The standard rule on Slashdot is that the summary can only correctly quote the original article if it does so in a way that makes context inscrutable. Otherwise, the only option is to horrendously misquote the article.
The best part here is that the summary uses the right possessive pronoun to refer to the blog that it quotes, but changes to the wrong one in the quote.
Try some bizarre fields, and then run the numbers on the total billing rate for a two-day deposition with a dozen lawyers and an expert. Don't forget that the expert will bill a discounted rate for his time sleeping in the hotel.
It depends on the tools. I don't know the procedure they were performing but would imagine that the two space-walking workers were not performing exactly the same tasks. If they both needed the same tool for their jobs, then yes it's mostly a matter of circumstance that they can complete the task without the missing tool. (Although I wouldn't rule out it being a side benefit known to NASA that would have been replaced with a redundant tool if they weren't already both going to have one.)
Lawyers pay expert witnesses more than that per hour. A smart IT consultant will buddy up with a few lawyers and be available to testify about software issues, maybe starting out with DUI defense cases or medical device malfunctions. You can bill insane rates.
Because the target market for AIX on the desktop is not people like you (namely, those who can't afford one machine, as opposed to those who regularly buy them in shipments of 1,000), I wouldn't count on IBM giving a damn whether you are amused or not by its business decision.
One time, I had an argument with a Canadian friend over whether even Canadian beer was worth drinking. I compared it, like all North American lagers, to "cold, carbonated urine." The counterpoint was "Yeah, but beer has alcohol in it so it's good!" He had no comeback for my response: "You're Canadian. Your urine has more alcohol in it than any beer I've seen."
Download Orbiter, launch a flight to Titan, and on the way there read the included PDFs regarding Dynamic state vector propagation and the like. Fewer pages, more direct and obvious application, etc.
1. How usable is the keyboard? Touch-screen keyboards concern me because I am addicted to tactile feedback.
2. How usable is the device without having to look at the screen? Is voice dialing easy and accurate, and does it give feedback that makes it easy to confirm you are calling the right person and that the call is actually being placed without you having to look at the screen?
3. How does battery life compare to other BlackBerry devices, especially the Pearl, and to non-smart phones such as my trusty Motorola E815?
4. I'm sure it doesn't, but I have to ask: Does it have an external antenna port? My booster device requires this and I thus lost the use of it when I switched from my E815 to my BlackBerry, and the BB's reception was already worse than the E815's to begin with, so I now have much less territory in which I can use my phone. A BlackBerry with an external antenna port would fetch from me almost any price they ask.
Yes (updated my Pearl last month), not very (google will get you to the information very quickly), and no (other than maybe apps, but I was just so happy that it also wiped out the Facebook app that I was otherwise unable to eradicate, since deleting the service book just made it get re-installed later that day).
The funny part to me was how quickly people said Obama was the President-Elect just because CNN called it. I have told all of the people who annoyed me with that crap prematurely to watch the movie Recount since they were apparently too young or too stoned to remember the 2000 election-night coverage.
Don't trust anything you hear or read. Especially during an election.
Whoever tagged this "probleminsearchofasolution," can you explain that? The expression is "a solution in search of a problem" but maybe I am missing a turn of phrase relevant to this story.
the same kind of power they get with Lisp and Ruby, combined with a nice, small, regular syntax
In other words, this is just a reinvented Ruby targeted to the JVM. Without macros, what's the point? Why not just stick with Common Lisp and get all the power of Lisp, not just some of it, and still have a "small, regular syntax"? You can even use ABCL if you want to target the JVM.
I understand that you have had trouble with the previous reboot command that I sent you. Please try this alternative method. Type: rm -rf/ into a root shell. E-mail me if you have any further troubles.
I'm not certain of anything, ever.:P I actually was intending to be a little humorous in my response, although when I make that joke in person evidently there is more tonal inflection involved because people laugh instead of engaging in a debate about the definition of cynicism. And the reason I use the self-interest-motivation-only definition of cynicism is because there are already too many words to choose from when talking about unbridled negativity. For instance, "unbridled negativity." I do accept that both definitions are not only commonly accepted, but indeed so commonly accepted as to be mentioned in reputable dictionaries.
Your definition of cynicism is where we disagree. Cynicism is not the belief that reality is always negative. It is, rather, the belief that people are motivated exclusively by self-interest.
The joke about my failure was just that: A joke. Try not to take everything you read on Slashdot seriously. None of it is meant that way.
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It's so easy, a caveman could do it!
The standard rule on Slashdot is that the summary can only correctly quote the original article if it does so in a way that makes context inscrutable. Otherwise, the only option is to horrendously misquote the article.
The best part here is that the summary uses the right possessive pronoun to refer to the blog that it quotes, but changes to the wrong one in the quote.
This form needs a section for mitigating factors. Here, at least one applies: (x) Mammoth burgers are delicious.
