I suspect GP was suggesting that since Canada is on the American continent, any English spoken there is American by definition; not that it is US English.
Pedantic? Sure. But technically correct.
Although, upon reading it again, I note that the same argument applies to spelling, so maybe they're just being a troll.
If the code for hands was just siting around waiting to be activated. What code is sitting around in us waiting to be activated? Is it possible to activate it ourselves through our thoughts and actions or only through many generations of humanity bringing forth their expression? I'm not sure if this supports or denies intelligent design. I do think this shows that all life is much more closely related then any of us realize.
Wow. All this shows is that you have not learned much about genetics. Yes, all life is much more closely related than you realized. But now you have realized, so... keep up the good work!
Now what might work would be a requirement for all data exports to be completely non-proprietary non-binary well formed XML. You might not get their DB table design but at least you'll get each row.
Just putting in in XML doesn't accomplish anything. Besides, what kind of apps don't allow for exports of some kind? I hear people complaining about "lock in" all of the time, in terms of data, but I don't have a single business application that doesn't allow a data export of some kind. The format that it can be exported to really doesn't matter, since you'll always have to do significant work to get data moved from one application/platform to another.
Any idea how to get a.eml (plain text, original MIME source) email out of Outlook?
I'd rather not view source / copy / paste for every single email.
Actually, does it even support viewing the source?
They could always enabled strict_all_tables and things like ignoring NOT NULL and so on will not happen. I will note that Postgres also inserts a default value of NULL (same as MySQL) when no value is given and the column has no default value.
Of course it will, what did you expect? The point is that if you specified NOT NULL and then don't give it a value then it will refuse to let you insert that row BECAUSE IT IS INVALID.
How is that so hard to understand?
Windows 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 ran 16-bit apps! The only exception is that Microsoft in the end provided a Win32s (32-bit Windows subset) extension for Windows, and I remember Mathematica using it. Think of Windows 95 as MS-DOS 7.00 (with VFAT) and on top of that Win16 and on top of that Win32, plus the new Window Manager (MS call this 'shell') borrowed from NT 4.0.
Minor nitpick: NT4 borrowed the 95 shell style, not the other way round.
That was one of their marketing points for the NT4 upgrade: Now with the Win95 interface you know and love!
How about NSA's Type I ciphers? They are classified TOP SECRET. Would you say they are "weak" or "badly designed?" Do you think NSA keeps them secret because they believe in security through obscurity?
Surely they keep them secret because they don't want other people/countries using them.
Or do they provide a closed implementation for everyone to use?
Weird signature.
Try this: 1^0 = 1; 2^0 = 1; 1^0 = 2^0; 1 = 2;
I can misuse math too!
Or, for those of you who aren't comfortable doing XOR in your heads, here is a similar one with plus: 1 + 7 = 1; 9 + 6 = 1; 1 + 7 = 9 + 6; 8 = 5; 1 = 0.
Sorry, mcelrath, I'm honestly curious.
Is there a joke here that I am missing?
now [Linux is] used in probably a billion devices around the globe... phones
I hope you aren't talking about Android here. Android should no more count towards "Linux" marketshare than OS X should count towards "BSD Unix" marketshare. It's in there all right, but all the parts that make it what people want to use are put on top by somebody else.
Unlike traditional Linux on the desktop, which is all Torvalds' work?
I am sure that Mitt Romney will be happy to explain how he would never use his power to invalidate a decision of judiciary and prevent the Marshal's Service from going about their normal duties.
And like all lying politicians, the second he's elected he'll go back on his word and do what he wants anyway, just like every president has done. What's your point?
The point is that he would take advantage of the situation to make himself look better than Obama, in the lead-up to the election. What you said was implied by the original poster, but beside the point.
Yes, they _blatantly_ named it Panguite in honor of the Linux operating system... Are you retarded?
On a side note, can anybody clean up this gibberish?
Panguite (IMA 2010-057), (Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3, is a new titania, occurring as fine-grained crystals with Ti-rich davisite in an ultra-refractory inclusion within an amoeboid olivine inclusion from the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.
I feel like I suddenly don't understand english?
