Oh, and by the way, I can just imagine the SLOGAN:
"Cardboard houses: Not just for homeless anymore!"
Re:I will help YOU get a JOB! (Programming puzzles
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· Score: -1, Troll
Look, I realize you're trolling, but I have a free minute or two while I burn this CD to respond.
I DID read the article. It's quite good and interesting, in fact.
But you imply that my post is NOT interesting, and you are wrong. Most moderators HAVE found it to be interesting, and it will be VERY helpful for the thousands of Slashdot readers who are interviewing for jobs soon. The difference between a prepared job condidate and one who is ill-prepared is often times puzzle knowledge like I give and encourage in my post above.
How dare you criticize me when I'm simply trying to help out our young coders, our young Linux fans, our own FLESH and blood. You should be ashamed of yourself. An experienced academic like me, an experienced CODER like me, is a guy who should be mentoring our youngsters. You are a lowly hater akin to bickering spinsters.
You are a TROLL!
I will help YOU get a JOB! (Programming puzzles)
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Programming Puzzles
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· Score: 1, Interesting
Check these out that I found online, they're great things to use b4 interviews!
Programming Puzzles
Some companies certainly ask for these things. Specially Microsoft. Here are my favorite puzzles. Don't send me emails asking for the solutions.
1. Write a "Hello World" program in 'C' without using a semicolon.
2. Write a C++ program without using any loop (if, for, while etc) to print numbers from 1 to 100 and 100 to 1;
3. C/C++ : Exchange two numbers without using a temporary variable.
4. C/C++ : Find if the given number is a power of 2.
5. C/C++ : Multiply x by 7 without using multiplication (*) operator.
6. C/C++ : Write a function in different ways that will return f(7) = 4 and f(4) = 7
7. Remove duplicates in array
8. Finding if there is any loop inside linked list.
9. Remove duplicates in an no key access database without using an array
10. Convert (integer) number in binary without loops.
11. Write a program whose printed output is an exact copy of the source. Needless to say, merely echoing the actual source file is not allowed.
12. From a 'pool' of numbers (four '1's, four '2's.... four '6's), each player selects a number and adds it to the total. Once a number is used, it must be removed from the pool. The winner is the person whose number makes the total equal 31 exactly.
13. Swap two numbers without using a third variable.
14. Given an array (group) of numbers write all the possible sub groups of this group.
This won't work and I'll tell you why. First, though, I'll introduce myself.
I talked closely with my sister while she worked on several hundred million projects for NASA in the 1980s. She kept a work journal that I read. I couldn't read classified information, but she let me read everything else. Needless to say, I have a TON of knowledge in space/NASA/etc. at this point.
Now, onto my point. The smaller prizes talked about in this article/proposal might be fine for this, but no company is going to spend billions of dollars on a solution that may not be successful and even if it IS may not be CHOSEN by NASA.
It's too much of a risk. $10 million for X-Prize is fine because that's doable for a corporation, but $100 million - $1 billion + is just way too far out there.
They must split the huge contracts into small contracts else this will fail. Trust me, I'm an expert here and I know what I'm talking about unlike most reporters/Slashdotters playing armchair quarterback.
I'm posting this for my brother who works out at the NOAA as an advanced research analyst.
--- Begin ---
Hi there Slashdot, yes, I'm a total weather freak and as such I was really glad to help serve you guys and field your comments, questions, and complaints.
What really hit home for me was how passionate many of you are for our services and that they be delivered in an open, fair medium. As technology advances, some of us tend to go for the first choice, and Microsoft, Oracle, and other closed-source large companies were trying to influence our decisions.
It was thanks to you the people of Slashdot that our eyes were opened and we have begun to embrace cheaper (which my manager likes) and more open (open-source) tools.
Thank you and it's my pleasure to help serve you and continue research our weather systems here on Earth.
Sincerely, David M. ******* (name withheld for privacy)
--- End ---
Enjoy guys hope that was interesting as a first-hand perspective.
