Forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on current information, which we have assessed but which by its nature is dynamic and subject to rapid and even abrupt changes, such as the fact that Morpheus and Trinity both die in Matrix Revolutions.
That would make sense, as Sega didn't get sued either, and theirs was an extra prehipheral. But then again, Nintendo hasn't gotten sued yet for the Gamecube controller.
probably won't be too hard since it's OS X.... y'know... an interface at least a few people on this planet understand. Linux and Unix programmers are really hard-core... no doubt they could crack this egg in no time.
I think what he(or she) was getting at was that the larger Windows audience is an indicator that it's more preferred. In most cases that holds true, but you're right that in the world of pre-installing and business environments, that can't totally be trusted.
Still, saying that SUSE is amazingly superior to Windows is ludicrous because it's an assertion you could never support. It's one of those statements that just sits there to infuriate everyone who disagrees with you. It does well just to ignore statements like that. Just like when someone says Windows is amazing, Linux is the be-all end-all of OS's, PC's are superior to Macs, or that Macs are cheaper than PC's. It's all based on certain facts and somebody's gonna freak out on you because they have a disproving case.
The question should be "Is the new technology inherently superior enough to what we've got now to justify changing?", not, "How well does the new technology mimic what we've got now?"
Well, it should be evaluated on how well it interfaces with current technology. Also it needs to be compared to current technology in order to judge how well one could adapt to it.
Even with the horseless carriage example above, you have a winner because (A) the technology is boss, (B) it interfaces well with the current road and traffic light infrastructure (C) The buyers were easily able to adapt to the new technology.
The simple reason you have to evaluate new technology with regards to current technology is that changeovers are rarely instant, and in that interim, they will have to interface.
Word on the street is that the expansions and mods won't be available on the Mac. It's nice that they're releasing it on OS X, but it would be much nicer if you could mod it.
Well, another one of my obsticles is that I'm avoiding what comes after the project. I have to run through the code documenting it, and then create a technical manual, as well as a user's manual.
Then again, the user's manual for a video game is the instruction booklet... so that may actually be pretty cool.
how about a brita-jug built into a fridge that automatically refills whenever you put it back? Or you could use the RFID to tell when the fridge should turn on extra cooling (so it's even frostier). In a liquid-cooled render farm, you can detect a leak, I guess. Are there any less-lazy uses for this technology?
I'm entering my final year of college, and I have the same problem. Thankfully, it's seriously dwindled over the last 4 years (yeah, I'm on the 5 year plan), but I've had a real hard time getting my Senior Project done.
I've got it almost completely done, too. I just have to make a few classes to encapsulate the 1-player mode (it's a game) and write an AI and I'm done. And yet, with summer and tons of time to do whatever I need to get done, I've programmed for maybe 6 hours since May, and all of it has been other "for fun" projects.
I think I'm suffering from the startup-barrier in the middle of my project. I've left it for so long that I don't know where to pick back up. So no advice from me, just a little sympathy.
I get to wondering if I'm safe from all this. I live on a college campus behind a NAT router & firewall. It does not keep traffic logs (or at least I'm fairly certain of that). Were RIAA to request info from the school on the IP address they see, our computer department would be baffled, as they'd be looking at the NAT router's IP address.
Nevertheless, I don't really use Kazaa exept for the occasional rarity download (stuff that should be PD, but isn't.... is anyone seriously making money off the Peter Gunn theme these days?). My 40+ GB mp3 collection was gained the old-fashioned way. Ripping CD's. Even if they decided they'd sue me, if they hit me with a subpeona before a search warrant, you'd better believe my hard drive is gonna be somewhere else by the time they get to my room. All of my mp3's are on a "bulk storage" drive that can be removed at any time, and then carried somewhere else and hidden. I just don't want RIAA to seize my computer and start looking for pirated software and movies. That's none of their business, but I know they'd do it anyway.
After all, with the DMCA, you're guilty until proven innocent.
