If Safari becomes the default browser on these systems, you end up with critical vulnerabilities in a browser installed on non-tech-savvy individuals' computers.
Good god, man! We've got to get them back on Internet Explorer!
Yeah, I read Pro Javascript Techniques as well. There's nothing in it that you can't find on the web, which is I why usually don't recommend it, but it definitely has a lot a valuable information and practical examples for folks who prefer to have a physical book.
I bought Headfirst JS at the same time as O'Reilly's "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide," which I've hardly cracked due to its dull style and assumption that the reader is already familiar with other languages....snip... Once you get the basics, other books [than Head First Javascript] would be better for reference.
You're going to be really glad you bought that Definitive Guide in a year or two. It's (IMHO) the best reference for javascript out there.
I recommend reading up on the work of Douglas Crockford and John Resig when you want to get into more advanced javascript.
Sure mice are making strides in the educational and scientific markets, but while you mouse people have been declaring it the "year of the mouse" for the last 10 years, squirrels have continued their predatory and monopolistic domination of both business and home rodent segments.
What if I want people to be able access my network? Should I give them double secret permission?
As the ISPs are the only ones (potentially) harmed by a random person checking their email or surfing the web on an open wireless network, and this bill is clearly designed to protect them from perceived loss of revenue, perhaps the bill should create civil or criminal penalties for violating an ISP's terms of service. This would place the burden on people running open networks, which is, IMHO, still ridiculous and stupid, but it would more accurately address the "problem".
significantly overpriced for their specs Not on the higher end. Sure the iMacs are totally overpriced, but unless you're building it yourself, if you want to spend $2500+ on a computer, you could do a lot worse than buying a Mac.
But in general, I'd say, for instance, to use Javascript rather than Lisp as a functional language...not because it is better...not hardly...but because it is very marketable. (And sadly, most people with Javascript on their resumes have no clue it is anything but a Java clone.)
Actually, Voight-Kampff tested for emotional responses (or lack thereof), not intelligence. I don't think there was ever a question as to whether or not replicants were intelligent.
It's not as comfortable as a controller, that's so what. I feel, as I would assume the GP does, that using a mouse hinders my enjoyment of game rather than enhancing it. I'm fine with your mouse/keyboard love, but you folks really should be a little more open-minded. Some of us prioritize comfort over precision.
Yeah, but Gamestop/EB can't sell used PC games. Used games are where they make all of their profifs.
So sure, they only have a tiny rack in the corner, but that's because they don't make any money on PC games. It has nothing to the viability of the PC as a game platform and everything to do with the viability of PC gaming as a profit-generating platform.
You make it sound like science is actively *against* religion. It would be more accurate to say that religion is (or should be) irrelevant to science.
If you hold to religious beliefs that can't be disproved empirically, such as supreme being existing outside of space/time and having created our universe, then those beliefs are totally outside the scope of science. Individual scientists, like Dawkins, might enjoy shitting in Christian's Cheerios, but that's because they're assholes, not because they're scientists.
On the other hand, if you continue to believe something that can be demonstrably disproved through empirical observation, such as the Earth being 6000 years old, you're probably an idiot and science shouldn't owe your point of view any respect.
Thats right, thgis had nothing to do with "terrorism" when it was set up.
Or it may have a lot to do with 9/11, remember that the US Goverment continue to be suspects. Only to paranoid idiots. It's pretty easy to discredit any particular assertion made in Loose Change, and the "conspiracy" they're talking about is based on an idea that's so unnecessarily complex that no halfway intelligent person (and I don't think the Loose Change crazies accuse Rumsfeld and Cheney of being stupid) would attempt it.
Wrath of the Dragon God (the D&D movie that hit Sci-Fi a while back) wasn't actually that bad.
I was REALLY disappointed in that one. "Wasn't actually that bad" is a perfect description. I watched it expecting it to be laughably horrid like the other D&D movie, of course it wasn't, but neither was it very good. Mediocrity is about the worst thing you can achieve in fantasy or sci-fi.
That hand doesn't feed them. They serve for life. The president has no political power over sitting justices. They ARE loyal cronies, but that won't change with administrations.
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Good god, man! We've got to get them back on Internet Explorer!
