You propose good socialist vorker bugs on a stinking bus. Europe uses force to achieve this. It's creeping into some US urban stink holes but fortunately not all.
You got that right.
Stockholm resident here. Man, it's terrible. Haven't owned a car since I moved here. The government here forces me not to have one by making it possible for me to get pretty much anywhere in the greater metro area in, say, 45 minutes or less, just about anytime. I can get to the downtown office on Södermalm in about half the time it would take me to drive there. Costs me about a hundred bucks a month (790 SEK currently) for a 30-day unlimited pass for the subway, surface commuter rail, buses, and ferries--how dare they charge me less than I'd spent on petrol just to get back and forth between home and work. What's worse, all those vehicles are generally clean and well-maintained.
If you really want a JS library that does damn near everything under the sun, check out php.js. They have the vast majority of core PHP functions implemented in JavaScript.
Yeccccch.
Way back when (5+ years ago), I did just the opposite--I saw what a mess PHP had in lieu of certain features (abysmal date and XML handling), and ported a bunch of JS objects to it.
I still use my ported Date class anytime I have to mess with dates in PHP.
I think PEAR has one of its own now, but I still prefer mine, since it follows the ECMA standard. Oddly enough, this seems to be the reason PEAR rejected it (even though they gladly took and still use to this day my XML services stuff that nobody else could be arsed to implement), and the 'standard' one doesn't seem to follow any.
Maybe the question should be how to promote policies that prevent software engineers from going to the evil dictator side.
Assassination seems to be a popular choice of late for dealing with technical professionals who are a bit too good at doing their jobs for the wrong sorts of people...
The same can be said of my kitchen table, even though it is made of wood...
(NB. I quite like Mr Reeves and many of his films, including one of my all-time favourites Point Break. But please don't try to tell me he's a good actor.)
Because people, as a whole, gravitate to simplicity. They want "a cup", "A pint" or some other simple group label when they do something repeatedly (like order a beer).. and if the simple thing doesn't exist, one will, inevitably evolve. and thus, the reference to "Folk" volumes appearing alongside the rigid measurements.
Thanks for playing, but...
Having lived in both countries, I'd like to inform you that 45 cl beers are the norm in Swedish pubs, and asking for 500 g of mince is the norm in Australia. No references to "folk volumes" in either case.
Teachers that would abuse their students have ample access to them without social media.
Lack of an Internet didn't stop many a pastor from getting into the back of the church van with 15-year-old parishioners when I was in school back in the 70's. I see no reason to expect that lack of it as a communications channel is going change this now.
We'd accomplish heaps more by banning churches (or vans).
Or by doing something about the horrid American cultural mindset that says that guys should continue wanting to fuck teenagers when they're in their 30s,40s...
Tell me, if its already illegal for a teacher to abuse their position of power to have an inappropriate relationship with their students, and if such laws dont always work, what makes THIS law so effective that it will put a stop to such relationships?
Back in the day, this is what we would call The $64,000 Question.
And of course, the actions people take in accordance to their religion can make it worse : like burying your dead instead of recycling them as tasty, nutritious Soylent Green!
TFTFY
--Z (who's just decided to give that second slice of toast a miss now, thanks)
Mandarin is the official language, required in nearly all schools in China Proper, and all PRC Chinese are expected to know it. (It's a bit different in the autonomous regions like Inner Mongolia and Tibet, but that's beside the point.)
Only about 10% of mainland Chinese speak Cantonese or a related dialect, and it is an official language only in Hong Kong and Macau. It is not official in Canton or any other Mainland province. The dialects were actively suppressed in the early years of the PRC, but there are now even a couple of Cantonese-language radio and TV stations.
However, Cantonese (or a close relative known as Hakka) is spoken more widely by *overseas* Chinese, particularly in the US, as well as in Southeast Asia.
BTW, contrary to what's often claimed, there *are* differences in writing the various dialects, at least in the case of Cantonese. Not only are many or most characters are pronounced differently, many of them have different meanings, some of the standard characters are not used, are altered, or are altogether replaced by nonstandard ones. What's true is that 98% of any printed matter you're likely to see is Mandarin.
When I've visited Canton, I've found that the locals tend to use Cantonese amongst themselves, but switch readily to Mandarin when speaking with non-Cantonese visitors. I'm told that some long-term migrants from other parts of China eventually pick it up (others don't, obviously).
But don't bother with Mandarin in Hong Kong--hardly anyone there speaks it, so you're better off just using English.
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Dr Bob's chiro-trolls are better than this.
Lo, how the mighty have fallen.
Bloody hell. Georg Cantor.
You propose good socialist vorker bugs on a stinking bus. Europe uses force to achieve this. It's creeping into some US urban stink holes but fortunately not all.
You got that right.
Stockholm resident here. Man, it's terrible. Haven't owned a car since I moved here. The government here forces me not to have one by making it possible for me to get pretty much anywhere in the greater metro area in, say, 45 minutes or less, just about anytime. I can get to the downtown office on Södermalm in about half the time it would take me to drive there. Costs me about a hundred bucks a month (790 SEK currently) for a 30-day unlimited pass for the subway, surface commuter rail, buses, and ferries--how dare they charge me less than I'd spent on petrol just to get back and forth between home and work. What's worse, all those vehicles are generally clean and well-maintained.
Damn that government! Damn them all to Hell!
