To partially steal an idea from another poster:
Compact web pages (like designed for a PDA's compact screen) that frontend the stock database over wireless (1Mbit is fine so the store gets more bandwidth for the buck at the AP). If a customer needs to find something, they just make a query, or if a customer needs a price, they make a different query. They just buy a USB UPC bar reader from the store and be done. This way nothing too expensive can get stolen from the store, and the initial cost is very low.
Yep, I've noticed numerous spelling errors and pretty substandard grammatical constructs recently as well. Not just stupid shit like how to use a semicolon or ending a sentence with a preposition either, but about sentences that contain vague subjects and verbs with improper tenses.
I was replying to the guy who was calling the 'no default case' a 'beginner's mistake'. I know and the person who wrote the original statement knows that the whole point of the code was to count for Bush whenever ANY vote is processed.
Any of you old timers remember that British guy (Ed Yourdon) who wrote "The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer" all those years ago? Still hasn't happened, huh?
Regardless, I want to see how operating systems are going to operate on new chips with new instruction sets when there are no programmers...
change game or movie to alcohol and cigarettes and you have a very different statement.
True, but to be honest, why not? If a parent doesn't have the conviction to deny their children what they feel isn't right for them, guess who shouldn't be a parent? And you're right, there is no conceivable way to prevent kids from getting into stuff like cigarettes and alcohol, so why waste resources on it?
Goddamn, Internet = assumptive morons. I never said anything about income tax forms, Mr. Hyperbole. Regardless, allowance around here means you, as a child, just 'get' the money. No chores or any of that jazz. If parents pay their children for work they do, then fine, if that's how the parent feels like rewarding their child. If a game is too mature for a child, it should be up to the supposedly responsible parent of that child to take care of that, not some committee.
I think this is mostly a bad idea. Seriously, if a kid can earn the money (at a job, not from allowance) for a game or movie, I figure they're mature enough to handle it. Restricting the rights of the mature to cater to the unwashed masses... Gotta love it. Of course, that would mean more work for parents, being... parents...
I think, as you said, a parent should be vigilant about what their child does, while realizing there's no way in hell you're gonna stop them. It builds values yet doesn't impose a overly restrictive leash. Of course, do what you will, but keeping kids in a little black box until they're 18 is a great way to not only piss them off, but keep them socially inept for a good long time.
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But with all this new hardware and great software running on it, we don't have to worry about silly things like memory usage and performance tuning anymore! The magic box does it for us!
Well, I'll tell you what I need:
Ethereal, xterm and Opera and MAYBE OpenOffice or Abiword. I might need various other tools, but most of the ones I know of are terminal mode capable (Kismet is a good expmale of a maybe, because of security auditing on a network that only MIGHT exist) and I do love the CLI. I wouldn't have installed the X-Windows system if I didn't need Ethereal in graphical mode. So I want simple, streamlined and fast. GNOME is working pretty well for me (I run Gentoo, so it's fast already), so let's put it this way: If all these guys are gonna standardize everything over to KDE, I'm gonna move, because I want simplicity, ease of use and speed.
Really what I was asking, is if there is a "technical" reason to move. Like if KDE is technologically superior in some way only knowledgable to those in the know. I'm no longer "in the know".
I think the proper name for this would be like an automatic expert system. Not quite AI, but its ability to answer questions lumps it in that category (?)
I just installed GNOME at work. Is KDE really that much better? I really HATE QT but I suppose GTK isn't much better. All I know is from like 3 years ago or so, when they both really sucked. I try to stay away from X, but I need it at work for certain things. Is there a good technical reason I should uninstall GNOME and head over to KDE? No zealots, please. You guys are too crazy for me:p
I'm pretty sure no one uses the hardware task switching on the x86. It absorbs quite a few cycles from what I remember, and isn't as robust as a good software solution. I could be wrong now since it's been a while, but I do know for a fact that Windows NT specifically avoided using the task switching instructions for that reason. Maybe they're faster now, I haven't seen an instruction/clock chart since the 486.
I only know the internals of the Ford EEC-IV, but they DO have watchdog timers. If the computer goes out to lunch, it figures it out and restarts in milliseconds.
Looks like spelling and grammar are a little too 'complicated' for you, so I don't think you're qualified to lecture me about chemistry. Learn to write and then maybe you can ask me if I'm retarded. What do you think "melt" and "freeze" are anyway? Magic fairy tales?
Not that I can read the article yet (due to slowness), but the summary doesn't say what happens after 75C. It might melt again and that would be bad. If true, this chemical will possibly force the scientific community to reevaluate chemical laws and make new, more general (and therefore better) ones.
Yes, I do use jargon in my profession, because I have no choice. But my profession has nothing to do with restricting the natural rights of others (now computer rights, that's something else:) ).
