I'm Egyptian. I've spent my summers there since I was 6 for the last 22+ years. I speak Arabic fluently. I've read the Koran (amongst other religious works). I'm *intimately* familiar with the culture of the middle east.
whats the point?
or rather, whats *your* basis for your claims?
Right.
see, civility isn't dead you barbarous infidel heathen!:P
>>the guy who studies the book every week at his mosque is obviously the one arguing from a position of dogmatic ignorance here
>If I studied Superman comic books every week, it wouldn't make them one iota more legitimate as a guide to building a civil society or as a guide to understanding reality. All of my criticism of the Quran stands.....
I don't know about that, have you read Superman comic books every week to make that statement?
picking up on a pattern are we?
--- and incidentally,
we've had two great civilizations (Islamic caliphates, Ottoman Empire) both based on Islam.....
so whom, precisely, are you lecturing about building a civil society?
>Get real, minimum wage jobs are held by people with no job skills or experience. >Do you have any kind of idea of what kind of businesses pay minimum wage? >I don't, because I've worked for companies that most people would expect to pay >the minimum wage that paid significantly above the minimum wage.
and your experience has nothing to do with the reality of the situation; and if you'ld like a clear demonstration of it, I can arrange to have one set up for you -- a fight, between all the people who have *only* had crappy wage jobs (jobs for $10 or under), versus all the people who have had jobs above that rate. care to wager on who will win?
> Yeah, there's no way that a family that has two properties and three cars can afford health insurance(the Frost family--the Democrats' poster family for S-CHIP).
whats their total net worth? or are they leveraged up to the hilt like some piss-poor south american country? ah you forgot the magic words for the last 30 years *because* wages have not kept up with costs -- borrow until you have negative savings rate (last year was the event where on average, most americans ended up having negative savings) -- also an economic fact.
>Or maybe they need to rework their priorities and take care of their kids instead > of expecting the taxpayer to do it.
You're preaching to the choir regarding welfare. I agree that welfare is a crutch.
>>Call me up, when *you* wake up.
>Stop paying attention to what the Democrat media (NYT, LAT, Alphabet Networks, etc) tell you and look in the real world around >you. I don't watch or listen to any news. I get my news from several aggregation news sites on the Internet. I then compare what >is reported to what I experience (don't tell me inflation is high when, aside from fuel, my costs have only gone up slightly), if >it doesn't match up I do more research to see if my experience is unusual for some reason. Look at history, the world didn't begin >when you were born
Lord you are a fool -- you think I got that shit off of Newspapers & TV? those are reports published by economics departments at universities and government agencies. And I had to spend a great deal of time scanning to find them. Incidentally I read everyday for at least 2 hours on a *variety* of topics, for the last 10 years. And inflation is high dork 'cause your moneys worthless; check out how much a coffee costs or a piece of property (hello, bubble?! were you even awake for that?)
>Look at history, the world didn't begin when you were born.
I would suggest, prior to you preaching, you take your own advice first. And you don't even have to go that far - check out US history from the 1940's on.
and incidentally, didn't I just tell you I'm not a Democrat -- so whats with all the democratic crap? They spew as much crap as the republicans - but at least Democrats know they're talking shite instead of believing its the gospel truth.
Just last week they released a study that indicates that the "poor" in the US today have a higher standard of living then the "poor" in the US in the early '70s
-- which is why at minimum wage, you'ld have to work two jobs, and put your wife to work to support 1 or 2 kids. because the standard of living is higher. right.
do you hear yourself?
and all those uninsured people, they must not want insurance - its so much more fun to get cancer and try fighting it off while working that aforementioned two jobs.
but I guess if you have those two jobs, at least you're lucky - how many people are *truly* unemployed? wait, I can't tell anymore because the administration STOPPED INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WERE CHRONICALLY UNEMPLOYED in the unemployment report. people say, like programmers after the disasters of 2000 and 2001 (or anything else that was outsourced).
Call me up, when *you* wake up.
