I'm a parent, I can get pretty annoyed with the "childfree" movement nonsense, and you do have a point that the people complaining don't seem to notice that the time spent on our kids comes out of our vacations (it's worse if you're still in school -- I ended last year with a smaller time off bank than I started with, and I took no vacations whatsoever).
That said, please shut up. If you're going to go around calling everyone selfish, I don't want you on my side. There will always be enough people who do want children to avoid population underruns, people who don't want kids aren't going to be good parents, and finally, accusing people of selfishness will win over no one.
In The Complete Far Side, it's immediately followed on the same page with "What you say to cats" and "What they hear". What the cat hears is, of course, blank.
It should be expected that the people purchasing are using stolen credit cards. Or not realizing quite what they're getting. Until a couple years ago when stuff that was clearly children started showing up, I always assumed a porn website advertising "Illegal Lolita!!!" material was recording 18 year olds in pigtails -- basically like the sites that pretend to be tricking people into having sex on camera.
And guess what, they say it worked! Sounds rather scientific Stereotypes usually do have some basis in real trends. That doesn't make it fair to apply them to individual people.
But seriously folks, my wife's grandfather started working at IBM in 1948, and they really weren't called "computers", yet. Computers were people, while he was a technician on "computing machines".
Seriously, I know those of you that live there think of that as something of a joke, but I visited my in-laws in Arizona for two weeks in August with no problem whatsoever. I got back to Detroit, got off the plane, and it was hot!
Of course, the perception of programmers as nurds wasn't as fully developed then - indeed I don't recall that term even being used. "Programmer", or "Nerd"?
Did you read the article? It was about changing computer science to be what they think women want. That strikes me as far more stereotyping than letting the field be what it is.
Yes, there can be discrimination, and yes it should be opposed. That's not what this is about.
I would love to see Java drop inheritance off entirely (and I have used it correctly too,) but there is no need for it really. Everything can be done with interfaces and libraries.
You know, one of the biggest critisisms of classic VB was always that it only had interfaces and libraries, and not real implementation inheritance.
I think what I'd like to see if for polymorphism to be done entirely with interfaces, and for implementation inheritance to be supported, but hidden from client code.
Call me crazy, but does it strike anyone as a very interesting idea to produce the next Xbox360 addon as a combo HD-DVD/Blu-ray player? Think about it...they win either way. If people buy the device itself, they're in good shape and they're stealing the only real reason for the huge cost of the PS3 away from Sony. It's an incredible strategic move.
Except that BluRay includes Java support. I really think Microsoft wants that dead.
the result of this is that most players sold in 2008 or 2009 will likely be dual format players. Quite possibly. If that happens, though, I think the established market winner will be dual formats, and neither will die off. That's the best possible course of events, isn't it?
Sony does have a knack for picking the wrong side, but BluRay seems to be pulling ahead. Yes, one of the BluRay manufacturers is making a dual format player, but I seem to recall that one of the original HD-DVD players is, as well.
Personally, I'm rooting for BluRay. It's the more ambitious format, and two years from now, if HD-DVD wins, we're going to be wishing for those bigger disks, especially for computer drives. I'm not buying anything yet, though, even with my new HDTV.
The dual format players are nice, but unless we reach a point we're they're nearly all like that (see: DVD-R and DVD+R), I'd still be afraid to get any movies for it out of fear that I won't be able to play half of them once that unit wears out.
Are you sure? The law may have changed here since my mom almost died because the hospital wouldn't treat her for a beesting as a kid, but I don't know, and I'm not willing to risk it. If I know the theater is blocking cell signals, I'm not going to go there.
Besides, has it really been a problem lately? Those funny little reminders to turn your ringer off at the beginning of the movie seem to have taken care of it.
Someone enlighten me here, what kind of emergency can you really expect to respond to fast enough to make a difference by racing out of a theater to the scene of the emergency?
You baby-sitter called 911, and you have to go to the hospital to authorize treatment for you kid.
I don't know what things are like in your part of the country, but most men have children well into the 30s. I think most men are well in their 50s, when their kids are in college. It varies widely. I'm 30 and my son is 9.
What changed? The tubes got fat enough to carry music. Yes, that's part of it, but don't forget that buying movies has become a much better deal, and buying entire seasons of TV shows only recently became an option at all.
The act of writing down the text forces you to think about it. Maybe for you, but it's just a distraction for me. Not having to take notes is a big help.
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There are CRT's out here still, ya know.
You forgot the "You insensitive clod" part.
I'm a parent, I can get pretty annoyed with the "childfree" movement nonsense, and you do have a point that the people complaining don't seem to notice that the time spent on our kids comes out of our vacations (it's worse if you're still in school -- I ended last year with a smaller time off bank than I started with, and I took no vacations whatsoever).
