Sitting in a bar trying to pick up skanky, dirty whores.
Guy: "Hey, I used to be in those Dell commercials, you remember?"
Skanky, dirty whore: "Oh yeah, I remember. What are you doing these days?"
Guy, in an attempt to divert the conversation: "Uhh...hey, let me buy you another Buttery Nipple."
Three hours and 6 drinks later: "Dude, you're getting VD!"
it would be to stop needless overcommenting of code. Not trying to stray offtopic but if you're in an introductory CS class, I believe syntax should be taught first. OO/structured programming ideas should be brought up later after the student has a firm grasp on the language that he/she is going to be applying these constructs thru coding.
But back to the overcommenting issue, something like this:
/* This is the variable which is used for a counter. It is incremented by one each time
the program goes through the loop. */
int i=0;
...Is absolutely overkill. Commenting is good, but this kind of commenting is awful -- trivial elements of the program are magnified 100x. Just my $0.02.
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I thought Robin Williams was good in this movie as the bad guy. In my opinion he brings a certain dynamic to the movie playing the Finch character which I don't think other actors could bring.
I'll agree and say that I'm not a Robin Williams fan, I don't think he's funny, and he overacts way, way too much. Look at Patch Adams, for example. That scene at the end, where he delivered one of the absolute worst soliloquies, was one of the most painful and unbearable experiences in my life. Anyone who's seen that movie knows what I'm talking about. Robin Williams owes me 8 bucks -- that movie absolutely sucked donkey dick.
I saw this movie about a month ago. I thought it was good, but not 4-stars good. Al Pacino is great, Robin Williams is great, Hillary Swank is...well, buck-toothed, but still good nonetheless. I'd see it again.
Leave it on the side of the dumpster. Someone else will pick it up.
It's kind of like throwing out old furniture. You know someone will drive past it and wonder why it's being thrown away, and then they pick it up and take it home.
I've been fortunate enough to have the pleasure of subscribing to AT&T Broadband for 3 years now with the same cable modem (a great General Instruments Surfboard, which they provided). These things don't break!
Next time when your connection starts to eat shit (which it never should, because AT&T is the best), do the following:
Go to cable modem, and pull plug.
Wait about 30 seconds, and plug it back in.
This usually works every time, but sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't work, then you'll have to wait until one of the great technicians can come out to your residence and take a look at it. These guys are awesome! They're very qualified and know everything there is to know about computers and they'll have your cable modem up and running in no time!
If someone who is a CS prof at MIT doesn't understand what a window manager is, I fear for the future of CS research.
Yes, I shuddered when saw this. Even the lackey 'lecturers' (not professors, but we call them that anyway) at my school could tell you the difference.
My guess is that he just froze up or something. Who knows. But it wouldn't surprise me completely -- a lot of professors I've known could probably go on and on for hours about theoretical CS stuff but are constantly on the line with tech support trying to fix their computer. It's kind of hard to believe, but then again, everyone has a different background, I guess.
Not trying to be redundant here, but has anyone ever brought up anything about the risks involved with wireless _anything_?
I've always thought about moving my big clusterfuck of a network in my apartment to wireless. While it would cut down on the wires, which I always manage to trip over even though I know they're there, I've wondered what the health-related implications were.
SETI@Home and DNet are both interesting, but I think UD is a lot more constructive. There is a great potential in harboring this kind of computing power and directing it towards something like cancer research.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great if SETI@Home got something back from god knows where, but it would be even better if clients like UD aided in finding the right mixes of drugs that could, one day, cure cancer.
I wonder if the movie will have any HOT, GAY POOPSEX?
Rumour has it that there was one such scene between Jimmy Smits and Samuel L. Jackson; however, George Lucas cut it out in the editing stage after serious contemplation, since he didn't feel that they 'were trying to reach that kind of audience.'
While it's not clear exactly who the artists are, I doubt that these are the 'international chart-busting' artists that you would normally think.
These are mostly Indian labels (with a couple of exceptions), and hence, Indian artists.
These artists aren't Britney Spears, NSync, Backstreet Boys, etc. (need I go on?). So it makes sense that this company can get away with charging such a small amount for this service. I would bet that if these were the aforementioned artists, and this service was here in the US, the rates would be much, much more expensive.
By the way, isn't this the same idea as what BMG and Napster had for their subscription service? I.e. you can only download artists on that label for a set rate per month? Sounds very familiar.
I took a class dealing with this sort of thing at college -- investigation of hard-to-believe claims in archaeology.
Unfortunately, Hancock is not considered to be an archaeologist by many. He's lumped into the same category as Erich Von Daniken, who makes money off of books about fantastical claims about human civilization, such as aliens building the pyramids, etc. etc.
Hancock pushes the lost-city-of-Atlantis theory, but he has recreated and rehashed his theory when proven wrong. First he believed that Atlantis could have been off the coast of Antarctica on some sort of ice shelf. The theory was proven to be false when it was concluded that nothing was found there.
