Your argument is meaningless. There are already thousands of people that HAVE had their rights violated; you seem to be saying that I shouldn't complain until they actually come to take ME away.
They have had military incidents with every one of their neighbor at one time or other.
Not that I particularly like the guys who are running China, but the above would apply to just about ANY country in the world. Switzerland wasn't involved in any wars in at least a couple hundred years; there might be other exceptions, but I can't think of any.
Your sig is strangely appropriate. Ed Wood and Wesley Willis were kindred spirits in a lot of ways. A lot of artists like to adopt the "outsider" pose - these two guys were outsiders in every possible way, and they weren't even trying.
A while ago I saw "Orgy of the Dead", which appeared to be from the same period. I've heard conflicting information about this one - some people say Ed at the time was too drunk to actually do any directing, and just hung around the set hitting on the naked chicks. I tend to disagree - I think the movie definitely bears some of his distinctive touches: the obviously fake gravestones - the sudden, inexplicable changes from day to night - and of course, there's Criswell.
Worst director of all time? Hardly. Earlier this evening, I watched "Van Helsing", and I can say with God and the Internet as my witnesseses that I'd much rather watch ANYTHING by Ed Wood than have to wade through that pile of shit again.
You're over-simplifying, but essentially you're right. Kerry and Bush will both fuck you if they get elected - the difference is that Kerry will buy you flowers first. (Then send you a bill for the flowers, due April 15.)
I don't blame the candidates for the current sorry state of affairs - they're just tools of the system. I blame the voters. THEY are the ones who keep the Demopublicans in power. If enough of those schmucks would just turn off the TV and think for a minute or two, they might realize the power that they hold, and actually do something useful with it.
The owner has rights to decide who can stay and who can't. Just because a public official is the star of the show doesn't mean the owner loses his or her rights.
Both of you are missing the point. This isn't about who has what specific legal rights - it's about what kind of people do we want running the country.
People who feel so threatened by a bland statement like "Protect our civil liberties" are not friends of democracy - they are budding tyrants. There was presumably a guy placed in charge of the rally, and he (or his deputies) made the decision that anything which even hints at dissent can not be tolerated. How do you think this guy will act if he ever gets into a position with real power? Say, a post in the Justice Dept?
On a related note: what kind of a T-shirt/hat/button/tatoo/hairstyle would get you kicked out of a Kerry rally? This is not a rhetorical question - I'd love to hear some specific, real-life examples.
No, but I saw the movie. I thought it was pretty good. Definitely one of Tor Johnson's better roles. I also liked how Bela Lugosi keeps a cape over his face in most of his scenes - it gives him a real aura of mystery.
Where have you been? Both the Greens and the Libertarians have been heavily involved in local and state races for years. (I believe there are a couple of Greens on my local city council right now.) Badnarik and Cobb aren't stupid - they know perfectly well that each of them has a near-zero chance of winning this one. The point of their campaigns is to build general, long-term support for their parties, and to break down the current duopoly.
Apple is more consistent than anyone else. They're just not perfectly consistent. And as I said before, changing the appearance of the GUI doesn't matter too much if the behavior remains predictable.
Mac OS X is a little more consistent, but there are separate Aqua and Brushed Metal styles, with some apps using one style and other apps using the other style.
The differences between Aqua and Brushed Metal are purely cosmetic. The behavior of widgets is the same in both. And the placement of common items is consistent: undo, cut, and paste will always be under the Edit menu, cmd-Q will always quit the application, etc. Which brings me to my next point:
The biggest issue here is not GUI libraries, but application design. For Mac OS, there are well-established standards for interface design, and most developers actually stick to those standards. This is not the case with Linux (Linux is catching up, but it's not quite there.)
Getting a piece of the oil field action was a big part of it, but there's also another aspect: Poland feels threatened by Russia, and it needs alliances, both economic and military, to help defend itself. Going into Iraq proved to be a bad strategic move, since it managed to get most of Europe pissed at Poland, without getting anything tangible from the US.
And Bush's chummy comments about his buddy "Vladimir" were definitely not reassuring to his Polish allies.
