I'm not sure why you'd say that: I started out fat-fingering binary into the front panel of a Data General Nova, went through and saw lots of evolutions and - yeah, working on my first app, thought "Sure, let's see what's out there that is the LAG." Looked at RoR, Laravel and a few others and was - quite frankly - disgusted by what I saw. Stumbled across this fucking nice, easy framework to develop "real" apps and - Oh! BTW! - it happens to be based on java. Like I give a shit. It works, and that's what I care about. But, yeah, convince yourself of whatever the hell it is you're trying to convince yourself of, but you've missed the mark here by a mile.
Well, not Java per-se, but I recently came across OpenXava (www.openxava.org), a Java-based framework and was just blown the fuck away at the incredible productivity built-in for developing applications. After wrestling with RoR and Laravel, I was amazed at the difference. It's like night-and-day.
Quite frankly, it (OpenXava) could be written in asembly, Java, COBOL or haiku for all I care. What I do care about is app development productivity and if it happens to be based on java? So what? You "gotta have the very latest or you're just not cool" guys can engage in your techno-masturbation all day long. Meantime, I'm building an app.
Normally, I don't respond to trolling ACs, but - if you had RTFA - you would know that the data was NOT taken from a "gubmint" site. But, that would spoil your "Gubmint Bad - Trump Good" view of things and we sure can't have THAT!
Dumbass....
There has never been a worse trade agreement ever signed by America. Sure, it's been fantastic for the Asian countries but - being an American - you'll excuse me for putting my country's interest first. Let's look at the results: destruction of American manufacturing; elimination of decent middle-class wages; tremendous profitability for the elite "owners" (and don't give me the crap about how - since pension funds invest in mega-corps it benefits retirees when they do this) of said mega-corps; and....the complete abrogation of national sovereignty that it brings. How many of you know that the WTO can (and has) declared American laws "illegal" under the WTO agreement due to a loss of profit to int'l corps and the American citizen has had to either: change our laws or pony up taxpayer $$$ for the "fine". Yeah, tell me again how this is great for America.....
Just between us girls, you do realize that you contradicted yourself in your response, right? Early in your response, you mention that the NRA is consistent with "training, responsibility, and safety" and then later say that their role (yes, through their "political wing", but that's hair-splitting, IMO. If you, as an organization support something, your "political wing" expresses it.) is to be a "rabid dog" defender of gun rights.
I would submit, sir, that if the NRA was *truly* concerned with "training, responsibility and safety" that they would - independent of any law or regulation - require any gun dealer who sports their logo to require that the dealer prove to their (NRA's) standards that the person ready to walk out with their very first AR-15 have some basic knowledge, understanding and competence with the thing. All you you have to do is visit any gun store (or Walmart) and watch the average yo-yo buy one as their very first gun, waving it around, doing their Rambo impersonation, etc. It's a bad situation, I think.
Till then, their just shills for the gun makers who love it whenever something terrible happens cause their sales go through the roof. (And, BTW, make it damned difficult and expensive to buy ammo these days!.357 Magnums and.45 ACPs are bad enough, but.22s are impossible to find.)
PS - I very much appreciate the quality and tone of your posts. No name-calling or sloganeering. Kudos, sir!
Like "From my cold, dead hands", right? Seriously - when Reagan proposed banning cop-killer bullets, he was supported by the NRA. Today? Don't make me laugh.
PS - to the other poster. Let me guess: you watch Fox and listen to talk-radio a lot and regularly say "libtard". Yawn.....
Actually, I own 3 guns and I like them a lot. However, being a Certified Old Fart(TM), I clearly remember a time when the NRA stood for responsible gun-ownership with a relentless focus on gun safety. Today, I am appalled at the level of "Gun Worship" with nary a thought for responsibility or safety. Worship? Like a God, you mean? Sure. To what else besides a God would we regularly sacrifice our children on a daily basis?
