I don't know about the rest of the post (other commenters have done fairly well discussing / providing information), but concerning the fact that Moses is a KMT name:
The story of Moses begins by describing how his Hebrew mother, while he was an infant, hid him in a basket and put him in the river (much akin to leaving him on the steps of a church). Moses was found, named, and raised by Egyptians.
As much as IE sucks, specifically refusing to test in IE these days is just as idiotic as writing specifically for it. We can only hope that one day, the most popular browser will be standards-compliant.
And this kind of over-reaction doesn't serve any calming purpose.
Here's a hint. Maybe the GP poster wasn't being entirely literal. If you have a sibling, have you ever responded with an "I'm going to kill you!" when they did something you didn't like?
I haven't RTFA or any of the comments really, so I'm sorry if this is OT or repetitive..
It seems to me that computer science has evolved kind of like the auto industry. Here's what I mean. When cars were first mass-produced, you pretty much just had the people that made the cars and the people that drove the cars (i.e. programmers and users). After a while, people started building race cars, and then some drivers became professional race car drivers (i.e. top-level programmers, super-users, etc.)
However, to say that CS is dead is akin to saying "We don't need to know how to build cars anymore, because we have professional race car drivers!"
don't let the GP get to you... most things a consumer can do to reduce their personal CO2 emissions are trivial anyway. even if all consumers did those things. like has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, you can buy your electric car or whatever and save on emissions that way, but how much fuel was burned up in the manufacturing of that electric car?
the real kicker is that the electric car is going to be manufactured whether you buy it or not. (and yes, i know that due to an open market, the electric car manufacturers would eventually go out of business if people stopped buying them, but you get the point - capitalist economy is just wasteful.)
playing along here... ok, supposing the fine is enacted and i owned an mp3 player and i was out walking with it one day.
i come to an intersection, and what do i do? i stop, check for traffic, and check to see if there's a cop around. then if the coast is clear, i'm going to cross with my earbuds still in my ears anyway.
has the fine changed my behavior? yes. i am now checking for a cop before crossing the street.
has the fine really changed my behavior in a way that is actually effecting my safety? no, because i'd check for traffic anyway. people who cross without checking for traffic, even without the impairment of not being able to hear, are probably asking for it anyway.
to put things another way, there are 3 reasons why i think an alternative such as a public awareness program would be better than a fine, even from the most selfish gorvernment point of view possible:
1. making a law means more court cases dealing with contested fines. there are already enough civil infractions being handed out to choke most metropolitan civil courtrooms. let's give them a break.
2. passing a law that restricts citizens' freedoms, even small ones like walking across streets without electronic devices restricting hearing, will leave the impression on some citizens as being tyrannic, dystopian- Orwellian. as far as i know, that's not what they want. hopefully.
3. making a certain action into a civil infraction casts that action into a negative, sometimes even immoral light. people are less likely to be open to accepting the message that the government is actually trying to convey: "hey guys, this is dangerous." if they simply did convey that message via some sort of public venue, it is much more likely to fall on open ears. (hm.. ironic.)
I haven't read any of the comments, so forgive me if I'm being repetitious. (Also, like a typical/.er, I haven't RTFA)
This is a prime example of a situation where a public awareness program would actually be much more beneficial to the people, but passing a law with a menial fine instead means a money-making opportunity.
I don't know about you, but if I were in the habit of walking across the street with my MP3 player going full blast, getting a fine by some bored, under-quota police officer is not going to seriously encourage me to be safer when crossing the street. It's just going to put me in a bad mood, and give me a thinner wallet.
However, some creatively done advertising that informs me that "x number of people die each year when crossing the street because they can't hear the traffic barreling down on them" might catch my attention. That way, I also don't have to be spiteful to the bureaucratic mess that is the civil judicial system.
so what exactly is the difference between a secret and something confidential? the size of the group of people "in the know"?... that doesn't make sense to me. sounds like a meaningless discrepancy with words... though, that IS very like politicians...
ugh... i hate side buttons. i'm a lefty, but i use the mouse with my right hand, and it feels wrong to me to use it with my left.
however, i can't stand side buttons, because those buttons always seem to be placed *exactly* where it feels natural to grip the mouse with my thumb and/or ring and pinky finger. then, every time i move the mouse, the pressure i apply with those fingers makes the buttons press. even if the machine is not configured to make those buttons do anything, it annoys me and quite significantly interrupts my mousing ability.
from merriam webster online:
infinitive(2): a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in "I asked him to go") except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in "no one saw him leave")
also from merriam webster online:
split infinitive: an infinitive with to having a modifier between the to and the verbal (as in "to really start")
heh... i've watched cowboy bebop and firefly all the way through, and i love them both. i've often described both shows to friends like this: "Cowboy Bebop is space cowboys. Firefly is cowboys in space."
