Studies about smoking need to focus on information they haven't already figured out e.g. why some smokers live to 90+ years and don't die of smoking related issues. Then, maybe we'd know enough to definitively talk about the ills of smoking.
The great thing about art is that it 'is' whatever you get out of it, and no one can take that away from you. Then you get to hear other people talk about it, and you might get more out of it the second time.
I've set up all of my kids with Ubuntu Linux boxes running VirtualBox for Windows.
Things to note, reverting to a saved state will lose ALL saved documents, files, etc. You need a link from Windows to a folder on Linux for your users so that important files aren't lost. There's another option to set up a 2nd HDD, which would be unaffected by reverting states, but I haven't done that - although the documentation is there.
Because Photoshop and Lightroom are memory / performance hogs I'd set up a test linux partition and try it all out before committing. Depending on your needs for Linux a nice lightweight desktop instead of Gnome or KDE would be a smart move for the box running Photoshop.
Good luck.
From the summary, "So ours probably looks something like this."
My only comment is that it does probably look something like M101, right up until somebody discovers something else that makes it look like a dodecahedron...I just like saying dodecahedron:)
I can and have done the drive from NJ to FL many times - 900 miles in 14-15 hours (no big deal when you have 2 drivers). In any event, the problem statement was that the recharge time is currently so long that you need a place to sleep so that there's actually enough time to charge the car. People make trips like this all the time, not 10 times a year, but a ton of people drive to college or home, go to visit family, etc. So it's either I need 2 cars, or I have to rent a car for the long trip because I spent all of my money on an EV i.e. they aren't cheap.
In any event, there's no need to think these hurdles won't be overcome, it's just a problem right now. Early adopters are what makes things affordable for the rest of us down the line.
"littering in someone else's inbox"
I like that, it made me think of "going in someone's litter box", which is what spam is, someone is pissing in your inbox.
I normally wouldn't disagree, but in re-reading the summary this gem has me thinking differently, "In Latour v. Riverside Beaver Sch. Dist. , the court found that a student's rap lyrics which made mock threats toward another student, identified by name, could not be treated as a true threat because they were the kind of boastful posturing that rappers are known for (apparently including the ones in junior high school these days)". Apparently rappers' free speech is different...I had no idea it has worked out that way.
I would argue that your statement "Just make the applications work with IE and you've satisfied almost all of your users needs" is a poor generalization. What's being discussed in this thread is that FF numbers are hitting over 30% on some sites. If your site can afford to not work with that kind of audience then this post is moot. Otherwise, I'd be careful generalizing your user community to a single browser just to make your testing job easier. I'd also be careful looking at your own logs, if your site isn't friendly to other browsers than your stats are self promoting - in other words you won't get FF hits if it doesn't work well with your site. On the other hand, if you've got a web site that's simplistic enough then by all means test with one browser and save your money and time.
I'm no actor-writer, but I certainly agree that I learn more on slashdot than anywhere else. It's what I turn to for daily tech news that IS important.
Beyond that I actually learn stuff from the community comments as well, and I've always been happy with the comment moderation system - although I sometimes wish there was a filter for just the 'funny' comments.
I could go on, but in spite of the imitators and haters I'd like to think there will always be/.
Just a thought, but the way the government is set up, a new person won't completely change the system. The only answer I like is term limits on all official positions. That way the good old boys have to go, and the new people don't have to pay servitude to the existing ruling class. The same Americans can vote or not, but until you have a way to break existing habits it's not going to stop.
Agreed, by the time I was done reading this, I couldn't decide if it was real or not. Kudos to the author for piecing together a lot of information in a compelling format. I especially enjoyed the code fragments related to the story - rather spooky.
That's interesting. I learned Pascal first and then C. The reason I found this helpful was the Pascal was more controlled (I can't remember all of the correct words anymore). C allows all kinds of memory allocations, redefined pointers and such which are brutal on a beginning programmer. Pascal prevents a lot of those mistakes, therefore giving you a chance to learn some concepts without too much disaster.
As for perl/python/lisp. I think lisp is great for showing another way/paradigm of programming. Perl/python/ruby allow you to merge everything together.
Of course Smalltalk/Squeak would be great for bringing home object oriented programming.
After that PHP, JSP, ASP, whatever is just suited to the environment you're working in.
Reality is that you'll probably never get that many programming languages into a B.S.
Please mod parent up.
Please use the right tool for the right job. If all you want to do is create circles stick with MSPaint or MSOffice/OpenOffice or Inkscape (highly recommended). If you want to do Photoshop stuff, use GIMP.
If you want to disagree - fine. If you want to understand see http://gimp.org/about/ and read the threads about what the developers were trying to accomplish. Drawing circles was never on the list.
