I live here in the space coast. Back in HS, a rocket blew up overhead and we all had to stay in doors while this crazy looking cloud floated above head. No idea what was in it or what it was, but I figure it lowered my life expectancy a few months.
No doubt in my mind there's some nasty stuff around those pads!
It's not that conservatives hate the poor, but, rather that they strive for a society with a rigid class structure.
Wow, that's a load of bullshit.
You're free to your beliefs, as are people who think conservatives flat out hate the poor, but I'd highly suggest reading up on conservative politics. There's no focus on class structure or rich vs. poor or anything of the like. It's about letting people be free to make their own choices in life. The whole "liberty" and "freedom" thing you keep hearing conservatives go on and on about is related to that core principle. When the federal government forcibly takes privately earned money to pay for systems and structures that are not only unconstitutional, but unwanted by the person having the money taken from them, they're robbing these people as well as the unseen vendors and merchants where the money would have be spent otherwise.
You want to talk about rigid class structure? "They're rich, they won't miss the money, let's tax them!" -- the point isn't whether or not they'll miss the money, it's whether or not we want to justify ongoing government thievery, especially to pay for things that are not perceived to be better than their private counterparts. The "their rich they can afford it" argument is nothing more than a straw man distracting from the actual issue.
I love how, almost immediately, someone excuses the ignorance of this administration by pointing fingers at the ignorance of the previous administration.
As if what went on in the past justifies ongoing, continual missteps from our executive branch.
It's not about red vs. blue. It's about us vs. them. The parent poster has a good point -- it's only a matter of time until this guy runs his mouth off about something that actually matters.
I use ubuntu and love it.
Some of us aren't worried about free as in whatever debates and more interested in usable *nix, and for that ubuntu is fantastic.
Faith, without doubt, isn't faith. Faith is making a jump over logic to a conclusion you wouldn't have normally arrived at. It's an admission that we don't know everything.
It's a humility thing and an emotional thing -- something that seems to offend both atheists and a surprising amount of religious folks at the same time. It seems there isn't much room for practicing agnostics anymore;)
"Doubt is but another element of faith" - St. Augustine
So you think you know Javascript, eh? Sounds just like 99% of the candidates I interview.
"On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate yourself with Javascript?"
"I'd say about an 8."
"Okay, can you write a simple Javascript object on the whiteboard for me?"
"..."
Lucky for them, I mostly looking for smart people I can train. I've only met one other person IRL who even knew how to code Javascript properly.
Javascript makes it really quick to hack together a dynamic page.
Funny, my Javascript tends to be well structured, object oriented, and reusable.
The #1 problem with Javascript is that everyone "learned" it from cutesy little toolbar/cursor scripts rather than actually learning the language. As a result, it's not immediately obvious to most coders how to use the language. Thus they tend to run into variant typing issues and write a procedural mess of spaghetti code. Which is silly, because Javascript has some of the best features of functional languages like LISP!
Netscape published an excellent guide to the language over a decade ago (now maintained by Mozilla.org). I'm going to take a wild guess and say... you've never read it, have you? If you had, you might be bemoaning the lack of good Javascript knowledge in the market rather than placing blame on the language itself.;-)
The real issue with writing objects in javascript is that there really isn't much reason -- unless you want your code to be a 300k download on your skimpy little webpage.
In javascript's case, it's actually detrimental to be a purist. #1 rule for writing javascript -- cut to the chase.
What other president lied to start a war that has killed more than 3000 American troops?
Being wrong on information, sure, but lying at this point is just a leading hypothesis.
What other president's administration has called the Geneva Convention "Quaint" and "Obsolete"?
What other president has actually defended torture?
Let's not pretend that our current war tactics are somehow "new" and were inventions of this administration. I say that not to justify these acts, just to tone down the "oh my god everything is so much worse than its ever been before" nonsense.
What other president has overseen the arrest of innocent people (there have been "enemy combatants" released with their charges dropped), holding them for years as "enemy combatants" without any right to habeas corpus?
Maybe you should ask all the innocent japanese people we rounded up back in the day. Or hell, we could just point to Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus if you would like.
What other president has overseen warrant-less NSA and FBI wiretaps?
Every President since the FISA passed in 1978 under Democratic President Jimmy Carter (just in case you need it, thats Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton in the "other" category)
I have one, and it was made by the hands of God.
I live in Orlando. I went to buy a new controller a couple weeks back at toys r us, and people were lined up around the building waiting in line.
The wii exists, it is glorious, and the demand is there.;)
I'd like to point out that the greatest works of art of all time were produced in an era where there were no such things as copyright laws. It's called patronage, and it worked for thousands of years.
Thousands of years without every man, woman and child owning a high speed "printing press" in their homes
You can surround yourself with creative go getters anywhere in the country -- at half the cost, I might add. Just follow the birds of a feather mantra.
For us, it's been Orlando. Similar climate (72 degrees avg. temp) and a huge talent pool. UCF is the 6th largest student population and has a big focus on engineering/it/digital media. There is tons of money for investing, and a seriously cheap cost of living. The disney influence only adds to the creative pool and offers a ton of designers looking for contract work.
