I freely admit to being a spelling nazi. I also get irked when people mis-quote old sayings, use apostrophes in possessive "its", and many other things. And generally I don't say anything because the gods know I make plenty of mistakes.
Mis-spelling "colour" isn't one of them. I don't spell it in English, I spell it in American. But I know how to spell it in English, too, and for a while I was in the habit of doing so. I also attempted to spell other such words in English (e.g. "humour") but eventually came to realize that I don't really know correct English spelling rules and may in fact have been adding a U to words that shouldn't have them. I decided at that time to stick to what I know, which is incomplete and imperfect as it is.
Though I do know that a vowel followed by a double consonant is usually supposed to be pronounced short.
Nevertheless you're absolutely correct, I should have STFU.
My grandmother was born out in the boonies somewhere, in 1902... took the doctor three days to get there and sign the birth certificate, so she was never quite sure of her exact birthday. Time of birth? Day of week? Hah hah.
Oh, and she was orphaned at a young age, she and her sisters were raised by the Shakers.
So go ahead and joke about it all you want, you insensitive clod.;)
I've worked with SPARC Solaris 9, NetBSD and FreeBSD. (I realize that's not quite what you're choosing between, it's just background information.) And of course various Linuxes and Windows. Um, and OS X. Well, actually, TRSDOS and some clones, and CP/M, and I think I'll stop there before I start naming 35-year-old mainframe OSes.:) My own personal preference is FreeBSD, given your choices. I just find it friendlier, and the ports system has a lot to do with it. Though frankly I don't have a clue what OpenSolaris might have in the way of package distribution systems, I'm pretty far behind on that.
So yeah, lots of qualifiers. But you asked for opinions. I like FreeBSD and would choose it over OpenSolaris.
Unfortunately I have no mod points... had some for a while but I never found anything to use them on before they went away. Oh well. Good luck with this. Things tend to work out in the long run.
Interesting this (parent) got modded troll but not the one saying how it must suck to have such shitty vision.
The fact is that there IS no one-size-fits-all solution. But the original author is trying to do his best, and a large-sized, comparatively low-res screen would help a lot of people.
And while I wouldn't have used the same analogy, I agree with the parent: not everybody has the same problem, one solution won't cure all their problems, and a lot of commenters are being rather insensitive.
If you don't HAVE the problem and don't think it's a real problem, perhaps you really just don't know enough to comment intelligently.
Somebody please mod parent up, at least take off the troll label. Thank you.
Great idea! I took my glasses off (I'm nearsighted) and moved the monitor to about 8 inches away. I'm now cramped over the keyboard with my shoulders hunched up.
Perfect solution. I should be in the hospital for back, shoulder, and repetitive strain injuries in about a month. Thank you! I never thought of this.
I once was present (1990s) when a colleague dropped a silver quarter into a vending machine. I immediately recognized the sound as the quarter was tossed into the rejected coin bin and traded it for a clad quarter.
Unfortunately my modest collection of silver coins and a few silver certificates was stolen. What's really irritating is the thieves probably didn't even recognize their value, and I expect just spent them as cash.
Then again perhaps I should be glad they didn't profit more than they did, and eventually other collectors will snatch them up.
Hmmm, maybe. Honestly though I don't consider the term "Grammar Nazi" really the same thing, it's just an expression. Like calling somebody a "bitch" would refer to unpleasant behavior and not actually literally accuse that person of being a female dog. Unless you're talking to a werewolf, maybe.:) "Grammar Nazi" is just a way of saying somebody is being unpleasantly and unnecessarily pedantic, sort of like I'm being now.
Go ahead and claim Godwin if you like but I disagree. Just sayin'.
Correct, he meant "differ". If I were being a grammar Nazi I'd ding him on "For all intensive purposes" in his sig, too, which should be "For all intents and purposes."
Fortunately I'm not being a grammar Nazi tonight so I won't mention either of those.
Actually I went to neither. And for some reason I was feeling particularly contentious last night and striking out at people without thinking. Sorry I took my bad mood out on you.
Well, I didn't see the context, but that was probably my fault for not looking. I was in a twitchy mood last night, no idea why, and I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I'm sorry.
So... one of my biggest strengths is problem-solving, and I do it a lot. But I can't really claim to be an engineer; I don't have a degree, or any engineering certification, and I don't rigorously follow engineering principles.
On the other hand, if I say I'm just a programmer, then according to you, I'm... a bricklayer, as one fellow claimed.
Gosh, I guess I can't exist because I'm a good problem-solver who flunked Calculus three times running. OK, maybe only twice.
Assuming I do actually exist, that I'm actually good at problem-solving, analysis, and synthesis, but I have neither a degree nor a single successful term in Calculus class... WTF am I?
And if what I do has nothing to do with CS (because I'm just a programmer) what is it that I'm applying to my work?
And I do firmware development. I say that calculus is bogus, but if you don't know electronics, you're useless as a programmer.
