My last car (1999 Ford Explorer -- pile of shit. As sturdy as a soaking wet Oreo) would blink out the codes with the check engine light. It blinked (if memory serves) "37" for a while and I took it in. Something to do with the 4WD was fucked and they wouldn't fix it under warranty. So blink-blink-blink.... 50,000 miles later it still blinked away. Didn't really need the 4WD after I moved to Phoenix, anyway.
True - and that's why I have some trouble playing against them. It's their erratic play and my inability to adjust properly (I didn't mean to imply that nobody can beat newb's. Just that I have a hard time makeing the adjustment). In my case, I tend to change for the worst after folding what would have been a winning hand, seeing after the cards are down that someone was calling raises in early position with a 4-10o. It's hard for me to sit back and only play the nuts. That's why I lose.
That is, of course, paraphrased from Rounders. Another great phrase from the movie is "You can shear a sheep many times but you can only skin him once." Great sayings, but not at all applicable to you're average low-stakes poker games.
I've been playing low stakes (3-6 & 4-8 mostly) for a few years and the mad rush to the poker tables has, in my experience, been really frustrating. Counter to logic, it's extremely hard to win consistently against the poker newbies. Besides that shaking hands, the painfully slow pace, the constant out-of-order play and the idiots that don't know that a full house beats a flush (you'd be shocked to know how many people sit at tables and don't know the hand rankings!)...
The worst part is that they play SO badly and it seems like you should be able to wipe them up. Thing is, if they never fold, they end up filling in gut-shot straights, or catching a couple runners to make a flush. Grr.
Exactly right - it's not illegal, but they'll boot you quick. Worse yet (if you're ever declared a card counter) all casino's share their blacklists. So you'll have a hard time finding any action anywhere after that.
Yes, but it's 1/4 the size of a regular car, so 4 times as many can fit on the roads.
But do you think anyone is about to repaint the stripes on the road? There would be tons of unused side-to-side space per lane so most of the physical space savings would vanish.
I think you just made the previous posters point. "Caravan" is a generic name. It's a thing and NEEDS to be qualified as a Dodge in order for people to know that you're talking about a car. The Exact same thing with "Sensor".
"CoolPix" is slightly different because it's not a real word (not generic). The brand name is important here because adding "Nikon" implies that it's probably a camera (something their company is well known for making).
In any case, you seem to agree with the parent post.
This is probably already commonly covered with most employer Internet Usage Polices that employees are typically required to sign. I know that, with the larget companies for whom I've worked, I had to sign this policy that notified me that they could read my e-mail, monitor my Internet Usage and pusnish me for disobeying the policy. I'd bet this is enough notice to cover a case like that described in the blurb.
I think autonomous systems might be the best example of the best laid plans of mice and men not succeeding when the slightest thing goes wrong. In fact, Steinbeck's story seems directly analgous to the problems of self-driving vehicles.
Well, no shit. Do you really expect a robust autonomous system to be developed by mice?...always daydreaming about cheese. Sheesh!
I'll repeat it even though everyone here R'd TFA...
In contrast to intrinsic weaknesses affecting reliability and security, most simple problems affecting scalability can be kludged -- meaning that Microsoft can add temporary fixes as problems are recognized simply by adding code to isolate and work around each kind of special case as it comes up. Thus the "stack" idea found everywhere in NT 5.X, in which one processing object calls another -- which calls another until the process happens to hit one that deals with whatever the problem is -- presents an object lesson in institutionalized kludging.
I used to think about this all the time. Get depressed and then think about how lucky the construction workers have it. Maybe I could take a job carrying rocks from point A to point B. What a great job. Lose all the politics and beurocratic bullshit that kills the fun of programming.
You know what, though. You take that job and in a year, you're ground to the nub because someone is pissing on and on about carrying bigger rocks or moving them faster. Beacuse some jerk wrecked the good wheelbarrow. Some other jerk only carries the small rocks but kisses the foreman's ass so he gets the weekends off. Whatever.
So what do you do? Ruin a perfectly good hobby by making it your job? Maybe that's just a personality trait of techie-type people (INTJ's, right?) that we're always feeling crushed by managers and deadlines.
Shit. I don't know. I just know that programming stopped being fun at some point.
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My last car (1999 Ford Explorer -- pile of shit. As sturdy as a soaking wet Oreo) would blink out the codes with the check engine light. It blinked (if memory serves) "37" for a while and I took it in. Something to do with the 4WD was fucked and they wouldn't fix it under warranty. So blink-blink-blink.... 50,000 miles later it still blinked away. Didn't really need the 4WD after I moved to Phoenix, anyway.