Then he changes his theory and said that Atlantis existed somewhere off the coast of Japan because of a recent discovery of some stone figures some distance offshore underwater. After diving off the coast of Japan, researchers found that these were natural stone structures and not manmade. Hancock refused to accept that as true, so it seems that he went back to the idea that there was no way to NOT prove that Atlantis existed.
Basically, Hancock is a crackpot. He is not accepted by the archaeological community and is regarded as a charlatan. His Atlantis theory has changed each time a discovery like this happens, and he could just as easily say now that this new discovery is Atlantis. Don't believe him.
It's sad that someone kills themself, but if you read deeper into this, you'll find that the man (he was in his early twenties) had been diagnosed w/other emotional problems/disorders...Everquest was not the direct result of his death but only one of many factors. There is negligence on behalf of the mother since she was attempting to get him into some kind of group home, but she was too late.
The mother is supposedly only suing to get warnings about the game's addictiveness, but whether there's some kind of monetary goal is unclear.
Who would get $40/month cable internet mostly for email?
Try 80%-90% of the people in my neighborhood. I live in an apartment complex that is within a large group of apartment complexes, all owned by one company, here in Dallas. We have the unfortunate pleasure of using AT&T Broadband. These AT&T guys are out here everyday -- there's always some kind of problem (but that's a different thread altogether).
Anyone who lives in this area will agree -- more than likely, these people all got it just so they could check their email faster (and of course, the usual web use). Most of the people who live around here are more of the yuppie-type. So I doubt these people are setting up warez ftp servers, etc.
So I make it a point just to be a bandwidth whore. Screw the rest of these people.:)
I thought that various movie studios wanted these extras removed because of production costs (although the Warner Bros. spokesperson declined to disclose any information as to what the production costs were).
I think that these ideas are great (i.e. end-user re-editing) but it's all up to the studio as to whether or not we see these features.
Don't get me wrong...
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you have to admire that someone took the time to design and build this. Easy to carry, store, etc.
But this thing is just plain UGLY. It's cool that it's so portable and easy to lug around, but damn.
By the way, nice bottle of Jerkins on the desk. Sinner!
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Yeah, and where will that guy be a year from now?
Sitting in a bar trying to pick up skanky, dirty whores.
Guy: "Hey, I used to be in those Dell commercials, you remember?"
Skanky, dirty whore: "Oh yeah, I remember. What are you doing these days?"
Guy, in an attempt to divert the conversation: "Uhh...hey, let me buy you another Buttery Nipple."
Three hours and 6 drinks later: "Dude, you're getting VD!"
it would be to stop needless overcommenting of code. Not trying to stray offtopic but if you're in an introductory CS class, I believe syntax should be taught first. OO/structured programming ideas should be brought up later after the student has a firm grasp on the language that he/she is going to be applying these constructs thru coding.
/* This is the variable which is used for a
...Is absolutely overkill. Commenting is good, but this kind of commenting is awful -- trivial elements of the program are magnified 100x. Just my $0.02.
But back to the overcommenting issue, something like this:
counter. It is incremented by one each time
the program goes through the loop. */
int i=0;
What is telling the particles/elements to perform this 'dynamical evolution'? God?
That would be worth reading.
Is that you, Sammy Davis Jr.? I thought you died years ago...
The Judaic holy script is the Torah, not the Talmud. Talmud is merely a hebrew word that means "student."
Please see this page.
According to the page, the Talmud is the 'encyclopedia of Jewish existence.'
kind of like cable, doesn't it?
I thought Robin Williams was good in this movie as the bad guy. In my opinion he brings a certain dynamic to the movie playing the Finch character which I don't think other actors could bring.
I'll agree and say that I'm not a Robin Williams fan, I don't think he's funny, and he overacts way, way too much. Look at Patch Adams, for example. That scene at the end, where he delivered one of the absolute worst soliloquies, was one of the most painful and unbearable experiences in my life. Anyone who's seen that movie knows what I'm talking about. Robin Williams owes me 8 bucks -- that movie absolutely sucked donkey dick.
I saw this movie about a month ago. I thought it was good, but not 4-stars good. Al Pacino is great, Robin Williams is great, Hillary Swank is...well, buck-toothed, but still good nonetheless. I'd see it again.
Leave it on the side of the dumpster. Someone else will pick it up.
It's kind of like throwing out old furniture. You know someone will drive past it and wonder why it's being thrown away, and then they pick it up and take it home.
well, sort of.
Next time when your connection starts to eat shit (which it never should, because AT&T is the best), do the following:
- Go to cable modem, and pull plug.
- Wait about 30 seconds, and plug it back in.
This usually works every time, but sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't work, then you'll have to wait until one of the great technicians can come out to your residence and take a look at it. These guys are awesome! They're very qualified and know everything there is to know about computers and they'll have your cable modem up and running in no time!Taken from a Slashdot reader:
Real programmers don't comment. It was hard to write. It should be hard to read.
