Blade Runner! I'm with ya' babe. That is an all time great movie, too, regardless of whether its a movie about AI or not (an I agree, I think it is.)
It's also one of those "as good as he ever got" movies, where a B-grade actor rises far above his normal levels of mediocre talent to deliver that one great performance. Rutger Hauer never got any better.
But the preposterousness of the Terminator plot passes muster? Annoying movie pedants always seem to forget that it's fiction. As in science fiction. I'm sure that giant monolith out there in Jupiter's orbit is quite plausible.
I'm a software guy, and have lots of opinions on programming languages, software dev, etc. I consider myself average in skills, and I would be interested to hear the opinions of someone who may be vastly more intelligent then me.
And that would be a 15 year old high school sophmore?
Your answer would be wrong. It is impossible to be "cool" and paint yourself with a broad brush of the "I am X" ilk at the same time. Those who do such things are never cool, and are refered to as "followers" or "sheep."
If you could be some sort of big jock that plays football and runs track, wears his letter jacket and gets tail 24/7... would you?
Absolutely. Everyone knows that chicks put out for guys on the football team, not guys on the wrastlin' team. I just wouldn't go around identifying myself as a "jock" or other such sillieness, as that would defenitely not be cool.
Do you think that, thanks in part to the internet, geeks feel pressured to fit certain stereotypes in that same way that other young "groups" do?
Of course! There is that pressure in exactly the same way that other "groups" do. It is the nature of being young. All 15 year olds are exactly alike in the sense that they are all completely convinced that they are totaly different, and no one understands them. Once they grow up, though, they will learn that they are understood perfectly, but were too dumb to realise it. Joy!
Do you find that the music you listen to ties in heavily with your coding habits, your view of your efforts and emotional responses to situations?
No. Only children associate music with some sort of lifestyle choice. I stopped doing that when I was about, oh, 15 years old or so. Once I stopped doing something that silly, I found that my horizons were much, much broader.
Adults listen to music because it brings them pleasure, not becaiuse it has some "impact" on their lives. If someone's life is so shallow that music becomes something other than an amusement, they are probably only 15, or desperate for a life of their own.
In short, Is music intrinsic to your quality of life?
because you deal with so much straight forward technical information on a day-to-day basis, do
you find it difficult to flirt with/attract the opposite sex because of the twisted mind games they tend to play?
You find it difficult to flirt with/attract the opposite sex because you are a pathetic teenage dork, not because of some mind game you think they play.
Here is how you can get chicks, and amaze your friends.
Bathe. Daily. Use deodorant, and comb your hair. Wear clean clothes. No one likes a slob.
Introduce yourself. Do not "flirt." Do not stare longingly and hope she catches your eye. Smile, approach, say "Hi, my name is monkeyboy."
Find out what she likes to do, and try it. If you like it, congratulations, you now have something in common. If you don't, you are open minded, and have a story to tell.
No farting, burping, dick stories, or anything else that you might have done to keep your pathetic geek friends entertained. Do not talk about technology all the time. Re-arrange your cotton.
It is never cool to insult your girl. This will become important after your pathetic geek friends start whining about how you spend all your time with her.
Accept "no" for an answer. As charming as you may be, you may just not be her type. Do not beg, ever. Do not park your car outside her dorm all night. Do not follow her around. Do not write her letters pouring you pathetic geek heart out. If you do any of these things, you have guaranteed you will never get another date as long as you live.
Do this, and you will be in it up to your neck (if you're lucky.) Do it not, and its back to the sock for you.
When I was 15 I was dying for the respect of my Elders. I couldn't stand that they all thought they knew so much more than they obviously did and that it was hard to get any credit for being intelligent.
When you were 15, you were a moron. All 15 year olds are morons. It is an artifact of having no apprecable life experience. You hated that they all thought they knew so much more than they did, when realy you hated that they knew so much more than you. You got no credit for being intelligent because all those older folks knew that every 15 year old on Earth thinks they are intellegent, when realy they are morons.
