Right, I mean, if you don't even minutely like the product you're working on, you probably should find another job.
You had a hand in the product, no? There's some minor level of satisfaction, correct? That's all they're asking you to do: tell the world about the product.
On the other hand, if you want to keep your purity intact by not pimping a horrible product, how pure are you by taking income which comes from the sale of said product?
Well, on second thought, with a Westminster system, the "executive" and the legislature are the same thing, so I guess the Chancellor of the Exchequer == Parliament.
Still strange from a separation of powers viewpoint.
when you change your accounting practices to avoid a tax you have to tell the tax man, and if he decides that the loophole you've just discovered was not intended, they close it before you get to use it.
Wait, but who's the "they"? The tax department?
You mean to say that common tax collectors (or middle management) have the authority to change tax law? And how does that then affect other companies which may have made investments based on certain provisions of the tax laws?
Finally, it's quite unfair for one party to a dispute to also be the decider of it. That's strange. At least having a judge (even though paid by the government) would afford a modicum of fairness.
Yeah, this. Who sold them that Koolaid? Just give people a page, and let them view it.
Who was screaming for a "web app" style experience to visit a website? Don't people want to open links in multiple browsers? (I guess not Gawkers readers--what's left of them. Readership is down.)
Almost the only time I'm on one of their sites is if it comes up in Google, and I just open the Cached link.
I just wanted to say thanks to the site people for making Slashdot work without Javascript again (for commenting and modding). It stopped working for modding in the past year, so I just stopped modding.
Since this is a geek community, some people may be running without Javascript at some times.
Re: further changes-- I like most of it, it's just small additions. No need to change the very foundations, though.
Well, I can't speak to the crazy-insane complicated machine code of today's procs, but I think compsci students should at least have a basic intro (like 1 or 2 days) to assembly/machine language, like maybe in an 8086 emulator on Linux.
Just make it do something, like access the MS-DOS subroutines (in FreeDOS).
The point is just to have some sort of grounding in what actually happens in a computer.
Well, the way the father of Java (Gosling) explained it, I think he said something like if you could subclass String, then you could send a MyString to a someplace that expected a String, and possibly hack into something rather (password, etc.).
The thing I can't understand is: why do parents need a daily homework schedule?
In my day (walking uphill both ways), the teacher gave you your homework, you wrote it down, and then you got home and did it. (Also they taught you how to organize your homework notes, by class.)
Why does the parent need a separate homework schedule? Why can't they just look at the students notes, if even required?
Creating such a system and then asking teachers to input data into it as opposed to them just verbally telling the students to do problems 1-20 in Chapter Blah?
-Java passed C/C++ on Sourceforge a while back -Java was the first language of a lot of people because a lot of colleges adopted it -Java was the first real and powerful language for a lot of people -Java held out the promise of developing programs not beholden to M$, thereby making a lot of platforms viable -Java was supposed to make things easier for the small developer (ISV) by allowing write-once, run anywhere.
So that's why a lot of people have good feelings for Java. Unfortunately, it's dying of a thousand cuts.
I don't think he was talking about buying: more like one collaborative project (like Wikibooks, only funded) to release a set of free, opensource books.
As for history: All the history from 1492 to, say, 2000 isn't going to change in the next decade, is it? Or the number of states in the US? Or the fact that the US has a presidential and not a parliamentary government system?
Re: the last 10 years of history-- history class never gets that far. The farthest it usually gets is FDR and the New Deal. Anyways, current events are available in the newspaper, everyday.
And you wouldn't be buying them again every two years, there would just be updates to the text, downloadable.
Finally, the books would be in the tablets, not on the Internet.
OK, having read this far in the thread, we're up to:
1. I want to get email copies of notices.
2. So the school should send emails.
3. But there are poor people, so there should be printed notices as well.
4. That doubles the workload.
5. So develop an entirely new system for dual notices: email and printed.
6. But it would be better to just give computers to poor people.
7. Oh but they don't have Internet.
8. So the school should buy Internet for everybody.
All so some guy won't have to stoop to the level of touching paper, ew!
p.s. I forgot the mini-thread on signatures: 5a. What about signatures for field trips?
5b. Let the peasants use GPG!
5c. Or cut and paste into a separate program, wait to get a weird text thingy, and paste that back into the email, making sure not to accidentally miss a character or two, thereby invalidating the whole thing.
Multiple levels of security, friend. Do you want to put all your eggs in the basket of programmer competence? In addition, many popular PHP/MySQL apps don't do that, but people (you work for) want them installed anyway.