Or was that too self-centered? Hmmm.
Surely somebody who claims to know calculus should know that you can't calculate a curve from a single point. Or perhaps you should have paid more attention during those S&P classes. You know, the ones that I didn't take, and yet I know that one example is not statistically significant.
"Depends on the application..." yes, and if the application isn't rocket science, then you can still be a top-notch programmer without knowing a lick of calculus. The point is that calculus per se has nothing to do with computer programming. It is NOT to say that knowing calculus... or hardware... or chemistry... or aerodynamics... or knitting, or tying knots, or etc. and so on can't be useful to programmers. Who's to say that being good at basket weaving wouldn't give you some extra spacial awareness, or some kind of strengths in pattern manipulation that would help with, say, programming advanced graphics? Or network topology? I'd be surprised if there is NO application that knowing basket weaving would not apply to.
So given that you could end up working anywhere, doing anything (for example I personally have had programming jobs related to organic chemistry [near-IR spectroscopy], industrial process control, musical hand chimes, LED lighting, and flight simulation), shouldn't that mean you should be required to take classes in EVERYTHING? Just in case some of it ends up being useful? Holy crap you'll be in school until you're 70, and by the time you got out you'd have forgotten everything about programming.
So if basket weaving isn't a requirement for programming, why is calculus? For that matter, why isn't electronics? Computer programming is very abstract. I think a lot of people would benefit greatly from understanding the underlying principles of computers. But then, I'm the guy who learned to drive stick by installing a manual transmission into his old Chevy. By the time I was finished it was blindingly obvious how the clutch worked.
OK, I think I've made my point and I should STFU now. Otherwise I'm likely to keep going forever. 'Bye!
Hmm. So a 4-year degree is superior to my 30 years of experience.
I don't want to work for, with, or anywhere near anybody who thinks that book learning trumps experience. Sorry. The good news is, you wouldn't want to hire me anyway, I don't have a piece of paper.
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I freely admit to being a spelling nazi. I also get irked when people mis-quote old sayings, use apostrophes in possessive "its", and many other things. And generally I don't say anything because the gods know I make plenty of mistakes.
Mis-spelling "colour" isn't one of them. I don't spell it in English, I spell it in American. But I know how to spell it in English, too, and for a while I was in the habit of doing so. I also attempted to spell other such words in English (e.g. "humour") but eventually came to realize that I don't really know correct English spelling rules and may in fact have been adding a U to words that shouldn't have them. I decided at that time to stick to what I know, which is incomplete and imperfect as it is.
Though I do know that a vowel followed by a double consonant is usually supposed to be pronounced short.
Nevertheless you're absolutely correct, I should have STFU.
But what about the original version of Little Red Riding Hood?
And after it has been repelled we need to repeal it!
Personally, I already find it repellent.
My grandmother was born out in the boonies somewhere, in 1902... took the doctor three days to get there and sign the birth certificate, so she was never quite sure of her exact birthday. Time of birth? Day of week? Hah hah.
Oh, and she was orphaned at a young age, she and her sisters were raised by the Shakers.
So go ahead and joke about it all you want, you insensitive clod. ;)
... And you've forgotten Biorhythms.
So... what are the answers? What IS your sign, anyway? You sound like a Libra.
(For the humorously challenged: Please note tongue firmly planted in cheek.)
Do no evil!
(waits to be modded up "insightful")
I've worked with SPARC Solaris 9, NetBSD and FreeBSD. (I realize that's not quite what you're choosing between, it's just background information.) And of course various Linuxes and Windows. Um, and OS X. Well, actually, TRSDOS and some clones, and CP/M, and I think I'll stop there before I start naming 35-year-old mainframe OSes. :) My own personal preference is FreeBSD, given your choices. I just find it friendlier, and the ports system has a lot to do with it. Though frankly I don't have a clue what OpenSolaris might have in the way of package distribution systems, I'm pretty far behind on that.
So yeah, lots of qualifiers. But you asked for opinions. I like FreeBSD and would choose it over OpenSolaris.
For whatever that's worth, there it is. :)
Unfortunately I have no mod points... had some for a while but I never found anything to use them on before they went away. Oh well. Good luck with this. Things tend to work out in the long run.
Interesting this (parent) got modded troll but not the one saying how it must suck to have such shitty vision.
The fact is that there IS no one-size-fits-all solution. But the original author is trying to do his best, and a large-sized, comparatively low-res screen would help a lot of people.
And while I wouldn't have used the same analogy, I agree with the parent: not everybody has the same problem, one solution won't cure all their problems, and a lot of commenters are being rather insensitive.
If you don't HAVE the problem and don't think it's a real problem, perhaps you really just don't know enough to comment intelligently.
Somebody please mod parent up, at least take off the troll label. Thank you.
