Ha, my pace maker is running WinCE and it's been working wonderfully since they put it in last week. I think all of you OSS biggots need to reign...ugh, what the....BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
is that they are not robots. They're just remote controlled machines. It's still a great show, but I'd be more impressed if they had a mind of their own and not controlled by a human.
Evolution is a theory. There's no proof for it. Things do change, animals adapt, and some minor changes do occur, but the complete rewriting of an animals genetics is so highly unlikely, it would be akin to all linux geeks suddenly thinking that Bill Gates is the a 'way cool guy'.
Let's say that evolution is fact and some microbe changed into, through evolution, a fish. What happens if the fish evolves lungs? Whoops, drowned fish. what if the fish develops legs? whoops, really slow fish.
Can you really look around at the world, the universe and not see God's fingerprints all over? We geeks say how openminded we are and that free speach is for everyone, but when it comes to religion (usually only Christianity) we close our minds. Ridiculing people for not believing the same thing we do. Just look at the flames for Microsoft from geeks.
For the past couple of weeks I've read a few stories where Christians were slammed in a small or large way. I never see budhists, wiccans, hindu, muslim, athiests, satanists, jews, etc. ridiculed. Ever wonder why that is? Are you afraid of something? The truth maybe?
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me." - Matthew 5:10-11
We've done or said nothing against you, and we are mocked and ridiculed. I'm sure this post will be moved to a -1 or deleted. More geek openmindedness
I want nothing more to do with Slashdot. Delete me from the database. Remove any reference that I was here. I wash my hands of this.
Does anyone know if this thing works with the palm pilot? I was under the impression that the palm and outlook worked together, so if this HP thing is outlook compatible, will it be palm compatible?
I've read most of this book, but gave up and decided to read "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment".
I didn't like "Beginning Linux Programming" for one main reason. It tries to cover way too much in too small of a space. It covers everything from shell scripting to X11 programming(but tells you it's a waste of time and you should use a toolkit) to Tcl/Tk. It covers just about everything, but covers nothing well.
I would suggest you save up and buy a bunch of smaller books from O'Reilly than buying this one. At least you'll get some information that you can use.
It's too much of a pain to figure out who is really your friend, and who is just using you. Usually I think it's both. Leastways that's what it is like on 90210.
What company is going to buy this for their employees? I think 1) most bosses want to know if their employees are working and not going to girlie sites and 2) if people are surfing the web when they're not supposed to they'll be logged on the server anyway.
No one will buy this at home. If you're single, you don't need to hide anything. If you're married your spouse will want to know if your doing something you shouldn't. (Will cause many headaches and arguments.)
The only possible customer would be those working on confidential/secret/top secret documents and I doubt the Govt. is going to spend extra money for this.
I think this monitor will have a very small clientelle. Maybe conspiracy theorists...
What's the point of having a month of Uber-computing power. My PII is more than capable of keeping up with my key strokes, and I can compile anything *I* need in less than ten minutes.
As far as a permanent address, I'd rather not. I like to get a new one every now and again to keep undesirables confused.
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The three most expensive things I own are my Car, Computers, and my Squat Rack. There's nothing better than throwing some iron around when you get good and pissed because you can't figure out a problem in your code.
Just throw a few wagon wheels on a straight bar and lift till you figure out the answer.
I can't believe people do this. Work is not life, it's just a means to having one. People that turn their jobs into the most important aspect of their life aren't looking at the big picture. Maybe they're hiding from life, personal pains, whatever.
I went into consulting to have 40 hr weeks, (or if longer I get overtime). I like coming home to my girlfriend, working out, reading, or playing on *MY* computer.
Jobs, like computers and even Linus, are not gods. Don't worship them. It's a waste of time.
Maybe this is just me being overly creeped out, but I'm not sure I could deal with a cow's hand instead of a real one. I think there is a lot of scientists out there that are just getting a little too loopy.
Think I'd rather have a hook. At least then I could be the center of attention in ghost stories.
Considering the state of the world (Thank you very much Mr. Clinton), especially in India and China, I'm stockpiling now. I wanna be good and wired when they bombs start dropping.
Wahoo, I wasnt' sure, but I read the HOWTO be a hacker and the jargon file. It was close, but I just barely fit into ESR's cookie cutter mold of hackerdom.
I listen to weird music, write C and Perl, and I'm into Karate. I wear weird clothes and blah blah blah.
Ok, so if this evil empire thing is for real, why not temporarily hide the comics making fun of them and continue as normal. When everything blows over bring 'em back into the archive.
Until things blow over, just don't make fun of said company.
Since this wasnt' done by the author, I'll assume this is all bunk. The comic strip is much funnier than the April Fools.
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Ha, my pace maker is running WinCE and it's been working wonderfully since they put it in last week. I think all of you OSS biggots need to reign...ugh, what the....BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
How long is the average computer game popular?
How long have games like Go and Chess been popular?
Misfit
is that they are not robots. They're just remote controlled machines. It's still a great show, but I'd be more impressed if they had a mind of their own and not controlled by a human.
Misfit
No way. I can't even ride in a galss elevator without looking directly at the ground.
I hate elevators, and I hate heights. This is stressing me out just thinking about it.
Misfit
I swear it seems like companies don't want to make money. It seems to me that it would be wise to offer a product to as wide a range as possible.
We're linux geeks. It's not like we're going to call their technical support. That'd take all the fun out of it.
