eMule KAD has existed for a long time. It is a completely decentralized network that allows for serverless search, and it's been working well for years !
Not to mention... eMule is a damn snazzy and well-coded client, optimized and feature-rich.
Spore is not what everyone is lead to believe it is. It is a game with somewhat procedural art, sound, and animation, but not procedural _gameplay_.
Spore will be enjoying amazing sales from the point when it hits retail to the point where people will get to see all the pregenerated content and realize that they're staring at the next-generation Black & White.
Once that happens, sales will fall, but Will Wright will have enough money buy a castle where he will move out with Peter Molyneux after they get married.
The post I was replying to WAS about the United States. Sigh... it's not our job to police the world.
Now that we reestablished the scope - the statistics, sure, you can put a spin on it by omitting the comparison to the 17% of heterosexuals that contract the disease, but that's all it is - a spin. The factual truth is, as far as statistics go, gays comprise the largest single group by far, and yeah, people might say, that DOES make it a gay disease, and yeah, they wouldn't be unjustified in that evaluation.
The negative side of the Internet is that people are tempted to try to spin the numbers. The positive side, however, is that anyone with a modicum of critical thinking can look them up.
This reminds me of kneejerk reactions to that Japanese guy who implied that your average woman's upper body strength is inferior to that of an average man. Oh no, how dare he cite facts ! That's so rude ! Let's just lie to ourselves instead, it makes us warm and cozy inside (rolls eyes).
Actually, around 47% of all people diagnosed with AIDS were infected with HIV through male-to-male sexual contact, while people exposed through heterosexual contact comprise around 17% of the total.
Male-to-male sexual contact probably caused the majority (66%) of infections in white people living with AIDS.
It's not "faith", it's "fact". When political correctness stands in the way of science it becomes a disease in itself. A mental one.
In 1996 it was used in Forrest Gump with some computer-assistance, but it was also used in a bunch of old Russian movies to generate crowds by placing people at specific points of a grid and then overlaying the footage.
"are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list."
Keyword being "final place". Allright ? I'll let it sink in for a while.
Well certainly the airplane pilots are better equipped to deal with airplanes than I am. But to state that they are better at flying airplanes than I am at driving my car is just, how do I put it... silly. And don't tell me that in an airplane, when things go wrong, they go wrong SLOWLY.
Ultrasound equipment is necessary because planes are so much more complex than cars. You forgot to take that little variable into equation.
The good thing about a car - if the weather conditions don't suit me, if I feel it is unsafe, I can pull to an exit and park somewhere. Try doing that with a plane.
Or (as to the inevitable "what if someone else is driving"), try jumping off one when things get bad, for that matter. If you're trained in proper falling you can jump off a car at 35mph with merely a scratch to show for it. I knew a guy who had to do that... he got a scratched elbow. You try doing that with an airplane.
When it comes to options... a lot of things ARE under your control in a car.
"Fantasy land" was just as patronizing - learn to take it if you like to dish it out. And good job there with the strawman. I never said I was 100% in control of the situation. Go actually read my original post, comprehend it, and reply to what I said instead of what you think I said.
Having a highway blowout is just one out of many ways to get into a car accident. Most car accidents happen because two people decide to be too smart or too stupid for their own good.
I've avoided many potentially disastrous accidents simply by being aware of erratic behavior, maintaining a sphere of awareness JUST in case of an emergency, and having good timing.
There's a significant degree of control involved in most traffic accidents, and I've avoided enough idiots on the road to know. Your personal avoidance ratio clearly hasn't been high, and so I understand why it may "feel" easier to relinquish control and always blame the circumstances instead of your own ineptitude.
The fact is, in the air I am entirely a statistic of the outside circumstances. In the car, it is a mix of outside circumstances and my own driving skills. Just because a thousand idiots drive onto a bridge in burning heat during a holiday and cause a huge pile-up doesn't mean that I can't foresee the probability of such events and it doesn't mean that *I* have to be one of the idiots. Give me a car over a plane any day.
I'd like to see the statistics that actually prove that flying is safer than driving.
