5'10 is a perfectly normal height for a guy. Most women are shorter, unless they're wearing heals. There's always going to be SOMEONE taller.
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Actually, she's not lying to you. What many slashdotters fail to realise is that their boring effect on women also spreads back in time. So not only can we put women to sleep; we can put them to sleep right back to when they first contacted us.
Math? I'd be happy if OOo could simply make a bulleted list or do numbering in a sane way. Still, I think TFA's point about compatibility, for the most part, is probably right. We all know that MS Office has major issues with different versions of its own documents.
And, by the time a 7th grader enters the work force, Windows will be less like the XP he's using now than Mandriva is like XP.
Of course, the ex-7th grader won't care, since he'll have grown up associating Microsoft with "fun" via X-Boxes, and will be well conditioned from their monopoly on that same machine. When he's old enough to work, or to make other people work, Windows, or any other closed Microsoft platform, will be the next logical step to his mind.
We're talking about ISPs being *forced* to monitor traffic and remove or punish those that overstep the bounds, right? Yet those bounds are vague (for technical, legal, and societal reasons) and cannot be easily monitored. By definition, they wouldn't be allowed to relax their boundaries and give people the benefit of the doubt (which, it seems to me, is the current, very fair and sane system). So, instead, they'll be forced to reduce the boundaries to something that's known to be OK. They'll become dinosaur utility companies, encouraging the lowest common denominator: browsing youtube and amazon, picking up webmail, and so on. Anyone who wants to do more will likely need to pay for the "privilege" of having that too: either because someone needs to monitor that more manually or expensively, or because they want insurance contributions due to the higher chance of legal proceedings. God help you if you've actually read something about copyright that the powers-that-be in the ISP haven't, and believe that you have a right to watch "TikiBar TV"++ over bittorrent.
++ A free video podcast; one of many that will probably make standard TV obsolete, if not reigned in by stupid laws before they really get started.
Yes, but you get 2**256 very tiny virtual consoles on screen, each with only 128bits of ram. On the up side, every console can be at a slightly different angle, with different specularity.
Here in Germany I see more no-name mp3 players than ipod and zune COMBINED. What does it matter if he's an apple or windows guy? It's not linux, so why does it matter?
I'm share no one cares that much about what he chooses to do his personal spreadsheets on. Statistically speaking, he's likely to go with windows. Yet, statistically speaking, he's likely to go with ipods or a standard USB mass storage player. What DOES matter though, is whether he's bucking trends because of random choice, some particular bias, or because of some outside influence such as being in Microsoft's pocket.
For anyone who thinks its paranoid to consider whether a president is in a software company's pocket... wake up and get real. Just go read the history of the Peter Quinn's attempt to choose the best tool for the job in Massachusetts.
That said... this whole "zunegate" thing is misguided, I think. Accusing a guy of some epic failure of ethics before he's even started is only going to turn him off listening to you in future when a real ethical issue is at hand and he wants to be seen to do the right thing.
I'd say start in Python, Java, C, Ruby, C++, or Perl. In roughly that order of (my!, personal) preference. Just choose a language and go with it. BUT then, focus on reading other people's code, learning algorithms, and design patterns.
Why not make print a function, but then change the language to not require parentheses for any function call?
Good idea. While we're at it, let's remove all punctuation from the English language. Writing books is so hard with all those stops and commas and such.
NOTE: I'm enjoying the general idea of these jokes; not the fact that some of them are targetting Stallman, who is a great guy and a visionary, that most of us wouldn't be doing what we're doing without.
Rest assured there will be a law that absolves them.
Probably, but perhaps not in the way you think. Law enforcement related to security within companies generally expects the company staff to do due diligence. THEN they are absolved. If ISPs are expected to do due diligence by monitoring, filtering, punishing, etc., then the whole thing will become very nasty, very quickly, when it comes to the minority view, or even the unsanctioned majority view, gaining acceptance.
Belay that. I can hear borg on that ship. They'll surely use our nukes against us. Cloak the ship, set course for earth at warp 10. Relay a subspace message to the the nearest starbase. We've got to warn the federation before war... wait.
Belay that. Nearest starbase with seven of nine and a plush bed please ensign.
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5'10 is a perfectly normal height for a guy. Most women are shorter, unless they're wearing heals. There's always going to be SOMEONE taller.
