Nice one;)
Some corrections for you though, so that next time you can REALLY sound like an Aussie.
* Obviously you quite tastefully combined the "dingo ate my baby" and "shrimp on the barbie", but I'll point out that most Australians call it a "prawn", and I personally don't know ANYONE who barbecues them.
* Australians drink lager cold (except the weird ones...) I believe the stereotype is that the British drink it warm, but I don't know if that's true. One of my Brit friends told me it was "bollocks".
* Australians (for the most part) follow British English conventions, so it's "cheque", not "check".
The rest is bonza;)
I immediately thought that it was a plugin for Firefox to fix Internet Explorer rendering. I'm like... wha?
Should read: "A Mozilla-Developed IE Plugin to Help Overcome Rendering Flaws"
Additional:
For Valhalla, LANners need to wear a coloured wristband to indicate they've paid to get in. We hire a security guard for the front door so that random people can't wander in and take things.
I'm an admin (well, past admin at least) for a large LAN party in South Australia called Valhalla. At peak, we had a little over 600 people attend. Generally we tend lose a few powerboards but the switches are locked down with a padlock and a relatively thick steel cable, after we had one or two swiped. All the core routers and game servers are in the centre of the hall where the admins set up, right next to the help desk. No-one's gonna steal anything from there without someone seeing.
My suggestion is to keep your switches and routers locked down and keep the rest of your expensive gear within view of your admin team (I think ours consists of about 20 people all up). No-one is going to take a router or a server without a huge uproar of "hey what happened to the network???"
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Lego? You had it easy!
When I was your age we had to use DUPLO! Our father would wake us up 5 hours before we went to bed so that we could walk to work 100km in the snow, uphill, both ways, work 30 hours a day, and we lived in a shoebox in the middle of the road!
I've never understood how a vaccum cleaner could possibly be useful when constructing a Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket. Surely a Nimbus 2000 would fly better?:)
I was under the impression that the idea of parallel universes was that at some point in time, a different decision was made (whether it be "should I invade a country" or "should I turn on the light") which causes a butterfly effect and essentially gives you an infinite number of choices.
What's a quarter of infinity?
Welcome to the world of Michael Atkinson (SA Attorney-General) and his "R18+ rating is bad". Every other state thinks it's a good idea to have an R18+ rating, but not him. And it has to be unanimous amongst all the states. GG.
The company I work for is Japanese owned, and in the 4½ years I've worked here I've not seen a firing or redundancy. People normally leave of their own accord unfortunately... but I think that's more to do with wanting more money. The IT industry is an aggressive business (in Australia at least), and if you're not getting the absolute best deal at the company you work for, you're better off finding a new employer who'll provide it.
I've seen at least 20 people on my team come and go since I've worked here, taking most of their experience with them such that the knowledge base of a given subsystem dwindles (ie. at least three subsystems have been dumped on me because I'm the only person left who knows how they work). They'd be screwed if I up-and-left.
As I was writing that comment I was thinking of a toy made by Sega that I used to play with my mates when I was younger called Lock-On. The headsets (which used to get very sweaty) had a flip down see-through lens (similar to sunglasses) that simply reflected the 7-segment display on the front of the headset (the number was displayed mirrored so that the "HUD" would appear correctly).
I used to win pretty much every game such that I had to handicap myself by forfeiting all my power shots before the game and starting off with one hit point.
The guns would also emit a quiet beep every few seconds to let your opponent know you're near, so much of the game was spent creeping around with a hand over the speaker.
Define rare? I hardly think that saying 1 in ~250 systems has a structure similar to our own counts as "rare". Scientists have documented an infinitesimal number of systems within our galaxy.
I would put this one down to lack of data. We're searching a small section of the galaxy and finding nothing, when not too far away is a whole cluster of systems with Earth-like planets in the habitable zone.
True randomness has clusters, not even distribution.
As awesome as this sounds, I'm not sure how it could be effectively implemented as the human eye has a very narrow "100% visibility" angular range. Look at the slashdot slogan image at the top of the page and focus on the word "news". Now try to read "matters" without moving your eye. If you didn't know what the word was already, you'd have a very difficult time of it.
The only way I can think of this working is if the HUD were rendered in relation to your head, and not your eyes. Then you could look around at the whole "screen" and focus on the areas you needed to read.
A good example of this is with HUDs rendered on the surface of glasses (it's been done multiple times). Since the screen doesn't move with your eyes, you can look at any part you want.
He shot it towards the cauldron, but it was set to be lit on its own via pyros.
From the link you provided:
Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic Flame by firing a burning arrow towards the cauldron. The arrow passed high above the cauldron, which was emanating gas at that moment.
Either you're wrong, or the Wikipedia article is wrong (or both). Link to your REAL source please?
I wish people would stop calling cretins who pretend to use science as scientists. It soils the good name of science!