I don't know if criminal negligence applies if the person has to break and enter your house to attain access to the firearm. As long as it was stored in an appropriately secure way (depending on if you have kids or whatnot), then you shouldn't be to blame. Of course, any real-world example would have all sorts of nuances, so who knows.
If you're gonna do a lot of exercising, you do need carbs to maintain the energy-level you need to stick to that regimen. The problem is that a lot of people are overweight because their carb level is already high, and they don't exercise. I would recommend to most people to either (a) cut the carbs, or (b) maintain the carb level and exercise more. After all, it's more than a safe assumption to say that we probably all have pretty badly balanced diets to start with.
Beer may be much better than other carbohydrate-rich foods, nevertheless, beer is pretty fattening. If you can decrease your intake, it will help. Also switching to a light beer might help. Being a non-drinker, I only know of this in very remote terms.
Since we're on the subject of weight loss, does anyone know the answer to this question: is it better to eat before or after working out? I like to eat beforehand, because exercising on a full stomach sucks and I know it. As such, it keeps me from overeating. But is that actually healthy?
At 6'0", 160 lbs. is quite healthy. Congratulations on your success.:) And any time you don't feel you exercise enough, play some DDR... it's fun & addicting!
I hope I didn't imply that 70 miles was somehow ideal. I used to run in college and I'm trying to compete again.
It didn't come across as though you were implying that 70 miles was ideal. It's quite impressive, actually.:) I was just trying to make a point that when you're out of shape, you tend to have a distorted sense of weight-loss goals. I would love to be in shape, and to be able to run 70 miles a week, but if I keep that in mind as "what it is to be in shape," then surely I'll get discouraged often while trying to get in shape.
Basically, I wanted to point out that people who are out of shape read things like that and instinctively think "that sounds like a good goal" and then get disappointed when they don't reach it. Part of getting into shape and not going crazy is being able to set small, sensible goals. Don't aim to be healthy, but continually aim to be healthier.
Climbing a mountain is a difficult goal, but one motivational technique is to just concentrate on progressing. Don't think of the summit... think of the point 20 yards ahead.
I find the carbohydrates vs. fats arguments silly. It's all about calories. It's simple: If you take in more than you burn per day, no matter what the source, you gain weight.
Actuallly, there is a difference, though neither is good for you, and they're particularly bad in combination.
Carbohydrates change the way your body processes foods, and this varries from person to person. For a lot of people, it makes them more readily absorb fats and sugars, which is why things like cake are bad for you (processed sugar + carbohydrates in the flour), but they just don't seem to phase certain people.
Like the above poster said, stay away from sweets with refined sugars. Especially stay away from those with any sort of breadding (twinkies, cake, donuts, pastries), as well as fats combined with carbohydrates (bagel w/ cream cheese, bread w/ butter). Eat more vegetables, and don't think that you need variety. If you can only think of like 3 healthy meals, cycle those 3 meals until you can think of some more. If corn is the only vegetable you like, then damnit, eat corn at every meal. Vegetables serve a dual purpose... they're a healthy source of vitamins and minerals, and they fill you up so that you eat less unhealthy stuff.
And if you're a geek, then you can't pass up something that accomplishes 2 jobs at once.:)
Well, there are a few secrets... but most have to do with learning to get into good habits. I think if you don't work out now, the prospect of running 70 miles a week is daunting enough to scare you away, so don't think you have to approach this thing immediately.
First, cut out all soda (pop). Like another poster said, the sugar accumulates. I was in a similar dilema, cut out the soda, and I was down 10 pounds inside of a month without much exercise at all.
Eat healthier. With every meal, you must have a vegetable. They are low-calorie, fill you up (so you eat less else), and they're good for your digestive system.
Eat less. A simple rule, but hard to follow. Cut back on snacking first, then cut back on portions. No matter how well you're eating, seconds are out of the question.
Avoid starches. Starches tend to trap fat and sugars in your stomach and prevent them from being properly digested. As such, you have to eat more to get the energy you need to keep going, and the extra gets converted to fat later. Basically, less breads, less potatoes, will do you good. Remember: beer is liquid bread.
