i saw a video once of a guy who contemplated shooting himself for a few minutes while his family cried around him, pleading for him to stop. finally he shot himself. fake or not..it was pretty damn sad. it made me much more sensitive to stuff like that.
was waiting for someone to say that.
I hope 'paranoia' like this (worried whether or not we should "believe" computers) doesn't stop advancement of any area of mathematics that computers can be of aid. computers were invented as tools to help people.. not lowerclass 'beings' to believe or not believe at a whim of uncertainty. just like guns don't kill people, people kill people - computer algorithms dont have bugs, people create bugs.
> rather than to unilaterally declare them evil, wrong, stupid,
Well in that case, why dont you first tell us why it is actually a pretty cool language ?
Often, one has to stop and think where we are with technology, and how far we've come. Considering that this seemingly "advanced" bulb is ages away from the prototypes of Edison and Swan and to think where we will be (or where our grandchildren will be), in another 100 years from now, is fascinating.
Dear Nokia customers,
Due to the latest security problems involving our phones and Bluetooh, we recommend you write your complete address book and contacts on a piece of paper and store it in a safe place. Also, since our phones explode it is best that you stay more than 10 feet away from them at all times. This will ensure both safety of your information on the phone and yourself.
also, in Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is fighting Darth on the tower and after Darth swipes off part of his arm with the light saber, Luke is hanging on to the bridge with the other arm. Darth reaches out with "join me, blah blah blah.." and Luke decides to fall instead.
At this point I believe Lucas chose to add an annoying scream to the fall in the special edition (which didn't even sound like look but I guess that makes sense since it was done 20+ years later). Why did they want Luke to scream? Didn't he choose to fall off himself? It was pretty cheesy to say the least.
All this and more in the "Special Edition"
Lucas has found a way to mangle and destroy a great trilogy. I just hope the next generation of kids aren't subjected to this "Special Edition" crap and go watch the originals. Not to mention the cinematic filth that was Episodes I & II.
I was just wondering, has anyone here participated in official business meetings online? If so, what online chat mediums did you use (irc, icq, or some internal system)? I'm wondering how the flow and format of the meetings go, if people actually participate whole heartedly.
Or do people just screw around and start flame wars?
because we are "nerds" we need to sign the petition?
give me a break. scrap the thing and use it to build a new/better one. Else if you want it, have NASA tow it to your back yard and you can use it as a diving board.
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that guy looks frightingly similar to Bill Gates. Microsoft clones, anyone?
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a simple search on ebay brings surprising results:
Is this what you were talking about?.
According to The Bill Gates Net Worth Page, that $800,000 "slap on the wrist" is about 0.0027% of his assumed net-worth ($30,115,295,145.09)
"She can't take much more Slashdotting, Sir! Computer, auxillary power only!"
it looks like they've merely added features to the core language that have already been developed as libraries in java, C++, C#, etc..
'D' just looks bloated now.
The one point that caught my eye was the last sentence. "Mr. Brown is marketing ..." That said it all.
Was it Mr. Brown or the submitter of the article that put it in terms of "marketing". perhaps you should think about that first.
i saw a video once of a guy who contemplated shooting himself for a few minutes while his family cried around him, pleading for him to stop. finally he shot himself. fake or not..it was pretty damn sad. it made me much more sensitive to stuff like that.
"Can I keep a piece? Because last time I was told that..."
- Milton
was waiting for someone to say that. I hope 'paranoia' like this (worried whether or not we should "believe" computers) doesn't stop advancement of any area of mathematics that computers can be of aid. computers were invented as tools to help people.. not lowerclass 'beings' to believe or not believe at a whim of uncertainty. just like guns don't kill people, people kill people - computer algorithms dont have bugs, people create bugs.
sure, as long as Lucas doesn't get his hands on it.
sorry, had to say it.
isn't that already implemented through Perl?
a quick glance, I thought the author's name, Sayamindu Dasgupta, said "Sysadmindu".
does her recent popularity on Slashdot count as her 15 minutes of fame?
> rather than to unilaterally declare them evil, wrong, stupid,
Well in that case, why dont you first tell us why it is actually a pretty cool language ?
>But what do you do when someone takes your entire web site and hosts it in a foreign country?
free international hosting.
Often, one has to stop and think where we are with technology, and how far we've come. Considering that this seemingly "advanced" bulb is ages away from the prototypes of Edison and Swan and to think where we will be (or where our grandchildren will be), in another 100 years from now, is fascinating.
given the context of the post, I was expecting the linked 'grandpa' article to possibly be something like "recharging grandpa's pacemaker".
google mail user's personal messages mysteriously showing up in google search results...
enforce what patents? Microsoft is helping to make C# a standard.
remember that explorer.exe isn't just a browser, but part of the desktop as well.
the Internet is Al Gore
Dear Nokia customers,
Due to the latest security problems involving our phones and Bluetooh, we recommend you write your complete address book and contacts on a piece of paper and store it in a safe place. Also, since our phones explode it is best that you stay more than 10 feet away from them at all times. This will ensure both safety of your information on the phone and yourself.
also, in Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is fighting Darth on the tower and after Darth swipes off part of his arm with the light saber, Luke is hanging on to the bridge with the other arm. Darth reaches out with "join me, blah blah blah.." and Luke decides to fall instead.
At this point I believe Lucas chose to add an annoying scream to the fall in the special edition (which didn't even sound like look but I guess that makes sense since it was done 20+ years later). Why did they want Luke to scream? Didn't he choose to fall off himself? It was pretty cheesy to say the least.
All this and more in the "Special Edition"
Lucas has found a way to mangle and destroy a great trilogy. I just hope the next generation of kids aren't subjected to this "Special Edition" crap and go watch the originals.
Not to mention the cinematic filth that was Episodes I & II.
I was just wondering, has anyone here participated in official business meetings online? If so, what online chat mediums did you use (irc, icq, or some internal system)?
I'm wondering how the flow and format of the meetings go, if people actually participate whole heartedly.
Or do people just screw around and start flame wars?
because we are "nerds" we need to sign the petition?
give me a break. scrap the thing and use it to build a new/better one. Else if you want it, have NASA tow it to your back yard and you can use it as a diving board.
that guy looks frightingly similar to Bill Gates. Microsoft clones, anyone?