Misfit
Evolution is a theory. There's no proof for it. Things do change, animals adapt, and some minor changes do occur, but the complete rewriting of an animals genetics is so highly unlikely, it would be akin to all linux geeks suddenly thinking that Bill Gates is the a 'way cool guy'.
Let's say that evolution is fact and some microbe changed into, through evolution, a fish. What happens if the fish evolves lungs? Whoops, drowned fish. what if the fish develops legs? whoops, really slow fish.
Can you really look around at the world, the universe and not see God's fingerprints all over? We geeks say how openminded we are and that free speach is for everyone, but when it comes to religion (usually only Christianity) we close our minds. Ridiculing people for not believing the same thing we do. Just look at the flames for Microsoft from geeks.
For the past couple of weeks I've read a few stories where Christians were slammed in a small or large way. I never see budhists, wiccans, hindu, muslim, athiests, satanists, jews, etc. ridiculed. Ever wonder why that is? Are you afraid of something? The truth maybe?
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me." - Matthew 5:10-11
We've done or said nothing against you, and we are mocked and ridiculed. I'm sure this post will be moved to a -1 or deleted. More geek openmindedness
I want nothing more to do with Slashdot. Delete me from the database. Remove any reference that I was here. I wash my hands of this.
Misfit
Does anyone know if this thing works with the palm pilot? I was under the impression that the palm and outlook worked together, so if this HP thing is outlook compatible, will it be palm compatible?
I've read most of this book, but gave up and decided to read "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment".
I didn't like "Beginning Linux Programming" for one main reason. It tries to cover way too much in too small of a space. It covers everything from shell scripting to X11 programming(but tells you it's a waste of time and you should use a toolkit) to Tcl/Tk. It covers just about everything, but covers nothing well.
I would suggest you save up and buy a bunch of smaller books from O'Reilly than buying this one. At least you'll get some information that you can use.
Save your money.
Misfit
Not sure I like the idea of being popular.
It's too much of a pain to figure out who is really your friend, and who is just using you. Usually I think it's both. Leastways that's what it is like on 90210.
Misfit
What company is going to buy this for their employees? I think 1) most bosses want to know if their employees are working and not going to girlie sites and 2) if people are surfing the web when they're not supposed to they'll be logged on the server anyway.
No one will buy this at home. If you're single, you don't need to hide anything. If you're married your spouse will want to know if your doing something you shouldn't. (Will cause many headaches and arguments.)
The only possible customer would be those working on confidential/secret/top secret documents and I doubt the Govt. is going to spend extra money for this.
I think this monitor will have a very small clientelle. Maybe conspiracy theorists...
Misfit
What's the point of having a month of Uber-computing power. My PII is more than capable of keeping up with my key strokes, and I can compile anything *I* need in less than ten minutes.
As far as a permanent address, I'd rather not. I like to get a new one every now and again to keep undesirables confused.
Misfit
The three most expensive things I own are my Car, Computers, and my Squat Rack. There's nothing better than throwing some iron around when you get good and pissed because you can't figure out a problem in your code.
Just throw a few wagon wheels on a straight bar and lift till you figure out the answer.
HooRah!!!
Misfit
I can't believe people do this. Work is not life, it's just a means to having one. People that turn their jobs into the most important aspect of their life aren't looking at the big picture. Maybe they're hiding from life, personal pains, whatever.
I went into consulting to have 40 hr weeks, (or if longer I get overtime). I like coming home to my girlfriend, working out, reading, or playing on *MY* computer.
Jobs, like computers and even Linus, are not gods. Don't worship them. It's a waste of time.
Maybe this is just me being overly creeped out, but I'm not sure I could deal with a cow's hand instead of a real one. I think there is a lot of scientists out there that are just getting a little too loopy.
Think I'd rather have a hook. At least then I could be the center of attention in ghost stories.
Considering the state of the world (Thank you very much Mr. Clinton), especially in India and China, I'm stockpiling now. I wanna be good and wired when they bombs start dropping.
Misfit
- If you're not right, you're wrong.
So they blow their brains out with chemicals because they're too stressed out. What about after the comedown? Hey, guess what, nothing's improved.
Temporary patches aren't going to fill up that God-shaped hole in your heart. Only one thing can fill that hole.
Great, I hope it hits. I'll finally be able to see how close to reality the special FX were in last year's two asteroid movies.
If it isn't, I would love to get my hands on a 386 266MHz computer. Just because...
I hope they do open up their code. I need a good laugh on occassion.
Wahoo, I wasnt' sure, but I read the HOWTO be a hacker and the jargon file. It was close, but I just barely fit into ESR's cookie cutter mold of hackerdom.
I listen to weird music, write C and Perl, and I'm into Karate. I wear weird clothes and blah blah blah.
Conformity to nonconformity == hacker;
Misfit
Well, at least in the amount of space that is required and the number of crashes per day.
Misfit
As much of a fan as I am, I think I'll wait a couple of days.
Kinda want to avoid the initial weirdo night. Don't want to have a conversation with a wookie.
Misfit
Ok, so if this evil empire thing is for real, why not temporarily hide the comics making fun of them and continue as normal. When everything blows over bring 'em back into the archive.
Until things blow over, just don't make fun of said company.
Since this wasnt' done by the author, I'll assume this is all bunk. The comic strip is much funnier than the April Fools.
Misfit
I don't understand the humor.
Misfit
If you don't want to see it, you don't have to anymore.
But I guess too many people aren't happy unless they're unhappy.
Misfit