OK, and then China takes all those T-Bills it's holding and says, "hello Uncle Sam, I'd like to cash these in please". See you on the soup line. The US says, "fuck you China, we won't pay". Faith in the US dollar plunges to an all-time low. See you on bread line.
I think you fail to understand how intertwined global supply chains really are. If you blacklist all China tyraffic at the backbones, you'll essentially cripple a large part of the US economy as a result. Then there is the question of all that US debt China is holding.
As of today, the two countries econmonies are too intertwined for either to seriously screw with the other. Kind of an economic vversion of MAD.
my comment was intended to skewer online debating which, more often than not, degrades to, "I'm smarter than you". This is nothing more than the geeks equivalent of, "my dick's bigger than yours".
And yes, I am smarter than you and my dick is bigger than yours.:)
Most major camera lens-makers now offer purpose-built macro lenses. The advantage is you'll get more control over depth of field. Well, that and you can use it as a normal lens.
Sony always seemed to be lacking in both their CCD and their glass quality.
Sony's 7mp sensor found on many point-n-shoots is considered superb by many. I use a DSC-P150 as my pocket camera and, under the right conditions, its pics outperform those of my Nikon D70s SLR.
Sony usually uses Carl Zeiss glass. Nothing shabby about that.
I'm very fond of the Panasonic FZ20. 36-432mm f2.8 lens with optical image stabilization. If you hunt around, you can probably find for 1/2 of the Sony. There's plenty others too that offer better performance, IMHO.
For the SLR fan, I prefer Nikon to Canon (I have a D70s), but the arguments on this rival vi vs. emacs. Current thinking is to buy the one that fels best in your hands (whis is why I bought the D70s). A D50 body can be had for $550 + $700 for the shipping-next-week 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens (27-300mm 35mm equiv) gets you enough camera to keep you busy for a while before you start adding more lenses. Add a 50mm f/1.8 for portraiture/low light for under $100.
1. VCs can make a ton of money 2. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money 3. VCs can make a ton of money 4. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money 5. VCs can make a ton of money
The average Joe will get stuck holding stock in companies with AJAX-enabled web sites for pet food sales. Joe's rationale will be the result of all of the hype he read about Web 2.0. ~
You can't insure against loss of customers goodwill. In fact, you can't insure against a lot of "soft costs" that can outstrip the hard costs when you have a public loss.
If this guy works at a company of any size, the IT department has already experienced employee departures multiple times. As many other posters have pointed out, this practice of paying out resigning IT employees a quite common occurrence.
Also try and remember when reading the posting that you're only hearing one side of the story.
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That's GNU/Linux to you, comrade!
OK, and then China takes all those T-Bills it's holding and says, "hello Uncle Sam, I'd like to cash these in please". See you on the soup line. The US says, "fuck you China, we won't pay". Faith in the US dollar plunges to an all-time low. See you on bread line.
I think you fail to understand how intertwined global supply chains really are. If you blacklist all China tyraffic at the backbones, you'll essentially cripple a large part of the US economy as a result. Then there is the question of all that US debt China is holding.
As of today, the two countries econmonies are too intertwined for either to seriously screw with the other. Kind of an economic vversion of MAD.
Seeing as the last time my mom saw my penis was pre-puberty, I wouldn't read a whole lot into it, mouse-dick.
Unless you lack plans for the weekend.
Again, if mod_perl fits the requirements, fine. If not, then another language.
My comment was not about my time vs computer time, but overall program execution time.
my comment was intended to skewer online debating which, more often than not, degrades to, "I'm smarter than you". This is nothing more than the geeks equivalent of, "my dick's bigger than yours".
:)
And yes, I am smarter than you and my dick is bigger than yours.
online debating is to real debating as wikipedia is to a real encyclopedia
True that. If designing for performance, perl usually isn't the language choice I make.
If you call sticking rags into your $1000 SLR a neat hack, so be it. I call it stupidity.
Two words: Sensor dust
IMHO, that says more about the programmer than the language.
Properly placed and well-thought out, I can leave:
print "a bunch o' stuff\n" if $Debugging;
in my code forever and never have to go through the trouble of firing up an IDE.
Most major camera lens-makers now offer purpose-built macro lenses. The advantage is you'll get more control over depth of field. Well, that and you can use it as a normal lens.
http://www.networkmirror.com/AodpyYLsgUIgSIiH/www. photocritic.org/2005/macro-photography-on-a-budget /index.html
He built an extension tube from a Pringles can and stuck a Canon lens on the front. This is not "building a lens".
Did you miss the part that said "under the right conditions"?
Also, for a pro's view on why the camera doesn't matter, may I refer you to this article?
Sony always seemed to be lacking in both their CCD and their glass quality.
Sony's 7mp sensor found on many point-n-shoots is considered superb by many. I use a DSC-P150 as my pocket camera and, under the right conditions, its pics outperform those of my Nikon D70s SLR.
Sony usually uses Carl Zeiss glass. Nothing shabby about that.
uzi = ultra zoom.
I'm very fond of the Panasonic FZ20. 36-432mm f2.8 lens with optical image stabilization. If you hunt around, you can probably find for 1/2 of the Sony. There's plenty others too that offer better performance, IMHO.
For the SLR fan, I prefer Nikon to Canon (I have a D70s), but the arguments on this rival vi vs. emacs. Current thinking is to buy the one that fels best in your hands (whis is why I bought the D70s). A D50 body can be had for $550 + $700 for the shipping-next-week 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens (27-300mm 35mm equiv) gets you enough camera to keep you busy for a while before you start adding more lenses. Add a 50mm f/1.8 for portraiture/low light for under $100.
If Yahoo is so much better than Google, than why does GOOG have more than double the market capitalization [yahoo.com] of YHOO ?
Greed.
Need two?
Irrational exuberance.
Hear! Hear! I was alluding to the pets.com debacle, not attemptimg to besmirch folks out there hustling to make an honest buck.
No, DPB keeps nutjob conspiracy theorists like you away from me.
I'm just waiting for the next time one of my sites is Slashdotted so I can send a DMCA takedown notice to your ISP
Thank you for your feedback. Let me know if you need my ISP's address.
The real 5 reasons why Web 2.0 matters:
1. VCs can make a ton of money
2. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money
3. VCs can make a ton of money
4. People with MBAs who know nothing about technology can make a ton of money
5. VCs can make a ton of money
The average Joe will get stuck holding stock in companies with AJAX-enabled web sites for pet food sales. Joe's rationale will be the result of all of the hype he read about Web 2.0.
~
Network Mirror
:)
What's wrong with big-breasted women? They can be smart too! You just need to make sure you that you enjoy "their views" as well as "the view".
You can't insure against loss of customers goodwill. In fact, you can't insure against a lot of "soft costs" that can outstrip the hard costs when you have a public loss.
If this guy works at a company of any size, the IT department has already experienced employee departures multiple times. As many other posters have pointed out, this practice of paying out resigning IT employees a quite common occurrence.
Also try and remember when reading the posting that you're only hearing one side of the story.