While driving, my fate is always halfway in my hands. It takes two idiots to have an accident. With sufficient awareness and reaction time, I have a chance to avoid the most gruesome accident. Even if an accident does occur, I have a good chance of survival. With a plane crash, my chance of survival is hovering somewhere around 0%.
On a plane, my safety is entirely in the hands of other people, who have a "random" combination of awareness and reaction time. They also have a "random" proficiency in checking the equipment (which is likely to be half-assed). With my car, I am the one in control of the vehicle, and I am the one who selects which mechanics are trustworthy. Not to mention that the car is a far simpler vehicle than a plane.
So when it comes to my INDIVIDUAL probability of being in a crash, my driving may actually be safer than flying, when you consider the likeliness of a fatal outcome.
As a 7-year practitioner, I can confidently say that Aikido is absolutely priceless for a programmer, because it does the following:
* makes you UNLEARN the crooked posture habits while walking and sitting
* reprograms the way you walk for better balance... you learn to keep your spine straight without it being forced or unnatural
* can be good cardio depending on particular dojo/class (good for sedentary programmer types)
* puts a LOT of focus on (small) joint manipulation - keeps the crust out of your WRISTS, elbows, shoulders
In my experience as a heavy PC user, Aikido makes you practically immune to CTS/RSI . Its not so good to the knees over long term but there's always a price to pay;)
Either way I believe its a must-have physical activity for a programmer.
Clearly, if you want to set an example, no fine is enough. She should just be hung in the middle of town square, and her 250 CDs burned at the stake. That'll show em !
That woman had hundreds of music CDs at her house, she pirated two dozen songs and got charged more for each individual song than she paid for her entire CD collection.
It's not the jury's decision itself that I have a problem with, it's the entirely ridiculous extent of the charges.
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eMule KAD has existed for a long time. It is a completely decentralized network that allows for serverless search, and it's been working well for years ! Not to mention... eMule is a damn snazzy and well-coded client, optimized and feature-rich.
This video accurately transcribes what happened in court: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EISdUkG8Bbw
Spore is not what everyone is lead to believe it is. It is a game with somewhat procedural art, sound, and animation, but not procedural _gameplay_. Spore will be enjoying amazing sales from the point when it hits retail to the point where people will get to see all the pregenerated content and realize that they're staring at the next-generation Black & White. Once that happens, sales will fall, but Will Wright will have enough money buy a castle where he will move out with Peter Molyneux after they get married.
... weeks.
The post I was replying to WAS about the United States. Sigh... it's not our job to police the world. Now that we reestablished the scope - the statistics, sure, you can put a spin on it by omitting the comparison to the 17% of heterosexuals that contract the disease, but that's all it is - a spin. The factual truth is, as far as statistics go, gays comprise the largest single group by far, and yeah, people might say, that DOES make it a gay disease, and yeah, they wouldn't be unjustified in that evaluation. The negative side of the Internet is that people are tempted to try to spin the numbers. The positive side, however, is that anyone with a modicum of critical thinking can look them up. This reminds me of kneejerk reactions to that Japanese guy who implied that your average woman's upper body strength is inferior to that of an average man. Oh no, how dare he cite facts ! That's so rude ! Let's just lie to ourselves instead, it makes us warm and cozy inside (rolls eyes).
Actually, around 47% of all people diagnosed with AIDS were infected with HIV through male-to-male sexual contact, while people exposed through heterosexual contact comprise around 17% of the total. Male-to-male sexual contact probably caused the majority (66%) of infections in white people living with AIDS. It's not "faith", it's "fact". When political correctness stands in the way of science it becomes a disease in itself. A mental one.
In 1996 it was used in Forrest Gump with some computer-assistance, but it was also used in a bunch of old Russian movies to generate crowds by placing people at specific points of a grid and then overlaying the footage.
...getting the short end of the stick at BUY MORE since Harry Tang's departure. That man knew how to keep things in order !
Semantic differences are minor, combined with the fact that this is a "top ten" list. And Russian is my first language, not that it applies here.
"are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the final place in our terrible tech list." Keyword being "final place". Allright ? I'll let it sink in for a while.
Vista is #10. Go RTFA. Again.