"The last 5 years"...I take to mean "since Obama became President". I'm more than a little shocked that - even in the current libertarian/conservative bent that/. is under these days - a post that basically memes the old Fox/talk-radio theme that "the NY Times is *in the bag* for Obama", etc gets modded +4, Insightful. Insightful? Really, fellow/. ers?
Actually, non-overclocked Skylakes do ship with a stock cooler. The first Skylake processor released was the 4790K (K=overclocked) and does not ship with its own cooler. Non-Ks do, though.
Because, they (a private corporation) wanted to use the right of eminent domain to seize the land needed. I'd say that should give the government to have some kind of input into the process, wouldn't you say?
Err...I doubt you recognize the irony of your statements, so let me try to help here.
You said: "They don't even like people with a proper science or engineering background at the EPA." (Which is so obviously, inherently untrue as to be a very bizarre statement, one likely to only be uttered by someone with an agenda.) Immediately followed by: "People with an agenda don't want to be bothered with pesky issues like reality."
My jaw remains open that you could not see that before clicking "Submit".
Cheers!
Look, I'm not a Luddite by any means (got started with Data General back in 1976 but am currently in development of a web-based app using Laravel, so - welcome to my lawn!), but the current trend of "internet-ize everything and we'll figure out security, basic expectations, etc. later" is ridiculous! I love my flat-panel TV but, when it comes time to buy my next one, it will NOT be a "smart" TV. A TV is a fucking receiver - period. I'm OK with having it (STV) as an option on models clearly marked as such, and I know that some of the FB/Twitter-oriented crowd will just love the idea of sharing what they're currently watching, commenting on it, etc. But.....count me TF out!
I am very disappointed that this is currently modded +5, Insightful. While I very much agree that we - as a modern, liberal (in the true European sense of the word - not the American caricature of a rich elitist sipping Chardonnay from the backseat of a limousine) society are confronting a medieval, barbaric, religious-whacko movement that wants to apply religious law (as does Ben Carson, etc., BTW) to everyone in the world, just where in the hell do you get the idea that NOT just declaring all of muslims as evil who should be exterminated becomes "Blame America First"? What kind of disjointed, fucked-up thinking can lead from one to the other? Let me guess - you watch Fox News almost exclusively and keep talk radio tuned in all the time. Try expanding your thought process to be able to hold 2 separate thoughts in your head at the same time. Trust me, it can be truly liberating to think independently.
Heck, here in America "Liberal" is a cuss-word that even Democrats run away from. That's part of why they suck as a political party - they can't/won't even defend Liberal values.
Once you get past the Pavlovian reaction to "socialist", you'll find that he is the only candidate NOT dropping to his knees in front of the latest batch of plutocrats. If nor no other reason, a victory for him would be a victory for democracy remaining in the hands of the people.
Not to be too pedantic, but Crikey! That was very close to the worst edited article I've ever read - even on the web, which is saying a hell of a lot! C'mon, guys, you're supposed to be some kind of publication, for Christ's sake!
...will do it, too. I don't doubt the accuracy of their surveys, but - Crikey! - look at some of the graphs they use! One shows a 5% delta as, visually, the difference between a ranch house and a skyscraper. Another shows a larger % difference, but visually much closer. Not to be too pedantic, but there's this great old book called "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information". It'll make your job more satisfying...
Think about it. We are genetically extremely close to other primates, yet we have evolved a much higher level of intelligence. This type of mutation, which could easily occur during the natural evolutionary process, could be the cause of our differentiation.
For those of you outside the field, be very, very worried that these (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIB_Group,_Inc.) guys get hacked. If you have ever had a medical condition covered by any of our world-renowned Private Health Insurance Industry providers, it's on file here. Enjoy.:-)
Listen, I'm what I consider to be a pretty good, card-carrying tree-hugger who is also an omnivore, and I have supported racial, sexual and marriage equality for as long as I can remember. However, when we talk about human rights, they are *Human(TM)* Rights. This is not to say, of course, that we should not treat all sentient beings with as much Humanity(TM) as we can - and that's always a shifting goalpost - but no animal is a human except us human animals. Crikey, PETA-types!
