I don't.

In science, I completely agree. In philosophy, I believe that axioms create a foundation that without, you could not have any certain truths whatsoever. How do you resolve that conflict?

I suppose you've identified which side I belong to. Though we do agree that objective truth is a nonsense phrase, only I think it is because it is a redundant term.

Actually, Plato is among the few that did believe in sense-certainty. He believed in the idea of perfect knowledge and the Republic was mostly a discourse on forming a perfect society. That said, I believe Plato definitely would have agreed that all knowledge is objective under his definition. He made it very clear that he thought knowledge is certain and that the truth equates to knowledge. Now we can debate all day about whether this or that topic is true or false, but I am sure we can agree that the truth is axiomatic and essentially means 'not false, absolutely right.' That is about as objective as you can get in my minds eye... what's true is true and what is true constitutes reality. Having thought this out now, perhaps my inclusion of 'objective' was superfluous as it seems clear to me now that it was implied.

I don't. I believe you may be mis-representing what Socrates/Plato is saying in that line. To me, this says: "Those who seek and desire _complete_, objective truth deserve the title of Philosophers." The term 'reality' is used to represent what could be called a 'complete and truthful understanding' of the world.

Not so. For yourself, you just need to position yourself under a competent manager. To be quite honest, how important do you expect your body of work to be if you do not increase your responsibility at a company? You can only have your work seen as important if you strive to do important work. This is somewhat at odds with your desire to stay out of management, but I believe there are alternatives. Perhaps consulting for yourself may work? Often times a 'project lead' position is a non-management role with great responsibility.

We must both admit that at the end of the day, what makes people happy varies a great deal. As we pursue our different ends to happiness, the choices we make will be in accordance with our individual pursuits. What is the answer for me is unlikely to be the answer for you. The best advise that can be applied to everyone is to take charge of your own life and get what you want, do not wait for it to be given.

It is not the case. What you are reading are low to mid-level employees that are describing either: 1) problems with middle management at a larger company, or 2) complete ignorance of technical industries in smaller companies. In these cases, perception is far more important than the actual value you deliver. However, the creme does rise to the top eventually. While the people in this thread are detailing the lessons they have learned themselves, it is important to remember that the lesson itself is being learned, right? These people have now realized how the world works and can act accordingly. Once you persevere from the more plebeian positions into the management/executive level, your body of work is far more important.

This is exactly why I do not use auto-pay or electronic billing as well. Most people and especially judges, do not know the possiblities of electronic bills as evidence. We, as nerds, know that a PDF can be altered in a number of ways to say what you want it to say (fraud). Forging a paper bill that is dated, numbered, postmarked, etc... well that is not going to be challenged easily where as you PDF can be argued to be forged in Photoshop or something.

To bring science back in the fold of the mainstream society, we must view the posts various scientists hold as something that commands respect. Simply put, if you can make a scientists feel as if they and their work were important, then the problem will solve itself.

Currently, the dynamic is far from this simple, idealized version of reality. Right now most academic and intellectual endeavors are met with apathy, if they are lucky. Those individuals actually pursuing these fields are met with far worse circumstances as they navigate through their younger years. The lack of respect for intellectuals among the lay people has bred an environment that finds the intellectuals persevering through far more challenges in society than they ever see in school. Until America learns it needs to lift the intellectuals on their shoulders instead of keeping them on the soles of their shoes, I feel we may never see a real change.

This is an easy one.

The only person to ever see my phone and know what it was just happened to be another G1 owner. Not another soul knew in nearly a year now. Instead I was met with, "What is that?"

From the pictures in the article, it looks great for a coffee table keepsake. I cannot speak for your homes clientele, but this will be a wonderful thing guests will enjoy while getting to know me a little better in the process.

Or just throw it on the throne and enjoy.

I am certainly in the minority here, but I cannot be the only one who does not want there whole social network knowing so much about them. Call me old-fashioned I suppose... but I much rather be a mystery than a well-read novel. I just cant help but think about how many people in business will be bit in the ass by things posted online! You know HR depts. look at these things if they can. If they have a FB dev account in IT somewhere, then maybe the phone interview can get replaced by a FB profile browsing. ;)

Oversimplification explains nothing. Let's apply your same argument to human reproduction:

Woman A meets Man B and have sex.

Nine months later, Woman A has a child.

I really learned a lot from that description! Who cares about the semantics involved between the act of sex and childs birth? You suggest that the means to the end are irrelevant by completely neglecting to mention the oft-complicated measures the bill will/does lay out.

Ummm... it has been over 100 degrees here for a week already. We more than make up for our lack of heating in the winter with all the cooling we do in the summer. During the months of June, July and August, my electric bill is triple (or more) the cost of a winter month.

You lost a few posts ago. Give up.

He is just saying you are batshit insane.

I agree. +1 Foe.

Excuse me for not being intimately familiar with the comings and goings of the Firefox developers. I am not trotting around anything... why are you assuming I follow the FF development as closely as you? I don't! I just want things to work. Clearly, you are far more familiar with the FF development team than I am. Further, you are certainly acting much like the fanboys you put down just one post before. Admittedly, you have far better information and insight than a fanboy, but your tact(or lack thereof) is atrocious.

Thank you for the information and clarity about the memory leak, at least so far as Ben and his reply goes. In the future, your message may be better received if you weren't... how do you say... a prick.

Oh! right, right... it was the fanboys! What was I thinking.

As for how the developers reacted... it was fine, I supposed. The problem was it took them a LONG time to react.

I am not terribly interested in your further replies, but if you feel it contributes to the overall thread, please feel free. We can agree to disagree.