Takeoff is my best opportunity to fall asleep on a flight.
The acceleration and the slight incline of the plane serve to make your seat feel that much less vertical, and I'm usually tired when I get on a plane for one reason or other. So I just drift off and hope to miss as much of the flight as I can that way.
(Want and example? Try to get a conveniently readable hex+ascii dump using your favorite debugger without custom configuration.)
Ever heard of ddd? It hasn't been updated in quite a while, but then it doesn't need to be. It does everything I've needed of it for the last ten years. Custom config is unnecessary.
I was just looking for some backup to the bold claim that development the Microsoft way was was significantly faster.
I like FOSS philosophy and FOSS stuff, but I'll happily admit that VB (6 was the version I used most) was a great GUI prototyping tool, and good for rapid development of general widgets and things. I just really disagree with the blanket statement that developing with MS stuff is 'usually faster', when what I think you mean is that *you* find it faster.
Yes developers are often biased, I certainly am, but there's a massive spread of these biases around. You exhibit another.
I already told you I'm not american, and it's obvious you don't accept credit cards because you have a bizarre attitude towards them, to the point of turning down custom because it doesn't come with the right payment method.
No, you don't write your own payment server anywhere else either. I used to write the ones that we sold to transaction acquiring and card issuing banks, all across the globe. No, you don't connect to visa directly as a consumer or as a merchant.
None of what you say reinforces the idea you have a relationship with Visa, in fact it does the opposite.
You have a relationship with a bank, if they are screwing you over it is them you have the issue with. Visa do not hold the account, the interest rate, the statements or anything else.
If your BANK forces you to use a particular device that you disagree with, then your bank is the problem. Large companies do not have to use set devices, I know because I used to write software solutions for this stuff.
Actually, you don't. AMEX run the accounts and acquire the transactions regardless of merchant relationships. It's one of the things that makes them annoying when writing payment processing servers.
AMEX are different, AMEX are acquirer and issuer for all their merchants and all their cards.
VISA are not in the issuing or acquiring business in the markets I know (North America, Australasia, Europe), so I find your description of what's going on highly unusual. They never get into the consumer facing end of things, they provide standards, an international network and various other facilities and charge for their use. The cards, the statements, the charges, the interest, everything to do with the associated accounts, these all belong to the bank, not VISA.
Your situation is highly unusual, if you're relaying it accurately, which I doubt.
I doubt it. You have little tyo relation to Visa. They certainly didn't issue the card, nor do they run the account. That's your credit card provider (usually your bank) that's at fault. Nothing to do with Visa.
You don't get statements from Visa, you don't have an account with Visa.
With a little tweaking (all UI, no futzing around with config files or any of that stuff) I have XFCE looking almost identical to the way GNOME 2 looked, and working almost the same too.
So I'd say yes, give it a try if you're not a fan of the Unity or GNOME Shell stuff. There are a lot of us about.
It's probably worth keeping an eye on "Cinnamon" too, it's a Linux Mint project to make GNOME 3 useable, by ditching the Shell and making a more traditional desktop out of it.
What you are describing is belief, belief that homeopathy works in tha face of lack of evidence, and a lot of studies with negative results. You're clutching at straws and hoping it works.
You're the one that doesn't know how science works, or scepticism it seems.
I can write something faster and in many less lines in python. If I'm doing toy projects or putting together simple utilities, it's brilliant. It's also pretty useful as a general scripting language.
I wouldn't use it for performace-intensive code, but to knock something simple together in a limited amount of time? It's brilliant. You should give it a try.
It wasn't statutory, but the average working week for a software guy was around 37 hours. Sure, we were paid less than in the US, but we weren't expected to be there all hours, we got five weeks of holiday a year which we were expected to take, and well, life was good.
Not quite as good as Australia. Australia is currently swimming in mining money, so the salaries are as good as the US but the hours are European.
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Takeoff is my best opportunity to fall asleep on a flight.
The acceleration and the slight incline of the plane serve to make your seat feel that much less vertical, and I'm usually tired when I get on a plane for one reason or other. So I just drift off and hope to miss as much of the flight as I can that way.
Ever heard of ddd?
It hasn't been updated in quite a while, but then it doesn't need to be. It does everything I've needed of it for the last ten years. Custom config is unnecessary.
It's just bias.
Who said anything about trashing MS?
I was just looking for some backup to the bold claim that development the Microsoft way was was significantly faster.
I like FOSS philosophy and FOSS stuff, but I'll happily admit that VB (6 was the version I used most) was a great GUI prototyping tool, and good for rapid development of general widgets and things. I just really disagree with the blanket statement that developing with MS stuff is 'usually faster', when what I think you mean is that *you* find it faster.
Yes developers are often biased, I certainly am, but there's a massive spread of these biases around. You exhibit another.
