Other than that, the term "african-american" is a VERY bad term. What would you call a person of african decent, who's family have lived in England for three generations, when you describe him/her to someone else? African-american would be completely off base.
It's okay to call a white guy for both white and caucasian, but not okay to call a person of african decent anything that can come close to describing their basic features, other than calling them african-american, or "of african decent". I know plenty of black people (here in Europe) who are pissed off every time they're described af "of african decent" because they're not - they're from Sri Lanka, but to you or me they don't look much different than someone from Nigiria. They prefer the term black (or as one of them said "pigmentedly challanged"). Using such terms doesn't mean I'm a racist, and I wish people would pull their head out of their asses and realise that.
But then again, PC-people are probably just intellectually, gravitationally and cosmeticly challanged...
Well, I'm not ruling out anything, but I'm yet to meet a man, that I'm attracted to. My other personality on the other hand, is a bit queer, so I guess it depends on what state of mind I'm in.
None, but that's not the point. The point is, that the original poster claimed, that blasphemy is illegal in Denmark, which in all likelyhood is 100% wrong.
Should a Danish court issue a court order against a site like the one in question, they can appeal that decision to a higher court, and probably stay the closure of the site. But, given the usual "so?" attitude of Danish courts, they would probably throw the request for a court order out so fast, it'd break the sound barrier.
The danish constitution has a very interesting paragraph:
" 77 Enhver er berettiget til på tryk, i skrift og tale at offentliggøre sine tanker, dog under ansvar for domstolene. Censur og andre forebyggende forholdsregler kan ingen sinde på ny indføres. "
And in English: " 77 Anyone is at liberty to publish his thought, be it printed, in writing or speech, but are accountable to a court of law. Censureship and other preventative meassures can never again be introduced."
Or something to that effect.
The Danish police have no right to shut down any web-sites - to do so you need a court order (freedom of speech with personal responsibility). This includes hate-speech, blasphemy, propaganda and otherwise.
You are obviously not a lawyer, and you had better try to back up your wild claims with relevant quotes next time around.
Although I've also seen some very ugly dudes from Mexico and their VERY hot wives... The trick is called "tequila" in the local tongue. Personally, I would never stoop that low... I simply catch a womans eye and lick my eyebrows...
I haven't looked into the project yet (I'm still at work, and am just inbetween recompiling).
Can ArgoUML create code from sequence diagrams? Partial code?
I haven't found ANY UML tool that can do that, and it's a real pain in the ass to have to reimplement everything you just did in the diagram in code...
You wont get any development support if you keep using java. Port to C.
That's kinda funny; I keep telling people that I'd love to help them out with their projects, if they'd port to Java.
Java apps are not easy to install usually for any OS because they require a Virtual Machine, why not just use C and develop cross platform? Please tell me why you picked java?
I develop java, because that is the language I know; I don't post in chineese because I don't speak chineese. Sure - you can develop cross platform, and I'm sure it's easy as pie, which is probably why everyone who develops in C develops cross platform.
The problem in your proposal is, that you need to support a huge number of platforms - with java you only need one; granted, the platform needs to support Java, but that's not my problem. Also I doubt you can reuse much code between Sparc+Solaris and x86+Linux.
I understand java allows easier cross platform development but you could have done the same thing with C, it wouldnt be as quick and easy but you'd have better support and better code in the long run.
Why would it have better support? And why on earth would it result in better code? I am yet to see any buffer overflows in Java, and they are probably the most common bug in software; even good developers fall for those.
Now - why don't you port it to C, and all the platforms that support java? Even if OpenDJ is not open source, I'm quite sure the author would allow you to do so. Or are you only in this for the right to bicker?
Earth was destroyed to make way for an interstallear bypass, so why shouldn't something as insignifigant as scientific progress stand in the way of a road?
I've been watching this match on and off for the last couple of hours, and it seems to me, that they have some pretty weird opening moves (as in "non classical")...
Not having played a lot of chess on time, I'm not entirely sure, if these are regular moves to upset the board quickly - any players willing to venture some guesses?
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Well, I'm no expert on this (or anything else for that matter;-), but _shouldn't_ they differ? Unless I'm mistaken (obviously!), the difference should be in the internal naming of the object (ie "pskybd" and "kybd").
But like I said, I could very likely be mistaken, just like the earth could very well be round...
or if the same board position has appeared three times, the game is a draw.
Uhm, isn't it in three consecutive moves from both white and black?
