Welcome to 2014. jQuery and similar libraries are not only unnecessary, they actually make writing cross-browser code harder. jQuery, in particular, has never been cross-platform and even now only claims to support an even smaller subset of browsers.
It's not 2006. You need to update your talking points. (I date not ask you to actually learn anything new. Getting you to attach to a new meme is a lofty enough.)
authors such as, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris.
Two people laughably unqualified to discuss the topic, one second-rate populist philosopher, and one really, really, bad lay-philosopher.
Yeah, well done.
Everyone should be scientifically literate.
Sure, sounds nice. I suspect that you're not, however. Scientific illiteracy runs rampant among atheist groups on the internet. It's rather disturbing. Given your absurd list of recommended authors, it seems reasonable to assume that those are the sort of groups that introduced you to them -- yet you didn't seem to notice.
just happens to be one of the first things we lose when we learn to think for ourselves.
If I assume you're at least of average intelligence, I can not believe that you're actually thinking for yourself. No rational person could read Harris and not only recommend him, but hold him up as an exemplar!
What to do about it? Education, education, education.
Yes. I strongly recommend the formal kind. Autodidacticism clearly isn't working.
The internet and the books of Richard Dawkins are endless sources of arguments.
Didn't you read his post? He said it made him "a better informed atheist with better arguments".
You won't get either Dawkins -- and it's unlikely you get much from the internet either. This thread, for example, should illustrate that second bit well.
I expect that kind of unthinking, sacred-cow-worshipping idiocy on Yahoo, but dammit, this is Slashdot! We're supposed to be more intelligent than that!
Don't you think the reaction has been a bit... out-of-proportion?
You'll find plenty of other companies, quit a few of them non-profits, which have done far worse than one guy, acting alone, making a 1k donation 6 years ago.
Do you shop at Wal-Mart? Donate the the Salvation Army? Fill-up at an Exxon station? (the list goes on...) Congratulations, you've happily supported actively anti-gay organizations which want "to use political force to deny rights to people"!
Mozilla is not such an organization, of course, which is why I find it odd that you'd demonize one while patronizing the others...
It's not too bad until you get close to the end. That's where it takes the longest to work out a set of useful moves. (e.g. sequences which ultimately affects just a few cubes while leaving the others in place) for the end-game. Keep at it, make lots of notes, and you'll work out your own solution in no time.
There's nothing wrong with 'this'. Why do people keep bringing 'this' up? What do you think is wrong with it? It works exactly like you would expect it to work.
Perhaps if you took a few minutes to learn even a little bit about the language, you wouldn't have so much trouble with it.
Sure, it has a few warts, like every language ever made. It's astonishingly well-designed and remarkably capable. If you think that Javascript isn't a good language you are 100% mistaken. Some people may complain about it but those people would complain about anything - simply because they haven't spend time to understand the language doesn't mean the language is a problem after all.
Would you support a company who considers you or your close friends to be sub-human (which is what every single gay-marriage opponent believes, even if they don't outright say it)?
Side note, I won't be riding a motorcycle on the street ever again
Thank you! Please spread the word.
I've had it with motorcyclists who invent their own rules and take unnecessary risks (like passing me on the right while we're both executing a right-hand turn) putting everyone in danger.
There is a large body of data and evidence contained in a vast number of published papers and reports. If you are incapable of reading them, that's your problem.
Oh, so you've read them and you're capable of understanding their content?
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real classes
"Uses the more complicated and less powerful approach!" is not a good selling point.
Welcome to 2014. jQuery and similar libraries are not only unnecessary, they actually make writing cross-browser code harder. jQuery, in particular, has never been cross-platform and even now only claims to support an even smaller subset of browsers.
It's not 2006. You need to update your talking points. (I date not ask you to actually learn anything new. Getting you to attach to a new meme is a lofty enough.)
Meh, still beats Python.
people like you would eventually change your minds in some way
People like me? What would I change my mind about?
You're not being very clear.
authors such as, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris.
Two people laughably unqualified to discuss the topic, one second-rate populist philosopher, and one really, really, bad lay-philosopher.
Yeah, well done.
