Why does everyone conveniently forget that the attack on the WTC was an attack on the citizens of 83 countries? While I may very well be wrong, I'm not even sure that Americans even made up a majority of the people working there that day.
Let me guess. You either live south of the Mason-Dixon line or you had the same college professor I did.
Look, the difference between the two presidents is so extreme that I don't even know where to start. Lincoln unflinchingly did everything he could to preserve the Union. If he had not been assassinated, it is my belief that the travesty of the Restoration would at least have been mitigated. Again, his overriding desire was to rebuild the country and heal the psychological wounds that ran so deep.
Don't believe me? Go ahead and re-read the Gettysburg Address a couple of times. Think about the conditions under which he wrote and gave that speech. He meant every word that he said, and he spoke them from the bottom of his heart.
Bush, by contrast, is demonstrably a self centered, stupid, lying, grasping thief whose only apparent motive is to treat the U.S.A. as his very own personal toy box.
This, from a lifelong conservative who's voted for the Republican ticket more often than not. Not in 2004, 2006, or 2008 though. I also view my vote for Bush in 2000 as a serious lapse of judgment on my part. Still, to this day I just can't stomach Gore.:(
The reason that it's hard to find good PHP hackers is because good hackers understand that it has a flawed security model.* Good hackers would far rather work with good tools instead of dealing with the headaches of fixing broken tools.
*Yes, I know that the PHP devs have been working to clear up some of the problems, and it's better than it was. Still, there's a reason that good coders tend to steer clear of the language.
nlite sounds like a handy tool. I'll keep it in the back of my mind if I ever have to build another Windows box. Still, if Microsoft had its act together, nlite wouldn't be needed, would it?
The point is, every other OS vendor knows how to do updates properly. Why can't Microsoft figure it out?
lol. Boy, are you off base. I'm an IT geek with nearly 30 years experience in the field. Somehow I've managed to rise to the top of my profession on the technical track without ever getting around to completing a 4 year degree. My current group is Enterprise Architecture. We jokingly refer to ourselves as the wizards in the ivory tower, dreaming with our head in the clouds.
My only post high school certificates are an assortment of tech related schools from the U.S. Navy and an A.A. in business management. My colleagues range from people who came up through the ranks with no more than a high school education to Ph.D.s in various areas of IT.
Do you know what I've learned over the years? College degrees are nice. They are really handy for a couple of reasons. From my point of view, their primary usefulness is they help many people learn how to think (when they are done well).
From my bosses' point of view, a college degree tells them someone has the discipline to commit to a long term course of action and finish it. That's worth something on the open market.
Do I wish I'd finished my degree? Sometimes. I'm not too worried about it, though. One of my sisters got her M.A. when she was about 35. Another just finished her B.A. at the ripe old age of 40 and is currently working on her M.A. My grandmother got her B.A. when she was over 50. I figure I've got plenty of time if I ever choose to go after it. Its lack certainly hasn't held me back all that much.
What really matters in the end is whether or not someone can put together a sound vision and successfully defend it. Not whether or not they hold some particular piece of paper.
BTW, tell me. What school of divinity did Jesus graduate from again? How about Mohammed? Siddhartha Gautama?
Wow. You really don't get it, do you? Re-read the GP, then re-read your post. Go ahead, take your time. I'll wait.
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Now, as a philosopher in training, can you tell us the extremely obvious error in preparing your response to his arguments that you are making?
No? Let me help you out a bit.
Note that I'm not making any judgments about how sound Dawkins' arguments might be. I'm not familiar with them, and don't have enough interest in reviewing them in detail. I'm just deliberately making fun of your complete inability to judge the soundness of his arguments on their own merits. Instead, you are dismissing them out of hand just because he doesn't happen to be a card carrying member of the Philosopher's Union.
Silly boy. I think it's time you actually read a few source texts and really tried to understand them. You know, things like the Bible, the Koran, the Talmud, the Tao Te Ching, the Tripitaka, etc. Concentrate on those passages that talk about how to really see. Maybe you'll learn something.
On second thought, don't bother. You're liable to learn enough to realize that you might risk your standing in the P.U. if you actually attempt to talk about what you've learned.
If it's that easy to install and use, why is everyone saying that it's a huge cost factor? It should be trivial compared to what's required to actually pull cable through it.
I've had unlimited DSL service for years. The only thing my ISP cares about is making sure that I pay my bill on time.
Of course, I don't have a big ISP, either. I'm one of the lucky ones inside Qwest's territory, so I still have a local ISP that competes on service. I pay a small premium, but it's worth it for the stellar service.
Well, what kind of conduit are we talking about? Conduit designed for electrical wiring is a poor choice. It has far too small a diameter, for one. The metal is a bitch to terminate, too.