You wouldn't be a bigot for asserting that, but you wouldn't be too smart either. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html has scientific explanations for all the common "evidence" against the case of a real moon landing.
I know some people who are world-class experts in their (smallish) scientific fields who use grammar from their native languages in English, or who spell at about the level of 13 year-olds (despite being a native speaker).
Unless the aforementioned experts are studied in the area of philology (the study of historical languages), phonology (the study of speech sounds), or something similar, I would not be as offended by poor grammar in reports and other documents they write or edit. However, the author of the router article is probably a professional editor, author, or something similar.
However, I am not trying to excuse your expert acquaintances, either. Presumably, to have reached their level of expertise, they would have been required to complete a high level of education, which would hopefully include at least under-graduate level English writing classes.
I have heard it mentioned that people who read a lot will have a much more natural grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and the like. I have always enjoyed reading, and I am constantly finding myself in situations where I am playing the reluctant role of Grammar Nazi.
easy enough. spoken aloud, that would be "eighteen quintillion, four hundred fourty-six quadrillion, seven hundred fourty-four trillion, seventy-three billion, seven hundred and nine million, five hundred fifty-one thousand, six hundred and sixteen".
products, especially products in a mature market such as computer gaming, will often have a predictable 'life cycle', so to speak. couple this with the fact that this is not by any means Rockstar's first release, as well as the fact that there was probably a great deal of market research to determine the popularity of the game long before it finished production.
any business with a good business model will have some sort of estimate (and that's an understatement... usually it's been researched into the ground and more...) on how much a product will make in sales throughout its lifetime.
i would expect that San Andreas had been predictably following the curve of estimated sales pretty closely when the discs were yanked off the shelves. it would then stand to reason that, since they know how many copies were pulled that would have otherwise sold, and they know how long the product was not sitting on the shelves, they can also closely estimate losses.
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I don't know about the rest of the post (other commenters have done fairly well discussing / providing information), but concerning the fact that Moses is a KMT name: The story of Moses begins by describing how his Hebrew mother, while he was an infant, hid him in a basket and put him in the river (much akin to leaving him on the steps of a church). Moses was found, named, and raised by Egyptians.
As much as IE sucks, specifically refusing to test in IE these days is just as idiotic as writing specifically for it. We can only hope that one day, the most popular browser will be standards-compliant.
And this kind of over-reaction doesn't serve any calming purpose.
Here's a hint. Maybe the GP poster wasn't being entirely literal. If you have a sibling, have you ever responded with an "I'm going to kill you!" when they did something you didn't like?
I haven't RTFA or any of the comments really, so I'm sorry if this is OT or repetitive..
It seems to me that computer science has evolved kind of like the auto industry. Here's what I mean.
When cars were first mass-produced, you pretty much just had the people that made the cars and the people that drove the cars (i.e. programmers and users). After a while, people started building race cars, and then some drivers became professional race car drivers (i.e. top-level programmers, super-users, etc.)
However, to say that CS is dead is akin to saying "We don't need to know how to build cars anymore, because we have professional race car drivers!"
don't let the GP get to you... most things a consumer can do to reduce their personal CO2 emissions are trivial anyway. even if all consumers did those things. like has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, you can buy your electric car or whatever and save on emissions that way, but how much fuel was burned up in the manufacturing of that electric car?
the real kicker is that the electric car is going to be manufactured whether you buy it or not. (and yes, i know that due to an open market, the electric car manufacturers would eventually go out of business if people stopped buying them, but you get the point - capitalist economy is just wasteful.)
playing along here...
ok, supposing the fine is enacted and i owned an mp3 player and i was out walking with it one day.
i come to an intersection, and what do i do? i stop, check for traffic, and check to see if there's a cop around. then if the coast is clear, i'm going to cross with my earbuds still in my ears anyway.
has the fine changed my behavior? yes. i am now checking for a cop before crossing the street.
has the fine really changed my behavior in a way that is actually effecting my safety? no, because i'd check for traffic anyway. people who cross without checking for traffic, even without the impairment of not being able to hear, are probably asking for it anyway.
to put things another way, there are 3 reasons why i think an alternative such as a public awareness program would be better than a fine, even from the most selfish gorvernment point of view possible:
1. making a law means more court cases dealing with contested fines. there are already enough civil infractions being handed out to choke most metropolitan civil courtrooms. let's give them a break.
