In all seriousness, in pondering the success of In-n-out, a number of things
have come up. The simplicity of the menu is part of it; but other things too.
Simply selling few items won't help you if those items are absolute crap.
Otherwise, we'd all be eating at Taco Bell every night, discussing our latest
Brainfuck coding project.
I read back up through the comments and saw that.
I'm 0 for 2 on car stuff here on Slashdot lately. It might
have something to do with not having worked on anything
later than mid-80s. I guess I should just restrain
myself on car tech remarks here, or learn more...
A high-compression ratio engine is a classic situation
where your are recommended, even REQUIRED to fill up with premium.
Nevermind mpg, what about dollars per mile?
I would be around peace activists more if they weren't anti-capitalists.
Said before and it must be said again, many in the US oppose war. Few
oppose capitalism.
Divorce socialism from pacifism FTW!
Towards the end of the Bush administration, and while still living in DC,
I decided to lay aside those differences and march. I was pleasantly surprised
to find that for some odd reason there were not too many socialists or muslims
chanting "Allah u akbar" as in marches that I had previously observed. Aside
from the unavoidable contingent of self-styled anarchists who are a minority
and had actually separated themselves from the march, it was a fairly sane lot.
I'll never forget it--it was horribly cold that day, early spring or late
winter. We marched from the Lincoln memorial, across the memorial bridge to a
field north of the Pentagon, where some speeches were given.
In previous marches, there were actually threats to deface the Lincoln memorial.
Once again, these were splinter groups. It was interesting though. Many of the self-appointed
guardians of the memorial were "Harley rider veteran types", many not simply pro-soldier
but pro-war and flag waving. Since many of them wore black leather for riding, there was
an unintended effect: Our counterparts appeared black, in the "evil" sense of that word.
The two sides exchanged accusations along the lines of "it's all your fault", as the
march passed. A part of me wanted to get between them and say, "it's all our faults. It never should
have come to this" and walk off. I didn't do that though...
Yeah, it's like removing the sideview mirror from my car,
and then suing the car manufacturer because I have a patent
with claim "235. car with sideview mirror removed".
Every once in a while I'll google around for a quote that I know is Biblical, simply because I want the chapter and verse.
bible.cc is one site that comes up in Google when you do that. It has multiple translations and languages even!
Bible.cc has bookstore links and just a few small ads. Bible.com has an interstitial, and comes off as "megachurch Christian" rather than Bible-study oriented.
That they failed to capitalize seems likely; but if every board that failed to capitalize were liable, it'd be a different world, or would it? I've held a number of stocks where there were shareholder class actions, and have always marveled that anybody would want to essentially sue themselves. The only winners are the lawyers. Suits like this are usually just a sign that the company is circling the drain.
I disabled "dynamic discussions" in my prefs, and the problem went away.
That might be coincidence though. Just as an experiment, try going into
your prefs and just saving what's already there. What's a "dynamic discussion" anyway?
Re:Need a better client-side scripting language
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How Do Browsers Scale?
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why did javascript become the defacto client-side scripting language
I think it had something to do with the Normans
invading England in 1066. The Normans liked coffee,
and the English were writing all these scripts, which
would ultimately become Shakespeare's plays. Then
the French and some Latins got involved. After that
they built a navy and used it to create a global
empire which spread--what? Javascript you say? Not English?
Sorry. Nevermind.
1: No, look he's over there.
2: Where?
1: Between this and that.
2: OK, between this and that. There's a thing between this and that.
1: Yes, look between this and that other thing.
2: OK, there's something there is that him?
1: No, look between this and that. Keep looking...
OK, it is a bit simplistic. Here's a less simplistic and as you say, "snarky" way
of looking at it.
In a Libertarian society, there would still have to be some government
to act as a referee. Anything else is, as you say, anarchy. Of course
in this ideal Libertarian society, nobody would buy laws. Nobody.
They're all saints. That's the problem. They're not all saints. Libertarianism
is very much like communism in this regard. Both systems would work really
well if people were all saints.
If electricity is free then no one would feel the need to conserve it, causing power usage to balloon beyond control
When I went to school, the dorms were un-metered. We used to joke
about starting an electroplating business. Strangely, the idea of
growing pot never came up. I don't seem to recall hearing much about
indoor grows in the 80s anyway. It must have become more popular as
the DEA started flying over remote areas...
There's nothing libertarian about "buying laws". In a libertarian society...
