During the day I dev c# and delphi apps for Windows and WinCE. My dev workstation runs windows (XP Pro in this instance).
When I get home I don't want to deal with computer stuff (I get stuck with some IT stuff at work because of the size of the company I work for). I just want to be able to do my tasks I need to get done (banking, email, downloads, movies, music) and I don't want to mess with the computer. I'm on a 2 year old install of Ubuntu. Does everything I need, no futzing (that's why I haven't bothered doing a distro upgrade).
The wife finds it fine for all her needs too. She did have WinXP, but I refused to do a re-install after she contracted a virus. She complained at first having to use something new/different, but now she doesn't complain and seems happy enough using it. That machine was previously dual boot but the windows partition was recently wiped to provide more space for her DLs.
Check out ncix out of Vancouver (yes, they ship to the US). I've always had amazing service from them and their prices are hard to beat (in Canada at least). Plus they will price match other online retailers. Also great for me as I don't get dinged with duty charges.
I stopped dealing with TigerDirect and TigerDirect.ca years ago. I've had bad experiences with them and often the cheap items they carry are exactly that, cheap. Anything worth buying from them I can most likely get at the same price elsewhere.
As trollish as your post is, it brings up the point that often drug use and programming go hand in hand.
Most of us would admit to using stimulants daily (caffeine), and I'm assuming most have programmed under the influence of alcohol (which, in my experience, resulted in poor code quality).
The west coast university I attended (located in BC), many students in the enginering/csc faculty would partake in "herbal remedies". I'm sure there is a big festival on campus right now considering the date (4/20). Regardless of the weather every wednesday there would be a gathering at 4:20 near the center of campus. I'm quite sure there were many assignments and projects initiated and completed under the influence of marijuana as it was part of the culture.
Looking back the the 60's and SRI, they did a variety of drugs and are most likely the ones responsible for the personal computer as we have it today (mouse, overlapping windows etc).
What "place" you are in isn't always a literal physical one.
You're a hell of a guy. Next you'll be letting her go outside without a burqa.
It'd be pretty ignorant to not understand that some days a burqa is suitable attire and other days it's more of a slacks, sweat shirt and balaclava type of day.
One other thing I'd like to make clear that is faulty with your argument:
PB can't win this one though, won't surprise me if they get shut down entirely. If they hadn't been so flagrant about it, maybe, but it's pretty much like a gun shop called "Cop Killer's Paradise" in a city with the highest fatal shootings of officers. They not only facilitate illegal activity that is clearly abundant, they promote it.
How is TPB, to paraphrase your terms, "flagrantly promoting and facilitating illegal activities" when they aren't doing anything illegal (in their country)?
You know what I absolutely hate? Going to a movie at the theatre and having to sit through "downloading movies is illegal/theft". It's propaganda. It's not "theft" regardless of what country you are in (copyright infringement an entirely different crime), and the current precedent is that the file sharing falls under "fair dealing". Not to mention they tend to imply all downloads are illegal. I'm pretty sure Itunes movie purchases and other services aren't illegal even by their standards.
Please don't take my post as pro copyright infringement. I'm all for paying, and even tried to get the blockbuster mediapoint as soon as I saw it on Slashdot (not available in my country of course, pity it looked like a pretty good deal). I am pro quick and convenient downloads with no DRM, and I'd even settle for drm if the price justifies it, but currently there are no good options. How can the MPAA claim they are losing sales to free downloads when they don't have comparable service in that market? It's absurd. Offer what consumers want and then cry foul if they don't adopt it, but offer them what they want first.
..as if "Pirate Bay" wasn't enough of an outright confession.
So if I name my blog "I like to steal things" I'm obviously a thief? A name is not a confession.
If sharing files, even ones "protected" under copyright is considered legal in their country (some countries have pretty liberal interpretations of "fair use" and "fair dealing"), then the name is tongue and cheek not a confession of guilt.
Plus the marmot is cuter than the Tasmanian devil. Maybe someone can talk Mark Shuttleworth into a Marmot release of Ubuntu. Marginalized Marmot anyone?
+1 cause you're technically right, but seriously, if America thinks its illegal, they'll pressure someone else to think the same thing.
Only reason why tv-links went down was because of US involvement.
Completely true. The US attempts to push its ideals on other countries (I don't even need to give any examples, as anyone should be able to think of quite a few).
There are many items where Canada has held it's own on standpoints (copyright so far, leniency on marijuana etc). My biggest complaint is that the general viewpoint of "Americans" (as we refer to US citizens even though they aren't the only country in america) is that their viewpoint is the only right on and everyone else should follow suit.
My original post was to clarify that: illegal in the US != illegal in other countries
Hardly redundant, and an important point to make as it seems many aren't clear on that.
but they seem to be guaranteed by the employee contracts..
Surely that could be covered by frustration or impossibility. IANAL, but not fulfilling a contract does not necessarily imply breach of contract. If a gov bailout doesn't constitute extenuating circumstances, then what does? There would be no bonuses if AIG had simply gone under.
