This will be pretty nice when it's finals week and I accidentally mess something up and just need it to work again, now.
I think you mean, that will be pretty nice when it's several days before finals week and you accidentally mess something up and need it to work by finals week.
The "File" menu has been disabled in all programs. GNOME proponents stated that the change is to ensure that end users "aren't confused by all of the big words, like 'exit' and 'print.'" The Edit menu has been removed in most programs.
No, obviously it should be trusted to people who have proven themselves to be trustworthy. If you open the code to qualified, benevolent outsiders, you get many of the benefits of open source with none of the downsides.
According to the article summary, the software is open source. So everything should be fine unless some terrorist discovers a gaping security flaw in the code and doesn't tell anybody.
Personally, I wouldn't open-source software this important, just because the ratio of potential abusers to fixers, not to mention the potential damage done, is so high.
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 9256 any more! Whatever shall we do?" *changes one line of code* LATER: P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 1839 any more! Whatever shall we do?" *changes one line of code* LATER: P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 6291 any more! Whatever shall we do?" *changes one line of code* LATER: P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 7923 any more! Whatever shall we do?" *changes one line of code* LATER: P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 2963 any more! Whatever shall we do?" *changes one line of code* LATER: P2P software designer: "Oh well, guess I'll just use port 80. Or port 3128. Or whatever." *changes one line of code*
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No, no, vote for me. My opponent kills kittens in his spare time. And eats them.
Why yes, I am a Senator. Why do you ask?
I think you mean, that will be pretty nice when it's several days before finals week and you accidentally mess something up and need it to work by finals week.
Well, as long as they don't shock people. So as long as you don't use that 486 to access goatse, yeah.
Well, yeah. Haven't you ever played Warcraft? Geez, kids these days.
The "File" menu has been disabled in all programs. GNOME proponents stated that the change is to ensure that end users "aren't confused by all of the big words, like 'exit' and 'print.'" The Edit menu has been removed in most programs.
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I have just created a new game console. I call it the Phantom. I expect to lose $10 trillion on it.
*TEN YEARS LATER*
The Phantom was a raging success!
In other news, AMD keeps looking at the microchip, because they're winning at it.
...dull, unhappy, and filled with gold?
No, obviously it should be trusted to people who have proven themselves to be trustworthy. If you open the code to qualified, benevolent outsiders, you get many of the benefits of open source with none of the downsides.
According to the article summary, the software is open source. So everything should be fine unless some terrorist discovers a gaping security flaw in the code and doesn't tell anybody.
Personally, I wouldn't open-source software this important, just because the ratio of potential abusers to fixers, not to mention the potential damage done, is so high.
My school uses Pascal and QBasic.
I go to such a great school.
There's a shortage of blind monkeys missing three fingers that want to learn these languages.
Anyway, just because it's easy to learn doesn't necessarily mean that it's a bad programming language. It just means that it's an easy to learn one.
XBox Portable. Only two cubic feet. Weighs less than twenty pounds. A whopping megabyte of RAM.
According to Google, sqrt(1 000 000 000) = 31 622.7766
Which is slightly larger than 1.
They've proven that time and again.
The program is written in Visual Basic. So no.
Yeah, that was inddeed supposed to be a jab at the military for not adopting new technology.
The military police of the US have just adopted the use of WorldWideWeb.
It's still pre-alpha. I'd expect they'll get a unique look by the release.
Someone just finished Philosophy 101 and wants to look smart.
Here's a hint. Kant and real life are completely different things. And not everybody is a Kantian.
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 9256 any more! Whatever shall we do?"
*changes one line of code*
LATER:
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 1839 any more! Whatever shall we do?"
*changes one line of code*
LATER:
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 6291 any more! Whatever shall we do?"
*changes one line of code*
LATER:
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 7923 any more! Whatever shall we do?"
*changes one line of code*
LATER:
P2P software designer: "Oh no! We can't use port 2963 any more! Whatever shall we do?"
*changes one line of code*
LATER:
P2P software designer: "Oh well, guess I'll just use port 80. Or port 3128. Or whatever."
*changes one line of code*
Have you ever even SEEN an image that's been resized by the browser? They almost always look like crap.
Both my parents are in their late 50s, and still programming. Flawed observation --> flawed conclusion, etc.