Is why we homeschool. My kids and their friends are 2 years above their "grade" in reading and math. They put on plays, they build things, they read A LOT, and they play play play for most of their day.
The person who figured this out got a visit from a mysterious man named 'Centauri' who invited him to join the US Cyber Command's fight against the Ko-Dan Empire.
I can still write C code in emacs and compile with the same makefile under gcc if I wanted to. I can still call the same POSIX libraries. I don't have to throw away everything I know and start all over every few years. I have learned new languages, like Python and Java and new APIs because they were pertinent to what I was trying to accomplish.
Microsoft seems to make a big marketing splash on a development toolset or language or API every few years only to throw it away with the "next big thing". For someone who's been programming long enough this gets to be a tiring waste of time.
He asks for advice on building an open source house and you start with his home-automation wiring.
Classic open source.
"How come your doors don't have any doorknobs? How do you open them?" "Oh, that's a user interface issue. Nobody was interested in that part of the design."
Just remember that the Android is open, so I can change the source code myself and get 11 bars! Show me another phone that gets that kind of signal strength!
> a sort of high-tech Scarlet Letter designed to tip off 'doctors, potential dates, etc.' about your unhealthy behavior by converting information -- 'number of visits to the gym, workout activities, frequency of workouts, heart rate readings, blood pressure statistics, food consumption, vitamin intake, etc.' -- into a visual form so that others can see the data 'on mechanisms such as a mood ring, watch, badge, on a website etc.'"
Oh yeah! I say bring it on! While most people sweat it out in the gym and deny themselves delicious food, all of us geeks will be proudly displaying our hacked super-health in glaring neon across our bloated bellies.
If the laws and taxes make it economically infeasible to compete without offshoring, Intel like every other corporation will offshore. Grove is suggesting we make it more feasible to compete with local labor because of the long term benefits it will have for innovation. I expect if it were economically feasible to keep work here they would.
Try Baking Soda (Sodium BiCarbonate). It changes the pH of your armpit skin and hairs so that bacteria doesn't do well. No more smell. And it's much gentler on your skin than alcohol. When I used to use the strongest available deodorants and antiperspirants they would only last a few hours before I started stinking. Using baking soda I can go two days without reapplying, although I usually apply some each day after showering.
I have several friends that are fundamentalist Christians. These friends are really nice people and I enjoy having them as friends. I just don't talk about certain things around them out of respect for their kooky views. They are somewhat aware that I don't believe the same things as them and they don't bring it up either.
(But I did get a chuckle out of a "history" book that started just a few thousand years ago. I have a laminated fossil in my office older than that)
I just bought a bottle of wine from a cashier with a very large interesting tattoo running the entire length of his arm. It had Chinese lettering over an interesting background of the Sun, Moon, and other elements. I asked him what it said and he looked very sad and replied 'It says don't get a tattoo when you're drunk'.
I didn't have the heart to press him for the real translation because he looked like it was too embarrassing.
Chaotic is Conan running into a crowd of enemies whirling his sword. Chaotic is 'V for Vendetta' disrupting the machinery of the 'lawful evil' society around him. Chaotic is the Unibomber.
The Nazi war machine was a well organized, disciplined army running on precise rules. The rule of law was despicable, but a rule of law nonetheless.
That would be a problem. Not because it would be so terrible to hire Bill Gates, but because Federal Bureaucrats are getting their advice from random slashdot guys.
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Is why we homeschool.
My kids and their friends are 2 years above their "grade" in reading and math. They put on plays, they build things, they read A LOT, and they play play play for most of their day.
You could have really freaked her out with:
"Collect call from OhGodNoHelpAhItHurtsLordHelpMeMakeItStopHuffHuffHuffUnnngh"
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Look up Alan Turing.
The person who figured this out got a visit from a mysterious man named 'Centauri' who invited him to join the US Cyber Command's fight against the Ko-Dan Empire.
So basically this will be the 4chan party?
God help us all.
This is the big item for me.
