I'm known by some as the guy who sent out the "worshipping Satan" email to the group broadcast. I was reported to HR and my boss required me to send a public apology.
I then constructed the most obviously sarcastic apology possible and sent it out. Then I genericized it and made it my email signature for the next few months.
When the subject is brought up, everyone has a good laugh about it. I would say that it did me no professional harm whatsoever.
Slashdot's shark-jumping moment.
Sure, there have been many questionable "stories" in the past, but this one takes the cake for the most useless and inane.
ROCKS.
Man, that show is funny. Every character is fleshed out well, unique, and humorous.
Dwight Schrute.... LMFAO.
If you are a British-comedy snob and refuse to watch the American version... your loss.
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um, no. He said "truly wonderful"
(speaking as a Smalltalk programmer)
A gravitationally round body (Ceres or larger) that is the dominant mass within its orbital space. Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit, so it shares an orbital space with many other large KBO's.
None of the first eight planets have this problem.
'mail' is a generic term.
G is just a letter, devoid of any meaning beyond a possible abbreviation. In this case, it's a legitimate abbreviation for 'Google'. This reminds me of IBM trying to trademark the number 2 to stop vendors from making PS/2 compatible computers called "PC/2"
They lost.
Intel tried to trademark the number 386 & 486.
They also lost.
I'm not a google apologist or anything, but I think the litigants don't have a case
"A blog is not a public forum. It's a private discussion with only one moderator."
I disagree. He paid for webspace that is publicly accessible and then intentionally installed software that allows the general public to respond.
In addition, he posted his ideas without (initially) disabling the ability to respond.
He was CLEARLY soliciting responses to his post. If does not his blog to be a "public forum", then he can simply disable all responses.
"The campaign knew it was outright buying good press, but the blogger claimed..."
That's a pretty strong statement. Is that your opinion or do you have a cite?
The DailyKos connection to Howard Dean was listed on their front page from Day One. There was nothing secret about it.
It didn't become a political issue until the Republicans made it one.
Contrast that to the secret payments made by RNC to talk-radio hosts to promote the Republican talking points.
Often I find the kind of people who think quicksort is a complicated algorithm don't really understand this, and sadly, this includes people who profess to be experts in software development, programming language design, etc. etc
Agreed. "Quicksort" was a complicated algorithm in my Intro to Pascal class 25 years ago.
Mid-function returns are a necessity for maintaining the clarity of complex methods.
What are the options? Deeply nested conditionals or breaking your method into non-intuitive SUBatomic methods.
Why? Because the content is being given away freely.
When someone hands you a magazine, do you feel contractually or morally obligated to read every article and every advertisement? No. You pick and choose to read what interests you.
One reason eBay survived the dot-com crash was because their particular business model thrived on a large, centralized system. This creates significant entry barriers for other auction websites.
Google is the same way and they are expanding the breadth of their content like Amazon. If you want to find something on the web, newsgroups or news, you go to Google first.
I don't see how anyone else can easily overcome the economies of scale that Google has already attained.
First of all, if the Republicans thought that Dean was a pushover, the LAST thing they'd do is true to warn the Democratic party. Remember? They want the Democrats to lose.
The issues that Bush is weakest on is the economy and the war in Iraq. Well, guess what?
Dean is a balanced-budget guru *and* his original anti-war stance on Iraq is validated further with each passing day.
Dean is uniquely qualified to thrash Bush on his two weakest issues and don't think that Karl Rove isn't aware that Dean's star is rising substantially with each new revelation about Iraq.
See if you can find a transcript for his appearance on the show.
He pleaded ignorance plenty of times and yet Russert gave him a free ride every time. Weird, huh?
You know, the guy who whines about States rights when sodomy laws are ruled unconstitutional, but then ignores those same states rights when a state votes to legalize medicinal marijuana.
In other words, someone who will make up the laws as he goes along, exercise his power to enforce them, and then 'disappear' anyone who he personally considers to be a threat to his personal sense of order.
FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
I believe that every Democratic candidate except Dean voted in favor of the Patriot Act. Dean didn't get a vote, but he was outspoken against it from the very beginning.
Every other candidate was willing to vote for that egregious act because it was politically expedient at the time. That is not the kind of decision-making I want from the next President of the United States.
Love him or hate him, Dean is the Democratic candidate best qualified to LEAD this country and not FOLLOW the whims of popularity.
I will NEVER cast a vote for anyone who voted for that Act.
Ever.
