Damn - someone beat me to it. At least I can provide the chorus.:) They told us what they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance So we go ahead And the meters are over in the Red It's a mistake in the making
I tried. I *really* tried to watch this show. It's creative, I'll give it that. Unfortunately, it's simply too bizarre and, quite frankly, too stupid for words.
IMO, that show is simply yet more proof that all it takes to keep a show alive is a little T & A.
Farscape is cool, but it grates on me at times. SG1 has been good, at least the little I saw. For now, I'll take Enterprise over all of them (excluding the theme song).
If (when..) they go to war with China, both countries have the resources for an arms race, producing new Anti aircraft defences and possibly making the B-52 obsolete.
Sorry bud, but China's military is really only on par with Iraq's, and it's probably not even that good. They probably have more AA & SAM's, but so what? Their main advantage over Iraq is that they have tons of (expendable) troops, size and terrain. Their Air Force is small, and their tanks seriously outdated
They do have some long range missle technology, however, and you can bet that's why Bush got out of the ABM treaty. You can thank Clinton for giving it to them. Hope it was worth the campaign contributions.
That being said, if we go war, we'll probably just nuke the fuckers.
The messages are not actually kept in the air: they're stored on an Internet page. But that page's Web address is linked to coordinates on the Earth's surface, rather than a person or organisation.
Well, hybrid technology is already here. I drive a Toyota Prius (and love it!) and there's also the Honda Insight. Neither reclaim heat, however, so this may be one more may to charge the battery while the engine is running.
Chrysler has a diesel hybrid in development, a prototype called the ESX3, that currently is getting around 72 mpg. The main problem for them is *cost*. As time passes, this will go down. I don't know if they reclaim engine heat, but I doubt it.
Ford *does* have an all electric prototype but it, and any early all-electric cars would be primarily designed for the folks who want a strictly "in-town" car. This notion is already catching on in the form of NEV's (Neighborhood Electric Vehicles).
But, yes, this sort of technology will be probably be pointless within 20 years, at least for automobiles. May have some other uses, however.
Don't know of any open source solutions but back in my military days we used a text-based DBMS called BRS by Dataware Technologies. It was *fast*. Made relational db's look stupid.
>"When I became a man, I put away childish things"
You mean like computers? Or your vocabulary?
>you infantile geeks need to take a tip from Paul >and grow the fuck up
Trust me, I don't take it that seriously (except when people were crashguarding my computer - now *that* pissed me off). It's just annoying, that's all. Why don't you chill out?
>no more delusions about the importance of >slashdot and your precious little 'community' of >misanthropic retards
I rarely post here, actually. Slashdot isn't precious to me by any means. I was bored. Thought I'd see what trolls I could drag out.
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>Better cheezy sci-fi than no sci-fi at all.
I'd rather watch Babylon 5 re-runs. I'm gonna go back to DS 9, too.
>>If you think someone you're playing with is cheating, go find another game
So, if they started cheating regularly in the NFL, NBA or NHL (or whatever your favorite sport happens to be), you wouldn't be bothered at all? After all, those are just games too, right?
I played Allegiance for a while. It was bad in that other players could crashguard your computer (though you could protect yourself with a patch or good firewall program). Cheating did occur, but was generally minimal because the team commanders could boot people off the team at will. That seemed to work very well - you cheat, you're gone and no stats for you, thank you very much.
Point is, we shouldn't *have* to take our ball and go home.
There is the "ruby application archive" at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html.
Yes, CPAN is great and no other language comes close to the support found on CPAN. Of course, there's only one way to remedy that problem and that is to join the Ruby community and actually contribute.
I'm not a Python proponent (Ruby actually), but how about:
"Python has thread support. Perl doesn't".
Yes, there are *experimental* threads at the moment in Perl, but even the docs say they shouldn't be used in production due to problems and the possibility that the API could change.
Of course, I would use Ruby for this.:)
Dan
I know Perl. Perl has its quirks. I heard about Python and read up on it. I liked it for the most part but hated the enforced spacing rules. Reminds me of COBOL. Then I picked up the pick-axe book for Ruby and found the ultimate scripting language.
Why use Python instead of Ruby?
I agree with these points completely. The show
has become so sterile that I can barely stand it.
It's one of the reasons Babylon 5 was so refreshing. You might actually see a speck of
dirt on Babylon 5. People have *sex* on Babylon
5!
I keep watching ST:Voyager in the hope that I'll
see a really good episode.
There are maybe a dozen episodes from TNG that I
would consider excellent. The rest range from
mediocre to junk. Voyager is even worse. I've
seen less than a handful of good episodes.
I'm also still wondering why "7 of 9" (aka "6 of 9", aka the sweeps week star that stayed) wears
heels.
Dan
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Next up, Microsoft Linux!
Outdated now, but I couldn't find a more recent chart, and I couldn't find a job ad survey from O'Reilly anywhere.
In case any has missed it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-583031888 2717959520
I can't wait for the sequel!
Damn - someone beat me to it. At least I can provide the chorus. :)
They told us what they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone from a distance
So we go ahead
And the meters are over in the Red
It's a mistake in the making
Is Microsoft. The Devil you don't know is Walmart.
I don't make deals with the Devil - any devil.
See How Walmart is Destroying America (and what you can do about it) by Bill Quinn for more details.
Fuck. A lot.
I tried. I *really* tried to watch this show. It's creative, I'll give it that. Unfortunately, it's simply too bizarre and, quite frankly, too stupid for words.
