All right, the original was released in '98. Half Life 2 was released in '04, Episode 1 in '06, and Episode 2 in '07. It appears to be accelerating. At this rate, our children will be able to play nothing but half life sequels!
I appreciate your honesty in saying that there's no reasonable basis. Out of curiosity, why would something with the power to do things attributed to the Bermuda Triangle stay hidden?
I disagree. Imagine you're in a foreign country with no idea how to dress, no idea how to speak the language and their customs (and body language) are completely different. You also have no idea what their general temperament is. Pointing and yelling at someone in this situation is supremely dumb. Is pointing rude? Is it a request for sexual favor? Is the yelling considered agressive, or will they understand that you're merely trying to communicate? For all you know, eye contact is enough to make them attack you. It's also possible that they're extremely tribal, and that anyone different from them is someone to be enslaved.
There is no way to determine what an alien intelligence is going to do or think, so our best bet is to continue our lives and try not to draw undue attention to ourselves.
It's the difference between you and your teenage friends being willing to go into abandoned warehouses if you need to run an errand, but not going into abandoned warehouses just to see if there's somebody in there.
That's a fine attitude to have if you don't care if people can see your pages. If you want people to be able to view your pages properly, however, then you have to depart from the standard. Maybe one day the standard will be applicable in the real world, but that day is not today.
this simply looks like a puff of smoke Some people see the human circulatory system as nothing more than pipes, etc. A sense of wonder comes with knowledge about a subject (I wouldn't stand in awe of Einstein if I didn't know how much he advanced science), and it also requires you to care about the subject. I'm willing to bet that everyone has something they're awed by, whether it's celestial phenomena, the human body, or Paris Hilton's ability to manipulate the press. Each of those things is amazing if you care to find it so.
However, if it was glowing as brightly all over its skin as it appears on the nose,then the hair on the top of its head wouldn't block it all. The only place that the fur would be thick enough to block it completely would be the body imho.
The only reason this is controversial is because the wiimote doesn't have good enough aim. It's often off by an inch or more on smaller tv's. This is hard on hard core FPS fans, but for me this isn't a problem. First, between wrestling with the auto-aim feature on a lot of shooters and using two analog sticks to control my movement and aim, I find correcting for the wiimote's bad aim to be easy by comparison. I'd rather have faster, more responsive aim that's off by a consistent amount than have to use a regular controller.
Throughout the last 2000 years, wars are usually fought over land and resources. Let's not forget for defense of those things (the US in WWI and WWII, France in WWI and WWII) and also for ideological reasons (terrorism, crusades, etc).
Actually, the dinosaurs lived there before the continents moved to their current locations. It was quite a bit closer to the equator at that time, so whether or not the antarctic heating up is a good thing or a bad thing is still up in the air. Also, you seem to have switched your attacks from "global warming != bad" to "humans aren't causing it", which is somewhat confusing and makes your post harder to understand.
According to wikipedia, the apatosaurus had been known well before the brontosaurus ever came around. When the paleontologist who discovered the brontosaurus assembled it, he concluded that it was different from the apatosaurus and named it accordingly. Upon further study, they discovered that they were the same type of dinosaur, and since the apatosaurus was already established when the brontosaurus came around, they decided to use that name and just make "brontosaurus" a synonym.
I disagree. I look at Global Warming as the cause like I look to the latest code change as the cause of a never before seen software bug. The chances that a new phenomena is occurring in the atmosphere that's never occurred before being completely unrelated to another widespread, unprecedented phenomena is relatively low. They're not just tacking on a buzzword, they're drawing the obvious link.
I'm surprised that they chose Sanderson, actually. He reminds me a lot of Orson Scott Card in that he has a lot happen in very few pages. His novels have as much happen in them as any given WoT novel, but they're a third the size. I recommend you pick up Mistborn and read it (Elantris is also fantastic, but it's not as good and the beginning lags).
Actually, as a PROFESSIONAL I find that IE doesn't give nearly the same level of feedback that firefox does and it doesn't have the quality of tools that firefox does. The Web Developer toolbar is a Godsend in both, but the firefox one is (imho) much better. In addition, the lack of a JS debugger in IE is hard to deal with.
Huh, and here I thought "outpouring pent up rage" would be considered very unprofessional. And here I thought that keeping a public diary of development would be unprofessional. Or that making a post entirely about the name of your next product and then musing over other ways you could have named it in an attempt at humor is unprofessional, especially the day after a public admission from your boss that he thinks you need to give more information. But no, you're right, the comments should be more professional.