I am not a geologist, but...
Panguite [discovery ID?], [chemical composition etc.], is a new [titanium mineral] occurring as fine-grained crystals with [titanium]-rich [other mineral also discovered in the same meteorite] in a [high melting-point] [section] within an [irregularly shaped] [other mineral] [section] from the [meteorite].
Does anybody who actually knows what they're talking about want to chime in?
And, for people who still had trouble with the above:
Panguite is a new [mineral], occurring [with other minerals] [in a meteorite].:P
Somehow I doubt that purchasing a commercial license to the library requires you to tell the library author what program(s) you will use it for.
So, the author might have their name on his list of sales; but how would he know which one it was?
Glad someone else noticed this. There is no mention of the US government, or any indication that the article author has any idea who wrote the code.
Has the US government really admitted to writing these viruses? Did I miss something?
And I stopped reading here. Calling something a "pest" is an opinion. While they may annoy you, cockroaches fill a biological niches, just like anything else that annoys you (from virii to noxious bacteria to your mother-in-law). They have a purpose, whether or not you choose to recognize it. Calling something a pest is akin to saying "I like purple!" It is devoid of actual meaning or constructive argument. Please reconstruct your argument and try again.
I read that as shorthand for "and are a type of animal that we deliberately slaughter en masse because they annoy us and get in our way, and most people are fine with that, to the extent that there is a respected and legal profession specialising in that exact activity."
The word "pest" can be used casually to mean "something I don't like", but it also means a member of a broad and ill-defined class of animals and plants, e.g. "A pest is an animal which is detrimental to humans".
GP was using it in that sense, which definitely includes cockroaches, and your objections are beside the point.
if by locked down, you mean on by default, but you can still turn off, you begin to have a point.
I'm not sure why hardware won't work on other systems since it on'y there to tell windows it's a certified piece of hardware. If the OS doesn't care about it, then it won't matter.
I'm pretty sure the idea is that the motherboard will refuse to boot into any unsigned bootloader / OS.
The case discussed here, as well as the extremely similar issues that continue to plague the AT&T uVerse rollout here in the states, underscore why I STILL believe it is necessary to have a separate INDEPENDENT data infrastructure.
It's so obvious and simple yet the entrenched providers and clueless, self-serving politicians make it seemingly impossible to achieve.
My ideal setup would be the creation of a not-for-profit entity to build and manage a FTTP last mile infrastructure. This entity would be responsible for maintaining the lines themselves as well as the regional nodes (sized based on population density). This organization would be explicitly forbidden from offering any actual services to the end users. They would be paid out of fees to the companies which can "light up" the connections at the regional nodes. I'm ready and willing to pay for the creation of this network via my public taxes, as long as it provides open and shared access in terms of selecting providers (anyone willing to put kit in the regional node office).
You get a nice fat fibre connection to your premises (house, business, apartment complex, whatever) and then you can purchase services from anyone willing to install kit into the regional nodes, including multiple separate services over the same line. Technically this is extremely easy to implement, politically not so much.
That would foster TRUE COMPETITION so you know it will never happen.
I'm no expert on the details, but that sounds fairly similar to the Australian NBN setup.
Richard Branson's Virgin Media has got it more or less covered
As a Virgin Media customer in Kensington, I can say that's a load of horsesh
Are you just censoring yourself out of politeness, or did you truncate your sentence to show your connection dropping out, 'NO CARRIER' style?
Enquiring minds want to know!
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No, we don't. Please, no more insults.
I suspect GP was suggesting that since Canada is on the American continent, any English spoken there is American by definition; not that it is US English.
Pedantic? Sure. But technically correct.
Although, upon reading it again, I note that the same argument applies to spelling, so maybe they're just being a troll.
If the code for hands was just siting around waiting to be activated. What code is sitting around in us waiting to be activated? Is it possible to activate it ourselves through our thoughts and actions or only through many generations of humanity bringing forth their expression? I'm not sure if this supports or denies intelligent design. I do think this shows that all life is much more closely related then any of us realize.