You're either severely uninformed (or a republican). Sometimes I think those two are synonomous.
And no I'm not a democrat -- but I do think that screwing 40%-60% of your population on a regular basis is a *really* bad idea for the health of a country.
And don't even get me started on the abuse of illegals, (h1-b, l1-b, or tn-1) visa or migratory workers (e.g. non-citizens)
-it means we're poorer because we transitioned from a manufacturing economy to a service economy in the 80's (and now import everything). -and then all those jobs were outsourced in the 90's.
and if you don't think we're poorer - don't take my word for it - when you index mean salary against inflation (and this is without !energy! & !food!) - you see a decrease in wage rate. And that my friend, is an economic *fact*.
and incidentally a 5.5% raise, means 5.5% of *fiat* money. it means I have 5.5% more paper in my pocket - how much paper is out in the market (or in this case ledger entries) {which have *nothing* to do with import/export), is the real question -- and I'ld be willing to bet that more effective money has been introduced in the market through shoddy loans, then that 5.5% increase pay indicates should exist.
Lastly, it was raised, 5.5% since what? 2006? come on now. compare it 2000 or 99 and then I might be impressed. And give me a total number of people employed so I can judge relative wealth (e.g. area underneath the histogram)
mate all speech is mine. whether I said it yesterday and forgot, or whether I have yet to say it tomorrow.
You do not "own" a phrase by uttering it, nor by uttering it first. and by extension, ideas being circumscribed by words, nor do you own an idea.
Don't like it? get used to it. 'cause for every single tool that comes along trying to force everyone else at gunpoint to agree that he has special status or claim to it, there will be a chorus of voices against him.
yeah thats why the CIA spent millions upon millions of dollars on security, and the KGB still managed to get their hands on all the information -- because its so difficult to pry it out when u really need it and can't think it up on your own. Or how about the reverse-engineering thing, or perhaps, the horror, sitting down and inventing a solution yourself given the presumeable self-demonstrated need?
Come on now, you're point is completely untenable.
And btw, there was a ton of invention that happened prior to the copyright systems; you should pick up a history book sometime. You know, that funny thing where people figured out tons of shit because they needed to? And incidentally, the US broke britains patents when they had their copyright system in place; both copyright and patents. pull your head out of your arse and do a little reading, will you?
>Should I point out the irony of you blabbering about free speech and then telling me to shut up, or would that limit your freedom of hypocrisy?
hardly, since unlike your system, I can't throw you in jail for ignoring my statement;) feel free to speak as u like provided I can tell you to go fuck yourself.:)
>>Again, I'll point out that copyright law is not perfect and does get abused. I am not against copyright reform or the eradication of copyright abuse. But a lot of people participating in that uprising were protesting against an abuse of copyright law, not against the concept of copyright itself.
consider me one of the people that thinks that copyright shouldn't exist at all, period, precisely because inevitably it invites abuse. I'm also one of the crazy people that thinks when people start building databases on you, its hardly to your benefit. Same goes with registration of any sort.
History, of course, is on my side, not yours.
>>I value my free speech far more than I value my right to get paid. >Tell me that when you have no food or shelter and no money to pay for them.
I thought I just did. I don't need money, it doesn't motivate me in the slightest. Its always easy to find.
>>Isn't after all, caveat emptor? How does "let the buyer beware" have anything to do with free speech?
Slander and libel is an attempt to compensate someone for damage to their reputation; caveat emptor indicates the buyer should do his own research into what he is buying, and presumeably (in a "service" economy), who he is doing business with.
>> Repeal the libel, the slander, the dmca, the copyright, the patents.
>Please reply to this post with your photo and your full, real name and address so I can plaster your neighborhood with posters about how you're a child rapist and a danger to all children in your neighborhood. If you truly believe in the repeal of slander and libel laws, and you're all about freedom of speech, you'll not only take no legal action, you won't even pull the posters down (because that would be censoring me). You'll just suffer through your neighbors throwing rocks through your windows as the price of your ideals.
