Yes, very true, indeed. Americans pay more tax - as measured in days of labor - than almost any other nation on the planet. A significant portion of this tax goes to 'Keeping the world safe from '.
Remember that the next time some Western European slags off the Yanks within earshot. They paid for the reconstruction of most of the Western European economies after WWII, and footed the bill for keeping the Soviets out during the Cold War.
This same thing happened in Japan, don't forget.
So, when they do get their f*&#ing measly 10 days of annual vacation, they certainly don't want to spend at least two of them traveling to/from a foreign country, only to be insulted for their selflessness. I agree it's sad that Americans simply don't travel as much as many other nations do, and yes, this certainly is a significant cause of American ignorance of the rest of the world. Unfortunately, it is simply not the fault of the 'average' American that this is the case.
... is the whole acquisition thing a complete mystery. I mean, today we hear about google buying Yet Another Social Networking Site 'Jaiku', what is innovative about that product ? Will anyone be surprised in 18 months when there is no more Jaiku.
What I don't understand is why Google buys any of these shitty companies and their lame products, except perhaps as a public service so that us normal people don't have to even bother with knowing about them at all.
Wow, are they getting lazy at M$ or what. I guess somebody got a raise, but I also guess he'll be getting fired in about 6 months when there is no uptake on their generous offer.
Billiam must be wondering how much longer his empire can survive with such stupidity.
I'm afraid I don't understand your argument. I am not saying it's irrelevant, but I don't see how it is, please explain, including why it would be relevant if the phrase were 'the defendant is a perfectly healthy person, suffering from no physical, social, emotional disabilities' instead.
then you must have failed kindergarten when you should have learned "share and share alike!"
I think you miss the point. The Parent poster does not want to be forced to live by the 'share and share alike' rule that you were brainwashed with in kindergarten
Hmmmm..... Let's see, because that would be another moving part that requires power maybe ??
Just a guess, I am not a rocket scientist after all; but, my guess is that they considered the benefits of such a thing and decided that it would yield little.
This is the typical problem that developers in large corporations run into. Do I hard-code these values or put them in a fragile configuration datastore.
There seems to be some unique requirements in corporates where configuration is an issue.
I have struggled with this basic problem for years, and have yet to come up with any hard and fast rules about what should be hard-coded, and what should be configuration.
This is where experience comes into play. Stuff like server names, database names, comms ports, and locale make sense to put into configuration (even though by rights they should all be 'discoverable'). If your config entails more than about a dozen or so options, you're gonna start hating life.
When your job as a developer includes third-line support, and you spend hours debugging only to discover *it's a configuration issue* , you'll come to the same conclusion.
...I never believed in the idea of 'junk' DNA either. I have had several arguments with my sister, a post-doc biochemist teaching at a major university, about the stuff. I suspect part of the issue is that there are certain types of people who are so caught up in how much they know, that they really think they know everything, and so allow themselves to make idiotic conclusions like that which lead to labeling the 'junk' sections of DNA.
Now, for my other pet peeve: We only use 10% of our brain. Who is the knob that came up with that one !
You can use economics though, statistics only gives you the probability. With economics, you can develop a model, which may incorporate those statistics, and predict an outcome.
Would OneSmartFellow still feel the same if some false accusation or misleading coincidence got him a spell in prison or Guantanamo Bay?
If that was all that it took to get to Gitmo, I'd be there already. This proves my point. The fact that this guy was investigated indicates - to me, anyway - that there was something worth at least having a closer look at. The fact that the 'professor' chooses not to disclose what he was questioned about does nothing to gain my sympathies, and merely arouses increased suspicion. So, rather than his 'conceptual art' (where's the artistic concept worthy of his professorship?) why not write a nice little essay explaining exactly why the investigation of him was so terribly wrong ?
Wait a minute, I thought the definition of suspect was "regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion", in other words, the FBI was 'suspicious' about him or his activities with relation to acts of terrorism. What I can't seem to find any information on, is why were they suspicious ?
Oddly enough, the FBI didn't suspect me, or anyone that I know; and with good reason, they don't need to be. I doubt I, or anyone I know, have ever done anything that could be considered suspicious with regards to terrorism. (plenty of other stuff, mind you, but not terrorism)
In fact, so far, my guess is that the vast majority of FBI suspects deserve to be suspects. They have enagaged in activities which correlate to indicators of intent to commit acts of terrorism. When there is enough of a correlation, the FBI rightly 'targets' them, becuase their activities are 'suspect', and they become a terrorism suspect. I like it that way; keep up the good work FBI.
If Professor Elahi he really wanted to convince me that he was 'wrongly' targeted, he would publish some more detail about his questioninng, his past activites, and explain why it was such an egregious wrong to have been suspicious of him. Instead what I see is a sophomoric reaction to, as far as I can tell anyway, a legitimate suspicion, wrapped in the guise of 'conceptual art'. Please spare me, I've been to the Tate Modern and seen enough unmade beds, feces covered walls, and vats of urine to know art when I see it.
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Yes, very true, indeed. Americans pay more tax - as measured in days of labor - than almost any other nation on the planet. A significant portion of this tax goes to 'Keeping the world safe from '.
Remember that the next time some Western European slags off the Yanks within earshot. They paid for the reconstruction of most of the Western European economies after WWII, and footed the bill for keeping the Soviets out during the Cold War.
This same thing happened in Japan, don't forget.
So, when they do get their f*&#ing measly 10 days of annual vacation, they certainly don't want to spend at least two of them traveling to/from a foreign country, only to be insulted for their selflessness. I agree it's sad that Americans simply don't travel as much as many other nations do, and yes, this certainly is a significant cause of American ignorance of the rest of the world. Unfortunately, it is simply not the fault of the 'average' American that this is the case.
