If you are in the EU, it would be very unlikely for a man to jump out at you with a weapon (unless you were watching England playing soccer).
Most violent crimes are in the family (and you don't want a gun in the house if your teenage son decides to go postal), or caused by poor people. Poor people can't afford guns (especially illegally imported ones), but they can steal them from glove-boxes and suburban houses.
Guess which place is safer?
OK, the US has a lot of street gangs dealing drugs (which is why Canada has guns, but less crime). The gangs only form because they are scary, and they are scary because they have guns. Canada doesn't have street gangs because it is too damn cold to stand in a street corner selling crack, but generally speaking, guns create street gangs, who cause violent crimes.
Seriously, car analogies are better. Nobody goes on off topic rants if you use a car analogy, unless you mention hummers.
Back on topic, how exactly does Ballmer plan on moving Microsoft's employees? Moving a large IT business has got to be in the play book of "stupid things that will bankrupt your company". Most of the staff will go to Google, the rest will go to Apple. I'm sure that Ireland has a few good software engineers, but not as many as Microsoft, and they won't be familiar with the code base.
Used by programmers who what a thing that sort of, you know, manages, their code. Like an interface, or factory, or facade, or adapter, or something like that. You know, like a manager.
Do many westerners know about those events as well? It's also interesting how many westerners know about Tiananmen, but don't actually know what happened.
Steve Keen gets passively aggressively avoided by most mainstream economists in Australia. His models are too complex to work. He uses these exotic things like called "Differential Equations", and they are just too complex to work in the real world.
1984 was basically a rip-off of the earlier and better written "Darkness at Noon" by Koestler (except Orwell added in telescreens, moved it from 1930s Russia to 1980s England, made the timeline linear (rather than flashback based) and changed the toothache to a varicose vein). Orwell was a bit more popular though, because Koestler had, shall we say, "character issues".
Better still, they could put autopilots on normal cars, and eliminate the shitty drivers. Of course, Fisher would object, as it would make it easier for unfit people to reproduce, but I think that natural selection in the human race is a lost cause anyway.
Yossarian was trying to justify assassinating his commanding officer, because the CO was trying to get him killed (by volunteering the group for more dangerous missions).
His point was that the officers were responsible for the fighting, so they were the enemy.
Mod parent up. Seriously, people in North Korea only go along with their dear leader because they think that they are in a good country. NK media pulls lots of tricks, like releasing footage of boxing day sales, then labels them "US consumers panic as famine hits". 1984 wouldn't work with IM.
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live."
âoeThe enemy,â retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, âoeis anybody whoâ(TM)s going to get you killed, no matter which side heâ(TM)s on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And donâ(TM)t you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.â
Surely a.net to {Parrot, JVM, PyPy, LLVM, whatever} parser / template system, plus a re-implementation of any missing libraries is all that's really needed.
I'm not saying that's a trivial system to build, but it's well constrained.
If it's a joke, they won't know who did it. Because there wouldn't be any cameras. (Unless there are... and they just don't label them.... puts on tin foil codpiece)
If a clerk decides to follow company policy rather than saving a mans life, that's the Nuremberg / My Lai defense. It doesn't apply.
Companies are not responsible for the actions of their employees. Milton Friedman may say that your job is to do exactly what the boss says (to maximize profits), but that's bullshit.
You are paid to turn up to work, and follow reasonable instructions. If your instructions are not reasonable, you have a moral obligation to disobey them. You might get fired, but at least you maintain your integrity. There are plenty of jobs around for people who do the right thing - would you rather hire an idiot without the initiative to override a $20 bill (costing the company lots of goodwill), or somebody who acted against policy (informing the boss, of course - honesty counts) to save a life (and the company's reputation)?
What matters are the network affects. The Linux ecosystem (including the pantheon of open source projects) relies on contributions from the 1% of people who are able to fix bugs and add features.
Geeks used to try Linux for geek points. Now geeks use Linux because it's better in most ways for what they use it for. That's the battle that Linux has won.
Yes, I've heard about.net... it's a factor, but if it really flies mono will catch up.
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If you are in the EU, it would be very unlikely for a man to jump out at you with a weapon (unless you were watching England playing soccer).
Most violent crimes are in the family (and you don't want a gun in the house if your teenage son decides to go postal), or caused by poor people. Poor people can't afford guns (especially illegally imported ones), but they can steal them from glove-boxes and suburban houses.
Guess which place is safer?
OK, the US has a lot of street gangs dealing drugs (which is why Canada has guns, but less crime). The gangs only form because they are scary, and they are scary because they have guns. Canada doesn't have street gangs because it is too damn cold to stand in a street corner selling crack, but generally speaking, guns create street gangs, who cause violent crimes.
