I try my best not to swear. It's not because I'm afraid to swear or offend, but rather that I have two small children, aged 1.5 and 3.5. I'd like them to be a little older before they start dropping "motherfuckers". Thus, I try not to swear at work so I won't get into the habit and teach them words they aren't ready for. The older girl can speak rather eloquently about photosynthesis and trigonometry.
That said, my dad taught me to swear during home renovations. "Fuckbuggerdamnpoo" was my favourite of all time. I'm looking forward to being able to pass it along to my kids.
As for "things your dad should have taught you", here's Beardo's advice, son: (I might have known your mother)
A) If you're worried about deleting two days of work, you should be using backups and source control. B) Wear steel-toed boots when there's a chance that something will drop on your foot.
It's called prevention, and can be applied to almost all situations. You should try it sometime.
When I upgraded my machines in 2003, I had Win98 on both of them. One has 512MB, the other has 768MB. Under Win98, they were both unstable. I upgraded one to Win2000 and the other to WinXP. They're both stable, and work just fine.
Remember that not everyone goes out and buys a new computer every time Best Buy says you should.
Thank you. I came in here to say that. Flash can only be written to a limited number of times. Reading is basically unlimited, but writing... ugh... wears it out a little. (Not really true, but close enough for this crowd.)
It's not a magic number, as some people assume for some reason. What they mean is this:
Statistically speaking, some of your bits are going to be incorrect in some places after a mean number of writes approximately equal to 1,000,000. At that point, you will have actual physical locations that aren't going to read back what you wrote. You could probably compensate for that like HDD do for bad sectors, but it's almost impossible to tell if your memory is bad.
It's not as easy to set up as it looks like on the box, even if you use trixbox.
What you're really banned from doing is making enough money from VoIP to draw the attention of a TelCo. You can do whatever you want as long as you aren't popular.
For example, did you hear about Ross Perot's murder rampage? I rest my case.
I know, but there weren't any other comments yet and it was about Germany making draconian laws. I've been here for seven years and it's the closest I've come to the top... which used to be the bottom.
I said I agreed with the way they handled it. "Oh, shit. A bomb. Hands up, tango asshole!" They didn't shoot her, and they defused the situation. Nicely done.
One of the other respondents said something like, "hey, maybe the TSA screeners should, you know, know what a bomb looks like."
I didn't think it was a bomb. It's clearly a completely harmless blinking thing, and a cute shirt. She should learn how to package her products better - if the wiring was on the inside, then it wouldn't have even been noticed. Maybe that's a problem there.
The problem - the root of the problem - is that the TSA screeners got their bomb training from watching 24. They should be bomb experts. "Hey, kid, that shirt is kind of cool, but a layman's going to think 'bomb'. Put on a jacket or take it off."
Oh, by the way, breadboards work by friction fitting. You don't use glue to hold them together. If the pieces were falling out, then she could have transferred her circuit to a prototype board.
That's exactly right. They should be highly-paid, highly-trained bomb and psychological experts, not minimum-wage dummies who can't tell the difference between a breadboard and a bomb.
Not my country, man. I just read a lot of your news.
Now, does this law require a second or third reading or an announcement from a chancellor or something? In Canada, sometimes they'll let an lame issue get a reading just before the end of the session, or they'll send it to committee for "study".
I'm going to agree with you on this one. To a layperson (e.g. TSA screener), that looks a hell of a lot like a TV bomb, what with all the blinking lights and whatnot. Add in the silly putty (which looks a LOT like plastique) and you're just itching for trouble.
The screeners acted appropriately by drawing their weapons, removing the device, and sorting it out in a safe place. She's lucky she's not dead. There are parts of the world where she would have been killed for this. I don't know what I would have done. Maybe I'd have [Internet Tough Guy]. Hopefully, I'd have run away and not just stand there.
Yes, the airline rules are stupid and pointless. That doesn't mean you strap on a fake bomb and walk into an airport for a lark. Yes, we all know that there's no bogeyman, but not everyone reads/.
Next on the MIT agenda: Get a bunch of old railroad flares, tape them to an alarm clock, and mail them to various white house staffers. Should be a laugh.
Oragel, son. Oragel. Ambesol if you can't find that. Get the overnight strength, even though it doesn't last overnight. Your daughter will love you for it. You can also use some acetaminophen for overnight use, as it will last a little longer.
So to review: 1. Ambesol or Oragel for instant relief. 2. Acetaminophen for long-term pain relief.
I don't think any authour writes a book linearly. You write the best parts and the climaxes, then you go back and flesh out the rest of the book so you can get to those bits. You'll see the pattern in any chapter book once you start looking.
