Of course, a tablet's keyboard, being virtual, can adjust to adhere better to the task, rather than suiting the task to the keyboard. This is what I like about my phone/tablet keyboards.
Lots of places, some around the same time and with no connection to the outside world. The point is that people can figure out right and wrong without religion. Maybe it was original to the biblical authors at their time and in their region, but it wasn't original to the world and the world didn't learn it from them alone.
http://chaplaincyinstitute.org/rev-nancy-schluntz/common-threads-world-religions-the-ethic-reciprocity
My doctor growing up was a kleptomaniac. He would take things out of the local grocery without paying for them all the time. No one ever stopped him because he'd always return the goods a couple of hour later. Of course, he wasn't conspiring to do it for profit, he just couldn't help his impulses any more than someone with OCD.
I suppose this could be something similar, but criminal charges are definitely in order for the nature and amount of the crime.
Somehow I doubt that the cashiers follow Lego pricing so closely. To someone with any amount of ignorance on the merchandise, $50 may seem like a reasonable price on a large box of plastic foot needles.
Also keep in mind the repetitive, mind-numbing task cashiers perform. After a while, I doubt they even notice what it was they rung up. Scan, bag, repeat x N. Total, swipe, next. Try that for five or six 8-hour days in a row, for hundreds of customers, then see how much you notice or care about the merchandise.
Sorry, I got to the point where I had to click on the next page to continue reading the article and bailed. It just wasn't interesting enough to put up with that.
I'm a fan of Apple and their iOS devices (though I know many are not). But I disagree with this change. To make it an option is all well and good, I'm all for it, but to make it a requirement is a step in the wrong direction. I, for one, will continue to purchase my books from Amazon.com. eReader apps help sell Apple devices. IMO, Apple should treat them with more courtesy than this.
I sincerely hope moderators understand tongue in cheek humor.
Surely you jest. These are, after all, slashdot moderators you're talking about. I think you're just as likely to get scathing comments from people rampaging at the (overly literal) idea that we should fire nukes into the sun. "But you'll set the sun on fire! Think of the children!" et al.
Now that I've mentioned it as well, I expect similar results.
There is no such thing as a rolling stop - you either stop or you don't. You either break the law, or you don't. Not harming someone or their property doesn't make it any more legal to disobey rules of the road.
This whole concept reminds me of the George Carlin bit about staying seated until the plane comes to a "complete stop." There is no such thing as a partial stop. If you roll through a light, get caught and fined, at least own up to it. Any driver who does this knows they are taking the risk, knows it's against the rules, and, while I'm not saying they deserve to get caught, should at least take personal responsibility if they do.
I roll through stops sometimes, though I do try to make a conscious effort to not do so. I also speed - and have no shame in doing it. If/when I get caught, I accept the consequences unless I have what I feel is a justifiable reason for what I did.
I find it odd that the Retweets (RTs) are/were discarded with the spam in these statistics. RTs help the information spread, which is useful indeed. How many of those 1,000 actively monitor or follow any official World Cup reporting stream? Certainly not all. A RT may not be an original post, but it still can have value in the dissemination of data.
Sad but true. Even so, look where financial "innovation" got us... we crippled the global economy with our "innovation" (read: creative bookkeeping by large, powerful finance firms).
Sorry to say that the guy dribbles on for half the article about what the reports LOOK LIKE. Why? Dunno. I reached this paragraph about halfway through the document: "Beyond these general impressions, what is most interesting is the financial accounting in the reports..." and thought to myself "finally!"
Honestly. I don't need someone to describe the appearance/layout/graphics of the report. I daresay most folks going to read the article don't either.
Still, the finance info was interesting - as interesting as finance info ever is.
It seems odd to me that pictures of naked people is censored, but, if I wanted, I could post videos of "zombies" killing mowing each other down with chainsaws with no public outcry whatsoever.
Carlin had it right: I'd rather my kids saw images of two people making love than of two people killing each other.
Those are some very good ideas... would that I had some mod points.