Seriously, car analogies are better. Nobody goes on off topic rants if you use a car analogy, unless you mention hummers.
Back on topic, how exactly does Ballmer plan on moving Microsoft's employees? Moving a large IT business has got to be in the play book of "stupid things that will bankrupt your company". Most of the staff will go to Google, the rest will go to Apple. I'm sure that Ireland has a few good software engineers, but not as many as Microsoft, and they won't be familiar with the code base.
Ah, Solitaire. The second biggest waste of times since un-metered internet connections. At least they might ban Minesweeper!
Ah, yes, the "Manager" un-pattern.
Used by programmers who what a thing that sort of, you know, manages, their code. Like an interface, or factory, or facade, or adapter, or something like that. You know, like a manager.
Just stick to something simple. Like macos11.com, which has just expired ;). Just check that there aren't any trade mark issues.
Do many westerners know about those events as well? It's also interesting how many westerners know about Tiananmen, but don't actually know what happened.
Steve Keen gets passively aggressively avoided by most mainstream economists in Australia. His models are too complex to work. He uses these exotic things like called "Differential Equations", and they are just too complex to work in the real world.
1984 was basically a rip-off of the earlier and better written "Darkness at Noon" by Koestler (except Orwell added in telescreens, moved it from 1930s Russia to 1980s England, made the timeline linear (rather than flashback based) and changed the toothache to a varicose vein). Orwell was a bit more popular though, because Koestler had, shall we say, "character issues".
Better still, they could put autopilots on normal cars, and eliminate the shitty drivers. Of course, Fisher would object, as it would make it easier for unfit people to reproduce, but I think that natural selection in the human race is a lost cause anyway.
The US used to have a currency backed by the barrel of oil. $20 bought a barrel. Or so the tin-foil-hat-wearing gold-bugs say.
Now that oil has more or less peaked, perhaps renewable resources will take off. Maybe China will get to print the world currency.
Can you get Ubuntu on a stick?
Rickroll with bagpipes? Everything sounds better with bagpipes.
Yossarian was trying to justify assassinating his commanding officer, because the CO was trying to get him killed (by volunteering the group for more dangerous missions).
His point was that the officers were responsible for the fighting, so they were the enemy.
Mod parent up. Seriously, people in North Korea only go along with their dear leader because they think that they are in a good country. NK media pulls lots of tricks, like releasing footage of boxing day sales, then labels them "US consumers panic as famine hits". 1984 wouldn't work with IM.
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live."
âoeThe enemy,â retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, âoeis anybody whoâ(TM)s going to get you killed, no matter which side heâ(TM)s on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And donâ(TM)t you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.â
Or they could teach them all .net, and make them read web forums. Then they are no longer smart enough.
Are we still talking about 8 bit machines?
What sadist modded parent "funny"?
Surely a .net to {Parrot, JVM, PyPy, LLVM, whatever} parser / template system, plus a re-implementation of any missing libraries is all that's really needed.
I'm not saying that's a trivial system to build, but it's well constrained.
Cue open source fembot joke.
What was that line by Linus, about the only instinctive user interface?
If it's a joke, they won't know who did it. Because there wouldn't be any cameras. (Unless there are ... and they just don't label them .... puts on tin foil codpiece)
Plus, they are probably desensitized to it all anyway. It would take a bit to shock them.
Still, I wonder what happened to the goatsie guy, and whether he ever flies.
If a clerk decides to follow company policy rather than saving a mans life, that's the Nuremberg / My Lai defense. It doesn't apply.
Companies are not responsible for the actions of their employees. Milton Friedman may say that your job is to do exactly what the boss says (to maximize profits), but that's bullshit.
You are paid to turn up to work, and follow reasonable instructions. If your instructions are not reasonable, you have a moral obligation to disobey them. You might get fired, but at least you maintain your integrity. There are plenty of jobs around for people who do the right thing - would you rather hire an idiot without the initiative to override a $20 bill (costing the company lots of goodwill), or somebody who acted against policy (informing the boss, of course - honesty counts) to save a life (and the company's reputation)?
Zombies?
What matters are the network affects. The Linux ecosystem (including the pantheon of open source projects) relies on contributions from the 1% of people who are able to fix bugs and add features.
Geeks used to try Linux for geek points. Now geeks use Linux because it's better in most ways for what they use it for. That's the battle that Linux has won.
Yes, I've heard about .net ... it's a factor, but if it really flies mono will catch up.