And about the review: Your quota for using the word "conceit" is used up now. You can't use it for another two weeks. Thank you for using the Thesaurus.
Now I look at his stuff and it's a train wreck. Read Travels and you find that he's a vindictive yuppie jerk behind the scenes.
It's not totally OT, since I often see some lost soul on these book reviews with Stephen King and Crichton in their eyes going "He rites soo good!"....
I heartily recommend reading John Gardner's Art of Fiction and disabusing yourself of the 90% of writers that are just whoring to keep the 'vette gassed up. While you're looking at comments on the book, bear in mind the people that hate it are the ones that feel like writing shouldn't be work. Bullshit.
Stephenson, even with his sometimes smug flights (ITBWTCL anyone?), at least puts his back into it to write a good story - you know he's done his research, which is as it should be. Crichton could care less - he only cares what you think about him as it relates to profit margins.
Is there an IT "person"? What are they like? Am I one?
If just by being in IT, I automatically get the trust that whatever union I form wouldn't BREAK YOUR KNEES (and that's going to be the kindest sort of 'negotiation') to get things accomplished... I'm running for public office.
to toughTat draw pick [ snake eating rat [ "born to fight dinosaurs till jesus comes back or I die" ][ puppies ][ motorcycle with flames shaped like satan ] if:badass > 10 [toughTat] end
At first: There is no size, weight, or propulsion limit on the ground vehicle; the nature of the course will dictate practical limits.
Okay... 1) flamethrowers 2) one of those dumptrucks with the eight foot tall tyres 3) more flamethrowers
Then: The goal of this competition is for the race vehicle to complete the course as fast as possible. Interfering with other race vehicles will not be allowed.
Man! I thought this was DARPA. They go soft while I was out?
Now if they only had 10 hours to do it and an expert in fissionable material... That's a Scrapheap I'd watch!
trying to keep an open mind...
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from the justification: Projects fail not because of language defects, but because people insist on using the wrong tools. Projects succeed when people use the right tools, not because of the features of these tools.
I'm not against this point of view, because I have problems thinking for myself;)... Isn't this the idea behind a rich OS, like a *nix?
I have all these languages to choose from, that I can glue together many different ways... I don't have to nail myself to A solution, and thereby A drawback. I can get the drawbacks of everything, all at once!
Maybe I'm sadistic, but I like having a lot of tools in my toolbox. I like that if I don't understand a concept in a language, I'm not shut out of the programming flock forever.
I knew I should have just posted something funny and hung up. Coffee...
cell phones being used at the edge of their range don't really slam enough RF into my skull, so:
1) find a pencil/pen you're no longer going to use. 2) jam it in the latch hole for your microwave (you'll still be able to use it after the mod) 3) put microwave on tall bookshelf 4) aim open door at chair you normally sit in 5) defrost
There's a reason big important navy folk still keep test tanks around... maybe you should invest in one a them heat-carving plastics knives and some good calipers?
LyX? I know it's not a true WYSIWYG, but it does have a DocBook mode. I haven't tried it in awhile (went back to xemacs), but it might have all sorts of new goodies.
You make being subversive sound like so much work.
I cannot possibly be as subversive as someone that has all day to spend thinking about it - we need someone out there to be subversive for us, someone that we can fund to add noise to the system.
Ouch. Sounds like you got bait & switched... I hope you have the part where they've 'settled' in writing...
Seems to me that it's _their_ responsibility to keep track of what they did to the code, not yours. When you release something under the GPL, you're still the owner of the copyright. But I believe that whoever then modifies the software has the copyright on their code (derivative work?).
You shouldn't have to keep track of someone else's patches. Is Linus responsible if DRM _isn't_ added into the kernel?;)
IIRC, Deep Blue was specifically tuned to Kasparov's play - right up to and in between matches. It had its own 'coach', besides the engineers working on it.
It's probably not best to try and take him on on his own terms, so I assume DB played differently than he did.
And so, I would think that the game would probably devolve fairly rapidly.
I'm afraid I have to disagree. Samurai Jack started out fine, loved the pilot - as I remember, less than a dozen words spoken. Great stuff, had high hopes.
Right now, it's pretty stiff. It sounds like everyone is delivering their lines while being held in a hammerlock. And no doubt that it's the same plot as _everything_ since the pilot.
They had it set up for a good saga - a quest - an odessey, and turned it into videogame plot.
Sub-boss, Sub-boss, Sub-boss, Boss - No wait! Fake out! Boss lives! Sub-boss, Sub-boss, etc...
I'd rather watch the mooninites scratch on Carl's car.
If you enjoyed watching all those millions of dominoes toppling
Then you will also love the international paint-drying championships! Will the crafty French with their secret weapon (heat guns) win again? Or will the British team, who so disappointingly started hallucinating and passed out last year - take the gold?
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How are they supposed to learn if you keep killing them?
Give the bots a chance.
I see you're trying not to collide with this 18 wheeler while trying to silence your fighting children. Would you like some help with that?
Honk 17 times for no.
written by Lem, a French author
...
Actually, he's Polish.
And about the review:
Your quota for using the word "conceit" is used up now. You can't use it for another two weeks. Thank you for using the Thesaurus.
I used to like MC, in 7th grade.
Now I look at his stuff and it's a train wreck. Read Travels and you find that he's a vindictive yuppie jerk behind the scenes.
It's not totally OT, since I often see some lost soul on these book reviews with Stephen King and Crichton in their eyes going "He rites soo good!"....
