Who hates advertising? Lots of people here hate popups...don't you? I don't hate advertisments though....how else am I going to find out about products? Word of mouth? Hah...everyone I know is an idiot, I don't listen to them.
That's like saying, "isn't using email an easier way for someone who hacked your machine to find out about you?" Well maybe we should just switch to non-logged IM chats then!
This is a retarded argument. No offense to you, the poster, because I have come up with some hairbrained ideas myself before, only to realize later that they were stupid....but the moderator really should've thought through this one before modding it up.
That being "Programmers working in higher level languages have a different knowledge set, not an inferior one.".
The point of using a high level language is not needing to understand things like kernel scheduling, but rather be more well versed in UI design, data abstraction, OO design, etc. Even if you ARE well versed in those thing, they only very seldomly come in handy. If you are using them often then you're not using the right high level language/environment because you're missing the benefits of it.
I guess some people can be WELL versed in everything from 3d game engine physics, to optimizing assembly from C output, to database design, to kernel scheduling, to UI design, to data abstraction, etc... you can go on forever. But seriously, who the hell is REALLY a jack of all trades when it comes to programming? Oh, I bet you are huh...you C programmer you.
Ok. With BSD You *can* stop others from doing anything they want but with GPL you *DO* stop others from doing anything (including taking it proprietary) they want. I see.
I'm not celebrating it....you don't think I'm saying that I believe in God because I "have to have faith in something", do you? I hope not, because that's not what I meant.
I'm enjoying this conversation, but this medium isn't really appropriate...if you'd like to continue it in IM you can reach me on AIM: rootedmyth and MSN: myth@[the website in my sig minus the WWW] or on my forums @ http://discussions.rootedbox.com
We could argue this all day long, but really, it's just speculation on each of our parts. So, if you reply again then you can have the last word...=)
I'll concede that the head of the CIA knows more about his job and therefore intelligence than Bush would ever know, but that doesn't mean he and/or those under him would not respond to (speculated) pressure from the presidential administration to draw conclusions that they would not normally draw.
By going to war against Iraq, the US stopped Saddam's ongoing war on the people of Iraq.
People sure do like to bring that up. The funny thing is, it is NOT the point. The point is, that's not why we were told we're going to war. It was that Iraq had massive amounts of WMDs (Big fucking deal) and it was stated by Bush that Iraq had ties to al-Qaeda (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20 030319-1.html) to garner public support.
These were both LIES. That is the point. This current administration lied to all of us, and now its supporters want to go around and say "but that's ok, because there's other good reasons for the war". Yea, if these reasons are that good then why lie to us in the beginning? Maybe it's because this administrationg prefers to us fear to sway public opinion?
Evidence doesn't make something a fact. Simply being a fact make something a fact. Because something lacks evidence doesn't make it not a fact (you did not say this, I'm not insinuating), it just means there's no evidence and nothing more.
(For clarity of the following paragraph: it = "God exists and Jesus is His son")
We can argue over technicalities all day long, but in the end it doesn't come down to fact or not, it's a matter of faith not fact. I have faith that it is a fact. You're not going to be lead to believe it by evidence showing it to be a fact, but by faith and faith alone.
Why is it this way? Why doesn't God give us evidence as He did to Saul and others in the Bible? I honestly don't know...I wish I did, but I don't need it(evidence) for faith. I'm very sorry if you do.
Uhh...so even though we know those chemicals harm the ozone we shouldn't advise other countries to not use them (Hell, it's not like we invaded China or anything) simply because we used them in the past when we didn't know they were harmful?
Europeans sure do enjoy taking potshots at the U.S.
Hey! What the hell is wrong with you? Don't listen to Mozilla! Listen to the Slashdot poster, dumbass.
Seriously though, I didn't have the problem you stated...I wonder what caused it and why it affected you and not me? It happened as soon as you clicked the link or when you tried to update? If it was when you tried to update, did you ever alter the list of sites that Firefox can install software from?
That is a very good point, but you have to have faith in something. Basically faith in what the bible says (I've heard it all, please don't retort with written by man etc...faith)...that is what you can hang your hat on if you're a Christian. That's where you get your basis on what is true and what isn't.
Faith requires that you accept the fact that an all knowing God would know more about what he's doing than you do. First assume (for the sake of argument) that there is an all power being....are you really going to question Him? I'll consider his plan, but I know I have no hope of truly understanding it.
You know, you're right. Hell, someone could even purposely try to penetrate it within that 200,000 year timeline and then their claims wouldn't hold up either.
When you throw unknowns into the mix, it's very hard to claim anything.....I wonder how anyone can actually make any claims about anything?
No it isn't obvious actually. I thought, wrongly so, that maybe he had a reason for doubting them. You know, like knowledge of how concrete weathers over time, or past experience with things like this...I was hoping for a little more than your response.
"Accelerated weather" isn't a valid answer, why? They create this material and expose it to moderate weather conditions that they'd expect it to have while it's contained and measure the effects. Multiply them until it isn't a suitable container anymore and you have it's estimated longevity. Of course it's more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it.
You're saying they can't make any claims of anything lasting any amount of time until it has actually done so, that's ridiculous.
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Who hates advertising? Lots of people here hate popups...don't you? I don't hate advertisments though....how else am I going to find out about products? Word of mouth? Hah...everyone I know is an idiot, I don't listen to them.
"Insightful" ???
That's like saying, "isn't using email an easier way for someone who hacked your machine to find out about you?" Well maybe we should just switch to non-logged IM chats then!
This is a retarded argument. No offense to you, the poster, because I have come up with some hairbrained ideas myself before, only to realize later that they were stupid....but the moderator really should've thought through this one before modding it up.