If the AI wishes to attack it picks a random number between 1 and 20 (prng obviously). The attack is successful if it is at least as high as the "armour rating" of the character it is attacking. If the attack is successful then it chooses a random number between 1 and the maximum dammage for the weapon they are using (factoring in any bonuses or penalties for various conditions such as distance etc).
If 20 is randomly picked on the attack check then the attack is doubled (or more depending on the weapon). Though the doubling would only occur on the base attack of the weapon and not any bonuses.
If the AI randomly picks 1 it causes the bot to:
-fall on own grenade
- Rocket-jump at 25 health.
- Hump the face of the nearest corpse.
If by illegal you mean possibly leading to a slander case, then yeah and that goes for anywhere with slander/libel laws.
The problem with saying anything bad is that it gives the previous employee the chance to start a slander case. It can be easily shown that the position wasn't gotten due to bad feedback (showing that the slanderous statements cause damage), what is difficult is proving the negative statements were true. If objective statements regard poor performance are made and the proper documentation has been kept to prove incidents have happened, then the previous employee won't win, but you had to spend time in court.
Most employers have a policy not to say anything other than confirm working dates to avoid possible litigation. Stopping another company from hiring someone is not helping your own company at all and can quite likely hurt your company with no reward for that risk.
The last place I worked general staff would do that on a regular basis:
New employee? Let's send 9MB jpeg to everyone in the organization so they know what the person looks like!
Special event? Let's send a Word document attachment, loaded with images approximately the maximum size allowed for attachments (extra points for trying to add animated gifs).
New important procedure? For convenience attach the enormous pdf so users don't have to click on the provided link to the intranet site.
Those are just a few. Imagine the most useless item to be forwarding to all staff (in a gov't org) and it probably happened.
Combine that with the myriad of reply all responses of, "Take me off the list!" and it's amazing I got any work done.
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Man, you really have to be old to remember Dr. DOS.
What are you talking about? It was released in 1988. I'm in my 20's (albeit late 20's) and I remember Dr Dos.
Nice anecdote. I can play at that too.
During the day I dev c# and delphi apps for Windows and WinCE. My dev workstation runs windows (XP Pro in this instance).
When I get home I don't want to deal with computer stuff (I get stuck with some IT stuff at work because of the size of the company I work for). I just want to be able to do my tasks I need to get done (banking, email, downloads, movies, music) and I don't want to mess with the computer. I'm on a 2 year old install of Ubuntu. Does everything I need, no futzing (that's why I haven't bothered doing a distro upgrade).
The wife finds it fine for all her needs too. She did have WinXP, but I refused to do a re-install after she contracted a virus. She complained at first having to use something new/different, but now she doesn't complain and seems happy enough using it. That machine was previously dual boot but the windows partition was recently wiped to provide more space for her DLs.
Why did they list the same group twice?
Ath an apple youther I muth take offenth with that thatement!
why would the cult of apple curse IBM!?
If you bled six colors, you wouldn't have to ask.
I guess those of us of blue blooded lineage will just have to accept without understanding.
Check out ncix out of Vancouver (yes, they ship to the US). I've always had amazing service from them and their prices are hard to beat (in Canada at least). Plus they will price match other online retailers. Also great for me as I don't get dinged with duty charges.
I stopped dealing with TigerDirect and TigerDirect.ca years ago. I've had bad experiences with them and often the cheap items they carry are exactly that, cheap. Anything worth buying from them I can most likely get at the same price elsewhere.
As trollish as your post is, it brings up the point that often drug use and programming go hand in hand.
Most of us would admit to using stimulants daily (caffeine), and I'm assuming most have programmed under the influence of alcohol (which, in my experience, resulted in poor code quality).
The west coast university I attended (located in BC), many students in the enginering/csc faculty would partake in "herbal remedies". I'm sure there is a big festival on campus right now considering the date (4/20). Regardless of the weather every wednesday there would be a gathering at 4:20 near the center of campus. I'm quite sure there were many assignments and projects initiated and completed under the influence of marijuana as it was part of the culture.
Looking back the the 60's and SRI, they did a variety of drugs and are most likely the ones responsible for the personal computer as we have it today (mouse, overlapping windows etc).
What "place" you are in isn't always a literal physical one.
You're a hell of a guy. Next you'll be letting her go outside without a burqa.
It'd be pretty ignorant to not understand that some days a burqa is suitable attire and other days it's more of a slacks, sweat shirt and balaclava type of day.
PB can't win this one though, won't surprise me if they get shut down entirely. If they hadn't been so flagrant about it, maybe, but it's pretty much like a gun shop called "Cop Killer's Paradise" in a city with the highest fatal shootings of officers. They not only facilitate illegal activity that is clearly abundant, they promote it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Illegal in the US != Illegal in other countries
How is TPB, to paraphrase your terms, "flagrantly promoting and facilitating illegal activities" when they aren't doing anything illegal (in their country)?
