Unfortunately - you will have a HARD time finding another country that recognizes free speech as a right, let alone finding one that respects it MORE that the US. It is sad, but it is true. Moving is not the answer. You must be ready to stand up and protect your rights with your life if necessary. Our forefathers envisioned a time when a corrupt government might need to be taken down, even with their 3 branches of govt. and checks and balances. I just fear that day may be coming.... especially with the recent reports of children (I think around 250 in 1250 in one state) being taken from their parents for no documented reason. You can take my kids and my rights when you pry the rifle out of my cold, dead hands.
Sure - but now they have the DMCA on their side, and judges dumb enough to think that fscking up a CD just enough to make it worthless when copied is a protection scheme covered by the DMCA.
Meesa thinka not! There is no way this discussion can serve the purpose of FUD busting, no matter how worthwhile the discussion is for destroying Mudnie's "logic." Mickeysoft is not targeting their PR at people who will read the discussion, or even those who might read a tech rag article about the discussion. Mickeysoft PR is designed for those clueless folk who hold them in high esteem - mainly top execs who look to Gates as an example, and the desktop users who don't know any better than to believe everything that M$ spews out. If M$ thought that this roundtable would hamper their FUD campaign - MUNDIE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN IT!
Just stay the hell out of Kansas City and I'll be happy. We don't want you here! There is a lot of demand here for 2 reasons:
1. There are still A LOT more tech positions available than there are techies to fill them.
2. All you jackasses east of the Mississippi and west of the Rockies think of Kansas as the land of Toto, Bob Dole, and Clark Grizwald's brother. You probably can't put K.C. on a map - so don't bother coming here. Here's some advice for anyone wishing to invade:
This list will be handed to each person as they enter the state.
1. That slope-shouldered farm boy did more work before breakfast than you'll do all week at the gym. How'd you like to go home and tell your momma you got your butt kicked by a big guy in bib overalls?
2. It's called a 'gravel road.' No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your BMW. I have a four wheel drive because I need it. Drive
it or get it out of the way.
3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were nine years old. Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it.
4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get your butt kicked...by our women.
5. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us if a flathead breaks it off at the handle. We have a name for those little 13-inch
trout you fish for...bait.
6. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final approach, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
8. That's right. Whiskey is only two bucks. We can buy a fifth for what you paid in the airport.
9. The Jayhawks and the Wildcats are as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks...and a dang sight more fun to watch.
10. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a long spoon.
11. You bring Coke into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice.
12. So you have a sixty-thousand dollar car. We're real impressed. We have quarter of a million dollar combines that we use two weeks a year.
13. Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
14. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks-because they want to. So, you're a feminist. Isn't that cute.
15. Yeah, we eat catfish, carp too-and turtle. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the bait shop.
16. They are pigs. That's what they smell like. Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 70 goes two ways-35 goes the other two. Pick one.
17. The "Opener" refers to the first day of pheasant season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November. You can get breakfast at the church.
18. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Understand the concept?
19. Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards. It spooks the fish.
20. No, we can't shoot the doves. They're song birds. Okay, even we feel a little stupid about that one.
I've been trying to look for places on the web where you can search for homes by acreage. I can't seem to find any. Does anyone know of sites that have this option?
Amen! And the easier things get, the more morons I have to deal with at work. The average corporate Java developer here doesn't know jack shit about how to even debug his own code, so we admins (yes, I have also done software engineering) are constantly having to reassure them that the OS and hardware is running just fine when their screwed up code has performance issues, or they somehow manage to get java to core dump.
What about TV resolution?
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I don't know about this idea when it comes to office and e-mail tasks. For games, especially games with a lot of movement, a TV is great, since the lack of hi-res graphics is masked by the frame rate. I tried hooking my Alpha SX 164 up to my "hi res" (> 700 vert lines) TV, but it just doesn't work. Fonts come out horribly. It's o.k. for web browsing, but I have to jack the font size up as high as possible. Maybe with anti-aliasing and no RGB to S-video conversion it would be better, but I don't think you could get too much out of it.
The other problem is this - what about all the governments that officially do not believe in the concept of patents, or of even copyright for that matter? Then there is the problem of corruption that would be amplified 100X by having an international patent office. As it stands now, the national patent office differences serve a soft of checks and balances role, as this example shows.
SURE! Call the FBI! They'll be happy to track down that dirty spammer. Just tell him you're a young girl from New Zealand and that you just saw him on a chat site posting about killing his parents and classmates, and that now he is sending you nasty pr0n.
