Admittedly, there is a liquor store right off every Interstate exit in New Hampshire, and they are state-sponsored, but that doesn't mean a thing. I think you're taking us for granite, man.
I know that was bad, but I couldn't help it.
I think I see where the Nietzcheans went wrong
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Or perhaps I see where the writers misinterpreted Nietzche accidentally. Nietzche was an advocate of something he called "the will to power", especially when carried out by something he called the "overman" or "superman". The problem is, first of all, that "the will to power" does not neccessarily mean power over other people, but also over oneself. It refers to a high degree of self-control, something/. would benefit from.:-) Compare that with the Nietzcheans, who are hardly restrained in their interactions with each other.
Furthermore, I thought that the "overman" had a higher degree of moral development, but not necessarily physical development, according to Nietzche. I could be wrong on that one, though.
If anyone wants a quick overview of Nietzche, Encarta actually has a nice little article. ( http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&t i=761572710 )
You don't mean Ayn Rand, do you? What a bleak and horrible future they live in! And before I get downmodded, I'd like to point out that I read - voluntarily - all of Atlas Shrugged, including the 40-page monologue on the evils of anything other than pure cutthroat capitalism, so I do know what I'm talking about when I say that Rand was evil. Evil I say! I still have a hangover from that book, and I read it two years ago.
You should here the way Hollywood butchers the northern New England accent. I live in New Hampshire, and contrary to the Steven King movies, I have never said "ayuh" or "You cahn't get theyah from heerah" (spelled as it sounds, I can't say phonetically because I don't know the proper symbols.) In addition, I'd like to know why New Englanders in movies always, without fail, wear plaid. I don't have even one plaid shirt! True, I have a plaid pajama shirt, but that doesn't count, damnit!
Hollywood feels perfectly free to caricature any accent.
The recent supreme court ruling doesn't matter`
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The supreme court ruling on thermal imaging doesn't apply here because by the time Carnivore gets your email, it isn't in your house anymore. Combine that with the "email is like a postcard, a non-encrypted, non-sealed letter with no expectation of privacy" theory and you have a pretty compelling argument. A shame, too. It's so rare we see Armey doing something useful, or even trying to.
The ABA claims they want to make UCITA respect the rights of the customers. What rights? The only widely recognized right you have when you buy a product is the right for it to work as specified. If the consumer knows ahead of time that a software oackage uses UCITA, and buys it anyway, how does that violate the rights of the consumer? If people don't like it, they'll switch to other products that don't use it. Let market forces do their thing.
Even if windows uses UCITA, that isn't the end of the world. People will just switch oses. I doubt they'll use Linux, but perhaps the x86 version of MacOS X when it's released.
The thing that makes Monty Python special isn't the way it spoofs everyday life and intellectuals all at the same time. It isn't the knights who say "nee" or the killer bunny or the nymphomaniacal nuns or even "Run away! Run Away!"
What makes Monty Python truly a treasure is the sum of all of these, the simple fact that I am laughing as I write this, and yes, I did laugh when I read the oher posts quoting python. Not because of the quotes, but because of the scenes and movies they remind me of. Yes, you can take the knights who say "nee" and the killer bunner, and perhaps even the nuns, and say "this isn't funny." But put it all together with the complete sincerity of the actors, the unashamed cheesiness of the sets, and somehow the whole is funnier than any of the parts.
The way that the characters react to their situations also increases the funniness factor. Those knights were truly terrified of a small bunny rabbit.
"Python maybe? Or does someone have other suggestions."
If he's willing and able to code neatly, I'd recommend pascal. It's free from borland (go to community.borland.com and click the museum link), it allows for some interesting graphical functions, and it forces the programmer to be tidy. It also is very easy to get programming in quickly - your grandson can have "Hello world!" running in five minutes at most, unless there's a compiler problem. In another five minutes "Hello world" will be blinking and beeping at you. This will be a good time to teach programming etiquette ("Not all end-users like flashing text or beeps").
Alternatively, you could buy the kid a Lego Mindstorms set and turn him loose. You can program those robots in their own visual RCX code, asm, a basic-like language, C, C++, python, ada - pretty much any language you want. This would allow for your grandson to first learn an easier language, then progress to more complex and powerful ones. Also, if you buy the Mindstorms kit I can assure you you will be his favorite grandparent ever.
