I moved my OS install to my SSD very quickly. Things are so much easier on sane operating systems. Windows, on the other hand... Also, I disagree with "the rest of your computer probably couldn't utilize it": storage is almost always a limiting factor at some point on a desktop. In fact, I need to upgrade my motherboard so I can take full advantage of my SATA 3.0 SSD. (No, I cannot by a PCI card for it, as my board does not have any PCI express slots other than the single 16x).
Yeah how about we just accept the fact that there will always be risk and say fuck you to the TSA? What a bunch of fucking perverts. I'm sorry, I don't care what your "job" is, just because your boss tells you it's okay to molest the child doesn't mean it's right. Call me old school, but there are moral absolutes: molesting people is absolutely wrong. If we weren't so brainwashed as a society, people might actually think for themselves and stop participating in this nonsense.
We are human beings, not machines. Most of us are unable to compartmentalize our lives to this level of "success." I am all for having a good full work day, but 8 hours of straight work makes for generally very unhappy work environments. It is often more productive to allow (even encourage) employees to take breaks and unwind. Just pounding stuff out is a great way to make mistakes that cost a lot more to fix than simply relaxing for a few minutes out of the day. Sure, there are some days where things are slammed and you work your butt off from 8 until 5. That's okay sometimes, but not *all* of the time.
Except that we are NOT free. Just because the words "freedom" and "liberty" are used by our so-called leaders, it does not mean those words truly describe us as a nation (or as citizens of the nation, rather). There are some witty examples I could give, but none of them are "politically correct," which is a shame... Actually an even bigger shame is this whole "PC" nonsense.
Ahh, you must be new in America. It's not a matter of incompetent politicians, it's a matter of politicians being bought by "special interest groups". If you're relying on "voting in the right people" to keep you safe, you're asking for trouble. Ultimately, the real problem with politics is that it, like management, tends to draw people who crave power: exactly the type of people that should not be considered for leadership of any kind. Naturally, there are exceptions to this: it is certainly a generalization.
I would like to hear what your personal experience is that indicates that gun owners and "nuts" are the first to be targeted. To be plain: I don't believe you.
The "founding fathers" of the United States were very big on limiting government powers and empowering citizens to possess power to overthrow their government. It doesn't take much reasoning or research to draw the conclusion that the 2nd amendment is not about self defense, it is not about the right to sport, or anything like that. It is, in fact, about the right for the citizens to own appropriate weaponry to maintain the balance of power between the government and those who it is supposed to serve.
I'm not sure what your stance is on my previous paragraph, but I wanted to state it prior to my conclusion about limiting the 2nd amendment:
The founding fathers did not intend for limits to be placed on what sort of weaponry citizens could possess. I realize not everyone will agree with this conclusion, but when considering the spirit of the Constitution and what the founding fathers stood for, I do believe I am right.:) When a government is setup deliberately so that it can and will be toppled by its citizens once it has become intolerable, it only makes sense that the citizens must have similar weaponry. No, I am not advocating nuclear weapons for all: IMO, it's scary enough that governments have them.. yes I realize this pretty much goes against the rest of my argument. Input welcome, naturally.
It was *not* a standing army. It was essential in reserve. The Constitution explicitly limits the power of the government to maintain a standing army--and it appears that they tried to follow that all the way up until the late 19th century/early 20th century. Now we are at a constant "state of war." I guess that's one way around the limits imposed by the Constitution.
Notice how I never said the US didn't have an army at the founding of the country.
I third this. They aren't extremely clear in the high mids (I think they are actually scooped a bit), but the 32 dB isolation is fantastic. Yes, they're double the price, but they're worth every penny.
Hey thanks for the detailed answer. I'm actually going into an interview tomorrow morning for an entry level programming position. The shop uses Visual Studio extensively, I believe. It's a long shot that I'd get the position, as all of my programming background is with open source languages. But if for some reason they offer it to me (and I decide to leave the system administration world), I may have an opportunity to dive into all this. It sounds interesting.
I have no experience with C#, but it's probably something I should spend some time with. Currently though, I've been using Python with CherryPy and Jinja2 for my web development needs (no ORM, as I don't find much reason to use an ORM when connecting to MongoDB). Perhaps it's my lack of experience, but I just can't imagine being any more productive in anything else. Do you by chance have any experience with similar solutions to compare with ASP.NET MVC? I'm always open to learning new things, which is why I like to ask what others like to use.
Then please explain to me why JavaScript is amazing, because I certainly do not agree. In fact, I think it's apparent that Google does not agree with you this, either or they likely would not have invested so much in Dart.