Iterators: They provide a language feature to supply the values or implementation of the iterator. So, instead of hand-coding an implementation of java.util.Iterator or the C# equivalent of IEnumerator, the language simplifies it by allowing you to "yield" the sequence of values for the iterator.
How often does anybody ever do that, though? The only time you'd have to implement java.util.Iterator is if you were writing your own container class, (a pretty rare case) and even then you might be able to avoid it.
Nullable types: When working with value types, there is traditionally no way of representing the absence of the value. Nullable types allows you to specify the full range of the value type (for ex, integer) AND deal with the absence of that value. Usefulness? Interacting with databases.
All objects may be null in Java, just not primitive types. You could use a java.lang.Integer instead of an int. This would incur a performance penalty, but so would nullable primitives.
You don't need to do anything to Gnome. There are plenty of existing Linux desktop environments that sound like they'd work for you. Take a look at xfce. If you want it even more stripped down, then try BlackBox, IceWM or WindowMaker. Most distros include all of the above.
If someone charges you $10 for a milkshake, you don't have the right to take the milkshake because the price is too high.
Says who? If you make a REALLY GOOD milkshake, I might consider paying $10 for it. Otherwise, you're just a rip-off artist, and I wouldn't feel the least bit guilty about stealing your shit.
And of course, as many people have pointed out, this is a wrong analogy, since copying without permission is NOT the same as stealing.
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Your argument is meaningless. There are already thousands of people that HAVE had their rights violated; you seem to be saying that I shouldn't complain until they actually come to take ME away.
When I was growing up, my church taught me that the "one flesh" thing wasn't about having a child together, but okay, have it your way.
Some churches refer to it as "the Beast with Two Backs".
Politician A says that 2+2=5. Politician B disagrees, and says it's 7. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.
They have had military incidents with every one of their neighbor at one time or other.
Not that I particularly like the guys who are running China, but the above would apply to just about ANY country in the world. Switzerland wasn't involved in any wars in at least a couple hundred years; there might be other exceptions, but I can't think of any.
Your sig is strangely appropriate. Ed Wood and Wesley Willis were kindred spirits in a lot of ways. A lot of artists like to adopt the "outsider" pose - these two guys were outsiders in every possible way, and they weren't even trying.
A while ago I saw "Orgy of the Dead", which appeared to be from the same period. I've heard conflicting information about this one - some people say Ed at the time was too drunk to actually do any directing, and just hung around the set hitting on the naked chicks. I tend to disagree - I think the movie definitely bears some of his distinctive touches: the obviously fake gravestones - the sudden, inexplicable changes from day to night - and of course, there's Criswell.
Worst director of all time? Hardly. Earlier this evening, I watched "Van Helsing", and I can say with God and the Internet as my witnesseses that I'd much rather watch ANYTHING by Ed Wood than have to wade through that pile of shit again.
Then I was misled by the professor. The sick fucker had us use recursive functions for everything instead of loops.
If you're feeling particularly masochistic, try writing in a language that has no loops OR goto's.
You're over-simplifying, but essentially you're right. Kerry and Bush will both fuck you if they get elected - the difference is that Kerry will buy you flowers first. (Then send you a bill for the flowers, due April 15.)
I don't blame the candidates for the current sorry state of affairs - they're just tools of the system. I blame the voters. THEY are the ones who keep the Demopublicans in power. If enough of those schmucks would just turn off the TV and think for a minute or two, they might realize the power that they hold, and actually do something useful with it.
The owner has rights to decide who can stay and who can't. Just because a public official is the star of the show doesn't mean the owner loses his or her rights.
Both of you are missing the point. This isn't about who has what specific legal rights - it's about what kind of people do we want running the country.
People who feel so threatened by a bland statement like "Protect our civil liberties" are not friends of democracy - they are budding tyrants. There was presumably a guy placed in charge of the rally, and he (or his deputies) made the decision that anything which even hints at dissent can not be tolerated. How do you think this guy will act if he ever gets into a position with real power? Say, a post in the Justice Dept?
On a related note: what kind of a T-shirt/hat/button/tatoo/hairstyle would get you kicked out of a Kerry rally? This is not a rhetorical question - I'd love to hear some specific, real-life examples.