Ken Jennings was my roomate freshman year at Brigham Young University.
We got put together because we had the same major and many of the same interests. We would play Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, pinball games, and arcade games together on many a weekend.
I was sad to see him go tonight, but he was starting to miss his family, co-workers, church, and half-heartedly looked forward to getting back to his regular life. After 75 episodes of filming, being "on", getting makeup'd, sound check'd, etc. it gets very tiring.
I'll never forget the time I brought a really smart girl home who also happened to be very attractive. We had both drank a lot on a Thursday night, but unfortunately I had a Friday morning class. I brought her back to my and Ken's room and Ken had already went to bed but the two of us ate some food, fooled around a little, and went to sleep.
In the morning I woke up, showered, and said bye to her and she could just let herself out when she was done. After my two hour lab class that morning, I went back to my dorm to find her in Ken's bed underneath the covers!
I couldn't believe this because he was so shy around women, but somehow he pulled it off. I think his intelligence struck a chord with her and the two ended up dating for a few weeks.
God bless Ken, I'll never forget him. I'm sure we'll be having a reunion sometime soon and we'll get to reminisce.
I thought this too but lately my business has been better than ever!
I work on LAMP software and deploy to customer's websites. We use Linux/Apach/MySQL/PHP and it's amazing. I do an average of one dynamic website per two week period at $1,500 a piece. It's plenty to live on!
So yes there's work, keep up the good work, always be generous, get customer referels, and have fun!
Plus I spent all week playing Half-Life 2 lol it's nice not having a boss
Bungie, I'm ashamed! Look, I LOVE the Halo series. I bought the first Halo game when XBox came out. In fact, I BOUGHT the Xbox just to play it!
BUT, and it's a big but, I have TWO friends who work at Bungie... and no, I'm not naming names here, but they have HUNDREDS of gigabytes of illegal movies, mp3 audio files, and PC software on their home computers. Trust me, we were watching Spiderman 2 with beers and popcorn three days before it was in theatres!
Where is the JUSTICE here? I know others of you are the same way. You write software, so you value software but not movies or music. I bet music industry employees steal movies and software but don't download illegal mp3s. It's just the NATURE of how things work.
Bungie is over-stepping their bounds here. Piracy is as natural as BREATHING. If you have a computer, disk space, and a connection to the Internets, it's not hard work to hunt and find exactly what you want for free!
Look, I plan on buying Halo 2. I love the first one and still play it with my boyfriend and my family when they come to visit me because it's easy to learn but FUN as heck. I just want Bungie to be honest here -- they'll do fine financially... no one wants French subtitles anyway!
I'm an editor for Tom's Hardware Guide (tomshardware.com), and I'd like to also point Slashdot readers over to a review we did back on September 29th featuring this Seagate Savvio (ST973401LC).
"Viewed in the long term, Seagate has not only entered a new market, but also heralded the end at some later date of 3.5", 10,000 rpm enterprise drives. The "big guys" get warmer, need more energy, make more noise and can rarely display their remaining speed advantages in the server environment. From a number of aspects, 2.5" models on the other hand are the more sensible option. We can only advise the competition to follow suit - and fast."