I heartily recommend reading John Gardner's Art of Fiction and disabusing yourself of the 90% of writers that are just whoring to keep the 'vette gassed up. While you're looking at comments on the book, bear in mind the people that hate it are the ones that feel like writing shouldn't be work. Bullshit.
Stephenson, even with his sometimes smug flights (ITBWTCL anyone?), at least puts his back into it to write a good story - you know he's done his research, which is as it should be. Crichton could care less - he only cares what you think about him as it relates to profit margins.
Wake up!
^xs
^xc
You mean we were fitting rockets to those things for years, when all we needed was a great huge magnet?
Man, the Pentagon's going to be pissed.
What other authors does Iron Maiden suggest?
One side Spanish, the other side... Portugese!?
I'm waiting for it to be translated. No way I'm going to be out in the cold, unable to function _my_ 8 bits.
Is there an IT "person"? What are they like? Am I one?
If just by being in IT, I automatically get the trust that whatever union I form wouldn't BREAK YOUR KNEES (and that's going to be the kindest sort of 'negotiation') to get things accomplished... I'm running for public office.
to toughTat :badass > 10 [toughTat]
draw pick [ snake eating rat [ "born to fight dinosaurs till jesus comes back or I die" ][ puppies ][ motorcycle with flames shaped like satan ]
if
end
(nods to Steve Purcell)
At first:
There is no size, weight, or propulsion limit on the ground vehicle; the nature of the course will dictate practical limits.
Okay...
1) flamethrowers
2) one of those dumptrucks with the eight foot tall tyres
3) more flamethrowers
Then:
The goal of this competition is for the race vehicle to complete the course as fast as possible. Interfering with other race vehicles will not be allowed.
Man! I thought this was DARPA. They go soft while I was out?
Now if they only had 10 hours to do it and an expert in fissionable material... That's a Scrapheap I'd watch!
from the justification:
;) ...
Projects fail not because of language defects, but because people insist on using the wrong tools. Projects succeed when people use the right tools, not because of the features of these tools.
I'm not against this point of view, because I have problems thinking for myself
Isn't this the idea behind a rich OS, like a *nix?
I have all these languages to choose from, that I can glue together many different ways... I don't have to nail myself to A solution, and thereby A drawback.
I can get the drawbacks of everything, all at once!
Maybe I'm sadistic, but I like having a lot of tools in my toolbox. I like that if I don't understand a concept in a language, I'm not shut out of the programming flock forever.
I knew I should have just posted something funny and hung up. Coffee...
cell phones being used at the edge of their range don't really slam enough RF into my skull, so:
1) find a pencil/pen you're no longer going to use.
2) jam it in the latch hole for your microwave (you'll still be able to use it after the mod)
3) put microwave on tall bookshelf
4) aim open door at chair you normally sit in
5) defrost
weak signal?!
beep beep --- whirrrrr
arrrrgh!
There's a reason big important navy folk still keep test tanks around... maybe you should invest in one a them heat-carving plastics knives and some good calipers?
Kind of reminds me of those exploding model ships, except not quite.
LyX? I know it's not a true WYSIWYG, but it does have a DocBook mode. I haven't tried it in awhile (went back to xemacs), but it might have all sorts of new goodies.
You are in an open field west of a big white house with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>_
I expect them to pay full attention to me all the time
I agree. And so does my waffle iron. Isn't that right, Smokey?
It could probably be taken as little as 24-36 hours before sex
;)
yeah, if your nuts are on overdrive.
if the pill works on the idea of stopping production of sperm, you're going to have to wait something like a month to clean out the pipes.
sorry, trying to not be too crass.
I've had asked this question before but never received a good answer.
Well, if you dereference the pointer, you'll see that they have the same address.
You make being subversive sound like so much work.
I cannot possibly be as subversive as someone that has all day to spend thinking about it - we need someone out there to be subversive for us, someone that we can fund to add noise to the system.
Who volunteers to paint a target on their head?
Then you still have hope -- QED.
Ouch. Sounds like you got bait & switched... I hope you have the part where they've 'settled' in writing...
;)
Seems to me that it's _their_ responsibility to keep track of what they did to the code, not yours. When you release something under the GPL, you're still the owner of the copyright. But I believe that whoever then modifies the software has the copyright on their code (derivative work?).
You shouldn't have to keep track of someone else's patches. Is Linus responsible if DRM _isn't_ added into the kernel?
IIRC, Deep Blue was specifically tuned to Kasparov's play - right up to and in between matches. It had its own 'coach', besides the engineers working on it.
It's probably not best to try and take him on on his own terms, so I assume DB played differently than he did.
And so, I would think that the game would probably devolve fairly rapidly.
My theory.
Guk!
I'm afraid I have to disagree. Samurai Jack started out fine, loved the pilot - as I remember, less than a dozen words spoken. Great stuff, had high hopes.
Right now, it's pretty stiff. It sounds like everyone is delivering their lines while being held in a hammerlock. And no doubt that it's the same plot as _everything_ since the pilot.
They had it set up for a good saga - a quest - an odessey, and turned it into videogame plot.
Sub-boss, Sub-boss, Sub-boss, Boss - No wait! Fake out! Boss lives! Sub-boss, Sub-boss, etc...
I'd rather watch the mooninites scratch on Carl's car.
If you enjoyed watching all those millions of dominoes toppling
Then you will also love the international paint-drying championships! Will the crafty French with their secret weapon (heat guns) win again? Or will the British team, who so disappointingly started hallucinating and passed out last year - take the gold?
Tune in!
Just set up a RAID and you'll be fine.
Thank you! I'll be here all night!