Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. The media has been using the DJIA practically religiously to tell us whether or not our country has an economy. But if they can selectively ban companies that do well, are we really in a state of near financial emergency?
Are we only in a recession because companies who are going to say we're in a recession are allowed to be counted in the DJIA?
You'd think the retard selling the bitcoins would just use a block explorer to point to the number of the block containing the transaction and show that as proof that the coins were sent and credited to the buyer's address instead of going through all that bullshit you listed in step 5.
If PayPal wants some kind of "tracking number" for the bitcoins, the block number containing the to/from addresses is as good as you're gonna get.
Still unclear are details about the device, what version of the iOS operating system it was running, and what it looks like.
(Emphasis mine)
Having never owned an Apple product in my life, I just googled images of iphone original, iphone 3g, iphone 3gs, and iphone 4. After carefully comparing the changes over the years, I think I have a pretty good guess about what the iphone 5 prototype probably looks like.
Agreed. I'll believe these claims about Android being anti-competitive when those same accusers also declare intention to sue entities like Canonical, who also give away superior software for free on a regular basis.
All kidding aside, I couldn't agree with you more.
Thanks. All kidding aside, for the record, I hate Apple as much as the next Slashdotter. Linux FTW, damn Apple's tyranny, and all that.
Seriously, anyone who's gonna pay $99 per year just to get the iDevTools deserves to have whatever they want posted to the App Store. And screw the whole "Unix for people who don't need a computer" thing.
Everyone should learn how to program, because knowing how to program gives you total power over your computer.
Well, that's a stupid reason to learn programming. Do you also only think as far ahead as the next fiscal quarter? Do you only have plans to do work tomorrow, with no clue as to what your assignment in two days might be? Are you looking further ahead into the future of your living space than just next month's rent/mortgage payment? Or is programming the only thing about which you think in such small and short terms?
Sure, power over a set of hardware is a nice immediate benefit of learning computer programming. But computer programming is so much more than that. Anyone can throw a python script together. Anyone can leak memory like crazy in C. But to wield that control over hardware in a way that accomplishes a useful purpose requires a good deal of ingenuity and (occasionally) a touch of magic.
Teaching school-age children computer programming necessarily also entails teaching them to think differently. It teaches them to break a task down into its constituent steps. It teaches them to know exactly what they are doing and to know that they know exactly what they are doing. These are life skills that are useful to very nearly anybody, even if they don't use it to control their own hardware. The ones who want to learn it will learn to think as they must, and even the ones who memorize it for the exam will have to retain some of the skills that are necessary to write a program that does nothing more than start, do an arithmetic operation, and exit. The ones who do not learn this will simply fail the class.
This ideal is why programming should be taught in schools. There is so much more benefit than just bending a few digital logic gates to your will.
Must be a new policy against slashvertisements or something. Why can't we just replace the phrase "A legion of Silverlight developers" with the name "Netflix"?
very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated
Is this supposed to be the same "Anonymous" that's supposed to have its home on 4chan's Random board? 'Cause none of these qualities bring those users to mind.
I suggest Sony look elsewhere. I'm pretty sure "very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated" and "Anonymous" are mutually exclusive possibilities.
Or, alternatively, we keep the sheep addicted to the virtual world, the ISP somehow decides to recognize gaming as a legitimate use of the network, they refuse to throttle the bandwidth for something that isn't illegal, and we get to keep our p2p channels open as a result.
More likely, I think, a middle ground would be for Blizzard to somehow use a nonstandard port for their torrent activity, and then the ISPs throttle p2p traffic on ports that aren't that one. Yes, the rest of us probably get around that by manually configuring to use the new port, but it's just an idea. My ideas are never bug-free, so somebody feel free either to tell me that I'm completely wrong or to figure out what to change to make it work. Maybe if Blizzard uses a different port and somehow signs the packets...I don't know...I'm really just BS'ing all over my keyboard here....
I recently finished watching the whole series. Took me ~13 months to get through the classics, and I spent the few months before that watching the modern series. If you don't want to jump into the middle of something, these are your only options for starting points:
"An Unearthly Child" (Season 1, 1963 - start of First Doctor, first Doctor Who story ever)
"Spearhead from Space" (Season 7, 1970 - start of Third Doctor; previous Doctor and companions had been simultaneously written out in the previous story)
"Rose" (Season 27, 2005 - start of Ninth Doctor; first story in the modern series)
"The Eleventh Hour" (Season 31, 2010 - start of Eleventh Doctor; previous Doctor and companions had been simultaneously written out in previous story)
Personally, I recommend starting with "Rose", watching through the latest stories, and then catching up on the classic seasons if you really feel the need.
Slashdot Mirror
Dear Science:
As soon as you possibly can, please install four Doc-Ock-like arms on my back, to be controlled in the manner described in this story.
Love,
icannotthinkofaname
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. The media has been using the DJIA practically religiously to tell us whether or not our country has an economy. But if they can selectively ban companies that do well, are we really in a state of near financial emergency?
Are we only in a recession because companies who are going to say we're in a recession are allowed to be counted in the DJIA?
You'd think the retard selling the bitcoins would just use a block explorer to point to the number of the block containing the transaction and show that as proof that the coins were sent and credited to the buyer's address instead of going through all that bullshit you listed in step 5.
