(That said, I wouldn't embed a variable's acceptable value range into its name -- that should be taken care of with unit tests and assertions, and noted in comments or docs.)
You know somebody didn't make it this far in your comment and there is now a variable out there somewhere named averageClassGradeOfStudentsInMrsTwomblysClassIn PortlandHighSchoolZeroToOneHundredMaybeOne HundredAndTenIfTheyGotBonusPoints
(I had to add a space.../. got mad at my long string...)
I just got my license in CA (previously in Maine) and the little California DMV review thing I read online basically said: Driving over the posted speed limit is a violation. Driving under the speed limit can also be a violation, depending on the current condition (at the officer's discretion).
This gives them a little leeway... as a condition could obviously be weather. Maybe it could also be traffic... Maybe it could be a lack of doughnut.
I wonder if this new policy is accompanied by a bag check. I've never once had a bag searched inside of at a movie theater...
The policy seems rather useless to me, as anyone carrying around *just* a laptop (with nefarious intent) would be as stupid as someone walking in with a camera in their hand.
Not that they'd find anything if they'd search my backpack... I smuggle burgers in my pockets and sodas in my pants (yes, the belt holds it in place)
However, with WoW, if I'm in a guild that wants to raid 25-man content, then my ability to schedule my time is dependent on 24 other people managing their time effectively, showing up on time, and not bailing at the last minute. And if any of them do, then my scheduled time is now wasted.
Same goes for Adult Sports Leagues - the season starts out with a bang... but then people slowly stop showing up, and before you know it you're either a) scrambling for subs or b) forfeiting.
Or how about organizing a snowboarding trip only to find out half your friends can't get up that early because they didn't have the self control to call it a night at a reasonable hour (come on, even 1am is good enough).
Just a few of my pet peeves. At least "IRL" you can punch them in the face, afterwards... Internet social grouping (although I haven't done it in a while) has even less commitment and personal investment. It's even easier to blow/get blown off.
I get more social interaction in the flesh on an average day that my baby boomer parents and aunts and uncles get in a week, sometimes a month! And texting, email, and instant messaging make all of it possible.
You really can't compare social lives across generations (looking @ 1 point in time). I have a pretty big family, spread across a couple towns. They all get together for holidays, birthday parties, and a handful of other occasions. My parents see their 'friends' even less. But when they were my age, they had a very active social life. They had the kind of relationships where your buddies would show up at your house just to see what you're up to (I've never had friends like that). They didn't need to text...
What happened? They had children. They started on the PTA. They coached little league. Now both their kids are out of college, and they're slowly working back into having better social lives. Of course- their friends aren't quite at that stage yet...
I agree with you on many points as far as texting enabling communication. My only point is that comparing your current social life to your aunts' and uncles' current social lives... doesn't really work.
I don't understand the fuss.
I remember by 3rd grade we had different reading groups (red, green, blue) for different skill levels. By middle school there were math and lit classes split up by aptitude (or effort?) called 'Gifted and Talented' (this still makes me jealous, even though I probably out perform most of them nowadays...). Then by high school, nearly every core class (math, lit, history, bio, chem, phyiscs) had 3 tiers (4 if AP is available). So this broke down to Freshman Lit A-C, AP, etc. And this was in a high school of... 1.5k kids, MAX (my graduating class was 176? but sizes were bigger below me)
Is this enough to satisfy you guys? I don't understand what people expect from a public school. Aside from being in a more advanced class, should the smart kids just get to surf the internet all day? Or read what they want? They're still kids. Kids under peer pressure. Athletic pressure. Gril/Boy pressure. Many smart kids still need to be told what to learn, and forced to learn it, with so many distractions around.
I may be ignorant to the level of crappiness of most school systems across the US. But I find it hard to believe that Maine is ahead of much of the country.
(I am ignoring the towns w/ population 103)
Exactly. The console experience (especially now-a-days) is beautiful... I really have no complaints about the user experience. I especially love those blue tooth controllers. Everything is standardized and you know it will just work.
