as far as blaming MS goes, read the EULA. They can make your computer blow up, destroying a city in the process taking out millions of lives and not be responsible for a thing.
That isn't true. How about this:
By reading this comment (or clicking this box, or opening this package, etc) you give me the right to kill you. Now, when I'm holding the smoking gun, I'll have a hard time staying out of jail.
IIRC, Dr. Kevorkian made his patients sign documents disclaiming his actions. Wasn't he convicted? I really can't remember, I wasn't really following it very closely...
Lain is a great anime, though I've heard that watching it is like being on an acid trip. ^_^
Sigh. You shouldn't talk about places you've never been to. That's what they do in Russia.
Seriously though, in my experience, the only people who ever say stuff like this are:
1) People who have never been on acid. 2) People who are always on acid.
Please don't take this as a flame, but it just kinda strikes me as the "It tastes like chicken" crap. Whenever someone said this to me, it's always been disgusting, and not in the least bit like chicken. The only thing that tastes like chicken is chicken. The only thing like a trip is a trip.
Then people in villages/towns can stop working to feed themselves, choking on smoke from cooking fires, collecting water from pumps, etc. and get jobs that support higher living conditions. They will have better health conditions, so they don't need to have big families to look after them when they get older. Women will be educated and can make their own choices about how many children they bear.
I wish I paid better attention in high school global history, but here goes..
IIRC, birth rates in developing countries go in 3 stages. Poor countries have a high birth rate but also a high death rate, the birth rate is required to keep the population up and parents needed lots of kids to ensure someone would survive to take care of them when they got old. As these nations develop, the death rate drops -- but the birth rate stays stable. This causes problems with overpopulation and a shortening of resources. After this the birth rate drops down to a lower level, and remains there (if all goes well), similar to what it is now in developed countries.
The problem is, education is critical at stage 2, otherwise these countries have a nasty tendancy to drop back to stage 1, instead of moving on to stage 3. This is also the most expensive period (large population, expected to actually grow old) and these countries can't rely solely on foreign aid, and even if they can, it doesn't always last long enough to push them to stage 3.
At least, that's how I remember it. Combine that with the fact that the leaders of these countries are more interested in using their aid money to buy tanks and statues of themselves than investing in education, food, and birth control. Some of these countries, in an attempt to be reasonable, use this money on infrastructure. The infrastructure is required, but not at that point in the country's development. Education and resource allocation are more importand than roads at this point.
I forget where I read this, but I also seem to recall hearing that the boxes of powdered milk had a nice picture of a little white baby on the side. Since the people these supplies go to don't speak english, the suppliers often put pictures of the contents on the box so people know what they're getting. Hrmm..
It's a shame, the re-released version of the tape has the album on both sides, sans the little message. I wonder why they decided to remove it. Maybe JB had enough lawsuits for a while...
Heh, yeah I remember almost dying from laughter when I bought an original "In God We Trust, Inc." tape by the Dead Kennedys. Unfortunately, I lost it. The tape was only about 15 minutes long, so the entire album was on one side. Printed on the other side was (I can't remember the exact wording): "Home recordings are killing record profits. We left this side blank so you can help do your part."
A lot of independant labels do this. Look on the back of compilation CD's from some of these and you will often see something to the effect of "Pay no more than $5 for this CD!". I seem to remember this the most on an old Fat comp I bought at a nofx concert for $2 (thats $2 canadian too:). I saw it later at the record store for $14.99.
You do not have the freedom to modify the software in any way you like. From their license agreement, you may NOT use this software in a web browser. Also, they have an "obnoxious advertising clause" -- which must not be modified.
Yeah, but the average person who spray paints a bridge won't make CNN headlines, get locked up for years, and forbidden to be within 100 feet of a can of paint for the rest of their lives.
Have you tried running Windows continuously for more than a day without rebooting? Methinks you are definatly streaching the bounds of credibility here sirrah!
Before I get started, I should say that I dislike windows as much as anyone, but this I have to disagree with. Honestly. I know Windows' reputation for crashing, but I don't believe that it's Microsoft's fault, mostly. I'm fairly certain that 90% of the problems I've had were driver related.