IMO, that show is simply yet more proof that all it takes to keep a show alive is a little T & A.
Farscape is cool, but it grates on me at times. SG1 has been good, at least the little I saw. For now, I'll take Enterprise over all of them (excluding the theme song).
No, they don't. Their Air Force is much smaller than you might think, and mostly old Russian crap anyway.
As for stationing your troops - it's called South Korea. Presumably N. Korea will either join us or fight us. Doubt they'd remain neutral.
Ship to ship missiles, eh? Too bad they don't stop subs (or nukes).
Taiwan - good place to launch land based cruise missles.
If (when..) they go to war with China, both countries have the resources for an arms race, producing new Anti aircraft defences and possibly making the B-52 obsolete.
Sorry bud, but China's military is really only on par with Iraq's, and it's probably not even that good. They probably have more AA & SAM's, but so what? Their main advantage over Iraq is that they have tons of (expendable) troops, size and terrain. Their Air Force is small, and their tanks seriously outdated
They do have some long range missle technology, however, and you can bet that's why Bush got out of the ABM treaty. You can thank Clinton for giving it to them. Hope it was worth the campaign contributions.
That being said, if we go war, we'll probably just nuke the fuckers.
What a dipshit. If you went into this movie expecting intelligence, it only means that you are a FUCKING MORON.
Movies like this have only 1 goal - to make you laugh. If you laughed, they succeeded.
You deserved whatever torture you suffered.
The messages are not actually kept in the air: they're stored on an Internet page. But that page's Web address is linked to coordinates on the Earth's surface, rather than a person or organisation.
Gives a whole new meaning to "cybersquatting".
Well, hybrid technology is already here. I drive a Toyota Prius (and love it!) and there's also the Honda Insight. Neither reclaim heat, however, so this may be one more may to charge the battery while the engine is running.
Chrysler has a diesel hybrid in development, a prototype called the ESX3, that currently is getting around 72 mpg. The main problem for them is *cost*. As time passes, this will go down. I don't know if they reclaim engine heat, but I doubt it.
Ford *does* have an all electric prototype but it, and any early all-electric cars would be primarily designed for the folks who want a strictly "in-town" car. This notion is already catching on in the form of NEV's (Neighborhood Electric Vehicles).
But, yes, this sort of technology will be probably be pointless within 20 years, at least for automobiles. May have some other uses, however.
Don't know of any open source solutions but back in my military days we used a text-based DBMS called BRS by Dataware Technologies. It was *fast*. Made relational db's look stupid.
Forget the rabbit. Where's the Moose?
Probably all mid-level managers and VP's anyway. Good riddance.
What's the unemployment rate here again? Scoreboard! Scoreboard!
You mean like computers? Or your vocabulary?
>you infantile geeks need to take a tip from Paul >and grow the fuck up
Trust me, I don't take it that seriously (except when people were crashguarding my computer - now *that* pissed me off). It's just annoying, that's all. Why don't you chill out?
>no more delusions about the importance of >slashdot and your precious little 'community' of >misanthropic retards
I rarely post here, actually. Slashdot isn't precious to me by any means. I was bored. Thought I'd see what trolls I could drag out.
I'd rather watch Babylon 5 re-runs. I'm gonna go back to DS 9, too.
That I payed $45 for
>>If you think someone you're playing with is cheating, go find another game
So, if they started cheating regularly in the NFL, NBA or NHL (or whatever your favorite sport happens to be), you wouldn't be bothered at all? After all, those are just games too, right?
I played Allegiance for a while. It was bad in that other players could crashguard your computer (though you could protect yourself with a patch or good firewall program). Cheating did occur, but was generally minimal because the team commanders could boot people off the team at will. That seemed to work very well - you cheat, you're gone and no stats for you, thank you very much.
Point is, we shouldn't *have* to take our ball and go home.
I second that. It's 5.x forever or Python and Ruby, here I come.
There is the "ruby application archive" at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html.
Yes, CPAN is great and no other language comes close to the support found on CPAN. Of course, there's only one way to remedy that problem and that is to join the Ruby community and actually contribute.
Well, one clear benefit of Ruby over Perl is (working) thread support.
What compelling argument did Python have over Perl beyond different default scoping, nicer syntax and cleaner integration of object-orientedness?
I'm glad to see that Ruby is getting some attention here on Slashdot. It's a great scripting language IMO. No tabs required. :)
Dan
I'm not a Python proponent (Ruby actually), but how about: "Python has thread support. Perl doesn't". Yes, there are *experimental* threads at the moment in Perl, but even the docs say they shouldn't be used in production due to problems and the possibility that the API could change. Of course, I would use Ruby for this. :)
Dan
I know Perl. Perl has its quirks. I heard about Python and read up on it. I liked it for the most part but hated the enforced spacing rules. Reminds me of COBOL. Then I picked up the pick-axe book for Ruby and found the ultimate scripting language. Why use Python instead of Ruby?
I agree with these points completely. The show has become so sterile that I can barely stand it. It's one of the reasons Babylon 5 was so refreshing. You might actually see a speck of dirt on Babylon 5. People have *sex* on Babylon 5! I keep watching ST:Voyager in the hope that I'll see a really good episode. There are maybe a dozen episodes from TNG that I would consider excellent. The rest range from mediocre to junk. Voyager is even worse. I've seen less than a handful of good episodes. I'm also still wondering why "7 of 9" (aka "6 of 9", aka the sweeps week star that stayed) wears heels. Dan