I witnessed the MBU's section of Job's keynote speech this year. You can too, should you have both Quicktime and be a masochist.
How shall we put this? Their spokesperson could do with just a tad more charisma. Or to be rather more honest, several swimming pools' worth of extra charisma...
Cheers,
Ian
Re:Don't copy your cover letter out of a book...
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I get more responses when my cover letter is a song copied out of Lord of the Rings
Pah! I dismiss your resume out of hand. That's a song from The Hobbit, not The Lord of the Rings...
Each time I read an article from this site, it seems to me that all this guy actually does is rant. Good command of the English language is asked for, yet we get a tirade contructed using poorly formed short sentences.
How about "Even stupider". Stupider? No such word. The form "Even more stupidly" would be correct in the context he's using.
C'mon - for once the grammar trolls can have a field day with this and still be on-topic. From my point of view, the phrase "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" comes to mind.
actually Imperial..units have been _altered_ so that they more closely round to a metric equivalent. For example, the inch is now _defined_ as 2.54 cm....
When I need to get the thing into a tight spot, I just kinda put my shoulder into it and nudge it sideways.
A technique known and beloved of original Mini owners (as in released-in-1959, not the new BMW ones). Got passengers? Simply pick up the car and carry it.
So do I, but I haven't been able to locate a compiler for it, so it's been in storage. Any suggestions?
I use an old CodeWarrior release, v6 I think, and Basilisk II on a PC. That gives me the speed and memory I need to develop, but I can write the app such that it will run on the SE.
And yes, I have recently written an app for it. The machine is used by my two year-old daughter, and I wrote an app that shows pictures of animals and makes the correct sound when you hit the keyboard. All in glorious mono Quicktime 2-o-vision...
3D has done wonders for computer games as well, but some of the most interesting games today are still very 2D, or trying to immitate it anyhow.
I'm a fan of 2D games as well, and I recommend that anyone with a similar opinion gets themselves a Gameboy Advance, and possibly a Cube with a Gameboy Advance Player.
The Advance is essentially a miniature SNES, but with the advantage over a second-hand SNES of new titles still appearing for it (and portability, of course). It doesn't really handle 3D all that well, so most stuff is 2D. Very playable.
specially if they pull a harry potter and begin using all 5 books of the trilogy to produce the movies in sequence.
I hope they don't, to be honest. Specifically, I would like to consign the fifth book to the dustbin of history. The humour seemed to have gone, and the overall impression was one of bitterness rather than anything else. Fenchurch dismissed with a not especially good joke too, although to be fair that also happened to Trillian in the original radio series (The joke was funnier there though. Actually, damn near anything Peter Jones said could have been funny).
Stephen Moore's TV version was already a revival. Stephen Moore is the original voice from the radio series, which predates the books, TV series...anything. To my mind remains the best incarnation, though I'll accept an argument in favour of the books.
He'll probably be quite pleased. Marvin, on the all.
My dad used to use Lego as a project planning tool in the 70s, before office computing was prevalent. Buy a big baseboard, use primarily the single-width strips and suddenly you've got a fully editable charting tool with groupware features, though admittedly not exactly remote groupware...
it also seems like IBM and Intel think they need a crapload of money to defend people, which in turn suggests that there is something to SCO's claims.
To me, it seems as if IBM and Intel need a press release to reassure customers, that's all. Not everyone follows every twist and turn in this, and a potential customer might be swayed by some of the SCO press.
To me, this is just IBM and Intel showing that their money is where their mouth is, so customers can look and feel safe in choosing Linux.
Evolution never came up with the wheel, or tracks (like a tank) or rotating blades (like a helicopter)
Not sure about the wheel, but an older name for tracks on a tank is 'Caterpillar tyres'. Sort of gives away the idea of where they came from. As for rotating blades, well maybe not in a living animal but how about the Maple seed?
Mind you, I'm all in for the glowing red eys and smoke...
was expecting the announcement of a $10, 3-petabyte nuclear-fusion-powered player with collapsible 60-inch plasma screen and direct bluetooth link to the Mars Rover
Ah, well there's your problem see. It had a direct bluetooth link to the Beagle instead...
