Why screw McCain-Bush (as if the two were related anyway)? The housing bubble, which is undoubtedly the cause of the economic downturn, came about because democrats on capital hill thought every American should be able to live the "American dream," and buy houses which they couldn't afford. They urged the major lenders to to get into sub-prime lending, which they wouldn't have done otherwise because it's terrible risk management. I believe many republicans were also in on this, so at best it's quite bipartisan.
You can blame a lot on Bush, including the terrible budgeting since that's an executive job, but the economy, not so much. Not unless you're a tool of Nancy Pelosi and Reid. I know it's popular around here to blame everything on Bush, but get the facts. Be enlightened.
Where do you suppose the blame goes? You and I know not to use those silly authentication questions, but you have to admit that that's certainly not common knowledge. Most people just fill in the questions they're presented with. The problem is, they're usually not personal questions.
You can try to knock Palin for her lack of security-awareness involving online account authentication questions, but it's really Yahoo's problem for presenting stupid authentication questions to their new users to pick from.
Not for a programming language, but for Unix programming in general, Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W. Richard Stevens is amazing. Strong background in C is probably required. You might as well get the 2nd Edition by Stephen A. Rago which covers modern Unix variants (including the Unix-workalike, Linux). It's the best POSIX manual and reference I've come across.
I agree. I'm disappointed in Anonymous, if this is to be rightly attributed to them. What I liked about them is their order and how they didn't tolerate illegal acts...
1. Mozilla doesn't need a license notification for the GPL because A) Firefox is not licensed under the GPL, and B) Even if it were licensed under the GPL, that license applies to distribution, not use. I'm sure you've probably used GPL software before without having to agree to anything beforehand...
2. Mozilla should not use the trademark (TM) symbol as a means to protect their Firefox brand because "Firefox" is actually a registered trademark. They should (and do) use the registered trademark symbol (R).
Or not as long as you think, considering Mozilla hasn't really changed their position anyway. You probably read the title without reading the summary or article. Here's a clue: They still want the EULA, they just won't "think of it as an EULA," and they'll probably call it something different.
That shouldn't convince you that anything useful has occurred yet, although there is certainly time for Mozilla to see the light.
Also calculating the total paid and thinking its expensive is just ridiculous, I mean, will he stop eating because he spent a lot of money on food?
You're not really comparing WoW with food, are you? Really? I hope I won't have to explain how unrelated that comment is, since food is a necessity and WoW/[insert any MMORPG] is merely what you choose to do with your time...
Only a research scientist does need that. Meanwhile, uninformed consumers are being suckered into buying way more than they need to check email and type their documents.
Nevertheless, your point is taken. Personally, I'm not adverse to this type of change, as long as it is a real improvement. I just hope that there will still be options (Celeron) for those who don't need the extras, but I'm confident the market will make sure this is the case.
Has Apple ever acknowledged minor bugs, let alone major bugs or security vulnerabilities? No, they just silently fix them in the coming software updates. And I do mean silently, since they don't seem to release public changelogs either.
They don't pretend they're not issues, they just don't disclose them or "acknowledge" them, especially on their support forums which are community discussions. In the case of security vulnerabilities, I wish they would disclose some problems, but the simple fact is that they don't, and that's how it's always been.
Furthermore, for the record, I have no problems at all with 2.1, and the improvements were very welcome. Also, you certainly can roll back to previous versions. In iTunes you can select the firmware to "restore" to, so your last statement is just misinformation.
The difference of course being that most people have a lot of problems with Vista, and only some people have problems with Leopard.
Just pointing out the obvious...
A boycott of the iPhone Apple Design Awards would undoubtedly send a message to Apple, but I doubt it could be pulled off. Those awards are coveted; it's such a big temptation for developers that they won't miss out on it just for a stand on principles.
I don't know about the study you're referring to, but Linux's threading model is virtually the same as its process model, only even more is shared from the 'parent' process. This is true for pretty much any unix. Both processes and threads are very lightweight. I won't say its impossible since I don't have much experience with Windows' native threads, but I suspect it's not any better than the *nix implementation. I'd need to see some benchmarks to know for sure, since the Windows source isn't available.
Very good, senator. You have discovered that price is NOT based on cost plus markup. Price is determined by supply and demand, and texts will be priced the highest that the market will bear.
. . . Nope, it didn't *SELL* on EBay and it certainly didn't make a profit . ..
That's true..... so?
People point this out as if it means something. I think it's funny that she even tried to sell a jet on eBay. Who cares that it didn't see on eBay or even make a profit? It still represents the kind of budgeting Palin is in for.
My "workstation" at work is a P4 single-core. In my experience running Chrome on it, it performed just as well or better than FF... The general application is more responsive, starts faster, and uses WebKit.
I like Firefox, but let's get real: the codebase is a mess. I don't know if anyone would work on it if they weren't getting paid by Mozilla.
Is it just me, or is Bill Gates just not very likable? Forget Microsoft and all the supposed "evil" he has done, it seems to me that he's just really hard to like.
He's a really big nerd, but in a bad, unfunny way. Nerds can be funny, but Gates seems to really lack style, personality, or something. It makes me embarassed for him whenever I see him.
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That's nice, but I think he's more interested in analysis and management tools rather than actually running a stock market...
Why screw McCain-Bush (as if the two were related anyway)? The housing bubble, which is undoubtedly the cause of the economic downturn, came about because democrats on capital hill thought every American should be able to live the "American dream," and buy houses which they couldn't afford. They urged the major lenders to to get into sub-prime lending, which they wouldn't have done otherwise because it's terrible risk management. I believe many republicans were also in on this, so at best it's quite bipartisan.
