But it's OK when the rights you enjoy come out of others pockets? You, sir, or madam, frighten me.
My rights do NOT come out of others' pockets.
I have the first ammendment right of free speech. This means the government cannot step on it. It does not mean that they have to give me a forum to speak from
I have the right to bear arms. This means the gov't cannot stop me from buying a gun (though that seems to be ignored in some locales). This does not mean that the gov't must buy me a gun.
Virtually all of the rights we enjoy are, in one way or another, out of the public's pockets. We pay for a military, and (supposedly) law enforcement to, among other things, defend those rights.
Blatantly false. Having a milatary is not a right, neither is police protection. Don't belive me? Next time a crime happens to you, sue the police for failure to protect you. It has happened before, and every court case has ruled against the plaintiff. Police enforce laws, they do not act preventatively to protect your rights.
Is military protection a right? It has only been a relatively recent thing that we have large standing armies. In fact, our founding fathers warned us against them.
I promise you, there are church ladies out there who are angry that they have to pay for your right to look at 14th-century Italian painters at your library - because there might be pictures of naked chubby girls in there. They resent having to pay for your right to view this trash. Ridiculous? How, exactly, are you any different?
Beacuse, if you could read, you would see I am not against any right you have. If you are into gay rhino bondage porn, I really do not care. Want to create a museum that worships the spaghetti monster? Fine. But as as soon as you try to get it funded through tax payer money, I will object. Getting funding for your desires is NOT a constitutional right.
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday at a regular briefing.
Bottom line? He should be removed from the force. His job is to enforce law, not judge it. He clearly hass no respect for fundamental rights spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, and is therefore disqualified to be a police officer, much less Chief of Police.
There is no right that adults get to look at porn on tax payer expense. There is a huge difference between what you do on your own and what you do with funding from the gov't... sorry.
Now, this isn't to say we should pass a law prohibiting. That is another debate. Hoever, I get so damn tired of being told what rights others have, when it comes out of my pocket.
Two officers did something that stepped over their job description. The situation was handled by superiors. I know it is vogue on Slashdot to "rail against the man", but "the man" dealt with the situation.
So now, we can get back to our God given right to wack off in public.
I ain't falling for this again. I've sent in about 20 of those damn e-mails and haven't got a thing from Bill.
You can fool me once, twice, heck.... even 20 times. But twenty-one? Heck no! I'm not as dumb as I look (and my mommy tells me I look pretty dumb).
Now, I have to get back to my e-mail and find out what funny, amazing thing will happen when I forward this e-mail to 18 of my closest friends... I only have 5 minutes to do it.
He's new and self-taught. Cut him some slack. I started becoming self-taught on a TRS-80 Model I. The code I wrote was a joke. I picked up lingo along the way. After getting away from computers, I re-entered the computer programming field, only to be faced with a new paradigm -- OOP, n-tier apps, etc. It took a lof of reading, wading through different opinions on design, idiots who have written a lot on the subject and don't know what they are talking about, etc. It was a lot to absorb, but after a few years of trial by fire, think I am on top of these things.
He is at the beginning of the curve. Laughing at him won't help.
It's never been too much trouble for me to reinvent the wheel constantly before, but now as my ambitions get loftier I'm finding that I could really benefit from maintaining some oft-used code that can easily be reused.
Inventing something once is Genius. Inventing something twice is stupidity.
Using OOP, code should be reusable without having to have some external database. I find that the more external processes one has, the less likely one is to use it.
Code should be self-documenting. I'm not saying you don't have external documnenation... just that well written code has good comments. A good practice is to comment function and classes before coding.
Break things down into components. Refactor. Then your code will be very reusable.
Next-generation graphics should permit players to become completely immersed in the universe that the developers have created for them
Well, a well designed text MUD could qualify by this definition. Different things float different peoples' boats. In some ways, text adventures have an advantage... energy can be put into building a world, with the user supplying the graphics (imagination).
Would the change in length of the leg of the toad be actual mutations? Or would they be the result of different combinations of existing genes? There is a dramatic difference.
will my VP be buying new Windows Mobile enabled cell phones for his entire department just so we can put in more hours?
Only if you let him. I am on salary and work 40 hours. The first year +, I worked 60 hours plus. Then, as I automated and gaine control over recurring issues, I got more done in 40 than when I was working 60.
I was under pressure to keep working more than 40... I just said 'no'. Simple as that. And I have received a promotion since then, so no "black list" occurred.
If you aren't in a position to say 'no', get there. No job is worth working more than half of your waking hours.
