Your sig IS anti-semetism. By referring to this media group as a "Jewish" Media group is blatantly racist. You are making implications about people who have *NOTHING* to do with this organization (yes, there are more Jews in the world than what is found in that media outlet). Anyone who can _think_ far back to, say WWII, cannot look at this sig and not think otherwise. At the very least rename the sig. I can deal with the article.
I'm no expert, but I wouldn't recomend that. She will need to learn how to communicate face to face eventually, and as her parent, you are in the best position to help her. If you're going to avoid this, there's no telling how/when she may learn, if she can learn at all from others (will they be as patient as you?). I also think you should be open with her, and explain, in plain english what she can expect. "When ppl roll their eyes, it can mean they are frustrated" or "If they stare into space, they are thinking about something" things like that, that would help her at least know *what* to pay attention to. From my limited understanding of these "conditions" (I hate that term), this is pretty much a textbook lesson, but I'm obviously not assuming it's that simple.
Strange, I am taking programming, though it's more of a hobby at this point anyway. However I can't see myself NOT knowing as much as I can master in networking, os/network administration, and hardware. It just seems like the most logical topological understanding of how things 'should' be done. When I program, I want make an efficient use of the network, the graphics card, the browser, w/e. I can't exactly do that not having many of the same skillsets proffesionals in those fields have.
I suppose that 50 years isn't enough to teach programming in such a manner where you can have both a capable browser and a capable OS. I mean. It's simply too hard and no one can do it. We probably should abandon any attempt to do so. Trust me, it ain't the hidden cost of anything but burocracy. There's a very real limit to making features work the way they are supposed to, and it has nothing to do with the ideal program. I'd love to make what I make perfect, but no one is going to pay me for that time. I can't exactly starve.
dude, doesn't take time, takes the right lib. look up phphtmllib on google. Valid xhtml never been easier, and you spend 0 time even validating it. You simply decide on what tag to use, and it renders it. It's a source library, so you can play with the internals quite eazily. I had to for PHP5 (for some form processing feature). Best of all, it allows you to write strait php and not be bothered with formatting correct html. If you do any DB stuff, look up propel. I found it simple and to the point:).
"you'll find most developers who want to use their time productively developing dynamic, database-driven sites will still be using tables."
No, they won't. I develop just that and hell would freeze over before a client gets a table on their page that isn't showing tabular data. If page rank/accessibility/compatibility with various devices and other gadgets that don't use human eyes are not important to you, then I can see where you are comming from. I need my sites to show up on google if someone's looking for them tho.
There's even a hypothesis that female orgasm is a by-product of the fact that men need orgasms to convince them to stick around and look after their mates.
No way. I recall a show I've seen that recorded a woman's orgasm from the inside. The muscles seem to "suck up" whatever is there. Which is interesting, because it could be why the average time for men to reach orgazm is actually shorter than women's.
Then they shouldn't have kids then... Sometimes having a particular career means not having a family because you won't be able to support them (that or you wouldn't make a responsible parent anyways).
I really don't understand how that is at all relevant. At the very least concider that the "kids" the GP mensions already (in the hypothetical situation) exist.
Oh please, how about the fact you inhale most of those things everywhere you go? And you didn't just compare weed to tobacco, did you? Tobacco these days is loaded with unnatural chemicals so that you get that smooth continuous burn, preservatives that will not allow mold to form, and the fields are fertilized extensively with, what I suspect to be, the cheapest solution. What are you basing your opinion on? I don't get it. Maybe it's those bong hits I've been taking, eh?
You should probably give up reading then. And stay away from the theater. Please avoid television, and other people.
All of those things will shift your world view. They will make you follow other people's actions, and some of them could be cop-killing aggressors, so... you probably don't want that.
Seriously tho, what makes you think that shifting your world view in one way or the other can do you harm? Some one could have taken those same martial art classes and become a violent (and capable) aggressor. You didn't. I doubt that it would be possible to do to you, save severe childhood trauma such as abuse (or something).
What does make sense is the complete opposite. First, you learn to step into other people's shoes, in your mind. Then when they attempt to communicate something to you, you magically understand what/where/why/how/who. The more poeple you are able to do this with, the more "open minded" type of a person you will be. Isn't that the point?
Innocence, is not "impossible to recover". It's a delusional attempt to feel "humble". A concept which very few people seem to understand. Humility, not innocence. Innocence can be determined. Humility is attained throughout your lifetime.
In my experience, reiser4, console commands, multilingual support, are all up-to-par or even better (usually) in Linux. I suggest you download and burn a knoppix cd, and boot it up. You will pretty much have a plantora of apps to play with, and you can test what it's like to program under linux.
Surprize surprize, GNU/Linux does not look like windows. The thing is, it's not supposed to. And you do know that when you're installing GNU/Linux you are installing an insane amount of software that all looks different? So you didn't learn anything in 5 minutes, I'm shoked!
