But there's no nearby Shelbyville, as opposed to the Springfield in IL (which also has a nearby nuclear powerplant in Clinton, and all three towns have lakes)...
Would you say there's a difference between "Thank you", "Thanks", or just nodding your head in thanks? Seems that the nod would be less respectful, as would be the "Thanks" - even though all are expressing the same idea. The abbrev. seems more like the lazy thanks or maybe just a nod, and less like putting out the whole phrase...
Not that it makes any real difference to me, but since Other Guy asked, I'm somewhat curious too.
That's why I said "in an effort to end terrorism", not "to end terrorism". I don't plan to convert to Islam any time soon, but I do imagine that some screwballs who claim to be working in the name of Allah will give my government yet another excuse to take away more of my rights...
Heck, the first "episode" of South Park was Jesus v/s Santa Claus. Beyond that, Jesus is a recurring figure on South Park - generally protrayed as being a whimpy normal person far from the image of Jesus a typical Christian would approve of. Of course, lots of people realize that it's meant purely for entertainment value...
Then there's South Park's portrayal of Moses, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Pat Robetson, and a variety of other prominent figures held in high regard by *some* group of people.
Are you willing to give up democracy to end terrorism? It's certainly a way to go.
I fully expect most of my Democratic priviledges to slowly dissapear in an effort to end terrorism, actually... Hooray for voting by party instead of voting by qualification.:(
Funny, the dual Athlon MP 2400s I'm typing this on don't sound like a jet engine. In fact, they're nearly silent. The Enermax case I'm using has a pair of 120mm vantec stelath fans on either end of a wind tunnel, and an 80mm Vantec stealth in the PSU ventilating the remainder of the case. It's 97.5F (36.4C) at the processor heatsinks, and there's more noise from the hard drive than the fans.
It's not like one can passively cool a high-end dual core CPU - which runs hotter than a single processor. So fans are needed either way for this sitution.
Actually, most people aren't misclassifed as retarded, and therefore are introduced to things like punctuation, spelling, and general grammatical rules in gradeschool. They often don't pay attention, though...
Despite what the article says, all that is needed is for someone to mount a disk drive and run a batch file. It could be as simple as one line calling xcopy for each file type (pdf, doc, etc.) running a loop from A to Z for the drives.
There, fixed it for you. Except that it'll still get every file, instead of reading the contents and determining if there's anything potentially useful inside, and looping from drive A to drive Z requires that you have every network share mounted locally. Never mind that if there's something in A or B that's secret, it might be easier to just take the floppy out and bring it with you...
Wait, if you can get by just fine with a console, why would you want to waste all of those resources on a GUI again? Just because some first-year CS dork who prized form over function would think you more "with it"? But then you'd stick some bits of asm into a C++ program to get an incremental improvement at the expense of code legibility? The worst part is that *I* went to school with some people who would find those things to be perfectly normal, and complementary. I think the ones not in prison all work fast food now...
Politics: This is discussed in 25 cent newspapers and in free public forums. Besides, those poor enough to be unable to afford a TV are generally not those who vote.
Emergency sirens: The first wednesday of each month morning, I hear the emergency sirens tested while I'm at work. At home, the sirens go off when there's a tornado. I drive past some other sirens between the two places. Perhaps you haven't watched *enough* movies?
Newspapers: WTF are you talking about? Where do you live where there's no emergency siren *and* no newspaper? Seriously. Just because video killed the radio star (so I've heard), everything with a video analogue must have perished?
Anyway, if this plan's making the government so damned much money, I want my convertor box subsidized, too. Why shoudl I pay for something that's making the gov. even more money - I already gave them more last year than a minimum wage worker would have grossed...
Whelp, if the overwhelming volume of ads at Tom's Hardware wasn't enough reason, now there's bad information up there as well? Does anyone remember when Tom's Hardware used to actually be a useful site that one could actually navigate effectively, and that would load in less than one hour per page? I guess it does still feel like I'm browsing it on a dialup, so they haven't changed *that* part...
Don't you mean "From the TFA article", or maybe "from the friggin' TFA article"?:)
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just becuase I've nothing more to contribute (except that Tom's Hardware sucks)
So, when the person who asked the question looks at the list of packages his distro ships and sees GFS, what's he gonna think? That there's a package for Google File System available? Given that he obviously doesn't know much about the different filesystems available, I felt it relevant to point out that the commonly available GFS is something else precisely *because* it was clear what GFS referred to in context.:)
Never mind that the Global File System would actually be a decent option for this use...
