Wrong and wrong. Perl is very compact, not only the language, but the interpreter as well. The actual interpreter is only ~1MB IIRC, and it's one of the only languages where programmers play 'Golf' and try to write a functional program in as few steps as possible. Fast, feature rich, and powerful, it's definitely not bloated.
My friend and I use OOo on his winbox and tried NeoOffice on his mac. We had used MS Office but decided to change over. It. Blows. Hideous, outlandish, slow, and buggy. Oh, it uses java too so its slower and buggier. Later we bought iWork and we were shocked at how good it is. If it gets a decent spreadsheet, db program, and other necessary tools it will be one hell of a suite. Pages and Keynote kick ass.
You have it backwards. True, few people know all that the Bible says, but none that I know pick and choose. Your 'majority' is just the loud and proud minority and a thorn in our side.
Freedom of religion is not freedom from religion. I can pray, read my Bible, or wear Christian motifs wherever I want, but freedom from religion would imply that if someone didn't want me to I couldn't. If I wanted to put a nativity scene in my front yard my atheist neighbors could demand that I put it away. Also, tax dollars are not spent on higher education. Tuition pays for higher education.
Just because you can do something, does that make it the right thing to do? What he did is totally legal, but it is ethically wrong. He didn't say both sides were criminals, just that both sides were wrong.
Actually that's Old Testament. Jesus also said to turn the other cheek, and part of his mission was to change/renew God's pact with man, including the rules. If you read throught the Bible and get the big picture you realize that there is no contradiction.
The old testament is less relevant today than it was before Jesus. The whole point of Jesus was to renew God's pact with man and share God's blessing with the entire world. Basically, the Jew's blew it as God's chosen people with the strict rules, so God chose to allow anyone to become a believer. To summarize, the new testament said screw all the rules and formalities, and focus on your relationship with God.
You are right on target. Christian fundamentalism totally goes against Jesus' teachings. Most churches and Christian groups are against this sort of act and totally promote forgiveness. Condemning Christianity for this is like condemning Islam for terrorism. It's only the loud and proud, the vocal minority, and they are really a thorn in the side of true Christians/Muslims
Not sensible? If you are typifying Christians as a group from this beating, you are sorely mistaken. There is not a Christian (or Jew, or Muslim, or atheist for that matter) that I know that does not totally condemn this act.
You probably mean $DEITY. Weight loss wasn't going to get this guy out of harm's way, though he might have been able to flee with less baggage to carry around the waist.
This beating infuriates me as a Christian. He might have made some inflammatory comments, but nothing warrants this. That totally goes against Christian principles. Forgive and forget anyone?
Since Google technically got it first, they could get a patent and demand that MS pay royalties. Seeing as that is highly unlikely as there were sattelite imagery programs long before Maps or Virtual Earth, probably even before keyhole. (Google Earth's predecessor) Google isn't a patent whore, so this scenario is highly unlikely even if the patent would be granted. I'm wondering if maps of any type could count as prior art, but then again the 'digital' aspect would be included in a patent application.
Those weren't patented. I agree that one-click is really lame, but MS did nothing wrong. I actually like the Bird's Eye View feature much better that anything in Google Earth or Maps
Anthrax did happen, just not on a large scale, but the perpetrator is still out there, uncaught and unpunished. Suitcase nukes exist. The Russians, as 'diligently' as they try, cannot account for all of them. Bird flu, finally, is not a done deal, flu season is just getting into full swing. However the threat from cybeterrorism is negligent. Even al-qaeda pamphlets acknowledge our vast technological superiority, and try to make it useless by simply opting for low-tech means. This is just another reason why legal restrictions on encryption are ridiculous and even harmful. Think 'If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns' only with crypto. Finally, you are right that living in fear is pointless. It serves you no good, even if you have something to fear.
Just a side thought, but will SCO even be around anyomre when the trial starts? Even if so they will have little or no money to sustain a case, especially against a giant like IBM who could outspend even MS. My biggest burning question is where does UNIX (the code) go to? Who would inherit SCOs IP? Will UNIX enter the public domain?
...would be putting linux on their calculators. I can't imagaine how nice it would be to be able to code in C, Perl, or Python, or even just use a shell on my Ti-84
Not all alternative OSes are Unix. What about BeOS? Syllable? I know they are an infintesimal minority but the point is that they are not simply target ing *nix platforms.
Dear mister nmb3000,
As a representative of the Church of Scientology. I would like to infor you that we recently came upon and read one of your posts on the social website forthwith known here as 'slashdot'. We saw that you ridiculed the faith, and as you must understand this is intolerable. We have deployed a crack team of lawyers to your residence and that of the website 'slashdot'. In the case that we are unable to disabuse you of these misconceptions, we have teams of hitmen available at a moments notice around the globe. (Hey, they're cheaper than the lawyers, they keep the lawyers honest and make things lively) Personally thanking you for your time and consideration, Tom Cruise^H^HJohn Doe
Slashdot Mirror
Wrong and wrong. Perl is very compact, not only the language, but the interpreter as well. The actual interpreter is only ~1MB IIRC, and it's one of the only languages where programmers play 'Golf' and try to write a functional program in as few steps as possible. Fast, feature rich, and powerful, it's definitely not bloated.