Also, I suppose that if you are able to pass out of regular requirements of a standard university, then you could complete anything in 3 years. Law is tough (at least for me) because of the sheer amount of rote memorization needed. With things like math, or chemisrty, you have ways of derivating what you need. I'm no good at just memorizing tons and tons of stuff, like what Roe vs Wade was (if that even was a case) and what it meant, etc... And I'll stop the rambling here, long day at work an all...
It shouldn't take an 8 year degree to understand your rights. Throwing latin and difficult wording into the mix is not conducive to self-defense. I'll quote a post I saw on here a long time ago that I saved because it was a really good rant:
What kind of judicial
system allows laws and documentation that require advanced degrees to even understand? If
ignorance of the law is no excuse, shouldn't law have to be written in understandable language.
And don't give me any bullshit about $10 words being required in order to make the law more
specific, 'cause that is complete bunk. I've seen enought technical documentation to know that it is
possible to be clear, conscise and understandable all at the same time. All the bullshit rhetoric in
patent applications and on the lawbooks are there simply to confuse the masses and make them
hire lawyers.
Why can't we elect some judges that will let people off because the law isn't in English (or other
native language as it may apply) instead of some twisted, latinesque, lawyerese? For instance, this
judge should simply rule that noone can infringe on this patent, because an average person would
need weeks to understand what the fuck it means.
The deal is that they should try harder to make the law more understandable. Law effects everyone, no matter what. You could make it through life not understanding calculus, but you'd be hard pressed to make it through without needing the law at some point. Having a 'law' is fine. Having 'laws' that are derived from others is fine. Where I draw the line is where you have a condition where you stand no chance of understanding the entirety of personal limitations without a degree, or at least years of personal study. Make it more accessable is all I'm saying.
Law is man made and is arbitrarily complex. It could be simple, but for some reason, even though it is defined by man, it isn't. On the other hand, physics is defined by observable natural phenomenon. There is no known way to make it simpler. There's a huge difference.
This is probably one of the greatest retorts to that completely IDIOTIC phrase: "I have nothing to hide, DO YOOOOOUUUUU?" Seriously, that has to be one of the most ignorant things ever said. Let's just forget the past all together, I mean, those Jews, they had something to hide, right? Damn, being a Jew in 1930's Germany, what a freakin' CRIME! Fools.
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To partially steal an idea from another poster:
Compact web pages (like designed for a PDA's compact screen) that frontend the stock database over wireless (1Mbit is fine so the store gets more bandwidth for the buck at the AP). If a customer needs to find something, they just make a query, or if a customer needs a price, they make a different query. They just buy a USB UPC bar reader from the store and be done. This way nothing too expensive can get stolen from the store, and the initial cost is very low.
Yep, I've noticed numerous spelling errors and pretty substandard grammatical constructs recently as well. Not just stupid shit like how to use a semicolon or ending a sentence with a preposition either, but about sentences that contain vague subjects and verbs with improper tenses.
I was replying to the guy who was calling the 'no default case' a 'beginner's mistake'. I know and the person who wrote the original statement knows that the whole point of the code was to count for Bush whenever ANY vote is processed.
Any of you old timers remember that British guy (Ed Yourdon) who wrote "The Decline and Fall of the American Programmer" all those years ago? Still hasn't happened, huh?
Regardless, I want to see how operating systems are going to operate on new chips with new instruction sets when there are no programmers...
You know, I actually know someone who got a DUI on a bike... Saddest thing I ever heard in my life, but yet I had to laugh.
I totally agree with ratings systems. However, I totally DO NOT agree with the government playing that part of the parent.
change game or movie to alcohol and cigarettes and you have a very different statement.
True, but to be honest, why not? If a parent doesn't have the conviction to deny their children what they feel isn't right for them, guess who shouldn't be a parent? And you're right, there is no conceivable way to prevent kids from getting into stuff like cigarettes and alcohol, so why waste resources on it?
Goddamn, Internet = assumptive morons. I never said anything about income tax forms, Mr. Hyperbole. Regardless, allowance around here means you, as a child, just 'get' the money. No chores or any of that jazz. If parents pay their children for work they do, then fine, if that's how the parent feels like rewarding their child. If a game is too mature for a child, it should be up to the supposedly responsible parent of that child to take care of that, not some committee.
I think this is mostly a bad idea. Seriously, if a kid can earn the money (at a job, not from allowance) for a game or movie, I figure they're mature enough to handle it. Restricting the rights of the mature to cater to the unwashed masses... Gotta love it. Of course, that would mean more work for parents, being... parents...
I think, as you said, a parent should be vigilant about what their child does, while realizing there's no way in hell you're gonna stop them. It builds values yet doesn't impose a overly restrictive leash. Of course, do what you will, but keeping kids in a little black box until they're 18 is a great way to not only piss them off, but keep them socially inept for a good long time.