To take your example and run with it: If your Christianity is relevant enough to you that you feel compelled to bring it up in an argument, then it's important enough to the argument that your points could potentially be invalidated by that belief. If you don't want someone misjudging you by, say, your religion, then keep it to yourself. Some people manage to still be Christian without trying to a) tell everyone how much better they are because they "chose" the popular religion and b) bringing it up at the drop of a hat. Some other people get really annoyed when someone feels compelled to volunteer their religious affiliation under irrelvant circumstances. Some of those people are also Christians, surprising as that may be.
So, if you feel that something is irrelevant to the discussion, maybe don't mention it? God won't send you to hell just because LogSplitter929 doesn't know you're Christian.
Regardless, you're choosing to be offended. I'm a Christian (the kind that believes in science and respecting other people's decisions, not the irritating preachy kind that capitalizes personal pronouns inappropriately). I don't give a damn if someone chooses to ignore my points because of that. Meh, it's their loss - there's no reason for me to be offended that some idiot is, in fact, an idiot. I might be a little curious how the other party knows that, because there are only a few posts on/. which might make reference to that particular religious affiliation (counting this one), but I don't choose to be offended by that. Some other things offend me, but it's not like they *have* to offend me - it's pretty much my choice. Just like it's pretty much your choice to be offended by someone's inability to look past irrelevent facts (such as religious affiliation).
Yes, if people lie, statistics may be slightly skewed. How insightful! Perhaps that invliadates all statistics gathered from people, because people might have lied?
Among the less than half of the population who generally votes, perhaps... Hmmm, about half of the people in the US vote, and about half of the population are infected with mind-altering parasites. Coincidence?
This man, not this invention. He also came up with Simon (mmm, colors and beeps in an ever increasing pattern). What politician *hasn't* been exposed to at least one of Pong or Simon?:)
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But there's no nearby Shelbyville, as opposed to the Springfield in IL (which also has a nearby nuclear powerplant in Clinton, and all three towns have lakes)...
:(
No perpetual tire fire, however.
Would you say there's a difference between "Thank you", "Thanks", or just nodding your head in thanks? Seems that the nod would be less respectful, as would be the "Thanks" - even though all are expressing the same idea. The abbrev. seems more like the lazy thanks or maybe just a nod, and less like putting out the whole phrase...
Not that it makes any real difference to me, but since Other Guy asked, I'm somewhat curious too.
That's why I said "in an effort to end terrorism", not "to end terrorism". I don't plan to convert to Islam any time soon, but I do imagine that some screwballs who claim to be working in the name of Allah will give my government yet another excuse to take away more of my rights...
Heck, the first "episode" of South Park was Jesus v/s Santa Claus. Beyond that, Jesus is a recurring figure on South Park - generally protrayed as being a whimpy normal person far from the image of Jesus a typical Christian would approve of. Of course, lots of people realize that it's meant purely for entertainment value...
Then there's South Park's portrayal of Moses, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Pat Robetson, and a variety of other prominent figures held in high regard by *some* group of people.
You don't seem to be very well-versed in the Old Testament, either...
Are you willing to give up democracy to end terrorism? It's certainly a way to go.
:(
I fully expect most of my Democratic priviledges to slowly dissapear in an effort to end terrorism, actually... Hooray for voting by party instead of voting by qualification.
Funny, the dual Athlon MP 2400s I'm typing this on don't sound like a jet engine. In fact, they're nearly silent. The Enermax case I'm using has a pair of 120mm vantec stelath fans on either end of a wind tunnel, and an 80mm Vantec stealth in the PSU ventilating the remainder of the case. It's 97.5F (36.4C) at the processor heatsinks, and there's more noise from the hard drive than the fans.
It's not like one can passively cool a high-end dual core CPU - which runs hotter than a single processor. So fans are needed either way for this sitution.
Actually, most people aren't misclassifed as retarded, and therefore are introduced to things like punctuation, spelling, and general grammatical rules in gradeschool. They often don't pay attention, though...
Despite what the article says, all that is needed is for someone to mount a disk drive and run a batch file. It could be as simple as one line calling xcopy for each file type (pdf, doc, etc.) running a loop from A to Z for the drives.
There, fixed it for you. Except that it'll still get every file, instead of reading the contents and determining if there's anything potentially useful inside, and looping from drive A to drive Z requires that you have every network share mounted locally. Never mind that if there's something in A or B that's secret, it might be easier to just take the floppy out and bring it with you...
