Suspicious behaviour of the Bush administration?! Do you mean the database of phone records? *yawn* Commander Taco, your short-sighted political view is showing.
Agreed! How would open source developers feel if the hardware manufacturers just provided a Wiki? It seems many OSS projects decide not to invest the time into making smart, well-written documentation. The "easy" -- and lazy -- answer is to install a Wiki and think that will suffice.
Until OSS developers can purchase Apple clones, being locked into one vendor's hardware is nearly as reprehensible as being a locked into one vendor's software. Lets face the facts: Apple hardware is overpriced. Paying a premium for the Apple experience may appeal to some. But it will never capture programmer mindshare even when based on an Intel CPU.
Something somebody wrote on a whiteboard at work..
STAR WARS DARK SIDE INITIATION RITES
1. Give a Gungan a wedgie
2. Ewok target practice (Pull!)
3. BBQ a bantha using force lightning
4. Post to the Light Side message board mocking size of Yoda's lightsaber
5. Voiceover work for CNN
6. Write test plan for the Death Star laser cannons
7. Shave the empire logo on the dark side of a Wookiee.
I can't agree less. The current administration has done a nearly flawless job so far.
Bush administration officials ARE responsible for the objectionable actions at Abu Gharib and ARE taking action against those that committed them. That's what being responsible means. Compare that to the previous administration that dodged most responsibility and lied to cover it up.
Don't poor-mouth the intellectual agenda. It is brilliant and is working.
The comment on Ashcroft is out-of-place in an otherwise blunt article. That snipe and the cocky back-patting smack of elitism.
I support the Patriot Act because it works. Furthermore, nobody has shown that it has been abused since it became law. Tanenbaum needs to be a little more levelheaded about American laws.
I worked with a fella who switched careers from construction to software development. He was able to make the career move by taking and passing a few Microsoft certification tests.
I, for one, do *not* want to see Slashdot try to leverage its popularity for political benefit!
Back in October or so of last year I filtered out a Slashdot moderator because of his comments endorsing "Al-pha" Gore. He said Bush was wrong for America. I hope Bush's right-headed thinking and leadership have won him over.
I stopped reading the site. And for many months after the election I did not visit the site. I was sickened by the fact that a moderator on a geek site was promoting a ineffective bozo like Gore.
Slashdot: Stick to the news for nerds. Shut up about your personal political alignment.
Hmm. A snapshot of the DRI stuff is part of XFree86 4.1.0. You think DRI support would be built-in.
I did notice that the nVidia driver does not support DRI. Perhaps that has something to do with Redhat's decision. *shrug*
An abuser indeed! Don't tell Slashdot is a lapdog for the Democratic party, too.
Gore is toxic to America. I thought the media would show how brain-dead the vice president and his wife are; hello, PMRC?!
My vote this year is a vote AGAINST GORE. It is so much sweeter that the other candidate is a Bush.
Can I killfile CmdrTaco postings?
Bradbury is far from being a luddite or technophobe. In the notes found in one of his books he mentions his struggles with a kludgy word processor. Perhaps his statements about computers stem from these painful experiences. I feel his pain.
Once you grow past your techno-centric world view, you will realize there are other things worthy of attention. Bradbury writes about many of them artfully.
The only people with small brains are the people who thought this was an entertaining movie. Someone standing in the woods and shouting, "F*ck! F*ck!" is not my idea of a cerebral film. The lack of intelligence, in fact, serves to make it barely more interesting than that home movie of your grandmother's retirement party.. and just about as scary. Puhlease. This film never really goes anywhere. The ending is a relief. It can't forget about the Blair Witch disappointment fast enough.
Please remember that recruiter is concerned with the best interest of their client, the company -- not the engineer. Why don't medical doctors have to deal with this? Probably because of HMOs and the fact that their salaries/rates are well-established. Be rude to the recruiters who treat you like meat!
Lets not forget that Linus made an unflattering comment about Plan 9 in his Open Sources essay. I think we are seeing the professional equivalent of men tweaking noses.
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Did anybody see the abc tv coverage of this tradegy last night? I did. I cringed. The news reporter just didn't get it. He affixed blame to video games, the Internet, Marilyn Manson and a "goth" lifestyle. He failed to recognize that today's disaffected goth is quite similiar to the switch-blade wielding hood of his era -- similiar, that is, in feelings of alienation and torment.
If there is a possibility for a cure for these massacres, then it is that people -- both teens and their parents -- must learn to not be so cruel to each other. Yes, it seems adults encourage the cruel behavior that particularly harms melodramatic youth.
A religious "grounding" helps. It helps judge and quickly eliminate thoughts of such godless acts as we saw in Littelon. Bashing religion -- and the religious right -- is bound to eventually contribute to something like this.
There is no magic pill to wake us up from this nightmare. Bashing the internet + rock music + video games + dark clothing has never worked. Society should do more soul-searching instead. Changing attitudes and broken moral values is more intelligent than pulling the plug on the PC and taking a censoring view of entertainment.
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I saw this announced at Gen Con. We'll see what it's like once the Player Handbook is released later this year.
The French did not support of the idea of giving people more freedom. Imagine that.
So you're saying I am paying Microsoft for a license to get the priviledge of beta-testing their software? *shock*
Was the woman his grandmother? I wouldn't hire that dude at all.
Suspicious behaviour of the Bush administration?! Do you mean the database of phone records? *yawn* Commander Taco, your short-sighted political view is showing.
The problem is that you would teach or even think about writing software in python. Yuck!
Er, wasn't Sims Online a flop? It's probably not the best example to back up the author's point.
Agreed! How would open source developers feel if the hardware manufacturers just provided a Wiki? It seems many OSS projects decide not to invest the time into making smart, well-written documentation. The "easy" -- and lazy -- answer is to install a Wiki and think that will suffice.