Well certainly the airplane pilots are better equipped to deal with airplanes than I am. But to state that they are better at flying airplanes than I am at driving my car is just, how do I put it... silly. And don't tell me that in an airplane, when things go wrong, they go wrong SLOWLY.
Ultrasound equipment is necessary because planes are so much more complex than cars. You forgot to take that little variable into equation. The good thing about a car - if the weather conditions don't suit me, if I feel it is unsafe, I can pull to an exit and park somewhere. Try doing that with a plane. Or (as to the inevitable "what if someone else is driving"), try jumping off one when things get bad, for that matter. If you're trained in proper falling you can jump off a car at 35mph with merely a scratch to show for it. I knew a guy who had to do that... he got a scratched elbow. You try doing that with an airplane. When it comes to options... a lot of things ARE under your control in a car.
"Fantasy land" was just as patronizing - learn to take it if you like to dish it out. And good job there with the strawman. I never said I was 100% in control of the situation. Go actually read my original post, comprehend it, and reply to what I said instead of what you think I said.
You said what I meant to say in a much better fashion. Thumbs up.
Having a highway blowout is just one out of many ways to get into a car accident. Most car accidents happen because two people decide to be too smart or too stupid for their own good.
I've avoided many potentially disastrous accidents simply by being aware of erratic behavior, maintaining a sphere of awareness JUST in case of an emergency, and having good timing.
There's a significant degree of control involved in most traffic accidents, and I've avoided enough idiots on the road to know. Your personal avoidance ratio clearly hasn't been high, and so I understand why it may "feel" easier to relinquish control and always blame the circumstances instead of your own ineptitude.
The fact is, in the air I am entirely a statistic of the outside circumstances. In the car, it is a mix of outside circumstances and my own driving skills. Just because a thousand idiots drive onto a bridge in burning heat during a holiday and cause a huge pile-up doesn't mean that I can't foresee the probability of such events and it doesn't mean that *I* have to be one of the idiots. Give me a car over a plane any day.
I'd like to see the statistics that actually prove that flying is safer than driving. While driving, my fate is always halfway in my hands. It takes two idiots to have an accident. With sufficient awareness and reaction time, I have a chance to avoid the most gruesome accident. Even if an accident does occur, I have a good chance of survival. With a plane crash, my chance of survival is hovering somewhere around 0%. On a plane, my safety is entirely in the hands of other people, who have a "random" combination of awareness and reaction time. They also have a "random" proficiency in checking the equipment (which is likely to be half-assed). With my car, I am the one in control of the vehicle, and I am the one who selects which mechanics are trustworthy. Not to mention that the car is a far simpler vehicle than a plane. So when it comes to my INDIVIDUAL probability of being in a crash, my driving may actually be safer than flying, when you consider the likeliness of a fatal outcome.
As a 7-year practitioner, I can confidently say that Aikido is absolutely priceless for a programmer, because it does the following: * makes you UNLEARN the crooked posture habits while walking and sitting * reprograms the way you walk for better balance... you learn to keep your spine straight without it being forced or unnatural * can be good cardio depending on particular dojo/class (good for sedentary programmer types) * puts a LOT of focus on (small) joint manipulation - keeps the crust out of your WRISTS, elbows, shoulders In my experience as a heavy PC user, Aikido makes you practically immune to CTS/RSI . Its not so good to the knees over long term but there's always a price to pay ;)
Either way I believe its a must-have physical activity for a programmer.
All I can say is that I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Clearly, if you want to set an example, no fine is enough. She should just be hung in the middle of town square, and her 250 CDs burned at the stake. That'll show em !
That's exactly what I meant, and that's why I called their lack intellectual capacity into light ;)
That woman had hundreds of music CDs at her house, she pirated two dozen songs and got charged more for each individual song than she paid for her entire CD collection. It's not the jury's decision itself that I have a problem with, it's the entirely ridiculous extent of the charges.
For some reason I see those jurors as characters from "Idiocracy". I simply can't imagine them being normal human beings.
Er, it was supposed to be http://youtube.com/watch?v=4BORxQ7L2BU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4BORxQ7L2BU/ Free Pascal kicks ass when it comes to cutting-edge textmode lightsourcing and particle effects.