Also, another point regarding a lot of prebuilt PHP/MySQL packages: They often require DDL (data definition language) access like CREATE, DROP permissions. But that's only for initial installation.
What you "should" do is then drop those permissions and only allow SELECT, UPDATE, etc.
Even though there are strange pieces of evidence favoring both "sides", people are in a rush to pick one side or another, not because of Zimmerman or Trayvon themselves, but rather because some other situation they may have found themselves in before (encounter with black/Hispanic man, teenage vandals, nightwatchmen, etc.) and they're using this case as a proxy.
As for the left/right sites lining up predictably, I think the thinking process is something like this: "Well, we know the lefties won't cover the (alleged) gash on Zimmerman's head, so we'll just have to take up the burden", and the same for left sites. So they serve less to inform and more to inflame their readers.
I haven't followed what all the sites are saying about the case, but it would be a sign of integrity if ThinkProgress told their readers about the security video still, and Daily Caller told their readers about the call to the girlfriend.
Well, yeah, if "everybody" is doing it, this article is about just those "everybodies".
I mean, not everybody can wear a turtleneck and talk about synergies and sell expensive coffee or phones. Some people have to actually buy and run the ships that bring over those phones and coffee.
Joyent is being quoted in an article on big cloud players?
I thought they were a niche, expensive virtual/dedicated server provider -- the Starbucks of cloud with the unique selling point being hip graphics/cartoons, all of whom you could imagine going to Starbucks.
(Oops, I just checked, and they moved away from their cool, "CEO is a she" cartoon graphics.)
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Nvidia driver doesn't do xrandr? I use it. Here's my xorg.conf:
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "RandRRotation
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Right, I mean, if you don't even minutely like the product you're working on, you probably should find another job.
You had a hand in the product, no? There's some minor level of satisfaction, correct? That's all they're asking you to do: tell the world about the product.
On the other hand, if you want to keep your purity intact by not pimping a horrible product, how pure are you by taking income which comes from the sale of said product?
Just to get this clear: we're talking about whether NPR is a national public radio system?
Cable on what? The parking brake? Where is this cable exactly, and why does it need lubrication? Curious.
Wait, but, when in P, all the weight of the car (+ stuff) is on the transmission.
Isn't that a much finer (precision) of a part than a brake? There are all kinds of small parts that go into an auto transmission.
Well, on second thought, with a Westminster system, the "executive" and the legislature are the same thing, so I guess the Chancellor of the Exchequer == Parliament.
Still strange from a separation of powers viewpoint.
What's old is new again.
Good old 80-columns is useful for the small form-factor devices that are popular today (ultrasmall notebooks, tablets, smartphones).
Wait, but who's the "they"? The tax department?
You mean to say that common tax collectors (or middle management) have the authority to change tax law? And how does that then affect other companies which may have made investments based on certain provisions of the tax laws?
Finally, it's quite unfair for one party to a dispute to also be the decider of it. That's strange. At least having a judge (even though paid by the government) would afford a modicum of fairness.
Well, I guess it could be possible for Slashdot subscribers.
Um, what?
Slashdot has by far a better signal to noise ratio than Facebook and Reddit.
There might be some problems with moderation, but again, far better than the detritus on those two sites.
Yeah, this. Who sold them that Koolaid? Just give people a page, and let them view it.
Who was screaming for a "web app" style experience to visit a website? Don't people want to open links in multiple browsers? (I guess not Gawkers readers--what's left of them. Readership is down.)
Almost the only time I'm on one of their sites is if it comes up in Google, and I just open the Cached link.
I just wanted to say thanks to the site people for making Slashdot work without Javascript again (for commenting and modding). It stopped working for modding in the past year, so I just stopped modding.
Since this is a geek community, some people may be running without Javascript at some times.
Re: further changes-- I like most of it, it's just small additions. No need to change the very foundations, though.
What, they got rid of recess?
Don't tell me, it was because of:
1. Fear that someone will fall down and bruise his knees.
2. Fear that recess encourages "heteronormative systems of oppression" (i.e., boys play ball and girls talk).
3. Fear of kids feelings getting hurt if they don't get chosen as top picks for (that half hour's) softball team.
Yeah, that'd be useful, wouldn't it.
The bad analogy spot is already taken, as is car analogies, so I guess I can take up snarky summaries.
Watch for it in selected threads.
Well, I can't speak to the crazy-insane complicated machine code of today's procs, but I think compsci students should at least have a basic intro (like 1 or 2 days) to assembly/machine language, like maybe in an 8086 emulator on Linux.
