I think you flatter yourself and your species if you think you or your species could wipe out all life on this planet. If it will make you feel any better, the natural geologic processes of this planet and this solar sytem (supervolcanoes, life-threating meteors, etc.) will probably/eventually take of all of these worries for you. (again) And won't you feel silly for getting so worked up when you could've been enjoying life.
I think they ought to go even farther. How about using a TRS-80 Model 2 with dual 5" floppy disk drives and NO hard drive? I remember being just stunned, back in 1984, after shelling out what was big bucks for me to buy a 300 bps modem, at all the info and games available at my local BBS. A few years later, it turned out that my favorite MD BBS, called Network East, went down for good cuz the Owner/SysAdmin had stolen all his servers from Uncle Sam. (FEMA HQ in Washington, DC, no less.) Walked right out the front door with them, one at a time. Later on, so did he, with the FBI leading him out. There are good ole days and not-so-good ole days.
MadDad32
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Indeed, I have *YET* to see a page, web or anything, that actually ADDED information with the use of Flash. Nor have I ever been tempted to buy anything because the web site used Flash. Have any of you guys ever thought "OOH, OOH, must buy something from this place cuz the pictures are so PRETTY!"
That is why the word "Flash" and "unfortunate " are somewhat redundant.
Whew. My brain is full now. As a CSE Student and a guy with mono-polar depression, I understand a little of what is going on in this man's head. It is a constant mental tug-of-war to stay on-topic and on-track. I think that Dr. Wallace probably has to concentrate twice as much as his mental peers--Half of his effort towards his life's work and half of his effort just trying to stay focused on the first half. When he allows his brain to follow tangents, like he repeatedly did in these answers, he really had little choice. He had lost his focus on his subject. This is a bad thing for a person with depression. When he got it back, later, he was very methodical in building the foundation of axiomatic information for the rest of the answer. For me, that foundation never comes naturally; it has to built in memory each and every time. The more one practices and studies, the faster the foundation can be built each time. It's only love of the subject matter, and the love of learning, that keeps me going, education-wise and career-wise. Maybe him, too. I wish him good luck.
MadDad32
"Apparently, being logged in is what is keeping my Karma in positive territory."
Yup. That fellow with the blanket (Linus something or other) could be one of them H1B fellows. I bet this is just another Microsoft attack on OpenSource! Do we really need all these H1B guys to work on a bomber? Huh?
Reminds me of a line out of an old (American) cowboy movie. Went something like - "Only way to make money out here is to open a bank or a general store." I guess not much has changed... Yeehaw!
I think it is absolutely great that damn-near-every-blessed thing you've ever typed on-line is archived for eternity (or until Google&crew go belly up-whichever comes first). Time to take start taking some responsibility for your actions, lads. You'll get used to it. It's called experience.
Ok. Let me get this straight. Linux is the goddess. Linux programmers/worshippers live for hacking and games. Now, tell me again why there are so blockbuster Linux games?
Perhaps some of you guys missed the "secondary" intent of the speeches by Schmidt. There is a game played by all government executives and it is called "EmpireBuilding". (I work for uncle samuel, too.) The speech is also intended to help the boy get more gov't funding, more gov't people, more funding, more office space, more funding, more stuff, etc. You see, the amount a manager is paid (including bonuses) is directly related to how many people work for him, how many people work for them, how big his budget is, etc. Literally. So, essentially Mr. Schmidt and all Govt. managers/executives have two jobs -- the job they have been assigned and the care and feeding of their empire. Accordingly, there is no incentive to reduce government. Reducing office staff/funding quite literally reduces ones own pay. Didn't take Mr. Schmidt long to learn how we work, did it? Funny how much governments and unions have in common, huh?
"The Buck stops here" sat on Harry Truman's desk. No matter the National subject, the sitting President will take the ultimate heat or credit for the end result. Wars on foreign soils, won or lost, will never be as important to voters as their net pay. When the next elections arrive, Bush's chances of re-election will mirror the economy's direction.
Actually, the inventor of Air-Conditioning was a doctor in Florida back in 1830's, who wanted to prevent his patients form breathing of swamp gas, which he thought was the cause of malaria. Dr. John Gorrie , "a doctor at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Apalachicola in the 1830s who was looking for a way to lower the fevers of malaria patients, is credited as the inventor of air conditioning -- and his legacy has changed life in Florida and just about everywhere else in America. (I remembered this from watching the ole BBC show, "Connections".) Gorrie started experimenting with cooling air in the 1830s, when he hung buckets of ice from the ceiling and forced air over them, according to Raymond Arsenault, a history professor at the University of South Florida who has studied air conditioning's impact on the South. Later he used a steam-driven compressor to cool air, which led to the first patent for an ice-making machine in 1851." Cool, huh?
"I used to have a problem with multiple personalities, but now we're fine."
