>Is it cool to shoot somebody for stealing your plasma TV?
Yes.
>Is it cool to shoot somebody for stealing your kid's bike?
Yes.
Its not theirs, its mine. They are not just stealing my property they are denying me my liberty.
Programming in the real world is usually ugly and complex, so if you are turned away by that you should not be programming. Java is rather simple compared to some languages and if you can't handle that there is no way you could make it in the real world. Furthermore any beginner's class about anything ever involves starting with partial understanding and a little hand waiving. In kindergarten you do not learn the entire history of language and literacy before learning A-B-C.
I'd be willing to bet that a vast majority of people who are arrested do/did not have straight A's high school, so it is an interesting note when a straight A student is arrested.
Banning online gambling has absolutely nothing to do with morals. The government is banning online gambling because they don't think they are getting their cut.
I'm sorry, but every word cannot not mean "exactly what it meant" because words mean different things in different places and are only a general tool for communication. Therefore it is completely impossible to know exactly what God means because no language exists that could ever convey with any degree of certainty the exact will of God.
Despite the fact that that post was from 2001 it made some good points. Up until the part about the guy complaining that his WINModem wouldn't magically work on a non-WIN OS. If you bought one of those back in 2001 it would specifically tell you it was good in windows only.
My dad has been starting his tomatoes with a ghetto rigged lamp/hydropinics setup in is his basement for years and years. Once they grow a bit he moves them outdoors.
>You don't need a client. You already have one, and it has even more options. Or is 'ssh hostname' too much to type?
Frankly, putty is a lot more convient to use. If I want to (in one click) ssh to a host, customize display settings specific to that host, set up a bunch of tunnels, customize control keys specific to that host, and connect through a proxy...I can set all that up with a few clicks and very little typing. Then from then on one click and its all set. On an average workday I have 8-20 putty windows open to 5-10 hosts at any given time...its very easy to use.
>Point and clicky program for people who don't know what they're doing.
AKA, 99.9999% of the people out there. If I said "Cygwin provides access to the registry, so you can parse out the relevant regkeys and clean out any crap that doesn't belong; an automated approach would require little more than a trivial script." to my girlfriend she would stare at me blankly or mabey even get pissed off at me.
>So all the programs in Cygwin's psutils package don't work?
On windows this is not as convient. Sorry, but it is true.
>Last I checked, 'cdrecord' compiles just fine under Cygwin.
Last time I burned a DVD with cdrecord it did not play in my dvd player, and buring the exact same file with nero it did. And again nero is more convient.
MY point is that going through cygwin will work in most cases, but on Windows its not allways the best choice for most users. Usually there is a simpler solution out there. Disclaimer:I use cygwyn, ssh, shell scripts, cron, and various other *nix utils on windows or linux everyday.
That is true if you stick to the payment plan the bank lays out, but any payments over that go straight to principal which decreases the interest you have to pay and the length of time it takes to pay off the loan.
I forget the exact formula but one example is for a monthly payment of $370...if you pay $400 per month you save 84 monthly payments of $370 with a net savings in interest of $22,000+. Of course if you pay more principal you'll save more in interest.
Another bonus of owning is that you can actively have some control on the value of your investment. Simply by taking good care of your house and making small improvements can increase the selling price of your house, while at the same time (obviously) increasing your own quality of life.
>A homeowner will have to pay assorted taxes, upkeep, and fill the house with stuff. Unless you are living in your parents basement for free, then everywhere you live you have to pay for...I rather be paying paying some of that back to myself.
>Overall if you're honest with yourself, a house is just about the worst vehicle for an investment there is. I strongly disagree here and I know I won't convince you, but even if you're right it IS still an investment, whereas your apartment is only a money sink. You will never ever see a return on your monthly bill to rent.
>Being in debt your whole life is not much of a plan. Whole life? Not if you're smart and pay off principle early and often...and while you are doing that you can take a nice deductible of your taxes.
>And, since housing always works in bubbles, all the other houses went up as well, so even if your house is worth a million so is every other house Most people don't sell their house so they can move into the next door neighbor's house...
>Granted, I have little space for my hobbies, but I enjoy living frugally in a major city. I have plenty of space and I pay less in mortgage then some of my friends pay for a 1 bedroom appartment. Oh and because my mortgage is low I can make other investments in addition to my house...That whole not having all your eggs in one basket thing.
If you purchase a house within your budget, make a decent down payment, and live in it for a few years to build up some more equity, then for many people a house can be the best investment they'll ever make.
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>Is it cool to shoot somebody for stealing your plasma TV? Yes. >Is it cool to shoot somebody for stealing your kid's bike? Yes. Its not theirs, its mine. They are not just stealing my property they are denying me my liberty.
Hmmm...That sounds like a great game to me. I don't want to have to poop-sock it 24/7/365 to be able to compete in a game.
Install noscript and ad block plus and never see another pop-up again.
So what? The artist made money on the CD once, they do not and should not get to take a cut each time a CD changes hands.
