You have the gun, and you have the dog. All you really need now is a reputation.
I totally agree with this.
The computer shop I work at has been grab-and-run shop lifted once. Just once. Between the fact that my boss chased the guy in his truck until the police managed to catch up and the fact that we go around wearing "fishing vests" all the time has kept things pretty smooth here even though we are not in the best neighborhood.
I think the poor running shop thief told his buddies.
This is my all-time favorite driving method on a nice day in my 1978 Ford non-air-bag-equiped pickup. It has far more imortant accessories than a silly airbag...like a CD player.
In my area, you can choose from 1 cable ISP, 1 DSL ISP, and 3 major cell providers. All five of these are major companies who would bow to the government in an instant if asked. If they were all effectively censored, there would be nowhere to turn save a satellite provider.
Is that you over there across the street from me?
I have the same problem in the area in which I live. We do have a local radio based ISP here (they are calling with wireless DSL, though I don't know anything about the underlying tech or protocols). They're just a couple of guys who run the company out of a local office so I'd say they would be a good censorship circumvention point but I happen to know that their upstream providers are the cable and DSL companies that I have direct access to.
As others have said, all my SATA connectors lock into place. That you bought yours from Jose at the corner for 5 cents a piece is not a problem with SATA but with you.
This is great until you get a crappy "locking" one that doesn't want to unlock no matter how hard you squeeze and you nearly break the connector off trying to disconnect it. If you work in a PC shop long enough you'll run into plenty of them.
Not long ago I moved all my stuff from GoDaddy just because of how sleezy they'd gotten. Sleezy as in "check out our internet only ads that are too 'hot' for tv" being plastered all over their home page, etc. That plus the fact that you couldn't navigate their account/hosting controls even if you had a tour guide.
I eventually decided on HostGator due to price per options, and I've been happy. You might give them a look. Their support people were always able to intelligently answer any technical questions as well (e.g., Why are you still stuck on Rails 2?).
YMMV. Just my 2 cents worth.
Did you know that a generator's gaskets will dry-rot over time, even if you don't use it? Well guess what, they will--and that shit is expensive to fix too.
They dry rot especially if you don't use it. By running the generator fuel/oil (depending on which gasket) are splashed/pushed onto the gasket, moisturizing it and prolonging it's life. Crank it up every now and again and be sure to use fuel stabilizer if you don't drain the gas tank; otherwise the gas turns sort of green and rotten.
It sounds funny, but in WWII Japan, citizens could be arrested for accidentally seeing a military ship in the ocean just off the coast. People would literally close the blinds on passenger trains as they passed a beach to avoid this.
I realize perl can often (usually) be difficult to read
You know, I can't seem to get over this part. You're right on target when you say it's more common in a "base install", but I just can't get past how hard it is for me to read. I don't know, maybe I'm weird, but I gave up trying to use the stuff. I have been known to use php in cli mode instead, even though it may not be as ubiquitous as perl. I just started looking at Ruby, and so far I like it pretty good too.
Either way, when I see perl code I can't help but think about something a friend of mine told me once...he said perl code looked like he puked ASCII chunks in his terminal.
Where oh where are my mod points? This is hilarious! Is it bad that the episode of TNG to which your are referring is the first thing that came to my mind when reading this article?
I've found that free anti-virus, like Avira and Avast, pretty good
I can second this whole-heartedly. I work in a computer shop, and I can personally testify that these two products catch more infections than anything
Symantec, McAffee, or Trend Micro EVER came out with. I still recommend Malwarebytes Antimalware as a
supplementary spyware scanner, but Avast and Avira are definitely my favorite for main protection.
I'm all for doing the right thing, too. Some people just have a hard time figuring out what that is. In my life I have bought 3-4 component dvd players. Right now, only 1 of them still works. That means I've paid the license fee for the dvd codec 3 or 4 times, and 2 or 3 of those license purchases are unused. So, I don't feel bad running xine/mplayer/ffmpeg with libdvdcss. I've paid my dues.