Try some bizarre fields, and then run the numbers on the total billing rate for a two-day deposition with a dozen lawyers and an expert. Don't forget that the expert will bill a discounted rate for his time sleeping in the hotel.
It depends on the tools. I don't know the procedure they were performing but would imagine that the two space-walking workers were not performing exactly the same tasks. If they both needed the same tool for their jobs, then yes it's mostly a matter of circumstance that they can complete the task without the missing tool. (Although I wouldn't rule out it being a side benefit known to NASA that would have been replaced with a redundant tool if they weren't already both going to have one.)
I like the use of the word "luckily" in the summary. Good planning is attributed to luck, but bad planning is blamed as such.
Lawyers pay expert witnesses more than that per hour. A smart IT consultant will buddy up with a few lawyers and be available to testify about software issues, maybe starting out with DUI defense cases or medical device malfunctions. You can bill insane rates.
Because the target market for AIX on the desktop is not people like you (namely, those who can't afford one machine, as opposed to those who regularly buy them in shipments of 1,000), I wouldn't count on IBM giving a damn whether you are amused or not by its business decision.
You forgot the warp particles, not to mention two other important ingredients: total disregard for any kind of science and rape of my childhood.
You fool, a flux capacitor won't get you out of the black hole. You need to find a crack in the event horizon and then you can simply walk out.
No hangover, either. Clearly not Budweiser!
One time, I had an argument with a Canadian friend over whether even Canadian beer was worth drinking. I compared it, like all North American lagers, to "cold, carbonated urine." The counterpoint was "Yeah, but beer has alcohol in it so it's good!" He had no comeback for my response: "You're Canadian. Your urine has more alcohol in it than any beer I've seen."
Oh, hell, is Mexico part of the East now?
Download Orbiter, launch a flight to Titan, and on the way there read the included PDFs regarding Dynamic state vector propagation and the like. Fewer pages, more direct and obvious application, etc.
Because his undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Political Science.
1. How usable is the keyboard? Touch-screen keyboards concern me because I am addicted to tactile feedback.
2. How usable is the device without having to look at the screen? Is voice dialing easy and accurate, and does it give feedback that makes it easy to confirm you are calling the right person and that the call is actually being placed without you having to look at the screen?
3. How does battery life compare to other BlackBerry devices, especially the Pearl, and to non-smart phones such as my trusty Motorola E815?
4. I'm sure it doesn't, but I have to ask: Does it have an external antenna port? My booster device requires this and I thus lost the use of it when I switched from my E815 to my BlackBerry, and the BB's reception was already worse than the E815's to begin with, so I now have much less territory in which I can use my phone. A BlackBerry with an external antenna port would fetch from me almost any price they ask.
Yes (updated my Pearl last month), not very (google will get you to the information very quickly), and no (other than maybe apps, but I was just so happy that it also wiped out the Facebook app that I was otherwise unable to eradicate, since deleting the service book just made it get re-installed later that day).
Sometimes, I wonder if these things aren't planned out as some sort of giant government conspiracy, from the MInistry of All Seriousness.
The funny part to me was how quickly people said Obama was the President-Elect just because CNN called it. I have told all of the people who annoyed me with that crap prematurely to watch the movie Recount since they were apparently too young or too stoned to remember the 2000 election-night coverage.
Don't trust anything you hear or read. Especially during an election.
The rest of the article? Just how new around here are you, exactly? :)
I still think that it's easier to use macros with S-expressions than with a Ruby-like syntax, but I wish these iokers* luck.
* - In Latin, Jehovah is spelled with an I.
Whoever tagged this "probleminsearchofasolution," can you explain that? The expression is "a solution in search of a problem" but maybe I am missing a turn of phrase relevant to this story.
the same kind of power they get with Lisp and Ruby, combined with a nice, small, regular syntax
In other words, this is just a reinvented Ruby targeted to the JVM. Without macros, what's the point? Why not just stick with Common Lisp and get all the power of Lisp, not just some of it, and still have a "small, regular syntax"? You can even use ABCL if you want to target the JVM.
Instant karma's a bitch.
Oh, I'm definitely an insufferable jerk, don't get me wrong.
I'm not certain of anything, ever. :P I actually was intending to be a little humorous in my response, although when I make that joke in person evidently there is more tonal inflection involved because people laugh instead of engaging in a debate about the definition of cynicism. And the reason I use the self-interest-motivation-only definition of cynicism is because there are already too many words to choose from when talking about unbridled negativity. For instance, "unbridled negativity." I do accept that both definitions are not only commonly accepted, but indeed so commonly accepted as to be mentioned in reputable dictionaries.
Your definition of cynicism is where we disagree. Cynicism is not the belief that reality is always negative. It is, rather, the belief that people are motivated exclusively by self-interest.
The joke about my failure was just that: A joke. Try not to take everything you read on Slashdot seriously. None of it is meant that way.