Any activity is better than no activity. If you're unhealthy, it can be hard to exercise because you don't have the stamina, and you probably have a lot more weight to move around. But still, if you get out every day and do some walking, you'll lose weight much more effectively. Also, DDR is a great solution for those of us addicted to video games. It may not be all that amazing of a workout (by workout standards) but remember that every little bit of exercise helps.
Stick with it. Even if you don't meet your weight-loss goals, don't give up. Re-adjust your goals and keep trying. Gradually, you will get used to the smaller portions and exercise, which will make it easier to push yourself harder. Remember that you're not trying to lose a few pounds for a date or something... you're making a slow transition to a healthier lifestyle.
That being said, I'm no weight loss guru... I'm a web-page designer. I sit on my bum all day typing, and I don't wanna be a gigantic fat-ass. I used to be about 300 lbs., but using the above methods, I've worked myself down to 250 in about 6 months. It's not a radical change, but it's been slow, steady progress. My situation was a lot like yours is. There are no secrets to weight loss, but there are some tricks you can use to make it a little easier. The secret isn't that you have to take in less calories, the secret is learning to do that every day.
Thank goodness my Epson Stylus Color II is still chugging away. The first consumer printer at 720 dpi. You have to print CMY in one pass, replace the print head, and print K in the next. But ink is cheap (about $5 for all 4, generic brand) lasts forever (it's only 720 dpi, after all), the quality is rock-solid (as in, no image warping, good quality error diffusion, no streaks or lines), and the way it's going it seems like it'll last forever. Bonus: the ink cartridges are too old to have a chip in them, so they can't be covered by DMCA.
The downside? I hope you don't mind waiting, 'cause that 8x10 720dpi print will take you about 15 minutes for each pass... so that's 30 minutes, assuming you're there to start the second pass right as the first finishes. Also, you have to do your RGB->CMYK conversions in Photoshop to get good quality (so that you're printing CMY then a layer of K on the second pass).
Last I heard (which was a long time ago), the French were using the term "postage electronique" (various accents omitted). And at that time the French linguists didn't want e-mail used officially.
Of course, this was several years ago, and I heard this like 15th hand (in high school french class), so I'm not sure. But if "postage electronique" was their previous official term, it's not surprising they'd use "courriel" simply because it's that much easier to use.
I don't see where all this debate comes from. Obviously, a lot of people are reading good 'ol Webster's definition of the word and interpreting it in completely different ways.
I think one of the problems we all have with trying to define what's ironic and what's not is that we don't all interpret the meaning of irony in the same way.
So "good advice that you just shouldn't take" isn't ironid? Good advice gives an expectation that you should take it. The reality is that you shouldn't. In what way is that not ironic? You have an expectation, which is then shown to be false. Where's the debate?
It's not that I'm a big Alanis Morrissette fan, it's just that these are easy examples to remember. A debate with a mneumonic device... that helps a bit.
The thing is that, with a lot of these examples, there's no stated expectation or percieved truth, but instead it relies on our social perceptions and expectations. She doesn't build an expectation that good advice should be followed. We already have that expectation from our own experiences.
And that's what most of this differrence of opinion comes to. Even though Irony itself is defined in reasonably stringent terms, deciding what's ironic is entirely subjective. A lot of people do misuse the term, but some of them aren't flat out wrong. They just might have a broader interpretation of the term than you.
Actually... an accident at the "2,000,000 consecutive accident free hours" party is ironic.
We are led by the author's narration to believe that the company is actually an extremely safe one, but events show that it isn't. After all, one man's mistakes shouldn't lead to burning down half a factory if the company is inherently safe.
And your definition of Irony is lacking at best. By your definition, anything that happens that isn't quite as expected is irony.
10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife is implied irony. 10,000 spoons implies an expectation that spoons will be necessary, and events show that to be false. From the point of view of the person with the spoons, this is ironic.
