Sorry Lump, GRASS is crap. Productivity on modern GIS systems is light years ahead. (of course, that's particularly true if you listen to the marketing guys:-))
Now, what you really want to do is push all GIS companies to be able to import/export GML, now that would be nice. Of course at this point, MIF and E00 take care of the vast majority... it's not pretty, but GIS is still a pretty new industry.
As someone who recently left NYS... You don't live there do you??
Lenient laws on pollution: Are you kidding? Maybe behind California, but who isn't.
laws on building: Every inch of NYS is covered by at least 3 layers of government (village/town, county, state), plus who knows how many IDA's, zoning boards, and cranky NIMBY neighbors.
LOWER TAXES?!? That one made me choke. NYS tax laws are among the nastiest in the nation. Quick residential example: I bought a house for about 20% more down here outside DC than my in-laws did back near Buffalo. My property taxes are 1/3 theirs. And our sales tax is 4.5%, compared with 8% up there.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the sky is falling, the sky is falling!
Go hide in a box, Chicken Little.
There is no cliff. What the parent post means by "simple economics" is the fact that as we 'run out' of various important resources (say, oil), the price will get out of control and we'll have to move on to something else.
Also, Mr Little, one could point out the vastly reduced pollution a fully-developed country puts out per capita compared to any 3rd world... But such ideas run against your alarmist philosophy, so I'm really wasting my time with you. Oh well, if a wonderfully reasoned post like the parent can't make you think, nothing will.
Dude, attitudes like that are the reason most people, given a dark alley and a baseball bat, would beat the living fuck out of their average IT person.
How many people actually enjoy working in an environment where coworkers in other departments are comeplete assholes?
What if your HR people, when asked about specific personnel issues (pick any one embarrassing or annoying medical problem), basically answered with a raised middle finger?
Work/with/ people. Will make your life a lot less stressful.
--- Oh, please. It's been a long time since I've seen any more self-serving piece of crud. There were no characters in that movie; just a dozen or so similar looking, similar acting "hoo-ah" types. While that may be fairly realistic, it's dull, dull, dull. By the end of the movie, I didn't care who lived or who died. I just wanted to get out of the theater. ---
What a joker. Whether it has characterization or not has nothing to do with whether or not a movie accurately portrays war. I am about 2 degrees of separation from a couple pilots who were on that mission, who say the movie is VERY close to reality.
So take your "entertain me, I'm a consumer" attitude and shove it down through your "make love not war" sign.
That is about the weakest response I've ever heard.
Get real, if you learn on computers from day one, they are your second language, and picking up any other damn OS is going to be simple.
Give me a freakin' break. I started with an Apple in '82, moved to DOS in around '88, and Linux in '94 (after some VMS in '92). Know what? I was a little confused for a while, then I learned something new! SHOCKING. HORRIBLE!
Every office should be using Apple II's if your sad little troll reflected reality.
I have an idea. Start your own site, so you can decide what matters and what doesn't. Then we can all log on to your site and whine about it. Won't that be lovely, hmmmmmm?
You are one bitter, bitter person. Every single post I see of yours whines about this or that. Why do you even have to share your nattering nabobs of negativism (hehe) with us? We don't care.
Last I knew, 'toggling' something was DHTML, not CSS. And I wonder how something like that would make it through an Accessibility check.
Please, let us know which site is yours. I want to avoid it.
In a couple years, maybe we could all be using energon cubes...
In the meantime, just take the battery out of the thing you're having trouble with, take it down to Radio Shack, give it to the dude behind the counter and say, "I need one of these".
Oh man, I haven't heard such a whiny load of drivel in a long time....
In one sense, you're right. If you want to change the way America is, you'll probably have to fight for it.
On the other hand, you weep: "The U.S. was founded by such "terrorists" (if older and wiser ones)."
And those older, wiser ones got their asses kicked too. Why do you then expect that your 'revolution' should be bloodless??
Oh, and to blame President Bush for that fact that people have to work longer hours is just feeble leftist pap. 13 months ago you had to work fewer hours? Please.
Do you know what a transformer is? You lose power over lines with distance. Yes you can go from Qu to Ca if you want, but you're totally backasswards on which method loses more energy.
IMO, CS should probably only be studied by those who want to create new/SCIENCE/ in the field. Too many people want to use computers to do their jobs, or program for a living, and think CS is the way to go. Nah.
Far better idea: Get a degree (or 3) in something you're truly interested in. Like History, or Geography (or GIS, like me:)). Learn your computer skills while working on another degree, and that will create some serious demand for your abilities...... in the field you majored in!
You major in what you love to do, and use computers to make what you love that much better.
Like.... be a programmer who happens to be a genius in Physics! You think that wouldn't be in demand?
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Sorry Lump, GRASS is crap. Productivity on modern GIS systems is light years ahead. (of course, that's particularly true if you listen to the marketing guys :-))
Now, what you really want to do is push all GIS companies to be able to import/export GML, now that would be nice. Of course at this point, MIF and E00 take care of the vast majority... it's not pretty, but GIS is still a pretty new industry.
Oh baby! Training camp starts Monday, better crank up the A/C!
As someone who recently left NYS... You don't live there do you??
:)
Lenient laws on pollution: Are you kidding? Maybe behind California, but who isn't.
laws on building: Every inch of NYS is covered by at least 3 layers of government (village/town, county, state), plus who knows how many IDA's, zoning boards, and cranky NIMBY neighbors.
LOWER TAXES?!? That one made me choke. NYS tax laws are among the nastiest in the nation. Quick residential example: I bought a house for about 20% more down here outside DC than my in-laws did back near Buffalo. My property taxes are 1/3 theirs. And our sales tax is 4.5%, compared with 8% up there.