Ah, the "everyday" programming of the "everyday programmer". I would like to see a poll of "everyday programmers" that asks "How often do you use regular expressions?" I would bet a small bundle that most "everyday programmers", which in the real world are mostly business application developers, I think, rarely use regular expressions. Doesn't help much when getting customer info. into or out of a db. It sure doesn't seem to help much in today's "Search engines" that only seem to give me someone else's business card, rather than real info on the subject I've asked about. (Rant pause...)
Your pet peeve is probably your worst personality trait.
I lived in London for ~3 years from 1979-1983. I loved it. First, The stuff above about the work permit being very hard to get is, as they say in London, "spot on". You may have an "out" since your S.O. has to go there. (I was in the US military). If he/she is a US military sort (and you are married), you will actually get a preferential treatment when you apply to jobs on the local US Military base or office. Even if your honey isn't military, be on the lookout for other spouse-preference type programs, maybe there's one with her/his company.
Second, London is awesome in any sense of the word. It's like New York w/o the crime. (downtown, anyway.) Everything is there. The world's best bookstore (Foyle's) with about a million square feet of books over 8 floors. (Wait, there's more!) Being one of the safest cities in the world means that The best Science and Technology Museum in the world, the great restaurants, the great Playhouses (ugh), etc., wonder of wonders, are all safe to visit. The best city transportation system in the world -- You are never more than 2 blocks from a bus or train stop and they are always on time and courteous! (An unheard of concept in DC)
London has districts devoted to what ever you are into. I love books. There is a book district (near Oxford Circus) that has boocoo antique book stores. I bought a book printed in 1507 for ~5 pounds, which is what is was worth. The point is that in most US cities you would have to know where the @#$% shop was. In London, you just get off a new stop on the train.
Heck, no. I think that, not only should the Administrator be the only one to install, modify, or save anything, but that he/she should have to take an Assembly coding test prior to each and every install!!! No, better yet. Prior to booting! Yeah, that'll clear the old Linus genepool.
And what exactly are we getting for all this money we are spending? Don't stop there. Check out the National Science Foundation ( http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/ ) and its "9,000 new awards" every year or the 'Community of Science' (COS) ( http://www.cos.com/services/ ) for their take on how to, as the COS says, get access to "over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion." Man, even the middlemen in Science Research Grants and Funding are making a killing in federal bucks.
I wonder how much of that money goes into, say, the study of depression and its effects, the effects of physical, emotional and mental abuse of children and adults, or the effects indifferent educational systems on children, adults, and our society. Not today. The study of Pluto and inter-galactic planets that will never be physically visited by mortal men are, apparently, vastly more important for our federal dollars, than, say, a way to generate energy without pollution. The only way this stuff is gonna benefit you is if you rename that usually-shaded part of yourself Uranus.
So go vote yourself silly. See if that helps. I imagine that the only way to change the system is to get inside it and fix it a piece of it, yourself. Just Undo it.
This has been floating around. Wish I'd written it. " Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstances. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident:
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him or her that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to follow them.
(a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
(b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
(c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
(e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on Sunday (the Sabbath). In the book of Exodus verse 35:2 it clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
(f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't know. Can you settle this?
(g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
(h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. How should they die?
(i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
(j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev.24:10-16). Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14).
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging, and we should do what the bible says.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan. Thanks,"
There will be no points awarded for fending off mirages. Better yet: Steel is strong, but you can't eat it. (You can use that one for about anything you want to advocate.)
Absolutely. This first time I ever saw a game with *any* sort of a "plot" (Spacequest II), I dumped every single 'video game' and never spent another quarter in an arcade. Mustaben a few like-minded folk: Arcades went the way of the comic books stands, in the corner drug stores, which were right next to the "Real Detective Magazines", which I...um, never mind.
Here's a question: Myst I, II, & III were wildly popular and made huge money. Why no competition? Even WarCraft III pretty much pales next to MystX.
Has there ever been a treaty, law, agreement, pact, whatever that has not gone out the window immediately upon the discovery that there is BIG money to had? Discuss all you guys want. While space (and Antartica) is unprofitable, you get to play. Once BIG profit enters the picture, you will no longer be a player. This is the law of reality. Have fun.
Slashdot Mirror
"never put your wireless net behind your main firewall"
While you're at it, never put your hard drive in the same box with your modem. Simple rules are always best.
MadDad32.
So, when your toast is done, will there be a "pop-up" window telling you that? Sorry. Couldn't help it.
MadDad32
I think you flatter yourself and your species if you think you or your species could wipe out all life on this planet. If it will make you feel any better, the natural geologic processes of this planet and this solar sytem (supervolcanoes, life-threating meteors, etc.) will probably/eventually take of all of these worries for you. (again) And won't you feel silly for getting so worked up when you could've been enjoying life.
MadDad32
I was as smart as you when I was your age.