Maybe PCs are catching up, and I just don't know it? But I don't feel compelled to have a PC hooked up to my TV just to play games... especially when the only input device I have is a keyboard/mouse...
(are game controllers standardized, and usable for every game? Not sure...)
I suppose you're one of those people that believe gay couples shouldn't be allowed to adopt children or opt for artificial insemination? You do realize that they can have nieces and nephews as well, right?
hm. I guess my comment was based on my own semantics for the difference between culture and heritage. In your example- if the gay couple uses artificial insemination, and the child is not gay- I would argue this child has not inherited homosexuality; and following that he has no homosexual heritage. Culture? Heck yes. Heritage? Eh.
Are there studies that show this trait can be passed on? Or that it's a collection of traits? Or that some families are dispositioned to have homosexuals (like some are with twins!?) If there is- then I'll reevaluate my semantics without a second thought. I (along w/ a LOT of people) am ignorant to such studies.
(and oh my god- come on. you automatically jump to the conclusion i'm against gay couples adopting? plz...)
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(That said, I wouldn't embed a variable's acceptable value range into its name -- that should be taken care of with unit tests and assertions, and noted in comments or docs.)
You know somebody didn't make it this far in your comment and there is now a variable out there somewhere named averageClassGradeOfStudentsInMrsTwomblysClassIn PortlandHighSchoolZeroToOneHundredMaybeOne HundredAndTenIfTheyGotBonusPoints
/. got mad at my long string...)
(I had to add a space...
This whole thread has a bunch of snotty nosed C programmers using the annoying, pretentious, absolute statement:
"If you do/don't do X or Y, you shouldn't be touching code / aren't a programmer / should quit now / suck at life."
Get a life. There are better ways to give advice than insulting the person while you do it.
> They called it Bangalore because they are going to farm out your processes.
To Maine..??
(Oh, sorry, that's Bangor. My bad!)
Uh, no. That's Bang-ah, Maine. Bangor is a Myth.
I just got my license in CA (previously in Maine) and the little California DMV review thing I read online basically said: Driving over the posted speed limit is a violation. Driving under the speed limit can also be a violation, depending on the current condition (at the officer's discretion).
This gives them a little leeway... as a condition could obviously be weather. Maybe it could also be traffic... Maybe it could be a lack of doughnut.
That makes me want to vomit.
Because we all know how there are no Wal-Marts along the East or West Coasts, and those backward "middle Americans" don't have the Internet.
I believe 'Middle America' refers to social/economic classes... not locality...
Hurp durp two year old video game reference. i get it. you're so funny.
Evidently... you don't.
the Bay Bridge comes to mind...
oh snap!
If you were an ebay seller I'd rate you A+++++++++++++
I forgot, it swings both ways...
The Revolution of MiPants, 1969
Look it up, smart ass.
as the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, and a handful of other countries
At least we know the difference between continent and a country...
as the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia, and a handful of other countries
At least you know the difference between continent and a country...
just make sure they didn't throw down a grenade for extra height, or they could be camping for a lonnnng time.
I wonder if this new policy is accompanied by a bag check. I've never once had a bag searched inside of at a movie theater... The policy seems rather useless to me, as anyone carrying around *just* a laptop (with nefarious intent) would be as stupid as someone walking in with a camera in their hand.
Not that they'd find anything if they'd search my backpack... I smuggle burgers in my pockets and sodas in my pants (yes, the belt holds it in place)
beer.
However, with WoW, if I'm in a guild that wants to raid 25-man content, then my ability to schedule my time is dependent on 24 other people managing their time effectively, showing up on time, and not bailing at the last minute. And if any of them do, then my scheduled time is now wasted.
Same goes for Adult Sports Leagues - the season starts out with a bang... but then people slowly stop showing up, and before you know it you're either a) scrambling for subs or b) forfeiting.
Or how about organizing a snowboarding trip only to find out half your friends can't get up that early because they didn't have the self control to call it a night at a reasonable hour (come on, even 1am is good enough).