I don't use Windows at home, but I do (grudgingly) use windows at work. However, this box I'm typing on right now (running 95 release something-or-other) often has an uptime of over a week. Admittedly, being proud of a 7 day uptime is laughable, but still, it's hardly crashing on a daily basis. My other work computer (NT4) has been up continuously for nearly a month. After installing a cheap PCMCIA drive in the 95 box, it crashed several times a day (read: 10+). Removed the drive, problem solved.
Every computer here uses high quality hardware with reliable drivers, and it shows in the stability of the computers. So, I'm fairly certain these problems most people have are due to companies releasing shoddy drivers. It doesn't matter what OS you're using, if your drivers are buggy, it'll hurt the system.
CS teachers are generally either conservative or foolish. The conservatives rever what they used in college, often something along the lines of Fortran. They are inflexible, and refuse to hear anything that goes against their ideas. The foolish are followers of some particular trend. Some follow Java like zombies, others check up on every Visual Basic trend they see. Anything that does not follow this trend is bad and wrong, because what they do is obviously the right way.
If you are blessed and have a CS teacher that does neither, you have a chance. Otherwise, you are pretty much out of luck. Dealing with arrogant teachers is nearly impossible.
Lets write this another way:
CS students are generally either conservative or foolish. The conservatives rever what they used at home, often something along the lines of [insert favorite distro/util]. They are inflexible, and refuse to hear anything that goes against their ideas.
The foolish are followers of some particular trend. Some follow Linux like zombies, others check up on every BSD trend they see. Anything that does not follow this trend is bad and wrong, because what they do is obviously the right way. If you are blessed and have a CS student that does neither, you have a chance. Otherwise, you are pretty much out of luck. Dealing with arrogant students is nearly impossible.
I'm a CS student in university, and I see this all the time. Nothing irritates me more than the people in the classes who believe they know more than the professors, and insist on pointing out every last error they make, just to show how smart they are. Either that, or they take every opportunity possible to plug program Foo or BarOS. Not only does it irritate the rest of the class, but the profs as well.
Make sure this isn't you, and you'll go a lot further with this. Linux in the class is good, but my way or the highway is bad.
Unfortunately each country also has their own rules for their TLDs. I went hunting around to register a.ca address recently. These domains seem to be based on which province(s) you are located in, not the type of organization.
After trying to decide which one we fit under I said screw it and registered a.com
Substitute the 486 and Doom with a 386 and Wolfenstein, and that was my childhood...scary. Was anyone else disappointed when they upgraded and discovered the new DOS didn't come with nibbles.bas?
I don't mean to nitpick here, but wouldn't 0x0000002D be 00 2D 00 00 in little endian, not 2D 00 00 00? The savings aren't as great as you think..Actually I heard the reason why intel chose little endian was because of legal problems with motorola, although I could be way off...
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That isn't true. How about this:
By reading this comment (or clicking this box, or opening this package, etc) you give me the right to kill you. Now, when I'm holding the smoking gun, I'll have a hard time staying out of jail.
IIRC, Dr. Kevorkian made his patients sign documents disclaiming his actions. Wasn't he convicted? I really can't remember, I wasn't really following it very closely...
As someone currently debugging an embedded SA system, I can give a resounding "I hear that".
Logic analyzer? Who needs it! We've got 16 LEDs on the board to flash binary addresses. hah!
Sigh. You shouldn't talk about places you've never been to. That's what they do in Russia.
Seriously though, in my experience, the only people who ever say stuff like this are:
1) People who have never been on acid.
2) People who are always on acid.
Please don't take this as a flame, but it just kinda strikes me as the "It tastes like chicken" crap. Whenever someone said this to me, it's always been disgusting, and not in the least bit like chicken. The only thing that tastes like chicken is chicken. The only thing like a trip is a trip.
I wish I paid better attention in high school global history, but here goes..
IIRC, birth rates in developing countries go in 3 stages. Poor countries have a high birth rate but also a high death rate, the birth rate is required to keep the population up and parents needed lots of kids to ensure someone would survive to take care of them when they got old. As these nations develop, the death rate drops -- but the birth rate stays stable. This causes problems with overpopulation and a shortening of resources. After this the birth rate drops down to a lower level, and remains there (if all goes well), similar to what it is now in developed countries.
The problem is, education is critical at stage 2, otherwise these countries have a nasty tendancy to drop back to stage 1, instead of moving on to stage 3. This is also the most expensive period (large population, expected to actually grow old) and these countries can't rely solely on foreign aid, and even if they can, it doesn't always last long enough to push them to stage 3.
