They've had this for a long time. You can hide notifications from any app permanently from the news feed. If that doesn't work, go to the page for the app and you can choose Block and also remove it permanently. Usually it works just clicking Hide on the newsfeeds. I do that on all quizzes and other apps that show up. I see a new one every few weeks, but otherwise I don't see any at all - all the popular ones are blocked.
I did not get the idea that war was inevitable because of resources, nor that war was inevitable at all. My impression of it was a sense that "when you have to fight, you fight to win." That was all, at least for that aspect of the book. There was much more in there obviously.
What do you consider normal? I have an HP notebook with 12" screen. With the 9-cell battery I can go 8 hours easily with wifi on doing work in Eclipse and running some server software. It's a standard Core2 system, not an Atom-based netbook. There are some laptops out there with great battery life. I realize most companies give developers more powerful laptops with bigger screens. But if you travel a lot it's worth having a lighter, smaller laptop with twice the battery life.
How did they not catch this? Surely every 1000 of these, they pull one off the line and plug it into a computer to check that it actually works, right? Or every 10,000? Don't manufacturers do any kind of continuous QA of the actual product?
Wouldn't an alert from a virus scanner make someone think "that's not right..."?
So basically they didn't bother sparing 5 minutes once a day or week to check one of these things? Nice.
I've never heard this before, the idea that it might have been a joke. I'll have to go read his essay and think about it. This is a pretty interesting idea.
I think the argument is that the metric units are not sized to be particularly useful in a wide array of daily tasks. If the standard had been created differently the size of the basic units would have been different.
That's how I feel, too. The real hero of the book is the girl. She's the only one who is diligent at her studies, she does all the detective work, and explains to Harry how to solve his problems. Harry just bumbles through in his uncomprehending way. It's sad the people in the book and - even worse, the actual readers - look up to him as a hero.
I don't think there's anything to explain. Different people enjoy different humor. I enjoy non-sequitors and absurdist humor. I think the "real plot" shows are not funny. They just bore me. But I don't ask you to explain that humor of them to me because it's never going to make it funny to me.
Your extreme argument has no relevance to the discussion. You are talking about acts that injure other people. The parent poster was talking about personal actions that affect no one else. Maybe it disgusts some people, but it doesn't hurt anyone. He wasn't talking about absolute freedom of action. Did you really think that is was he was saying?
Heh, I have the opposite opinion of flourescents. I've put them all over my apartment and love the light quality (as in color and brightness). I notice regular incandescent bulbs now by their (to me) gloomy yellow light. The natural light incandescent bulbs are different of course. But I really don't like those standard yellow-light bulbs.
I think we can both agree that the range of choice available is a great thing. You like one type, I like a completely different type, and for various purposes there are two dozen different varieties.
And if it's not as enlightened as other ages - progressing slower than any other time - it's the dark ages. You're just redefining the term. Obviously progress wouldn't completely stop, but it came to a virtual standstill. It was the dark ages.
Many US universities give away copies of all Microsoft software for free or sell it for a couple of bucks. At U of Iowa a buddy of mine got Windows XP Pro for $10. They had a bunch of other stuff available but he didn't want it. At U of Alabama at Huntsville anyone taking a Comp Sci or Accounting class could get XP Pro, Office 2003, and Visual Studio for free.
So if you're at a US university and you would upgrade if it were free or a couple of bucks, it's worth asking around. It's not fully clear if you haven't upgraded because of the cost or also because you just don't have any use for it. I have no idea if non-US universities have these programs.
Score 4: Informative? Is anyone else surprised this would be rated as informative rather than funny? I guess some slashdot readers sat back after reading this and went "Wow, he's totally right. That would be bad." Anyway, I thought it was funny.
I didn't know about this site at all. It has a lot of neat things - I'm sure I can finally find an OSS project that interests me. Thanks for the link and writeup.
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They've had this for a long time. You can hide notifications from any app permanently from the news feed. If that doesn't work, go to the page for the app and you can choose Block and also remove it permanently. Usually it works just clicking Hide on the newsfeeds. I do that on all quizzes and other apps that show up. I see a new one every few weeks, but otherwise I don't see any at all - all the popular ones are blocked.
