Watch out though - you might end up with the worst of both!
The Dogcat will be catlike. It won't come when you call it, won't heel or go on a leash, won't attack burglars. It will also be doglike - it won't use a litter box, and will slobber all over you & try to mate with your leg.
Better just go for the 4-assed version; it seems safer.
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Monday is too late to reply to a Sunday thread.
But I want to agree, plus remark that I don't see why an age of consent at 16 is dumb, nor do I see why excluding a minor's guardians from this is dumb.
Yeah - what kind of humourless luser thought that? I get the joke. And I'm a feminist(*), so there.:-P
Oh, and books might well get you chicks. It's been known to work on me...
(*) Disclaimer: This word does NOT include those (especially American) loonies who think that it means something other than treating all people with equal dignity & equal rights.
Counting point taken. Now tell me, when exactly was year one?
There never was one. Nobody said, oh, this is year one now. People in the Roman empire were saying it's 753 Ab Urbe Condita.
We are celebrating, I believe, the 2000th anniversary year of Jesus' birth, as calculated wrongly sometime in the 500s by a monk called Dennis. We're actually too late for the real thing since he was probably born in about 4BC. Not that anyone knows for sure exactly when, but it certainly wasn't 1AD. And even if it was year 1, Jesus would have had his 1st birthday in year 2. Totally un-birthday like, in which you do normally start at zero... (unless you're Chinese, I think) Oh, and too bad if you're an atheist, or a Jew or an Muslim, or a Hindu etc etc.
Bleah. What a schemozzle. There's no good reason for picking any year to be year one. It's just an arbitrary starting point. Why shouldn't we celebrate reaching 2000?
OK, I already knew these people existed & were highly paid & used by corporations. I even used some of the free Gartner Group stuff for uni assignments. So what?
I was really hoping to see a little more evaluation. Or at lease some critical focus. Who does watch these watchers? Do they need watching? Are they misusing their powers for Eeevill? It could have been so interesting, and it wasn't.
A company can hire someone from overseas if they can show that the vacancy can't be filled locally. Special expertise, company sponsorship for a special visa, that sort of thing. You'd need contacts.
We don't seem to have the same level of companies scamming for overseas contractors to pay low rates. Mind you, I'm not claiming virtue for our companies. I don't think our rates are as good as the US ones, so there's less cause.
I do see Americans here, but mostly they work for US companies & are on assignment. I've met a lot from CSC, for example.
Been 'n' gone. It was on ABC a couple of months ago. You could try calling them or the shop to see if it was released on vid; dognose just about everything they do these days is promoted & hyped to the max.
I would just like to add that if linux really is a viable alternative to windoze,then M$ isn't a monopoly.
Linux' future is another question - and the darlings at GNOME are doing a lot of the general user desktop thing. But for now, really guys, use your logic. We can't have it both ways.
No problem with caching or speed. Just think about time zones & common times to be online. What time do you start work? When do most/. articles get posted?
I couldn't be bothered working it out exactly - but roughly it works like this. I read/. at work. I go home at 6.30pm or so. Next morning I come in & find all the new articles have got hundreds of comments up already. There's not a lot gets posted during my daytime.
BTW, No worries on the smartass thing. I meant to be light in tone. Though really, this US spelling is gettin up my nose. That's smartARSE!!:-)
But buggerit, I have to reply because I share the frustration - as an Aussie I'm out of synch with the big US rush to the news. Why bother commenting when I see 400 comments already?
(PS: Dear SmartAss, your comment is cute but not really fair)
Let me just note: I honestly do not want to get done with writing a really groovy perl script, or finish a sweet game of Resident Evil (bored with Quake now), and then go to my bloke for loving, and he's in there playing starcraft.
None of that.
Think about it... if it's OK for you to get obsessed for hours with your interests, it has to be OK for your partner to get obsessed for hours with their interests. It doesn't matter whether its coding, writing poetry, practising music, doing mathematics, butterfly collecting or motorcycle mechanics. Fair is fair.
So what does this guy want? Let me guess - a nuclear physicist? A political investigative journalist? A photographer for National Geographic? Something tells me maybe not...
If being a programmer is enough to discourage morons like that, then thank my lucky start that I am a programmer.
Love to all the smart grrlz & to all the men who are sane & human enough to want a smart girl & not a stepford wife, xx Wench
Apart from the Y2K FUD, I just love the assumption that all women have families, and only women care for their families. I'm particularly pleased with the assumption that "for women" is the same as "for technical ignoramuses".
I've had a couple of friends who developed carpal tunnel syndrom writing their PhD theses. And another who was a pianist.
I think some of the reason that you might think hackers don't get it is that so many are young. Wait till your 30s, kids. Staying up all night - whether partying or coding - is just no longer an option. Bits of you ache if you overuse them.
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Watch out though - you might end up with the worst of both!
The Dogcat will be catlike. It won't come when you call it, won't heel or go on a leash, won't attack burglars. It will also be doglike - it won't use a litter box, and will slobber all over you & try to mate with your leg.
Better just go for the 4-assed version; it seems safer.
Monday is too late to reply to a Sunday thread.
But I want to agree, plus remark that I don't see why an age of consent at 16 is dumb, nor do I see why excluding a minor's guardians from this is dumb.
Also, you can see real australian law at
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Well, in the land of Oz, we tend to spell it
one L CHILI for the actual pepper, and two L CHILLI for the dish with meat & beans & stuff.
I've seen it in many books & recipes like that.
Why? NFI.
Interesting idea. And what about that domain name? Crowdedtheater.com. Geddit?!?
