Well. In times of need, my definition of "hole" becomes flexible... As long as it is a human girl that my eyes can stand... who cares what the "hole" is, that does the "blow job". ^^
Looks like the average failure rate for manned space missions is around 1.5%. Of course you wouldn't expect the USA, Russia or China to have had any failures as they control the media and have a plan for the image of their space program to look far superior to the effort of any other country. But "unfortunately", there are always "non-harmonic/terrorist" people out there.
I read a very interesting article in the German version of the Scientific American (called "Spektrum der Wissenschaft"). Thene "barbarians" were not barbaric at all. That's revisionist history. They just freed their land from the foreign dominance of a empire that was falling apart.
In fact, they had a very high culture, and many traditions got included into the Roman set of traditions. Even the west-European Christmas and Eastern come from those traditions.
Well. Both had their high and low times, their good and bad sides. And I hope that we got the best of both, and learned from the failures of both too.
You haven't heard? They told them to fill rooms up to a certain level with gold, or their king (a god to them) would die. And when the room was full, they killed the king anyway. And then butchered them all. Default tactic.
You have to read up on that part of history. Not much different from the horrors of the Nazis and Stalin. Just not that prominent.
You haven't seen "Primer", have you? It's the first movie (about time travel) that I needed a scientific paper (linked from the IMDB FAQ) to understand.
Although it makes much more sense than any other time-traveling movie ever made.
Why would any independed person work for the idiots that run pretty much every single company out there?? Who wants to realize the ideas of others and be a passive tool that will fade into irrelevance, with all the credit going to them, when they get a lucky hit, or you forced them to work on one of your ideas?
Nah. I am *very very happy* that I am self-employed, or however you call that in English, when you do not have to do what any boss or client tells you. (I happen to have the luck of having people who like to pay money for what I like to do. And I recommend to anyone, to find these things too.)
No! I have to repeat this all the time, but it never gets old, because the **AA continue to spread the FUD:
One copy does NOT result in a lost sale. Because first of all, what do you think, how many people would actually buy it, if they could not copy it at all? I think nearly nobody. Because most people (except from those that lie and steal anyway) know exactly that the artists deserve something in return. We have an inner feeling of what is right and wrong. So if it poses no big problem, they will buy it, before copying it, anyway.
The problem is, that most of the time, it either simply is not worth the hard-earned cash, or you plain and simple do not have the cash. Especially in todays economy.
The only ones who would buy it if they had no other choice, are people with too much money or to whose it is worth very much. But those already buy it, if they can. So it leaves the tiny group of people with no money, who would even run themselves into debt to get it, when they can't get it otherwise.
Which of course makes the original argument something between moot and complete bullshit.
6) Java was designed to take on massive projects; flash and javascript are not. Java Applets should get DOM access so complex web apps can be made without making javascript a rerun of java-- this means tight integration and FASTER startup times. It could be done.
Well. Java Applets and Javascript have an interface. You can call functions of the one in the other. So you can code-up some wrappers for the DOM functions in less than half an hour, if they are not already accessible in Java.
Besides: I agree, with all your arguments. Java really is nice for these things.
I just thing that we need two major changes in the nsplugin API. First, Applets should be able to render as any document element, and flow with the layout like them. Then you could seamlessly integrate plug-ins into sites. This is already partially possible, by giving an "object" tag a id or class, and setting styles like "position" and "display". But there still is the problem with transparent backgrounds and laying html over the plugin rendering area (not fully working or very slow). Same problem as with form elements. This needs to be fixed.
Then, plug-ins should be pre-loaded in a way. The best moment for this would be after the browser is done starting and loading the session tabs, when it starts to idle. As long as the user does not use the browser too much, and as long as the session tabs do not already need the plug-in.
This two changes would make plug-ins first-class members of a site. Because there is no reason that web-sites should only consist of html and images. Every format should have the same level of integration.
Got a problem with that? Or are you just jealous, because my brain happens to work better than yours, when it comes to technical things?;)
I know that it is called racism (and rightfully so, most of the time) when you insult people because of their race. But it seems to be a-ok, to insult intelligent people, or make them look like something bad. Especially tech people.
Unfortunately, tech people then usually buy right into that too, and think they really are worse than the average guy who gets all the women. I'm sorry my friend. But this time is over. We're not the "Oh, you think you are so much better. Well you're a piece of shit" nerds for you anymore. We *know* that we actually *are* (by definition) so much better (in technical things). So what? You may be better in other things. So what?
I say, we should get girls, not despite, but because we are techies.
(Don't you Americans usually say "Who's with me?" in this moments.;)
You might be filled with bullshit up to your ears, from all those doctors telling you that "curing" is taking some pills (mostly painkillers), so it is a-ok that you did shit in the first place... But in the real world, future prevention is actually the cure for any disease you can ever have. Who would have thunk of that?
And your analogy is bogus, because you replacing your OS (which is done in 30 minutes and poses no problems at all for the average e-mail+surfing+media-playing user) is NOT like changing what you are (which is impossible).
No. I would suggest NOT DOING SHIT THAT BREAKS YOUR FINGER!
