Well fuck'em. We spend too much time worrying about what idiots think. It's what happens when you stop graduating STEM students, instead of folks who studied occupational basket weaving.
I suppose I'm an idiot, but I can't see why you can't patch and update a copy of the code, then when you are absolutely sure you haven't broken something, you just do a swap.
"President Obama gave the guns to the Mexican drug cartels. Gun shop owners had to be convinced by the US government to participate in the 'sting' that really wasn't a sting.
What kind of gun regulation would have prevented this?
Not true, in fact it's a damn lie. It was the Bush administration that instituted this dispersal of guns to Mexican drug runners, and it was Attorney General Holder who put a stop to it. I'm a Canadian and I know this, why is it you don't?
Buddy was right when he said it was important to avoid gravity wells. Once you're out, why the hell go back down? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space/ Ask Gerard O'Neill. He provides methods of access, a reason for going and a means of staying there once you arrive. Works for me.
I don't have any personal anecdotes about "bitches", just what I read in the papers, my friend. And yes, the proper term is butchered. Hunted down in the street in front of the neighbours and had her throat cut. Sounds like butchery to me - maybe not to you. (where on a woman's body would you find the steaks anyway?) I'm amazed that a street full of Canadians would stand by and watch it happen.
Up here the cops agitated for years until they were given the power to lay charges in cases of domestic abuse. They were tired of seeing women treated like punching bags with no recourse and no one on their side. I'm not sure what the law is down in the Excited States, but I'm pretty sure that in most states it's the same as in Canada - the police can lay charges in cases of domestic violence. Generally speaking, I find Americans are a step ahead of Canadians when it comes to liberal positions on social justice. YMMV.
This case might fit your definition of butchery and it's just the top citation of a google search.
I'm not sure what women have ever done to you, but in your present state of mind, I doubt I'd introduce you to my sister.
Citation please. I can point to any number of cases where wives have obtained restraining orders and been butchered in the street in front of the neighbours. The cops say there is little they can do until a crime has been committed.
That's just it. They were the crossroads country and now it all seems to be sliding downhill into extremist Islamism. They were the most notable of the secular states. They tried for years to join the European Union and the Europeans found every excuse to keep them out. It seems to have provided all the ammunition the Islamists needed, doesn't it?
Turkey is a very considerable country. Their geographic location is very strategic, they have a large and industrious population, they are rich and they are (were) progressive, making advances in philosophy and science, not to mention being a major trading nation. Let's hope level heads prevail.
"But the rest of the country? Below average, last I heard even the easties were hoping for spring to start, they're still getting snow."
Um, wrong. We "easties" are finding ourselves about three weeks ahead of where we were last year. My tomatoes went in three weeks early and the June bugs came out in May. It is not snowing now nor has it been snowing for months. Canada east of Ontario is made up of a very diverse set of conditions and climates, just as Ontario is. Ontario ranges from the Golden Horn down by Toronto, to the bitter cold of Hudson's Bay. The lesson? Don't generalize and don't pull information from your ass.
"I really enjoy going to more upscale restaurants. I'd rather go somewhere nice once a month (or every other month even) than go to places like Applebee's every week. If you don't care about presentation then you might fall into the latter category."
I don't know about buddy's category, but I fall into the category of people who can rarely afford to dine in upscale restaurants. When I do, I expect certain things:
I expect to be put at ease.
I expect to be well served by knowledgeable people who believe it is up to them to wait, not me.
I expect to be fed sufficiently so that I don't have to feed myself either before or after I've dined expensively.
I expect the menu to be clear about what I'm getting, and if not, I expect the waiter to explain it clearly, without pretension.
I expect the waiter to mention that I'm a pretty big machine (two meters tall and 110 kilos) and that two ounce portions won't work.
I expect the chef to have a nodding acquaintance with good nutrition.
I expect good food, well presented in a sensible progression that leads to satisfaction.
When I order, I ask advice about the wine and the meal. I ask how it's prepared, portion size and about any nasty surprises, such as overly macho spicing. It is amazing to me how rarely the restaurant is successful, assuming their aim is to provide a good quality dining experience at a fair price and make me a return customer.
"You can make compost from vegetable waste, but it's very time-consuming and because the cellulose is tough to break down it's not as good. Ruminant digestive systems break down cellulose, which is why cow dung is wet and splattery and horse dung is dry and fibrous. Stable manure doesn't rot down as well as byre manure, but they both rot down a lot better than just dead plants."
