German has er, sie, and es, which are sort of like he, she, and it, but not quite. Er is used when a pronoun is needed to replace a masculine noun, sie is used for feminine nouns and es is used for neuter nouns. So, even though Mädchen means "young girl", the pronoun for it is es, because the suffix -chen makes it neuter.
How about if we take this cue and simply call people whose genders are not known "it" in the singular? If we really need to distinguish between people and non-people, we can use "es" when it's a person and go on using "it" for objects.
Okay, here's the deal. I set up a permanent share on a wireless node of my own creation, which i do not secure. Then, when the cops come, I back up my music somewhere else, delete it, and say that neighbors and random passers-by were sharing.
On the other hand, those comments have mostly been modded up "Funny", as in "haha, robots, yeah, right". Maybe we're all just laughing our Asimov at asses off.
Having not seen any of the Terminator movies (so tell me to WTFM), I will say that from what I've heard, they sound compatible with the Matrix except in storytelling style.
We all have to adapt. We are not going to be able to change the system, because the system is run by the corporations that employ, which have the politicians in their pockets.
I would say that's a damned good reason to change the system, whatever the odds.
Maybe B was still short for BCPL, and C is now short for CPL because it's not Basic any more. So next, P would would be short for PL because it's not really combined (?) any more. And finally, L would be for, well, L, because it's not really for programming any more.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear; fear and surpri--
Our two weapons are fear, and suprise, and a ruthless efficiency. Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and a ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Aha!
Amongst our weapons are fear, surprise, ruth--amongst our weaponry are such elements as fear, s--ah, come in again.
I specifically said that tech support people--people who get paid to help people with technology--aren't included in my argument. The same would go for a doctor, someone who is paid to help people keep up their health.
My point is that I worked to learn all this stuff so I could put it to use for my own benefit, not so that I could teach my dad (and others; I only used him as the most obnoxious example) repeatedly where to click to accomplish some basic task, such as closing a window. Presumably, tech support people learned what they learned specifically so that they could teach it to other people, and any doctor worth his/her salt considers it a part of the job to keep patients relatively well-informed about relevant health issues.
I disagree. Maybe you have a point with tech support people, but it's not my moral responsibility to help my dad with his computer problems. If he can't remember from one session to the next what a scroll bar is and what a close box is and so on, he can't count on me for support.
Why does my knowledge of computers, knowledge which I have gained through my own effort, for my own benefit, make me responsible for keeping other people informed? I never promised I would, and I'm not getting anything in return. Yet I am expected not only the home network, which I created and should support, but the operating system, applications and hardware, most of which I had little or nothing to do with designing, or in some cases even purchasing.
However, your method depends upon a gradual decrease in spamming as the return on investment drops to zero. The original poster's method essentially makes it illegal to send spam, without actually making it illegal to send spam. If I have to have SPM: as the first four characters when I send to residents of Ohio, but I have to have ADV: as the first four characters when I send to residents of Michigan, I can't send out spam nationwide. Q.E.D. Once a few spammers go to jail under each state's law, my money is on domestic spam essentially stopping.
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Wow, makes me feel lucky I'm not a nerd. Wait, how'd I get here? I was looking for this place.
So I can Reply to This, or I can Parent.
German has er, sie, and es, which are sort of like he, she, and it, but not quite. Er is used when a pronoun is needed to replace a masculine noun, sie is used for feminine nouns and es is used for neuter nouns. So, even though Mädchen means "young girl", the pronoun for it is es, because the suffix -chen makes it neuter.
How about if we take this cue and simply call people whose genders are not known "it" in the singular? If we really need to distinguish between people and non-people, we can use "es" when it's a person and go on using "it" for objects.
Okay, here's the deal. I set up a permanent share on a wireless node of my own creation, which i do not secure. Then, when the cops come, I back up my music somewhere else, delete it, and say that neighbors and random passers-by were sharing.
Since I don't have any records, I'm safe, right?
On the other hand, those comments have mostly been modded up "Funny", as in "haha, robots, yeah, right". Maybe we're all just laughing our Asimov at asses off.
Having not seen any of the Terminator movies (so tell me to WTFM), I will say that from what I've heard, they sound compatible with the Matrix except in storytelling style.
We all have to adapt. We are not going to be able to change the system, because the system is run by the corporations that employ, which have the politicians in their pockets.
I would say that's a damned good reason to change the system, whatever the odds.
These changes will not abate; if anything, they will accelerate.
"I'm a poet. I know it. I hope I don't blow it."
--Bob Dylan
Give it up. There aren't any. I've been looking for years.
Maybe B was still short for BCPL, and C is now short for CPL because it's not Basic any more. So next, P would would be short for PL because it's not really combined (?) any more. And finally, L would be for, well, L, because it's not really for programming any more.
Maybe the "OO" is like the 98 in C++98: it stands for the year of the standard. I would think, with COBOL, specifying the decade would be enough.
What, as in +1 Flamebait? That should be an option...
Then next, we could make it D++0x. How do you pronounce that in 1337 speak?
I'd say C is a very late version of B, and B is a very late version of A. But I could be wrong.
'Cause the names A and B were taken.
Reports show that the reason for the groups lengthy debates was the argument over the syntax of the programming language's name itself.
...
2. Sue
3. ???
SCO has developed an innovative third reason.
If it's that innovative, do you think they'll patent it, or could I get in on the action? My summer job isn't working out too well...
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear; fear and surpri--
Our two weapons are fear, and suprise, and a ruthless efficiency. Our three weapons are fear, and surprise, and a ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Aha!
Amongst our weapons are fear, surprise, ruth--amongst our weaponry are such elements as fear, s--ah, come in again.
SCO claims to own ALL derived works of System V Unix: Unlikely
(boldface emphasis added)
We don't even know for certain whether or not they're claiming this? Come on, SCO, get your act together!
-1 Off-Topic. You missed my point.
I specifically said that tech support people--people who get paid to help people with technology--aren't included in my argument. The same would go for a doctor, someone who is paid to help people keep up their health.
My point is that I worked to learn all this stuff so I could put it to use for my own benefit, not so that I could teach my dad (and others; I only used him as the most obnoxious example) repeatedly where to click to accomplish some basic task, such as closing a window. Presumably, tech support people learned what they learned specifically so that they could teach it to other people, and any doctor worth his/her salt considers it a part of the job to keep patients relatively well-informed about relevant health issues.
I disagree. Maybe you have a point with tech support people, but it's not my moral responsibility to help my dad with his computer problems. If he can't remember from one session to the next what a scroll bar is and what a close box is and so on, he can't count on me for support.
Why does my knowledge of computers, knowledge which I have gained through my own effort, for my own benefit, make me responsible for keeping other people informed? I never promised I would, and I'm not getting anything in return. Yet I am expected not only the home network, which I created and should support, but the operating system, applications and hardware, most of which I had little or nothing to do with designing, or in some cases even purchasing.
Personally, I prefer .GOV. It's more secure.
However, your method depends upon a gradual decrease in spamming as the return on investment drops to zero. The original poster's method essentially makes it illegal to send spam, without actually making it illegal to send spam. If I have to have SPM: as the first four characters when I send to residents of Ohio, but I have to have ADV: as the first four characters when I send to residents of Michigan, I can't send out spam nationwide. Q.E.D. Once a few spammers go to jail under each state's law, my money is on domestic spam essentially stopping.
Foreign spam, however, is a different matter.
Tenfold more? You mean it costs $16? That's highway robbery!
Oh, wait, it's an operating system. I thought we were talking about a bag of peanuts.