You know what I absolutely hate? Going to a movie at the theatre and having to sit through "downloading movies is illegal/theft". It's propaganda. It's not "theft" regardless of what country you are in (copyright infringement an entirely different crime), and the current precedent is that the file sharing falls under "fair dealing". Not to mention they tend to imply all downloads are illegal. I'm pretty sure Itunes movie purchases and other services aren't illegal even by their standards.
Please don't take my post as pro copyright infringement. I'm all for paying, and even tried to get the blockbuster mediapoint as soon as I saw it on Slashdot (not available in my country of course, pity it looked like a pretty good deal). I am pro quick and convenient downloads with no DRM, and I'd even settle for drm if the price justifies it, but currently there are no good options. How can the MPAA claim they are losing sales to free downloads when they don't have comparable service in that market? It's absurd. Offer what consumers want and then cry foul if they don't adopt it, but offer them what they want first.
..as if "Pirate Bay" wasn't enough of an outright confession.
So if I name my blog "I like to steal things" I'm obviously a thief? A name is not a confession.
If sharing files, even ones "protected" under copyright is considered legal in their country (some countries have pretty liberal interpretations of "fair use" and "fair dealing"), then the name is tongue and cheek not a confession of guilt.
That's why I always type with the lights off.
.. next year they'll be releasing an upgrade to Istanbul..
Not Constantinople?
-1, Evil.
Note evil Just merciless.
You want mercy?! I'M CHAOTIC NEUTRAL!!!
Starving girls with swollen bellies aren't on the edge of extinction.
Neither are Tasmanian devils. According to wikipedia the Tasmanian devil is merely endangered. While the Vancouver Island Marmot is is critically endangered.
Plus the marmot is cuter than the Tasmanian devil. Maybe someone can talk Mark Shuttleworth into a Marmot release of Ubuntu. Marginalized Marmot anyone?
+1 cause you're technically right, but seriously, if America thinks its illegal, they'll pressure someone else to think the same thing.
Only reason why tv-links went down was because of US involvement.
Completely true. The US attempts to push its ideals on other countries (I don't even need to give any examples, as anyone should be able to think of quite a few).
There are many items where Canada has held it's own on standpoints (copyright so far, leniency on marijuana etc). My biggest complaint is that the general viewpoint of "Americans" (as we refer to US citizens even though they aren't the only country in america) is that their viewpoint is the only right on and everyone else should follow suit.
My original post was to clarify that:
illegal in the US != illegal in other countries
Hardly redundant, and an important point to make as it seems many aren't clear on that.
That question has already been asked here in the USA. Is linking illegal in the US? YES in the US.
There, fixed that for you.
but they seem to be guaranteed by the employee contracts..
Surely that could be covered by frustration or impossibility. IANAL, but not fulfilling a contract does not necessarily imply breach of contract. If a gov bailout doesn't constitute extenuating circumstances, then what does? There would be no bonuses if AIG had simply gone under.
how about a simplified version?
If the AI wishes to attack it picks a random number between 1 and 20 (prng obviously). The attack is successful if it is at least as high as the "armour rating" of the character it is attacking. If the attack is successful then it chooses a random number between 1 and the maximum dammage for the weapon they are using (factoring in any bonuses or penalties for various conditions such as distance etc).
If 20 is randomly picked on the attack check then the attack is doubled (or more depending on the weapon). Though the doubling would only occur on the base attack of the weapon and not any bonuses.
If the AI randomly picks 1 it causes the bot to:
-fall on own grenade
- Rocket-jump at 25 health.
- Hump the face of the nearest corpse.
With technology, he's a more efficient jackass.
Yep. Hybrid jackasses. Way more efficient. We're talking 50mpg+ while your classic jackass is lucky to get 12mpg.
Of course the new jackasses just don't sound the same and most don't find them as entertaining.
Money quote right there, baby!
It's like the Olson twins
on my lap!
If my wife didn't marry me for my CS degree then I have no idea what inspired her.
It definitely wasn't my sports skills or artistic ability.. even my sense of humour is questionable!
FIRE!!!
Stay calm. The halon will put it out shortly.
If by illegal you mean possibly leading to a slander case, then yeah and that goes for anywhere with slander/libel laws.
The problem with saying anything bad is that it gives the previous employee the chance to start a slander case. It can be easily shown that the position wasn't gotten due to bad feedback (showing that the slanderous statements cause damage), what is difficult is proving the negative statements were true. If objective statements regard poor performance are made and the proper documentation has been kept to prove incidents have happened, then the previous employee won't win, but you had to spend time in court.
Most employers have a policy not to say anything other than confirm working dates to avoid possible litigation. Stopping another company from hiring someone is not helping your own company at all and can quite likely hurt your company with no reward for that risk.
They call it a pound cake.
That's dessert. It nicely rounds off the cock-meat sandwich.
Those are just a few. Imagine the most useless item to be forwarding to all staff (in a gov't org) and it probably happened.
Combine that with the myriad of reply all responses of, "Take me off the list!" and it's amazing I got any work done.
While "Lump" did chart higher than "Peaches" it appears that "Kitty" was their highest charting song (according to the wikipedia article on POTUS).