I think you are talking out of your ass. You assume that what actually constitutes the CS curriculum at the average school, the "reality on the ground", so to speak, corresponds to your idealistic view of what a CS curriculum should be. This suggests to me that you have never set foot inside a CS classroom at a non-elite U.S. university.
I use XMonad and was thinking the same thing as soon as I started reading the summary. Unfortunately the poster specifically claims to want a "traditional" DE setup, rather than a lightweight tiling WM. I've heard of using XMonad as the WM for Gnome, but I'm not sure how easy it is to set up or how well it works.
My advice to the OP is: give XMonad a try. Who knows, maybe after a few days using it you won't want to go back...
Worse: at the high school I went to (I only graduated last year), people's passwords were six-digit numbers that had been assigned to them when they first entered the school district (grade school for most people). The first two digits were determined by the elementary school the person went to. The last four digits were arbitrary (although I strongly suspect that the elementary schools started at 0000 and just counted up from there). Worst of all, the last three digits were included in the username. Someone with one of those passwords could have deleted someone else's work, surfed CP on someone else's account and gotten them expelled, or, yes, embezzled lunch money.
When my stepfather was training to become a police officer, he gave everyone in the family a sobriety test, just to practice doing it. I have never been drunk in my life, but I failed. No test can distinguish perfectly between awkward/clumsy and drunk.
As for breathalyzers, other posters have detailed how those can go wrong.
I agree that parents should teach their kids to... hmm, think and figure out what they believe and why. It's very important. I agree that not withstanding criticism, even if wrongly given, is not good. And to say that you don't value your faith (in anything? you don't believe anything that you aren't absolutely sure of and have proven and have seen proven, etc? hmm) also says something:) It sounds as though you are an atheist, although I don't know for that sure. Is that true? If so, how have you proven that God does not exist... or has anyone proven that God does not exist? If not, then are you not not believing that God does not exist?
He never said or even vaguely implied that he believes there is no god. He only implied that he does not believe that there is a god. Big difference. The latter requires no faith, no matter how you define that word. In face, even if one defines "faith" as narrowly as you have, as belief in something that one cannot mathematically or logically prove to be true, then I would say that "faith" is justified when it's reasonable. It's pretty hard for me to get through life without believing, for example, that the desk I'm sitting at right now exists. Believing in God is an entirely different kind of faith, because it is not backed up by any evidence (sensory or otherwise), and because it is possible to be a good person and lead a very fulfilling life without it. I personally know a 20-year-old man who works as a pizza delivery boy and makes barely enough to maintain his current lifestyle. He is one of the most vocal atheists I know, and yet he donates 5% of every paycheck to Oxfam International -- not because God told him to, but because of an innate desire to help his fellow man.
Sometimes "threats" or corporal punishment appears to be the only thing that really changes their behavior. I personally think that's ok. No, not abuse; not excssive, not domestic violence, etc...
Corporal punishment is violent by definition, and it occurs in the domicile. How you could say it's not "domestic violence" is beyond me. Whether it's your right to act violently toward your children is another issue, but please call a spade a spade. As for "abuse", I hear no end of studies proclaiming that corporal punishment has long-term negative effects on children. For example: . Google can help you find more.
If you asked me what my religion would tell you, an "unbeliever," I would tell you to read the Bible.
It's impossible to claim with a straight face that the Bible does not contradict itself over and over and over again. Even if you think it doesn't, no one could deny that there are as many interpretations of what it says as people who have read it. So telling someone "go read the Bible" isn't going to get them any closer to understanding what you believe.
Plus, I would argue that a human making another person "believe" in God is stupid and doesn't do anything but give them bitterness and resistance. And if you keep someone in ignorance to "pull one over them," that does nothing. I would rather have someone honestly believe or honestly disbelieve than be deceived either way.
I agree. However, with so many Christians impressing upon their children that they will go to Hell if they don't believe, it's very, very difficult for them to think rationally about the issue and come to their own conclusions once they're old enough to do so. I have no idea if you do this or not (or even whether you believe in hell), but it's certainly a problem.
The rest I agree with, except for the healthcare comment -- I will neither pronounce myself in agreement or disagreement of it, because I refuse to discuss that particular issue on Slashdot;)
Out of curiosity, what do you use your computer for? I'm trying to understand why a PS3 would help you do whatever that is, because, although I haven't verified this, I'm nearly certain that a PS3 costs much more than equivalent commodity x86 hardware would.
Sorry, but the future involves foraging for food and ammo in a post-apocalyptic world. Peak oil happened in 2007, my friend -- be prepared for the consequences.
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Check out the name of the guy who posted that...
welcome our new meteor-dwelling overlords.
Microsoft released its quarterly financial reports?
Solution: Never watch a movie whose book you've already read, and vice versa.
I think you are talking out of your ass. You assume that what actually constitutes the CS curriculum at the average school, the "reality on the ground", so to speak, corresponds to your idealistic view of what a CS curriculum should be. This suggests to me that you have never set foot inside a CS classroom at a non-elite U.S. university.
I think you mean independent, not orthogonal.
Sorry, just got out of linear algebra class :(
Also, whether or not he is legally required to do so, Weird Al gets the permission of each and every artist whose work he imitates.
