When adding two numbers, say 27 + 36 Round both numbers to next whole multiple of 10 so you get 30 + 40 which is obviously 70 then add the two differences 3 + 4 which is 7 subtract this from the total 70 - 7 which is obviously 63 and there you have the answer in a so much easier fashion than adding those two ugly numbers.
Back when I first heard about Slashdot I went to slashdot.com and got nothing. Hmm, must be brok...hey wait... slashdot.org BINGO!!! Welcome to Slashdot!
Just getting there was the first test. Much less crap was posted back in the "Good Old Days".
Oh well... flame away all you really old people with the 3 and 4 digit UID's. I know, I'm still a newbie. *grin*
This isn't an ego trip, I am only a bit smarter than average, but some people never quite fit in.
This quote caught my eye, "If you don't have a significant other, then that part is missing."
Even after finding a significant other, some of us struggle even to relate to them. Even if they are smart, intelligent, educated, or whatever, some of us will never even be able to perfectly relate to them. I started school at 4 years of age and was reading on a 3rd grade level in a month or so. My wife teaches children the same age, and they barely cover the whole alphabet. I have learned not to even talk to her about it. It isn't worth the trouble.
I am always wanting to learn, even if it is time consuming, and often pointless. Many other people don't seem to have that need, and just drift thru life. Those of you who were always the one the teacher asked to answer the questions they couldn't answer probably know what I am talking about.
The closest I have come to fitting in, is after I learned to value others not for the things that make me special, but for the things that make them special. It isn't all about intelligence and technology that makes people special. It is character and integrity.
That said, I can relax and hang out with the "normal folk". Yeah, they get freaked out when I techno babble and explain things a few levels too deep as if it was part of normal conversation. But as long as I am not looking down on them or judging them, they are pretty accepting as well. Still, sometimes it seems that it will never get easier to fit in completely.
Point to Point connections can be fine... but it isn't very hard to saturate a T1 with as few as 5 remote locations. Even with big pipes... video conference is "real-time", anything that interferes with packet transmission will affect your framerate. 30fps is pretty good quality.
I have a pretty low ICQ # too... wonder what it is??? I don't seem to remember.. must be old age.
Damn kids... always going on about how "OLD SCHOOL" they are. How many of them walked 10 miles to a university lab to have access to a VT-100 terminal... oh well was for mudding... not like I was addicted to IRC or some stupid shit like that. : )
Copyright your DNA. If you copyright your DNA then you can sue your spouse/partner for copyright infringement if they get pregnant or get you pregnant!
Trust by Obscurity will never work to convince people with a background in computers. However, it is sad that people can argue about "hanging chads" but seem to trust that computers are impartial and never wrong.
Then again if we inform people that even discounting corruption and other problems, that a simple "off by one" error can greatly change the results they may never trust us, the computer development community, to do anything significant again.
All said and done though, since this seems to be a Republican plot, and I am a registered Republican, I want to be first to say this.
I Welcome Our New Republican Electronic Voting Fraud Elected Overlords
Yes this is a common dilema of the current IT world. I was pre-screened for an interview for an IT position. I am current on all the requirements, but I have never done PHP web development. They are going to call me back for interviews in about 2 weeks. So what am I doing in the meantime??? I have started to learn PHP. If that is their one reason for not wanting to hire me, I might be able to convince them that I am a quick learner.
The real dilema is pay issues. I am a too honest person sometimes. I expect to be paid and paid well for my work. Their is not alot of demand for my services, but even fewer people qualified to do them in this area. I am hoping this makes me valuable at least in the short term. At this point, anything that does not pay based on sales commission sounds like a dream come true. I am not a salesman.
In a previous story there was rumors of theatres that would be showing the entire trilogy on the same day... Anybody got any lists of theatres that will be doing this with dates and times....
I hope the local theatre here will be doing this. I will be checking shortly. I guess I am just slow, I won't be seeing the third Matrix until tomorrow.
This isn't about all of "us" who already have linux on our desktops. This is about all of "them" who do not know if they have Windows XP or Windows 95.
There is a digital divide, but it isn't about race, religion, or economic status. It is all about knowledge, skill, and the desire to actually understand what you are doing. Many of "them" will never understand anything about computers. And probably most of "us" will never understand why they don't feel the same as we do.
Use what works for you. If I want to use a hammer for any mechanical work, so be it. If you don't agree with me, you might just start to look like a nail. *wink*
... I personally saw her break down in tears as she was "Boo!"ed off the stage at our local university at a comic show. Her act wasn't that bad... umm... okay, yes it was... but they could have been a bit nicer.
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I was wondering if homing pigeons were extint.
This FAQ answered that question and many others for me.
She would win only if her Vice Presidential running mate was "HOT GRITS"!!!
A simple "trick" that might help regular folks.
When adding two numbers, say 27 + 36
Round both numbers to next whole multiple of 10
so you get 30 + 40 which is obviously 70
then add the two differences 3 + 4 which is 7
subtract this from the total 70 - 7
which is obviously 63 and there you have the answer in a so much easier fashion than adding those two ugly numbers.
And yes, this is how my mind works.
"Slashdot will eventually get redesigned, etc.) will end up being dead wrong,"
Where the hell did my "Barrel of Circus Monkeys" go?
I miss them already.
... I can clean out what little of you is left of the shelter you die building.
Hell, if you leave now... before me... I might catch the next gen "shuttle" and get there long before you.
Back when I first heard about Slashdot I went to slashdot.com and got nothing. Hmm, must be brok...hey wait... slashdot.org BINGO!!!
Welcome to Slashdot!
Just getting there was the first test. Much less crap was posted back in the "Good Old Days".