Okay... it is alternate reality gaming. I followed both links, but found no reference to what this actually means. A link in one of the articles pointed me to wikipedia, which seems to have that page slashdotted.
Can someone fill me in on what "Alternate Reality Gaming" means? If I missed it in the linked articles, I apologize, but wish we'd get more of a background on something that we are not familiar with.
Such a system won't necessarily be insecure. But its level of security will depend heavily on how it is designed and implemented.
Wow. Security depends on the skill and proces by which it is implemented. I just crapped my pants at the insight.
It's no different that what we have today. Systems that aren't very well designed and poorly implemented, such as Microsoft Windows 98, are horribly insecure.
Okay, we reitterated... if it isn't designed well, it won't work well. I'm still impressed.
On the other hand, systems with a solid design and an effective development and testing process will turn out to be very secure (ala OpenBSD).
Okay... we have now established that if it IS designed well, it WILL work well.
Damn. I am humbled.
I watch crap like this get modded to +5 over and over. I am actually laughing right now at the fact that you are alreaddy modded up to +4.
However, all being said and done, I admire the way you get the sheep to follow... you should go into politics or religion.
Sheesh. This was more a "Microsoft Suck0rs, Linux RULZ" article. Very little in the way of actual content and analysis. How did something like this make it on Slashdot? Ooops never mind
It is the rich folks who have no idea how to accomplish anything, and the Joe's making $13/hr (in New York) who are the brilliant ones who should run the companies.
If they really want top notch, they should go down to the homeless shelters.
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I own my own DNA and only my girlfriend gets access to it
How's Rosie doing?
But it's OK when the rights you enjoy come out of others pockets? You, sir, or madam, frighten me.
My rights do NOT come out of others' pockets.
I have the first ammendment right of free speech. This means the government cannot step on it. It does not mean that they have to give me a forum to speak from
I have the right to bear arms. This means the gov't cannot stop me from buying a gun (though that seems to be ignored in some locales). This does not mean that the gov't must buy me a gun.
Virtually all of the rights we enjoy are, in one way or another, out of the public's pockets. We pay for a military, and (supposedly) law enforcement to, among other things, defend those rights.
Blatantly false. Having a milatary is not a right, neither is police protection. Don't belive me? Next time a crime happens to you, sue the police for failure to protect you. It has happened before, and every court case has ruled against the plaintiff. Police enforce laws, they do not act preventatively to protect your rights.
Is military protection a right? It has only been a relatively recent thing that we have large standing armies. In fact, our founding fathers warned us against them.
I promise you, there are church ladies out there who are angry that they have to pay for your right to look at 14th-century Italian painters at your library - because there might be pictures of naked chubby girls in there. They resent having to pay for your right to view this trash. Ridiculous? How, exactly, are you any different?
Beacuse, if you could read, you would see I am not against any right you have. If you are into gay rhino bondage porn, I really do not care. Want to create a museum that worships the spaghetti monster? Fine. But as as soon as you try to get it funded through tax payer money, I will object. Getting funding for your desires is NOT a constitutional right.
"I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" Chief Harold Hurtt told reporters Wednesday at a regular briefing.
Bottom line? He should be removed from the force. His job is to enforce law, not judge it. He clearly hass no respect for fundamental rights spelled out in the U.S. Constitution, and is therefore disqualified to be a police officer, much less Chief of Police.
And Adults do have the right to look at porn
There is no right that adults get to look at porn on tax payer expense. There is a huge difference between what you do on your own and what you do with funding from the gov't... sorry.
Now, this isn't to say we should pass a law prohibiting. That is another debate. Hoever, I get so damn tired of being told what rights others have, when it comes out of my pocket.
and overreacting.
Two officers did something that stepped over their job description. The situation was handled by superiors. I know it is vogue on Slashdot to "rail against the man", but "the man" dealt with the situation.
So now, we can get back to our God given right to wack off in public.
Honest Boss, I wasn't sleeping on the job... actually I was, but it was helping me figure out how to tackle this project. Can't argue with science!
Forget my earlier post. This one's GOTTA be ligit!
Be right back... gotta fire up Outlook!
I ain't falling for this again. I've sent in about 20 of those damn e-mails and haven't got a thing from Bill.
You can fool me once, twice, heck.... even 20 times. But twenty-one? Heck no! I'm not as dumb as I look (and my mommy tells me I look pretty dumb).
Now, I have to get back to my e-mail and find out what funny, amazing thing will happen when I forward this e-mail to 18 of my closest friends... I only have 5 minutes to do it.
