Just because YOU can't find a use for it doesn't make it any less valuable.
Well, some people got the joke without the smiley.
I used ICQ, (the java version on freeBSD) to talk to my wife for 4 months last year, while I was working on a contract in Denmark. I just find the need for some sort of interoperability kind of pointless. I don't know anyone on AOL I'd want to talk to. The few people I have used ICQ with have, guess what, ICQ! I don't leave the client open and accessible, I get enough spam and crap as it is.
No, schools don't make you smarter, learning form your mistakes, and the examples of others in the real world make you smarter. Schools can provide an environment for learning, and resources such as good teachers, but getting smarter is only possible when your will takes control of your mind. --
Strictly speaking a cataract is the clouding of the lens, not the aqueous humor, but your point about the color shift is good. I wonder if a similar technique could be used to make color corrections? --
20/200, both eyes. I'm so near-sighted LASIK is not really an option. They'ed have to take so much off the cornea that I'd have a serious risk of rupture.
Great Britain, or perhaps some other Commonwealth country. You had to pay a 'licence' fee each year for your radios and TVs, to pay for the BBC. Don't know if that is still true. --
My wife and I both use one credit card for the bulk of our purchases. Actually, we have separate physical cards, but the account number is the same. The name and the signature on the cards are different. However, if I give my card to a clerk, and he gives me a receipt for my signature, my wife can sign it. Is that secure? Not really. But it's damn convenient.
The problem with security comes when you both use the card, the same day, 8000 miles apart. I was contracting in Denmark last summer. Everytime I went to get cash from the ATM, on my MC, I would get bounced. I call, and talk to several people, until they finally get it straight. The next time, it fails again.
The problem, it seems, is that they couldn't tell the system that it was OK, my account could be used in Copenhagen, and Illinois, at the same time.
After I got back, I switched to a different card vendor, and upgraded to platinum. I won't contract outside the US anymore, so it's probably a moot point.
A gov't issued ID with a smart chip that could be read by the computer to verify identity. That would be kind of cool.
COOL?!
COOL?!
Are you out of your friggin mind?!
Do you really want the government, any government, to have that kind of control and information about you? It's bad enough what they get data-mining already. This would just dig it all up an hand it to them on a platter.
Don't you know, there is no future in the Big Blue Room. Your life must consist of nothing but:
Downloading Metallica on Napster
Whingeing about RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft
Worshipping Linus Torvalds
Downloading Pr0n and warez
Drooling over the latest gadgets
Drooling over Natalie Portman's grits
Whingeing about almost everything else
There is nothing in that list about getting fresh air and exercise, or honing inter-personal relationships, face to face, or developing a skill which doesn't require keyboarding or a small screwdriver and a static strap. --
What we really need is Government legislation limiting "service" companies...
No! No! No!
We do NOT need more government legislation. If there are examples of outright fraud, there are already civil and criminal remedies available. If it's not fraud, but just bad service, then negative PR, compalining, trashing their company reputation, (with reasoned examples and evidence), boycotts, etc. are available. Do not EVER suggest additional government regulations, in areas where there are already means for redress. Commerce is one such area. Giving legislators an excuse to write more laws is like giving a crack addict a gift certificate to 'Crack Pipes r Us'. --
I gave my son, who is 14 my old mac 575 and MacPerl: Power and Ease. He is stepping through the examples, and really starting to get it. I do not think Perl is a bad starting language. In fact I think it may be the best starting language, because you can be useful and have fun with a small subset of the language's features. After a while, you can extend your use with your knowledge. That isn't true of most languages.
He is learning control structures, IO, scoping, regular expressions and simple data structures. This is all with some very simple programs, that don't do much of anything, yet. --
Tell you what. You go watch this, and afterwards, tell me if you don't feel robbed of 10 minutes of your life.
I just watched it, and it's pretty cool.
*RANT ON*
What is wrong with making a few bucks (US or Canadian) off an idea. If you don't like it, don't watch/buy/read about it. Lighten up, wish Illiad well for his success, and move on. Maybe you too, with some skill, or luck, or both will succeed.
A true virus is capable of infecting arbitrary executables...
