1) Correlation is not causation; this "abnormality" may be an effect of psychopathy 2) Others may have this "abnormality" without manifesting any signs of psychopathy 3) Yes, it would be interesting, but it would be even more interesting if you could fix it with a single pill that contains biologic organisms
It will go away on its own some day. We got rid of most Windows 3.11 computers, we'll get rid of most Windows XP computers, etc. It will run out of food soon and a bot-net that can't adapt its self (lucky us, huh?) to other operating systems will go away. We still have Blaster and some of its friends, but maybe the people that do deserve it, because 100% backwards compatibility is a PITA for software engineers. Maybe we should leave Conflicker where it is for the sake of software evolution.
Actually, here's a good idea: put it in a greylist and let it hit once and see what the user chooses: whitelist or blacklist. And we're back at square one. GP should be modded Insightful because a lost email may be the perfect business opportunity, therefore not all spam must be blocked.
This is the change some of us wanted and I believe it to be a very good one! Why would anyone have the right to force Microsoft to contribute to open-source? What we really needed was compatibility. Nobody cares about the way Microsoft manages its code and nobody should have the right to bother them about it.
Complete freedom of speech = chaos Everyone will say what they want, how squeaky they want, how loud they want, everyone will listen to whatever they want at what volume they want. We'd go deaf! Seriously, I know enough people who would suffocate the world with their "free speech" and who should be put in a sanitarium!
... we run out of water, because we drink it all and instead of peeing it back on Mother Nature we break it into other particles? While this sounds rather strange, you should realize that it's only a matter of "when?" instead of "will it?" Just for the heck of it, does anyone have any idea how this period can be computed?
This has been discussed on/. over and over again: if you don't want to make it public, don't publish it. Especially on the web. "Hey, look at what I did! It's a sign in the middle of the street, but don't tell anyone else about it or I'll sue you."
at Lessig.org back in 2004, he noted, "I am distrustful of people who think they have confident answers to such questions." That goes for both sides in this debate.
You realize you just quoted him without his consent, right? Lucky you, it's licensed under CCv3... otherwise he should've torched your ass!
Then what do you call an SQL-based version control? CVS isn't very good - we're switching to mercurial next week, after we wasted a few days trying to merge some branches that weren't tagged when they were created - so I have to agree it's not the brightest star in the sky, but I think you're comparing apples to olives when you're comparing CVS to Notepad.
If defaults are to be defined as a configurable initial state, then they've been around for a lot longer than he's claiming.
As far as I can see, his point is that only in the past half century humans have started to consider default as a valid configuration and engineers carefully tweaked the default to be what most of their customers needed.
You're comparing CVS to notepad? You can hardly say CVS is a rudimentary VS. Basically, what you're saying is that no matter what the job is, I should always use the biggest hammer.
I believe you believe wrong and that this situation is best summed up as "I don't miss something I don't need". The simplicity of the system I put up together (which took just a few minutes and a few lines of bash) is exactly what I need.
If it's not broken, don't fix it.
You have no idea what I need, so how can you possibly assume I am missing anything?
Yes, I wonder what the shortcomings of CVS are. I'm using it myself and it does exactly what I need, so I assume that "shortcomings" depend on the individual (no penis joke pun intended).
The only problem with the fake-trees idea is that we're using up all our CO2 resources! In 100 years, we'll realize we have too many trees and we need more CO2 (yes, plants need CO2 to live) but there won't be anything left to destroy... and that's where your fake CO2 comes in. You'll make millions! - And so will I, because by making this post I claim patent/copyright/whatever on this idea
once a large national program is established to provide for everyone something that they want (cheaper health care), it will be impossible to kill again later
No, it won't. They're doing it in other countries as we speak and it's going well. You see, because they are controlling it, they are messing it up so you are forced to go to private clinics if you want good health care. The worst part is, the national health care program is mandatory and crap in many countries. The good side is, it works better than the current private health care system in the US. I'm paying about 10% of my salary for the national health care program and I'm using about 10% of that (I rarely get ill)... but it's still cheaper and better than in the US. OTOH, my grandmother who has been retired for decades doesn't pay but she gets health care whenever she needs. Please, US citizens, check out the details of this program and if it's very similar to the ones that are already going on in Europe, vote for it.