Its a free country:) I won't take no legal action - but I'm a firm believe that those who are unjustly accused have a right to kick their accusers ass;) so how a bout a tit-for-tat -- you post yours, and I'll post mine:p
>>Lawyers, go fuck yourselves. You create nothing but misery.
>And when you get get tossed in a cell in Guantanamo, I want you to tell that to the lawyers who are trying to get the government to let you go and stop torturing you.
yeah because they're doing a *stirling* job right now. Lawyers don't protect my freedoms, I *do* as an informed citizen.
The *minute* you start to enforce a restriction on information in any way, is the minute you start to limit free speech. Copyright is a restriction on free speech, as is censorship. Don't agree? Witness the recent uprising about a *number* being transmitted *AND SHUT UP*. I value my free speech far more than I value my right to get paid. Isn't after all, caveat emptor? Repeal the libel, the slander, the dmca, the copyright, the patents. An idea or artistic creation should be free to travel unrestricted as it may, to whomever it may.
Lawyers, go fuck yourselves. You create nothing but misery.
#1 - binary search #2 - merge sort/quick sort #3 - a binary/heap sort (for insertation) with a travesal to spit back the results as needed (assuming the data is meant to be processed as it is sent and queryable in sorted order at any point).
they just turned classic search algorithms (and hence search problems) into word problems.
....when is esperanto going to use asian, hindu, arabic or cyrillic lettering? substituting a mangled romance language for english doesn't make it any more accessible. Not to mention maybe all those different approaches to communication actually contribute something to the creativity in constructing well-thought out experiments to properly phrased hypothesis...like how Asian languages predispose their speakers to character/pattern recognition, and German lends itself to compounding ideas, or English lends itself to forming new ones by verbing (--- see I just made that up by converting a noun into a verb!) I for one welcome diversity. How about getting people off their asses (coughs Americans) and getting them to learn to speak another language besides American; damn know that I think about it, get them to learn English first;)
>it depends on the size of the site and the kind of technologies in use.
sure; given he/she can't even calculate ROI on it, why the hell should they shooting for something complicated? Start small, build on it _AFTER_ you've proved your point about ROI; and if this person is complaining about it, picture my situation (which is _infinitely_ worse).
>*complex* web systems like ASP/PHP almost a contradiction there:)
>You simply can't read 100 books and then magically be able to do everything.
Sure, I agree. - Be selective in your reading (a 100 crappy books will not do u any good; 5-6 good books will) - Learn (APPLY!) your lessons slowly/carefully; - Build progressively better websites/apps.
>Sounds like you work at a very small place and aren't qualified to give comments.
No; a manufacturer who places no value on any sort of IT expense (family business, in case u're curious as to why I'm working there). Prior to that I worked as a systems programmer, both salaried and contract for a number of years.
--
Put another way; how many people here have worked for managers who spent gobs of money paying people to do things for them they weren't even qualified to spec out? How many of those projects end up being a bust because they weren't designed by somebody who _wasn't_ knowledgeable about the technologies involved?
Designing a website is not rocket science; particularly given the 18 million choices of platforms, packages, components available now. If he/she can't design a website thats decent, what are they doing in that position?
I'm doing it all by myself. + developing the intranet + developing the IT infrastructure + system administration + desktop administration + graphics design for print + web
STOP WHINING pick up a book, pick a good server and get it done.
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I'm Egyptian. I've spent my summers there since I was 6 for the last 22+ years.
:P
;)
I speak Arabic fluently. I've read the Koran (amongst other religious works).
I'm *intimately* familiar with the culture of the middle east.
whats the point?
or rather,
whats *your* basis for your claims?
Right.
see, civility isn't dead you barbarous infidel heathen!
^^^ in case its necessary, that would be *joke*.
we also have a sense of humor too
>>the guy who studies the book every week at his mosque is obviously the one arguing from a position of dogmatic ignorance here
....
>If I studied Superman comic books every week, it wouldn't make them one iota more legitimate as a guide to building a civil society or as a guide to understanding reality. All of my criticism of the Quran stands.
