i found that my qwerty typing did not seriously suffer after learning dvorak. there's about 1 min. of lots of backspacing when i first try to switch over, then i'm fine. I have a mouse binding on my background to switch maps for admins, and nt even has a button on the taskbar.
Many people attending MIT don't have computers because the 'public' (open to all students) computing facilities are so good. In fact, I do not own a computer because I have access to theirs. Requiring students to own a computer would not be a popular idea.
actually, "i would have put down the correct answer, ma'am, but doing so would violate a non-disclosure agreement i signed with your competitor's company" is not too uncommon.
more like church of the nerds, but replicated here for your convenience: The Commandments of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool 0x0: I am Athena thy Goddess. Thou shalt not have false gods before me. 0x1: Thou shalt not take the name of OLC in vain. 0x2: Thou shalt not eat at Lobdell. 0x3: Thou shalt keep holy the hour of Star Trek. 0x4: Honor thy professors, for they are the source of grades. 0x5: Thou shalt not decrease entropy. 0x6: Thou shalt not connect PWR to GND. 0x7: Thou shalt not sex toads. 0x8: Thou shalt not exceed the speed of light. 0x9: Keep holy the month of IAP for it is a time of rest. 0xA: IHTFP. 0xB: Thou shalt not sleep. 0xC: Thou shalt consume caffeine. 0xD: Thou shalt not take pass/fail in vain. 0xE: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's HP. 0xF: Thou shalt not divide by zero.
i web-browz on a fairly high-speed connection, and i still don't typically load images. it's the difference between "instantaneous" and "fast", and often filters out the "content" i'd try to ignore anyway (like ads) while permitting the content i want.
>these tests measure *ability to do well in college*, for the most part.
actually, SAT scores are poorly correlated with college grades, particularly for women (on average, women score lower than men on the SAT, but earn higher grades, at least at MIT, which is the sample pool i know best)
coal-burning power plants are cleaner even than (reg-old-gas) cars because they are optimized for a particular burn rate. cars could be made cleaner _if_ the engine ran at a constant rate (which can be done by using a flywheel for deccelleration and accelleration). so, except for the eventual disposal of the batteries (after a long and productive life), electric cars are still more umwelt-fruendlich than gas-powered cars.
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actually, global warming does have basis in fact. see the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment, which measures the increase in temperature of the world's oceans. this kind of measurement is not subject to the kind of transients that confuse most people trying to draw conclusions about global warming from weather data.
the katz-head said: In fact, as of Monday no human being was known to have died or been injured - or truthfully, even significantly inconvenienced - as the result of any computer-related problem at the end of the century.
completely untrue. for instance, the pittsburg runway lights failed, and stayed down throughout the first. this severely inconvenienced many, including my mother, who had to be rerouted (because the plane she was to fly on had a stop in pittsburg sometime in the previous 24 hours)
the disadvantage of LaTeX is that things that could be simple (like changing font families) are still moderately difficult. the advantage of LaTeX is that things that could be impossible (like properly typesetting equations) are only moderately difficult.
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i found that my qwerty typing did not seriously suffer after learning dvorak. there's about 1 min. of lots of backspacing when i first try to switch over, then i'm fine. I have a mouse binding on my background to switch maps for admins, and nt even has a button on the taskbar.
Many people attending MIT don't have computers because the 'public' (open to all students) computing facilities are so good. In fact, I do not own a computer because I have access to theirs. Requiring students to own a computer would not be a popular idea.
http://www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/reason.html
the hr person that came here said that, at least for drug use, if you'd been clean at least 3 years (and never caught) that was generally ok.
There's hypocrisy, and then there's hiphoprissy.
Hope this helps.
(yea, yea, axe my piddlin' karma)
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the directory
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five, one
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actually, "i would have put down the correct answer, ma'am, but doing so would violate a non-disclosure agreement i signed with your competitor's company" is not too uncommon.
more like church of the nerds, but replicated here for your convenience:
The Commandments of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool
0x0: I am Athena thy Goddess. Thou shalt not have false gods before me.
0x1: Thou shalt not take the name of OLC in vain.
0x2: Thou shalt not eat at Lobdell.
0x3: Thou shalt keep holy the hour of Star Trek.
0x4: Honor thy professors, for they are the source of grades.
0x5: Thou shalt not decrease entropy.
0x6: Thou shalt not connect PWR to GND.
0x7: Thou shalt not sex toads.
0x8: Thou shalt not exceed the speed of light.
0x9: Keep holy the month of IAP for it is a time of rest.
0xA: IHTFP.
0xB: Thou shalt not sleep.
0xC: Thou shalt consume caffeine.
0xD: Thou shalt not take pass/fail in vain.
0xE: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's HP.
0xF: Thou shalt not divide by zero.
actually, the welcome signs are even better
live free or die
pay toll ahead
IANAL is a commonly used acronym for "I am not a lawyer"
uh, the most intriguing thing about scully is how persisantly she isn't "seduced by the male protagonist" (read: dolt)
btw, i love her wardrobe.
i web-browz on a fairly high-speed connection, and i still don't typically load images. it's the difference between "instantaneous" and "fast", and often filters out the "content" i'd try to ignore anyway (like ads) while permitting the content i want.
in boston, go to keezers (central sq., cambridge) excellent, cheap, pre-owned suits, tuxedos, what-have-you
>these tests measure *ability to do well in college*, for the most part.
actually, SAT scores are poorly correlated with college grades, particularly for women (on average, women score lower than men on the SAT, but earn higher grades, at least at MIT, which is the sample pool i know best)
coal-burning power plants are cleaner even than (reg-old-gas) cars because they are optimized for a particular burn rate. cars could be made cleaner _if_ the engine ran at a constant rate (which can be done by using a flywheel for deccelleration and accelleration). so, except for the eventual disposal of the batteries (after a long and productive life), electric cars are still more umwelt-fruendlich than gas-powered cars.
actually, global warming does have basis in fact. see the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment, which measures the increase in temperature of the world's oceans. this kind of measurement is not subject to the kind of transients that confuse most people trying to draw conclusions about global warming from weather data.
when we reach that point, whatever happened WILL happen again (when we reach that point, whatever happened WILL happen again)
actually it's fungicide, to keep them from growing in your packages - probably not going to kill you, but may make your tummy hurt
the katz-head said:
In fact, as of Monday no human being was known to have died or been injured - or truthfully, even significantly
inconvenienced - as the result of any computer-related problem at the end of the century.
completely untrue. for instance, the pittsburg runway lights failed, and stayed down throughout the first. this severely inconvenienced many, including my mother, who had to be rerouted (because the plane she was to fly on had a stop in pittsburg sometime in the previous 24 hours)
sounds great!
don't have a penis?
back in the kitchen!
(before anyone marks this flamebait, i'm trying to be sarcastic)
ef-suck
as in, the grinding noise my machine makes
f-suck is much more evocative of the grinding noise my machine does in process
they used milk so the rats couldn't see through it and would have to remember where the platorm was
the disadvantage of LaTeX is that things that could be simple (like changing font families) are still moderately difficult.
the advantage of LaTeX is that things that could be impossible (like properly typesetting equations) are only moderately difficult.
where i used to live we renamed all the machines in the cluster when their number changed
4 horsemen of the apocalypse
4 horsemen of the apocalypse + plague (we had both pestilence and plague)
7 deadly sins