They are just all infinite. Aleph Null != other "degrees" of infinity.
Gregor Cantor says you're wrong.
knee grows
Oh, look, honey--Junior made a funny. Isn't he just the cleverest little fellow.
Stockholm resident here.
I can assure you that Windows costs about the same in Sweden as it does everywhere else.
My UID (dick size ) speaks for itself.
Then let me be the first of 183,937 to say, "Oh! We're supposed to be impressed, right?"
You misunderstood. "The JavaScript Community" is the name of a Seattle-based indie band.
What, no torrent?
Fuck me, I wish I had some Rock Star Mod Points.
Well said, mate, well said.
If you really want a JS library that does damn near everything under the sun, check out php.js. They have the vast majority of core PHP functions implemented in JavaScript.
Yeccccch.
Way back when (5+ years ago), I did just the opposite--I saw what a mess PHP had in lieu of certain features (abysmal date and XML handling), and ported a bunch of JS objects to it.
I still use my ported Date class anytime I have to mess with dates in PHP.
I think PEAR has one of its own now, but I still prefer mine, since it follows the ECMA standard. Oddly enough, this seems to be the reason PEAR rejected it (even though they gladly took and still use to this day my XML services stuff that nobody else could be arsed to implement), and the 'standard' one doesn't seem to follow any.
Post it as a front-page story--then we promise to be impressed.
Maybe the question should be how to promote policies that prevent software engineers from going to the evil dictator side.
Assassination seems to be a popular choice of late for dealing with technical professionals who are a bit too good at doing their jobs for the wrong sorts of people...
1. Prove to me that there is no minimum-wage household anywhere that has more than one phone, TV, or video player.
2. So if I'm married and have 2 kids, I'm obliged to have 4 TVs, 4 phones, 4 video players, ...?
Ancient cultural heritage, or porn?
He's even better at acting than Keanu Reeves.
The same can be said of my kitchen table, even though it is made of wood...
(NB. I quite like Mr Reeves and many of his films, including one of my all-time favourites Point Break. But please don't try to tell me he's a good actor.)
Are you attempting to redefine ante meridiem and post meridiem? The Romans won't be pleased.
People don't realize how annoying it is to have the sun go down at 10 in the night.
Yet, where I live, we manage to live with it every June and July...!
Because people, as a whole, gravitate to simplicity. They want "a cup", "A pint" or some other simple group label when they do something repeatedly (like order a beer).. and if the simple thing doesn't exist, one will, inevitably evolve. and thus, the reference to "Folk" volumes appearing alongside the rigid measurements.
Thanks for playing, but...
Having lived in both countries, I'd like to inform you that 45 cl beers are the norm in Swedish pubs, and asking for 500 g of mince is the norm in Australia. No references to "folk volumes" in either case.
Modem handshake noise is no longer widely recognised.
*wipes tears from keyboard...*
Teachers that would abuse their students have ample access to them without social media.
Lack of an Internet didn't stop many a pastor from getting into the back of the church van with 15-year-old parishioners when I was in school back in the 70's. I see no reason to expect that lack of it as a communications channel is going change this now.
We'd accomplish heaps more by banning churches (or vans).
Or by doing something about the horrid American cultural mindset that says that guys should continue wanting to fuck teenagers when they're in their 30s,40s...
Tell me, if its already illegal for a teacher to abuse their position of power to have an inappropriate relationship with their students, and if such laws dont always work, what makes THIS law so effective that it will put a stop to such relationships?
Back in the day, this is what we would call The $64,000 Question.
And of course, the actions people take in accordance to their religion can make it worse : like burying your dead instead of recycling them as tasty, nutritious Soylent Green!
TFTFY
--Z (who's just decided to give that second slice of toast a miss now, thanks)
Well, looking at how the south east of the US are both very religious and constantly hit by tornados, floods and the like...
My theory is that it has something to do with the prevalence of Sundrop and/or Cheerwine in those parts.
That's because Steve Jobs was partially inspired by them.
Wrong - that's the other way around - Star Trek happens in the future
Our future. Not necessarily Steve's.
Mandarin is the official language, required in nearly all schools in China Proper, and all PRC Chinese are expected to know it. (It's a bit different in the autonomous regions like Inner Mongolia and Tibet, but that's beside the point.)
Only about 10% of mainland Chinese speak Cantonese or a related dialect, and it is an official language only in Hong Kong and Macau. It is not official in Canton or any other Mainland province. The dialects were actively suppressed in the early years of the PRC, but there are now even a couple of Cantonese-language radio and TV stations.
However, Cantonese (or a close relative known as Hakka) is spoken more widely by *overseas* Chinese, particularly in the US, as well as in Southeast Asia.
BTW, contrary to what's often claimed, there *are* differences in writing the various dialects, at least in the case of Cantonese. Not only are many or most characters are pronounced differently, many of them have different meanings, some of the standard characters are not used, are altered, or are altogether replaced by nonstandard ones. What's true is that 98% of any printed matter you're likely to see is Mandarin.
When I've visited Canton, I've found that the locals tend to use Cantonese amongst themselves, but switch readily to Mandarin when speaking with non-Cantonese visitors. I'm told that some long-term migrants from other parts of China eventually pick it up (others don't, obviously).
But don't bother with Mandarin in Hong Kong--hardly anyone there speaks it, so you're better off just using English.