My point is... what exactly was novel about Urchin. From what I could tell it was a log file scraper. Never seen one of those before ! -- ducks --
... is the whole acquisition thing a complete mystery. I mean, today we hear about google buying Yet Another Social Networking Site 'Jaiku', what is innovative about that product ? Will anyone be surprised in 18 months when there is no more Jaiku.
What I don't understand is why Google buys any of these shitty companies and their lame products, except perhaps as a public service so that us normal people don't have to even bother with knowing about them at all.
Except a Loon is not a type of duck.
Quick, sell your shares Bill !
Wow, are they getting lazy at M$ or what. I guess somebody got a raise, but I also guess he'll be getting fired in about 6 months when there is no uptake on their generous offer.
Billiam must be wondering how much longer his empire can survive with such stupidity.
I'm afraid I don't understand your argument. I am not saying it's irrelevant, but I don't see how it is, please explain, including why it would be relevant if the phrase were 'the defendant is a perfectly healthy person, suffering from no physical, social, emotional disabilities' instead.
Link and Blurb about two very different things.
Will it blend ?
then you must have failed kindergarten when you should have learned "share and share alike!"
I think you miss the point. The Parent poster does not want to be forced to live by the 'share and share alike' rule that you were brainwashed with in kindergarten
Hmmmm..... Let's see, because that would be another moving part that requires power maybe ??
Just a guess, I am not a rocket scientist after all; but, my guess is that they considered the benefits of such a thing and decided that it would yield little.
energy is subject to time, which makes it a vector.
No....
It appears that someone (Jiri Slaby) doesn't understand what they are allowed to do with regards to the license.
This would - unlikely - have ever made it into an official patch set.
No Story Here -- move along.
This is the typical problem that developers in large corporations run into. Do I hard-code these values or put them in a fragile configuration datastore.
There seems to be some unique requirements in corporates where configuration is an issue.
I have struggled with this basic problem for years, and have yet to come up with any hard and fast rules about what should be hard-coded, and what should be configuration.
This is where experience comes into play. Stuff like server names, database names, comms ports, and locale make sense to put into configuration (even though by rights they should all be 'discoverable'). If your config entails more than about a dozen or so options, you're gonna start hating life.
When your job as a developer includes third-line support, and you spend hours debugging only to discover *it's a configuration issue* , you'll come to the same conclusion.
That's it, the key to traveling to the sun has been discovered !
We'll go at night !
..... thank Christ for that !
Lol is not a good enough verb for that, I agree totally !
except that meme was coined by a biologist long before 'the internet' was a viable system
...I never believed in the idea of 'junk' DNA either. I have had several arguments with my sister, a post-doc biochemist teaching at a major university, about the stuff. I suspect part of the issue is that there are certain types of people who are so caught up in how much they know, that they really think they know everything, and so allow themselves to make idiotic conclusions like that which lead to labeling the 'junk' sections of DNA.
Now, for my other pet peeve: We only use 10% of our brain. Who is the knob that came up with that one !
You can use economics though, statistics only gives you the probability. With economics, you can develop a model, which may incorporate those statistics, and predict an outcome.
...the operating system disguised as an editor.
I love Emacs, it makes my code look clean !
Emacs, because life isn't complicated enough
Emacs is the only user application that I know of where I have to consult the documentation for the ability to shut it down.
I guess he's never used charcoal fluid--a LOT of charcoal fluid.
or liquid oxygen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sab2Ltm1WcM
Honestly, I could find twelve year olds would could right better threatening letters.
The same could be said of your post !
"nonsence", "sentance" indeed !
Would OneSmartFellow still feel the same if some false accusation or misleading coincidence got him a spell in prison or Guantanamo Bay?
If that was all that it took to get to Gitmo, I'd be there already. This proves my point. The fact that this guy was investigated indicates - to me, anyway - that there was something worth at least having a closer look at. The fact that the 'professor' chooses not to disclose what he was questioned about does nothing to gain my sympathies, and merely arouses increased suspicion. So, rather than his 'conceptual art' (where's the artistic concept worthy of his professorship?) why not write a nice little essay explaining exactly why the investigation of him was so terribly wrong ?
...as a terror suspect.
Wait a minute, I thought the definition of suspect was "regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion", in other words, the FBI was 'suspicious' about him or his activities with relation to acts of terrorism.
What I can't seem to find any information on, is why were they suspicious ?
Oddly enough, the FBI didn't suspect me, or anyone that I know; and with good reason, they don't need to be. I doubt I, or anyone I know, have ever done anything that could be considered suspicious with regards to terrorism. (plenty of other stuff, mind you, but not terrorism)
In fact, so far, my guess is that the vast majority of FBI suspects deserve to be suspects. They have enagaged in activities which correlate to indicators of intent to commit acts of terrorism. When there is enough of a correlation, the FBI rightly 'targets' them, becuase their activities are 'suspect', and they become a terrorism suspect. I like it that way; keep up the good work FBI.
If Professor Elahi he really wanted to convince me that he was 'wrongly' targeted, he would publish some more detail about his questioninng, his past activites, and explain why it was such an egregious wrong to have been suspicious of him. Instead what I see is a sophomoric reaction to, as far as I can tell anyway, a legitimate suspicion, wrapped in the guise of 'conceptual art'. Please spare me, I've been to the Tate Modern and seen enough unmade beds, feces covered walls, and vats of urine to know art when I see it.