Java is uncool because people are snobs. You can't think you're better than everyone else without thinking that the popular choices are beneath you.
Let me summarize the attitude:
I'm better than you. I'm one of the good ones, not one of the masses. Java? You still use that? I used to use that, but now I only program in the new super-trendy "Rubytalk" It's a Ruby-smalltalk hybrid, but I tweaked the compiler so none of the keywords are longer than 3 letters.
I have to go now. I have reservations at the new "Chittii" restaurant. I had to make them 3 months ago. All the food is vegan. You Java programmers probably eat at McDonald's and shop Walmart with the rest of the proles.
Bye. Oh, and tomorrow I'm taking the day off. PBS is running a six-part biography series on British showtunes composers. It's the only channel I watch.
Why do you think you need to clean the inside of your winshield so often??
Top ten reasons:
10. When you fire the gun from in there, the gunshot residue stays in the car. 9. Because if I don't clean it, the gasses from the film on the inside make me wheeze. 8. When I hit the brakes hard, Rover goes flying. Whee! 7. If you leave cookies on the dashboard for a half hour they get warm. Mmmm... 6. If you leave cookies on the dashboard for a half year, they grow a fine green hair. 5. My parents never leave the house, and my "special" friend just got this bear costume... 4. I blame the Bush administration! 3. It's been like that since I started eating lunch at White Castle. 2. My erupting foot-fungus is none of your business!
Sun will ultimately go out of business if none of their new projects is a big success.
But they have A LOT of innovative new projects and they have the money, time, and culture to start a lot more. Betting against all of them seems unwise.
Sometimes you lose money on a stock. Sometimes you make money on a stock. That's true for everyone.
But everyone doesn't go crying to a lawyer every time they have a problem. Only a certain kind of person does that -- not the good kind.
I suggest if you really want your money back, you should just go rob a liquor store. As you point the gun at him, you could explain to the clerk that you're doing it because you're a victim of a small disagreement in corporate accounting methods.
Or you could earn it, like -- well, like a grown-up.
Is this good news because the United States lost (and we're all supposed to hate the United States)? Or is it bad news because it aids globalization (which is -- um -- bad for some reason)?
Maybe one reason people don't read books is because they don't have the emotional need to think they're "better" because they choose one entertainment choice over another.
(c). They know how you should live your life better than you do, and they'd generally approve of the government substituting the experts' choices for yours.
That's why they should generally not be listened to, regardless of whether they are correct.
It isn't hard to make a case that government money should be spent elsewhere.
If the guy turns out to be innocent, then yes. If the guy turns out to be guilty, then no.
By going through the process, we'll find out whether the guy is a criminal or just seems like it. If he's not a criminal, he could have saved some people a lot of time and expense by not acting so suspicious -- even though he's free to act as suspicious (or otherwise uncivil) as he wants within the law.
They investigate. They indict or not after their investigation.
This is a perfect case for a grand jury. There was a lot of stuff going on. Some of it seems criminal at first, but may not be.
The grand jury is there to decide what to do.
How should they decide whether to indict? Coin flip? Slashdot poll?
Also: The FBI is involved because there's an investigation to determine whether a Federal law has been broken. I is for Investigation. F is for Federal.
I've bought lots of Linksys products for my company. I won't do it any more. They just stop working sometimes. They're flakey. It's not a security issue.
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Do you honestly think people hate Ashcroft because he believes in God?
Yes. It can't be because of anything that he's done in office. The Ashcroft hate-fest started before his confirmation hearings.
Do you think people hate Clinton because he believes in God?
Bill Clinton believes in Bill Clinton and little else.
Do you believe that people hated Reagan because he believed in God?
Yes.
Do you think people hate Osama Bin Laden because he believes in God?
Depends on who you ask.
Do you think that people hated Will Rogers? He believed in God, and was beloved.
Times have changed. Love is out. Hate is in.
No. Ashcroft will be hated as long as he continues to believe in God.
Let me summarize the attitude:
Too bad everything doesn't always work out the way you want.
So don't watch or participate and your problem is solved.
I hope this doesn't infringe my rights online somehow.
Why do you think you need to clean the inside of your winshield so often??