I think it comes down to this question: will I be anal enough to limit myself to what some company says is legal (in the deteriorating constitutionally-questionable legal system in my country [USA]) or do I just do what's ethical.
And of course, since I do it this way, I always have the full power of a proper shell right at my fingertips, which you don't have in an IDE, not even one that run on UNIX.
Oh, just one more reason for not using an IDE: it hides what actually goes on from the programmer. Take the build process - in an IDE you push a button and it sort of happens, but you are not really sure how, certainly not in any detail.
We use steel because it's cheap, not because it's all that great. We can replace many steel parts with lighter ones that are just as strong or stronger.
...except many steel parts are being replaced by plastic or aluminum ones. Granted, aluminum is stronger than plastic, but sometimes it still isn't really strong enough. I'm no metallurgist, so I don't know about all the cool new alloys out there; but, I figure a lot of those alloys are probably too much more expensive to consider using in large amounts.
I will keep an open mind to signs of God in my life
I can't tell you how glad I am of this. I pray that God will show himself to you in your life in a way that will let you believe. Forever is a long time, and God wants you to be happy during it, but he won't force you.
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You have the gun, and you have the dog. All you really need now is a reputation.
I totally agree with this.
The computer shop I work at has been grab-and-run shop lifted once. Just once. Between the fact that my boss chased the guy in his truck until the police managed to catch up and the fact that we go around wearing "fishing vests" all the time has kept things pretty smooth here even though we are not in the best neighborhood.
I think the poor running shop thief told his buddies.
And the other arm hanging out the window.
This is my all-time favorite driving method on a nice day in my 1978 Ford non-air-bag-equiped pickup. It has far more imortant accessories than a silly airbag...like a CD player.
Folks just have to understand this, and fortunately there's a great instructional video available for those in need of further tutelage.
This is by far the only video I've watched online all week that was truly worth watching. Thanks for the link!
Did anyone else see this headline and go "What? What would Ozzie Osborne know about it?"
Of course not, it programs the child to think that it is ok to give up freedoms if authorities say so.
I couldn't agree more. I wish I had some mod points for you.
In my area, you can choose from 1 cable ISP, 1 DSL ISP, and 3 major cell providers. All five of these are major companies who would bow to the government in an instant if asked. If they were all effectively censored, there would be nowhere to turn save a satellite provider.
Is that you over there across the street from me?
I have the same problem in the area in which I live. We do have a local radio based ISP here (they are calling with wireless DSL, though I don't know anything about the underlying tech or protocols). They're just a couple of guys who run the company out of a local office so I'd say they would be a good censorship circumvention point but I happen to know that their upstream providers are the cable and DSL companies that I have direct access to.
Is there a Free compiler capable of compiling Visual Basic code?
A quick google search led me to several sites that say Mono now includes a Visual Basic compiler. I haven't verified this myself.
As others have said, all my SATA connectors lock into place. That you bought yours from Jose at the corner for 5 cents a piece is not a problem with SATA but with you.
This is great until you get a crappy "locking" one that doesn't want to unlock no matter how hard you squeeze and you nearly break the connector off trying to disconnect it. If you work in a PC shop long enough you'll run into plenty of them.
Not long ago I moved all my stuff from GoDaddy just because of how sleezy they'd gotten. Sleezy as in "check out our internet only ads that are too 'hot' for tv" being plastered all over their home page, etc. That plus the fact that you couldn't navigate their account/hosting controls even if you had a tour guide. I eventually decided on HostGator due to price per options, and I've been happy. You might give them a look. Their support people were always able to intelligently answer any technical questions as well (e.g., Why are you still stuck on Rails 2?). YMMV. Just my 2 cents worth.
I think it's the lack of a space (or two spaces if you want to be really correct) between the word "He" and the preceding period.
What's the green light seen on sec. 30?