[Me] (10:16:19 PM): hey man what are you up to? pb (10:16:31 PM): geeking out, in parallel pb (10:16:55 PM): me, ubu, and Captain_Tenille are actually *getting shit done* re: vector space searching pb (10:17:10 PM): dailykos just started using it, k5 should soon follow pb (10:17:37 PM): and in a couple of days I'm going on vacation, heading up to Maine [Me] (10:18:09 PM): to see rusty? pb (10:18:26 PM): not primarily, but he mentioned that maybe we could get together pb (10:18:32 PM): my family has an old summer home up there [Me] (10:18:48 PM): go see him and his wife and take pics pb (10:18:52 PM): haha pb (10:18:54 PM): now now... [Me] (10:19:21 PM): would you ever fuck his wife is she snuck into your guest room at night and said she wanted your cock? pb (10:19:31 PM): of course, if I was one of those fuckers who went everywhere with a digital camera, I probably would pb (10:19:44 PM): probably not, sadly [Me] (10:19:57 PM): fuckin pussy. be a man and fuck her pb (10:20:04 PM): no dude, I've seen pictures [Me] (10:20:31 PM): are you saying she's ugly pb (10:20:39 PM): she's just not my type pb (10:21:00 PM): I'm sure she'd never do that anyhow, because she's with Rusty, and therefore they're probably both goody little two-shoes [Me] (10:21:42 PM): so basically you're saying that if she weren't fat and ugly and if she weren't a dweeb, you'd fuck her and cum inside her pussy? pb (10:21:53 PM): maybe [Me] (10:22:06 PM): is your girl ugly? pb (10:22:10 PM): no pb (10:22:26 PM): I guess I'm just loyal like that too:-) [Me] (10:23:48 PM): i'm getting at this -> who's less ugly, your bitch or rusty's bitch? pb (10:24:01 PM): beats me pb (10:24:06 PM): I guess rusty's bitch is just plain [Me] (10:24:26 PM): do you think he cums on her face like in pornos? pb (10:24:39 PM): I think he asks for permission [Me] (10:24:59 PM): do you do that to your girl? pb (10:25:11 PM): no comment:-) [Me] (10:25:54 PM): do you think rusty puts his penis into her pussy? [Me] (10:26:00 PM): (correction: ass) pb (10:26:03 PM): I would expect so... ah pb (10:26:10 PM): who knows dude pb (10:26:17 PM): is this what you do in your free time? [Me] (10:26:17 PM): do you put it in your girl's asshole? [Me] (10:27:06 PM): (i have done it, it's awesome and nothing to be ashamed of, so be honest) pb (10:27:14 PM): heh, I have too [Me] (10:27:56 PM): it's a little bit tight and they wince sometimes but if you relax and make them relax it works out, though it feels a bit faggity and you probably get AIDS pb (10:28:04 PM): haha [Me] (10:28:59 PM): i know you are a strong proponent of open source.... pb (10:29:11 PM): I suppose I am [Me] (10:29:15 PM): do you feel that men who use linux/open source are at least slightly more prone to be homosexual? pb (10:29:29 PM):... than the general population? [Me] (10:29:37 PM): and be honest here, considering the effeminate and weak limp wrist nature of many of our linux friends pb (10:29:38 PM): maybe. pb (10:29:56 PM): but to answer that one honestly, it's tricky pb (10:30:04 PM): maybe they're just more likely to *admit it* [Me] (10:30:08 PM): many linux friends of mine have lisps, are very weak (would have been killed in NAZi germany), and don't have girlfriends pb (10:30:12 PM): haha [Me] (10:31:04 PM): would you ever kiss a man? pb (10:31:19 PM): sure, but I don't think I'd ever want to [Me] (10:32:12 PM): if a man swept you off your feet and treated you like a woman but like a queen and bought you gifts and kissed you and loved you and took care of you, could you possibly imagine feeling love for him as well and letting him continue owning your body? pb (10:32:51 PM): ugh [Me] (10:33:00 PM): be open minded please pb (10:33:00 PM): I doubt it, that would be weird [Me] (10:33:21 PM): you know, a man like rusty or rob malda...they have a lot of money... pb (10:33:26 PM): haha pb (10
This was first announced almost TWO WEEKS ago, on February 17th. NEWS for nerds? Maybe those who just got back from a 10 day Internet-less vacation in Laos!