2. passing a law that restricts citizens' freedoms, even small ones like walking across streets without electronic devices restricting hearing, will leave the impression on some citizens as being tyrannic, dystopian- Orwellian. as far as i know, that's not what they want. hopefully.
3. making a certain action into a civil infraction casts that action into a negative, sometimes even immoral light. people are less likely to be open to accepting the message that the government is actually trying to convey: "hey guys, this is dangerous." if they simply did convey that message via some sort of public venue, it is much more likely to fall on open ears. (hm.. ironic.)
I haven't read any of the comments, so forgive me if I'm being repetitious. (Also, like a typical /.er, I haven't RTFA)
This is a prime example of a situation where a public awareness program would actually be much more beneficial to the people, but passing a law with a menial fine instead means a money-making opportunity.
I don't know about you, but if I were in the habit of walking across the street with my MP3 player going full blast, getting a fine by some bored, under-quota police officer is not going to seriously encourage me to be safer when crossing the street. It's just going to put me in a bad mood, and give me a thinner wallet.
However, some creatively done advertising that informs me that "x number of people die each year when crossing the street because they can't hear the traffic barreling down on them" might catch my attention. That way, I also don't have to be spiteful to the bureaucratic mess that is the civil judicial system.
so what exactly is the difference between a secret and something confidential? the size of the group of people "in the know"? ... that doesn't make sense to me. sounds like a meaningless discrepancy with words... though, that IS very like politicians...
you're looking at two different lists on the same site.
washington dc ranks #19 out of all 351 cities, but #4 out of cities with 500K+ population.
ugh... i hate side buttons. i'm a lefty, but i use the mouse with my right hand, and it feels wrong to me to use it with my left.
however, i can't stand side buttons, because those buttons always seem to be placed *exactly* where it feels natural to grip the mouse with my thumb and/or ring and pinky finger. then, every time i move the mouse, the pressure i apply with those fingers makes the buttons press. even if the machine is not configured to make those buttons do anything, it annoys me and quite significantly interrupts my mousing ability.
yeah, but you'd think the Hasbro buys would have *tons* of get-out-of-jail-free cards just lying around anyway...
from merriam webster online:
infinitive(2): a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in "I asked him to go") except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in "no one saw him leave")
also from merriam webster online:
split infinitive: an infinitive with to having a modifier between the to and the verbal (as in "to really start")
looks like all the lamers were right.
heh... i've watched cowboy bebop and firefly all the way through, and i love them both. i've often described both shows to friends like this: "Cowboy Bebop is space cowboys. Firefly is cowboys in space."
I think that's: "It allegedly did very well on DVD"
i think i see that pig complaining to your HR dept...
i thought that might have been the case... good, i'm glad we're all on the same page! :)
You wouldn't be a bigot for asserting that, but you wouldn't be too smart either. http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html has scientific explanations for all the common "evidence" against the case of a real moon landing.
Unless the aforementioned experts are studied in the area of philology (the study of historical languages), phonology (the study of speech sounds), or something similar, I would not be as offended by poor grammar in reports and other documents they write or edit. However, the author of the router article is probably a professional editor, author, or something similar.
However, I am not trying to excuse your expert acquaintances, either. Presumably, to have reached their level of expertise, they would have been required to complete a high level of education, which would hopefully include at least under-graduate level English writing classes.
I have heard it mentioned that people who read a lot will have a much more natural grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and the like. I have always enjoyed reading, and I am constantly finding myself in situations where I am playing the reluctant role of Grammar Nazi.
easy enough. spoken aloud, that would be "eighteen quintillion, four hundred fourty-six quadrillion, seven hundred fourty-four trillion, seventy-three billion, seven hundred and nine million, five hundred fifty-one thousand, six hundred and sixteen".
Luxury!
products, especially products in a mature market such as computer gaming, will often have a predictable 'life cycle', so to speak. couple this with the fact that this is not by any means Rockstar's first release, as well as the fact that there was probably a great deal of market research to determine the popularity of the game long before it finished production.
any business with a good business model will have some sort of estimate (and that's an understatement... usually it's been researched into the ground and more...) on how much a product will make in sales throughout its lifetime.
i would expect that San Andreas had been predictably following the curve of estimated sales pretty closely when the discs were yanked off the shelves. it would then stand to reason that, since they know how many copies were pulled that would have otherwise sold, and they know how long the product was not sitting on the shelves, they can also closely estimate losses.
hehehe... anyone else read that as "optic sex press"?
"I need you to program me the perfect virus."
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."
that would be awesome to have a command line, mud-like interface for slashdot... i would use it!