Just to clarify, many scientist already agree that it's too late to stop global warning. They're now recommending we start thinking of ways to adapt to it.
In the meantime, I while continue to enjoy the tropical climate where I live...in New Hampshire.
And that's what I love about the hypocrisy of the fundi's.
Anyone who truly understands the bible realizes that no one on Earth has the ability to judge righteousness save for God.
If anything, they're following the "beast" already (if you believe in their religion that is).
Ah well. I don't follow religions that say you should feel guilty for living. Live life, do unto others and all that jazz, and enjoy it while your here.
This will never make it out of a commitee. The religious fundis would immediately seize upon this as "the mark of the beast". It's dead even before being submitted.
Then we must be the ugly fuck-up the he never talks about.
No wonder other civilizations in the universe don't talk to us. We were all once part of some happy intergalctic eden and then we were thrown out, probably because Adam and Eve were just too damn curious about what that shiny red button really did do in the middle of the garden.
Putting faith in a religion is like putting your head in a blender. The problem is that other humans are at the controls, not your deity.
I'll have faith in a religion the minute one of them doesn't commit atrocities in the name of their being. No benevolent God would advocate the killing of fellow human beings.
I did something similar for Visula Studio 6 when I was working on a project for a couple of embedded platforms.
VS.NET can be customized as well. Better yet, you coiuld write a plugin app that would take advantage of all the settings and translate them to their gcc equivalents.
It just depends on how much time you want to take.
It's a little difficult to specify what a good programmer is.
Whenever I ask the question "What is a good programmer?", I always get a list of traits as a response.
I suppose it's similar to asking what makes a good actor. There are several criteria that will be common, and then there will be those that aren't.
So while I'm sure the lot of us could come up with a semi-cohesive list of traits good programmers posses, I don't think it would be a true definition.
I've worked with some great programmers. But it's always something that I "know", not something I could define precisely on a checklist.
How do you know when you are a good programmer? When you have fewer questions and more answers.;)
"In reality compromises must be made to maximise freedom."
Ah yes. And so the great kingdom kept building stronger and higher walls in the name of protection, until all the people realized they were nothing more than prisoners.
Please enlighten us. Precisely how much security can be bought for a liberty? You can use the open market prices if you'd like.
Or would the amount of security be based on the significance of the liberty in question?
Later on, can we trade in security and receive liberties?
Rights are not commodities. The original framers of the Constitution understood this. I find it sad that so many in this country do not.
"On a side note: what is wrong with Rockstar? Surely SOMEONE must have thought it would be a good idea to REMOVE THAT UNUSED CONTENT off the discs? That would have solved all this. The only reason I can think of for it to be left on there is either 1) they were going to use it later or 2) they wanted it to be found. They hung themselves on this one (over-reactions not withstanding)."
You know, even big software houses make mistakes. It could have been a simple compile flag that could have taken it out, but was never set.
The test plan could have said "try to get to sex scene". If it passed, why would anyone in a late day crunch before delivery go back and see if it was not compiled in or merely disabled?
"I'd be lying if I said they didn't change me, that I don't feel like I have a better understanding of how to kill, because I do."
Yeah, before I played unreal tournament I would have never thought of aiming a handheld multi-launch rocket launcher at someone's balss to spread body parts all over the place.
"maybe in a future world, like next year, all consoles will be thin clients... all games will be server side, and biometrics will determine what tier of games are available to you and/or your kids."
Maybe next year the government will shut down all media and allow you to watch only what the deem best.
What you sugget is just downright creepy.
It is not the governments job to raise your kids. It is not the ESRB's responsibility to raise your kids. It is your responsibility.
So what if little Johnny has all th games in the universe at his house. If you don't want your kid exposed to it, don't let him go there. This would be similar to if Johnny's dad smoked pot. You don't want your kid exposed to it, don't let him go over. END OF STORY.
Please keep in mind that there are millions of gameplayers, just in the US. There are bound to be at least a handful of nutcases. Guess what? THESE KIDS WERE ALREADY FUCKED UP BEFORE THEY GOT THE GAME. Deal.
