to fix it for free.
They may expect you to fix it, and you may feel a professional or ethical obligation to correct your mistakes, but I don't think they can sue you for malpractice the way they can with a doctor or lawyer.
This. An IT professional will do more free work than a doctor or lawyer would ever dream of. Some people have legal problems... everyone has problems with windows.
If an IT professional were legally liable if they mess up something when doing free work, would any of them still do it?
I haven't seen any patent lawsuits in recent memory for smartphone software.
Less than a year is beyond recent memory? Apple v. HTC
Wait, are you talking about Gates or Zuckerberg?
Yes.
The only religion I can think of that has that kind of hierarchy is Catholicism. Islam in many Middle East theocracies is a bit of a strange case, since their power is at least as much political as it is religious. Judaism has very little hierarchy, and the rabbis that work at the central offices and seminaries certainly aren't being paid millions of dollars. Most other branches of Christianity don't have large hierarchies that I'm aware of either. Those "megachurch" assholes don't count, since they aren't part of a hierarchy, even though they convince lots of stupid people to give them millions of dollars so that they can build a new stadiu- I mean, church- and an adjacent mansion for themselves.
To add to that point, the sun wasn't even created until the fourth day. It's kinda hard to have solar days without a sun.
Religion is about accepting that a group of "facts" (bible) is right with no physical proof, and the leadership objects when someone doubts or questions the accuracy of the "facts".
Beware of confusing the word "religion" with a specific religion that you don't like.
How much did you pay for that low user ID?
My point is, the audiences of these shows are mostly young liberal and uninformed.
Yes, yes, and demonstrably false. When polls were done a couple years ago, people that watched The Daily Show were more politically informed than people that got their news primarily from other cable channels. People who don't understand what Stewart and Colbert are making fun of probably won't find them funny and won't watch their shows.
The problem with Stewart (not so much Colbert), is that too many people get their news from him, a comedian
Jon Stewart's response when the first polls were done that showed how large and politically informed his audience is: "People, we make stuff up! We follow a show about puppets making prank phone calls."
My point is, the audiences of these shows are mostly young liberal and uninformed
Yes, yes, and demonstrably false. When polls were done a couple years ago, people that watched The Daily Show were more politically informed than people that got their news primarily from other cable channels. People who don't understand what Stewart and Colbert are making fun of probably won't find them funny and won't watch their shows.
Super Mario Crossover. Not quite JavaScript, but still pretty damn fun.
hen doctors talk of obesity they often state, our genetics didn't change, so environmental factors must be contributing to the rise in obesity. The same must be said for Autism. Our genetics did not change, so there must be an environmental factor (or factors).
You're forgetting a third possibility, that it's being diagnosed more frequently (whether correctly or incorrectly is an issue that I'll leave to biological and medical experts). A hundred years ago, we didn't know that Pluto existed, but that doesn't mean that it didn't exist before then.
Why is it that we here at /. are frothing at the mouth when companies use false DMCA takedown notices but apparently have no such anger directed at other companies using false patent information, we even defend them because of the "evil lawyers"?
Filing a false DMCA takedown notice is intentionally committing perjury. In order to avoid committing such a crime, you only have to do nothing.
Selling a product that's marked as being covered by a patent that expired a month ago is probably just a retail store selling existing stock. In order to avoid committing a crime, the manufacturer would have to recall every store's stock on the day the patent expires and destroy every piece, potentially costing a large amount of money and wasting a large amount of resources.
If a manufacturer continues to produce items marked with patents that expired 5 years earlier, then sure, they should be fined, since it's pretty reasonable to check the production lines once per year, but going after them the day after the patent expires would be ridiculous.
It's voilà (French for "there you go")
Actually, it comes from voir (to see) and la (there). </pedantic>
It's not just word on the street. Comcast has been launching IPv6 tests this year. Check out Comcast's page.
there cycles being in nature does NOT mean that 'private research institutions' can suddenly start inventing numerous 'cycles' just in a decade, whereas there have been only a set amount of cycles invented since the start of scientific revolution.
Because as we all know, the pace of scientific and technological advancement is perfectly constant.
You aren't describing theories; you're describing hypotheses. Nothing should be called a theory without repeatable experiments that can confirm the predictions.
Or get an iPhone. Yes in theory the smug attack still exists.
Oh, I'm pretty sure that there's no "in theory" about it.