You know what? It really is possible for a some of a person's beliefs to clash with one another. It's not a black-and-white world - sometimes one really does have to value some things that one believes in over other things that one believes in. That's too complicated for some people, so they pretend that it is a weakness for somebody to have nuanced beliefs. Some people pretend that compromise is for the weak....
It is possible to believe in property rights and be an environmentalist. Each person just has to decide how to balance one against the other.
Bush is against X and legislates against X (including denying rights to Americans because he wants to bring religious morality back into the country). Kerry is against X as well but doesn't have any plans to do anything about it.
Or, to put it another way, Kerry doesn't personally believe in some things, but he doesn't necessarily think that his beliefs should be made the basis of the law of the land because other people should be allowed to believe differently from him. Bush wants his personal belief system to become the law of the land.
Amen, brother. When I'm at work (using my XP laptop), I'm constantly annoyed by applications stealing focus, just because I told them to do something a little while ago, and they finished (or the application finally opened, and I was using a different application while the first opened). Then the wrong application gets my keystrokes, and whatnot.
Using my Mac at home, that never (and I mean never) happens. You give an application focus? That application keeps focus. I just don't understand what's so hard about that concept that Microsoft can't implement. I guess it goes along with their general concept of "we know what the user wants better than the user does", so they try to guess which application I want to be using (instead of trusting me to give the focus to the correct application).
And what about the title of the Slashdot article: "PVR's....". Shouldn't be an apostrophe there, either. Apostrophes before the s in plural acronyms are one of my big pet peeves....
No, I don't concede that Michael Moore is a liar. In fact, I haven't even seen Fahrenheit 911. So it would be inappropriate for me to judge either way. What I am doing is attempting to counter the implication (I'll admit that it's unsaid) that I'm getting from a whole lot of posts that Michael Moore is engaged in unfair shenanigans that the Republicans would never consider themselves.
About a decade ago, the Republicans decided that they would do whatever it took to win (dirty or otherwise), and for the most part, the Democrats haven't done the same (and have suffered for it) (this statement will undoubtedly get several very vehement replies, but I believe that it's true). Some may view what Michael Moore is doing as leveling the playing field - I won't make that judgment because (as I said) I don't know that he's being deceptive.
You should take anything that you hear from anybody with the appropriate grain of salt. That goes for Michael Moore, John Kerry, and yes, George W Bush. I believe that you need an awfully large grain of salt with anything that W says, but that's just me.
Or, for instance, if you call thousands of voters in South Carolina, and ask them how they'd feel if they were to find out that John McCain had an illegitimate black child, that implies that he does. Not false, but deceptive. But, gee, wonder what the intent was. That would be to deceive the voting public.
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I only very occasionally play the lottery, but there is another factor. It doesn't really matter to me if it's $100 million or $50 million, it would be enough to change my life. it doesn't matter that it's only half (or a quarter or whatever) of what it would be to be "fair" - it's a large enough amount to make a big difference.
So you're suggesting that sometimes you specify what class you want and sometimes you don't? For example:
Map myMap = new HashMap();
Sometimes you want to use the constructor for a different class. I just don't understand why people think that conciseness is so much more important than readability. It's nice and clear if you have to specify which constructor you want to run. I guess that some people consider it a badge of honor to produce the most confusing code possible, but some of us live in the real world where our reputation at work depends on producing code that other people can work with (rather than producing code that other people can't figure out).
If you really don't like interfaces, then use reflection. Nobody said that you have to use interfaces. Most java programmers would consider interfaces as much more elegant, but you can implement this sort of thing in other ways.
Repeat after me. MP3. Shall we say it again? MP3. iPods play MP3s. That's a standard format that iPods support. Get it? If you read my post, you'll see that I said that AAC is essentially proprietary.
And iPods play MP3 files just fine. Real is trying to stick you with their proprietary format. Apple does have their (essentially) proprietary* format, but they'll let you use the standard as well. This is why Real is just wrong on this one.
* AAC isn't proprietary, but FairPlay basically is
Yes, they found a couple of pre-1991 shells that the UN had mistakenly not destroyed. Not the WMD that georgie was talking about. He was talking about Iraq making new WMDs, not this.
Huh. I've never (and I mean never) paid a cent of interest for a purchase on my credit card. I just pay it off every month. So the credit card company lends me money for a few weeks for free. Don't see why that's worse (for me) than a debit card.
