I'm not sure what good mining asteroids would do, except as a means to get material for space projects. The only thing that seems to pay about space so far is tourism.
I'm just going to ignore all of those U.K. references and pretend that I understood your points - 1. Can these be detected at enough of a distance to be useful? and 2. Does that information actually help stop a thief?
From my conversations with cops, most bikes in an area are stolen by just a few people - catch those people, and you'd eliminate most of the problem. Likewise if the police had a way to detect that, say, 10 stolen bikes were all in the same "flat", or "lorry" (hah) they could move in and nab the theives.
Just imagine all the petrol the world could save with secure biking!
I want these implanted in bicycles, so that bicycle theft becomes a thing of the past. Imagine having your bike stolen, and just calling in the id# to the police, so that they could track it down and find it. Bike theft would become a thing of the past! And imagine how much more useful bikes would be if you didn't have to spend 5 minutes locking them up every time you wanted to stop some place. This could change things more than Ginger!
And it would only cost $4200 to buy those 100 LED bulbs - meaning that it would take over 5 years to pay for them, going by your numbers. And who the hell uses 25w bulbs anyways, never mind 100 of them?
I second that. This was not a dig against oracle's db, but against the same state government which signed the oracle contract. Seeing a pattern between lousy/corrupt power buying and lousy/corrupt software contracts is certainly valid for this discussion.
Got to agree with you. I'm not sure how big business managed to label anyone against unlimited immigration with the label of 'racist' or 'facist'. Of course immigration makes sense from a business perspective - more supply of labor, bigger local market. From the typical American's point of view it's a mixed bag. Sure, some things are cheaper, like farm produce, lawn care and restaurant meals. However, it also means higher house prices and rents, lower wages, and lower quality of public services.
If you disagree with that last one, just look at house prices, working-class wages, and the public schools in California, the state with the most immigration. Hmmm....
How about some decent visual development tools. How about making Java accessible to the VB monkeys? Why did they completely concede that market to IBM/whoever? Why do they keep writing free "reference implementations" while BEAS sells their shitty WebLogic for 40K+? There are a ton of people making money selling support/add-ons for Java.
Maybe Sun should spin off Java, that way they can drop the act of not competing with other Java-based products, and go full bore to really develop some useful Java products.
Your argument is a non starter. When Europe and the US went through their industrial revolutions *THERE WERE NO ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH POLUTION*. These days, the technology is there, and the machines can be moved around the world in a matter of months. Why should China get a ticket to use cheaper, more polluting equipment to make shit that they end up selling to the US anyway?
This always amazes me - leaders would never get away with this shit in a non-asian country, even if they started killing people til they ran out of bullets. People wouldn't care if they died fighting.
*What the fuck is wrong with the Chinese?* Put a group of them together and they are the worst kind of useless followers. It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have any balls. Millenium of central control has bred any deviance out of that entire people.
Not unless you're talking about an NSX, maybe. I own a 2000 accord, and it's a great car, good mileage, super quiet, reliable. And the interior is nicely designed. But the exterior of that car is just butt ugly. So is the camry for that matter. Yes, they're rounded - but that's because of air resistance, not style.
In my opinion, computers will much more closely follow the evolution of another consumer category - electronics. Minaturization, quality, and cost reduction are the name of the game. No one braggs about owning big speakers any more, same thing's going to happen with computers.
If apple really cared about useability, they would have designed a basic case to sit on the floor. One cable would connect it to the lcd display, another to a usb/firewire hub. The keyboard and mouse would be wireless. When you're not using your computer, you would be able to push it to the side, and use your desk for other things.
But I guess you can already do most of those with a PC. Oh Well.
You're missing the point. "Bloat" does come from silly, needless "features" like M$ paperclip, or similar. But that's not the bloat that the original poster was talking about.
How does the user benefit if a programmer uses tools which cause processor_usage*=10, memory_usage*=10, programmer_time/=2, bugs/=2? (my factors are obviously random, feel free to insert your own) The user benefits because the app is more stable or secure, and because he has to pay less for the app (or he gets an app better suited to his needs, because a programmer can afford to write it for a smaller market). As long as the app still runs comfortably on relatively modern hardware, who cares. You might say that those who don't wan to, or can't afford to upgrade to faster hardware are losers. But actually, they are not, they can still run the apps that were written when they bought their system, they just won't be able to use as much of the new stuff. A regretable, but unavoidable side-effect of fast moving technology.