If PayPal wants some kind of "tracking number" for the bitcoins, the block number containing the to/from addresses is as good as you're gonna get.
Still unclear are details about the device, what version of the iOS operating system it was running, and what it looks like.
(Emphasis mine)
Having never owned an Apple product in my life, I just googled images of iphone original, iphone 3g, iphone 3gs, and iphone 4. After carefully comparing the changes over the years, I think I have a pretty good guess about what the iphone 5 prototype probably looks like.
Yeah, I walked in to complain about the editor's lack of editing, too (though I guess average opinion here is that the editors generally don't edit).
As a native Pittsburgher, I demand that Soulskill correct the error in the summary, like the editor that he's supposed to be.
That's silly. You should follow Bethesda's example and trademark the word, instead.
Agreed. I'll believe these claims about Android being anti-competitive when those same accusers also declare intention to sue entities like Canonical, who also give away superior software for free on a regular basis.
I'm sorry, but I just can't get behind that idea.
Dear Science:
I would like the following to be accomplished as soon as possible:
Love,
Mike
Yeah, this seriously sounds like the beginning of any number of Doctor Who stories. "Genesis of the Daleks", "The Leisure Hive", and others, I'm sure.
I, for one, rather than welcoming our new Dalek overlords, shall take up arms on the side of the Thals.
slow pieces of shit.
Well, that's no excuse. That didn't stop Windows Vista from being considered and released.
Damn Apple fanboys!
All kidding aside, I couldn't agree with you more.
Thanks. All kidding aside, for the record, I hate Apple as much as the next Slashdotter. Linux FTW, damn Apple's tyranny, and all that.
Seriously, anyone who's gonna pay $99 per year just to get the iDevTools deserves to have whatever they want posted to the App Store. And screw the whole "Unix for people who don't need a computer" thing.
Everyone should learn how to program, because knowing how to program gives you total power over your computer.
Well, that's a stupid reason to learn programming. Do you also only think as far ahead as the next fiscal quarter? Do you only have plans to do work tomorrow, with no clue as to what your assignment in two days might be? Are you looking further ahead into the future of your living space than just next month's rent/mortgage payment? Or is programming the only thing about which you think in such small and short terms?
Sure, power over a set of hardware is a nice immediate benefit of learning computer programming. But computer programming is so much more than that. Anyone can throw a python script together. Anyone can leak memory like crazy in C. But to wield that control over hardware in a way that accomplishes a useful purpose requires a good deal of ingenuity and (occasionally) a touch of magic.
Teaching school-age children computer programming necessarily also entails teaching them to think differently. It teaches them to break a task down into its constituent steps. It teaches them to know exactly what they are doing and to know that they know exactly what they are doing. These are life skills that are useful to very nearly anybody, even if they don't use it to control their own hardware. The ones who want to learn it will learn to think as they must, and even the ones who memorize it for the exam will have to retain some of the skills that are necessary to write a program that does nothing more than start, do an arithmetic operation, and exit. The ones who do not learn this will simply fail the class.
This ideal is why programming should be taught in schools. There is so much more benefit than just bending a few digital logic gates to your will.
Must be a new policy against slashvertisements or something. Why can't we just replace the phrase "A legion of Silverlight developers" with the name "Netflix"?
World to Slashdot calling, it would like you to know about little tiny things called "testing environments". You should learn about them.
I hear Aperture Science is pretty experienced with these things. I recommend contacting them with any questions you have about testing.
Hey, that's pretty insightful! Sound gets in, but can't get out. Submarine is almost invisible to sonar.
very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated
Is this supposed to be the same "Anonymous" that's supposed to have its home on 4chan's Random board? 'Cause none of these qualities bring those users to mind.
I suggest Sony look elsewhere. I'm pretty sure "very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated" and "Anonymous" are mutually exclusive possibilities.
Came for this; leaving satisfied...
That's what she said!
Why would you rob a game of narrative depth?
Oh man, somebody mod that up!
I...I don't think any other comment in this thread will top the parent!
Algebra II, and its complexities
What complexities?
MOUNT JANIS JOPLIN!
Ew. No. I refuse. Would never hit that, ever. Especially not nowadays, with her being dead and all.
Or, alternatively, we keep the sheep addicted to the virtual world, the ISP somehow decides to recognize gaming as a legitimate use of the network, they refuse to throttle the bandwidth for something that isn't illegal, and we get to keep our p2p channels open as a result.
More likely, I think, a middle ground would be for Blizzard to somehow use a nonstandard port for their torrent activity, and then the ISPs throttle p2p traffic on ports that aren't that one. Yes, the rest of us probably get around that by manually configuring to use the new port, but it's just an idea. My ideas are never bug-free, so somebody feel free either to tell me that I'm completely wrong or to figure out what to change to make it work. Maybe if Blizzard uses a different port and somehow signs the packets...I don't know...I'm really just BS'ing all over my keyboard here....
I recently finished watching the whole series. Took me ~13 months to get through the classics, and I spent the few months before that watching the modern series. If you don't want to jump into the middle of something, these are your only options for starting points:
Personally, I recommend starting with "Rose", watching through the latest stories, and then catching up on the classic seasons if you really feel the need.
Hey...1998 called
Oh man! Did you warn them about the World Trade Center?