> I find social networking sites to be far too much of a drain. I prefer e-mail. Quick and to the point. In fact, e-mail is pretty much the only way I really like to communicate (besides face-to-face of course) at all. Every thing else (including phone) annoys the hell out of me (and no I do not own a cell phone).
I agree with almost everything in that. I bet there are a lot of people like us. If only there was some place for us all to hang out and chat, a forum or something... I'm only half being sarcastic - where does one bitch about what is wrong with cellphones and how much better the world would be if people had more deterrent between being able to share every trivial little mental fart that pops into their heads ?
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> Come to think of it, the TeX/Emacs vs Word and Unix vs Windows differences are very much like the difference between C/C++ and Lisp/Scheme.
You bastard, I tried to parse that repeatedly. What are you comparing to what ?
> Here if your kid id in a comatose state with 40+C you will be asked to take it to the GP during the opening hours
You must live in a shitty district. In Oxford that's not my experience at all, I call, a Dr calls back within 20 minutes, we talk, if its moderately serious the kid gets seen typically within an 1.5 hrs [on a Sunday say]. If its really serious they send an ambulance, otherwise I have to take them to a special clinic, but its pretty prompt. I don't know where else you have lived, but compared to my experience with healthcare in US [even with insurance], the NHS is pretty good these days.
I don't think of inheritance and composition as *reusing* code, thats more just *using* it afaiac so I guess I would have been stumped by that question too. Lisp can double as knitting patterns and I guess perl can be a decent approximation to line noise, python can sometimes be read as intensely obscure haikus but its all a bit of a stretch.
I'm pretty sure there is a significant reduction in oxygen in water that has been microwaved. Tea made with water boiled in a microwave tastes worse than freshly kettle boiled water [I was able to tell quite easily on blind tests, although I didnt go as far as to do double-blind tests]. If you reboil the kettle a couple of times it tastes as bad as the microwaved tea [ a known mistake which effects taste due to deoxygenisation ].
The point is that people often use the same passwords on multiple systems. If you can crack them you can very likely gain access to other systems without having to wait for uses to login at a time when you dont know how long you have control of the system
As long as you are prepared to do go elsewhere you probably won't have to and you certainly don't have to sign the contract. In my experience, people are far more willing to negotiate on contracts than is expected. Whoever is in a position of power will *always* say "this is the standard contract, its what everybody signs, and its non-negotiable", at which point most people yield. Most of the time this is a bluff to weed out the weak, if you strike out or ammend the clauses you find unreasonable and stand firm then they most likely negotiate, especially if you do so privately so they're not scared that your example will cause grief with everyone else. Alternatively just ignore it - that worked great for me when facing a very similar situation at a previous employer, I got reminded once a month for about 4 months and then they just forgot about it.
> If you don't like the law, change it at the ballots, not the jury box. It's a democracy, after all.
Fuck you. The jury box is a far more effective place to change the law than the ballot box because it corresponds to the precise issue, and it is a right whether you like it or not. Laws arent changed at ballots. They are changed through struggle, protests, campaign contributions, etc etc. Also, democracy/tyranny is a continuum not a binary thing. The US is not democratic in many respects, our representetives dont really represent us for a start, they represent special interests that can pay to get them reelected. We dont get to vote on the issues, if we did, copyright would not be anything like what it is now.
> The notice also says that they would like to thank the community for bringing it to their attention.
Sure they would. I think this is a similar kind of thanks that schoolkids were supposed to give on receiving a beating: "thank you sir, may i have another"
> I would disagree that it is not an inevitable consequence of intelligence.
Up to a point perhaps, but how much compassion do we have for chickens ? It seems like a very hand wavy argument that since the machines would be that much more intelligent than us they would be that much more compassionate than us. Our compassion seems to tail off pretty quickly the further down the scale organisms are from us - chimps: ok, dolphins: ahhh, pigs: hmm, cute when small but I *like* bacon, chickens: fuckit, who cares... I wouldnt want to stake my life on the compassion a 5th generation AI has for the violent ape like taking up a thoroughly disproportionate amount of the planet's resources.