Actually, she's not lying to you. What many slashdotters fail to realise is that their boring effect on women also spreads back in time. So not only can we put women to sleep; we can put them to sleep right back to when they first contacted us.
I'm sure they get that just fine. Unfortunately the truth has little to do with power-hungry people trying to get their way.
No, that's an octet. Byte does not mean what you think it means.
Math? I'd be happy if OOo could simply make a bulleted list or do numbering in a sane way. Still, I think TFA's point about compatibility, for the most part, is probably right. We all know that MS Office has major issues with different versions of its own documents.
"Byte" in the context of anything is not well defined. There are 16-bit bytes on some archs, if I recall correctly.
Of course, the ex-7th grader won't care, since he'll have grown up associating Microsoft with "fun" via X-Boxes, and will be well conditioned from their monopoly on that same machine. When he's old enough to work, or to make other people work, Windows, or any other closed Microsoft platform, will be the next logical step to his mind.
I believe he meant that his van is full of all sorts of violations.
In which alternate reality was this?
If it's as buggy as second life, Microsoft will have outdone themselves. Especially if the scope is "a simulation of everything".
I don't think redundant means what you think it means ;)
Basically I'm saying this:
We're talking about ISPs being *forced* to monitor traffic and remove or punish those that overstep the bounds, right? Yet those bounds are vague (for technical, legal, and societal reasons) and cannot be easily monitored. By definition, they wouldn't be allowed to relax their boundaries and give people the benefit of the doubt (which, it seems to me, is the current, very fair and sane system). So, instead, they'll be forced to reduce the boundaries to something that's known to be OK. They'll become dinosaur utility companies, encouraging the lowest common denominator: browsing youtube and amazon, picking up webmail, and so on. Anyone who wants to do more will likely need to pay for the "privilege" of having that too: either because someone needs to monitor that more manually or expensively, or because they want insurance contributions due to the higher chance of legal proceedings. God help you if you've actually read something about copyright that the powers-that-be in the ISP haven't, and believe that you have a right to watch "TikiBar TV"++ over bittorrent.
++ A free video podcast; one of many that will probably make standard TV obsolete, if not reigned in by stupid laws before they really get started.
The general answer seems to be: NO! :)
Yes, but you get 2**256 very tiny virtual consoles on screen, each with only 128bits of ram. On the up side, every console can be at a slightly different angle, with different specularity.
No, it means males are now competing for females WITH females.
I'm share no one cares that much about what he chooses to do his personal spreadsheets on. Statistically speaking, he's likely to go with windows. Yet, statistically speaking, he's likely to go with ipods or a standard USB mass storage player. What DOES matter though, is whether he's bucking trends because of random choice, some particular bias, or because of some outside influence such as being in Microsoft's pocket.
For anyone who thinks its paranoid to consider whether a president is in a software company's pocket... wake up and get real. Just go read the history of the Peter Quinn's attempt to choose the best tool for the job in Massachusetts.
That said... this whole "zunegate" thing is misguided, I think. Accusing a guy of some epic failure of ethics before he's even started is only going to turn him off listening to you in future when a real ethical issue is at hand and he wants to be seen to do the right thing.
I'd say start in Python, Java, C, Ruby, C++, or Perl. In roughly that order of (my!, personal) preference. Just choose a language and go with it. BUT then, focus on reading other people's code, learning algorithms, and design patterns.
Actually, no. If you participate in a society, that society is entitled to comment on your participation.
Got a claim to make? Then make it.
Good idea. While we're at it, let's remove all punctuation from the English language. Writing books is so hard with all those stops and commas and such.
GNU is the other 99.2%.
NOTE: I'm enjoying the general idea of these jokes; not the fact that some of them are targetting Stallman, who is a great guy and a visionary, that most of us wouldn't be doing what we're doing without.
But who would be crazy enough to get that close to Salron's tower?
Probably, but perhaps not in the way you think. Law enforcement related to security within companies generally expects the company staff to do due diligence. THEN they are absolved. If ISPs are expected to do due diligence by monitoring, filtering, punishing, etc., then the whole thing will become very nasty, very quickly, when it comes to the minority view, or even the unsanctioned majority view, gaining acceptance.
Belay that. I can hear borg on that ship. They'll surely use our nukes against us. Cloak the ship, set course for earth at warp 10. Relay a subspace message to the the nearest starbase. We've got to warn the federation before war... wait.
Belay that. Nearest starbase with seven of nine and a plush bed please ensign.