Besides, OSC's SF books have nothing to do with his views on a totally orthogonal societal issue. Boycotting the former because of the latter is called an ad hominem.
I can both tolerate a person's opinion and not patronize them (e.g. not purchasing one's chicken sandwiches or books or movie tickets). I'm sophisticated that way. Your definition of ad hominem is pretty loosy-goosy in my opinion, in that you're using it outside the realm of argument. Buying or not buying something is not a form of argument. Not supporting, patronizing, or enriching someone because of their distasteful views isn't a debate.
In fact, even within the realm of argument, stating that I disagree with Card due to his views that I do not share isn't ad hominem either. It would pretty much just be stating the topic of disagreement.
youre rtelling me a hi tech nation like Germany or Britain etc couldnt have done it or been involved / consulted.
Gawd you Americans really overrate yourselfs.
I think you missed something. (Or perhaps you just thought you saw an opportunity to make an anti-US dig for its own sake.)
"Basically about the only people with the will, the resources, and the ability are US + Israel. There's basically no one else that was likely to have done it."
Note, if you will, the "motive" aspect here. Or are you saying that Germany or Britain (or other nation not the US or Israel) would also want to sabotage a specific Iranian program and would be thus willing to commit their resources and risk detection for this kind of act? If that's what you meant, then it is I who misread your post. Sorry.
Seems like these States are trying to invoke the Federal power to regulate interstate trade.
That's a no no.
Some states still do it for liquor and other alcoholic beverages. The Feds have pretty much left them alone to do as they please since at least Prohibition. I don't know if it's Federal indifference towards alcohol or Constitutional issues at work.
Their political opponents have taking to calling them the "Democrat Party" in recent years because "Democratic" sounds the same as "democratic".
You say that like it's a bad thing. Personally, I think your bias is showing, because you are telling us that you like the confusion that may be caused by mixing "Democratic" and "democratic".
Mostly fair enough but I don't think they need to be explicitly thanked just for doing their job well . . . there are many other roles that are pivotal in a business; payroll gets us paid, safety dept stops accidents, salespeople find revenue streams, lawyers stop us getting sued, etc. I don't walk around the office thanking these people for doing their jobs, even if they are doing a good job..
People being humans and all -- yes, even the lawyers -- a little (sincere) appreciation goes a long way. Once corporate culture gets into the "you did your job, here's your money" mindset, the downward spiral is hard to stop.
It's perfunctory. In this city, for example, it's very rare for a performance not to get a standing ovation.... I've seen some absolutely terrible performances still get 'em, because apparently, that's what people do around here.
At least we're not the only ones anymore. Do you guys get cupcakes, too?
Still bullshit to me. The fact that not explicitly stating that one is exercising one's rights implicitly means forgoing them? Does this mean that if I don't affirm my right to free speech or a fair trial that I cannot speak freely or will not get a fair trial?
Dammit, man. What if they hadn't thought of those already? Stop giving them ideas!
As someone who just got an IRS letter saying they owe 4500 dollars that they don't owe I don't really give a shit how I can fight to not pay it, it's something I shouldn't have to fucking fight!
Relax, If you're right about the money, it's probably not gonna take more than a couple letters back and forth to solve. I've gotten these every so often, and usually a single clarification solves the whole thing. A couple of those it was my error. In one case I owed them money. In one case, I'd paid too much and they sent it back. It's almost certainly not going to be anywhere near the hassle you might anticipate.
You mentioned you have embedded C experience and the code of interest is written in C++. You didn't mention if you had any C++ or other object-oriented programming experience. I assume the C++ code uses the OO features of C++ that distinguish it from C -- but this assumption is not necessarily true.
So, if you lack OO experience and the code is truly OO C++ code, you might want to do a little reading up on the basics of OOP in order to spend less time spinning your wheels.
I must be striking the appropriate balance if the MS fans think I'm a troll and the haters call me a shill.
The pro- and anti- Apple folks ignore me so far, so I should probably make some mildly critical observations about my wife's Macbook and iPhone and see which camp there can gin up the most offense. Okay, here goes. She really likes the intuitive UI of her iPhone, but the Macbook has issues with each Java update screwing up her one business-critical application until one or the other gets patched. There. That oughta do it.
