Not only that, it's a bit retarded for the government to put unencrypted data on a magnetic strip on the card and expect no one else will use it. I've been giving bars my credit card for years to pay for drinks. It's not like my information being in their hands is a new thing, and if the line moves quicker, then great. No, the bars are the least of my worries. My question is why is the government forcing people to carry their personal data in a manner that is not secure?
Watch some TED talks with your kids, or the Tech Talks at Google. These are about cutting edge technology and current issues, and the speakers are generally excited about what they do and interesting to listen to. You'll also hear people from a wide variety of fields, which will give your children the opportunity to decide for themselves what they're interested in.
I'd like to add though, that you can't really get there from here. Open source contributors are there for their own reasons, and they are free to leave at any time. If you take a top-down approach and try to enforce some absolutes on people, they'll give you the bird or just laugh and walk away.
In order to herd these cats, you have to convince them that they want what you want. That it will be a rewarding experience to produce a high quality product. In a company you can take a brute force approach to management through the threat of firing your employees. What open source is missing is a revenue stream. Until there is a path for money to get in, there will be no incentive for a good product to come out. Some innovations in business are required before we can really see open source come to it's full potential.
About remembering names... I've found if I associate a name with something tangible I can remember it reliably for a very long time. For example, a waiter I had maybe 6 months ago was named Kendall... I remembered it because I associated it with a candle. The elderly woman who lives across the street from me is Pauline, like Polly the parot. In both these cases it's an image, not a word, that I associate with the person. That image then leads me back to the word, and it's pretty easy from there to trace it back to the exact variation or oddball spelling of the person's name.
I'm sure everyone's memory works differently, but this trick is night and day for me. I think what makes names so hard for me to remember is that they really don't mean anything, or if they do then I don't know it. It makes sense to me that associating a name with some meaning builds associations in my brain and thus helps me to remember.
On your own time, you should do something that gives you a sense of personal accomplishment. Bring that where ever you go, and make it the basis for your attitude. Also spend time to broaden your interests. Find something likely to be shared by the people you're with, and make that the basis for your conversation.
You can drastically increase your chances of finding common interests by joining organized groups with a clearly stated purpose. I've found meetup.com is a great place to search for groups to hang out with. Organization and planning happens online, but unlike social networks like facebook and myspace, the express purpose is to get people together physically, to do something together. This does a few things:
You don't have to push to get what you want (personal contact with people). Everyone there wants that too, or they wouldn't be there.
You know something about the people already. They're interested in whatever the activity is.
People feel safe in a social environment. They get to know each other, and they feel more confident in the presence of friends.
You get to have fun doing something, regardless of whether you meet someone you like.
If you can manage to come off as fairly happy and confident just as you are, then other people will want to share in that. If you can't, then you may still have some work to do with personal accomplishment and broadening interests.
Maybe we should have a compositional structure to the bills, where they can be broken down into sub-proposals. Each would have a summary, and could be revised independent of the other proposals, but the whole package would still be voted on as a single unit.
A big question I have regarding our legal process is why are we not able to change it? I see this as a huge disadvantage. Considering the massive amounts of data that have to be processed by the legislature, it seems very counter productive that they are not able to make full use of the information technology which is available today. Part of the reason that our government is not transparent is that it would be a huge time sink just to understand the documents that they have made available. I can barely follow the language of our bills, and I doubt I'm the only one. I think we would benefit a lot from a more organized structure.
We're happy to report that in the cell phone version of the game we've been able to include the full version of the hacking mini-game! In fact, that's all we included...
Was more what I was looking for - and you could define behavior for that, and it might even be sane in the circumstances. I was hoping you wouldn't catch the pointer dereferencing, as it complicates the syntax.:P
Isn't Opera bundled with OSX? That's kind of ironic, I think. But I don't see how either of these "bundling" practices is a problem. No one charges any money for a browser these days anyway, so who cares? If you don't like the one your OS comes with, download another one!
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I'm assuming we're talking about development for Linux, or cross platform here, since this is QT. Two questions:
1) Why would you program in C# on Linux? Mono support is years behind the feature sets that MS is rolling out. There are a variety of languages/frameworks that are better supported than.NET.
