this sounds awefully like their original phone monopoly earlier in the century. mediaone (my original provider) was bought out by att, and they really tightened things up, raised prices, etc.
what this means is that u can bend the light BEYOND the normal. it is NOT reflecting off the surface of the material, but rather entering the material and reversing direction within it. (iMHO)
not true at all. there are definitely rules that override kashrut. this is one of them. if it saves a life, it's all good. not sure about muslim belief, though. u really can't associate the 2: they are quite radically different.
on the subject of predators, this is actually what DID exist. except that predators evolved. those that hunted other animals survived better. so naturally, all the other organisms adapted.
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hey man, this is all middleware. would does have to do with application development?
funny thing is that i didn't mean to imply they were bad programmers, just that they weren't lucky and didn't find a job so they spend time instead on OSS projects
exactly. in fact, the kind of programmers that are likely to contribute to OSS projects are probably those that CAN'T find a job so they contribute in their spare time. the more satisfied programmers were with their previous jobs, the more likely that they would not have participated in outside (ala OSS) projects
what i don't understand is why they can't just keep a tally, and keep it at 5 as long as the total is more than or equal to five. why does there need to be a "moderation kap"??
i'll bite. vi is a great editor, but the only problem is that the commands are difficult to remember and there is little alternative. same with emacs with no menus, etc.
however, both vim and emacs seem to have no problem with menus and all the fancy gui options. what does kate offer that is better than these gui options (and does it have a good command set for adv. users?)
the avg user. the most complicated thing i did was specify the network driver. either ask the manufacturer, do a search online, or use some autodetection ala mandrake or redhat.
the only reason u need to fool around w/ config files is to change things from their defaults. occasionally u need to do it because u selected the wrong options on install...but wait, windows doesn't let u do ANY of that. if u are unhappy, reinstall the software just like on windows and it will ask u all the same questions again. where is the config file part? i just set up a debian machine of netinst. it's not mandrake or redhate, so it doesn't have as much autodetection, but as long as i knew what hardware was actually IN the damn thing, i could easily install all the necessary stuff.
the difference is quite simply this: instead of dealing with the ONE case that covers them all, m$ decides to take a select few that will PROBABLY be used, and perfect those. many products do this. this leads to bloat. i have used kde and found it clunky as well. i don't use kde. i am perfectly happy using any window manager on *nix that supports multiple desktops (addict, i know).
the point is this: it is very easy to create unmaintainable code that covers a few basic cases (ala m$) and forget about the rest. it works, sure, but is unstable. in most *nix systems, the mentality is quite the opposite, and despite lots of market pressure, it still hasn't died. sure, some users don't care about ALL cases, and just those select few, but the thing is that eventually, the generic case that covers them all WILL work correctly, and then death to m$ is unavoidable.
president bush proclaiming that it is morally wrong to use stem cells to heal people but perfectly ok to use dead ppl's bodies to make profit. i am just waiting for that day...
it's a sig. for some reason, people seem to comment more on my sig than my comments. perhaps my comments are stupid, or my sig is just THAT interesting
one of the best ways i've seen things done is on a zip drive. basically, everyone who wants anything custom has to buy a zip disk ($5-$10) and then their home directory is mounted on the disk. saw at a local university: worked great
finally, a developers perspective. i agree. i tried working on a 500mhz sunblade. sure, it was cool cause it was 64-bit and such, but builds did run a LOT faster on my 1.6 athlon. and it does make a difference for big projects. the last thing you want to be doing is waiting forever for a recompile.
then again, back in the day, people had to wait a DAY to recompile and the output of their program was handed to them. sure, this seems wasteful, but it also causes you to think just that little bit more, which makes for essentially much better code.
one of the biggest problems with any upstart engineering school is that u need to have good labs/facilities for applying all the stuff u learned in class. for liberal arts, a little college on the hill often is better than the big universities because there is just a good faculty. that is not really enough for engineering. u need facilities as well. that is why smaller schools have trouble getting attention
... if a conglomeration of quotes from/. was sent to some senators, or even better, the judges in the antitrust suit. obviously m$ has far more far-reaching influences than we expected. every now and then we see another story about how m$ tells some company (dell) or some gov't agency (nsa) they are not allowed to do something, or HAVE to do something. that is BS. sure, the agencies and companies can't do anything b/c bill is sleeping w/ the CEOs' wives...but perhaps judges will be better.