You see, I -- different than every doctor on the planet -- search for the *true cause* of a problem. Which in that case would be why you broke your finger in the first place. Everything else -- including amputation or putting some painkiller on it and putting it in a cast (what your doctor would do) -- is just "fixing" the symptoms, and fraud too.
That's exactly, why a virus-removal tool and maybe a patch never are a solution at all. They only put a patch over one hole of a sieve. The real solution is to fix the OS (and because there are better ones out there, like Ubuntu, replace it), and wise up about how to use a computer (which is far more likely when you use Linux and can actually see what's going on behind the scenes).
Yes. I actually thought long and hard about what I said, instead of just trolling around. Who would have thought of that? Apparently the prejudice-filled moderators did not...
Simple. We talked about, how people like what they are used to, in earlier news.
Well, I must say, judging the user-interface alone, I liked Symbian. Here in Germany, Nokia phones (with Symbian on them) pretty much dominated the market for a decade. Only recently have the SonyEricsson models taken over.
I know, that the programming interface of Symbian is a horrible horrible joke, that lets the Microsoft Internet Explorer pale in comparison. So open-sourcing might make it possible to re-implement the horrible part, while leaving the user-interface intact, and hopefully also allowing backwards-compatibility.
We all wanted to program cool stuff for the Symbian platform... until we read about the API quirks.;) So maybe now we can.
But do we still want?...With Android and others out there? We will only know, when we see it happen.
Bah. You Americans and your weak names. We Germans got "Oberst Sturmhart Eisenkeil" (Colonel Stormhard Ironwedge). Now THAT is a name!
I lost the source, but here is the quote I saved:
During my service in the German army I came across an Oberst Sturmhard Eisenkeil - which literally means as much as "Colonel Stormhard Ironwedge". What's so special about him is his first name... it's not just your average "Max", but it's as if his parents were trying to make up a name that sounds as militaristic as possible. I know that if should I ever write a WWII story the main protagonists will be called Oberst Sturmhard Eisenkeil and Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster... I also know an Oberfeldwebel Killermannn in person, who would make a good henchman for the evil Oberst.
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Well. In times of need, my definition of "hole" becomes flexible... As long as it is a human girl that my eyes can stand... who cares what the "hole" is, that does the "blow job". ^^
What heart?
Or is a stone as black as the pixel(s?) in Doom 3, and made of pure evil, now inside the definition for "heart" in Utah?
Fixed that for ya.
I wholeheartedly disagree.
BEST. PUN-CHAIN. EVER.
I read a very interesting article in the German version of the Scientific American (called "Spektrum der Wissenschaft"). Thene "barbarians" were not barbaric at all. That's revisionist history. They just freed their land from the foreign dominance of a empire that was falling apart.
In fact, they had a very high culture, and many traditions got included into the Roman set of traditions. Even the west-European Christmas and Eastern come from those traditions.
Well. Both had their high and low times, their good and bad sides. And I hope that we got the best of both, and learned from the failures of both too.
You haven't heard? They told them to fill rooms up to a certain level with gold, or their king (a god to them) would die. And when the room was full, they killed the king anyway. And then butchered them all.
Default tactic.
You have to read up on that part of history. Not much different from the horrors of the Nazis and Stalin. Just not that prominent.
You haven't seen "Primer", have you? It's the first movie (about time travel) that I needed a scientific paper (linked from the IMDB FAQ) to understand.
Although it makes much more sense than any other time-traveling movie ever made.
Leaves you with a third one to use as you please. I don't understand, what you want to tell me.
Done right, it will end up in your stomach anyway. So what? :P
So THAT is the ultimate question that belongs to the ultimate answer (42)!
Shit. Now we must build a third computer that explains to us, why the Matrix is 42...
Why would any independed person work for the idiots that run pretty much every single company out there??
Who wants to realize the ideas of others and be a passive tool that will fade into irrelevance, with all the credit going to them, when they get a lucky hit, or you forced them to work on one of your ideas?
Nah. I am *very very happy* that I am self-employed, or however you call that in English, when you do not have to do what any boss or client tells you. (I happen to have the luck of having people who like to pay money for what I like to do. And I recommend to anyone, to find these things too.)
No! I have to repeat this all the time, but it never gets old, because the **AA continue to spread the FUD:
One copy does NOT result in a lost sale. Because first of all, what do you think, how many people would actually buy it, if they could not copy it at all?
I think nearly nobody.
Because most people (except from those that lie and steal anyway) know exactly that the artists deserve something in return. We have an inner feeling of what is right and wrong.
So if it poses no big problem, they will buy it, before copying it, anyway.
The problem is, that most of the time, it either simply is not worth the hard-earned cash, or you plain and simple do not have the cash. Especially in todays economy.
The only ones who would buy it if they had no other choice, are people with too much money or to whose it is worth very much. But those already buy it, if they can. So it leaves the tiny group of people with no money, who would even run themselves into debt to get it, when they can't get it otherwise.
Which of course makes the original argument something between moot and complete bullshit.
