No one is doubting Global Warming.

That's simply not true. There's a large contingency of folks who are outright denying even the temp rises. They're typically the mindless followers of Beck & Limbaugh.

By "solar weather theory" are you referring to the false arguments that AGW is caused by cosmic rays and/or temps are increasing on other planets? If so, no problem. Here's 34 different scientific papers that refute each aspect of them. :)

So, you ready to change your business model now?

Such systems do not exist.

Yet. The systems capable of running Atari 2600 emulators didn't exist at the time, either.

It comes down to the fact that computers are not getting faster, but getting more parallel instead. Emulation of a serial instruction stream cannot be parallelized in software.

The Xbox & Xbox 360 are nothing more than PCs running a super-specialized version of Windows. As mentioned, the Wii is emulatable. Future consoles will no doubt use technology similar to what's in your PC (multi-cored, like the PS3 potentially could've been with the Cell processors). There is no reason to believe that what's available today will not show up as an emulator in the future.

International Center for the History of Electronic Games. I've been in the "private lab" area. Every single game you remember is preserved.

Okay, which god? Are they teaching that Marduk slew Tiamat by cutting her in two and used the halves to create the land and sky? Are they teaching that Brahma split a lotus flower into three. That he stretched one part into the heavens, another part into the earth, and the third part of the flower he created the skies?

Or, are they telling the story of Adam and Eve, a story which the people who follow the religion it's based on don't believe to be a factual story? If it's the latter, they're forcing their religious beliefs on everyone in the state in direct violation of what the founding fathers intended. In that case, the entire state of Louisiana should be moved to the Middle East where theocracies are better tolerated. They also hate the US as much as the folks of LA apparently do and thus would be welcomed with open arms.

Now, if they were teaching Christian creationism and asking serious questions like "if all of the animals departed the ark at the same time, why is it marsupials only settled in Australia? You'd think at least one or two species would've gotten tired on the way to that continent and settled in India or something, yet they all skipped all of the intervening land to settle in Australia." But, I'm sure the kind of "critical thinking" they're pretending they want to implement doesn't ask the tough questions of their silly fairy stories.

I agree, but you're the one using Linux, not me. :)

HP. We only buy the "previous", and thus well-tested, generations. Ensure our firmware and drivers are the latest. Run stress tests on the machine before putting into production. It's really not that hard. That's why we're pulling all the Unix stuff out. Everything revenue-generating and client-facing is 100% Windows. The Unix team couldn't come close to matching us for uptimes and performance.

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Who says Slashdotters are sad nerds with no sense of humor?

Sorry, not the case. We've got 1200 Windows server, haven't seen a BSOD in the five years I've been here. (The desktop guys might have. 15k desktops, I'm sure one's had bad RAM). At the previous job, 3 years with 900 servers and no BSODs.

You must be new here. At Slashdot, it's always the fault of the OS, never the admin. Just because most of us real Windows admins haven't seen a blue screen in years is irrelevant...

Ah, I see you're a fan of "Watt's Up With That". At least, I have to assume that as I think Watt's the only one still spewing the "one sensor" argument. To rebut, one merely has to look at what the published data actually says. To quote from this page "Sea levels are measured by a variety of methods that show close agreement - sediment cores, tidal gauges, satellite measurements. What they find is sea level rise has been steadily accelerating over the past century." Note GAUGES. Plural. But, also note other methods as well that aren't subject to local variation bias.

but id wager that its the sea floors changing

You do realize you're wagering everyone else's future on that bet, right? You should probably hedge your bets a little better by reading the actual science involved.

Yes! It's just terrible when companies give you things for free that you can then choose to either use...or not. Shameful behavior! Congress should do something about it!

Was the product defective?

I believe he mentioned that when he said "If I was able to buy stuff, discover it is shit".

Was the product exactly as it was advertised when sold?

More often than not, when discussing the kinds of intellectual property these organizations are trying to protect, the answer is no. Every movie is advertised as if it's the greatest story that's ever been told in a way that will make your grandchildren cry and all of these reviewers said things like "brilliant", "best movie ever" and "you should buy this movie if you're not a retarded moron who doesn't like great movies". When discussing music, that new song you heard on the radio today WAS great...but when you bought the CD you found that the other 12 were complete shit. Sorry, I'm not spending $20 for one good song. If all of the media being pumped out these days was half as good as the packaging and advertising says it is, this discussion wouldn't be happening. People would be happy to buy it because a) there would be a lot less of it. It takes time to put out good work and b) it would be worth it. As it stands now, most of their crap isn't a good value at free.

And, no, I don't buy many movies on DVD or music on CD. I have Netflix and the radio.

the fact that you didn't like it doesn't make the sale fraudulent

No, the sale was not. But, not honoring a warranty of merchantability is. If I purchase food at the store, consume some, and find I don't like it I can return it. If I purchase some new shoes (after trying them on in the store), but find after a couple of days of wearing them that I just don't like how they feel, I can return them. Hell, most auto dealers are now offering 3-day return policies even. That would be after I read all of the reviews and did a test drive, etc, etc. But, not so in the media industry. You bought it, you don't like it, you suck it. That's why I don't buy it, and why many people aren't buying it.

They're not losing a penny's revenue due to piracy, they're losing it all due to teh suck.

That's interesting, can you give me a list of useful scientific accomplishments that rely on the Theory of Evolution?

Yes: medicine.

I think the assumption is that if there's a line that says "They'll bring it to class and use it for homework", then they'll probably need it for homework. Now, possibly not ALL homework assignments will require it, but it's in the summary AND the article.

I'll never understand arm-chair petroleum engineers.

You think that's bad! You should try explaining the macroeconomics, sociology, city planning, legal issues, trade issues, foreign relations issues, etc, etc, necessary for them to understand the issues facing the country to increase their chances of making intelligent choices when it comes time to vote for their elected officials! Phew!