Rails doesn't suck because {insert boiler plate reasons of why rants against any language/framework are wrong}. I think he's right, but there's not much really Rails-specific in the article. In fact, there's hardly even anything countering the criticisms he points out.
And the worst part is that TI has a virtual monopoly on this; for many standardized exams you have to use one of their calculators. Talk about stifling competition.
I'm really glad you (and others) have pointed out the radical views of the ID crowd. Up until now, it had seemed to me that the rabid opposition to intelligent design was synonymous with attempting to silence any theory positing that God created the universe. I infer from what you've said that Intelligent Design, as put forth by the former group of people, is really an attempt to silence science.
In other words, if God didn't want us to be trying to determine our origins and the way that the universe works, questioning everything along the way, why would he give us such strong curiosity about it?
I agree 100% that God wants us to probe these topics. However, I see a major flaw in your argument: by the same logic, God must want us to kill/steal/{insert sin here} since we have such a strong desire for it.
I suppose someone who wants to claim God wants us to ignore these issues would claim that your curiosity is a trick of the devil or some such. I don't buy that though.
It wasn't dyslexic behavior; it was saying "your" in place of "you're." I don't really mind if someone makes those mistakes, I was just trying to figure out if it was done on purpose for the irony value.
I don't know of MS holds a patent on the UI, but I haven't seen it anywhere else.
We use Lotus Notes in our office. Pretty much the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't really know about FLOSS offerings since this arm of Corporate America refuses to use open source:(
'There are 25 or so core contributors to that project,' Zachary said. 'Over the past four or five years that number has stayed virtually [unchanged]... but the growth of Tomcat has been astronomical.'"
I don't get it. There's an open source project run by 25 or so people that's had "astronomical" growth, but since they aren't bringing in new people there's a lack of talent? If they're doing well with those 25, why does the team have to grow?
Just yesterday I was riding my bike back from work. I just starting biking occasionally last week when I got my bike from my parents. In the course of a 40 minutes ride, I had the following:
Honked at by cars for riding in the street Yelled at by pedestrians for riding on the sidewalk Cut off by cars not paying any attention (when I say cut off, I mean I stopped the bike two inches from this guy's car) Had dogs jump in front of me
All in all, a hair-raising experience. I live in LA (riding down Wilshire Blvd), and I'm told here's one of the most dangerous places to ride.
I, on the other hand, didn't want an iPhone and do want a gPhone.
My question would be why do you want something you haven't even seen yet? For all we know the thing will be a monstrosity that doesn't work well anywhere. Are you simply saying you want one because it's Google or is there reason, other than a different form of fanboyism?
I'm not saying there's something wrong with supporting a company you like, just wondering whether there's some justification for your statement other than liking said company.
You are absolutely correct, the way I stated that sounded very much like fanboyism. Let me rephrase: before the iPhone came out, I was not interested in it at all based on the hype I'd heard surrounding it. By comparison, the gPhone sounds like something that I would want based on the hype.
Fair enough? If you're wondering, the main thing I like is the openness. Even if I wish they supported a language besides Java, it's still better than nothing.
No. Apple should not be concerned because they are great are doing hardware...:-)
I think Apple should be slightly worried. However, I think the same who will buy no mp3 player by an iPod will stick with the iPhone for the same reason: the bling factor.
I, on the other hand, didn't want an iPhone and do want a gPhone. I don't know how much of an overlap there is between the two groups, but my guess is its smaller than you'd think at first guess.
Windows XP, in my personal experience, can be a very stable, reliable operating system. And for me, it just. works. Now if you've got someone doing all the above shit, of course you're going to tank your OS. BUT if they wanted to do all the same crap on a Linux box, I'd bet they'd find a way to tank that too. All boils down to the user.
I disagree. On Linux, I can create an account, install any software I want to run into my home directory, install all forms of spyware and malware, and if I really mess things up, worse case scenario is to delete the home directory and start again. On Windows, you need admin access to install most programs (based on what I've seen of coworkers without admin access).
In other words, the design of a *nix system seems to me to be much more stable for the system overall.
Huh, I hadn't realized that NoScript has a whitelist feature. That sounds like a good approach actually. Obviously I want Javascript working on a place like GMail, but I don't need accordian boxes everywhere, much less the insidious popups. Thanks!
1) Recent slashdot articles have claimed that Mac is at about 5% now 2) The fact that 50% use a pirated version (even if true) is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Now, if you claim that 50% of Apple users use a pirated version... well, that would at least be relevant. 3) A lot of the Windows computers out there are office computers that wouldn't be using this anyway. The percentage that's important is the Apple market share amongst professionals, which is most likely *very* different than the standard market share number.
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Rails doesn't suck because {insert boiler plate reasons of why rants against any language/framework are wrong}. I think he's right, but there's not much really Rails-specific in the article. In fact, there's hardly even anything countering the criticisms he points out.
