I'm reposting this, because moderators on crack (or obvious spammer sockpuppets) "moderated" it as troll.
*** THERE IS NO GODDAMMED FUCKING FREA SPEACH ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO SPAMMING. ***
Spamming is *** FUCKING TRESPASSING ***, it is *** THEFT OF COMPUTER RESSOURCES THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE SPAMMER ***, it simply boils down to *** PROPERTY RIGHTS, NAMELY THE RIGHT OF A NETWORK OWNER NOT TO HAVE HIS COMPUTER RESSOURCES STOLEN BY A GODDAMMED FUCKING SONOVABITCH SPAMMER ***.
What part of *** MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING NETWORK, MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING RULES *** don't you understand???
*** THERE IS NO GODDAMMED FUCKING FREA SPEACH ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO SPAMMING. ***
Spamming is *** FUCKING TRESPASSING ***, it is *** THEFT OF COMPUTER RESSOURCES THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE SPAMMER ***, it simply boils down to *** PROPERTY RIGHTS, NAMELY THE RIGHT OF A NETWORK OWNER NOT TO HAVE HIS COMPUTER RESSOURCES STOLEN BY A GODDAMMED FUCKING SONOVABITCH SPAMMER ***.
What part of *** MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING NETWORK, MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING RULES *** don't you understand???
Computer programming students invariably fall into more than one bad habit. It can be extremely difficult to eradicate them (and many lecturers and professional programmers keep succumbing to them time and again). I wrote this when, in the days leading up to an assignment deadline, I saw these things happening so often that I couldnt help but recall my classmates and I a decade earlier doing exactly the same things as my students.
This article is an attempt to show these irrational attitudes in an ironical way, intending to make our students aware of bad habits without admonishing them.
All about programming, in the strictest sense of the word
Ignore messages
Compilers, operating systems, etc. generate error messages designed only to be read by their creators (maybe to justify their salaries). Precious time is wasted reading these messages; time that could be better spent writing code, of course! Error messages make us less productive. Dont fall into the trap. Ignore them.
As for warning messages, ignoring them makes you feel like a professional programmer whos not scared of computers. What better way of showing ones experience as a programmer than delivering a program that generates dozens, no, hundreds of warning messages when it compiles without its author feeling the slightest bit concerned? Everyone can see that youre an experienced, laid-back programmer who is too busy to waste time on drivel.
Dont stop to think
Lets not kid ourselves here. What are we building? A program. What is the only thing that really matters in a program? Code. What really works? Code. Why use outdated resources like pencils, pens or paper? You are a paid-up member of the SMS generation; you dont make a fool of yourself writing time-consuming syllables, right? Then, stop messing around thinking about nothing when theres so much code to write.
You should never stop coding. We all know that error messages are an unacceptable interruption, a pointless obstacle as we go about our work. So what do you do if you get a compiler error message? As you should know by now, reading and understanding it is just not an option.
You can try making some random change to the source code. You never know, you might pull the wool over the compilers eyes. But if this doesnt work, dont waste any more time. NO, dont be tempted by trying to read the message or understanding it. Just keep churning out code - thats the only way of finishing off this horrendous assignment. Youll get to sort the error out later on. And as we all know, errors tend to disappear by themselves if theyre ignored. At the end of the day youll compile, youll
ou're right. I apologize to you on behalf of everyone here in america. For your convience, I have converted the price to a more european-friendly unit.
It cost over 45.35 kilograms
How many square football fields per forthnight is that???
I do not give a flying fuck about not being "educated" in economics, it's just a tiny aspect of existence that is utterly unintersting, and is generally the province of really annoying, stupid, dumb and dangerously idiotic people (such as accountants, PHBs, telephone sanitizers, bank managers or junk-bond dealers).
I suspect that you conversely do not give a flying fuck about being utterly ignorant of social affairs, and dismiss it as the work of poor people whose dullness is their inability to buy themselves the latest fashionable (insert whatever floats your boat here).
Hey, you're a yankee. We, in the rest of the world, know that yankees are mostly ignorant self-centered dopes, totally unable to understand that there can be very valid alternatives to your squalid asocial existence, and you prove my point magnificently by parrotting half-baked arguments and half-truths truffled with tired right-wing clichés. Your own refusal to even admit the existence of anything besides the economy makes you highly suspect of incompetence to judge any given situation, which explains your anarchist bent.
Lemme guess, when you drive your SUV, you bitch and honk at those unfortunate souls that do not have the latest SUV?
Now, I'd be really curious to see what kind of insults you'd think would annoy a pinko-socialist...
