I don't get it -- what's the problem with the little finger pointing device that comes with most laptops? Heck, some of them come with multiple pointing options.
Wait, let me get this straight. They want to conduct a census without the use of paper, yet they want to do it door-to-door. That doesn't make any sense at all. What's the problem with paper? It's sure a hell of a lot more reliable than electronics. And don't tell me that it's faster, because you know that's just FUD.
Maybe Microsoft will run the 2010 census too. They always have such innovative ideas.
Where I work, we have ~15 developers working on a web-based application. There are never any problems with multiple developers working on the same code at the same time. Why? We have a policy whereby all checkouts are exclusive, and there are no merges. That way, you get in, change the file you need to change, and then check it back in again.
This may not work for everyone, but if you modularize your code it really isn't that bad. Heck, we use Visual SourceSafe, which has to be the crappiest revision control system on the planet, but we can still make it work.
This can't be for real. I mean, everyone knows that there's no way that there will be 1 Bn (is that British or American billions) bluetooth devices worldwide by 2005.
I don't believe that this is actively working against evolution. In fact, given all of the current medicine and technology that works against human evolution, this is one technology that could actually work for it. If you consider that one of the greatest barriers to human evolution is the size of brain that can be birthed successfully, then artificial wombs outside of the human body would seem to allow almost limitless potential.
I wonder how it came to be that many of us (myself included) started to mistakenly think that meta- had a more specialized definition--something like, a meta-X is a thing that does what X does to other stuff, but to X itself!
You also notice some very interesting things that changed real quick. Like Smither's skin color changing after 1 episode =]
Actually, that was a colouring mistake. If you read the episode capsule for Homer's Odyssey at snpp.com, you'll find:
By now, most people have noticed that Smithers
is black in this episode. According to David
Silverman, Gyorgi Peluci, the person who did
the color styling randomly decided the
ethnicity of various characters, which usually
wasn't much of a a problem, but it sort of
ruined the ``white sycophant'' persona for
Smithers. Budget constraints precluded
recoloring, so they left it the way it was. If
it really bothers you, just imagine that he has
a ``Caribbean suntan.''
I would, but when I clicked on the link I was immediately turned off by the "opening curtains" effect that I was presented with. I can't believe that people waste their time doing things like that.
Who says the decision is up to the developer anyway? I work as a developer and I don't get any choice as to which language or platform I code for. I would love to write platform-independent code, but I just don't get that option. Why would game developers have it any differently?
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I don't get it -- what's the problem with the little finger pointing device that comes with most laptops? Heck, some of them come with multiple pointing options.
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Wait, let me get this straight. They want to conduct a census without the use of paper, yet they want to do it door-to-door. That doesn't make any sense at all. What's the problem with paper? It's sure a hell of a lot more reliable than electronics. And don't tell me that it's faster, because you know that's just FUD.
Maybe Microsoft will run the 2010 census too. They always have such innovative ideas.
Maybe you need to find a marketing department that understands that product releases go much more smoothly without "crunch time".
Where I work, we have ~15 developers working on a web-based application. There are never any problems with multiple developers working on the same code at the same time. Why? We have a policy whereby all checkouts are exclusive, and there are no merges. That way, you get in, change the file you need to change, and then check it back in again.
This may not work for everyone, but if you modularize your code it really isn't that bad. Heck, we use Visual SourceSafe, which has to be the crappiest revision control system on the planet, but we can still make it work.
What's the problem? That's perfectly valid franglais.
Actually, yes.
It's been 15 seconds since you hit 'reply'! Grrr!
But then why do their sunglasses smell like pistachios?
It's been 16 seconds since you hit 'reply'! Grrr!
Uh, try the Jargon File entry for blinkenlights.
That's funny, because when I tried OS/2 Warp 4 on my PC, I couldn't find a driver *anywhere* for my Canon BJ10-ex.
That was my primary reason for not adopting OS/2 and going with Linux instead.
Looking back, I think that was a pretty good decision at the time.
This can't be for real. I mean, everyone knows that there's no way that there will be 1 Bn (is that British or American billions) bluetooth devices worldwide by 2005.
I don't believe that this is actively working against evolution. In fact, given all of the current medicine and technology that works against human evolution, this is one technology that could actually work for it. If you consider that one of the greatest barriers to human evolution is the size of brain that can be birthed successfully, then artificial wombs outside of the human body would seem to allow almost limitless potential.
These are just my opinions.
I wonder how it came to be that many of us (myself included) started to mistakenly think that meta- had a more specialized definition--something like, a meta-X is a thing that does what X does to other stuff, but to X itself!
That would be definition 3 above.
He was talking about Mustangs, wasn't he?
You also notice some very interesting things that changed real quick. Like Smither's skin color changing after 1 episode =]
Actually, that was a colouring mistake. If you read the episode capsule for Homer's Odyssey at snpp.com, you'll find:
By now, most people have noticed that Smithers
is black in this episode. According to David
Silverman, Gyorgi Peluci, the person who did
the color styling randomly decided the
ethnicity of various characters, which usually
wasn't much of a a problem, but it sort of
ruined the ``white sycophant'' persona for
Smithers. Budget constraints precluded
recoloring, so they left it the way it was. If
it really bothers you, just imagine that he has
a ``Caribbean suntan.''
#i %*)@!%(#@)**#
That would be a comment. But anyway, wouldn't it more likely be considered random data if perl did accept it?
Oh, and - why going to a gas station? A small bottle of 12 year old whiskey can help you out.
Talk about alcohol abuse! 12 year old whiskey, if properly made, is more aptly used to fuel people than cell phones.
I just thought I should mention that it should be Rik van Riel, not Rick.
I think you mean:
bash-2.05$ fortune -o -m "damned lies"
(vulgarity)
%
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
%
Actually, that would be Microsoft® Windows® XP.
HTH HAND.
So use FreeShade [hmmn.org]
I would, but when I clicked on the link I was immediately turned off by the "opening curtains" effect that I was presented with. I can't believe that people waste their time doing things like that.
Did you try the linux kernel mailing list? It would seem to me that that would be the place to go.
Uh, maybe because it was good and didn't need that many releases? I never had any problems with any of the 2.2.x kernels I used.
It could still be considered a matter of debate as to whether the Earth is round or flat.
Who says the decision is up to the developer anyway? I work as a developer and I don't get any choice as to which language or platform I code for. I would love to write platform-independent code, but I just don't get that option. Why would game developers have it any differently?
"Good thing I'm planning on seeing both of [Harry Potter and Monsters, Inc.] anyway."
Sheesh. CmdrTaco has a strange definition of "Good Things"[tm].