Old enough to know the difference between JScript and VBScript, and to have written books on both, when both were still relatively new--and I did it 2 years before I was even born! I'd like to see you match that, zygote.
Acer specializes in making the cheapest crap you can buy without getting eMachines.
I am a long-time Acer user. Acer is very consistent about providing the most bang for the buck (at least for their laptops), and they've always included at no extra charge an international warranty which I have invoked twice and which they have honoured twice for me--both times while I was visiting a continent other than the one where I originally purchased the unit.
The machine I'm using right now to type this is an Acer laptop made in 2005. Of course, it's got only a single core and 2GB memory, but it still works quite well for surfing the Web, trolling Slashdot, writing email, listening to music, watching videos, and other such mundane tasks. It's travelled with me all over the world, and at one point got dropped about 5 metres onto a concrete floor by a butter-fingered customs agent in Malaysia (yes, he managed to drop it so that it landed on the level *below* the one where the security line was). Didn't miss a beat.
My other, more modern laptop that I use for actual work is also an Acer.
I don't know what their company policy is regarding Linux support, because I've never had any major problems running Linux on their machines, and thus have never needed to inquire.
Of course, as they say, YMMV. But I am definitely a very satisfied customer, and I would not hesitate to buy from them again.
If you were half as smart as me, you would have realize how silly your comment is considering the post I replied to. Perhaps you should think a bit before posting.
Okay, let's look at that post and your response:
N0Man74: "Whether or not it is protected, I don't think that Anonymous speech is the same thing as when a non-anonymous author being paid to give a biased opinion while hiding the fact that they are being paid to give that opinion."
You: "Why wouldn't it be the same? Anonymous sources use the news media all the time..."
One of these has to do with someone not revealing their identity out of self-interest in order to express his own opinion that might prove unpopular, get them in trouble with an employer who doesn't agree, etc..
The other has to with someone not revealing the fact that they are are actually expressing someone else's opinion, much less who it is that they're really speaking for.
One of these is someone without much power; the other is hiding the fact that he's backed by someone with a lot of power.
So my +1, Informative mod would be going to the AC who pointed out that you apparently don't understand the difference. And I'd be giving you a -1, Dense.
Nowadays you don't have to reformat your HDD all the time, just use VMs. I have a Windows XP VM and a Windows 7 VM that I use with openSUSE Linux as the host.
You know, you can start to focus on another passion/interest of yours while still working. If it becomes important enough, you'll eventually make an exit plan and figure out a way to live off it. You don't have to be rich to do it.
This is exactly how I got my career off of the radio and onto the Internet in the 90s.(And recently I've begun thinking that I might well move it off of the Internet again in a few more years.)
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Old enough to know the difference between JScript and VBScript, and to have written books on both, when both were still relatively new--and I did it 2 years before I was even born! I'd like to see you match that, zygote.
So which Horseman of the Apocalypse did you say you were, again...?
Aw shit, it took me so long to scroll through all that Wall O'Post that my finger's sore, and I forgot whether I won or lost the bet.
The good news is that it doesn't matter, since I still have to go to Hong Kong either way in order to collect.
Thanks for helping me decide where to go on holiday!
Right, let's have some fun here.
Before I hit the "Read the rest of this comment..." link, I am going to bet myself 10 Hong Kong dollars that our old friend APK is back.
They didn't like the Javascript every one else was using and created their own.
Wrong. Their ECMAScript (JavaScript) implementations have always been among the very best, and very much by the standard.
Then of course there was jscript, vertical text, obfuscated script, & embedded fonts.
Apparently you don't realise that JScript = ECMAScript = JavaScript.
Apparently you also don't realise that JScript/ECMAScript/JavaScript != DOM or COM or $object_model.
MS have done a lot of stupid and/or evil things, but credit must be given where due.
Yes.
Acer specializes in making the cheapest crap you can buy without getting eMachines.