At least, that's how I remember it. Combine that with the fact that the leaders of these countries are more interested in using their aid money to buy tanks and statues of themselves than investing in education, food, and birth control. Some of these countries, in an attempt to be reasonable, use this money on infrastructure. The infrastructure is required, but not at that point in the country's development. Education and resource allocation are more importand than roads at this point.
I forget where I read this, but I also seem to recall hearing that the boxes of powdered milk had a nice picture of a little white baby on the side. Since the people these supplies go to don't speak english, the suppliers often put pictures of the contents on the box so people know what they're getting. Hrmm..
It's a shame, the re-released version of the tape has the album on both sides, sans the little message. I wonder why they decided to remove it. Maybe JB had enough lawsuits for a while...
Heh, yeah I remember almost dying from laughter when I bought an original "In God We Trust, Inc." tape by the Dead Kennedys. Unfortunately, I lost it. The tape was only about 15 minutes long, so the entire album was on one side. Printed on the other side was (I can't remember the exact wording): "Home recordings are killing record profits. We left this side blank so you can help do your part."
A lot of independant labels do this. Look on the back of compilation CD's from some of these and you will often see something to the effect of "Pay no more than $5 for this CD!". I seem to remember this the most on an old Fat comp I bought at a nofx concert for $2 (thats $2 canadian too :). I saw it later at the record store for $14.99.
You do not have the freedom to modify the software in any way you like. From their license agreement, you may NOT use this software in a web browser. Also, they have an "obnoxious advertising clause" -- which must not be modified.
Yeah, but the average person who spray paints a bridge won't make CNN headlines, get locked up for years, and forbidden to be within 100 feet of a can of paint for the rest of their lives.
Actually, I think it qualifies as Open Source. It is not, however, Free Software.
Before I get started, I should say that I dislike windows as much as anyone, but this I have to disagree with. Honestly. I know Windows' reputation for crashing, but I don't believe that it's Microsoft's fault, mostly. I'm fairly certain that 90% of the problems I've had were driver related.
I don't use Windows at home, but I do (grudgingly) use windows at work. However, this box I'm typing on right now (running 95 release something-or-other) often has an uptime of over a week. Admittedly, being proud of a 7 day uptime is laughable, but still, it's hardly crashing on a daily basis. My other work computer (NT4) has been up continuously for nearly a month. After installing a cheap PCMCIA drive in the 95 box, it crashed several times a day (read: 10+). Removed the drive, problem solved.
Every computer here uses high quality hardware with reliable drivers, and it shows in the stability of the computers. So, I'm fairly certain these problems most people have are due to companies releasing shoddy drivers. It doesn't matter what OS you're using, if your drivers are buggy, it'll hurt the system.
If you are blessed and have a CS teacher that does neither, you have a chance. Otherwise, you are pretty much out of luck. Dealing with arrogant teachers is nearly impossible.
Lets write this another way:
CS students are generally either conservative or foolish. The conservatives rever what they used at home, often something along the lines of [insert favorite distro/util]. They are inflexible, and refuse to hear anything that goes against their ideas.
The foolish are followers of some particular trend. Some follow Linux like zombies, others check up on every BSD trend they see. Anything that does not follow this trend is bad and wrong, because what they do is obviously the right way. If you are blessed and have a CS student that does neither, you have a chance. Otherwise, you are pretty much out of luck. Dealing with arrogant students is nearly impossible.
I'm a CS student in university, and I see this all the time. Nothing irritates me more than the people in the classes who believe they know more than the professors, and insist on pointing out every last error they make, just to show how smart they are. Either that, or they take every opportunity possible to plug program Foo or BarOS. Not only does it irritate the rest of the class, but the profs as well.
Make sure this isn't you, and you'll go a lot further with this. Linux in the class is good, but my way or the highway is bad.
After trying to decide which one we fit under I said screw it and registered a .com
Substitute the 486 and Doom with a 386 and Wolfenstein, and that was my childhood...scary. Was anyone else disappointed when they upgraded and discovered the new DOS didn't come with nibbles.bas?
I don't mean to nitpick here, but wouldn't 0x0000002D be 00 2D 00 00 in little endian, not 2D 00 00 00? The savings aren't as great as you think..Actually I heard the reason why intel chose little endian was because of legal problems with motorola, although I could be way off...