I, like the original poster, who didn't grow up in 1944 but 70s/80s, also had loads of guns around and no mass shootings
You aren't serious, surely? I grew up in the 70s/80s as well. Lets see now - how about a site that's anti-gun control to correlate with the rise in guns? That is to say, one that is directly opposed to my position.
Here's one. Talks about a soaring murder rate in the 1980s. It is in favour of the right to carry guns, so I can't be accused of picking a site which panders to my own position.
Now, I'm UK-based so my historical references might be different to yours. However, Brixton, Handsworth, Liverpool...all majors riots involving firearms in the 1980s. No mass shootings in the 70s or 80s? Certainly not - there were indeed mass shootings then.
I like the Sontag quote: "...formally communicate to Unix source code licensees and certain commercial Linux end users that they must utilise SCO intellectual property within the bounds of their existing legal agreements...
Err...that's what an existing legal agreement actually is - a formal communication of utilising x within the bounds of what was agreed. I believe -1 Redundant is called for?
By your standards, since we've taken huge steps to eliminate the "gun culture" today the streets of 1944 should have run red with blood
Oh, but they did. Or haven't you heard of the Second World War?
The reason domestic guns could be prevalent then and yet not used is becaused a large proportion of the adult population had just seen the horrors of what happens when guns really get out of control. This generation hasn't seen that - there have been wars of course, but the population itself hasn't been drafted and isn't as deeply affected as with World War II. In fact, it mostly seems to be treated as an excuse for some flash graphics on a news programme (yes - the 'programme' gives it away. I'm in the UK, and I'm afraid our news channels can be just as bad).
Cheers,
Ian
Re:Nudity harms children
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...you don't address the basic question relating to (mainly) american media: Violence is okay, sex isn't.
It's true, I didn't address that. And this is something I entirely agree with you on - I can't understand the attitude either. Whilst I'm not a person who believes that showing violence on-screen necessarily leads to more violence in the real world, I am a person who believes that showing violence on-screen can desensitise you to real-world violence.
For example, I now regularly see corpses on the news. This was previously considered beyond the pale, and I agree with the previous attitude. A corpse is a shocking thing, but now I can expect to see many in a month at the very least, and I can expect to view them from the comfort and detachment of my own living room. Has the shock gone? Yes, to a large extent it has.
Cheers,
Ian
Re:Nudity harms children
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look at the pregnancy numbers for Europe vs. the (much more prudish) USA.
I'm European. The rates are rising, I'm afraid to say. It seems more linked to poverty than to exposure to sexuality or nudity.
If sheltering children from things is what we're supposed to do and that helps them,...
Not what I said. 'Things' is much too general - you must define the scope of what you're trying to shelter them from.
...then why are they considered mature adults much later in life than they were 500 years ago?
Good question. This is a subject I often muse on, in fact. My opinion? Life expectancy, economics and the nature of work.
A fifteen-year old was considered a young man then, not an adolescent, because they were halfway through the average life span. Today, with such wonders as mortgages and hire purchase agreements, a fifteen year old has no possibility of supporting a family. Hence the moving back.
Why are most of our high school graduates idiots with no maturity and no sense of responsibility?
I suspect the fifteen year olds who were considered men 500 back had much the same troubles, though I imagine their sense of responsibility was likely higher because they had the realistic expectation that they actually were going to be responsible for something.
I refuse to censor myself around children. As long as I'm a mature, responsible adult...
Sorry - in my view, that's a contradiction in terms. Again, I cannot help but sound patronising and suggest that this is because you do not yet have children. It's impossible for me to describe to you the difference in perspective this brings - I couldn't have described it to the me of several years ago, and I am unable to do so to you. I can only lamely suggest that you will understand the reasoning better once you have kids of your own. And yes, I'd want to slap me about the face with a wet fish for that answer too. But it's true, nevertheless.