Peace
Of course my console (PS2) is hooked up to my big screen TV (54" at 4:3), which is HD capable. Of course I haven't gotten an HD tuner yet (don't feel the value is there), but I'd love to see what the heck this is going to look like. It's just going to take a while before I get a PS3 or XBox or Wii, until after I know they're all available and have good titles out. Honestly I'm completely up for grabs by any console that impresses me with the most value (please don't respond with invalid assumptions about what my sense of 'value' is).
Hooray for competition!
I'm not arguing that a university shoves stuff at you that you'll never use, but a 4 year degree is a 4 year degree - you've got to fill it with something so you can charge the students (or their parents). What I am trying to say is that exposure to more disciplines increases your ability to handle any project. 10 years ago I started working in Cobol and Assembly on printing logic, and the use of fonts, signatures, MICR lines on checks. None of that is taught in school. Now I'm working on logisticts systems and business workflow. None of that was taught in school either, but I know enough about computing hardware, computational algorithms, and base2 calculations that I have to be careful with all the math that the program does, and which languages are better suited to it. Yet I never knew I'd be doing this kind of programming so I'm glad to have taken those math courses years ago.
Isn't it true that you have no idea what you'll be programming in the future. I always thought the point of all the math was to provide a solid background to support you in whatever you do. Your personal experience is insightful, but I wouldn't try to assume it's applicable across the board.
Come on! How many times must we endure these kinds of debates? Just use the right tool for the job. You could say there are signs of nothing but rust on COBOL yet it's still very heavily used in financial applications (back end). There is nothing gained by making inflamatory statements, just state the benefits of Seaside and Ruby and leave other languages out of it.
There really needs to be a mechanism, or a form or something where I can tell Choicepoint to delete any records having to do with me.
How many other companies give you that option? Even my auto mechanic has my address, phone, cell, email, and car information. If I don't go to him anymore and I go back and say delete my information, does he have to? What he wants to include me as a customer to financial backers when he expands? In any event, where's the proof that it's gone? It's certainly a frustrating situation that I've given up on
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making the world's data useful should include everyone's ability to find loop holes in the tax code!
Studies about smoking need to focus on information they haven't already figured out e.g. why some smokers live to 90+ years and don't die of smoking related issues. Then, maybe we'd know enough to definitively talk about the ills of smoking.
The great thing about art is that it 'is' whatever you get out of it, and no one can take that away from you. Then you get to hear other people talk about it, and you might get more out of it the second time.
I've set up all of my kids with Ubuntu Linux boxes running VirtualBox for Windows. Things to note, reverting to a saved state will lose ALL saved documents, files, etc. You need a link from Windows to a folder on Linux for your users so that important files aren't lost. There's another option to set up a 2nd HDD, which would be unaffected by reverting states, but I haven't done that - although the documentation is there. Because Photoshop and Lightroom are memory / performance hogs I'd set up a test linux partition and try it all out before committing. Depending on your needs for Linux a nice lightweight desktop instead of Gnome or KDE would be a smart move for the box running Photoshop. Good luck.
From the summary, "So ours probably looks something like this."
:)
My only comment is that it does probably look something like M101, right up until somebody discovers something else that makes it look like a dodecahedron...I just like saying dodecahedron
I can and have done the drive from NJ to FL many times - 900 miles in 14-15 hours (no big deal when you have 2 drivers). In any event, the problem statement was that the recharge time is currently so long that you need a place to sleep so that there's actually enough time to charge the car. People make trips like this all the time, not 10 times a year, but a ton of people drive to college or home, go to visit family, etc. So it's either I need 2 cars, or I have to rent a car for the long trip because I spent all of my money on an EV i.e. they aren't cheap.
In any event, there's no need to think these hurdles won't be overcome, it's just a problem right now. Early adopters are what makes things affordable for the rest of us down the line.
"littering in someone else's inbox"
I like that, it made me think of "going in someone's litter box", which is what spam is, someone is pissing in your inbox.
I normally wouldn't disagree, but in re-reading the summary this gem has me thinking differently, "In Latour v. Riverside Beaver Sch. Dist. , the court found that a student's rap lyrics which made mock threats toward another student, identified by name, could not be treated as a true threat because they were the kind of boastful posturing that rappers are known for (apparently including the ones in junior high school these days)". Apparently rappers' free speech is different...I had no idea it has worked out that way.
