Trust me, there's plenty of bad students. They're only in class to collect their "No Worker Left Behind" check. Thankfully that program has run its course.
Many of my friends and most of my co-workers are not Ron Paul supporters, so that makes me something of a black sheep politically. But even the ones I know that are liberal do not like the TSA. I'm not sure why Rand is getting a speaking slot, I don't think they're grooming him for 2016, he's still too far outside the mainstream even if he doesn't quite line up perfectly with Ron.
I don't know a single person out of my entire family, friends or co-workers who think the TSA does a good job. There is something seriously wrong with this poll.
Although it is worth noting that Python has become an intro course for at least one large university (it's the required introductory course for all CS majors at Michigan State)
I'm not sure if that's a good move or not. When I was studying CS @ MSU, we started out with C++, and pretty much used that for most of the classes. The second class in the series was data structures and algorithms, and we basically had to recreate the STL, so you really had to learn how all the data structures (strings, vectors, etc.) were created. You'd be given a header file and you had to write the implementations. I'm not sure how you'd do that with Python since you seem to get most of those things for free.
MS Office is in some sense available for OSX, but it sucks hard.
I use MS Office on a Win 7 machine at work throughout the day. I use MS Office at home on my Mac occasionally, but I prefer it to the Windows version. I'll take menus over ribbons any day. The only thing I miss is Access, which is a decent database for casual use.
Because until the US switches to Ranked Choice Voting only 2 parties can ever be competitive.
I hear this type of argument all the time. It's like excluding a candidate from the debates because their poll numbers aren't high enough. Did anyone ever consider that if they were included, their poll numbers would be higher? Case in point was Jesse Ventura who won as an independent in Minnesota. Getting into the gubernatorial debates was a key part of his being able to win.
I think the kid is a real jerk for saying what he said. Now I'm criticizing him in a public space, as I'm sure many other people are in less kinder words. Should I be arrested, because my criticism might hinder him to pursue posting things on the internet?
We can have a lot of freedom in life, but the freedom to not be offended is not an option. The fact that what you or I say might hurt someone's feelings is not a sufficient reason to prevent us from saying it.
Well they did finally re-compile Mac Quicken 2007 for x86 (only $15! to upgrade) so I guess they found the napkin. After a year of searching for it.
It's not an upgrade for $15, it is a stand-alone product that's Mac OS X Lion compatible, no previous version required. You can get the direct download for only $15. I opted for this instead of dumping $50 on Quicken Essentials which from all accounts is inferior in every way. After I upgraded to Mountain Lion this weekend, it was the first app I launched, and I was promptly greeted with an update notification to improve Quicken 2007 performance for Mountain Lion.
The best way for me to protect myself with biometrics...is to keep the details of my biometrics out of any government or private company's database, thank you very much.
Too late. Either they already have it, or they can get it without your knowing they got it.
Hand coding is great, especially if you don't want to have to lay out the money for design tools, but if you already have access to them, use the design tools instead. You can save a ton of time using Dreamweaver's templates when designing a site. Also, if you use a split view, you can see the changes you make in HTML & CSS almost immediately. You still need to know how to hand code to be able to get through some really tricky parts, but let the design tools do most of the work for you, then tweak manually.
I've used Macs for over 20 years, along side Windows, Solaris, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc. I have had a Mac at home because I prefer to not have all the issues I've run across with the other OSes at school or at work, and I've gotten most of my family to buy Macs because I was sick of being the "I.T. support guy" every time somebody's computer crashed or got a virus or their printer stopped working for no apparent reason. Cool has nothing to do with it.
I'd rather have the actual luxury of being able to install the OS of my choice.
What's stopping you? Boot camp lets you install whatever OS you'd like. I have Win 7 installed on my MacBook Pro for those rare occasions when I need to do something Windows specific, and I could install any Linux distro I wanted if I was so inclined. Of course, if you're talking about the iPhone, I don't know what the options are. Does your Android phone give you the luxury of being able to install iOS on it?