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this sounds awefully like their original phone monopoly earlier in the century. mediaone (my original provider) was bought out by att, and they really tightened things up, raised prices, etc.
wouldn't that mean you would have to FORCE electrons through the material? that seems like a bad consequence.
what this means is that u can bend the light BEYOND the normal. it is NOT reflecting off the surface of the material, but rather entering the material and reversing direction within it. (iMHO)
not true at all. there are definitely rules that override kashrut. this is one of them. if it saves a life, it's all good. not sure about muslim belief, though. u really can't associate the 2: they are quite radically different.
diablo2 was also the most patched game in history, so i wouldn't exactly hail blizzard
on the subject of predators, this is actually what DID exist. except that predators evolved. those that hunted other animals survived better. so naturally, all the other organisms adapted.
hey man, this is all middleware. would does have to do with application development?
feedback: u DO have feedback as to how far things are, unlike when u have ur eyes shut.
menu item size: pie menu menu items are a LOT larger than avg menu items, so your muscle memory doesn't need to be nearly as precise.
funny thing is that i didn't mean to imply they were bad programmers, just that they weren't lucky and didn't find a job so they spend time instead on OSS projects
exactly. in fact, the kind of programmers that are likely to contribute to OSS projects are probably those that CAN'T find a job so they contribute in their spare time. the more satisfied programmers were with their previous jobs, the more likely that they would not have participated in outside (ala OSS) projects
what i don't understand is why they can't just keep a tally, and keep it at 5 as long as the total is more than or equal to five. why does there need to be a "moderation kap"??
i'll bite. vi is a great editor, but the only problem is that the commands are difficult to remember and there is little alternative. same with emacs with no menus, etc.
however, both vim and emacs seem to have no problem with menus and all the fancy gui options. what does kate offer that is better than these gui options (and does it have a good command set for adv. users?)
the avg user. the most complicated thing i did was specify the network driver. either ask the manufacturer, do a search online, or use some autodetection ala mandrake or redhat.
the only reason u need to fool around w/ config files is to change things from their defaults. occasionally u need to do it because u selected the wrong options on install...but wait, windows doesn't let u do ANY of that. if u are unhappy, reinstall the software just like on windows and it will ask u all the same questions again. where is the config file part? i just set up a debian machine of netinst. it's not mandrake or redhate, so it doesn't have as much autodetection, but as long as i knew what hardware was actually IN the damn thing, i could easily install all the necessary stuff.
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the difference is quite simply this: instead of dealing with the ONE case that covers them all, m$ decides to take a select few that will PROBABLY be used, and perfect those. many products do this. this leads to bloat. i have used kde and found it clunky as well. i don't use kde. i am perfectly happy using any window manager on *nix that supports multiple desktops (addict, i know).
the point is this: it is very easy to create unmaintainable code that covers a few basic cases (ala m$) and forget about the rest. it works, sure, but is unstable. in most *nix systems, the mentality is quite the opposite, and despite lots of market pressure, it still hasn't died. sure, some users don't care about ALL cases, and just those select few, but the thing is that eventually, the generic case that covers them all WILL work correctly, and then death to m$ is unavoidable.
president bush proclaiming that it is morally wrong to use stem cells to heal people but perfectly ok to use dead ppl's bodies to make profit. i am just waiting for that day...
it's a sig. for some reason, people seem to comment more on my sig than my comments. perhaps my comments are stupid, or my sig is just THAT interesting
one of the best ways i've seen things done is on a zip drive. basically, everyone who wants anything custom has to buy a zip disk ($5-$10) and then their home directory is mounted on the disk. saw at a local university: worked great
finally, a developers perspective. i agree. i tried working on a 500mhz sunblade. sure, it was cool cause it was 64-bit and such, but builds did run a LOT faster on my 1.6 athlon. and it does make a difference for big projects. the last thing you want to be doing is waiting forever for a recompile.
then again, back in the day, people had to wait a DAY to recompile and the output of their program was handed to them. sure, this seems wasteful, but it also causes you to think just that little bit more, which makes for essentially much better code.
now that is a BS answer: " It's kind of counter-intuitive until you've studied it for a while, to say the least."
If a scientist cannot explain what he is doing to a child in a few words, then he is worthless. an extremist view, yes, i know.
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sure, what if u play lan games :-P
Loki is MUCH better name: the name of the norse god of mischief, which fits perfectly for the kinds of cool games they are distributing.
at least they did some research to make a cool name, but transgaming? WTF is THAT supposed to mean!
one of the biggest problems with any upstart engineering school is that u need to have good labs/facilities for applying all the stuff u learned in class. for liberal arts, a little college on the hill often is better than the big universities because there is just a good faculty. that is not really enough for engineering. u need facilities as well. that is why smaller schools have trouble getting attention
yes, but in a court of law, it is still harder (not impossible, just harder) to bribe judges.
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... if a conglomeration of quotes from /. was sent to some senators, or even better, the judges in the antitrust suit. obviously m$ has far more far-reaching influences than we expected. every now and then we see another story about how m$ tells some company (dell) or some gov't agency (nsa) they are not allowed to do something, or HAVE to do something. that is BS. sure, the agencies and companies can't do anything b/c bill is sleeping w/ the CEOs' wives...but perhaps judges will be better.
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