Let's start terraforming the sahara desert! We just need some of that water of the melting ice caps and we can get going. We'll use the energy of these heat-to-electricy-thingies to pump melted arctic water to the desert. And while we're melting the polar caps we might as well do some terraforming over there (south pole and greenland). It's gonna be great guys!
Aaargh, it's just in the fingers you know. You want to type one word and another word comes out.
Though, maybe a stick figure desktop would be just awesome:)
Hmm, I agree on the API part. So maybe a single toolkit like GTK (or some such). I disagree about the single desktop environment. I like Gnome, some people like KDE and you like XKCD. Which one to choose? Is it even possible to have one desktop environment to cater to everyones wishes? MS and Apple seem to think so, but that's why I don't use their OSs.
And what a wonderful and witty quote it is! Only Monty Python could have come up with that one. I don't think I've ever heard anybody else say "No, it isn't". Thank you.
That's exactly what bothers me slightly about Christians. I know quite a few and most of them are really nice. But there's always this uncanny feeling that they are only being nice because they have to, not because they want to. OTOH, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck...
Agree. If piracy rates really are that high, cutting the price is your only option. There is a REASON most people pirate games. Instead of letting a handful of honest people pay for the entire production.
What do you think is more important: developing a student's intellect and preparing them to find solutions to problems not covered in the classroom, or having students memorize a bunch of formulas (and this is not just a math thing -- this is a problem in a lot of fields)?
Hmm.. maybe you're right. But often experience with something that you don't quite understand but can work with (because of the tricks you learned) can push you in the direction of understanding. Provided that you are at all capable of understanding the subject. Sometimes explaining something from scratch is harder than letting someone work with it via a trick and letting his/her subconscious work out why it works.
Well, I think you're right for the most part. OTOH, W3C was kinda not getting anywhere with XHTML 2.0 and XForms and the likes, so it's good someone kicked up the dust a bit. I don't entirely get the Hixie hatin', but other than that a good read. Thanks.
Thanks. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Facebook is getting bad rap for the same reasons, while it seems Google is getting away with it just fine. I use neither.
IMO, Google is a great innovator and does a lot of good stuff for the web, but that is no reason to stop being critical and skeptical.
BTW, not all of the above points are necessarily bad.
I don't know, but the article reads as FUD. Sure, there might have been problems, but then, aren't there always problems, everywhere? It's just a matter of picking the right ones and you've got a 'Linux and Java = bad' artice? Or am I being a fanboy now?
When my kids (now 7 and 4, and perfectly fine without censoring) become rebellious, I'll just use reverse psychology and tell them they should look up more porn sites;)
You are so right! It is a cargo cult!!! But they seem to be doing okay on the results part too. And they are very, VERY, good at copying. It's a copy cult:)
There's a difference between copying a certain style (be it architecture, food, porcelain, etc.) and making a 1-on-1 copy. Of a whole village. I mean sure, they should be allowed to build a Austria-style village, why not? If not anything else, it's just creepy. (I would like to meet evil Chinese counterpart, though)
OTOH they should totally party together!!! Free Apfelstrudel and Peking Duck for everyone!
Yes exactly! He lost his job (*), so he almost has no other options now than to become criminal. They need(ed) to let him off with a warning, and a stern but friendly police officer (with a big mustache, which vaguely reminds him of his father (not the mustache, the police officer)) needs to tell him to not ever EVER do this again.
*= I don't see why a criminal record necessarily has to result in loss of your job, or harm your chances of getting a new one. Yeah, maybe when he applies for airport maintenance guy, but otherwise...? I never got asked whether or not I have a criminal record, and I consider that private (if you do have one you served your time, right?).
Didn't you hear HTML is going on a fast release cycle too? Actually, in ten years we'll have HTML22.04 "Horrid Hypertext" (October release will be "Imbecile Interwebs")
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Let's start terraforming the sahara desert! We just need some of that water of the melting ice caps and we can get going. We'll use the energy of these heat-to-electricy-thingies to pump melted arctic water to the desert. And while we're melting the polar caps we might as well do some terraforming over there (south pole and greenland). It's gonna be great guys!
I actually refer to them as ground zero, ground one, etc. With 'ground' as past tense of 'grind' of course.
John Carmack should totally team up with Valve on this one. I mean, Carmack and Abrash on one team again would be legendary!
