Why the fuck not? I mean if I'm keeping my calendar in outlook then why shouldn't my coffee maker have my coffee ready before my morning teleconference?
Actually the tool that aviators use is called a "flight computer". Some flight computers are slide rules. Some slide rules are arranged in a circle -- these slide rules are called, amazingly enough "circular slide rules", Got it?
Given that a "rule" is "...material marked off in units used especially for measuring...." I'd say that I don't see the contradiction. And even if it is somehow linquistically imprecise they are still called "circular slide-rules", so........
But you're missing out on the real wins of a slide-rule (especially the circular ones). First: arbitrary precision. Second: better grasp of the relationships between two numbers (consider the difference in feeling between a quarter-twist and four twists)....
Uhm. But that's not what you said, bozo. "your mother is always the person who gave birth to you and your father is always the person who contributed the sperm to fertilise her egg, regardless of marriage"
Which is plainly untrue, and insulting to more or less anyone who has ever adopted. Checkit, bitch: adoption is not "second best" or "not real parenting".
Because he could have said it better. Because if he had said it in a different way the probability of flames would be considerably lower but he could still express his opinion.
Uhm. Fuck you. My sperm did not enter into the equation but my four year olf son is my son, dammit. Being a father is something you do, and it doesn't happen when you blow your wad, dickhead.
Many, many years ago when I was 23 I was married to a Wider who was purty as can be This Wider had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red My father fell in love with her and soon they two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life For my daughter was my mother cause she was my father's wife To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
I'm my own grampa, I'm my own grampa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grampa
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad And so became my uncle though it made me very sad For if he was my uncle then that also made him brother Of the Wider's grown up daughter who of course was my step-mother
My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run And he became my granchild for he was my daughters son My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue Because although she is my wife she's my grandmother too
I'm my own grampa, I'm my own grampa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grampa
Oh if my wife is my grandmother then I'm her grandchild And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild For now I have become strangest case you ever saw As husband of my own grandmother I'm my own grampa
I'm my own grampa, I'm my own grampa It sounds funny I know But it really is so I'm my own grampa
Uhm. I've never worked anywhere that didn't have code reviews. The specific instance I'm talking about went right past code review. And it's by no means isolated to this instance or this company.
What do you use to scan your code for naughty bits?
Ooooh, hurray hurray for the mod bomb. I think I've finally managed to piss someone off enough to have them burn mod points modding me down. Pretty dumb hobby, dude.
Synchronicity strikes again. Profanity in our source code is a huge problem at my company -- and a lot of it we do ship to customers. I've got my list of red flag words in place, but I've been having some pretty serious problems writing an effective filter.
It comes down to: inflected forms and naughty words in other words. For instance if I search for "ass" then I can either have it match too strictly and it will catch "class" and "passed" -- or too loosely and it will not catch "dumbass" and "jackass". Then think of all the -ed and -ing formations and it starts to become more and more of a tricky problem.
Has it been solved already? Googling for a comprehensive profanity dictionary at work is... tricky.
outside of maybe the very heart of Seattle and then LA, New York and Chicago - you can't really even order food by phone - much less the internet
Ummm.. I live in the greater seattle area (I'm a burb rat) and I order quite often from http://www.cuisinelimousine.net/ and it's not el cheapo crap.:)
Well, I usually tend to think of unreasoned imflamatory posts as trolls. Especially when they display such wilfull ignorance as you've been demonstrating.
So let's see here... We've got a discrepancy... One dataset (which is a set of bits inside a computer stored on the medium of your choice which a voter cannot examine) says that candidate A won.
The other dataset (which is printed on a piece of paper a voter can read before potting it into the ballot box) says that candidate B won.
Uhm.. I'm just guessing but I think the record the voter could read before they put it in the ballot box would obviously be definitive...
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Seems reasonable to me...
Why the fuck not? I mean if I'm keeping my calendar in outlook then why shouldn't my coffee maker have my coffee ready before my morning teleconference?
Amazon says $35.47 -- sounds pretty inexpensive to me, bozo.
Uhm. But if I can't record the content then why do I have a data entry tech in the first place, fucktard?
Don't know. Don't care. If you care then go ask Linus.
Actually the tool that aviators use is called a "flight computer". Some flight computers are slide rules. Some slide rules are arranged in a circle -- these slide rules are called, amazingly enough "circular slide rules", Got it?
Given that a "rule" is "...material marked off in units used especially for measuring...." I'd say that I don't see the contradiction. And even if it is somehow linquistically imprecise they are still called "circular slide-rules", so........
Shatterproof. Waterproof. Battery never goes dead. Circular slide rule kicks ass.
But you're missing out on the real wins of a slide-rule (especially the circular ones). First: arbitrary precision. Second: better grasp of the relationships between two numbers (consider the difference in feeling between a quarter-twist and four twists)....
You can have my circular slide-rule when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Is Inka a geek too?
I think anyone can sleep standing up eyes open with enough practice. Just about everyone who goes through bootcamp gets busted for it at least once.
Which is plainly untrue, and insulting to more or less anyone who has ever adopted. Checkit, bitch: adoption is not "second best" or "not real parenting".
Because he could have said it better. Because if he had said it in a different way the probability of flames would be considerably lower but he could still express his opinion.
Uhm. Fuck you. My sperm did not enter into the equation but my four year olf son is my son, dammit. Being a father is something you do, and it doesn't happen when you blow your wad, dickhead.
Many, many years ago when I was 23
I was married to a Wider who was purty as can be
This Wider had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle then that also made him brother
Of the Wider's grown up daughter who of course was my step-mother
My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my granchild for he was my daughters son
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife she's my grandmother too
I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa
Oh if my wife is my grandmother then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
For now I have become strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my own grandmother I'm my own grampa
I'm my own grampa,
I'm my own grampa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grampa
Uhm. I've never worked anywhere that didn't have code reviews. The specific instance I'm talking about went right past code review. And it's by no means isolated to this instance or this company.
Cute idea. Naive, but cute.
fuckING, shitTY, ... There are a lot of inflected forms of naughty words, DUMBass. ;)
What do you use to scan your code for naughty bits?
Ooooh, hurray hurray for the mod bomb. I think I've finally managed to piss someone off enough to have them burn mod points modding me down. Pretty dumb hobby, dude.
It comes down to: inflected forms and naughty words in other words. For instance if I search for "ass" then I can either have it match too strictly and it will catch "class" and "passed" -- or too loosely and it will not catch "dumbass" and "jackass". Then think of all the -ed and -ing formations and it starts to become more and more of a tricky problem.
Has it been solved already? Googling for a comprehensive profanity dictionary at work is... tricky.
Ummm.. I live in the greater seattle area (I'm a burb rat) and I order quite often from http://www.cuisinelimousine.net/ and it's not el cheapo crap. :)
So let's see here... We've got a discrepancy... One dataset (which is a set of bits inside a computer stored on the medium of your choice which a voter cannot examine) says that candidate A won.
The other dataset (which is printed on a piece of paper a voter can read before potting it into the ballot box) says that candidate B won.
Uhm.. I'm just guessing but I think the record the voter could read before they put it in the ballot box would obviously be definitive...
Hint: the voter receipt goes into the ballot box for comparison against the electronic totals.
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