Until every computer in use has multi-gigabyte memory, including handheld devices, there will be a need for something lighter than webkit
Except that webkit browsers never leaked memory like a New Orleans levee, while Firefox has only recently gotten the problem within some reasonable boundary. On older machines, WebKit browsers would run for far longer without depleting my available memory.
The first amendment is vague, and I'm glad of it. Congress makes no laws abridging free speech. You can say whatever you wish (unless that information is classified, in which case you have pledged to not divulge it, voluntarily abrogating your right in that instance). Without restriction, without a limit, some sort of inbuilt limit of what it would be meaningless or wrong to say, there can be no assertion nor reasons for asserting.
The reason for the preferred legal distinction between speech and action is that if the First Amendment is to make any sense whatsoever, speech must be declared separate from action, or as a special form of action that make action a target for regulation.
Because if the First Amendment protected action, it might as well have been written "Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of action," tantamount to "Congress shall make no law," thereby, "There will be no law."
It is the very debate over the lines we draw that creates our free speech, because within that debate, we are enacting and protecting the principles that our forefathers wanted to protect: the right to debate publicly without fear of retribution from a tyrannical government, to openly declaim about public policy, belief, religion, etc. without fear of reprisal. It is the job of the First Amendment to demarcate an area in which competing views can be considered without interference.
I agree fully, as a matter of fact. Flash is possibly the worst site development platform on the planet. It's overused - and poorly at that - because Timmy McToolerson (loved that, BTW) treats it like a WYSIWYG design app instead of a useful tool to enhance certain aspects of the site (to rehash - games, animation, etc).
I grew irritated at what you called a "conversation," which wasn't that at all. It was a repetition of the same sort of tired party line statements that crop up with a number of topics: Flash, M$, Apple, DRM, etc.
I appreciate your assumption that I'm as dull-witted as your friends and family, but I don't need assistance with my reading comprehension. I would, however, welcome a stimulating discussion that eschews worn-out topics and basic facts that anyone tangentially associated with technology can pick up on his own.
They are connected to the intranet - most E.R. docs use PDA's running software that can retrieve info from these machines, order prescriptions & tests, etc.
Like most Europeans, two, three or more languages are very common.
If I had to know a new language to drive from Virginia to North Carolina, I'd be trilingual, too. Instead, I can get in my car in Wilmington, NC and drive 2555.1 miles to Barstow, CA on I-40 without worrying about my ability to accomplish everyday social tasks. Learning another language as a mechanism of your day to day function isn't special, it's what human beings do from birth.
I'd love it if they would archive political sites as seen at various addresses, and make them available to the public - the RNC homepage (at least once upon a time) was completely different when logging in from different areas of the country - graphics, photos, everything custom to the geography from which one logged in.
I think you get what you pay for. I bought one of those dirt-cheap 256m sticks a long while back. It's a flimsy piece of plastic, but I expected that. But guess what, it still works. I bought a 1 GB drive at a drugstore on my way to the airport for a conference about 2 years ago. It was dirt cheap, I keep it on me, and it's still fine.
I must confess, I've considered how cool it would be to have my Core Duo back as an undergrad (1993-7). There would be a problem with WiFi, but we were wired early, so ethernet would have to do.
My nerd friends would have paid admission for a few minutes on it.
Why, you put so much thought into that post! Thank you, for mindlessly parroting the party line and sharing the wonderful insight that nobody else could have possibly guessed might be posted here. Instead of copying and pasting a sentiment that we could find all over/., let's put some thought into this: how much time and effort would it take to train congressfolks and their useless, nepotistic hires on Linux? People bitch and moan that Congress never gets anything done: see how much they accomplish when they're recompiling their kernels, creating cool new startup scripts, and doing any one of the 3000 other tasks that the Penguin Posse loves to babble about to complete strangers. Let's hear a floor debate on the virtues of whichever GUI flavor of the month is better.
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It's this kind of self-serving crap that makes people hate geeks like you. I can almost picture you, mommy's special, unique little snowflake, being told, "it's okay you have absolutely no social skills or friends. It's just fine that you won't have sex until you can pay for it. Those big meanies will see one day, when smart boysies like you are in charge."
And since when did "engineer" equal "smart?" Since when did any particular career equal "smart?" Some of the biggest fools I've ever met are engineers: those must be the ones they take out of the engineering pool to put in management - "let's avoid an accident and take away his pencil. He'll cause less damage as a manager."
I am a linguist. Dialect and grammar evolve in a matrix of formal and informal uses. Dialects are systematic and regular, and socially favored versions of the language are mimicked. Certain "correct" usages fall into disuse - how many of us use "Shall" when asking a first person question (Shall I go?) anymore?
Such great laws our blessed, holy founders made. Laws that were fair. That treated all men as equals, like this one:
"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons" - US Constitution, Article I, section 2
Yes, it was made moot after the 14th amendment was passed, but our founders made the law.
This is a bit simplistic, especially when you consider that most polls indicate that the majority of people aren't in line with those in power. It's not the "Majority" that doesn't care, it's the really loud minority that makes the majority irrelevant. Quit whining and do something. I'm sure you can find a local group that would love your help.