I make compost and it usually takes 45 to 60 days, depending on how much time I devote to turning the piles. Fast composting like this is an aerobic process and it generates a fair amount of heat, which breaks down the organic carbons in the pile (cellulose, lignin, tough plant material). Good compost is chock full of unbroken down plant material. It gives structure and holds water.
I don't compost cow or horse manure. Cow manure isn't readily available and the horses around here are wormed monthly, which means the horse manure kills worms - oops. Here is what I do compost:
kitchen wastes such as coffee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, vegetable trimmings
yard waste such as grass trimmings, leaves, chipped twigs
saw dust and wood chips
This fine is an unconstitutional grab for power that violates my 9th and 10th Amendment rights......
Funding will be used to kill human fetuses. According to the U.S. Court, an executive order is inferior to Congressional Law, and the Law that was passed is clear: funding goes for abortions.
About the fine, I'd be more concerned about the mandate that you will be forced to purchase an insurance policy from some corporation. That seems kind of oppressive to me and I'm pretty sure someone is going to have to find a sensible way around this to incentivize people to buy insurance.
About abortions, hmmmmmm. Simply asserting it doesn't make it true. I don't believe the bill will allow public funds to be used for abortions. Maybe you could provide a quotation that supports this? The sad part of your assertion is that you may make nine positively brilliant observations and insightful assertions, but if somewhere in there you claim the aliens kidnapped grandmaw, you sort of chuck your credibility out the window.
Depends on the state you live in.
Where I live, I do not have to register a gun. If I buy one from a private individual, I don't have to go through any stupid waiting period or background checks. I'd ONLY have to tell the govt. about it if I wanted to get a carry concealed license. And if you walked by me, you'd likely never know if I'm carrying it or not.
And where might that be? Not that I'm particularly worried about visiting your state under those rules, but it would be nice to know beforehand.
I do support waiting periods and background checks because I think it weeds out the obvious wackos, but will admit that nothing will get rid of what seems to be a common urge to go out and murder as many of your fellow citizens as possible. It happens everywhere, under any rules and with whatever weapons are at hand. Maybe something about population density and a failure of human courtesy.
For alobar72; this is the sort of problem I sometimes had when I was in the Canadian Foreign Military Mapping Agency a few years ago. A few things come to mind: such as your location. Where you are will affect your options.
I'll assume you are a European and suggest the nearest large university cartographic library. They are knowledgeable, helpful and it's the sort of thing they do. They are also all in touch with the other universities, so you will have lots of resources to draw upon.
If you are in an ex-colonial country (England, Holland, Belgium, France or Germany), then the military mapping agency may be able to offer you some help. Your national geographic service may well offer you some good advice.
There are a couple of other considerations. Are you willing to share the digital data with those who help you? Are you concerned with keeping your maps intact (I hope so). The projection of the maps is going to affect geo location code as well. The older the map, the less likely its projection will be accurate at all. Do you have any idea of the scale of the maps? At any rate, you need professional help and the most likely folks are at the nearest large university.
"Math; central valley vs new england state. In a NE state, english is the dominent language and parents have a higher concern for education than the first generation illegals who use school as day care. Where algebra may be appropriate at 4th grade in a NE state, we're still working on personal hygiene for many students in the 6th grade out here."
Lou, Lou Dobbs, izzat chew?
Note that it's English with a capital E and dominant takes an 'a' not an 'e'. Careless mistakes, but when you are writing about education, correct spelling will lend credibility to your remarks.
I wouldn't normally bother about slashdot spelling, but this is a discussion about excellence in education.
I have solar hot water panels on my house roof right now. At the time, I gave thought to placing them on a ground level steel rack (I have lots of space). My experience with panels on the roof has not been all negative, but I'd still prefer having them at ground level.
Roofs are good at keeping the rain out. It isn't a good idea to put up a waterproof roof then punch holes in it for plumbing and mounting, and besides, it's pretty difficult to work on the panels.
I suppose solar shingles will sell fairly well, but when it comes time, I'd really rather mount photovoltaic panels on a ground level steel rack where they will be easy to maintain and clean. As well, I can ensure optimal angle to the sun and still be able to walk about on my roof without worrying about stepping on things that shouldn't be stepped on.
"There needs to be a much more powerful punishment that goes beyond civil punishment (aka fines), because fines just get built into the pricing model and don't hurt."