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Ozone in upper atmosphere: good (absorbs UV rays).
Ozone near the ground: bad (it's poisonous).
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Did you read Principia?
No, but I saw the movie. I thought it was pretty good. Definitely one of Tor Johnson's better roles. I also liked how Bela Lugosi keeps a cape over his face in most of his scenes - it gives him a real aura of mystery.
Spielburg can make the movie " Old Yeller" into FPS game, that should cause some TEARS!
Or "My Dinner With Andre". Or "Fried Green Tomatoes". The possibilities are endless, really.
If you want to play with the big boys..know the unwritten rules..
The rules were put there to keep the big boys in power. If you play by the rules, you doom yourself to failure.
Where have you been? Both the Greens and the Libertarians have been heavily involved in local and state races for years. (I believe there are a couple of Greens on my local city council right now.) Badnarik and Cobb aren't stupid - they know perfectly well that each of them has a near-zero chance of winning this one. The point of their campaigns is to build general, long-term support for their parties, and to break down the current duopoly.
if we engineered a coalition between Geeks, Greens, and Libertarians
.. and people who own VCRs or CD burners? Yeah, you're right, there just isn't enough of them to make a difference.
Apple is more consistent than anyone else. They're just not perfectly consistent. And as I said before, changing the appearance of the GUI doesn't matter too much if the behavior remains predictable.
Mac OS X is a little more consistent, but there are separate Aqua and Brushed Metal styles, with some apps using one style and other apps using the other style.
The differences between Aqua and Brushed Metal are purely cosmetic. The behavior of widgets is the same in both. And the placement of common items is consistent: undo, cut, and paste will always be under the Edit menu, cmd-Q will always quit the application, etc. Which brings me to my next point:
The biggest issue here is not GUI libraries, but application design. For Mac OS, there are well-established standards for interface design, and most developers actually stick to those standards. This is not the case with Linux (Linux is catching up, but it's not quite there.)
Getting a piece of the oil field action was a big part of it, but there's also another aspect: Poland feels threatened by Russia, and it needs alliances, both economic and military, to help defend itself. Going into Iraq proved to be a bad strategic move, since it managed to get most of Europe pissed at Poland, without getting anything tangible from the US.
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And Bush's chummy comments about his buddy "Vladimir" were definitely not reassuring to his Polish allies.
On a related note, here's a report from Warsaw by an old professor of mine:
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=2004100
Iterators: They provide a language feature to supply the values or implementation of the iterator. So, instead of hand-coding an implementation of java.util.Iterator or the C# equivalent of IEnumerator, the language simplifies it by allowing you to "yield" the sequence of values for the iterator.
How often does anybody ever do that, though? The only time you'd have to implement java.util.Iterator is if you were writing your own container class, (a pretty rare case) and even then you might be able to avoid it.
Nullable types: When working with value types, there is traditionally no way of representing the absence of the value. Nullable types allows you to specify the full range of the value type (for ex, integer) AND deal with the absence of that value. Usefulness? Interacting with databases.
All objects may be null in Java, just not primitive types. You could use a java.lang.Integer instead of an int. This would incur a performance penalty, but so would nullable primitives.
WinFS does all that and more
I notice you use the present tense. I was under the impression that WinFS is still in the vaporware stage?
You don't need to do anything to Gnome. There are plenty of existing Linux desktop environments that sound like they'd work for you. Take a look at xfce. If you want it even more stripped down, then try BlackBox, IceWM or WindowMaker. Most distros include all of the above.
It's bad enough it got passed over at the 1959 Oscars, now this?
would you want to engage in sexual activities with a green bodied replicant?
That depends. What does she look like?
If someone charges you $10 for a milkshake, you don't have the right to take the milkshake because the price is too high.
Says who? If you make a REALLY GOOD milkshake, I might consider paying $10 for it. Otherwise, you're just a rip-off artist, and I wouldn't feel the least bit guilty about stealing your shit.
And of course, as many people have pointed out, this is a wrong analogy, since copying without permission is NOT the same as stealing.