I can still write C code in emacs and compile with the same makefile under gcc if I wanted to. I can still call the same POSIX libraries. I don't have to throw away everything I know and start all over every few years. I have learned new languages, like Python and Java and new APIs because they were pertinent to what I was trying to accomplish.
Microsoft seems to make a big marketing splash on a development toolset or language or API every few years only to throw it away with the "next big thing". For someone who's been programming long enough this gets to be a tiring waste of time.
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Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.
He asks for advice on building an open source house and you start with his home-automation wiring.
Classic open source.
"How come your doors don't have any doorknobs? How do you open them?"
"Oh, that's a user interface issue. Nobody was interested in that part of the design."
What I love is all the jet-skiing bikini babes just East of the mountains in Seattle.
Just remember that the Android is open, so I can change the source code myself and get 11 bars! Show me another phone that gets that kind of signal strength!
> a sort of high-tech Scarlet Letter designed to tip off 'doctors, potential dates, etc.' about your unhealthy behavior by converting information -- 'number of visits to the gym, workout activities, frequency of workouts, heart rate readings, blood pressure statistics, food consumption, vitamin intake, etc.' -- into a visual form so that others can see the data 'on mechanisms such as a mood ring, watch, badge, on a website etc.'"
Oh yeah! I say bring it on!
While most people sweat it out in the gym and deny themselves delicious food, all of us geeks will be proudly displaying our hacked super-health in glaring neon across our bloated bellies.
If the laws and taxes make it economically infeasible to compete without offshoring, Intel like every other corporation will offshore. Grove is suggesting we make it more feasible to compete with local labor because of the long term benefits it will have for innovation. I expect if it were economically feasible to keep work here they would.
Nothing hypocritical here.
> You can still use the legal warranty via small claims court. ... which makes extended warranties stupid purchases
>
Yeah, because taking a day off work to sue a giant consumer electronics manufacturer is a good use of your time.
Try Baking Soda (Sodium BiCarbonate). It changes the pH of your armpit skin and hairs so that bacteria doesn't do well. No more smell. And it's much gentler on your skin than alcohol.
When I used to use the strongest available deodorants and antiperspirants they would only last a few hours before I started stinking.
Using baking soda I can go two days without reapplying, although I usually apply some each day after showering.
Oh sweet Pine resin, is there anything you don't improve?
If all of my friends believed the same things as me, my social life would be pretty boring.
And I assure you I have friends that are much crazier than the fundamental christians.
I have several friends that are fundamentalist Christians. These friends are really nice people and I enjoy having them as friends. I just don't talk about certain things around them out of respect for their kooky views. They are somewhat aware that I don't believe the same things as them and they don't bring it up either.
(But I did get a chuckle out of a "history" book that started just a few thousand years ago. I have a laminated fossil in my office older than that)
I just bought a bottle of wine from a cashier with a very large interesting tattoo running the entire length of his arm. It had Chinese lettering over an interesting background of the Sun, Moon, and other elements.
I asked him what it said and he looked very sad and replied 'It says don't get a tattoo when you're drunk'.
I didn't have the heart to press him for the real translation because he looked like it was too embarrassing.
Chaotic is Conan running into a crowd of enemies whirling his sword. Chaotic is 'V for Vendetta' disrupting the machinery of the 'lawful evil' society around him. Chaotic is the Unibomber.
The Nazi war machine was a well organized, disciplined army running on precise rules. The rule of law was despicable, but a rule of law nonetheless.
The Texas Republican party has just passed it's new party platform that makes that toy a FELONY.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/26/texas-gop-comes-out.html#comment-819136
I hate to go all Godwin on you, but isn't the best example of evil in the past 100 years a perfect example of 'lawful evil'?
I hope they don't lose the records of my grandfather "a';DROP TABLE users;"
Good ol' Droppy we called him.
Stop using antiquated units! The current unit in fashion is Vuvuzelaflops.
That would be a problem. Not because it would be so terrible to hire Bill Gates, but because Federal Bureaucrats are getting their advice from random slashdot guys.