Funnily, it sounds very familiar. Perhaps that's because one of my jobs is to convert TN3270 applications (written in Taskmate) to use apache and mod_perl.
You can read text/image faster than you can listen to a person talk. You can search text faster than you can search a video.
Well, maybe you can. Or, more accurately, while you may be able to read faster than you can listen, you may not be able to comprehend. It's all part of the different modes of learning. I have a friend who does not comprehend written words very well. If you talk to her, however, she will understand a great deal. I am the exact opposite. I remember almost everything I read but if you say something to me, then there is no guarantee I will remember it even two minutes later.
I've never liked Mozilla theming. It is, in fact, one of the major reasons that I don't use it (smooch Netcaptor - I love you!). I run a tight ship for my desktop and I don't like applications that don't play ball regarding appearance and usage when WindowBlinds is the coach. (Not that Microsoft Office plays ball, it but plays more ball) (Winamp sucks at ball, too, and I would kill for a tiny (window-size) player that's just a player for god's sake and doesn't have a built-in theming engine)
One of my favorite quotes, from GURPS Illuminati (unfortunately, a roommate borrowed the book, so no exact references) goes: "Sure, the government lies and the media lies, but in a democracy, they're/different/ lies."
Re:Perl's had it's day - It's become like COBOL
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We use perl pretty much exclusively for my work (telecommunications company). It's not that we have inertia (in fact, the company standard is Java - ack), it's that we LIKE perl. It has the right combination of features that makes just about everyone in the group happy.
Bah. I've been using Outlook for.. well.. a few years now and I've never had any problems with it. Even the viruses I've received have been nothing more than minor annoyances. Outlook never automatically started scripts, opened files, or killed JFK.
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I once tried to buy a digital camera from Best Buy. I was spending decently phat l00t for it -- something like $850. When I placed my order, they swore before Man and God that it would be at my doorstep in a week. Two weeks later, I called them. They apologized profusely, but it seemed they were out of stock and it was backordered. I told them to cancel my order and I would get it somewhere else. They refused because they could not cancel an order that was on backorder. I said 'Fine' and told them that my credit card company (AmEx) would be informed, along with the Better Business Bureau, and possibly the FTC if I could find a relevant statute. My order found itself canceled. I ordered the camera directly from Casio and got it in two days. Bastards.
I am running Win2k with IE6.0.2600.0000. Actually, I'm running Netcaptor, but it uses IE, so it's mostly the same. Everything is updated to the latest. That said...
#1 and #3 worked. #2 didn't do anything. #4 brought me to the Google web page.
No it wasn't. The Windows version was released a month before the Linux version. I remember Carmack asking people to please, for the love of all that is holy, wait for the Linux version to be released.
Reminds me of the trailer for the movie The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen. At the end, a voiceover says: The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen: a true store, we have the film t o prove it.
You had hexadecimal? *We* had to flip switches. Which was good, because back in those days, those switches were hard to flip and a good programmer got plenty of exercise just from flipping.
And how it looks. I bought a titanium powerbook just because it looks good. And Mac OS X looks damned spiffy as well. This is my first Mac and (assuming it ships;) probably not my first. I'm well aware that I could have paid less and gotten a similarly equipped machine. But dammit, I couldn't have gotten a setup that/looked/ as good, and that's what I wanted.
Woah, have we had different experiences. I had Telocity hook me up and it's been sweet love ever since. They had this spat where a router in Chicago was deep-sixing itself randomly on weekends, but that was fixed some time ago. They've given me my static IP, they've not complained that my home machine is hosting a multitude of servers, and they haven't throttled my bandwidth.
God bless them.