2) What's wrong with GUI programming in C++? QT tools seem pretty nice to me, and objects are much easier to work with than a mountain of procedural code. C++ should also be plenty efficient for application space.
It doesn't seem like that would be necessary. The solidification of the bricks takes place when an electric current is applied. Given that, you could probably make a mortar out of the same material and apply a current to that, resulting in an air tight bond.
Just remember that the end goal of both operating systems and governments is the productiveness and happiness of the individual. Too often, our egos or our ignorance, or our greed gets in the way of that. In the end, the user acceptance test is the Word of God (though sometimes, admittedly, a very confused God).
So what you're saying is you're like Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness. Seems like a lot of work to protect a few people, but it is entertaining.:-]
From what you've written, I'm assuming you're a Windows admin professionally. The solution you've found fits well in that light. But for the people out there that aren't Windows admins, there are much easier ways to get to a satisfactory result.
Have you tried Kubuntu? Most of the functionality you mentioned would already be installed and configured correctly, and the package manager makes installing new apps and updating old ones a breeze. You've also got a lot more flexibility for writing custom backup scripts and such.
Because I couldn't do it you must be lying. Glad you're not my tech support guy. Seriously, if I came back at my boss (or client) and said this, I'd be out on my arse, so top marks in customer service.
Right... instead of testing something we should just believe what strangers on the internet tell us. The empirical method is so 20th century!
Tech support guys get paid to put up with your shit. We don't, so you can get used to having to support your statements with some kind of proof, or get used to being flamed. Up to you.
So the FSM is a Finite State Machine, and God is a Perl hacker. Man, South Park's successor is going to be so awesome! Instead of Jesus packing heat we'll have God trying to hack into Ala's mainframe while an angel's going down on him. Just when you thought you couldn't be any more offended by television. Let the good times roll!
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Not only that, it's a bit retarded for the government to put unencrypted data on a magnetic strip on the card and expect no one else will use it. I've been giving bars my credit card for years to pay for drinks. It's not like my information being in their hands is a new thing, and if the line moves quicker, then great. No, the bars are the least of my worries. My question is why is the government forcing people to carry their personal data in a manner that is not secure?
Watch some TED talks with your kids, or the Tech Talks at Google. These are about cutting edge technology and current issues, and the speakers are generally excited about what they do and interesting to listen to. You'll also hear people from a wide variety of fields, which will give your children the opportunity to decide for themselves what they're interested in.
give the game company the finger and go back to playing WoW
I agree with the rest, but a game that's not on a monthly subscription plan might have made a better example...
Bravo! That's pretty spot on.
I'd like to add though, that you can't really get there from here. Open source contributors are there for their own reasons, and they are free to leave at any time. If you take a top-down approach and try to enforce some absolutes on people, they'll give you the bird or just laugh and walk away.
In order to herd these cats, you have to convince them that they want what you want. That it will be a rewarding experience to produce a high quality product. In a company you can take a brute force approach to management through the threat of firing your employees. What open source is missing is a revenue stream. Until there is a path for money to get in, there will be no incentive for a good product to come out. Some innovations in business are required before we can really see open source come to it's full potential.
About remembering names... I've found if I associate a name with something tangible I can remember it reliably for a very long time. For example, a waiter I had maybe 6 months ago was named Kendall... I remembered it because I associated it with a candle. The elderly woman who lives across the street from me is Pauline, like Polly the parot. In both these cases it's an image, not a word, that I associate with the person. That image then leads me back to the word, and it's pretty easy from there to trace it back to the exact variation or oddball spelling of the person's name.
I'm sure everyone's memory works differently, but this trick is night and day for me. I think what makes names so hard for me to remember is that they really don't mean anything, or if they do then I don't know it. It makes sense to me that associating a name with some meaning builds associations in my brain and thus helps me to remember.
On your own time, you should do something that gives you a sense of personal accomplishment. Bring that where ever you go, and make it the basis for your attitude. Also spend time to broaden your interests. Find something likely to be shared by the people you're with, and make that the basis for your conversation.