Let's say I murdered someone tonight and all the witnesses thought I was wearing a blue shirt. If I was convicted, then my shirt is now blue from a legal standpoint. This is despite the fact that is is really a red shirt. Legally, it's blue. Logic and sanity are not necessarily used when determining the finer points of the law.
This is the same shirt I was wearing when I asked my law professor about this question. (I might have been wearing the blue one. It was the one mandatory law class, three years ago.)
What this means is that if you are convicted of using BitTorrent to transfer mp3s over your modems, then the protocol is a program, the T1 is a modem, and you're doing more time than a bank robber.
I'd like to talk to you about my post for a moment.
It was a joke. I'm a 30-year-old Electrical Engineer. I have a wife and 2 kids.
All of us play video games, even the 3.5 year old and the 1.5 year old. Before we had kids, my wife and I would play games together, bonding over games of Age of Empires and Diablo 2.
So in all seriousness, I know that games aren't for kids. Everyone except you and that moderator that gave me a "flamebait" got that.
Welcome to the Internet. Sometimes people use sarcasm to make a point.
As for "not forcing you to buy anything", wait until they start putting SecuROM on all the games. That's why we'll have to get 4 cores - one to run applications, and another 3 to get jammed by conflicting versions of copy-protection software, none of which will allow you to install the game until you remove the other games.
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I think you mean when did he go to High School.
Let me get this straight:
You can bring on a cell phone, but not an iPod...
You can bring on a lighter, but not a water bottle...
You can wear a belt, but you have to remove your shoes...
Are they just making the rules up randomly or something?
I want you to do me a personal favour.
Don't ever write any more code again, ever.
This goes for anybody who agrees with DimGeo's comment. Please stop writing code.
Thank you.
I try my best not to swear. It's not because I'm afraid to swear or offend, but rather that I have two small children, aged 1.5 and 3.5. I'd like them to be a little older before they start dropping "motherfuckers". Thus, I try not to swear at work so I won't get into the habit and teach them words they aren't ready for. The older girl can speak rather eloquently about photosynthesis and trigonometry.
That said, my dad taught me to swear during home renovations. "Fuckbuggerdamnpoo" was my favourite of all time. I'm looking forward to being able to pass it along to my kids.
As for "things your dad should have taught you", here's Beardo's advice, son: (I might have known your mother)
A) If you're worried about deleting two days of work, you should be using backups and source control.
B) Wear steel-toed boots when there's a chance that something will drop on your foot.
It's called prevention, and can be applied to almost all situations. You should try it sometime.
You forgot TARFU - Things Are Really Fucked Up.
When I upgraded my machines in 2003, I had Win98 on both of them. One has 512MB, the other has 768MB. Under Win98, they were both unstable. I upgraded one to Win2000 and the other to WinXP. They're both stable, and work just fine.
Remember that not everyone goes out and buys a new computer every time Best Buy says you should.
Nice.
I'm with you on this one. That game was pretty sweet.
Thoughts on why they want to keep the technique secret:
"Woah, we caught a break, sir. That pedophile just used a twirl filter."
"No kidding? Did you get his face out of th..."
"Already done. Hopefully more of those assholes will use that twirl filter."
"Yeah, good point. Keep it quiet. I'll make up some story about secret techniques and taking six months."
"Oh, sir, one more thing. We really should get a legitimate copy of Photoshop."
Thank you. I came in here to say that. Flash can only be written to a limited number of times. Reading is basically unlimited, but writing ... ugh... wears it out a little. (Not really true, but close enough for this crowd.)
It's not a magic number, as some people assume for some reason. What they mean is this:
Statistically speaking, some of your bits are going to be incorrect in some places after a mean number of writes approximately equal to 1,000,000. At that point, you will have actual physical locations that aren't going to read back what you wrote. You could probably compensate for that like HDD do for bad sectors, but it's almost impossible to tell if your memory is bad.
Maybe the company has found a way to compensate.
You haven't actually used Asterisk, have you?
It's not as easy to set up as it looks like on the box, even if you use trixbox.
What you're really banned from doing is making enough money from VoIP to draw the attention of a TelCo. You can do whatever you want as long as you aren't popular.
For example, did you hear about Ross Perot's murder rampage? I rest my case.
Superglue is conductive.
Safety Tip:
It's not a good idea to taser someone who is wearing explosives.
Now you know.
I know, but there weren't any other comments yet and it was about Germany making draconian laws. I've been here for seven years and it's the closest I've come to the top... which used to be the bottom.
Oh well.
I didn't say it was fine.