Nope, sorry. Not an AC but I'm a customer.
I wish I could mod your comment up. Very insightful.
Bravo at completely missing the point.
That being "Programmers working in higher level languages have a different knowledge set, not an inferior one.".
The point of using a high level language is not needing to understand things like kernel scheduling, but rather be more well versed in UI design, data abstraction, OO design, etc. Even if you ARE well versed in those thing, they only very seldomly come in handy. If you are using them often then you're not using the right high level language/environment because you're missing the benefits of it.
I guess some people can be WELL versed in everything from 3d game engine physics, to optimizing assembly from C output, to database design, to kernel scheduling, to UI design, to data abstraction, etc... you can go on forever. But seriously, who the hell is REALLY a jack of all trades when it comes to programming? Oh, I bet you are huh...you C programmer you.
=)
"Don't be an asshole."
Pot, meet Kettle.
As well as letting you write stored procedures in any language which compiles to .NET IL.
Ok. With BSD You *can* stop others from doing anything they want but with GPL you *DO* stop others from doing anything (including taking it proprietary) they want. I see.
I have an idea....maybe you shouldn't use it?
Wait nevermind, that's stupid.
I'm not celebrating it....you don't think I'm saying that I believe in God because I "have to have faith in something", do you? I hope not, because that's not what I meant.
I'm enjoying this conversation, but this medium isn't really appropriate...if you'd like to continue it in IM you can reach me on AIM: rootedmyth and MSN: myth@[the website in my sig minus the WWW] or on my forums @ http://discussions.rootedbox.com
We could argue this all day long, but really, it's just speculation on each of our parts. So, if you reply again then you can have the last word...=)
I'll concede that the head of the CIA knows more about his job and therefore intelligence than Bush would ever know, but that doesn't mean he and/or those under him would not respond to (speculated) pressure from the presidential administration to draw conclusions that they would not normally draw.
By going to war against Iraq, the US stopped Saddam's ongoing war on the people of Iraq.
0 030319-1.html) to garner public support.
People sure do like to bring that up. The funny thing is, it is NOT the point. The point is, that's not why we were told we're going to war. It was that Iraq had massive amounts of WMDs (Big fucking deal) and it was stated by Bush that Iraq had ties to al-Qaeda (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/2
These were both LIES. That is the point. This current administration lied to all of us, and now its supporters want to go around and say "but that's ok, because there's other good reasons for the war". Yea, if these reasons are that good then why lie to us in the beginning? Maybe it's because this administrationg prefers to us fear to sway public opinion?
Nitpicking. You know what I meant.
Evidence doesn't make something a fact. Simply being a fact make something a fact. Because something lacks evidence doesn't make it not a fact (you did not say this, I'm not insinuating), it just means there's no evidence and nothing more.
(For clarity of the following paragraph: it = "God exists and Jesus is His son")
We can argue over technicalities all day long, but in the end it doesn't come down to fact or not, it's a matter of faith not fact. I have faith that it is a fact. You're not going to be lead to believe it by evidence showing it to be a fact, but by faith and faith alone.
Why is it this way? Why doesn't God give us evidence as He did to Saul and others in the Bible? I honestly don't know...I wish I did, but I don't need it(evidence) for faith. I'm very sorry if you do.
Uhh...so even though we know those chemicals harm the ozone we shouldn't advise other countries to not use them (Hell, it's not like we invaded China or anything) simply because we used them in the past when we didn't know they were harmful?
Europeans sure do enjoy taking potshots at the U.S.
Anything deleting files off my computer without my knowledge/permission is bad...that's not very hard to understand is it?
Hey! What the hell is wrong with you? Don't listen to Mozilla! Listen to the Slashdot poster, dumbass.
Seriously though, I didn't have the problem you stated...I wonder what caused it and why it affected you and not me? It happened as soon as you clicked the link or when you tried to update? If it was when you tried to update, did you ever alter the list of sites that Firefox can install software from?
Racist!
(sarcasm)
That is a very good point, but you have to have faith in something. Basically faith in what the bible says (I've heard it all, please don't retort with written by man etc...faith)...that is what you can hang your hat on if you're a Christian. That's where you get your basis on what is true and what isn't.
When you have faith, in your mind it is a fact. That should have been pretty clear...nice potshot though..."facts just get in the way".
Faith requires that you accept the fact that an all knowing God would know more about what he's doing than you do. First assume (for the sake of argument) that there is an all power being....are you really going to question Him? I'll consider his plan, but I know I have no hope of truly understanding it.
Boy, this sounds like something out of a comic book to me.
You know, you're right. Hell, someone could even purposely try to penetrate it within that 200,000 year timeline and then their claims wouldn't hold up either.
When you throw unknowns into the mix, it's very hard to claim anything.....I wonder how anyone can actually make any claims about anything?
Thanks for setting me straight!
No it isn't obvious actually. I thought, wrongly so, that maybe he had a reason for doubting them. You know, like knowledge of how concrete weathers over time, or past experience with things like this...I was hoping for a little more than your response.
"Accelerated weather" isn't a valid answer, why? They create this material and expose it to moderate weather conditions that they'd expect it to have while it's contained and measure the effects. Multiply them until it isn't a suitable container anymore and you have it's estimated longevity. Of course it's more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it.
You're saying they can't make any claims of anything lasting any amount of time until it has actually done so, that's ridiculous.
Of course I haven't backed up my doubts of these numbers
So, are you just trolling then or what? Thanks for letting everyone know your opinion....now how about why you feel that way?
Want to buy some tinfoil hats?