ATT Uverse is in my apartment complex and I am currently getting 10M/1.5M Internet for 50$ which is loads more reliable than the comcast service it replaced.
Well the thought is that the VISA process has been tightened up so as to prevent any false IDs from being issued. However I don't think anybody really believes it has been fixed. Honostly profiling might be the only way to go but thats a different can of worms.
Oh my god the sky is falling, lets outlaw improvements in IT technology since it takes jobs away and shifts them overseas (to where the hardware is manufactured).
I'm not saying that I'm against learning new languages, but a programmer can only realisticly be "good" at a small set of languages.
As someone who switches between C, VB, asp,php and java on a daily basis I have to disagree. Being a good programer is language independant.
And the realities are that unless I'm working on a pet project, I don't have the time to learn something new or try to come back up to speed on a language I last used two years ago.
It is never a waste of time to use the right tool for the right job. Sure I can hammer a nail in with my cell phone but that dosn't make it better than going to the toolshed to find a hammer.
>Maybe it's an impulse buy. Maybe it's a present to another geek. Maybe you actually needed someone to tell you this...
Maybe as a company I would rather make money. Hoping for someone to purchase your software for a manual is ludicrous.....unless your company's name is O'Reily.
Stolen from the <A Href="http://maddox.xmission.com/anime_nerd.html"> Greatest Website</A> in the universe <br> 1. The "I wish I was Japanese" anime nerd: Everyone knows someone like this. They refer to themselves as "otaku" and they embrace everything Japanese, not necessarily because it's something unique or interesting, but because it's Japanese. They wear clothing with Japanese or Chinese characters on it that translate to English phrases like "good will" or "long life." They wouldn't be able to get away with wearing a shirt that said "long life" in English because it would just look stupid, but as soon as it's translated into kanji it suddenly becomes cool and mysterious? Please. Since they'll sooner die than admit that their fascination with everything Japanese is a sham, you'll occasionally sense how uneasy they become when confronted with something Japanese that's so lame and obviously for little girls that they almost start to back off from the mountain of stupid they've climbed up on. Almost. <br> 2. The balding gothic loser with an ugly girlfriend nerd: This is a goth who's so much of a loser that he's even shunned by other goth losers. A telltale characteristic of this nerd is his inability to stop deep throating his ugly girlfriend in public. They not only kiss, but they kiss in the most vulgar way possible (full on tongue and groping). As if it wasn't bad enough that they're both kicking the funk, they usually sport massive pizza-face crater acne. Barf! <br> 3. The big-titted lardass nerd: If this type of nerd was a soup, he would be Campbell's: Thick and Chunky. Girls usually refer to this nerd as "a nice guy," and despite every girl's wish for a nice guy, they'd sooner be shot than date, let alone bang a guy like this. This type of nerd is usually very sensitive and introverted. You can get away with punching this nerd in the face because he's too much of a pussy to do anything about it. However, you can expect to find an entry about what an asshole you are in his blog several days later. And don't expect to be invited to any Magic: The Gathering parties he hosts any time soon. <br> 4. The nerd leader: This is the "cool" nerd of the group. The nerd all other nerds aspire to be. You can tell which one is the nerd leader by watching his posse swarm around his every move. No lesser nerd dares speak against the nerd leader's opinion on cartoons, sci-fi movies or debates about which Star Wars characters are able to defeat jedis "if only they learned to use the force." The nerd leader revels in being able to boss around all the other nerds and does so as often as he can to make up for his utter inability to boss anyone else around in his life. This nerd is usually tough shit until you point out the fact that he's 36 and still lives at home. <br> 5. The "Silent Bob" trench coat mullet nerd: Tries to look intimidating but ends up just looking stupid as he clumsily trips over his trench coat. Usually has shaving scars and a patchy, random-ass beard because he can't grow facial hair. Thinks he's the character "Silent Bob" from the movie Clerks. Pretends to be above it when other nerds laugh at nerd jokes, secretly goes home and cries himself to sleep.
It's too bad its dying. It's the only OS I can use with a reasonable license. I can only hope that the BSD license lives on and keeps the world truly free.
Actually when I first time I tried to post it was error free. Then I got a 20 sec warning pressed the back button and it erased my post. I re-typed it very quickly. The original post was longer and more in depth. In fact I believe it was the finest post I ever composed. Alas it is now lost.
All right if I read one more EULA joke/complaint post I'm going to explode. There is no EULA on a piece of hardware because you don't license it!! What do you think the L stands for in EULA? Also one more point everyone seems to ignore. Lik sang wasn't just selling them, they were actually manufacturing them. That is a little bit different you know! I hate trolls
I believe he is syaing that it is stupid to rewrite all the code from scratch. Look at the quotes you pulled from the article! This is certainlly how I read it.
My roommate says that his gamecube has crashed once or twice but I hav'n't personally seen it. I'm glad to see slashdot post this since all ive heard out of slashdot is ant xbox sentiment. Consoles have been known to release buggy software so it isn't like this is new.
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ATT Uverse is in my apartment complex and I am currently getting 10M/1.5M Internet for 50$ which is loads more reliable than the comcast service it replaced.
Well the thought is that the VISA process has been tightened up so as to prevent any false IDs from being issued. However I don't think anybody really believes it has been fixed. Honostly profiling might be the only way to go but thats a different can of worms.