Top ten reasons:
10. When you fire the gun from in there, the gunshot residue stays in the car.
9. Because if I don't clean it, the gasses from the film on the inside make me wheeze.
8. When I hit the brakes hard, Rover goes flying. Whee!
7. If you leave cookies on the dashboard for a half hour they get warm. Mmmm...
6. If you leave cookies on the dashboard for a half year, they grow a fine green hair.
5. My parents never leave the house, and my "special" friend just got this bear costume...
4. I blame the Bush administration!
3. It's been like that since I started eating lunch at White Castle.
2. My erupting foot-fungus is none of your business!
and the number 1 reason:
1. Porno Tuesdays at the drive-in!
There are legitimate drugs prescribed for obsession disorders.
I think someone who genuinely suffers from MCS or CFS owes it to himself to try getting a prescription from a psychiatrist.
Maybe it won't work and then everyone will have to trust you when you say plastic makes you sick. Maybe it will work and you can be happy.
Whatever happened to doctor - patient confidentiality?
What if he's allergic to it you insentitive clod!?
Sun will ultimately go out of business if none of their new projects is a big success.
But they have A LOT of innovative new projects and they have the money, time, and culture to start a lot more. Betting against all of them seems unwise.
My advice: grow up.
Sometimes you lose money on a stock. Sometimes you make money on a stock. That's true for everyone.
But everyone doesn't go crying to a lawyer every time they have a problem. Only a certain kind of person does that -- not the good kind.
I suggest if you really want your money back, you should just go rob a liquor store. As you point the gun at him, you could explain to the clerk that you're doing it because you're a victim of a small disagreement in corporate accounting methods.
Or you could earn it, like -- well, like a grown-up.
Anyone can sue anyone else at any time, regardless of the facts.
It's like buying a lottery ticket. You're going to lose a lot of the time, but sometimes you win big.
There's nothing more important to very young children than their privacy.
I'm also worried about how this affects "My Rights Online".
Is this good news because the United States lost (and we're all supposed to hate the United States)? Or is it bad news because it aids globalization (which is -- um -- bad for some reason)?
Do I have to boycott barcoded products?
Come up with something that uses machine learning to thwart phishing scams.
Entertainment is entertainment.
Maybe one reason people don't read books is because they don't have the emotional need to think they're "better" because they choose one entertainment choice over another.
Or maybe there's just too much other stuff to do.
Can you try to communicate without using analogies please?
They're mostly useful to hide information and create mis-understanding. Don't do that.
Disney gets a tax write off.
I guess I don't get how that's a bad thing. Was Disney paying their taxes directly to you or something?
I hear someone in Maine got a tax write-off for a home office in 2002. You should go investigate.
We run the latest version. After a while, the client always crashes. Sometimes it takes a day or 2.
vlc is crash-prone -- at least on Windows.
That's an uncalled for generalization.
It's focus. Experts with a public platform tend to represent a threat to individual freedom. Protection of freedom is always called for.
You forgot one thing about experts:
(c). They know how you should live your life better than you do, and they'd generally approve of the government substituting the experts' choices for yours.
That's why they should generally not be listened to, regardless of whether they are correct.
Trying to humiliate them is uncalled-for though.
It isn't hard to make a case that government money should be spent elsewhere.
If the guy turns out to be innocent, then yes. If the guy turns out to be guilty, then no.
By going through the process, we'll find out whether the guy is a criminal or just seems like it. If he's not a criminal, he could have saved some people a lot of time and expense by not acting so suspicious -- even though he's free to act as suspicious (or otherwise uncivil) as he wants within the law.
They investigate. They indict or not after their investigation.
This is a perfect case for a grand jury. There was a lot of stuff going on. Some of it seems criminal at first, but may not be.
The grand jury is there to decide what to do.
How should they decide whether to indict? Coin flip? Slashdot poll?
Also: The FBI is involved because there's an investigation to determine whether a Federal law has been broken. I is for Investigation. F is for Federal.
I've bought lots of Linksys products for my company. I won't do it any more. They just stop working sometimes. They're flakey. It's not a security issue.
Netgear is consistently better.