Just like a certain cul^H^H^Hreligion that bases its beliefs on science fic^H^H^Hfact.
L. Ron. Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch Tom Cruise a missile...
I used to copy games from friends, download from Usenet, etc. but I just don't anymore.
Reasons (for me):
* I'm not a Uni bum anymore, I now have a well-paying job, and I feel guilty.
* If a game gets bad reviews or the demo sucks, I won't play it.
* If a game is so riddled with DRM that it treats me like a criminal for paying for it, I won't play it.
* Steam. If a game isn't on Steam now (unless it's something awesome like most Blizzard products), I won't buy it. I don't want to have to go all the way to EB Games and pay outrageously extortionate Australian prices; not when I can click a couple of buttons and download the content from my ISP's Steam content server, importing by the exchange rate (which is relatively awesome right now for Aussies).
The only "lost sales" here are the publishers' and developers' own damned faults. Not because of piracy (from me at least) but for releasing garbage and expecting people to buy it.
Additionally, content distribution systems like Steam just make things way too easy (and cheap) to buy games that if you have money and STILL pirate the game (if you know it's good and you'll get good replay value), you're a tightarse.
Generally what happens on my project is that the team (headed by an analyst) decides on the best design for the task, then subtasks are delegated to developers based on their level of skill with PL/SQL and/or Java.
Business logic (for the most part) is done on the server-side with PL/SQL packages, while the application itself is a Java fat client running on a Citrix cluster.
Before you make statements about keeping business logic separate from the database, this situation works well for this application, as it allows for less client-server communication, easier handling of commits and rollbacks, and much faster data access. A bonus is that when a severity 1 case is raised that is related to business logic, it doesn't require a long system outage.
The production server has read-only access for standard developers, and a logged full access account for support (and senior developers).
Every code change is reviewed by one or more senior developers to ensure it won't break existing functionality or contains (as you put it) "crapness".
From your comments I take it you are a DBA and have had bad experiences with poor programmers. In your case, maybe what you've suggested is a decent option for you, but I really don't think you should be stating it as the "right way".
As always, YMMV.
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Ah nice pointer there. There's a guy in my guild who doesn't get the joke when the Aussies laugh at him for saying "rooting" for a team.
Nice one ;) ;)
Some corrections for you though, so that next time you can REALLY sound like an Aussie.
* Obviously you quite tastefully combined the "dingo ate my baby" and "shrimp on the barbie", but I'll point out that most Australians call it a "prawn", and I personally don't know ANYONE who barbecues them.
* Australians drink lager cold (except the weird ones...) I believe the stereotype is that the British drink it warm, but I don't know if that's true. One of my Brit friends told me it was "bollocks".
* Australians (for the most part) follow British English conventions, so it's "cheque", not "check".
The rest is bonza
So was Bill Gates doing some low-talking? *wlluplgvstaplzkthx*
I hear he has to wear a puffy shirt too.
I immediately thought that it was a plugin for Firefox to fix Internet Explorer rendering. I'm like... wha?
Should read: "A Mozilla-Developed IE Plugin to Help Overcome Rendering Flaws"
I wish people would stop using Anonymous Coward's account. He doesn't even have a password!
Additional:
For Valhalla, LANners need to wear a coloured wristband to indicate they've paid to get in. We hire a security guard for the front door so that random people can't wander in and take things.
I'm an admin (well, past admin at least) for a large LAN party in South Australia called Valhalla. At peak, we had a little over 600 people attend. Generally we tend lose a few powerboards but the switches are locked down with a padlock and a relatively thick steel cable, after we had one or two swiped. All the core routers and game servers are in the centre of the hall where the admins set up, right next to the help desk. No-one's gonna steal anything from there without someone seeing.
My suggestion is to keep your switches and routers locked down and keep the rest of your expensive gear within view of your admin team (I think ours consists of about 20 people all up). No-one is going to take a router or a server without a huge uproar of "hey what happened to the network???"
Lego? You had it easy!
When I was your age we had to use DUPLO! Our father would wake us up 5 hours before we went to bed so that we could walk to work 100km in the snow, uphill, both ways, work 30 hours a day, and we lived in a shoebox in the middle of the road!
I've never understood how a vaccum cleaner could possibly be useful when constructing a Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket. Surely a Nimbus 2000 would fly better? :)
I was under the impression that the idea of parallel universes was that at some point in time, a different decision was made (whether it be "should I invade a country" or "should I turn on the light") which causes a butterfly effect and essentially gives you an infinite number of choices.
What's a quarter of infinity?
Welcome to the world of Michael Atkinson (SA Attorney-General) and his "R18+ rating is bad". Every other state thinks it's a good idea to have an R18+ rating, but not him. And it has to be unanimous amongst all the states. GG.
