Java did have operator overloading, but refused to let the perceived "idiot" programmers use it. It was reserved for those working on the language. See the String class for an example.
Blasphemy! There is but the one true Math! Seriously though, why do you pluralize it? Do students major in Engineerings over there too? Or Literatures?
Libel has been illegal forever. Just because it's in book form doesn't change anything. I'm not saying I agree with the point Kagan argued. I'd need to read more about the circumstances to form an opinion. But keep in mind that she's a lawyer, and she was arguing the side she'd been hired to argue. In/. terms, you use bubble sort if the boss tells you to. I'm not too concerned over it.
The party that has a platform of less government and fiscal (and personal) responsibility has been at the helm of the largest government increases and spending excesses in history, as well as trying it's damnedest to legislate personal responsibility right out of existence (abortion decisions, porn, religion, etc),
When did the Democrats ever have less government and fiscal responsibility as their platform? Or haven't you been paying attention to what has been going on in Washington since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 (and especially since Obama got into the WH)? What they have done dwarfs what the Republicans did when they controlled the purse strings from 1994-2006 (during which time that deficit reduction you mentioned occurred).
Um, GP was talking about the Republicans as the ones who run on the platform of fiscal responsibility. Don't forget that GWB took a SURPLUS and turned it into a trillion dollar per year deficit. Right now we're spending more to get out of the new Great Depression. It's not the way I'd do it, but I guarantee you it's exactly what the Republicans would be doing if they were in power now. Or don't you remember that most of the Republicans also voted for the stimulus bill?
You republicans sure have a preoccupation with having things shoved down your throats.. It's all I hear about from Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reily, etc. I'm starting to think you all kind of have a fetish for having things shoved down your throats.
Since when does "I'm not familiar with a local politician of an area 1000 miles from where I live" equate to "I know nothing about about politics"? My guess is you only know about him because Fox News did a story on him.
I'm familiar with the Republican platform and the Democratic (lack of) platform. Both groups are worthless for different reasons. The Republicans are hypocrites who play off peoples' prejudices in order to win elections, so that they can pocket money from corporate "donations" and rape the country. The Democrats are hypocrites play on people's compassion and reason so that they can win elections, so that they can pocket money from labor organizations and generally do nothing in hopes that it will help them retain their position.
Oh yeah, I'm sure the republicans would have voted against health benefits for 911 rescue workers if Bush were still in office.
Do you think the Democrats would have voted to confirm a SCOTUS nominee who had previously argued in favor of banning books if GWB had appointed her?
The vast majority of both major parties place duty to party ahead of duty to the Constitution. More's the pity.....
That's a little disingenuous. The case was about corporations funding libelous material under the guise of a "concerned citizens" group. I'd argue that republicans are the only ones with party loyalty though.. The democrats are more interested in maintaining their own seats, rather than maintaining party power. When they finally have the power, they're too afraid to actually do anything because it might be used against them in a campaign. But they both suck donkey balls, for a certainty.
Oh yeah, I'm sure the republicans would have voted against health benefits for 911 rescue workers if Bush were still in office. The dems are cowardly little pussies, but the republicans are spiteful, self-centered assholes who sell out the country to make a quick buck for themselves.
He (she?) might be, but I don't know him. Nor do I really care. I'm not a democrat, though I do subscribe to the idea that the only thing worse than a democrat is a republican. Both parties act only in the interest of being elected/reelected, and there's almost no one in congress who is even interested in doing something to make our country better.
If you want my personal political beliefs, I believe that I should be supreme ruler of the country, so that I could run it like a game of Civilization.
Well, it would help if we in the US didn't treat political parties as if they were sports teams. And if the dems weren't such pussies. And the gun control thing is patently false anyway.. I don't know a single democrat who wants to ban guns.
Um, because a pedestrian's relative velocity does not allow them to whip out a camera and take a picture of a speeder, or even to memorize their license plate?
Come on, aren't people who photograph other drivers while driving breaking the same law they're supposed to be helping to enforce? And do you really want a bunch of idiots with a license to tweet while driving?
It's hard to get a job these days as anything but a code monkey. Anything really interesting (operating systems, compilers, games, etc.) will net you little to no pay because there's so many people who don't mind doing it for free or cheap.
100 pages a week is too much. In a 16 week course you'd need a 1600 page textbook. The best classes usually cover no more than a couple hudred pages of dense material.
Just because our schools are full of global warming propaganda doesn't mean the science behind it is fake. I agree with most everything else in your post though.
Well, that's insurance, which is a completely separate field from banking (though it could also do just fine without the stock market). But the real issue here is frequent trading, and nothing you listed has anything to gain from having a bunch of automated millisecond trading machines sitting around skimming the profits wherever they can.
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Java did have operator overloading, but refused to let the perceived "idiot" programmers use it. It was reserved for those working on the language. See the String class for an example.
use the floor function
Well, there exists an integer x for which x = the number of ducks a pond in a given pond.
I'm just saying maybe it's a little more logical on this side of the pond ;)
*ducks*
Blasphemy! There is but the one true Math! Seriously though, why do you pluralize it? Do students major in Engineerings over there too? Or Literatures?