Oh my god the sky is falling, lets outlaw improvements in IT technology since it takes jobs away and shifts them overseas (to where the hardware is manufactured).
Gee hosting episodes of a show on your website never causes any problems. How evil of them to enfoce thier copyright.
If your beliefs can't hold up to some criticism, why hold those beliefs at all.
This whole article is really just a ploy for michael to get a date!!!
It is never a waste of time to use the right tool for the right job. Sure I can hammer a nail in with my cell phone but that dosn't make it better than going to the toolshed to find a hammer.
>Maybe it's an impulse buy. Maybe it's a present to another geek. Maybe you actually needed someone to tell you this...
Maybe as a company I would rather make money. Hoping for someone to purchase your software for a manual is ludicrous.....unless your company's name is O'Reily.
This is really funny actually. I'm going to start uploading mp3s named "office.mp3" to ftp sites now for fun.
>Now if we can just collect all of Timothy's mistakes into one place.
We can its called Slashdot.....
Stolen from the <A Href="http://maddox.xmission.com/anime_nerd.html"> Greatest Website</A> in the universe
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1. The "I wish I was Japanese" anime nerd:
Everyone knows someone like this. They refer to themselves as "otaku" and they embrace everything Japanese, not necessarily because it's something unique or interesting, but because it's Japanese. They wear clothing with Japanese or Chinese characters on it that translate to English phrases like "good will" or "long life." They wouldn't be able to get away with wearing a shirt that said "long life" in English because it would just look stupid, but as soon as it's translated into kanji it suddenly becomes cool and mysterious? Please. Since they'll sooner die than admit that their fascination with everything Japanese is a sham, you'll occasionally sense how uneasy they become when confronted with something Japanese that's so lame and obviously for little girls that they almost start to back off from the mountain of stupid they've climbed up on. Almost.
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2. The balding gothic loser with an ugly girlfriend nerd:
This is a goth who's so much of a loser that he's even shunned by other goth losers. A telltale characteristic of this nerd is his inability to stop deep throating his ugly girlfriend in public. They not only kiss, but they kiss in the most vulgar way possible (full on tongue and groping). As if it wasn't bad enough that they're both kicking the funk, they usually sport massive pizza-face crater acne. Barf!
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3. The big-titted lardass nerd:
If this type of nerd was a soup, he would be Campbell's: Thick and Chunky. Girls usually refer to this nerd as "a nice guy," and despite every girl's wish for a nice guy, they'd sooner be shot than date, let alone bang a guy like this. This type of nerd is usually very sensitive and introverted. You can get away with punching this nerd in the face because he's too much of a pussy to do anything about it. However, you can expect to find an entry about what an asshole you are in his blog several days later. And don't expect to be invited to any Magic: The Gathering parties he hosts any time soon.
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4. The nerd leader:
This is the "cool" nerd of the group. The nerd all other nerds aspire to be. You can tell which one is the nerd leader by watching his posse swarm around his every move. No lesser nerd dares speak against the nerd leader's opinion on cartoons, sci-fi movies or debates about which Star Wars characters are able to defeat jedis "if only they learned to use the force." The nerd leader revels in being able to boss around all the other nerds and does so as often as he can to make up for his utter inability to boss anyone else around in his life. This nerd is usually tough shit until you point out the fact that he's 36 and still lives at home.
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5. The "Silent Bob" trench coat mullet nerd:
Tries to look intimidating but ends up just looking stupid as he clumsily trips over his trench coat. Usually has shaving scars and a patchy, random-ass beard because he can't grow facial hair. Thinks he's the character "Silent Bob" from the movie Clerks. Pretends to be above it when other nerds laugh at nerd jokes, secretly goes home and cries himself to sleep.
<mandatory microsft bashing>
Apache can have ALL the features of IIS.
</mandatory microsft bashing>
This is what happens when the Dell kid smokes pot!!
Yes let us all rise up against rising up!!! Geeks unite!
It's too bad its dying. It's the only OS I can use with a reasonable license. I can only hope that the BSD license lives on and keeps the world truly free.
Actually when I first time I tried to post it was error free. Then I got a 20 sec warning pressed the back button and it erased my post. I re-typed it very quickly. The original post was longer and more in depth. In fact I believe it was the finest post I ever composed. Alas it is now lost.
Does amd have naything similar? Dan 20sec rule.
All right if I read one more EULA joke/complaint post I'm going to explode. There is no EULA on a piece of hardware because you don't license it!! What do you think the L stands for in EULA? Also one more point everyone seems to ignore. Lik sang wasn't just selling them, they were actually manufacturing them. That is a little bit different you know! I hate trolls
Bush making a good decision...I must not understand the issue fully
:snip
Sounds like a case of the latter
Stop being a moron and become informed on issues!
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I believe he is syaing that it is stupid to rewrite all the code from scratch. Look at the quotes you pulled from the article! This is certainlly how I read it.
Mod this up please!!!!
20 sec rule can suck on it
Our country is not a democracy you fukwit. Were a republic and if you cannot make the distinction then don't presume to comment on the matter.
This sounds like a likely candidate for fucked company.
My roommate says that his gamecube has crashed once or twice but I hav'n't personally seen it. I'm glad to see slashdot post this since all ive heard out of slashdot is ant xbox sentiment. Consoles have been known to release buggy software so it isn't like this is new.