The discovery of zero (or at least the use of notation indicating such) was independently discovered by the Mayans and the Hindus, but hardly simultaneously. Also, Kovalevskaya was only seven when Cauchy died, so it seems unlikely that they deiscovered anything simultaneously.
WTF are you smoking and where can I get some? The US media has always been (and always will be) a cheerleader for every war the US government engages in.
Oh come now, the media wasn't a cheerleader for the Spanish-American War, it was an instigator.
Was this before, or after, the Tet Offensive? True, it was a tactical disaster for the Viet Cong, but it raised questions about the credibility of our military.
After it's over, you can hang all our generals and pillory the CIA and impeach the President, fine, I don't care. But while our soldiers are still in danger, and while the bad guys are still watching our media to see if they are wearing us down, will you please shut the hell up and cheer for our side?!
No.
Besides, how can one both "shut the hell up" and "cheer for our side"?
Also, by the time it's over, President Bush will no longer be president, so how can we impeach him?
Has it occurred to you that the best way to prevent such wars is to make it known to the president that we will not support unjust wars?
There is a difference between software's being a work in progress and a software product's being a work in progress. When Fedora Core 9 is released next month, it will no longer be a work in progress (at least not to the extent of Vista), although much of the included software will still be works in progress.
Most Slashdotters would expect a release version of Linux, such as SuSE 10 or Fedora Core 8, to be stable. The alpha and beta versions of Linux software are labelled as such.
Hmm... perhaps for the same reason that corporate officials posit that (American) programmers are inept. And what would constitute lack of bias?
But let's ignore all that and talk about your other point. What ratio of managers to programmers is a good ratio? And what is the ratio of managers to programmers admitted under the H1-B program?
I don't know. What's a "good" number of H1-B visas? Does Congress ever seek testimony from tech workers about this? Does Congress ever demand that other nations accept American tech workers?After all,it usually demands reciprocity in other aspects of international trade.
Why is there such asymmetry between the way Congress deals with corporations and how it deals with tech workers.
Except that there is a huge disparity between the number of programmers and the number of managers admitted under the H1-B program. Also, asking programmers to start a business is like asking CEOs to learn programming.
If American companies can import programmers because they believe that American programmers are incompetent, can American programmers import employers because they believe that American firms are incompetent?
Also, why would a nonlocal user need to access the drive? And hey, I've caused a race condition on an optical drive all by myself, without any help from faraway users.
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The discovery of zero (or at least the use of notation indicating such) was independently discovered by the Mayans and the Hindus, but hardly simultaneously. Also, Kovalevskaya was only seven when Cauchy died, so it seems unlikely that they deiscovered anything simultaneously.
But are mathematical concepts the same as mathematical objects? After all, the concept of a dog isn't a dog.
Of course, the willingness to bash is always entertaining
I thought the willingness to bash was due to the unpronounceability of "ksh" and "zsh".
And I'd rather use LaTeX with CVS than be locked into Microsoft.
But each can be treated as complex.
WTF are you smoking and where can I get some? The US media has always been (and always will be) a cheerleader for every war the US government engages in.
Oh come now, the media wasn't a cheerleader for the Spanish-American War, it was an instigator.
Was this before, or after, the Tet Offensive? True, it was a tactical disaster for the Viet Cong, but it raised questions about the credibility of our military.
After it's over, you can hang all our generals and pillory the CIA and impeach the President, fine, I don't care. But while our soldiers are still in danger, and while the bad guys are still watching our media to see if they are wearing us down, will you please shut the hell up and cheer for our side?!
No.
Besides, how can one both "shut the hell up" and "cheer for our side"?
Also, by the time it's over, President Bush will no longer be president, so how can we impeach him?
Has it occurred to you that the best way to prevent such wars is to make it known to the president that we will not support unjust wars?
It sounds more like the setuid bit, which was patented by ATT (now in public domain).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid
The keyboard on my Averatec is rather small, but I do prefer the shape of a 4:3 ration laptop.
But if you are not mobile, why have a laptop in the first place? Sorry, I carry my laptop, and an external monitor is a bit much to lug around.
Perhaps Bastiat's "Candlemaker's Petition" would be more apposite, it deals with candlemakers protesting that the sun is cheap competition.
IBM, though not on the same hardware,and DEC.
Is there a Linux version? Those Windows executables don't run too well on OpenSuSE.
I like it too, but I noticed that y2base (a program for managing rpms) was taking 100M on my desktop machine.
This message was posted from a laptop running OpenSuSE 10.1.
There is a difference between software's being a work in progress and a software product's being a work in progress. When Fedora Core 9 is released next month, it will no longer be a work in progress (at least not to the extent of Vista), although much of the included software will still be works in progress.
Yeah, it's not as though I can sit in a Wifi hotspot with my Averatec running OpenSuSE 10.1 using ndiswrapper. Oh, wait . . . Never mind.
Most Slashdotters would expect a release version of Linux, such as SuSE 10 or Fedora Core 8, to be stable. The alpha and beta versions of Linux software are labelled as such.
Linux is a commercial product for some people, but it's still available for free download or as a DVD in Linux publications.
Except that Ma Bell wrote a better OS.
Right, and you had 24-hour access to the key-punch machines and card readers? :-)
Why do you posit that management is inept?
Hmm... perhaps for the same reason that corporate officials posit that (American) programmers are inept. And what would constitute lack of bias?
But let's ignore all that and talk about your other point. What ratio of managers to programmers is a good ratio? And what is the ratio of managers to programmers admitted under the H1-B program?
I don't know. What's a "good" number of H1-B visas? Does Congress ever seek testimony from tech workers about this? Does Congress ever demand that other nations accept American tech workers?After all,it usually demands reciprocity in other aspects of international trade.
Why is there such asymmetry between the way Congress deals with corporations and how it deals with tech workers.
Except that there is a huge disparity between the number of programmers and the number of managers admitted under the H1-B program. Also, asking programmers to start a business is like asking CEOs to learn programming.
If American companies can import programmers because they believe that American programmers are incompetent, can American programmers import employers because they believe that American firms are incompetent?
We're a two-person company (used to be more) and it's almost impossible to be competitive in any sense with local talent.
Has it ever occurred to you that it might be impossible for American programmers to be competitive in any sense with local management?
People actually pay to use CD-ROM drives?
Also, why would a nonlocal user need to access the drive? And hey, I've caused a race condition on an optical drive all by myself, without any help from faraway users.