But with all this new hardware and great software running on it, we don't have to worry about silly things like memory usage and performance tuning anymore! The magic box does it for us!
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Well, I'll tell you what I need: Ethereal, xterm and Opera and MAYBE OpenOffice or Abiword. I might need various other tools, but most of the ones I know of are terminal mode capable (Kismet is a good expmale of a maybe, because of security auditing on a network that only MIGHT exist) and I do love the CLI. I wouldn't have installed the X-Windows system if I didn't need Ethereal in graphical mode. So I want simple, streamlined and fast. GNOME is working pretty well for me (I run Gentoo, so it's fast already), so let's put it this way: If all these guys are gonna standardize everything over to KDE, I'm gonna move, because I want simplicity, ease of use and speed.
Really what I was asking, is if there is a "technical" reason to move. Like if KDE is technologically superior in some way only knowledgable to those in the know. I'm no longer "in the know".
I think the proper name for this would be like an automatic expert system. Not quite AI, but its ability to answer questions lumps it in that category (?)
I just installed GNOME at work. Is KDE really that much better? I really HATE QT but I suppose GTK isn't much better. All I know is from like 3 years ago or so, when they both really sucked. I try to stay away from X, but I need it at work for certain things. Is there a good technical reason I should uninstall GNOME and head over to KDE? No zealots, please. You guys are too crazy for me :p
I'm pretty sure no one uses the hardware task switching on the x86. It absorbs quite a few cycles from what I remember, and isn't as robust as a good software solution. I could be wrong now since it's been a while, but I do know for a fact that Windows NT specifically avoided using the task switching instructions for that reason. Maybe they're faster now, I haven't seen an instruction/clock chart since the 486.
I only know the internals of the Ford EEC-IV, but they DO have watchdog timers. If the computer goes out to lunch, it figures it out and restarts in milliseconds.
I figured it was Pascal's Triangle, but I had to verify because I'm not gonna go through each iteration by hand. So there you have it.
Looks like spelling and grammar are a little too 'complicated' for you, so I don't think you're qualified to lecture me about chemistry. Learn to write and then maybe you can ask me if I'm retarded. What do you think "melt" and "freeze" are anyway? Magic fairy tales?
Did I say it was bad?
Not that I can read the article yet (due to slowness), but the summary doesn't say what happens after 75C. It might melt again and that would be bad. If true, this chemical will possibly force the scientific community to reevaluate chemical laws and make new, more general (and therefore better) ones.
Yes, I do use jargon in my profession, because I have no choice. But my profession has nothing to do with restricting the natural rights of others (now computer rights, that's something else :) ).
Also, I suppose that if you are able to pass out of regular requirements of a standard university, then you could complete anything in 3 years. Law is tough (at least for me) because of the sheer amount of rote memorization needed. With things like math, or chemisrty, you have ways of derivating what you need. I'm no good at just memorizing tons and tons of stuff, like what Roe vs Wade was (if that even was a case) and what it meant, etc... And I'll stop the rambling here, long day at work an all...
It shouldn't take an 8 year degree to understand your rights. Throwing latin and difficult wording into the mix is not conducive to self-defense. I'll quote a post I saw on here a long time ago that I saved because it was a really good rant:
What kind of judicial system allows laws and documentation that require advanced degrees to even understand? If ignorance of the law is no excuse, shouldn't law have to be written in understandable language. And don't give me any bullshit about $10 words being required in order to make the law more specific, 'cause that is complete bunk. I've seen enought technical documentation to know that it is possible to be clear, conscise and understandable all at the same time. All the bullshit rhetoric in patent applications and on the lawbooks are there simply to confuse the masses and make them hire lawyers.
Why can't we elect some judges that will let people off because the law isn't in English (or other native language as it may apply) instead of some twisted, latinesque, lawyerese? For instance, this judge should simply rule that noone can infringe on this patent, because an average person would need weeks to understand what the fuck it means.
The deal is that they should try harder to make the law more understandable. Law effects everyone, no matter what. You could make it through life not understanding calculus, but you'd be hard pressed to make it through without needing the law at some point. Having a 'law' is fine. Having 'laws' that are derived from others is fine. Where I draw the line is where you have a condition where you stand no chance of understanding the entirety of personal limitations without a degree, or at least years of personal study. Make it more accessable is all I'm saying.
Law is man made and is arbitrarily complex. It could be simple, but for some reason, even though it is defined by man, it isn't. On the other hand, physics is defined by observable natural phenomenon. There is no known way to make it simpler. There's a huge difference.
This is probably one of the greatest retorts to that completely IDIOTIC phrase: "I have nothing to hide, DO YOOOOOUUUUU?" Seriously, that has to be one of the most ignorant things ever said. Let's just forget the past all together, I mean, those Jews, they had something to hide, right? Damn, being a Jew in 1930's Germany, what a freakin' CRIME! Fools.