Huh? I thought that was some sort of pre-conceptual instincts combined with physiological specialization, all narrowed down by millions of years of evolution. Considering humans can sleep-walk, I don't think there is anything at all "logical" going on.
Hah. I can just imagine it: tank treaded claw-mobile with a superfluous arm that sticks out the side to make the customer more emotionally comfortable before it destroys his house.
And it still surprises me how many people with with 'proper' degrees still can't seem to tell their ass from their elbow, despite years of being led in very deep and enriching group discussions over shakespearian plays, and existential drivel with their listless bourgeois peers. Oh, but I guess they can be smug about how "rounded" they are. Unless you need specialized equipment or tutelage (and I'm not claiming all fields don't require this), most education can be done recreationally. Of all things, computer science can be done independently.
If one doesn't understand that idea then it's possible one isn't dissatisfied with it. I suspect a lot of PHP is isn't even by/programmers/ per se, but merely people who want a "dynamic web page" and discover they can add some PHP snippet and off they are on their programming careers.
Who will the United States be buying clean energy equipment from, say, 25 years from now? All of Europe and Asia will have a technological head start in developing and implementing these technologies. Why would we NOT want to start now? It's just a big oil charade.
As others have mentioned you can of course use a singleton object, which buys you not having to declare a global object at all because you can access the object through a static accessor (getInstance()), however, as I found recently, there often isn't a guarantee as to when static object data is initialized (i.e. you could call getInstance() before the struct was actually initialized, assuming you used a struct and it was statically initialized). Your call.
I really detest that cynical attitude. That the only ones whose opinions are fit are these theoretical "joe sixpacks" that go to blue collar jobs, don't read books, drink domestic beer, etc. etc. I think that stereotype, and buying into it, is stupid, and I don't think any American "common" or "uncommon" should buy into an idea that their opinion doesn't really matter because they are not somehow the "prototypical American". There is no prototypical American. There is no universal Joe Sixpack. There's an implicit reverse elitism in that. There is no fucking reason a lab-worker or aerospace engineer, or single mother middle-manager, or ex-drug-addict playwright are any LESS American than our theoretical Joe Sixpack. I think that's what makes us Americans.
"I see him as what is wrong the with the Democratic party. Full of venom, hate, and far to the left."
I can see how you have this impression. Not only is it gleefully pushed by the right, but it was also pushed by the other Democratic nominees in the running because they were afraid of not looking "strong on War" and desperately needed to differentiate themselves from Dean. But in fact, if you actually listen to what the man was saying through his whole campaign, he was saying that the democratic party needed to UNITE the cultural north/south liberal/conservative division (at least within the party). Although he sort of put his foot in his mouth, he was actually trying to reach out a hand to southerners when he made his "confederate flag" remark. That wasn't a hateful remark. He meant that southerners and northerners alike had a common interest in better health care, better education, etc., and he was in fact chiding his fellow Democrats presumably for stereotypes they may be holding. Now, you can by his line or not, but he was at least TRYING to bridge this rift. Why else would he continually pump his NRA creds, when most of the Democratic base is anti-NRA? If you think Dean is "full of venom" what can you possibly think of Zell "I challenge you to a duel sir" Miller. Dean gained lots of grassroot support in the start specifically because he was honest and straightforward, and he made the ultimate mistake of being honest and straightforward, trying to cheer up his campaign workers that had worn themselves out in Iowa to disappointed results, when the media was there to twist it all out of proportion.
Now you may think the man is completely wrong on policy, but whatever you think, at least believe he was TRYING to bridge a cultural divide, unlike his milquetoast competitors, and by doing so, touched a third rail and got shocked for merely bringing up the issue.
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Um, they do do this. It's called premanufactured or prefabricated or modular housing. And it is rising in quality and is actually a good way to build a house these days. Sort of like IKEA, they prefab the general components, and snap them together on site. Then they can work out the flaws, and then mass produce them. Very effective.