Everyone should be scientifically literate.
Sure, sounds nice. I suspect that you're not, however. Scientific illiteracy runs rampant among atheist groups on the internet. It's rather disturbing. Given your absurd list of recommended authors, it seems reasonable to assume that those are the sort of groups that introduced you to them -- yet you didn't seem to notice.
just happens to be one of the first things we lose when we learn to think for ourselves.
If I assume you're at least of average intelligence, I can not believe that you're actually thinking for yourself. No rational person could read Harris and not only recommend him, but hold him up as an exemplar!
What to do about it? Education, education, education.
Yes. I strongly recommend the formal kind. Autodidacticism clearly isn't working.
You're making the parent's point, you just don't realize it.
(records common and abundant at the time)
You're confused.
The internet and the books of Richard Dawkins are endless sources of arguments.
Didn't you read his post? He said it made him "a better informed atheist with better arguments".
You won't get either Dawkins -- and it's unlikely you get much from the internet either. This thread, for example, should illustrate that second bit well.
Actually now that I think about it more
... you realize that you're doing the submitter's homework?
There's a post above by user Viol8 that gives a pretty plausible explanation.
Wow, no. Where did you come up with that bit of insanity?
Please tell me you're joking.
for any new development it is literally impossible to recommend C over C++.
Really? Let's find out:
For your next project, I strongly recommend that you implement it in C instead of C++.
Sorry, kid. I've got to side with reality on this one...
Wait, so if I tune my stereo to whatever AM talk-radio station it can receive, I'll instantly turn in to a bigot?
(On the ad-hominem bit, you're spot-on. There's nothing like that in the AC's post. The radio thing? WTF?)
I expect that kind of unthinking, sacred-cow-worshipping idiocy on Yahoo, but dammit, this is Slashdot! We're supposed to be more intelligent than that!
You must be new here...
Don't you think the reaction has been a bit ... out-of-proportion?
You'll find plenty of other companies, quit a few of them non-profits, which have done far worse than one guy, acting alone, making a 1k donation 6 years ago.
Do you shop at Wal-Mart? Donate the the Salvation Army? Fill-up at an Exxon station? (the list goes on...) Congratulations, you've happily supported actively anti-gay organizations which want "to use political force to deny rights to people"!
Mozilla is not such an organization, of course, which is why I find it odd that you'd demonize one while patronizing the others...
That thing that just about everyone else uses.
Isn't reality neat?
I found out that I wasn't any more employable by adding a photocopy of my degree to my application/resume
WTF? If such a thing landed on my desk, I'd probably just toss it in the bin, along with the resume.
Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.
Poor autodidacts, they're so delusional.
It's not too bad until you get close to the end. That's where it takes the longest to work out a set of useful moves. (e.g. sequences which ultimately affects just a few cubes while leaving the others in place) for the end-game. Keep at it, make lots of notes, and you'll work out your own solution in no time.
How's that an ad-hominem?
(Hint: It isn't just a fancy-sounding way to say "insult".)
There's nothing wrong with 'this'. Why do people keep bringing 'this' up? What do you think is wrong with it? It works exactly like you would expect it to work.
Perhaps if you took a few minutes to learn even a little bit about the language, you wouldn't have so much trouble with it.
Sure, it has a few warts, like every language ever made. It's astonishingly well-designed and remarkably capable. If you think that Javascript isn't a good language you are 100% mistaken. Some people may complain about it but those people would complain about anything - simply because they haven't spend time to understand the language doesn't mean the language is a problem after all.
Would you support a company who considers you or your close friends to be sub-human (which is what every single gay-marriage opponent believes, even if they don't outright say it)?
Where did you come up with that?
Side note, I won't be riding a motorcycle on the street ever again
Thank you! Please spread the word.
I've had it with motorcyclists who invent their own rules and take unnecessary risks (like passing me on the right while we're both executing a right-hand turn) putting everyone in danger.
Would that surprise you?
There is a large body of data and evidence contained in a vast number of published papers and reports. If you are incapable of reading them, that's your problem.
Oh, so you've read them and you're capable of understanding their content?
Yeah, I didn't think so. Keep on trollin'