But don't worry, you'll grow out of it.
How have you delt with a world where being 15 is considered being an idiot?
I whined about it until I got older, and realized that 15 year olds realy are idiots.
Have you found ways to make adults listen to your ideas?
I learned to "re-arrange my cotton." That is, I took the cotton out of my ears, and put it in my mouth. This prevented me from speaking, and facilitated my listening, which is a major malfunction of 15 year olds.
Do you think technology has help create an enviroment where age matters less?
Only to John Katz. To everyone else, 15 year olds are morons no matter where they are presented. No technology can fix that. Only time, which heals all wounds, can fix that.
Do you find yourself being biased against old people (people over 25)?
Not as much as I am against younger people. 25 year olds still have a lot to learn, but at that point, many have discovered that for themselves. The older I get, the dumber I was, and the smarter my old man gets.
Well, thats all I have time for now! Thanks for the questions.
Q: How in God's name did this ever come up as a/. question?
Here is another one.
Q: What in the world do you suppose is so different about this generation of 15 year olds as a opposed to every generation of 15 year olds since the beginning of time?
I'll even answer that one for you...
A: Nothing.
15 year olds have always been awkward dorks, and will continue to be so for all eternity. At no point should an adult consider their opinion on any matter beyond "What do you want for dinner?"
Out of the mouths of babes comes baby talk.
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I'll believe it when I see it. My real fear is that.NET technology will give MS a foothold into a whole host of development technologies that it can then "embrace and extend" in the manner which we have become so familiar.
If.NET gains strong market share, MS is then in a position to say "Well, for version 6, we're supporting this special, enhanced Perl, called PerlMS."
My grandpappy says he remembers when the ladies started flashing some ankle under their skirts. People we're quite sure it signified the decline of western civilization.
Pappy just put bigger mirrors on his shoes, and went on about his day.
I get surly whenever I read sillyness like "it's got this memory overhead" and "there is a lag when you load." It's cargo cultism at it's worst. People knock CGI.pm for all the proplems that are associated with any CGI application.
If you are worried about performance, don't use CGI at all. Use something else.
If you're running mod_perl, you aren't running CGI.
How long is/. going to beat this dead horse? If I have to listen to one more outcast teenager cry about how different they are from all those other outcast teenagers, I think I'm gonna puke.
Why don't they get together and form a support group or something?
Oh yeah. How much more self serving can you get than...
Here are some more of the slashdot comments (and sobering emails) that Jon Katz inspired when he started writing about the frustrations of high-school life in Voices From The Hellmouth and subsequent columns.
We've heard all those voices. Again and again and again. Please tell them to shut-the-fuck up.
Man, thats a long time. CGI doesn't export anything unless you make it.
And about all that memory...
[FHBTA@thepen]%ls -l CGI.pm
190905 CGI.pm
Oh my, 190K file size. Now, one of the nice things about CGI.pm is that over half the size of the module is POD. The real size of the module is closer to 60K. My, that's huge.
If you're implementing CGI in Perl, you're a fool not to use CGI.pm. If runtime speed is the issue, you're a fool to implement in CGI, in any language.
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There's an age old truth in writing.
If you can't say it in plain english then you really don't know what you are talking about.
Okay, I know this reality of life won't be popular with at least one slashdot contingent, so let the flames begin.
Alright. You're a pathetic idiot. Do you honestly believe that an on-line game is some measure of responsibility and accountability? Is that the most you've ever been responsible for, or accountable for? Are you realy that vaccuous and shallow?
The point JohnKatz and the rest of the geeks keep missing with regards to "virtual communities." is this. They are not real communities. Thats why we preface the term with the word "virtual." Real communities are made of real people, interdependent on each other. Communities watch each others kids, send christmas cards, and fuck.
If all you've ever had was virtual sex, you're still a virgin.
Slashdot Mirror
Then there is absolutely nothing on God's Earth that can help you. When you turn 15, you aren't going to get any smarter.