I am a long-time Acer user. Acer is very consistent about providing the most bang for the buck (at least for their laptops), and they've always included at no extra charge an international warranty which I have invoked twice and which they have honoured twice for me--both times while I was visiting a continent other than the one where I originally purchased the unit.
The machine I'm using right now to type this is an Acer laptop made in 2005. Of course, it's got only a single core and 2GB memory, but it still works quite well for surfing the Web, trolling Slashdot, writing email, listening to music, watching videos, and other such mundane tasks. It's travelled with me all over the world, and at one point got dropped about 5 metres onto a concrete floor by a butter-fingered customs agent in Malaysia (yes, he managed to drop it so that it landed on the level *below* the one where the security line was). Didn't miss a beat.
My other, more modern laptop that I use for actual work is also an Acer.
I don't know what their company policy is regarding Linux support, because I've never had any major problems running Linux on their machines, and thus have never needed to inquire.
Of course, as they say, YMMV. But I am definitely a very satisfied customer, and I would not hesitate to buy from them again.
How can someone who is "merely expressing his opinion" perjure himself?
why would the judge care other than for his own curiosity? what possible impact could it have on the case?
Is that you, Florian?
Only if you're posting in Lisp.
It would be fraud if you claimed not to have any relationship with your employer, and this is *exactly* what Florian has made a career of.
If you were half as smart as me, you would have realize how silly your comment is considering the post I replied to. Perhaps you should think a bit before posting.
Okay, let's look at that post and your response:
N0Man74: "Whether or not it is protected, I don't think that Anonymous speech is the same thing as when a non-anonymous author being paid to give a biased opinion while hiding the fact that they are being paid to give that opinion."
You: "Why wouldn't it be the same? Anonymous sources use the news media all the time..."
One of these has to do with someone not revealing their identity out of self-interest in order to express his own opinion that might prove unpopular, get them in trouble with an employer who doesn't agree, etc..
The other has to with someone not revealing the fact that they are are actually expressing someone else's opinion, much less who it is that they're really speaking for.
One of these is someone without much power; the other is hiding the fact that he's backed by someone with a lot of power.
So my +1, Informative mod would be going to the AC who pointed out that you apparently don't understand the difference. And I'd be giving you a -1, Dense.
Feliks Dzerzhinsky has something to tell you...
Nowadays you don't have to reformat your HDD all the time, just use VMs. I have a Windows XP VM and a Windows 7 VM that I use with openSUSE Linux as the host.
whooosh
(At least you spotted *one* of the (deliberate) mistakes,though, to give credit where it's due.)
Over 50% of the economy is directly owned by the State. The State owning the means of production is called...what?
Communism.
However, the parent to your post was specifically pointing out that China is not a socialist state.
You're both technically correct; the best kind of correct.
You're all three dead wrong.
Since the State--not the workers--controls the means of production in China, I call it state capitalism, and you should, too.
At the very least, please don't bandy words like "socialism" and "communism" about if you don't know what they mean.
Looks like a great book.
Too bad my options for actually *buying* a copy all involve either PayPal or lulu.com, neither of which I will ever, ever use again.
Thank goodness there's the free HTML version and wget, I guess.
You know, you can start to focus on another passion/interest of yours while still working. If it becomes important enough, you'll eventually make an exit plan and figure out a way to live off it. You don't have to be rich to do it.
This is exactly how I got my career off of the radio and onto the Internet in the 90s.(And recently I've begun thinking that I might well move it off of the Internet again in a few more years.)
she doesn't understand why a six year old computer is useless
Good thing I'm using one that's seven years old to read Slashdot with, then.
Sure thing, Son.
BTW, I notice you're on the Internet wayyy after lights-out, so you're grounded from the computer for the next two weeks.
I knew what irony was before Alanis was even a zygote, thanks very much.
You've caught me out.
That's right, I was poking fun at you.
Why? Because you're complaining about entirely the wrong "problem".
Johnson & Johnson would be my guess.
You can always change the station, you know.
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