And the gas cap welded shut too, so there's no chance that it is left loose?
And you think the operator wouldn't find this bright spot suspicious and walk the 40 feet to see you with his own eyes?
True - and that's why I have some trouble playing against them. It's their erratic play and my inability to adjust properly (I didn't mean to imply that nobody can beat newb's. Just that I have a hard time makeing the adjustment). In my case, I tend to change for the worst after folding what would have been a winning hand, seeing after the cards are down that someone was calling raises in early position with a 4-10o. It's hard for me to sit back and only play the nuts. That's why I lose.
That is, of course, paraphrased from Rounders. Another great phrase from the movie is "You can shear a sheep many times but you can only skin him once." Great sayings, but not at all applicable to you're average low-stakes poker games.
I've been playing low stakes (3-6 & 4-8 mostly) for a few years and the mad rush to the poker tables has, in my experience, been really frustrating. Counter to logic, it's extremely hard to win consistently against the poker newbies. Besides that shaking hands, the painfully slow pace, the constant out-of-order play and the idiots that don't know that a full house beats a flush (you'd be shocked to know how many people sit at tables and don't know the hand rankings!)...
The worst part is that they play SO badly and it seems like you should be able to wipe them up. Thing is, if they never fold, they end up filling in gut-shot straights, or catching a couple runners to make a flush. Grr.
Exactly right - it's not illegal, but they'll boot you quick. Worse yet (if you're ever declared a card counter) all casino's share their blacklists. So you'll have a hard time finding any action anywhere after that.
Bah! No thanks.
I'll stick with my talking frog.
Steve Urkel a character from a lame TV show. The classic nerd.
I think you just made the previous posters point. "Caravan" is a generic name. It's a thing and NEEDS to be qualified as a Dodge in order for people to know that you're talking about a car. The Exact same thing with "Sensor".
"CoolPix" is slightly different because it's not a real word (not generic). The brand name is important here because adding "Nikon" implies that it's probably a camera (something their company is well known for making).
In any case, you seem to agree with the parent post.
Perhaps jumping a hungry pack of space-sharks?
...like the one that started the Chediski fire Arizona last year, claiming 426 homes, 462,614 acres and cost about $153 million to put out?
Good thinkin'. This should be encouraged.
csszengarden.com is a great example of CSS can be rich, powerful and compliant.
There is no such thing [as the perfect crime].
I disagree. They just fly under the radar. Being undetected is requisite to being perfect.
Freudian Slip?
Just like the Dangerous Toys song. Ah, the foggy memories...
This is probably already commonly covered with most employer Internet Usage Polices that employees are typically required to sign. I know that, with the larget companies for whom I've worked, I had to sign this policy that notified me that they could read my e-mail, monitor my Internet Usage and pusnish me for disobeying the policy. I'd bet this is enough notice to cover a case like that described in the blurb.
I just installed 5.03 and got a treat! Claria's GAIM/GMT/Gator. Mmmm. Spyware.
Love to! First, you'll have to answer a simple question so we know you are who you say you are...
Complete this statement:
"All our bases are belong to _______"
Well, no shit. Do you really expect a robust autonomous system to be developed by mice?
I'll repeat it even though everyone here R'd TFA...
In contrast to intrinsic weaknesses affecting reliability and security, most simple problems affecting scalability can be kludged -- meaning that Microsoft can add temporary fixes as problems are recognized simply by adding code to isolate and work around each kind of special case as it comes up. Thus the "stack" idea found everywhere in NT 5.X, in which one processing object calls another -- which calls another until the process happens to hit one that deals with whatever the problem is -- presents an object lesson in institutionalized kludging.
"institutionalized kludging". Love it.
I used to think about this all the time. Get depressed and then think about how lucky the construction workers have it. Maybe I could take a job carrying rocks from point A to point B. What a great job. Lose all the politics and beurocratic bullshit that kills the fun of programming.
You know what, though. You take that job and in a year, you're ground to the nub because someone is pissing on and on about carrying bigger rocks or moving them faster. Beacuse some jerk wrecked the good wheelbarrow. Some other jerk only carries the small rocks but kisses the foreman's ass so he gets the weekends off. Whatever.
So what do you do? Ruin a perfectly good hobby by making it your job? Maybe that's just a personality trait of techie-type people (INTJ's, right?) that we're always feeling crushed by managers and deadlines.
Shit. I don't know. I just know that programming stopped being fun at some point.
natural language processing and complex behaviour is one thing, but to claim that these programs have "Feelings" is just ridiculous.
Try telling that to Number Five...
It's 60 Hertz in the US of A.
So, again, you're getting more music for your money these days.
...Or not.