Oh, heck, (just to see if you read this beyond the obvious trolling above) tell us why a health-care system that leaves behind 45 million people, and that takes away people's life savings/homes is better than one who does not.
No matter how much bells and whistles are deployed in an antispam "solution", anything else than pre-emptive blocking of spam-spewing networks is just an automated press-delete system.
Even though you don't SEE the spam, you STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RESSOURCES THE SPAMMERS ARE STEALING FROM YOU!!!!
Unless ALL the spammy networks are PUNISHED FOR HARBORING SPAMMERS, spammers will always find connectivity
We are at war, at war against spammers and their spammy-networks accomplices, and until the spammy-networks are thoroughly eradicated, there will always be ressource-stealing spammers.
Entertaining, indeed. Feh. Just another right-wing shill (Fraser Institute) job, and thus totally devoid of credibility. Next, please!
And if you're in a hurry, you're still free to go to the US and have the operation performed on you (at your expense, of course).
That is a cop-out and you know it. That is intellectually-dishonest.
Why? Because I do not drop on my knees and say Uncle ???
If you are going to defend Canada's healthcare system, don't defend it by saying "if Canada's system sucks too much for you, you can still go to other countries," because that is outright admission that Canada's system is inadequate.
It is perfectly adequate. Some people think it is not, but, again, you'll never have 100% of the people agree on anything.
It's a classic case of ignorance about what socialism is all about, social justice. But, of course, one cannot expect shrub-voters to understand what is social justice...
Read this VERY slowly: I AM NOT A SHRUB VOTER. I HATE PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WITH EVERY BONE IN MY BODY. I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR PRESIDENT BUSH ON NOV. 2, 2004. (you would have to put a gun to my head before I would vote for Bush -- but that would be a vote under duress, and not of my free will)
Ah, one of those lunatic anarchist nutjobs who wants to go back to the cavemen ages... Which is even WORSE than shrubbies...
I am a libertarian, not a fascist theocratist like Bush. Bush is the most anti-libertarian President we have had in decades. For all his socially anti-libertarian faults, at least Reagan shrank the size of govn't, even while he ran up the deficit and inflated the size of the military. Bush has expanded govn't more than any President since LBJ.
If it has expanded government so much, how come people still loses their houses to hospitals in the US???
Now, you claim "social justice." What is "social justice?" Is it not taking money from one man and giving it to another for what seems like a good purpose, i.e. keeping both men fed?
Social justice makes sure that no one is left behind in the dark/cold/rain/whatever.
Well, what gives *you* the right to steal from one person and give to another? How is theft = justice?
Taxation is not theft. It's wealth redistribution to insure that, as I said before, no one is left behind.
Please enlighten me, because I would like to see your defense of something as morally-indefensible as theft.
Rich people have plenty of spare money that shall have no other purpose than easing the plight of less fortunate people, and no, this can't be handled by charities, because charities are extremely inept at social justice, as they only cover a tiny amount of the needs, and they avoid like the plague causes that are not popular.
"Social justice" -- that's just the modern-day term for "wealth redistribution" or "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor."
Well, one cannot expect a libertarian caveman to be sufficiently educated and intelligent to understand the complexities of human societies... What you want is I have a big stick, so gimme your stuff or I'm gonna beat the shit out of you. This will work fine for you, until you meet a meaner-than-you son-of-a-bitch...
It's also known as "socialism" -- an economic system which has eventually led to
Are there any options for "private sector" medical care specialists in Canada? I mean, if you are a doctor in Canada, are you required to work in the government-subsidized system or are there any private practices that could, say, provide higher quality healthcare for those willing to pay for it? If so, then I don't see the big difference, because those that don't want to wait and have the cash can go to the private sector. I'm thinking that this is not the case, however, as I seem to recall many wealthy Canadians come to the US for stuff like that...
There are doctors who operate outside the public system, that don't ask for your medicare card but rather take Faster-Charge. This is marginal at best. Other services, such as scans, are available much faster through the private sector, even though this violates the federal law. It is not yet a problem, but health ministers have made it clear that they will not hesitate to act if it becomes one. But big, heavy interventions ALL go through the public system, because no private company is able to afford the expense of an hospital. There are wealthy canadians who go to the US and pay for their own medical care, and after the sticker shock, they stop complaining about our system...
Specifically, it is against the law for any hospital to deny critical medical services. In the US, if you need prostate cancer surgery, it will be provided. And you will be billed.
And when you don't pay the bill, they come after you and you lose your house and life-savings. You're alve, yes, and your life is ruined. Yes, I know that. Well, here, hospitals don't go after people's houses. They don't have to, the universal insurance pays for everyone.
