...what the big deal is? What on earth is Google going to offer me above what my plain ol' POP3/IMAP + Opera/Pegasus/whatever client already offers? What's it going to offer that my freebie Operamail account doesn't offer?
Maybe I'm not one of the cool kids. Seems to me that all my computing is done on my laptop, and having *all* my important mail (ie. the university account, my permanent email address) POP3'd to my laptop is just *perfect*. I can search it six ways to Sunday, it's always here, it's on a secure system, etc.
For a country that has always held itself to be the shining, guiding light of democracy, this next election is going to be one helluvan embarassment.
There are undoubtedly going to be significant voting scandals -- again -- and the USA will become the laughingstock of the world.
And the real shame of it is, it's not that the people of the USA are individually a bunch of buffoons. Given the choice, the individual citizens would love to have a voting system that actually works.
But the US government is determined to prove itself clueless and useless. How frustrating!
Because you individual contributors could be held individually accountable. You want to shoulder a big-ass patent infringement lawsuit all on your lonesome? Better ensure there's a way to assure that your work isn't infringing.
That wasn't as out-to-lunch a suggestion as others have made it to be. Though I'm not at all confident you meant it to be taken seriously.
Starting her with HTML will teach structure and will provide immediate feedback. It's also dead easy to learn, and if she has an interest and some webspace, she can be immediately productive.
The next step would be CSS, from which she'll learn some neat concepts about side-effects and referencing and suchlike. Again, dead easy to learn.
Finally, she'll want to get into CGI and Javascript and suchlike, which is where she'll start to learn real programming -- all the while being immediately productive and getting immediate feedback.
Once she's there, it's not at all a large step to programming stand-alone or web applications.
So, yes, HTML would be a good start. It isn't programming, but it is a step in the right direction, is easy, is productive and useful, and will help her decide if she really wants to commit to the big enchilada.
There's a way of walking that just cries out "Oooh! I'm a victim! Pick me, pick me!"
There's another way of walking that says you know where you are and what you're doing. It says you're capable and confident. And it says that you're probably not going to roll over when mugged, and probably will make it more hassle than it's worth for what little you probably have on you.
You might find it enlightening to sit on a bench and watch the people pass by. Identify which ones look like targets, and which don't. Learn the difference.
Is there any fucking reason Slashdot isn't hosting BitTorrent feeds of these sorts of things? I mean, goddamn, Wren's home page says right up front they'd appreciate consideration for their bandwidth.
Pure and simple laziness and disrespect on the part of Slashdot, this is. We frigging nuke people's websites with our numbers, blindsiding both site owners and their hosts with the hammering a Slashdotting gives out.
The very fucking least we, as a community -- and this really means Taco and company getting off their asses and coding it -- should do is be kind enough to make use of our superiour technical skills and knowhow, and automatically mirror humongous files to a BitTorrent feed.
It should not be difficult to do:
1. Parse new stories for URLs.
2. Spider said URL at least one level deep. And single files weighing in at, say, 1Mb and larger being Torrented.
3. On posting the story, replace large-file URLs with Torrent reference.
Result: A global community that doesn't live in mortal fear of being noticed by Slashdot, and a fantastic reduction in the number of Slashdotted sites, which means all of end-users will be happier. A win-win-win situation that's both courteous and beneficial.
I dunno that a bridge over a narrow gorge really counts. Didn't actually have to make any effort on that, y'know? The French one is up on stilts, which really is quite impressive. The Colorado one just sort of... hangs there.
Kind of like the difference between throwing a football 300' straight up, versus dropping a football 400' straight down. Up is definitely more impressive.
Why did they build this bridge? That looks like a perfectly nice valley down there, easy to push a road through, and at 1/100th the cost and no where near the danger.
Is this a penis boast ("I've got the biggest bridge!"), an environment issue ("No automobiles in this valley!"), an ownership issue, what??
That's brilliant! We could use plutonium rods to boil water, and the steam would drive turbines, which would provide power!
Wait, wait. There's a problem: out of control reaction.
But, hey, we could put, like, graphite rods in there to help keep it all in control! Self-boiling water, but held in check by the rods, yah, that's the ticket!
Luigi, you're brilliant! You've just solved all the world's energy problems! Just wait until we can make your idea fit on the back of a deLorean!
Kudos to you. I'm sending your name in for a Nobel prize.
It's more like the rapist impregnating his victim, then suing her for her offspring's future wages when she carries it to term.