Every time I get a new Apple product, it's a cool experience. The briefcase style MacBook Pro box is very sleek, and everything inside of it has it's own special compartment, it's own special wrapping, etc. Same thing with an iMac or an iPhone. It really makes you feel like you're getting a luxury item.
What does economic class have to do with how fast or slow someone drives? I get passed by jalopies on the road all the time, and I usually drive about 5 over the speed limit, sometimes 10. True, there is definitely a financial incentive for poor people to obey the speed limit (they can't afford the ticket & increased insurance rates), but sometimes the reason people are poor is because they make poor decisions.
The gist of the bible is "God cant forgive, therefore Jesus had to die, therefore we invented Christianity to thank Jesus for getting voluntarily punished instead of us."
Whan the theological central pillar of the whole religion is based on non-forgiveness, it doesnt matter that forgiving is mentioned as a side note on page 843.
It's not a side note, it's central to the message. As for saying God can't forgive, that's easily rebutted:
Hebrews 8:12 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
No it isnt. The whole _point_ of christianity is blood sacrifice of Jesus to _atone_ for humankind's sins, because god refuses to simply forgive them.
Yes it is. Off the top of my head: Matthew 6:14-15 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Why do all these programming books have to be so fat? The original Algol-60 report was 17 pages. "Pascal - User Manual and Report" was 283 pages. "The C Programming Language" ("K&R") is 274 pages. This thing is over 400 pages. Python isn't a big language.
It's probably filled with a bunch of useless rambling by the author. Most "For Dummies" books spend about 3 chapters talking about nonsense before they get to the 4th chapter, 20 pages for "Hello world!".
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There are no bad students, only bad teachers.
Trust me, there's plenty of bad students. They're only in class to collect their "No Worker Left Behind" check. Thankfully that program has run its course.
By the way, this comment is not an indictment of my teaching...
This work allows for a developer to use almost any Java code on the GPU.
Except for the code my students write. :rolleyes:
Many of my friends and most of my co-workers are not Ron Paul supporters, so that makes me something of a black sheep politically. But even the ones I know that are liberal do not like the TSA. I'm not sure why Rand is getting a speaking slot, I don't think they're grooming him for 2016, he's still too far outside the mainstream even if he doesn't quite line up perfectly with Ron.
I don't know a single person out of my entire family, friends or co-workers who think the TSA does a good job. There is something seriously wrong with this poll.
Although it is worth noting that Python has become an intro course for at least one large university (it's the required introductory course for all CS majors at Michigan State)
I'm not sure if that's a good move or not. When I was studying CS @ MSU, we started out with C++, and pretty much used that for most of the classes. The second class in the series was data structures and algorithms, and we basically had to recreate the STL, so you really had to learn how all the data structures (strings, vectors, etc.) were created. You'd be given a header file and you had to write the implementations. I'm not sure how you'd do that with Python since you seem to get most of those things for free.
MS Office is in some sense available for OSX, but it sucks hard.
I use MS Office on a Win 7 machine at work throughout the day. I use MS Office at home on my Mac occasionally, but I prefer it to the Windows version. I'll take menus over ribbons any day. The only thing I miss is Access, which is a decent database for casual use.
Because until the US switches to Ranked Choice Voting only 2 parties can ever be competitive.
I hear this type of argument all the time. It's like excluding a candidate from the debates because their poll numbers aren't high enough. Did anyone ever consider that if they were included, their poll numbers would be higher? Case in point was Jesse Ventura who won as an independent in Minnesota. Getting into the gubernatorial debates was a key part of his being able to win.
I think the kid is a real jerk for saying what he said. Now I'm criticizing him in a public space, as I'm sure many other people are in less kinder words. Should I be arrested, because my criticism might hinder him to pursue posting things on the internet?
We can have a lot of freedom in life, but the freedom to not be offended is not an option. The fact that what you or I say might hurt someone's feelings is not a sufficient reason to prevent us from saying it.
For those of you too young to remember, Quicken started out as an Apple ][ ONLY checkbook program written in (of all things) Pascal.
For some reason, I thought Quicken started life as a HyperCard stack.
