Who supposedly support the free and lubricated market when it comes to the free movement of capital across the globe can be so protectionist when it comes to labour.
1. They are racist, even if they don't want to admit it (though to be fair, it's usually more ignorance than racism) [...] The white trash people in my company...
People are not trash. No, not even the poor, white ones. You fucking hypocrite.
2. They are scared that they are going to lose their job to someone else.
that does seem to go against this particular law every single time you cross a state border.
Ah yes, well that's because other countries' prisons are awful, terrible places where people are regularly beaten and raped and murdered. So we can't import any of their prison-goods because we'd just be supporting criminal regimes and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.
Nothing at all like our prisons, where inmates regularly get massages and pedicures and watch soap operas all day in perfectly safe, almost resort-like cells. Cells!... what am I saying? I meant luxury suites!
In the UK at least the consumers have no redress against Sony unless Sony sold them the console, which in most cases it didn't
But, it was Sony that initiated the actions that broke the contract.
(car analogy...)
I buy a Toyota from Bill's Discount Cars. Toyota then issues a recall saying I have to bring the vehicle in to a Toyota dealership to fix a dodgy accelerator pedal. While fixing the accelerator, they disable my radio because they would rather I bought CDs instead of listening to "free" music.
In my mind, limits to free speech are important when that speech crosses the line into hatefulness. I see no reason why people shouldn't be held to account for damages that they willfully cause through verbal abuse.
(As an American) I agree that some speech should be limited by force of law - but generally-speaking I think you'll find most Americans go as far as protecting public safety and stop there ("Fire!" in a crowded theater, etc.)
The problem is with your second sentence. "Held to account for damages." What kind of damages can possibly be rewarded by the court? How do you quantify it? Is calling someone a "faggot" worth $50 but calling them a "dirty faggot that must die!" worth $100? Is there a chart, or an Excel spreadsheet with some formulas we can input?
What if I don't care if someone says hateful things to me? Or what if I'm someone who's hyper-sensitive to hate speech? The same thing said to two different people has two different results.
Or is the intent all that matters, not its effect? In which case, what if whenever I say "Have a nice day" what I really mean is "I hope you die in an oven"? Once again, how do you quantify the degree of hatefulness so you can fairly judge them?
If the project gets done, done right, on schedule - why would you care about anything else?
I agree. Where I work the head of IT moved up "from the ranks" and even lends a hand fixing bugs in the code when he gets a chance. But he knows his primary job is basically to run interference. I've seen it--it's ugly. Lots of time spent on the phone, hashing out specifications and requirements in looooong, boring-ass meetings. No thank you. And when things get to us, he trusts us to leave us to our devices and get the work done on time.
It's a pretty good trade-off.
To answer the original question...
How many hours a week should a full-time programmer program?
Should? I would say the answer is that there is no answer. What you should or I should do varies greatly depending on our personalities, our likes and dislikes. I like to build things. I enjoy solving problems. 40 hours a week doing what I enjoy is easy.
You don't have to fix cross-browser issues. It is truly write-once, play-anywhere
If you know JavaScript, you know ActionScript
As of 2010, these bullet points have all been true for nearly fifteen years. Meanwhile, HTML5 will still be playing second-fiddle even when the language is completely formalized (no fonts, MP4 is questionable, MP3 is questionable, and you'll still have to test twenty different versions and have plenty of hacks up your sleeve to get everything to look correct across all platforms & browsers).
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That editor states that it appears that one of the people killed in the video was carrying an AK-47 while another was carrying an RPG
That's funny, the people that were murdered while giving aid in the truck didn't appear to have any RPGs.
Oh, did FOX fail to mention that small detail in their quest to cover the complete story?
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I think they were pretty justified in firing, then.
And how about when they lit up the "bongo truck?" The one with the locals trying to give aid to the people that were shot.
it also drew conclusions about the groups, not about the individuals
Yes, and my comment was about a group as well, illustrated with examples from said group. Which group is that? Creatives. People who use their brains for a living. Artists, authors, scientists... you'll have a much harder time trying to find a famous author that didn't smoke (or drink, for that matter).
Go ahead and prove me wrong. For extra credit, try and prove me wrong without simply using "individuals" as evidence, since you seem to hold so little value in actual data.
Outliers? Tell you what, Mr. Anonymous Coward, go find me a hundred famous artists, authors, scientists or politicians that aren't (or weren't) smokers.
In creative circles, non-smokers are the outliers. Sorry to have to break your understanding of the world.
