I used to try and separate everything, but eventually I've settled on filing papers in quarterly folders. Personally the amount I get doesn't warrant higher granularity, and on the rare occasion that I need to find a given piece of paper a quarter (for me) doesn't add up to much more than a stack an inch high.
It seems I had my facts messed up. The Wii does run GC games, but I have no idea why I imagined the GC runs N64 games. Serves me right to post and do housework at the same time...;)
One more thing: It HAS to run existing Wii games. But so far Nintendo has a pretty good track record (N64->Cube, Cube->Wii) so I'm not too concerned.
I'm sure our family will upgrade, but I'd hate to have to keep two consoles around. Given that the controllers are bluetooth devices keeping the old controllers working as well should be a no-brainer.
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Fortunately the song is still in the playlist (however not playable), so you don't lose the information on what song it was. But still it's far from a good situation.
I really love Spotify, especially the social aspects. Playlists URIs, collaborative playlists etc. are really great.
But as a paying subscriber I really hate it everytime a song gets disabled from my playlists because of the label's greed. I've been paying more to the music industry the past year compared to the last ten years, but it's still not enough.
Look. Mental addiction is just mental. It's bullshit. You bitch slap the person till the get in fucking line.
Go study some brain chemistry and come back to us with an educated claim. Addiction can have triggers that are not due to chemicals introduced into the blood stream. That does not mean that the addiction cannot cause actual physiological symptoms and be a serious hurdle to overcome.
Judging the hardships of others purely based on your own experience is simply arrogant. With your logic no one on this planet should commit suicide since there is no chemical messing with their brain.
Some are arguing that allowing cookies in the browser is basically equivalent to giving your consent. Time will tell how this all plays out, but it's safe to say that people get bored of clicking "allow" really quickly.
Do browsers even ask if you want to allow cookies these days? I guess not? 10 years ago you did have to explicitly allow them (either globally or on a per-site basis) but I guess they are allowed by default these days? Can't remember seeing a cookie prompt in a long time.
There is nothing like no strings attached sex for either of the sexes. It's always emotional on some level. But like you say it's easier to find men capable of casual sex than women. But emotions always build up in the long run... Despite whoever trying to tell themselves whatever.
Personally, I very, very rarely have trouble sleeping. I usually find myself getting too tired for interactive entertainment about an hour before I want to sleep. I'd *love* to be able to continue playing video games up until lights out, but I just don't have the energy. Those who have lots of energy will keep playing/blogging/hacking.
Based on your/. ID, I reckon most of your inability to continue playing and low energy levels might be age related.
It's predominantly genetic. I sleep 4-7 hours a night. My father is the same. I also tend to go straight from the 'puter to bed, and be sound asleep in about 5-10 mins. Some people simply need more sleep than others, and vice versa. Falling asleep is also a skill in itself, partly genetic, partly learned.
How about no phones during class time period? Do children not have ANY reason to have a phone? It is only when it is used during class time that it interferes.
I have to agree. At least in Finland many people simply don't have landlines any longer. If your kid doesn't have a phone and you want them to be able to call you if they go to a friend or something they need a phone of their own. One might argue that they should tell you beforehand where they are going, but that doesn't exactly work so well anymore when they are in their teens.
What I really love about Ubuntu is having a Debian stack underneath, with a nice desktop setup on top. I can do normal desktopy things without extra fuzz, but when I happen to need backend-component-x for our webdev stack I can just apt-get install it with a 95% probability.
I really like the blend of user friendlyness and a solid foundation that Ubuntu provides, and a lot of it is really thanks to Debian. For me, it's a win-win.
yet only 8% of hiring managers would rate IT graduates hired as 'well-trained, ready-to-go,'
That is why only coders interview coders at my employer. You can't get a proper feel for someone's software development skills without having years of experience yourself. Our team is rather picky when hiring, but it's wonderful to be able to trust all team members with non-trivial tasks.
Anyone who have ever worked with an incompetent coder knows how frustrating that is... Can really poison a team.
Employees get to work on stuff that inspires them and learn stuff in the process, and the WP7 app portfolio broadens in the process.
Then again, it's not unheard of that companies let their employees moonlight on stuff that doesn't conflict with the company's interests. But I have to confess I don't know the US job market that well.
I don't know about you guys, but I try not to swap new gadgets all the time not just for economical reasons. It's also a hell of a lot less of a strain on the environment if you can use something longer.
No, the GP is referring to Blizzard's "when it's done" release mentality. They're one of the very few game devs that take as long as they think necessary to make a product. Whether you think it sucks or not is besides the point.
Yes, this is what I was referring to. I have no experience with WoW, but from what I've seen of the development of Starcraft II and Diablo III Blizzard seems to have the ability to tweak their code a long time and still deliver.
It's weird how many engineers fall into the trap of trying too much when settling for good enough would be the right solution. You can always improve stuff in the next version, even if part of the code is ugly. I think the Hurd project has shown how well it works when you insist on getting it "just right".