Dude, the morning after a good night out when I was a student, I could have blown a.10. Luckily I never really felt like going anywhere under those circumstances
Ummm, maybe you shouldnt be driving full speed in a heavy vehicle coming up to a traffic light. Its up to the driver to be able to handle stopping in time at an intersection, and the maximum amount of time you should be able to do that in is not determined by how long the light is yellow, its determined by how long it would take to spot someone else on the intersection who wasnt supposed to be there.
So, depends on the intersection, visibility etc, but just how short is the yellow where you are ? - unless its seriously short I think you're pushing things slightly.
So - is the station breathalyzer more accurate, did they test you on that, what was your reading ? Also, when you refuse to take field sobriety test, does that mean refusing the "roadside olympics" and/or the mobile breathalyzer test ? Is that allowable in all states or just Washington ?
I'm not calling him a Nazi, he was however in the Hitler youth. Can't say I blame him for that, but I sure can ridicule him for it. Papal infalibility...
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> I find social networking sites to be far too much of a drain. I prefer e-mail. Quick and to the point. In fact, e-mail is pretty much the only way I really like to communicate (besides face-to-face of course) at all. Every thing else (including phone) annoys the hell out of me (and no I do not own a cell phone).
I agree with almost everything in that. I bet there are a lot of people like us. If only there was some place for us all to hang out and chat, a forum or something... I'm only half being sarcastic - where does one bitch about what
is wrong with cellphones and how much better the world would be if people
had more deterrent between being able to share every trivial little mental
fart that pops into their heads ?
> Come to think of it, the TeX/Emacs vs Word and Unix vs Windows differences are very much like the difference between C/C++ and Lisp/Scheme.
You bastard, I tried to parse that repeatedly. What are you comparing to what ?
> If you have mission-critical apps, hassle their makers constantly, asking for a 64-bit Vista version
Fuck that. Use Windows 2003 64bit.
no, you can't be tried for the same crime twice, unless it was a mistrial
for valid reasons
> Here if your kid id in a comatose state with 40+C you will be asked to take it to the GP during the opening hours
You must live in a shitty district. In Oxford that's not my experience at all,
I call, a Dr calls back within 20 minutes, we talk, if its moderately
serious the kid gets seen typically within an 1.5 hrs [on a Sunday say].
If its really serious they send an ambulance, otherwise I have to take them
to a special clinic, but its pretty prompt. I don't know where else you
have lived, but compared to my experience with healthcare in US [even with insurance],
the NHS is pretty good these days.
Human nature isn't it. So, you're an IT pro and hate
computers. Just be grateful you're not a gynecologist.
Quite.
Amongst the better informed, not having a cell phone
is definitely a status symbol [at least in Europe where
they've been cheap for longer than in US]
Not owning a cell phone is a far clearer symbol of independence
and freedom than owning an assault rifle or a Harley Davidson.
You always hear the argument that you can turn it off when you like
or only use it for outgoing calls, but in practice people don't
so just say no.
I don't think of inheritance and composition as *reusing* code,
thats more just *using* it afaiac so I guess I would have been
stumped by that question too. Lisp can double as knitting patterns
and I guess perl can be a decent approximation to line noise, python
can sometimes be read as intensely obscure haikus but its all a bit
of a stretch.
I'm pretty sure there is a significant reduction in oxygen in water
that has been microwaved. Tea made with water boiled in a microwave
tastes worse than freshly kettle boiled water [I was able to
tell quite easily on blind tests, although I didnt go as far as
to do double-blind tests]. If you reboil the kettle
a couple of times it tastes as bad as the microwaved tea [ a known
mistake which effects taste due to deoxygenisation ].
