"Saskatchewan was told that it would never get hospital insurance. Yet Saskatchewan people were the first in Canada to establish this kind of insurance, and were followed by the rest of Canada. We didn't have Medicare in those days. They said you couldn't have Medicare - it would interfere with the 'doctor-patient relationship'. But you people in this province demonstrated to Canada that it was possible to have Medicare. Now every province in Canada either has it or is in the process of setting it up."
"Sure things have changed. Hair has gone down and skirts have gone up. But don't let this fool you. Behind the beards and the miniskirts, the long hair, this generation of young people, take it from me, is one of the finest generations of young people that have ever grown up in this country. Sure they're in rebellion against a lot of our standards and values and well they might be. They have got sick and tired of a manipulated society. They understand that a nation's greatness lies not in the quantities of its goods but in the quality of its life."
Speech in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, November 27, 1970
From Doris French Shackleton, Tommy Douglas, p. 309-10.
Have you ever tried "engaging" with an ID'er? I don't recommend it.
It's a complete waste of time, especially when you find out that they have practically no knowledge of their own religion and its history, (For eg: "The bible has never been edited!") not to mention absolutely no understanding of Evolution at all. So far, all I've heard from any of these people are the usual Dembski and/or Behe "talking points" like the ridiculous "bacterial flagella" argument they spout over and over again and of course the old favourite, "Irreducible complexity" -- both of which of course have been thoroughly debunked over and over again.
The best part is when you call them on their memorized rant and ask for clarification on a point or two, they often end up like the proverbial deer in headlights and have nothing to say. After all, they're just repeating Dogma and not actually thinking for themselves.
Although the final build had been compiled, Microsoft still had to put it through testing before christening it as RTM.
Not being a software developer, maybe I'm not understanding this properly. Does this mean that it really only needed a week of testing before it was ready to go out the door? I realize that there must have been a lot more testing on previous builds, etc but still - only one week?
Actually, these aren't yet sold in Canada since none of NBC, CNN or Comedy Central (not sure about ESPN) allow their WWW content up here, at least not from their own domains. I can see some, but not much content through their Canadian affiliates, I wonder when Roku will be able to do the same. I suppose that would be dependent upon whether or not they're interested in doing business up here. Does anyone know how long a deal like that usually takes?
"From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.... I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our being."
Surprisingly less common is the idea that plain/ugly girls are great lays. The logic being that they have to be better lays because they can't coast on their looks. Probably also nominally true, but probably less so since many less attractive people are more socially withdrawn and less unlikely to be available, plus the demotivating factor of bad looks may be stronger than the motivating factor of good looks.
But the really amazing data came from the LIDAR instrument, which was able to track the formation of the clouds at the atmosphere's boundary layer. Cloud formation became more pronounced as the summer gradually faded and the atmosphere cooled at night, and the scientists were eventually able to detect cirrus-like clouds as they dropped "tilted vertical sheets" of ice particles back to the surface of the planet. In short, they watched it snow.
Leave it to us Canadians, we go to Mars to talk about the weather and manage to find snow.
Oh, and this is also old news, although it may be "new news" because today's article talks about *nighttime* snowfall and not just plain old "snowfall".
On the surface this sounds like a great idea. Sort of like SPF for JavaScript. Of course I'm sure that more knowledgeable folks than I will do their best to poke holes in it. I guess the other browsers will just ignore this unless of course they jump on board and implement it too.
Hear, hear! GGP is Definitely a troll. Let's also not forget that Iran is firmly seated in the 'first world' and is in no way a 2nd/3rd world country. How many 3rd world countries are able to even consider developing nuclear technology?
If you do decide to go with an Active Directory, I found that using Winbind was an extremely easy way to have my Samba server authenticate my users from the AD. It was up and running in no time and it's been rock solid ever since.
One thing to remember is to use Group Sharing when setting folder permissions on the *nix box. That was an easy one to overlook until users started asking why they couldn't open each others files!
http://catb.org/jargon/html/Y/YHBT.html...and nope, I'd not seen that particular troll before. I'm not sure how, but there you go. I learned two new things today.
Funny, I learned to start using Linux in an afternoon. While drinking. --Enough to get started anyway. I had my first Samba server up and running perfectly (compiled from source) that *same* afternoon and Apache was running the next day. I'm sure that it didn't hurt that I was already used to a Unix-style command line from high school and I used Dos on a regular basis on my PC at the time, but I'd never touched Linux before.
I know I shouldn't have answered you, but when you start throwing in all the extra stereotype "nerd" garbage you really sound like a fucking lunatic who clearly hasn't got the slightest clue of what he's talking about. I suppose you're just a shill.
50/50
1) They will be terrified that you want to leave and will capitulate to your demands.
2) No promotion, but you will get a new mandatory dress code.
I wonder if Lake Erie's issue could have been caused by the appearance of Zebra Mussels? I think I remember that they were killing off a lot of the aquatic species living there.
Slashdot Mirror
"Saskatchewan was told that it would never get hospital insurance. Yet Saskatchewan people were the first in Canada to establish this kind of insurance, and were followed by the rest of Canada. We didn't have Medicare in those days. They said you couldn't have Medicare - it would interfere with the 'doctor-patient relationship'. But you people in this province demonstrated to Canada that it was possible to have Medicare. Now every province in Canada either has it or is in the process of setting it up."