Great idea! I took my glasses off (I'm nearsighted) and moved the monitor to about 8 inches away. I'm now cramped over the keyboard with my shoulders hunched up.
Perfect solution. I should be in the hospital for back, shoulder, and repetitive strain injuries in about a month. Thank you! I never thought of this.
And this will be GREAT for FPS gaming!
Darn. All I have is an optometrist. What should I tell him?
Ah... so the sharks are just minions for the lasers!
I once was present (1990s) when a colleague dropped a silver quarter into a vending machine. I immediately recognized the sound as the quarter was tossed into the rejected coin bin and traded it for a clad quarter.
Unfortunately my modest collection of silver coins and a few silver certificates was stolen. What's really irritating is the thieves probably didn't even recognize their value, and I expect just spent them as cash.
Then again perhaps I should be glad they didn't profit more than they did, and eventually other collectors will snatch them up.
Hmmm, maybe. Honestly though I don't consider the term "Grammar Nazi" really the same thing, it's just an expression. Like calling somebody a "bitch" would refer to unpleasant behavior and not actually literally accuse that person of being a female dog. Unless you're talking to a werewolf, maybe. :) "Grammar Nazi" is just a way of saying somebody is being unpleasantly and unnecessarily pedantic, sort of like I'm being now.
Go ahead and claim Godwin if you like but I disagree. Just sayin'.
Correct, he meant "differ". If I were being a grammar Nazi I'd ding him on "For all intensive purposes" in his sig, too, which should be "For all intents and purposes."
Fortunately I'm not being a grammar Nazi tonight so I won't mention either of those.
Actually I went to neither. And for some reason I was feeling particularly contentious last night and striking out at people without thinking. Sorry I took my bad mood out on you.
Well, I didn't see the context, but that was probably my fault for not looking. I was in a twitchy mood last night, no idea why, and I shouldn't have taken it out on you. I'm sorry.
So... one of my biggest strengths is problem-solving, and I do it a lot. But I can't really claim to be an engineer; I don't have a degree, or any engineering certification, and I don't rigorously follow engineering principles.
On the other hand, if I say I'm just a programmer, then according to you, I'm... a bricklayer, as one fellow claimed.
Gosh, I guess I can't exist because I'm a good problem-solver who flunked Calculus three times running. OK, maybe only twice.
Assuming I do actually exist, that I'm actually good at problem-solving, analysis, and synthesis, but I have neither a degree nor a single successful term in Calculus class... WTF am I?
And if what I do has nothing to do with CS (because I'm just a programmer) what is it that I'm applying to my work?
And I do firmware development. I say that calculus is bogus, but if you don't know electronics, you're useless as a programmer.
Or was that too self-centered? Hmmm.
Surely somebody who claims to know calculus should know that you can't calculate a curve from a single point. Or perhaps you should have paid more attention during those S&P classes. You know, the ones that I didn't take, and yet I know that one example is not statistically significant.
"Depends on the application..." yes, and if the application isn't rocket science, then you can still be a top-notch programmer without knowing a lick of calculus. The point is that calculus per se has nothing to do with computer programming. It is NOT to say that knowing calculus... or hardware... or chemistry... or aerodynamics... or knitting, or tying knots, or etc. and so on can't be useful to programmers. Who's to say that being good at basket weaving wouldn't give you some extra spacial awareness, or some kind of strengths in pattern manipulation that would help with, say, programming advanced graphics? Or network topology? I'd be surprised if there is NO application that knowing basket weaving would not apply to.
So given that you could end up working anywhere, doing anything (for example I personally have had programming jobs related to organic chemistry [near-IR spectroscopy], industrial process control, musical hand chimes, LED lighting, and flight simulation), shouldn't that mean you should be required to take classes in EVERYTHING? Just in case some of it ends up being useful? Holy crap you'll be in school until you're 70, and by the time you got out you'd have forgotten everything about programming.
So if basket weaving isn't a requirement for programming, why is calculus? For that matter, why isn't electronics? Computer programming is very abstract. I think a lot of people would benefit greatly from understanding the underlying principles of computers. But then, I'm the guy who learned to drive stick by installing a manual transmission into his old Chevy. By the time I was finished it was blindingly obvious how the clutch worked.
OK, I think I've made my point and I should STFU now. Otherwise I'm likely to keep going forever. 'Bye!
Hmm. So a 4-year degree is superior to my 30 years of experience.
I don't want to work for, with, or anywhere near anybody who thinks that book learning trumps experience. Sorry. The good news is, you wouldn't want to hire me anyway, I don't have a piece of paper.
*snort* I'm an IT bricklayer? Good luck making a case for that.
You have no idea.
But... but... what if I AM Columbo?
My wife's parents came to the US after the war (Holocaust survivors). They learned a great deal of their English by reading comic books.
Can't say about her father's grasp of English (he's dead) but her mother's is pretty good.
It's odd how many people I see upset about Apple taking this stance and wondering why nobody is upset about it.