Most people want the cheapest solution availiable, that is why all those netbooks are huge in Europe and you've got lots of discount PCs for 250-300 Euros.
Bad car analogy. BMW struggles pretty much since they don't make that much money in their niche - the margins are quite low because the parts for BMW cars are so expensive.
In fact, life for BMW sucks so much that they consider a fusion with Daimler.
Audi fares much better in the premium market segment since they can sell their cars for nearly the same price as BMW but their development and parts are far cheaper because so many VW parts are reused. In fact VW is currently the only healthy German automotive company which sucks for Germany being such a huge automotive exporting country (and sucks for me because I used to work for an automotive supplier).
Yeah and the mirror is surely the reason your face seems ugly. Instead of blaming tools, blame your incompetence. I started with Pascal/Delphi myself, had to switch to C and C# later, doing a bit of Java right now. In no way is Pascal really lacking features and Delphi Language is pretty much as powerful, as any other modern OOP language is. The syntax is different than the syntax of a curly brace language but then again, Delphi Language comes from a different language family (Algol) so it is to be expected. And in no way Pascal has ever hindered me to learn C. It was just my laziness and when I finally had no other choice I just learned C, C# and Java. Knowing Pascal has helped me to learn those languages faster and it helped keeping my coding style cleaner - some really ugly things are possible in C but I rather settle for readability of the code.
And blaming a language for the (perceived) lack of libraries is ridiculous at best.
You have noticed an important thing but strongly mis-interpreted it. Ask yourself: what can drive a sane, grown up person to a suicide?
Two things are common. A deadly illness and a falling down of status. If you read up some history of all the misery and changes people of former USSR and former Warsaw pact have expirienced (and many still do) it is no wonder that the suicide rate is that high. This feeling of having fallen down and the lack of hope that it ever gets better is especially strong in the Russian-speaking minorities of Baltic countries who are considered second class citizens at best (and occupation force at worst) by the natives. It gets better, though - the suicide rates were more than twice as bad in 1995.
The thing about deadly illness is also a part of it - AIDS rates in Eastern Europe are on the continuous rise and are as bad as in some African countries (For example 1.3% of all adults in Estonia have AIDS).
As of now, those idiots are driving hazardously yet get away scot-free just because everyone else seems to be 'speeding'
Being one of those idiots (I really haven't seen that Vectra and I checked twice) I can clearly state that it is wrong - at least in Germany. I was rear ended but the accident was clearly my fault and the police gave me the fully deserved ticket. Have avoided driving for a year afther that incedent.
The difference is, driving is neither a right nor a liberty. It is a privilege. This privilege comes with some conditions. One of the condition is that you may not use your car on a public road when either your car is not fit for it or yourself aren't. It actually makes your argument about not being at your peak alertness a moot point - yes, it is already illegal, it is just too difficult to prove and no one cares. There also clear rules about turn signals. For example from the German traffic law: "whoever wishes to turn must make their intention clearly and in a timely manner, using the vehicle indicators".
I prefer intrinsic values to the optics and by functionality there are maybe three or four iphone application that neither suck nor are absolutely useless. There are a couple of more for windows mobile. And although it seems so terrible, it can do multitasking so I can use my PDA as a pocket personal computer doing everything I do on a real one - and more.
German police can detain people who are not carrying their ID card for up to 24 hours.
Not quite. There is no law in Germany to carry an ID. The police has the right to require an identification in certain cases (more or less analogue to the stop and identify statutes in some US states) and they have the right to detain a person for 12 hours (they would need a warrant for that, though) and to search the person if the identification is not possible.
bullshit. the average western live expectancy is over 80 nowadays and even third world countries manage 60 years. and that is only because lots of people die young (cancer, car accidents and so on).
There was some SF book I read, where it was explained that the comments were "made by a demo version of creature editor" and that was the reason for humans to die after 100 years. Some hacker has then found a way to reset the demo counter and thus to make people live forever.
The problem is, since I cook for myself, I cannot be sure about the calorie intake. I even make joghurt by myself (please, no jokes about jerking off).
Swimming and cycling are... well, I am too weak to cycle where I live now (a village in a mountain, more or less) and about swimming... I am ashamed of my body fat.
Cannot change anything about the stress either, lost my job a month ago, my relationship is almost broken, too.
Not really. Once you are fat, it is very difficult to get rid of that fat, no matter what you do because the metabolism really slows down a lot.
I am very fat, probably 60 kilos too much weight. It wasn't always like that. It used to be only 15-20 kilos too much and i felt fine. Then I stopped doing Judo and had a lot of stress and so I got really fat. The problem is, I am eating more or less healthy - no fast food, cooking for myself, drinking only tap water or tea (without sugar because it kills the taste of a good sencha), walking a lot for a guy with my weight, doing as much weight lifting as my RSI allowes but still, the best I manage is to keep my weight.
The only thing that helped me to lose some fat was ephedrine, but the stuff is now forbidden everywhere.
Trust me, I would give a lot to weigh "just" 110 kilos - I miss Judo, I miss swimming, I miss biking, hell, I miss the ability to walk 10-15 kilometers without any pain in the knees and in the spine.
If you are so clever, help me! Tell me how I can be fit again and stay fit!
Slashdot Mirror
WTF?
Do you live in the same Europe I do?
Most people want the cheapest solution availiable, that is why all those netbooks are huge in Europe and you've got lots of discount PCs for 250-300 Euros.
Only crazy gamers pay more.
Bad car analogy. BMW struggles pretty much since they don't make that much money in their niche - the margins are quite low because the parts for BMW cars are so expensive.
In fact, life for BMW sucks so much that they consider a fusion with Daimler.