As far as I know, cows have also gone various forms of breeding and domestication and are nothing like their "wild" forms. This is why there aren't any "wild" cows. There are bison, but not "wild cows".
"fundamentally different" is just a way of saying "common sense does not apply, abandon all reason, just believe us because if you don't you're not patriotic". Nobody ever explains what foundation changed. It just is. It's not repudiable since they don't provide any positive statement of fact (well, how do you know something hasn't "fundamentally changed" huh buddy?). I have the feeling when anybody wants license to do anything without public skepticism, you can just claim something "fundamentally changed".
"For stealing the DVD you could face no more than up to 1 year imprisonment and up to a $100,000 fine"
What the fuck!? Have we lost all sense of proportionality? Does anybody else think that a cap of 1 year imprisonment and $100,000 is a tad high for stealing a $12 piece of fucking plastic?
Or how about presenting a purported plugin installation dialog that, after clicking through all the Next>> buttons, just sits there and spins and never ever closes.
He wasn't saying that being in tech support makes you not a geek.
He was saying that all the poseurs that tried to ride the dot-com boom into sea of easy money when they really didn't have any passion deserved to be dumped off the train. I did personally know somebody who had zero interest in computers but was majoring in Comp Sci for the money. I doubt they went very far.
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Foist Acronymns Touting Unctuous Idiocy. Thank You.
As long as people can still put bullets or bombs into other people they don't like, all the technology in the world isn't going to "solve" war.
Remember the "war to end all wars"? Yeah. We've had a few since then.
Huh? I thought that was some sort of pre-conceptual instincts combined with physiological specialization, all narrowed down by millions of years of evolution. Considering humans can sleep-walk, I don't think there is anything at all "logical" going on.
"the tank treaded claw-mobile."
Hah. I can just imagine it: tank treaded claw-mobile with a superfluous arm that sticks out the side to make the customer more emotionally comfortable before it destroys his house.
Until a cat runs in front of it and the robot dumps the tray of food directly on the customer.
Problem not solved.
And it still surprises me how many people with with 'proper' degrees still can't seem to tell their ass from their elbow, despite years of being led in very deep and enriching group discussions over shakespearian plays, and existential drivel with their listless bourgeois peers. Oh, but I guess they can be smug about how "rounded" they are. Unless you need specialized equipment or tutelage (and I'm not claiming all fields don't require this), most education can be done recreationally. Of all things, computer science can be done independently.
I notice they used the term 'glitch' instead of 'bug'. I've also noticed that in the gaming community 'bugged' is also used in place of 'buggy'.
If one doesn't understand that idea then it's possible one isn't dissatisfied with it. I suspect a lot of PHP is isn't even by /programmers/ per se, but merely people who want a "dynamic web page" and discover they can add some PHP snippet and off they are on their programming careers.
Myst had a storyline embodied in several books. IIRC the game was based on the books.
Who will the United States be buying clean energy equipment from, say, 25 years from now? All of Europe and Asia will have a technological head start in developing and implementing these technologies. Why would we NOT want to start now? It's just a big oil charade.
As others have mentioned you can of course use a singleton object, which buys you not having to declare a global object at all because you can access the object through a static accessor (getInstance()), however, as I found recently, there often isn't a guarantee as to when static object data is initialized (i.e. you could call getInstance() before the struct was actually initialized, assuming you used a struct and it was statically initialized). Your call.
So... make a single object called GameState, and that object can contain all the fields you want:
/* better yet, use a language where there isn't a discrepency between interface declaration and implementation, and source unit and class... */
struct GameState {
all
your
shit
nicely
contained
here
}
it beats a gazillion global declarations and 'extern blah' everywhere.
