You mean magic is real!?!? What do you mean real? If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
I routinely stick it in the "whole of europe." She's starting to get really loose though, i think she's cheating on me with a black guy: A post ago I commented how "patriotism" is often an excuse for what really is racism and xenophobia. Thank you for confirming that.
How many of you will encourage your children, if they're of age, to go fight for this country? I won't encourage *any* of them, ever into a job that involves shooting guns, more so if it involves shooting guns abroad. It clashes too strongly with my values.
If you wonder what my problem is with celebrating veterans day, ask yourself "how much grief was caused by those being honored?"
I've lived in three different countries for a substantial amount of time (going on 4), and have never needed a gun in any of them. You won't see a lot of patriotism in me- I'm too international for that. I find that all too often patriotism is used as an excuse for what really is xenophobia and racism. Well, my father was a foreigner, I have been a foreigner and so is my wife. (In the end we all are foreigners in the eye of someone, anyway).
I believe there is a way to a better world, but it is not by fighting abroad- no matter how much we have been brainwashed into thinking otherwise. I also believe that a lot of wars are caused by misunderstanding of norms and values between countries, and invading said countries will only make things worse. And no, I do not believe in fighting for peace- it is the opposite of peace.
Flame me all you want on this one, but I find the demands for acknowledging veterans day are both quite US centric and utterly unsensitive to the rest of the world.
What if I would DEMAND that Google also include the Dutch "Queen's day" for the rest of the world to see? That wouldn't make sense at all. But at least it's not as insensitive as rubbing salt into the wounds of Iraqi or Afghan or Vietnamese or Japanese people who visit Google (and the list will keep growing for a while). I'm sure those people will be thrilled to know that the killers of their lost family are being honored on this special day.
As for traffic from other countries being redirected to their respective national google site- that doesn't hold for those of us who go to http://google.com/ncr to have access to the latest goodies that Google has to offer.
No, because Da Vinci wasn't an American artist. Unless upon hearing of the discovery of America in 1492, he sneaked out in his submarine from 1495-1498 to paint the last supper over there. Hm. The timing is actually too perfect for it not to have happened. Go get them RIAA!
What's to stop a sufficiently advanced civilization, outside of biochemical compatibility, from viewing us as "the other white meat" with fava beans and a nice chianti. Have you seen "alien"? Would you *eat* that slimy thing?
I guess it came in the email as Word of the Day.
ostensible (-stn's-bl)
adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.
(Incidentally, I'd be a lot more interested in your opinion if you were demonstrably capable of using semantic markup such as the blockquote element...)
Whatever, if you're more interested in markup then content. No need to troll over it though.
I've written a cross-platform application that is supported on Mac, Windows and Linux. About 7% of the downloads are of the Linux version of the application. As the application is not of a kind that is installed by default on any of those platforms (such as instant messengers, browsers etc), I choose to believe that this is a somewhat realistic representation of current market share of Linux.
If they really want a cross-platform solution that doesn't rely on the goodwill of browser makers to support the standards, they ought to simply implement the site using Flash. Ehm no. Your suggestion to use Flash is about the worst thing they could do. It would greatly reduce the accessibility of the site, because not all browsers support Flash.
Let's see: Flash does not allow text-based browsers to access the site. Or search engines. Or WAP phones. Or text-reading browsers for the blind. And that has nothing to do with the goodwill of the browser makers.
The ONLY way to get a truly cross-platform site is to start by a plain text site, then add layers of gracefully degrading markup, or even gracefully degrading Javascript on top of it, making sure the site never depends on any additional layer of functionality on top of it, making sure only to use the standards that *are* properly supported.
And let's not forget that *any* web application depends on standards: TCP/IP for starters, then HTTP, then HTML. If the browser manufacturers fail to adhere to these standards and the sites break because of it, those manufacturers should get their act together and fix that. But going for some obscure third-party technology is hardly a solution, especially when that 'solution' causes more problems than it solves. As someone who also does professional web development, though, I think the BBC also should get their act together and hire some designers that *do* know how to make the site accessible regardless of browser or platform. It is possible to do that- the standards in vigor are actually quite well-designed. And fortunately, there are workarounds for most of the problems that certain browsers cause by not following those standards.
While he was a bit harsh, the 'gibi' 'mibi' 'mabi' and what not are NOT accepted units of measure irregardless of what any organization (even a 'standards' organization)says.
Correct, and gibi/mibi/mabi sounds ridiculous at that. I can't stand to pronounce them. BUT the international metric system uses kilo for 1000, mega for 10^6, giga for 10^9 and so on. So it makes sense that there is confusion about it, especially as most people have grown up with SI units.