Copy and paste? Read his question again. He is not an advanced programmer. Don't get him tied up with unnecessary technical details.
When he is a program manager for a team of 20, then he will need something more robust.
He's new and self-taught. Cut him some slack. I started becoming self-taught on a TRS-80 Model I. The code I wrote was a joke. I picked up lingo along the way. After getting away from computers, I re-entered the computer programming field, only to be faced with a new paradigm -- OOP, n-tier apps, etc. It took a lof of reading, wading through different opinions on design, idiots who have written a lot on the subject and don't know what they are talking about, etc. It was a lot to absorb, but after a few years of trial by fire, think I am on top of these things.
He is at the beginning of the curve. Laughing at him won't help.
It's never been too much trouble for me to reinvent the wheel constantly before, but now as my ambitions get loftier I'm finding that I could really benefit from maintaining some oft-used code that can easily be reused.
Inventing something once is Genius. Inventing something twice is stupidity.
Using OOP, code should be reusable without having to have some external database. I find that the more external processes one has, the less likely one is to use it.
Code should be self-documenting. I'm not saying you don't have external documnenation... just that well written code has good comments. A good practice is to comment function and classes before coding.
Break things down into components. Refactor. Then your code will be very reusable.
Next-generation graphics should permit players to become completely immersed in the universe that the developers have created for them
Well, a well designed text MUD could qualify by this definition. Different things float different peoples' boats. In some ways, text adventures have an advantage... energy can be put into building a world, with the user supplying the graphics (imagination).
At the risk of being labelled an IDer (I am not).
Would the change in length of the leg of the toad be actual mutations? Or would they be the result of different combinations of existing genes? There is a dramatic difference.
No. Not really.
Nearly no intelligent designer writes off evolution. They write off evolution being able to produce entirely new species altogether.
If you have a problem with their job, then talk to the people that direct soldiers and deliver the policy and strategy that sends soldiers to work.
And the people who elect them.
Damn... where did I put that mirror?
Kinda hard when you don't get much space for your sig... sorry :)
"Operation Iraqi Freedom" by Halliburton Press.
Damn, I need to learn how to post anonymously
will my VP be buying new Windows Mobile enabled cell phones for his entire department just so we can put in more hours?
Only if you let him. I am on salary and work 40 hours. The first year +, I worked 60 hours plus. Then, as I automated and gaine control over recurring issues, I got more done in 40 than when I was working 60.
I was under pressure to keep working more than 40... I just said 'no'. Simple as that. And I have received a promotion since then, so no "black list" occurred.
If you aren't in a position to say 'no', get there. No job is worth working more than half of your waking hours.
Okay... it is alternate reality gaming. I followed both links, but found no reference to what this actually means. A link in one of the articles pointed me to wikipedia, which seems to have that page slashdotted.
Can someone fill me in on what "Alternate Reality Gaming" means? If I missed it in the linked articles, I apologize, but wish we'd get more of a background on something that we are not familiar with.
Okay, let's analyze your post.
Such a system won't necessarily be insecure. But its level of security will depend heavily on how it is designed and implemented.
Wow. Security depends on the skill and proces by which it is implemented. I just crapped my pants at the insight.
It's no different that what we have today. Systems that aren't very well designed and poorly implemented, such as Microsoft Windows 98, are horribly insecure.
Okay, we reitterated... if it isn't designed well, it won't work well. I'm still impressed.
On the other hand, systems with a solid design and an effective development and testing process will turn out to be very secure (ala OpenBSD).
Okay... we have now established that if it IS designed well, it WILL work well.
Damn. I am humbled.
I watch crap like this get modded to +5 over and over. I am actually laughing right now at the fact that you are alreaddy modded up to +4.
However, all being said and done, I admire the way you get the sheep to follow... you should go into politics or religion.
Wait a second, you expected interesting or meaninful *content* from a blog?
Is that what we call Slashdot now?
Yet another factually void message, filled with Pro-BSD, anti Microsoft garbage. How did you get Excellent karma again?
Sheesh. This was more a "Microsoft Suck0rs, Linux RULZ" article. Very little in the way of actual content and analysis. How did something like this make it on Slashdot? Ooops never mind
Right on!
It is the rich folks who have no idea how to accomplish anything, and the Joe's making $13/hr (in New York) who are the brilliant ones who should run the companies.
If they really want top notch, they should go down to the homeless shelters.
I wish the man wouldn't keep us down.
I find going back to work helps me when I am really stumped at a good game of freecell.