"Sure things have changed. Hair has gone down and skirts have gone up. But don't let this fool you. Behind the beards and the miniskirts, the long hair, this generation of young people, take it from me, is one of the finest generations of young people that have ever grown up in this country. Sure they're in rebellion against a lot of our standards and values and well they might be. They have got sick and tired of a manipulated society. They understand that a nation's greatness lies not in the quantities of its goods but in the quality of its life."
Speech in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, November 27, 1970
From Doris French Shackleton, Tommy Douglas, p. 309-10.
Tommy Douglas Father of Canadian Healthcare.
(also grandfather to Jack Bauer)
Have you ever tried "engaging" with an ID'er? I don't recommend it.
It's a complete waste of time, especially when you find out that they have practically no knowledge of their own religion and its history, (For eg: "The bible has never been edited!") not to mention absolutely no understanding of Evolution at all. So far, all I've heard from any of these people are the usual Dembski and/or Behe "talking points" like the ridiculous "bacterial flagella" argument they spout over and over again and of course the old favourite, "Irreducible complexity" -- both of which of course have been thoroughly debunked over and over again.
The best part is when you call them on their memorized rant and ask for clarification on a point or two, they often end up like the proverbial deer in headlights and have nothing to say. After all, they're just repeating Dogma and not actually thinking for themselves.
Just in case someone's interested:
Evolution of the Bacterial Flagellum
Irreducible Complexity
In somewhat related news, 0% of Thanksgiving Turkeys survive getting dropped from above a parking lot.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
-- Arthur Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati
Although the final build had been compiled, Microsoft still had to put it through testing before christening it as RTM.
Not being a software developer, maybe I'm not understanding this properly. Does this mean that it really only needed a week of testing before it was ready to go out the door? I realize that there must have been a lot more testing on previous builds, etc but still - only one week?
Aggrivation service? And it's free? Sign me up!
Actually, these aren't yet sold in Canada since none of NBC, CNN or Comedy Central (not sure about ESPN) allow their WWW content up here, at least not from their own domains. I can see some, but not much content through their Canadian affiliates, I wonder when Roku will be able to do the same. I suppose that would be dependent upon whether or not they're interested in doing business up here. Does anyone know how long a deal like that usually takes?
No wonder my designers are crazy!
"From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.... I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our being."
Einstein did not believe in a personal god.
Surprisingly less common is the idea that plain/ugly girls are great lays. The logic being that they have to be better lays because they can't coast on their looks. Probably also nominally true, but probably less so since many less attractive people are more socially withdrawn and less unlikely to be available, plus the demotivating factor of bad looks may be stronger than the motivating factor of good looks.
Lewis: "Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex."
Leave it to us Canadians, we go to Mars to talk about the weather and manage to find snow.
Oh, and this is also old news, although it may be "new news" because today's article talks about *nighttime* snowfall and not just plain old "snowfall".
On the surface this sounds like a great idea. Sort of like SPF for JavaScript. Of course I'm sure that more knowledgeable folks than I will do their best to poke holes in it. I guess the other browsers will just ignore this unless of course they jump on board and implement it too.
How exactly is this "online"?
You can have the inches, feet and miles, but you'll have to pry my pint out of my cold, dead hands.
Did I miss it? When did the "top ten" list get watered down to "top seven"? Too lazy to dig up three more crappy towns?
Hear, hear! GGP is Definitely a troll.
Let's also not forget that Iran is firmly seated in the 'first world' and is in no way a 2nd/3rd world country. How many 3rd world countries are able to even consider developing nuclear technology?
If you do decide to go with an Active Directory, I found that using Winbind was an extremely easy way to have my Samba server authenticate my users from the AD. It was up and running in no time and it's been rock solid ever since.
One thing to remember is to use Group Sharing when setting folder permissions on the *nix box. That was an easy one to overlook until users started asking why they couldn't open each others files!
"Everybody funny. Now you funny too"
http://catb.org/jargon/html/Y/YHBT.html ...and nope, I'd not seen that particular troll before. I'm not sure how, but there you go. I learned two new things today.
Funny, I learned to start using Linux in an afternoon. While drinking. --Enough to get started anyway. I had my first Samba server up and running perfectly (compiled from source) that *same* afternoon and Apache was running the next day. I'm sure that it didn't hurt that I was already used to a Unix-style command line from high school and I used Dos on a regular basis on my PC at the time, but I'd never touched Linux before.
I know I shouldn't have answered you, but when you start throwing in all the extra stereotype "nerd" garbage you really sound like a fucking lunatic who clearly hasn't got the slightest clue of what he's talking about. I suppose you're just a shill.
It's what we do. We interfere with processes all the time.
I'm a big fan of interfering.
I'm waiting until they print it on Klingon.
http://www.ladyaleta.com/aleta/tolkien.htm
Much faster than waiting for the book to print.
but then it would be 33.3 / 33.3 / 33.4 ;)
50/50
1) They will be terrified that you want to leave and will capitulate to your demands.
2) No promotion, but you will get a new mandatory dress code.
"In a concerted effort to compete with more popular MMOs like World of Warcraft"
So... Slashdot is an MMO now?
Can I run a local server instead?
I wonder if Lake Erie's issue could have been caused by the appearance of Zebra Mussels? I think I remember that they were killing off a lot of the aquatic species living there.