I think they ought to go even farther. How about using a TRS-80 Model 2 with dual 5" floppy disk drives and NO hard drive? I remember being just stunned, back in 1984, after shelling out what was big bucks for me to buy a 300 bps modem, at all the info and games available at my local BBS. A few years later, it turned out that my favorite MD BBS, called Network East, went down for good cuz the Owner/SysAdmin had stolen all his servers from Uncle Sam. (FEMA HQ in Washington, DC, no less.) Walked right out the front door with them, one at a time. Later on, so did he, with the FBI leading him out. There are good ole days and not-so-good ole days.
MadDad32
Indeed, I have *YET* to see a page, web or anything, that actually ADDED information with the use of Flash. Nor have I ever been tempted to buy anything because the web site used Flash. Have any of you guys ever thought "OOH, OOH, must buy something from this place cuz the pictures are so PRETTY!"
That is why the word "Flash" and "unfortunate " are somewhat redundant.
cheerio.
Whew. My brain is full now. As a CSE Student and a guy with mono-polar depression, I understand a little of what is going on in this man's head. It is a constant mental tug-of-war to stay on-topic and on-track. I think that Dr. Wallace probably has to concentrate twice as much as his mental peers--Half of his effort towards his life's work and half of his effort just trying to stay focused on the first half. When he allows his brain to follow tangents, like he repeatedly did in these answers, he really had little choice. He had lost his focus on his subject. This is a bad thing for a person with depression. When he got it back, later, he was very methodical in building the foundation of axiomatic information for the rest of the answer. For me, that foundation never comes naturally; it has to built in memory each and every time. The more one practices and studies, the faster the foundation can be built each time. It's only love of the subject matter, and the love of learning, that keeps me going, education-wise and career-wise. Maybe him, too. I wish him good luck.
MadDad32
"Apparently, being logged in is what is keeping my Karma in positive territory."
Yup. That fellow with the blanket (Linus something or other) could be one of them H1B fellows. I bet this is just another Microsoft attack on OpenSource! Do we really need all these H1B guys to work on a bomber? Huh?
DON'T think about it! Damn, too late...
Hey, us emkompitent progremers got rites, too.
If not you then
me
end if
Now, if I can just learn that there colonel stuff I'll be able to that there web cervixes stuff...
What?
Reminds me of a line out of an old (American) cowboy movie. Went something like - "Only way to make money out here is to open a bank or a general store." I guess not much has changed... Yeehaw!
Life is a bitch, but she is fertile.
Sounds like what Cold Fusion 4 was. If the world had only stopped there, I would've been content.
10mm here, 10mm there, pretty soon you have a whole m.
"Life is a bitch, but she is fertile."
I think it is absolutely great that damn-near-every-blessed thing you've ever typed on-line is archived for eternity (or until Google&crew go belly up-whichever comes first). Time to take start taking some responsibility for your actions, lads. You'll get used to it. It's called experience.
MadDad32
Life's a bitch, but she is fertile.
Ok. Let me get this straight. Linux is the goddess. Linux programmers/worshippers live for hacking and games. Now, tell me again why there are so blockbuster Linux games?
MadDad32
Perhaps some of you guys missed the "secondary" intent of the speeches by Schmidt. There is a game played by all government executives and it is called "EmpireBuilding". (I work for uncle samuel, too.) The speech is also intended to help the boy get more gov't funding, more gov't people, more funding, more office space, more funding, more stuff, etc. You see, the amount a manager is paid (including bonuses) is directly related to how many people work for him, how many people work for them, how big his budget is, etc. Literally. So, essentially Mr. Schmidt and all Govt. managers/executives have two jobs -- the job they have been assigned and the care and feeding of their empire. Accordingly, there is no incentive to reduce government. Reducing office staff/funding quite literally reduces ones own pay. Didn't take Mr. Schmidt long to learn how we work, did it? Funny how much governments and unions have in common, huh?
MySon'sFather
Your Pet Peeve is your worst personality trait.
"The Buck stops here" sat on Harry Truman's desk. No matter the National subject, the sitting President will take the ultimate heat or credit for the end result. Wars on foreign soils, won or lost, will never be as important to voters as their net pay. When the next elections arrive, Bush's chances of re-election will mirror the economy's direction.
MadDad
"Hero worship - gods, goddesses, superheroes, oh my!"
Yeah, and next year they're gonna do a wireless telephone users convention.
Actually, the inventor of Air-Conditioning was a doctor in Florida back in 1830's, who wanted to prevent his patients form breathing of swamp gas, which he thought was the cause of malaria. Dr. John Gorrie , "a doctor at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Apalachicola in the 1830s who was looking for a way to lower the fevers of malaria patients, is credited as the inventor of air conditioning -- and his legacy has changed life in Florida and just about everywhere else in America. (I remembered this from watching the ole BBC show, "Connections".) Gorrie started experimenting with cooling air in the 1830s, when he hung buckets of ice from the ceiling and forced air over them, according to Raymond Arsenault, a history professor at the University of South Florida who has studied air conditioning's impact on the South. Later he used a steam-driven compressor to cool air, which led to the first patent for an ice-making machine in 1851." Cool, huh?
