"Just because somebody doesn't agree with us the first time we open our mouths doesn't mean that they're stupid, or we're smart, or the other way around. I think it's really important to create, bring some empathy to the table,"
I wish this was the de facto attitude people took when communicating about all aspects of life, not just science.
As the IT manager of a company, we went with AVG on all of our computers specifically because of the lack of bundled crud and the centralized administration. The free version without any bundled software that worked at extracting stuff that other programs left alone gave a positive experience that turned into dozens of licenses for the full business suite.
I have to disagree with your take on Shun a bit. I see the thinner, sharper knife as a plus, and the higher carbon steel is how you get the strength to hold that edge. Yes, you have to be more careful (don't go chopping through bones on a regular basis), and only hand wash (but that is true of just about any good knife). I have only ever experienced 1 tiny chip which was easily sharpened out, and they sharpen so easily compared to many other knives out there.
I agree that for me $400 is too much for a knife, but the Shun Classic line runs 1/3 of that on average. You could make a similar knife without the damascus and wood handle, but they perform a function beyond just looking pretty in terms of how they feel in the hand and protect the VG10 core.
Sorry, I really like my Shun knives.:) They cut better than anything else that I have held. If I were a professional chef, My knife roll would probably have something else in it that I would not worry about damaging on a daily basis, but I only get to cook a few times a week. So they work very well for me. You could do better, but you could also do a whole lot worse.
If you can afford it, the Electrolux Assistent is a better stand mixer (in my opinion) than a KitchenAid. It is a few hundred dollars more expensive, but it has an open top so you can easily add ingredients, variable belt drive instead of plastic gears and can power through just about anything including cookie dough. I got mine a few years ago, and I love it.
The annoying thing is that Target installed new chip and pin readers before the breach occurred, but the port is sealed and there is no way to use them (and the card companies are not helping, etc., etc.)
Also try replacing the lasagna noodles with kale or chard that has been blanched for a minute. That was one of my experiments that I thought, "This is either going to turn out well or really badly." It turned out well.
Good. But 2 = 6 so I guess both Excel and you are right:
Suppose: a + b = c Multiply the equation by 4: 4a + 4b = 4c This can be written as: 6a - 2a + 6b - 2b = 6c - 2c Reorganising: 6a + 6b - 6c = 2a + 2b - 2c Constants before brackets: 6 * (a+b-c) = 2 * (a+b-c) Remove the same term left/right: 6 = 2
Just because bn.com does not have does not mean that it is not available. It looks like you can purchase and view at least the PDF version right now. It seems that the dead tree version is shipping immediately.
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/svn/in de x.html
Except you are screwed if you do not get in right out of college, when you can afford to work the long hours for only enough pay to sustain yourself. If you have even a few years of non-games programming experience or a family to support, then you cannot afford to do it. Most people in this situation are effectively barred from the industry.
"And even most artists, most painters, even composers would want to come back and redo their work now. They've got a new perspective on it, they've got more resources, they have better technology, and they can fix or finish the things that were never done.... I wanted to actually finish the film the way it was meant to be when I was originally doing it."
The problem I see with this statement is that most artists, painters and composers create new works to apply their new resources and technology. They usually do not stay stuck in the past. And why does adding technology and resources change the content of the work (Han shoots first, etc.)?
I have no idea what one actually looks like, but when I got the shipping box and modem, the shipping box was torn and wet, and the inside contents were wet. Thankfully, the inner box was no too damaged and the modem was wrapped in plastic. According to this web page http://www.emergency.com/CHBMBSQD.htm, "A disruptor can fire water or slugs at a package with pinpoint accuracy and is supposed to be able to break apart the circuitry of an explosive device." Thankfully, the modem was well packed and survived.
To some extent, I can see the usefulness of this information. Back in summer of 2000, I was setting up DSL at my new apartment, and my ISP was going to ship the DSL modem to me.
I came home from work one day to find two ambulances, two fire trucks, and a number of police vehicles throughout the fairly spread out apartment complex. Luckily, they were concentrated toward the front while my apartment was near the back of the complex. I was just able to enter my apartment without crossing the lines. On my way in, I asked an officer what was going on, and he said that there was a suspicious package that they were checking out.
