I don't get what's the big problem people have with "[shudder]JavaScript[/shudder]".
It's a Turing-complete language, which means it can be used to do anything from simple form validation to ray tracing and neural net simulations.
With AJAX to handle file interactions, I don't understand the problem that people have with it. What is it that you think JavaScript can't do that 'x' language can?
I wish people would get over this childish bias and accept that JavaScript is a/real/ language, and not a toy.
For example, I recently got to play Thief for the first time in years - it refused to play on Vista. The only reason I had Vista installed in the first place was in case I wanted to play some games.
It seems to me that when the games I want to play (command and conquer, dungeon keeper, alpha centauri, thief) work better and are easier to install in Wine than in Vista, I don't see the point of using Windows at all.
> Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun
so what was the father (a pastor) doing with a gun in the first place?
whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill"? or was he planning on maybe clubbing burglars over the head with the stock of the gun when they entered the house?
are you mad??? if light had infinite mass, then every torch would act like the Half-Life 2 gravity gun.
no... if you turned the torch on, you would be instantly destroyed.
there is no such thing as "infinite" in reality - every case where "infinity" turns up is a case where the existing maths is not quite up to describing reality.
silly me. picture in article doesn't look remotely VTOL.
but in that case, i don't really see the point - if it's not a VTOL, it would need to take off and land at airports, in which case why not just use an airplane?
my son Jareth is also autistic. I gave him one of my own laptops when he was 4. no problems with a mouse, as it had a synaptic pad.
I set him up with a simple system - Ubuntu with KDE3 in Kiosk mode. he was locked down to a few simple tasks.
He spent most of the time browsing around the CBeeBies website or playing "BridgeBuilder-Game".
Eventually, though, I had to take the laptop off him - he got so engrossed in it that he would forgo food and the toilet in favour of getting his "fix" of the laptop.
I'll give him another laptop when he reaches six or so and is understanding that he is only allowed the machine for an hour or two at a time.
To the OP: just get a vtech or other similar machine. A real computer is just too much coolness for a 2-year-old to handle. You need to give them something that they can let go of after a few hours.
And to the "oh get over yourself" poster - grow up. This is the 21st century. In the 20th, kids grew up with lego. Now, it's computers. You don't need to be a "genius" to use a computer. Any kid can handle it if it's set up properly, so asking for hints about a laptop to give the kid does not imply that the kid is somehow gifted.
A long time ago when I was in an class someone told that all quotes had to be attributed and you could only quote one paragraph from each source, and you had to add some sort of original commentary tying the quotes together to make a point that was not present in any of them individually.
-- this quote was originally uttered by Hal_Porter
I notice you did not name this "someone". Does that mean that your quote is illegal?
yeah, and I bet that at about minute 40, someone in a gorilla suit walked straight in front of the MRI machine and you didn't even see it.
seriously, though - I think you've answered yourself. If you are studying the subconscious mind, then you need to somehow get the conscious mind out of the way - the best way being to bore the mind into reacting instead of thinking.
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I don't get what's the big problem people have with "[shudder]JavaScript[/shudder]".
It's a Turing-complete language, which means it can be used to do anything from simple form validation to ray tracing and neural net simulations.
With AJAX to handle file interactions, I don't understand the problem that people have with it. What is it that you think JavaScript can't do that 'x' language can?
I wish people would get over this childish bias and accept that JavaScript is a /real/ language, and not a toy.
The FA demonstrates that...
it may be trite, or even trivial and useless, to comment on someone's signature, but my guess is he did it because he felt humanly compelled to.
I think crime would be much lower if people were required to fill in a registration every time they left their houses.
This whole thing is stupid. let adults do what adults do.
If they hurt someone, then punish them. Otherwise, leave the hell alone.
well yeah, you could say that the alleged downloaders did the actual initiating by taunting the poor little RIAA du.
the old "he started it!" defence
> reduction in power consumption with electronic computers
so this won't help make a Difference Engine more efficient?
oh what's the point even trying then...
I guess it depends on the application.
For example, I recently got to play Thief for the first time in years - it refused to play on Vista. The only reason I had Vista installed in the first place was in case I wanted to play some games.
