It always makes me chuckle at work when the guys who have been brought-up on GUIs come to a SQL prompt. I'm only 27, but am quite at home with a command line; but I have colleagues in their earlier 20s who are very, "OMG! WTF? Why's there no 'Enterprise Manager'?", referring of course to SQL Server when they move to Oracle or MySQL. It completely throws them and they have no idea what to do!
I do, yes: The GdI is harder to follow unless you watch it on the Internet; but the TdF is fairly accessible... However, I do agree with you. I've only been an avid cyclist for maybe seven years; and only serious for three-or-four, which is about the same length I've been following the grand tours. My point being that I'm not so privy to any scandals from the past; but in the short time I've been interested, the name of professional cycling seems to have been marred almost indelibly.
This is such a shame. These events are, let's face it, some of the toughest mainstream contests in the world of sport. After the 2006 Tour, we were all hoping 2007 would clean-up its act to save face... Boy, were we wrong!
Consequently, the athletes who are genuine and clean -- and deserve kudos -- get tarred with the same brush.
Only barbarians would ship their alleged criminals to some overseas outpost then claim they had no recourse to the laws of the country... You give barbarians a bad name.
If you were in the first handful to be reanimated, then you'd probably attract some kind of celebrity status (assuming future generations grow progressively more superficial). You wouldn't need "skills" - besides, you could always be a history teacher.
This is (at least) the second time this has been duped in the last week... I mean, the first time it was funny, with the vague irony of it only taking 50ms for a story to be duped on Slashdot, but now it's just sad...
OK, we get it already - people make up their minds about websites rather quickly... I assume the same goes for/. Let's hope it doesn't get judged too harshly!
Nature.com is reporting on a study by Zonk, of Slashdot, that visitors to the popular tech news site can expect to see duplicated stories on the frontpage within just 50 milliseconds. From the article: "We all know that first impressions count, but this study shows that when a story is submitted to digg several days beforehand, the brain of the average Slashdot editor can make false judgements on dupes almost as fast as the eye can take in information. The discovery came as no surprise to most readers."
I am a recent mathematics graduate and obtained a masters from one of the best departments in England... Don't give me any of that "in demand" bull - it took me months to get a job that any idiot could do. They wouldn't even let me be a teacher (those who can do, those who can't teach!).
I'm still looking for something better!
I have yet to work-out why this was recommended to me, by Amazon, but in there is "The Lesbian Karma Sutra"! I kid you not... I've never bought any books on lesbianism before; heck, I'm male for goodness sake! What need do I have for mutual carpet munching?!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must prepare myself for the expected deluge of innuendo. This is/. after all.
Assuming a symmetric distribution about the mean, of course. Which is a pretty good assumption given the amount of data: I'd bet reasonable money that it follows a nice bell curve, with no skew... Of course, only the 50% of Americans above median intelligence will know what I'm talking about;) </pedantry>
This is a somewhat tangential comment, but it concerns the good ol' chesnut that is x^x...
We've all differentiated this to find it's minimum, etc., etc. - that's standard fare of basic calculus classes. However, what's quite interesting are the the values for which x^x exists (i.e. is real) for negative real values of x... It's not rocket science. Answers on a postcard:)
I also find it funny that so many evangelicals are willing to believe Jesus did "miracles" (aka magic) but don't want their kids reading Harry Potter books because magic is "Satanic".
This is going to sound a bit low-brow compared to the other replies on this thread, but the Harry Potter idea has come to me... It's a very popular book (although this argument could apply to anything suitable: LotR for example). It has a large fandom and cult status. Maybe it won't last, but what if it does? What if it does and the fiction of it is some how lost? Imagine a future where Harry is worshipped as some ancient, prodical son.
I realise this is glib, but what if whoever penned the Bible was that day-in-age's JKR?
Here's mine. Only shortly after submitting it did I realise that I had, inadvertently, chosen the almost-exact same colour scheme as the new(ish) NetBSD logo:P
I'm not bitter, or anything;) I actually quite like the winning entry; although I do agree that the 3D shininess is already somewhat the flavour of last month... We shall see.
Slashdot Mirror
Most UK private cars have had their speedometer set 10% fast anyway (reads 33 when doing 30 and 77 when doing 70)
[Citation Needed]
It always makes me chuckle at work when the guys who have been brought-up on GUIs come to a SQL prompt. I'm only 27, but am quite at home with a command line; but I have colleagues in their earlier 20s who are very, "OMG! WTF? Why's there no 'Enterprise Manager'?", referring of course to SQL Server when they move to Oracle or MySQL. It completely throws them and they have no idea what to do!
