Yes. One of them is in the town where I went to high school. Wal-Mart came to town initially and took over a store that had previously been a Gibsons. Then they built a new store which became an "anchor" store for a shopping center. Then, they built a "super center" and abandoned to the shopping center store. That one sits there empty along with most of the other stores in the shopping center. It isn't because Wal-Mart left town.
Ironically the old "Gibsons" store actually has a business in it.
Perhaps because it is one of the redest of the red states, so if you can bribe republicans there, they still don't have to worry about losing an election. You could probably perform vivisections on babies and still be re-elected there as a republican.
I just took a close look (on Dell's website) at the keyboard on their top of the line laptop. Yes, it has these keys, but they are in a weird position. Frankly, I'd rather use the function key combination on the PowerBook than try to reach those keys the way they are laid out on the Dell laptop.
I certainly hope you are right. Not that I turned out to be "great", but I don't deserve to be ridiculed, punched, or kicked for no reason either. And neither does Ghyslain.
Both styles are useful in different situations.// is especially nice for commenting out lines of code. I like/* */ better for adding actual comments. I like #if 0 #endif for commenting out longer blocks of code.
I would think the negative media attention and the factor of strangers approaching Ghyslain on the street and making fun of him everywhere he goes takes this to another level.
I, too, was bullied in middle school and high school. And yes, it sucks. However, I could leave school and go someplace else where there were other kids and "start over" and probably not be bullied. For example, the other kids in my Boy Scout troop did not bully or make fun of me. When I was in high school, I often went to church activities. There were other kids there and I made friends and there were girls there that liked me, etc. When I was back in school, all the kids hated me and no girls were interested in me because of the ridicule I got from the other kids. So, I learned that the problem wasn't with me, it was with the bullies. And then I went to college and I was very popular.
Ghyslain can't do that. Every place he goes, people are going to know that he is the "Star Wars kid" and make fun of him. He will never have a chance to start over with a new peer group with a clean slate. And that's what makes it worse - and that's why I really feel sorry for him.
Seriously, you could become famous just by comitting a horrible criminal act. Everyone remembers Leon Czolgosz (OK, maybe you don't remember him off the top of your head - he assasignated President McKinley). That doesn't mean that you necessarily want to be famous for shooting someone.
Nor do you necessarily want to be famous for dancing around like an idiot (unless you are Steve Ballmer).
If Ghyslain had become famous for a heroic act, he probably wouldn't be upset about being famous.
Ghyslain obviously values his dignity more than "fame". Personally, I think that he has more class than someone who becomes a contestant on a "reality" game show.
You are correct. Some people use C++ just to get the// style comments and the ability to declare local variables anywhere in the function (not just at the top).
I believe both of these things have been added to the newer C standard (C99?)
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By the way, has anyone tried to eat that glue and see what it tastes like?
Yes. It tastes like burning.
You forgot the most american of units: football fields (length) and Volkwagon Beetles (volume).
"We're not going to carry any game with nudity."
Gee, because before Wal-Mart became big, there was a HUGE market for computer-porn games?
Speaking of which, where can I buy computer-porn games? I'm getting tired of "Custer's Revenge".
So what you are saying is that I will need to get my funding for "Sim Crack Whore" from the National Emdowment for the Arts?
Yes. One of them is in the town where I went to high school. Wal-Mart came to town initially and took over a store that had previously been a Gibsons. Then they built a new store which became an "anchor" store for a shopping center. Then, they built a "super center" and abandoned to the shopping center store. That one sits there empty along with most of the other stores in the shopping center. It isn't because Wal-Mart left town.
Ironically the old "Gibsons" store actually has a business in it.
People like myself can't get a head because I am stuck there in the middle.
You don't have a head?
If you're biggest destributor isn't going to sell one of your products you're going to care.
I'd care more if it were my distributor. I'm not sure what a destributor is.
Perhaps because it is one of the redest of the red states, so if you can bribe republicans there, they still don't have to worry about losing an election. You could probably perform vivisections on babies and still be re-elected there as a republican.
They totally need to bring back Max Headroom!
Everything you have described could easily be scripted.
You are making an assumption that he lives someplace where he can pick up ABC decently.
I just took a close look (on Dell's website) at the keyboard on their top of the line laptop. Yes, it has these keys, but they are in a weird position. Frankly, I'd rather use the function key combination on the PowerBook than try to reach those keys the way they are laid out on the Dell laptop.
Dell ships a full keyboard on laptops that has all the keys you mention?
I certainly hope you are right. Not that I turned out to be "great", but I don't deserve to be ridiculed, punched, or kicked for no reason either. And neither does Ghyslain.
Your point about immigration would be more compelling if you could spell it.
Both styles are useful in different situations. // is especially nice for commenting out lines of code. /* */ better for adding actual comments.
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I like #if 0 #endif for commenting out longer blocks of code.
I would think the negative media attention and the factor of strangers approaching Ghyslain on the street and making fun of him everywhere he goes takes this to another level.
I, too, was bullied in middle school and high school. And yes, it sucks. However, I could leave school and go someplace else where there were other kids and "start over" and probably not be bullied. For example, the other kids in my Boy Scout troop did not bully or make fun of me. When I was in high school, I often went to church activities. There were other kids there and I made friends and there were girls there that liked me, etc. When I was back in school, all the kids hated me and no girls were interested in me because of the ridicule I got from the other kids. So, I learned that the problem wasn't with me, it was with the bullies. And then I went to college and I was very popular.
Ghyslain can't do that. Every place he goes, people are going to know that he is the "Star Wars kid" and make fun of him. He will never have a chance to start over with a new peer group with a clean slate. And that's what makes it worse - and that's why I really feel sorry for him.
Seriously, you could become famous just by comitting a horrible criminal act. Everyone remembers Leon Czolgosz (OK, maybe you don't remember him off the top of your head - he assasignated President McKinley). That doesn't mean that you necessarily want to be famous for shooting someone.
Nor do you necessarily want to be famous for dancing around like an idiot (unless you are Steve Ballmer).
If Ghyslain had become famous for a heroic act, he probably wouldn't be upset about being famous.
Ghyslain obviously values his dignity more than "fame". Personally, I think that he has more class than someone who becomes a contestant on a "reality" game show.
You were made fun of by (tens? hundreds?) of thousands of people from all over the world?
You are correct. Some people use C++ just to get the // style comments and the ability to declare local variables anywhere in the function (not just at the top).
I believe both of these things have been added to the newer C standard (C99?)
It is supposed to be a stereotype, but my wife LITERALLY says this very often.
How is it misinformation? Profitable units: Windows, SQL, Office, Exchange, MacBU. Unprofitable units: hardware, XBox, MSN, Search, and others...
How many DVD's can a normal household watch in a week, anyway?
Only one - this one.
There are for profit universities that have libraries.
I guess that would actually be bad news for Microsoft, since MacBU is on of the very few profitable divisions.