Someday I'll tell my true and mildly amusing Apple Store story when the subject comes up.
Choices of transparency film for the 120 format seem to really be dwindling. Mostly a handful of Fujifilm products. Kodak's been out of the slide business for a while.
I shoot a handful of rolls of color/b&w negatives a year. Not enough for me to justify processing and scanning equipment. And i'm not interested in cross-processing, or homebrew chemicals involving instant coffee or aspirin or peanut butter or whatever. (OK. The peanut butter one was a ringer.) I don't think I'm a hipster, I mostly just shoot for nostalgia, and sometimes a few pics of my daughter. I use my Dad's old Vogtlander folder. Since he never got to see his granddaughter. I can kinda imagine this way.
Anyway, maybe I'll try some Velvia this summer, assuming I can get it easily and in single rolls rather than a five-pack.
A couple weeks ago, I walked by a Microsoft store. First time I'd seen one. It looked nice and peaceful, a respite from the crowds of shoppers outside.
You don't really need to worry about what to do with your new-found free time. Nature abhors a vacuum and whatever you already do will expand to fill it up like it was never there.
By doing what he did, he's ended himself as surely as if he'd put a gun to his own head. Except he'll probably have the US government do it for him (or if he's lucky, life in supermax).
I guess that part's right. If the guy who blew the lid off the Stubenville rapes could potentially get 10 years for exposing and embarrassing local authorities and school officials in a little Ohio hamlet, then I don't doubt they try to kill Snowden for this much more serious case of exposing wrongdoing.
The "crime" is not treason. The "crime" is calling out, exposing and embarrassing The Man in Power. The Man doesn't like that, and the bigger the man the more serious the penalty.
Yes sure they can make an exception, but where would you then get the gas from ? You probably have to mix in lead directly in at the carb or something...
Lead additive was available for my 1966 car for quite some time after leaded gas disappeared. Plenty long enough for an engine rebuild -- a normal, wear-and-rear related rebuild -- with new seals, gaskets, etc.
Back in the 1960s and 70s, Edward Teller (the so-called "father of the hydrogen bomb") advocated using nuclear exposives to undertake massive civil works projects, called Operation Plowshare. One of the blue-sky thoughts was blasting a sea-level canal clear across the Central America.
I remember reading about Operation Plowshare (probably in a C. B. Colby book), and thinking about just how awesome it would be to do massive projects with H-Bombs. Of course, I was like 10 at the time, and explosions were about the coolest thing in the world.
Look at a map of Nicaragua. It's at least twice if not 3x as wide as Panama at its thinnest point. What an unbelievably stupid idea, not to mention how stupid it is to completely cut your country in half.
In the US, our country is "completely cut in half" by a naturally occurring canal, if you will. We've used a technologies known as the "bridge" and "ferry" to deal with that. Nicaragua could probably do the same.
Also note that part of that distance through Nicaragua is already water: Lake Nicaragua. Every plan ever for a canal through that region -- going back to the 19th century -- has included the lake in the route.
The story is short on details, the Spanish language op ed referred to in TFA indicates the canal would run through Lake Nicaragua. This route has been considered since before the US-dug canal through Panama. I could potentially be a sea-level canal, which would be a major plus, but which would radically alter the Lake. Either way, it'd be a big deal for shipping and save thousands of miles and tons of fuel for ships bigger than whatever they're calling the latest "Panamax." It seems to me the ports of New Orleans and Mobile in the US would benefit, perhaps also Atlantic ports in Europe.
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Besides, OSC's SF books have nothing to do with his views on a totally orthogonal societal issue. Boycotting the former because of the latter is called an ad hominem.
I can both tolerate a person's opinion and not patronize them (e.g. not purchasing one's chicken sandwiches or books or movie tickets). I'm sophisticated that way. Your definition of ad hominem is pretty loosy-goosy in my opinion, in that you're using it outside the realm of argument. Buying or not buying something is not a form of argument. Not supporting, patronizing, or enriching someone because of their distasteful views isn't a debate.
In fact, even within the realm of argument, stating that I disagree with Card due to his views that I do not share isn't ad hominem either. It would pretty much just be stating the topic of disagreement.