I can't imagine trying to bootstrap an idea on the we$t coast.
You are a true blessing to your students. I wish all prof's were like this.
When I was at UCF, teachers would sell their notes in the bookstore, not give them for free online (graduated 2003).
We're looking to implement hResume on Emurse.com web resumes here in the next couple of days.
I'm really excited about being able to push the standard some. We've been wondering what the effects of it could be negatively though, in terms of screen scrapers (alex.emurse.com, for instance). Any one have any thoughts?
We've built hResume support to be configurable by the user, if it proves to be an issue. Just wondering how we should initially offer it.
I have the pleasure of working as the lead developer for the new netscape.com.
We've been in beta for approximately 31 hours. We haven't even taken over the domain yet (and won't for awhile). The response has been overwhelming. It's the most valuable feedback we could have ever asked for though (and frankly, we expected a lot of it...) The frame navigator and the pop up new windows for instance, are things that annoy folks to no end -- duh, right? Well internally, it's an odd 50/50 split -- they are both designed from the start to be user preferences, configurable for each person. We'll get there in time, right now we're focused on measuring reactions to features and design changes. I know the definition of "beta" has changed.. but.. uh... it's beta.;)
Are we attempting to be a "digg killer?" Not at all. We're attempting to iterate on the concept of social news for a completely different demographic. We're trying to create an honest, fun, interesting portal. Did digg kill slashdot? It's faster and has more daily content, yet people come here for discussion -- Slashdot's strength. We may not be "there" yet, but again, this thing is a brand new project, about 4 months old, and has only been publically accessible for less than two days.
Thankfully, we all have pretty thick skin here. It's been enjoyable talking to folks and seeing what the concerns are. Hopefully we can evolve this thing into the great product we all have in mind. I do appreciate everyone who has taken the time to send us their thoughts by e-mail or blog post. We're actively reading them and responding as much as we can. Let us know what your concerns are, and we'll try to address them (where we can, that is.. we don't like tons of ads just like everyone else.. just the nature of our position right now)
When I've got a problem with someone, I go talk to them. If I want to know if people have problems, I go talk to them. It's the most efficient, effecive way of carrying out interpersonal relationships.
That's great. Now what do you do if the people you report to are not physically in the same area? More and more of todays work force are virtual. Entire teams are spread across the globe.
That's where there really becomes a need for more intelligent systems like this. This one might not be it, but its an interesting start
Tell that to Weblogs, Inc., a profitable company with multiple millions in revenue. Not to mention they recently sold to AOL for somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 million.
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I live here in the space coast. Back in HS, a rocket blew up overhead and we all had to stay in doors while this crazy looking cloud floated above head. No idea what was in it or what it was, but I figure it lowered my life expectancy a few months.
No doubt in my mind there's some nasty stuff around those pads!
You can watch all the videos of Obama promising to pump up NASA when he was campaigning down here in FL at http://www.savespace.us/
We're at 12% unemployment now. We'll be at 17-20% if this plan goes through.
Regardless of whether or not people agree/disagree with his proposals, there's no way in hell he wins this state again.
"Fool us once..."
Man, they should see the work I'm going to one day do in a yet to be determined field!
It's not that conservatives hate the poor, but, rather that they strive for a society with a rigid class structure.
Wow, that's a load of bullshit.
You're free to your beliefs, as are people who think conservatives flat out hate the poor, but I'd highly suggest reading up on conservative politics. There's no focus on class structure or rich vs. poor or anything of the like. It's about letting people be free to make their own choices in life. The whole "liberty" and "freedom" thing you keep hearing conservatives go on and on about is related to that core principle. When the federal government forcibly takes privately earned money to pay for systems and structures that are not only unconstitutional, but unwanted by the person having the money taken from them, they're robbing these people as well as the unseen vendors and merchants where the money would have be spent otherwise.
You want to talk about rigid class structure? "They're rich, they won't miss the money, let's tax them!" -- the point isn't whether or not they'll miss the money, it's whether or not we want to justify ongoing government thievery, especially to pay for things that are not perceived to be better than their private counterparts. The "their rich they can afford it" argument is nothing more than a straw man distracting from the actual issue.
I love how, almost immediately, someone excuses the ignorance of this administration by pointing fingers at the ignorance of the previous administration.
As if what went on in the past justifies ongoing, continual missteps from our executive branch.
It's not about red vs. blue. It's about us vs. them. The parent poster has a good point -- it's only a matter of time until this guy runs his mouth off about something that actually matters.
I use ubuntu and love it. Some of us aren't worried about free as in whatever debates and more interested in usable *nix, and for that ubuntu is fantastic.
Yes, Red Bull is definitely evil. You can tell by the taste.
Or by it's association with Jagermeister.
Doubt isn't a negatively loaded word.
Faith, without doubt, isn't faith. Faith is making a jump over logic to a conclusion you wouldn't have normally arrived at. It's an admission that we don't know everything.