Aaargh, it's just in the fingers you know. You want to type one word and another word comes out. Though, maybe a stick figure desktop would be just awesome :)
Hmm, I agree on the API part. So maybe a single toolkit like GTK (or some such). I disagree about the single desktop environment. I like Gnome, some people like KDE and you like XKCD. Which one to choose? Is it even possible to have one desktop environment to cater to everyones wishes? MS and Apple seem to think so, but that's why I don't use their OSs.
And what a wonderful and witty quote it is! Only Monty Python could have come up with that one. I don't think I've ever heard anybody else say "No, it isn't". Thank you.
Some people have a laptop asshole and some have one on the bottom.
When I go to the UK, I always change my numberplate to: FU'); DROP Table NUMBERPLATES;--
That's exactly what bothers me slightly about Christians. I know quite a few and most of them are really nice. But there's always this uncanny feeling that they are only being nice because they have to, not because they want to. OTOH, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck...
I call that "The QuickSave Paradox".
Agree. If piracy rates really are that high, cutting the price is your only option. There is a REASON most people pirate games. Instead of letting a handful of honest people pay for the entire production.
Only at first. Drink much more and you're keyboard will get 'puky'. After that you'll want to clean it THOROUGHLY!
It's edible too! Will it blend? Probably makes a nice smoothie...
Except that familiarity is not the same as aptitude.
What do you think is more important: developing a student's intellect and preparing them to find solutions to problems not covered in the classroom, or having students memorize a bunch of formulas (and this is not just a math thing -- this is a problem in a lot of fields)?
Hmm.. maybe you're right. But often experience with something that you don't quite understand but can work with (because of the tricks you learned) can push you in the direction of understanding. Provided that you are at all capable of understanding the subject. Sometimes explaining something from scratch is harder than letting someone work with it via a trick and letting his/her subconscious work out why it works.
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Well, I think you're right for the most part. OTOH, W3C was kinda not getting anywhere with XHTML 2.0 and XForms and the likes, so it's good someone kicked up the dust a bit. I don't entirely get the Hixie hatin', but other than that a good read. Thanks.
Thanks. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Facebook is getting bad rap for the same reasons, while it seems Google is getting away with it just fine. I use neither.
IMO, Google is a great innovator and does a lot of good stuff for the web, but that is no reason to stop being critical and skeptical.
BTW, not all of the above points are necessarily bad.
I don't know, but the article reads as FUD. Sure, there might have been problems, but then, aren't there always problems, everywhere? It's just a matter of picking the right ones and you've got a 'Linux and Java = bad' artice? Or am I being a fanboy now?
When my kids (now 7 and 4, and perfectly fine without censoring) become rebellious, I'll just use reverse psychology and tell them they should look up more porn sites ;)
You are so right! It is a cargo cult!!! :)
But they seem to be doing okay on the results part too. And they are very, VERY, good at copying. It's a copy cult
There's a difference between copying a certain style (be it architecture, food, porcelain, etc.) and making a 1-on-1 copy. Of a whole village. I mean sure, they should be allowed to build a Austria-style village, why not? If not anything else, it's just creepy. (I would like to meet evil Chinese counterpart, though)
OTOH they should totally party together!!! Free Apfelstrudel and Peking Duck for everyone!
These 10-dimensional 'rodents' have gone too far with their experiments! I hate their 'user tests', it's indignified. Ooh wait shiny button... brb
Mod AC up, because he's exactly right. OTOH the legislative power can, but won't, change the laws on which the judicial power bases it rulings.
Yes exactly! He lost his job (*), so he almost has no other options now than to become criminal. They need(ed) to let him off with a warning, and a stern but friendly police officer (with a big mustache, which vaguely reminds him of his father (not the mustache, the police officer)) needs to tell him to not ever EVER do this again.
*= I don't see why a criminal record necessarily has to result in loss of your job, or harm your chances of getting a new one. Yeah, maybe when he applies for airport maintenance guy, but otherwise...? I never got asked whether or not I have a criminal record, and I consider that private (if you do have one you served your time, right?).
Didn't you hear HTML is going on a fast release cycle too? Actually, in ten years we'll have HTML22.04 "Horrid Hypertext" (October release will be "Imbecile Interwebs")