It seems to me that when the games I want to play (command and conquer, dungeon keeper, alpha centauri, thief) work better and are easier to install in Wine than in Vista, I don't see the point of using Windows at all.
I think you may be wrong there.
would you say:
a) "all of the data in a computer is crap"
b) "all of the data in a computer are crap"
I know that 'data' is technically a plural, but it's not treated that way by most people.
also - "ones and zeros" is correct. If you were asked "what numbers are there in that hard-drive", you would not answer "ones or zeros"
also, to the other replier - "zeros" and "zeroes" are both correct.
http://www.bartleby.com/68/49/6649.html
arghh.... "give it to me baby, uh-huh, uh-huh"
damn - change your sig. /me burns karma
maybe a silly question, but wouldn't running multiple benchmarks simultaneously cause spurious results?
> Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun
so what was the father (a pastor) doing with a gun in the first place?
whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill"? or was he planning on maybe clubbing burglars over the head with the stock of the gun when they entered the house?
> Games aren't meant to be simulations, they're meant to be fun.
what about simulation games?
"schools that switch save tens of millions of dollars"
"the world could save up to $500 million each year"
paraphrased: "nothing == everything"
you are an idiot.
are you mad??? if light had infinite mass, then every torch would act like the Half-Life 2 gravity gun.
no... if you turned the torch on, you would be instantly destroyed.
there is no such thing as "infinite" in reality - every case where "infinity" turns up is a case where the existing maths is not quite up to describing reality.
silly me. picture in article doesn't look remotely VTOL.
but in that case, i don't really see the point - if it's not a VTOL, it would need to take off and land at airports, in which case why not just use an airplane?
are these things not VTOLs? in which case, why would they need a runway?
my son Jareth is also autistic. I gave him one of my own laptops when he was 4. no problems with a mouse, as it had a synaptic pad.
I set him up with a simple system - Ubuntu with KDE3 in Kiosk mode. he was locked down to a few simple tasks.
He spent most of the time browsing around the CBeeBies website or playing "BridgeBuilder-Game".
Eventually, though, I had to take the laptop off him - he got so engrossed in it that he would forgo food and the toilet in favour of getting his "fix" of the laptop.
I'll give him another laptop when he reaches six or so and is understanding that he is only allowed the machine for an hour or two at a time.
To the OP: just get a vtech or other similar machine. A real computer is just too much coolness for a 2-year-old to handle. You need to give them something that they can let go of after a few hours.
And to the "oh get over yourself" poster - grow up. This is the 21st century. In the 20th, kids grew up with lego. Now, it's computers. You don't need to be a "genius" to use a computer. Any kid can handle it if it's set up properly, so asking for hints about a laptop to give the kid does not imply that the kid is somehow gifted.
A long time ago when I was in an class someone told that all quotes had to be attributed and you could only quote one paragraph from each source, and you had to add some sort of original commentary tying the quotes together to make a point that was not present in any of them individually.
-- this quote was originally uttered by Hal_Porter
I notice you did not name this "someone". Does that mean that your quote is illegal?
like "FCKeditor? yeah. agreed. good product, /bad/ name.
we Irish are our own greatest critics. There's nothing the world can't say to us that we don't already say to each other.
I really can't understand why the word "mick" is even insulting. My brother is called Mick (well, Michael, but he prefers Mick).
rubbish.
when abbreviating, a=b*c/4 is "a is b by c over 4", which is perfectly legible.
repeating "by" for two separate meanings would be stupid.
also, "often shorten words to the right" ? can you provide another example? "multiply by" is not a word.
Nobody wants a set of dominoes that large.
Speak for yourself...
> Yeah, and we all know people that use Linux instead donate the cost of the Windows license to charity.
to make that a fair comparison, windows users would need to pay for windows and then also donate the cost of the windows license to charity.
windows users do not generally do that, and it is stupid to presume that linux users should do that just because they may be saving money.
yeah, and I bet that at about minute 40, someone in a gorilla suit walked straight in front of the MRI machine and you didn't even see it.
seriously, though - I think you've answered yourself. If you are studying the subconscious mind, then you need to somehow get the conscious mind out of the way - the best way being to bore the mind into reacting instead of thinking.
you forgot:
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4 -
5 - profit!