We'll overlook the "free speech zones" thing from a few years past because, yeah, speech is generally free. However, even as an American, I don't like crossing the border into Canada - always a piece of cake - and then coming back - always a hassle. There's a nice Chinese restaurant in Fort Erie that my family liked and went to frequently, pre 9/11. After that? Not really worth the hassle.
Example: My wife and I came back from Niagara Falls - the Canadian side - one cold night, and were routed to a special screening area along with 8 or 9 other cars. Then, we were told to get out of our cars and stand over to the side while the cars were scanned by a van. I'm guessing it was some sort of ray, but we weren't given any lead shielding or any other sort of protection - not even a little hut in which to stand, because it gets cold right next to the Falls. I asked one of the Customs guys why we, as Americans, were subjected to this kind of search. He said, "Because we can."
"Land of the Free," eh? If I weren't American, I wouldn't bother coming to this country.
It doesn't have to be south Florida: I moved to Seattle in '96, the year they got what they considered a "big" storm. Being from western NY, the snow didn't faze me at all. However, before that storm, it hadn't snowed in 40 years and they were woefully unprepared. It closed the city for almost a week.
Exactly. Well before we had massive schools for churning out people ready for factory work, there were teachers, such as Aristotle and Socrates. Michelangelo apprenticed, and later had apprentices. It was small scale, but it worked.
Given the cost, and questionable success of the American education system, perhaps what should be headed for obsolescence is organized schooling. "We don't need no education. We don’t need no thought control" The smart kids, the ones truly motivated to learn, will find a way. The others? Pfft. We've had public education for everyone for years and yet, in 2012, we still have people - quite a few - who believe in sky daddies and prefer "Intelligent Design" over reality. They're worse than useless: they get in the way of progress.
No, your intent was to prove your "manhood" by gloating over the fact that you served on a sub - nothing more, nothing less. Dude, get real. I didn't serve on a sub because I lost my hearing before I could join the services. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist, with years of sub experience, to realize that either the sub didn't know where the fuck it was, or the ship didn't. There were only two players in this arena: the sub and the ship. One of them, at least, should've known where the other was. That neither did indicates a fuck-up. Or do I need a submariner's patch to have any input at all?
The summary makes a strong point: Linux is heavily dependent on Linus. Should we worry about this? What happens when Linus calls it quits, one way or another?
Mod me off-topic, if you must, but it's a question we'll need to face, at some point.
Misunderstand much? We're talking about drugs that improve mental ability, that make us smarter, that allow us to transcend mere humanity. Perhaps you're comfy at whatever level you're at. Fine, be my guest. But, imagine a "normal" guy taking a pill and becoming a Hawking. Now imagine a Hawking taking a pill and becoming... what? You'd deny that? On what grounds? Why do you hate humanity that you would deny us such great and amazing insights? The cure for cancer. Manageable social reforms. More effective deep space exploration. Better energy production. Whatever. The answers are out there: someone just has to think of them. Give me something that can boost my brain to the next level, and I'll gladly take it so I can help solve those problems.
In the meantime, I don't take drugs - except caffeine - but, yes, I'm an asshole, just like everyone else, thankyouverymuch.
Not true. You get the compiler and debugger for free with which you can create all of the apps you want. You can also upload your own iOS apps that you write to your own iOS device. If you want to sell to others, then you need to pay the entry fee.
So, your car, your engine. If you want to provide livery service, then you need a license.
Could those low numbers be due to poor marketing? Poor usefulness? No real problem to solve? I could write an app that just stay black, and it may be so black that there was none more black, but it would still be a completely useless app. Hey, I'm now inspired. Coming soon to the App Store: None More Black!
Why should we not use every last available option to improve ourselves? You're arguing that we should walk, when we could take mag-lev trains, or fly, because it's somehow "not natural."
Fuck "fair." I want to perform at the absolute best of my abilities. If drugs make me "smarter," or more observant, or "clear the cobwebs" out of the way so I can remember the words I want to use, as I get older, I'll fucking sledgehammer anyone who says I shouldn't be allowed. My god, we should be pursuing the elective use of these drugs to get the most out of each and every one of us, like in the movie "Unlimited." Why let these magnificent brains go to waste?
The drawback is, like steroids, side effects. Do we really know what happens, in the long term, to our brains, the more we ingest these drugs? Personally, fuck it - I don't care. I already know that I have only so many days here in this existence. However, while I'm here, I want to perform as best I can, even if it means I cut short my existence by 10 to 20 percent. I'm willing to pay that price. More better drugs, please...
158 pounds, on the autopsy table, and over 6' tall is a skinny kid. At 5'5", I weigh 155, but I lift weights, and stay in shape. This kid hardly sounds imposing.