If it is okay as a standalone film, then it is okay.
Films should be judged on their merits as films, not on their fidelity to other media.
This is why I prefer never to have read a book before seeing a film adaptation.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
How do you define/measure "quality"?
I use XMonad and was thinking the same thing as soon as I started reading the summary. Unfortunately the poster specifically claims to want a "traditional" DE setup, rather than a lightweight tiling WM. I've heard of using XMonad as the WM for Gnome, but I'm not sure how easy it is to set up or how well it works.
My advice to the OP is: give XMonad a try. Who knows, maybe after a few days using it you won't want to go back...
Worse: at the high school I went to (I only graduated last year), people's passwords were six-digit numbers that had been assigned to them when they first entered the school district (grade school for most people). The first two digits were determined by the elementary school the person went to. The last four digits were arbitrary (although I strongly suspect that the elementary schools started at 0000 and just counted up from there). Worst of all, the last three digits were included in the username. Someone with one of those passwords could have deleted someone else's work, surfed CP on someone else's account and gotten them expelled, or, yes, embezzled lunch money.
What would it mean, in your opinion, to "buy software" as opposed to buying "the right to use it" ?
You must be a hit at parties.
Or maybe Model UN conferences.
When my stepfather was training to become a police officer, he gave everyone in the family a sobriety test, just to practice doing it. I have never been drunk in my life, but I failed. No test can distinguish perfectly between awkward/clumsy and drunk.
As for breathalyzers, other posters have detailed how those can go wrong.
This name-and-shame business is a terrible idea.
Looks like I mangled that link.
here it is.
I agree that parents should teach their kids to ... hmm, think and figure out what they believe and why. It's very important. I agree that not withstanding criticism, even if wrongly given, is not good. And to say that you don't value your faith (in anything? you don't believe anything that you aren't absolutely sure of and have proven and have seen proven, etc? hmm) also says something :) It sounds as though you are an atheist, although I don't know for that sure. Is that true? If so, how have you proven that God does not exist... or has anyone proven that God does not exist? If not, then are you not not believing that God does not exist?
He never said or even vaguely implied that he believes there is no god. He only implied that he does not believe that there is a god. Big difference. The latter requires no faith, no matter how you define that word. In face, even if one defines "faith" as narrowly as you have, as belief in something that one cannot mathematically or logically prove to be true, then I would say that "faith" is justified when it's reasonable. It's pretty hard for me to get through life without believing, for example, that the desk I'm sitting at right now exists. Believing in God is an entirely different kind of faith, because it is not backed up by any evidence (sensory or otherwise), and because it is possible to be a good person and lead a very fulfilling life without it. I personally know a 20-year-old man who works as a pizza delivery boy and makes barely enough to maintain his current lifestyle. He is one of the most vocal atheists I know, and yet he donates 5% of every paycheck to Oxfam International -- not because God told him to, but because of an innate desire to help his fellow man.
Sometimes "threats" or corporal punishment appears to be the only thing that really changes their behavior. I personally think that's ok. No, not abuse; not excssive, not domestic violence, etc...
Corporal punishment is violent by definition, and it occurs in the domicile. How you could say it's not "domestic violence" is beyond me. Whether it's your right to act violently toward your children is another issue, but please call a spade a spade.
As for "abuse", I hear no end of studies proclaiming that corporal punishment has long-term negative effects on children. For example: . Google can help you find more.
If you asked me what my religion would tell you, an "unbeliever," I would tell you to read the Bible.
It's impossible to claim with a straight face that the Bible does not contradict itself over and over and over again. Even if you think it doesn't, no one could deny that there are as many interpretations of what it says as people who have read it. So telling someone "go read the Bible" isn't going to get them any closer to understanding what you believe.
Plus, I would argue that a human making another person "believe" in God is stupid and doesn't do anything but give them bitterness and resistance. And if you keep someone in ignorance to "pull one over them," that does nothing. I would rather have someone honestly believe or honestly disbelieve than be deceived either way.
I agree. However, with so many Christians impressing upon their children that they will go to Hell if they don't believe, it's very, very difficult for them to think rationally about the issue and come to their own conclusions once they're old enough to do so. I have no idea if you do this or not (or even whether you believe in hell), but it's certainly a problem.
The rest I agree with, except for the healthcare comment -- I will neither pronounce myself in agreement or disagreement of it, because I refuse to discuss that particular issue on Slashdot ;)
Er, no.
GNU Screen has been around for a while.
Out of curiosity, what do you use your computer for? I'm trying to understand why a PS3 would help you do whatever that is, because, although I haven't verified this, I'm nearly certain that a PS3 costs much more than equivalent commodity x86 hardware would.
Do you know what the word "monopoly" means?
I was just fucking with you. Calm down. Of course I think Peak Oil wingnuts are, well, nutty.
Sorry, but the future involves foraging for food and ammo in a post-apocalyptic world. Peak oil happened in 2007, my friend -- be prepared for the consequences.
A bit off-topic now, but most Taiwanese people I know would get even angrier if you called them "Chinese".
I feel like I've read this story before -- have you posted it on Slashdot in the past?