Just make it do something, like access the MS-DOS subroutines (in FreeDOS).
The point is just to have some sort of grounding in what actually happens in a computer.
>Some rookie mistakes, like making String final.
Well, the way the father of Java (Gosling) explained it, I think he said something like if you could subclass String, then you could send a MyString to a someplace that expected a String, and possibly hack into something rather (password, etc.).
Very interesting post, thanks.
The thing I can't understand is: why do parents need a daily homework schedule?
In my day (walking uphill both ways), the teacher gave you your homework, you wrote it down, and then you got home and did it. (Also they taught you how to organize your homework notes, by class.)
Why does the parent need a separate homework schedule? Why can't they just look at the students notes, if even required?
Creating such a system and then asking teachers to input data into it as opposed to them just verbally telling the students to do problems 1-20 in Chapter Blah?
So sad what has become of Java.
I know a large part of Slashdot hates Java, but:
-Java passed C/C++ on Sourceforge a while back
-Java was the first language of a lot of people because a lot of colleges adopted it
-Java was the first real and powerful language for a lot of people
-Java held out the promise of developing programs not beholden to M$, thereby making a lot of platforms viable
-Java was supposed to make things easier for the small developer (ISV) by allowing write-once, run anywhere.
So that's why a lot of people have good feelings for Java. Unfortunately, it's dying of a thousand cuts.
I don't think he was talking about buying: more like one collaborative project (like Wikibooks, only funded) to release a set of free, opensource books.
As for history: All the history from 1492 to, say, 2000 isn't going to change in the next decade, is it? Or the number of states in the US? Or the fact that the US has a presidential and not a parliamentary government system?
Re: the last 10 years of history-- history class never gets that far. The farthest it usually gets is FDR and the New Deal. Anyways, current events are available in the newspaper, everyday.
And you wouldn't be buying them again every two years, there would just be updates to the text, downloadable.
Finally, the books would be in the tablets, not on the Internet.
OK, having read this far in the thread, we're up to:
1. I want to get email copies of notices.
2. So the school should send emails.
3. But there are poor people, so there should be printed notices as well.
4. That doubles the workload.
5. So develop an entirely new system for dual notices: email and printed.
6. But it would be better to just give computers to poor people.
7. Oh but they don't have Internet.
8. So the school should buy Internet for everybody.
All so some guy won't have to stoop to the level of touching paper, ew!
p.s. I forgot the mini-thread on signatures:
5a. What about signatures for field trips?
5b. Let the peasants use GPG!
5c. Or cut and paste into a separate program, wait to get a weird text thingy, and paste that back into the email, making sure not to accidentally miss a character or two, thereby invalidating the whole thing.
Multiple levels of security, friend. Do you want to put all your eggs in the basket of programmer competence? In addition, many popular PHP/MySQL apps don't do that, but people (you work for) want them installed anyway.
Also, another point regarding a lot of prebuilt PHP/MySQL packages: They often require DDL (data definition language) access like CREATE, DROP permissions. But that's only for initial installation.
What you "should" do is then drop those permissions and only allow SELECT, UPDATE, etc.
But I doubt anyone does that.
Yeah, you said it.
Even though there are strange pieces of evidence favoring both "sides", people are in a rush to pick one side or another, not because of Zimmerman or Trayvon themselves, but rather because some other situation they may have found themselves in before (encounter with black/Hispanic man, teenage vandals, nightwatchmen, etc.) and they're using this case as a proxy.
As for the left/right sites lining up predictably, I think the thinking process is something like this: "Well, we know the lefties won't cover the (alleged) gash on Zimmerman's head, so we'll just have to take up the burden", and the same for left sites. So they serve less to inform and more to inflame their readers.
I haven't followed what all the sites are saying about the case, but it would be a sign of integrity if ThinkProgress told their readers about the security video still, and Daily Caller told their readers about the call to the girlfriend.
>That's what everyone is ALREADY doing.
Well, yeah, if "everybody" is doing it, this article is about just those "everybodies".
I mean, not everybody can wear a turtleneck and talk about synergies and sell expensive coffee or phones. Some people have to actually buy and run the ships that bring over those phones and coffee.
Joyent is being quoted in an article on big cloud players?
I thought they were a niche, expensive virtual/dedicated server provider -- the Starbucks of cloud with the unique selling point being hip graphics/cartoons, all of whom you could imagine going to Starbucks.
(Oops, I just checked, and they moved away from their cool, "CEO is a she" cartoon graphics.)
Did you just use "Scrooge McDuck" as a verb?