Oh well... flame away all you really old people with the 3 and 4 digit UID's. I know, I'm still a newbie. *grin*
This isn't an ego trip, I am only a bit smarter than average, but some people never quite fit in.
This quote caught my eye, "If you don't have a significant other, then that part is missing."
Even after finding a significant other, some of us struggle even to relate to them. Even if they are smart, intelligent, educated, or whatever, some of us will never even be able to perfectly relate to them. I started school at 4 years of age and was reading on a 3rd grade level in a month or so. My wife teaches children the same age, and they barely cover the whole alphabet. I have learned not to even talk to her about it. It isn't worth the trouble.
I am always wanting to learn, even if it is time consuming, and often pointless. Many other people don't seem to have that need, and just drift thru life. Those of you who were always the one the teacher asked to answer the questions they couldn't answer probably know what I am talking about.
The closest I have come to fitting in, is after I learned to value others not for the things that make me special, but for the things that make them special. It isn't all about intelligence and technology that makes people special. It is character and integrity.
That said, I can relax and hang out with the "normal folk". Yeah, they get freaked out when I techno babble and explain things a few levels too deep as if it was part of normal conversation. But as long as I am not looking down on them or judging them, they are pretty accepting as well.
Still, sometimes it seems that it will never get easier to fit in completely.
You make alot of small sticks, none of which individually amount to very much, but over time add up to something greater than the sum of their parts.
Swordplay, even with a rapier, uses less finesse, and more plain old-fashioned overkill.
That said, I prefer swords to needles. I prefer C++ to assembly. Though at times I still wish I could take a claymore to my computer!
I don't run a linux kernel, I don't run a linux operating system.
I run Debian. It is a distribution of Linux that includes a kernel, an operating system, and extra software.
If they called it a distribution instead of an operating system, would be that okay?
Least we don't have to worry about these two groups banding together to make this legal.
Many cites have local job boards. I found more real job offers and less "GET RICH NOW! BE YOUR OWN BOSS!" crap on the one for my city.
If you are not interested in relocating, this can help. As always though, networking thru friends/relations is best.
Point to Point connections can be fine... but it isn't very hard to saturate a T1 with as few as 5 remote locations. Even with big pipes... video conference is "real-time", anything that interferes with packet transmission will affect your framerate. 30fps is pretty good quality.
Just when ya think the mailman all you got to worry about.. ya got to keep the damn mice away from your woman too!!!
Sigh, Too old to be new, too new to be OldSchool!
... not like I was addicted to IRC or some stupid shit like that. : )
I have a pretty low ICQ # too... wonder what it is??? I don't seem to remember.. must be old age.
Damn kids... always going on about how "OLD SCHOOL" they are. How many of them walked 10 miles to a university lab to have access to a VT-100 terminal... oh well was for mudding
"Thank God for cold fusion!"
Love that game!!
Sorry for the spoiler *wink*
Copyright your DNA. If you copyright your DNA then you can sue your spouse/partner for copyright infringement if they get pregnant or get you pregnant!
Sure to insure domestic tranquility.
Trust by Obscurity will never work to convince people with a background in computers. However, it is sad that people can argue about "hanging chads" but seem to trust that computers are impartial and never wrong.
Then again if we inform people that even discounting corruption and other problems, that a simple "off by one" error can greatly change the results they may never trust us, the computer development community, to do anything significant again.
All said and done though, since this seems to be a Republican plot, and I am a registered Republican, I want to be first to say this.
I Welcome Our New Republican Electronic Voting Fraud Elected Overlords
Yes this is a common dilema of the current IT world. I was pre-screened for an interview for an IT position. I am current on all the requirements, but I have never done PHP web development. They are going to call me back for interviews in about 2 weeks. So what am I doing in the meantime??? I have started to learn PHP. If that is their one reason for not wanting to hire me, I might be able to convince them that I am a quick learner.
The real dilema is pay issues. I am a too honest person sometimes. I expect to be paid and paid well for my work. Their is not alot of demand for my services, but even fewer people qualified to do them in this area. I am hoping this makes me valuable at least in the short term. At this point, anything that does not pay based on sales commission sounds like a dream come true. I am not a salesman.
Can I get my DNA stored in a secure, verifiable location so they won't have to dig my dead body up 100 years from now to test my DNA???
Oh yeah, I will be famous by then!!! Though they might still dig me up to pry my rocking Voodoo3 3500 out of my dead cold hands!!!
No disrespect, but they guy is a genius physicist. The man must know his projectiles!!
In a previous story there was rumors of theatres that would be showing the entire trilogy on the same day... Anybody got any lists of theatres that will be doing this with dates and times....
I hope the local theatre here will be doing this. I will be checking shortly. I guess I am just slow, I won't be seeing the third Matrix until tomorrow.
http://www.joecartoon.com/pages/home/
Check out the frog in the blender
Be nicer if it was Bill in a blender.. but frog works for now. *wink*
... but can I be the RIAA and sue all the users of your model internet???
This is in the name of science!
I won't be real bad, just demand they hand over all their old video cards when they get new ones.
I'm still running my old Voodoo 3 3500, yeah baby it still ROCKS!
This isn't about all of "us" who already have linux on our desktops. This is about all of "them" who do not know if they have Windows XP or Windows 95.
There is a digital divide, but it isn't about race, religion, or economic status. It is all about knowledge, skill, and the desire to actually understand what you are doing. Many of "them" will never understand anything about computers. And probably most of "us" will never understand why they don't feel the same as we do.
Use what works for you. If I want to use a hammer for any mechanical work, so be it. If you don't agree with me, you might just start to look like a nail. *wink*
... I personally saw her break down in tears as she was "Boo!"ed off the stage at our local university at a comic show. Her act wasn't that bad... umm... okay, yes it was... but they could have been a bit nicer.