Similarly to Germany's ban on billboards on the autobahn - which are proven to distract a driver's attention - there should be some reasonable limits on ads. I originally signed up for cable, then satellite, because so many of the channels were then ad-free. Today, there is virtually nothing that's ad-free, including my Camry's radio start-up message that reminds me that - yes! - I'm driving a Camry!
Basically, I am sick and freaking tired of ads everywhere and have fine-tuned my life to avoid them as much as possible. But, man is it tough!!
And there is the rub. NEBS testing (telco-level) is horrifically expensive and - for DC applications - totally unnecessary. NEBS servers have to withstand that because they are often the *only* server performing a certain function in the CO. Not anywhere near the same use-case.
As someone who as - in the past - grown pot indoors under lights and outdoors, there's no comparison. Growing outdoors, for every 10 seedlings, you're lucky to get one healthy plant - and it has a 50/50 chance of being a male, hence worthless. Indoors, you start with 10 seedlings and get 10 plants. The same 50/50 ratio of male and female, but you've got 5 instead of.5. Next, factor in the insect and animal damage outdoors and then the bud rot at harvest time, and indoor farming is far, far superior. Not sure about corn, but - fuck that! I can buy any type in the store I want.:-)
As a former DG-er myself, I can only agree. The MicroNova *could* have been part of a real breakout for DG, but the bigger iron guys shuddered at the lower price of it so it remained a red-headed stepchild, clearing the way for TI and Intel. After that, its 63077 for DG.:-)
More "Gummint givin way free money to deadbeats" rhetoric sure to come despite the facts that the size/cost of the program (tiny) compared to the benefits derived to society are, by any empirical measure, shown to be tremendously beneficial. But, as usual, the loutish barroom stool rantings will usually win the discussion. Sigh.....
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I'm not sure why you'd say that: I started out fat-fingering binary into the front panel of a Data General Nova, went through and saw lots of evolutions and - yeah, working on my first app, thought "Sure, let's see what's out there that is the LAG." Looked at RoR, Laravel and a few others and was - quite frankly - disgusted by what I saw. Stumbled across this fucking nice, easy framework to develop "real" apps and - Oh! BTW! - it happens to be based on java. Like I give a shit. It works, and that's what I care about. But, yeah, convince yourself of whatever the hell it is you're trying to convince yourself of, but you've missed the mark here by a mile.
Well, not Java per-se, but I recently came across OpenXava (www.openxava.org), a Java-based framework and was just blown the fuck away at the incredible productivity built-in for developing applications. After wrestling with RoR and Laravel, I was amazed at the difference. It's like night-and-day. Quite frankly, it (OpenXava) could be written in asembly, Java, COBOL or haiku for all I care. What I do care about is app development productivity and if it happens to be based on java? So what? You "gotta have the very latest or you're just not cool" guys can engage in your techno-masturbation all day long. Meantime, I'm building an app.
Normally, I don't respond to trolling ACs, but - if you had RTFA - you would know that the data was NOT taken from a "gubmint" site. But, that would spoil your "Gubmint Bad - Trump Good" view of things and we sure can't have THAT! Dumbass....
There has never been a worse trade agreement ever signed by America. Sure, it's been fantastic for the Asian countries but - being an American - you'll excuse me for putting my country's interest first. Let's look at the results: destruction of American manufacturing; elimination of decent middle-class wages; tremendous profitability for the elite "owners" (and don't give me the crap about how - since pension funds invest in mega-corps it benefits retirees when they do this) of said mega-corps; and....the complete abrogation of national sovereignty that it brings. How many of you know that the WTO can (and has) declared American laws "illegal" under the WTO agreement due to a loss of profit to int'l corps and the American citizen has had to either: change our laws or pony up taxpayer $$$ for the "fine". Yeah, tell me again how this is great for America.....
