Reminds me of what one my favorite SciFi author/editor, Isaac Asimov, wrote of 1984. Exact quite excapes me, but it was something like, "It seems at the time people were more apt to discuss the book 1984 than they were to actually read it."
Don't believe me on absolute ethics? Then explain to me why it's considered unethicial to kill a living human child that will never be able to produce anything in society.
Offtopic, but I believe it deserves a response. It is unethicial to kill an "unproductive" child in part because it is very likely that child will produce something of value, even if indirectly. Many cures have been found by loving parents with "unproducing" kids. Had those children been put to death treatments and/or cures for some diseases may never have been found.
Maybe the child gives someone else a reason to produce. Maybe the child is able to produce something that you may not find valuable, but someone else does. Who gets to decide the definition of "productive", and how can you prove that the child will never be able to do it? That is why it is unethicial to kill an "unproductive" child.
Send your payments signature required (like registered mail, UPS, or FedEx). My credit card company, CitiBank, got sued and either lost or settled for doing something very similiar. Basically as I understand it, they would hold over payments for a couple of days to allow themselves to charge late fees and interest fees. If you have proof of when your payment was received you can sue the hell out of them.
How exactly would it be illegal though? You pass in a number, any number, and it spits out a bunch of bytes. By itself, the parser does absolutely nothing illegal. The only thing that can be illegal is the parser with the number. So just distribute them in two different places. Interestingly, you could try saying something to the effect of: "Download the parser here. By the way, it is illegal to enter the number 8473487123761348761984614 into the parser."
A song could be represented as the sheet music and the lyrics. You say that loses all meaning? Well to many, so does a website comprised of a bland layout and nothing but text. Both can be classified as art, and there is no point in trying to require that art be produced for the lowest common denominator.
By the way, as someone else mentioned, Southwest has a phone number that the blind can call so calling the website nothing but functionality is not true. It is simply art with a more specific purpose.
Web sites already cater to the hearing impaired (duh), but does the ability to see entitle them to more? People with vision problems (blindness or otherwise) should be granted the ability to "view" whatever site they choose, be it with a text reader or otherwise.
That is like saying that compact discs already cater to the blind, but does the ability to hear entitle them to more? People with hearing problems (deafness or otherwise) should be granted the ability to "hear" whatever CD they choose, be it with an audio-to-note converter or otherwise.
Seriously now, learn the concept of capital letters. I really don't understand how you can use correct punctuation and not use a single capital letter.
Reminds me of Diablo 2. After they released a patch (1.01 if I remember correctly), the game could no longer detect the CD in my drive. They offered no such refund to me and I ended up having to download a no-cd crack just to play the damn game.
...how would you feel knowing that after you died, no one would care?
Again, since I'd be dead I'd probably feel no different if the entire world grieved my passing than if no one did. I believe in living life in a way that I enjoy and a way that doesn't do harm to others. But once I'm dead, then I'm not going to be feeling much of anything, 'cept maybe some worms before all my nerves die off.:)
To be fair, they don't really "suck out" your eyeball, at least the place I went to didn't. They use suction on the blade device to hold your eye still, but they do not use it to pull it out of the socket, not even a little.
You can't feel a thing and you can't see the blade. Actually, the worst part of the surgery for me (aside from the really bright lights at the beginning and end) was when they pulled the tape off of the eye they weren't working on. Ouch.
Depends on where you go. The place I went to (TLC) quoted me the rate for various things. They gave me a chart that listed the rate of 20/20 for people at -3, -6, and -10. It included the rate of 20/40 at -3, -6, and -10. Finally, it included the rates of people who got the procedure done a second time.
They warned me about the rates of dry eyes, halos, and ghosting. They also did various tests to see not only if I could get it, but if it would be a good idea to do so. I strongly recommend them. At the least, do not go to the "discount" guy unless you really know what you are doing, because they are less likely to tell you what you need to know.
Yeah. I was told that I was on the edge of the limit (6.5mm) and that 7mm was risky. I had it done anyway. I see 20/20 even at night, though I do have some "ghosting" at night. I don't see the halos that some people talk about, and all the people I have talked to (including friends and family who had it done) say the ghosting is normal and should go away w/in 3-6 months.
On the other hand, my sight was not that bad to begin with. I had 20/40 vision, but I had around a -2.5 astigmatism which really sucked when trying to read without glasses.
No they not, and sometimes I wish they were. Their service was a whole lot better, and cheaper, than Insight's service. Unfortunately, due to the lack of Time Warner monopoly (and due to some wheeling and dealing by my landloards), my only option is Insight.
Yep, or even work retail sales (which, actually, I'm trying to get a second job in). The last thing I want is to work for a company that has the potential to eliminate my joy of programming. Don't get me wrong, I love my current job at a programming shop, but if I ever lost it I would be willing to work food or retail to ensure the bills got paid.
I would rather have a coding job. However, I do not want a company that might burn me out from programming quickly. I'm too young for that.
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Reminds me of what one my favorite SciFi author/editor, Isaac Asimov, wrote of 1984. Exact quite excapes me, but it was something like, "It seems at the time people were more apt to discuss the book 1984 than they were to actually read it."
Evolution is just a theory.
I do not think that means what you think that means. For an explaination visit here or here.
Don't believe me on absolute ethics? Then explain to me why it's considered unethicial to kill a living human child that will never be able to produce anything in society.