A black fly in your chardonay(sp?) is ironic because chardonay is expensive. If you order chardonay at a restaurant, the expectation is that this restaurant (most likely high-class) will give a good presentation. events show that to be false, hence irony. From the point of view of the restaurant customer, this is ironic.
Rain on your wedding day could be ironic, assuming you set the date according to weather reports, but that's a stretch.
A lot more is ironic than you think. Which is, according to your description, ironic. You present a great defninition of irony and a persuasive argument, and all expectations point to you being right. Events, however, show that to be false because your strict interpretation neglects implication and point-of-view.
I actually didn't accept the fish's translation as being accurate. Sure, I know it said outline... but by context I know it's wrong. I doubt anyone would look at a single statement and call it an amazing outline. Especially not some elitist fucktard whose goal is to sound smart first and only secondly to report the news.
Am I such an idiot for looking up that word, though? How many others simply ignored it? Like Mom always said when you were a kid, "If you don't know a word, look it up!" And as far as it being obscure,... for an article intended for an english language audience, any french word that's not commonly used in english conversation is by rights obscure.
(don't miss EWD 666: "A problem solved in my head," which contains the endearing aperçu: "Goldbach's Conjecture -- I had never thought that I would ever use that!")
The Fish says aperçu is a french word that means "outline." Stupid fucking Salon elitist fucktards.
I'm writing obscure french words in an english-language article, thereby ignoring the point of writing it in the first place! I exude a certain je ne sais quoi you cour de merd bourgoise can't approach!
There's a classic story that the CS professors at Ramapo College tell about a contractor making a database for MVS (our DMV). This story is always told in the Data Structures/Algorithms class right before you get to searching algos.
Basically the gist is that MVS hired a contractor to create a network-based databasing system to track all the New Jersey drivers so that every MVS location could have up-to-date records all the time. The test system worked briliantly. Off a local machine and a database of over 500 people, it was pulling things up instantaneously. The MVS ate it up.
Weeks pass, the thing gets installed on all the computers at the MVS offices, there's a central database built of all the drivers, and everyone is connected to it through either modem or ISDN (this was like 2 decades ago).
Turns out that the contractor used a linear search algorithm (and a wasteful one at that) to do database lookups. Even looking things up by SSN (which should just be a hash table lookup) were handled through this linear search. Everything took hours... Just recalling a record would take like 20 minutes while you sit there and wait.
Whether it's true or not, they use it here to emphasize the importance of sorting and searching algorithms.
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Forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on current information, which we have assessed but which by its nature is dynamic and subject to rapid and even abrupt changes, such as the fact that Morpheus and Trinity both die in Matrix Revolutions.
WTF? What is that doing in their press release?
That would make sense, as Sega didn't get sued either, and theirs was an extra prehipheral. But then again, Nintendo hasn't gotten sued yet for the Gamecube controller.
probably won't be too hard since it's OS X.... y'know... an interface at least a few people on this planet understand. Linux and Unix programmers are really hard-core... no doubt they could crack this egg in no time.
I think what he(or she) was getting at was that the larger Windows audience is an indicator that it's more preferred. In most cases that holds true, but you're right that in the world of pre-installing and business environments, that can't totally be trusted.
Still, saying that SUSE is amazingly superior to Windows is ludicrous because it's an assertion you could never support. It's one of those statements that just sits there to infuriate everyone who disagrees with you. It does well just to ignore statements like that. Just like when someone says Windows is amazing, Linux is the be-all end-all of OS's, PC's are superior to Macs, or that Macs are cheaper than PC's. It's all based on certain facts and somebody's gonna freak out on you because they have a disproving case.
Well, it should be evaluated on how well it interfaces with current technology. Also it needs to be compared to current technology in order to judge how well one could adapt to it.
Even with the horseless carriage example above, you have a winner because (A) the technology is boss, (B) it interfaces well with the current road and traffic light infrastructure (C) The buyers were easily able to adapt to the new technology.
