If eBay shuts down all buying and selling of currency such as the Linden dollar (used in Second Life), what other marketplaces are there to do such transactions (apart from the official Lindex thing)? Any ideas?
Is this a step towards Google becoming more open about their development practices?
Why does every Slashdot story have to end with a question? Often an uninteresting one at that? Do you think it sounds more intellectual, encouraging a discussion, or what? Please stop it! (Also, please don't compose headlines consisting of a statement followed by a question mark?)
I do recall that the 'C' libs were doing most floating point operations faster than fortran. Not just the low level co-processor stuff, but also the more complex operations.
2) means that Sun bothered to include kelvin, Pascal, meter, second, Newton and every Physical unit you can think of as language keywords, that all parameters should specify what unit they're in, and that the language will do some effort to prevent errors arising from adding oranges and bananas, or precision errors from summing milligrams to some hundreds of kilograms.
...it's about National Security (TM) and mention something about how your brave, young men and women are leading the way. Make sure your flag is on display in the background, and explain how this is truly an American thing to do.
...until the day we have chips installed, not only in all our gadgets, but also our foreheads, and there is something instrinsically distasteful about that!
It is the opening line from my a poem of mine, my Opus magnum if you will. This poem and countless others were tragically lost several years ago. And now the poem remains only as a single line and only as a sig on a website that boasts "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
Mom: That "jam" thing of yours on the roof is making an awful noise. You take it down, you hear me? You can play with it just as well when it's turned off and inside. Tinkering son on the roof, growing up to become your average mad scientist: Mom, it's jamming, not "jam", and it's cool. I think it's actually working. Don't worry, I won't hurt myself on it. *Hehe, I can't wait until I can read about this in the papers. They might think a nuclear war is coming... I hope they start one! Muahaha!*
The latest available fixes attempt to erase these burns by turning on every pixel very bright and for a long time to burn-in the whole of the screen
Oh, never heard of that. Isn't that very annoying? When does it do that? A couple of hours every night? During commercials? All the time except during commercials?;-)
I'm not very much for the state having secrets to its people -- the state is created by the people because they needed one, after all. If there still is a great need to keep a secret (just a small need doesn't cut it for me), then so be it, I guess. BUT, any fact kept secret without reson to do so i an abomination! There should be measures taken to ensure that everything that can be revealed is revealed (not the other way around).
I'm not talking specifically about the USA here -- I'm not an american -- but the same thing applies to any state.
Screen burn. I play console games. New plasmas attempt to mask the dammage by doing an entire screen burn - which reduces brightness.
Isn't screen burn what happens when you display the same image for a long time? What does it then mean to "mask the damage by doing an entire screen burn"?
Ooo, another processing unit to help out the "central" one with heavy mathematical computations! Let's see, we have the CPU, of course, the GPU, the DSP on the expensive sound card, myself, tagging along with my calculator and now the NPU! We're getting fast here.
Eh, sorry for not getting this. What is "self moderation"?
Being a person who had not kown religion until being thrown into Catholic school, I have often looked at the bible through various translations. A good resource for this is The Bible Browser's Online Parallel Bible or what I like to call "The Gospel According to Geek". The entry for Like:22-36 is a fine example. All modern versions of the bible are represented together. Then there are links to modern foreign languages, Greek (including a couple of antient dialects), Commented/Ministry versions and finally a lexicon so you can look at what you would interpret the words to mean. It's interesting to read in this manner because the biases and directions of various translations can be compared easily - as can the similrities. Sometimes this can also put the slant into the open when browsing through entire chapters.
Ooo, thanks. I never knew there even was that many English translations! It's not my native language (nor is French, despite my sig), so I seldom read the Bible in English.
For the record: Today, I'm spiritual but not religious or adhering to any faith. I have found my own path. To me, at the least Christ (the man) was a wise and just man, whom I wouldn't mind using as a role model. It's what people have done in his name through the ages that makes me reject dogma (or any other spiritual leaders for that matter). It seems after a spiritual leader dies, someone will try to seize upon their followers for personal gain perverting the memory of the spiritual leader.
I am a christian (though the word "religious" doesn't appeal very much to me) and I understand your standpoint. If you would ever come to faith in Christ, I would like to, perhaps just confirming your own insight, encourage you not to confuse it with faith in people. By all means, do keep human role models, but be aware of that they might fall and disappoint you, in small or large, so don't let them be the foundation you rely on. As with so many thing, I need to remind myself about this from time to time.
I'm watching the future of Scientology with a definitely morbid Fascination waiting for this pattern to play out more. It seems to be a rare thing to witness;D
Hehe, yes, I guess I can share some of that fascination too, sometimes. Then again, there are all the ones that really suffer from it, and that's not too funny.
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If eBay shuts down all buying and selling of currency such as the Linden dollar (used in Second Life), what other marketplaces are there to do such transactions (apart from the official Lindex thing)? Any ideas?
-Al
So, the elevator is using overlords?
...if it will be in a proprietary Microsoft format.
It keeps you from getting hungry to fast again.
1 dl of oatmeal
2 dl of water
a couple of pinches of salt
Mix and put in micro, full power, for two minutes. Serve with jam and milk. Smooth to your tired body and soul.
LaTeX is the one that should change, imho.
If I want to talk to "the industry", whom should I phone?
...it's about National Security (TM) and mention something about how your brave, young men and women are leading the way. Make sure your flag is on display in the background, and explain how this is truly an American thing to do.
...until the day we have chips installed, not only in all our gadgets, but also our foreheads, and there is something instrinsically distasteful about that!
Mom: That "jam" thing of yours on the roof is making an awful noise. You take it down, you hear me? You can play with it just as well when it's turned off and inside.
Tinkering son on the roof, growing up to become your average mad scientist: Mom, it's jamming, not "jam", and it's cool. I think it's actually working. Don't worry, I won't hurt myself on it. *Hehe, I can't wait until I can read about this in the papers. They might think a nuclear war is coming... I hope they start one! Muahaha!*
What a sig! LMAO! :-) Is it a quote, or did you come up with it yourself?
(The comment itself was not bad either.)
More on the Saturn photo
I'm not very much for the state having secrets to its people -- the state is created by the people because they needed one, after all. If there still is a great need to keep a secret (just a small need doesn't cut it for me), then so be it, I guess. BUT, any fact kept secret without reson to do so i an abomination! There should be measures taken to ensure that everything that can be revealed is revealed (not the other way around).
I'm not talking specifically about the USA here -- I'm not an american -- but the same thing applies to any state.
...anyone asking you to give them all your money is considered risky.
Ooo, another processing unit to help out the "central" one with heavy mathematical computations! Let's see, we have the CPU, of course, the GPU, the DSP on the expensive sound card, myself, tagging along with my calculator and now the NPU! We're getting fast here.
Whoa, what a wonderful unit! It translates to 460 GW.
Eh, sorry for not getting this. What is "self moderation"?
Ooo, thanks. I never knew there even was that many English translations! It's not my native language (nor is French, despite my sig), so I seldom read the Bible in English.
I am a christian (though the word "religious" doesn't appeal very much to me) and I understand your standpoint. If you would ever come to faith in Christ, I would like to, perhaps just confirming your own insight, encourage you not to confuse it with faith in people. By all means, do keep human role models, but be aware of that they might fall and disappoint you, in small or large, so don't let them be the foundation you rely on. As with so many thing, I need to remind myself about this from time to time.
Hehe, yes, I guess I can share some of that fascination too, sometimes. Then again, there are all the ones that really suffer from it, and that's not too funny.