"Bad programmers can write bad programs" is a tautology. The problem with perl is that it makes it (really) hard for good programmers to make (and MAINTAIN) good programs.
If you see cartoon swearing, like "?#@*&%!" and think to yourself "That's silly, he should have used "#@$_" instead, it's more efficient", you're been using too much perl.
"I loved doing Doctor Who, it was life to me," Baker told the BBC of his tenure as the much-loved Time Lord. "I used to dread the end of rehearsal because then real life would impinge on me. Doctor Who... when I was in full flight, then I was happy."
Yeah. That's why he was so gracious about showing up to do the 25th anniversary episode. (What, me carry a grudge?)
Meanwhile, there's been a "Shada" reconstruction (with all the shot-at-the-time footage, and Baker doing talking-head narration of the missing bits) around for ages.
Human-fossil-fuel-burning-caused global warming/climate change, whatever YOU choose (I'm not gonna fall into your labels trap) to call it, is a FACT. Like evolution, it's simply a fact. The evidence is there. You (and people like you) can deny it all you like, but the evidence (like gravity == orbital mechanics) is irrefutably THERE. I don't have to explain myself, pointing at the evidence, you do, ignoring/denying it - it's right there, in front of your face. You're no different than the smokers, back in the 70's, spewing the company line, "No, no, no, smoking doesn't cause cancer, that's just a statistical correlation". You may choose to echo the petro-billionaires denials because it gives you a more comfortable, guilt-free lifestyle, but just like standing under a tree, claiming it's not raining, sooner or later -- you're gonna get wet. Meanwhile, when the petro-billionaires figure out how to monetize your serfdom/servitude without burning fossil fuels, they'll lead you by the nose to that new-found "truth".
The problem with deflector dishes is that the ship is travelling at (say, warp 2, which is four times the speed of light) and the deflector dish puts out a beam which travels faster than that forward of the ship to sweep away all that pesky interstellar dust.
The rest of your arguments amount to "It's the future dummy, so therefore it's possible". I'm pretty sure that laws of physics will still exist in the future
Also, I forgot "subspace communications" i.e. FTL communications (transfer of information).
A lot of the technology bullshit is so far out there it's not even something you can remotely imagine as being real. There was a certain charm to the older series because you'd see stuff on the show and think "well, OK, maybe we'll see that in 50-100 years if we're lucky". Discovery is packed full of so much random crap you kinda look at it and go "uhhhh no, not gonna happen". It's like they decided to transition from futuristic-but-almost-plausible to outright space magic because that was easier to write.
Two words: Heinsenberg compensators.
Two more: Warp drive
Two more: Deflector dish
Two more: Inertial dampeners
Two more: Artificial gravity (not even mentioned, simply handwaved)
Single words: Transporter/Replicator, Shields, Phasers
We use first-past-the-post voting, for a single representative, which Duverger's Law tells us inevetably results in a two-party system. In other words, the two-party problem is systemic and isn't going to go away simply by wishing it would, or especially, by voting for some quixotic can't-possibly-win third-party candidate, on the theory that that will somehow change things.
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"Bad programmers can write bad programs" is a tautology. The problem with perl is that it makes it (really) hard for good programmers to make (and MAINTAIN) good programs.
Oh please. The only way perl could be more write-only was if there was a requirement that you carve it in granite.
If you see cartoon swearing, like "?#@*&%!" and think to yourself "That's silly, he should have used "#@$_" instead, it's more efficient", you're been using too much perl.
Ah. So the James Webb Space Telescope project planning "appears more professional". Interesting.
Just sayin'.
Yeah. That's why he was so gracious about showing up to do the 25th anniversary episode. (What, me carry a grudge?)
Meanwhile, there's been a "Shada" reconstruction (with all the shot-at-the-time footage, and Baker doing talking-head narration of the missing bits) around for ages.
Oh, that's easy. R2-D2 shoots first, everybody else dies.
Kids these days. Walter Pidgeon was the big name in the cast. Nielsen was pretty much a bit player at the time.
I guess you missed the part where the Republicans are also going to take away the deduction for interest on student loans.
Human-fossil-fuel-burning-caused global warming/climate change, whatever YOU choose (I'm not gonna fall into your labels trap) to call it, is a FACT. Like evolution, it's simply a fact. The evidence is there. You (and people like you) can deny it all you like, but the evidence (like gravity == orbital mechanics) is irrefutably THERE. I don't have to explain myself, pointing at the evidence, you do, ignoring/denying it - it's right there, in front of your face. You're no different than the smokers, back in the 70's, spewing the company line, "No, no, no, smoking doesn't cause cancer, that's just a statistical correlation". You may choose to echo the petro-billionaires denials because it gives you a more comfortable, guilt-free lifestyle, but just like standing under a tree, claiming it's not raining, sooner or later -- you're gonna get wet. Meanwhile, when the petro-billionaires figure out how to monetize your serfdom/servitude without burning fossil fuels, they'll lead you by the nose to that new-found "truth".
No. There's science, and then there's the shit the right is peddling.
It is. Rush Limbaugh gets $50 Million a year to call it a "hoax" and tell lies about it. Sean Hannity only gets $29 Million a year to do the same.
Yeah. Sounds holy inadequate.
If you reload more than a few times, you'll get a blog post submitted by Roland Piquepaille.
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov. He said it was his favorite story he had ever written.
The problem with deflector dishes is that the ship is travelling at (say, warp 2, which is four times the speed of light) and the deflector dish puts out a beam which travels faster than that forward of the ship to sweep away all that pesky interstellar dust.
The rest of your arguments amount to "It's the future dummy, so therefore it's possible". I'm pretty sure that laws of physics will still exist in the future
Also, I forgot "subspace communications" i.e. FTL communications (transfer of information).
Two words: Heinsenberg compensators.
Two more: Warp drive
Two more: Deflector dish
Two more: Inertial dampeners
Two more: Artificial gravity (not even mentioned, simply handwaved)
Single words: Transporter/Replicator, Shields, Phasers
I think any of us could probably go on.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Commodore was old news thirty years ago. I can't be bothered to watch some guy's commercial about his boo ... oooh! shiny!!
I'm astounded by that; he was such a lightning-rod at the time. Either way, I'm not sitting through a 30-minute video.
Actually, it's tl;dw. I don't even have to watch the 30-minute video, I'm sure it's a litany of charges/complaints/whining about Jack Tramiel.
Now that idiot will have twice as much to say.
But Ray Kurzweil is STILL the biggest hack on the planet.
We use first-past-the-post voting, for a single representative, which Duverger's Law tells us inevetably results in a two-party system. In other words, the two-party problem is systemic and isn't going to go away simply by wishing it would, or especially, by voting for some quixotic can't-possibly-win third-party candidate, on the theory that that will somehow change things.
Some things even hyenas won't do...