After about an hour, a policeman knocks on my door and asks me to come with him. When we arrived at the center of activity, I found out that the postman had delivered my DSL modem to the wrong address. Not only had he delivered it to the wrong address, but he placed the brown box label-side down on the doorstep of a police officer's apartment. The bomb squad did not know what it was after taking the X-rays, so they fired a water bullet into it. When nothing more happened, they decided it was safe and found my address on the package and got me. One of the bomb squad team told me that they were going to circulate the X-rays because they had never seen X-rays of these things before.
When I got back to my apartment I plugged in the modem and everything worked perfectly. The modem had been double-boxed and bagged, and the outer box took the brunt of the damage.
Well, going to the same university as one of the contributors, we used it for its intended purpose.
After we had secured say 50 licenses for one of the Bnetd supported games (paid for over time by the door charge) we would add that game to the ghost image we would apply to all of the library computers on our game nights. Because we were behind a university firewall, had 50+ users to manage (add the people bringing their own box), and we had one of the contributors, Bnetd managed our Blizzard games. Instantly we had matchmaking, you could get the username you wanted, and the stats were recorded. Sometime around 6:00 am the next morning, we would ghost the library image back on to the computers, clean up, and be done (and then catch up on our sleep on Saturday).
This is what Bnetd was made for, and it worked amazingly well.
The only disagreement I would have with you is about the Bnetd sounding too much like a derivative of Battle.net. The people who you mentioned Bnetd to probably have never heard of it. Instead they most likely assumed that you were referring to Battle.net (or B.net). I believe that anyone who takes the time to set up a Bnetd server or modify their registry to be able to see a Bnetd server will have no doubt in their minds of the difference.
1. Because working with the "community" would require public release of their CD key authorization systems. - It would not require Blizzard to publicly release their CD-key authorization system. They could either implement a proxy system (similar to what is described by Cheerio Boy) or allow the games which did not require modification of the client executable (everything before Warcraft III) to still run on bnetd.
2. The only crap they're pulling is ensuring that people need to BUY the game to PLAY it. - People have never had to buy a Blizzard game (or any other game that only requires an executable to play) to play it. They only need to buy it if they want to play on Battle.net.
3. The people who made the game in the first place do need to eat, after all. This is their job, they didn't hack the game out in their spare time at night. - They do eat, and quite well. Blizzard is also doing so well that they have Warcraft III, WoW, and one or two "unnamed" projects in development. Every Blizzard game has been pirated and playable outside of Battle.net. Every game from Diablo onward has sold millions of copies worldwide. If the employees of Blizzard are having troubles eating, then the people above them are siphoning too much money off of the top.
* Blizzard already does more than any other game company to encourage a community atmosphere, what with providing free online play, consistant game updates in response to player feedback, monthly ladder tournaments, free maps every week, and more - and without a monthly fee. - I completely agree. Unfortunately, the one thing that Blizzard does poorly is go after the people who are ruining the system. Almost two years after Diablo II was released, they have just started banning accounts that use cheats. Now they go after bnetd, which was designed for use with legitimate copies of games (even if they cannot enforce it), instead of the people who are pirating the games.
Yes they did. This last week, they were in talks with Blizzard about how to resolve this to everyone's satisfaction. On Friday, they were slapped with a lawsuit.
I disagree with a couple of things you have posted.
1. Exactly how many sales do you think Blizzard stands to lose if it becomes extremely easy to pirate their software? - As many as they have lost before. Ever since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans came out, there has been easy piracy of each and every Blizzard game. Their game sales have been hurt so much that each game since Diablo has sold millions of copies worldwide. They have also been hurt so badly that they can afford to maintain a completely free matchmaking and user information storage system, develop Warcraft III and Worlds of Warcraft, and develop one or two "unnamed projects". This all occurs while easy copying of their software has been done from day one.
2. Blizzard's CD key system is quite effective at encouraging people to purchase their games. - Only if they are connecting to a Battle.net realm. The cd-keys have never stopped the pirates from playing these games locally or in a lan (even without bnetd).
