obvious to me that macs aren't sold on technological merits
Technologically, there's no reason to not be running it. If you have issues with licensing or cost, that's perfectly reasonable, but technologically, how can you justify running Linux instead?
I press the "Start" button in Windows to begin the shutdown process
By that logic every command in the world belongs there. Maybe they should put the Close Window command in there, for when I want to start closing the window.
Usage of "Start" instead of "Commence" probably has something to do with the majority of the population wondering who was graduating when they clicked the button...
I think it was because some of the testers kept saying "Commence? But I don't have anything to say!," while others would write stuff like "I think it's very nice."
If you are shutting down your computer, you START THE SHUTDOWN PROCESS.
I agree 100%. That's why on my car I changed it so that I get to the brakes through the ignition switch, because after all, I do want to START the breaking process.
I'm afraid you'll find that they're not voice controlled. If the pilots can't see the switches and more importantly the displays, they're going to have a heck of a time controling things.
You mean if all four eyes were taken out at the same time? Before either of them had had a chance to raise his hand up to shield his eyes at least long enough to engage it? I suppose that would be a problem, assuming they also couldn't talk someone else through it.
BTW, in pacman I'm seeing trails. I noticed in your notes that you've tried to fix it, and they don't always appear, but sometimes they still do. I don't see an obvious pattern as to when. Also, I tried to look at the source code, but the link that says source points to the jar.
You mean that having someone sitting next to you keeps you off of/., right?
Well, yeah, that's part of it:-)
Last week I travelled to an office where I had no internet connection. One of my most productive weeks in a long time.
The main thing it does for me is keep me focused on working. It's also good when there's a hairy problem to figure out. But sometimes when it's time to just crank out some straightforward code without getting distracted it's better for one person to go take a break for a while.
Clearly, I have been trumped by your mastery of hand-says-it-ain't-hot form of heat transfer analysis.
Oh no. Those fools who make water heaters! How silly of them not to offer a deluxe version with a blanket on it! What boneheads. If only they would just listen to mprinkey the world would be a better place.
Since iChat is a good IM client and will be installed on every Mac with tiger, this has basically stopped developers from making other clients on the Mac.
I know what you're saying, but there's plenty of room for an all-in-one client.
If theft is the unauthorized taking of property, then how can one arrive at the notion that property is theft without actually maintaining an underlying, yet different, definition of property?
My assertion that you are were being a prick stands
I think maybe your determination that he's a prick is based on whether or not you got the joke. When I read it I thought "Look at that. An actually clever joke on Slashdot." You missed the joke, and so thought he should have been more obvious. Had you gotten it you surely would not have thought that way. But one true thing about humor, you can only be as clever as your audience permits. So maybe you have a point.
The only reason the haiku persists is because it has a specific set of rules. If the average guy tries to write poetry, well, it's just sucky poetry. But instead it's "No, no, it's a Haiku. Look, count the syllables!"
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Technologically, there's no reason to not be running it. If you have issues with licensing or cost, that's perfectly reasonable, but technologically, how can you justify running Linux instead?
You are receiving it, but you clearly are not getting it.
By that logic every command in the world belongs there. Maybe they should put the Close Window command in there, for when I want to start closing the window.
I think it was because some of the testers kept saying "Commence? But I don't have anything to say!," while others would write stuff like "I think it's very nice."
I agree 100%. That's why on my car I changed it so that I get to the brakes through the ignition switch, because after all, I do want to START the breaking process.
You mean if all four eyes were taken out at the same time? Before either of them had had a chance to raise his hand up to shield his eyes at least long enough to engage it? I suppose that would be a problem, assuming they also couldn't talk someone else through it.
And it doesn't accomplish all that much. Those planes can land by themselves.
Evolution itself is not a theory. The Theory of Evolution is an attempt to explain the observable fact that evolution occurs.
BTW, in pacman I'm seeing trails. I noticed in your notes that you've tried to fix it, and they don't always appear, but sometimes they still do. I don't see an obvious pattern as to when. Also, I tried to look at the source code, but the link that says source points to the jar.
Well, yeah, that's part of it :-)
Last week I travelled to an office where I had no internet connection. One of my most productive weeks in a long time.
The main thing it does for me is keep me focused on working. It's also good when there's a hairy problem to figure out. But sometimes when it's time to just crank out some straightforward code without getting distracted it's better for one person to go take a break for a while.
He was picking on the use of then rather than than.
(in the submission. The author of the open letter wrote it properly.)
I think he was trying to make a more general, somewhat humorous, point.
Maybe you should dial their phone number and explain it to them.
Oh no. Those fools who make water heaters! How silly of them not to offer a deluxe version with a blanket on it! What boneheads. If only they would just listen to mprinkey the world would be a better place.
I know what you're saying, but there's plenty of room for an all-in-one client.
If theft is the unauthorized taking of property, then how can one arrive at the notion that property is theft without actually maintaining an underlying, yet different, definition of property?
Only if by "rare" you mean "all the time."
One treeful. You may need to convert that.
Did you know that joke's been told three million times?
Maybe not, but I'll bet it was close. And don't call me surely.
You know if you take off that helmet you might be able to see well enough to read the article.
A value is a value, no matter what base you use to name it.
I think maybe your determination that he's a prick is based on whether or not you got the joke. When I read it I thought "Look at that. An actually clever joke on Slashdot." You missed the joke, and so thought he should have been more obvious. Had you gotten it you surely would not have thought that way. But one true thing about humor, you can only be as clever as your audience permits. So maybe you have a point.
The only reason the haiku persists is because it has a specific set of rules. If the average guy tries to write poetry, well, it's just sucky poetry. But instead it's "No, no, it's a Haiku. Look, count the syllables!"