And finally, none of the points you made say that Linux is hard. I recall a little blurb of a test performed on people who have never used a computer before. Half were given a Winbox, the other Linux. To everyone astonishment, and now yours, they picked it up at the *same* rate.
Linux ISN'T hard, it's just different, and your Windows training makes it harder on YOU.
So I can... say have my "Documents and Settings" all neatly tucked away in a separate partition? I remember windows fighting me over that issue. I want it as transparant as mount. Anything less is just weird to bother with.
when put forward as an easy-to-install, easy-to-use desktop OS (you know, the thing people out there are actually interested in).
I'm sorry but windows is *not* an "easy-to-install", "easy-to-use" desktop OS. Easy for whom? Easy how? Yes, it has a built in GUI, which has a start menu. But what is this ease you speak of?
From my personal experience with installation, I found that even tho windows is installed, the system is still quite useless after. Barely any drivers, and of course a very low quantities of programs. It never has a driver for *any* nic I ever owned, and I'm forced to use that sneakernet. Waste of time for no good reason.
With use, it seems that I do not have the control over the system as I would like it. Some software won't run unless you're an admin (biggest pissoff). I can't utilize the multiple partitions I have the way I want to (I can't just "mount" it and have it be a transparant part of the file system. Nope, I don't even know what the equivalant for that would be, and whatever that is, it should be part of the OS anyways)
What is this thing religion, and what is wrong with the oranization thereof. If you have a point, specify. At the very least, rephrase to "What *I* don't need is organized religion"
mankind cannot survive without a spiritual, humbling component to his life
I don't know what the component you speak of is; it's safe to say I am alive and well. Maybe I'm not this mystical "Mankind"?
atheism is just another form of religious fundamentalism
This is where your entire post shines. What do you know of atheism? I refuse to personify the system that is our universe, that much is true. Prey tell what this means to my existance. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the original Buddhist philosophies, as they may shine some light on the subject.
what you need in life is strong individualism, and strong spirituality
What I need in life is be with other people, who I can love, who I can share with, laugh with, talk to, and who can return all of those things. How old are you? There are some dependancies you cannot ever hope to escape. You should get over it.
spirituality is older than monotheism and hero worship
I take it you've been there?
it's the most essential element of man's relationship with his world, it's pre-intellectual, and inescapable
No, sorry. The most essential element of man's relationship to the world is his existance. To think of it in any other way puts an unessesary limit on one could expect from a human. That being in terms of thinking, acting, believing, etc. In clearer terms: "Free Will".
it's relating to the world in emotional ways, rather than logical ways
I hate to break this to you, but a human will always do "both" and these are "inseperable". It's safe to say that the brain uses chemicals communicate thought and emotion. At any given time those chemicals are communicating something. My personal speculation is that logic is always emotional and that emotion is always logical
spirituality will cease to be important to your life when you become a pure machine
[ And don't get me wrong - I follow slashdot too, exactly because it's fun to see people argue. I'm not complaining;]
That's the second paragraph spoken by Linus, what are you on?
Slashdot Mirror
Your sig IS anti-semetism. By referring to this media group as a "Jewish" Media group is blatantly racist. You are making implications about people who have *NOTHING* to do with this organization (yes, there are more Jews in the world than what is found in that media outlet). Anyone who can _think_ far back to, say WWII, cannot look at this sig and not think otherwise. At the very least rename the sig. I can deal with the article.
Mother, should I trust the editors?
It's GRAMMAR!!!!! LOL
I guess I am as OT as can be. I suspect the GP is payed by M$. This is probably just a waste of your mental effort.
As a google-concious-website-developer, I suspect it has more to do with how the website is written rather than google's ranking scheme.
I'm no expert, but I wouldn't recomend that. She will need to learn how to communicate face to face eventually, and as her parent, you are in the best position to help her. If you're going to avoid this, there's no telling how/when she may learn, if she can learn at all from others (will they be as patient as you?). I also think you should be open with her, and explain, in plain english what she can expect. "When ppl roll their eyes, it can mean they are frustrated" or "If they stare into space, they are thinking about something" things like that, that would help her at least know *what* to pay attention to. From my limited understanding of these "conditions" (I hate that term), this is pretty much a textbook lesson, but I'm obviously not assuming it's that simple.
Most programs written now are business centric apps. Yeeeep... that's what I do for a job :).
Strange, I am taking programming, though it's more of a hobby at this point anyway. However I can't see myself NOT knowing as much as I can master in networking, os/network administration, and hardware. It just seems like the most logical topological understanding of how things 'should' be done. When I program, I want make an efficient use of the network, the graphics card, the browser, w/e. I can't exactly do that not having many of the same skillsets proffesionals in those fields have.