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Hmm... next time, I should enable Java in my browser... hehe
It would appear that at this moment, AMD has 49½ points and Intel has 47½ points. But it's still too early to define a winner.
Uhh ... AMD is winning?
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I may not be the best at understanding german, but I can certainly translate this:
Anmerkung zur Runde 1: Fritz/AMD gewinnt geget Shredder/Intel 20 Partien, remiseirte 29 Partien und verliert 22 Partien
into
Noted for round 1: Fritz/AMD won against Shredder/Intel in 20 games, got a draw in 29 games and lost 22 games.
Translating that into points, AMD has 34½ points (20 wins * 1 point/win + 29 draws * ½ point/draw) and Intel has 36½ points (22 * 1 point/win + 29 draws * ½ point/draw).
How is AMD winnning?
And at the moment, that score means nothing, as Shredder could be the better program, but being held back by the Intel CPU, just as Fritz could be the better program being held back by the AMD CPU - we won't know until the bitter end.
Talk about premature conclusions... this is even more premature than CNN declaring Gore, then Bush, then Gore, then Bush the winner of Florida...
Next time - learn the language of the article before drawing conclusions.
The Danish copyright law only prohibits certain types of reverse engineering of software, and it explicitly allows you to reverse engineer code to obtain interoperability, except when the information needed for interoperability has been easily and quickly/readily available to the licensee.
And the law also states that this right cannot be "abdicated" by license.
In which case, I would say this to Microsoft: Sue me!
Well, that would be how earth would react to being hit, but I'm quite sure anyone being hit would at the very least feel a slight head ache at the impact.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view2002-07-01rl.html
Other than that, the term "african-american" is a VERY bad term. What would you call a person of african decent, who's family have lived in England for three generations, when you describe him/her to someone else? African-american would be completely off base.
...
It's okay to call a white guy for both white and caucasian, but not okay to call a person of african decent anything that can come close to describing their basic features, other than calling them african-american, or "of african decent". I know plenty of black people (here in Europe) who are pissed off every time they're described af "of african decent" because they're not - they're from Sri Lanka, but to you or me they don't look much different than someone from Nigiria. They prefer the term black (or as one of them said "pigmentedly challanged"). Using such terms doesn't mean I'm a racist, and I wish people would pull their head out of their asses and realise that.
But then again, PC-people are probably just intellectually, gravitationally and cosmeticly challanged
Well, I'm not ruling out anything, but I'm yet to meet a man, that I'm attracted to. My other personality on the other hand, is a bit queer, so I guess it depends on what state of mind I'm in.
Took you long enough ... I've been carrying this .sig around for what ... four months or so?
I know, you want to be fun, but it would be more fun, if you were correct :-)
"It can't be Java cos they lowercase the very first letter,"
This is true in the standard methods in the standard classes, but you can do what ever you want. This includes using 1337-naming, such as
DrawAdv3rt153m3n7(D35k70p);
Not entirely sure about special characters like @ etc, but the one I made up above would work just fine.
None, but that's not the point. The point is, that the original poster claimed, that blasphemy is illegal in Denmark, which in all likelyhood is 100% wrong.
Should a Danish court issue a court order against a site like the one in question, they can appeal that decision to a higher court, and probably stay the closure of the site. But, given the usual "so?" attitude of Danish courts, they would probably throw the request for a court order out so fast, it'd break the sound barrier.
Make that a "HELL NO!"
The danish constitution has a very interesting paragraph:
" 77
Enhver er berettiget til på tryk, i skrift og tale at offentliggøre sine tanker, dog under ansvar for domstolene. Censur og andre forebyggende forholdsregler kan ingen sinde på ny indføres. "
And in English:
" 77
Anyone is at liberty to publish his thought, be it printed, in writing or speech, but are accountable to a court of law. Censureship and other preventative meassures can never again be introduced."
Or something to that effect.
The Danish police have no right to shut down any web-sites - to do so you need a court order (freedom of speech with personal responsibility). This includes hate-speech, blasphemy, propaganda and otherwise.
You are obviously not a lawyer, and you had better try to back up your wild claims with relevant quotes next time around.
Although I've also seen some very ugly dudes from Mexico and their VERY hot wives... The trick is called "tequila" in the local tongue. Personally, I would never stoop that low ... I simply catch a womans eye and lick my eyebrows ...
Well - have you SEEN afghan bridesmaids? I doubt they're pretty ... hehe
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#cindy
... or some such low brow shit.