I have used Tomcat 3.2.x for a while now without problems. But I have to agree with the part about fragile developer egos. I posted a patch to for a small fix in the servlet engine, and received a 150 line blast about how that violated the (ambigious) spec.
So now I have to apply my own patch with every new release. But hey, It's open, so I can!
You are the nutcase. You may feel big for a little while by bucking the majority and bitching about non-violence, but you're wrong.
First, eliminating the groups which are behind this particular attack is necessary to make sure that repeat crimes aren't committed by these hardened killers.
Second, a very clear message needs to be sent that all use of terrorism will backfire very badly. It will not promote a cause, it will just get everyone involved with it, and probably some innocent people who happen to be around them, killed very quickly.
Third, Jesus's message of forgiveness applies a whole lot better to individual relations than to relations between countries. And it cannot applie to those who have lost their rationality. Clearly suicidal terrorists who kill thousands in an attempt to get US sympathy for their cause are not rational.
In the end, the only question that matters is "are you on our side or not". Those who are not right now (even russia has sent their sympathy) are clearly the enemy. And your high school guidance counselor philosophy isn't going to solve anything.
If this question had been posted last year, the majority of the responses would have been "If the boss doesn't like it, tell him to go eff himself and find a better job." Now its all "Keep your mouth shut and be happy you can put food on the table".
Proof that we are a very adaptable bunch. Actually, the answer I like the most is "pad your estimates and use the extra time how you like" - it's not just managers that can play the BS game.
Probably not as bad as unix. But it takes about a minute for every 100 files that you check out, even if you're just doing a "get" update. It (at least 6.5) has no tool for doing a directory diff. And the branching support is laughable. Stay far, far, away from this "tool". It truly deserves to go out of business.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, but don't forget context. You're posting on Slashdot. I would be surprised if you're a majority here.
And I still watch TV on my 13" B&W with the rabbit ears antennae. Why would any one want more? It's not like "the price is right" is better in color.
Pure Vacumn + Unfiltered UV Light + No Water + Heat/Cold Extremes = No Surviving Bacteria. What else are you going to do, swab the thing with alcohol?
I'm not sure what good mining asteroids would do, except as a means to get material for space projects. The only thing that seems to pay about space so far is tourism.
I'm confused was it:
1. Because the posters were on the Internet? Everyone knows the Internet is made from computers. Geeks like computers. Slashdotters are geeks.
or
2. Because it has to do with the First Amendment. The First Amendment is about free speech. Slashdotters like free things, especially beer.
Yeah!
Ever try to fit a bike into the microwave? Me neither.
And I don't know about your cheap ass, but plenty of people shell out $20-$50 for bike locks. I don't see why this would be a whole lot different.
I'm just going to ignore all of those U.K. references and pretend that I understood your points - 1. Can these be detected at enough of a distance to be useful? and 2. Does that information actually help stop a thief?
From my conversations with cops, most bikes in an area are stolen by just a few people - catch those people, and you'd eliminate most of the problem. Likewise if the police had a way to detect that, say, 10 stolen bikes were all in the same "flat", or "lorry" (hah) they could move in and nab the theives.
Just imagine all the petrol the world could save with secure biking!
I want these implanted in bicycles, so that bicycle theft becomes a thing of the past. Imagine having your bike stolen, and just calling in the id# to the police, so that they could track it down and find it. Bike theft would become a thing of the past! And imagine how much more useful bikes would be if you didn't have to spend 5 minutes locking them up every time you wanted to stop some place. This could change things more than Ginger!
And it would only cost $4200 to buy those 100 LED bulbs - meaning that it would take over 5 years to pay for them, going by your numbers. And who the hell uses 25w bulbs anyways, never mind 100 of them?
I second that. This was not a dig against oracle's db, but against the same state government which signed the oracle contract. Seeing a pattern between lousy/corrupt power buying and lousy/corrupt software contracts is certainly valid for this discussion.
Got to agree with you. I'm not sure how big business managed to label anyone against unlimited immigration with the label of 'racist' or 'facist'. Of course immigration makes sense from a business perspective - more supply of labor, bigger local market. From the typical American's point of view it's a mixed bag. Sure, some things are cheaper, like farm produce, lawn care and restaurant meals. However, it also means higher house prices and rents, lower wages, and lower quality of public services.
If you disagree with that last one, just look at house prices, working-class wages, and the public schools in California, the state with the most immigration. Hmmm....
