Geez, is that all you got? I'm trying to troll here! Help a brotha out!
Also, I mis-typed when I called y'all losers. It should have been "lusers", as in, you use the software that I write. Don't piss me off, or I'll code the next system management app in migraine-inducing pink. Which will it burn out first, your monitor or your retinas?
Finally, umm, yo momma's got dustballs in her power supply.
Amen, brotha! A DBA is not a computer programmer. An HTML jockey is not a computer programmer. As a bona-fide Software Engineer (note the capitalization), I can't tell you how much I resent being lumped in with the rest of you losers.
It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine how much of this post, if any, is sarcasm, and how much is my earnest feelings.
It sure looks like the U.S. of A. is quickly running out of energy options acceptable to the general population. Recent pools have found that:
Coal is dirty.
Natural gas smells like farts
Oil is controlled by those crazy people with the towels on their heads
Wind power is for pansies
Hydro will run out as soon as all the water has finished running downhill
Nuclear causes explosions and mutants and makes baby Jesus cry
That's right, the only option that everyone agreed on was:
Burning cute, cuddly kittens
They're adundant (check the animal shelters), cheap (they're just giving the things away) and renewable ("breeder reactor" = 2 cats in a box with some catnip and a Barry White CD). It just goes to show that, with a little ingenuity, we can solve even the worst crises.
Amen brotha. Like we leaned in drivers' ed, if your vehicle can't do the speed limit on a given road, you shouldn't be using it on that road. Slow bicyclists shound find routes with speed limits they can keep up with, without inconveniencing everyone else who needs to get somewhere.
Roads are for transportation. Gyms are for exercise. I think many bicyclists should learn the difference.
Actually, a quick Googling reveals that the popular estimate for the calculation power of the human brain seems to be around 100 teraflops, but at least we're in the ballpark now. Maybe they could use it to simulate the brain of a lesser animal, like a raccoon or a Republican.
The main thrust of the conflict is the physical medium, not the file format. Even if all next-gen DVD players read the same logical file format, they still couldn't read that file from the wrong kind of disc. It'd be like having a DAT tape full of MP3's. You still need the right device to pull the data.
BTW, standard-issue video DVD's use a variant of an ISO-9660 file format to store the VOB files that make up a DVD. I'd provide linkage, but you can google as easily as I can.
All data on a computer is a "program" of one sort or another. I mean, an HTML document is a "program" that a web browser runs. It's just that the web browser limits the instruction set that the HTML document can use. Same can be said for a JPEG or a Word doc. At the other end of the scale, even direct "executable" files tend to run on some idealized virtual machine that looks like x86 CISC, but is really more like a RISC machine under the hood. OpenGL itself is a virtual machine that hides the specifics of graphics card implementations. You get the idea.
All data formats fall somewhere on the continuum between passive data and active programs. The way we decide what to call it is usually based on the scope of the instruction set used by the program, and what virtual machine is required to run it. It all depends on your perspective.
All right, there seems to have been some miscommunication here. I wasn't attempting to discourage anyone from voting (like, say, this dude was). If I were, Slashdot wouldn't be where I would start. I was just commenting on the idea that the people who would vote because of a campaign like this, and who wouldn't otherwise vote, probably aren't the people this whole "voting" thing is aimed at anyway.
The whole idea behind encouraging as many people to vote as possible is to avoid pissing too many people off to the point where they'd revolt. The Founding Fathers (tm) weren't so much concerned with the lofty ideals of a free and open society as creating a government that would last long enough to get some legs under it. Pirate ships didn't democratically elect their leaders because it was the noble thing to do. They were simply acknowledging that any member of the crew had roughly the same capacity to murder any other in their sleep, so it'd be best to make sure the majority was in power from the start, to avoid violent overthrow. The point is to make sure that everyone knows that whoever's in power has the support of the majority, and that a coup probably wouldn't get the support it'd need to be successful. When people who don't really care vote, it just throws off the count, and adds a random (at best) bias to an already tenuous correlation between votes and pubic opinion.
Taking all that into consideration, I'm of the opinion that the only qualification to vote aught to be the will to do so without being bribed by some well-intentioned geeks. If you're not gonna be part of the angry mob that storms the White House come November (or at least bake them muffins for the long cold journey to DC), you might as well stay home.
P.S.: I must have touched a nerve, 'cuz I made myself a new freak. Woohoo! Now where's my free iPod?
