[X] You can get them dirt cheap (under $10) so if they break, get wet washing the dishes, fall in the toilet - no big deal. Try that with your cell phone.
My Nokia was GBP 10, and I can make phone calls with it. Try that with your wristwatch.
4.2 wasn't bad, and I actually *like* 4.3, I can easily set it up to do what I want/need easily.
I *hate* it. At least the 3D stuff can be turned off now, but there's still a noticeable lag with keyboard input randomly. I mean, seriously. I have a 2x2,4 GHz processor and you tell me you can't display the key I pressed under 0,1 seconds?
Oh, and please don't try to find and animate every possible program on the run dialog until I actually finished typing the relevant part.
Instead, it's our neglect of education. Really, it's appalling that teachers aren't some of our most highly-paid professionals.
The fundamental flaw of education is:
1) it treats all children the same. You should learn this, because you are 7 years old. Nothing else matters. You could be a grand master in chess, but you're not allowed to write cursive yet! You have been reading since you were 3? Well, forget it, you're going to learn it all over again!
2) No child left behind. We're treating everyone the same, and that treatment will be the one required for the dumbest. The smart ones are bored out of their skull? Who cares!
A governing body should not have to step up to preserve these databases.
Wtf? There is an unbelievably simple way to deal with this. Make the URL shorter, not the link it points to.
"http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/184256/URL-Shorteners-Get-Some-Backup?art_pos=1" could become
"tech.slashdot.org/story/..."
in the text, but with keeping the long link it points to, so you can still see it when you hover the mouse over it. This is what StackOverflow does in the comments, and it works perfectly.
A British man has been tagged "The Sperminator" for getting 12 girls pregnant after wooing them on social networking site Facebook. Five women are now raising his kids, five were talked into abortions and two are expecting. For years, love rat Dominic Baronet secretly preyed on women with his smooth Internet patter.
Don't you love it how these retarded bitches are suddenly victims? I'm sorry, but unless it was rape, he didn't "prey" on anyone. Didn't their mom tell them not to fuck guys they barely know without at least some protection?
If I posted this about the acronym "US" you can be damn sure I would mbe modded troll in a heartbeat.
1. This is a website specifically aimed at US citizens. 2. I live in the EU, and I still wouldn't have had a clue if I hadn't read about this deal in the past. At two letter acronym is not unique across the globe.
On the other hand, if you use a SQL engine, you can go "small and light" simply by using "small and light" queries. There's no particular reason you can't simply run SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id=? repeatedly, incrementing id each time.
I'm sorry, but that definition of "small and light" only applies within the context of using an SQL engine, if at all. For example, compare it with the complexity of using a raw file in the same manner:
And with the public access to information about products that the internet has brought, I would bet China could change perception about their brands in a decade easily.
Let me tell you about quality versus price: if you need to get dressed and ensure you can actually eat something tonight, you don't buy the more expensive clothes, not even if they'll pay off in not having to buy new in the next 10 years.
OTOH, many of these knockoff factories produce quality products, too.
The real question is: do we let this sort of secrecy become a precedent? If this thing passes, no matter what it actually says, it will be used to justify the next attempt.
Informed public is the cornerstone to maintaining democracy, don't let it slip away. (By public I don't mean the redneck sitting in front of the TV drinking beer, but the experts who can at least comment on the proposal and its effects before it's too late.)
And no matter what some slashdotters CLAIM, yes, many people will not buy albums at all just because they can get them off soulseek or bittorrent or, god forbid, limewire.
Of course. But the solution to that is to sell to people who want to buy it, either to support the author, or to have a physical copy.
People have been writing good music for fun (and for free) throughout history, just so that people can enjoy it. In fact, my suggestion to anyone who doesn't want me to listen to their music is to get a real job.
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[X] You can get them dirt cheap (under $10) so if they break, get wet washing the dishes, fall in the toilet - no big deal. Try that with your cell phone.
My Nokia was GBP 10, and I can make phone calls with it. Try that with your wristwatch.
things have to look as good as well as they perform. why is it that people always think it has to be one or the other.
Because "both" requires smart web developers, and they're a scarce resource.
Definitely.
So they hired my mother-in-law?
4.2 wasn't bad, and I actually *like* 4.3, I can easily set it up to do what I want/need easily.
I *hate* it. At least the 3D stuff can be turned off now, but there's still a noticeable lag with keyboard input randomly. I mean, seriously. I have a 2x2,4 GHz processor and you tell me you can't display the key I pressed under 0,1 seconds?