This should be good.
From the GP: "Your country is owned by Jews. You are a slave of the Jews. "
From the parent: "America gives millions to Muzzie savages . . ."
Please, the two of you, do go on. This will be both enlightening and intelligent, I'm sure.
youre rtelling me a hi tech nation like Germany or Britain etc couldnt have done it or been involved / consulted.
Gawd you Americans really overrate yourselfs.
I think you missed something. (Or perhaps you just thought you saw an opportunity to make an anti-US dig for its own sake.)
"Basically about the only people with the will, the resources, and the ability are US + Israel. There's basically no one else that was likely to have done it."
Note, if you will, the "motive" aspect here. Or are you saying that Germany or Britain (or other nation not the US or Israel) would also want to sabotage a specific Iranian program and would be thus willing to commit their resources and risk detection for this kind of act? If that's what you meant, then it is I who misread your post. Sorry.
Seems like these States are trying to invoke the Federal power to regulate interstate trade. That's a no no.
Some states still do it for liquor and other alcoholic beverages. The Feds have pretty much left them alone to do as they please since at least Prohibition. I don't know if it's Federal indifference towards alcohol or Constitutional issues at work.
Their political opponents have taking to calling them the "Democrat Party" in recent years because "Democratic" sounds the same as "democratic".
You say that like it's a bad thing. Personally, I think your bias is showing, because you are telling us that you like the confusion that may be caused by mixing "Democratic" and "democratic".
"One is my name, the other is not."
Maybe it was a test. Last person clapping gets laid off.
Or first. Doesn't really matter as long as there's a process.
Mostly fair enough but I don't think they need to be explicitly thanked just for doing their job well . . . there are many other roles that are pivotal in a business; payroll gets us paid, safety dept stops accidents, salespeople find revenue streams, lawyers stop us getting sued, etc. I don't walk around the office thanking these people for doing their jobs, even if they are doing a good job. .
People being humans and all -- yes, even the lawyers -- a little (sincere) appreciation goes a long way. Once corporate culture gets into the "you did your job, here's your money" mindset, the downward spiral is hard to stop.
It's perfunctory. In this city, for example, it's very rare for a performance not to get a standing ovation.... I've seen some absolutely terrible performances still get 'em, because apparently, that's what people do around here.
At least we're not the only ones anymore. Do you guys get cupcakes, too?
Still bullshit to me. The fact that not explicitly stating that one is exercising one's rights implicitly means forgoing them? Does this mean that if I don't affirm my right to free speech or a fair trial that I cannot speak freely or will not get a fair trial?
Dammit, man. What if they hadn't thought of those already? Stop giving them ideas!
As someone who just got an IRS letter saying they owe 4500 dollars that they don't owe I don't really give a shit how I can fight to not pay it, it's something I shouldn't have to fucking fight!
Relax, If you're right about the money, it's probably not gonna take more than a couple letters back and forth to solve. I've gotten these every so often, and usually a single clarification solves the whole thing. A couple of those it was my error. In one case I owed them money. In one case, I'd paid too much and they sent it back. It's almost certainly not going to be anywhere near the hassle you might anticipate.
"Developers creating work-for-hire for official publishing channels! Developers creating work-for-hire for official publishing channels! Developers creating work-for-hire for official publishing channels!"
I've been writing my own. Not because I expect it to be used, but because it's a good way to learn how these things work.
And easier than getting Ekiga properly configured.
You mentioned you have embedded C experience and the code of interest is written in C++. You didn't mention if you had any C++ or other object-oriented programming experience. I assume the C++ code uses the OO features of C++ that distinguish it from C -- but this assumption is not necessarily true.
So, if you lack OO experience and the code is truly OO C++ code, you might want to do a little reading up on the basics of OOP in order to spend less time spinning your wheels.
The submitter is an anti-Microsoft troll.
I must be striking the appropriate balance if the MS fans think I'm a troll and the haters call me a shill.
The pro- and anti- Apple folks ignore me so far, so I should probably make some mildly critical observations about my wife's Macbook and iPhone and see which camp there can gin up the most offense. Okay, here goes. She really likes the intuitive UI of her iPhone, but the Macbook has issues with each Java update screwing up her one business-critical application until one or the other gets patched. There. That oughta do it.
