..by far, the best "pseudo-programming" environment I've ever worked in was LiteStep for Windows. I just made the switch to Linux last year, and I have yet to find a tool as valuable as LiteStep, and frankly, I was surprised that there weren't more modular, easily modifiable interface creation systems like this one. Both Gnome and KDE felt like a step back when I started with the penguin. A
s much as I enjoy learning about programming, as a lawyer, I really don't have time to learn about stacks and arrays and pointers and object classes.
But an environment like LiteStep, where I can create and specify scriptable actions for things like buttons in "dang-near-english--" e.g.
ButtonXLength 10
ButtonXWidth 20
ButtonXText "Press to start firefox"
ButtonXAction !Execute "C:/firefox.exe"
This is perfect. And also the kind of thing that I imagine hardcore programmers hate, but it's precisely this level of control that us Linux folks (yes, I'm counting myself among you's guys) can use as a real big selling point OVER M$. I will be trying out this Gorm ASAP.
Hehe, that was my own little usage. There was a big push for "African-American" a few years ago, and it's still used in a lot of formal situations --but I think pretty much everyone now thinks that's both unwieldy and sort of inaccurate (What about white South-Africans? People with Arab backgrounds?)
"Black" is pretty much the standard--in fact, here-- "brown" is often used for and by the Latino/Hispanic/ (people who speak Spanish but aren't from Spain, basically) community. (which further illustrates the silliness of "race," since Hispanic people do come in all colors,even moreso than us "descendants of African slaves." )
"Colored" also sounds very old-school here, but some people do use "People of Color." Like you'd call a tall person a "Person of Height." HA.
Easy on the oversimplification there, suck. The U.S.A. is a nation under siege, no doubt. But please point the blame in the right direction, and I'd appreciate if you'd watch the racial implications. Sort of a hot button topic over here, ya know.
A lot of what you refer to, yeah, we hate it as much as you do. But not all Americans are pop-culture stupid, and not all blacks are crack addicted urban slum dwellers. I know you never said it, but that's what it sort of looks like.
On one hand, I'm very much a hip-hop fan--"black" culture is rapidly becoming the dominant culture in the United States. In many ways, this is very cool--the unfortunate legacy of brown people subjugation here has made for some beautiful and valuable cultural contributions.
In many other ways, this sucks--I'm as annoyed as you (probably moreso) with seeing nothing but gold chain wearing booty-smacking foul mouthed loud people (who happen to be brown like me)on TV all the time. Because the problem is that you're getting a minority of the minority.
People in TV think that kids want to see goofy black people on MTV, that's what you get; magnified by a degree for sake of making it popular. Yeah, what you see on TV is sort of like black culture here--and in many ways not...it's just that the ways that its NOT don't really make it to the TV screen.
INCNDFWIAAIL (I Neither Confirm Nor Deny That I Am A Lawyer.)
Hmmm...I think you mean "If a bill is passed whose provisions are deeemed UNCONSTITUTIONAL." It doesn't matter at all if the provisions are merely illegal, since this would simply be a case of the legislature doing what it's supposed to do, which is make/change the law. Was illegal before, is not now.
The point is not that posting folks' personal information was wrong; the point is that the methods that the government are using to "bring the wrongdoers to justice" are overbroad, and look suspiciously like witch-hunting.
Again, we don't blame the phone company when someone calls someone else to plan a crime, and we'd like to think the government wouldn't go for tapping every single phone over one incident.
Slightly off topic- but you may notice the hip-hop artist Jean Grae featured on the site. I very seriously encourage everyone to check her music out; I know X-Men heads may find the name blasphemous, but if any rapper deserves to hold such a moniker she does. Intelligent and witty, she shows that a female rapper can actually entertain through skills and thought, rather than through "wardrobe malfunctions," and the like.