It's a humility thing and an emotional thing -- something that seems to offend both atheists and a surprising amount of religious folks at the same time. It seems there isn't much room for practicing agnostics anymore ;)
"Doubt is but another element of faith" - St. Augustine
The real issue with writing objects in javascript is that there really isn't much reason -- unless you want your code to be a 300k download on your skimpy little webpage.
In javascript's case, it's actually detrimental to be a purist. #1 rule for writing javascript -- cut to the chase.
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What other president lied to start a war that has killed more than 3000 American troops?
Being wrong on information, sure, but lying at this point is just a leading hypothesis.
What other president's administration has called the Geneva Convention "Quaint" and "Obsolete"?
What other president has actually defended torture?
Let's not pretend that our current war tactics are somehow "new" and were inventions of this administration. I say that not to justify these acts, just to tone down the "oh my god everything is so much worse than its ever been before" nonsense.
What other president has overseen the arrest of innocent people (there have been "enemy combatants" released with their charges dropped), holding them for years as "enemy combatants" without any right to habeas corpus?
Maybe you should ask all the innocent japanese people we rounded up back in the day. Or hell, we could just point to Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus if you would like.
What other president has overseen warrant-less NSA and FBI wiretaps?
Every President since the FISA passed in 1978 under Democratic President Jimmy Carter (just in case you need it, thats Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton in the "other" category)
I have one, and it was made by the hands of God. I live in Orlando. I went to buy a new controller a couple weeks back at toys r us, and people were lined up around the building waiting in line. The wii exists, it is glorious, and the demand is there. ;)
I'd like to point out that the greatest works of art of all time were produced in an era where there were no such things as copyright laws. It's called patronage, and it worked for thousands of years.
Thousands of years without every man, woman and child owning a high speed "printing press" in their homes
You can surround yourself with creative go getters anywhere in the country -- at half the cost, I might add. Just follow the birds of a feather mantra.
For us, it's been Orlando. Similar climate (72 degrees avg. temp) and a huge talent pool. UCF is the 6th largest student population and has a big focus on engineering/it/digital media. There is tons of money for investing, and a seriously cheap cost of living. The disney influence only adds to the creative pool and offers a ton of designers looking for contract work.
I can't imagine trying to bootstrap an idea on the we$t coast.
That another way Microsoft innovated was by paying a blogger (Scoble) tons and tons of money to speak on their behalf.
It doesn't matter the drug.
You are a true blessing to your students. I wish all prof's were like this. When I was at UCF, teachers would sell their notes in the bookstore, not give them for free online (graduated 2003).
Actually, sorta. At least, some what in effect -- Chicago, for instance, bulldozed all of theirs. ;)
We're looking to implement hResume on Emurse.com web resumes here in the next couple of days.
I'm really excited about being able to push the standard some. We've been wondering what the effects of it could be negatively though, in terms of screen scrapers (alex.emurse.com, for instance). Any one have any thoughts?
We've built hResume support to be configurable by the user, if it proves to be an issue. Just wondering how we should initially offer it.
et tu, slashdot? ;)
I have the pleasure of working as the lead developer for the new netscape.com.
We've been in beta for approximately 31 hours. We haven't even taken over the domain yet (and won't for awhile). The response has been overwhelming. It's the most valuable feedback we could have ever asked for though (and frankly, we expected a lot of it...) The frame navigator and the pop up new windows for instance, are things that annoy folks to no end -- duh, right? Well internally, it's an odd 50/50 split -- they are both designed from the start to be user preferences, configurable for each person. We'll get there in time, right now we're focused on measuring reactions to features and design changes. I know the definition of "beta" has changed.. but.. uh... it's beta. ;)
Are we attempting to be a "digg killer?" Not at all. We're attempting to iterate on the concept of social news for a completely different demographic. We're trying to create an honest, fun, interesting portal. Did digg kill slashdot? It's faster and has more daily content, yet people come here for discussion -- Slashdot's strength. We may not be "there" yet, but again, this thing is a brand new project, about 4 months old, and has only been publically accessible for less than two days.
Thankfully, we all have pretty thick skin here. It's been enjoyable talking to folks and seeing what the concerns are. Hopefully we can evolve this thing into the great product we all have in mind. I do appreciate everyone who has taken the time to send us their thoughts by e-mail or blog post. We're actively reading them and responding as much as we can. Let us know what your concerns are, and we'll try to address them (where we can, that is.. we don't like tons of ads just like everyone else.. just the nature of our position right now)
I'm on my ibook close to 15 hours a day.
Hasn't happened here.
That's great. Now what do you do if the people you report to are not physically in the same area? More and more of todays work force are virtual. Entire teams are spread across the globe.
That's where there really becomes a need for more intelligent systems like this. This one might not be it, but its an interesting start
Tell that to Weblogs, Inc., a profitable company with multiple millions in revenue. Not to mention they recently sold to AOL for somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 million.
Take it all away, and see where Microsoft stands.
.....with Office?