As much as I hate the terms GiBi, MeBi and *shudder* TeBi, when referring to sizes in bytes,
I find it useful to explicitly mark the distinction- A regular DVD has a capacity of 4.7GB while my hard drive has a capacity of 200 GiB. Just adding the little 'i' in between helps to make it clear that in the latter case, I'm not referring to SI units but to powers of 2.
Clearly the open letter was written in an emotional state of mind. Just short of calling names, François insinuates that something fishy went on (and something very well may have), but it doesn't seem he did his homework to figure out if this suspicion was justified. As there is no proof, it rests on only assumptions. Those assumptions may very well be justified, and even correct- but until he has proof, they are just that: assumptions.
Good thing François didn't actually call names because that would have been slander (please excuse my English Legalese if I used the wrong term).
Now if I would be Steve, and almost be called names based on nothing but assumptions after winning a round fairly, I don't think I would care much. The taste of victory would just be too strong.
If I *would* have bribed someone, I'd probably care even less. The letter doesn't tell me anything I don't already know.
If I would be Steve, had bribed someone and someone could prove it- Now that might make make me throw around a chair or two.
Then again, maybe they should not be investing in the army at all. Although I must admit that the idea is novel and cool. Perhaps integrate it with smart fabrics that allow changing the print/color of a t-shirt? Would be cool to wear in the disco (which I avoid like the plague, by the way). Welcome back eighties!
Obviously (some people in) the German government doesn't have a clue about governing a democratic country. I get so pissed off over these things. COME ON, it is not that hard. To represent the people, all they have to do is turn around the question- Would they want their personal computers to be scanned by other people without their knowledge and approval?
Perhaps all governmental roles - not just presidents - should have a limited term. That way, people in the government would be forced to think about the long-term consequences of their plans, i.e. what happens with their great ideas *after* they return to the society of the common people. If plans will directly backfire on them, they'll have to think twice instead of half before coming up with foolish ideas.
Seriously, what does an apple server offer over linux? Are there any advantages?
Perhaps if you're doing cross-platform development, it could open up a way to build Mac binaries with a lot more ease than having to install cross-compilers and all.
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Protect against pirates? But what about global warming?
You mean magic is real!?!?
What do you mean real? If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
George W. Bush?
Obligatory.
But would you listen to Alvin the Chipmunk screaming "Slow down" to you while passing there at 120mph?
I routinely stick it in the "whole of europe." She's starting to get really loose though, i think she's cheating on me with a black guy :
A post ago I commented how "patriotism" is often an excuse for what really is racism and xenophobia. Thank you for confirming that.
How many of you will encourage your children, if they're of age, to go fight for this country?
I won't encourage *any* of them, ever into a job that involves shooting guns, more so if it involves shooting guns abroad. It clashes too strongly with my values.
If you wonder what my problem is with celebrating veterans day, ask yourself "how much grief was caused by those being honored?"
I've lived in three different countries for a substantial amount of time (going on 4), and have never needed a gun in any of them. You won't see a lot of patriotism in me- I'm too international for that. I find that all too often patriotism is used as an excuse for what really is xenophobia and racism. Well, my father was a foreigner, I have been a foreigner and so is my wife. (In the end we all are foreigners in the eye of someone, anyway).
I believe there is a way to a better world, but it is not by fighting abroad- no matter how much we have been brainwashed into thinking otherwise. I also believe that a lot of wars are caused by misunderstanding of norms and values between countries, and invading said countries will only make things worse. And no, I do not believe in fighting for peace- it is the opposite of peace.
Flame me all you want on this one, but I find the demands for acknowledging veterans day are both quite US centric and utterly unsensitive to the rest of the world.
What if I would DEMAND that Google also include the Dutch "Queen's day" for the rest of the world to see? That wouldn't make sense at all. But at least it's not as insensitive as rubbing salt into the wounds of Iraqi or Afghan or Vietnamese or Japanese people who visit Google (and the list will keep growing for a while). I'm sure those people will be thrilled to know that the killers of their lost family are being honored on this special day.
As for traffic from other countries being redirected to their respective national google site- that doesn't hold for those of us who go to http://google.com/ncr to have access to the latest goodies that Google has to offer.
No, because Da Vinci wasn't an American artist. Unless upon hearing of the discovery of America in 1492, he sneaked out in his submarine from 1495-1498 to paint the last supper over there. Hm. The timing is actually too perfect for it not to have happened. Go get them RIAA!
Seems ingenious. But remember to GET OUT of the car before parking it.