I suppose that 50 years isn't enough to teach programming in such a manner where you can have both a capable browser and a capable OS. I mean. It's simply too hard and no one can do it. We probably should abandon any attempt to do so. Trust me, it ain't the hidden cost of anything but burocracy. There's a very real limit to making features work the way they are supposed to, and it has nothing to do with the ideal program. I'd love to make what I make perfect, but no one is going to pay me for that time. I can't exactly starve.
dude, doesn't take time, takes the right lib. look up phphtmllib on google. Valid xhtml never been easier, and you spend 0 time even validating it. You simply decide on what tag to use, and it renders it. It's a source library, so you can play with the internals quite eazily. I had to for PHP5 (for some form processing feature). Best of all, it allows you to write strait php and not be bothered with formatting correct html. If you do any DB stuff, look up propel. I found it simple and to the point :).
I feel you man..
No, they won't. I develop just that and hell would freeze over before a client gets a table on their page that isn't showing tabular data. If page rank/accessibility/compatibility with various devices and other gadgets that don't use human eyes are not important to you, then I can see where you are comming from. I need my sites to show up on google if someone's looking for them tho.
No way. I recall a show I've seen that recorded a woman's orgasm from the inside. The muscles seem to "suck up" whatever is there. Which is interesting, because it could be why the average time for men to reach orgazm is actually shorter than women's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_issues_and_the _effects_of_cannabis#Smoking/
All of those things will shift your world view. They will make you follow other people's actions, and some of them could be cop-killing aggressors, so... you probably don't want that.
Seriously tho, what makes you think that shifting your world view in one way or the other can do you harm? Some one could have taken those same martial art classes and become a violent (and capable) aggressor. You didn't. I doubt that it would be possible to do to you, save severe childhood trauma such as abuse (or something).
What does make sense is the complete opposite. First, you learn to step into other people's shoes, in your mind. Then when they attempt to communicate something to you, you magically understand what/where/why/how/who. The more poeple you are able to do this with, the more "open minded" type of a person you will be. Isn't that the point?
Innocence, is not "impossible to recover". It's a delusional attempt to feel "humble". A concept which very few people seem to understand. Humility, not innocence. Innocence can be determined. Humility is attained throughout your lifetime.
Now this I gotta see.... try.... um... well... can't think of the words.
In my experience, reiser4, console commands, multilingual support, are all up-to-par or even better (usually) in Linux. I suggest you download and burn a knoppix cd, and boot it up. You will pretty much have a plantora of apps to play with, and you can test what it's like to program under linux.
Umm... did we forget the Germans?
And finally, none of the points you made say that Linux is hard. I recall a little blurb of a test performed on people who have never used a computer before. Half were given a Winbox, the other Linux. To everyone astonishment, and now yours, they picked it up at the *same* rate.
Linux ISN'T hard, it's just different, and your Windows training makes it harder on YOU.
So I can... say have my "Documents and Settings" all neatly tucked away in a separate partition? I remember windows fighting me over that issue. I want it as transparant as mount. Anything less is just weird to bother with.
I'm sorry but windows is *not* an "easy-to-install", "easy-to-use" desktop OS. Easy for whom? Easy how? Yes, it has a built in GUI, which has a start menu. But what is this ease you speak of?
From my personal experience with installation, I found that even tho windows is installed, the system is still quite useless after. Barely any drivers, and of course a very low quantities of programs. It never has a driver for *any* nic I ever owned, and I'm forced to use that sneakernet. Waste of time for no good reason.
With use, it seems that I do not have the control over the system as I would like it. Some software won't run unless you're an admin (biggest pissoff). I can't utilize the multiple partitions I have the way I want to (I can't just "mount" it and have it be a transparant part of the file system. Nope, I don't even know what the equivalant for that would be, and whatever that is, it should be part of the OS anyways)
What is this thing you call "spirituality"?
What is this thing religion, and what is wrong with the oranization thereof. If you have a point, specify. At the very least, rephrase to "What *I* don't need is organized religion"
I don't know what the component you speak of is; it's safe to say I am alive and well. Maybe I'm not this mystical "Mankind"?
This is where your entire post shines. What do you know of atheism? I refuse to personify the system that is our universe, that much is true. Prey tell what this means to my existance. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the original Buddhist philosophies, as they may shine some light on the subject.
What I need in life is be with other people, who I can love, who I can share with, laugh with, talk to, and who can return all of those things. How old are you? There are some dependancies you cannot ever hope to escape. You should get over it.
I take it you've been there?
No, sorry. The most essential element of man's relationship to the world is his existance. To think of it in any other way puts an unessesary limit on one could expect from a human. That being in terms of thinking, acting, believing, etc. In clearer terms: "Free Will".
I hate to break this to you, but a human will always do "both" and these are "inseperable". It's safe to say that the brain uses chemicals communicate thought and emotion. At any given time those chemicals are communicating something. My personal speculation is that logic is always emotional and that emotion is always logical
What about when you stop thinking for yourself?
Don't worry.
[ And don't get me wrong - I follow slashdot too, exactly because it's fun to see people argue. I'm not complaining ;]
That's the second paragraph spoken by Linus, what are you on?
Except Buddhism, please.
Well.. someone never watched startrek. wouldn't recommend that movie tho.