OTOH, if you're talking about 3" or 4" PVC with a simple cap on each end, I'm willing to listen. Just make sure that it's clearly marked as CONDUIT or it'll get used as a sewer pipe by some enterprising plumber!:)
It builds upon the Operation Flashpoint code, which, as has been already noted in this thread, was some of the best FPS AI to ever come out. The really nifty thing that has been added to an already unpredictable AI is a much better algorithm for flanking. Kinda spooky the first time that it happens to you in such a wide open environment.:)
OpFlash had some of the best replayability that I've ever seen due to the unbelievable support for bug fixes from Bohemia Interactive, huge maps, unpredictable AI, and completely open set of editing tools that BI makes available. A large and very creative modding community grew up that is still active six years after the game's initial release.
Armed Assault takes that incredible legacy then adds even larger possible maps (400 square kilometers) and far more destructible objects (estimated 1,000,000 on the island that ships with the game). If you haven't seen the game yet you are in for a real treat.:) ArmA's website
It's not yet officially available in the U.S., although a deal has been announced for Atari to be the U.S. publisher. That announcement also mentioned a ship date some time in May. If you're interested and don't want to wait that long, gogamer.com is taking orders for the UK version to be shipped to U.S. addresses.
Disclaimer: My only association with BI is as a very satisfied customer. I bought the UK version of OpFlash when it first came out, then the GOTY edition with the addon bundle again last year, then ArmA from gogamer.com last month.:)
when I realized that the AI was simply building cities on every single piece of buildable ground. Every AI civilization seems to do this. Kind of takes the fun out of playing the game when you know you're just going to face an unending series of city sieges.
GalCiv 2 has an interesting means of simulating spying. Any player, human or AI, can establish a budget for spying on any civilization that it has become aware of. Over time (how fast depends upon how much is spent each year), that player will become fully aware of every move that the other side is making. I think the only limitation is the exact location of any ship not actually in orbit around a planet.
Properly maintained diesels are actually cleaner burning than ICEs. They're not that hard to take care of, either.
However, I'll stipulate that far too many people neglect all vehicle maintenance. It's why I'm a big fan of emissions testing. I was bummed when the law requiring it was repealed here in Minnesota.
The FFIEC guideline letters that supposedly cover GLBA and SOX sure put auditors in a tizzy. OP is right. If we don't do all this stuff, we also face fines from the OCC. Think I'm kidding? We already ponied up something like $12 million once.
Unfortunately, IPv6 really fixes none of those problems, except the IP number shortage.
This is so wrong I don't even know how to respond. For someone who claims to be a former "tech at several ISPs", you are sure ignorant about the design goals and achievements of the IPv6 team. Every single item that you claim that IPv6 can't do, it does quite well.
Well, I can only tell you that I saw several threads on the Gentoo boards talking about how much their particular installation depended on your software. I was very sincere when I said I missed your efforts. I just didn't know who it was that wrote the code until I saw your posts in this thread.
And yes, I think you did lose. You lost your peace of mind for a while. Your parents also lost in the sense that their peace of mind was at least disturbed. You were driven from one of the things that gave you pleasure.
I agree with Aladrin. I don't know how these guys sleep at night. I do know that I think every single one of them will suffer in a truly painful circle of hell. I just wish there was a safe, ethical, legal way to see that they were punished in this life, too!
"When I was younger, I thought that griefers (people who exists merely to make trouble for others) were just video game lowlifes. Now, of course, I understand that it's merely the video game equivalent of real life, once again. Spammers, cyber-squatters, and other internet jerks continue to amaze me. I really do wonder how they sleep at night."
From Aladrin, right below your post in this thread. I'm sorry you ran afoul of this kind of jerk on UseNet. Unfortunately, you did exactly what he wanted. In his eyes, he won.
Worse, the rest of us lost. You lost the joy you had in coding, hosting, and managing an OSS project. We all lost a valuable tool. A quote that is generally attributed to Edmund Burke comes to mind:
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
I hope you find a way to return to coding. We miss your efforts.
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Why does everyone conveniently forget that the attack on the WTC was an attack on the citizens of 83 countries? While I may very well be wrong, I'm not even sure that Americans even made up a majority of the people working there that day.
Let me guess. You either live south of the Mason-Dixon line or you had the same college professor I did.
:(
Look, the difference between the two presidents is so extreme that I don't even know where to start. Lincoln unflinchingly did everything he could to preserve the Union. If he had not been assassinated, it is my belief that the travesty of the Restoration would at least have been mitigated. Again, his overriding desire was to rebuild the country and heal the psychological wounds that ran so deep.