Just between us girls, you do realize that you contradicted yourself in your response, right? Early in your response, you mention that the NRA is consistent with "training, responsibility, and safety" and then later say that their role (yes, through their "political wing", but that's hair-splitting, IMO. If you, as an organization support something, your "political wing" expresses it.) is to be a "rabid dog" defender of gun rights. I would submit, sir, that if the NRA was *truly* concerned with "training, responsibility and safety" that they would - independent of any law or regulation - require any gun dealer who sports their logo to require that the dealer prove to their (NRA's) standards that the person ready to walk out with their very first AR-15 have some basic knowledge, understanding and competence with the thing. All you you have to do is visit any gun store (or Walmart) and watch the average yo-yo buy one as their very first gun, waving it around, doing their Rambo impersonation, etc. It's a bad situation, I think. Till then, their just shills for the gun makers who love it whenever something terrible happens cause their sales go through the roof. (And, BTW, make it damned difficult and expensive to buy ammo these days! .357 Magnums and .45 ACPs are bad enough, but .22s are impossible to find.)
PS - I very much appreciate the quality and tone of your posts. No name-calling or sloganeering. Kudos, sir!
Like "From my cold, dead hands", right? Seriously - when Reagan proposed banning cop-killer bullets, he was supported by the NRA. Today? Don't make me laugh. PS - to the other poster. Let me guess: you watch Fox and listen to talk-radio a lot and regularly say "libtard". Yawn.....
Actually, I own 3 guns and I like them a lot. However, being a Certified Old Fart(TM), I clearly remember a time when the NRA stood for responsible gun-ownership with a relentless focus on gun safety. Today, I am appalled at the level of "Gun Worship" with nary a thought for responsibility or safety. Worship? Like a God, you mean? Sure. To what else besides a God would we regularly sacrifice our children on a daily basis?
"The last 5 years"...I take to mean "since Obama became President". I'm more than a little shocked that - even in the current libertarian/conservative bent that /. is under these days - a post that basically memes the old Fox/talk-radio theme that "the NY Times is *in the bag* for Obama", etc gets modded +4, Insightful. Insightful? Really, fellow /. ers?
Actually, non-overclocked Skylakes do ship with a stock cooler. The first Skylake processor released was the 4790K (K=overclocked) and does not ship with its own cooler. Non-Ks do, though.
Because, they (a private corporation) wanted to use the right of eminent domain to seize the land needed. I'd say that should give the government to have some kind of input into the process, wouldn't you say?
Err...I doubt you recognize the irony of your statements, so let me try to help here. You said: "They don't even like people with a proper science or engineering background at the EPA." (Which is so obviously, inherently untrue as to be a very bizarre statement, one likely to only be uttered by someone with an agenda.) Immediately followed by: "People with an agenda don't want to be bothered with pesky issues like reality." My jaw remains open that you could not see that before clicking "Submit". Cheers!
Look, I'm not a Luddite by any means (got started with Data General back in 1976 but am currently in development of a web-based app using Laravel, so - welcome to my lawn!), but the current trend of "internet-ize everything and we'll figure out security, basic expectations, etc. later" is ridiculous! I love my flat-panel TV but, when it comes time to buy my next one, it will NOT be a "smart" TV. A TV is a fucking receiver - period. I'm OK with having it (STV) as an option on models clearly marked as such, and I know that some of the FB/Twitter-oriented crowd will just love the idea of sharing what they're currently watching, commenting on it, etc. But.....count me TF out!
