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It's not useful for programming, but that's not what this article (or my post) is about - it's about using and fixing computers.
That's where spending time fixing all kinds of eletronics (stereos, TVs, VCRs, cassette tape recorders, 8 track players, reel-to-reel tape recorders, fish locators, film projectors, overhead projectors, computers, packet assembler/disassemblers, etc) grants a kind of insight that theoretical background might not give you.
Oddly, sometimes it seems that its not saying the exact right words, but what you have under your belt that makes a difference to hapless users. Also, if you can somehow make a story out of what you are explaining, sometimes even intractable users will listen and kind of understand.
It really sounds as though the FBI needs a real IT department of their own, not the isolated geeks helping out Mulder and Scully. And, if some "CIO" type waddles in and recommends another outsourcing, maybe the sidearm arguement should be used.
Outsource, and this is what you get. They must hire MBA's. Really, sensitive government data projects like this one should never be outsourced, if only for national security reasons.
If this happens, then JetBlue will probably build a keyboard into the seat tray.
Wow - that seems like a big investment to get people to flock to your airline. I'd think free booze might cost about the same, and people (everyone I know) would definetly fly such an airline. Plus, it would be easier to spot terrorists - they'd be the sober ones.
And when CIOs to hire non-management professionals, they very often make bad choices, from my experience. Its rare for a 'CIO' to have the kind of background needed to evaluate real IT professionals. Smart CIOs let people to the evaluating who have the experience to do it well. Other CIOs, well, if one tried to impress me with their cluefullness when 'interviewing' me, I'd might take the job if I really needed it, but I'd keep my resume up to date. And not take stock options.
Isn't the caps lock key still needed to enable a player to run all the time in Doom? Isn't that reason enough to keep it?
if you have to hold down another key to run all the time, aren't you more likely to die from lack of speed? Without the caps lock key, wouldn't we would have to evolve another digit to hold down some other key to run, manuver, and shoot more effectively?
Actually, the Judeo-Christian tradition is replete with intolerence. The 'six words' seemed to aptly if not ironicly characterize that tradition. That's not to say that religion hasn't done good. But the good in no way justifies the bad. The attitude that one religion is right at the expense of all others being wrong promotes intolerence. Why not just adopt the useufull things about a religion, and do away with the things that are easily used to justify doing harm? We are smart enough to do that, and can use the scientific method to help determine our own path. That's what threatens religion.
Maybe a more useful approach is to ask what belief system better helps curb the unfortunete human tendancy towards harm. A belief in an all-powerful invisible extension of the human condition seems just as good at justifying violence as good. Really, its about time humanity grow out of such superstitions, and take a more practical approach to solving problems, instead of going on about whose 'god' or religion is better or right, and whose is weaker or wrong.
I would say to be carefull in wrapping intolerence in a clothing of moral rightousness, in claiming that heaven condons one's harmful actions to others, or adopting a belief system bound to bring one needlessly into conflict with others, just because you think its going to 'get you into heaven' while the people different from you 'go to hell'.
A belief system that tries to preclude all others (you shall have no other gods) it seems will be threatened by any way of thinking that doesn't fit in its framework.
He forgot to mention how cowboy neal, zonk, roblimo, and cmdr taco fit into the resubmitter category. And how whoever thought up 'backslash' fits in the "feeds-on-own-waste" category.
But what if we reversed the polarity of the particle beam, and then redirected the emissions harmlessly into space - like deflating a balloon. We'd just need 30 minutes to recharge the anti-matter particle deflector grid.
Actually, focusing on passenger bahaviour and using some version of what amounts to a 'lie detector' are two mutually exclusive things. In fact, with a device like this installed, I'd say that airports would be more likely to ignore passenger behaviour, since the 'lie detector' would be checking for them.
Nothing like wild goose chases to make terrorists' jobs easier. This sounds like a TSA shoe-in.
A class action lawsuit has been filed by people with the name "john" has been filed against toilet manufacturers and publishers in an attempt to prevent the term 'john' from being used to describe the latrine.
Any respectful and decent judge would hold them in contempt of court.
Too bad the republicans are in charge - other wise people would be able to file a class-action lawsuit against the RIAA. Suck a few hundred million out of them for each [dead person | infant | non-conputer owner | dead person's family member] they defile.
Then he could be the first state to outlaw abortion, have the fewest laws of any state, host a biker rally, and have drive through liquor and ammo stores everywhere.
Cobert to drivethrough speakerphone: Hi, I'd like a fifth of Tequilla and a box of.357 hollowpoints. My Ex is in town, and I wanted to get her... er... I mean get her something special...
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It's not useful for programming, but that's not what this article (or my post) is about - it's about using and fixing computers.
That's where spending time fixing all kinds of eletronics (stereos, TVs, VCRs, cassette tape recorders, 8 track players, reel-to-reel tape recorders, fish locators, film projectors, overhead projectors, computers, packet assembler/disassemblers, etc) grants a kind of insight that theoretical background might not give you.
Oddly, sometimes it seems that its not saying the exact right words, but what you have under your belt that makes a difference to hapless users. Also, if you can somehow make a story out of what you are explaining, sometimes even intractable users will listen and kind of understand.
Oh yeah - I forgot.
FTP:"Your Brain Works Like the Internet"
A collection of pipes moving pr0n around?