Perhaps the delay is due to Webmonkey's bashing of the VA Linux / Andover / Slashdot buyout in which they said "Any unbiased appraisal of this merger, however, will yield one difficult but inescapable truth: The camaraderie and high spirits engendered by Linus and his band of programmers will soon be replaced by the same rancor and factiousness that permeates the rest of the capitalist world. And Slashdot, which is so highly revered by its readers and those who know its mission, will soon lose its trust, reputation, and standing. The deal has dealt the much-heralded geek community and its open-source development model a terrible blow, one from which it may never recover."
This may sound far-fetched, but one time I worked for a particular company that denied another company a lucrative contract just because that company's CTO had bullied my company's CEO when he was in high school (these two companies were in the same city). So, stuff like this happens, even (perhaps) at Slashdot. OSDN/Slashdot may just not want Webmonkey or any of its entities to get press coverage of any sort, and it could be an unspoken rule among editors. I just queried Slash's database for Webmonkey-based stories, and I must say that they didn't carry nearly as many of them as they could have. Either way, it's interesting in my opinion, especially since they bashed Slashdot so much because of that merger, and Slash is still mostly alive and well these days, so kudos to Taco et al. for that.
... who aren't Slashdot members, I think one of us should at least describe the "pun", so to speak, that Microsoft is employing here. Face it -- some people haven't actually seen The Matrix films, believe it or not!
As this release would be the second major release of the XP baseline, it's appropriately named after a popular science fiction film by Andy and Larry Wachowski (yes, they're related) in which a man and his rebel friends have three days until 250,000 probes discover a place called Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. The main character is Neo, played by Keanu Reeves. You can find out more about the film at this site.
One interesting question is whether Warner Brothers will look for $$$ from Microsoft since MS is kind of riding the wave created by the WB-sponsored film through marketing and clever research aimed at science fiction enthusiasts and horror/dark fiction lovers and social deviants (the film's in a dark green tint and features many violent anti-societal scenes).
Based on the results page, I think they really do need another release -- nearly every single query result was a question about how to reload the operating system because a bunch of shit just stopped working!
Once XP Reloaded comes out, I can't wait to query for "XP Reloaded Reloaded" and see if the number of results returned decreases at all, or if the MS tards just add more bugs with every "bug fix". Hahahaha!
The problem is the way Java is being developed and maintained as a proprietary programming language base.
There are two major Java implementations currently in use -- one by IBM, one by Sun Microsystems. Both of them may come without charge, but are without the freedom that would make them qualify as Free Software.
Therefore, all software written in Java (even software under a Free Software license) running on such a platform will "put the user's freedom at risk" (a quote from FSF/GNU people). It's like running Free Software on Windows.
Microsoft have all too often taken advantage of the little guy. It's about time that the little guys ganged up (EU) and put Microsoft in its place.
I'm an American, and I love my country so much. But I will say that our businesses and people are sometimes very arrogant and almost always play hardball.
I feel bad for Europe being taken advantage of, and I hope they get a good settlement somehow.
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I prefer paper!!! omg lol ror wtf bbq hahahah
Oh, and by the way, I can just imagine the SLOGAN:
"Cardboard houses: Not just for homeless anymore!"
Look, I realize you're trolling, but I have a free minute or two while I burn this CD to respond.
I DID read the article. It's quite good and interesting, in fact.
But you imply that my post is NOT interesting, and you are wrong. Most moderators HAVE found it to be interesting, and it will be VERY helpful for the thousands of Slashdot readers who are interviewing for jobs soon. The difference between a prepared job condidate and one who is ill-prepared is often times puzzle knowledge like I give and encourage in my post above.
How dare you criticize me when I'm simply trying to help out our young coders, our young Linux fans, our own FLESH and blood. You should be ashamed of yourself. An experienced academic like me, an experienced CODER like me, is a guy who should be mentoring our youngsters. You are a lowly hater akin to bickering spinsters.
You are a TROLL!
Check these out that I found online, they're great things to use b4 interviews!
.... four '6's), each player selects a number and adds it to the total. Once a number is used, it must be removed from the pool. The winner is the person whose number makes the total equal 31 exactly.