Don't believe me? Go ahead and re-read the Gettysburg Address a couple of times. Think about the conditions under which he wrote and gave that speech. He meant every word that he said, and he spoke them from the bottom of his heart.
Bush, by contrast, is demonstrably a self centered, stupid, lying, grasping thief whose only apparent motive is to treat the U.S.A. as his very own personal toy box.
This, from a lifelong conservative who's voted for the Republican ticket more often than not. Not in 2004, 2006, or 2008 though. I also view my vote for Bush in 2000 as a serious lapse of judgment on my part. Still, to this day I just can't stomach Gore.
We're getting off topic here, but I couldn't resist a Google search for OS 9. It turns out that the old CoCos are still out there kicking:
:) )
http://www.coco3.com/
There's even a company still making a living off of OS9:
http://www.microware.com/
And a wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-9
(Yeah, I know I should've made working links. I'm feeling lazy today.
The reason that it's hard to find good PHP hackers is because good hackers understand that it has a flawed security model.* Good hackers would far rather work with good tools instead of dealing with the headaches of fixing broken tools.
*Yes, I know that the PHP devs have been working to clear up some of the problems, and it's better than it was. Still, there's a reason that good coders tend to steer clear of the language.
Oh, the reference was deliberate. I'm not at all surprised that Culver didn't pick up on the cluebat I had aimed at his head. :D
Ob "Scanners" scene:
:D
Evil Security Guy backs away slowly.
Lab Coated SysAdmin #1 sees this and scoffs, "What, you expecting it to explode like in the movies? That never happens in real life."
ESG replies, "No one's ever shut down a computer system with a scanner in it before."
Big Blinkenlight mainframe shuts down. LEDs go out slowly, tape drives quit spinning. Everything's quiet.
LCSA#1 says, "See? I told you there was nothing to worry about."
THEN we get the big explosion.
nlite sounds like a handy tool. I'll keep it in the back of my mind if I ever have to build another Windows box. Still, if Microsoft had its act together, nlite wouldn't be needed, would it?
The point is, every other OS vendor knows how to do updates properly. Why can't Microsoft figure it out?
lol. Boy, are you off base. I'm an IT geek with nearly 30 years experience in the field. Somehow I've managed to rise to the top of my profession on the technical track without ever getting around to completing a 4 year degree. My current group is Enterprise Architecture. We jokingly refer to ourselves as the wizards in the ivory tower, dreaming with our head in the clouds.
My only post high school certificates are an assortment of tech related schools from the U.S. Navy and an A.A. in business management. My colleagues range from people who came up through the ranks with no more than a high school education to Ph.D.s in various areas of IT.
Do you know what I've learned over the years? College degrees are nice. They are really handy for a couple of reasons. From my point of view, their primary usefulness is they help many people learn how to think (when they are done well).
From my bosses' point of view, a college degree tells them someone has the discipline to commit to a long term course of action and finish it. That's worth something on the open market.
Do I wish I'd finished my degree? Sometimes. I'm not too worried about it, though. One of my sisters got her M.A. when she was about 35. Another just finished her B.A. at the ripe old age of 40 and is currently working on her M.A. My grandmother got her B.A. when she was over 50. I figure I've got plenty of time if I ever choose to go after it. Its lack certainly hasn't held me back all that much.
What really matters in the end is whether or not someone can put together a sound vision and successfully defend it. Not whether or not they hold some particular piece of paper.
BTW, tell me. What school of divinity did Jesus graduate from again? How about Mohammed? Siddhartha Gautama?
Wow. You really don't get it, do you? Re-read the GP, then re-read your post. Go ahead, take your time. I'll wait.
...
...
...
Now, as a philosopher in training, can you tell us the extremely obvious error in preparing your response to his arguments that you are making?
No? Let me help you out a bit.
Note that I'm not making any judgments about how sound Dawkins' arguments might be. I'm not familiar with them, and don't have enough interest in reviewing them in detail. I'm just deliberately making fun of your complete inability to judge the soundness of his arguments on their own merits. Instead, you are dismissing them out of hand just because he doesn't happen to be a card carrying member of the Philosopher's Union.
Silly boy. I think it's time you actually read a few source texts and really tried to understand them. You know, things like the Bible, the Koran, the Talmud, the Tao Te Ching, the Tripitaka, etc. Concentrate on those passages that talk about how to really see. Maybe you'll learn something.
On second thought, don't bother. You're liable to learn enough to realize that you might risk your standing in the P.U. if you actually attempt to talk about what you've learned.
Maybe I'm just old school, but what's wrong with typing "ipconfig" in a console? Does that not work in Vista?
If it's that easy to install and use, why is everyone saying that it's a huge cost factor? It should be trivial compared to what's required to actually pull cable through it.