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1) Correlation is not causation; this "abnormality" may be an effect of psychopathy
2) Others may have this "abnormality" without manifesting any signs of psychopathy
3) Yes, it would be interesting, but it would be even more interesting if you could fix it with a single pill that contains biologic organisms
It will go away on its own some day. We got rid of most Windows 3.11 computers, we'll get rid of most Windows XP computers, etc. It will run out of food soon and a bot-net that can't adapt its self (lucky us, huh?) to other operating systems will go away. We still have Blaster and some of its friends, but maybe the people that do deserve it, because 100% backwards compatibility is a PITA for software engineers. Maybe we should leave Conflicker where it is for the sake of software evolution.
Actually, here's a good idea: put it in a greylist and let it hit once and see what the user chooses: whitelist or blacklist. And we're back at square one. GP should be modded Insightful because a lost email may be the perfect business opportunity, therefore not all spam must be blocked.
Why would anybody use an auto-print link for the only link in TFS ?!??1
Let's hope he won't ask for copyright or trademark registration.. [/obvious/.rant].
... how does it behave and what does it do to you when ingested?
This is the change some of us wanted and I believe it to be a very good one! Why would anyone have the right to force Microsoft to contribute to open-source? What we really needed was compatibility. Nobody cares about the way Microsoft manages its code and nobody should have the right to bother them about it.
Complete freedom of speech = chaos
Everyone will say what they want, how squeaky they want, how loud they want, everyone will listen to whatever they want at what volume they want. We'd go deaf! Seriously, I know enough people who would suffocate the world with their "free speech" and who should be put in a sanitarium!
+1 Geek for "Oh, wait..." humour
... we run out of water, because we drink it all and instead of peeing it back on Mother Nature we break it into other particles?
While this sounds rather strange, you should realize that it's only a matter of "when?" instead of "will it?" Just for the heck of it, does anyone have any idea how this period can be computed?
Further, Neal Armstrong was once quoted as saying he felt they had a 50/50 chance before the trip.
They could have either succeeded or failed. Whatever would have happened, his 50/50 would have been right.
</joke>
This has been discussed on /. over and over again: if you don't want to make it public, don't publish it. Especially on the web. "Hey, look at what I did! It's a sign in the middle of the street, but don't tell anyone else about it or I'll sue you."
at Lessig.org back in 2004, he noted, "I am distrustful of people who think they have confident answers to such questions." That goes for both sides in this debate.
You realize you just quoted him without his consent, right? Lucky you, it's licensed under CCv3... otherwise he should've torched your ass!
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Then what do you call an SQL-based version control?
CVS isn't very good - we're switching to mercurial next week, after we wasted a few days trying to merge some branches that weren't tagged when they were created - so I have to agree it's not the brightest star in the sky, but I think you're comparing apples to olives when you're comparing CVS to Notepad.
If defaults are to be defined as a configurable initial state, then they've been around for a lot longer than he's claiming.
As far as I can see, his point is that only in the past half century humans have started to consider default as a valid configuration and engineers carefully tweaked the default to be what most of their customers needed.
I wonder what would happen if I responded to your comment. /. defaults is linking to xkcd)
(of course, one of the
Yes, I wonder what the shortcomings of CVS are. I'm using it myself and it does exactly what I need, so I assume that "shortcomings" depend on the individual (no penis joke pun intended).
The only problem with the fake-trees idea is that we're using up all our CO2 resources! In 100 years, we'll realize we have too many trees and we need more CO2 (yes, plants need CO2 to live) but there won't be anything left to destroy... and that's where your fake CO2 comes in. You'll make millions!
- And so will I, because by making this post I claim patent/copyright/whatever on this idea
once a large national program is established to provide for everyone something that they want (cheaper health care), it will be impossible to kill again later
No, it won't. They're doing it in other countries as we speak and it's going well. You see, because they are controlling it, they are messing it up so you are forced to go to private clinics if you want good health care. The worst part is, the national health care program is mandatory and crap in many countries. The good side is, it works better than the current private health care system in the US. I'm paying about 10% of my salary for the national health care program and I'm using about 10% of that (I rarely get ill)... but it's still cheaper and better than in the US. OTOH, my grandmother who has been retired for decades doesn't pay but she gets health care whenever she needs.
Please, US citizens, check out the details of this program and if it's very similar to the ones that are already going on in Europe, vote for it.
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