Oh yeah... popups. I forgot about them what with using Firefox and all...
Interstitials: yes.
It's not hyperbole to have an opinion. And who the hell modded me flamebait?! I'm sorry if I offended anyone on Slashdot who really likes lonelygirl or Flash-based ads.
(My favorite vid on YouTube is the one where an elephant sticks its trunk up another's ass and pulls out a turd and eats it. It'll come up if you search for "poop." Priceless.)
WTF Google. Those are the most annoying type of internet ads. Even more annoying than "interactive" Flash shit. There really has to be a better solution.
Of course, most of the best on there isn't the most popular, so that's some comfort at least.
What HeroreV's saying is the exact opposite. Mono isintended to be "write once, run everywhere." He was saying that writing for.NET/Windows is not.
Mono implements a subset of Microsoft's libraries, so projects written for Mono will run anywhere with a.NET or Mono install, but.NET/Windows (i.e. produced by Visual Studio, etc) may not run on Mono.
Google's home page today looks almost identical to the way it looked years ago
In my mind, that simplicity is a Good Thing(TM). When I want to search, I just want to enter a keyword; I don't want a bunch of crap I have no interest in presented to me.
KDE, Gnome, and any other window manager that will compile on OS X can be run under XDarwin. You can also dual boot OS X and Linux with the free utility Boot Camp.
KDE's not bad. Personally, I don't like Gnome as much, but it's just a look-and-feel thing rather than it being inferior technically (worked OK for me anyway).
Really, I just wanted an opportunity to say that I run KDE using XDarwin on my Mac every once in a while, for the novelty. OS X is still the best in the look-and-feel dept, but KDE is making giant leaps forward and is not much behind.
Sure, there're other things I'd rather be doing. I'm payed well though, and I didn't have to move out of town to find a job.
It's actually a really cool place. We are part of a major research university in the Midwest and only take on projects which have some aspect of public good. So far I've designed a large web application to automate the paperwork of a part of our state's public school system. (In VB.NET, no less. I didn't so much want to whine as shoot myself in the face.) Now, I'm working (as part of a group) with our state's Medicaid data to find ways to reduce costs through preventative care.
So, yeah,.NET is not the greatest. But, that's not the entirety of my job:)
I work 40 hours a week doing.NET programming. The reason a lot of people hear dislike Microsoft is because of their horrible track record of stifling innovation, using their monopoly to crush opposition, and consistently releasing inferior products after their announced release date is long past. And that's merely the tip of the iceberg.
As for the line, I don't know where yours is drawn, but mine is drawn at the intersection between words meaning something, and the use of slogans, catchprases, propaganda and cliches.
Attacking my ideas is one thing. Attacking my vocabulary is another... usually means someone has no argument to present.
Let me do some dictionary work for you. From the OED:
fundamentalism ...
b. In other religions, esp. Islam, a strict adherence to ancient or fundamental doctrines, with no concessions to modern developments in thought or customs.
So fundamentalist, an adherent of fundamentalism; also, an economic or political doctrinaire...
Also from the OED: doctrinaire, n. (a.) ...
2.... One who holds some doctrine or theory which he tries to apply without sufficient regard to practical considerations; a pedantic theorist.
It would probably help if you didn't say things like "The racist Jews at The New York Times simply desire to preserve what little credibility they have remaining..." (Ironically, your blog is still cached by Google.)
You come very close to stepping over the line from "anti-Zionist" to fundamentalist racist in that sentence.
Umm... yes I have. Who do you hang around with? (I'm not trying to be derisive. But, that is bad. Everyone I know even a little bit is very well grounded.)
...we want people to know that this is not a real world.
I'm getting really sick of all this pussy-footing around. Personally, I have a strong aversion to graphic, unnecessary violence, but if you are so unhinged that you can't tell the difference between reality and a game you are ALREADY off your rocker.
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Oh yeah... popups. I forgot about them what with using Firefox and all...
Interstitials: yes.
It's not hyperbole to have an opinion. And who the hell modded me flamebait?! I'm sorry if I offended anyone on Slashdot who really likes lonelygirl or Flash-based ads.