3. The loss of a few hundred customers pissed that the company would ever sue intellectual property thieves is nothing compared to what they'll lose if BNETD is around when Warcraft III and WoW come out. - It depends on how many people stop buying and how big a voice those people have. I for one will not be buying Warcraft III, WoW, or any other Blizzard product until this is resolved in Bnetd's favor. When this issue has come up with some of my friends, our views on this were similar. At the same time, I have no qualms with playing existing battle.net games that I already own, as I do not mind using Blizzard's bandwidth for free. They just will not get any more of my money. Because it has always been easy to pirate Blizzard games (or anybody else's for that matter), I believe that the only significant drop in sales (if there is any) will be from people who refuse to buy Blizzard products. Also, because of its nature, Bnetd would never have anything to do with Worlds of Warcraft.
I believe that the one thing that Blizzard did not do correctly from day one was controlling cheaters. Only now, almost two years after Diablo II was released, are they banning accounts of people who crack the Battle.net realms. Meanwhile, play has been miserable for the legitimate users in terms of horrible lag and a warped economy (both caused by the cheaters). Now, Blizzard/Vivendi is going after the people who created a matchmaking and persistent user information server for those who cannot access Battle.net or cannot host a lan party conveniently (and I am talking large lan parties here. 20+ people playing multiple games at different times, knowing that they can play an honest game with friends and have there records retained). They go after bnetd instead of those people who actually made a modified version of bnetd work with a cracked version of the Warcraft III client or the people who use this cracked version.
There is so much out there that money can be spent on instead. Vivendi's action just makes ignoring Blizzard's products that much easier.
The direction was not that great, but I think that the writing was an improvement. Whoopi had some great lines, but I believe that the best improvement was in the presenters' dialogues.
While there are no senators for D.C. (so I do not know who you would write to for this issue), I believe that you do have representation for taxation in the because (I am pretty sure) that spending and taxation bills start in the House of Representatives. You can write to them here: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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If there are no more butterflies, what will real programmers use? :https://xkcd.com/378/
Well, obviously, if you had RTFA: EMACS. ;-)
Great reference by the way. xkcd is ever relevant.
"Just because somebody doesn't agree with us the first time we open our mouths doesn't mean that they're stupid, or we're smart, or the other way around. I think it's really important to create, bring some empathy to the table," I wish this was the de facto attitude people took when communicating about all aspects of life, not just science.
Netflix had better hope NATO does not invoke Article 5.
As the IT manager of a company, we went with AVG on all of our computers specifically because of the lack of bundled crud and the centralized administration. The free version without any bundled software that worked at extracting stuff that other programs left alone gave a positive experience that turned into dozens of licenses for the full business suite.
There lots of optional attachments including a blender.
I have to disagree with your take on Shun a bit. I see the thinner, sharper knife as a plus, and the higher carbon steel is how you get the strength to hold that edge. Yes, you have to be more careful (don't go chopping through bones on a regular basis), and only hand wash (but that is true of just about any good knife). I have only ever experienced 1 tiny chip which was easily sharpened out, and they sharpen so easily compared to many other knives out there. I agree that for me $400 is too much for a knife, but the Shun Classic line runs 1/3 of that on average. You could make a similar knife without the damascus and wood handle, but they perform a function beyond just looking pretty in terms of how they feel in the hand and protect the VG10 core. Sorry, I really like my Shun knives. :) They cut better than anything else that I have held. If I were a professional chef, My knife roll would probably have something else in it that I would not worry about damaging on a daily basis, but I only get to cook a few times a week. So they work very well for me. You could do better, but you could also do a whole lot worse.
If you can afford it, the Electrolux Assistent is a better stand mixer (in my opinion) than a KitchenAid. It is a few hundred dollars more expensive, but it has an open top so you can easily add ingredients, variable belt drive instead of plastic gears and can power through just about anything including cookie dough. I got mine a few years ago, and I love it.
The annoying thing is that Target installed new chip and pin readers before the breach occurred, but the port is sealed and there is no way to use them (and the card companies are not helping, etc., etc.)
Also try replacing the lasagna noodles with kale or chard that has been blanched for a minute. That was one of my experiments that I thought, "This is either going to turn out well or really badly." It turned out well.