Oh, and please don't try to find and animate every possible program on the run dialog until I actually finished typing the relevant part.
That still doesn't make it a zero-day. Zero-days appear in the wild on the day of release.
Let me rephrase the argument for you:
OMG teachers are getting paid!!! How could this happen?! SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!
Instead, it's our neglect of education. Really, it's appalling that teachers aren't some of our most highly-paid professionals.
The fundamental flaw of education is:
1) it treats all children the same. You should learn this, because you are 7 years old. Nothing else matters. You could be a grand master in chess, but you're not allowed to write cursive yet! You have been reading since you were 3? Well, forget it, you're going to learn it all over again!
2) No child left behind. We're treating everyone the same, and that treatment will be the one required for the dumbest. The smart ones are bored out of their skull? Who cares!
A governing body should not have to step up to preserve these databases.
Wtf? There is an unbelievably simple way to deal with this. Make the URL shorter, not the link it points to.
"http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/184256/URL-Shorteners-Get-Some-Backup?art_pos=1" could become
"tech.slashdot.org/story/..."
in the text, but with keeping the long link it points to, so you can still see it when you hover the mouse over it. This is what StackOverflow does in the comments, and it works perfectly.
Sex.
Except it may not be a good answer. There is more to life than what you can prove scientifically.
A British man has been tagged "The Sperminator" for getting 12 girls pregnant after wooing them on social networking site Facebook. Five women are now raising his kids, five were talked into abortions and two are expecting. For years, love rat Dominic Baronet secretly preyed on women with his smooth Internet patter.
Don't you love it how these retarded bitches are suddenly victims? I'm sorry, but unless it was rape, he didn't "prey" on anyone. Didn't their mom tell them not to fuck guys they barely know without at least some protection?
And the AC answering with "you're an idiot' and "jackass" is informative... that is more of a flamebait I think...
It's not an insult to say a dead man is dead.
If I posted this about the acronym "US" you can be damn sure I would mbe modded troll in a heartbeat.
1. This is a website specifically aimed at US citizens.
2. I live in the EU, and I still wouldn't have had a clue if I hadn't read about this deal in the past. At two letter acronym is not unique across the globe.
Btw, can anyone tell me how it would hurt competition if Oracle buys up the suckiest branch of MySQL?
On the other hand, if you use a SQL engine, you can go "small and light" simply by using "small and light" queries. There's no particular reason you can't simply run SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id=? repeatedly, incrementing id each time.
I'm sorry, but that definition of "small and light" only applies within the context of using an SQL engine, if at all. For example, compare it with the complexity of using a raw file in the same manner:
offset += sizeof(record);
And with the public access to information about products that the internet has brought, I would bet China could change perception about their brands in a decade easily.
Let me tell you about quality versus price: if you need to get dressed and ensure you can actually eat something tonight, you don't buy the more expensive clothes, not even if they'll pay off in not having to buy new in the next 10 years.
OTOH, many of these knockoff factories produce quality products, too.
In contrast to goatse, which has all the content on one page?
Here's another analogy for you: don't rely on the police to catch the robbers. Use houses with locks on them and learn how to use it.
Get some priorities, AC! Google releases the compiler they used to make Gmail fast and you want to talk about muslims?
We know it's funny, we just don't know exactly how funny it is.
The real question is: do we let this sort of secrecy become a precedent? If this thing passes, no matter what it actually says, it will be used to justify the next attempt.
Informed public is the cornerstone to maintaining democracy, don't let it slip away. (By public I don't mean the redneck sitting in front of the TV drinking beer, but the experts who can at least comment on the proposal and its effects before it's too late.)
Bloggers are taking over the world!
Let's just hope xkcd will be the new president.
And no matter what some slashdotters CLAIM, yes, many people will not buy albums at all just because they can get them off soulseek or bittorrent or, god forbid, limewire.
Of course. But the solution to that is to sell to people who want to buy it, either to support the author, or to have a physical copy.
People have been writing good music for fun (and for free) throughout history, just so that people can enjoy it. In fact, my suggestion to anyone who doesn't want me to listen to their music is to get a real job.
P.S. I do buy music, mostly from local groups.
As far as I know, he never developed anything, instead relying on others to do the work
And what exactly is the job of the CEO in contrast?
He didn't write code, but being a software geek, he could tell if his employees actually knew what they were doing.