All your other points are valid, though.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the sky is falling, the sky is falling!
Go hide in a box, Chicken Little.
There is no cliff. What the parent post means by "simple economics" is the fact that as we 'run out' of various important resources (say, oil), the price will get out of control and we'll have to move on to something else.
Also, Mr Little, one could point out the vastly reduced pollution a fully-developed country puts out per capita compared to any 3rd world... But such ideas run against your alarmist philosophy, so I'm really wasting my time with you. Oh well, if a wonderfully reasoned post like the parent can't make you think, nothing will.
What an idiot.
So how many web servers in the world does Linux have to run before you'll consider it something more than marginal.
Think about this, market share genius: Is Ferrari a "marginal" car company?
Dude, attitudes like that are the reason most people, given a dark alley and a baseball bat, would beat the living fuck out of their average IT person.
/with/ people. Will make your life a lot less stressful.
How many people actually enjoy working in an environment where coworkers in other departments are comeplete assholes?
What if your HR people, when asked about specific personnel issues (pick any one embarrassing or annoying medical problem), basically answered with a raised middle finger?
Work
---
Oh, please. It's been a long time since I've seen any more self-serving piece of crud. There were no characters in that movie; just a dozen or so similar looking, similar acting "hoo-ah" types. While that may be fairly realistic, it's dull, dull, dull. By the end of the movie, I didn't care who lived or who died. I just wanted to get out of the theater.
---
What a joker. Whether it has characterization or not has nothing to do with whether or not a movie accurately portrays war. I am about 2 degrees of separation from a couple pilots who were on that mission, who say the movie is VERY close to reality.
So take your "entertain me, I'm a consumer" attitude and shove it down through your "make love not war" sign.
That is about the weakest response I've ever heard.
Get real, if you learn on computers from day one, they are your second language, and picking up any other damn OS is going to be simple.
Give me a freakin' break. I started with an Apple in '82, moved to DOS in around '88, and Linux in '94 (after some VMS in '92). Know what? I was a little confused for a while, then I learned something new! SHOCKING. HORRIBLE!
Every office should be using Apple II's if your sad little troll reflected reality.
Red-handed with Enron for doing what, exactly, genius?
Help them survive? I doubt it.
Holy shit man, that was funny. I hope someone with some mod points notices...
Stop writing when you have no clue.
SUVs are the minivan of the 00's. Do you deny that the minivan has many uses that your little hybrids, Yugo's and scooters can't compete with?
What pisses me off about your (weak) argument is that you don't hear people who drive SUVs whine about other folks choosing to walk.
Heck, I do both. But with your painful liberal worldview, I wouldn't have the choice. Thanks.
I hope the planet warms right up, so I can sit by a nice beach all year round.
Last I heard, the planet was LOTS warmer when the dinosaurs were around, and unless you think it was a death trap then, shut up.
I have an idea. Start your own site, so you can decide what matters and what doesn't. Then we can all log on to your site and whine about it. Won't that be lovely, hmmmmmm?
Dude, thank you!
That really made my day, I may put that on replay all damn day long.
Hmm... actually, now it's going to be stuck in my damn head all damn day, thanks for nothing!!
You are one bitter, bitter person. Every single post I see of yours whines about this or that. Why do you even have to share your nattering nabobs of negativism (hehe) with us? We don't care.
Last I knew, 'toggling' something was DHTML, not CSS. And I wonder how something like that would make it through an Accessibility check.
Please, let us know which site is yours. I want to avoid it.
Oh man, if one guy's salary is all you have to go on for a TCO argument...
Please stop. You have never actually had to try to measure TCO, have you?
In a couple years, maybe we could all be using energon cubes...
In the meantime, just take the battery out of the thing you're having trouble with, take it down to Radio Shack, give it to the dude behind the counter and say, "I need one of these".
> What would it really take to get the damned thing repealed?
Another amendment. Or a miraculous win by the guys who are taking the fed. gov't to court over the irregularities of the 16th. Dare to dream.
Then GO AHEAD!
But don't be surprised when you're arrested for it.
Sheesh.
Oh man, I haven't heard such a whiny load of drivel in a long time....
In one sense, you're right. If you want to change the way America is, you'll probably have to fight for it.
On the other hand, you weep: "The U.S. was founded by such "terrorists" (if older and wiser ones)."
And those older, wiser ones got their asses kicked too. Why do you then expect that your 'revolution' should be bloodless??
Oh, and to blame President Bush for that fact that people have to work longer hours is just feeble leftist pap. 13 months ago you had to work fewer hours? Please.
You might want to check on that number (95% gone).
Maybe 95% of 'old growth' forest is gone, but who cares, really... they're plants, they grow back.
In terms of real forested area, over 65% of NY state is forested, more than there was 150 years ago.
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What a great troll, I take my hat off to you.
LMAO!!!!!!
Oh man that's rich.
How can you talk about "industry corruption" compared to American government?? You think having NASA gov't run is better?? LOL
Dude, you don't know what you're talking about.
Do you know what a transformer is? You lose power over lines with distance. Yes you can go from Qu to Ca if you want, but you're totally backasswards on which method loses more energy.
IMO, CS should probably only be studied by those who want to create new /SCIENCE/ in the field. Too many people want to use computers to do their jobs, or program for a living, and think CS is the way to go. Nah.
:)). Learn your computer skills while working on another degree, and that will create some serious demand for your abilities...... in the field you majored in!
Far better idea: Get a degree (or 3) in something you're truly interested in. Like History, or Geography (or GIS, like me
You major in what you love to do, and use computers to make what you love that much better.
Like.... be a programmer who happens to be a genius in Physics! You think that wouldn't be in demand?