I mean, let's forget about getting balanced results and letting people make up their own minds when presented with ALL the facts.
Nobody ever gets ALL the facts. You have a finite amount of time on this mudball and most people do not want to spend it studying the minutia about the two idiots who happen to be running this year (and, yes, I have a clear preference, but after the FISA debacle, he's still an idiot). Google's page rank reflects the reality of the situation vis a vis relative web link importance at a particular current point in time. If McCain's opponents are more web-savvy or more energetic, they will have an advantage in this arena and they will have earned it. If you want more "balance", get McCain's people as motivated as Obama's. If they can't be as motivated, maybe that says something about his importance.
The bottom line is that bitching about the lack of some mythical "balance" on the web is about as useful as complaining about the lack of a mythical immortality for people. It may make you feel better in some strange, warped way but, in the long run, it makes no difference. People have finite time and have only finite means for managing the information they take in over this finite time. Deal with it.
If you find your "drudge classes" awful, I shudder to think what you'll think of the work world in a few years. Let me clue you in... If you don't turn in the equivalent of "all the homework" on the job, you won't have one for long. Nor is most of the work you encounter exciting. Life is not a video game with constant action and entertainment. I am sorry that your education has added to your disgruntlement. I do not foresee much improvement in the next 10 years, given your current attitude, but again, I hear that kids are maturing emotionally at a much later age these days, so good luck.
That's the same "liberal" Tim Russert who confessed that he operates by the defining law of the Government propagandist: "When I talk to senior government officials on the phone, it's my own policy -- our conversations are confidential. If I want to use anything from that conversation, then I will ask permission."
And tough questions like: "There's been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want to ask you a simple question. Senator Obama, what is your favorite Bible verse?" What a hard-hitting issues question.
Yes, a great loss to the hard-hitting news media of our time.
Lost tribe from central Africa. Members went around squirting each other and throwing chairs to communicate. Unless action is taken, expected extinction in 2010.
Strange how the U.S. Soldiers have fewer rights then the terrorists we are fighting.
US soldiers voluntarily cede a subset of their rights to the military. They know what they are getting into when they do so.
Many of the alleged terrorists in Gitmo (and they are alleged until it is proven one way or another) have not been proven to be terrorists and many (whom have already been released by the military) have been shown simply to have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. They did not have a similar choice in the matter.
To even compare the two situations is a sign of a severely warped personality.
'Nuf said (but having said that, I will say more). The notion that all things are made better with XML seems to be a particular class of programmer's corollary to the priest's notion that all things are made better with God. The true believers in each are just as insufferable.
Even before open source, you never saw a pure software tool manufacturer stay in business for longer than about ten years. When market fragmentation didn't kill you, the high cost of sales did you in. The bottom line is that the only people able to stay in tools were the ones that bundled with OSes (and back in the day, the associated hardware).
Let's look at the person complaining - he tries to sell an editor, right? Well, am I better off learning to use and customize emacs (or even Vim) or learning whatever little fey keystrokes he thinks is right for programming? You know the answer as well as I do.
Quit whining. Nobody ever got rich making software tools (except Microsoft, but that's because they bundled).
There's no room for middle ground or alternatives, because that would open up the political system to third parties or independents, which would take away power from the established ruling parties.
Then why are all of the third parties pushing even more extremist views than the two majors - according to your position they should all be offering sensible, middle of the road positions on everything.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster. He told me that section in the Wikipedia is wrong and that I should pray that his noodly appendage comes and rewrites it. He's always right about everything, so you must be gullible for believing what you see in Wikipedia.
The solution to this is to permit new groups within your own organization to compete with your established products. Do not allow the established powers that be knife the baby with complaints of cannibalization. Instead, put the pressure on your established product to compete technically and, if they can't, let the baby take over. If managed poorly, this can lead to a fragmented and vulnerable market position. If managed well, it can lead to market dominance for generations.
Back in 1974-78, all students in the University of Illinois' College of Engineering were required to take at least a semester of introductory programming. That included the Physics majors because the Physics department was under the aegis of the College of Engineering (unlike Chemistry, Biology, etc.). That this particular science was placed in the engineering school always seemed like a really weird, but good placement.
Oddly enough, even though ignorance of the law is not an excuse, it can be a mitigating factor. If you get caught, you're more likely to get a reduced sentence if what you are charged with is not obviously illegal. If you check and find out an action is illegal and then get caught, you're more likely to get the book thrown at you. It's sort like patent infringement. If you do a search, find a device/process you're infringing upon, and use it anyway, it's willful infringement and the patent holder can get triple damages; if you don't know it's infringement, you only get normal damages. As such, managers are advised to ask about legality sparingly.
P.S. I am not an attorney. Do not take this as valid legal advice.
Sorry, all of the froth isn't off the market yet. Stay out until this Autumn when the folks who have sat on the property through the prime Summer selling months get desperate. Then take your time and place an offer next Winter or so. Lending should be loosening up a little by then, too. Also, pick properties close to where you are likely to work - the price of gas isn't going down - or close to where other people are likely to work to reduce the potential price downside on your investment. The inner suburbs and in-city neighborhoods are retaining value while the exurbs are sucking wind. Good luck.
...but a democrat is likely to choose someone who is pro civil-liberties, while a republican is likely to go more pragmatic.