MY VISION IS NOT IMPAIRED!
Re-posting this non-anonymously so that it does not score 0 and you hopefully see it.
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iTunes.
If you are in the US, BBC America gets the episode on the 17th. iTunes usually gets the episode the next day or within a week of BBC America.
Netflix is good for previous seasons, but they do not get seasons until they are out to DVD, and watch instantly is only available later after that.
Just because bn.com does not have does not mean that it is not available. It looks like you can purchase and view at least the PDF version right now. It seems that the dead tree version is shipping immediately.
n de x.html
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/svn/i
Except you are screwed if you do not get in right out of college, when you can afford to work the long hours for only enough pay to sustain yourself. If you have even a few years of non-games programming experience or a family to support, then you cannot afford to do it. Most people in this situation are effectively barred from the industry.
"And even most artists, most painters, even composers would want to come back and redo their work now. They've got a new perspective on it, they've got more resources, they have better technology, and they can fix or finish the things that were never done. ... I wanted to actually finish the film the way it was meant to be when I was originally doing it."
The problem I see with this statement is that most artists, painters and composers create new works to apply their new resources and technology. They usually do not stay stuck in the past. And why does adding technology and resources change the content of the work (Han shoots first, etc.)?
I have no idea what one actually looks like, but when I got the shipping box and modem, the shipping box was torn and wet, and the inside contents were wet. Thankfully, the inner box was no too damaged and the modem was wrapped in plastic. According to this web page http://www.emergency.com/CHBMBSQD.htm, "A disruptor can fire water or slugs at a package with pinpoint accuracy and is supposed to be able to break apart the circuitry of an explosive device." Thankfully, the modem was well packed and survived.
To some extent, I can see the usefulness of this information. Back in summer of 2000, I was setting up DSL at my new apartment, and my ISP was going to ship the DSL modem to me.
I came home from work one day to find two ambulances, two fire trucks, and a number of police vehicles throughout the fairly spread out apartment complex. Luckily, they were concentrated toward the front while my apartment was near the back of the complex. I was just able to enter my apartment without crossing the lines. On my way in, I asked an officer what was going on, and he said that there was a suspicious package that they were checking out.
After about an hour, a policeman knocks on my door and asks me to come with him. When we arrived at the center of activity, I found out that the postman had delivered my DSL modem to the wrong address. Not only had he delivered it to the wrong address, but he placed the brown box label-side down on the doorstep of a police officer's apartment. The bomb squad did not know what it was after taking the X-rays, so they fired a water bullet into it. When nothing more happened, they decided it was safe and found my address on the package and got me. One of the bomb squad team told me that they were going to circulate the X-rays because they had never seen X-rays of these things before.
When I got back to my apartment I plugged in the modem and everything worked perfectly. The modem had been double-boxed and bagged, and the outer box took the brunt of the damage.
Well, going to the same university as one of the contributors, we used it for its intended purpose.
After we had secured say 50 licenses for one of the Bnetd supported games (paid for over time by the door charge) we would add that game to the ghost image we would apply to all of the library computers on our game nights. Because we were behind a university firewall, had 50+ users to manage (add the people bringing their own box), and we had one of the contributors, Bnetd managed our Blizzard games. Instantly we had matchmaking, you could get the username you wanted, and the stats were recorded. Sometime around 6:00 am the next morning, we would ghost the library image back on to the computers, clean up, and be done (and then catch up on our sleep on Saturday).
This is what Bnetd was made for, and it worked amazingly well.
The only disagreement I would have with you is about the Bnetd sounding too much like a derivative of Battle.net. The people who you mentioned Bnetd to probably have never heard of it. Instead they most likely assumed that you were referring to Battle.net (or B.net). I believe that anyone who takes the time to set up a Bnetd server or modify their registry to be able to see a Bnetd server will have no doubt in their minds of the difference.
1. Because working with the "community" would require public release of their CD key authorization systems.
- It would not require Blizzard to publicly release their CD-key authorization system. They could either implement a proxy system (similar to what is described by Cheerio Boy) or allow the games which did not require modification of the client executable (everything before Warcraft III) to still run on bnetd.