Programming Puzzles
Some companies certainly ask for these things. Specially Microsoft. Here are my favorite puzzles. Don't send me emails asking for the solutions.
1. Write a "Hello World" program in 'C' without using a semicolon.
2. Write a C++ program without using any loop (if, for, while etc) to print numbers from 1 to 100 and 100 to 1;
3. C/C++ : Exchange two numbers without using a temporary variable.
4. C/C++ : Find if the given number is a power of 2.
5. C/C++ : Multiply x by 7 without using multiplication (*) operator.
6. C/C++ : Write a function in different ways that will return f(7) = 4 and f(4) = 7
7. Remove duplicates in array
8. Finding if there is any loop inside linked list.
9. Remove duplicates in an no key access database without using an array
10. Convert (integer) number in binary without loops.
11. Write a program whose printed output is an exact copy of the source. Needless to say, merely echoing the actual source file is not allowed.
12. From a 'pool' of numbers (four '1's, four '2's
13. Swap two numbers without using a third variable.
14. Given an array (group) of numbers write all the possible sub groups of this group.
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This won't work and I'll tell you why. First, though, I'll introduce myself.
I talked closely with my sister while she worked on several hundred million projects for NASA in the 1980s. She kept a work journal that I read. I couldn't read classified information, but she let me read everything else. Needless to say, I have a TON of knowledge in space/NASA/etc. at this point.
Now, onto my point. The smaller prizes talked about in this article/proposal might be fine for this, but no company is going to spend billions of dollars on a solution that may not be successful and even if it IS may not be CHOSEN by NASA.
It's too much of a risk. $10 million for X-Prize is fine because that's doable for a corporation, but $100 million - $1 billion + is just way too far out there.
They must split the huge contracts into small contracts else this will fail. Trust me, I'm an expert here and I know what I'm talking about unlike most reporters/Slashdotters playing armchair quarterback.
I interned at Thomson and am still on their developer email list.
r ound/MP3SurroundSetup.exe
This morning I got a message about their downloadable software supporting multichannel mp3, and I got really stoked.
Here's a direct link to our FTP:
ftp://ftp1.fraunhofer.de/institute/iis/amm/mp3sur
I'm posting this for my brother who works out at the NOAA as an advanced research analyst.
--- Begin ---
Hi there Slashdot, yes, I'm a total weather freak and as such I was really glad to help serve you guys and field your comments, questions, and complaints.
What really hit home for me was how passionate many of you are for our services and that they be delivered in an open, fair medium. As technology advances, some of us tend to go for the first choice, and Microsoft, Oracle, and other closed-source large companies were trying to influence our decisions.
It was thanks to you the people of Slashdot that our eyes were opened and we have begun to embrace cheaper (which my manager likes) and more open (open-source) tools.
Thank you and it's my pleasure to help serve you and continue research our weather systems here on Earth.
Sincerely,
David M. ******* (name withheld for privacy)
--- End ---
Enjoy guys hope that was interesting as a first-hand perspective.
Ken Jennings was my roomate freshman year at Brigham Young University.
We got put together because we had the same major and many of the same interests. We would play Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, pinball games, and arcade games together on many a weekend.
I was sad to see him go tonight, but he was starting to miss his family, co-workers, church, and half-heartedly looked forward to getting back to his regular life. After 75 episodes of filming, being "on", getting makeup'd, sound check'd, etc. it gets very tiring.
I'll never forget the time I brought a really smart girl home who also happened to be very attractive. We had both drank a lot on a Thursday night, but unfortunately I had a Friday morning class. I brought her back to my and Ken's room and Ken had already went to bed but the two of us ate some food, fooled around a little, and went to sleep.
In the morning I woke up, showered, and said bye to her and she could just let herself out when she was done. After my two hour lab class that morning, I went back to my dorm to find her in Ken's bed underneath the covers!
I couldn't believe this because he was so shy around women, but somehow he pulled it off. I think his intelligence struck a chord with her and the two ended up dating for a few weeks.
