...and at the other end of the spectrum, I have had people put up a fight
because "[the toolbar icons] are weird looking". After introducing them to themes, the problem subsided temporarily, but I eventually got the call.
Them: "This site doesn't look right in this new thingy. How to I open it in the windows one?".
Me: (lying at this point) "That probably means there is a virus at that site!!! You don't want to go there."
Them: "But I used to go here all the time!"
Me: "That's why your computer was so fucked."
Them: "Oh. Well let's say my bank didn't work right with this one.. then how would I open it in windows?"
Me: "*click*"
The people reading this article on slashdot probably didn't have any problem choosing a major (presumably 90% of us chose CS or MIS). Most college freshmen have no idea what they want to specialize in. They either choose a "general education" major in the hopes that something will come to them, or they hastily choose a wrong path. In either case, the "extra" classes will help get them on the right course by exposing them to some possibilities. A lot of students enter college thinking they know exactly what they want to do with their life. But that's one of the cool things about college: you get to learn - about subjects taught in classes, but also about yourself. It is uninformed and unimaginative to guage a university's success by how quickly it enables a student to begin work in their "field of choice".
If you thought about this for three seconds more, you would have also realized that NSA cannot, by law, conduct surveillance on US citizens or on US territory.
You must forget that we're talking about the people who make the laws. Your statement about whether the NSA can lawfully monitor US citizens shows your lack of thinking here. If it was possible for them to pass a law *creating* the DHS, then it was certainly possible for them to pass a law *modifying* the NSA, FBI, CIA, or whatever other acronym you want.
Good observation, but that is also true of anything that derives from ValueType. DateTime, for example, also has that characteristic.
You could use that fact to argue that primitives do not, in fact, destroy C#'s pureness, since they are semantically indistinguishable from ValueType's (I think).
OR, you could argue that the existence of ValueType by itself destroys the 'pureness' of C#. ValueType does require special support from the runtime to achieve its tricks. It's impossible to write your own class, in any dotnet language, that does what ValueType does.
The "box" and "unbox" CLI instructions allow for the translation between the two sets above. There is nothing automatic about this at the CLI level.
The reason you've probably never seen it, and the reason your code snippet works, is because C# is smart enough to automatically insert box and unbox instructions where appropriate.
If you want to prove this to yourself, try reading the ECMA Standard 335, which covers the topic.
You could flash the BIOS, but the way to do that is pretty vendor-specific. I think what the GP really meant was "nuke the CMOS" - erase the settings. That can be done from software, and is generally not vendor specific. However, you will need admin privileges to do it on windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003.
As long as the staple is in a corner, it wouldn't really matter, right? If it's a 5.25 then I can't see it making any difference. For 3.5's, it should be fine as long as the window still opens.
If you don't do it, someone else will. I'd say just collect your paycheck and go about your business. I don't think you can be personally held liable.
SPF and other technological measures will deal with spam just the same, regardless of whether you are a good samaritan. No need to risk your livelihood.
In a way, I think this ad will strengthen the grassroots effort. All of the people who donated to make this ad get printed, will now feel like they are "part of the team". Without writing any code, they have contributed in some way to Firefox's success. They will feel proud of their contibution.
Now that they feel like part of the team, they will spread the word more. People talk nonstop about how cute their own babies are, but you don't see people talking about how cute someone else's baby is. The personal involvement makes them want to talk about it more.
DVDCCA was also tipped off that other DVD players keep extra copies of parts of the movie in something called "RAM". Also, it has been rumored that Pentium-based DVD player software keeps even more copies of the movie in something called "L1", "L2", and sometimes "L3". More lawsuits to be announced shortly.
If this is anything like their censoring of the regular web search, then it's not as bad as you think.
For the chinese web search, they remove listings that are unreachable from China. China's internet is filtered, regardless of anything Google does. Google simply saved the chinese users' time by hiding the links to content that they can't access anyway.
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Them: "This site doesn't look right in this new thingy. How to I open it in the windows one?".
Me: (lying at this point) "That probably means there is a virus at that site!!! You don't want to go there."
Them: "But I used to go here all the time!"
Me: "That's why your computer was so fucked."
Them: "Oh. Well let's say my bank didn't work right with this one.. then how would I open it in windows?"
Me: "*click*"
The people reading this article on slashdot probably didn't have any problem choosing a major (presumably 90% of us chose CS or MIS). Most college freshmen have no idea what they want to specialize in. They either choose a "general education" major in the hopes that something will come to them, or they hastily choose a wrong path. In either case, the "extra" classes will help get them on the right course by exposing them to some possibilities. A lot of students enter college thinking they know exactly what they want to do with their life. But that's one of the cool things about college: you get to learn - about subjects taught in classes, but also about yourself. It is uninformed and unimaginative to guage a university's success by how quickly it enables a student to begin work in their "field of choice".
I have 11 years worth!
/me too!
You must forget that we're talking about the people who make the laws. Your statement about whether the NSA can lawfully monitor US citizens shows your lack of thinking here. If it was possible for them to pass a law *creating* the DHS, then it was certainly possible for them to pass a law *modifying* the NSA, FBI, CIA, or whatever other acronym you want.
What brilliant logic! I've had my C64 system on the net for years with absolutely zero infections. It must be the most secure system in the world!
"Wiki" != "WikiPedia".
For more, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki.
You could use that fact to argue that primitives do not, in fact, destroy C#'s pureness, since they are semantically indistinguishable from ValueType's (I think).
OR, you could argue that the existence of ValueType by itself destroys the 'pureness' of C#. ValueType does require special support from the runtime to achieve its tricks. It's impossible to write your own class, in any dotnet language, that does what ValueType does.
The reason you've probably never seen it, and the reason your code snippet works, is because C# is smart enough to automatically insert box and unbox instructions where appropriate.
If you want to prove this to yourself, try reading the ECMA Standard 335, which covers the topic.
We will come up with harder problems.
Have you considered the possibility that they know something you don't?
I hate this no good article!
All the slashdot editors are big dummies!!
I'm gonna start my own slashdot!
They're made out of meat.
You could flash the BIOS, but the way to do that is pretty vendor-specific. I think what the GP really meant was "nuke the CMOS" - erase the settings. That can be done from software, and is generally not vendor specific. However, you will need admin privileges to do it on windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003.
As long as the staple is in a corner, it wouldn't really matter, right? If it's a 5.25 then I can't see it making any difference. For 3.5's, it should be fine as long as the window still opens.
You don't know much about virtual memory, do you?
Then again, it may be cheaper. If a whole village dies, there is no immediate need to rebuild it.
I guess it depends on how many dollars a human life is worth.
Fascinating response. I am moved.
SPF and other technological measures will deal with spam just the same, regardless of whether you are a good samaritan. No need to risk your livelihood.
Now that they feel like part of the team, they will spread the word more. People talk nonstop about how cute their own babies are, but you don't see people talking about how cute someone else's baby is. The personal involvement makes them want to talk about it more.
DVDCCA was also tipped off that other DVD players keep extra copies of parts of the movie in something called "RAM". Also, it has been rumored that Pentium-based DVD player software keeps even more copies of the movie in something called "L1", "L2", and sometimes "L3". More lawsuits to be announced shortly.
For the chinese web search, they remove listings that are unreachable from China. China's internet is filtered, regardless of anything Google does. Google simply saved the chinese users' time by hiding the links to content that they can't access anyway.