I hope this was some help. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
I think that the best programming language for a new programming student to learn first is not C or C++ or Java. It's Pascal. I know it isn't all that powerful, but it has two very nice things going for it:
1. The Borland compiler gives extremely helpful, precise error messages, and is free.
2. Pascal is not at all forgiving in terms of syntax. You WILL code one way, the only way, the tidy way, or your program will not run. Nothing conditions a programmer to be neat and organized better than Pascal.
The disadvantage, of course, is that pascal does not allow low-level access to a computer unless you integrate ASM. However, I really think that the first thing a programming student should learn is not how computers work at a system level, but the logic they use. An understanding of recursion will get you programming effectively a lot faster than if the same time were spend on memory allocation.
Whether you're upgrading a car, stereo, or computer, there is just a real thrill in knowing that you and you alone are determining the components going into your system. Your upgraded car or stereo or whatever is uniquely you, with any custom tweaks or whatnot that you inserted through your own skill. Overclocking a CPU, when one takes into account the expenses of cooling systems, is rarely economical - but it delivers a powerful feeling of accomplishment.
Building your own custom rig isn't just a matter of "mine is faster/better/bigger". It's a way of displaying your own abilities in a very specialized hobby. It's a source of pride. If I can keep my Athlon T-Bird stable at just ten more megahertz than my friend, that is very cool to me.
Remember, this girl is in all likelihood not going to have the interest or ability needed to work around a firewall or even the Internet Explorer history tab. Just keep it simple, and let your daughter know that if she visits an inappropriate site - and she is old enough to know what that is, trust me - she will never be allowed unfettered internet access again. Let her see you checking up on her occasionally, but also let it drop that there are other times you check when she isn't there. Statements like, "So, I saw that at 3:00 AM you were looking at slashdot" let her know that you are, so far as she in concerned, omnipotent and omnipresent. You really don't need a dedicated firewall or proxy server with squid, unless your daughter is much better than I give her credit for. In which case, I apoligize for underestimating her.
Whenever I see a bunch of large-ish companies getting together to discuss "standards", I get worried. A big conglomerate like this could have the marketing power to impose any standard it likes, even if it is not a good one. For example, what if they decide the "industry-standard" set-top box should use a closed-source encoder as standard? Or a GPL-free Linux clone like QNX? Too much power in this few hands is worrisome.
It is my opinion that the Supreme Court has made an mistake. It is the function of the police, not only to apprehend criminals, but to prevent if possible criminal acts from taking place. It is perfectly legitimate, for example, for a cop to take a good hard look at a house from which loud music and pot odors are coming. That is because simply looking from outside the house is not invasive. Likewise, examining a house from the outside with thermal imaging gear is not invasive in the sense of a true search, and should not require a warrant.
Most modern computer games uses Direct3D and DirectX a great deal. These libraries are not portable, and they are what most developers have experience with. You are asking, in essence, for developers to either have two devteams working in parellel, or one team programming both versions. In either case, the game company can either completely rewrite the game engine for each OS, or it can create one highly portable engine. The problem with the latter option is that DirectX in particular really is the backbone of Windows gaming. It would be very hard to convince developers to give it up, and I'm not sure "DirectX free" windows games could match the perfomance of their windows-only counterparts.
Alos, have you considered the expense of training all these developers in Linux? Remember, most of them do not have Linux experience.
Finally, when you consider that Windows controls 90something percent of the desktop gamer market, it just doesn't make sense for a company to pour massive resources into developing Linux and Windows games simultaneously that only a relatively small number of people would buy. At least a dedicated porting company like Loki doesn't have to worry about graphic artists, level designers, story writers, or game design as a whole.
How often have you spilled coffee on an article of your clothing? Pretty often, right? Now what if that article of clothing had $1000 attached to it? Until wearable computers are waterproof, and in fact can take almost as much punishment as regular clothing, their usefullness will be limited.
By the way, who else felt pretty blue after reading the Swordfish review?:-)
...aren't they mailing the CDs? It seems logical, and cds only cost what, fifty cents these day? It seems like a no-brainer. Of course, this might be a form of stress test for the servers and client machines...
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Admittedly, there is a liquor store right off every Interstate exit in New Hampshire, and they are state-sponsored, but that doesn't mean a thing. I think you're taking us for granite, man.
I know that was bad, but I couldn't help it.
Or perhaps I see where the writers misinterpreted Nietzche accidentally. Nietzche was an advocate of something he called "the will to power", especially when carried out by something he called the "overman" or "superman". The problem is, first of all, that "the will to power" does not neccessarily mean power over other people, but also over oneself. It refers to a high degree of self-control, something /. would benefit from. :-) Compare that with the Nietzcheans, who are hardly restrained in their interactions with each other.