I may be able to implement those ideas in the future, but for now I'm using reCaptcha, which is dual-benefit. Helping OCR some old text for preservation and keeping spam off my site.
My first course was "Introduction to Algorithms" and was taught using TrueBasic. The greatest advantage to this course was that it was about the basics. Not how to write a function for X language, but rather how to write a function, how best to utilize loops (and we did stay as far away as possible from GOTO, though in Basic it was sometimes unavoidable), etc. It was a class that forced you think in logical paths, to think like a programmer. We learned to plan how we wanted something to work before diving headfirst into code. Though I took classes in other languages and more advanced concepts later, I maintain that that first algorithms class was by far the most beneficial and carried the most knowledge down the line for not just the remainder of my college career, but also my actual career.
Simultaneously minimizing the number of legitimate visitors who sign up on your site. I can deal with one, I can understand two. Put me at a third, and I'll leave your site as fast as my mind overcomes the inevitable WTF delay period.
Get to know the person behind the counter at the rental store - become a regular customer, talk movies, etc. Then ask nicely if they'd care to run a couple of discs through the repair machine.
This more than likely equates to 59% of the population not upgraded being IE users and.1% everything else. Especially since other browsers tell you when an update is available.
"Captain! Captain! Our boat do be sinkin! Wha' should we do, argh?"
"There be one thing we can do, argh. Lob our anchor onto that other sinking vessel thar and hope it hooks in deep."
"But Captain, that ship, she do already be near below the surface herself!"
"Lad, you do know nothing about these waters. Two ships sinking together do be better than one alone."
"Captain, you're fricken retarded."
"That's as may be, my lad. That's as may be."
Ditto. I use it on resumes and for contract work. Somehow I think eGandalf_Is_The_Man@gmail.com would strike potential clients and employers as unprofessional.
As long as it's my name and not something like may CC or SSN numbers, I can live with people knowing information that is already publicly available.
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Of course, a tablet's keyboard, being virtual, can adjust to adhere better to the task, rather than suiting the task to the keyboard. This is what I like about my phone/tablet keyboards.
What? Ballmer isn't dead. (This is a joke, please take it as one.)
Lots of places, some around the same time and with no connection to the outside world. The point is that people can figure out right and wrong without religion. Maybe it was original to the biblical authors at their time and in their region, but it wasn't original to the world and the world didn't learn it from them alone.
http://chaplaincyinstitute.org/rev-nancy-schluntz/common-threads-world-religions-the-ethic-reciprocity
My doctor growing up was a kleptomaniac. He would take things out of the local grocery without paying for them all the time. No one ever stopped him because he'd always return the goods a couple of hour later. Of course, he wasn't conspiring to do it for profit, he just couldn't help his impulses any more than someone with OCD.
I suppose this could be something similar, but criminal charges are definitely in order for the nature and amount of the crime.
Somehow I doubt that the cashiers follow Lego pricing so closely. To someone with any amount of ignorance on the merchandise, $50 may seem like a reasonable price on a large box of plastic foot needles.
Also keep in mind the repetitive, mind-numbing task cashiers perform. After a while, I doubt they even notice what it was they rung up. Scan, bag, repeat x N. Total, swipe, next. Try that for five or six 8-hour days in a row, for hundreds of customers, then see how much you notice or care about the merchandise.
Sorry, I got to the point where I had to click on the next page to continue reading the article and bailed. It just wasn't interesting enough to put up with that.
I'm a fan of Apple and their iOS devices (though I know many are not). But I disagree with this change. To make it an option is all well and good, I'm all for it, but to make it a requirement is a step in the wrong direction. I, for one, will continue to purchase my books from Amazon.com. eReader apps help sell Apple devices. IMO, Apple should treat them with more courtesy than this.
Did they learn nothing from the story of the old lady who swallowed a fly?
Poor thing. I hear she died.
Surely you jest. These are, after all, slashdot moderators you're talking about. I think you're just as likely to get scathing comments from people rampaging at the (overly literal) idea that we should fire nukes into the sun. "But you'll set the sun on fire! Think of the children!" et al.