Just a few of my pet peeves. At least "IRL" you can punch them in the face, afterwards... Internet social grouping (although I haven't done it in a while) has even less commitment and personal investment. It's even easier to blow/get blown off.
I get more social interaction in the flesh on an average day that my baby boomer parents and aunts and uncles get in a week, sometimes a month! And texting, email, and instant messaging make all of it possible.
You really can't compare social lives across generations (looking @ 1 point in time). I have a pretty big family, spread across a couple towns. They all get together for holidays, birthday parties, and a handful of other occasions. My parents see their 'friends' even less. But when they were my age, they had a very active social life. They had the kind of relationships where your buddies would show up at your house just to see what you're up to (I've never had friends like that). They didn't need to text...
What happened? They had children. They started on the PTA. They coached little league. Now both their kids are out of college, and they're slowly working back into having better social lives. Of course- their friends aren't quite at that stage yet...
I agree with you on many points as far as texting enabling communication. My only point is that comparing your current social life to your aunts' and uncles' current social lives... doesn't really work.
Speaking of jokes that aren't applicable to today...
If you go back and watch Seinfeld, it's amazing that the majority of their problems could have been solved by a method of instant communication.
You're on slashdot and can quote correctly - you're not an average consumer.
I don't understand why this is so difficult to drill into /. users.
I don't understand the fuss.
I remember by 3rd grade we had different reading groups (red, green, blue) for different skill levels. By middle school there were math and lit classes split up by aptitude (or effort?) called 'Gifted and Talented' (this still makes me jealous, even though I probably out perform most of them nowadays...). Then by high school, nearly every core class (math, lit, history, bio, chem, phyiscs) had 3 tiers (4 if AP is available). So this broke down to Freshman Lit A-C, AP, etc. And this was in a high school of... 1.5k kids, MAX (my graduating class was 176? but sizes were bigger below me)
Is this enough to satisfy you guys? I don't understand what people expect from a public school. Aside from being in a more advanced class, should the smart kids just get to surf the internet all day? Or read what they want? They're still kids. Kids under peer pressure. Athletic pressure. Gril/Boy pressure. Many smart kids still need to be told what to learn, and forced to learn it, with so many distractions around.
I may be ignorant to the level of crappiness of most school systems across the US. But I find it hard to believe that Maine is ahead of much of the country.
(I am ignoring the towns w/ population 103)
Yes, your feet are fairly forward where you might be able to catch your self, but I see 1 separated shoulder in this this bikes portfolio.
And that shoulder will belong to the only person riding these things... the mastermind behind it.
Ah yes. But the keyboard/mouse is worse for many other genres. Especially when 2 people are trying to play...
As someone who played q3 arena for like 8 yrs... I too can't stand using a gamepad for FPS.
Exactly. The console experience (especially now-a-days) is beautiful... I really have no complaints about the user experience. I especially love those blue tooth controllers. Everything is standardized and you know it will just work.
Maybe PCs are catching up, and I just don't know it? But I don't feel compelled to have a PC hooked up to my TV just to play games... especially when the only input device I have is a keyboard/mouse...
(are game controllers standardized, and usable for every game? Not sure...)
I suppose you're one of those people that believe gay couples shouldn't be allowed to adopt children or opt for artificial insemination? You do realize that they can have nieces and nephews as well, right?
hm. I guess my comment was based on my own semantics for the difference between culture and heritage. In your example- if the gay couple uses artificial insemination, and the child is not gay- I would argue this child has not inherited homosexuality; and following that he has no homosexual heritage. Culture? Heck yes. Heritage? Eh.
Are there studies that show this trait can be passed on? Or that it's a collection of traits? Or that some families are dispositioned to have homosexuals (like some are with twins!?) If there is- then I'll reevaluate my semantics without a second thought. I (along w/ a LOT of people) am ignorant to such studies.
(and oh my god- come on. you automatically jump to the conclusion i'm against gay couples adopting? plz...)