All I can say is that people who talk about suicide are already trying to fight it. They need help, and are trying (in an somewhat ineffective way) to get it. Anyone who is serious just does it.
I know more than a few people who simply skipped the whole "my life sucks, I want to kill myself" bit. They just went off and tried (usually failing).
People who are depressed enough to actually kill themselves don't need a website. Humans are very resourceful at killing. You might say we've evolved for it...
I agree. I use Vim to author/maintain code in Perl, Java, JavaScript, C, and C++, as well as documentation in XML, XHTML, and txt... all from the same free tool. I do it on 4 platforms, too. I use it at work on Solaris and Windows and at home on OSX and VMS.
Oh, and it makes things like NetBeans look extremely slow; though I guess n00bs can use the autocomplete stuff. I only find autocomplete helps for about the first 3 weeks of learning a language. After that it is a friggin pain in the butt.
In fact, when I switched jobs recently I had a crew of people look and go "Ooooh, I want that!".
I think the word you are looking for is "flailing"... as in MS s flailing around, trying to find a way to get a solid grip on a world that is fast passing them by.
IBM did this in the early 90's PC market too, when the clones became far superior to the actual AT/XT machines. I would speculate that it is fairly common among large corporations when they hit a point where sales revenue is not increasing the way it used to.
Let's see... what has MS attempted recently? Smartphones Xbox Pocket PC Media Center.Net WebTV Windows Embedded Windows "Clustering" XP...
Looks to me like they are trying to put a version of Windows into every market that uses processors. Seems to me like they've been right in line with what they said they were going to do. I wish them luck....
I think this is pretty cool. I would like to see it in action (on a large scale). I know there are some installations of it, but I think it is as good an idea as the ATM.
My only questions: 1) Does it run bluetooth/802.11x or IR to sync with my Pocket PC 2) Does it cost so damn much that the price of food will go way up (again)?
Ironically, that probably isn't the highest possible speed.
We used to take "bogus" backups from our DB and run them to/dev/null, however on our OS,/dev/null was not multi-threaded. We actually found that backing up to our disk array was faster, and then we could just rm it afterwards.
Of course, now that I think about it, since mv is just a pointer command, it might be... cp */dev/null would be slow, though.
Well, I guess the retards here don't count either. I'd cite tons of other pinko-commie-we-hate-america sources, but you're an AC, and not worth the effort:)
There are waaaay bigger problems than that. Sorry, but environmentalism aside, we will have some serious human issues if the ice packs that are currently *not* floating begin to melt. Sea levels rising more than a bit will cause some pretty nasty issues.
My parents worked in the Defence industry... too bad they were 'expendable' after the Cold War. Of course, they were delighted to stop designing things that killed people, and happy to retire.
There is a certain truth to that. I recall watching the rioting in LA, and thinking how much it looked like a gelatinous cube (ala AD&D). Of course, close up, it looked more like the intro to 2001.
My actual job (that I have just put in my notice to) was pretty good too, but it was beginning to drift. To me, computers are just about the coolest things in the world, and I love nothing more that helping someone to do something that would have been completely impossible only a dozen years ago. Solving huge problems with a few (mostly) simple steps is key to what makes me happy. DBA and programming work are the greatest things I have ever done.
I love it the most when I get requests like this: "I need to find a way to determine how every dollar was spent last year, by person". It seems like a dumb request to some people, but to me it was a perfect chance to actually make a database do what it was purchased to do. Storing data is fine, but slicing, dicing, and producing meta-data is what it is really all about. Computers aren't for games, they are for making your life easier. If they aren't improving your life, you're doing something wrong.
Of course, I'm something of a tech fetishist. I love to buy, experiment, learn, and play on pretty much everything. I also think degrees are very important. I do not have one, but I have been working towards one. I eventually want a Ph.D in Comp Sci. Not for money, but for fun. Nothing is better than being able to really immerse yourself in the "what-ifs" of a system. That has been the best part of life and college for me.
No, big difference. Movie critics are complaining about a multi-million dollar production they PAID to see. Food critics are complaining about a meal they PAID to eat.
These idiots are like the bitch who goes to a potluck without anything to share, and just complains about all the food.
You don't have to like this stuff, you don't have to use this stuff, but you don't have to be a jerk about it.
Hell, I hate the layout of the SAPNet system, I hate the layout of the MSKB. But I pay to access them all the same. This guy? His stuff is at least free.
Personally, I like Gambas, and I like the site. I don't do BASIC much anymore, but I might actually try it out. After all, anything so many slashdotters compain about has to be good.
Slashdot Mirror
It works awfully. Currently, I have had no success with anything more complicated than Calc.
YMMV.
-WS
All I can say is that people who talk about suicide are already trying to fight it. They need help, and are trying (in an somewhat ineffective way) to get it. Anyone who is serious just does it.
I know more than a few people who simply skipped the whole "my life sucks, I want to kill myself" bit. They just went off and tried (usually failing).
People who are depressed enough to actually kill themselves don't need a website. Humans are very resourceful at killing. You might say we've evolved for it...
-WS
I agree. I use Vim to author/maintain code in Perl, Java, JavaScript, C, and C++, as well as documentation in XML, XHTML, and txt... all from the same free tool. I do it on 4 platforms, too. I use it at work on Solaris and Windows and at home on OSX and VMS.
:)
Oh, and it makes things like NetBeans look extremely slow; though I guess n00bs can use the autocomplete stuff. I only find autocomplete helps for about the first 3 weeks of learning a language. After that it is a friggin pain in the butt.