My friend and I use OOo on his winbox and tried NeoOffice on his mac. We had used MS Office but decided to change over. It. Blows. Hideous, outlandish, slow, and buggy. Oh, it uses java too so its slower and buggier. Later we bought iWork and we were shocked at how good it is. If it gets a decent spreadsheet, db program, and other necessary tools it will be one hell of a suite. Pages and Keynote kick ass.
You have it backwards. True, few people know all that the Bible says, but none that I know pick and choose. Your 'majority' is just the loud and proud minority and a thorn in our side.
Freedom of religion is not freedom from religion. I can pray, read my Bible, or wear Christian motifs wherever I want, but freedom from religion would imply that if someone didn't want me to I couldn't. If I wanted to put a nativity scene in my front yard my atheist neighbors could demand that I put it away. Also, tax dollars are not spent on higher education. Tuition pays for higher education.
Just because you can do something, does that make it the right thing to do? What he did is totally legal, but it is ethically wrong. He didn't say both sides were criminals, just that both sides were wrong.
Actually that's Old Testament. Jesus also said to turn the other cheek, and part of his mission was to change/renew God's pact with man, including the rules. If you read throught the Bible and get the big picture you realize that there is no contradiction.
The old testament is less relevant today than it was before Jesus. The whole point of Jesus was to renew God's pact with man and share God's blessing with the entire world. Basically, the Jew's blew it as God's chosen people with the strict rules, so God chose to allow anyone to become a believer. To summarize, the new testament said screw all the rules and formalities, and focus on your relationship with God.
You are right on target. Christian fundamentalism totally goes against Jesus' teachings. Most churches and Christian groups are against this sort of act and totally promote forgiveness. Condemning Christianity for this is like condemning Islam for terrorism. It's only the loud and proud, the vocal minority, and they are really a thorn in the side of true Christians/Muslims
Not sensible? If you are typifying Christians as a group from this beating, you are sorely mistaken. There is not a Christian (or Jew, or Muslim, or atheist for that matter) that I know that does not totally condemn this act.
You probably mean $DEITY. Weight loss wasn't going to get this guy out of harm's way, though he might have been able to flee with less baggage to carry around the waist.
This beating infuriates me as a Christian. He might have made some inflammatory comments, but nothing warrants this. That totally goes against Christian principles. Forgive and forget anyone?
Sure they did
Since Google technically got it first, they could get a patent and demand that MS pay royalties. Seeing as that is highly unlikely as there were sattelite imagery programs long before Maps or Virtual Earth, probably even before keyhole. (Google Earth's predecessor) Google isn't a patent whore, so this scenario is highly unlikely even if the patent would be granted. I'm wondering if maps of any type could count as prior art, but then again the 'digital' aspect would be included in a patent application.
Those weren't patented. I agree that one-click is really lame, but MS did nothing wrong. I actually like the Bird's Eye View feature much better that anything in Google Earth or Maps
Yeah. I read the title and immediately thought 'Oh God no. They're taking over!!!'
OMG goatse!
$sys$eyes
Here's the bugfix:
$sys$rootkit
Anthrax did happen, just not on a large scale, but the perpetrator is still out there, uncaught and unpunished. Suitcase nukes exist. The Russians, as 'diligently' as they try, cannot account for all of them. Bird flu, finally, is not a done deal, flu season is just getting into full swing. However the threat from cybeterrorism is negligent. Even al-qaeda pamphlets acknowledge our vast technological superiority, and try to make it useless by simply opting for low-tech means. This is just another reason why legal restrictions on encryption are ridiculous and even harmful. Think 'If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns' only with crypto. Finally, you are right that living in fear is pointless. It serves you no good, even if you have something to fear.
If God meant for rats to fly, he would have given them enormous egos. Ever met a fighter pilot?
Just a side thought, but will SCO even be around anyomre when the trial starts? Even if so they will have little or no money to sustain a case, especially against a giant like IBM who could outspend even MS. My biggest burning question is where does UNIX (the code) go to? Who would inherit SCOs IP? Will UNIX enter the public domain?
...would be putting linux on their calculators. I can't imagaine how nice it would be to be able to code in C, Perl, or Python, or even just use a shell on my Ti-84
Not all alternative OSes are Unix. What about BeOS? Syllable? I know they are an infintesimal minority but the point is that they are not simply target ing *nix platforms.
I hereby propose we rename them Freedom Potato disks. And fries becom Freedom Potato ... ???
Actually, in general, in many places cops won't, possibly even can't give you a ticket for 5 or less mph over the limit
Dear mister nmb3000,
As a representative of the Church of Scientology. I would like to infor you that we recently came upon and read one of your posts on the social website forthwith known here as 'slashdot'. We saw that you ridiculed the faith, and as you must understand this is intolerable. We have deployed a crack team of lawyers to your residence and that of the website 'slashdot'. In the case that we are unable to disabuse you of these misconceptions, we have teams of hitmen available at a moments notice around the globe. (Hey, they're cheaper than the lawyers, they keep the lawyers honest and make things lively) Personally thanking you for your time and consideration,
Tom Cruise^H^HJohn Doe