Let's buy some cats
http://jrm4.com
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..by far, the best "pseudo-programming" environment I've ever worked in was LiteStep for Windows. I just made the switch to Linux last year, and I have yet to find a tool as valuable as LiteStep, and frankly, I was surprised that there weren't more modular, easily modifiable interface creation systems like this one. Both Gnome and KDE felt like a step back when I started with the penguin. A s much as I enjoy learning about programming, as a lawyer, I really don't have time to learn about stacks and arrays and pointers and object classes. But an environment like LiteStep, where I can create and specify scriptable actions for things like buttons in "dang-near-english--" e.g. ButtonXLength 10 ButtonXWidth 20 ButtonXText "Press to start firefox" ButtonXAction !Execute "C:/firefox.exe" This is perfect. And also the kind of thing that I imagine hardcore programmers hate, but it's precisely this level of control that us Linux folks (yes, I'm counting myself among you's guys) can use as a real big selling point OVER M$. I will be trying out this Gorm ASAP.
Hehe, that was my own little usage. There was a big push for "African-American" a few years ago, and it's still used in a lot of formal situations --but I think pretty much everyone now thinks that's both unwieldy and sort of inaccurate (What about white South-Africans? People with Arab backgrounds?)
"Black" is pretty much the standard--in fact, here-- "brown" is often used for and by the Latino/Hispanic/ (people who speak Spanish but aren't from Spain, basically) community. (which further illustrates the silliness of "race," since Hispanic people do come in all colors,even moreso than us "descendants of African slaves." )
"Colored" also sounds very old-school here, but some people do use "People of Color." Like you'd call a tall person a "Person of Height." HA.
it's all silly, what can ya do....
*black American person taking a deep breath*
Easy on the oversimplification there, suck. The U.S.A. is a nation under siege, no doubt. But please point the blame in the right direction, and I'd appreciate if you'd watch the racial implications. Sort of a hot button topic over here, ya know.
A lot of what you refer to, yeah, we hate it as much as you do. But not all Americans are pop-culture stupid, and not all blacks are crack addicted urban slum dwellers. I know you never said it, but that's what it sort of looks like.
On one hand, I'm very much a hip-hop fan--"black" culture is rapidly becoming the dominant culture in the United States. In many ways, this is very cool--the unfortunate legacy of brown people subjugation here has made for some beautiful and valuable cultural contributions.
In many other ways, this sucks--I'm as annoyed as you (probably moreso) with seeing nothing but gold chain wearing booty-smacking foul mouthed loud people (who happen to be brown like me)on TV all the time. Because the problem is that you're getting a minority of the minority.
People in TV think that kids want to see goofy black people on MTV, that's what you get; magnified by a degree for sake of making it popular. Yeah, what you see on TV is sort of like black culture here--and in many ways not...it's just that the ways that its NOT don't really make it to the TV screen.
jrm4.com
Looks like my little ol' Tallahassee's got it right now, Miracle 5. Whoo hoo!
jrm4.com
INCNDFWIAAIL (I Neither Confirm Nor Deny That I Am A Lawyer.) Hmmm...I think you mean "If a bill is passed whose provisions are deeemed UNCONSTITUTIONAL." It doesn't matter at all if the provisions are merely illegal, since this would simply be a case of the legislature doing what it's supposed to do, which is make/change the law. Was illegal before, is not now.
The point is not that posting folks' personal information was wrong; the point is that the methods that the government are using to "bring the wrongdoers to justice" are overbroad, and look suspiciously like witch-hunting.
Again, we don't blame the phone company when someone calls someone else to plan a crime, and we'd like to think the government wouldn't go for tapping every single phone over one incident.
with regards to personal economics?
w ith.th3.txt/
An essay on the comparative advantages, personal and financial, of sharing living expenses and domicile with one's parents..
http://ohhla.com/anonymous/howl_III/skillion/live
Slightly off topic- but you may notice the hip-hop artist Jean Grae featured on the site. I very seriously encourage everyone to check her music out; I know X-Men heads may find the name blasphemous, but if any rapper deserves to hold such a moniker she does. Intelligent and witty, she shows that a female rapper can actually entertain through skills and thought, rather than through "wardrobe malfunctions," and the like. Let's buy some cats http://jrm4.com