"An anonymous coward, so sure about the strength of his opinions that he did not dare sign said:"
Something to think about. Do your statements (Pig Hogger) need your signature to be correct? If so why(1)?
For accountability. It's very easy to say anything behind anonymity, your reputation isn't at stake.
Now back to the issue at hand. Both of you have good points (a good debater recognizes this). You have a health care system with strengths and weaknesses. Same with the US.
However maybe a better solution lies not in "my system is better than yours", but in going back to basics, and recognizing we're building for the US. Not Canada, not Brazil, not the Bahamas, but the US and it's culture.
Starting with, what are the minimums of any health care system? Can this be for everyone (does it fail the practicality test)? Who will be responsible for it? How will it be funded? What will it cover?
The minimums?
It should be for EVERYONE. (even in Canada, not all citizens are eligible. The military are not covered, for instance).
The government (yes, I know government is bad).
It is funded by (gasp! shudder!) TAXES paid by EVERYONE.
It will cover all reasonable procedures and treatment needed to insure the quality of life of beneficiaries, as determined by doctors and actuaries.
How about branching out from there? And were does preventive medicine fit into this picture (hint, hint)?
By making seat-belts mandatory? By super-duper taxing tobacco? By taxing fa(s)t foods? By taxing sugar? By prohibiting driving less than 2 km to go to the corner store? By having the big bad government(tm) stick it's nose in everybody's business to insure they don't ruin their health.
Actually, up here, only the first two things are implemented. Otherwise, you're free to ruin your health as you wish.
None of the above are easy questions, even if we all agree that their should be medicine for everyone.
And since you like to argue and debate, please tell us how there can be no medicine for everyone, and, more importantly, why someone who is supposedly intelligent and educated would believe that such a thing would br right.
Oh, now I start to understand why you're an anonymous coward...
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*** THERE IS NO GODDAMMED FUCKING FREA SPEACH ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO SPAMMING. ***
Spamming is *** FUCKING TRESPASSING ***, it is *** THEFT OF COMPUTER RESSOURCES THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE SPAMMER ***, it simply boils down to *** PROPERTY RIGHTS, NAMELY THE RIGHT OF A NETWORK OWNER NOT TO HAVE HIS COMPUTER RESSOURCES STOLEN BY A GODDAMMED FUCKING SONOVABITCH SPAMMER ***.
What part of *** MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING NETWORK, MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING RULES *** don't you understand???
Spamming is *** FUCKING TRESPASSING ***, it is *** THEFT OF COMPUTER RESSOURCES THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE SPAMMER ***, it simply boils down to *** PROPERTY RIGHTS, NAMELY THE RIGHT OF A NETWORK OWNER NOT TO HAVE HIS COMPUTER RESSOURCES STOLEN BY A GODDAMMED FUCKING SONOVABITCH SPAMMER ***.
What part of *** MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING NETWORK, MY OWN GODDAMMED FUCKING RULES *** don't you understand???Plenty of songs to rip on-the-road!!!!
I mean, how a mere official dare confront the biggest in the mind-shaping industry???
Expect Orin Hatch to soon introduce legislation to legalize payola...
We've had "Sony House" stores for at least 8 years around here.
The SSNo was never intended as an ID number. Yet, many businesses will take nothing else as a customer idendifier.
Myself, I am being hounded by my electric power supplier who wants me to give them my SSNo (which I didn't when I opened my account).
Computer programming students invariably fall into more than one bad habit. It can be extremely difficult to eradicate them (and many lecturers and professional programmers keep succumbing to them time and again). I wrote this when, in the days leading up to an assignment deadline, I saw these things happening so often that I couldnt help but recall my classmates and I a decade earlier doing exactly the same things as my students.
This article is an attempt to show these irrational attitudes in an ironical way, intending to make our students aware of bad habits without admonishing them.
NOTE: This text was published by ACM's SIGCSE in the June 2004 issue of Inroads, the SIGCSE bulletin.
All about programming, in the strictest sense of the word Ignore messages
Compilers, operating systems, etc. generate error messages designed only to be read by their creators (maybe to justify their salaries). Precious time is wasted reading these messages; time that could be better spent writing code, of course! Error messages make us less productive. Dont fall into the trap. Ignore them.
As for warning messages, ignoring them makes you feel like a professional programmer whos not scared of computers. What better way of showing ones experience as a programmer than delivering a program that generates dozens, no, hundreds of warning messages when it compiles without its author feeling the slightest bit concerned? Everyone can see that youre an experienced, laid-back programmer who is too busy to waste time on drivel.
Dont stop to think
Lets not kid ourselves here. What are we building? A program. What is the only thing that really matters in a program? Code. What really works? Code. Why use outdated resources like pencils, pens or paper? You are a paid-up member of the SMS generation; you dont make a fool of yourself writing time-consuming syllables, right? Then, stop messing around thinking about nothing when theres so much code to write.