And even if a farmer existed with such amazing abilities - how do you propose removing it from the fields???? I know you all can't live out here in the blessed Midwest with us, but for God's sake, it shouldn't be too hard for you to realize that the genetically engineered stuff would be growing along with what the farmer planted himself. You can't just go out a pick out the engineered stuff by hand, and a harvester sure as hell won't separate wheat for you based on genetic differences.
Anyone want to get into the surplus anti-aircraft market with me? While obviously the airspace is not owned by the farmer, I would personally consider anyone dropping chemicals on my crop to be asking for me to blow them out of the sky! Hmmmm - maybe my SKS could do the trick.
My main problem with Java relates to how typical Java developers use it - or at least the ones I have to deal with. I have found that most corporate Java developers have little or no experience with any other language. This is a problem because Java by its nature encourages programmers to forget about code optimization and resource management. If someone picks up Java as a first language, he doesn't even think about the overhead involved in creating and garbage collecting objects. Our developers have written heavily threaded web applications that fill heap (256 MB) in under 2 minutes, and then freeze for 15 seconds or more during collection. Then when their app crashes because they have used up all available resources, they blame the sysadmins for the problem. This gets to the second problem I have with corporate Java developers. The ones that I have dealt with have no clue how to debug their code. They don't even bother trying to find out where in their code the app is crashing before calling us and saying that the OS is configured improperly or that they are experiencing a JDK bug.
In summary - friends don't let friends hire Jave developers that have no low level programming experience!
I just refuse to answer the phone when I get "data unavailable" or "personal caller" messages. I figure that if they don't want me to know who they are before I pick up the phone, then I sure as hell won't trust them as a consumer. If for some reason it's really someone that matters - they can leave a message.
This has made me remember something from grade school - sing along with me!
On top of old smokey, All covered with blood, I shot my poor teacher, With a.44 slug. I went to her funeral. I went to her grave. Some people threw flowers. I threw a grenade. I looked in her coffin. She wasn't quite dead. So I took a bazooka, And blew off her head.
Hmmm - should I be in prison??? That was pre-Doom, so maybe Space Invaders and Pac Man were my problem.
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Wasn't this same idea brought up a month or two ago and sufficiently trashed at that time???? Is /. the department of redundancy department?
Unfortunately - you will have a HARD time finding another country that recognizes free speech as a right, let alone finding one that respects it MORE that the US. It is sad, but it is true. Moving is not the answer. You must be ready to stand up and protect your rights with your life if necessary. Our forefathers envisioned a time when a corrupt government might need to be taken down, even with their 3 branches of govt. and checks and balances. I just fear that day may be coming.... especially with the recent reports of children (I think around 250 in 1250 in one state) being taken from their parents for no documented reason. You can take my kids and my rights when you pry the rifle out of my cold, dead hands.
BAD Latin, Earp, BAD, BAD!
Ad Astra Per Aspera
"To the stars through difficulties"
Any Kansas grade schooler could tell ya that.
Sure - but now they have the DMCA on their side, and judges dumb enough to think that fscking up a CD just enough to make it worthless when copied is a protection scheme covered by the DMCA.
Meesa thinka not! There is no way this discussion can serve the purpose of FUD busting, no matter how worthwhile the discussion is for destroying Mudnie's "logic." Mickeysoft is not targeting their PR at people who will read the discussion, or even those who might read a tech rag article about the discussion. Mickeysoft PR is designed for those clueless folk who hold them in high esteem - mainly top execs who look to Gates as an example, and the desktop users who don't know any better than to believe everything that M$ spews out. If M$ thought that this roundtable would hamper their FUD campaign - MUNDIE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN IT!
Just stay the hell out of Kansas City and I'll be happy. We don't want you here! There is a lot of demand here for 2 reasons:
1. There are still A LOT more tech positions available than there are techies to fill them.
2. All you jackasses east of the Mississippi and west of the Rockies think of Kansas as the land of Toto, Bob Dole, and Clark Grizwald's brother. You probably can't put K.C. on a map - so don't bother coming here. Here's some advice for anyone wishing to invade:
This list will be handed to each person as they enter the state.
1. That slope-shouldered farm boy did more work before breakfast than you'll do all week at the gym. How'd you like to go home and tell your momma you got your butt kicked by a big guy in bib overalls?
2. It's called a 'gravel road.' No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your BMW. I have a four wheel drive because I need it. Drive
it or get it out of the way.
3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were nine years old. Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it.
4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get your butt kicked...by our women.
5. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us if a flathead breaks it off at the handle. We have a name for those little 13-inch
trout you fish for...bait.
6. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final approach, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
8. That's right. Whiskey is only two bucks. We can buy a fifth for what you paid in the airport.
9. The Jayhawks and the Wildcats are as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks...and a dang sight more fun to watch.
10. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a long spoon.