I am planning on buying a titanium powerbook very soon. Price really is no object (I'm also going to be plunking down the money for Airport). I fully understand that I am paying for name brand and style -- and that's just fine with me. The TPB (and the G4 Cube) have one huge advantage with me: they match my furniture. I will feel no shame about having the Powerbook on my coffee table because it will look good. The power cable is the only part that annoys me. Damn, I want wireless power...:)
Ooooohhh. Komodo is a very sore spot with me right now. I generally find Mozilla mockworthy on its own merit and Komodo, well,... it's been crashing like mad, menus take at least a second to open, it isn't handling my perl modules at all. I went back to use Notetab Plus. Mozilla itslef works about the same for me. The menus come up lickity split and the rendering is decent, but I've found new and exciting ways to kill it ^_^
first off the point if the internet is interconnectivity, borderless ungoverned freedom, and no ghestapo
No, the point of the internet was to save money and distribute computing. The fact that other uses came about does not inherently make them "the point."
At the same time, just because cost-savings was the old reason for the internet doesn't mean it is the current reason (or one of many!), but there's no evidence that "interconnectivity, borderless ungoverned freedom and no ghestapo Government breathing down your back" is the reason for the internet either.
Nationality has little bearing on it. the usage of.com is for 'commercial' sites only, see how the US gov slipped into making it more of a 'default' domain, leaving even the.net and.org TLD's as second rate.
My, we are bitter tonight. In the beginning, there was only the US. It was natural for us (no pun intended) to be the default. As for whether the government was at fault for.com becoming more prominent than the other domains, that is a matter of debate. Obviously, Back In The Day, when the 'two domains per company' rule was enforced,.com domains were the only thing a corporation could take. Since money makes the world go 'round, it's only natural that the money domains rose in prominence.
On another note, yet another thread degrades into Nazi name calling. Yay. Godwin would be proud.
While I generally agree that the GPL is suckage, keep in mind that one person's concept of freedom is not the same as another person's. The GPL/is/ about freedom - the FSF's idea of what freedom should be. In this case, the means justify the ends: forcing you to make your software open will eventually mean that all software is open.
I don't remember. I feel the same way. I read slashdot for entertainment first and information a distant second. Every few years a nugget of information will appear, but...
ah well.
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Funnily, it sounds very familiar. Perhaps that's because one of my jobs is to convert TN3270 applications (written in Taskmate) to use apache and mod_perl.
It ain't pretty.
Someone: I thought python was an easy language. Why's the book so big?
Auctioneer: Must be all the whitespace
Well, maybe you can. Or, more accurately, while you may be able to read faster than you can listen, you may not be able to comprehend. It's all part of the different modes of learning. I have a friend who does not comprehend written words very well. If you talk to her, however, she will understand a great deal. I am the exact opposite. I remember almost everything I read but if you say something to me, then there is no guarantee I will remember it even two minutes later.
I've never liked Mozilla theming. It is, in fact, one of the major reasons that I don't use it (smooch Netcaptor - I love you!). I run a tight ship for my desktop and I don't like applications that don't play ball regarding appearance and usage when WindowBlinds is the coach.
(Not that Microsoft Office plays ball, it but plays more ball) (Winamp sucks at ball, too, and I would kill for a tiny (window-size) player that's just a player for god's sake and doesn't have a built-in theming engine)
One of my favorite quotes, from GURPS Illuminati (unfortunately, a roommate borrowed the book, so no exact references) goes: "Sure, the government lies and the media lies, but in a democracy, they're /different/ lies."
We use perl pretty much exclusively for my work (telecommunications company). It's not that we have inertia (in fact, the company standard is Java - ack), it's that we LIKE perl. It has the right combination of features that makes just about everyone in the group happy.
Bah. I've been using Outlook for.. well.. a few years now and I've never had any problems with it. Even the viruses I've received have been nothing more than minor annoyances. Outlook never automatically started scripts, opened files, or killed JFK.
I once tried to buy a digital camera from Best Buy. I was spending decently phat l00t for it -- something like $850. When I placed my order, they swore before Man and God that it would be at my doorstep in a week.
Two weeks later, I called them. They apologized profusely, but it seemed they were out of stock and it was backordered. I told them to cancel my order and I would get it somewhere else. They refused because they could not cancel an order that was on backorder.
I said 'Fine' and told them that my credit card company (AmEx) would be informed, along with the Better Business Bureau, and possibly the FTC if I could find a relevant statute.