I vote for entertainment value, pure and simple. Maybe something interesting will happen at the polls. More likely, though, is that someone will ask me who I voted for, and I'll be more convincing if I've actually gotten off my ass and voted. It's kinda the same reason you give out advice: you don't really care if they take it, but it gives an added emotional dimension to the outcome of the situation, and adds a bit of drama to an otherwise pretty boring situation.
Frankly, even if the otherwise lazy people actually followed through and voted, I'm not sure it'd be in the country's best interest for them to do so. By encouraging people who really don't care about anything but a free iPod to vote, you effectively dilute the votes of people who genuinely do care about issues that affect them, or are at least willing to put forth the effort required to become an informed voter. I'd start in with some vague ramblings about how apathetic people tend to vote for the incumbents just because they've heard the name, and maybe the people pushing for greater voter participation just want to keep things the way they are...but I don't really want to go there, and my tin-foil hat's at the cleaner's.
"disturbing oddities"? I got nine letters and a dot for ya: rotten.com. It's the link I send to people who piss me off. At first you don't quite realize just how bad it is, and by the time you catch on, you can't seem to look away.
Wow, similar experience here, but in this case BB was actually, get this, the GOOD GUY:
A coupla months ago I went to trusty BB, price-shopping for an SD/MMC card reader. They had a few different brands, but the cheapest (just barely) was a PNY one for $20 minus a $10 rebate. Well, I bought it and, as is my practice, I sent out the (PNY) rebate form as soon as I got home. Then a coupla weeks ago, I got a postcard from PNY saying that they didn't get my UPC symbol. Fine, whatever, called up their service number. The first option in their system was for people who'd gotten the Postcard of No Rebate, so I figure they must pull this crap a lot.
Argued with a rep with a pretty strong accent for about 20 minutes. Dude insisted that I hadn't sent the UPC because it "wasn't in the system". Talked to the manager, who suggested I fax in a copy of the UPC. "Dude, you have my UPC symbol. I mailed it to you." "I'm sorry sir, it's not in the system. Try going back to Best Buy and seeing if they'll make you a copy of the UPC." So, yeah, the dude at the return desk at BB just told me to get that same PNY card reader off the shelf. He declared the unit "damaged", opened it up, cut out the UPC symbol and gave it to me.
Faxed a copy of the UPC symbol to PNY's fax number, called back yesterday to ask on the status and found out that the UPC symbol I'd faxed 'em didn't match any of the UPC's in their rebate database. Eventually I got to the rebate center manager who swore that it was PNY's fault for not giving them the right UPC symbols, and said he'd "override" the system and send me my rebate. Damn straight! I can't balieve PNY can get away with this shit. I'm sure 99% of the other people who fell for this just gave up on it.
Hehe, well put. Sounds like a Bush quote along the lines of, "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
For the slow kids, the point is that you can't focus on something until you identify it. If you're focusing on it, you've already identified it, so it's no longer unidentified.
Well, more to the point, a stock's price is based on what people PERCIEVE that others will PAY for the stock in the future, when they're ready to sell. I mean, everyone except the last person to put in a buy order was right about the stock going up, at least in the near term. They're not betting that SCOX is worth more than its current valuation; they're betting that *other people* will buy it from them at more than they paid for it. Really, they're just hoping that SCOX investors will fall for it again, and, if you're gonna target a group of people as suckers, SCOX investors is probably as good a pick as you can make.
It all comes down to what motivates Sun, at least as far as the high-level execs (McNealy) are concerned. Sun doesn't want to be the best, necessarily. They just want to be better than their enemies. At first, they wanted to beat the big UNIX vendors at their own game. Then it was MS, with OS's in general. Now that they've buddied up with MS, they need a new windmill to tilt at, and who better than the infidels who've been trying (with some success) to steal Sun's Java thunder for years?
[Disclaimer: I worked at Sun from '01 to late '03]
Ooh, better yet, go as a midieval eunuch by cutting off your reproductive organs. I mean, if anyone ever saw you all dressed up in your cardboard armor, it's not like you'd ever have a chance to use your junk anyway...
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Geez, is that all you got? I'm trying to troll here! Help a brotha out!
Also, I mis-typed when I called y'all losers. It should have been "lusers", as in, you use the software that I write. Don't piss me off, or I'll code the next system management app in migraine-inducing pink. Which will it burn out first, your monitor or your retinas?
Finally, umm, yo momma's got dustballs in her power supply.