Wow. All this shows is that you have not learned much about genetics. Yes, all life is much more closely related than you realized. But now you have realized, so... keep up the good work!
(Don't tell him I said that, otherwise he may click on my "cancer" check-box or something.)
A Linux admin-like being wouldn't click on no fancy-schmancy checkbox! /proc/`pidof Tablizer`/cancer
More like
echo 1 >
Now what might work would be a requirement for all data exports to be completely non-proprietary non-binary well formed XML. You might not get their DB table design but at least you'll get each row. Just putting in in XML doesn't accomplish anything. Besides, what kind of apps don't allow for exports of some kind? I hear people complaining about "lock in" all of the time, in terms of data, but I don't have a single business application that doesn't allow a data export of some kind. The format that it can be exported to really doesn't matter, since you'll always have to do significant work to get data moved from one application/platform to another.
Any idea how to get a .eml (plain text, original MIME source) email out of Outlook?
I'd rather not view source / copy / paste for every single email.
Actually, does it even support viewing the source?
They could always enabled strict_all_tables and things like ignoring NOT NULL and so on will not happen. I will note that Postgres also inserts a default value of NULL (same as MySQL) when no value is given and the column has no default value.
Of course it will, what did you expect? The point is that if you specified NOT NULL and then don't give it a value then it will refuse to let you insert that row BECAUSE IT IS INVALID.
How is that so hard to understand?
Using windows to provide an internet facing service was the first mistake.
What would you suggest if someone wants to run ASP.NET code on their website?
Reverse proxy.
Goldberry is waiting... for her Tom Bomba-dildo.
That may be the best off-colour reference ever! My hat goes off to you, sir.
Windows 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 ran 16-bit apps! The only exception is that Microsoft in the end provided a Win32s (32-bit Windows subset) extension for Windows, and I remember Mathematica using it. Think of Windows 95 as MS-DOS 7.00 (with VFAT) and on top of that Win16 and on top of that Win32, plus the new Window Manager (MS call this 'shell') borrowed from NT 4.0.
Minor nitpick: NT4 borrowed the 95 shell style, not the other way round.
That was one of their marketing points for the NT4 upgrade: Now with the Win95 interface you know and love!
How about NSA's Type I ciphers? They are classified TOP SECRET. Would you say they are "weak" or "badly designed?" Do you think NSA keeps them secret because they believe in security through obscurity?
Surely they keep them secret because they don't want other people/countries using them.
Or do they provide a closed implementation for everyone to use?
Weird signature.
Try this: 1^0 = 1; 2^0 = 1; 1^0 = 2^0; 1 = 2;
I can misuse math too!
Or, for those of you who aren't comfortable doing XOR in your heads, here is a similar one with plus:
1 + 7 = 1; 9 + 6 = 1; 1 + 7 = 9 + 6; 8 = 5; 1 = 0.
Sorry, mcelrath, I'm honestly curious.
Is there a joke here that I am missing?
now [Linux is] used in probably a billion devices around the globe ... phones
I hope you aren't talking about Android here. Android should no more count towards "Linux" marketshare than OS X should count towards "BSD Unix" marketshare. It's in there all right, but all the parts that make it what people want to use are put on top by somebody else.
Unlike traditional Linux on the desktop, which is all Torvalds' work?
I am sure that Mitt Romney will be happy to explain how he would never use his power to invalidate a decision of judiciary and prevent the Marshal's Service from going about their normal duties.
And like all lying politicians, the second he's elected he'll go back on his word and do what he wants anyway, just like every president has done. What's your point?
The point is that he would take advantage of the situation to make himself look better than Obama, in the lead-up to the election. What you said was implied by the original poster, but beside the point.
The real message here is that it's getting old to have submissions in the form of a question, "Ask Slashdot" excepted. Who's the real troll here?
No.
See, it doesn't always work.
Yes, they _blatantly_ named it Panguite in honor of the Linux operating system... Are you retarded?
On a side note, can anybody clean up this gibberish?
Panguite (IMA 2010-057), (Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3, is a new titania, occurring as fine-grained crystals with Ti-rich davisite in an ultra-refractory inclusion within an amoeboid olivine inclusion from the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite.
