Comment Re:Half of circumference? (Score 1) 332
I defended my doctoral thesis in English but I think I don't know it enough to have a bitter, verbal-intensive, emotional fight in it
I defended my doctoral thesis in English but I think I don't know it enough to have a bitter, verbal-intensive, emotional fight in it
I think there/their/they're or your/you're errors are not an issue if you are a native speaker, but that doesn't apply to non-native speakers. I can deal with that (after a second of confusion) but I have friends that are at a 1st Certificate level of English and they sometimes absolutely fail parsing sentences when those errors, and ask me what they mean.
GPLed software is usable by some developers - those who, for whatever reason, have no problem giving source away. It's not usable by those who do.
Wrong. I'm a developer of BSD-licensed software which is freely available on the internet, so obviously I have no problem giving source away. But I can't use GPL code in my software unless I'm willing to change the license, which I'm not.
I have an iRex iLiad from 2007 that I use mainly for just that, scientific papers. It's great:
- PDF's look great.
- It's eInk. Much better for the eyes than a tablet if you ask me.
- You can zoom to whichever part you want.
- The screen is larger than in most of the latest ereaders.
- There is a third-party reader that you can install for PDF's with column layout, letting you read in column order.
- The device is free and can work as an USB drive, you can copy the PDF's directly to it or you can plug an USB stick to it, you don't need to care about third-party apps or DRM at all.
- Last but not least, you can underline things and take notes with the wacom pen on the PDF. It's great for going over drafts of your own papers, or by annotating other people's papers.
It's a pity that most ereaders released after that have been a step backwards, not forward, in functionality.
So instead of everyone having to pay for public services, let only the generous pay, while the egoists also get the benefits but for free (with the added advantage of having more money to spend in themselves, i.e., a better position in the "free" market).
Very efficient, yes. Maybe it's because I'm European, but I honestly can't understand how anyone but the super-rich can defend such an anarcho-capitalism. It's just beyond me.
Actually, I think the point is that often in life we just don't have the information to make a rational decision, so we rationalize it afterwards.
It's not actually that "it doesn't matter what road you take", it's more like it's impossible to know what road to take, and it's impossible to know if there will or will not be consequences. But we like to act as if we actually knew.
Without life, Biology itself would be impossible.