One benefit to having email is the ability to post information anonymously in order to avoid possible repercussions. Slashdot has that feature with the "Post Anonymously" checkbox (which should be pointed out, is not 100% anonymous and can be tracked by IP and logged-in account name) and it also exists with anonymously emailers.
Forcing someone out into the open by the use of such 'warranties' imposes a chilling effect on free speech through email.
I hate spam, but I hate the idea that important speech could be stifled by the use of badly considered spam 'solutions'.
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Review: KDE 3.2
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What awards has KDE3 won?
I like KDE much better than Gnome, personally, but that's because I like have a well-designed API. When it comes to window programming, object-oriented is the way to go. QT gets this, so does anyone using wxwindows (a good rewrite of MFC/OWL). But the Gnome folks stick to their procedural programming style APIs which are fine for simple programs, but for larger programs it just means that the programmer has to reimplement the OO overhead.
What happens with CA and theories that try to turn our understanding of the universe on its head is that it always ends up begging the question. From several fundamental functions, one can theoretically derive all the laws of nature (the so-called GUT). But in the world of CA, it is the fundamental functions which are derived from the actions of nature.
Take the theory of evolution which is given as an example. You have the shell of a nautilus which spirals out with chambers at regular intervals. There is a mathematical function which precisely describes the shell's structure. Does this mean that the shell could never have been shaped otherwise? According to CA, yes, that particular shape is the only possible shape that would be permissible by that mathematical function. It would be difficult to change the function enough such that it would be close enough to the existing function and yet far enough away to produce a cohesive shell instance. In essence, CA proponents are forced to discount the existence of evolution because such a gradual process cannot be accounted for with CA.
So was all of creation born into existence as we see it? CA would say yes, with the caveat that certain mutations would be encountered when both of the above requirements were met. But modern biology has shown that evolution is indeed a gradual process not dependent upon these functions. The fact that there exist mathematical functions which explain and describe certain biological forms is interesting, but it is not any more significant than that.
Or perhaps the book itself was too expensive for any sane person to plop down the money to purchase it.
ANKOS is not a groundbreaking book, and it's conclusions (that all creation is fundamentally programmed into it) is specious. He is adamant that there is no God which created everything, yet he points to artificial order which could only be created by an intelligent designer.
He totally discounts the view that these patterns are the result of accepted scientific theories like evolution and geology and says that evolution and geology are directed by the patterns. It's a completely inside-out view of the universe and despite its obvious attraction for pseudo-intellectual navel gazers, the book and its contents are neither anything new nor anything that could be construed as vaguely scientfic.
It's bad enough that the internet was going to be used to count votes outside the country. How much worse would it be with all those illegals voting online here inside the U.S. borders?
Espresso has lower caffeine per volume than drip coffee, so any illusion that the submitter is under that his espresso machiatto is keeping him up better than a cup of joe is mistaken.
Second, espresso tastes of burnt wood. It is the nature of the roasting method that it be unrecognizable as anything but black tar. The submitter is lying to himself and to us when he thinks that he's drinking espresso for anything other than to show off his gay Frenchiness.
And finally, no one who really enjoyed coffee can enjoy freeze dried coffee crystals, much less prefer it to drip coffee. The submitter again pulls our leg with the ridiculous statement that he would much rather drink instant horse piss than brew a cup of coffee in a coffee maker.
It's too bad that chess has become a matter of memorizing a series of opening moves rather than a game of strategy. GMs don't even play to mate anymore, they just play out an opening move and whoever has the upper hand at the end takes the game.
This kind of 'training' will eventually catch up to the chessmasters. Computers can do this MUCH better than a human ever could.
We should rewrite all of our COBOL programs in C while we're at it.
Might as well compound the folly of tossing out a perfectly good instruction set with the folly of tossing out perfectly good source code.
Update, don't reinvent. The desire to reinvent is a junior engineer character flaw. It takes several experiences in spending long hours tracking down bugs in the new implementation rather than simply updating some older code that worked fine.
Yeah.. nerdy...
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Superbowling
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· Score: -1, Troll
How ironic that nerds would huddle around the television to watch under-evolved gorillas toss each other a ball for three hours.
Forgive me if I rejoice that the Spirit/Opportunity website will be that much less crowded during that time.
It used to be cool to show off with these 'hacks' like phreaking and other service-theft tricks, but these days it seems that they would do better service to the name 'hacker' if they worked on things that made our world easier to live in, for both sightless and sighted folks.
I'm not about to tell them what they should or shouldn't be doing, but sometimes you really have to wonder how the hacker community can take having borderline criminals like these three brothers calling themselves part of hackerdom.
They are crackers, despite what they call themselves.
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One benefit to having email is the ability to post information anonymously in order to avoid possible repercussions. Slashdot has that feature with the "Post Anonymously" checkbox (which should be pointed out, is not 100% anonymous and can be tracked by IP and logged-in account name) and it also exists with anonymously emailers.
Forcing someone out into the open by the use of such 'warranties' imposes a chilling effect on free speech through email.
I hate spam, but I hate the idea that important speech could be stifled by the use of badly considered spam 'solutions'.
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What awards has KDE3 won?
I like KDE much better than Gnome, personally, but that's because I like have a well-designed API. When it comes to window programming, object-oriented is the way to go. QT gets this, so does anyone using wxwindows (a good rewrite of MFC/OWL). But the Gnome folks stick to their procedural programming style APIs which are fine for simple programs, but for larger programs it just means that the programmer has to reimplement the OO overhead.