The point is that people often use the same passwords
on multiple systems. If you can crack them you can
very likely gain access to other systems without having
to wait for uses to login at a time when you dont know
how long you have control of the system
You can get a selection of stupidity filters for cable tv here
As long as you are prepared to do go elsewhere you probably won't have to and you certainly don't have to sign the contract. In my experience, people are far more willing to negotiate on contracts than is expected. Whoever is in a position of power will *always* say "this is the standard contract, its what everybody signs, and its non-negotiable", at which point most people yield. Most of the time this is a bluff to weed out the weak, if you strike out or ammend the clauses you find unreasonable and stand firm then they most likely negotiate, especially if you do so privately so they're not scared that your example will cause grief with everyone else. Alternatively just ignore it - that worked great for me when facing a very similar situation at a previous employer, I got reminded once a month for about 4 months and then they just forgot about it.
> If you don't like the law, change it at the ballots, not the jury box. It's a democracy, after all.
Fuck you. The jury box is a far more effective place to change the law than the ballot box because it corresponds to the precise issue, and it is a right whether you like it or not. Laws arent changed at ballots. They are changed through struggle, protests, campaign contributions, etc etc. Also, democracy/tyranny is a continuum not a binary thing. The US is not democratic in many respects, our representetives dont really represent us for a start, they represent special interests that can pay to get them reelected. We dont get to vote on the issues, if we did, copyright would not be anything like what it is now.
> The notice also says that they would like to thank the community for bringing it to their attention.
Sure they would. I think this is a similar kind of thanks that schoolkids were supposed to give on receiving a beating: "thank you sir, may i have another"
> THIS is why courts and good lawyers hate juries.
You would prefer the judge to determine guilt and punishment then ?
> There is a good reason why the court system tosses our jurors who know about
Listen to yourself. You are defending a practice of discarding jurors on the basis
that they are insufficiently ignorant.
My guess is he just listens to Offspring too much:
...
And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a white guy
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis
D, [http://www.digitalmars.com/d/] hmm elegant perhaps but not flawless. There are reasons why the undeniably flawed C++ is more popular.
"This is further evidence that *using* Microsoft products is harmful to all consumers."
There ya go.
> I would disagree that it is not an inevitable consequence of intelligence.
g .html%5D
Up to a point perhaps, but how much compassion do we have for chickens ?
It seems like a very hand wavy argument that since the machines would be that much
more intelligent than us they would be that much more compassionate than us. Our
compassion seems to tail off pretty quickly the further down the scale organisms are
from us - chimps: ok, dolphins: ahhh, pigs: hmm, cute when small but I
*like* bacon, chickens: fuckit, who cares... I wouldnt want to stake my life on
the compassion a 5th generation AI has for the violent ape like taking up
a thoroughly disproportionate amount of the planet's resources.
It probably doesnt matter anyway. I doubt very much we'll create an AI faster
than we simply merge with the technology
[i ranted about this ages ago http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r4/bor
Dude, the morning after a good night out when I was a student, .10. Luckily I never really felt like going
I could have blown a
anywhere under those circumstances
Ummm, maybe you shouldnt be driving full speed in a heavy vehicle coming up to a traffic light.
Its up to the driver to be able to handle stopping in time at an intersection, and the maximum
amount of time you should be able to do that in is not determined by how long the light
is yellow, its determined by how long it would take to spot someone else on the intersection
who wasnt supposed to be there.
So, depends on the intersection, visibility etc, but just how short is the yellow where you are ?
- unless its seriously short I think you're pushing things slightly.
So - is the station breathalyzer more accurate, did they test you on that, what was your reading ?
Also, when you refuse to take field sobriety test, does that mean refusing the "roadside olympics"
and/or the mobile breathalyzer test ? Is that allowable in all states or just Washington ?
I'm not calling him a Nazi, he was however in the Hitler youth.
Can't say I blame him for that, but I sure can ridicule him for it.
Papal infalibility...
Cornering the world's search engine market: $80bn
Getting called evil by ex-members of the Nazi youth: priceless
Although, I must admit, just because something is priceless doesnt
mean one wouldnt rather just have the money sometimes given
a suitable figure.
I like the way you think. You could probably get a good job with the Administration if you're interested.