I already told you I'm not american, and it's obvious you don't accept credit cards because you have a bizarre attitude towards them, to the point of turning down custom because it doesn't come with the right payment method.
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
CITATION NEEDED.
So she doesn't have ten bucks, which means she shouldn't be allowed to buy anything, ever.\
Still looks to me like you turned away a sale because you were worried about your margins.
I don't, I'm not American either..
No, you don't write your own payment server anywhere else either. I used to write the ones that we sold to transaction acquiring and card issuing banks, all across the globe. No, you don't connect to visa directly as a consumer or as a merchant.
None of what you say reinforces the idea you have a relationship with Visa, in fact it does the opposite.
You have a relationship with a bank, if they are screwing you over it is them you have the issue with. Visa do not hold the account, the interest rate, the statements or anything else.
If your BANK forces you to use a particular device that you disagree with, then your bank is the problem. Large companies do not have to use set devices, I know because I used to write software solutions for this stuff.
Actually, you don't. AMEX run the accounts and acquire the transactions regardless of merchant relationships. It's one of the things that makes them annoying when writing payment processing servers.
Actually no, they're an independent company that operates the card scheme.
And you were too stupid to increase your business by accepting her money. Clearly you don't need more customers.
AMEX are different, AMEX are acquirer and issuer for all their merchants and all their cards.
VISA are not in the issuing or acquiring business in the markets I know (North America, Australasia, Europe), so I find your description of what's going on highly unusual. They never get into the consumer facing end of things, they provide standards, an international network and various other facilities and charge for their use. The cards, the statements, the charges, the interest, everything to do with the associated accounts, these all belong to the bank, not VISA.
Your situation is highly unusual, if you're relaying it accurately, which I doubt.
Oh for god's sake.
Everything's the mark of the beast to some people. I lose count of the number of times I've seen this come up over the years, it's ridiculous.
Visa insisted that did they?
I doubt it. You have little tyo relation to Visa. They certainly didn't issue the card, nor do they run the account. That's your credit card provider (usually your bank) that's at fault. Nothing to do with Visa.
You don't get statements from Visa, you don't have an account with Visa.
With a little tweaking (all UI, no futzing around with config files or any of that stuff) I have XFCE looking almost identical to the way GNOME 2 looked, and working almost the same too.
So I'd say yes, give it a try if you're not a fan of the Unity or GNOME Shell stuff. There are a lot of us about.
It's probably worth keeping an eye on "Cinnamon" too, it's a Linux Mint project to make GNOME 3 useable, by ditching the Shell and making a more traditional desktop out of it.
I musn't have had enough coffee, I read it that 'Those who took their kids with'em need to be referred to the child protein agencies'.
Soylent green *is* ninja turtles....
kexec - great for fast reboots, really annoying to find when you want to switch OS on your multi-boot machine.
WTF? Wheres grub? How am I back at the gdm login screen so damn fast?
How the hell did this post get +5 Insightful? It's nothing to do with what it's replying to....
While I agree with what you're saying, and think it may be a good idea it doesn't seem to be the point of the rule -
I'm perfectly allowed to read a hardcover book during these times.
What you are describing is belief, belief that homeopathy works in tha face of lack of evidence, and a lot of studies with negative results. You're clutching at straws and hoping it works.
You're the one that doesn't know how science works, or scepticism it seems.
Before you start looking for the mechanism by which homeopathy 'works', you might want to consider that it has never, ever been shown to work.
You need to prove THAT it works, before you go crazy with conjectures about water memory.
Also -
Something can be changed in water that affects how it crystallizes
Citation needed.
Unless you're talking about pressure or impurities, which are well known to scientific research.
You're not a 'real' sceptic, or any kind of sceptic at all if you've given any credence to homeopathy.
What.The.Fsck?
Wait, you're actually proud that you work 70 hours a week?
I guess that's ok if the only part of the world you want to see is the inside of an office.
I'm a C developer by trade.
I can write something faster and in many less lines in python. If I'm doing toy projects or putting together simple utilities, it's brilliant. It's also pretty useful as a general scripting language.
I wouldn't use it for performace-intensive code, but to knock something simple together in a limited amount of time? It's brilliant. You should give it a try.
Stuff that runs in the server rooms is less than 1%?
Fast, quality code is still needed in these situations. Developer productivity comes in second to speed and reliability in a lot of server situations.
I am the 1%?
In the UK it wasn't far off that.
It wasn't statutory, but the average working week for a software guy was around 37 hours. Sure, we were paid less than in the US, but we weren't expected to be there all hours, we got five weeks of holiday a year which we were expected to take, and well, life was good.
Not quite as good as Australia. Australia is currently swimming in mining money, so the salaries are as good as the US but the hours are European.