"6' tall" means just about nothing. My nephew is 6' or 6'1", easily six inches taller than me, and I kick his ass all the time. Why? Because he's a skinny little punk, and I'm a muscular wrestling coach. You're projecting that "6'" means "automatic bad-ass." Shit, lots of basketball players are tall, but can't fight worth beans.
1. "Welcome to America, we hope you'll enjoy your stay in one of our excessively numerous prisons."
2. "I say, mates, fuck America! We don't have to take their crap! Those yanks don't control us! Do we stand for freedom, or do we stand for cowardice? Now, who's joining me on this kamikaze mission?!"
Calvin: I tell you, Hobbes, no one understands my genius.
Hobbes: How did you get downstairs with both legs in one pant leg?
Calvin: I fell down a lot. Why?
The way I understood "trickle down" was that rich people would have so much money that they would buy all sorts of items that would, in turn, create jobs to produce such items, lifting up the lower classes. I'm not saying I understood it correctly, because it sure looks like, "Let's give money to rich people."
So, tell us, captain, how is it that a sub, in "anti-submarine exercises," comes up ahead of its target? WTF happened that this sub doesn't know where it is, relative to the target?
That may be, but they're "friendlies": you'd think they'd talk to each other. Wouldn't they at least know each others' planned moves to avoid something like this?
Eastern hemisphere, not "the world." The western hemisphere had all sorts of stuff going on to match, if not exceed the Ottoman Empire. Check out the book 1491 by Charles Mann.
I agree. I'll be 46, shortly, and, after decades of C, perl, shell, etc, I'm just now digging into Objective-C, iOS, and electronics / Arduino / mbed. If there's any limitations, it's time: I wish I didn't have to sleep so I could spend more time learning this stuff; I'm having fun. My chronological age is just a number and means just about nothing.
Having said that, I find that my years in the field allow me to pick things up quickly; I recognize patterns from earlier projects. Talking to the original poster, with your background, if you can't pick up what you're missing relatively quickly - at the least the 20 percent that will comprise the 80 percent of what you do, day in and day out - then I guess the question is whether you were ever suitable for a technology career in the first place. Either that or I'd suggest a neurological consult to see if you have early onset dementia, or some other neurological disease that's preventing you from groking this stuff.
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We'll overlook the "free speech zones" thing from a few years past because, yeah, speech is generally free. However, even as an American, I don't like crossing the border into Canada - always a piece of cake - and then coming back - always a hassle. There's a nice Chinese restaurant in Fort Erie that my family liked and went to frequently, pre 9/11. After that? Not really worth the hassle.
Example: My wife and I came back from Niagara Falls - the Canadian side - one cold night, and were routed to a special screening area along with 8 or 9 other cars. Then, we were told to get out of our cars and stand over to the side while the cars were scanned by a van. I'm guessing it was some sort of ray, but we weren't given any lead shielding or any other sort of protection - not even a little hut in which to stand, because it gets cold right next to the Falls. I asked one of the Customs guys why we, as Americans, were subjected to this kind of search. He said, "Because we can."
"Land of the Free," eh? If I weren't American, I wouldn't bother coming to this country.
It doesn't have to be south Florida: I moved to Seattle in '96, the year they got what they considered a "big" storm. Being from western NY, the snow didn't faze me at all. However, before that storm, it hadn't snowed in 40 years and they were woefully unprepared. It closed the city for almost a week.
Exactly. Well before we had massive schools for churning out people ready for factory work, there were teachers, such as Aristotle and Socrates. Michelangelo apprenticed, and later had apprentices. It was small scale, but it worked.
Given the cost, and questionable success of the American education system, perhaps what should be headed for obsolescence is organized schooling. "We don't need no education. We don’t need no thought control" The smart kids, the ones truly motivated to learn, will find a way. The others? Pfft. We've had public education for everyone for years and yet, in 2012, we still have people - quite a few - who believe in sky daddies and prefer "Intelligent Design" over reality. They're worse than useless: they get in the way of progress.
No, your intent was to prove your "manhood" by gloating over the fact that you served on a sub - nothing more, nothing less. Dude, get real. I didn't serve on a sub because I lost my hearing before I could join the services. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist, with years of sub experience, to realize that either the sub didn't know where the fuck it was, or the ship didn't. There were only two players in this arena: the sub and the ship. One of them, at least, should've known where the other was. That neither did indicates a fuck-up. Or do I need a submariner's patch to have any input at all?
tl;dr: fuck you, you pretentious prick.
The summary makes a strong point: Linux is heavily dependent on Linus. Should we worry about this? What happens when Linus calls it quits, one way or another?
Mod me off-topic, if you must, but it's a question we'll need to face, at some point.