The GM pollen "raped" this farmer's fields. The resultant seed is GM seed. The farmer kept this seed, using it for his next crop. Monsanto sued him for using this seed.
What I'd like to know is WTF was the farmer to do for seed the next year. He should be forced to purchase fresh non-GM seed every fucking time his neighbour's GM crop infects his fields?! Hell with that.
I wonder why they decided to make the bike so heavy. At 39lbs sans battery/motor, it's twice the weight of most decent bicycles. With the battery, it's fully one-third the weight of the rider. That's a significant extra weight!
I should think this electric bicycle would be a far better solution were the bicycle to weigh in at the 24lb mark, with high-pressure tires and quality bearings to reduce rolling resistance as much as possible.
This would increase the top speed and range, and especially would increase its hill-climbing assist capabilities, which is really what this bike is all about. Flat or downhill asphalt isn't a challenge on any bicycle: you purchase electric as a "boost" for any hills on the way.
Plus, if they're anything like the old POTS modems, a stop and start bit or two. And being ADSL, quite likely some ECC stuff flowing between the two hardware devices. In my guesstimate.
Martin Mars is the world's current best, AFAIK. May not have the single-drop capacity of the 747 design, but can refill every 15 minutes by scooping water from a lake while in flight. That equates to a helluva lot more overall capacity.
...to actually implement and enforce some decent environmental standards? AFAIK, the past four years has been a tremendous step backwards regarding water quality regulations.
In other words, patrolling the rivers isn't going to do a goddamn bit of good when whatever minimal laws don't even have any teeth.
Slashdot Mirror
As an insider, I can tell you Opera v8.x series is currently under development.
Opera is not going away.
...sell all copper mining stocks Monday morning.
...what the big deal is? What on earth is Google going to offer me above what my plain ol' POP3/IMAP + Opera/Pegasus/whatever client already offers? What's it going to offer that my freebie Operamail account doesn't offer?
Maybe I'm not one of the cool kids. Seems to me that all my computing is done on my laptop, and having *all* my important mail (ie. the university account, my permanent email address) POP3'd to my laptop is just *perfect*. I can search it six ways to Sunday, it's always here, it's on a secure system, etc.
So... why gmail?
Wouldn't "do unto others" be exactly what they are supporting?
As in, they hate to lose their jobs, so they're not going to assist in IT folk losing their jobs.
For a country that has always held itself to be the shining, guiding light of democracy, this next election is going to be one helluvan embarassment.
There are undoubtedly going to be significant voting scandals -- again -- and the USA will become the laughingstock of the world.
And the real shame of it is, it's not that the people of the USA are individually a bunch of buffoons. Given the choice, the individual citizens would love to have a voting system that actually works.
But the US government is determined to prove itself clueless and useless. How frustrating!
Riiiiight... companies are hesitating to use Linux.
Like McDonalds. 30000 fast food shops. Just decided to go Linux.
(Though i can't imagine why they didn't choose a BSD, which is far more mature, robust, and secure.)
Because you individual contributors could be held individually accountable. You want to shoulder a big-ass patent infringement lawsuit all on your lonesome? Better ensure there's a way to assure that your work isn't infringing.
I think it's about time everyone got together and created one polished and solid response to Ken Brown's lies and insinuations.
I could go out back, pick up a horse turd, and dip it a varnish glaze, if that'll help.
That wasn't as out-to-lunch a suggestion as others have made it to be. Though I'm not at all confident you meant it to be taken seriously.
Starting her with HTML will teach structure and will provide immediate feedback. It's also dead easy to learn, and if she has an interest and some webspace, she can be immediately productive.
The next step would be CSS, from which she'll learn some neat concepts about side-effects and referencing and suchlike. Again, dead easy to learn.
Finally, she'll want to get into CGI and Javascript and suchlike, which is where she'll start to learn real programming -- all the while being immediately productive and getting immediate feedback.
Once she's there, it's not at all a large step to programming stand-alone or web applications.
So, yes, HTML would be a good start. It isn't programming, but it is a step in the right direction, is easy, is productive and useful, and will help her decide if she really wants to commit to the big enchilada.
...learning to walk properly.
There's a way of walking that just cries out "Oooh! I'm a victim! Pick me, pick me!"
There's another way of walking that says you know where you are and what you're doing. It says you're capable and confident. And it says that you're probably not going to roll over when mugged, and probably will make it more hassle than it's worth for what little you probably have on you.
You might find it enlightening to sit on a bench and watch the people pass by. Identify which ones look like targets, and which don't. Learn the difference.