2. The only crap they're pulling is ensuring that people need to BUY the game to PLAY it.
- People have never had to buy a Blizzard game (or any other game that only requires an executable to play) to play it. They only need to buy it if they want to play on Battle.net.
3. The people who made the game in the first place do need to eat, after all. This is their job, they didn't hack the game out in their spare time at night.
- They do eat, and quite well. Blizzard is also doing so well that they have Warcraft III, WoW, and one or two "unnamed" projects in development. Every Blizzard game has been pirated and playable outside of Battle.net. Every game from Diablo onward has sold millions of copies worldwide. If the employees of Blizzard are having troubles eating, then the people above them are siphoning too much money off of the top.
* Blizzard already does more than any other game company to encourage a community atmosphere, what with providing free online play, consistant game updates in response to player feedback, monthly ladder tournaments, free maps every week, and more - and without a monthly fee.
- I completely agree. Unfortunately, the one thing that Blizzard does poorly is go after the people who are ruining the system. Almost two years after Diablo II was released, they have just started banning accounts that use cheats. Now they go after bnetd, which was designed for use with legitimate copies of games (even if they cannot enforce it), instead of the people who are pirating the games.
Yes they did. This last week, they were in talks with Blizzard about how to resolve this to everyone's satisfaction. On Friday, they were slapped with a lawsuit.
I disagree with a couple of things you have posted.
1. Exactly how many sales do you think Blizzard stands to lose if it becomes extremely easy to pirate their software?
- As many as they have lost before. Ever since Warcraft: Orcs and Humans came out, there has been easy piracy of each and every Blizzard game. Their game sales have been hurt so much that each game since Diablo has sold millions of copies worldwide. They have also been hurt so badly that they can afford to maintain a completely free matchmaking and user information storage system, develop Warcraft III and Worlds of Warcraft, and develop one or two "unnamed projects". This all occurs while easy copying of their software has been done from day one.
2. Blizzard's CD key system is quite effective at encouraging people to purchase their games.
- Only if they are connecting to a Battle.net realm. The cd-keys have never stopped the pirates from playing these games locally or in a lan (even without bnetd).
3. The loss of a few hundred customers pissed that the company would ever sue intellectual property thieves is nothing compared to what they'll lose if BNETD is around when Warcraft III and WoW come out.
- It depends on how many people stop buying and how big a voice those people have. I for one will not be buying Warcraft III, WoW, or any other Blizzard product until this is resolved in Bnetd's favor. When this issue has come up with some of my friends, our views on this were similar. At the same time, I have no qualms with playing existing battle.net games that I already own, as I do not mind using Blizzard's bandwidth for free. They just will not get any more of my money. Because it has always been easy to pirate Blizzard games (or anybody else's for that matter), I believe that the only significant drop in sales (if there is any) will be from people who refuse to buy Blizzard products. Also, because of its nature, Bnetd would never have anything to do with Worlds of Warcraft.
I believe that the one thing that Blizzard did not do correctly from day one was controlling cheaters. Only now, almost two years after Diablo II was released, are they banning accounts of people who crack the Battle.net realms. Meanwhile, play has been miserable for the legitimate users in terms of horrible lag and a warped economy (both caused by the cheaters). Now, Blizzard/Vivendi is going after the people who created a matchmaking and persistent user information server for those who cannot access Battle.net or cannot host a lan party conveniently (and I am talking large lan parties here. 20+ people playing multiple games at different times, knowing that they can play an honest game with friends and have there records retained). They go after bnetd instead of those people who actually made a modified version of bnetd work with a cracked version of the Warcraft III client or the people who use this cracked version.
There is so much out there that money can be spent on instead. Vivendi's action just makes ignoring Blizzard's products that much easier.
The direction was not that great, but I think that the writing was an improvement. Whoopi had some great lines, but I believe that the best improvement was in the presenters' dialogues.
Make that your signature.
While there are no senators for D.C. (so I do not know who you would write to for this issue), I believe that you do have representation for taxation in the because (I am pretty sure) that spending and taxation bills start in the House of Representatives. You can write to them here: http://www.house.gov/writerep/