Someday I'll tell my true and mildly amusing Apple Store story when the subject comes up.
Choices of transparency film for the 120 format seem to really be dwindling. Mostly a handful of Fujifilm products. Kodak's been out of the slide business for a while.
I shoot a handful of rolls of color/b&w negatives a year. Not enough for me to justify processing and scanning equipment. And i'm not interested in cross-processing, or homebrew chemicals involving instant coffee or aspirin or peanut butter or whatever. (OK. The peanut butter one was a ringer.) I don't think I'm a hipster, I mostly just shoot for nostalgia, and sometimes a few pics of my daughter. I use my Dad's old Vogtlander folder. Since he never got to see his granddaughter. I can kinda imagine this way.
Anyway, maybe I'll try some Velvia this summer, assuming I can get it easily and in single rolls rather than a five-pack.
A couple weeks ago, I walked by a Microsoft store. First time I'd seen one. It looked nice and peaceful, a respite from the crowds of shoppers outside.
Fight for a liberal free future!!! Fight to abolish liberal spying and liberal authoritarianism Fight for a Free White Nation,
Uh, yeah . . . You're aware of the difference between slashdot and stormfront, no? Because I think you posted on the wrong one.
Lord knows where they develop the film, though. (Unless setting up your own darkroom is a hipster fad I've overlooked.)
Most surviving photography shops I've been in process 120 film. You can also mail it in, but a lab is probably closer than you think.
You don't really need to worry about what to do with your new-found free time. Nature abhors a vacuum and whatever you already do will expand to fill it up like it was never there.
By doing what he did, he's ended himself as surely as if he'd put a gun to his own head. Except he'll probably have the US government do it for him (or if he's lucky, life in supermax).
I guess that part's right. If the guy who blew the lid off the Stubenville rapes could potentially get 10 years for exposing and embarrassing local authorities and school officials in a little Ohio hamlet, then I don't doubt they try to kill Snowden for this much more serious case of exposing wrongdoing.
The "crime" is not treason. The "crime" is calling out, exposing and embarrassing The Man in Power. The Man doesn't like that, and the bigger the man the more serious the penalty.
And that's the biggest problem. Civil aviation will die with oil resources.
I think the death of plastics is an even bigger problem from a more global perspective.
Yes sure they can make an exception, but where would you then get the gas from ? You probably have to mix in lead directly in at the carb or something...
Lead additive was available for my 1966 car for quite some time after leaded gas disappeared. Plenty long enough for an engine rebuild -- a normal, wear-and-rear related rebuild -- with new seals, gaskets, etc.
Back in the 1960s and 70s, Edward Teller (the so-called "father of the hydrogen bomb") advocated using nuclear exposives to undertake massive civil works projects, called Operation Plowshare. One of the blue-sky thoughts was blasting a sea-level canal clear across the Central America.
I remember reading about Operation Plowshare (probably in a C. B. Colby book), and thinking about just how awesome it would be to do massive projects with H-Bombs. Of course, I was like 10 at the time, and explosions were about the coolest thing in the world.
Look at a map of Nicaragua. It's at least twice if not 3x as wide as Panama at its thinnest point. What an unbelievably stupid idea, not to mention how stupid it is to completely cut your country in half.
In the US, our country is "completely cut in half" by a naturally occurring canal, if you will. We've used a technologies known as the "bridge" and "ferry" to deal with that. Nicaragua could probably do the same.
Also note that part of that distance through Nicaragua is already water: Lake Nicaragua. Every plan ever for a canal through that region -- going back to the 19th century -- has included the lake in the route.
The story is short on details, the Spanish language op ed referred to in TFA indicates the canal would run through Lake Nicaragua. This route has been considered since before the US-dug canal through Panama. I could potentially be a sea-level canal, which would be a major plus, but which would radically alter the Lake. Either way, it'd be a big deal for shipping and save thousands of miles and tons of fuel for ships bigger than whatever they're calling the latest "Panamax." It seems to me the ports of New Orleans and Mobile in the US would benefit, perhaps also Atlantic ports in Europe.