And the worst part is that TI has a virtual monopoly on this; for many standardized exams you have to use one of their calculators. Talk about stifling competition.
I'm afraid to ask, but how do you use salt in that manner?
I'm really glad you (and others) have pointed out the radical views of the ID crowd. Up until now, it had seemed to me that the rabid opposition to intelligent design was synonymous with attempting to silence any theory positing that God created the universe. I infer from what you've said that Intelligent Design, as put forth by the former group of people, is really an attempt to silence science.
I agree 100% that God wants us to probe these topics. However, I see a major flaw in your argument: by the same logic, God must want us to kill/steal/{insert sin here} since we have such a strong desire for it.
I suppose someone who wants to claim God wants us to ignore these issues would claim that your curiosity is a trick of the devil or some such. I don't buy that though.
You have to listen to him, he made a car analogy. ... I'm just joking, it really was a good analogy.
Everyone please ignore this post, it's another stupid myminicity thing...
No, silly. Ed is the standard editor
Sorry, but that has to go to HQ9+
I think the thing you missed was:
If you see version=5, then treat it as HTML 5. If you see a DOCTYPE, treat it as something else. Seems simple enough to me.It wasn't dyslexic behavior; it was saying "your" in place of "you're." I don't really mind if someone makes those mistakes, I was just trying to figure out if it was done on purpose for the irony value.
We use Lotus Notes in our office. Pretty much the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't really know about FLOSS offerings since this arm of Corporate America refuses to use open source :(
I don't get it. There's an open source project run by 25 or so people that's had "astronomical" growth, but since they aren't bringing in new people there's a lack of talent? If they're doing well with those 25, why does the team have to grow?
>Although I do try to keep my spelling/grammar impeccable on the net
I see it's not working out so well.
I seriously don't know if GP did that on purpose or not...
I'd just like to point out this Google Ad on the Slashdot homepage as I was reading this:
Company Steals Software?Earn up to $1 Million for Reporting Software Piracy - All Confidential
www.BSA.org/reportpiracy
Volume in drive C is NTSWIM100
Volume Serial Number is 1CB0-998C
Directory of c:\WINDOWS\system32
08/23/2001 10:00 AM 114,688 calc.exe
1 File(s) 114,688 bytes
0 Dir(s) 50,615,652,352 bytes free
Just yesterday I was riding my bike back from work. I just starting biking occasionally last week when I got my bike from my parents. In the course of a 40 minutes ride, I had the following:
Honked at by cars for riding in the street
Yelled at by pedestrians for riding on the sidewalk
Cut off by cars not paying any attention (when I say cut off, I mean I stopped the bike two inches from this guy's car)
Had dogs jump in front of me
All in all, a hair-raising experience. I live in LA (riding down Wilshire Blvd), and I'm told here's one of the most dangerous places to ride.
My question would be why do you want something you haven't even seen yet? For all we know the thing will be a monstrosity that doesn't work well anywhere. Are you simply saying you want one because it's Google or is there reason, other than a different form of fanboyism?
I'm not saying there's something wrong with supporting a company you like, just wondering whether there's some justification for your statement other than liking said company.
You are absolutely correct, the way I stated that sounded very much like fanboyism. Let me rephrase: before the iPhone came out, I was not interested in it at all based on the hype I'd heard surrounding it. By comparison, the gPhone sounds like something that I would want based on the hype.
Fair enough? If you're wondering, the main thing I like is the openness. Even if I wish they supported a language besides Java, it's still better than nothing.
I think Apple should be slightly worried. However, I think the same who will buy no mp3 player by an iPod will stick with the iPhone for the same reason: the bling factor.
I, on the other hand, didn't want an iPhone and do want a gPhone. I don't know how much of an overlap there is between the two groups, but my guess is its smaller than you'd think at first guess.
Doh! I justed used up all my mod points! That was BRILLIANT
I'm in second grade, you insensitive clod!
I disagree. On Linux, I can create an account, install any software I want to run into my home directory, install all forms of spyware and malware, and if I really mess things up, worse case scenario is to delete the home directory and start again. On Windows, you need admin access to install most programs (based on what I've seen of coworkers without admin access).
In other words, the design of a *nix system seems to me to be much more stable for the system overall.
Huh, I hadn't realized that NoScript has a whitelist feature. That sounds like a good approach actually. Obviously I want Javascript working on a place like GMail, but I don't need accordian boxes everywhere, much less the insidious popups. Thanks!
1) Recent slashdot articles have claimed that Mac is at about 5% now
2) The fact that 50% use a pirated version (even if true) is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Now, if you claim that 50% of Apple users use a pirated version... well, that would at least be relevant.
3) A lot of the Windows computers out there are office computers that wouldn't be using this anyway. The percentage that's important is the Apple market share amongst professionals, which is most likely *very* different than the standard market share number.
I know you're joking around, but if you really think Javascript is the problem, then just disable it. Much more effective than a popup blocker.