I said I agreed with the way they handled it. "Oh, shit. A bomb. Hands up, tango asshole!" They didn't shoot her, and they defused the situation. Nicely done.
One of the other respondents said something like, "hey, maybe the TSA screeners should, you know, know what a bomb looks like."
I didn't think it was a bomb. It's clearly a completely harmless blinking thing, and a cute shirt. She should learn how to package her products better - if the wiring was on the inside, then it wouldn't have even been noticed. Maybe that's a problem there.
The problem - the root of the problem - is that the TSA screeners got their bomb training from watching 24. They should be bomb experts. "Hey, kid, that shirt is kind of cool, but a layman's going to think 'bomb'. Put on a jacket or take it off."
Oh, by the way, breadboards work by friction fitting. You don't use glue to hold them together. If the pieces were falling out, then she could have transferred her circuit to a prototype board.
That's exactly right. They should be highly-paid, highly-trained bomb and psychological experts, not minimum-wage dummies who can't tell the difference between a breadboard and a bomb.
Not my country, man. I just read a lot of your news.
We always knew the Germans were fascists. ;)
Now, does this law require a second or third reading or an announcement from a chancellor or something? In Canada, sometimes they'll let an lame issue get a reading just before the end of the session, or they'll send it to committee for "study".
I'm an EE too.
/.
I'm going to agree with you on this one. To a layperson (e.g. TSA screener), that looks a hell of a lot like a TV bomb, what with all the blinking lights and whatnot. Add in the silly putty (which looks a LOT like plastique) and you're just itching for trouble.
The screeners acted appropriately by drawing their weapons, removing the device, and sorting it out in a safe place. She's lucky she's not dead. There are parts of the world where she would have been killed for this. I don't know what I would have done. Maybe I'd have [Internet Tough Guy]. Hopefully, I'd have run away and not just stand there.
Yes, the airline rules are stupid and pointless. That doesn't mean you strap on a fake bomb and walk into an airport for a lark. Yes, we all know that there's no bogeyman, but not everyone reads
Next on the MIT agenda:
Get a bunch of old railroad flares, tape them to an alarm clock, and mail them to various white house staffers. Should be a laugh.
I'm a two-time veteran of the Teething Wars.
Oragel, son. Oragel. Ambesol if you can't find that. Get the overnight strength, even though it doesn't last overnight. Your daughter will love you for it. You can also use some acetaminophen for overnight use, as it will last a little longer.
So to review:
1. Ambesol or Oragel for instant relief.
2. Acetaminophen for long-term pain relief.
They should hang people who play games for more than 12 hours.
Capital punishment - the solution for all of life's problems.
Nope, Deus Ex Machina is still used - they're just better at hiding it.
I don't think any authour writes a book linearly. You write the best parts and the climaxes, then you go back and flesh out the rest of the book so you can get to those bits. You'll see the pattern in any chapter book once you start looking.
You know how WoT ends. RJ was kind enough to include it in the first book.
It's a wheel. There are no beginnings in the Wheel of Time.
Well, wow.
Consult Your Local Dealer For Details.
The last one is "What Does This Acronym Mean?"
Law is even weirder than that.
Right now I'm wearing a red shirt.
Let's say I murdered someone tonight and all the witnesses thought I was wearing a blue shirt. If I was convicted, then my shirt is now blue from a legal standpoint. This is despite the fact that is is really a red shirt. Legally, it's blue. Logic and sanity are not necessarily used when determining the finer points of the law.
This is the same shirt I was wearing when I asked my law professor about this question. (I might have been wearing the blue one. It was the one mandatory law class, three years ago.)
What this means is that if you are convicted of using BitTorrent to transfer mp3s over your modems, then the protocol is a program, the T1 is a modem, and you're doing more time than a bank robber.
IANAL. YMMV. CYLDFD. WDTAM?
Hi Tim.
I'd like to talk to you about my post for a moment.
It was a joke. I'm a 30-year-old Electrical Engineer. I have a wife and 2 kids.
All of us play video games, even the 3.5 year old and the 1.5 year old. Before we had kids, my wife and I would play games together, bonding over games of Age of Empires and Diablo 2.
So in all seriousness, I know that games aren't for kids. Everyone except you and that moderator that gave me a "flamebait" got that.
Welcome to the Internet. Sometimes people use sarcasm to make a point.
As for "not forcing you to buy anything", wait until they start putting SecuROM on all the games. That's why we'll have to get 4 cores - one to run applications, and another 3 to get jammed by conflicting versions of copy-protection software, none of which will allow you to install the game until you remove the other games.