11. You bring Coke into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice.
12. So you have a sixty-thousand dollar car. We're real impressed. We have quarter of a million dollar combines that we use two weeks a year.
13. Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
14. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks-because they want to. So, you're a feminist. Isn't that cute.
15. Yeah, we eat catfish, carp too-and turtle. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the bait shop.
16. They are pigs. That's what they smell like. Get over it. Don't like it? Interstate 70 goes two ways-35 goes the other two. Pick one.
17. The "Opener" refers to the first day of pheasant season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November. You can get breakfast at the church.
18. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Understand the concept?
19. Yeah, we have golf courses. Don't hit in the water hazards. It spooks the fish.
20. No, we can't shoot the doves. They're song birds. Okay, even we feel a little stupid about that one.
Now, enjoy your visit and then go home.
I've been trying to look for places on the web where you can search for homes by acreage. I can't seem to find any. Does anyone know of sites that have this option?
Amen! And the easier things get, the more morons I have to deal with at work. The average corporate Java developer here doesn't know jack shit about how to even debug his own code, so we admins (yes, I have also done software engineering) are constantly having to reassure them that the OS and hardware is running just fine when their screwed up code has performance issues, or they somehow manage to get java to core dump.
Isn't this an oxymoron?
I don't know about this idea when it comes to office and e-mail tasks. For games, especially games with a lot of movement, a TV is great, since the lack of hi-res graphics is masked by the frame rate. I tried hooking my Alpha SX 164 up to my "hi res" (> 700 vert lines) TV, but it just doesn't work. Fonts come out horribly. It's o.k. for web browsing, but I have to jack the font size up as high as possible. Maybe with anti-aliasing and no RGB to S-video conversion it would be better, but I don't think you could get too much out of it.
The other problem is this - what about all the governments that officially do not believe in the concept of patents, or of even copyright for that matter? Then there is the problem of corruption that would be amplified 100X by having an international patent office. As it stands now, the national patent office differences serve a soft of checks and balances role, as this example shows.
SURE! Call the FBI! They'll be happy to track down that dirty spammer. Just tell him you're a young girl from New Zealand and that you just saw him on a chat site posting about killing his parents and classmates, and that now he is sending you nasty pr0n.
The next time you put out something about a
flaming liberal site like Salon, be sure to
attach this adjective to it as well.
And even if a farmer existed with such amazing abilities - how do you propose removing it from the fields???? I know you all can't live out here in the blessed Midwest with us, but for God's sake, it shouldn't be too hard for you to realize that the genetically engineered stuff would be growing along with what the farmer planted himself. You can't just go out a pick out the engineered stuff by hand, and a harvester sure as hell won't separate wheat for you based on genetic differences.
Anyone want to get into the surplus anti-aircraft market with me? While obviously the airspace is not owned by the farmer, I would personally consider anyone dropping chemicals on my crop to be asking for me to blow them out of the sky! Hmmmm - maybe my SKS could do the trick.
http://www.nra.org
My main problem with Java relates to how typical Java developers use it - or at least the ones I have to deal with. I have found that most corporate Java developers have little or no experience with any other language. This is a problem because Java by its nature encourages programmers to forget about code optimization and resource management. If someone picks up Java as a first language, he doesn't even think about the overhead involved in creating and garbage collecting objects. Our developers have written heavily threaded web applications that fill heap (256 MB) in under 2 minutes, and then freeze for 15 seconds or more during collection. Then when their app crashes because they have used up all available resources, they blame the sysadmins for the problem. This gets to the second problem I have with corporate Java developers. The ones that I have dealt with have no clue how to debug their code. They don't even bother trying to find out where in their code the app is crashing before calling us and saying that the OS is configured improperly or that they are experiencing a JDK bug.
In summary - friends don't let friends hire Jave developers that have no low level programming experience!
Anyone want to start a campaign? I'd love to see Stallman holding a sign in Times Square.
I just refuse to answer the phone when I get "data unavailable" or "personal caller" messages. I figure that if they don't want me to know who they are before I pick up the phone, then I sure as hell won't trust them as a consumer. If for some reason it's really someone that matters - they can leave a message.
This has made me remember something from grade school - sing along with me!
.44 slug.
On top of old smokey,
All covered with blood,
I shot my poor teacher,
With a
I went to her funeral.
I went to her grave.
Some people threw flowers.
I threw a grenade.
I looked in her coffin.
She wasn't quite dead.
So I took a bazooka,
And blew off her head.
Hmmm - should I be in prison???
That was pre-Doom, so maybe Space Invaders and Pac Man were my problem.
Wow!!! Etch-a-Sketch for the new millenium. Is it Y2K compliant?