In fact, when I switched jobs recently I had a crew of people look and go "Ooooh, I want that!".
Of course, the true best ever is the lse on VMS
-WS
I think the word you are looking for is "flailing"... as in MS s flailing around, trying to find a way to get a solid grip on a world that is fast passing them by.
.Net ...
IBM did this in the early 90's PC market too, when the clones became far superior to the actual AT/XT machines. I would speculate that it is fairly common among large corporations when they hit a point where sales revenue is not increasing the way it used to.
Let's see... what has MS attempted recently?
Smartphones
Xbox
Pocket PC
Media Center
WebTV
Windows Embedded
Windows "Clustering"
XP
Looks to me like they are trying to put a version of Windows into every market that uses processors. Seems to me like they've been right in line with what they said they were going to do. I wish them luck....
-WS
I belive the tool analogy you are looking for is "Plumb bob"
-WS
Umm, except that all the financial apps *I* have worked with use 4 digit precision... rounding errors are bad.
Sounds like the guy was just an idiot.
-WS
-WS
Personally, I like Torque a lot better. Nicer Mac support, nicer toolkit.
Cheap, easy. Also, they have a LOT of support.
-WS
Attachment is the cause of great suffering.... So said the Buddha.
:)
:)
Obviously a Win XP SP1 user
He who dies with the most toys wins.... Unknown
Obviously a Linux user (or a BSD user who installed *all* the ports)
640k ought to be enough for anybody.... Frequent misquote of Gates
Clearly he used a 300 bps modem
-WS
So... you're saying that a quick spray of Lysol and a clean lint-free cloth wouldn't cut it? :)
-WS
I think this is pretty cool. I would like to see it in action (on a large scale). I know there are some installations of it, but I think it is as good an idea as the ATM.
My only questions:
1) Does it run bluetooth/802.11x or IR to sync with my Pocket PC
2) Does it cost so damn much that the price of food will go way up (again)?
-WS
Ironically, that probably isn't the highest possible speed.
/dev/null, however on our OS, /dev/null was not multi-threaded. We actually found that backing up to our disk array was faster, and then we could just rm it afterwards.
/dev/null would be slow, though.
We used to take "bogus" backups from our DB and run them to
Of course, now that I think about it, since mv is just a pointer command, it might be... cp *
-WS
Probably for the first time ever, that might actually be appropriate :)
-WS
How about a 400 error... I bet we could /. his forehead :)
-WS
I think that if the stuff is within a reasonable range, I'll definately have my house in So Cal painted with it!
-WS
Well, I guess the retards here don't count either. I'd cite tons of other pinko-commie-we-hate-america sources, but you're an AC, and not worth the effort :)
-WS
There are waaaay bigger problems than that. Sorry, but environmentalism aside, we will have some serious human issues if the ice packs that are currently *not* floating begin to melt. Sea levels rising more than a bit will cause some pretty nasty issues.
-WS
Yes. And listened to "Man on the Edge" by Iron Maiden off "The X Factor". Very appropriate. Been there myself. -WS
My parents worked in the Defence industry... too bad they were 'expendable' after the Cold War. Of course, they were delighted to stop designing things that killed people, and happy to retire.
-WS
Well, in that case, can I order a subset of TLAs? I'd like the KFA.WS set.:)
-WS
There is a certain truth to that. I recall watching the rioting in LA, and thinking how much it looked like a gelatinous cube (ala AD&D). Of course, close up, it looked more like the intro to 2001.
-WS
I love my field
My actual job (that I have just put in my notice to) was pretty good too, but it was beginning to drift. To me, computers are just about the coolest things in the world, and I love nothing more that helping someone to do something that would have been completely impossible only a dozen years ago. Solving huge problems with a few (mostly) simple steps is key to what makes me happy. DBA and programming work are the greatest things I have ever done.
I love it the most when I get requests like this: "I need to find a way to determine how every dollar was spent last year, by person". It seems like a dumb request to some people, but to me it was a perfect chance to actually make a database do what it was purchased to do. Storing data is fine, but slicing, dicing, and producing meta-data is what it is really all about. Computers aren't for games, they are for making your life easier. If they aren't improving your life, you're doing something wrong.
Of course, I'm something of a tech fetishist. I love to buy, experiment, learn, and play on pretty much everything. I also think degrees are very important. I do not have one, but I have been working towards one. I eventually want a Ph.D in Comp Sci. Not for money, but for fun. Nothing is better than being able to really immerse yourself in the "what-ifs" of a system. That has been the best part of life and college for me.
-WS
Yup. I believe that in tense situations groups are only as smart as the dumbest person there, and that all people are fundamentally like sheep.
:)
I can't prove that, but I do fervently believe that
-WS
No, big difference.
Movie critics are complaining about a multi-million dollar production they PAID to see.
Food critics are complaining about a meal they PAID to eat.
These idiots are like the bitch who goes to a potluck without anything to share, and just complains about all the food.
You don't have to like this stuff, you don't have to use this stuff, but you don't have to be a jerk about it.
Hell, I hate the layout of the SAPNet system, I hate the layout of the MSKB. But I pay to access them all the same. This guy? His stuff is at least free.
Personally, I like Gambas, and I like the site. I don't do BASIC much anymore, but I might actually try it out. After all, anything so many slashdotters compain about has to be good.
-WS
Of course, maybe that's just me being cynical.
-WS