This article is about as double-think as you can get. The TV station owners actively supported the coup to overthrow Chávez. They interrupted their regular programming before the coup and replaced it with broadcasts calling for his (illegal) removal from office.
If FOX news spent all day calling for the violent overthrow of President Obama, you think they'd still be on the air?
ChinaSMACK is a shit-stirring blog that posts only the most sensational crap that they can find.
For those of us who do not have perfect fluency in Chinese--which is what you need if you're going to understand all the in-jokes--ChinaSMACK is a fucking godsend. It's one of the few places on the 'net where you can get at least a glimpse into the inner workings of the brains of Chinese youth.
No one is stopping you from starting your own website, you know. Make sure you not only translate everything, but also put little mouse-over triggers for common words and in-jokes so the comments are actually understandable.
if it has a "tendency to emerge from dormancy", then it hasn't been cleaned out
It has a tendency to emerge from dormancy when the less-dangerous artemesinin is used. Which is why quinine/chloroquinine is administered at the end of a treatment, in much smaller doses that are decidedly non fatal.
Odd. it caused me to wonder about clearing malaria out of people. Something that's never been possible.
That's not entirely accurate. Plain-Jane quinine "clears" malaria, in that the red blood cells which are infected quickly die. The problem is that the doses needed for effective treatment against strains with rapid lifecycles (like P. falciparum) can cause some nasty side-effects, like cinchonism, paralysis and death. This is why most health professionals recommend the less-dangerous artemesinin for non-resistant strains. Often this is in conjunction with quinine/chloroquine, which is administered at the end of a cycle "just in case" because malaria has an irritating tendency to emerge from dormancy after treatment.
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In Java, its a weakness about interfaces- you can't have a data member in an interface, so any interface needs to use getters/setters.
Not true if the field is declared static.
Who supposedly support the free and lubricated market when it comes to the free movement of capital across the globe can be so protectionist when it comes to labour.
Capital != Labor. Unless you're a slave owner.
1. They are racist, even if they don't want to admit it (though to be fair, it's usually more ignorance than racism) [...] The white trash people in my company...
People are not trash. No, not even the poor, white ones. You fucking hypocrite.
2. They are scared that they are going to lose their job to someone else.
Hammer -> nail.
that does seem to go against this particular law every single time you cross a state border.
Ah yes, well that's because other countries' prisons are awful, terrible places where people are regularly beaten and raped and murdered. So we can't import any of their prison-goods because we'd just be supporting criminal regimes and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.
Nothing at all like our prisons, where inmates regularly get massages and pedicures and watch soap operas all day in perfectly safe, almost resort-like cells. Cells!... what am I saying? I meant luxury suites!
For example, Flash (something that HTML 5 and the video tag could replace)
Flash video .
HTML5 will do nothing to replace embeddable TrueType fonts, vector animation, built-in MP3 and MP4 support, etc., etc., etc.
You know... the 99% of stuff that Flash does that you failed to mention in your little deceptive aside. Well, deceptive or woefully ignorant.
No, no, it's 200 moles per kilogram of solvent (molal).
That's some damned concentrated users.
In the UK at least the consumers have no redress against Sony unless Sony sold them the console, which in most cases it didn't
But, it was Sony that initiated the actions that broke the contract.
(car analogy...)
I buy a Toyota from Bill's Discount Cars. Toyota then issues a recall saying I have to bring the vehicle in to a Toyota dealership to fix a dodgy accelerator pedal. While fixing the accelerator, they disable my radio because they would rather I bought CDs instead of listening to "free" music.
It's a little hard to buy things online with cash.
In my mind, limits to free speech are important when that speech crosses the line into hatefulness. I see no reason why people shouldn't be held to account for damages that they willfully cause through verbal abuse.
(As an American) I agree that some speech should be limited by force of law - but generally-speaking I think you'll find most Americans go as far as protecting public safety and stop there ("Fire!" in a crowded theater, etc.)
The problem is with your second sentence. "Held to account for damages ." What kind of damages can possibly be rewarded by the court? How do you quantify it? Is calling someone a "faggot" worth $50 but calling them a "dirty faggot that must die!" worth $100? Is there a chart, or an Excel spreadsheet with some formulas we can input?
What if I don't care if someone says hateful things to me? Or what if I'm someone who's hyper-sensitive to hate speech? The same thing said to two different people has two different results.
Or is the intent all that matters, not its effect? In which case, what if whenever I say "Have a nice day" what I really mean is "I hope you die in an oven"? Once again, how do you quantify the degree of hatefulness so you can fairly judge them?
If the project gets done, done right, on schedule - why would you care about anything else?