I am very disappointed that this is currently modded +5, Insightful. While I very much agree that we - as a modern, liberal (in the true European sense of the word - not the American caricature of a rich elitist sipping Chardonnay from the backseat of a limousine) society are confronting a medieval, barbaric, religious-whacko movement that wants to apply religious law (as does Ben Carson, etc., BTW) to everyone in the world, just where in the hell do you get the idea that NOT just declaring all of muslims as evil who should be exterminated becomes "Blame America First"? What kind of disjointed, fucked-up thinking can lead from one to the other? Let me guess - you watch Fox News almost exclusively and keep talk radio tuned in all the time. Try expanding your thought process to be able to hold 2 separate thoughts in your head at the same time. Trust me, it can be truly liberating to think independently.
Heck, here in America "Liberal" is a cuss-word that even Democrats run away from. That's part of why they suck as a political party - they can't/won't even defend Liberal values.
Once you get past the Pavlovian reaction to "socialist", you'll find that he is the only candidate NOT dropping to his knees in front of the latest batch of plutocrats. If nor no other reason, a victory for him would be a victory for democracy remaining in the hands of the people.
Not to be too pedantic, but Crikey! That was very close to the worst edited article I've ever read - even on the web, which is saying a hell of a lot! C'mon, guys, you're supposed to be some kind of publication, for Christ's sake!
...will do it, too. I don't doubt the accuracy of their surveys, but - Crikey! - look at some of the graphs they use! One shows a 5% delta as, visually, the difference between a ranch house and a skyscraper. Another shows a larger % difference, but visually much closer. Not to be too pedantic, but there's this great old book called "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information". It'll make your job more satisfying...
Think about it. We are genetically extremely close to other primates, yet we have evolved a much higher level of intelligence. This type of mutation, which could easily occur during the natural evolutionary process, could be the cause of our differentiation.
For those of you outside the field, be very, very worried that these (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIB_Group,_Inc.) guys get hacked. If you have ever had a medical condition covered by any of our world-renowned Private Health Insurance Industry providers, it's on file here. Enjoy. :-)
Listen, I'm what I consider to be a pretty good, card-carrying tree-hugger who is also an omnivore, and I have supported racial, sexual and marriage equality for as long as I can remember. However, when we talk about human rights, they are *Human(TM)* Rights. This is not to say, of course, that we should not treat all sentient beings with as much Humanity(TM) as we can - and that's always a shifting goalpost - but no animal is a human except us human animals. Crikey, PETA-types!
Similarly to Germany's ban on billboards on the autobahn - which are proven to distract a driver's attention - there should be some reasonable limits on ads. I originally signed up for cable, then satellite, because so many of the channels were then ad-free. Today, there is virtually nothing that's ad-free, including my Camry's radio start-up message that reminds me that - yes! - I'm driving a Camry! Basically, I am sick and freaking tired of ads everywhere and have fine-tuned my life to avoid them as much as possible. But, man is it tough!!
And there is the rub. NEBS testing (telco-level) is horrifically expensive and - for DC applications - totally unnecessary. NEBS servers have to withstand that because they are often the *only* server performing a certain function in the CO. Not anywhere near the same use-case.
As someone who as - in the past - grown pot indoors under lights and outdoors, there's no comparison. Growing outdoors, for every 10 seedlings, you're lucky to get one healthy plant - and it has a 50/50 chance of being a male, hence worthless. Indoors, you start with 10 seedlings and get 10 plants. The same 50/50 ratio of male and female, but you've got 5 instead of .5. Next, factor in the insect and animal damage outdoors and then the bud rot at harvest time, and indoor farming is far, far superior. Not sure about corn, but - fuck that! I can buy any type in the store I want. :-)
As a former DG-er myself, I can only agree. The MicroNova *could* have been part of a real breakout for DG, but the bigger iron guys shuddered at the lower price of it so it remained a red-headed stepchild, clearing the way for TI and Intel. After that, its 63077 for DG. :-)
More "Gummint givin way free money to deadbeats" rhetoric sure to come despite the facts that the size/cost of the program (tiny) compared to the benefits derived to society are, by any empirical measure, shown to be tremendously beneficial. But, as usual, the loutish barroom stool rantings will usually win the discussion. Sigh.....