Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Sorry for being vague...kinda like our policy! Ha. It is true, my employer treats us like cattle in some ways, but the five-digit annual bonus and above industry average salary offset feed trough and constant milking.
Try sorting by "highest" and reading a bunch of reviews, then sort by "lowest" and read a bunch. One should have the common sense to sort the signal from the noise.
Example: I was shopping for a vacuum, and was particularly interested in Metro Vac. the positive reviews were beaming, downplaying seemingly minor issues. Then I read the negative reviews, and was easily able to link those same "minor" issues with others' complaints, and was able to form a reasonably informed opinion about the product. I ended up going with a different brand and I love my new vacuum (a Miele).
My company took the opposite stance: there is no distinction between sick and vacation days; they are all personal days. The only caveat is calling in sick on more than four different instances within a twelve month period is strongly discouraged. The wording is "grounds for termination," but I suspect that is a soft rule.
and basically do everything it is now doing in the economic sphere.
Including TARP, failed auto maker bailouts, tax increases to fund rampant federal spending? Personally, I don't know Adam Smith from Robert Smith, and I can't say if Adam Smith would be able to save us from MechaStreisand, however, based on how he has been represented here I think your "do everything" comment may be off base.
Now I'm off to read "Wealth of Nations" while pretending to work...
Who eats Chinese chestnuts? The biggest disappointment of my parents' lives - other than me - was buying a house with a chestnut tree, only to find out it was Chinese chestnut, not tasty American chestnut. Much to my joy I have a neighbor with an American chestnut! Take that mom and dad! Lousy traumatic childhood...
I didn't read anything that indicated that it actually learned anything, just a note that the cells are living and can make new connections.
It sounds to me like they measured what "response" came back from the cells for certain input, not that the cells made any logical or deliberate choice to do anything. I call semi-shenanigans.
And you don't need to buy new books. Just read the same one over and over again.
Unless you're Terry Pratchett; it won't be long before he writes the same one again.
You may be on to something. In addition to having to wait 22.3 years in order for a tragedy to become funny, there is also a certain window before hand during which it is also funny. IRT Alzheimer's, one might say, "[that author who committed suicide recently whose name I have forgotten] cured his Alzheimer's - with a bullet! What? Too soon?" Maybe a year (or ten - Alzheimer's is tricky that way) from now Terry Pratchet will be alive but suffering more from the disease, at which point the reception of your joke may cause you to say, "What? Too late?"
I find Windows 7 to be thoroughly mediocre. Sure, it's got a lot of shine, but it's broken a few of my old programs, and doesn't offer anything new and useful to me.
I find.NET to be thoroughly abominable. It's a forced-standard version of the Windows API, working in the Windows way, and requiring distribution headaches to get applications to run anywhere.
The one big improvement I had hoped for was search capability. I was impressed the first few times I used it to look for system goodies (control panel, downloaded programs, etc.), but then I tried using it to find text within ASCII files. Fail. Still broked as shit. Long live Windows Grep.
.Net is not necessarily evil, but it allows desktop developers to play web developer and generate really shitty HTML, in-line CSS, JavaScript on every control, ViewState several times the size of the actual generated code, etc.
I am color blind, lacking the ability to see red light.
Have you ever had the feeling that nature intended you to mistakenly eat some poisonous fruit as a means of population control? If I were you, I'd be pissed and probably do everything in my power to increase my carbon footprint.
Try getting noscript - leave it on and browse the web, see just how many stuff breaks. In fact, the only websites which don't use javascript are non-dynamic ones.
I run noscript and I am amazed at how many sites have limited functionality for basic navigation-type items and form interaction, but that is simply bad programming, not a bad language. When used properly, JavaScript on the web is an enhancement to the user experience rather than a hindrance. This of course does not account for intensive, so-called rich internet applications, but that is to be expected.
As Jesus said, "Hate the programmer, not the program."
Twist peoples' words much? Some AC made a ludicrous statement and I pointed it out. I could have gone on about targeting civilians, as suicide bombers do, and using civilians as human shields (e.g., hiding among them; dressing like them), as suicide bombers do, but I didn't want to start a debate/flame war.
I dislike "proof by anecdote" at least as much as the next guy, but I do not know one solitary person with a Windows Mobile device. On the other hand, I know at least a dozen with either IPhone OS or Android. Personally, I don't care if MS manages to make it in the consolidated computing (my new term for mobile) market, as long as they ship a browser with CSS3/HTML5 support and then transparently - to the user - keep it up to date.
I see the future in hardware/OS-transparent computing, in other words, don't ever ask if I want to upgrade to the latest version of the browser - that is too much info. Apple had it right from the beginning - ship a box with a keyboard and don't require the customer to figure out the hardware. And with the current generation of hand held devices one need not think about browser, file systems, etc., to have a rich experience. That is the future where literally everyone operates a hand held computer every day for even the most common tasks, and in that world people need not worry about anything but how to turn it on.
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The New Year's fireworks theory only holds if they were celebrating on east coast time.
That is also in TFS, but after watching the video it may just as well have said, "watch this worm."
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. Sorry for being vague...kinda like our policy! Ha. It is true, my employer treats us like cattle in some ways, but the five-digit annual bonus and above industry average salary offset feed trough and constant milking.
Try sorting by "highest" and reading a bunch of reviews, then sort by "lowest" and read a bunch. One should have the common sense to sort the signal from the noise.
Example: I was shopping for a vacuum, and was particularly interested in Metro Vac. the positive reviews were beaming, downplaying seemingly minor issues. Then I read the negative reviews, and was easily able to link those same "minor" issues with others' complaints, and was able to form a reasonably informed opinion about the product. I ended up going with a different brand and I love my new vacuum (a Miele).