This is also true of.so libraries. This is a possible point of vulnerability. It's entirely possible, should someone make a mistake and forget to lockdown the perms on a directory for a trojaned.so to get linked into something at runtime. It could concievably obtain root, and put itself into a kernel module. --
Slashdot Mirror
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Well, some people got the joke without the smiley.
I used ICQ, (the java version on freeBSD) to talk to my wife for 4 months last year, while I was working on a contract in Denmark. I just find the need for some sort of interoperability kind of pointless. I don't know anyone on AOL I'd want to talk to. The few people I have used ICQ with have, guess what, ICQ! I don't leave the client open and accessible, I get enough spam and crap as it is.
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I mean does anyone really use this chat stuff, besides horny 14 year-olds, 45 year-old pedophiles, and cops pretending to be Natalie Portman?
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But if I do that, will Harry Tuttle still come and fix my plumbing?
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No, schools don't make you smarter, learning form your mistakes, and the examples of others in the real world make you smarter. Schools can provide an environment for learning, and resources such as good teachers, but getting smarter is only possible when your will takes control of your mind.
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Strictly speaking a cataract is the clouding of the lens, not the aqueous humor, but your point about the color shift is good. I wonder if a similar technique could be used to make color corrections?
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Gas-Perm contacts work fine, for now.
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emacs?
small?
fast??
You must be joking.
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Great Britain, or perhaps some other Commonwealth country. You had to pay a 'licence' fee each year for your radios and TVs, to pay for the BBC. Don't know if that is still true.
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Couldn't happen too soon.
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The problem with security comes when you both use the card, the same day, 8000 miles apart. I was contracting in Denmark last summer. Everytime I went to get cash from the ATM, on my MC, I would get bounced. I call, and talk to several people, until they finally get it straight. The next time, it fails again.
The problem, it seems, is that they couldn't tell the system that it was OK, my account could be used in Copenhagen, and Illinois, at the same time.
After I got back, I switched to a different card vendor, and upgraded to platinum. I won't contract outside the US anymore, so it's probably a moot point.
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COOL?!
COOL?!
Are you out of your friggin mind?!
Do you really want the government, any government, to have that kind of control and information about you? It's bad enough what they get data-mining already. This would just dig it all up an hand it to them on a platter.
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'Round these here parts, thems fightin' words.
Don't you know, there is no future in the Big Blue Room. Your life must consist of nothing but:
There is nothing in that list about getting fresh air and exercise, or honing inter-personal relationships, face to face, or developing a skill which doesn't require keyboarding or a small screwdriver and a static strap.
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Thanks A Lot. I've got coffee all over my keyboard, again.
The true humor is in the truth of it.
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No! No! No!
We do NOT need more government legislation. If there are examples of outright fraud, there are already civil and criminal remedies available. If it's not fraud, but just bad service, then negative PR, compalining, trashing their company reputation, (with reasoned examples and evidence), boycotts, etc. are available.
Do not EVER suggest additional government regulations, in areas where there are already means for redress. Commerce is one such area. Giving legislators an excuse to write more laws is like giving a crack addict a gift certificate to 'Crack Pipes r Us'.
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Best wishes on your pursuits.
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He is learning control structures, IO, scoping, regular expressions and simple data structures. This is all with some very simple programs, that don't do much of anything, yet.
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I just watched it, and it's pretty cool.
*RANT ON*
What is wrong with making a few bucks (US or Canadian) off an idea. If you don't like it, don't watch/buy/read about it. Lighten up, wish Illiad well for his success, and move on. Maybe you too, with some skill, or luck, or both will succeed.
*RANT OFF*
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Still awesome, after almost 50 years.
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That is one of our family's favorite movies. I love that flick.
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This is also true of .so libraries. This is a possible point of vulnerability. It's entirely possible, should someone make a mistake and forget to lockdown the perms on a directory for a trojaned .so to get linked into something at runtime. It could concievably obtain root, and put itself into a kernel module.
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By the time you get the subpoena, it's too late. You are screwed, and you need a lawyer.
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It's not VB script, it JavaScript. Do you have JS turned off?
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