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Until every computer in use has multi-gigabyte memory, including handheld devices, there will be a need for something lighter than webkit
Except that webkit browsers never leaked memory like a New Orleans levee, while Firefox has only recently gotten the problem within some reasonable boundary. On older machines, WebKit browsers would run for far longer without depleting my available memory.
The first amendment is vague, and I'm glad of it. Congress makes no laws abridging free speech. You can say whatever you wish (unless that information is classified, in which case you have pledged to not divulge it, voluntarily abrogating your right in that instance). Without restriction, without a limit, some sort of inbuilt limit of what it would be meaningless or wrong to say, there can be no assertion nor reasons for asserting.
The reason for the preferred legal distinction between speech and action is that if the First Amendment is to make any sense whatsoever, speech must be declared separate from action, or as a special form of action that make action a target for regulation.
Because if the First Amendment protected action, it might as well have been written "Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of action," tantamount to "Congress shall make no law," thereby, "There will be no law."
It is the very debate over the lines we draw that creates our free speech, because within that debate, we are enacting and protecting the principles that our forefathers wanted to protect: the right to debate publicly without fear of retribution from a tyrannical government, to openly declaim about public policy, belief, religion, etc. without fear of reprisal. It is the job of the First Amendment to demarcate an area in which competing views can be considered without interference.
I agree fully, as a matter of fact. Flash is possibly the worst site development platform on the planet. It's overused - and poorly at that - because Timmy McToolerson (loved that, BTW) treats it like a WYSIWYG design app instead of a useful tool to enhance certain aspects of the site (to rehash - games, animation, etc).
I grew irritated at what you called a "conversation," which wasn't that at all. It was a repetition of the same sort of tired party line statements that crop up with a number of topics: Flash, M$, Apple, DRM, etc.
I appreciate your assumption that I'm as dull-witted as your friends and family, but I don't need assistance with my reading comprehension. I would, however, welcome a stimulating discussion that eschews worn-out topics and basic facts that anyone tangentially associated with technology can pick up on his own.
And besides, even when LINUX works smoothly, it's still a design abuse. It's difficult to use...
Fixed that for ya.
iMeth - for the trendy CEO.
They are connected to the intranet - most E.R. docs use PDA's running software that can retrieve info from these machines, order prescriptions & tests, etc.
Like most Europeans, two, three or more languages are very common.
If I had to know a new language to drive from Virginia to North Carolina, I'd be trilingual, too. Instead, I can get in my car in Wilmington, NC and drive 2555.1 miles to Barstow, CA on I-40 without worrying about my ability to accomplish everyday social tasks. Learning another language as a mechanism of your day to day function isn't special, it's what human beings do from birth.
Sorry... geek is universal. Hot chicks will ignore you in any language, so why waste the time?
I'd love it if they would archive political sites as seen at various addresses, and make them available to the public - the RNC homepage (at least once upon a time) was completely different when logging in from different areas of the country - graphics, photos, everything custom to the geography from which one logged in.
(_*_) a reward for your post, which is full of fail.
I must confess, I've considered how cool it would be to have my Core Duo back as an undergrad (1993-7). There would be a problem with WiFi, but we were wired early, so ethernet would have to do.
My nerd friends would have paid admission for a few minutes on it.
Why, you put so much thought into that post! Thank you, for mindlessly parroting the party line and sharing the wonderful insight that nobody else could have possibly guessed might be posted here. Instead of copying and pasting a sentiment that we could find all over /., let's put some thought into this: how much time and effort would it take to train congressfolks and their useless, nepotistic hires on Linux? People bitch and moan that Congress never gets anything done: see how much they accomplish when they're recompiling their kernels, creating cool new startup scripts, and doing any one of the 3000 other tasks that the Penguin Posse loves to babble about to complete strangers. Let's hear a floor debate on the virtues of whichever GUI flavor of the month is better.
It's this kind of self-serving crap that makes people hate geeks like you. I can almost picture you, mommy's special, unique little snowflake, being told, "it's okay you have absolutely no social skills or friends. It's just fine that you won't have sex until you can pay for it. Those big meanies will see one day, when smart boysies like you are in charge."
And since when did "engineer" equal "smart?" Since when did any particular career equal "smart?" Some of the biggest fools I've ever met are engineers: those must be the ones they take out of the engineering pool to put in management - "let's avoid an accident and take away his pencil. He'll cause less damage as a manager."
An attorney is bound to represent his client to the best of his ability. The problem might be all the assholes with enough money to hire lawyers, no?
My MOM was run over by a guy in a wheelchair, you jerk!
I am a linguist. Dialect and grammar evolve in a matrix of formal and informal uses. Dialects are systematic and regular, and socially favored versions of the language are mimicked. Certain "correct" usages fall into disuse - how many of us use "Shall" when asking a first person question (Shall I go?) anymore?
Thank you for trying to bring teh funnie.
This is a bit simplistic, especially when you consider that most polls indicate that the majority of people aren't in line with those in power. It's not the "Majority" that doesn't care, it's the really loud minority that makes the majority irrelevant. Quit whining and do something. I'm sure you can find a local group that would love your help.
Don't people pay a shit ton of money to the guys who do this to cars?
WTF? When I was younger, they would HIRE you for this.