Amen, brotha! A DBA is not a computer programmer. An HTML jockey is not a computer programmer. As a bona-fide Software Engineer (note the capitalization), I can't tell you how much I resent being lumped in with the rest of you losers.
It's left as an exercise for the reader to determine how much of this post, if any, is sarcasm, and how much is my earnest feelings.
That's right, the only option that everyone agreed on was:
They're adundant (check the animal shelters), cheap (they're just giving the things away) and renewable ("breeder reactor" = 2 cats in a box with some catnip and a Barry White CD). It just goes to show that, with a little ingenuity, we can solve even the worst crises.
Ford can't forbid me from taking apart a Caddy and not only making, but SELLING plans
Especially seeing how Cadillac is a GM brand.
Hehe, from the article:
She found special toilet paper that met these requirements and bought a roll for $85.
Wow, that must be some fancy-ass toilet paper...
I had a buddy who joked that it was short for "Windows, New Testament".
Amen brotha. Like we leaned in drivers' ed, if your vehicle can't do the speed limit on a given road, you shouldn't be using it on that road. Slow bicyclists shound find routes with speed limits they can keep up with, without inconveniencing everyone else who needs to get somewhere.
Roads are for transportation. Gyms are for exercise. I think many bicyclists should learn the difference.
Specifically, an object is marked for gc-ing when it's not reachable from any thread.
Just so ya know.
Actually, a quick Googling reveals that the popular estimate for the calculation power of the human brain seems to be around 100 teraflops, but at least we're in the ballpark now. Maybe they could use it to simulate the brain of a lesser animal, like a raccoon or a Republican.
The main thrust of the conflict is the physical medium, not the file format. Even if all next-gen DVD players read the same logical file format, they still couldn't read that file from the wrong kind of disc. It'd be like having a DAT tape full of MP3's. You still need the right device to pull the data.
BTW, standard-issue video DVD's use a variant of an ISO-9660 file format to store the VOB files that make up a DVD. I'd provide linkage, but you can google as easily as I can.
Google says:
;P
Spam: Unsolicited "junk" e-mail sent to large numbers of people to promote products or services.
Note the e- in front of "mail" in the defintion. If it ain't e-mail, then it's just plain old junk mail.
Well, if you want to get technical...
All data on a computer is a "program" of one sort or another. I mean, an HTML document is a "program" that a web browser runs. It's just that the web browser limits the instruction set that the HTML document can use. Same can be said for a JPEG or a Word doc. At the other end of the scale, even direct "executable" files tend to run on some idealized virtual machine that looks like x86 CISC, but is really more like a RISC machine under the hood. OpenGL itself is a virtual machine that hides the specifics of graphics card implementations. You get the idea.
All data formats fall somewhere on the continuum between passive data and active programs. The way we decide what to call it is usually based on the scope of the instruction set used by the program, and what virtual machine is required to run it. It all depends on your perspective.
Oh, and the soccer game ends in a scoreless tie.
All right, there seems to have been some miscommunication here. I wasn't attempting to discourage anyone from voting (like, say, this dude was). If I were, Slashdot wouldn't be where I would start. I was just commenting on the idea that the people who would vote because of a campaign like this, and who wouldn't otherwise vote, probably aren't the people this whole "voting" thing is aimed at anyway.
The whole idea behind encouraging as many people to vote as possible is to avoid pissing too many people off to the point where they'd revolt. The Founding Fathers (tm) weren't so much concerned with the lofty ideals of a free and open society as creating a government that would last long enough to get some legs under it. Pirate ships didn't democratically elect their leaders because it was the noble thing to do. They were simply acknowledging that any member of the crew had roughly the same capacity to murder any other in their sleep, so it'd be best to make sure the majority was in power from the start, to avoid violent overthrow. The point is to make sure that everyone knows that whoever's in power has the support of the majority, and that a coup probably wouldn't get the support it'd need to be successful. When people who don't really care vote, it just throws off the count, and adds a random (at best) bias to an already tenuous correlation between votes and pubic opinion.
Taking all that into consideration, I'm of the opinion that the only qualification to vote aught to be the will to do so without being bribed by some well-intentioned geeks. If you're not gonna be part of the angry mob that storms the White House come November (or at least bake them muffins for the long cold journey to DC), you might as well stay home.
P.S.: I must have touched a nerve, 'cuz I made myself a new freak. Woohoo! Now where's my free iPod?