Offtopic, but I believe it deserves a response. It is unethicial to kill an "unproductive" child in part because it is very likely that child will produce something of value, even if indirectly. Many cures have been found by loving parents with "unproducing" kids. Had those children been put to death treatments and/or cures for some diseases may never have been found.
Maybe the child gives someone else a reason to produce. Maybe the child is able to produce something that you may not find valuable, but someone else does. Who gets to decide the definition of "productive", and how can you prove that the child will never be able to do it? That is why it is unethicial to kill an "unproductive" child.
Send your payments signature required (like registered mail, UPS, or FedEx). My credit card company, CitiBank, got sued and either lost or settled for doing something very similiar. Basically as I understand it, they would hold over payments for a couple of days to allow themselves to charge late fees and interest fees. If you have proof of when your payment was received you can sue the hell out of them.
If they're near you, 5th /3rd Bank is really good. I've been with them for over 10 years and am still happy.
I always thought the standard for false was zero and true was non-zero. Is if different for those two?
With Tony Blair co-starring as Mini Me?
It makes more sense with Tony Blair co-starring as Number 2 seeing as how he's GW's lap dog.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com works too.
How exactly would it be illegal though? You pass in a number, any number, and it spits out a bunch of bytes. By itself, the parser does absolutely nothing illegal. The only thing that can be illegal is the parser with the number. So just distribute them in two different places. Interestingly, you could try saying something to the effect of: "Download the parser here. By the way, it is illegal to enter the number 8473487123761348761984614 into the parser."
A song could be represented as the sheet music and the lyrics. You say that loses all meaning? Well to many, so does a website comprised of a bland layout and nothing but text. Both can be classified as art, and there is no point in trying to require that art be produced for the lowest common denominator.
By the way, as someone else mentioned, Southwest has a phone number that the blind can call so calling the website nothing but functionality is not true. It is simply art with a more specific purpose.
Web sites already cater to the hearing impaired (duh), but does the ability to see entitle them to more? People with vision problems (blindness or otherwise) should be granted the ability to "view" whatever site they choose, be it with a text reader or otherwise.
That is like saying that compact discs already cater to the blind, but does the ability to hear entitle them to more? People with hearing problems (deafness or otherwise) should be granted the ability to "hear" whatever CD they choose, be it with an audio-to-note converter or otherwise.
See the problem there? (no pun intended)
Just don't use Eproms or you might loose your mind...
LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE LOSE! not loose!
At least this is one case where the word loose almost makes sense.
The code they used in ftp.exe (and a few other TCP/IP programs) was licensed under the BSD license and not under the GPL.
Seriously now, learn the concept of capital letters. I really don't understand how you can use correct punctuation and not use a single capital letter.
Reminds me of Diablo 2. After they released a patch (1.01 if I remember correctly), the game could no longer detect the CD in my drive. They offered no such refund to me and I ended up having to download a no-cd crack just to play the damn game.
...how would you feel knowing that after you died, no one would care?
:)
Again, since I'd be dead I'd probably feel no different if the entire world grieved my passing than if no one did. I believe in living life in a way that I enjoy and a way that doesn't do harm to others. But once I'm dead, then I'm not going to be feeling much of anything, 'cept maybe some worms before all my nerves die off.
How would you like it if you were killed and no one cared, or worse, people made endless jokes about your death?
Seeing as how I'd be dead in that case, I'd probably not really have an opinion on the matter.
Back then geeks stayed away from politics because politicians stayed away from technology. That's no longer the case.
To be fair, they don't really "suck out" your eyeball, at least the place I went to didn't. They use suction on the blade device to hold your eye still, but they do not use it to pull it out of the socket, not even a little.
You can't feel a thing and you can't see the blade. Actually, the worst part of the surgery for me (aside from the really bright lights at the beginning and end) was when they pulled the tape off of the eye they weren't working on. Ouch.
I had it done. You'd be surprised what a metal "clockwork orange" thingy holding your eye open and your head still can do. :)
My doctor kept telling me to lift my chin up and it took all my effort to do even that.
Depends on where you go. The place I went to (TLC) quoted me the rate for various things. They gave me a chart that listed the rate of 20/20 for people at -3, -6, and -10. It included the rate of 20/40 at -3, -6, and -10. Finally, it included the rates of people who got the procedure done a second time.
They warned me about the rates of dry eyes, halos, and ghosting. They also did various tests to see not only if I could get it, but if it would be a good idea to do so. I strongly recommend them. At the least, do not go to the "discount" guy unless you really know what you are doing, because they are less likely to tell you what you need to know.
Yeah. I was told that I was on the edge of the limit (6.5mm) and that 7mm was risky. I had it done anyway. I see 20/20 even at night, though I do have some "ghosting" at night. I don't see the halos that some people talk about, and all the people I have talked to (including friends and family who had it done) say the ghosting is normal and should go away w/in 3-6 months.
On the other hand, my sight was not that bad to begin with. I had 20/40 vision, but I had around a -2.5 astigmatism which really sucked when trying to read without glasses.
No they not, and sometimes I wish they were. Their service was a whole lot better, and cheaper, than Insight's service. Unfortunately, due to the lack of Time Warner monopoly (and due to some wheeling and dealing by my landloards), my only option is Insight.
Yep, or even work retail sales (which, actually, I'm trying to get a second job in). The last thing I want is to work for a company that has the potential to eliminate my joy of programming. Don't get me wrong, I love my current job at a programming shop, but if I ever lost it I would be willing to work food or retail to ensure the bills got paid.
I would rather have a coding job. However, I do not want a company that might burn me out from programming quickly. I'm too young for that.