I just can't imagine living in a society that doesn't pay enough basic wage that you have to give someone additional money for them just doing their job. As an australian I'm glad we don't have to tip people, although this americanism is becoming more common these days.
Different strokes for diffrent folks... this scrolling tab feature sucks, for me. I'd rather see all my tabs, bunched up or not. Anyone know the about:config setting to make it the same as 1.5? I couldn't see any obvious setting.
Agree entirely. Most of the code you'll encounter in your working career _will_ require the same "boring" structures, certainly in the business and financial sector. That's been my experience in 18 years of coding C, C++, C# and others. Yes I think Design Patterns are neat like everyone else and have used a few myself, but as the parent says you are not doing anyone else a favour if you've just included them for the sake of it, especially if you are retrofitting them into the bulk of existing code that happens to function just fine using 'boring' structures.
Here's one thing that will pretty much put an end to people being able to fix their dishwashers, microwaves, clothesdryers and other modern whitegoods: those nice flashy control panels with lots of LEDs and membrane buttons tend to use PIC controllers. Now it's just lucky for the manufacturers I guess that some of these devices have built-in ROMs that they know will evaporate after a few years. The result is that the mechanics might be DIY repairable but if the smarts in the controller panel is gone, it ain't going to function no matter what you do. My washing machine has a mechanical program selector, I know that I at least have a chance of repairing it.
I'm in Australia, and a huge follower of spaceflight and the ISS construction. The launch was a quarter past twelve in the morning, local time. I was watching it via streamed NASA TV for a couple hours beforehand. And I did the same thing Friday night until the launch was scrubbed.
So yes, we in the rest of the world (ie. the unimportant bit outside the east and west coasts of North America) are definately interested in all this stuff, it's a pity you guys don't spend more money and resources on national treasures such as NASA:(
Sounds like M$ has just "invented" a limited-functionality locked-in version of the marvellous Proxomitron. An application I truly wouldn't be without. Scrubs HTML nasties right out of the box, and also allows you to see a web page the way you want to see it. It runs with any browser, not just Internet Exploiter. And it's the right price, too.
The 5100 was the PALM microcoded desktop computer, the later version 5110 had a data cartridge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100
It predated the IBM PC by 6 years, being derived from the interesting and groundbreaking prototype PALM machine that I can't recall the designation of, but I do recall the briefcase-sized machine had curved sides so if it was knocked over it would roll back and forth. IIRC it predated the Altair 8800.
The IBM PC was the 5150.
Looking at the fossil then at the wing configurations IMO (b) appears to be more likely, ie. bat-like. I reckon 'delta wing fighter-like' is nothing more than a case of wishful thinking so these paleontologists can drum up some media attention.
Read in the news that the STS-121 NOAX tests went well, but one of the application spatulas went missing. It's probably waiting for its chance to do some real damage at umpteen thousand clicks and hour to a future mission...
Ubuntu + Firefox is good but a bit slow on my box, and it seems to require keys to be pressed twice (eg. F6 to bring focus to and select URL editfield). I just wish there was a Proxomitron for Linux, now that would be marvellous!
How about this for an idea - the 'experiment' could be a cover to stake out one of the Lagrange points. By placing a piece of space junk there first they not only claim the space but would it not make a second comer more wary about crashing into the first, and thus not risk it? From what I've read the Lagrange points will become strategically important to space-based defence in decades to come.
I looked at the site and frankly didn't find much in the way of what this thing is really about.
The main page says it can be used to "improve jets; credit cards; pocket calculators; compact discs, computer disks, and magnetic recording tapes; shatter-proof windshields; adjustable seats; and satellite weather information".
How about something on the site for the technically curious to show just how these sorts of things are done? The site is a thin veneer of a few basic pages and anything deeper just goes to lots of unstructured PDF files.
Please lets have some more presentable info for the public justifying the amount of money this thing cost, and will cost to run.
As usual one of the leading space news websites completely ignore this launch (just like the last HyShot success), concentrating intead on the Falcon 1 mishap. I strongly suggest to this parochial site that they change their domain name to www.americanonlyspaceflightnow.com
Kids smoking cane toads
`Children as young as 12 are licking cane toads in an attempt to get high, the Northern Territory News has learned.
