Weeds developing herbacide resistance has been going on as long as evolution, and that's a long time. I'm so sick of these "omgtheskyisfalling" environmentalists, their headline-grabbing falsehoods are taking away from legitamite science. grrr.
I find naming data structures to be a harmless and hilarious way to brighten up my code. examples: bbQueue, tTree.
Also, try shortening two words into one. Not only will this make your code less readable; it will make it far funnier to you and your friends. example: SupervisorPerminant -> SPerm
Good idea, especially if bleeding edge isn't necessary. Unfortunately, for some, even slightly used equipment is too old. Many businesses can't buy used equipment.
What can a company do if they want to buy 1000 identical laptops without bending over for MSFT?
This is more in reference to this post (and other trolls) and the massive pile of useless websites / companies.
Contrary to common sense some just don't care about reputation.
Or is that, "pretend they don't care so hard that they start to believe it"??
If you use mozilla exclusively, you're stuck. I can't get to the "personal profile" page.
"Microsoft®.NET Passport no longer supports the Web browser version you are using. Please upgrade to a current Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later."
I'm pretty sure it's similar to the "use windows because it's on my machine when I buy it".
"I'll use this search engine because that's what appears when I install AOL, @home, sypmatico, etc."
That, and most people can't be bothered remembering more than two web addresses. www.hotmail.com (being replaced by simply using MSN messanger) and www.my-favourite-porn-site.com.
I remember a few years ago, when I made the switch to Google. I was impressed from the get-go, and have never looked back. Everyone I talked to, everybody who was using some other search engine, I turned them on to google. (It wasn't hard)
And now, in some places, rather than saying "do a search for [something]" people say "google-search it" (even if they don't use google).
You know something's great when people make a verb out of its name.
It'd be neat to build artificial intelligence agents and let them loose in a "real" virtual world. We could test an agents response, and see how cool it could look, all at the same time!
Of course. They probably know about all the security flaws before they happen, they just don't bother to fix them.
It's like in Fight Club, the formula, if a (the cost of paying 10 programmers $100k/Annum each) * b (the time it would take to fix) * c (the percent of people that wouldn't buy/use IE / Windows regardless of the plethora of flaws) is greater than some innane constant, they don't fix it.
Don't forget the average age of the Harry Potter reader (something like 10 I think) What parent in their right mind would buy the e-book? We all know how easily kids lose / break things.
I know it'd be fine for me, but no way I would buy it for my children.
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Weeds developing herbacide resistance has been going on as long as evolution, and that's a long time. I'm so sick of these "omgtheskyisfalling" environmentalists, their headline-grabbing falsehoods are taking away from legitamite science. grrr.
I find naming data structures to be a harmless and hilarious way to brighten up my code.
examples: bbQueue, tTree.
Also, try shortening two words into one. Not only will this make your code less readable; it will make it far funnier to you and your friends.
example: SupervisorPerminant -> SPerm
Apple may not be going out of business. But lets not forget that as of a little while ago, Linux is on more desktops than MacOS is!
Out of business no, dying a slow painfull death? Maybe.
We never get memos in Canada..
First, we never got the "Mullets aren't cool" memo.
Nor the, "Thou shalt not eat massive amounts of poutine" memo.
and now this, the "Apple doesn't really ever go out of business" memo.
When will this appaling double standard of memo-sending end? Canadians are just as worthy of memos as the rest of the world!
Good idea, especially if bleeding edge isn't necessary. Unfortunately, for some, even slightly used equipment is too old. Many businesses can't buy used equipment.
What can a company do if they want to buy 1000 identical laptops without bending over for MSFT?
This will one day give me the chance to quote star trek, without non-trekkies thinking I'm on crack.
"Aaaack! The circuit is using a triaxilating frequency! Check the neural peptide levels!"
This is more in reference to this post (and other trolls) and the massive pile of useless websites / companies.
Contrary to common sense some just don't care about reputation.