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I'm known by some as the guy who sent out the "worshipping Satan" email to the group broadcast. I was reported to HR and my boss required me to send a public apology. I then constructed the most obviously sarcastic apology possible and sent it out. Then I genericized it and made it my email signature for the next few months. When the subject is brought up, everyone has a good laugh about it. I would say that it did me no professional harm whatsoever.
Slashdot's shark-jumping moment. Sure, there have been many questionable "stories" in the past, but this one takes the cake for the most useless and inane.
flamebait?!? LOL
you are, of course, entitled to your opinion. If you watched it and didn't like it, fair enough ;)
ROCKS. Man, that show is funny. Every character is fleshed out well, unique, and humorous. Dwight Schrute.... LMFAO. If you are a British-comedy snob and refuse to watch the American version... your loss.
um, no. He said "truly wonderful" (speaking as a Smalltalk programmer)
that snark was nicely done. bravo.
hmmm... 3 links from obvious anti-global warming websites and another to a 4-year-old newspaper column. oh yeah, that's real convincing!
A gravitationally round body (Ceres or larger) that is the dominant mass within its orbital space. Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit, so it shares an orbital space with many other large KBO's. None of the first eight planets have this problem.
'mail' is a generic term. G is just a letter, devoid of any meaning beyond a possible abbreviation. In this case, it's a legitimate abbreviation for 'Google'. This reminds me of IBM trying to trademark the number 2 to stop vendors from making PS/2 compatible computers called "PC/2" They lost. Intel tried to trademark the number 386 & 486. They also lost. I'm not a google apologist or anything, but I think the litigants don't have a case
Major props for the UCB ref. That was one of my favorite skits on that show.
"A blog is not a public forum. It's a private discussion with only one moderator." I disagree. He paid for webspace that is publicly accessible and then intentionally installed software that allows the general public to respond. In addition, he posted his ideas without (initially) disabling the ability to respond. He was CLEARLY soliciting responses to his post. If does not his blog to be a "public forum", then he can simply disable all responses.
Have you seen Einstein's hair? Classic troll.
LOL. "Pardon my French" has been around a lot longer than Ferris Buellar.
"The campaign knew it was outright buying good press, but the blogger claimed..." That's a pretty strong statement. Is that your opinion or do you have a cite?
The DailyKos connection to Howard Dean was listed on their front page from Day One. There was nothing secret about it. It didn't become a political issue until the Republicans made it one. Contrast that to the secret payments made by RNC to talk-radio hosts to promote the Republican talking points.
is it too late to join this discussion?
Why? Because the content is being given away freely. When someone hands you a magazine, do you feel contractually or morally obligated to read every article and every advertisement? No. You pick and choose to read what interests you.
Google is the same way and they are expanding the breadth of their content like Amazon. If you want to find something on the web, newsgroups or news, you go to Google first.
I don't see how anyone else can easily overcome the economies of scale that Google has already attained.
Is Howard Dean's candidacy doomed?
... that an ending statement like that is required by the new campaign laws. Dean's commercial is just the first to hit the airwaves.
First of all, if the Republicans thought that Dean was a pushover, the LAST thing they'd do is true to warn the Democratic party. Remember? They want the Democrats to lose.
The issues that Bush is weakest on is the economy and the war in Iraq. Well, guess what?
Dean is a balanced-budget guru *and* his original anti-war stance on Iraq is validated further with each passing day.
Dean is uniquely qualified to thrash Bush on his two weakest issues and don't think that Karl Rove isn't aware that Dean's star is rising substantially with each new revelation about Iraq.
See if you can find a transcript for his appearance on the show. He pleaded ignorance plenty of times and yet Russert gave him a free ride every time. Weird, huh?
You know, the guy who whines about States rights when sodomy laws are ruled unconstitutional, but then ignores those same states rights when a state votes to legalize medicinal marijuana.
In other words, someone who will make up the laws as he goes along, exercise his power to enforce them, and then 'disappear' anyone who he personally considers to be a threat to his personal sense of order.
FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!
I believe that every Democratic candidate except Dean voted in favor of the Patriot Act. Dean didn't get a vote, but he was outspoken against it from the very beginning. Every other candidate was willing to vote for that egregious act because it was politically expedient at the time. That is not the kind of decision-making I want from the next President of the United States. Love him or hate him, Dean is the Democratic candidate best qualified to LEAD this country and not FOLLOW the whims of popularity. I will NEVER cast a vote for anyone who voted for that Act. Ever.