God bless Ken, I'll never forget him. I'm sure we'll be having a reunion sometime soon and we'll get to reminisce.
I worked for NASA for 8 years straight out of MIT undergrad.
Though I left the rocket science "business", I have no regrets. It was a great company to work for and we did some amazing things.
That said, all science is good science, even this robotic HUBBLE mission. I helped with deployment of spacecraft and nothing was more satisfying.
This mission MUST go on else we will fail as scientists.
I thought this too but lately my business has been better than ever!
I work on LAMP software and deploy to customer's websites. We use Linux/Apach/MySQL/PHP and it's amazing. I do an average of one dynamic website per two week period at $1,500 a piece. It's plenty to live on!
So yes there's work, keep up the good work, always be generous, get customer referels, and have fun!
Plus I spent all week playing Half-Life 2 lol it's nice not having a boss
Bungie, I'm ashamed! Look, I LOVE the Halo series. I bought the first Halo game when XBox came out. In fact, I BOUGHT the Xbox just to play it!
BUT, and it's a big but, I have TWO friends who work at Bungie... and no, I'm not naming names here, but they have HUNDREDS of gigabytes of illegal movies, mp3 audio files, and PC software on their home computers. Trust me, we were watching Spiderman 2 with beers and popcorn three days before it was in theatres!
Where is the JUSTICE here? I know others of you are the same way. You write software, so you value software but not movies or music. I bet music industry employees steal movies and software but don't download illegal mp3s. It's just the NATURE of how things work.
Bungie is over-stepping their bounds here. Piracy is as natural as BREATHING. If you have a computer, disk space, and a connection to the Internets, it's not hard work to hunt and find exactly what you want for free!
Look, I plan on buying Halo 2. I love the first one and still play it with my boyfriend and my family when they come to visit me because it's easy to learn but FUN as heck. I just want Bungie to be honest here -- they'll do fine financially... no one wants French subtitles anyway!
I wish POLITICIANS would stop judging accidents with NASA and spaceflight in general as "wastes".
It's NOT a waste. Research REQUIRES failure. SUCESS requires failure.
One step at a time, my fellow scientists and engineers. One step at a time.
I'm an editor for Tom's Hardware Guide (tomshardware.com), and I'd like to also point Slashdot readers over to a review we did back on September 29th featuring this Seagate Savvio (ST973401LC).
The URL to our article is http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20040929/.
Our bottom line was as follows:
"Viewed in the long term, Seagate has not only entered a new market, but also heralded the end at some later date of 3.5", 10,000 rpm enterprise drives. The "big guys" get warmer, need more energy, make more noise and can rarely display their remaining speed advantages in the server environment. From a number of aspects, 2.5" models on the other hand are the more sensible option. We can only advise the competition to follow suit - and fast."
[Me] (10:16:19 PM): hey man what are you up to? :-) :-) ... than the general population?
pb (10:16:31 PM): geeking out, in parallel
pb (10:16:55 PM): me, ubu, and Captain_Tenille are actually *getting shit done* re: vector space searching
pb (10:17:10 PM): dailykos just started using it, k5 should soon follow
pb (10:17:37 PM): and in a couple of days I'm going on vacation, heading up to Maine
[Me] (10:18:09 PM): to see rusty?
pb (10:18:26 PM): not primarily, but he mentioned that maybe we could get together
pb (10:18:32 PM): my family has an old summer home up there
[Me] (10:18:48 PM): go see him and his wife and take pics
pb (10:18:52 PM): haha
pb (10:18:54 PM): now now...