Or is that, "pretend they don't care so hard that they start to believe it"??
If you use mozilla exclusively, you're stuck.
.NET Passport no longer supports the Web browser version you are using. Please upgrade to a current Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 4.08 or later."
I can't get to the "personal profile" page.
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Mmmm more spam. Thanks msft.
I'm pretty sure Pamela Anderson has been home (to BC) lately, so they can't be removing ALL implants.
We should make a video game out of this.
The terrors of travelling with the new airport security measures.
"All Your Implants Are Belong To Us"
Sounds like a hit to me.
I'm pretty sure the story says that the papers were sufficient in Toronto, but weren't in St. Johns.
Maybe the bustling St. Johns airport security guards had never seen those type of papers, nor believied that a person could have any sort of implant.
In either case, it's pretty outrageous.
You could take WestJet :)
The funny thing, is that this event isn't nearly as invasive as the systems involved in other countries. But it's not nearly as effective.
Finally, I'm always amused that people can just waltz on a train or bus, but you have to give blood to even get close to an airplane.
Seriously? What serious harm could they have thought he could really do?
"Oh my god, he's going to TYPE SOMETHING"
geez.
This is even worse than them rifling through my PDA when I get on the plane.
Me too, those big-ass light-sabre battles will be crazy / require caffeine to follow.
Imagine all the CPU time it took to render those massize battles? Oh all the seti@home WU's I could get done with those machines.
Can we make more Mace Windu / Samuel L. Jackson jokes yet?
"What ain't no planet I ever heard of, do they speak Bacci on What?!"
OMG, there was just a preview of the trailer.
"Stay Tuned For The Never Before Seen Trailer For STAR WARS EPISODE II, ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Only on FOX"
It even did the scrolling thing...
I'm pretty sure it's similar to the "use windows because it's on my machine when I buy it".
"I'll use this search engine because that's what appears when I install AOL, @home, sypmatico, etc."
That, and most people can't be bothered remembering more than two web addresses. www.hotmail.com (being replaced by simply using MSN messanger) and www.my-favourite-porn-site.com.
I remember a few years ago, when I made the switch to Google. I was impressed from the get-go, and have never looked back. Everyone I talked to, everybody who was using some other search engine, I turned them on to google. (It wasn't hard)
And now, in some places, rather than saying "do a search for [something]" people say "google-search it" (even if they don't use google).
You know something's great when people make a verb out of its name.
It's pretty cool..
reminds me of those odd shows made using marionettes.. sort of a cross between voltron and swiss family robinson.
I wonder what Space Ghost would say about Merv Griffen...
There'd certainly be fewer jokes about slapping keno boys.
I wonder if this would have applications in optical communications?
It's not clear if the different wavelengths have to appear together, or can be manipulated individually.
If they can be manipulated individually think of the coolness.
So many questions.
It'd be neat to build artificial intelligence agents and let them loose in a "real" virtual world. We could test an agents response, and see how cool it could look, all at the same time!
I think your sarcasm font is broken...
That reminds me, I wish MSN had tone markup's..
they've got enough of those dumb smiley faces.
Of course. They probably know about all the security flaws before they happen, they just don't bother to fix them.
It's like in Fight Club, the formula, if a (the cost of paying 10 programmers $100k/Annum each) * b (the time it would take to fix) * c (the percent of people that wouldn't buy/use IE / Windows regardless of the plethora of flaws) is greater than some innane constant, they don't fix it.
until it blows up.
I was waiting for one of those super annoying forwarded URL's to cause trouble, and its finally happened.
Why can't one single week go by without a big annoying MSFT bug / virus being exposed?
Do people save these bugs up and release havoc at regural intervals?
Are there people in the inside, planting seeds?
At least it makes for good news.
Don't forget the average age of the Harry Potter reader (something like 10 I think) What parent in their right mind would buy the e-book? We all know how easily kids lose / break things.
I know it'd be fine for me, but no way I would buy it for my children.