The best rebuttal I ever heard to this was posted here on Slashdot, and it went something like this:
"If the Libertarians get their way, something worse than the state will replace it; but the
intervening 10 seconds of anarcho-capitalism will be pure bliss"
Wish I had the orignila quote. It was more eloquent and perhaps more concise.
In the long run, the number of votes cast would
tend to be based on prevailing interest rates. If
the winner's salary + bribes is $1 million, and the
prevailing rate of interest is 2%, then spending $50 million
would only get you prevailing interest. You should spend
less, because there are risks to being an office holder,
and you might also lose.
Ultimately, an options market should be built around
the candidates, and we should dispense with voting
and simply sell shares in each candidate. Insted of pork,
they could just pay dividends.
Of course, on the way to this perfection there might
be some problems with candidate derivatives being sold
over the counter, and banks over-leveraging on a particular
candidate that nobody thought would lose or get sick and die.
Nevertheless, we should proceed. I'll get in touch
with the Grand Negis shortly...
I've been on Slashdot long enough to have seen
some shifts in the system over the years. I might even
have scored a 5 digit uid, but I resisted registering
for several months. I didn't think it was important!
The elimination of numerical Karma ended the fun
(or problem, depending on how you look at it) of accumulating
and "spending" Karma for the thrill of it. Before they
eliminated numerical Karma, I even engaged in a bit of trolling
myself. My parody of a suicide bombing incident with page-widening
standing in for the explosion is still out there somewhere.
After that, it seemed stable for a while. Lately, it seems like there has
been an increase in people using negative moderation qualities
for points with which they disagree.
BTW, I don't moderate. Whatever qualities there are that draw
people towards moderation, I guess I don't have them. Many thanks
to those who *do* find some pleasure in being judges. Also, thanks
to those who have decided that if they really don't like what I'm saying,
giving up moderation rights and commenting is the correct way to
handle that as opposed hitting the Troll button.
I thought local builders were relatively safe from outsourcing
Easy enough to do with panelized construction,
components, etc. When they were still building
houses like crazy, most of them were probably framed
by illegal immigrants, and fitted with imported appliances.
Now excuse me while I prop another 2x4 against my office wall...
In all seriousness, I've been told that when looking for a house
you want to find one that was built during a recession. In theory,
people were able to chose better contractors during hard times, whereas
boom-time houses are more likely to be slapped together quickly to
make a buck.
After reading the TFA (yeah, I know) the FBI actions
seem warranted, even though they didn't have a warrant.
Score 1 for the FBI. Epic fail for the 9th circuit.
Even though they were right, they still should have gone
through the proper procedure.
I don't know about you, but I'm willing to pay an extra
$1/year in taxes so the FBI follows proper procedure and
gets a warrant. If everybody pays that, it's about $300 million.
I doubt it would even cost that much to actually do what
the Constitution requires. You know, that document that you
SWORE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND?
You unfriended someone because of their taste in cinema? Really? REALLY?
Maybe there are some Harvard professors out there who have friends that always talk about "shopping, hairstyles, and OMG did you see that dress???"
I'm sure it gets old for the professor quickly. From the other side, maybe she wonders why he just blankly stares when she talks.
Some people are "mass market". Other people are geeks. This is Slashdot. That he unfriended somebody who likes mass-market cookie-cutter movies doesn't surprise me. Why should he be forced to bore himself with someone like that?What's wrong with wanting to hang out with people who are on the same level? I say, nothing.
The economy was so bad they had to invent this thing called "The Misery Index"
Inflation got started as the result of Vietnam. It was under Nixon that we were forced
to face reality and come off the gold standard. That was bad enough, but then when Carter
was in office the first oil shock was also in full swing.
Carter was not our best president, but he had crappy luck. The USSR invaded Afghanistan
and the Iranian revolution were thrown into this mix too.
The Carter legacy? He appointed Paul Volcker, who stopped the inflation which, IMHO was
not Carter's fault. I hope he lives to see the day when more Americans start rating him higher.
I know that as the years have gone by, my opinion of him has gone up. BTW, he recovered from a
brief illness and was out pounding nails again just recently.
Oh, and solar panels were put on the WH by Carter, removed by Reagan, and Obama is putting
panels back up. Let's hope it's not an omen.
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Brainfuck has just eight commands. Coincidence?
In all seriousness, in pondering the success of In-n-out, a number of things have come up. The simplicity of the menu is part of it; but other things too.
Simply selling few items won't help you if those items are absolute crap. Otherwise, we'd all be eating at Taco Bell every night, discussing our latest Brainfuck coding project.