Well they did finally re-compile Mac Quicken 2007 for x86 (only $15! to upgrade) so I guess they found the napkin. After a year of searching for it.
It's not an upgrade for $15, it is a stand-alone product that's Mac OS X Lion compatible, no previous version required. You can get the direct download for only $15. I opted for this instead of dumping $50 on Quicken Essentials which from all accounts is inferior in every way. After I upgraded to Mountain Lion this weekend, it was the first app I launched, and I was promptly greeted with an update notification to improve Quicken 2007 performance for Mountain Lion.
The best way for me to protect myself with biometrics...is to keep the details of my biometrics out of any government or private company's database, thank you very much.
Too late. Either they already have it, or they can get it without your knowing they got it.
Hand coding is great, especially if you don't want to have to lay out the money for design tools, but if you already have access to them, use the design tools instead. You can save a ton of time using Dreamweaver's templates when designing a site. Also, if you use a split view, you can see the changes you make in HTML & CSS almost immediately. You still need to know how to hand code to be able to get through some really tricky parts, but let the design tools do most of the work for you, then tweak manually.
I've used Macs for over 20 years, along side Windows, Solaris, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc. I have had a Mac at home because I prefer to not have all the issues I've run across with the other OSes at school or at work, and I've gotten most of my family to buy Macs because I was sick of being the "I.T. support guy" every time somebody's computer crashed or got a virus or their printer stopped working for no apparent reason. Cool has nothing to do with it.
I'd rather have the actual luxury of being able to install the OS of my choice.
What's stopping you? Boot camp lets you install whatever OS you'd like. I have Win 7 installed on my MacBook Pro for those rare occasions when I need to do something Windows specific, and I could install any Linux distro I wanted if I was so inclined. Of course, if you're talking about the iPhone, I don't know what the options are. Does your Android phone give you the luxury of being able to install iOS on it?
Every time I get a new Apple product, it's a cool experience. The briefcase style MacBook Pro box is very sleek, and everything inside of it has it's own special compartment, it's own special wrapping, etc. Same thing with an iMac or an iPhone. It really makes you feel like you're getting a luxury item.
if you don't click the ads on their sites they don't get a chunk of change from the advertisers.
Some online advertisers, like Facebook charge per impression.
What does economic class have to do with how fast or slow someone drives? I get passed by jalopies on the road all the time, and I usually drive about 5 over the speed limit, sometimes 10. True, there is definitely a financial incentive for poor people to obey the speed limit (they can't afford the ticket & increased insurance rates), but sometimes the reason people are poor is because they make poor decisions.
The first rule of the free app hack is that YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE FREE APP HACK.
I thought the first rule would have been "if you don't want to pay for something it doesn't give you the right to take it".
It was a joke, I think you missed the reference.
Try for an ad-hominem. Those are totally acceptable.
Sorry, I forgot. I'll try harder next time.
The gist of the bible is "God cant forgive, therefore Jesus had to die, therefore we invented Christianity to thank Jesus for getting voluntarily punished instead of us."
Whan the theological central pillar of the whole religion is based on non-forgiveness, it doesnt matter that forgiving is mentioned as a side note on page 843.
It's not a side note, it's central to the message. As for saying God can't forgive, that's easily rebutted:
Hebrews 8:12
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.
Forgiveness ... it's taught by bible
No it isnt. The whole _point_ of christianity is blood sacrifice of Jesus to _atone_ for humankind's sins, because god refuses to simply forgive them.
Yes it is. Off the top of my head:
Matthew 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Why do all these programming books have to be so fat? The original Algol-60 report was 17 pages. "Pascal - User Manual and Report" was 283 pages. "The C Programming Language" ("K&R") is 274 pages. This thing is over 400 pages. Python isn't a big language.
It's probably filled with a bunch of useless rambling by the author. Most "For Dummies" books spend about 3 chapters talking about nonsense before they get to the 4th chapter, 20 pages for "Hello world!".
Put a bed in the back.
It also comes in handy if you're living in a van, down by the river.
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