My company took the opposite stance: there is no distinction between sick and vacation days; they are all personal days. The only caveat is calling in sick on more than four different instances within a twelve month period is strongly discouraged. The wording is "grounds for termination," but I suspect that is a soft rule.
and basically do everything it is now doing in the economic sphere.
Including TARP, failed auto maker bailouts, tax increases to fund rampant federal spending? Personally, I don't know Adam Smith from Robert Smith, and I can't say if Adam Smith would be able to save us from MechaStreisand, however, based on how he has been represented here I think your "do everything" comment may be off base.
Now I'm off to read "Wealth of Nations" while pretending to work...
Great. Now I can be disorganize on two planes!
The copyright story has the "scifi" tag.
Who eats Chinese chestnuts? The biggest disappointment of my parents' lives - other than me - was buying a house with a chestnut tree, only to find out it was Chinese chestnut, not tasty American chestnut. Much to my joy I have a neighbor with an American chestnut! Take that mom and dad! Lousy traumatic childhood...
The case can be an LCD and when the camera is activated it turns opaque. QED
Mr. Jobs: You can credit my PayPal account directly. I know you're rich but I still don't accept personal checks.
Bastards! I was getting stoked for some Microsoft Decathlon action...I used to be the fastest "greater than" symbol in the 400 meter dash.
Did anyone else notice that the lead guitarist, bassist, and drummer are all left-handed? A little odd, or the video is flipped.
I didn't read anything that indicated that it actually learned anything, just a note that the cells are living and can make new connections.
It sounds to me like they measured what "response" came back from the cells for certain input, not that the cells made any logical or deliberate choice to do anything. I call semi-shenanigans.
Sounds more like Guy Ritchie.
If her article results in only one geek who otherwise would be terminally basement bound getting laid by a former cheerleader then I say kudos to her.
And you don't need to buy new books. Just read the same one over and over again.
Unless you're Terry Pratchett; it won't be long before he writes the same one again.
You may be on to something. In addition to having to wait 22.3 years in order for a tragedy to become funny, there is also a certain window before hand during which it is also funny. IRT Alzheimer's, one might say, "[that author who committed suicide recently whose name I have forgotten] cured his Alzheimer's - with a bullet! What? Too soon?" Maybe a year (or ten - Alzheimer's is tricky that way) from now Terry Pratchet will be alive but suffering more from the disease, at which point the reception of your joke may cause you to say, "What? Too late?"
I find Windows 7 to be thoroughly mediocre. Sure, it's got a lot of shine, but it's broken a few of my old programs, and doesn't offer anything new and useful to me.
I find .NET to be thoroughly abominable. It's a forced-standard version of the Windows API, working in the Windows way, and requiring distribution headaches to get applications to run anywhere.
The one big improvement I had hoped for was search capability. I was impressed the first few times I used it to look for system goodies (control panel, downloaded programs, etc.), but then I tried using it to find text within ASCII files. Fail. Still broked as shit. Long live Windows Grep.
.Net is not necessarily evil, but it allows desktop developers to play web developer and generate really shitty HTML, in-line CSS, JavaScript on every control, ViewState several times the size of the actual generated code, etc.
I am color blind, lacking the ability to see red light.
Have you ever had the feeling that nature intended you to mistakenly eat some poisonous fruit as a means of population control? If I were you, I'd be pissed and probably do everything in my power to increase my carbon footprint.
Try getting noscript - leave it on and browse the web, see just how many stuff breaks. In fact, the only websites which don't use javascript are non-dynamic ones.
I run noscript and I am amazed at how many sites have limited functionality for basic navigation-type items and form interaction, but that is simply bad programming, not a bad language. When used properly, JavaScript on the web is an enhancement to the user experience rather than a hindrance. This of course does not account for intensive, so-called rich internet applications, but that is to be expected.
As Jesus said, "Hate the programmer, not the program."
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Twist peoples' words much? Some AC made a ludicrous statement and I pointed it out. I could have gone on about targeting civilians, as suicide bombers do, and using civilians as human shields (e.g., hiding among them; dressing like them), as suicide bombers do, but I didn't want to start a debate/flame war.
Yeh, and how many civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed by the US military
Yeh (sic), and how many civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed by suicide bombers?
He's even enlisted the help of Napster founder Shawn Fanning. I wonder if someone has told Andrey how well it went for Napster?
lolwut?
Napster never recognized the genitalia of all those RIAA lawyers who were continually fucking it.
federal income taxes != taxes gas, state and local sales, state income, property, &c thanks for playing
Good point. Rich people don't own houses or cars, they don't buy gas, and they never, ever buy anything at stores.
I dislike "proof by anecdote" at least as much as the next guy, but I do not know one solitary person with a Windows Mobile device. On the other hand, I know at least a dozen with either IPhone OS or Android. Personally, I don't care if MS manages to make it in the consolidated computing (my new term for mobile) market, as long as they ship a browser with CSS3/HTML5 support and then transparently - to the user - keep it up to date.
I see the future in hardware/OS-transparent computing, in other words, don't ever ask if I want to upgrade to the latest version of the browser - that is too much info. Apple had it right from the beginning - ship a box with a keyboard and don't require the customer to figure out the hardware. And with the current generation of hand held devices one need not think about browser, file systems, etc., to have a rich experience. That is the future where literally everyone operates a hand held computer every day for even the most common tasks, and in that world people need not worry about anything but how to turn it on.