Programming in the real world is usually ugly and complex, so if you are turned away by that you should not be programming. Java is rather simple compared to some languages and if you can't handle that there is no way you could make it in the real world. Furthermore any beginner's class about anything ever involves starting with partial understanding and a little hand waiving. In kindergarten you do not learn the entire history of language and literacy before learning A-B-C.
I'd be willing to bet that a vast majority of people who are arrested do/did not have straight A's high school, so it is an interesting note when a straight A student is arrested.
The only people that will be driven away are people that should not be programing.
Banning online gambling has absolutely nothing to do with morals. The government is banning online gambling because they don't think they are getting their cut.
Card rooms around here have a "cards speak for themselves" rule so it doesn't matter what you call. It is just what the cards show.
I'm sorry, but every word cannot not mean "exactly what it meant" because words mean different things in different places and are only a general tool for communication. Therefore it is completely impossible to know exactly what God means because no language exists that could ever convey with any degree of certainty the exact will of God.
Your "average joe" isn't a light bulb fanatic.
Further evidence to support my theory that once a person becomes a police officer they also become a total douche bag.
Despite the fact that that post was from 2001 it made some good points. Up until the part about the guy complaining that his WINModem wouldn't magically work on a non-WIN OS. If you bought one of those back in 2001 it would specifically tell you it was good in windows only.
It was supposed to be funny. If you make his corrections the sentance would read: There's a Hell: Michigan.
Was that sarcastic?
I have to agree with that.
Why doesn't it work? I've been using voice communication in games for 10 years, and its worked just fine.
Other than sprinting, biking, swimming, skating, skiing, autoracing, and pretty much any race other than distance running.
My dad has been starting his tomatoes with a ghetto rigged lamp/hydropinics setup in is his basement for years and years. Once they grow a bit he moves them outdoors.
>You don't need a client. You already have one, and it has even more options. Or is 'ssh hostname' too much to type?
Frankly, putty is a lot more convient to use. If I want to (in one click) ssh to a host, customize display settings specific to that host, set up a bunch of tunnels, customize control keys specific to that host, and connect through a proxy...I can set all that up with a few clicks and very little typing. Then from then on one click and its all set. On an average workday I have 8-20 putty windows open to 5-10 hosts at any given time...its very easy to use.
>Point and clicky program for people who don't know what they're doing.
AKA, 99.9999% of the people out there. If I said "Cygwin provides access to the registry, so you can parse out the relevant regkeys and clean out any crap that doesn't belong; an automated approach would require little more than a trivial script." to my girlfriend she would stare at me blankly or mabey even get pissed off at me.
>So all the programs in Cygwin's psutils package don't work?
On windows this is not as convient. Sorry, but it is true.
>Last I checked, 'cdrecord' compiles just fine under Cygwin.
Last time I burned a DVD with cdrecord it did not play in my dvd player, and buring the exact same file with nero it did. And again nero is more convient.
MY point is that going through cygwin will work in most cases, but on Windows its not allways the best choice for most users. Usually there is a simpler solution out there.
Disclaimer:I use cygwyn, ssh, shell scripts, cron, and various other *nix utils on windows or linux everyday.
did you miss the "..but he couldn't get it to compile."
That is true if you stick to the payment plan the bank lays out, but any payments over that go straight to principal which decreases the interest you have to pay and the length of time it takes to pay off the loan.
I forget the exact formula but one example is for a monthly payment of $370...if you pay $400 per month you save 84 monthly payments of $370 with a net savings in interest of $22,000+. Of course if you pay more principal you'll save more in interest.
Another bonus of owning is that you can actively have some control on the value of your investment. Simply by taking good care of your house and making small improvements can increase the selling price of your house, while at the same time (obviously) increasing your own quality of life.
>A homeowner will have to pay assorted taxes, upkeep, and fill the house with stuff.
Unless you are living in your parents basement for free, then everywhere you live you have to pay for...I rather be paying paying some of that back to myself.
>Overall if you're honest with yourself, a house is just about the worst vehicle for an investment there is.
I strongly disagree here and I know I won't convince you, but even if you're right it IS still an investment, whereas your apartment is only a money sink. You will never ever see a return on your monthly bill to rent.
>Being in debt your whole life is not much of a plan.
Whole life? Not if you're smart and pay off principle early and often...and while you are doing that you can take a nice deductible of your taxes.
>And, since housing always works in bubbles, all the other houses went up as well, so even if your house is worth a million so is every other house
Most people don't sell their house so they can move into the next door neighbor's house...
>Granted, I have little space for my hobbies, but I enjoy living frugally in a major city.
I have plenty of space and I pay less in mortgage then some of my friends pay for a 1 bedroom appartment. Oh and because my mortgage is low I can make other investments in addition to my house...That whole not having all your eggs in one basket thing.
If you purchase a house within your budget, make a decent down payment, and live in it for a few years to build up some more equity, then for many people a house can be the best investment they'll ever make.