I've played games for many many years, but for some reason I just don't think that I can jump off a pipe, squash somebody, and get a 1up mushroom out of it. Nor do I think I can jump 100 feet and survive. Nor do I think I can use a rapid fire plasma rifle to incinerate another vehicle while driving. Nor do I think walking up and killing someone with (insert favorite implement here) is okay.
I'm what you might call normal. As in I can discern the difference between reality and fantasy. Until your kid is old enough to do the same, you're responsible for making sure he doesn't think he's invincible and stand in fron of a moving car.
It doesn't matter what his friends do, or what his family does. If you don't like what they do, don't let him go.
"But of course he's going to go..." "But of course their going to watch.." "But of course their going to play..."
All copouts. All excuses. You're the parent. You make the rules. If they break the rules, then their are consequences.
I'm tired of hearing this same tired spiel from parents who are too lazy or too stupid to discipline their kids and want the government to do it for them.
Do you want the government to raise your kids? Fine ship them off to military school.
In this instance, both sides are being completely idiotic and are just playing to the crowd. But republicans are keeping their mouths shut because they're alreadying dealing with Red Rove-r problem.
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Just to clarify, many scientist already agree that it's too late to stop global warning. They're now recommending we start thinking of ways to adapt to it.
In the meantime, I while continue to enjoy the tropical climate where I live...in New Hampshire.
~X~
Are you kidding me? Penguin porn is topping the charts?
:)
All of you are freakin' preverts!
~X~
I, for one, welcome our new, high-velocity, random debris overlords.
~X~
We just can't help but fuck ourselves over, can we?
What the hell is it going to take before somebody realizes we are taking things to far?
Sometimes I have to stop and wonder weather or not we will become an evolutionary dead-end. Not by nature's hand but by our own.
~X~
"Understandard"
Wow. You quoted what Bush said when someone asked if he knew what Daylight Savings Time was.
"I understandard it real good."
~X~
And that's what I love about the hypocrisy of the fundi's.
Anyone who truly understands the bible realizes that no one on Earth has the ability to judge righteousness save for God.
If anything, they're following the "beast" already (if you believe in their religion that is).
Ah well. I don't follow religions that say you should feel guilty for living. Live life, do unto others and all that jazz, and enjoy it while your here.
~X~
This will never make it out of a commitee. The religious fundis would immediately seize upon this as "the mark of the beast". It's dead even before being submitted.
~X~
Why is it so hot in here? Did someone just start a flameware or something?
*reads article*
Yep, I'll come back later.
~X~
Macgyver?
~X~
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is truly our creator!
May he bless you with is noodly appendage and may you forever revel in the comfort of his meaty balls.
~X~
"My God is a brilliant God."
Then we must be the ugly fuck-up the he never talks about.
No wonder other civilizations in the universe don't talk to us. We were all once part of some happy intergalctic eden and then we were thrown out, probably because Adam and Eve were just too damn curious about what that shiny red button really did do in the middle of the garden.
Putting faith in a religion is like putting your head in a blender. The problem is that other humans are at the controls, not your deity.
I'll have faith in a religion the minute one of them doesn't commit atrocities in the name of their being. No benevolent God would advocate the killing of fellow human beings.
~X~
You know, there is a help filter for a reason.
~X~
In a word, yes.
.NET can be customized as well. Better yet, you coiuld write a plugin app that would take advantage of all the settings and translate them to their gcc equivalents.
I did something similar for Visula Studio 6 when I was working on a project for a couple of embedded platforms.
VS
It just depends on how much time you want to take.
~X~
It's a little difficult to specify what a good programmer is.
;)
Whenever I ask the question "What is a good programmer?", I always get a list of traits as a response.
I suppose it's similar to asking what makes a good actor. There are several criteria that will be common, and then there will be those that aren't.
So while I'm sure the lot of us could come up with a semi-cohesive list of traits good programmers posses, I don't think it would be a true definition.
I've worked with some great programmers. But it's always something that I "know", not something I could define precisely on a checklist.
How do you know when you are a good programmer? When you have fewer questions and more answers.
~X~
~X~
"I have no idea why the developers put such comments there other than to entertain themselves as they sifted through their horribly written Perl."
;)
Is there any other way to write Perl?