I have never understood why society, experts or the media seem to believe that nudity harms children.
Not nudity - sexuality. And the reasons are part moral choice but mostly practical. Children are inquisitive and will copy much of what they see. However, they are children, not miniature adults. Morally, they do not yet possess emotional complexity of the kind required to handle sex. Practically, they are unable to handle the consequences of being pregnant by twelve.
I have kids, and it's an amazing learning experience. Forget programming, debugging humans is where it's at. From your post I am guessing that you aren't yet in this situation - please correct me if I'm wrong. However, I humbly suggest to you that the kind of lessons you learn after having kids are only available through experience. The me of three years ago knew far less about reasoning such as the kind you're describing than the me of today does.
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How shall we put this? Their spokesperson could do with just a tad more charisma. Or to be rather more honest, several swimming pools' worth of extra charisma...
Cheers,
Ian
Pah! I dismiss your resume out of hand. That's a song from The Hobbit, not The Lord of the Rings...
Cheers,
Ian
How about "Even stupider". Stupider? No such word. The form "Even more stupidly" would be correct in the context he's using.
C'mon - for once the grammar trolls can have a field day with this and still be on-topic. From my point of view, the phrase "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" comes to mind.
Cheers,
Ian
Yep. That'll round so much more easily now...
Cheers,
Ian
A technique known and beloved of original Mini owners (as in released-in-1959, not the new BMW ones). Got passengers? Simply pick up the car and carry it.
Cheers,
Ian
I use an old CodeWarrior release, v6 I think, and Basilisk II on a PC. That gives me the speed and memory I need to develop, but I can write the app such that it will run on the SE.
And yes, I have recently written an app for it. The machine is used by my two year-old daughter, and I wrote an app that shows pictures of animals and makes the correct sound when you hit the keyboard. All in glorious mono Quicktime 2-o-vision...
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
I'm a fan of 2D games as well, and I recommend that anyone with a similar opinion gets themselves a Gameboy Advance, and possibly a Cube with a Gameboy Advance Player.
The Advance is essentially a miniature SNES, but with the advantage over a second-hand SNES of new titles still appearing for it (and portability, of course). It doesn't really handle 3D all that well, so most stuff is 2D. Very playable.
Cheers,
Ian
I hope they don't, to be honest. Specifically, I would like to consign the fifth book to the dustbin of history. The humour seemed to have gone, and the overall impression was one of bitterness rather than anything else. Fenchurch dismissed with a not especially good joke too, although to be fair that also happened to Trillian in the original radio series (The joke was funnier there though. Actually, damn near anything Peter Jones said could have been funny).
Cheers,
Ian
Aarg. Preview. Oh well, I mean to say "Marvin will remain very depressed about it all".
What a waste of a 1000th comment this correction is. Oh well. I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed...
Cheers,
Ian
He'll probably be quite pleased. Marvin, on the all.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers, Ian
Now there's a sentence you don't read every day.
Cheers,
Ian
To me, it seems as if IBM and Intel need a press release to reassure customers, that's all. Not everyone follows every twist and turn in this, and a potential customer might be swayed by some of the SCO press.
To me, this is just IBM and Intel showing that their money is where their mouth is, so customers can look and feel safe in choosing Linux.
Cheers,
Ian
Not sure about the wheel, but an older name for tracks on a tank is 'Caterpillar tyres'. Sort of gives away the idea of where they came from. As for rotating blades, well maybe not in a living animal but how about the Maple seed?
Mind you, I'm all in for the glowing red eys and smoke...
Cheers,
Ian
Ah hell, I really can't bring myself to type it. I deeply apologise for my descent into Slashdotism. It won't happen again. I promise. Honest.
Cheers,
Ian
Ah, well there's your problem see. It had a direct bluetooth link to the Beagle instead...
Cheers,
Ian
You aren't serious, surely? I grew up in the 70s/80s as well. Lets see now - how about a site that's anti-gun control to correlate with the rise in guns? That is to say, one that is directly opposed to my position.