The simple reason you have to evaluate new technology with regards to current technology is that changeovers are rarely instant, and in that interim, they will have to interface.
Word on the street is that the expansions and mods won't be available on the Mac. It's nice that they're releasing it on OS X, but it would be much nicer if you could mod it.
Well, another one of my obsticles is that I'm avoiding what comes after the project. I have to run through the code documenting it, and then create a technical manual, as well as a user's manual.
Then again, the user's manual for a video game is the instruction booklet... so that may actually be pretty cool.
how about a brita-jug built into a fridge that automatically refills whenever you put it back? Or you could use the RFID to tell when the fridge should turn on extra cooling (so it's even frostier). In a liquid-cooled render farm, you can detect a leak, I guess. Are there any less-lazy uses for this technology?
I'm entering my final year of college, and I have the same problem. Thankfully, it's seriously dwindled over the last 4 years (yeah, I'm on the 5 year plan), but I've had a real hard time getting my Senior Project done.
I've got it almost completely done, too. I just have to make a few classes to encapsulate the 1-player mode (it's a game) and write an AI and I'm done. And yet, with summer and tons of time to do whatever I need to get done, I've programmed for maybe 6 hours since May, and all of it has been other "for fun" projects.
I think I'm suffering from the startup-barrier in the middle of my project. I've left it for so long that I don't know where to pick back up. So no advice from me, just a little sympathy.
I get to wondering if I'm safe from all this. I live on a college campus behind a NAT router & firewall. It does not keep traffic logs (or at least I'm fairly certain of that). Were RIAA to request info from the school on the IP address they see, our computer department would be baffled, as they'd be looking at the NAT router's IP address.
Nevertheless, I don't really use Kazaa exept for the occasional rarity download (stuff that should be PD, but isn't.... is anyone seriously making money off the Peter Gunn theme these days?). My 40+ GB mp3 collection was gained the old-fashioned way. Ripping CD's. Even if they decided they'd sue me, if they hit me with a subpeona before a search warrant, you'd better believe my hard drive is gonna be somewhere else by the time they get to my room. All of my mp3's are on a "bulk storage" drive that can be removed at any time, and then carried somewhere else and hidden. I just don't want RIAA to seize my computer and start looking for pirated software and movies. That's none of their business, but I know they'd do it anyway.
After all, with the DMCA, you're guilty until proven innocent.
I don't know if criminal negligence applies if the person has to break and enter your house to attain access to the firearm. As long as it was stored in an appropriately secure way (depending on if you have kids or whatnot), then you shouldn't be to blame. Of course, any real-world example would have all sorts of nuances, so who knows.
my mistake, though it's always nice to learn something new. :)
If you're gonna do a lot of exercising, you do need carbs to maintain the energy-level you need to stick to that regimen. The problem is that a lot of people are overweight because their carb level is already high, and they don't exercise. I would recommend to most people to either (a) cut the carbs, or (b) maintain the carb level and exercise more. After all, it's more than a safe assumption to say that we probably all have pretty badly balanced diets to start with.
Beer may be much better than other carbohydrate-rich foods, nevertheless, beer is pretty fattening. If you can decrease your intake, it will help. Also switching to a light beer might help. Being a non-drinker, I only know of this in very remote terms.
Since we're on the subject of weight loss, does anyone know the answer to this question: is it better to eat before or after working out? I like to eat beforehand, because exercising on a full stomach sucks and I know it. As such, it keeps me from overeating. But is that actually healthy?
At 6'0", 160 lbs. is quite healthy. Congratulations on your success. :) And any time you don't feel you exercise enough, play some DDR... it's fun & addicting!
Basically, I wanted to point out that people who are out of shape read things like that and instinctively think "that sounds like a good goal" and then get disappointed when they don't reach it. Part of getting into shape and not going crazy is being able to set small, sensible goals. Don't aim to be healthy, but continually aim to be healthier.
Climbing a mountain is a difficult goal, but one motivational technique is to just concentrate on progressing. Don't think of the summit... think of the point 20 yards ahead.