What's to stop a sufficiently advanced civilization, outside of biochemical compatibility, from viewing us as "the other white meat" with fava beans and a nice chianti. Have you seen "alien"? Would you *eat* that slimy thing?
I guess it came in the email as Word of the Day. ostensible (-stn's-bl) adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.
aalib.
I've written a cross-platform application that is supported on Mac, Windows and Linux. About 7% of the downloads are of the Linux version of the application. As the application is not of a kind that is installed by default on any of those platforms (such as instant messengers, browsers etc), I choose to believe that this is a somewhat realistic representation of current market share of Linux.
If they really want a cross-platform solution that doesn't rely on the goodwill of browser makers to support the standards, they ought to simply implement the site using Flash. Ehm no. Your suggestion to use Flash is about the worst thing they could do. It would greatly reduce the accessibility of the site, because not all browsers support Flash.
Let's see: Flash does not allow text-based browsers to access the site. Or search engines. Or WAP phones. Or text-reading browsers for the blind. And that has nothing to do with the goodwill of the browser makers.
The ONLY way to get a truly cross-platform site is to start by a plain text site, then add layers of gracefully degrading markup, or even gracefully degrading Javascript on top of it, making sure the site never depends on any additional layer of functionality on top of it, making sure only to use the standards that *are* properly supported.
And let's not forget that *any* web application depends on standards: TCP/IP for starters, then HTTP, then HTML. If the browser manufacturers fail to adhere to these standards and the sites break because of it, those manufacturers should get their act together and fix that. But going for some obscure third-party technology is hardly a solution, especially when that 'solution' causes more problems than it solves. As someone who also does professional web development, though, I think the BBC also should get their act together and hire some designers that *do* know how to make the site accessible regardless of browser or platform. It is possible to do that- the standards in vigor are actually quite well-designed. And fortunately, there are workarounds for most of the problems that certain browsers cause by not following those standards.
...if they're going to try to monitor all email, they will have to weed through 95% of spam *first*.
MySpace Invaders. Bada-bum!
While he was a bit harsh, the 'gibi' 'mibi' 'mabi' and what not are NOT accepted units of measure irregardless of what any organization (even a 'standards' organization)says.
Correct, and gibi/mibi/mabi sounds ridiculous at that. I can't stand to pronounce them. BUT the international metric system uses kilo for 1000, mega for 10^6, giga for 10^9 and so on. So it makes sense that there is confusion about it, especially as most people have grown up with SI units.
As much as I hate the terms GiBi, MeBi and *shudder* TeBi, when referring to sizes in bytes, I find it useful to explicitly mark the distinction- A regular DVD has a capacity of 4.7GB while my hard drive has a capacity of 200 GiB. Just adding the little 'i' in between helps to make it clear that in the latter case, I'm not referring to SI units but to powers of 2.
Clearly the open letter was written in an emotional state of mind. Just short of calling names, François insinuates that something fishy went on (and something very well may have), but it doesn't seem he did his homework to figure out if this suspicion was justified. As there is no proof, it rests on only assumptions. Those assumptions may very well be justified, and even correct- but until he has proof, they are just that: assumptions.
Good thing François didn't actually call names because that would have been slander (please excuse my English Legalese if I used the wrong term).
Now if I would be Steve, and almost be called names based on nothing but assumptions after winning a round fairly, I don't think I would care much. The taste of victory would just be too strong.
If I *would* have bribed someone, I'd probably care even less. The letter doesn't tell me anything I don't already know.
If I would be Steve, had bribed someone and someone could prove it- Now that might make make me throw around a chair or two.
Then again, maybe they should not be investing in the army at all. Although I must admit that the idea is novel and cool. Perhaps integrate it with smart fabrics that allow changing the print/color of a t-shirt? Would be cool to wear in the disco (which I avoid like the plague, by the way). Welcome back eighties!
Obviously (some people in) the German government doesn't have a clue about governing a democratic country. I get so pissed off over these things. COME ON, it is not that hard. To represent the people, all they have to do is turn around the question- Would they want their personal computers to be scanned by other people without their knowledge and approval?
Perhaps all governmental roles - not just presidents - should have a limited term. That way, people in the government would be forced to think about the long-term consequences of their plans, i.e. what happens with their great ideas *after* they return to the society of the common people. If plans will directly backfire on them, they'll have to think twice instead of half before coming up with foolish ideas.
Seriously, what does an apple server offer over linux? Are there any advantages? Perhaps if you're doing cross-platform development, it could open up a way to build Mac binaries with a lot more ease than having to install cross-compilers and all.
Only when they stop gaming, get out from behind their screens and DO something.
The gamers I know prefer games over real-world politics.