Why should I have to hit space 4 or 8 times instead of hitting tab once
Because you're not using Emacs.
What if I don't *WANT* the same level of code indenting?
You either change the tag at the top of the file that says what sort of indents you have or leave them alone. Anything else leaves you open to the BPFH and his many sharp toys.
go through the file and delete all the spaces and replace them with the "Correct" number of spaces (brain damaged) OR
Tell emacs to auto indent with the new settings, duh.
If your code is that fucked that it's not readable/understandable when you change the tab spacing, you've got more serious problems to worry about.
If it varies from fil to file, it's a pain in the ass. This is called living with coworkers.
Unless you've got a broken text editor that replaces the TAB character with X spaces...
The terrorists have won. They've got us surrendering our Bics and taking off our shoes, standing in free speech zones and bitching about illegal aliens. Okay, maybe that last one isn't on them.
are merely reporting a potential risk. They do not help the consumer. REPEAT. They do not help the consumer. I've had a "Credit Fraud Victim" label attached to all my credit reports (all 3 companies) and I have a case number with the FTC.
Did you lock your report? If you're in CA, that (supposedly) requires your OK to do a hard inquiry.
Except it's brain-damaged, and defeats the purpose of tabs.
No, it sidesteps the issue - code will always have the same indenting, no matter what your editor, and you can enforce consistent indenting with the source control.
Usually because some self-appointed authority said they were "bad".
Globals are bad, says me. When you have to debug some 10,000 line piece of garbage where all variables are global (and that generally means 6 letters or less), you'll say so too.
While you may be content with a society of "cheaters", I am not.
I don't see where the OP cheated - they just make some money if you buy the book. It's not like they misrepresented what the book was about. I guess this is some result of the puritan ethic that afflicts this country, where making money without effort is somehow sinful.
And you're an expert able to tell this how? We're at war and have infiltrators domestically, international wiretaps and information gathering help to find an enemy that doesn't appear in public. Advanced data interpritation can help in this, and is part of what we're good at.
We aren't at war. The last time we were was December 8, 1941. The problem with the domestic spying you seem to like is that it's illegal.
And how many killings have you heard about with bladed weapons? There are areas with huge problems of people killing each other with blades.
Yeah, like Northern VA. Difference is that machetes don't jump up and hack your fingers off all by themselves.
I'd say that's talking down to people (for some people, at least, turn off PC might equal disable Windows).
That doesn't matter. The fact is that, unless MS addresses the specific objection, we have to assume that they're being evasive. MS has a lot of lawyers, and they're sneaky with language.
There's nothing about being watched.
WGA checks up on you and sends info back to MS. Most people will percieve that as being watched.
You're right - most pot smokers lead mnormal lives doing things that you might not expect - software development, legal crap, VP of some random department at WeBuildThings.
I CAN handle my alcohol and drive. Unlike everyone else. I'm experienced.
Yeah, because nobody knows their limit.
I should be allowed to speed, because I can handle the situation. Unlike everyone else.
Well, I can speed and nobody seems to care out here in seattle, where everybody goes stupid slow. Of course, I have NO moving violations that occured at over 5 mph (parking lot scuffs, mainly). So yeah, I can handle it.
If the government can stop you from doing it, it is no longer a right.
Guess gun ownership is a privilege - you can lose it for various stupid stunts. Voting too, you can lose that. Free association - buh bye - if you screw a 12 year old, the courts generally require you to stay away from kids after you get out. They also can demand that you stay away from other kidfuckers.
If it were a right, and not a privelege, they'd hand out licenses to anyone who turned 16.
They pretty much do that.
I don't see any other rights you have to pass a test for.
HAM license. If you want to use free speech in a shortwave, you gotta get licensed. Likewise, gun usage generally requires some level of training (not legally, but in practicality). Cars, you can drive on your proerty with no license, but you have to prove that you know the traffic rules to go on public roads.
It implies that the poster is taking part in slashdot discussions for profit, instead of altruistic mutual enlightenment.
That's not part of the bargain - we're all out for ourselves first.
as he would not be attempting to pick up a buck all sly-like.