But I thought Socialism was evil made everyone lazy, thus destroying every country that adopts it? At least that's what Glenn Beck told me.
Anyone get the feeling the Chinese are behaving as if engaged in a game of Civilization, while the US is played more like a game of Monopoly?
Libel has been illegal forever. Just because it's in book form doesn't change anything. I'm not saying I agree with the point Kagan argued. I'd need to read more about the circumstances to form an opinion. But keep in mind that she's a lawyer, and she was arguing the side she'd been hired to argue. In /. terms, you use bubble sort if the boss tells you to. I'm not too concerned over it.
The party that has a platform of less government and fiscal (and personal) responsibility has been at the helm of the largest government increases and spending excesses in history, as well as trying it's damnedest to legislate personal responsibility right out of existence (abortion decisions, porn, religion, etc),
When did the Democrats ever have less government and fiscal responsibility as their platform? Or haven't you been paying attention to what has been going on in Washington since the Democrats took control of Congress in 2006 (and especially since Obama got into the WH)? What they have done dwarfs what the Republicans did when they controlled the purse strings from 1994-2006 (during which time that deficit reduction you mentioned occurred).
Um, GP was talking about the Republicans as the ones who run on the platform of fiscal responsibility. Don't forget that GWB took a SURPLUS and turned it into a trillion dollar per year deficit. Right now we're spending more to get out of the new Great Depression. It's not the way I'd do it, but I guarantee you it's exactly what the Republicans would be doing if they were in power now. Or don't you remember that most of the Republicans also voted for the stimulus bill?
Or, more likely, you don't.
You republicans sure have a preoccupation with having things shoved down your throats.. It's all I hear about from Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reily, etc. I'm starting to think you all kind of have a fetish for having things shoved down your throats.
How about the last 40 years? Oh wait, the parties essentially switched constituencies based on the abortion stance.
Since when does "I'm not familiar with a local politician of an area 1000 miles from where I live" equate to "I know nothing about about politics"? My guess is you only know about him because Fox News did a story on him.
I'm familiar with the Republican platform and the Democratic (lack of) platform. Both groups are worthless for different reasons. The Republicans are hypocrites who play off peoples' prejudices in order to win elections, so that they can pocket money from corporate "donations" and rape the country. The Democrats are hypocrites play on people's compassion and reason so that they can win elections, so that they can pocket money from labor organizations and generally do nothing in hopes that it will help them retain their position.
Oh yeah, I'm sure the republicans would have voted against health benefits for 911 rescue workers if Bush were still in office.
Do you think the Democrats would have voted to confirm a SCOTUS nominee who had previously argued in favor of banning books if GWB had appointed her?
The vast majority of both major parties place duty to party ahead of duty to the Constitution. More's the pity.....
That's a little disingenuous. The case was about corporations funding libelous material under the guise of a "concerned citizens" group. I'd argue that republicans are the only ones with party loyalty though.. The democrats are more interested in maintaining their own seats, rather than maintaining party power. When they finally have the power, they're too afraid to actually do anything because it might be used against them in a campaign. But they both suck donkey balls, for a certainty.
Oh yeah, I'm sure the republicans would have voted against health benefits for 911 rescue workers if Bush were still in office. The dems are cowardly little pussies, but the republicans are spiteful, self-centered assholes who sell out the country to make a quick buck for themselves.
He (she?) might be, but I don't know him. Nor do I really care. I'm not a democrat, though I do subscribe to the idea that the only thing worse than a democrat is a republican. Both parties act only in the interest of being elected/reelected, and there's almost no one in congress who is even interested in doing something to make our country better.
If you want my personal political beliefs, I believe that I should be supreme ruler of the country, so that I could run it like a game of Civilization.
It doesn't help that roughly half the congress opposes him on the basis of his political party and skin color.
Well, it would help if we in the US didn't treat political parties as if they were sports teams. And if the dems weren't such pussies. And the gun control thing is patently false anyway.. I don't know a single democrat who wants to ban guns.
And also, a driver tweeting at a red light is still a driver not paying attention.
Um, because a pedestrian's relative velocity does not allow them to whip out a camera and take a picture of a speeder, or even to memorize their license plate?
Come on, aren't people who photograph other drivers while driving breaking the same law they're supposed to be helping to enforce? And do you really want a bunch of idiots with a license to tweet while driving?
It's hard to get a job these days as anything but a code monkey. Anything really interesting (operating systems, compilers, games, etc.) will net you little to no pay because there's so many people who don't mind doing it for free or cheap.
100 pages a week is too much. In a 16 week course you'd need a 1600 page textbook. The best classes usually cover no more than a couple hudred pages of dense material.
Just because our schools are full of global warming propaganda doesn't mean the science behind it is fake. I agree with most everything else in your post though.
Well, that's insurance, which is a completely separate field from banking (though it could also do just fine without the stock market). But the real issue here is frequent trading, and nothing you listed has anything to gain from having a bunch of automated millisecond trading machines sitting around skimming the profits wherever they can.