the mere presence of a dog during a meeting led to fewer "pissing contests" between meeting participants, and more productive meetings, even if all the dog did was sit curled up in a corner ignoring everyone.
Ah, yes... but a true evil overlord strokes a cat sitting in his lap during the meetings with his minions.
It opens the door for a truly practical electric car, one that uses a far smaller battery pack (which means more passenger/cargo space and less battery "dead weight" to lug around) with very long range and recharge times about the same as one refilling the fuel tank in a passenger car.
Hey, if the batteries are small/light enough, even if the recharge times are measured in hours, surely recharge stations could simply give you a fresh one in exchange for your empty one... If necessary, they could make sure the battery's fully emptied (ah, oxymorons) before it is recharged as well.
we've moved from "companies will never use open source because it isn't profitable" a few years back to "companies only use open source because it's profitable!".
Next thing you know, only communists will use closed source software.
Microsoft fucks you on the first date, marries you and forces you to an EULA - sorry, pre-nup - and turns into a wife who gets everything if you decide to leave her.
Oh, make no mistake... for beginners, for readable code - Python is the way to go.
In Croatian schools, Pascal is mostly used even today; while Turbo Pascal isn't a bad language at all (despite its ridiculously crappy FOR loop), I feel that Python would force beginners to write really readable code... and once you learn it, you begin to appreciate it forever.
For kids, I'd start with Python and Scheme, then progress to Perl and Lisp. I, OTOH am too old to begin anew (I started with Basic on Atari 800XL), so I'm skipping Scheme from this list.
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Don't forget the JPEGs.
Want a .jpeg on your desktop? Sure, enable Active Desktop.
Now, that's not a bad idea at all... don't know why it's modded Funny; If I had mod points, it would get modded Insightful.
Tit for tat... if we can't link to your articles, we won't give you links to help you write those articles.
Tomorrow is Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Now, I'm not actually suggesting anything...
I often read kneeling on a normal chair, spread across the table, leaning on my elbows.
Both the kneeling chair and the Posturepod are bound to be very useful and comfortable.
Ah, yes... but a true evil overlord strokes a cat sitting in his lap during the meetings with his minions.
Oh, I'm sure a really good chair is much better.
But I can't afford a really good chair, but I can afford a pilates ball.
Leetkey.
OK then... it certainly forces me to keep my back straight. Happy now?
I'm really, really, really sorry I asked.
I wasn't going to interfere, but... what's a fleshlight?
Somehow, I start thinking about the fluorescent pigs or whatever it was that made it to /. a few months ago...
I dumped my 18-year-old chair (one of the wheels is broken anyway) in favour of a pilates ball.
It's way more fun and forces you to keep your back straight.
And you can bounce on it while waiting for something slow to complete.
Good for sex, too; my gf says it feels like floating.
Many thanks. My Hebrew is still completely unusable... have to get back to studying it.
If they're truly admitting only experts, not too many.
Hey, if the batteries are small/light enough, even if the recharge times are measured in hours, surely recharge stations could simply give you a fresh one in exchange for your empty one... If necessary, they could make sure the battery's fully emptied (ah, oxymorons) before it is recharged as well.
That would enable you to carry an extra, too...
You have - inadvertently, I'm certain - pointed out the most important bit:
With Microsoft, I'm getting fucked on the first date.
Not getting laid, but getting fucked.
Sounds like I'm the passive party there.
And not just on the first date, but for ever and ever.
Like a newbie in prison. Ass-raped.
Thanks, but no, thanks.
As for your vision of OSS... ever heard of Stephen Lynch?
"She's part girl
She's part boy
She has parts everyone can enjoy"
Your vision lacks... scope.
... what will teh Interweb do?
Until now, Wikipedia was the first and last linke of research, and dismissed because it wasn't done by experts.
How will people now dismis this Citizendium?
Won't anyone think of the flamers?
Seriously, it can't be bad.
Another source is always a good thing.
... mind translating your .sig?
Next thing you know, only communists will use closed source software.
Not really.
What you need is to sit bare-assed on a hot furnace. Look at your watch and take note as to how slowly the seconds pass.
See?
I wouldn't. I'd always limit myself to the 10% of the available dates... 90% of them really aren't worth the trouble.
Microsoft fucks you on the first date, marries you and forces you to an EULA - sorry, pre-nup - and turns into a wife who gets everything if you decide to leave her.
It's a date I'd avoid, thank you so very much.
Hey! Aren't you Microsoft bob?
Get him!
Oh, make no mistake... for beginners, for readable code - Python is the way to go.
In Croatian schools, Pascal is mostly used even today; while Turbo Pascal isn't a bad language at all (despite its ridiculously crappy FOR loop), I feel that Python would force beginners to write really readable code... and once you learn it, you begin to appreciate it forever.
For kids, I'd start with Python and Scheme, then progress to Perl and Lisp. I, OTOH am too old to begin anew (I started with Basic on Atari 800XL), so I'm skipping Scheme from this list.
Lisp, Scheme, Python, Perl... anything that'll teach the kid to think and to understand.
Now you told them where to find you.