[Me] (10:19:21 PM): would you ever fuck his wife is she snuck into your guest room at night and said she wanted your cock?
pb (10:19:31 PM): of course, if I was one of those fuckers who went everywhere with a digital camera, I probably would
pb (10:19:44 PM): probably not, sadly
[Me] (10:19:57 PM): fuckin pussy. be a man and fuck her
pb (10:20:04 PM): no dude, I've seen pictures
[Me] (10:20:31 PM): are you saying she's ugly
pb (10:20:39 PM): she's just not my type
pb (10:21:00 PM): I'm sure she'd never do that anyhow, because she's with Rusty, and therefore they're probably both goody little two-shoes
[Me] (10:21:42 PM): so basically you're saying that if she weren't fat and ugly and if she weren't a dweeb, you'd fuck her and cum inside her pussy?
pb (10:21:53 PM): maybe
[Me] (10:22:06 PM): is your girl ugly?
pb (10:22:10 PM): no
pb (10:22:26 PM): I guess I'm just loyal like that too
[Me] (10:23:48 PM): i'm getting at this -> who's less ugly, your bitch or rusty's bitch?
pb (10:24:01 PM): beats me
pb (10:24:06 PM): I guess rusty's bitch is just plain
[Me] (10:24:26 PM): do you think he cums on her face like in pornos?
pb (10:24:39 PM): I think he asks for permission
[Me] (10:24:59 PM): do you do that to your girl?
pb (10:25:11 PM): no comment
[Me] (10:25:54 PM): do you think rusty puts his penis into her pussy?
[Me] (10:26:00 PM): (correction: ass)
pb (10:26:03 PM): I would expect so... ah
pb (10:26:10 PM): who knows dude
pb (10:26:17 PM): is this what you do in your free time?
[Me] (10:26:17 PM): do you put it in your girl's asshole?
[Me] (10:27:06 PM): (i have done it, it's awesome and nothing to be ashamed of, so be honest)
pb (10:27:14 PM): heh, I have too
[Me] (10:27:56 PM): it's a little bit tight and they wince sometimes but if you relax and make them relax it works out, though it feels a bit faggity and you probably get AIDS
pb (10:28:04 PM): haha
[Me] (10:28:59 PM): i know you are a strong proponent of open source....
pb (10:29:11 PM): I suppose I am
[Me] (10:29:15 PM): do you feel that men who use linux/open source are at least slightly more prone to be homosexual?
pb (10:29:29 PM):
[Me] (10:29:37 PM): and be honest here, considering the effeminate and weak limp wrist nature of many of our linux friends
pb (10:29:38 PM): maybe.
pb (10:29:56 PM): but to answer that one honestly, it's tricky
pb (10:30:04 PM): maybe they're just more likely to *admit it*
[Me] (10:30:08 PM): many linux friends of mine have lisps, are very weak (would have been killed in NAZi germany), and don't have girlfriends
pb (10:30:12 PM): haha
[Me] (10:31:04 PM): would you ever kiss a man?
pb (10:31:19 PM): sure, but I don't think I'd ever want to
[Me] (10:32:12 PM): if a man swept you off your feet and treated you like a woman but like a queen and bought you gifts and kissed you and loved you and took care of you, could you possibly imagine feeling love for him as well and letting him continue owning your body?
pb (10:32:51 PM): ugh
[Me] (10:33:00 PM): be open minded please
pb (10:33:00 PM): I doubt it, that would be weird
[Me] (10:33:21 PM): you know, a man like rusty or rob malda...they have a lot of money...
pb (10:33:26 PM): haha
pb (10
Spider-Man 2 showtimes
Spider-Man 2 on-set photos
Spider-Man 2 filming pics from lower Manhattan
Official site for Spider-Man 2, opening June 30, 2004.
Spider-Man 2 politics
What does this mean for Linux on the XB2?
Is this article Better LATE than NEVER?
This was first announced almost TWO WEEKS ago, on February 17th. NEWS for nerds? Maybe those who just got back from a 10 day Internet-less vacation in Laos!