I read back up through the comments and saw that. I'm 0 for 2 on car stuff here on Slashdot lately. It might have something to do with not having worked on anything later than mid-80s. I guess I should just restrain myself on car tech remarks here, or learn more...
A high-compression ratio engine is a classic situation where your are recommended, even REQUIRED to fill up with premium. Nevermind mpg, what about dollars per mile?
I would be around peace activists more if they weren't anti-capitalists. Said before and it must be said again, many in the US oppose war. Few oppose capitalism.
Divorce socialism from pacifism FTW!
Towards the end of the Bush administration, and while still living in DC, I decided to lay aside those differences and march. I was pleasantly surprised to find that for some odd reason there were not too many socialists or muslims chanting "Allah u akbar" as in marches that I had previously observed. Aside from the unavoidable contingent of self-styled anarchists who are a minority and had actually separated themselves from the march, it was a fairly sane lot.
I'll never forget it--it was horribly cold that day, early spring or late winter. We marched from the Lincoln memorial, across the memorial bridge to a field north of the Pentagon, where some speeches were given.
In previous marches, there were actually threats to deface the Lincoln memorial. Once again, these were splinter groups. It was interesting though. Many of the self-appointed guardians of the memorial were "Harley rider veteran types", many not simply pro-soldier but pro-war and flag waving. Since many of them wore black leather for riding, there was an unintended effect: Our counterparts appeared black, in the "evil" sense of that word.
The two sides exchanged accusations along the lines of "it's all your fault", as the march passed. A part of me wanted to get between them and say, "it's all our faults. It never should have come to this" and walk off. I didn't do that though...
Yeah, it's like removing the sideview mirror from my car, and then suing the car manufacturer because I have a patent with claim "235. car with sideview mirror removed".
Every once in a while I'll google around for a quote that I know is Biblical, simply because I want the chapter and verse.
bible.cc is one site that comes up in Google when you do that. It has multiple translations and languages even!
Bible.cc has bookstore links and just a few small ads. Bible.com has an interstitial, and comes off as "megachurch Christian" rather than Bible-study oriented.
That they failed to capitalize seems likely; but if every board that failed to capitalize were liable, it'd be a different world, or would it? I've held a number of stocks where there were shareholder class actions, and have always marveled that anybody would want to essentially sue themselves. The only winners are the lawyers. Suits like this are usually just a sign that the company is circling the drain.
There's really "nothing to see here. Move on".
I disabled "dynamic discussions" in my prefs, and the problem went away.
That might be coincidence though. Just as an experiment, try going into your prefs and just saving what's already there. What's a "dynamic discussion" anyway?
why did javascript become the defacto client-side scripting language
I think it had something to do with the Normans invading England in 1066. The Normans liked coffee, and the English were writing all these scripts, which would ultimately become Shakespeare's plays. Then the French and some Latins got involved. After that they built a navy and used it to create a global empire which spread--what? Javascript you say? Not English? Sorry. Nevermind.
Insurance companies won't pay for something that might also be used for non-medical purposes
uh-oh...
1: No, look he's over there.
2: Where?
1: Between this and that.
2: OK, between this and that. There's a thing between this and that.
1: Yes, look between this and that other thing.
2: OK, there's something there is that him?
1: No, look between this and that. Keep looking...
OK, it is a bit simplistic. Here's a less simplistic and as you say, "snarky" way of looking at it.
In a Libertarian society, there would still have to be some government to act as a referee. Anything else is, as you say, anarchy. Of course in this ideal Libertarian society, nobody would buy laws. Nobody. They're all saints. That's the problem. They're not all saints. Libertarianism is very much like communism in this regard. Both systems would work really well if people were all saints.
I remember being told this in highschool. There was much objection, but the teacher shut us up by simply saying "give me a number in between them."
Did anybody answer 1.999.../2 ?
This is Slashdot. Better explained this way:
When the decimal repeats, you enter a loop. The ...9991 is unreachable code.
If electricity is free then no one would feel the need to conserve it, causing power usage to balloon beyond control
When I went to school, the dorms were un-metered. We used to joke about starting an electroplating business. Strangely, the idea of growing pot never came up. I don't seem to recall hearing much about indoor grows in the 80s anyway. It must have become more popular as the DEA started flying over remote areas...
There's nothing libertarian about "buying laws". In a libertarian society...