Until OSS developers can purchase Apple clones, being locked into one vendor's hardware is nearly as reprehensible as being a locked into one vendor's software. Lets face the facts: Apple hardware is overpriced. Paying a premium for the Apple experience may appeal to some. But it will never capture programmer mindshare even when based on an Intel CPU.
Something somebody wrote on a whiteboard at work..
STAR WARS DARK SIDE INITIATION RITES
1. Give a Gungan a wedgie
2. Ewok target practice (Pull!)
3. BBQ a bantha using force lightning
4. Post to the Light Side message board mocking size of Yoda's lightsaber
5. Voiceover work for CNN
6. Write test plan for the Death Star laser cannons
7. Shave the empire logo on the dark side of a Wookiee.
Where was the Get Out the Vote! folks when Bill Clinton was running for re-election? I remember they were noticeably silent that year.
They claim to be non-partisan but they are hypocritices.
I can't agree less. The current administration has done a nearly flawless job so far.
Bush administration officials ARE responsible for the objectionable actions at Abu Gharib and ARE taking action against those that committed them. That's what being responsible means. Compare that to the previous administration that dodged most responsibility and lied to cover it up.
Don't poor-mouth the intellectual agenda. It is brilliant and is working.
The comment on Ashcroft is out-of-place in an otherwise blunt article. That snipe and the cocky back-patting smack of elitism.
I support the Patriot Act because it works. Furthermore, nobody has shown that it has been abused since it became law. Tanenbaum needs to be a little more levelheaded about American laws.
I worked with a fella who switched careers from construction to software development. He was able to make the career move by taking and passing a few Microsoft certification tests.
I, for one, do *not* want to see Slashdot try to leverage its popularity for political benefit!
Back in October or so of last year I filtered out a Slashdot moderator because of his comments endorsing "Al-pha" Gore. He said Bush was wrong for America. I hope Bush's right-headed thinking and leadership have won him over.
I stopped reading the site. And for many months after the election I did not visit the site. I was sickened by the fact that a moderator on a geek site was promoting a ineffective bozo like Gore.
Slashdot: Stick to the news for nerds. Shut up about your personal political alignment.
Hmm. A snapshot of the DRI stuff is part of XFree86 4.1.0. You think DRI support would be built-in. I did notice that the nVidia driver does not support DRI. Perhaps that has something to do with Redhat's decision. *shrug*
An abuser indeed! Don't tell Slashdot is a lapdog for the Democratic party, too. Gore is toxic to America. I thought the media would show how brain-dead the vice president and his wife are; hello, PMRC?! My vote this year is a vote AGAINST GORE. It is so much sweeter that the other candidate is a Bush. Can I killfile CmdrTaco postings?
Bradbury is far from being a luddite or technophobe. In the notes found in one of his books he mentions his struggles with a kludgy word processor. Perhaps his statements about computers stem from these painful experiences. I feel his pain.
Once you grow past your techno-centric world view, you will realize there are other things worthy of attention. Bradbury writes about many of them artfully.
The only people with small brains are the people who thought this was an entertaining movie. Someone standing in the woods and shouting, "F*ck! F*ck!" is not my idea of a cerebral film. The lack of intelligence, in fact, serves to make it barely more interesting than that home movie of your grandmother's retirement party.. and just about as scary. Puhlease. This film never really goes anywhere. The ending is a relief. It can't forget about the Blair Witch disappointment fast enough.
Please remember that recruiter is concerned with the best interest of their client, the company -- not the engineer. Why don't medical doctors have to deal with this? Probably because of HMOs and the fact that their salaries/rates are well-established. Be rude to the recruiters who treat you like meat!
Linus has been working on Linux for close to ten years. If he hasn't burned out yet... Actually it is fortunate that he still finds it interesting.
RTFM = read the freakin' manual (censored). By far the best source of information for newbies learning Linux is to read the man pages and HOW-TOs.
Point your fav search engine to the ESR 'Jargon' file. It explains RTFM and many other hackerisms.
Tom "Blitz" Conder - Programmer, SleepWalker
http://www.arkhamlab.com/
Linus has been working on Linux for close to ten years. If he hasn't burned out yet... Actually it is fortunate that he still finds it interesting.
RTFM = read the freakin' manual (censored). By far the best source of information for newbies learning Linux is to read the man pages and HOW-TOs.
Point your fav search engine to the ESR 'Jargon' file. It explains RTFM and many other hackerisms.
Lets not forget that Linus made an unflattering comment about Plan 9 in his Open Sources essay. I think we are seeing the professional equivalent of men tweaking noses.
The PHBs are coming! The PHBs are coming!
Did anybody see the abc tv coverage of this tradegy last night? I did. I cringed. The news reporter just didn't get it. He affixed blame to video games, the Internet, Marilyn Manson and a "goth" lifestyle. He failed to recognize that today's disaffected goth is quite similiar to the switch-blade wielding hood of his era -- similiar, that is, in feelings of alienation and torment.
If there is a possibility for a cure for these massacres, then it is that people -- both teens and their parents -- must learn to not be so cruel to each other. Yes, it seems adults encourage the cruel behavior that particularly harms melodramatic youth.
A religious "grounding" helps. It helps judge and quickly eliminate thoughts of such godless acts as we saw in Littelon. Bashing religion -- and the religious right -- is bound to eventually contribute to something like this.
There is no magic pill to wake us up from this nightmare. Bashing the internet + rock music + video games + dark clothing has never worked. Society should do more soul-searching instead. Changing attitudes and broken moral values is more intelligent than pulling the plug on the PC and taking a censoring view of entertainment.