Some juveniles and young adults in Katherine and Arnhem Land are even drying out the skins of cane toads and rolling them up as joints to get a hit.
But Territory health authorities have warned that those who lick or smoke cane toads are dicing with death and stress that there are no hallucinogenic effects possible from bufo toxin, the toxin excreted by the introduced pest.'
Yep. East coast. Where I am, there are not many jobs going. However for me it was a lifestyle change, and my family comes before work. I am happy with my decision:)
I'm a C#/.NET developer here in Australia, been doing C# for the last 5 years within a diverse range of industries. Prior to that I was a C++ dev for about 12 years. Before the dotcom crash I was on a 6-figure salary, now as a C# hack I earn about the lower end of the figures quoted - in Australian dollars (about 3/4 the value of US dollars).
One thing though, I got sick of the constant crap in C++ just spending more time on the stupid COM plumbing and myriad datatypes than actual applications work. Going to C# was a damn breath of fresh air. I LOVE it. I can actually get useful shit done that does stuff for the END USER of the the product and after all that's what the company pays me for.
Perhaps I should just move to the US but with the god-bothering, shootings and rampant intake of GE food I think I'll give it a miss thanks. Oh and the lack of more than a week or two holidays... gackkk.
Thanks for that - I had forgotten about my old 'Mykit 200' (it had 200 projects in one) with springs, and the other type was called a 'Denshi Board' with all those clear cubes. What fun things they were!
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I just can't imagine living in a society that doesn't pay enough basic wage that you have to give someone additional money for them just doing their job. As an australian I'm glad we don't have to tip people, although this americanism is becoming more common these days.
I wonder if the Iraqis will hear 'Dak! Dak! Dak-Dak ...Dak!' coming out of the machine.
Different strokes for diffrent folks... this scrolling tab feature sucks, for me. I'd rather see all my tabs, bunched up or not. Anyone know the about:config setting to make it the same as 1.5? I couldn't see any obvious setting.
Looks perfectly fine to me, but I take it you don't use Firefox and Proxomitron.
Agree entirely. Most of the code you'll encounter in your working career _will_ require the same "boring" structures, certainly in the business and financial sector. That's been my experience in 18 years of coding C, C++, C# and others. Yes I think Design Patterns are neat like everyone else and have used a few myself, but as the parent says you are not doing anyone else a favour if you've just included them for the sake of it, especially if you are retrofitting them into the bulk of existing code that happens to function just fine using 'boring' structures.
Here's one thing that will pretty much put an end to people being able to fix their dishwashers, microwaves, clothesdryers and other modern whitegoods: those nice flashy control panels with lots of LEDs and membrane buttons tend to use PIC controllers. Now it's just lucky for the manufacturers I guess that some of these devices have built-in ROMs that they know will evaporate after a few years. The result is that the mechanics might be DIY repairable but if the smarts in the controller panel is gone, it ain't going to function no matter what you do. My washing machine has a mechanical program selector, I know that I at least have a chance of repairing it.
I'm in Australia, and a huge follower of spaceflight and the ISS construction. The launch was a quarter past twelve in the morning, local time. I was watching it via streamed NASA TV for a couple hours beforehand. And I did the same thing Friday night until the launch was scrubbed. So yes, we in the rest of the world (ie. the unimportant bit outside the east and west coasts of North America) are definately interested in all this stuff, it's a pity you guys don't spend more money and resources on national treasures such as NASA :(
Sounds like M$ has just "invented" a limited-functionality locked-in version of the marvellous Proxomitron. An application I truly wouldn't be without. Scrubs HTML nasties right out of the box, and also allows you to see a web page the way you want to see it. It runs with any browser, not just Internet Exploiter. And it's the right price, too.
1) My Very Easy Method:
2) Just Set Up
2) ????
3) Profit!