There's a classic line something to the effect that freedom of speech does not give one the right to shout "Fire!" in a crowded theatre.
An artist trolling for response? Sounds extremely plausible.
Yeah - what kind of humourless luser thought that? I get the joke. And I'm a feminist(*), so there. :-P
Oh, and books might well get you chicks. It's been known to work on me...
(*) Disclaimer: This word does NOT include those (especially American) loonies who think that it means something other than treating all people with equal dignity & equal rights.
They don't?? Huh? Why not? I thought they mostly were applicable.
I _want_ those cool toys. Don't try to fob me off with perfume and lingerie dammit, I'm a geek.
Counting point taken. Now tell me, when exactly was year one?
There never was one. Nobody said, oh, this is year one now. People in the Roman empire were saying it's 753 Ab Urbe Condita.
We are celebrating, I believe, the 2000th anniversary year of Jesus' birth, as calculated wrongly sometime in the 500s by a monk called Dennis. We're actually too late for the real thing since he was probably born in about 4BC. Not that anyone knows for sure exactly when, but it certainly wasn't 1AD. And even if it was year 1, Jesus would have had his 1st birthday in year 2. Totally un-birthday like, in which you do normally start at zero... (unless you're Chinese, I think) Oh, and too bad if you're an atheist, or a Jew or an Muslim, or a Hindu etc etc.
Bleah. What a schemozzle. There's no good reason for picking any year to be year one. It's just an arbitrary starting point. Why shouldn't we celebrate reaching 2000?
Help! It's getting to me already!
Tux? Darling? Where are you? I must have you now...
OK, I already knew these people existed & were highly paid & used by corporations. I even used some of the free Gartner Group stuff for uni assignments. So what?
I was really hoping to see a little more evaluation. Or at lease some critical focus. Who does watch these watchers? Do they need watching? Are they misusing their powers for Eeevill? It could have been so interesting, and it wasn't.
I feel let down.
Well, it's quite similar to the US in that way.
A company can hire someone from overseas if they can show that the vacancy can't be filled locally. Special expertise, company sponsorship for a special visa, that sort of thing. You'd need contacts.
We don't seem to have the same level of companies scamming for overseas contractors to pay low rates. Mind you, I'm not claiming virtue for our companies. I don't think our rates are as good as the US ones, so there's less cause.
I do see Americans here, but mostly they work for US companies & are on assignment. I've met a lot from CSC, for example.
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Been 'n' gone. It was on ABC a couple of months ago. You could try calling them or the shop to see if it was released on vid; dognose just about everything they do these days is promoted & hyped to the max.
Hey, some of us have seen it already on Australian (or I would assume, British) TV
neener neener neener...
Hey, congrats, Mr Katz.
You finally managed to get rid of those bloody irritating M$ "Smart Quotes"
Well said.
I would just like to add that if linux really is a viable alternative to windoze,then M$ isn't a monopoly.
Linux' future is another question - and the darlings at GNOME are doing a lot of the general user desktop thing. But for now, really guys, use your logic. We can't have it both ways.
No problem with caching or speed. Just /. articles get posted?
/. at work. I go home at 6.30pm or so. Next morning I come in & find all the new articles have got hundreds of comments up already. There's not a lot gets posted during my daytime.
:-)
think about time zones & common times to be online. What time do you start work? When do most
I couldn't be bothered working it out exactly - but roughly it works like this. I read
BTW, No worries on the smartass thing. I meant to be light in tone. Though really, this US spelling is gettin up my nose. That's smartARSE!!
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And no! I made first post? Well, I never thought I'd see the day.
Yes, it's off topic.
But buggerit, I have to reply because I share the frustration - as an Aussie I'm out of synch with the big US rush to the news. Why bother commenting when I see 400 comments already?
(PS: Dear SmartAss, your comment is cute but not really fair)
Let me just note:
I honestly do not want to get done with writing a really groovy perl script, or finish a sweet game of Resident Evil (bored with Quake now), and then go to my bloke for loving, and he's in there playing starcraft.
None of that.
Think about it... if it's OK for you to get obsessed for hours with your interests, it has to be OK for your partner to get obsessed for hours with their interests. It doesn't matter whether its coding, writing poetry, practising music, doing mathematics, butterfly collecting or motorcycle mechanics. Fair is fair.
Unless you're in the mood to find it funny.
If you have the stomach to read the comments you'll find these 3 statements to be extremely common:
1. This is a load of PC crap, women aren't discouraged from doing CS at all, they just don't have the brains for it.
2. I want chix to do CS so I can fuck them.
3. All chix who do CS are butt-ugly feminist losers who can't get a man.
Spot the many inconsistencies...
Ha!
So what does this guy want? Let me guess - a nuclear physicist? A political investigative journalist? A photographer for National Geographic? Something tells me maybe not...
If being a programmer is enough to discourage morons like that, then thank my lucky start that I am a programmer.
Love to all the smart grrlz & to all the men who are sane & human enough to want a smart girl & not a stepford wife,
xx
Wench
Yeah, right.
Apart from the Y2K FUD, I just love the assumption that all women have families, and only women care for their families. I'm particularly pleased with the assumption that "for women" is the same as "for technical ignoramuses".
*vomit*
love from the wench
Hear, hear.
I've had a couple of friends who developed carpal tunnel syndrom writing their PhD theses. And another who was a pianist.
I think some of the reason that you might think hackers don't get it is that so many are young. Wait till your 30s, kids. Staying up all night - whether partying or coding - is just no longer an option. Bits of you ache if you overuse them.
love,
Wench