Carbohydrates change the way your body processes foods, and this varries from person to person. For a lot of people, it makes them more readily absorb fats and sugars, which is why things like cake are bad for you (processed sugar + carbohydrates in the flour), but they just don't seem to phase certain people.
Like the above poster said, stay away from sweets with refined sugars. Especially stay away from those with any sort of breadding (twinkies, cake, donuts, pastries), as well as fats combined with carbohydrates (bagel w/ cream cheese, bread w/ butter). Eat more vegetables, and don't think that you need variety. If you can only think of like 3 healthy meals, cycle those 3 meals until you can think of some more. If corn is the only vegetable you like, then damnit, eat corn at every meal. Vegetables serve a dual purpose... they're a healthy source of vitamins and minerals, and they fill you up so that you eat less unhealthy stuff.
And if you're a geek, then you can't pass up something that accomplishes 2 jobs at once.
First, cut out all soda (pop). Like another poster said, the sugar accumulates. I was in a similar dilema, cut out the soda, and I was down 10 pounds inside of a month without much exercise at all.
Eat healthier. With every meal, you must have a vegetable. They are low-calorie, fill you up (so you eat less else), and they're good for your digestive system.
Eat less. A simple rule, but hard to follow. Cut back on snacking first, then cut back on portions. No matter how well you're eating, seconds are out of the question.
Avoid starches. Starches tend to trap fat and sugars in your stomach and prevent them from being properly digested. As such, you have to eat more to get the energy you need to keep going, and the extra gets converted to fat later. Basically, less breads, less potatoes, will do you good. Remember: beer is liquid bread.
Any activity is better than no activity. If you're unhealthy, it can be hard to exercise because you don't have the stamina, and you probably have a lot more weight to move around. But still, if you get out every day and do some walking, you'll lose weight much more effectively. Also, DDR is a great solution for those of us addicted to video games. It may not be all that amazing of a workout (by workout standards) but remember that every little bit of exercise helps.
Stick with it. Even if you don't meet your weight-loss goals, don't give up. Re-adjust your goals and keep trying. Gradually, you will get used to the smaller portions and exercise, which will make it easier to push yourself harder. Remember that you're not trying to lose a few pounds for a date or something... you're making a slow transition to a healthier lifestyle.
That being said, I'm no weight loss guru... I'm a web-page designer. I sit on my bum all day typing, and I don't wanna be a gigantic fat-ass. I used to be about 300 lbs., but using the above methods, I've worked myself down to 250 in about 6 months. It's not a radical change, but it's been slow, steady progress. My situation was a lot like yours is. There are no secrets to weight loss, but there are some tricks you can use to make it a little easier. The secret isn't that you have to take in less calories, the secret is learning to do that every day.
Thank goodness my Epson Stylus Color II is still chugging away. The first consumer printer at 720 dpi. You have to print CMY in one pass, replace the print head, and print K in the next. But ink is cheap (about $5 for all 4, generic brand) lasts forever (it's only 720 dpi, after all), the quality is rock-solid (as in, no image warping, good quality error diffusion, no streaks or lines), and the way it's going it seems like it'll last forever. Bonus: the ink cartridges are too old to have a chip in them, so they can't be covered by DMCA.
The downside? I hope you don't mind waiting, 'cause that 8x10 720dpi print will take you about 15 minutes for each pass... so that's 30 minutes, assuming you're there to start the second pass right as the first finishes. Also, you have to do your RGB->CMYK conversions in Photoshop to get good quality (so that you're printing CMY then a layer of K on the second pass).
Last I heard (which was a long time ago), the French were using the term "postage electronique" (various accents omitted). And at that time the French linguists didn't want e-mail used officially.
Of course, this was several years ago, and I heard this like 15th hand (in high school french class), so I'm not sure. But if "postage electronique" was their previous official term, it's not surprising they'd use "courriel" simply because it's that much easier to use.
