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A license, applied to any form of software, including but not limited to machine-readable code, that carries an implicit End User License that the end user must agree to, by whatever means necessary (Extra-sensory perception, etc.), before using the software as indicated in the License WITHOUT the need for any written or other visual indications of what the License terms may be.
Granted, this commentary concerning politics and "our" niche of society is Katz's opinion, but I wonder how much thought was put into this.
I tend to believe that politics as we know it is in no shape or form dead, or even dying. For instance, I'm subscribed to the SLUG mailing list at my University, and there was a very long and heated political thread that went on for days. Nothing but geeks debating the politics of today and the upcoming election.
How about this Jon: Politics as we know it isn't dying, it's just that there will always be people disinterested in it, and I would also go so far as saying that the "geek community" has just as many people who just don't give a fsck about politics as does the general public. Just look at the voter turnout of past elections.
Saying it's a "DVD" implies it has the format of a DVD. Which is VERY different from that of the CDROM.
For instance, a single DVD can be 2-sided and have 2 layers per side. CDROM's aren't made this way, and therefore can't read ANY DVD.
I'm in college right now, but have considered just dropping out and going into a nice, cushy job MANY times.
However, what most people who are boycotting (so to speak) college don't consider is the fact that the industry will eventually either become stable or be saturated with potential employees.
Yes, the industry will continue to grow, but the number of people going into the industry will catch up with the growth. And once that happens, degrees will factor into the hiring decisions.
Be a man/woman. Take the pain and get the degree. You won't ever regret getting a degree, but it's very likely that you'll regret NOT getting a degree.
What's even more interesting is the question that was in response to.
M: Actually C is also my favorite programming language, and I've written a lot of programs in it, but since I began writing compilers for C, I have to confess I've begun to like it less. Some things are very hard to optimize. Can you tell us about the worse features of C, from your point of view?
If the database is designed with flexibility in mind, something like this could apply to different scenarios. However, it would be a pretty intense project to take on, especially if it's free. Of course, there would have to be some standards of operation between libraries who use the same system... like how they handle late fees and the like.
It seems as though the major benchmarks released as of late have been questionable at best. Maybe people doing these benchmarks need to take a long hard look at their approach to the benchmarking process. You could apply the black box testing method to benchmarking in such a way that you test/benchmark "easy" data, "typical" data, "extreme" data, and "illegal" data.
i'm sorry if this is covered in the story, but i'm too busy at the moment to read the story *and* write this little comment...
what about speed? i'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, the speed of today's hard disks are what's lacking, not the amount of space.. there are ways to get around space (disk arrays e.g. raid), but there isn't anything you can do about the slow (relatively, of course) speeds of today's disks...
Of course just about every game back in '83 was original... The more the market gains popularity, the more games are produced... the more games produced, the less likely a game is to be "original" Simply stating that games nowadays are less original than a previous decade is pointless... Do you have any ideas for an original game? Game creators have to get flashy and put twists on existing, popular games because just about *everything* has been done... The people that create games can't be faulted for this, it's just how it works... over time, we'll cover just about any kind of game that can be thought of.. In short, do people actually think before posting comments like these? I'd wish they would.
The Suits are paranoid that crackers (or "hackers" as they know them as) will have a field day just because it's New Years for 2000.. I agree that it may be a bit overzealous to take sites completely offline, but if it was a matter of taking my site down or chancing an "invasion" just to keep it online for a few hours, I'd probably take it down also... what would it hurt?
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A license, applied to any form of software, including but not limited to machine-readable code, that carries an implicit End User License that the end user must agree to, by whatever means necessary (Extra-sensory perception, etc.), before using the software as indicated in the License WITHOUT the need for any written or other visual indications of what the License terms may be.
I tend to believe that politics as we know it is in no shape or form dead, or even dying. For instance, I'm subscribed to the SLUG mailing list at my University, and there was a very long and heated political thread that went on for days. Nothing but geeks debating the politics of today and the upcoming election.
How about this Jon: Politics as we know it isn't dying, it's just that there will always be people disinterested in it, and I would also go so far as saying that the "geek community" has just as many people who just don't give a fsck about politics as does the general public. Just look at the voter turnout of past elections.
For instance, a single DVD can be 2-sided and have 2 layers per side. CDROM's aren't made this way, and therefore can't read ANY DVD.
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I'm not sure if there are any guidelines in the ADA, but w3c has guidelines:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
I'm in college right now, but have considered just dropping out and going into a nice, cushy job MANY times.
However, what most people who are boycotting (so to speak) college don't consider is the fact that the industry will eventually either become stable or be saturated with potential employees.
Yes, the industry will continue to grow, but the number of people going into the industry will catch up with the growth. And once that happens, degrees will factor into the hiring decisions.
Be a man/woman. Take the pain and get the degree. You won't ever regret getting a degree, but it's very likely that you'll regret NOT getting a degree.
M: Actually C is also my favorite programming language, and I've written a lot of programs in it, but since I began writing compilers for C, I have to confess I've begun to like it less. Some things are very hard to optimize. Can you tell us about the worse features of C, from your point of view?
*shrug* I thought it was ironic.
Why don't they just come out and admit doing this just to create a buzz around themselves?
If the database is designed with flexibility in mind, something like this could apply to different scenarios. However, it would be a pretty intense project to take on, especially if it's free. Of course, there would have to be some standards of operation between libraries who use the same system... like how they handle late fees and the like.
The Watcom compilers are the compilers of choice by the people at QNX.
I'd imagine that they would have specified any other differences if it were not going to be animated, like the TV series.
It seems as though the major benchmarks released as of late have been questionable at best. Maybe people doing these benchmarks need to take a long hard look at their approach to the benchmarking process. You could apply the black box testing method to benchmarking in such a way that you test/benchmark "easy" data, "typical" data, "extreme" data, and "illegal" data.
Wrong, it's 42.
what about speed? i'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, the speed of today's hard disks are what's lacking, not the amount of space..
there are ways to get around space (disk arrays e.g. raid), but there isn't anything you can do about the slow (relatively, of course) speeds of today's disks...
Of course just about every game back in '83 was original...
The more the market gains popularity, the more games are produced... the more games produced, the less likely a game is to be "original"
Simply stating that games nowadays are less original than a previous decade is pointless...
Do you have any ideas for an original game? Game creators have to get flashy and put twists on existing, popular games because just about *everything* has been done...
The people that create games can't be faulted for this, it's just how it works... over time, we'll cover just about any kind of game that can be thought of..
In short, do people actually think before posting comments like these?
I'd wish they would.
The Suits are paranoid that crackers (or "hackers" as they know them as) will have a field day just because it's New Years for 2000..
I agree that it may be a bit overzealous to take sites completely offline, but if it was a matter of taking my site down or chancing an "invasion" just to keep it online for a few hours, I'd probably take it down also... what would it hurt?
try to connect to a .mil site ;-P