And you can't get a regular ol' SMP system with processors that cost under $100 each?
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In most areas with microoptimization, the industry is in need of better planning and a benchmarking tool.
Wait, if you can get by just fine with a console, why would you want to waste all of those resources on a GUI again? Just because some first-year CS dork who prized form over function would think you more "with it"? But then you'd stick some bits of asm into a C++ program to get an incremental improvement at the expense of code legibility? The worst part is that *I* went to school with some people who would find those things to be perfectly normal, and complementary. I think the ones not in prison all work fast food now...
Wow, you work for Benefits Administration at my company? Huh, I didn't think they read slashdot...
Politics: This is discussed in 25 cent newspapers and in free public forums. Besides, those poor enough to be unable to afford a TV are generally not those who vote.
Emergency sirens: The first wednesday of each month morning, I hear the emergency sirens tested while I'm at work. At home, the sirens go off when there's a tornado. I drive past some other sirens between the two places. Perhaps you haven't watched *enough* movies?
Newspapers: WTF are you talking about? Where do you live where there's no emergency siren *and* no newspaper? Seriously. Just because video killed the radio star (so I've heard), everything with a video analogue must have perished?
Anyway, if this plan's making the government so damned much money, I want my convertor box subsidized, too. Why shoudl I pay for something that's making the gov. even more money - I already gave them more last year than a minimum wage worker would have grossed...
Whelp, if the overwhelming volume of ads at Tom's Hardware wasn't enough reason, now there's bad information up there as well? Does anyone remember when Tom's Hardware used to actually be a useful site that one could actually navigate effectively, and that would load in less than one hour per page? I guess it does still feel like I'm browsing it on a dialup, so they haven't changed *that* part...
From the TFA
:)
Don't you mean "From the TFA article", or maybe "from the friggin' TFA article"?
FYI information, this post is courtesy of Windows XP, based on NT technology, and transimtted using NIC card features to get the message posted as ASAP as possible.
just becuase I've nothing more to contribute (except that Tom's Hardware sucks)
So, when the person who asked the question looks at the list of packages his distro ships and sees GFS, what's he gonna think? That there's a package for Google File System available? Given that he obviously doesn't know much about the different filesystems available, I felt it relevant to point out that the commonly available GFS is something else precisely *because* it was clear what GFS referred to in context. :)
Never mind that the Global File System would actually be a decent option for this use...
That's actually what I meant - both are the same group. Sorry it wasn't more clear. :)
To take your example and run with it: If your Christianity is relevant enough to you that you feel compelled to bring it up in an argument, then it's important enough to the argument that your points could potentially be invalidated by that belief. If you don't want someone misjudging you by, say, your religion, then keep it to yourself. Some people manage to still be Christian without trying to a) tell everyone how much better they are because they "chose" the popular religion and b) bringing it up at the drop of a hat. Some other people get really annoyed when someone feels compelled to volunteer their religious affiliation under irrelvant circumstances. Some of those people are also Christians, surprising as that may be.
/. which might make reference to that particular religious affiliation (counting this one), but I don't choose to be offended by that. Some other things offend me, but it's not like they *have* to offend me - it's pretty much my choice. Just like it's pretty much your choice to be offended by someone's inability to look past irrelevent facts (such as religious affiliation).
So, if you feel that something is irrelevant to the discussion, maybe don't mention it? God won't send you to hell just because LogSplitter929 doesn't know you're Christian.
Regardless, you're choosing to be offended. I'm a Christian (the kind that believes in science and respecting other people's decisions, not the irritating preachy kind that capitalizes personal pronouns inappropriately). I don't give a damn if someone chooses to ignore my points because of that. Meh, it's their loss - there's no reason for me to be offended that some idiot is, in fact, an idiot. I might be a little curious how the other party knows that, because there are only a few posts on
Must resist urge to mod "intersting"... Ahh, posting in the thread took care of that.
Yes, if people lie, statistics may be slightly skewed. How insightful! Perhaps that invliadates all statistics gathered from people, because people might have lied?
Among the less than half of the population who generally votes, perhaps... Hmmm, about half of the people in the US vote, and about half of the population are infected with mind-altering parasites. Coincidence?
Don't type GFS when you mean Google File System. GFS is the Global File System.
This man, not this invention. He also came up with Simon (mmm, colors and beeps in an ever increasing pattern). What politician *hasn't* been exposed to at least one of Pong or Simon? :)