The alien stranded on Titan, of course. The message is "Help is on the way." And if you happen to have a small metal good luck charm that looks like an spaceship spare part, you can look forward to a space voyage soon.
The use of the word "pirate" brings to mind the forfeiture laws which were created when fighting sea pirates -- the concept that you could confiscate the ship used in commiting the crime. This is used today to take drug dealer's houses away. Would this new law lead to taking away a file sharer's computer, cable modem, and house?
Dave
You may be interested in the Native American meaning of these names:
Tualatin -- This place
Willamette -- Where we live
Nehalem -- Around here
Seattle -- Where the shadow of the overhead eagle falls
Klamath -- Our home
Deschutes -- Here
Yamhill (Yamel) -- This place
Tukwila -- The place that is where we are
Clackamas -- Over here
Potomac (east coast but an Algonquin word nonetheless) -- Our homeland
Nocona -- This place
(Stolen from a National Lampoon bit many years ago.)
I always thought that the Bush Administration blew it by coining the term "Weapons of Mass Destruction" rather than saying "Weapons of Mass Murder." I get a lot more upset about murder than about destruction, and I bet I'm not alone. They might have gotten much stronger support, and gone in a lot earlier. (Maybe they would have found WAMMS before they were moved or destroyed, too. Assuming they were right about them in the first place, of course.)
Shameless plug warning - Actually, plea for unbiased review ahead -- Given suggestions like "The Mythical Man-Month", if you want a quick, entertaining read on computer engineering, you could try "Debugging" by David Agans. That's me. The book could be a beach read but only for an afternoon at the beach; you'll finish it in a few hours. But it's funnier than Ayn Rand and Fred Brooks put together! It even comes with an endorsement on the cover by slashdot's own CmdrTaco, and there's a free, funny, downloadable poster at DebuggingRules. It got a great review in Dr. Dobb's Journal and EDN, but I'd love to see a slashdotter give a review -- I don't want to ask a friend to review it, friends are biased. Anyone want to step up?
A new book, maybe will be a classic, needs review
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Shameless plug warning - Actually, plea for unbiased review ahead -- Given "The Mythical Man-Month", if you want a quick, entertaining read on computer engineering, you could try "Debugging" by David Agans. That's me. The book could be a beach read but only for a day at the beach; you'll finish it in a few hours. But it's funnier than Ayn Rand and Fred Brooks put together. It even comes with an endorsement on the cover by slashdot's own CmdrTaco, and a free, funny, downloadable poster at www.debuggingrules.com. It got a great review in Dr. Dobb's journal, but I'd love to see a slashdotter give a review -- I can't get a friend to review it, friends are biased. Anyone want to step up?
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"If we are the message, then who's it for?"
The alien stranded on Titan, of course. The message is "Help is on the way." And if you happen to have a small metal good luck charm that looks like an spaceship spare part, you can look forward to a space voyage soon.
With grateful acknowledgement to Kurt Vonnegut.
Q: Why is this bug taking so long to find?
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A: Because you don't know the first 9 things about debugging.
Q: Why don't I know these things?
A: Because you haven't read "Debugging" by Dave Agans.
A debugging analysis tool can help you follow one or two of the nine rules, but you have to follow them all.
Shameless plug, I wrote the book - but it has gotten great reviews. See the slashdot review at http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/21
Get the cool rules poster at http://www.debuggingrules.com/
The use of the word "pirate" brings to mind the forfeiture laws which were created when fighting sea pirates -- the concept that you could confiscate the ship used in commiting the crime. This is used today to take drug dealer's houses away. Would this new law lead to taking away a file sharer's computer, cable modem, and house? Dave
You may be interested in the Native American meaning of these names:
Tualatin -- This place
Willamette -- Where we live
Nehalem -- Around here
Seattle -- Where the shadow of the overhead eagle falls
Klamath -- Our home
Deschutes -- Here
Yamhill (Yamel) -- This place
Tukwila -- The place that is where we are
Clackamas -- Over here
Potomac (east coast but an Algonquin word nonetheless) -- Our homeland
Nocona -- This place
(Stolen from a National Lampoon bit many years ago.)
Symantec just added it to their list, but didn't call it PhatBot.
Both of the above useful rules are in the book, just organized under other rules (Change One Thing at a Time and Get a Fresh View)
I always thought that the Bush Administration blew it by coining the term "Weapons of Mass Destruction" rather than saying "Weapons of Mass Murder." I get a lot more upset about murder than about destruction, and I bet I'm not alone. They might have gotten much stronger support, and gone in a lot earlier. (Maybe they would have found WAMMS before they were moved or destroyed, too. Assuming they were right about them in the first place, of course.)
Geez, if that technology was available (on my LIVO, of course), I'd be a lot more interested in replaying the really cool parts of my life.
Shameless plug warning - Actually, plea for unbiased review ahead -- Given suggestions like "The Mythical Man-Month", if you want a quick, entertaining read on computer engineering, you could try "Debugging" by David Agans. That's me. The book could be a beach read but only for an afternoon at the beach; you'll finish it in a few hours. But it's funnier than Ayn Rand and Fred Brooks put together! It even comes with an endorsement on the cover by slashdot's own CmdrTaco, and there's a free, funny, downloadable poster at DebuggingRules. It got a great review in Dr. Dobb's Journal and EDN, but I'd love to see a slashdotter give a review -- I don't want to ask a friend to review it, friends are biased. Anyone want to step up?
Shameless plug warning - Actually, plea for unbiased review ahead -- Given "The Mythical Man-Month", if you want a quick, entertaining read on computer engineering, you could try "Debugging" by David Agans. That's me. The book could be a beach read but only for a day at the beach; you'll finish it in a few hours. But it's funnier than Ayn Rand and Fred Brooks put together. It even comes with an endorsement on the cover by slashdot's own CmdrTaco, and a free, funny, downloadable poster at www.debuggingrules.com. It got a great review in Dr. Dobb's journal, but I'd love to see a slashdotter give a review -- I can't get a friend to review it, friends are biased. Anyone want to step up?