Uhhh.... Do you think that all doctors know absolutely everything about the human body? Don't you think that they need references, too? And don't you think that maybe, just maybe, it's much easier to have up-to-date online references than book references? Why do you assume that the only thing that hospitals need internet for is surfing? You might as well stay home - your doctor looks up information online.
Maybe they also have billing systems that interact directly with insurance providers so that people don't have to use typewriters and carbon copies anymore. Jesus, there's more to the internet than porn and email. Deal with it.
I don't know anyone with a $50-$100k/year salary who can afford to challenge their boss because even a month without pay would leave them in debt they could never recover from.
Then they're either (a) very unlucky or (b) stupid. I understand that some people fall victim to layoffs beyond their control that suck their resources dry. But if you've got a $50-$100k/year salary, then you should be saving lots of money for a rainy day. And if you can't set aside one month worth of pay (you should actually shoot for more like 6 months of living expenses), then you've got a spending problem. Live within your means. Save up. Nobody's saying it's easy or fun to be unemployed, but careful planning can make it so that unexpected unemployment won't destroy your life.
I just don't understand this. I *are* made up of millions of cells. Each cell *are* made up of molecules. Each molecule *are* made up of atoms. Each atom *are* made up of subatomic particles....
I guess that you place the dividing line between luxury and necessity in a different place than I do. I agree that roads, phone service, and similar utilities these days qualify as necessities. I just don't see that broadband does. Why is it actually necessary to have a connection faster than 56k?
And I'm not going to buy the "so I can telecommute" argument. Many people have jobs that don't allow for telecommuting, and those who do have the option of living in populated areas with broadband available. These are lifestyle choices as far as I'm concerned, not matters that require government intervention.
Why is it the fault of "American Capitalism" that your girlfriend has a dialup line? Because somebody hasn't given her broadband for free? I consider myself liberal, but really, isn't it going a bit far to expect your government to buy you your damn broadband connection?
If you try that, the Alternative Minimum Tax will kick your ass. Originally designed to keep rich people from using loopholes to avoid paying taxes, more recently it's been known for screwing over married couples with lots of deductions.
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You know what? It really is possible for a some of a person's beliefs to clash with one another. It's not a black-and-white world - sometimes one really does have to value some things that one believes in over other things that one believes in. That's too complicated for some people, so they pretend that it is a weakness for somebody to have nuanced beliefs. Some people pretend that compromise is for the weak....
It is possible to believe in property rights and be an environmentalist. Each person just has to decide how to balance one against the other.
Bush is against X and legislates against X (including denying rights to Americans because he wants to bring religious morality back into the country). Kerry is against X as well but doesn't have any plans to do anything about it.
Or, to put it another way, Kerry doesn't personally believe in some things, but he doesn't necessarily think that his beliefs should be made the basis of the law of the land because other people should be allowed to believe differently from him. Bush wants his personal belief system to become the law of the land.
Other applications will not steal focus
Amen, brother. When I'm at work (using my XP laptop), I'm constantly annoyed by applications stealing focus, just because I told them to do something a little while ago, and they finished (or the application finally opened, and I was using a different application while the first opened). Then the wrong application gets my keystrokes, and whatnot.
Using my Mac at home, that never (and I mean never) happens. You give an application focus? That application keeps focus. I just don't understand what's so hard about that concept that Microsoft can't implement. I guess it goes along with their general concept of "we know what the user wants better than the user does", so they try to guess which application I want to be using (instead of trusting me to give the focus to the correct application).
And what about the title of the Slashdot article: "PVR's....". Shouldn't be an apostrophe there, either. Apostrophes before the s in plural acronyms are one of my big pet peeves....
No, I don't concede that Michael Moore is a liar. In fact, I haven't even seen Fahrenheit 911. So it would be inappropriate for me to judge either way. What I am doing is attempting to counter the implication (I'll admit that it's unsaid) that I'm getting from a whole lot of posts that Michael Moore is engaged in unfair shenanigans that the Republicans would never consider themselves.
About a decade ago, the Republicans decided that they would do whatever it took to win (dirty or otherwise), and for the most part, the Democrats haven't done the same (and have suffered for it) (this statement will undoubtedly get several very vehement replies, but I believe that it's true). Some may view what Michael Moore is doing as leveling the playing field - I won't make that judgment because (as I said) I don't know that he's being deceptive.
You should take anything that you hear from anybody with the appropriate grain of salt. That goes for Michael Moore, John Kerry, and yes, George W Bush. I believe that you need an awfully large grain of salt with anything that W says, but that's just me.