I admit, I was not a fan of the white space deal at first... in fact, I'm still not sure I "like" it. Because of the white space issue, it becomes a little more important to use a decent text editor so one can move entire blocks around easily (indent entire chunks all at once), which for me rules out using my go-to editor: vim. Actually, there's probably a way to indent a block of code all at once in vim, but I don't know how to do it.
The bug reporting in PHP isn't my primary grief about the language, actually. It's that everything is different for no apparent reason and there's little organization to the whole thing. I have enough trouble keeping my own projects sanely organized. Perhaps I gravitate towards Python because it encourages me to program cleanly and maintainably--I recognize that my dislike for PHP my largely be because I am not an extremely experienced programmer. However, from what I've read around the web, the vast majority of programmers who have given Python a real chance have moved away from PHP. Anecdotal evidence? Absolutely.:)
Right... and my comment towards Java for web programming was directed at back end programming, because that's the only *real* choice one has as far as language is concerned. Yes, I realize one can compile other languages in JS, but in the end you're still dealing with JS. And I agree with you completely about Java back-ends losing popularity; perhaps it's because of all the negative opinions of Java? I know I for one stay away from it because of its proprietary nature.
I wish I had mod points for this. Ruby has a lot more complexity (and in ways, more power because of it) than Python, but with both Ruby and Python, one can get the basics very quickly (especially true for Python, IMO). Shortly after learning basic syntax with Python, I was creating decent-sized blocks of code and executing them without error. It just works--even when you think, "Hmm, can I do this?"
Now compare that with PHP where bug reporting is in my opinion, not that helpful and bugs are easy to make. Development in PHP takes far longer than it should because the language just plain sucks.
I'm not a big fan of complex frameworks, myself... It's too much "magic" for my tastes. Have you experimented with CherryPy? I find it absolutely fantastic. It's not a web framework, but HTTP framework.
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I moved my OS install to my SSD very quickly. Things are so much easier on sane operating systems. Windows, on the other hand... Also, I disagree with "the rest of your computer probably couldn't utilize it": storage is almost always a limiting factor at some point on a desktop. In fact, I need to upgrade my motherboard so I can take full advantage of my SATA 3.0 SSD. (No, I cannot by a PCI card for it, as my board does not have any PCI express slots other than the single 16x).
What? HDD? No I'm pretty sure he didn't invent that.
Completely agree.
I'm pretty sure a well trained hand to hand fighter would be much more deadly than some dork with a tiny knife.
Yeah how about we just accept the fact that there will always be risk and say fuck you to the TSA? What a bunch of fucking perverts. I'm sorry, I don't care what your "job" is, just because your boss tells you it's okay to molest the child doesn't mean it's right. Call me old school, but there are moral absolutes: molesting people is absolutely wrong. If we weren't so brainwashed as a society, people might actually think for themselves and stop participating in this nonsense.
We are human beings, not machines. Most of us are unable to compartmentalize our lives to this level of "success." I am all for having a good full work day, but 8 hours of straight work makes for generally very unhappy work environments. It is often more productive to allow (even encourage) employees to take breaks and unwind. Just pounding stuff out is a great way to make mistakes that cost a lot more to fix than simply relaxing for a few minutes out of the day. Sure, there are some days where things are slammed and you work your butt off from 8 until 5. That's okay sometimes, but not *all* of the time.
Except that we are NOT free. Just because the words "freedom" and "liberty" are used by our so-called leaders, it does not mean those words truly describe us as a nation (or as citizens of the nation, rather). There are some witty examples I could give, but none of them are "politically correct," which is a shame... Actually an even bigger shame is this whole "PC" nonsense.
Ahh, you must be new in America. It's not a matter of incompetent politicians, it's a matter of politicians being bought by "special interest groups". If you're relying on "voting in the right people" to keep you safe, you're asking for trouble. Ultimately, the real problem with politics is that it, like management, tends to draw people who crave power: exactly the type of people that should not be considered for leadership of any kind. Naturally, there are exceptions to this: it is certainly a generalization.
I would like to hear what your personal experience is that indicates that gun owners and "nuts" are the first to be targeted. To be plain: I don't believe you.
The "founding fathers" of the United States were very big on limiting government powers and empowering citizens to possess power to overthrow their government. It doesn't take much reasoning or research to draw the conclusion that the 2nd amendment is not about self defense, it is not about the right to sport, or anything like that. It is, in fact, about the right for the citizens to own appropriate weaponry to maintain the balance of power between the government and those who it is supposed to serve.
