. . . is, for example, when you attempt to use your state's Supreme Court to over-rule your state's constitution during a presidential election.
If Sarkozy followed the laws of France, how did he show contempt? If the people of France are outraged, they should use the rules (i.e. the "democratic process") to change the rule and/or rid themselves of whoever outraged them.
As you get older the order changes, but that's about it. I canceled my subscription to my local paper because they provide all that information for free on their website.
Now, in the software industry, we're very fond of calling ourselves engineers and architects. Unfortunately most of us (even in companies) really don't reach that level of excellence - we don't document what we do, either because we're too lazy or because the companies don't want to spend money doing that. That's fine - just don't consider yourself or what you're doing software engineering.
Too right. I've worked with engineers, have engineers for friends, and I can tell you I'm no engineer, even though that's what my company calls me (and bills me out as). I'm a software developer of business information systems and I'd be embarrassed to ever call myself an engineer.
About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone
About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone who has a qualifying score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, can pass a medical exam, has a high school diploma, and can pass a law-enforcement background check.
There - fixed that for you.
Otherwise, there was a lot of truth in what you had to say. Sorry it didn't work out for you and wish you good luck.
I was invited to judge a middle-school science fair a few years back.
The displays ranged from very fancy and very obviously put together by the student's parents to slapped-together-at-the-last-minute-because-its-due-tomorrow.
At every display I stopped at I asked the student what question his question was, what was his expected answer, how he tested for the answer, and if his results proved or disproved his expected answer.
At the fancy displays I got looks of incomprehension - a couple of students sort of understood what they were doing, but for most their parents had designed their displays and probably provided the result data sets too. All they were concerned about was impressing the judges with style, not substance. Most of these students received few if any points from me.
One display, however caught my eye. Everything had been drawn by hand, and like me, his penmanship wasn't very good. But his question was different from the stock "What kind of light do plants prefer?" that had been extracted from "101 Science Fair Projects" book bought by the parents. This student's question was "Does the octane level of automobile fuel affect mileage?" The student's hypothesis was the higher the octane rating, the better the mileage.
I asked him how he tested his hypothesis and he told me he asked his father to fill up the family car with regular, mid-grade, and super-premium gas and record the odometer reading at every fill-up. He made sure each tank of gas tested was used under normal conditions (no long highway trips for example), did the math, and came up with the result that octane level did not noticeably affect the car's mileage for better or worse.
I gave that kid full points, even though his display was pretty drab, his question not very sexy, and his presentation not very polished. He understood what the scientific method was and how to apply it.
Of course, it was the pretty girl with the toy rocket experiment and the semi-professional display that won. And she couldn't answer the most basic questions about her experiment.
But now I run Ubuntu 8.0.4 in a VMWare server on top of Vista Home Edition (this all powered by an AMD-64 with 4GB RAM).
Works for my meager needs. I have access to the very few Windows-only apps I like (Quicken, iTunes) but I can use Linux for development and testing - at the same time. No more booting back and forth.
And with the NoMachine server and client, I can access the Linux desktop from the cube-farm.
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Obviously you're not using the Pro version.
. . . is, for example, when you attempt to use your state's Supreme Court to over-rule your state's constitution during a presidential election.
If Sarkozy followed the laws of France, how did he show contempt? If the people of France are outraged, they should use the rules (i.e. the "democratic process") to change the rule and/or rid themselves of whoever outraged them.
. . . tired old memes bore you.
As you get older the order changes, but that's about it. I canceled my subscription to my local paper because they provide all that information for free on their website.
What is a Cartesian?....is that the water in Olympia Beer?
That wasn't water the Cartesians put the beer. . .
Ask anyone who ever drank Oly and they'll tell you what it was.
Signed,
A former Olympia resident.
if no one has already run it, someone try the acid test on it
Ok, well, uh, ha ha ha ha HA HA HA HA HA!
WHOA! Bill Gates is running around on my desk and he's only SIX INCHES TALL!
. . . now that IE8 is out, they can upgrade to IE7?
(My customer is a state government that shall remain nameless)
And maybe they just wanna sin some more. . .
God help us all.
For men that is.
Now, where did I put my ED pills?
Now, in the software industry, we're very fond of calling ourselves engineers and architects. Unfortunately most of us (even in companies) really don't reach that level of excellence - we don't document what we do, either because we're too lazy or because the companies don't want to spend money doing that. That's fine - just don't consider yourself or what you're doing software engineering.
Too right. I've worked with engineers, have engineers for friends, and I can tell you I'm no engineer, even though that's what my company calls me (and bills me out as). I'm a software developer of business information systems and I'd be embarrassed to ever call myself an engineer.
About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone
About the only draw the military has at all is that they will accept just about anyone who has a qualifying score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test, can pass a medical exam, has a high school diploma, and can pass a law-enforcement background check.
There - fixed that for you.
Otherwise, there was a lot of truth in what you had to say. Sorry it didn't work out for you and wish you good luck.
I was invited to judge a middle-school science fair a few years back.
The displays ranged from very fancy and very obviously put together by the student's parents to slapped-together-at-the-last-minute-because-its-due-tomorrow.
At every display I stopped at I asked the student what question his question was, what was his expected answer, how he tested for the answer, and if his results proved or disproved his expected answer.
At the fancy displays I got looks of incomprehension - a couple of students sort of understood what they were doing, but for most their parents had designed their displays and probably provided the result data sets too. All they were concerned about was impressing the judges with style, not substance. Most of these students received few if any points from me.
One display, however caught my eye. Everything had been drawn by hand, and like me, his penmanship wasn't very good. But his question was different from the stock "What kind of light do plants prefer?" that had been extracted from "101 Science Fair Projects" book bought by the parents. This student's question was "Does the octane level of automobile fuel affect mileage?" The student's hypothesis was the higher the octane rating, the better the mileage.
I asked him how he tested his hypothesis and he told me he asked his father to fill up the family car with regular, mid-grade, and super-premium gas and record the odometer reading at every fill-up. He made sure each tank of gas tested was used under normal conditions (no long highway trips for example), did the math, and came up with the result that octane level did not noticeably affect the car's mileage for better or worse.
I gave that kid full points, even though his display was pretty drab, his question not very sexy, and his presentation not very polished. He understood what the scientific method was and how to apply it.
Of course, it was the pretty girl with the toy rocket experiment and the semi-professional display that won. And she couldn't answer the most basic questions about her experiment.
Really?
Cool!
I hope this means the Captain gets to bang a lot of hot alien babes again.
And if the Captain is a woman, so much the better.
Yeah? Well the rest of you can GET OFF MY LAWN!
Because whatever it is those green alien chicks of Orion wear, it sure excites my pleasure receptors!
How do you think I've kept my job for so long?
Fucking amateurs.
I was thinking your mother.
But now I run Ubuntu 8.0.4 in a VMWare server on top of Vista Home Edition (this all powered by an AMD-64 with 4GB RAM).
Works for my meager needs. I have access to the very few Windows-only apps I like (Quicken, iTunes) but I can use Linux for development and testing - at the same time. No more booting back and forth.
And with the NoMachine server and client, I can access the Linux desktop from the cube-farm.
Maybe not elegant, but it's cheaper than a Mac.
If I was an Iowan, I'd be pissed.
Give the electoral votes to the winner of Iowa's popular vote - not whoever California, Florida, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio voted for.
. . . there was Marxix and Lenix.
Lenix.
You're welcome.
Apparently the submitter has never flown in a fully-loaded 747 for twelve hours.