No nekkid pictures though - I keeping them to myself
"he votes Republican"
That alone should be enough to get him filtered!
I haven't looked into the project yet (I'm still at work, and am just inbetween recompiling).
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Can ArgoUML create code from sequence diagrams? Partial code?
I haven't found ANY UML tool that can do that, and it's a real pain in the ass to have to reimplement everything you just did in the diagram in code
Does "HanzoSan" mean "I burnt my tungue on a cup of java once, and now I'm pissed off at Java" in some obscure language?
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I haven't reached the bottom of the 26 comments so far, and you have posted your hatred of java three times so far
Did you flunk your java course or something?
You wont get any development support if you keep using java. Port to C.
That's kinda funny; I keep telling people that I'd love to help them out with their projects, if they'd port to Java.
Java apps are not easy to install usually for any OS because they require a Virtual Machine, why not just use C and develop cross platform? Please tell me why you picked java?
I develop java, because that is the language I know; I don't post in chineese because I don't speak chineese. Sure - you can develop cross platform, and I'm sure it's easy as pie, which is probably why everyone who develops in C develops cross platform.
The problem in your proposal is, that you need to support a huge number of platforms - with java you only need one; granted, the platform needs to support Java, but that's not my problem. Also I doubt you can reuse much code between Sparc+Solaris and x86+Linux.
I understand java allows easier cross platform development but you could have done the same thing with C, it wouldnt be as quick and easy but you'd have better support and better code in the long run.
Why would it have better support? And why on earth would it result in better code? I am yet to see any buffer overflows in Java, and they are probably the most common bug in software; even good developers fall for those.
Now - why don't you port it to C, and all the platforms that support java? Even if OpenDJ is not open source, I'm quite sure the author would allow you to do so. Or are you only in this for the right to bicker?
"We've had intelligent, self-replicating human beings around for quite a while and we haven't accomplished squat, cosmically speaking."
Self-replicating? Yes.
Intelligent? I'm yet to see any evidence of this.
Earth was destroyed to make way for an interstallear bypass, so why shouldn't something as insignifigant as scientific progress stand in the way of a road?
I've been watching this match on and off for the last couple of hours, and it seems to me, that they have some pretty weird opening moves (as in "non classical") ...
1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6
2. c2-c4 g7-g6
3. g2-g3 Bf8-g7
4. Ng1-f3 0-0
Not having played a lot of chess on time, I'm not entirely sure, if these are regular moves to upset the board quickly - any players willing to venture some guesses?
Well, I'm no expert on this (or anything else for that matter ;-), but _shouldn't_ they differ? Unless I'm mistaken (obviously!), the difference should be in the internal naming of the object (ie "pskybd" and "kybd").
...
But like I said, I could very likely be mistaken, just like the earth could very well be round
or if the same board position has appeared three times, the game is a draw.
Uhm, isn't it in three consecutive moves from both white and black?
Hmm ... next time, I should enable Java in my browser ... hehe
It would appear that at this moment, AMD has 49½ points and Intel has 47½ points. But it's still too early to define a winner.
I may not be the best at understanding german, but I can certainly translate this:
... this is even more premature than CNN declaring Gore, then Bush, then Gore, then Bush the winner of Florida ...
Anmerkung zur Runde 1: Fritz/AMD gewinnt geget Shredder/Intel 20 Partien, remiseirte 29 Partien und verliert 22 Partien
into
Noted for round 1: Fritz/AMD won against Shredder/Intel in 20 games, got a draw in 29 games and lost 22 games.
Translating that into points, AMD has 34½ points (20 wins * 1 point/win + 29 draws * ½ point/draw) and Intel has 36½ points (22 * 1 point/win + 29 draws * ½ point/draw).
How is AMD winnning?
And at the moment, that score means nothing, as Shredder could be the better program, but being held back by the Intel CPU, just as Fritz could be the better program being held back by the AMD CPU - we won't know until the bitter end.
Talk about premature conclusions
Next time - learn the language of the article before drawing conclusions.
The Danish copyright law only prohibits certain types of reverse engineering of software, and it explicitly allows you to reverse engineer code to obtain interoperability, except when the information needed for interoperability has been easily and quickly/readily available to the licensee.
And the law also states that this right cannot be "abdicated" by license.
In which case, I would say this to Microsoft:
Sue me!
Not that I own an X-Box
It's still smaller than Texas, right?
Well, that would be how earth would react to being hit, but I'm quite sure anyone being hit would at the very least feel a slight head ache at the impact.