There are exceptions (Blizzard for example), but often Good Enough is just what you need. Especially with OSS, where the user base doubles as QA and a feedback channel for new ideas.
PHP runs everywhere on the web but it certainly doesn't run everywhere like Java or even Python. There is no such thing as a language that can do everything well but Python, for example, is a damn sight closer to that idea than PHP. PHP really is only good at making web pages and not much else.
True, but judging from TFA the whole thing was about web frameworks, IMHO.:)
So I guess I should clarify: PHP will run on almost any available web hosting out there. Big potential user base = Good Thing.
As a coder-purist snob myself, my opinion is that using PHP disqualifies you from being either of the three. Honestly, why would you build a framework in a cobbled-together templating language?
Because PHP runs _everywhere_.
Modern PHP has very little in common with the cobbled together PHP+HTML messes we used to se back in the 90s. Sure, it has it's share of warts, but if you'd care to educate yourself you would find that you can do very professional work on PHP with very professional tools. I've yet to see something that rivals Zend Studio combined with Zend Debugger when it comes to tracking down a weird issue, even on a remote server.
My favorite language is Python, but to dismiss PHP completely is simply ignorant these days.
Having grown up with a guy who had a true photographic memory - I call shenanigans. I agree a person can train his memory to work remarkably better; but photographic memories are... different. I don't know how to describe it, but It's pretty obviously not just a case of a well-trained brain.
Studies of savants indicate that some people truly have the ability to store an image in the mind essentially "uncompressed". Most of us tend to store a heavily compressed representation of an image in our minds, but some people can either bypass this normal processing, or don't seem to have it (the case with many savants). They can truly recall every little insignificant detail of an image without having to make any perceived special effort.
I've once seen a video where savant artist Stephen Wiltshire was taken for a 10 minute helicopter ride over London, and was able to draw images of the cityscape afterwards, down to individual windows of buildings. http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/
So yes. Photographic memories are indeed different.
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I used to try and separate everything, but eventually I've settled on filing papers in quarterly folders. Personally the amount I get doesn't warrant higher granularity, and on the rare occasion that I need to find a given piece of paper a quarter (for me) doesn't add up to much more than a stack an inch high.
It seems I had my facts messed up. The Wii does run GC games, but I have no idea why I imagined the GC runs N64 games. Serves me right to post and do housework at the same time... ;)
One more thing: It HAS to run existing Wii games. But so far Nintendo has a pretty good track record (N64->Cube, Cube->Wii) so I'm not too concerned.
I'm sure our family will upgrade, but I'd hate to have to keep two consoles around. Given that the controllers are bluetooth devices keeping the old controllers working as well should be a no-brainer.
Fortunately the song is still in the playlist (however not playable), so you don't lose the information on what song it was. But still it's far from a good situation.
I really love Spotify, especially the social aspects. Playlists URIs, collaborative playlists etc. are really great.
But as a paying subscriber I really hate it everytime a song gets disabled from my playlists because of the label's greed. I've been paying more to the music industry the past year compared to the last ten years, but it's still not enough.
Look. Mental addiction is just mental. It's bullshit. You bitch slap the person till the get in fucking line.
Go study some brain chemistry and come back to us with an educated claim. Addiction can have triggers that are not due to chemicals introduced into the blood stream. That does not mean that the addiction cannot cause actual physiological symptoms and be a serious hurdle to overcome.
Judging the hardships of others purely based on your own experience is simply arrogant. With your logic no one on this planet should commit suicide since there is no chemical messing with their brain.
Someone grab me a chainsaw, I'm cutting their fiberz.
It is my understanding that backhoes are the appropriate equipment for cuttin fiberz. ;)
(Seriously. On land most unplanned fiber outages are due to fools operating backhoes.)
If you code, you could consider automating a empirical test with Selenium: http://seleniumhq.org/
Set it up to browse the sites you use the most, and simply run it until the battery dies. Rinse and repeat with other browsers.
A hassle to implement, though...
Because it's not especially good?
I have to disagree. Keen 4-6 are quite good, but definitely challenging to play. Perhaps too much for some?
The real question is, why isn't Keen remade on WiiWare/PS store/Xbox live already?
+1 To you Sir. I was just about to comment the same thing.
I have to say that ever if you're not a passionate gamer it's not that hand to Google it... ;)
Educating oneself about things like these on the Internet is ultimately pretty easy compared to a lot of other settings.
Some are arguing that allowing cookies in the browser is basically equivalent to giving your consent. Time will tell how this all plays out, but it's safe to say that people get bored of clicking "allow" really quickly.
Do browsers even ask if you want to allow cookies these days? I guess not? 10 years ago you did have to explicitly allow them (either globally or on a per-site basis) but I guess they are allowed by default these days? Can't remember seeing a cookie prompt in a long time.
There is nothing like no strings attached sex for either of the sexes. It's always emotional on some level. But like you say it's easier to find men capable of casual sex than women. But emotions always build up in the long run... Despite whoever trying to tell themselves whatever.