Or, for instance, if you call thousands of voters in South Carolina, and ask them how they'd feel if they were to find out that John McCain had an illegitimate black child, that implies that he does. Not false, but deceptive. But, gee, wonder what the intent was. That would be to deceive the voting public.
I only very occasionally play the lottery, but there is another factor. It doesn't really matter to me if it's $100 million or $50 million, it would be enough to change my life. it doesn't matter that it's only half (or a quarter or whatever) of what it would be to be "fair" - it's a large enough amount to make a big difference.
So you're suggesting that sometimes you specify what class you want and sometimes you don't? For example:
Sometimes you want to use the constructor for a different class. I just don't understand why people think that conciseness is so much more important than readability. It's nice and clear if you have to specify which constructor you want to run. I guess that some people consider it a badge of honor to produce the most confusing code possible, but some of us live in the real world where our reputation at work depends on producing code that other people can work with (rather than producing code that other people can't figure out).
If you really don't like interfaces, then use reflection. Nobody said that you have to use interfaces. Most java programmers would consider interfaces as much more elegant, but you can implement this sort of thing in other ways.
Repeat after me. MP3. Shall we say it again? MP3. iPods play MP3s. That's a standard format that iPods support. Get it? If you read my post, you'll see that I said that AAC is essentially proprietary.
Oh, you mean like the MP3 files that you've always been able to play on an iPod?
And iPods play MP3 files just fine. Real is trying to stick you with their proprietary format. Apple does have their (essentially) proprietary* format, but they'll let you use the standard as well. This is why Real is just wrong on this one.
* AAC isn't proprietary, but FairPlay basically is
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:oRRYUXiNU2wJ: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3722255.stm+ iraq+shell+nerve+gas&hl=en
Good. Just checking :-)
If you're still going to vote for Bush, then you're supporting all of the neocon/theocons, whether or not you agree with them.
Yes, they found a couple of pre-1991 shells that the UN had mistakenly not destroyed. Not the WMD that georgie was talking about. He was talking about Iraq making new WMDs, not this.
Huh. I've never (and I mean never) paid a cent of interest for a purchase on my credit card. I just pay it off every month. So the credit card company lends me money for a few weeks for free. Don't see why that's worse (for me) than a debit card.
Uhhh.... Do you think that all doctors know absolutely everything about the human body? Don't you think that they need references, too? And don't you think that maybe, just maybe, it's much easier to have up-to-date online references than book references? Why do you assume that the only thing that hospitals need internet for is surfing? You might as well stay home - your doctor looks up information online.
Maybe they also have billing systems that interact directly with insurance providers so that people don't have to use typewriters and carbon copies anymore. Jesus, there's more to the internet than porn and email. Deal with it.
I don't know anyone with a $50-$100k/year salary who can afford to challenge their boss because even a month without pay would leave them in debt they could never recover from.
Then they're either (a) very unlucky or (b) stupid. I understand that some people fall victim to layoffs beyond their control that suck their resources dry. But if you've got a $50-$100k/year salary, then you should be saving lots of money for a rainy day. And if you can't set aside one month worth of pay (you should actually shoot for more like 6 months of living expenses), then you've got a spending problem. Live within your means. Save up. Nobody's saying it's easy or fun to be unemployed, but careful planning can make it so that unexpected unemployment won't destroy your life.
But, taking the grandparent's example, would they really say "Sun Want to Buy Novell?". Doesn't that just sound wrong no matter where you live?
I just don't understand this. I *are* made up of millions of cells. Each cell *are* made up of molecules. Each molecule *are* made up of atoms. Each atom *are* made up of subatomic particles....
I guess that you place the dividing line between luxury and necessity in a different place than I do. I agree that roads, phone service, and similar utilities these days qualify as necessities. I just don't see that broadband does. Why is it actually necessary to have a connection faster than 56k?
And I'm not going to buy the "so I can telecommute" argument. Many people have jobs that don't allow for telecommuting, and those who do have the option of living in populated areas with broadband available. These are lifestyle choices as far as I'm concerned, not matters that require government intervention.
Why is it the fault of "American Capitalism" that your girlfriend has a dialup line? Because somebody hasn't given her broadband for free? I consider myself liberal, but really, isn't it going a bit far to expect your government to buy you your damn broadband connection?
the primary DB System for so long has been MySQL.
Care to qualify that statement? Ever hear of Oracle? Or DB2 or SQL Server or Sybase or...?
If you try that, the Alternative Minimum Tax will kick your ass. Originally designed to keep rich people from using loopholes to avoid paying taxes, more recently it's been known for screwing over married couples with lots of deductions.