I've had unlimited DSL service for years. The only thing my ISP cares about is making sure that I pay my bill on time.
Of course, I don't have a big ISP, either. I'm one of the lucky ones inside Qwest's territory, so I still have a local ISP that competes on service. I pay a small premium, but it's worth it for the stellar service.
Well, what kind of conduit are we talking about? Conduit designed for electrical wiring is a poor choice. It has far too small a diameter, for one. The metal is a bitch to terminate, too.
:)
OTOH, if you're talking about 3" or 4" PVC with a simple cap on each end, I'm willing to listen. Just make sure that it's clearly marked as CONDUIT or it'll get used as a sewer pipe by some enterprising plumber!
It builds upon the Operation Flashpoint code, which, as has been already noted in this thread, was some of the best FPS AI to ever come out. The really nifty thing that has been added to an already unpredictable AI is a much better algorithm for flanking. Kinda spooky the first time that it happens to you in such a wide open environment. :)
:) ArmA's website
:)
OpFlash had some of the best replayability that I've ever seen due to the unbelievable support for bug fixes from Bohemia Interactive, huge maps, unpredictable AI, and completely open set of editing tools that BI makes available. A large and very creative modding community grew up that is still active six years after the game's initial release.
Armed Assault takes that incredible legacy then adds even larger possible maps (400 square kilometers) and far more destructible objects (estimated 1,000,000 on the island that ships with the game). If you haven't seen the game yet you are in for a real treat.
It's not yet officially available in the U.S., although a deal has been announced for Atari to be the U.S. publisher. That announcement also mentioned a ship date some time in May. If you're interested and don't want to wait that long, gogamer.com is taking orders for the UK version to be shipped to U.S. addresses.
Disclaimer: My only association with BI is as a very satisfied customer. I bought the UK version of OpFlash when it first came out, then the GOTY edition with the addon bundle again last year, then ArmA from gogamer.com last month.
when I realized that the AI was simply building cities on every single piece of buildable ground. Every AI civilization seems to do this. Kind of takes the fun out of playing the game when you know you're just going to face an unending series of city sieges.
GalCiv 2 has an interesting means of simulating spying. Any player, human or AI, can establish a budget for spying on any civilization that it has become aware of. Over time (how fast depends upon how much is spent each year), that player will become fully aware of every move that the other side is making. I think the only limitation is the exact location of any ship not actually in orbit around a planet.
Properly maintained diesels are actually cleaner burning than ICEs. They're not that hard to take care of, either.
However, I'll stipulate that far too many people neglect all vehicle maintenance. It's why I'm a big fan of emissions testing. I was bummed when the law requiring it was repealed here in Minnesota.
And we were glad we had real rocks, too!
Would you buy the possibility of a captured slave, then?
Canal Street isn't exactly a "high end shopping district," though.
Migration isn't even all that necessary. All it takes is one sweet talking sailor and a careless bar maid.
The FFIEC guideline letters that supposedly cover GLBA and SOX sure put auditors in a tizzy. OP is right. If we don't do all this stuff, we also face fines from the OCC. Think I'm kidding? We already ponied up something like $12 million once.
This is so wrong I don't even know how to respond. For someone who claims to be a former "tech at several ISPs", you are sure ignorant about the design goals and achievements of the IPv6 team. Every single item that you claim that IPv6 can't do, it does quite well.
Well, I can only tell you that I saw several threads on the Gentoo boards talking about how much their particular installation depended on your software. I was very sincere when I said I missed your efforts. I just didn't know who it was that wrote the code until I saw your posts in this thread.
And yes, I think you did lose. You lost your peace of mind for a while. Your parents also lost in the sense that their peace of mind was at least disturbed. You were driven from one of the things that gave you pleasure.
I agree with Aladrin. I don't know how these guys sleep at night. I do know that I think every single one of them will suffer in a truly painful circle of hell. I just wish there was a safe, ethical, legal way to see that they were punished in this life, too!
"When I was younger, I thought that griefers (people who exists merely to make trouble for others) were just video game lowlifes. Now, of course, I understand that it's merely the video game equivalent of real life, once again. Spammers, cyber-squatters, and other internet jerks continue to amaze me. I really do wonder how they sleep at night."
From Aladrin, right below your post in this thread. I'm sorry you ran afoul of this kind of jerk on UseNet. Unfortunately, you did exactly what he wanted. In his eyes, he won.
Worse, the rest of us lost. You lost the joy you had in coding, hosting, and managing an OSS project. We all lost a valuable tool. A quote that is generally attributed to Edmund Burke comes to mind:
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
I hope you find a way to return to coding. We miss your efforts.