You aren't alone in your frustration. Many folks have wondered how to make corporations accountable.
One good possibility is to make the Board of Directors liable for the actions of the corporation they direct. I'm pretty sure that a six month sentence would capture their attention. Fines are nearly useless in my opinion.
"Just fixing more and more of the tiny annoyances is what creates a well-rounded desktop."
So every year there is the plaintive hope that finally, this year, linux will capture a decent share of the desktop market. Every year most of the distros and notably Ubuntu, totally ignore the dial-up portion of their potential customers. This year, same thing. Their live CD could have included gnome-ppp, to allow potential customers to reach the internet, but it didn't.
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Well fuck'em. We spend too much time worrying about what idiots think. It's what happens when you stop graduating STEM students, instead of folks who studied occupational basket weaving.
I suppose I'm an idiot, but I can't see why you can't patch and update a copy of the code, then when you are absolutely sure you haven't broken something, you just do a swap.
"People don't need planets to live." Agreed. O'Neill colonies.
Not true, in fact it's a damn lie. It was the Bush administration that instituted this dispersal of guns to Mexican drug runners, and it was Attorney General Holder who put a stop to it. I'm a Canadian and I know this, why is it you don't?
Can we please have a mod tag of
Buddy was right when he said it was important to avoid gravity wells. Once you're out, why the hell go back down? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Frontier:_Human_Colonies_in_Space/ Ask Gerard O'Neill. He provides methods of access, a reason for going and a means of staying there once you arrive. Works for me.
Sounds good to me. Could you kindly stop importing oil, electrical power and comedians from Canada?
Oh and kindly stop waving your wee-wee over my cornflakes bowl.
Why not take the I-phone back and tell the tech to put in Phillips screws or you'll beat his silly face flat?
Up here the cops agitated for years until they were given the power to lay charges in cases of domestic abuse. They were tired of seeing women treated like punching bags with no recourse and no one on their side. I'm not sure what the law is down in the Excited States, but I'm pretty sure that in most states it's the same as in Canada - the police can lay charges in cases of domestic violence. Generally speaking, I find Americans are a step ahead of Canadians when it comes to liberal positions on social justice. YMMV.
This case might fit your definition of butchery and it's just the top citation of a google search.
I'm not sure what women have ever done to you, but in your present state of mind, I doubt I'd introduce you to my sister.
Citation please. I can point to any number of cases where wives have obtained restraining orders and been butchered in the street in front of the neighbours. The cops say there is little they can do until a crime has been committed.
It's Chertoff you nit - Michael Chertoff.
HMCS Canada maybe.
That's just it. They were the crossroads country and now it all seems to be sliding downhill into extremist Islamism. They were the most notable of the secular states. They tried for years to join the European Union and the Europeans found every excuse to keep them out. It seems to have provided all the ammunition the Islamists needed, doesn't it?
Turkey is a very considerable country. Their geographic location is very strategic, they have a large and industrious population, they are rich and they are (were) progressive, making advances in philosophy and science, not to mention being a major trading nation. Let's hope level heads prevail.
Um, wrong. We "easties" are finding ourselves about three weeks ahead of where we were last year. My tomatoes went in three weeks early and the June bugs came out in May. It is not snowing now nor has it been snowing for months. Canada east of Ontario is made up of a very diverse set of conditions and climates, just as Ontario is. Ontario ranges from the Golden Horn down by Toronto, to the bitter cold of Hudson's Bay. The lesson? Don't generalize and don't pull information from your ass.
I don't know about buddy's category, but I fall into the category of people who can rarely afford to dine in upscale restaurants. When I do, I expect certain things:
I expect to be put at ease.
I expect to be well served by knowledgeable people who believe it is up to them to wait, not me.
I expect to be fed sufficiently so that I don't have to feed myself either before or after I've dined expensively.
I expect the menu to be clear about what I'm getting, and if not, I expect the waiter to explain it clearly, without pretension.
I expect the waiter to mention that I'm a pretty big machine (two meters tall and 110 kilos) and that two ounce portions won't work.
I expect the chef to have a nodding acquaintance with good nutrition.
I expect good food, well presented in a sensible progression that leads to satisfaction.
When I order, I ask advice about the wine and the meal. I ask how it's prepared, portion size and about any nasty surprises, such as overly macho spicing. It is amazing to me how rarely the restaurant is successful, assuming their aim is to provide a good quality dining experience at a fair price and make me a return customer.