It's a ship returning from Davy Jone's locker!
Patenting something like the GIF encoding algorithm nowadays would be extremely difficult.
I was going to post a long reply to this, but I think I can sum it up with one letter and three numbers: H.264.
Good summation. Why oh why do I never have mod points when I really need them!? Maybe it's because I don't post much. ;)
Did you know that a generator's gaskets will dry-rot over time, even if you don't use it? Well guess what, they will--and that shit is expensive to fix too.
They dry rot especially if you don't use it. By running the generator fuel/oil (depending on which gasket) are splashed/pushed onto the gasket, moisturizing it and prolonging it's life. Crank it up every now and again and be sure to use fuel stabilizer if you don't drain the gas tank; otherwise the gas turns sort of green and rotten.
The direct parent I'm replying to was my comment. Didn't notice I was AC.
Amen!
It sounds funny, but in WWII Japan, citizens could be arrested for accidentally seeing a military ship in the ocean just off the coast. People would literally close the blinds on passenger trains as they passed a beach to avoid this.
You beat me to the punch! I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets irked when people say clip instead of magazine. I wish I had some mod points for you!
Ha ha....I can definitely see the resemblance!
I realize perl can often (usually) be difficult to read
You know, I can't seem to get over this part. You're right on target when you say it's more common in a "base install", but I just can't get past how hard it is for me to read. I don't know, maybe I'm weird, but I gave up trying to use the stuff. I have been known to use php in cli mode instead, even though it may not be as ubiquitous as perl. I just started looking at Ruby, and so far I like it pretty good too.
Either way, when I see perl code I can't help but think about something a friend of mine told me once...he said perl code looked like he puked ASCII chunks in his terminal.
Where oh where are my mod points? This is hilarious! Is it bad that the episode of TNG to which your are referring is the first thing that came to my mind when reading this article?
I've found that free anti-virus, like Avira and Avast, pretty good
I can second this whole-heartedly. I work in a computer shop, and I can personally testify that these two products catch more infections than anything Symantec, McAffee, or Trend Micro EVER came out with. I still recommend Malwarebytes Antimalware as a supplementary spyware scanner, but Avast and Avira are definitely my favorite for main protection.
I'm all for doing the right thing, too. Some people just have a hard time figuring out what that is. In my life I have bought 3-4 component dvd players. Right now, only 1 of them still works. That means I've paid the license fee for the dvd codec 3 or 4 times, and 2 or 3 of those license purchases are unused. So, I don't feel bad running xine/mplayer/ffmpeg with libdvdcss. I've paid my dues.
I think it comes down to this question: will I be anal enough to limit myself to what some company says is legal (in the deteriorating constitutionally-questionable legal system in my country [USA]) or do I just do what's ethical.
And of course, since I do it this way, I always have the full power of a proper shell right at my fingertips, which you don't have in an IDE, not even one that run on UNIX.
http://codingexperiments.com/images/gui_editors_review/kdevelop4.png
Oh, just one more reason for not using an IDE: it hides what actually goes on from the programmer. Take the build process - in an IDE you push a button and it sort of happens, but you are not really sure how, certainly not in any detail.
https://svn.forge.morfeo-project.org/svn/freeswmaster/trunk/japousa/ILS/kdevelop.png
We use steel because it's cheap, not because it's all that great. We can replace many steel parts with lighter ones that are just as strong or stronger.
...except many steel parts are being replaced by plastic or aluminum ones. Granted, aluminum is stronger than plastic, but sometimes it still isn't really strong enough. I'm no metallurgist, so I don't know about all the cool new alloys out there; but, I figure a lot of those alloys are probably too much more expensive to consider using in large amounts.
I will keep an open mind to signs of God in my life
I can't tell you how glad I am of this. I pray that God will show himself to you in your life in a way that will let you believe. Forever is a long time, and God wants you to be happy during it, but he won't force you.