If someone who is a CS prof at MIT doesn't understand what a window manager is, I fear for the future of CS research.
Yes, I shuddered when saw this. Even the lackey 'lecturers' (not professors, but we call them that anyway) at my school could tell you the difference.
My guess is that he just froze up or something. Who knows. But it wouldn't surprise me completely -- a lot of professors I've known could probably go on and on for hours about theoretical CS stuff but are constantly on the line with tech support trying to fix their computer. It's kind of hard to believe, but then again, everyone has a different background, I guess.
Most of these links require you to register with DMN...so where is the illegality in that?
Not trying to be redundant here, but has anyone ever brought up anything about the risks involved with wireless _anything_?
I've always thought about moving my big clusterfuck of a network in my apartment to wireless. While it would cut down on the wires, which I always manage to trip over even though I know they're there, I've wondered what the health-related implications were.
Anyone care to elaborate who knows?
...is United Devices cancer research.
SETI@Home and DNet are both interesting, but I think UD is a lot more constructive. There is a great potential in harboring this kind of computing power and directing it towards something like cancer research.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great if SETI@Home got something back from god knows where, but it would be even better if clients like UD aided in finding the right mixes of drugs that could, one day, cure cancer.
A contradiction in terms...
/. karma."
"...it's only
I wonder if the movie will have any HOT, GAY POOPSEX?
Rumour has it that there was one such scene between Jimmy Smits and Samuel L. Jackson; however, George Lucas cut it out in the editing stage after serious contemplation, since he didn't feel that they 'were trying to reach that kind of audience.'
Can't remember where I read that...
Wow, that's quite an impressive film career. I didn't know he was such an accomplished actor.
they're all lined up waiting to write some java.
While it's not clear exactly who the artists are, I doubt that these are the 'international chart-busting' artists that you would normally think.
These are mostly Indian labels (with a couple of exceptions), and hence, Indian artists.
These artists aren't Britney Spears, NSync, Backstreet Boys, etc. (need I go on?). So it makes sense that this company can get away with charging such a small amount for this service. I would bet that if these were the aforementioned artists, and this service was here in the US, the rates would be much, much more expensive.
By the way, isn't this the same idea as what BMG and Napster had for their subscription service? I.e. you can only download artists on that label for a set rate per month? Sounds very familiar.
I took a class dealing with this sort of thing at college -- investigation of hard-to-believe claims in archaeology.
Unfortunately, Hancock is not considered to be an archaeologist by many. He's lumped into the same category as Erich Von Daniken, who makes money off of books about fantastical claims about human civilization, such as aliens building the pyramids, etc. etc.
Hancock pushes the lost-city-of-Atlantis theory, but he has recreated and rehashed his theory when proven wrong. First he believed that Atlantis could have been off the coast of Antarctica on some sort of ice shelf. The theory was proven to be false when it was concluded that nothing was found there.
Then he changes his theory and said that Atlantis existed somewhere off the coast of Japan because of a recent discovery of some stone figures some distance offshore underwater. After diving off the coast of Japan, researchers found that these were natural stone structures and not manmade. Hancock refused to accept that as true, so it seems that he went back to the idea that there was no way to NOT prove that Atlantis existed.
Basically, Hancock is a crackpot. He is not accepted by the archaeological community and is regarded as a charlatan. His Atlantis theory has changed each time a discovery like this happens, and he could just as easily say now that this new discovery is Atlantis. Don't believe him.
Sorry to go offtopic, but...
It's sad that someone kills themself, but if you read deeper into this, you'll find that the man (he was in his early twenties) had been diagnosed w/other emotional problems/disorders...Everquest was not the direct result of his death but only one of many factors. There is negligence on behalf of the mother since she was attempting to get him into some kind of group home, but she was too late.
The mother is supposedly only suing to get warnings about the game's addictiveness, but whether there's some kind of monetary goal is unclear.
Who would get $40/month cable internet mostly for email?
:)
Try 80%-90% of the people in my neighborhood. I live in an apartment complex that is within a large group of apartment complexes, all owned by one company, here in Dallas. We have the unfortunate pleasure of using AT&T Broadband. These AT&T guys are out here everyday -- there's always some kind of problem (but that's a different thread altogether).
Anyone who lives in this area will agree -- more than likely, these people all got it just so they could check their email faster (and of course, the usual web use). Most of the people who live around here are more of the yuppie-type. So I doubt these people are setting up warez ftp servers, etc.
So I make it a point just to be a bandwidth whore. Screw the rest of these people.
I thought that various movie studios wanted these extras removed because of production costs (although the Warner Bros. spokesperson declined to disclose any information as to what the production costs were).
I think that these ideas are great (i.e. end-user re-editing) but it's all up to the studio as to whether or not we see these features.
you have to admire that someone took the time to design and build this. Easy to carry, store, etc.
But this thing is just plain UGLY. It's cool that it's so portable and easy to lug around, but damn.
By the way, nice bottle of Jerkins on the desk. Sinner!