I did not get the idea that war was inevitable because of resources, nor that war was inevitable at all. My impression of it was a sense that "when you have to fight, you fight to win." That was all, at least for that aspect of the book. There was much more in there obviously.
What do you consider normal? I have an HP notebook with 12" screen. With the 9-cell battery I can go 8 hours easily with wifi on doing work in Eclipse and running some server software. It's a standard Core2 system, not an Atom-based netbook. There are some laptops out there with great battery life. I realize most companies give developers more powerful laptops with bigger screens. But if you travel a lot it's worth having a lighter, smaller laptop with twice the battery life.
I vote for X-Moto. It's a 2-D motocross simulator game. Lots of fun and challenge from easy to nigh-on impossible, and very addictive.
There is also a simplified version more suited to kids.
That's the best use of that line I have ever seen! Kudos!
How did they not catch this? Surely every 1000 of these, they pull one off the line and plug it into a computer to check that it actually works, right? Or every 10,000? Don't manufacturers do any kind of continuous QA of the actual product?
Wouldn't an alert from a virus scanner make someone think "that's not right..."?
So basically they didn't bother sparing 5 minutes once a day or week to check one of these things? Nice.
This should streamline running Vista. Now whenever you are prompted for Allow/Deny the character will go ahead and choose Deny for you. Every time.
Holy Hell...that's the scariest thing I've ever heard of.
Does light reflect through electrical tape?
I've never heard this before, the idea that it might have been a joke. I'll have to go read his essay and think about it. This is a pretty interesting idea.
So I could be the alpha male outside of my own imagination! wheeeee!
I think the argument is that the metric units are not sized to be particularly useful in a wide array of daily tasks. If the standard had been created differently the size of the basic units would have been different.
That's how I feel, too. The real hero of the book is the girl. She's the only one who is diligent at her studies, she does all the detective work, and explains to Harry how to solve his problems. Harry just bumbles through in his uncomprehending way. It's sad the people in the book and - even worse, the actual readers - look up to him as a hero.
that quote is a keeper!
Excellently said. Very nice job.
I don't think there's anything to explain. Different people enjoy different humor. I enjoy non-sequitors and absurdist humor. I think the "real plot" shows are not funny. They just bore me. But I don't ask you to explain that humor of them to me because it's never going to make it funny to me.
Yes, but what flavor?
Your extreme argument has no relevance to the discussion. You are talking about acts that injure other people. The parent poster was talking about personal actions that affect no one else. Maybe it disgusts some people, but it doesn't hurt anyone. He wasn't talking about absolute freedom of action. Did you really think that is was he was saying?
Well that explains my inbox. But how many do they send to everyone else?
Holy crap! I'm in QA, and this makes so many hassles in my life clear! Now I know why the work for QA never ends. :-)
Heh, I have the opposite opinion of flourescents. I've put them all over my apartment and love the light quality (as in color and brightness). I notice regular incandescent bulbs now by their (to me) gloomy yellow light. The natural light incandescent bulbs are different of course. But I really don't like those standard yellow-light bulbs.
I think we can both agree that the range of choice available is a great thing. You like one type, I like a completely different type, and for various purposes there are two dozen different varieties.
And if it's not as enlightened as other ages - progressing slower than any other time - it's the dark ages. You're just redefining the term. Obviously progress wouldn't completely stop, but it came to a virtual standstill. It was the dark ages.
Many US universities give away copies of all Microsoft software for free or sell it for a couple of bucks. At U of Iowa a buddy of mine got Windows XP Pro for $10. They had a bunch of other stuff available but he didn't want it. At U of Alabama at Huntsville anyone taking a Comp Sci or Accounting class could get XP Pro, Office 2003, and Visual Studio for free.
So if you're at a US university and you would upgrade if it were free or a couple of bucks, it's worth asking around. It's not fully clear if you haven't upgraded because of the cost or also because you just don't have any use for it. I have no idea if non-US universities have these programs.
Score 4: Informative? Is anyone else surprised this would be rated as informative rather than funny? I guess some slashdot readers sat back after reading this and went "Wow, he's totally right. That would be bad." Anyway, I thought it was funny.
I didn't know about this site at all. It has a lot of neat things - I'm sure I can finally find an OSS project that interests me. Thanks for the link and writeup.