Audi fares much better in the premium market segment since they can sell their cars for nearly the same price as BMW but their development and parts are far cheaper because so many VW parts are reused. In fact VW is currently the only healthy German automotive company which sucks for Germany being such a huge automotive exporting country (and sucks for me because I used to work for an automotive supplier).
Yeah and the mirror is surely the reason your face seems ugly.
Instead of blaming tools, blame your incompetence. I started with Pascal/Delphi myself, had to switch to C and C# later, doing a bit of Java right now. In no way is Pascal really lacking features and Delphi Language is pretty much as powerful, as any other modern OOP language is. The syntax is different than the syntax of a curly brace language but then again, Delphi Language comes from a different language family (Algol) so it is to be expected. And in no way Pascal has ever hindered me to learn C. It was just my laziness and when I finally had no other choice I just learned C, C# and Java. Knowing Pascal has helped me to learn those languages faster and it helped keeping my coding style cleaner - some really ugly things are possible in C but I rather settle for readability of the code.
And blaming a language for the (perceived) lack of libraries is ridiculous at best.
it is, pretty much. in western countries nowadays there is much more survelliance going on than even in the worst soviet times.
Dude, RTFA sometimes!
It is not the government, it is the cell carrier lobby - the same one that already forbids VOIP over cellular networks in the USA.
Oh, that's okay with me - I am not a music library and I know for a fact that most people aren't either.
Well, at least they have implemented the HCF-instruction alright.
You have noticed an important thing but strongly mis-interpreted it. Ask yourself: what can drive a sane, grown up person to a suicide?
Two things are common. A deadly illness and a falling down of status. If you read up some history of all the misery and changes people of former USSR and former Warsaw pact have expirienced (and many still do) it is no wonder that the suicide rate is that high. This feeling of having fallen down and the lack of hope that it ever gets better is especially strong in the Russian-speaking minorities of Baltic countries who are considered second class citizens at best (and occupation force at worst) by the natives. It gets better, though - the suicide rates were more than twice as bad in 1995.
The thing about deadly illness is also a part of it - AIDS rates in Eastern Europe are on the continuous rise and are as bad as in some African countries (For example 1.3% of all adults in Estonia have AIDS).
Being one of those idiots (I really haven't seen that Vectra and I checked twice) I can clearly state that it is wrong - at least in Germany. I was rear ended but the accident was clearly my fault and the police gave me the fully deserved ticket. Have avoided driving for a year afther that incedent.
The difference is, driving is neither a right nor a liberty. It is a privilege. This privilege comes with some conditions. One of the condition is that you may not use your car on a public road when either your car is not fit for it or yourself aren't. It actually makes your argument about not being at your peak alertness a moot point - yes, it is already illegal, it is just too difficult to prove and no one cares. There also clear rules about turn signals. For example from the German traffic law: "whoever wishes to turn must make their intention clearly and in a timely manner, using the vehicle indicators".
What's next on the line? Jail time for political jokes?
you call that zero tolerance? according to current laws taking bribes should end in jail time, not just suspending from office.
You confuse atheists with solipsists.
There is software for that. Partition Magic, Paragon Partition Manager.
Not everything that glitters is gold.
I prefer intrinsic values to the optics and by functionality there are maybe three or four iphone application that neither suck nor
are absolutely useless. There are a couple of more for windows mobile. And although it seems so terrible, it can do multitasking so I can use my PDA as a pocket personal computer doing everything I do on a real one - and more.
not really. windows mobile is pretty much as open as it gets.
a small guitar amp or an overdrive stompbox are pretty easy to build from discrete components and you can hear if they work or not.
Not quite. There is no law in Germany to carry an ID. The police has the right to require an identification in certain cases (more or less analogue to the stop and identify statutes in some US states) and they have the right to detain a person for 12 hours (they would need a warrant for that, though) and to search the person if the identification is not possible.
bullshit. the average western live expectancy is over 80 nowadays and even third world countries manage 60 years. and that is only because lots of people die young (cancer, car accidents and so on).
There was some SF book I read, where it was explained that the comments were "made by a demo version of creature editor" and that was the reason for humans to die after 100 years. Some hacker has then found a way to reset the demo counter and thus to make people live forever.
Thanks, I will try.
The problem is, since I cook for myself, I cannot be sure about the calorie intake. I even make joghurt by myself (please, no jokes about jerking off).
Swimming and cycling are... well, I am too weak to cycle where I live now (a village in a mountain, more or less) and about swimming... I am ashamed of my body fat.
Cannot change anything about the stress either, lost my job a month ago, my relationship is almost broken, too.
Capsaicin is not that good for clearing the sinuses. Horse radish, on the other hand, works much better.
Not really. Once you are fat, it is very difficult to get rid of that fat, no matter what you do because the metabolism really slows down a lot.
I am very fat, probably 60 kilos too much weight. It wasn't always like that. It used to be only 15-20 kilos too much and i felt fine. Then I stopped doing Judo and had a lot of stress and so I got really fat. The problem is, I am eating more or less healthy - no fast food, cooking for myself, drinking only tap water or tea (without sugar because it kills the taste of a good sencha), walking a lot for a guy with my weight, doing as much weight lifting as my RSI allowes but still, the best I manage is to keep my weight.
The only thing that helped me to lose some fat was ephedrine, but the stuff is now forbidden everywhere.
Trust me, I would give a lot to weigh "just" 110 kilos - I miss Judo, I miss swimming, I miss biking, hell, I miss the ability to walk 10-15 kilometers without any pain in the knees and in the spine.
If you are so clever, help me! Tell me how I can be fit again and stay fit!
Hey, Belgium managed half a year without any government just fine.