Personally, I very, very rarely have trouble sleeping. I usually find myself getting too tired for interactive entertainment about an hour before I want to sleep. I'd *love* to be able to continue playing video games up until lights out, but I just don't have the energy. Those who have lots of energy will keep playing/blogging/hacking.
Based on your /. ID, I reckon most of your inability to continue playing and low energy levels might be age related.
It's predominantly genetic. I sleep 4-7 hours a night. My father is the same. I also tend to go straight from the 'puter to bed, and be sound asleep in about 5-10 mins. Some people simply need more sleep than others, and vice versa. Falling asleep is also a skill in itself, partly genetic, partly learned.
How about no phones during class time period? Do children not have ANY reason to have a phone? It is only when it is used during class time that it interferes.
I have to agree. At least in Finland many people simply don't have landlines any longer. If your kid doesn't have a phone and you want them to be able to call you if they go to a friend or something they need a phone of their own. One might argue that they should tell you beforehand where they are going, but that doesn't exactly work so well anymore when they are in their teens.
P.S. Ubuntu sucks.
Not really biting, but on the subject of Ubuntu:
What I really love about Ubuntu is having a Debian stack underneath, with a nice desktop setup on top. I can do normal desktopy things without extra fuzz, but when I happen to need backend-component-x for our webdev stack I can just apt-get install it with a 95% probability.
I really like the blend of user friendlyness and a solid foundation that Ubuntu provides, and a lot of it is really thanks to Debian. For me, it's a win-win.
yet only 8% of hiring managers would rate IT graduates hired as 'well-trained, ready-to-go,'
That is why only coders interview coders at my employer. You can't get a proper feel for someone's software development skills without having years of experience yourself. Our team is rather picky when hiring, but it's wonderful to be able to trust all team members with non-trivial tasks.
Anyone who have ever worked with an incompetent coder knows how frustrating that is... Can really poison a team.
Employees get to work on stuff that inspires them and learn stuff in the process, and the WP7 app portfolio broadens in the process.
Then again, it's not unheard of that companies let their employees moonlight on stuff that doesn't conflict with the company's interests. But I have to confess I don't know the US job market that well.
I don't know about you guys, but I try not to swap new gadgets all the time not just for economical reasons. It's also a hell of a lot less of a strain on the environment if you can use something longer.
No, the GP is referring to Blizzard's "when it's done" release mentality. They're one of the very few game devs that take as long as they think necessary to make a product. Whether you think it sucks or not is besides the point.
Yes, this is what I was referring to. I have no experience with WoW, but from what I've seen of the development of Starcraft II and Diablo III Blizzard seems to have the ability to tweak their code a long time and still deliver.
It's weird how many engineers fall into the trap of trying too much when settling for good enough would be the right solution. You can always improve stuff in the next version, even if part of the code is ugly. I think the Hurd project has shown how well it works when you insist on getting it "just right".
There are exceptions (Blizzard for example), but often Good Enough is just what you need. Especially with OSS, where the user base doubles as QA and a feedback channel for new ideas.
PHP runs everywhere on the web but it certainly doesn't run everywhere like Java or even Python. There is no such thing as a language that can do everything well but Python, for example, is a damn sight closer to that idea than PHP. PHP really is only good at making web pages and not much else.
True, but judging from TFA the whole thing was about web frameworks, IMHO. :)
So I guess I should clarify: PHP will run on almost any available web hosting out there. Big potential user base = Good Thing.
As a coder-purist snob myself, my opinion is that using PHP disqualifies you from being either of the three.
Honestly, why would you build a framework in a cobbled-together templating language?
Because PHP runs _everywhere_.
Modern PHP has very little in common with the cobbled together PHP+HTML messes we used to se back in the 90s. Sure, it has it's share of warts, but if you'd care to educate yourself you would find that you can do very professional work on PHP with very professional tools. I've yet to see something that rivals Zend Studio combined with Zend Debugger when it comes to tracking down a weird issue, even on a remote server.
My favorite language is Python, but to dismiss PHP completely is simply ignorant these days.
Having grown up with a guy who had a true photographic memory - I call shenanigans. I agree a person can train his memory to work remarkably better; but photographic memories are ... different. I don't know how to describe it, but It's pretty obviously not just a case of a well-trained brain.
Studies of savants indicate that some people truly have the ability to store an image in the mind essentially "uncompressed". Most of us tend to store a heavily compressed representation of an image in our minds, but some people can either bypass this normal processing, or don't seem to have it (the case with many savants). They can truly recall every little insignificant detail of an image without having to make any perceived special effort.
I've once seen a video where savant artist Stephen Wiltshire was taken for a 10 minute helicopter ride over London, and was able to draw images of the cityscape afterwards, down to individual windows of buildings.
http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/
So yes. Photographic memories are indeed different.
I like staying employed. Naked breasts fall pretty squarely in the NSFW realm these days.
That sounds scary... Thank heavens I live in Europe. :)