The best rebuttal I ever heard to this was posted here on Slashdot, and it went something like this:
"If the Libertarians get their way, something worse than the state will replace it; but the intervening 10 seconds of anarcho-capitalism will be pure bliss"
Wish I had the orignila quote. It was more eloquent and perhaps more concise.
So. Just to get this all straight. Some couple from North Carolina paid $49 million to Apple for an acre in Cupertino with a pond. Right?
In the long run, the number of votes cast would tend to be based on prevailing interest rates. If the winner's salary + bribes is $1 million, and the prevailing rate of interest is 2%, then spending $50 million would only get you prevailing interest. You should spend less, because there are risks to being an office holder, and you might also lose.
Ultimately, an options market should be built around the candidates, and we should dispense with voting and simply sell shares in each candidate. Insted of pork, they could just pay dividends.
Of course, on the way to this perfection there might be some problems with candidate derivatives being sold over the counter, and banks over-leveraging on a particular candidate that nobody thought would lose or get sick and die.
Nevertheless, we should proceed. I'll get in touch with the Grand Negis shortly...
I've been on Slashdot long enough to have seen some shifts in the system over the years. I might even have scored a 5 digit uid, but I resisted registering for several months. I didn't think it was important!
The elimination of numerical Karma ended the fun (or problem, depending on how you look at it) of accumulating and "spending" Karma for the thrill of it. Before they eliminated numerical Karma, I even engaged in a bit of trolling myself. My parody of a suicide bombing incident with page-widening standing in for the explosion is still out there somewhere.
After that, it seemed stable for a while. Lately, it seems like there has been an increase in people using negative moderation qualities for points with which they disagree.
BTW, I don't moderate. Whatever qualities there are that draw people towards moderation, I guess I don't have them. Many thanks to those who *do* find some pleasure in being judges. Also, thanks to those who have decided that if they really don't like what I'm saying, giving up moderation rights and commenting is the correct way to handle that as opposed hitting the Troll button.
Like comment moderation would ever work
Will Yahoo! please pick up the white courtesy phone? Please pick up, Yahoo!. It's important.
So, will fungicide be the answer? IANAbiologist, but fungi are easier to kill, right?
I thought local builders were relatively safe from outsourcing
Easy enough to do with panelized construction, components, etc. When they were still building houses like crazy, most of them were probably framed by illegal immigrants, and fitted with imported appliances.
Now excuse me while I prop another 2x4 against my office wall...
In all seriousness, I've been told that when looking for a house you want to find one that was built during a recession. In theory, people were able to chose better contractors during hard times, whereas boom-time houses are more likely to be slapped together quickly to make a buck.
After reading the TFA (yeah, I know) the FBI actions seem warranted, even though they didn't have a warrant.
Score 1 for the FBI. Epic fail for the 9th circuit. Even though they were right, they still should have gone through the proper procedure.
I don't know about you, but I'm willing to pay an extra $1/year in taxes so the FBI follows proper procedure and gets a warrant. If everybody pays that, it's about $300 million. I doubt it would even cost that much to actually do what the Constitution requires. You know, that document that you SWORE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND?
It's the East coast, so it's mild compared to southern heat
Congratulations. You win a 2 week vacation to DC starting next August. I'm sure you're psyched, since you've obviously never been there.
You unfriended someone because of their taste in cinema? Really? REALLY?
Maybe there are some Harvard professors out there who have friends that always talk about "shopping, hairstyles, and OMG did you see that dress???"
I'm sure it gets old for the professor quickly. From the other side, maybe she wonders why he just blankly stares when she talks.
Some people are "mass market". Other people are geeks. This is Slashdot. That he unfriended somebody who likes mass-market cookie-cutter movies doesn't surprise me. Why should he be forced to bore himself with someone like that?What's wrong with wanting to hang out with people who are on the same level? I say, nothing.
The economy was so bad they had to invent this thing called "The Misery Index"
Inflation got started as the result of Vietnam. It was under Nixon that we were forced to face reality and come off the gold standard. That was bad enough, but then when Carter was in office the first oil shock was also in full swing.
Carter was not our best president, but he had crappy luck. The USSR invaded Afghanistan and the Iranian revolution were thrown into this mix too.
The Carter legacy? He appointed Paul Volcker, who stopped the inflation which, IMHO was not Carter's fault. I hope he lives to see the day when more Americans start rating him higher. I know that as the years have gone by, my opinion of him has gone up. BTW, he recovered from a brief illness and was out pounding nails again just recently.
Oh, and solar panels were put on the WH by Carter, removed by Reagan, and Obama is putting panels back up. Let's hope it's not an omen.