You have to remember, all people are terrorists until proven otherwise. The NSA is doing its best to wade through the phone calls but they need more funding. So fund the NSA, you don't want the terrorists to win...do you?
Wish I could mod up. I get an untold amount of shit for currently working in PHP (I've had plenty of experience in C++, C, Perl, Python, etc.). Cleaning up others code and deploying a custom built framework pays my bills (quite well). If you use the right framework or build one yourself then security shouldn't be an issue. Granted, PHP let's you get away with a lot of dumbassery that other languages don't, but as a programmer if you're not parameterizing your queries and sanitizing outside variables then you deserve all of the horrible things that will happen to you. There will always be elitism in any field, and sometimes it just feels like PHP is the stinky kid on the playground that always gets bullied.
I do completely agree that the function list and needle/haystack confusion is unconscionably bad.
Ah, but those aren't "real" Christians. Only me and my sect have the real truth, therefore only my particular flavor of Christianity should be taught. Everything else is pure heresy. I'm pretty sure the historical Jesus would be aghast at all of the atrocities and hatred committed in his honor.
If there were a push for Islamic religious indoctrination in school, the humanists of the world (which I proudly consider myself one of) would be just as against it. So please, take your persecution complex back to church where you can pretend to be more Christ-like while screwing the poor and pushing your religious agenda on the rest of us. Your freedom of religion is no more important than my freedom from religion.
I'm no medicalologist, but I have to imagine that mass consumption of any mind-altering chemical (tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, etc.) while the brain is still developing will have an effect. The question is, is it worth keeping our prisons full of non-violent offenders to discourage their use?
Bringing a delicious peanut butter sandwich to work for lunch is totally innocuous. Doing so with the full knowledge that Bob from Accounting is lethally allergic is...not.
I can't be held accountable if Bob steals my lunch, then eats it.
My two favorite ST episodes were DS9. Far Beyond the Stars and In the Pale Moonlight. Both were kinda dark, but you're right...the power that they had was being a culminating part of a larger story. The writing was also great, unlike any other Trek series, the characters had depth and moral ambiguity. Much more like people I'd actually meet than one-dimensional paragons of virtue.
No place to go? It's an infinite universe with an infinite timeline. Therefore, there are an infinite number of things that could happen that don't involve interactions with anyone important and therefore don't affect the timeline. You could write a story about the war between the Vulcans and the Romulans, for one. That's never been explored in any depth. Heck, that could be an entire series by itself, with almost no risk of significantly violating the canon.
Gawd yes! There are so many interesting stories that could be told, why are we constantly subjected to the same point-of-view and point in history? I would love to see a mini-series about this. I don't think it's enough for an entire run, but it would likely be too much to force into a movie.
I'm middle-of-the-road when it comes to getting slapped in the face with pizza. I'd still take that over dealings with any lawyer. Bad pizza can make you sick for a few days, a bad lawyer can ruin you financially.
As a United Statsian I can say that I once held us in esteem too. Now American exceptionalism, hyper-partisan politics, and Orwellian jingoism are the new norm. My wife and I have been seriously considering moving to another country while the getting is good. Any suggestions for an application developer and an environmental engineer?
....could have fed a lot. It's amazing what money is spent on.
Am I reading that right? It sounds like you want to feed starving children to other countries. Granted this will do a lot to feed others and to help take care of population growth, but how much sustenance can a starving child give? Really, we should start by eating the fat kids here in the U.S.
Caveat: As always, YMMV. I went over on my T-Mobile data a few months ago while at a conference. To my surprise even at 5GB I wasn't throttled. When I got back to my hometown I walked into one of their stores while my wife was shopping and asked them about it. The answer I got was that they reserve the right to throttle if you go over and that it's not an automatic thing. I have no idea if this is correct since in my experience salespeople are about as ill-informed as viewers of Fox News, but it is something to think about.
Really? Take a burned DVD over 5 years and try to read it. When I was in grad school I had a professor lose years of data because the disc decayed so badly. Granted the humidity and heat of Texas probably had something to do with it as well, but the discs themselves were in a dark place. You may be right regarding pressed optical media, but the consumer grade stuff will simply not outlast a decent hard drive.
The parent was talking about a self-hosted NAS device. I have 8 TB of space at home (RAID 5) and despite home movies, and raw pictures (minds out of the gutters, people) I haven't come close to filling it up. The initial purchase was a bit steep, but I trust it a helluva a lot more than optical storage.
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You have to remember, all people are terrorists until proven otherwise. The NSA is doing its best to wade through the phone calls but they need more funding. So fund the NSA, you don't want the terrorists to win...do you?
If it makes you feel any better, I'm only 6'1" and regularly volunteer to trade seats with taller folk if I see them in a tight spot.
From a concerned American to any of his concerned British cousins: Anybody want to get together and start our own country? With blackjack and hookers?
So that's where I left that code! Sorry, brah.
I was causing kernel panics before it was cool.