I don't see where all this debate comes from. Obviously, a lot of people are reading good 'ol Webster's definition of the word and interpreting it in completely different ways.
I think one of the problems we all have with trying to define what's ironic and what's not is that we don't all interpret the meaning of irony in the same way.
So "good advice that you just shouldn't take" isn't ironid? Good advice gives an expectation that you should take it. The reality is that you shouldn't. In what way is that not ironic? You have an expectation, which is then shown to be false. Where's the debate?
It's not that I'm a big Alanis Morrissette fan, it's just that these are easy examples to remember. A debate with a mneumonic device... that helps a bit.
The thing is that, with a lot of these examples, there's no stated expectation or percieved truth, but instead it relies on our social perceptions and expectations. She doesn't build an expectation that good advice should be followed. We already have that expectation from our own experiences.
And that's what most of this differrence of opinion comes to. Even though Irony itself is defined in reasonably stringent terms, deciding what's ironic is entirely subjective. A lot of people do misuse the term, but some of them aren't flat out wrong. They just might have a broader interpretation of the term than you.
my mistake, I'm not a drinker, so my knowledge extends so far as "chardonay is a wine." Heck, I believe it's a red, but I'm not even sure on that.
Actually... an accident at the "2,000,000 consecutive accident free hours" party is ironic.
We are led by the author's narration to believe that the company is actually an extremely safe one, but events show that it isn't. After all, one man's mistakes shouldn't lead to burning down half a factory if the company is inherently safe.
And your definition of Irony is lacking at best. By your definition, anything that happens that isn't quite as expected is irony.
10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife is implied irony. 10,000 spoons implies an expectation that spoons will be necessary, and events show that to be false. From the point of view of the person with the spoons, this is ironic.
A black fly in your chardonay(sp?) is ironic because chardonay is expensive. If you order chardonay at a restaurant, the expectation is that this restaurant (most likely high-class) will give a good presentation. events show that to be false, hence irony. From the point of view of the restaurant customer, this is ironic.
Rain on your wedding day could be ironic, assuming you set the date according to weather reports, but that's a stretch.
A lot more is ironic than you think. Which is, according to your description, ironic. You present a great defninition of irony and a persuasive argument, and all expectations point to you being right. Events, however, show that to be false because your strict interpretation neglects implication and point-of-view.
I actually didn't accept the fish's translation as being accurate. Sure, I know it said outline... but by context I know it's wrong. I doubt anyone would look at a single statement and call it an amazing outline. Especially not some elitist fucktard whose goal is to sound smart first and only secondly to report the news.
Am I such an idiot for looking up that word, though? How many others simply ignored it? Like Mom always said when you were a kid, "If you don't know a word, look it up!" And as far as it being obscure,... for an article intended for an english language audience, any french word that's not commonly used in english conversation is by rights obscure.
The Fish says aperçu is a french word that means "outline." Stupid fucking Salon elitist fucktards.
I'm writing obscure french words in an english-language article, thereby ignoring the point of writing it in the first place! I exude a certain je ne sais quoi you cour de merd bourgoise can't approach!
There's a classic story that the CS professors at Ramapo College tell about a contractor making a database for MVS (our DMV). This story is always told in the Data Structures/Algorithms class right before you get to searching algos.
Basically the gist is that MVS hired a contractor to create a network-based databasing system to track all the New Jersey drivers so that every MVS location could have up-to-date records all the time. The test system worked briliantly. Off a local machine and a database of over 500 people, it was pulling things up instantaneously. The MVS ate it up.
Weeks pass, the thing gets installed on all the computers at the MVS offices, there's a central database built of all the drivers, and everyone is connected to it through either modem or ISDN (this was like 2 decades ago).
Turns out that the contractor used a linear search algorithm (and a wasteful one at that) to do database lookups. Even looking things up by SSN (which should just be a hash table lookup) were handled through this linear search. Everything took hours... Just recalling a record would take like 20 minutes while you sit there and wait.
Whether it's true or not, they use it here to emphasize the importance of sorting and searching algorithms.