What happens with CA and theories that try to turn our understanding of the universe on its head is that it always ends up begging the question. From several fundamental functions, one can theoretically derive all the laws of nature (the so-called GUT). But in the world of CA, it is the fundamental functions which are derived from the actions of nature.
Take the theory of evolution which is given as an example. You have the shell of a nautilus which spirals out with chambers at regular intervals. There is a mathematical function which precisely describes the shell's structure. Does this mean that the shell could never have been shaped otherwise? According to CA, yes, that particular shape is the only possible shape that would be permissible by that mathematical function. It would be difficult to change the function enough such that it would be close enough to the existing function and yet far enough away to produce a cohesive shell instance. In essence, CA proponents are forced to discount the existence of evolution because such a gradual process cannot be accounted for with CA.
So was all of creation born into existence as we see it? CA would say yes, with the caveat that certain mutations would be encountered when both of the above requirements were met. But modern biology has shown that evolution is indeed a gradual process not dependent upon these functions. The fact that there exist mathematical functions which explain and describe certain biological forms is interesting, but it is not any more significant than that.
Or perhaps the book itself was too expensive for any sane person to plop down the money to purchase it.
ANKOS is not a groundbreaking book, and it's conclusions (that all creation is fundamentally programmed into it) is specious. He is adamant that there is no God which created everything, yet he points to artificial order which could only be created by an intelligent designer.
He totally discounts the view that these patterns are the result of accepted scientific theories like evolution and geology and says that evolution and geology are directed by the patterns. It's a completely inside-out view of the universe and despite its obvious attraction for pseudo-intellectual navel gazers, the book and its contents are neither anything new nor anything that could be construed as vaguely scientfic.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
I'm glad that Real Player sucks so much that no one I know of has it installed.
Real can lick my shit-stained underoos and then drink my jizz. Fuck you Real. In the ass.
Is that a per device licensing fee?
Yikes.
WinCE tops out at about 30 bucks per license. A small licensing fee up front added to that if you want to build a PocketPC or Smartphone.
It costs you a couple bucks for some Windows licenses. In the grand scheme of your business, it is an insignificant cost.
It is also a business expense which makes it tax-deductible, so the actual cost is even lower than the price you pay up front for those licenses.
Suck it up and join the rest of the business world.
Aren't you just the tiniest bit curious to see how cool a Sharpton presidency would be?
Just imagine all the quotes he'll leave for posterior.
It's bad enough that the internet was going to be used to count votes outside the country. How much worse would it be with all those illegals voting online here inside the U.S. borders?
To what end is all this important?
You'd think that Linux problems would only affect itself, but apparently it's bad enough to crash BSD boxes as well.
So much for peaceful network coexistence.
It's a simple question: Just because you can, should you?
Anyone can track you. Really. All it takes is a notebook and pencil.
Get over yourselves. Jeez.
The microprocessor stork brings them.
Right, mommy?
YHBT
Espresso has lower caffeine per volume than drip coffee, so any illusion that the submitter is under that his espresso machiatto is keeping him up better than a cup of joe is mistaken.
Second, espresso tastes of burnt wood. It is the nature of the roasting method that it be unrecognizable as anything but black tar. The submitter is lying to himself and to us when he thinks that he's drinking espresso for anything other than to show off his gay Frenchiness.
And finally, no one who really enjoyed coffee can enjoy freeze dried coffee crystals, much less prefer it to drip coffee. The submitter again pulls our leg with the ridiculous statement that he would much rather drink instant horse piss than brew a cup of coffee in a coffee maker.
And by answering here, IHBT too.
Linux 2.0 is fine for systems that don't need the power and capabilities of the 2.6 kernel.
While the 2.2 kernel was pretty much a bust, the 2.4 kernel proved itself wonderfully capable.
Still, I would love to see BSD or AIX stacked up against Linux 2.0.
This is a great reading list. In fact, I've read my fair share of these books and can vouch for the quality.
I wasn't particularly impressed with the Douglas Adams biography, personally, but Adam's book itself (not released this year) is extraordinary.
It's included for free with the Windows kernel.
Unless you want to use a bastardized definition of the word "Free".
For example, there have only been 1026 nanoseconds since the Big Bang. There are thought to be only 1075 atoms in the entire universe.
The universe must be much smaller than I am prepared to comprehend.
It's too bad that chess has become a matter of memorizing a series of opening moves rather than a game of strategy. GMs don't even play to mate anymore, they just play out an opening move and whoever has the upper hand at the end takes the game.
This kind of 'training' will eventually catch up to the chessmasters. Computers can do this MUCH better than a human ever could.
We should rewrite all of our COBOL programs in C while we're at it.
Might as well compound the folly of tossing out a perfectly good instruction set with the folly of tossing out perfectly good source code.
Update, don't reinvent. The desire to reinvent is a junior engineer character flaw. It takes several experiences in spending long hours tracking down bugs in the new implementation rather than simply updating some older code that worked fine.
How ironic that nerds would huddle around the television to watch under-evolved gorillas toss each other a ball for three hours.
Forgive me if I rejoice that the Spirit/Opportunity website will be that much less crowded during that time.
It used to be cool to show off with these 'hacks' like phreaking and other service-theft tricks, but these days it seems that they would do better service to the name 'hacker' if they worked on things that made our world easier to live in, for both sightless and sighted folks.
I'm not about to tell them what they should or shouldn't be doing, but sometimes you really have to wonder how the hacker community can take having borderline criminals like these three brothers calling themselves part of hackerdom.
They are crackers, despite what they call themselves.