How about some decent visual development tools. How about making Java accessible to the VB monkeys? Why did they completely concede that market to IBM/whoever? Why do they keep writing free "reference implementations" while BEAS sells their shitty WebLogic for 40K+? There are a ton of people making money selling support/add-ons for Java.
Maybe Sun should spin off Java, that way they can drop the act of not competing with other Java-based products, and go full bore to really develop some useful Java products.
Your argument is a non starter. When Europe and the US went through their industrial revolutions *THERE WERE NO ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH POLUTION*. These days, the technology is there, and the machines can be moved around the world in a matter of months. Why should China get a ticket to use cheaper, more polluting equipment to make shit that they end up selling to the US anyway?
After the comet article, I thought the exact same thing.
BTW, does anyone else think it's slightly odd that they *expected* his parents would know about the accomplishment?
This always amazes me - leaders would never get away with this shit in a non-asian country, even if they started killing people til they ran out of bullets. People wouldn't care if they died fighting.
*What the fuck is wrong with the Chinese?* Put a group of them together and they are the worst kind of useless followers. It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have any balls. Millenium of central control has bred any deviance out of that entire people.
Not unless you're talking about an NSX, maybe. I own a 2000 accord, and it's a great car, good mileage, super quiet, reliable. And the interior is nicely designed. But the exterior of that car is just butt ugly. So is the camry for that matter. Yes, they're rounded - but that's because of air resistance, not style.
In my opinion, computers will much more closely follow the evolution of another consumer category - electronics. Minaturization, quality, and cost reduction are the name of the game. No one braggs about owning big speakers any more, same thing's going to happen with computers.
If apple really cared about useability, they would have designed a basic case to sit on the floor. One cable would connect it to the lcd display, another to a usb/firewire hub. The keyboard and mouse would be wireless. When you're not using your computer, you would be able to push it to the side, and use your desk for other things.
But I guess you can already do most of those with a PC. Oh Well.
You're missing the point. "Bloat" does come from silly, needless "features" like M$ paperclip, or similar. But that's not the bloat that the original poster was talking about.
How does the user benefit if a programmer uses tools which cause processor_usage*=10, memory_usage*=10, programmer_time/=2, bugs/=2? (my factors are obviously random, feel free to insert your own) The user benefits because the app is more stable or secure, and because he has to pay less for the app (or he gets an app better suited to his needs, because a programmer can afford to write it for a smaller market). As long as the app still runs comfortably on relatively modern hardware, who cares. You might say that those who don't wan to, or can't afford to upgrade to faster hardware are losers. But actually, they are not, they can still run the apps that were written when they bought their system, they just won't be able to use as much of the new stuff. A regretable, but unavoidable side-effect of fast moving technology.
I have used Tomcat 3.2.x for a while now without problems. But I have to agree with the part about fragile developer egos. I posted a patch to for a small fix in the servlet engine, and received a 150 line blast about how that violated the (ambigious) spec.
So now I have to apply my own patch with every new release. But hey, It's open, so I can!
You are the nutcase. You may feel big for a little while by bucking the majority and bitching about non-violence, but you're wrong.
First, eliminating the groups which are behind this particular attack is necessary to make sure that repeat crimes aren't committed by these hardened killers.
Second, a very clear message needs to be sent that all use of terrorism will backfire very badly. It will not promote a cause, it will just get everyone involved with it, and probably some innocent people who happen to be around them, killed very quickly.
Third, Jesus's message of forgiveness applies a whole lot better to individual relations than to relations between countries. And it cannot applie to those who have lost their rationality. Clearly suicidal terrorists who kill thousands in an attempt to get US sympathy for their cause are not rational.
In the end, the only question that matters is "are you on our side or not". Those who are not right now (even russia has sent their sympathy) are clearly the enemy. And your high school guidance counselor philosophy isn't going to solve anything.
If this question had been posted last year, the majority of the responses would have been "If the boss doesn't like it, tell him to go eff himself and find a better job." Now its all "Keep your mouth shut and be happy you can put food on the table".
Proof that we are a very adaptable bunch. Actually, the answer I like the most is "pad your estimates and use the extra time how you like" - it's not just managers that can play the BS game.
Probably not as bad as unix. But it takes about a minute for every 100 files that you check out, even if you're just doing a "get" update. It (at least 6.5) has no tool for doing a directory diff. And the branching support is laughable. Stay far, far, away from this "tool". It truly deserves to go out of business.
That's the proper way to describe your "relatively flat" demand curve.
Wow, China could house it's entire population in only ~12,000 buildings of this size.