I don't know about that, have you read Superman comic books every week to make that statement?
picking up on a pattern are we?
---
and incidentally,
we've had two great civilizations (Islamic caliphates, Ottoman Empire) both based on Islam.....
so whom, precisely, are you lecturing about building a civil society?
you laugh, and then you get rooted.
or play a video with flac as the audio algorithm.
right.
especially if it plays silence on a transparent pixel.
MAN THIS SUCKS.
you're causing me a problem right now ;)
oh wait, I'm supposed to tolerate jackasses like you.
can't win, eh?
No. The organization is similar, the use of robotics is not. They use bins and conveyor systems. same principle though.
Mod this parent up!
>Get real, minimum wage jobs are held by people with no job skills or experience.
>Do you have any kind of idea of what kind of businesses pay minimum wage?
>I don't, because I've worked for companies that most people would expect to pay
>the minimum wage that paid significantly above the minimum wage.
and your experience has nothing to do with the reality of the situation;
and if you'ld like a clear demonstration of it, I can arrange to have one
set up for you -- a fight, between all the people who have *only* had crappy wage
jobs (jobs for $10 or under), versus all the people who have had jobs above that
rate. care to wager on who will win?
> Yeah, there's no way that a family that has two properties and three cars can afford health insurance(the Frost family--the Democrats' poster family for S-CHIP).
whats their total net worth?
or are they leveraged up to the hilt like some piss-poor south american country?
ah you forgot the magic words for the last 30 years *because* wages have not kept
up with costs -- borrow until you have negative savings rate (last year was the
event where on average, most americans ended up having negative savings) -- also
an economic fact.
>Or maybe they need to rework their priorities and take care of their kids instead
> of expecting the taxpayer to do it.
You're preaching to the choir regarding welfare. I agree that welfare is a crutch.
>>Call me up, when *you* wake up.
>Stop paying attention to what the Democrat media (NYT, LAT, Alphabet Networks, etc) tell you and look in the real world around >you. I don't watch or listen to any news. I get my news from several aggregation news sites on the Internet. I then compare what >is reported to what I experience (don't tell me inflation is high when, aside from fuel, my costs have only gone up slightly), if >it doesn't match up I do more research to see if my experience is unusual for some reason. Look at history, the world didn't begin >when you were born
Lord you are a fool -- you think I got that shit off of Newspapers & TV? those are reports published by economics departments at universities and government agencies. And I had to spend a great deal of time scanning to find them. Incidentally I read everyday for at least 2 hours on a *variety* of topics, for the last 10 years. And inflation is high dork 'cause your moneys worthless; check out how much a coffee costs or a piece of property (hello, bubble?! were you even awake for that?)
>Look at history, the world didn't begin when you were born.
I would suggest, prior to you preaching, you take your own advice first.
And you don't even have to go that far - check out US history from the 1940's on.
and incidentally, didn't I just tell you I'm not a Democrat -- so whats with all the democratic crap?
They spew as much crap as the republicans - but at least Democrats know they're talking shite instead
of believing its the gospel truth.
Anyway luck in life (you'll need it)
Just last week they released a study that indicates that the "poor" in the US today have a higher standard of living then the "poor" in the US in the early '70s
-- which is why at minimum wage, you'ld have to work two jobs, and put your wife to work to support 1 or 2 kids. because the standard of living is higher. right.
do you hear yourself?
and all those uninsured people, they must not want insurance - its so much more fun to get cancer and try fighting it off while working that aforementioned two jobs.
but I guess if you have those two jobs, at least you're lucky - how many people are *truly* unemployed? wait, I can't tell anymore because the administration STOPPED INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WERE CHRONICALLY UNEMPLOYED in the unemployment report. people say, like programmers after the disasters of 2000 and 2001 (or anything else that was outsourced).
Call me up, when *you* wake up.
You're either severely uninformed (or a republican). Sometimes I think those two are synonomous.
And no I'm not a democrat -- but I do think that screwing 40%-60% of your population on a regular basis is a
*really* bad idea for the health of a country.