"I used to have a problem with multiple personalities, but now we're fine."
Ah, the "everyday" programming of the "everyday programmer". I would like to see a poll of "everyday programmers" that asks "How often do you use regular expressions?" I would bet a small bundle that most "everyday programmers", which in the real world are mostly business application developers, I think, rarely use regular expressions. Doesn't help much when getting customer info. into or out of a db. It sure doesn't seem to help much in today's "Search engines" that only seem to give me someone else's business card, rather than real info on the subject I've asked about. (Rant pause...)
Your pet peeve is probably your worst personality trait.
I lived in London for ~3 years from 1979-1983. I loved it. First, The stuff above about the work permit being very hard to get is, as they say in London, "spot on". You may have an "out" since your S.O. has to go there. (I was in the US military). If he/she is a US military sort (and you are married), you will actually get a preferential treatment when you apply to jobs on the local US Military base or office. Even if your honey isn't military, be on the lookout for other spouse-preference type programs, maybe there's one with her/his company.
Second, London is awesome in any sense of the word. It's like New York w/o the crime. (downtown, anyway.) Everything is there. The world's best bookstore (Foyle's) with about a million square feet of books over 8 floors. (Wait, there's more!) Being one of the safest cities in the world means that The best Science and Technology Museum in the world, the great restaurants, the great Playhouses (ugh), etc., wonder of wonders, are all safe to visit. The best city transportation system in the world -- You are never more than 2 blocks from a bus or train stop and they are always on time and courteous! (An unheard of concept in DC)
London has districts devoted to what ever you are into. I love books. There is a book district (near Oxford Circus) that has boocoo antique book stores. I bought a book printed in 1507 for ~5 pounds, which is what is was worth. The point is that in most US cities you would have to know where the @#$% shop was. In London, you just get off a new stop on the train.
Have fun.
Heck, no. I think that, not only should the Administrator be the only one to install, modify, or save anything, but that he/she should have to take an Assembly coding test prior to each and every install!!! No, better yet. Prior to booting! Yeah, that'll clear the old Linus genepool.
I wonder how much of that money goes into, say, the study of depression and its effects, the effects of physical, emotional and mental abuse of children and adults, or the effects indifferent educational systems on children, adults, and our society. Not today. The study of Pluto and inter-galactic planets that will never be physically visited by mortal men are, apparently, vastly more important for our federal dollars, than, say, a way to generate energy without pollution. The only way this stuff is gonna benefit you is if you rename that usually-shaded part of yourself Uranus.
So go vote yourself silly. See if that helps. I imagine that the only way to change the system is to get inside it and fix it a piece of it, yourself. Just Undo it.
BuddhaLite.
ps. Have fun.
dang. Beat me to it.
This has been floating around. Wish I'd written it.
" Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to
people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that
homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot
be condoned under any circumstances. The following is an open letter to
Dr. Laura penned by a US resident:
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I
have learned a great deal from your show and I try to share that
knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the
homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him or her that
Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you however, regarding some of the specific
laws and how to follow them.
(a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They
claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
(b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair
price for her?
(c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how
do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and
female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend
of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you
clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
(e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on Sunday (the Sabbath). In
the book of Exodus verse 35:2 it clearly states he should be put to
death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
(f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an
abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality.
I don't know. Can you settle this?
(g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have
a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does
my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
(h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair
around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by
Lev.19:27. How should they die?
(i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes
me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
(j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two
different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments
made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also
tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to
all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them?
(Lev.24:10-16). Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family
affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev.
20:14).
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you
can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal
and unchanging, and we should do what the bible says.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan. Thanks,"
There will be no points awarded for fending off mirages. Better yet: Steel is strong, but you can't eat it. (You can use that one for about anything you want to advocate.)
Whew.
Absolutely. This first time I ever saw a game with *any* sort of a "plot" (Spacequest II), I dumped every single 'video game' and never spent another quarter in an arcade. Mustaben a few like-minded folk: Arcades went the way of the comic books stands, in the corner drug stores, which were right next to the "Real Detective Magazines", which I ...um, never mind.
Here's a question: Myst I, II, & III were wildly popular and made huge money. Why no competition? Even WarCraft III pretty much pales next to MystX.
Has there ever been a treaty, law, agreement, pact, whatever that has not gone out the window immediately upon the discovery that there is BIG money to had? Discuss all you guys want. While space (and Antartica) is unprofitable, you get to play. Once BIG profit enters the picture, you will no longer be a player. This is the law of reality. Have fun.