Misunderstand much? We're talking about drugs that improve mental ability, that make us smarter, that allow us to transcend mere humanity. Perhaps you're comfy at whatever level you're at. Fine, be my guest. But, imagine a "normal" guy taking a pill and becoming a Hawking. Now imagine a Hawking taking a pill and becoming... what? You'd deny that? On what grounds? Why do you hate humanity that you would deny us such great and amazing insights? The cure for cancer. Manageable social reforms. More effective deep space exploration. Better energy production. Whatever. The answers are out there: someone just has to think of them. Give me something that can boost my brain to the next level, and I'll gladly take it so I can help solve those problems.
In the meantime, I don't take drugs - except caffeine - but, yes, I'm an asshole, just like everyone else, thankyouverymuch.
Not true. You get the compiler and debugger for free with which you can create all of the apps you want. You can also upload your own iOS apps that you write to your own iOS device. If you want to sell to others, then you need to pay the entry fee.
So, your car, your engine. If you want to provide livery service, then you need a license.
As far as apps go, if you're writing something that no one wants to buy, I don't think your platform is to blame.
Could those low numbers be due to poor marketing? Poor usefulness? No real problem to solve? I could write an app that just stay black, and it may be so black that there was none more black, but it would still be a completely useless app. Hey, I'm now inspired. Coming soon to the App Store: None More Black!
Why should we not use every last available option to improve ourselves? You're arguing that we should walk, when we could take mag-lev trains, or fly, because it's somehow "not natural."
Fuck "fair." I want to perform at the absolute best of my abilities. If drugs make me "smarter," or more observant, or "clear the cobwebs" out of the way so I can remember the words I want to use, as I get older, I'll fucking sledgehammer anyone who says I shouldn't be allowed. My god, we should be pursuing the elective use of these drugs to get the most out of each and every one of us, like in the movie "Unlimited." Why let these magnificent brains go to waste?
The drawback is, like steroids, side effects. Do we really know what happens, in the long term, to our brains, the more we ingest these drugs? Personally, fuck it - I don't care. I already know that I have only so many days here in this existence. However, while I'm here, I want to perform as best I can, even if it means I cut short my existence by 10 to 20 percent. I'm willing to pay that price. More better drugs, please...
Right, because kids can't be dipshits when they're kids, but then, when they mature a little, become productive citizens? That never happens, right?
158 pounds, on the autopsy table, and over 6' tall is a skinny kid. At 5'5", I weigh 155, but I lift weights, and stay in shape. This kid hardly sounds imposing.
"6' tall" means just about nothing. My nephew is 6' or 6'1", easily six inches taller than me, and I kick his ass all the time. Why? Because he's a skinny little punk, and I'm a muscular wrestling coach. You're projecting that "6'" means "automatic bad-ass." Shit, lots of basketball players are tall, but can't fight worth beans.
1. "Welcome to America, we hope you'll enjoy your stay in one of our excessively numerous prisons."
2. "I say, mates, fuck America! We don't have to take their crap! Those yanks don't control us! Do we stand for freedom, or do we stand for cowardice? Now, who's joining me on this kamikaze mission?!"
Calvin: I tell you, Hobbes, no one understands my genius.
Hobbes: How did you get downstairs with both legs in one pant leg?
Calvin: I fell down a lot. Why?
I thought Commander Taco was UID #1.
The way I understood "trickle down" was that rich people would have so much money that they would buy all sorts of items that would, in turn, create jobs to produce such items, lifting up the lower classes. I'm not saying I understood it correctly, because it sure looks like, "Let's give money to rich people."
Great counter - providing no real insight.
So, tell us, captain, how is it that a sub, in "anti-submarine exercises," comes up ahead of its target? WTF happened that this sub doesn't know where it is, relative to the target?
Then it's epic #fail on the part of the sub for not knowing where its target is. If this had been a real emergency, said sub would've been sunk.
That may be, but they're "friendlies": you'd think they'd talk to each other. Wouldn't they at least know each others' planned moves to avoid something like this?
I keep asking, "What's the difference between Republicans and the Taliban?" Aside from the suit and tie, versus the head dress, I don't know, either.
We have been kind of bad, lately. Maybe Broun is His way of punishing us.
Eastern hemisphere, not "the world." The western hemisphere had all sorts of stuff going on to match, if not exceed the Ottoman Empire. Check out the book 1491 by Charles Mann.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus
I agree. I'll be 46, shortly, and, after decades of C, perl, shell, etc, I'm just now digging into Objective-C, iOS, and electronics / Arduino / mbed. If there's any limitations, it's time: I wish I didn't have to sleep so I could spend more time learning this stuff; I'm having fun. My chronological age is just a number and means just about nothing. Having said that, I find that my years in the field allow me to pick things up quickly; I recognize patterns from earlier projects. Talking to the original poster, with your background, if you can't pick up what you're missing relatively quickly - at the least the 20 percent that will comprise the 80 percent of what you do, day in and day out - then I guess the question is whether you were ever suitable for a technology career in the first place. Either that or I'd suggest a neurological consult to see if you have early onset dementia, or some other neurological disease that's preventing you from groking this stuff.