(My favorite vid on YouTube is the one where an elephant sticks its trunk up another's ass and pulls out a turd and eats it. It'll come up if you search for "poop." Priceless.)
it is not just that 99% of them insult the intelligence of a republican
Yeah... just imagine how the rest of us feel!!
Joking aside, if I have to see one more commercial full of lies and glitz... ooh shiny and only 3 easy payments...
WTF Google. Those are the most annoying type of internet ads. Even more annoying than "interactive" Flash shit. There really has to be a better solution.
Of course, most of the best on there isn't the most popular, so that's some comfort at least.
What HeroreV's saying is the exact opposite. Mono is intended to be "write once, run everywhere." He was saying that writing for .NET/Windows is not.
.NET or Mono install, but .NET/Windows (i.e. produced by Visual Studio, etc) may not run on Mono.
Mono implements a subset of Microsoft's libraries, so projects written for Mono will run anywhere with a
So... security through obscurity?
They say opposites attract.
The negation is true as well!
They're really getting it taken to them. Damn.
Google's home page today looks almost identical to the way it looked years ago
In my mind, that simplicity is a Good Thing(TM). When I want to search, I just want to enter a keyword; I don't want a bunch of crap I have no interest in presented to me.
'Cause you know only those fucking poor people drink or pay for sex. Yeah. Good one.
KDE, Gnome, and any other window manager that will compile on OS X can be run under XDarwin. You can also dual boot OS X and Linux with the free utility Boot Camp.
:P
So there
KDE's not bad. Personally, I don't like Gnome as much, but it's just a look-and-feel thing rather than it being inferior technically (worked OK for me anyway).
Really, I just wanted an opportunity to say that I run KDE using XDarwin on my Mac every once in a while, for the novelty. OS X is still the best in the look-and-feel dept, but KDE is making giant leaps forward and is not much behind.
I am for this solely because it is radical; I would like to see the big music corporations knocked over on their fucking heads.
We don't want to play with you.
Sure, there're other things I'd rather be doing. I'm payed well though, and I didn't have to move out of town to find a job.
.NET is not the greatest. But, that's not the entirety of my job :)
It's actually a really cool place. We are part of a major research university in the Midwest and only take on projects which have some aspect of public good. So far I've designed a large web application to automate the paperwork of a part of our state's public school system. (In VB.NET, no less. I didn't so much want to whine as shoot myself in the face.) Now, I'm working (as part of a group) with our state's Medicaid data to find ways to reduce costs through preventative care.
So, yeah,
I work 40 hours a week doing .NET programming. The reason a lot of people hear dislike Microsoft is because of their horrible track record of stifling innovation, using their monopoly to crush opposition, and consistently releasing inferior products after their announced release date is long past. And that's merely the tip of the iceberg.
Attacking my ideas is one thing. Attacking my vocabulary is another... usually means someone has no argument to present.
Let me do some dictionary work for you. From the OED:
fundamentalism
b. In other religions, esp. Islam, a strict adherence to ancient or fundamental doctrines, with no concessions to modern developments in thought or customs.
So fundamentalist, an adherent of fundamentalism; also, an economic or political doctrinaire... Also from the OED:
doctrinaire, n. (a.)
2.
I'm sure you know what a racist is.
It would probably help if you didn't say things like "The racist Jews at The New York Times simply desire to preserve what little credibility they have remaining..." (Ironically, your blog is still cached by Google.)
You come very close to stepping over the line from "anti-Zionist" to fundamentalist racist in that sentence.
Perhaps it has always been humanity's purpose to create for ourselves a god to enslave us.
Umm... yes I have. Who do you hang around with? (I'm not trying to be derisive. But, that is bad. Everyone I know even a little bit is very well grounded.)
...we want people to know that this is not a real world.
I'm getting really sick of all this pussy-footing around. Personally, I have a strong aversion to graphic, unnecessary violence, but if you are so unhinged that you can't tell the difference between reality and a game you are ALREADY off your rocker.
That was IBM's Deep Blue.
Why the hell is this modded flamebait?
Semicolons are TOTALLY sweet; they are AWESOME.
I didn't realize PS2 was quite THAT popular.
A sentence with several phrases separated by a profusion of commas - and one hyphen :)