I agree. Where I work the head of IT moved up "from the ranks" and even lends a hand fixing bugs in the code when he gets a chance. But he knows his primary job is basically to run interference. I've seen it--it's ugly. Lots of time spent on the phone, hashing out specifications and requirements in looooong, boring-ass meetings. No thank you. And when things get to us, he trusts us to leave us to our devices and get the work done on time.
It's a pretty good trade-off.
To answer the original question...
How many hours a week should a full-time programmer program?
Should? I would say the answer is that there is no answer. What you should or I should do varies greatly depending on our personalities, our likes and dislikes. I like to build things. I enjoy solving problems. 40 hours a week doing what I enjoy is easy.
Sure thing.
If you're using Firefox, you click the Bookmarks menu, and select "Bookmark this Page." You can also use the CTRL-D hotkey.
IE operates similarly, except in IE they call them Favorites.
everyone puts up with it because of it's ubiquity
No, everyone puts up with it because:
...all out-of-the box.
As of 2010, these bullet points have all been true for nearly fifteen years. Meanwhile, HTML5 will still be playing second-fiddle even when the language is completely formalized (no fonts, MP4 is questionable, MP3 is questionable, and you'll still have to test twenty different versions and have plenty of hacks up your sleeve to get everything to look correct across all platforms & browsers).
That editor states that it appears that one of the people killed in the video was carrying an AK-47 while another was carrying an RPG
That's funny, the people that were murdered while giving aid in the truck didn't appear to have any RPGs.
Oh, did FOX fail to mention that small detail in their quest to cover the complete story?
I think they were pretty justified in firing, then.
And how about when they lit up the "bongo truck?" The one with the locals trying to give aid to the people that were shot.
You know, the one with the kids in it.
Lemme guess... [crickets]
For the web-tier, absolutely nothing beats the Stripes Framework.
it also drew conclusions about the groups, not about the individuals
Yes, and my comment was about a group as well, illustrated with examples from said group. Which group is that? Creatives. People who use their brains for a living. Artists, authors, scientists... you'll have a much harder time trying to find a famous author that didn't smoke (or drink, for that matter).
Go ahead and prove me wrong. For extra credit, try and prove me wrong without simply using "individuals" as evidence, since you seem to hold so little value in actual data.
Outliers? Tell you what, Mr. Anonymous Coward, go find me a hundred famous artists, authors, scientists or politicians that aren't (or weren't) smokers.
In creative circles, non-smokers are the outliers. Sorry to have to break your understanding of the world.
Lower IQ huh? Isn't that interesting.
Well, here's your chance to make a million fucks. I mean bucks.
Wikipedia good enough?
This article is about as double-think as you can get. The TV station owners actively supported the coup to overthrow Chávez. They interrupted their regular programming before the coup and replaced it with broadcasts calling for his (illegal) removal from office.
If FOX news spent all day calling for the violent overthrow of President Obama, you think they'd still be on the air?
ChinaSMACK is a shit-stirring blog that posts only the most sensational crap that they can find.
For those of us who do not have perfect fluency in Chinese--which is what you need if you're going to understand all the in-jokes--ChinaSMACK is a fucking godsend. It's one of the few places on the 'net where you can get at least a glimpse into the inner workings of the brains of Chinese youth.
No one is stopping you from starting your own website, you know. Make sure you not only translate everything, but also put little mouse-over triggers for common words and in-jokes so the comments are actually understandable.
if it has a "tendency to emerge from dormancy", then it hasn't been cleaned out
It has a tendency to emerge from dormancy when the less-dangerous artemesinin is used. Which is why quinine/chloroquinine is administered at the end of a treatment, in much smaller doses that are decidedly non fatal.
Odd. it caused me to wonder about clearing malaria out of people. Something that's never been possible.
That's not entirely accurate. Plain-Jane quinine "clears" malaria, in that the red blood cells which are infected quickly die. The problem is that the doses needed for effective treatment against strains with rapid lifecycles (like P. falciparum ) can cause some nasty side-effects, like cinchonism, paralysis and death. This is why most health professionals recommend the less-dangerous artemesinin for non-resistant strains. Often this is in conjunction with quinine/chloroquine, which is administered at the end of a cycle "just in case" because malaria has an irritating tendency to emerge from dormancy after treatment.
hence this doctor's flaunting of FDA regs
The word is flouting, FYI.
Side note: Jesus told the people they absolutly did not want a King, yet the people wanted to blindly follow and appointed a King anyway.
Side note: Nobody on Slashdot cares about your invisible friends.