You should never stop coding. We all know that error messages are an unacceptable interruption, a pointless obstacle as we go about our work. So what do you do if you get a compiler error message? As you should know by now, reading and understanding it is just not an option.
You can try making some random change to the source code. You never know, you might pull the wool over the compilers eyes. But if this doesnt work, dont waste any more time. NO, dont be tempted by trying to read the message or understanding it. Just keep churning out code - thats the only way of finishing off this horrendous assignment. Youll get to sort the error out later on. And as we all know, errors tend to disappear by themselves if theyre ignored. At the end of the day youll compile, youll
Learn more about things besides the economy. It will make you look less dull and less an attractive target when the reds will come back.
When the government runs the insurance, **EVERYONE** is insured, no questions asked.
BTW, in Québec, automobile insurance is also government run. And, guess what? Québec is where auto insurance is the cheapest...
Not here.
Does Boba get swallowed (by the Sarlacc) first???
No problemo!
They oughta put some extra transistors on the server, it's already slashdotted...
I do not give a flying fuck about not being "educated" in economics, it's just a tiny aspect of existence that is utterly unintersting, and is generally the province of really annoying, stupid, dumb and dangerously idiotic people (such as accountants, PHBs, telephone sanitizers, bank managers or junk-bond dealers).
I suspect that you conversely do not give a flying fuck about being utterly ignorant of social affairs, and dismiss it as the work of poor people whose dullness is their inability to buy themselves the latest fashionable (insert whatever floats your boat here).
Hey, you're a yankee. We, in the rest of the world, know that yankees are mostly ignorant self-centered dopes, totally unable to understand that there can be very valid alternatives to your squalid asocial existence, and you prove my point magnificently by parrotting half-baked arguments and half-truths truffled with tired right-wing clichés. Your own refusal to even admit the existence of anything besides the economy makes you highly suspect of incompetence to judge any given situation, which explains your anarchist bent.
Lemme guess, when you drive your SUV, you bitch and honk at those unfortunate souls that do not have the latest SUV?
Now, I'd be really curious to see what kind of insults you'd think would annoy a pinko-socialist...
Oh, heck, (just to see if you read this beyond the obvious trolling above) tell us why a health-care system that leaves behind 45 million people, and that takes away people's life savings/homes is better than one who does not.
Mmoderated by a spammer shill.
Entertaining, indeed. Feh. Just another right-wing shill (Fraser Institute) job, and thus totally devoid of credibility. Next, please!
Why? Because I do not drop on my knees and say Uncle ???
It is perfectly adequate. Some people think it is not, but, again, you'll never have 100% of the people agree on anything.
Ah, one of those lunatic anarchist nutjobs who wants to go back to the cavemen ages... Which is even WORSE than shrubbies...
If it has expanded government so much, how come people still loses their houses to hospitals in the US???
Social justice makes sure that no one is left behind in the dark/cold/rain/whatever.
Taxation is not theft. It's wealth redistribution to insure that, as I said before, no one is left behind.
Rich people have plenty of spare money that shall have no other purpose than easing the plight of less fortunate people, and no, this can't be handled by charities, because charities are extremely inept at social justice, as they only cover a tiny amount of the needs, and they avoid like the plague causes that are not popular.
Well, one cannot expect a libertarian caveman to be sufficiently educated and intelligent to understand the complexities of human societies... What you want is I have a big stick, so gimme your stuff or I'm gonna beat the shit out of you. This will work fine for you, until you meet a meaner-than-you son-of-a-bitch...
In that case, Dell should make available for download a "patch" that will scan for known spyware and remove it...
- It should be for EVERYONE. (even in Canada, not all citizens are eligible. The military are not covered, for instance).
- The government (yes, I know government is bad).
- It is funded by (gasp! shudder!) TAXES paid by EVERYONE.
- It will cover all reasonable procedures and treatment needed to insure the quality of life of beneficiaries, as determined by doctors and actuaries.
By making seat-belts mandatory? By super-duper taxing tobacco? By taxing fa(s)t foods? By taxing sugar? By prohibiting driving less than 2 km to go to the corner store? By having the big bad government(tm) stick it's nose in everybody's business to insure they don't ruin their health.Actually, up here, only the first two things are implemented. Otherwise, you're free to ruin your health as you wish. And since you like to argue and debate, please tell us how there can be no medicine for everyone, and, more importantly, why someone who is supposedly intelligent and educated would believe that such a thing would br right.
Oh, now I start to understand why you're an anonymous coward...