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It's also one of those "as good as he ever got" movies, where a B-grade actor rises far above his normal levels of mediocre talent to deliver that one great performance. Rutger Hauer never got any better.
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And that would be a 15 year old high school sophmore?
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I wonder ever if someone will make a movie where the smart 'patooters don't kill us?
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What a typo! I'm sure you meant "Many 'pain in the ass' kids just drop out or get kicked out, thinking they are some kind of 'brainkid.'"
While it certainly does feed your pathetic geek revenge fantasy that its the "jocks" that end up pumping gas, in reality, its the "drop outs."
The friggin' Army won't take a high school drop out.
there's nothing worse than wasting your time sitting in front of a bunch of clueless idiots trying to teach you stuff you already know.
There is nothing worse that wasting your time on someone who is so smart they have nothing left to learn.
But you go on ahead and drop out. I like full service.
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Your answer would be wrong. It is impossible to be "cool" and paint yourself with a broad brush of the "I am X" ilk at the same time. Those who do such things are never cool, and are refered to as "followers" or "sheep."
If you could be some sort of big jock that plays football and runs track, wears his letter jacket and gets tail 24/7... would you?
Absolutely. Everyone knows that chicks put out for guys on the football team, not guys on the wrastlin' team. I just wouldn't go around identifying myself as a "jock" or other such sillieness, as that would defenitely not be cool.
Glad to help!
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Of course! There is that pressure in exactly the same way that other "groups" do. It is the nature of being young. All 15 year olds are exactly alike in the sense that they are all completely convinced that they are totaly different, and no one understands them. Once they grow up, though, they will learn that they are understood perfectly, but were too dumb to realise it. Joy!
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No. Only children associate music with some sort of lifestyle choice. I stopped doing that when I was about, oh, 15 years old or so. Once I stopped doing something that silly, I found that my horizons were much, much broader.
Adults listen to music because it brings them pleasure, not becaiuse it has some "impact" on their lives. If someone's life is so shallow that music becomes something other than an amusement, they are probably only 15, or desperate for a life of their own.
In short, Is music intrinsic to your quality of life?
No more so than anything else I do that I enjoy.
Thats all for now! Thanks for the questions!
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You find it difficult to flirt with/attract the opposite sex because you are a pathetic teenage dork, not because of some mind game you think they play.
Here is how you can get chicks, and amaze your friends.
- Bathe. Daily. Use deodorant, and comb your hair. Wear clean clothes. No one likes a slob.
- Introduce yourself. Do not "flirt." Do not stare longingly and hope she catches your eye. Smile, approach, say "Hi, my name is monkeyboy."
- Find out what she likes to do, and try it. If you like it, congratulations, you now have something in common. If you don't, you are open minded, and have a story to tell.
- No farting, burping, dick stories, or anything else that you might have done to keep your pathetic geek friends entertained. Do not talk about technology all the time. Re-arrange your cotton.
- It is never cool to insult your girl. This will become important after your pathetic geek friends start whining about how you spend all your time with her.
- Accept "no" for an answer. As charming as you may be, you may just not be her type. Do not beg, ever. Do not park your car outside her dorm all night. Do not follow her around. Do not write her letters pouring you pathetic geek heart out. If you do any of these things, you have guaranteed you will never get another date as long as you live.
Do this, and you will be in it up to your neck (if you're lucky.) Do it not, and its back to the sock for you.--
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When you were 15, you were a moron. All 15 year olds are morons. It is an artifact of having no apprecable life experience. You hated that they all thought they knew so much more than they did, when realy you hated that they knew so much more than you. You got no credit for being intelligent because all those older folks knew that every 15 year old on Earth thinks they are intellegent, when realy they are morons.
But don't worry, you'll grow out of it.
How have you delt with a world where being 15 is considered being an idiot?
I whined about it until I got older, and realized that 15 year olds realy are idiots.
Have you found ways to make adults listen to your ideas?