Beyond that, however, professional web developers are one of the most unprofessional group of people you could work with. They cover the spectrum from 18 year olds who know how to use flash (and sometimes resemble Neo in their skills) to the 50-something phd seeking to enlarge his horizons. What they care about most are results, and the IE blog isn't giving any to speak of. As unprofessional as the comments are, many of them make very valid points.
I'm still waiting for the ability to re-download already purchased music from itunes. If they added that ability, itunes would be my exclusive source of music.
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Because it's a lot easier to find the ISS than it is to find a package you sent randomly flying around the earth.
All right, the original was released in '98. Half Life 2 was released in '04, Episode 1 in '06, and Episode 2 in '07. It appears to be accelerating. At this rate, our children will be able to play nothing but half life sequels!
Are you saying you wouldn't notice smoke signals in an aircraft?
I appreciate your honesty in saying that there's no reasonable basis. Out of curiosity, why would something with the power to do things attributed to the Bermuda Triangle stay hidden?
I disagree. Imagine you're in a foreign country with no idea how to dress, no idea how to speak the language and their customs (and body language) are completely different. You also have no idea what their general temperament is. Pointing and yelling at someone in this situation is supremely dumb. Is pointing rude? Is it a request for sexual favor? Is the yelling considered agressive, or will they understand that you're merely trying to communicate? For all you know, eye contact is enough to make them attack you. It's also possible that they're extremely tribal, and that anyone different from them is someone to be enslaved.
There is no way to determine what an alien intelligence is going to do or think, so our best bet is to continue our lives and try not to draw undue attention to ourselves.
It's the difference between you and your teenage friends being willing to go into abandoned warehouses if you need to run an errand, but not going into abandoned warehouses just to see if there's somebody in there.
That's a fine attitude to have if you don't care if people can see your pages. If you want people to be able to view your pages properly, however, then you have to depart from the standard. Maybe one day the standard will be applicable in the real world, but that day is not today.
How much closer can FPGAs get us?
However, if it was glowing as brightly all over its skin as it appears on the nose,then the hair on the top of its head wouldn't block it all. The only place that the fur would be thick enough to block it completely would be the body imho.
The only reason this is controversial is because the wiimote doesn't have good enough aim. It's often off by an inch or more on smaller tv's. This is hard on hard core FPS fans, but for me this isn't a problem. First, between wrestling with the auto-aim feature on a lot of shooters and using two analog sticks to control my movement and aim, I find correcting for the wiimote's bad aim to be easy by comparison. I'd rather have faster, more responsive aim that's off by a consistent amount than have to use a regular controller.
Actually, the dinosaurs lived there before the continents moved to their current locations. It was quite a bit closer to the equator at that time, so whether or not the antarctic heating up is a good thing or a bad thing is still up in the air. Also, you seem to have switched your attacks from "global warming != bad" to "humans aren't causing it", which is somewhat confusing and makes your post harder to understand.
According to wikipedia, the apatosaurus had been known well before the brontosaurus ever came around. When the paleontologist who discovered the brontosaurus assembled it, he concluded that it was different from the apatosaurus and named it accordingly. Upon further study, they discovered that they were the same type of dinosaur, and since the apatosaurus was already established when the brontosaurus came around, they decided to use that name and just make "brontosaurus" a synonym.
Since Pullman is an outspoken atheist, I imagine this is just God's sense of humor.
I disagree. I look at Global Warming as the cause like I look to the latest code change as the cause of a never before seen software bug. The chances that a new phenomena is occurring in the atmosphere that's never occurred before being completely unrelated to another widespread, unprecedented phenomena is relatively low. They're not just tacking on a buzzword, they're drawing the obvious link.
Sanderson regularly kills main and side characters.
I'm surprised that they chose Sanderson, actually. He reminds me a lot of Orson Scott Card in that he has a lot happen in very few pages. His novels have as much happen in them as any given WoT novel, but they're a third the size. I recommend you pick up Mistborn and read it (Elantris is also fantastic, but it's not as good and the beginning lags).
You should read Sanderson's other stuff (Elantris or Mistborn). He tends to use sparse descriptions in favor of characterization and plot. It's great.
Beyond that, however, professional web developers are one of the most unprofessional group of people you could work with. They cover the spectrum from 18 year olds who know how to use flash (and sometimes resemble Neo in their skills) to the 50-something phd seeking to enlarge his horizons. What they care about most are results, and the IE blog isn't giving any to speak of. As unprofessional as the comments are, many of them make very valid points.
Actually, I found his post to be very complementary to yours, embiggening both.
The blocking is taking a stand. If they didn't want to take a stand they would disregard the issue altogether.
No, but it's significantly less convenient, and convenience is really what itunes is selling anyway.
I'm still waiting for the ability to re-download already purchased music from itunes. If they added that ability, itunes would be my exclusive source of music.