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Furthermore, I thought that the "overman" had a higher degree of moral development, but not necessarily physical development, according to Nietzche. I could be wrong on that one, though.
If anyone wants a quick overview of Nietzche, Encarta actually has a nice little article. ( http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&
"read nothing but Nietzche and Rand"
You don't mean Ayn Rand, do you? What a bleak and horrible future they live in! And before I get downmodded, I'd like to point out that I read - voluntarily - all of Atlas Shrugged, including the 40-page monologue on the evils of anything other than pure cutthroat capitalism, so I do know what I'm talking about when I say that Rand was evil. Evil I say! I still have a hangover from that book, and I read it two years ago.
Hey, they tried to stay true to the spirit of the original work. They should be commended for that, and not trying to make the game PC.
Um, in C++ != means "not equal to". Are you saying in the subject that tomb raider is not equal to crap?
No, the worst actor in cinematic history was Pauly Shore. (See Jury Duty. With a barf bag.)
You should here the way Hollywood butchers the northern New England accent. I live in New Hampshire, and contrary to the Steven King movies, I have never said "ayuh" or "You cahn't get theyah from heerah" (spelled as it sounds, I can't say phonetically because I don't know the proper symbols.) In addition, I'd like to know why New Englanders in movies always, without fail, wear plaid. I don't have even one plaid shirt! True, I have a plaid pajama shirt, but that doesn't count, damnit!
Hollywood feels perfectly free to caricature any accent.
The supreme court ruling on thermal imaging doesn't apply here because by the time Carnivore gets your email, it isn't in your house anymore. Combine that with the "email is like a postcard, a non-encrypted, non-sealed letter with no expectation of privacy" theory and you have a pretty compelling argument. A shame, too. It's so rare we see Armey doing something useful, or even trying to.
The ABA claims they want to make UCITA respect the rights of the customers. What rights? The only widely recognized right you have when you buy a product is the right for it to work as specified. If the consumer knows ahead of time that a software oackage uses UCITA, and buys it anyway, how does that violate the rights of the consumer? If people don't like it, they'll switch to other products that don't use it. Let market forces do their thing.
Even if windows uses UCITA, that isn't the end of the world. People will just switch oses. I doubt they'll use Linux, but perhaps the x86 version of MacOS X when it's released.
The thing that makes Monty Python special isn't the way it spoofs everyday life and intellectuals all at the same time. It isn't the knights who say "nee" or the killer bunny or the nymphomaniacal nuns or even "Run away! Run Away!"
What makes Monty Python truly a treasure is the sum of all of these, the simple fact that I am laughing as I write this, and yes, I did laugh when I read the oher posts quoting python. Not because of the quotes, but because of the scenes and movies they remind me of. Yes, you can take the knights who say "nee" and the killer bunner, and perhaps even the nuns, and say "this isn't funny." But put it all together with the complete sincerity of the actors, the unashamed cheesiness of the sets, and somehow the whole is funnier than any of the parts.
The way that the characters react to their situations also increases the funniness factor. Those knights were truly terrified of a small bunny rabbit.
Run away! Run away!
Why are you making horse noises with coconut shells?
"Python maybe? Or does someone have other suggestions."
If he's willing and able to code neatly, I'd recommend pascal. It's free from borland (go to community.borland.com and click the museum link), it allows for some interesting graphical functions, and it forces the programmer to be tidy. It also is very easy to get programming in quickly - your grandson can have "Hello world!" running in five minutes at most, unless there's a compiler problem. In another five minutes "Hello world" will be blinking and beeping at you. This will be a good time to teach programming etiquette ("Not all end-users like flashing text or beeps").
Alternatively, you could buy the kid a Lego Mindstorms set and turn him loose. You can program those robots in their own visual RCX code, asm, a basic-like language, C, C++, python, ada - pretty much any language you want. This would allow for your grandson to first learn an easier language, then progress to more complex and powerful ones. Also, if you buy the Mindstorms kit I can assure you you will be his favorite grandparent ever.
I hope this was some help. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
I think that the best programming language for a new programming student to learn first is not C or C++ or Java. It's Pascal. I know it isn't all that powerful, but it has two very nice things going for it:
1. The Borland compiler gives extremely helpful, precise error messages, and is free.
2. Pascal is not at all forgiving in terms of syntax. You WILL code one way, the only way, the tidy way, or your program will not run. Nothing conditions a programmer to be neat and organized better than Pascal.