Who cares? It's not like it's a conflict of interest - he recommends some book and, if you like it, he gets a bit of cash. It doesn't matter what book he's advocating either, so there's no bias there. Yeah, there's a motivation to shill, but it's not like amazon is known for being deceptive in their detail pages.
No thinkee, no identity, no soul. These are really very basic concepts.
You previously said that "it's what makes you you" -- I must have misread the word "makes" as being a simile for "creates". So even if the concept of a soul weren't around, I'd be no different. Just as if the concept of the number 2 weren't around... I might not have 2 hands, but I'd still have a hand at the end of each arm.
What's your point? You seem to be picking a fight over your poor english comprehension skills, but yes, it's just a concept. If you didn't know about 2, you'd still have two hands, you just wouldn't know about it. Of course, counting is pretty basic - most cultures that exist anywhere on this planet understand 'two'. They may not get 'green', but two is easy.
Pencils are made from trees, and trees are living things. I'm a living thing and you say that I have a soul. Why not a pencil then? How do you know pencils don't have souls?
Because they're objects. Only things that think really ahve souls, and we generally only discuss the souls of those capable of planning.
What I'm doing here is trying to get a definition of what a soul is out of you, but you keep evading the issue.
I do not. You must be thinking of someone else.
However, you are stating that a soul is something that actually exists.
Yep. It's a concept. You think the number 2 exists as a physical entity?
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Why should I have to hit space 4 or 8 times instead of hitting tab once
Because you're not using Emacs.
What if I don't *WANT* the same level of code indenting?
You either change the tag at the top of the file that says what sort of indents you have or leave them alone. Anything else leaves you open to the BPFH and his many sharp toys.
go through the file and delete all the spaces and replace them with the "Correct" number of spaces (brain damaged) OR
Tell emacs to auto indent with the new settings, duh.
If your code is that fucked that it's not readable/understandable when you change the tab spacing, you've got more serious problems to worry about.
If it varies from fil to file, it's a pain in the ass. This is called living with coworkers.
Unless you've got a broken text editor that replaces the TAB character with X spaces...
With EMACS, all things are possible.
[ Same answer as "why does the whitehouse need to know who every undercover CIA agent is ?" ]
But, but Clinton!
The worst is that Robert Mueller has access to everything - why does he need to know the specifics of every witness relocation?
Too many sources have too much of a one-faced approach to the story
No, the problem is that they have the same one faced approach.
The terrorists have won. They've got us surrendering our Bics and taking off our shoes, standing in free speech zones and bitching about illegal aliens. Okay, maybe that last one isn't on them.
What's wrong with ipconfig?
Great Scott! The only way for Microsoft to produce the 1.21 jigga-dollars the EU is asking for is with a flying chair!
Jiga who? You gotta pronounce it giga - jiga is a male prostitute.
Actually, in the UK, he's right.
No, he was right. The Billion = 10^9 convention has mostly displaced the older definition.
are merely reporting a potential risk. They do not help the consumer. REPEAT. They do not help the consumer. I've had a "Credit Fraud Victim" label attached to all my credit reports (all 3 companies) and I have a case number with the FTC.
Did you lock your report? If you're in CA, that (supposedly) requires your OK to do a hard inquiry.
Except it's brain-damaged, and defeats the purpose of tabs.
No, it sidesteps the issue - code will always have the same indenting, no matter what your editor, and you can enforce consistent indenting with the source control.
Usually because some self-appointed authority said they were "bad".
Globals are bad, says me. When you have to debug some 10,000 line piece of garbage where all variables are global (and that generally means 6 letters or less), you'll say so too.
While you may be content with a society of "cheaters", I am not.
I don't see where the OP cheated - they just make some money if you buy the book. It's not like they misrepresented what the book was about. I guess this is some result of the puritan ethic that afflicts this country, where making money without effort is somehow sinful.
hey just don't want their constituents (well, sort of) to be shocked and outraged by the moral indecency that is the outside world :p
Yeah, that's it. That's why Saudis wear mostly western garb outside of SA.
How about a consistent opinion in favor of revealing flaws?