You can blame a lot on Bush, including the terrible budgeting since that's an executive job, but the economy, not so much. Not unless you're a tool of Nancy Pelosi and Reid. I know it's popular around here to blame everything on Bush, but get the facts. Be enlightened.
Where do you suppose the blame goes? You and I know not to use those silly authentication questions, but you have to admit that that's certainly not common knowledge. Most people just fill in the questions they're presented with. The problem is, they're usually not personal questions.
You can try to knock Palin for her lack of security-awareness involving online account authentication questions, but it's really Yahoo's problem for presenting stupid authentication questions to their new users to pick from.
Not for a programming language, but for Unix programming in general, Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W. Richard Stevens is amazing. Strong background in C is probably required. You might as well get the 2nd Edition by Stephen A. Rago which covers modern Unix variants (including the Unix-workalike, Linux). It's the best POSIX manual and reference I've come across.
+1 for double standards. Yay.
I agree. I'm disappointed in Anonymous, if this is to be rightly attributed to them. What I liked about them is their order and how they didn't tolerate illegal acts...
My bad: This is a reply to the GP. Poor karma. Burn, baby, burn.
Actually, you're wrong on both.
1. Mozilla doesn't need a license notification for the GPL because A) Firefox is not licensed under the GPL, and B) Even if it were licensed under the GPL, that license applies to distribution, not use. I'm sure you've probably used GPL software before without having to agree to anything beforehand...
2. Mozilla should not use the trademark (TM) symbol as a means to protect their Firefox brand because "Firefox" is actually a registered trademark. They should (and do) use the registered trademark symbol (R).
Or not as long as you think, considering Mozilla hasn't really changed their position anyway. You probably read the title without reading the summary or article. Here's a clue: They still want the EULA, they just won't "think of it as an EULA," and they'll probably call it something different.
That shouldn't convince you that anything useful has occurred yet, although there is certainly time for Mozilla to see the light.
I hate splash screens! If I had to see a stupid splash screen every time I started my browser, I'd switch to Konquerer.
Ssh. Your silly facts are not welcome here. Why do you want to rain on our MS/Vista-bashing parade, huh?
Also calculating the total paid and thinking its expensive is just ridiculous, I mean, will he stop eating because he spent a lot of money on food?
You're not really comparing WoW with food, are you? Really? I hope I won't have to explain how unrelated that comment is, since food is a necessity and WoW/[insert any MMORPG] is merely what you choose to do with your time...
"Only a research scientist would need that!"
Only a research scientist does need that. Meanwhile, uninformed consumers are being suckered into buying way more than they need to check email and type their documents.
Nevertheless, your point is taken. Personally, I'm not adverse to this type of change, as long as it is a real improvement. I just hope that there will still be options (Celeron) for those who don't need the extras, but I'm confident the market will make sure this is the case.
You think the markup for iPods is only $20?...
Personally, I find this the most accurate summary of slashdot groupthink that I have ever come across. Well done.
Has Apple ever acknowledged minor bugs, let alone major bugs or security vulnerabilities? No, they just silently fix them in the coming software updates. And I do mean silently, since they don't seem to release public changelogs either.
They don't pretend they're not issues, they just don't disclose them or "acknowledge" them, especially on their support forums which are community discussions. In the case of security vulnerabilities, I wish they would disclose some problems, but the simple fact is that they don't, and that's how it's always been.
Furthermore, for the record, I have no problems at all with 2.1, and the improvements were very welcome. Also, you certainly can roll back to previous versions. In iTunes you can select the firmware to "restore" to, so your last statement is just misinformation.
The difference of course being that most people have a lot of problems with Vista, and only some people have problems with Leopard.
Just pointing out the obvious...
A boycott of the iPhone Apple Design Awards would undoubtedly send a message to Apple, but I doubt it could be pulled off. Those awards are coveted; it's such a big temptation for developers that they won't miss out on it just for a stand on principles.
jabs about linux ignored.
Really?
I don't know about the study you're referring to, but Linux's threading model is virtually the same as its process model, only even more is shared from the 'parent' process. This is true for pretty much any unix. Both processes and threads are very lightweight. I won't say its impossible since I don't have much experience with Windows' native threads, but I suspect it's not any better than the *nix implementation. I'd need to see some benchmarks to know for sure, since the Windows source isn't available.
Very good, senator. You have discovered that price is NOT based on cost plus markup. Price is determined by supply and demand, and texts will be priced the highest that the market will bear.
. . . Nope, it didn't *SELL* on EBay and it certainly didn't make a profit . . .
That's true..... so?
People point this out as if it means something. I think it's funny that she even tried to sell a jet on eBay. Who cares that it didn't see on eBay or even make a profit? It still represents the kind of budgeting Palin is in for.
My "workstation" at work is a P4 single-core. In my experience running Chrome on it, it performed just as well or better than FF... The general application is more responsive, starts faster, and uses WebKit.
I like Firefox, but let's get real: the codebase is a mess. I don't know if anyone would work on it if they weren't getting paid by Mozilla.
Is it just me, or is Bill Gates just not very likable? Forget Microsoft and all the supposed "evil" he has done, it seems to me that he's just really hard to like.
He's a really big nerd, but in a bad, unfunny way. Nerds can be funny, but Gates seems to really lack style, personality, or something. It makes me embarassed for him whenever I see him.
I'll try to be drunk next time I see it... maybe that will help.