Wish I could mod up. I get an untold amount of shit for currently working in PHP (I've had plenty of experience in C++, C, Perl, Python, etc.). Cleaning up others code and deploying a custom built framework pays my bills (quite well). If you use the right framework or build one yourself then security shouldn't be an issue. Granted, PHP let's you get away with a lot of dumbassery that other languages don't, but as a programmer if you're not parameterizing your queries and sanitizing outside variables then you deserve all of the horrible things that will happen to you. There will always be elitism in any field, and sometimes it just feels like PHP is the stinky kid on the playground that always gets bullied.
I do completely agree that the function list and needle/haystack confusion is unconscionably bad.
You win this time, prescriptive grammar!
Ah, but those aren't "real" Christians. Only me and my sect have the real truth, therefore only my particular flavor of Christianity should be taught. Everything else is pure heresy. I'm pretty sure the historical Jesus would be aghast at all of the atrocities and hatred committed in his honor.
If there were a push for Islamic religious indoctrination in school, the humanists of the world (which I proudly consider myself one of) would be just as against it. So please, take your persecution complex back to church where you can pretend to be more Christ-like while screwing the poor and pushing your religious agenda on the rest of us. Your freedom of religion is no more important than my freedom from religion.
lesson?
don't eat junk food. crap like soda acidifies your stomach more than it needs to and kills good bacteria
I'd suggest eating more beans and lentils, but we've already argued about global warming today.
Don't forget about the latest "super-foods" like quinoa and the like. But I digest.
I'm no medicalologist, but I have to imagine that mass consumption of any mind-altering chemical (tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, etc.) while the brain is still developing will have an effect. The question is, is it worth keeping our prisons full of non-violent offenders to discourage their use?
I can't be held accountable if Bob steals my lunch, then eats it.
Apparently you can in Joisey
My two favorite ST episodes were DS9. Far Beyond the Stars and In the Pale Moonlight. Both were kinda dark, but you're right...the power that they had was being a culminating part of a larger story. The writing was also great, unlike any other Trek series, the characters had depth and moral ambiguity. Much more like people I'd actually meet than one-dimensional paragons of virtue.
No place to go? It's an infinite universe with an infinite timeline. Therefore, there are an infinite number of things that could happen that don't involve interactions with anyone important and therefore don't affect the timeline. You could write a story about the war between the Vulcans and the Romulans, for one. That's never been explored in any depth. Heck, that could be an entire series by itself, with almost no risk of significantly violating the canon.
Gawd yes! There are so many interesting stories that could be told, why are we constantly subjected to the same point-of-view and point in history? I would love to see a mini-series about this. I don't think it's enough for an entire run, but it would likely be too much to force into a movie.
So then DS9 was not Star Trek?
Because it was the best series they ever made.
Agree 100%, but Roddenberry would have been aghast at how it portrayed his rosy view of the future.
I'm middle-of-the-road when it comes to getting slapped in the face with pizza. I'd still take that over dealings with any lawyer. Bad pizza can make you sick for a few days, a bad lawyer can ruin you financially.
No, they are also afraid of us getting a less diverse Internet experience.
De more dey advertise, di-verse it gets!
Thank you, I'll be here all the week. Tip your servers.
I just tipped my servers. I lost a lot of virtual machines but it was totally worth it.
Don't forget the glory hole!
As a United Statsian I can say that I once held us in esteem too. Now American exceptionalism, hyper-partisan politics, and Orwellian jingoism are the new norm. My wife and I have been seriously considering moving to another country while the getting is good. Any suggestions for an application developer and an environmental engineer?
I want to sincerely thank you all for making my damned day so early in the morning. Now to explain to my cube-mates why I'm stifling laughter.
....could have fed a lot. It's amazing what money is spent on.
Am I reading that right? It sounds like you want to feed starving children to other countries. Granted this will do a lot to feed others and to help take care of population growth, but how much sustenance can a starving child give? Really, we should start by eating the fat kids here in the U.S.
Caveat: As always, YMMV. I went over on my T-Mobile data a few months ago while at a conference. To my surprise even at 5GB I wasn't throttled. When I got back to my hometown I walked into one of their stores while my wife was shopping and asked them about it. The answer I got was that they reserve the right to throttle if you go over and that it's not an automatic thing. I have no idea if this is correct since in my experience salespeople are about as ill-informed as viewers of Fox News, but it is something to think about.
Really? Take a burned DVD over 5 years and try to read it. When I was in grad school I had a professor lose years of data because the disc decayed so badly. Granted the humidity and heat of Texas probably had something to do with it as well, but the discs themselves were in a dark place. You may be right regarding pressed optical media, but the consumer grade stuff will simply not outlast a decent hard drive.
The parent was talking about a self-hosted NAS device. I have 8 TB of space at home (RAID 5) and despite home movies, and raw pictures (minds out of the gutters, people) I haven't come close to filling it up. The initial purchase was a bit steep, but I trust it a helluva a lot more than optical storage.
FTFY
Note to the NSA: I would not do this, I detest terrorism more than I detest the terrorism that you use to try to stop it.