I'm not sure what your stance is on my previous paragraph, but I wanted to state it prior to my conclusion about limiting the 2nd amendment:
The founding fathers did not intend for limits to be placed on what sort of weaponry citizens could possess. I realize not everyone will agree with this conclusion, but when considering the spirit of the Constitution and what the founding fathers stood for, I do believe I am right. :) When a government is setup deliberately so that it can and will be toppled by its citizens once it has become intolerable, it only makes sense that the citizens must have similar weaponry. No, I am not advocating nuclear weapons for all: IMO, it's scary enough that governments have them.. yes I realize this pretty much goes against the rest of my argument. Input welcome, naturally.
It was *not* a standing army. It was essential in reserve. The Constitution explicitly limits the power of the government to maintain a standing army--and it appears that they tried to follow that all the way up until the late 19th century/early 20th century. Now we are at a constant "state of war." I guess that's one way around the limits imposed by the Constitution.
Notice how I never said the US didn't have an army at the founding of the country.
Creating an arbitrary distinction between two things isn't terribly convincing.
Except that the US didn't have a standing army at the "founding of the country."
I third this. They aren't extremely clear in the high mids (I think they are actually scooped a bit), but the 32 dB isolation is fantastic. Yes, they're double the price, but they're worth every penny.
The M-80 is probably the "experience" most closely related to science and experimentation. I think it's rather apparent that M-80's save lives.
Hey thanks for the detailed answer. I'm actually going into an interview tomorrow morning for an entry level programming position. The shop uses Visual Studio extensively, I believe. It's a long shot that I'd get the position, as all of my programming background is with open source languages. But if for some reason they offer it to me (and I decide to leave the system administration world), I may have an opportunity to dive into all this. It sounds interesting.
I have no experience with C#, but it's probably something I should spend some time with. Currently though, I've been using Python with CherryPy and Jinja2 for my web development needs (no ORM, as I don't find much reason to use an ORM when connecting to MongoDB). Perhaps it's my lack of experience, but I just can't imagine being any more productive in anything else. Do you by chance have any experience with similar solutions to compare with ASP.NET MVC? I'm always open to learning new things, which is why I like to ask what others like to use.
Then please explain to me why JavaScript is amazing, because I certainly do not agree. In fact, I think it's apparent that Google does not agree with you this, either or they likely would not have invested so much in Dart.
I admit, I was not a fan of the white space deal at first... in fact, I'm still not sure I "like" it. Because of the white space issue, it becomes a little more important to use a decent text editor so one can move entire blocks around easily (indent entire chunks all at once), which for me rules out using my go-to editor: vim. Actually, there's probably a way to indent a block of code all at once in vim, but I don't know how to do it.
The bug reporting in PHP isn't my primary grief about the language, actually. It's that everything is different for no apparent reason and there's little organization to the whole thing. I have enough trouble keeping my own projects sanely organized. Perhaps I gravitate towards Python because it encourages me to program cleanly and maintainably--I recognize that my dislike for PHP my largely be because I am not an extremely experienced programmer. However, from what I've read around the web, the vast majority of programmers who have given Python a real chance have moved away from PHP. Anecdotal evidence? Absolutely. :)
Right... and my comment towards Java for web programming was directed at back end programming, because that's the only *real* choice one has as far as language is concerned. Yes, I realize one can compile other languages in JS, but in the end you're still dealing with JS. And I agree with you completely about Java back-ends losing popularity; perhaps it's because of all the negative opinions of Java? I know I for one stay away from it because of its proprietary nature.
Ahh... I run my own AWS instances and host things that way.
I wish I had mod points for this. Ruby has a lot more complexity (and in ways, more power because of it) than Python, but with both Ruby and Python, one can get the basics very quickly (especially true for Python, IMO). Shortly after learning basic syntax with Python, I was creating decent-sized blocks of code and executing them without error. It just works--even when you think, "Hmm, can I do this?"
Now compare that with PHP where bug reporting is in my opinion, not that helpful and bugs are easy to make. Development in PHP takes far longer than it should because the language just plain sucks.
Yes, as an afterthought. There's a big difference between a language that's created to be OO and one that just slaps it on later.
Curious, what's your preferred language for web dev? I have admired your sig for some time, as I couldn't agree more.
I'm not a big fan of complex frameworks, myself... It's too much "magic" for my tastes. Have you experimented with CherryPy? I find it absolutely fantastic. It's not a web framework, but HTTP framework.
Why? It just forces you to indent the way you already indent. Or at least, the way you should already indent. :)