Now that I've mentioned it as well, I expect similar results.
There is no such thing as a rolling stop - you either stop or you don't. You either break the law, or you don't. Not harming someone or their property doesn't make it any more legal to disobey rules of the road.
This whole concept reminds me of the George Carlin bit about staying seated until the plane comes to a "complete stop." There is no such thing as a partial stop. If you roll through a light, get caught and fined, at least own up to it. Any driver who does this knows they are taking the risk, knows it's against the rules, and, while I'm not saying they deserve to get caught, should at least take personal responsibility if they do.
I roll through stops sometimes, though I do try to make a conscious effort to not do so. I also speed - and have no shame in doing it. If/when I get caught, I accept the consequences unless I have what I feel is a justifiable reason for what I did.
I find it odd that the Retweets (RTs) are/were discarded with the spam in these statistics. RTs help the information spread, which is useful indeed. How many of those 1,000 actively monitor or follow any official World Cup reporting stream? Certainly not all. A RT may not be an original post, but it still can have value in the dissemination of data.
Sad but true. Even so, look where financial "innovation" got us... we crippled the global economy with our "innovation" (read: creative bookkeeping by large, powerful finance firms).
It only took 65 years, but they finally got their revenge for those invasions. Subtle, the french are, very subtle and patient. Like mice.
Erm... I think TrueCrypt would be more secure with less effort. IMHO.
Sorry to say that the guy dribbles on for half the article about what the reports LOOK LIKE. Why? Dunno. I reached this paragraph about halfway through the document: "Beyond these general impressions, what is most interesting is the financial accounting in the reports..." and thought to myself "finally!" Honestly. I don't need someone to describe the appearance/layout/graphics of the report. I daresay most folks going to read the article don't either. Still, the finance info was interesting - as interesting as finance info ever is.
*nod Point taken.
It seems odd to me that pictures of naked people is censored, but, if I wanted, I could post videos of "zombies" killing mowing each other down with chainsaws with no public outcry whatsoever.
Carlin had it right: I'd rather my kids saw images of two people making love than of two people killing each other.
Those are some very good ideas... would that I had some mod points.
I may be able to implement those ideas in the future, but for now I'm using reCaptcha, which is dual-benefit. Helping OCR some old text for preservation and keeping spam off my site.
Thanks for the ideas.
Inconceivable!
My first course was "Introduction to Algorithms" and was taught using TrueBasic. The greatest advantage to this course was that it was about the basics. Not how to write a function for X language, but rather how to write a function, how best to utilize loops (and we did stay as far away as possible from GOTO, though in Basic it was sometimes unavoidable), etc. It was a class that forced you think in logical paths, to think like a programmer. We learned to plan how we wanted something to work before diving headfirst into code. Though I took classes in other languages and more advanced concepts later, I maintain that that first algorithms class was by far the most beneficial and carried the most knowledge down the line for not just the remainder of my college career, but also my actual career.
Simultaneously minimizing the number of legitimate visitors who sign up on your site. I can deal with one, I can understand two. Put me at a third, and I'll leave your site as fast as my mind overcomes the inevitable WTF delay period.
Get to know the person behind the counter at the rental store - become a regular customer, talk movies, etc. Then ask nicely if they'd care to run a couple of discs through the repair machine.
This more than likely equates to 59% of the population not upgraded being IE users and .1% everything else. Especially since other browsers tell you when an update is available.
"Captain! Captain! Our boat do be sinkin! Wha' should we do, argh?"
"There be one thing we can do, argh. Lob our anchor onto that other sinking vessel thar and hope it hooks in deep."
"But Captain, that ship, she do already be near below the surface herself!"
"Lad, you do know nothing about these waters. Two ships sinking together do be better than one alone."
"Captain, you're fricken retarded."
"That's as may be, my lad. That's as may be."
Ditto. I use it on resumes and for contract work. Somehow I think eGandalf_Is_The_Man@gmail.com would strike potential clients and employers as unprofessional.
As long as it's my name and not something like may CC or SSN numbers, I can live with people knowing information that is already publicly available.