And don't even get me started on the abuse of illegals, (h1-b, l1-b, or tn-1) visa or migratory workers (e.g. non-citizens)
-it means we're poorer because we transitioned from a manufacturing economy
to a service economy in the 80's (and now import everything).
-and then all those jobs were outsourced in the 90's.
and if you don't think we're poorer - don't take my word for it - when you index mean salary against inflation
(and this is without !energy! & !food!) - you see a decrease in wage rate. And that my friend, is an economic *fact*.
and incidentally a 5.5% raise, means 5.5% of *fiat* money. it means I have 5.5% more paper in my pocket - how much
paper is out in the market (or in this case ledger entries) {which have *nothing* to do with import/export), is the
real question -- and I'ld be willing to bet that more effective money has been introduced in the market through
shoddy loans, then that 5.5% increase pay indicates should exist.
Lastly, it was raised, 5.5% since what? 2006? come on now. compare it 2000 or 99 and then I might be impressed.
And give me a total number of people employed so I can judge relative wealth (e.g. area underneath the histogram)
Fool! You've fallen for his scheme!
He said "ordered sequence"! he didn't specify *what* order!
lucky for you its 2017 ;) the computer's clocks can't handle dates past Jan 1st, 2018 ;)
hang in there bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by then it will be too late, declawed cat. All the farmers will be armed.
And they call *us* peasants.
mate all speech is mine.
whether I said it yesterday and forgot,
or whether I have yet to say it tomorrow.
You do not "own" a phrase by uttering it,
nor by uttering it first. and by extension,
ideas being circumscribed by words, nor do
you own an idea.
Don't like it? get used to it. 'cause for
every single tool that comes along trying
to force everyone else at gunpoint to agree
that he has special status or claim to it,
there will be a chorus of voices against him.
yeah thats why the CIA spent millions upon millions of dollars on security, and the KGB still managed to get their hands on all the information -- because its so difficult to pry it out when u really need it and can't think it up on your own. Or how about the reverse-engineering thing, or perhaps, the horror, sitting down and inventing a solution yourself given the presumeable self-demonstrated need?
Come on now, you're point is completely untenable.
And btw, there was a ton of invention that happened prior to the copyright systems; you should pick up a history book sometime. You know, that funny thing where people figured out tons of shit because they needed to? And incidentally, the US broke britains patents when they had their copyright system in place; both copyright and patents. pull your head out of your arse and do a little reading, will you?
The point is a number should not be someone elses product ;)
it is, by definition, a fact. facts are not owned.
>Should I point out the irony of you blabbering about free speech and then telling me to shut up, or would that limit your freedom of hypocrisy?
;) :)
:) I won't take no legal action - but I'm a firm believe that those who are unjustly accused have a right to kick their accusers ass ;) so how a bout a tit-for-tat -- you post yours, and I'll post mine :p
hardly, since unlike your system, I can't throw you in jail for ignoring my statement
feel free to speak as u like provided I can tell you to go fuck yourself.
>>Again, I'll point out that copyright law is not perfect and does get abused. I am not against copyright reform or the eradication of copyright abuse. But a lot of people participating in that uprising were protesting against an abuse of copyright law, not against the concept of copyright itself.
consider me one of the people that thinks that copyright shouldn't exist at all, period, precisely because inevitably it invites abuse. I'm also one of the crazy people that thinks when people start building databases on you, its hardly to your benefit. Same goes with registration of any sort.
History, of course, is on my side, not yours.
>>I value my free speech far more than I value my right to get paid.
>Tell me that when you have no food or shelter and no money to pay for them.
I thought I just did. I don't need money, it doesn't motivate me in the slightest. Its always easy to find.
>>Isn't after all, caveat emptor?
How does "let the buyer beware" have anything to do with free speech?
Slander and libel is an attempt to compensate someone for damage to their reputation; caveat emptor indicates
the buyer should do his own research into what he is buying, and presumeably (in a "service" economy),
who he is doing business with.