So you want 100,000 unrelated people to come to a consensus? I can't get 10 people to agree where to go to lunch.
And you're an expert able to tell this how? We're at war and have infiltrators domestically, international wiretaps and information gathering help to find an enemy that doesn't appear in public. Advanced data interpritation can help in this, and is part of what we're good at.
We aren't at war. The last time we were was December 8, 1941. The problem with the domestic spying you seem to like is that it's illegal.
And how many killings have you heard about with bladed weapons? There are areas with huge problems of people killing each other with blades.
Yeah, like Northern VA. Difference is that machetes don't jump up and hack your fingers off all by themselves.
I'd say that's talking down to people (for some people, at least, turn off PC might equal disable Windows).
That doesn't matter. The fact is that, unless MS addresses the specific objection, we have to assume that they're being evasive. MS has a lot of lawyers, and they're sneaky with language.
There's nothing about being watched.
WGA checks up on you and sends info back to MS. Most people will percieve that as being watched.
Who says pot smokers have no motivation?
You're right - most pot smokers lead mnormal lives doing things that you might not expect - software development, legal crap, VP of some random department at WeBuildThings.
I CAN handle my alcohol and drive. Unlike everyone else. I'm experienced.
Yeah, because nobody knows their limit.
I should be allowed to speed, because I can handle the situation. Unlike everyone else.
Well, I can speed and nobody seems to care out here in seattle, where everybody goes stupid slow. Of course, I have NO moving violations that occured at over 5 mph (parking lot scuffs, mainly). So yeah, I can handle it.
Your privilege can be revoked very easily if an officer sees you doing something that is dangerous.
As can your privilege to stand around in public. Except that that's a right. Guess driving might be a right after all.
If the government can stop you from doing it, it is no longer a right.
Guess gun ownership is a privilege - you can lose it for various stupid stunts. Voting too, you can lose that. Free association - buh bye - if you screw a 12 year old, the courts generally require you to stay away from kids after you get out. They also can demand that you stay away from other kidfuckers.
If it were a right, and not a privelege, they'd hand out licenses to anyone who turned 16.
They pretty much do that.
I don't see any other rights you have to pass a test for.
HAM license. If you want to use free speech in a shortwave, you gotta get licensed. Likewise, gun usage generally requires some level of training (not legally, but in practicality). Cars, you can drive on your proerty with no license, but you have to prove that you know the traffic rules to go on public roads.
It implies that the poster is taking part in slashdot discussions for profit, instead of altruistic mutual enlightenment.
That's not part of the bargain - we're all out for ourselves first.
as he would not be attempting to pick up a buck all sly-like.
Who cares? It's not like it's a conflict of interest - he recommends some book and, if you like it, he gets a bit of cash. It doesn't matter what book he's advocating either, so there's no bias there. Yeah, there's a motivation to shill, but it's not like amazon is known for being deceptive in their detail pages.
Why is that?
No thinkee, no identity, no soul. These are really very basic concepts.
You previously said that "it's what makes you you" -- I must have misread the word "makes" as being a simile for "creates". So even if the concept of a soul weren't around, I'd be no different. Just as if the concept of the number 2 weren't around... I might not have 2 hands, but I'd still have a hand at the end of each arm.
What's your point? You seem to be picking a fight over your poor english comprehension skills, but yes, it's just a concept. If you didn't know about 2, you'd still have two hands, you just wouldn't know about it. Of course, counting is pretty basic - most cultures that exist anywhere on this planet understand 'two'. They may not get 'green', but two is easy.
Pencils are made from trees, and trees are living things. I'm a living thing and you say that I have a soul. Why not a pencil then? How do you know pencils don't have souls?
Because they're objects. Only things that think really ahve souls, and we generally only discuss the souls of those capable of planning.
What I'm doing here is trying to get a definition of what a soul is out of you, but you keep evading the issue.
I do not. You must be thinking of someone else.
However, you are stating that a soul is something that actually exists.
Yep. It's a concept. You think the number 2 exists as a physical entity?
If so, you have a strong argument if one considers all data to be technical data.
If it isn't defined, then it means whatever is best for me :). Also, since when have MS provided me any support services?