The 5100 was the PALM microcoded desktop computer, the later version 5110 had a data cartridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100 It predated the IBM PC by 6 years, being derived from the interesting and groundbreaking prototype PALM machine that I can't recall the designation of, but I do recall the briefcase-sized machine had curved sides so if it was knocked over it would roll back and forth. IIRC it predated the Altair 8800. The IBM PC was the 5150.
Looking at the fossil then at the wing configurations IMO (b) appears to be more likely, ie. bat-like. I reckon 'delta wing fighter-like' is nothing more than a case of wishful thinking so these paleontologists can drum up some media attention.
Read in the news that the STS-121 NOAX tests went well, but one of the application spatulas went missing. It's probably waiting for its chance to do some real damage at umpteen thousand clicks and hour to a future mission...
Ubuntu + Firefox is good but a bit slow on my box, and it seems to require keys to be pressed twice (eg. F6 to bring focus to and select URL editfield). I just wish there was a Proxomitron for Linux, now that would be marvellous!
How about this for an idea - the 'experiment' could be a cover to stake out one of the Lagrange points. By placing a piece of space junk there first they not only claim the space but would it not make a second comer more wary about crashing into the first, and thus not risk it? From what I've read the Lagrange points will become strategically important to space-based defence in decades to come.
You are correct, this is a sixty-two year old idea: http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp202.html And NASA had the Oblique Wing aircraft they flight tested in the 1970's: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/AD-1/
Kids in the Northern Territory not only lick can toads but have also been drying them out and smoking them. It's true - look through this NT Govt report: http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/parliament/committees/En viron%20and%20Sustainable/Cane%20toad-Report-Vol%2 01.pdf
The main page says it can be used to "improve jets; credit cards; pocket calculators; compact discs, computer disks, and magnetic recording tapes; shatter-proof windshields; adjustable seats; and satellite weather information".
How about something on the site for the technically curious to show just how these sorts of things are done? The site is a thin veneer of a few basic pages and anything deeper just goes to lots of unstructured PDF files.
Please lets have some more presentable info for the public justifying the amount of money this thing cost, and will cost to run.
I saw a newspaper headline for this story 'New engine hits the ground running'. Wish I had thought of that one!
As usual one of the leading space news websites completely ignore this launch (just like the last HyShot success), concentrating intead on the Falcon 1 mishap. I strongly suggest to this parochial site that they change their domain name to www.americanonlyspaceflightnow.com
Yes, copper supplements are commonly sold, but you ingest these as a tablet or capsule in your stomach, not inhaled as a fine coating into your lungs.
Yeah, right... EXPONENTIAL increase. It's that revolutionary? Ahh don't think so!
From the NT News last year:
Kids smoking cane toads
`Children as young as 12 are licking cane toads in an attempt to get high, the Northern Territory News has learned.
Some juveniles and young adults in Katherine and Arnhem Land are even drying out the skins of cane toads and rolling them up as joints to get a hit.
But Territory health authorities have warned that those who lick or smoke cane toads are dicing with death and stress that there are no hallucinogenic effects possible from bufo toxin, the toxin excreted by the introduced pest.'
Yep. East coast. Where I am, there are not many jobs going. However for me it was a lifestyle change, and my family comes before work. I am happy with my decision :)
I'm a C#/.NET developer here in Australia, been doing C# for the last 5 years within a diverse range of industries. Prior to that I was a C++ dev for about 12 years. Before the dotcom crash I was on a 6-figure salary, now as a C# hack I earn about the lower end of the figures quoted - in Australian dollars (about 3/4 the value of US dollars).
One thing though, I got sick of the constant crap in C++ just spending more time on the stupid COM plumbing and myriad datatypes than actual applications work. Going to C# was a damn breath of fresh air. I LOVE it. I can actually get useful shit done that does stuff for the END USER of the the product and after all that's what the company pays me for. Perhaps I should just move to the US but with the god-bothering, shootings and rampant intake of GE food I think I'll give it a miss thanks. Oh and the lack of more than a week or two holidays... gackkk.
Thanks for that - I had forgotten about my old 'Mykit 200' (it had 200 projects in one) with springs, and the other type was called a 'Denshi Board' with all those clear cubes. What fun things they were!