If you don't like struct, at least throw a namespace on it:
namespace GameState {
your
fields
here
}
I really detest that cynical attitude. That the only ones whose opinions are fit are these theoretical "joe sixpacks" that go to blue collar jobs, don't read books, drink domestic beer, etc. etc. I think that stereotype, and buying into it, is stupid, and I don't think any American "common" or "uncommon" should buy into an idea that their opinion doesn't really matter because they are not somehow the "prototypical American". There is no prototypical American. There is no universal Joe Sixpack. There's an implicit reverse elitism in that. There is no fucking reason a lab-worker or aerospace engineer, or single mother middle-manager, or ex-drug-addict playwright are any LESS American than our theoretical Joe Sixpack. I think that's what makes us Americans.
"I see him as what is wrong the with the Democratic party. Full of venom, hate, and far to the left."
I can see how you have this impression. Not only is it gleefully pushed by the right, but it was also pushed by the other Democratic nominees in the running because they were afraid of not looking "strong on War" and desperately needed to differentiate themselves from Dean. But in fact, if you actually listen to what the man was saying through his whole campaign, he was saying that the democratic party needed to UNITE the cultural north/south liberal/conservative division (at least within the party). Although he sort of put his foot in his mouth, he was actually trying to reach out a hand to southerners when he made his "confederate flag" remark. That wasn't a hateful remark. He meant that southerners and northerners alike had a common interest in better health care, better education, etc., and he was in fact chiding his fellow Democrats presumably for stereotypes they may be holding. Now, you can by his line or not, but he was at least TRYING to bridge this rift. Why else would he continually pump his NRA creds, when most of the Democratic base is anti-NRA? If you think Dean is "full of venom" what can you possibly think of Zell "I challenge you to a duel sir" Miller. Dean gained lots of grassroot support in the start specifically because he was honest and straightforward, and he made the ultimate mistake of being honest and straightforward, trying to cheer up his campaign workers that had worn themselves out in Iowa to disappointed results, when the media was there to twist it all out of proportion.
Now you may think the man is completely wrong on policy, but whatever you think, at least believe he was TRYING to bridge a cultural divide, unlike his milquetoast competitors, and by doing so, touched a third rail and got shocked for merely bringing up the issue.
Um, they do do this. It's called premanufactured or prefabricated or modular housing. And it is rising in quality and is actually a good way to build a house these days. Sort of like IKEA, they prefab the general components, and snap them together on site. Then they can work out the flaws, and then mass produce them. Very effective.
You seem a bit touchy about the casual usage of the word "damage". How about "impact", is that better?
As far as I know, cows have also gone various forms of breeding and domestication and are nothing like their "wild" forms. This is why there aren't any "wild" cows. There are bison, but not "wild cows".
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"fundamentally different" is just a way of saying "common sense does not apply, abandon all reason, just believe us because if you don't you're not patriotic". Nobody ever explains what foundation changed. It just is. It's not repudiable since they don't provide any positive statement of fact (well, how do you know something hasn't "fundamentally changed" huh buddy?). I have the feeling when anybody wants license to do anything without public skepticism, you can just claim something "fundamentally changed".
"For stealing the DVD you could face no more than up to 1 year imprisonment and up to a $100,000 fine"
What the fuck!? Have we lost all sense of proportionality? Does anybody else think that a cap of 1 year imprisonment and $100,000 is a tad high for stealing a $12 piece of fucking plastic?
Yes, you took a large step forward that day, "ip_freely" :p
"Santa Claus might be real? You can't prove he isn't! How about the Easter Bunny? The Tooth Fairy?"
They are real. They just never visit wicked wicked little boys that entertain ideas of their non-existence.
(p.s. we saw you in the bathroom and it makes us very disappointed)
Or how about presenting a purported plugin installation dialog that, after clicking through all the Next>> buttons, just sits there and spins and never ever closes.
nicely done. *golf claps*
I think you misinterprete the implied causality.
He wasn't saying that being in tech support makes you not a geek.
He was saying that all the poseurs that tried to ride the dot-com boom into sea of easy money when they really didn't have any passion deserved to be dumped off the train. I did personally know somebody who had zero interest in computers but was majoring in Comp Sci for the money. I doubt they went very far.