The disadvantage, of course, is that pascal does not allow low-level access to a computer unless you integrate ASM. However, I really think that the first thing a programming student should learn is not how computers work at a system level, but the logic they use. An understanding of recursion will get you programming effectively a lot faster than if the same time were spend on memory allocation.
...we'll get the same loss of quality we'd get with the 140,000 dollar sound system. In that case, I guess I would prefer the sound system.
Whether you're upgrading a car, stereo, or computer, there is just a real thrill in knowing that you and you alone are determining the components going into your system. Your upgraded car or stereo or whatever is uniquely you, with any custom tweaks or whatnot that you inserted through your own skill. Overclocking a CPU, when one takes into account the expenses of cooling systems, is rarely economical - but it delivers a powerful feeling of accomplishment.
Building your own custom rig isn't just a matter of "mine is faster/better/bigger". It's a way of displaying your own abilities in a very specialized hobby. It's a source of pride. If I can keep my Athlon T-Bird stable at just ten more megahertz than my friend, that is very cool to me.
...I'd prefer the string quartet. Then again, I doubt they can play Pink Floyd loud enough to induce brain damage in small children.
Remember, this girl is in all likelihood not going to have the interest or ability needed to work around a firewall or even the Internet Explorer history tab. Just keep it simple, and let your daughter know that if she visits an inappropriate site - and she is old enough to know what that is, trust me - she will never be allowed unfettered internet access again. Let her see you checking up on her occasionally, but also let it drop that there are other times you check when she isn't there. Statements like, "So, I saw that at 3:00 AM you were looking at slashdot" let her know that you are, so far as she in concerned, omnipotent and omnipresent. You really don't need a dedicated firewall or proxy server with squid, unless your daughter is much better than I give her credit for. In which case, I apoligize for underestimating her.
Whenever I see a bunch of large-ish companies getting together to discuss "standards", I get worried. A big conglomerate like this could have the marketing power to impose any standard it likes, even if it is not a good one. For example, what if they decide the "industry-standard" set-top box should use a closed-source encoder as standard? Or a GPL-free Linux clone like QNX? Too much power in this few hands is worrisome.
"This could lead to arresting people randomly."
Uh, don't you need a warrant to arrest someone? And just cause? I seem to recall that being in the Constitution somewhere...
It is my opinion that the Supreme Court has made an mistake. It is the function of the police, not only to apprehend criminals, but to prevent if possible criminal acts from taking place. It is perfectly legitimate, for example, for a cop to take a good hard look at a house from which loud music and pot odors are coming. That is because simply looking from outside the house is not invasive. Likewise, examining a house from the outside with thermal imaging gear is not invasive in the sense of a true search, and should not require a warrant.
Most modern computer games uses Direct3D and DirectX a great deal. These libraries are not portable, and they are what most developers have experience with. You are asking, in essence, for developers to either have two devteams working in parellel, or one team programming both versions. In either case, the game company can either completely rewrite the game engine for each OS, or it can create one highly portable engine. The problem with the latter option is that DirectX in particular really is the backbone of Windows gaming. It would be very hard to convince developers to give it up, and I'm not sure "DirectX free" windows games could match the perfomance of their windows-only counterparts.
Alos, have you considered the expense of training all these developers in Linux? Remember, most of them do not have Linux experience.
Finally, when you consider that Windows controls 90something percent of the desktop gamer market, it just doesn't make sense for a company to pour massive resources into developing Linux and Windows games simultaneously that only a relatively small number of people would buy. At least a dedicated porting company like Loki doesn't have to worry about graphic artists, level designers, story writers, or game design as a whole.
My high school gets all the 486s and low-end pentiums it can use from local businesses.
How often have you spilled coffee on an article of your clothing? Pretty often, right? Now what if that article of clothing had $1000 attached to it? Until wearable computers are waterproof, and in fact can take almost as much punishment as regular clothing, their usefullness will be limited.
:-)
By the way, who else felt pretty blue after reading the Swordfish review?
...aren't they mailing the CDs? It seems logical, and cds only cost what, fifty cents these day? It seems like a no-brainer. Of course, this might be a form of stress test for the servers and client machines...
...but how do you even connect an Ethernet card to the dreamcast? I know, I'm an ignorant lamer.