I make compost and it usually takes 45 to 60 days, depending on how much time I devote to turning the piles. Fast composting like this is an aerobic process and it generates a fair amount of heat, which breaks down the organic carbons in the pile (cellulose, lignin, tough plant material). Good compost is chock full of unbroken down plant material. It gives structure and holds water. I don't compost cow or horse manure. Cow manure isn't readily available and the horses around here are wormed monthly, which means the horse manure kills worms - oops. Here is what I do compost: kitchen wastes such as coffee grounds, tea leaves, egg shells, vegetable trimmings yard waste such as grass trimmings, leaves, chipped twigs saw dust and wood chips
About the fine, I'd be more concerned about the mandate that you will be forced to purchase an insurance policy from some corporation. That seems kind of oppressive to me and I'm pretty sure someone is going to have to find a sensible way around this to incentivize people to buy insurance.
About abortions, hmmmmmm. Simply asserting it doesn't make it true. I don't believe the bill will allow public funds to be used for abortions. Maybe you could provide a quotation that supports this? The sad part of your assertion is that you may make nine positively brilliant observations and insightful assertions, but if somewhere in there you claim the aliens kidnapped grandmaw, you sort of chuck your credibility out the window.
And where might that be? Not that I'm particularly worried about visiting your state under those rules, but it would be nice to know beforehand.
I do support waiting periods and background checks because I think it weeds out the obvious wackos, but will admit that nothing will get rid of what seems to be a common urge to go out and murder as many of your fellow citizens as possible. It happens everywhere, under any rules and with whatever weapons are at hand. Maybe something about population density and a failure of human courtesy.
I'll assume you are a European and suggest the nearest large university cartographic library. They are knowledgeable, helpful and it's the sort of thing they do. They are also all in touch with the other universities, so you will have lots of resources to draw upon.
If you are in an ex-colonial country (England, Holland, Belgium, France or Germany), then the military mapping agency may be able to offer you some help. Your national geographic service may well offer you some good advice.
There are a couple of other considerations. Are you willing to share the digital data with those who help you? Are you concerned with keeping your maps intact (I hope so). The projection of the maps is going to affect geo location code as well. The older the map, the less likely its projection will be accurate at all. Do you have any idea of the scale of the maps? At any rate, you need professional help and the most likely folks are at the nearest large university.
Lou, Lou Dobbs, izzat chew?
Note that it's English with a capital E and dominant takes an 'a' not an 'e'. Careless mistakes, but when you are writing about education, correct spelling will lend credibility to your remarks.
I wouldn't normally bother about slashdot spelling, but this is a discussion about excellence in education.
"You forgot the trojan that gets installed if your player happens to be a computer."
Roger that. Nothing from Sony. Not now, not ever. I don't know how many sales I've steered away from Sony, but it has been a lot. Bad cess to them.
I have solar hot water panels on my house roof right now. At the time, I gave thought to placing them on a ground level steel rack (I have lots of space). My experience with panels on the roof has not been all negative, but I'd still prefer having them at ground level.
Roofs are good at keeping the rain out. It isn't a good idea to put up a waterproof roof then punch holes in it for plumbing and mounting, and besides, it's pretty difficult to work on the panels.
I suppose solar shingles will sell fairly well, but when it comes time, I'd really rather mount photovoltaic panels on a ground level steel rack where they will be easy to maintain and clean. As well, I can ensure optimal angle to the sun and still be able to walk about on my roof without worrying about stepping on things that shouldn't be stepped on.
Well then, Thank You!. I could get lost in a phone booth and GPS has saved my tattered old arse a number of times.
"There needs to be a much more powerful punishment that goes beyond civil punishment (aka fines), because fines just get built into the pricing model and don't hurt."
You aren't alone in your frustration. Many folks have wondered how to make corporations accountable.
One good possibility is to make the Board of Directors liable for the actions of the corporation they direct. I'm pretty sure that a six month sentence would capture their attention. Fines are nearly useless in my opinion.
"Just fixing more and more of the tiny annoyances is what creates a well-rounded desktop."
So every year there is the plaintive hope that finally, this year, linux will capture a decent share of the desktop market. Every year most of the distros and notably Ubuntu, totally ignore the dial-up portion of their potential customers. This year, same thing. Their live CD could have included gnome-ppp, to allow potential customers to reach the internet, but it didn't.
May they sink without a trace.