This "maths" shit is pissing me off. I wouldn't mind it if it were just the Brits doing this (although it's still stupid) but it appears that a bunch of Americans have suddenly become British and think math should be plural.
If you're not British (or belong to a British commonwealth) then please stop being a fucking asshole and calling it "maths" when it's fucking "math" you stupid fucking morons.// rant over...
rofl...wow you must be new to war. War is almost always long distance for at least one of the parties involved. Who fucking cares? It's like saying some people will probably die in the war...duh. Why don't you mention all the fucking hessians the brits hired? In war there's always other parties involved (like the French). There's never a simple us vs. them situation. There's even luck involved! So all your cute facts to try and make it out like nothing was really accomplished is just as stupid as an American bragging about how fucking amazing we were in that war. It's pointless. War is never fair, it's just that the victor gets to brag about it and there ain't shit the loser can do about it.
My dog has self awareness. She knows when she's looking in a mirror that it's not another dog and it's her. There are actually numerous animals that have demonstrated this ability including apes and dolphins. I would imagine that if they bothered to test any of the animals considered to be somewhat smart, they would find it to be a common trait.
90% of all Flash sites are HORRIBLE. They are so commonly bad that I block all flash now and won't go to a Flash only site.
Also your assertion that it's uniform across browsers and OSes is true but Flash has different bugs that appear running in the same browser on different OSes (e.g. Firefox 2 on WinXP and Ubuntu). So it's just more debugging you have to deal with and it may take a while before a fix appears.
IMHO, Flash is the worst thing to happen to the web.
I strongly agree with the idea of using a VM that supports many languages than being locked into JavaScript/ECMAScript like we are now. I cannot stand that language but there's not freedom right now. Sun had the right idea with their language neutral VM so now you can run anything from Ruby to Scala to Groovy on it (which are all far superior to JavaScript IMHO). That said, I wouldn't want to use a newly designed VM for this. I would prefer that everything sit on the JVM.
You asserted that Python has a glowing security record compared to Java and.NET. I don't buy it. Prove it. You state things as facts with zero evidence to back it up. In the future, I suggest you not make such assertions unless you can back it up when someone calls you on it. For the record, I will call you on it every time.
Why would you need to back-door Windows when it's so easy to break into without it? As for your LE CD kit, yeah there's tons of tools like that you can get as a civilian for free. Windows (including Vista) is trivially easy to hack if you have physical access, it's only marginally (and debatebly) less so if you don't.
Sun Java and Microsoft.NET have both had long histories of security patches. Python is a lot better but nothing is perfect. Really? Please provide stats proving these assertions.
1. The US sent MILLIONS of toops overseas and we didn't even keep standing armies in those days. Canada sent what, 300k? Just because more of your people died or were injured doesn't mean you contributed more, just means your were more incompetent.
2. Yeah, we didn't get involved in WWII until it was half over. Why should we? There was no NATO treaty or anything that obligated us in any way to contribute to that war.
I couldn't believe the other day I was flipping channels and "mind of mencia" was on and he had some rant about how stupid and dirty chinese people were and seriously, I was really offended. You need to grow a sense of humor. Carlos Mencia makes jokes about EVERY ethnic group. You think you're special because you're Chinese? He jokes about his own people more than anyone else so chill the fuck out.
Slashdot, as usual, can't wait to bash Britain. You must be kidding. On/. the US and it's people, government agencies, etc. are slammed on pretty much a daily basis. We bash ourselves at least as much as anyone else. Then we get slammed by every international reporting agency and blogger daily...for something or another. We're the fucking joke of the world right now.
You guys get knocked once a week. *shrug* No sympathy from me.
If you can't take criticism, stop reading stories on the internet would be my suggestion.
Except for the Gitmo detainess. And that only works because Gitmo happens to be a U.S. military base on the soil of a country (Cuba) with which the U.S. does not have relations. Military bases are considered U.S. soil. So that is that has nothing to do with their treatment (at least from a legal perspective).
You say a lot of shit and provide zero references. You're conclusions are unfounded and absolute bullshit and show that you have a massive lack of understanding of what the Middle East is all about. It's far more complex than you make it out. It's like treating experimental physics as if it's 1st grade English.
Don't get me wrong, we have certainly interfered in the area and contributed to the mess that is the Middle East but wow...you come up with some serious bullshit. That fact that you were marked +5 informative is scary. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, there's a new asshole trying to recreate history every day.