~X~
Blue patent reviewer is ABOUT TO DIE!
~X~
So on Mars are there...frozen pirates?
Or...dun dun daaaaaa...ICE PIRATES!!!
~X~
And lack of atmospheric pressure. :)
~X~
Another way to discourage lingerers: No public restrooms.
:)
Or "pay-as-you-go" restrooms.
~X~
Asking a question like this on /. is like asking defense contractors if they think the Iraq war was a good thing.
~X~
"In reality compromises must be made to maximise freedom."
Ah yes. And so the great kingdom kept building stronger and higher walls in the name of protection, until all the people realized they were nothing more than prisoners.
Please enlighten us. Precisely how much security can be bought for a liberty? You can use the open market prices if you'd like.
Or would the amount of security be based on the significance of the liberty in question?
Later on, can we trade in security and receive liberties?
Rights are not commodities. The original framers of the Constitution understood this. I find it sad that so many in this country do not.
~X~
"On a side note: what is wrong with Rockstar? Surely SOMEONE must have thought it would be a good idea to REMOVE THAT UNUSED CONTENT off the discs? That would have solved all this. The only reason I can think of for it to be left on there is either 1) they were going to use it later or 2) they wanted it to be found. They hung themselves on this one (over-reactions not withstanding)."
You know, even big software houses make mistakes. It could have been a simple compile flag that could have taken it out, but was never set.
The test plan could have said "try to get to sex scene". If it passed, why would anyone in a late day crunch before delivery go back and see if it was not compiled in or merely disabled?
It happens.
~X~
"I'd be lying if I said they didn't change me, that I don't feel like I have a better understanding of how to kill, because I do."
Yeah, before I played unreal tournament I would have never thought of aiming a handheld multi-launch rocket launcher at someone's balss to spread body parts all over the place.
"maybe in a future world, like next year, all consoles will be thin clients... all games will be server side, and biometrics will determine what tier of games are available to you and/or your kids."
Maybe next year the government will shut down all media and allow you to watch only what the deem best.
What you sugget is just downright creepy.
It is not the governments job to raise your kids. It is not the ESRB's responsibility to raise your kids. It is your responsibility.
So what if little Johnny has all th games in the universe at his house. If you don't want your kid exposed to it, don't let him go there. This would be similar to if Johnny's dad smoked pot. You don't want your kid exposed to it, don't let him go over. END OF STORY.
Please keep in mind that there are millions of gameplayers, just in the US. There are bound to be at least a handful of nutcases. Guess what? THESE KIDS WERE ALREADY FUCKED UP BEFORE THEY GOT THE GAME. Deal.
I've played games for many many years, but for some reason I just don't think that I can jump off a pipe, squash somebody, and get a 1up mushroom out of it. Nor do I think I can jump 100 feet and survive. Nor do I think I can use a rapid fire plasma rifle to incinerate another vehicle while driving. Nor do I think walking up and killing someone with (insert favorite implement here) is okay.
I'm what you might call normal. As in I can discern the difference between reality and fantasy. Until your kid is old enough to do the same, you're responsible for making sure he doesn't think he's invincible and stand in fron of a moving car.
It doesn't matter what his friends do, or what his family does. If you don't like what they do, don't let him go.
"But of course he's going to go..." "But of course their going to watch.." "But of course their going to play..."
All copouts. All excuses. You're the parent. You make the rules. If they break the rules, then their are consequences.
I'm tired of hearing this same tired spiel from parents who are too lazy or too stupid to discipline their kids and want the government to do it for them.
Do you want the government to raise your kids? Fine ship them off to military school.
But leave me and my rights alone.
~X~
In this instance, both sides are being completely idiotic and are just playing to the crowd. But republicans are keeping their mouths shut because they're alreadying dealing with Red Rove-r problem.
~X~
Trick question. Mt. Fuji is currently moving at roughly 700 mph as the Eart rotates.
It could also be argued that it is moving at 25000 mph as the Earth goes around the sun.
Or the solar systems speed as it goues around the galaxy.
Etc.
Anyway, the question is far to vague. Do they want the mountain moved intact? When done, does the whole mountain need to be in one piece?...
~X~