Perhaps the delay is due to Webmonkey's bashing of the VA Linux / Andover / Slashdot buyout in which they said "Any unbiased appraisal of this merger, however, will yield one difficult but inescapable truth: The camaraderie and high spirits engendered by Linus and his band of programmers will soon be replaced by the same rancor and factiousness that permeates the rest of the capitalist world. And Slashdot, which is so highly revered by its readers and those who know its mission, will soon lose its trust, reputation, and standing. The deal has dealt the much-heralded geek community and its open-source development model a terrible blow, one from which it may never recover."
This may sound far-fetched, but one time I worked for a particular company that denied another company a lucrative contract just because that company's CTO had bullied my company's CEO when he was in high school (these two companies were in the same city). So, stuff like this happens, even (perhaps) at Slashdot. OSDN/Slashdot may just not want Webmonkey or any of its entities to get press coverage of any sort, and it could be an unspoken rule among editors. I just queried Slash's database for Webmonkey-based stories, and I must say that they didn't carry nearly as many of them as they could have. Either way, it's interesting in my opinion, especially since they bashed Slashdot so much because of that merger, and Slash is still mostly alive and well these days, so kudos to Taco et al. for that.
We already HAVE fuel. The design, planning, prototyping, etc. is going to cost more than a trillion trillion trillion gallons of fuel.
How is this TRULY beneficial? Is it even SAFE?
This virtual ass sniffing that takes place every time I publish a new comment to Slashdot is getting a bit annoying.
If you're going to make a newsletter based on my content and celebrity, at least cut me in on the profits, bro!
IHBT.
... who aren't Slashdot members, I think one of us should at least describe the "pun", so to speak, that Microsoft is employing here. Face it -- some people haven't actually seen The Matrix films, believe it or not!
As this release would be the second major release of the XP baseline, it's appropriately named after a popular science fiction film by Andy and Larry Wachowski (yes, they're related) in which a man and his rebel friends have three days until 250,000 probes discover a place called Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. The main character is Neo, played by Keanu Reeves. You can find out more about the film at this site.
One interesting question is whether Warner Brothers will look for $$$ from Microsoft since MS is kind of riding the wave created by the WB-sponsored film through marketing and clever research aimed at science fiction enthusiasts and horror/dark fiction lovers and social deviants (the film's in a dark green tint and features many violent anti-societal scenes).
I Googled "XP Reloaded" just for kicks.
Based on the results page, I think they really do need another release -- nearly every single query result was a question about how to reload the operating system because a bunch of shit just stopped working!
Once XP Reloaded comes out, I can't wait to query for "XP Reloaded Reloaded" and see if the number of results returned decreases at all, or if the MS tards just add more bugs with every "bug fix". Hahahaha!
The problem is the way Java is being developed and maintained as a proprietary programming language base.
There are two major Java implementations currently in use -- one by IBM, one by Sun Microsystems. Both of them may come without charge, but are without the freedom that would make them qualify as Free Software.
Therefore, all software written in Java (even software under a Free Software license) running on such a platform will "put the user's freedom at risk" (a quote from FSF/GNU people). It's like running Free Software on Windows.
If you want more detailed 411 about the status of Free Software versions of Java, hit up the following URL:
http://www.gnu.org/directory/devel/prog/java/
I still prefer C/C++ though, honestly.
I just like having control of the code and being able to do hardware-level stuff. Also, it's just plain faster.
Java is cool for uber-OO projects, for but most stuff, I'm a strictly C/C++ guy.
Let me just say that you WILL NOT be disappointed.
It's amazing all the new features, even just the small little useability things, that were added.
Watch out PHOTOSHOP!
I stopped getting access at home because I got an 802-ready laptop.
Now I just go to cafes and such. It's great, and FREE!
Microsoft have all too often taken advantage of the little guy. It's about time that the little guys ganged up (EU) and put Microsoft in its place.
I'm an American, and I love my country so much. But I will say that our businesses and people are sometimes very arrogant and almost always play hardball.
I feel bad for Europe being taken advantage of, and I hope they get a good settlement somehow.