I think it is just like migrating from windows to linux, you have to give up your thoughts on how things are done and learn the (insert os here) way. The problem is that I have to work with Windows at most places I work so I can't just do a full brain-switch to OSX. It pisses me off that Jobs locks down OSX so much and doesn't allow anywhere near as much customization as Windows or Linux. I don't think there's a technical reason they couldn't allow it, I just think he thinks he knows best because Jobs is an ego maniacal fuckhead.
I gave up gaming on computers, it simply is not worth it. I use my xbox 360 and wii for that now and I'm having a much better experience. I have a 360 too but I simply prefer gaming on the PC. The mouse and keyboard are just way better interfaces IMHO than any game controller I've ever tried. I play Unreal Tournament 2004 (which oddly enough is available on the Mac) and you just can't aim anywhere near as accurately (at speed) with a controller as I can with a mouse. It's simply impossible. I would utterly dominate anyone trying to compete with me using a controller if I could use a keyboard/mouse combo. I'm hoping that one day consoles will allow for keyboard mouse combos (which are simply a requirement for complex games) but they aren't there yet.
Perfect and almost perfect are relative to each user. OSX is far from perfect for me because of the following:
1) Games...there really aren't any. I'm a gamer and I need my games. 2) Hotkeys. This shit drives me nuts and it's not easy to fix. Jobs thinks he knows best so all those hotkey like cut and paste he had to change. On Win and Linux they function pretty much the same as each other. 3) Interface kinda sux. Sorry but I just don't like the way the whole open close, min-max window deal works. Unfortunately, Jobs once again knows best and doesn't let you change it. 4) No backspace key on Macs. Once again, Jobs thinks he knows best. Sure, I know about holding shift-delete (I actually own a MacBook) but I don't want to hold down another key just to fucking backspace!
So the Mac is FAR from perfect for me. It's got some cool stuff to be sure but I doubt it will ever be great for me as long as Jobs' ego is too interested in telling me what's best for me. Consequently, Linux is a much better fit from my perspective. Your mileage may vary.
Actually, ARPA was renamed in '72 which is why it's referred to as ARPANET, not DARPANET (ARPANET went live in '69). The TRS-80 Model 100 was introduced in 1983.
...if it was once horrible, the new version can only be barely usable Yes, it's so barely usable that thousands of businesses stake their existence on it.
Java is relegated to the backend of servers, calculating business logic and serving web apps, though.NET seems to be overtaking Java there too Really? Provide proof. I've been doing Java development for many years and there's no shortage of gigs I can get. There's TONS of Java jobs. In fact, there's a shortage of people.
I see people equally as intelligent as their counterparts in Europe and the US willing to work much harder (already in school) Harder but not smarter. I've seen their code and it's horrid, poor quality garbage. I'm sure there's exceptions to that but overall, that's the experience in most of the companies that exist in my location (twin cities MN). When they get smart, let me know. Until then, their IQ is not being utilized.
Well, it's a FACT that they attack India on a regular basis. What makes you think we're so special? You live in fantasy land if you think they haven't been probing our infrastructure for vulnerabilities that they can exploit should the need arise. To me, what's frightening is that people will just think this is a bunch of racist bullshit. China takes cyber-warfare very seriously. Unfortunately, we're only just starting to.
I believe there's a similar law in the US. However, the main reason that there will never be a bank run is that, in the US, the first $100,000 of each account is insured by FDIC (i.e, the government). So it really doesn't matter if the bank completely folds.
I went from COBOL to C++ without any problems after reading one book. Perhaps but that's very unusual for a COBOL programmer. Plus I guarantee you that you didn't learn jack shit about OOA&D from a Learn C++ in 14 Days book.
Will it be pretty code?? Efficient code?? Probably not. Will it get my job done?? Yes. If your code is crap, there's no telling whether you implemented the algorithm correctly and so your data may be off. I would expect a physicist to be very careful about such things since it could lead them down the path of thousands of wasted hours.
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HP also has a thousand more product lines than Apple. If Apple had to support as many it would have to boost it's manpower significantly.
This "maths" shit is pissing me off. I wouldn't mind it if it were just the Brits doing this (although it's still stupid) but it appears that a bunch of Americans have suddenly become British and think math should be plural.
If you're not British (or belong to a British commonwealth) then please stop being a fucking asshole and calling it "maths" when it's fucking "math" you stupid fucking morons. // rant over...
rofl...wow you must be new to war. War is almost always long distance for at least one of the parties involved. Who fucking cares? It's like saying some people will probably die in the war...duh. Why don't you mention all the fucking hessians the brits hired? In war there's always other parties involved (like the French). There's never a simple us vs. them situation. There's even luck involved! So all your cute facts to try and make it out like nothing was really accomplished is just as stupid as an American bragging about how fucking amazing we were in that war. It's pointless. War is never fair, it's just that the victor gets to brag about it and there ain't shit the loser can do about it.
