Certainly Admiral Piri Reis claimed to have created his map from several maps he found in the Library of Alexandria that were supposed to be extremely ancient. Obviously the Library of Alexandria is long gone, but the Piri Reis map survives from (I think) 13th Century.
My point is that since you cannot check what was available from the Library of Alexandria, how can you conclude it was a "misunderstanding"? After all, most (if not all) medieval mapmakers were more than likely copying from older sources.
Whilst I agree with you in part, I have to say that I refuse to wear a suit to work. In fact I've turned jobs down in interview when I've been told that about the dress code. The reason : If a company is so inflexible about dress code, then is it going to be a comfortable work environment? By that I mean, will they be flexible enough to allow me to have half a day off work so I can supervise the plumber and me make the time up sometime later, or will they force me to take a day out of my holiday entitlement?
Of course a suit is important if you have a customer facing job, but otherwise, what's the point?
As a non-American I don't understand what the fuss is about. The question should be asked, which is most important, whether you sit down in your seat 10 minutes after you would have done, or whether you want to be reassured that there are no terrorists/criminals sitting on you plane with you.
And why is it an infringement on your civil liberties to be scanned/searched before you get on a plane? Surely it would be an infringement on the civil liberties of the other passengers if you weren't?
Please don't use the word 'Murder' when you mean 'Warfare'.
All war is murder - it just depends on which side you're on as to who you see as the perptrator.
Country X goes to war with Country Y X's citizens justify it by saying Y is murdering innocent people Y's citizens justify it by saying X is murdering innocent people
Who is right? Well, both are. If everyone from both sides agrees that murder is being performed, then murder must be being performed. Cogito ergo sum.
Let me give you an example of what this means in practice. My employer uses the web based Rational ClearQuest for bug tracking. It used java-like applets, and works with all versions of Microsoft IE on 9x/NT/2K/XP platforms using the Microsoft VM that we've tried it with, but with no versions of the Sun JVM in IE, or indeed with any browser other than IE.
Well it works in Netscape 4 on Linux but not in Mozilla!! Our company has a close working relationship with Rational (they're based in the same US city) and have submitted a bug report to Rational with comments along the lines of fix it or we're out of here.
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Someone is in deserate need of watching Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine"...
Bob
antiquated piece of shit
The book is about design patterns. How can it be antiquated? Unless you're still programming in BASIC...
Bob
Certainly Admiral Piri Reis claimed to have created his map from several maps he found in the Library of Alexandria that were supposed to be extremely ancient. Obviously the Library of Alexandria is long gone, but the Piri Reis map survives from (I think) 13th Century.
My point is that since you cannot check what was available from the Library of Alexandria, how can you conclude it was a "misunderstanding"? After all, most (if not all) medieval mapmakers were more than likely copying from older sources.
Bob
How are you posting to Slashdot then? Moron...
Bob
1. Fraunhofer Codec
2. MP3 files
3. P2P network
4. ??????
5. Profit
Bob
...on the topic list page?
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An advert for Visual Studio
LOL
Bob
Won't this affect all browsers, since they all (as far as I know) report themselves in their headers as "Mozilla comaptible"?
Bob
It's being done the other way around. A project I was involved with for my Masters in Comp Sci - http://www.visicast.co.uk/
Bob
Currently in a Fortune 500. Wearing white T, shorts and sandals. Guess I'm not professional :-( But it is damn hot here now.
Bob
Whilst I agree with you in part, I have to say that I refuse to wear a suit to work. In fact I've turned jobs down in interview when I've been told that about the dress code. The reason : If a company is so inflexible about dress code, then is it going to be a comfortable work environment? By that I mean, will they be flexible enough to allow me to have half a day off work so I can supervise the plumber and me make the time up sometime later, or will they force me to take a day out of my holiday entitlement?
Of course a suit is important if you have a customer facing job, but otherwise, what's the point?
Bob
They are viewed simply as a consumable resource, like fuel oil or coal (hopefully a bit more environmentally friendly).
Depends on how many baked beans you've eaten.
Bob
As a non-American I don't understand what the fuss is about. The question should be asked, which is most important, whether you sit down in your seat 10 minutes after you would have done, or whether you want to be reassured that there are no terrorists/criminals sitting on you plane with you.
And why is it an infringement on your civil liberties to be scanned/searched before you get on a plane? Surely it would be an infringement on the civil liberties of the other passengers if you weren't?
Bob
How many car drivers get hit by other cars and killed in london every year?
Not many, they're all going too slow
Bob
Please don't use the word 'Murder' when you mean 'Warfare'.
All war is murder - it just depends on which side you're on as to who you see as the perptrator.
Country X goes to war with Country Y
X's citizens justify it by saying Y is murdering innocent people
Y's citizens justify it by saying X is murdering innocent people
Who is right? Well, both are. If everyone from both sides agrees that murder is being performed, then murder must be being performed. Cogito ergo sum.
Bob
Let me give you an example of what this means in practice. My employer uses the web based Rational ClearQuest for bug tracking. It used java-like applets, and works with all versions of Microsoft IE on 9x/NT/2K/XP platforms using the Microsoft VM that we've tried it with, but with no versions of the Sun JVM in IE, or indeed with any browser other than IE.
Well it works in Netscape 4 on Linux but not in Mozilla!! Our company has a close working relationship with Rational (they're based in the same US city) and have submitted a bug report to Rational with comments along the lines of fix it or we're out of here.
Bob