I feel like I suddenly don't understand english?
I am not a geologist, but...
:P
Panguite [discovery ID?], [chemical composition etc.], is a new [titanium mineral] occurring as fine-grained crystals with [titanium]-rich [other mineral also discovered in the same meteorite] in a [high melting-point] [section] within an [irregularly shaped] [other mineral] [section] from the [meteorite].
Does anybody who actually knows what they're talking about want to chime in?
And, for people who still had trouble with the above:
Panguite is a new [mineral], occurring [with other minerals] [in a meteorite].
if we were getting charged double just for being American damned straight we'd be throwing some giant shitfits, why aren't you?
We are. I think maybe there just aren't enough of us for the international gaming giants* to give a shit.
* I mean the development companies, of course, not the superstar gamers.
Somehow I doubt that purchasing a commercial license to the library requires you to tell the library author what program(s) you will use it for.
So, the author might have their name on his list of sales; but how would he know which one it was?
Glad someone else noticed this. There is no mention of the US government, or any indication that the article author has any idea who wrote the code.
Has the US government really admitted to writing these viruses? Did I miss something?
He was being sarcastic. Oops, sorry I was supposed to say *whoosh*, wasn't I?
U men i can haz Wasp Factory?
Get back in your attic, Frank.
and are a pest.
And I stopped reading here. Calling something a "pest" is an opinion. While they may annoy you, cockroaches fill a biological niches, just like anything else that annoys you (from virii to noxious bacteria to your mother-in-law). They have a purpose, whether or not you choose to recognize it. Calling something a pest is akin to saying "I like purple!" It is devoid of actual meaning or constructive argument. Please reconstruct your argument and try again.
I read that as shorthand for "and are a type of animal that we deliberately slaughter en masse because they annoy us and get in our way, and most people are fine with that, to the extent that there is a respected and legal profession specialising in that exact activity."
The word "pest" can be used casually to mean "something I don't like", but it also means a member of a broad and ill-defined class of animals and plants, e.g. "A pest is an animal which is detrimental to humans".
GP was using it in that sense, which definitely includes cockroaches, and your objections are beside the point.
No. You have to wait for the galaxy collision.
...is that it will attract the Eddorians.
Don't worry, in another 4 billion years, surely we will have met the Arisians. Right?
if by locked down, you mean on by default, but you can still turn off, you begin to have a point.
I'm not sure why hardware won't work on other systems since it on'y there to tell windows it's a certified piece of hardware. If the OS doesn't care about it, then it won't matter.
I'm pretty sure the idea is that the motherboard will refuse to boot into any unsigned bootloader / OS.
The case discussed here, as well as the extremely similar issues that continue to plague the AT&T uVerse rollout here in the states, underscore why I STILL believe it is necessary to have a separate INDEPENDENT data infrastructure.
It's so obvious and simple yet the entrenched providers and clueless, self-serving politicians make it seemingly impossible to achieve.
My ideal setup would be the creation of a not-for-profit entity to build and manage a FTTP last mile infrastructure. This entity would be responsible for maintaining the lines themselves as well as the regional nodes (sized based on population density). This organization would be explicitly forbidden from offering any actual services to the end users. They would be paid out of fees to the companies which can "light up" the connections at the regional nodes. I'm ready and willing to pay for the creation of this network via my public taxes, as long as it provides open and shared access in terms of selecting providers (anyone willing to put kit in the regional node office).
You get a nice fat fibre connection to your premises (house, business, apartment complex, whatever) and then you can purchase services from anyone willing to install kit into the regional nodes, including multiple separate services over the same line. Technically this is extremely easy to implement, politically not so much.
That would foster TRUE COMPETITION so you know it will never happen.
I'm no expert on the details, but that sounds fairly similar to the Australian NBN setup.
Richard Branson's Virgin Media has got it more or less covered
As a Virgin Media customer in Kensington, I can say that's a load of horsesh
Are you just censoring yourself out of politeness, or did you truncate your sentence to show your connection dropping out, 'NO CARRIER' style?
Enquiring minds want to know!