Yeah, I read Pro Javascript Techniques as well. There's nothing in it that you can't find on the web, which is I why usually don't recommend it, but it definitely has a lot a valuable information and practical examples for folks who prefer to have a physical book.
You're going to be really glad you bought that Definitive Guide in a year or two. It's (IMHO) the best reference for javascript out there.
I recommend reading up on the work of Douglas Crockford and John Resig when you want to get into more advanced javascript.
Sure mice are making strides in the educational and scientific markets, but while you mouse people have been declaring it the "year of the mouse" for the last 10 years, squirrels have continued their predatory and monopolistic domination of both business and home rodent segments.
It's not trespassing.
What if I want people to be able access my network? Should I give them double secret permission?
As the ISPs are the only ones (potentially) harmed by a random person checking their email or surfing the web on an open wireless network, and this bill is clearly designed to protect them from perceived loss of revenue, perhaps the bill should create civil or criminal penalties for violating an ISP's terms of service. This would place the burden on people running open networks, which is, IMHO, still ridiculous and stupid, but it would more accurately address the "problem".
I believe the GP was referring to the misconceptions of the inexperienced, not the reality of the language.
Which is why Douglas Crockford calls it the world's most misunderstood programming language.
Well, the recordable CD tax doesn't give you the right to copy CDs, so I wouldn't expect too much in that regard from this proposal.
...if you didn't use a totally inapplicable lawn ornament analogy. Since it was completely unrelated, I ignored it.You don't quite get the nature of analogies, do you?
There are many parallels between modern America and ancient Rome. There's at least one book on the subject.
You've clearly never played Counter-Strike.
That sounds a little jaded and actually doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I don't know about you, but my consciousness isn't an illusion. I am quite aware of both own existence and what's going on around me.
Perhaps by consciousness you mean "the soul", which would make your post really off-topic.
Actually, Voight-Kampff tested for emotional responses (or lack thereof), not intelligence. I don't think there was ever a question as to whether or not replicants were intelligent.
No, the whole video game industry makes more $$$ per year than Hollywood. Most of that in on consoles and handhelds.
Here's an article with some numbers for 2006: http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/npd-pc-games-bring-industry-to-135-billion-in-2006/69941/?biz=1
It's not as comfortable as a controller, that's so what. I feel, as I would assume the GP does, that using a mouse hinders my enjoyment of game rather than enhancing it. I'm fine with your mouse/keyboard love, but you folks really should be a little more open-minded. Some of us prioritize comfort over precision.
Yeah, but Gamestop/EB can't sell used PC games. Used games are where they make all of their profifs.
So sure, they only have a tiny rack in the corner, but that's because they don't make any money on PC games. It has nothing to the viability of the PC as a game platform and everything to do with the viability of PC gaming as a profit-generating platform.
You make it sound like science is actively *against* religion. It would be more accurate to say that religion is (or should be) irrelevant to science.
If you hold to religious beliefs that can't be disproved empirically, such as supreme being existing outside of space/time and having created our universe, then those beliefs are totally outside the scope of science. Individual scientists, like Dawkins, might enjoy shitting in Christian's Cheerios, but that's because they're assholes, not because they're scientists.
On the other hand, if you continue to believe something that can be demonstrably disproved through empirical observation, such as the Earth being 6000 years old, you're probably an idiot and science shouldn't owe your point of view any respect.
You know this isn't the Ubuntu Brainstorm server, right?
You're confusing "Christians" with "the religious right". The latter being a subset of the former.
Or it may have a lot to do with 9/11, remember that the US Goverment continue to be suspects. Only to paranoid idiots. It's pretty easy to discredit any particular assertion made in Loose Change, and the "conspiracy" they're talking about is based on an idea that's so unnecessarily complex that no halfway intelligent person (and I don't think the Loose Change crazies accuse Rumsfeld and Cheney of being stupid) would attempt it.
I was REALLY disappointed in that one. "Wasn't actually that bad" is a perfect description. I watched it expecting it to be laughably horrid like the other D&D movie, of course it wasn't, but neither was it very good. Mediocrity is about the worst thing you can achieve in fantasy or sci-fi.
That hand doesn't feed them. They serve for life. The president has no political power over sitting justices. They ARE loyal cronies, but that won't change with administrations.
Actually, I think having the records loosed on them was exactly what the RIAA wanted.
Now, if the university were to lose the records, that might be interesting.