You can drastically increase your chances of finding common interests by joining organized groups with a clearly stated purpose. I've found meetup.com is a great place to search for groups to hang out with. Organization and planning happens online, but unlike social networks like facebook and myspace, the express purpose is to get people together physically, to do something together. This does a few things:
If you can manage to come off as fairly happy and confident just as you are, then other people will want to share in that. If you can't, then you may still have some work to do with personal accomplishment and broadening interests.
Hope that helps!
Maybe we should have a compositional structure to the bills, where they can be broken down into sub-proposals. Each would have a summary, and could be revised independent of the other proposals, but the whole package would still be voted on as a single unit.
A big question I have regarding our legal process is why are we not able to change it? I see this as a huge disadvantage. Considering the massive amounts of data that have to be processed by the legislature, it seems very counter productive that they are not able to make full use of the information technology which is available today. Part of the reason that our government is not transparent is that it would be a huge time sink just to understand the documents that they have made available. I can barely follow the language of our bills, and I doubt I'm the only one. I think we would benefit a lot from a more organized structure.
Come on, Hank has a beautiful soul, just begging to be released...
Meh. Those kids weren't even remotely planned when the original Transformer cartoons came out.
If they're like most kids I know, they weren't planned at all!
Yeah... I don't think 'reanimate' was the word they were looking for.
We're happy to report that in the cell phone version of the game we've been able to include the full version of the hacking mini-game! In fact, that's all we included...
application crash
developer looks at me
says "works on my box"
And if we all agree the world is flat, would that make it flat? If you want to convince me of something, show me evidence, not conformity.
Was more what I was looking for - and you could define behavior for that, and it might even be sane in the circumstances. I was hoping you wouldn't catch the pointer dereferencing, as it complicates the syntax. :P
why the hell would you need that in sane code.
The variable C is a pointer to an array of objects with an overloaded != operator.
[you insensitive clod!]
Isn't Opera bundled with OSX? That's kind of ironic, I think. But I don't see how either of these "bundling" practices is a problem. No one charges any money for a browser these days anyway, so who cares? If you don't like the one your OS comes with, download another one!
I'd just like to say for the record:
Motherfucking shit goddammit dey tuk ar jobs!
I'm assuming we're talking about development for Linux, or cross platform here, since this is QT. Two questions:
1) Why would you program in C# on Linux? Mono support is years behind the feature sets that MS is rolling out. There are a variety of languages/frameworks that are better supported than .NET.
2) What's wrong with GUI programming in C++? QT tools seem pretty nice to me, and objects are much easier to work with than a mountain of procedural code. C++ should also be plenty efficient for application space.
So, what advantages are there in using C/Gnome?
It doesn't seem like that would be necessary. The solidification of the bricks takes place when an electric current is applied. Given that, you could probably make a mortar out of the same material and apply a current to that, resulting in an air tight bond.
Just remember that the end goal of both operating systems and governments is the productiveness and happiness of the individual. Too often, our egos or our ignorance, or our greed gets in the way of that. In the end, the user acceptance test is the Word of God (though sometimes, admittedly, a very confused God).
So what you're saying is you're like Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness. Seems like a lot of work to protect a few people, but it is entertaining. :-]
From what you've written, I'm assuming you're a Windows admin professionally. The solution you've found fits well in that light. But for the people out there that aren't Windows admins, there are much easier ways to get to a satisfactory result.
Have you tried Kubuntu? Most of the functionality you mentioned would already be installed and configured correctly, and the package manager makes installing new apps and updating old ones a breeze. You've also got a lot more flexibility for writing custom backup scripts and such.
Yeah, she's never going to live this one down. Life will be fun for her back at HQ!
Because I couldn't do it you must be lying. Glad you're not my tech support guy. Seriously, if I came back at my boss (or client) and said this, I'd be out on my arse, so top marks in customer service.
Right... instead of testing something we should just believe what strangers on the internet tell us. The empirical method is so 20th century!
Tech support guys get paid to put up with your shit. We don't, so you can get used to having to support your statements with some kind of proof, or get used to being flamed. Up to you.
So the FSM is a Finite State Machine, and God is a Perl hacker. Man, South Park's successor is going to be so awesome! Instead of Jesus packing heat we'll have God trying to hack into Ala's mainframe while an angel's going down on him. Just when you thought you couldn't be any more offended by television. Let the good times roll!
Hahahahaha.
-Nietzsche