My dog has self awareness. She knows when she's looking in a mirror that it's not another dog and it's her. There are actually numerous animals that have demonstrated this ability including apes and dolphins. I would imagine that if they bothered to test any of the animals considered to be somewhat smart, they would find it to be a common trait.
90% of all Flash sites are HORRIBLE. They are so commonly bad that I block all flash now and won't go to a Flash only site.
Also your assertion that it's uniform across browsers and OSes is true but Flash has different bugs that appear running in the same browser on different OSes (e.g. Firefox 2 on WinXP and Ubuntu). So it's just more debugging you have to deal with and it may take a while before a fix appears.
IMHO, Flash is the worst thing to happen to the web.
I strongly agree with the idea of using a VM that supports many languages than being locked into JavaScript/ECMAScript like we are now. I cannot stand that language but there's not freedom right now. Sun had the right idea with their language neutral VM so now you can run anything from Ruby to Scala to Groovy on it (which are all far superior to JavaScript IMHO). That said, I wouldn't want to use a newly designed VM for this. I would prefer that everything sit on the JVM.
You asserted that Python has a glowing security record compared to Java and .NET. I don't buy it. Prove it. You state things as facts with zero evidence to back it up. In the future, I suggest you not make such assertions unless you can back it up when someone calls you on it. For the record, I will call you on it every time.
That's because even though the copies he had were forged, all the information in them was accurate.
Why would you need to back-door Windows when it's so easy to break into without it? As for your LE CD kit, yeah there's tons of tools like that you can get as a civilian for free. Windows (including Vista) is trivially easy to hack if you have physical access, it's only marginally (and debatebly) less so if you don't.
1. The US sent MILLIONS of toops overseas and we didn't even keep standing armies in those days. Canada sent what, 300k? Just because more of your people died or were injured doesn't mean you contributed more, just means your were more incompetent.
2. Yeah, we didn't get involved in WWII until it was half over. Why should we? There was no NATO treaty or anything that obligated us in any way to contribute to that war.
The rest of what you say is accurate.
You guys get knocked once a week. *shrug* No sympathy from me.
If you can't take criticism, stop reading stories on the internet would be my suggestion.
You say a lot of shit and provide zero references. You're conclusions are unfounded and absolute bullshit and show that you have a massive lack of understanding of what the Middle East is all about. It's far more complex than you make it out. It's like treating experimental physics as if it's 1st grade English.
Don't get me wrong, we have certainly interfered in the area and contributed to the mess that is the Middle East but wow...you come up with some serious bullshit. That fact that you were marked +5 informative is scary. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, there's a new asshole trying to recreate history every day.
Perfect and almost perfect are relative to each user. OSX is far from perfect for me because of the following:
1) Games...there really aren't any. I'm a gamer and I need my games.
2) Hotkeys. This shit drives me nuts and it's not easy to fix. Jobs thinks he knows best so all those hotkey like cut and paste he had to change. On Win and Linux they function pretty much the same as each other.
3) Interface kinda sux. Sorry but I just don't like the way the whole open close, min-max window deal works. Unfortunately, Jobs once again knows best and doesn't let you change it.
4) No backspace key on Macs. Once again, Jobs thinks he knows best. Sure, I know about holding shift-delete (I actually own a MacBook) but I don't want to hold down another key just to fucking backspace!
So the Mac is FAR from perfect for me. It's got some cool stuff to be sure but I doubt it will ever be great for me as long as Jobs' ego is too interested in telling me what's best for me. Consequently, Linux is a much better fit from my perspective. Your mileage may vary.
Actually, ARPA was renamed in '72 which is why it's referred to as ARPANET, not DARPANET (ARPANET went live in '69). The TRS-80 Model 100 was introduced in 1983.
...if it was once horrible, the new version can only be barely usable Yes, it's so barely usable that thousands of businesses stake their existence on it. Java is relegated to the backend of servers, calculating business logic and serving web apps, thoughYeah, it's the same deal in the US too and for the same reasons.
Well, it's a FACT that they attack India on a regular basis. What makes you think we're so special? You live in fantasy land if you think they haven't been probing our infrastructure for vulnerabilities that they can exploit should the need arise. To me, what's frightening is that people will just think this is a bunch of racist bullshit. China takes cyber-warfare very seriously. Unfortunately, we're only just starting to.
I believe there's a similar law in the US. However, the main reason that there will never be a bank run is that, in the US, the first $100,000 of each account is insured by FDIC (i.e, the government). So it really doesn't matter if the bank completely folds.