I dunno 'about that. I like Dust Puppy (in fact, I have a doll on top of my monitor thanks to a really cool co-worker), but I think the overall focus is still on Greg, Pitr, etc.
Actually, unless there is a sign stating that you can't be there, or a significant mechanism to stop you (door, fence), it isn't trespass until you are asked to leave.
I did one about 4 years ago... misread the model # and put in the wrong frequency... the screen faded over the course of a day, then I had an interesting looking bright white 'spike' on the screen (I had unplugged the monitor at this point) which lasted a few hours before the screen died...
If you're a good programmer, you can read the line noise.
At the same time, a good perl hack wouldn't write unreadable code. I often rewrite a complex operation, breaking it into 3 or 4 step, out of courtesy to the poor schmuck who has to maintain the code.
Eh, depends on the genre... You can't really do a political thriller w/o spending a few hundred pages laying down the politics, y'know?
I always say that the last 200 pages of a Clancy novel are where all the action is, but you need the first 600 to understand _why_ we're having action...
1) I like the service these people provide (yes, there are people behind slashdot, and they work hard), for free no less, and try to respect their wishes when reasonable. The RSS request is reasonable. Just because we are geeks doesn't mean we _have_ to be elitist jerks.
2) The folks who foot the bill for slashdot don't hammer other websites, we (the readers) do. So, getting mad at 'them' is kinda silly.
I'd think that the easiest method would be to have a program running that every couple of seconds pulls the last 100 or 1000 lines from the web log files and counts the # of times the referrer matches *.slashdot.org/*
If the # exceeded some threshold, you could present an alternate, 'lite' version of the page, or set off some alert (an air-raid siren would be nice) to warn the support crew.
RSS might work well, but/. asks that you don't pull it more than once every 30 minutes, and that's a looooong time to not know you're being hammered.
Excel gets pressed into some odd uses. Around here we refer to it as the 'enterprise level database system', because so many folks seem to use it for a DB
The problem is that too many people try to drive SUVs like their little 2-door compact, and that is inherently dangerous. They (SUVs) have a higher center of gravity, stiffer suspension, and a shorter (relative to overall size) wheelbase. It takes a different style of driving, just like a jeep and porsche take different styles.
Now, I drive a 1/2 ton pickup, and so a SUV is basically just like having a heavy shell welded on. It's no problem for me to drive, because I _drive it like a truck_!
I think it's more a matter of dictating their (or the record store's) profit by fiat. As I recall, most CDs cost 5 bucks or so to make and ship (and market). The remainder of the money goes to the record company and store.
I always think of how many cds I take onboard with me... if you wanted to, you could snap one in half and have a very sharp edge that would easily cut a throat...
But nooooo.... my screwdriver isn't safe...
I can think of a dozen other 'allowed' weapons, but I don't wanna get visited by a three letter agency:)
The nasa page says that the calculation is based on less than 7 days of observation, but everyone is saying 'let us look for a few more months, it may not be a big deal'. Why don't they wait a couple of months before announcing this? It serves little to no purpose other than selling newspapers.
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Eh, I'd never kill someone for simple trespass, even a texan (unless they were a Spur fan...)
:)
***Ducking texan punches***
Yes, I've been to texas. Other than the BBQ, the state is worthless
Quoth the grandparent:
Walking across the guy's lawn is simple trespass.
I was responding to this. Lots of places are owned but w/o protective measures. Lawns, fields, etc.
I dunno 'about that. I like Dust Puppy (in fact, I have a doll on top of my monitor thanks to a really cool co-worker), but I think the overall focus is still on Greg, Pitr, etc.
Yeah, bwoke my little heart... although I respect watterson for the way he did it. Rather than have the art compromised, he stopped doing it.
Actually, unless there is a sign stating that you can't be there, or a significant mechanism to stop you (door, fence), it isn't trespass until you are asked to leave.
If you put enough together and have a meltdown, it will move itself to the center of the earth...
I did one about 4 years ago... misread the model # and put in the wrong frequency... the screen faded over the course of a day, then I had an interesting looking bright white 'spike' on the screen (I had unplugged the monitor at this point) which lasted a few hours before the screen died...
hence 'spanned', not 'lasting', I guess. You gotta give the marketing folks a few breaks, they gotta make it sound good.
I would imagine that it is a combination of technology of the day, long wavelengths needed and low power to generate them.
What, a meaningful FP? I knew we couldn't trust you Darl...
If you're a good programmer, you can read the line noise.
At the same time, a good perl hack wouldn't write unreadable code. I often rewrite a complex operation, breaking it into 3 or 4 step, out of courtesy to the poor schmuck who has to maintain the code.
Eh, depends on the genre... You can't really do a political thriller w/o spending a few hundred pages laying down the politics, y'know?
I always say that the last 200 pages of a Clancy novel are where all the action is, but you need the first 600 to understand _why_ we're having action...
I thought that might be the case, but I ignored it for the joke :)
1) I like the service these people provide (yes, there are people behind slashdot, and they work hard), for free no less, and try to respect their wishes when reasonable. The RSS request is reasonable. Just because we are geeks doesn't mean we _have_ to be elitist jerks.
2) The folks who foot the bill for slashdot don't hammer other websites, we (the readers) do. So, getting mad at 'them' is kinda silly.
I'd think that the easiest method would be to have a program running that every couple of seconds pulls the last 100 or 1000 lines from the web log files and counts the # of times the referrer matches *.slashdot.org/*
/. asks that you don't pull it more than once every 30 minutes, and that's a looooong time to not know you're being hammered.
If the # exceeded some threshold, you could present an alternate, 'lite' version of the page, or set off some alert (an air-raid siren would be nice) to warn the support crew.
RSS might work well, but
Excel gets pressed into some odd uses. Around here we refer to it as the 'enterprise level database system', because so many folks seem to use it for a DB
The problem is that too many people try to drive SUVs like their little 2-door compact, and that is inherently dangerous. They (SUVs) have a higher center of gravity, stiffer suspension, and a shorter (relative to overall size) wheelbase. It takes a different style of driving, just like a jeep and porsche take different styles.
Now, I drive a 1/2 ton pickup, and so a SUV is basically just like having a heavy shell welded on. It's no problem for me to drive, because I _drive it like a truck_!
well, sure... but it's a dry heat...
Interestingly, the surface of the sun is cooler (10,000 F) than some of the temperatures that we can create in a lab on earth.
The core is in the tens of millions of degrees, so no challenge there.
I think it's more a matter of dictating their (or the record store's) profit by fiat. As I recall, most CDs cost 5 bucks or so to make and ship (and market). The remainder of the money goes to the record company and store.
I always think of how many cds I take onboard with me... if you wanted to, you could snap one in half and have a very sharp edge that would easily cut a throat...
:)
But nooooo.... my screwdriver isn't safe...
I can think of a dozen other 'allowed' weapons, but I don't wanna get visited by a three letter agency
I believe that's the Aesthetic Principle...
Of course god is a perl hack... TIMTOWTDI = quantum mechanics, no?
No, actually. Inaccurate information early is usually worth less than accurate info slightly delayed. Speed isn't always king.
The nasa page says that the calculation is based on less than 7 days of observation, but everyone is saying 'let us look for a few more months, it may not be a big deal'. Why don't they wait a couple of months before announcing this? It serves little to no purpose other than selling newspapers.