I vote for entertainment value, pure and simple. Maybe something interesting will happen at the polls. More likely, though, is that someone will ask me who I voted for, and I'll be more convincing if I've actually gotten off my ass and voted. It's kinda the same reason you give out advice: you don't really care if they take it, but it gives an added emotional dimension to the outcome of the situation, and adds a bit of drama to an otherwise pretty boring situation.
...and, yes, I do study game theory.
Frankly, even if the otherwise lazy people actually followed through and voted, I'm not sure it'd be in the country's best interest for them to do so. By encouraging people who really don't care about anything but a free iPod to vote, you effectively dilute the votes of people who genuinely do care about issues that affect them, or are at least willing to put forth the effort required to become an informed voter. I'd start in with some vague ramblings about how apathetic people tend to vote for the incumbents just because they've heard the name, and maybe the people pushing for greater voter participation just want to keep things the way they are...but I don't really want to go there, and my tin-foil hat's at the cleaner's.
"disturbing oddities"? I got nine letters and a dot for ya: rotten.com. It's the link I send to people who piss me off. At first you don't quite realize just how bad it is, and by the time you catch on, you can't seem to look away.
Wow, similar experience here, but in this case BB was actually, get this, the GOOD GUY:
A coupla months ago I went to trusty BB, price-shopping for an SD/MMC card reader. They had a few different brands, but the cheapest (just barely) was a PNY one for $20 minus a $10 rebate. Well, I bought it and, as is my practice, I sent out the (PNY) rebate form as soon as I got home. Then a coupla weeks ago, I got a postcard from PNY saying that they didn't get my UPC symbol. Fine, whatever, called up their service number. The first option in their system was for people who'd gotten the Postcard of No Rebate, so I figure they must pull this crap a lot.
Argued with a rep with a pretty strong accent for about 20 minutes. Dude insisted that I hadn't sent the UPC because it "wasn't in the system". Talked to the manager, who suggested I fax in a copy of the UPC. "Dude, you have my UPC symbol. I mailed it to you." "I'm sorry sir, it's not in the system. Try going back to Best Buy and seeing if they'll make you a copy of the UPC." So, yeah, the dude at the return desk at BB just told me to get that same PNY card reader off the shelf. He declared the unit "damaged", opened it up, cut out the UPC symbol and gave it to me.
Faxed a copy of the UPC symbol to PNY's fax number, called back yesterday to ask on the status and found out that the UPC symbol I'd faxed 'em didn't match any of the UPC's in their rebate database. Eventually I got to the rebate center manager who swore that it was PNY's fault for not giving them the right UPC symbols, and said he'd "override" the system and send me my rebate. Damn straight! I can't balieve PNY can get away with this shit. I'm sure 99% of the other people who fell for this just gave up on it.
Anyhoo, it's official: PNY has made my Shit List.
[W]e need to focus on the unidentified threats...
Hehe, well put. Sounds like a Bush quote along the lines of, "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
For the slow kids, the point is that you can't focus on something until you identify it. If you're focusing on it, you've already identified it, so it's no longer unidentified.
Sorry Pakistan, no disputed territories for you.
Yeah, who cares about little piss-ant countries like Pakistan. Call me back when they have nukes...
*RRRINNNGGGG*
Well, more to the point, a stock's price is based on what people PERCIEVE that others will PAY for the stock in the future, when they're ready to sell. I mean, everyone except the last person to put in a buy order was right about the stock going up, at least in the near term. They're not betting that SCOX is worth more than its current valuation; they're betting that *other people* will buy it from them at more than they paid for it. Really, they're just hoping that SCOX investors will fall for it again, and, if you're gonna target a group of people as suckers, SCOX investors is probably as good a pick as you can make.
It all comes down to what motivates Sun, at least as far as the high-level execs (McNealy) are concerned. Sun doesn't want to be the best, necessarily. They just want to be better than their enemies. At first, they wanted to beat the big UNIX vendors at their own game. Then it was MS, with OS's in general. Now that they've buddied up with MS, they need a new windmill to tilt at, and who better than the infidels who've been trying (with some success) to steal Sun's Java thunder for years?
[Disclaimer: I worked at Sun from '01 to late '03]
Ooh, better yet, go as a midieval eunuch by cutting off your reproductive organs. I mean, if anyone ever saw you all dressed up in your cardboard armor, it's not like you'd ever have a chance to use your junk anyway...
what a dog!
;)
You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I'd give her a good home.
Great! Not only do we know that there are aliens in Mars, but that they pee and fart just like us!