The company I work for is Japanese owned, and in the 4½ years I've worked here I've not seen a firing or redundancy. People normally leave of their own accord unfortunately... but I think that's more to do with wanting more money. The IT industry is an aggressive business (in Australia at least), and if you're not getting the absolute best deal at the company you work for, you're better off finding a new employer who'll provide it.
I've seen at least 20 people on my team come and go since I've worked here, taking most of their experience with them such that the knowledge base of a given subsystem dwindles (ie. at least three subsystems have been dumped on me because I'm the only person left who knows how they work). They'd be screwed if I up-and-left.
As I was writing that comment I was thinking of a toy made by Sega that I used to play with my mates when I was younger called Lock-On. The headsets (which used to get very sweaty) had a flip down see-through lens (similar to sunglasses) that simply reflected the 7-segment display on the front of the headset (the number was displayed mirrored so that the "HUD" would appear correctly).
I used to win pretty much every game such that I had to handicap myself by forfeiting all my power shots before the game and starting off with one hit point.
The guns would also emit a quiet beep every few seconds to let your opponent know you're near, so much of the game was spent creeping around with a hand over the speaker.
Define rare? I hardly think that saying 1 in ~250 systems has a structure similar to our own counts as "rare". Scientists have documented an infinitesimal number of systems within our galaxy.
I would put this one down to lack of data. We're searching a small section of the galaxy and finding nothing, when not too far away is a whole cluster of systems with Earth-like planets in the habitable zone.
True randomness has clusters, not even distribution.
As awesome as this sounds, I'm not sure how it could be effectively implemented as the human eye has a very narrow "100% visibility" angular range. Look at the slashdot slogan image at the top of the page and focus on the word "news". Now try to read "matters" without moving your eye. If you didn't know what the word was already, you'd have a very difficult time of it. The only way I can think of this working is if the HUD were rendered in relation to your head, and not your eyes. Then you could look around at the whole "screen" and focus on the areas you needed to read. A good example of this is with HUDs rendered on the surface of glasses (it's been done multiple times). Since the screen doesn't move with your eyes, you can look at any part you want.
Excellent, ta. ;)
He shot it towards the cauldron, but it was set to be lit on its own via pyros.
From the link you provided:
Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo lit the Olympic Flame by firing a burning arrow towards the cauldron. The arrow passed high above the cauldron, which was emanating gas at that moment.
Either you're wrong, or the Wikipedia article is wrong (or both). Link to your REAL source please?
I don't see that as unacceptable. Sounds sensible to me.
I wish people would stop calling cretins who pretend to use science as scientists. It soils the good name of science!
Just like a certain cul^H^H^Hreligion that bases its beliefs on science fic^H^H^Hfact.
L. Ron. Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch Tom Cruise a missile...
I used to copy games from friends, download from Usenet, etc. but I just don't anymore.
Reasons (for me):
* I'm not a Uni bum anymore, I now have a well-paying job, and I feel guilty.
* If a game gets bad reviews or the demo sucks, I won't play it.
* If a game is so riddled with DRM that it treats me like a criminal for paying for it, I won't play it.
* Steam. If a game isn't on Steam now (unless it's something awesome like most Blizzard products), I won't buy it. I don't want to have to go all the way to EB Games and pay outrageously extortionate Australian prices; not when I can click a couple of buttons and download the content from my ISP's Steam content server, importing by the exchange rate (which is relatively awesome right now for Aussies).
The only "lost sales" here are the publishers' and developers' own damned faults. Not because of piracy (from me at least) but for releasing garbage and expecting people to buy it.
Additionally, content distribution systems like Steam just make things way too easy (and cheap) to buy games that if you have money and STILL pirate the game (if you know it's good and you'll get good replay value), you're a tightarse.
90 degrees north, but what longitude?
*badoom tish*
Did anyone else immediately think of software viruses when reading the summary title? (Given the previous article's title)
...and how exactly do *you* know it's fake? :)
I doubt he'll have time. He's still searching for Manbearpig.
Generally what happens on my project is that the team (headed by an analyst) decides on the best design for the task, then subtasks are delegated to developers based on their level of skill with PL/SQL and/or Java.
Business logic (for the most part) is done on the server-side with PL/SQL packages, while the application itself is a Java fat client running on a Citrix cluster.
Before you make statements about keeping business logic separate from the database, this situation works well for this application, as it allows for less client-server communication, easier handling of commits and rollbacks, and much faster data access. A bonus is that when a severity 1 case is raised that is related to business logic, it doesn't require a long system outage.
The production server has read-only access for standard developers, and a logged full access account for support (and senior developers).
Every code change is reviewed by one or more senior developers to ensure it won't break existing functionality or contains (as you put it) "crapness".
From your comments I take it you are a DBA and have had bad experiences with poor programmers. In your case, maybe what you've suggested is a decent option for you, but I really don't think you should be stating it as the "right way".
As always, YMMV.