Without knowing it, Americans are already on the metric system, albeit indirectly, as the US customary units are defined in terms of metric units. The inch is formally defined as being exactly equal to 25.4 mm. There is no "standard inch" or an independent definition in terms of so many wavelengths of light or something like that. Same for the pound, which is defined as 453.59237 g.
I'd say that for a software developer specifically there isn't a particular second language that would be useful, as the lingua franca in the software development world is already English. Even in non-English speaking countries it is common to write code and documentation in English, converse in English, etc.
So if you want to expand your potential I'd say choose a second language that's generally useful. If you want to limit it to your own geographic area I'd say Spanish. If you want the largest possible expansion of your potential market I'd say Mandarin Chinese.
Server SSL certificates (that are recognized by existing browsers and operating systems without having to install a root certificate manually) are free (from startssl.com, among others), so there really is no excuse to be using self-signed certificate any more.
I'd hire this guy in a flash. This kind of stunt shows a level of creativity, commitment and out of the box thinking that's worth more than any college degree.
I always find it so ironic when people consider the solution to protecting wildlife to be killing other wildlife. They never explain why the individuals of the other species don't have the right to live and be left in peace just as much as the ones that are being "protected".
Are receivers for other global positioning systems like Galileo and GLONASS also vulnerable to these attacks? If so, is it too late (or even possible in theory) to fix the problem in those systems, given that they aren't fully online or in widespread use yet?
The Solar System isn't just the planets, that cherry-picked quote notwithstanding. Most people seem to agree that it ends at the heliopause, and most news items I remember used that definition.
I swear I've heard the news that "Voyager has left the solar system" at least five times over the last ten years... Every time stated in the same concrete and definite terms. Make up your mind already, has it or hasn't it?
So from your own point of view, there is no way in hell such a thing as Slashdot can work, all those random comments from idiots who can't even RTFA!
Announcing that you are going to accept the contributions of homeopaths, etc. is like saying you're going to read Slashdot at -1 or accept every edit on Wikipedia.
Yes, a lot of suggestions are going to come from homeopathy and spiritual healers. And you know, then, maybe these people will learn more in the process than if they were being outlawed and chased by lawyers.
Hardly. Most of these people want to believe. No amount of rational argument is going to sway them. As they say: you can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Either that, or they are con artists.
'We are creating a cure by uniting the contributions of surgeons, homeopaths, oncologists, Chinese doctors, nutritionists and spiritual healers.'
This is incredibly misguided, and that is the most charitable way of putting it. Other things you could call it are bloody stupid, daft and irresponsible. There is no way in hell you're going to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff with such a volume of random input, most of it crap, and come up with any useful ideas, let a lone a "cure". Especially not if you're apparently going to accept most of the crap. Homeopaths? Chinese doctors? Spiritual healers? "Uniting their contributions" is going to drag the net worth of the resulting mess down to below zero...
Special attention was given to Mint-X and its support for GTK3.6 to make GTK3 applications look native and integrate well with the rest of the desktop.
So perhaps Mint 14 will solve this problem for you?
The government wants to kill him? Sorry, but this guy has clearly gone off the deep end. Not hindered by any actual knowledge about the case I'd say there's a good chance he did this. What a bizarre story.
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Not to mention 2 litre bottles of Cola of course... ;-)
Without knowing it, Americans are already on the metric system, albeit indirectly, as the US customary units are defined in terms of metric units. The inch is formally defined as being exactly equal to 25.4 mm. There is no "standard inch" or an independent definition in terms of so many wavelengths of light or something like that. Same for the pound, which is defined as 453.59237 g.
"US metric system" sounds like the "Microsoft® Metric System"... ;-)
This guy's third language is better than many people's first language...
I'd say that for a software developer specifically there isn't a particular second language that would be useful, as the lingua franca in the software development world is already English. Even in non-English speaking countries it is common to write code and documentation in English, converse in English, etc.
So if you want to expand your potential I'd say choose a second language that's generally useful. If you want to limit it to your own geographic area I'd say Spanish. If you want the largest possible expansion of your potential market I'd say Mandarin Chinese.
For a moment there I forgot that the "dark" side of the moon is actually only dark at the full moon...
Server SSL certificates (that are recognized by existing browsers and operating systems without having to install a root certificate manually) are free (from startssl.com, among others), so there really is no excuse to be using self-signed certificate any more.
I'd hire this guy in a flash. This kind of stunt shows a level of creativity, commitment and out of the box thinking that's worth more than any college degree.
I always find it so ironic when people consider the solution to protecting wildlife to be killing other wildlife. They never explain why the individuals of the other species don't have the right to live and be left in peace just as much as the ones that are being "protected".
Are receivers for other global positioning systems like Galileo and GLONASS also vulnerable to these attacks? If so, is it too late (or even possible in theory) to fix the problem in those systems, given that they aren't fully online or in widespread use yet?
The hooker's name is Kingdom?
"Veracity"... You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.
The Solar System isn't just the planets, that cherry-picked quote notwithstanding. Most people seem to agree that it ends at the heliopause, and most news items I remember used that definition.
I swear I've heard the news that "Voyager has left the solar system" at least five times over the last ten years... Every time stated in the same concrete and definite terms. Make up your mind already, has it or hasn't it?
How many points would you lose if you accidentally hit a wedding or a children's playground?
Did this story just disappear off the Slashdot homepage? I didn't know that could happen...
Are you trying to say that Apple threw a tantrum?
Announcing that you are going to accept the contributions of homeopaths, etc. is like saying you're going to read Slashdot at -1 or accept every edit on Wikipedia.
Hardly. Most of these people want to believe. No amount of rational argument is going to sway them. As they say: you can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Either that, or they are con artists.
This is incredibly misguided, and that is the most charitable way of putting it. Other things you could call it are bloody stupid, daft and irresponsible. There is no way in hell you're going to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff with such a volume of random input, most of it crap, and come up with any useful ideas, let a lone a "cure". Especially not if you're apparently going to accept most of the crap. Homeopaths? Chinese doctors? Spiritual healers? "Uniting their contributions" is going to drag the net worth of the resulting mess down to below zero...
So how stable is the bitcoin exchange rate these days? Can I start using it seriously yet for receiving as payment for services?
Can I come by your house for dinner?
According to the site:
So perhaps Mint 14 will solve this problem for you?
Do you shoot overflying airliners too? After all, they're flying over your land and it's an invasion of your privacy and borderline trespassing!
I'm not sure why I'm bothering to reply though. Your sig makes abundantly clear how much reasonable argument we can expect...
The government wants to kill him? Sorry, but this guy has clearly gone off the deep end. Not hindered by any actual knowledge about the case I'd say there's a good chance he did this. What a bizarre story.
What. The actual. Fuck.