6) Java was designed to take on massive projects; flash and javascript are not. Java Applets should get DOM access so complex web apps can be made without making javascript a rerun of java-- this means tight integration and FASTER startup times. It could be done.
Well. Java Applets and Javascript have an interface. You can call functions of the one in the other.
So you can code-up some wrappers for the DOM functions in less than half an hour, if they are not already accessible in Java.
Besides: I agree, with all your arguments. Java really is nice for these things.
I just thing that we need two major changes in the nsplugin API.
First, Applets should be able to render as any document element, and flow with the layout like them. Then you could seamlessly integrate plug-ins into sites. This is already partially possible, by giving an "object" tag a id or class, and setting styles like "position" and "display". But there still is the problem with transparent backgrounds and laying html over the plugin rendering area (not fully working or very slow). Same problem as with form elements. This needs to be fixed.
Then, plug-ins should be pre-loaded in a way. The best moment for this would be after the browser is done starting and loading the session tabs, when it starts to idle. As long as the user does not use the browser too much, and as long as the session tabs do not already need the plug-in.
This two changes would make plug-ins first-class members of a site. Because there is no reason that web-sites should only consist of html and images. Every format should have the same level of integration.
Well, there are still two other holes available. Should not pose any problems... :D
I *am* a techie, you insensitive clod.
Got a problem with that? Or are you just jealous, because my brain happens to work better than yours, when it comes to technical things? ;)
I know that it is called racism (and rightfully so, most of the time) when you insult people because of their race. But it seems to be a-ok, to insult intelligent people, or make them look like something bad. Especially tech people.
Unfortunately, tech people then usually buy right into that too, and think they really are worse than the average guy who gets all the women.
I'm sorry my friend. But this time is over. We're not the "Oh, you think you are so much better. Well you're a piece of shit" nerds for you anymore. We *know* that we actually *are* (by definition) so much better (in technical things). So what? You may be better in other things. So what?
I say, we should get girls, not despite, but because we are techies.
(Don't you Americans usually say "Who's with me?" in this moments. ;)
You might be filled with bullshit up to your ears, from all those doctors telling you that "curing" is taking some pills (mostly painkillers), so it is a-ok that you did shit in the first place... But in the real world, future prevention is actually the cure for any disease you can ever have. Who would have thunk of that?
And your analogy is bogus, because you replacing your OS (which is done in 30 minutes and poses no problems at all for the average e-mail+surfing+media-playing user) is NOT like changing what you are (which is impossible).
No. I would suggest NOT DOING SHIT THAT BREAKS YOUR FINGER!
You see, I -- different than every doctor on the planet -- search for the *true cause* of a problem. Which in that case would be why you broke your finger in the first place. Everything else -- including amputation or putting some painkiller on it and putting it in a cast (what your doctor would do) -- is just "fixing" the symptoms, and fraud too.
That's exactly, why a virus-removal tool and maybe a patch never are a solution at all. They only put a patch over one hole of a sieve. The real solution is to fix the OS (and because there are better ones out there, like Ubuntu, replace it), and wise up about how to use a computer (which is far more likely when you use Linux and can actually see what's going on behind the scenes).
Yes. I actually thought long and hard about what I said, instead of just trolling around. Who would have thought of that?
Apparently the prejudice-filled moderators did not...
It's pronounced "Symbian, up yours too!"
Simple. We talked about, how people like what they are used to, in earlier news.
Well, I must say, judging the user-interface alone, I liked Symbian. Here in Germany, Nokia phones (with Symbian on them) pretty much dominated the market for a decade. Only recently have the SonyEricsson models taken over.
I know, that the programming interface of Symbian is a horrible horrible joke, that lets the Microsoft Internet Explorer pale in comparison.
So open-sourcing might make it possible to re-implement the horrible part, while leaving the user-interface intact, and hopefully also allowing backwards-compatibility.
We all wanted to program cool stuff for the Symbian platform... until we read about the API quirks. ;)
So maybe now we can.
But do we still want? ...With Android and others out there? We will only know, when we see it happen.
Have you ever seen it come back as if nothing happened, after the forces were gone?
You shamelessly stole that from the Colbert Report.
Bah. You Americans and your weak names. We Germans got "Oberst Sturmhart Eisenkeil" (Colonel Stormhard Ironwedge). Now THAT is a name!
I lost the source, but here is the quote I saved:
During my service in the German army I came across an Oberst Sturmhard Eisenkeil - which literally means as much as "Colonel Stormhard Ironwedge". What's so special about him is his first name... it's not just your average "Max", but it's as if his parents were trying to make up a name that sounds as militaristic as possible. I know that if should I ever write a WWII story the main protagonists will be called Oberst Sturmhard Eisenkeil and Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster... I also know an Oberfeldwebel Killermannn in person, who would make a good henchman for the evil Oberst.
Au contraire, my friend. I think we should add a Yoda day. Like the "talk like a pirate day". But better. :D
And let it be this day, where the idea was born, and where from now on, we shall talk like Yoda.
Your wifi was already broken before. You just couldn't notice under windows.
No. Because Ubuntu is the cure for Windows virii. Past, present and future.
But you would not get it, when teached with a two by four, would ya...?