I learned to "re-arrange my cotton." That is, I took the cotton out of my ears, and put it in my mouth. This prevented me from speaking, and facilitated my listening, which is a major malfunction of 15 year olds.
Do you think technology has help create an enviroment where age matters less?
Only to John Katz. To everyone else, 15 year olds are morons no matter where they are presented. No technology can fix that. Only time, which heals all wounds, can fix that.
Do you find yourself being biased against old people (people over 25)?
Not as much as I am against younger people. 25 year olds still have a lot to learn, but at that point, many have discovered that for themselves. The older I get, the dumber I was, and the smarter my old man gets.
Well, thats all I have time for now! Thanks for the questions.
Fat Hog
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Remember when John got fired from Wired, and was announced a visionary hero here on /.?
If you finaly get the can here (and we can hope, can't we,) will you become a new visionary for say, Salon, or mabey even Suck?
Yer a whiner, Katz. You aught to be writing theater reviews or some other thing where dramatics is important.
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Q: How in God's name did this ever come up as a /. question?
Here is another one.
Q: What in the world do you suppose is so different about this generation of 15 year olds as a opposed to every generation of 15 year olds since the beginning of time?
I'll even answer that one for you...
A: Nothing.
15 year olds have always been awkward dorks, and will continue to be so for all eternity. At no point should an adult consider their opinion on any matter beyond "What do you want for dinner?"
Out of the mouths of babes comes baby talk.
--
If .NET gains strong market share, MS is then in a position to say "Well, for version 6, we're supporting this special, enhanced Perl, called PerlMS."
But like I said, I'll believe it when I see it.
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Uhhh...
I mean citizens.
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Not all advertising is bad. Some advertising delivery methods are inherently evil.
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Pappy just put bigger mirrors on his shoes, and went on about his day.
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However, in the vein of Chicken Little...
When the Martians land, all hell will break loose. Until then, I have work to do.
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If you are worried about performance, don't use CGI at all. Use something else.
If you're running mod_perl, you aren't running CGI.
mod_perl != CGI.
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How long is /. going to beat this dead horse? If I have to listen to one more outcast teenager cry about how different they are from all those other outcast teenagers, I think I'm gonna puke.
Why don't they get together and form a support group or something?
Oh yeah. How much more self serving can you get than...
Here are some more of the slashdot comments (and sobering emails) that Jon Katz inspired when he started writing about the frustrations of high-school life in Voices From The Hellmouth and subsequent columns.
We've heard all those voices. Again and again and again. Please tell them to shut-the-fuck up.
Now I'm sober AND inspired.
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Nonsense.
Here is the "delay" myth.
[FHBTA@thepen]%time perl -MCGI -e ''
0.09user 0.04system 0:00.13elapsed
Man, thats a long time. CGI doesn't export anything unless you make it.
And about all that memory...
[FHBTA@thepen]%ls -l CGI.pm
190905 CGI.pm
Oh my, 190K file size. Now, one of the nice things about CGI.pm is that over half the size of the module is POD. The real size of the module is closer to 60K. My, that's huge.
If you're implementing CGI in Perl, you're a fool not to use CGI.pm. If runtime speed is the issue, you're a fool to implement in CGI, in any language.
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If you can't say it in plain english then you really don't know what you are talking about.
The corolary is
John Katz never knows what he's talking about.
I'm sure your parents would agree.
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We don't need help from physicists, we need help from pharmacists, because you need to up your dosage a bit.
Information threatens to overwhelm reality. Thats rich.
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Alright. You're a pathetic idiot. Do you honestly believe that an on-line game is some measure of responsibility and accountability? Is that the most you've ever been responsible for, or accountable for? Are you realy that vaccuous and shallow?
The point JohnKatz and the rest of the geeks keep missing with regards to "virtual communities." is this. They are not real communities. Thats why we preface the term with the word "virtual." Real communities are made of real people, interdependent on each other. Communities watch each others kids, send christmas cards, and fuck.
If all you've ever had was virtual sex, you're still a virgin.
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