So you're saying that protecting American citizens' civil liberties is not pragmatic? Pragmatic or not, they are our rights, guaranteed by the Constitution. So, yes, I'll take someone who is non-pragmatically pro civil liberties, thank you very much. As opposed to the guy who will "pragmatically" deny me those rights.
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I mean, let's forget about getting balanced results and letting people make up their own minds when presented with ALL the facts.
Nobody ever gets ALL the facts. You have a finite amount of time on this mudball and most people do not want to spend it studying the minutia about the two idiots who happen to be running this year (and, yes, I have a clear preference, but after the FISA debacle, he's still an idiot). Google's page rank reflects the reality of the situation vis a vis relative web link importance at a particular current point in time. If McCain's opponents are more web-savvy or more energetic, they will have an advantage in this arena and they will have earned it. If you want more "balance", get McCain's people as motivated as Obama's. If they can't be as motivated, maybe that says something about his importance.
The bottom line is that bitching about the lack of some mythical "balance" on the web is about as useful as complaining about the lack of a mythical immortality for people. It may make you feel better in some strange, warped way but, in the long run, it makes no difference. People have finite time and have only finite means for managing the information they take in over this finite time. Deal with it.
Messy, heavy code takes longer to run, takes more CPUs, etc.
Do you guys have to bring Vista into every thread?
The new interface was geared toward the beginner which represents a large portion of the market.
Well, yes. If you change the UI this radically, everyone will be beginners. I think this is what you call an axiomatic truth.
Unsupported statement of fact. Please provide references.
If you find your "drudge classes" awful, I shudder to think what you'll think of the work world in a few years. Let me clue you in... If you don't turn in the equivalent of "all the homework" on the job, you won't have one for long. Nor is most of the work you encounter exciting. Life is not a video game with constant action and entertainment. I am sorry that your education has added to your disgruntlement. I do not foresee much improvement in the next 10 years, given your current attitude, but again, I hear that kids are maturing emotionally at a much later age these days, so good luck.
And tough questions like: "There's been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want to ask you a simple question. Senator Obama, what is your favorite Bible verse?" What a hard-hitting issues question.
Yes, a great loss to the hard-hitting news media of our time.
Lost tribe from central Africa. Members went around squirting each other and throwing chairs to communicate. Unless action is taken, expected extinction in 2010.
US soldiers voluntarily cede a subset of their rights to the military. They know what they are getting into when they do so.
Many of the alleged terrorists in Gitmo (and they are alleged until it is proven one way or another) have not been proven to be terrorists and many (whom have already been released by the military) have been shown simply to have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. They did not have a similar choice in the matter.
To even compare the two situations is a sign of a severely warped personality.
Well, it couldn't have hurt the food, unless the Italians tried to come up with haggis parmegioano.
'Nuf said (but having said that, I will say more). The notion that all things are made better with XML seems to be a particular class of programmer's corollary to the priest's notion that all things are made better with God. The true believers in each are just as insufferable.
1. Tell student, "I'm not going to kick you in the nuts."
2. Kick student in the nuts.
3. Repeat.
4. Profit.
Let's look at the person complaining - he tries to sell an editor, right? Well, am I better off learning to use and customize emacs (or even Vim) or learning whatever little fey keystrokes he thinks is right for programming? You know the answer as well as I do.
Quit whining. Nobody ever got rich making software tools (except Microsoft, but that's because they bundled).
Well it was either that or the Goatse project.
No, JavaScript 2 should be outlawed just because it's JavaScript.
Then why are all of the third parties pushing even more extremist views than the two majors - according to your position they should all be offering sensible, middle of the road positions on everything.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster. He told me that section in the Wikipedia is wrong and that I should pray that his noodly appendage comes and rewrites it. He's always right about everything, so you must be gullible for believing what you see in Wikipedia.
The solution to this is to permit new groups within your own organization to compete with your established products. Do not allow the established powers that be knife the baby with complaints of cannibalization. Instead, put the pressure on your established product to compete technically and, if they can't, let the baby take over. If managed poorly, this can lead to a fragmented and vulnerable market position. If managed well, it can lead to market dominance for generations.
Tell her to use BitTorrent. Open file shares are old school and insecure...
Wow! That's really cool for Canadians! Here in the US, you can only get BMWs at a BMW dealer or on the used market.
Back in 1974-78, all students in the University of Illinois' College of Engineering were required to take at least a semester of introductory programming. That included the Physics majors because the Physics department was under the aegis of the College of Engineering (unlike Chemistry, Biology, etc.). That this particular science was placed in the engineering school always seemed like a really weird, but good placement.
That's not a discussion, it's a contradiction.
P.S. I am not an attorney. Do not take this as valid legal advice.
Sorry, all of the froth isn't off the market yet. Stay out until this Autumn when the folks who have sat on the property through the prime Summer selling months get desperate. Then take your time and place an offer next Winter or so. Lending should be loosening up a little by then, too. Also, pick properties close to where you are likely to work - the price of gas isn't going down - or close to where other people are likely to work to reduce the potential price downside on your investment. The inner suburbs and in-city neighborhoods are retaining value while the exurbs are sucking wind. Good luck.
So you're saying that protecting American citizens' civil liberties is not pragmatic? Pragmatic or not, they are our rights, guaranteed by the Constitution. So, yes, I'll take someone who is non-pragmatically pro civil liberties, thank you very much. As opposed to the guy who will "pragmatically" deny me those rights.
Both of you let us know how that's working for you!