I'm sick and tired of this post-modern new-age crap about the equivalence of belief systems, and the lack of a standard of objective truth (my ex-missus is a post-modernist...). My belief system happens to include an acceptance of the law of gravitational attraction (among other physical laws, and yes, I realise that many of these are approximations). I challenge anyone who asserts the equivalence of all belief systems to jump from a high place, ansd then we can determine whether or not all beliefs are equally valid. However, I think the point will be of academic interest only.
The only reason the British got interested in using Australia as a penal colony is because, after 1776, they couldn't send their convicts to the American colonies any more...
The late Douglas Adams once wrote that there was a bridge near where he lived that still had a sign on it threatening anyone who defaced or damaged it with transportation to New South Wales. He didn't understand why there was any bridge left. Despite the damage done by our current government, Australia is still a paradise on earth.
Er... actually, no. It's been April Fools' Day in the Cook Islands for quite a while (I can't be bothered working out how long). It's been April Fools' Day in Adelaide for almost 10 1/2 hours, and in Greenwich (the home of the Greenwich Meridian) for about 50 minutes. I don't think it'll be April Fools' Day in the continental US for some hours, but it's certainly April Fools' Day in China and India.
> On a different note, I don't think weak-minded believe in God. If anything, regious fundamentalists are one of the strongest people around (they cannot be easily tempted by desires such as wealth, lust/sex, fame, vanity, etc).
Er... what about Falwell and Backer (sp?) and all those other televangelists who used church money to pay for blow jobs?
Thank you for that. I've had to sit through endless crappy powerpoint presentations, at uni, while I was in the army, and at a number of other places, where it was glaringly obvious that the speaker didn't have a fucking clue about the subject, and was just reading off the slide. (To be honest, I've done it myself a few times.)
My favourite uni lecturers (mostly mathematicians and a numerical analyst) used blackboards (or whiteboards) for exactly the reasons you cite.
I once had a (mercifully short) contract working on an Exciting Insurance Application. Even though it was nearly three months before I got another gig, I was pleased to not work on it any more, and I've promised myself I will never - ever - work on financial or business software again. The problems are just not interesting, especially compared to technical software.
The reason we do this is largely because Ada compilers tend to be expensive, buggy or huge (sometimes all of these). That said, Ada is a really nice language to program in. It was the primary teaching language at Adelaide University when I did my degree, and certainly helped force good programming habits. Although it's possible to write horrible code in Ada, it requires a particularly dedicated kind of stupidity, and the nice thing is, that if you get a clean compile, you can be pretty sure the program will do something sensible (but not necessarily what you intended).
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Excellent implicit reference to Goedel, Alphanos.
...). My belief system happens to include an acceptance of the law of gravitational attraction (among other physical laws, and yes, I realise that many of these are approximations). I challenge anyone who asserts the equivalence of all belief systems to jump from a high place, ansd then we can determine whether or not all beliefs are equally valid. However, I think the point will be of academic interest only.
I'm sick and tired of this post-modern new-age crap about the equivalence of belief systems, and the lack of a standard of objective truth (my ex-missus is a post-modernist
The only reason the British got interested in using Australia as a penal colony is because, after 1776, they couldn't send their convicts to the American colonies any more ...
The late Douglas Adams once wrote that there was a bridge near where he lived that still had a sign on it threatening anyone who defaced or damaged it with transportation to New South Wales. He didn't understand why there was any bridge left. Despite the damage done by our current government, Australia is still a paradise on earth.
Ohmygod! A moon with a low libido!
Um - no. It's definitely "tyre", at least around here.
You're thinking of Snowtown, surely.
Actually, you _can_ fit these monstrous objects readably onto a single sheet of paper ... but only if you have an A0 plan printer.
It probably depends a bit on how many coconut shells it's carrying ...
Er ... actually, no. It's been April Fools' Day in the Cook Islands for quite a while (I can't be bothered working out how long). It's been April Fools' Day in Adelaide for almost 10 1/2 hours, and in Greenwich (the home of the Greenwich Meridian) for about 50 minutes. I don't think it'll be April Fools' Day in the continental US for some hours, but it's certainly April Fools' Day in China and India.
Yeah ... I reckon this'll be one of those silver bullets I keep hearing about.
BibTeX?
No, it isn't.
I _never_ use grammar checkers, and rarely use spelling checkers, as I'm old enough to have been taught properly.
> On a different note, I don't think weak-minded believe in God. If anything, regious fundamentalists are one of the strongest people around (they cannot be easily tempted by desires such as wealth, lust/sex, fame, vanity, etc).
... what about Falwell and Backer (sp?) and all those other televangelists who used church money to pay for blow jobs?
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Otoh, I completely agree with the irrational bit.
Thank you for that. I've had to sit through endless crappy powerpoint presentations, at uni, while I was in the army, and at a number of other places, where it was glaringly obvious that the speaker didn't have a fucking clue about the subject, and was just reading off the slide. (To be honest, I've done it myself a few times.)
My favourite uni lecturers (mostly mathematicians and a numerical analyst) used blackboards (or whiteboards) for exactly the reasons you cite.
Which bit of Word/Excell does this?
The worst of it is, Bush seems to be expecting us to pay for our own K-Y jelly ...
I think the irony lies in the name he gave it - suckrom.
Aah ... insurance.
I once had a (mercifully short) contract working on an Exciting Insurance Application. Even though it was nearly three months before I got another gig, I was pleased to not work on it any more, and I've promised myself I will never - ever - work on financial or business software again. The problems are just not interesting, especially compared to technical software.
Or, even better, Seppo.
I believe that tomatoes and chillies are also members of the nightshade family.
The reason we do this is largely because Ada compilers tend to be expensive, buggy or huge (sometimes all of these). That said, Ada is a really nice language to program in. It was the primary teaching language at Adelaide University when I did my degree, and certainly helped force good programming habits. Although it's possible to write horrible code in Ada, it requires a particularly dedicated kind of stupidity, and the nice thing is, that if you get a clean compile, you can be pretty sure the program will do something sensible (but not necessarily what you intended).
Kylie who?
Er ... you _do_ realise this was originally published on 1st April (don't know the year), don't you?
You haven't read Fred Brookes' "The Mythical Man Month", have you?
I seem to remember a thought experiment along these lines described in one of my home brewing books (one of Charlie Papazian's books, iirc).
He's most likely just a common-or-garden sociopath.