Is there any fucking reason Slashdot isn't hosting BitTorrent feeds of these sorts of things? I mean, goddamn, Wren's home page says right up front they'd appreciate consideration for their bandwidth.
Pure and simple laziness and disrespect on the part of Slashdot, this is. We frigging nuke people's websites with our numbers, blindsiding both site owners and their hosts with the hammering a Slashdotting gives out.
The very fucking least we, as a community -- and this really means Taco and company getting off their asses and coding it -- should do is be kind enough to make use of our superiour technical skills and knowhow, and automatically mirror humongous files to a BitTorrent feed.
It should not be difficult to do:
1. Parse new stories for URLs.
2. Spider said URL at least one level deep. And single files weighing in at, say, 1Mb and larger being Torrented.
3. On posting the story, replace large-file URLs with Torrent reference.
Result: A global community that doesn't live in mortal fear of being noticed by Slashdot, and a fantastic reduction in the number of Slashdotted sites, which means all of end-users will be happier. A win-win-win situation that's both courteous and beneficial.
I dunno that a bridge over a narrow gorge really counts. Didn't actually have to make any effort on that, y'know? The French one is up on stilts, which really is quite impressive. The Colorado one just sort of... hangs there.
Kind of like the difference between throwing a football 300' straight up, versus dropping a football 400' straight down. Up is definitely more impressive.
Why did they build this bridge? That looks like a perfectly nice valley down there, easy to push a road through, and at 1/100th the cost and no where near the danger.
Is this a penis boast ("I've got the biggest bridge!"), an environment issue ("No automobiles in this valley!"), an ownership issue, what??
D-oh! Some dumb fucker [looks skyward, innocently] should probably have refreshed his cache.
Make that twenty posts, with only one scored better than 2.
I still figure it's some sort of record, though.
...we find that no one cares about this topic. Thirteen posts, all scored 1 or lower -- this must be a record for disinterest!
That's brilliant! We could use plutonium rods to boil water, and the steam would drive turbines, which would provide power!
Wait, wait. There's a problem: out of control reaction.
But, hey, we could put, like, graphite rods in there to help keep it all in control! Self-boiling water, but held in check by the rods, yah, that's the ticket!
Luigi, you're brilliant! You've just solved all the world's energy problems! Just wait until we can make your idea fit on the back of a deLorean!
Kudos to you. I'm sending your name in for a Nobel prize.
Score: -1, Pedantic
It's more like the rapist impregnating his victim, then suing her for her offspring's future wages when she carries it to term.
The GM pollen "raped" this farmer's fields. The resultant seed is GM seed. The farmer kept this seed, using it for his next crop. Monsanto sued him for using this seed.
What I'd like to know is WTF was the farmer to do for seed the next year. He should be forced to purchase fresh non-GM seed every fucking time his neighbour's GM crop infects his fields?! Hell with that.
I wonder why they decided to make the bike so heavy. At 39lbs sans battery/motor, it's twice the weight of most decent bicycles. With the battery, it's fully one-third the weight of the rider. That's a significant extra weight!
I should think this electric bicycle would be a far better solution were the bicycle to weigh in at the 24lb mark, with high-pressure tires and quality bearings to reduce rolling resistance as much as possible.
This would increase the top speed and range, and especially would increase its hill-climbing assist capabilities, which is really what this bike is all about. Flat or downhill asphalt isn't a challenge on any bicycle: you purchase electric as a "boost" for any hills on the way.
Plus, if they're anything like the old POTS modems, a stop and start bit or two. And being ADSL, quite likely some ECC stuff flowing between the two hardware devices. In my guesstimate.
Martin Mars is the world's current best, AFAIK. May not have the single-drop capacity of the 747 design, but can refill every 15 minutes by scooping water from a lake while in flight. That equates to a helluva lot more overall capacity.
...an organization named "de Toqueville" seriously. Toqueville? WTF? City of knit caps? Geddouddahere.
No drying/curing time, for starters. No mess, no poisonous chemicals. No mis-calculating the ratios of the base and catalyst. No jigging.
Imagine the amount of work that must go into gluing a Boeing 747 together.
Then imagine how much easier it would be to just velcro it all together.
...to actually implement and enforce some decent environmental standards? AFAIK, the past four years has been a tremendous step backwards regarding water quality regulations.
In other words, patrolling the rivers isn't going to do a goddamn bit of good when whatever minimal laws don't even have any teeth.
You utterly neglect the fact that wider-width texts are more difficult to read. On a usability basis alone, A4 is better.