"Announcement: Welcome to DimensionXC Posted: viking7200 @ Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:52 pm Hey guys, welcome to DimensionXC, a brand new forum for programmers. We need more users, so tell your friends about this site and get them to join!"
The site opened five days ago. What the hell, are the editors asleep or something?
Yes, but considering the sheer amount of people who move around during the holidays, I take it that the job supply isn't dwindling in over half the nation.
Ah, but why don't you just move back then? That's one of the ironies in this - people flocking to see their familes and loved-ones, but then getting back on that plane a few days later to travel as far as possible away from them.
Eh, because computer books, especially the beginners' market, appears to be a good source of income - where else can you basically retype the bundled documentation for a programming language or system, and sell it for $50 a pop?
"The current contest requires you to program a squirrel to collect nuts."
One of the problems with the current programming community is that people love to reinvent the wheel...for instance, I have seen many a squirrel, and to the best of my knowledge, they need no upgrade as far as nut-finding is concerned. Now, lasers, maybe.
"The UK's largest retailer of electronics is phasing out VHS VCRs. Sales of DVD players have outstripped VCRs by 40-to-1 recently. So how long until the mass market will be saying goodbye to the DVD player?"
So, explain to me how a transmission from your keyboard to the computer and an FBI tap that will eventually send data back to them via a network connection somehow fall under the same law? If nothing else, the FBI keylogging ability, if under the same regulation as "interstate communication", should be considered as wiretapping, and a warrant should be issued...unless they somehow sneak a tap on and off while you take piss breaks, of course.
How about using all of these automagical mirror services out there for something? Add some Slashcode that takes a list of mirrors, and for any site that responds slowly / not at all to pings, it automatically mirrors it.
"Pure bred cat breeders don't want you to breed their cats any more than these guys do."
I find that ironic - people complain all the time about genetically engineering animals and plants, and how awful it is, and yet don't object to the basic genetic corn-hole that purebreds and other "speciality animals" seem to be subjected to. I dunno, I just find it funny.
PS: And what per se occurs if the cat is bred? Is it taken by the original owner? Are the kittens killed?
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Interesting that he lost on 75...that's the current record for the most consecutive wins on a game show, currently held by Ian Lygo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lygo
"Announcement: Welcome to DimensionXC
Posted: viking7200 @ Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:52 pm
Hey guys, welcome to DimensionXC, a brand new forum for programmers. We need more users, so tell your friends about this site and get them to join!"
The site opened five days ago. What the hell, are the editors asleep or something?
"Are we there yet?"
Yes, but considering the sheer amount of people who move around during the holidays, I take it that the job supply isn't dwindling in over half the nation.
At least they don't have to be around during the Apocolyptic nightmare that is the next rainstorm...
Ah, but why don't you just move back then? That's one of the ironies in this - people flocking to see their familes and loved-ones, but then getting back on that plane a few days later to travel as far as possible away from them.
Eh, because computer books, especially the beginners' market, appears to be a good source of income - where else can you basically retype the bundled documentation for a programming language or system, and sell it for $50 a pop?
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"The current contest requires you to program a squirrel to collect nuts."
One of the problems with the current programming community is that people love to reinvent the wheel...for instance, I have seen many a squirrel, and to the best of my knowledge, they need no upgrade as far as nut-finding is concerned. Now, lasers, maybe.
"The UK's largest retailer of electronics is phasing out VHS VCRs. Sales of DVD players have outstripped VCRs by 40-to-1 recently. So how long until the mass market will be saying goodbye to the DVD player?"
Please tell me that was a typo.
So, explain to me how a transmission from your keyboard to the computer and an FBI tap that will eventually send data back to them via a network connection somehow fall under the same law? If nothing else, the FBI keylogging ability, if under the same regulation as "interstate communication", should be considered as wiretapping, and a warrant should be issued...unless they somehow sneak a tap on and off while you take piss breaks, of course.
Eh, it'd probably just get Slashdotted...
Curious - as to who was the first person to say "This semen would taste better run though a Brita water filter"?
Yes, it needs these things...but what makes you think we're going to get them?
Great. Another problem that can be solved with an .htaccess file. Woo.
My question is, do you think that a rewritable disk could be done this way? Or would the UV be too much for it?
Ziploc bags?
Think of how many children could be fed on AOL disks alone...
I guess you'll have to avoid doing critical home banking from work, then? Or perhaps use an alternate method of retrieving e-mails?
I dunno about you, but I question the ability of communication via spinning in little circles for hours.
I wonder if they read Slashdot...
I have a plan! I will kill the president tommorow! Long Live Kerry!
Now we wait...
How about using all of these automagical mirror services out there for something? Add some Slashcode that takes a list of mirrors, and for any site that responds slowly / not at all to pings, it automatically mirrors it.
"Pure bred cat breeders don't want you to breed their cats any more than these guys do."
I find that ironic - people complain all the time about genetically engineering animals and plants, and how awful it is, and yet don't object to the basic genetic corn-hole that purebreds and other "speciality animals" seem to be subjected to. I dunno, I just find it funny.
PS: And what per se occurs if the cat is bred? Is it taken by the original owner? Are the kittens killed?
And suddenly, the hum of a vaccuum cleaner in the distance was heard, and zanidor was no more.
I've been using the same trick to view porn sites that give their best content only to GoogleBot, in order to increase their ranking. Mmmm...