That said, please shut up. If you're going to go around calling everyone selfish, I don't want you on my side. There will always be enough people who do want children to avoid population underruns, people who don't want kids aren't going to be good parents, and finally, accusing people of selfishness will win over no one.
The only thing left we don't control are viruses and cancer.
And cancer is caused by viruses in at least some cases.
In The Complete Far Side, it's immediately followed on the same page with "What you say to cats" and "What they hear". What the cat hears is, of course, blank.
It should be expected that the people purchasing are using stolen credit cards.
Or not realizing quite what they're getting. Until a couple years ago when stuff that was clearly children started showing up, I always assumed a porn website advertising "Illegal Lolita!!!" material was recording 18 year olds in pigtails -- basically like the sites that pretend to be tricking people into having sex on camera.
Judging by how I work vs. how my coworkers work, non-procrastinators also tend to make decisions with inadequate information.
Online banking is not a gimmicky feature; it's the whole point of the thing. How many people used Quicken before that was available, compared to now?
And guess what, they say it worked! Sounds rather scientific
Stereotypes usually do have some basis in real trends. That doesn't make it fair to apply them to individual people.
But seriously folks, my wife's grandfather started working at IBM in 1948, and they really weren't called "computers", yet. Computers were people, while he was a technician on "computing machines".
But it's a dry heat!
Seriously, I know those of you that live there think of that as something of a joke, but I visited my in-laws in Arizona for two weeks in August with no problem whatsoever. I got back to Detroit, got off the plane, and it was hot!
As long as it doesn't affect the coursework, I'm cool with that.
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Best pun ever.
Of course, the perception of programmers as nurds wasn't as fully developed then - indeed I don't recall that term even being used.
"Programmer", or "Nerd"?
Did you read the article? It was about changing computer science to be what they think women want. That strikes me as far more stereotyping than letting the field be what it is.
Yes, there can be discrimination, and yes it should be opposed. That's not what this is about.
I would love to see Java drop inheritance off entirely (and I have used it correctly too,) but there is no need for it really. Everything can be done with interfaces and libraries.
You know, one of the biggest critisisms of classic VB was always that it only had interfaces and libraries, and not real implementation inheritance.
I think what I'd like to see if for polymorphism to be done entirely with interfaces, and for implementation inheritance to be supported, but hidden from client code.
Call me crazy, but does it strike anyone as a very interesting idea to produce the next Xbox360 addon as a combo HD-DVD/Blu-ray player? Think about it...they win either way. If people buy the device itself, they're in good shape and they're stealing the only real reason for the huge cost of the PS3 away from Sony. It's an incredible strategic move.
Except that BluRay includes Java support. I really think Microsoft wants that dead.
the result of this is that most players sold in 2008 or 2009 will likely be dual format players.
Quite possibly. If that happens, though, I think the established market winner will be dual formats, and neither will die off. That's the best possible course of events, isn't it?
Sony does have a knack for picking the wrong side, but BluRay seems to be pulling ahead. Yes, one of the BluRay manufacturers is making a dual format player, but I seem to recall that one of the original HD-DVD players is, as well.
Personally, I'm rooting for BluRay. It's the more ambitious format, and two years from now, if HD-DVD wins, we're going to be wishing for those bigger disks, especially for computer drives. I'm not buying anything yet, though, even with my new HDTV.
The dual format players are nice, but unless we reach a point we're they're nearly all like that (see: DVD-R and DVD+R), I'd still be afraid to get any movies for it out of fear that I won't be able to play half of them once that unit wears out.
How can the first post be redundant?
"In a world where nastiness online can erupt and go global overnight
But a new wind was about to blow! Payback. This time, it's for real.
Are you sure? The law may have changed here since my mom almost died because the hospital wouldn't treat her for a beesting as a kid, but I don't know, and I'm not willing to risk it. If I know the theater is blocking cell signals, I'm not going to go there.
Besides, has it really been a problem lately? Those funny little reminders to turn your ringer off at the beginning of the movie seem to have taken care of it.
Someone enlighten me here, what kind of emergency can you really expect to respond to fast enough to make a difference by racing out of a theater to the scene of the emergency?
You baby-sitter called 911, and you have to go to the hospital to authorize treatment for you kid.
I don't know what things are like in your part of the country, but most men have children well into the 30s. I think most men are well in their 50s, when their kids are in college.
It varies widely. I'm 30 and my son is 9.
What changed? The tubes got fat enough to carry music.
Yes, that's part of it, but don't forget that buying movies has become a much better deal, and buying entire seasons of TV shows only recently became an option at all.
The act of writing down the text forces you to think about it.
Maybe for you, but it's just a distraction for me. Not having to take notes is a big help.