Because Bush is wiretapping the country to save us from the terrorists! The terrorists!!! You remember the terrorists, don't you?
Exactly. Nixon was illegally wiretapping to save us from the democrats! The democrats!!! You remember the democrats, don't you?
Crap - from now on I'm doing all my serious drinking at home.
Oh wait....
It really sounds as though the FBI needs a real IT department of their own, not the isolated geeks helping out Mulder and Scully. And, if some "CIO" type waddles in and recommends another outsourcing, maybe the sidearm arguement should be used.
Outsource, and this is what you get. They must hire MBA's. Really, sensitive government data projects like this one should never be outsourced, if only for national security reasons.
So, if the moon were reclassified as a planet, what would its name be?
Ceti Alpha 6?
Maybe it should get a real name anyway, instead of just a descriptive. Praxis I'm thinking, or Zoidberg maybe.
If this happens, then JetBlue will probably build a keyboard into the seat tray.
Wow - that seems like a big investment to get people to flock to your airline. I'd think free booze might cost about the same, and people (everyone I know) would definetly fly such an airline. Plus, it would be easier to spot terrorists - they'd be the sober ones.
Doom3 is the future of the computer interface. Kill -9 is the BFG.
At first glance I thought it read "UNIVAC winners".
*Phew*
And when CIOs to hire non-management professionals, they very often make bad choices, from my experience. Its rare for a 'CIO' to have the kind of background needed to evaluate real IT professionals. Smart CIOs let people to the evaluating who have the experience to do it well. Other CIOs, well, if one tried to impress me with their cluefullness when 'interviewing' me, I'd might take the job if I really needed it, but I'd keep my resume up to date. And not take stock options.
Isn't the caps lock key still needed to enable a player to run all the time in Doom? Isn't that reason enough to keep it?
if you have to hold down another key to run all the time, aren't you more likely to die from lack of speed? Without the caps lock key, wouldn't we would have to evolve another digit to hold down some other key to run, manuver, and shoot more effectively?
Actually, the Judeo-Christian tradition is replete with intolerence. The 'six words' seemed to aptly if not ironicly characterize that tradition. That's not to say that religion hasn't done good. But the good in no way justifies the bad. The attitude that one religion is right at the expense of all others being wrong promotes intolerence. Why not just adopt the useufull things about a religion, and do away with the things that are easily used to justify doing harm? We are smart enough to do that, and can use the scientific method to help determine our own path. That's what threatens religion.
Maybe a more useful approach is to ask what belief system better helps curb the unfortunete human tendancy towards harm. A belief in an all-powerful invisible extension of the human condition seems just as good at justifying violence as good. Really, its about time humanity grow out of such superstitions, and take a more practical approach to solving problems, instead of going on about whose 'god' or religion is better or right, and whose is weaker or wrong.
I would say to be carefull in wrapping intolerence in a clothing of moral rightousness, in claiming that heaven condons one's harmful actions to others, or adopting a belief system bound to bring one needlessly into conflict with others, just because you think its going to 'get you into heaven' while the people different from you 'go to hell'.
I thought most Americans were smarter than that.
You're thinking of Americans in the alternate-Cartman-with-beard-universe.
A belief system that tries to preclude all others (you shall have no other gods) it seems will be threatened by any way of thinking that doesn't fit in its framework.
"One religion to rule them all..."
As long as NASA doesn't try to measure DM in metric units, everything should go just fine.
This is absolutely garbage journalism
... go wrong ... go wrong
That's Infoworld, where nothing can go wrong
Hint: you can tell which ones are robots by looking at the hands.
He forgot to mention how cowboy neal, zonk, roblimo, and cmdr taco fit into the resubmitter category. And how whoever thought up 'backslash' fits in the "feeds-on-own-waste" category.
But what if we reversed the polarity of the particle beam, and then redirected the emissions harmlessly into space - like deflating a balloon. We'd just need 30 minutes to recharge the anti-matter particle deflector grid.
Actually, focusing on passenger bahaviour and using some version of what amounts to a 'lie detector' are two mutually exclusive things. In fact, with a device like this installed, I'd say that airports would be more likely to ignore passenger behaviour, since the 'lie detector' would be checking for them.
Nothing like wild goose chases to make terrorists' jobs easier. This sounds like a TSA shoe-in.
Worth reading for the citations alone.
.vs. toilets'.
And, relevant to Google's case - they appear to be defending their 'right to publicity'. All but exactly like 'carson
A class action lawsuit has been filed by people with the name "john" has been filed against toilet manufacturers and publishers in an attempt to prevent the term 'john' from being used to describe the latrine.
Any respectful and decent judge would hold them in contempt of court.
Too bad the republicans are in charge - other wise people would be able to file a class-action lawsuit against the RIAA. Suck a few hundred million out of them for each [dead person | infant | non-conputer owner | dead person's family member] they defile.
Then he could be the first state to outlaw abortion, have the fewest laws of any state, host a biker rally, and have drive through liquor and ammo stores everywhere.
.357 hollowpoints. My Ex is in town, and I wanted to get her ... er ... I mean get her something special...
Cobert to drivethrough speakerphone: Hi, I'd like a fifth of Tequilla and a box of
commonsense reasoning engine.
A reasonable test would be to have it read slashdot, and identify slashback 'articles' as recycled junk.