>> Repeal the libel, the slander, the dmca, the copyright, the patents.
>Please reply to this post with your photo and your full, real name and address so I can plaster your neighborhood with posters about how you're a child rapist and a danger to all children in your neighborhood. If you truly believe in the repeal of slander and libel laws, and you're all about freedom of speech, you'll not only take no legal action, you won't even pull the posters down (because that would be censoring me). You'll just suffer through your neighbors throwing rocks through your windows as the price of your ideals.
Its a free country
>>Lawyers, go fuck yourselves. You create nothing but misery.
>And when you get get tossed in a cell in Guantanamo, I want you to tell that to the lawyers who are trying to get the government to let you go and stop torturing you.
yeah because they're doing a *stirling* job right now. Lawyers don't protect my freedoms, I *do* as an informed citizen.
can I quote you?
is that permitted? I mean I get so confused with all these disclaimers on use on words.
Sir, the problem is simple.
The *minute* you start to enforce a restriction on information in any way,
is the minute you start to limit free speech. Copyright is a restriction
on free speech, as is censorship. Don't agree? Witness the recent uprising
about a *number* being transmitted *AND SHUT UP*. I value my free speech
far more than I value my right to get paid. Isn't after all, caveat emptor?
Repeal the libel, the slander, the dmca, the copyright, the patents. An idea
or artistic creation should be free to travel unrestricted as it may, to
whomever it may.
Lawyers, go fuck yourselves. You create nothing but misery.
Now mod me up, wankers.
Jeez its simple:
#1 - binary search
#2 - merge sort/quick sort
#3 - a binary/heap sort (for insertation) with a travesal to spit back the results as needed
(assuming the data is meant to be processed as it is sent and queryable in sorted order at any point).
they just turned classic search algorithms (and hence search problems) into word problems.
....when is esperanto going to use asian, hindu, arabic or cyrillic lettering? ;)
substituting a mangled romance language for english doesn't make it any more accessible. Not to mention maybe all those different approaches to communication actually contribute something to the creativity in constructing well-thought out experiments to properly phrased hypothesis...like how Asian languages predispose their speakers to character/pattern recognition, and German lends itself to compounding ideas, or English lends itself to forming new ones by verbing (--- see I just made that up by converting a noun into a verb!) I for one welcome diversity. How about getting people off their asses (coughs Americans) and getting them to learn to speak another language besides American; damn know that I think about it, get them to learn English first
>it depends on the size of the site and the kind of technologies in use.
:)
sure; given he/she can't even calculate ROI on it, why the hell should they shooting for something complicated? Start small, build on it _AFTER_ you've proved your point about ROI; and if this person is complaining about it, picture my situation (which is _infinitely_ worse).
>*complex* web systems like ASP/PHP
almost a contradiction there
>You simply can't read 100 books and then magically be able to do everything.
Sure, I agree.
- Be selective in your reading
(a 100 crappy books will not do u any good; 5-6 good books will)
- Learn (APPLY!) your lessons slowly/carefully;
- Build progressively better websites/apps.
>Sounds like you work at a very small place and aren't qualified to give comments.
No; a manufacturer who places no value on any sort of IT expense (family business, in case u're curious as to why I'm working there). Prior to that I worked as a systems programmer, both salaried and contract for a number of years.
--
Put another way; how many people here have worked for managers who spent gobs of money paying people to do things for them they weren't even qualified to spec out? How many of those projects end up being a bust because they weren't designed by somebody who _wasn't_ knowledgeable about the technologies involved?
Designing a website is not rocket science; particularly given the 18 million choices of platforms, packages, components available now. If he/she can't design a website thats decent, what are they doing in that position?
I'm doing it all by myself.
:)
+ developing the intranet
+ developing the IT infrastructure
+ system administration
+ desktop administration
+ graphics design for print + web
STOP WHINING
pick up a book, pick a good server and get it done.
1st post
#3 - the heat of the bullet
#4 - the flattening of the bullet against the chest