I would argue that your statement "Just make the applications work with IE and you've satisfied almost all of your users needs" is a poor generalization. What's being discussed in this thread is that FF numbers are hitting over 30% on some sites. If your site can afford to not work with that kind of audience then this post is moot. Otherwise, I'd be careful generalizing your user community to a single browser just to make your testing job easier. I'd also be careful looking at your own logs, if your site isn't friendly to other browsers than your stats are self promoting - in other words you won't get FF hits if it doesn't work well with your site. On the other hand, if you've got a web site that's simplistic enough then by all means test with one browser and save your money and time.
--Peace--
That's exactly what I thought. Life's a bitch sometimes
I'm no actor-writer, but I certainly agree that I learn more on slashdot than anywhere else. It's what I turn to for daily tech news that IS important.
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Beyond that I actually learn stuff from the community comments as well, and I've always been happy with the comment moderation system - although I sometimes wish there was a filter for just the 'funny' comments.
I could go on, but in spite of the imitators and haters I'd like to think there will always be
Just a thought, but the way the government is set up, a new person won't completely change the system. The only answer I like is term limits on all official positions. That way the good old boys have to go, and the new people don't have to pay servitude to the existing ruling class. The same Americans can vote or not, but until you have a way to break existing habits it's not going to stop.
Holy carp! That was funny. Insightful or not I give you a perfect 10 for humor.
Agreed, by the time I was done reading this, I couldn't decide if it was real or not. Kudos to the author for piecing together a lot of information in a compelling format. I especially enjoyed the code fragments related to the story - rather spooky.
Now that I'm not reading email all of the time, all I have to do is stop reading slashdot all of the time!
That's interesting. I learned Pascal first and then C. The reason I found this helpful was the Pascal was more controlled (I can't remember all of the correct words anymore). C allows all kinds of memory allocations, redefined pointers and such which are brutal on a beginning programmer. Pascal prevents a lot of those mistakes, therefore giving you a chance to learn some concepts without too much disaster. As for perl/python/lisp. I think lisp is great for showing another way/paradigm of programming. Perl/python/ruby allow you to merge everything together. Of course Smalltalk/Squeak would be great for bringing home object oriented programming. After that PHP, JSP, ASP, whatever is just suited to the environment you're working in. Reality is that you'll probably never get that many programming languages into a B.S.
A good reason to use some older language like Pascal or FORTRAN would be to avoid the pre-built classes problem.
Please mod parent up. Please use the right tool for the right job. If all you want to do is create circles stick with MSPaint or MSOffice/OpenOffice or Inkscape (highly recommended). If you want to do Photoshop stuff, use GIMP. If you want to disagree - fine. If you want to understand see http://gimp.org/about/ and read the threads about what the developers were trying to accomplish. Drawing circles was never on the list. Peace
THAT made me laugh. Thanks!
Of course my console (PS2) is hooked up to my big screen TV (54" at 4:3), which is HD capable. Of course I haven't gotten an HD tuner yet (don't feel the value is there), but I'd love to see what the heck this is going to look like. It's just going to take a while before I get a PS3 or XBox or Wii, until after I know they're all available and have good titles out. Honestly I'm completely up for grabs by any console that impresses me with the most value (please don't respond with invalid assumptions about what my sense of 'value' is). Hooray for competition!
I'm not arguing that a university shoves stuff at you that you'll never use, but a 4 year degree is a 4 year degree - you've got to fill it with something so you can charge the students (or their parents). What I am trying to say is that exposure to more disciplines increases your ability to handle any project. 10 years ago I started working in Cobol and Assembly on printing logic, and the use of fonts, signatures, MICR lines on checks. None of that is taught in school. Now I'm working on logisticts systems and business workflow. None of that was taught in school either, but I know enough about computing hardware, computational algorithms, and base2 calculations that I have to be careful with all the math that the program does, and which languages are better suited to it. Yet I never knew I'd be doing this kind of programming so I'm glad to have taken those math courses years ago.
Isn't it true that you have no idea what you'll be programming in the future. I always thought the point of all the math was to provide a solid background to support you in whatever you do. Your personal experience is insightful, but I wouldn't try to assume it's applicable across the board.
I am one of the old farts, but I never would have guessed there was cobolscript. Thanks for the link!
Come on! How many times must we endure these kinds of debates? Just use the right tool for the job. You could say there are signs of nothing but rust on COBOL yet it's still very heavily used in financial applications (back end). There is nothing gained by making inflamatory statements, just state the benefits of Seaside and Ruby and leave other languages out of it.
There really needs to be a mechanism, or a form or something where I can tell Choicepoint to delete any records having to do with me.
How many other companies give you that option? Even my auto mechanic has my address, phone, cell, email, and car information. If I don't go to him anymore and I go back and say delete my information, does he have to? What he wants to include me as a customer to financial backers when he expands? In any event, where's the proof that it's gone? It's certainly a frustrating situation that I've given up on