Here's one. Talks about a soaring murder rate in the 1980s. It is in favour of the right to carry guns, so I can't be accused of picking a site which panders to my own position.
Now, I'm UK-based so my historical references might be different to yours. However, Brixton, Handsworth, Liverpool...all majors riots involving firearms in the 1980s. No mass shootings in the 70s or 80s? Certainly not - there were indeed mass shootings then.
Cheers,
Ian
Err...that's what an existing legal agreement actually is - a formal communication of utilising x within the bounds of what was agreed. I believe -1 Redundant is called for?
Cheers,
Ian
Not what was said. To reiterate: using guns in a war situation is bound to affect your outlook on guns. Probably in a rather negative fashion.
I'm rather happy that "Really out of control guns" stopped a bloodthirsty genocidal dictator
No. 'Really out of control guns' started a bloodythirsty genocidal dictator. Check out the pre-war German gun club history.
Cheers,
Ian
Oh, but they did. Or haven't you heard of the Second World War?
The reason domestic guns could be prevalent then and yet not used is becaused a large proportion of the adult population had just seen the horrors of what happens when guns really get out of control. This generation hasn't seen that - there have been wars of course, but the population itself hasn't been drafted and isn't as deeply affected as with World War II. In fact, it mostly seems to be treated as an excuse for some flash graphics on a news programme (yes - the 'programme' gives it away. I'm in the UK, and I'm afraid our news channels can be just as bad).
Cheers,
Ian
It's true, I didn't address that. And this is something I entirely agree with you on - I can't understand the attitude either. Whilst I'm not a person who believes that showing violence on-screen necessarily leads to more violence in the real world, I am a person who believes that showing violence on-screen can desensitise you to real-world violence.
For example, I now regularly see corpses on the news. This was previously considered beyond the pale, and I agree with the previous attitude. A corpse is a shocking thing, but now I can expect to see many in a month at the very least, and I can expect to view them from the comfort and detachment of my own living room. Has the shock gone? Yes, to a large extent it has.
Cheers,
Ian
I'm European. The rates are rising, I'm afraid to say. It seems more linked to poverty than to exposure to sexuality or nudity.
Cheers,
Ian
Not what I said. 'Things' is much too general - you must define the scope of what you're trying to shelter them from.
Good question. This is a subject I often muse on, in fact. My opinion? Life expectancy, economics and the nature of work.
A fifteen-year old was considered a young man then, not an adolescent, because they were halfway through the average life span. Today, with such wonders as mortgages and hire purchase agreements, a fifteen year old has no possibility of supporting a family. Hence the moving back.
Why are most of our high school graduates idiots with no maturity and no sense of responsibility?
I suspect the fifteen year olds who were considered men 500 back had much the same troubles, though I imagine their sense of responsibility was likely higher because they had the realistic expectation that they actually were going to be responsible for something.
I refuse to censor myself around children. As long as I'm a mature, responsible adult...
Sorry - in my view, that's a contradiction in terms. Again, I cannot help but sound patronising and suggest that this is because you do not yet have children. It's impossible for me to describe to you the difference in perspective this brings - I couldn't have described it to the me of several years ago, and I am unable to do so to you. I can only lamely suggest that you will understand the reasoning better once you have kids of your own. And yes, I'd want to slap me about the face with a wet fish for that answer too. But it's true, nevertheless.
Cheers,
Ian
Not nudity - sexuality. And the reasons are part moral choice but mostly practical. Children are inquisitive and will copy much of what they see. However, they are children, not miniature adults. Morally, they do not yet possess emotional complexity of the kind required to handle sex. Practically, they are unable to handle the consequences of being pregnant by twelve.
I have kids, and it's an amazing learning experience. Forget programming, debugging humans is where it's at. From your post I am guessing that you aren't yet in this situation - please correct me if I'm wrong. However, I humbly suggest to you that the kind of lessons you learn after having kids are only available through experience. The me of three years ago knew far less about reasoning such as the kind you're describing than the me of today does.
Cheers,
Ian