I do, yes: The GdI is harder to follow unless you watch it on the Internet; but the TdF is fairly accessible... However, I do agree with you. I've only been an avid cyclist for maybe seven years; and only serious for three-or-four, which is about the same length I've been following the grand tours. My point being that I'm not so privy to any scandals from the past; but in the short time I've been interested, the name of professional cycling seems to have been marred almost indelibly.
This is such a shame. These events are, let's face it, some of the toughest mainstream contests in the world of sport. After the 2006 Tour, we were all hoping 2007 would clean-up its act to save face... Boy, were we wrong!
Consequently, the athletes who are genuine and clean -- and deserve kudos -- get tarred with the same brush.
So he threw another chair, right?
You should have let him go... It would keep Darwin happy ;)
Shakespeare couldn't have put it better. I am sorry for your loss.
Vim's better... you insensitive clod.
What's that? Some kind of "facilities in miniature", for when it's not-so-urgent ;)
Before anyone starts, I know it's an accepted spelling. I've just had a very boring day!
If you were in the first handful to be reanimated, then you'd probably attract some kind of celebrity status (assuming future generations grow progressively more superficial). You wouldn't need "skills" - besides, you could always be a history teacher.
This is (at least) the second time this has been duped in the last week... I mean, the first time it was funny, with the vague irony of it only taking 50ms for a story to be duped on Slashdot, but now it's just sad...
OK, we get it already - people make up their minds about websites rather quickly... I assume the same goes for /. Let's hope it doesn't get judged too harshly!
Nature.com is reporting on a study by Zonk, of Slashdot, that visitors to the popular tech news site can expect to see duplicated stories on the frontpage within just 50 milliseconds. From the article: "We all know that first impressions count, but this study shows that when a story is submitted to digg several days beforehand, the brain of the average Slashdot editor can make false judgements on dupes almost as fast as the eye can take in information. The discovery came as no surprise to most readers."
I am a recent mathematics graduate and obtained a masters from one of the best departments in England... Don't give me any of that "in demand" bull - it took me months to get a job that any idiot could do. They wouldn't even let me be a teacher (those who can do, those who can't teach!). I'm still looking for something better!
Granted
That was the only thing I laughed at in that episode ;)
I have yet to work-out why this was recommended to me, by Amazon, but in there is "The Lesbian Karma Sutra"! I kid you not... I've never bought any books on lesbianism before; heck, I'm male for goodness sake! What need do I have for mutual carpet munching?!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must prepare myself for the expected deluge of innuendo. This is /. after all.
Assuming a symmetric distribution about the mean, of course. Which is a pretty good assumption given the amount of data: I'd bet reasonable money that it follows a nice bell curve, with no skew... Of course, only the 50% of Americans above median intelligence will know what I'm talking about ;)
</pedantry>
This is a somewhat tangential comment, but it concerns the good ol' chesnut that is x^x...
We've all differentiated this to find it's minimum, etc., etc. - that's standard fare of basic calculus classes. However, what's quite interesting are the the values for which x^x exists (i.e. is real) for negative real values of x... It's not rocket science. Answers on a postcard :)
A chewing gum that cleans *and* whitens your teeth!
Let's bring out the inventor... Dr. Nick Riviera.
This is going to sound a bit low-brow compared to the other replies on this thread, but the Harry Potter idea has come to me... It's a very popular book (although this argument could apply to anything suitable: LotR for example). It has a large fandom and cult status. Maybe it won't last, but what if it does? What if it does and the fiction of it is some how lost? Imagine a future where Harry is worshipped as some ancient, prodical son.
I realise this is glib, but what if whoever penned the Bible was that day-in-age's JKR?
Here's mine. Only shortly after submitting it did I realise that I had, inadvertently, chosen the almost-exact same colour scheme as the new(ish) NetBSD logo :P
I'm not bitter, or anything ;) I actually quite like the winning entry; although I do agree that the 3D shininess is already somewhat the flavour of last month... We shall see.
I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook; and by-gum, it put them on the map...
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Isn't it great when a modded-up comment from yesterday becomes a full-blown story?... Can't we give "-1 Redundant" to articles :P
They make Ben & Jerry's and other ice-cream too... How many geeks live on that ;)
Gosh, trolling whilst tens of innocent people have lost their lives and hundreds more are hospitalised in various states of carnage.
You, sir, have reached a new low.