My order found itself canceled. I ordered the camera directly from Casio and got it in two days.
Bastards.
I am running Win2k with IE6.0.2600.0000. Actually, I'm running Netcaptor, but it uses IE, so it's mostly the same. Everything is updated to the latest. That said...
#1 and #3 worked. #2 didn't do anything. #4 brought me to the Google web page.
What's this "notes" thing that people talk about? :)
No it wasn't. The Windows version was released a month before the Linux version. I remember Carmack asking people to please, for the love of all that is holy, wait for the Linux version to be released.
Reminds me of the trailer for the movie The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen. At the end, a voiceover says: The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen: a true store, we have the film t o prove it.
You had hexadecimal? *We* had to flip switches. Which was good, because back in those days, those switches were hard to flip and a good programmer got plenty of exercise just from flipping.
And how it looks. I bought a titanium powerbook just because it looks good. And Mac OS X looks damned spiffy as well. This is my first Mac and (assuming it ships ;) probably not my first. I'm well aware that I could have paid less and gotten a similarly equipped machine. But dammit, I couldn't have gotten a setup that /looked/ as good, and that's what I wanted.
I get a static IP and no bitching for $49.95/month :) That's with 768k up and down.
Woah, have we had different experiences. I had Telocity hook me up and it's been sweet love ever since. They had this spat where a router in Chicago was deep-sixing itself randomly on weekends, but that was fixed some time ago. They've given me my static IP, they've not complained that my home machine is hosting a multitude of servers, and they haven't throttled my bandwidth.
God bless them.
Yeah, well, I want continuous wireless power :) Miniature microwave guns!
I am planning on buying a titanium powerbook very soon. Price really is no object (I'm also going to be plunking down the money for Airport). I fully understand that I am paying for name brand and style -- and that's just fine with me. The TPB (and the G4 Cube) have one huge advantage with me: they match my furniture. I will feel no shame about having the Powerbook on my coffee table because it will look good. The power cable is the only part that annoys me. Damn, I want wireless power... :)
Ooooohhh. Komodo is a very sore spot with me right now. I generally find Mozilla mockworthy on its own merit and Komodo, well, ... it's been crashing like mad, menus take at least a second to open, it isn't handling my perl modules at all. I went back to use Notetab Plus. Mozilla itslef works about the same for me. The menus come up lickity split and the rendering is decent, but I've found new and exciting ways to kill it ^_^
Heh. That's not what I think of when I see 'Fnord' :) Then again, I think reading the Illuminatus! trilogy did plenty of brain damage as well.
No, the point of the internet was to save money and distribute computing. The fact that other uses came about does not inherently make them "the point."
At the same time, just because cost-savings was the old reason for the internet doesn't mean it is the current reason (or one of many!), but there's no evidence that "interconnectivity, borderless ungoverned freedom and no ghestapo Government breathing down your back" is the reason for the internet either.
Nationality has little bearing on it. the usage of .com is for 'commercial' sites only, see how the US gov slipped into making it more of a 'default' domain, leaving even the .net and .org TLD's as second rate. .com becoming more prominent than the other domains, that is a matter of debate. Obviously, Back In The Day, when the 'two domains per company' rule was enforced, .com domains were the only thing a corporation could take. Since money makes the world go 'round, it's only natural that the money domains rose in prominence.
My, we are bitter tonight. In the beginning, there was only the US. It was natural for us (no pun intended) to be the default. As for whether the government was at fault for
On another note, yet another thread degrades into Nazi name calling. Yay. Godwin would be proud.
Out of curiosity, where does this connection to ICANN come in? Neither posting mentioned ICANN in the context of having the lists removed.
While I generally agree that the GPL is suckage, keep in mind that one person's concept of freedom is not the same as another person's. The GPL /is/ about freedom - the FSF's idea of what freedom should be. In this case, the means justify the ends: forcing you to make your software open will eventually mean that all software is open.
I like to laugh :)
I don't remember. I feel the same way. I read slashdot for entertainment first and information a distant second. Every few years a nugget of information will appear, but...
ah well.