I heard from someone who travelled in the Middle East that you are practically assaulted with X-rated homosexual pictures and video clips from strangers on your cell phone over there.
DOS wasn't Microsoft's big win. They already had a near monopoly on PC OS software. They wrote BASIC for the Altair, TRS-80, TI, Apple, Atari, Commodore, and just about every other personal computer, so of course IBM went to them when they wanted to enter the PC market.
That's because up until a few years ago, people who learned on the toy Quark app in the early nineties still had jobs. They've since retired. The last of them were replaced with the first OS X deployments. Front Page (and even MS Word) were miles ahead of Quark Express long before then.
The platform of the Libertarian party has to legs -- legalize drugs, and ban religion (and thus the First Amendment). It doesn't matter what other planks are nailed on top of that, if you support the party, that's all you get. Just like if you support Socialism you uphold totalitarianism and censorship, whether you realize that is the foundation it built upon or not.
Just out of curiousity, before that crimson lutefisk slips out of your hay-stuffed cranium, on what issue do you think the center of American opinion has fallen to the right over the past 30 years:
Abortion? Homosexuality? Obscenity? Economics? Defense? Taxes? Welfare? Race?
The whole left/right "thing" is a measure of conservativism/radicalism. So it depends on where you place your mark of conservation. If you place it anywhere in the history of this country, conservativism in America leans towards morality, liberty, capitalism, laissez faire economics, independence, national sovereignty, federalism balanced with states rights, limited government, and a strong defence.
If you are seeking to change the situation, then you are by definition to the left. The right side stands for the status quo; the left for change. The center for compromise, therefore, it is partly in agreement with the left. If you argue that the right wishes to retrograde, there are few points of retrogression in the United States, those being principally towards racism, a weaker central government, fewer social programs, (intermittently) isolationism, and higher standards of moral decency.
If there was ever a decent chance that a majority, however small, would vote to legalize abortion, it would instantly be put to a vote. And that would stop the protests, since it would then be legalized.
The "president" of Iran was a puppet who, under the current revolutionary constitution of Iran doesn't have any real power, and has never been popularly elected. He is nominated by the council of clerics and there was only one choice on the ballot, assent. Many people risk death by refusing to participate in the "vote". Ayatollah Khamenei is the actual leader of the Iranian government, but Ahmadinejad's bellicosity has given him real power, from his popularity both within Iran and abroad.
What a typical *male* response! Just because you're right doesn't mean we should admit it. As a matter of fact, because you are a man, your opinion should be disregarded before judging it's validity.
You're confusing "laid off" with fired. You can be fired on the spot for any number of reasons, among them insubordination. The rule is, you can demand they pay you in full within 72 hours of firing, but even then, there are plenty of loopholes where they may not have to pay you what is due for up to a month.
In 10 years, if IT has become a commodity field where workers are easily replaceable, many of us will have moved on to more challenging endeavors. Right now, we're still an elite that has leverage with employers because they need our skill and intelligence. Or maybe our ambitions will have settled down an our interests will lie more with family or retirement, in which case, we will be more docile employees and lobby against age discrimination and social security reform.
neither "smart" or "driven" courses are offered in college, nor are any classes which teach you to be "creative" or "ethical", despite the bold print in the student catalog.
The problem is that people have bad managers and get an "us versus them" mentality and decide "I never want to become a manager." But what we need is good technically knowledgable managers. People that can mentor junior programmers and make business decisions that coincide with technical realities; shield coders from bureaucracy and provide reasonable scheduling and budgetary estimates. A good coder can make $80,000-$100,000 and so what if he tops out -- he's topped out 20 years before his counterparts in most other fields at 20% higher salary. If you don't like management, you should think about entrepeneurship. Even lawyers and financiers don't get really rich unless they strike out on their own.
Imagine a soldier who was really good. You don't want him to stay a grunt, no matter how good he is at it. Even if he is 10 times as good as any other warrior, he's worth way more than 10 times any other soldier. If you could get him to teach 100 average soldiers to fight twice as effectively, he's twice as valuable. And if he can use his wisdom to decide when to fight and when not to, the value of that unit of 100 men is immesurably more, because they will always win.
Especially when NASA used to do so much more with so much less money. Now we have a bunch of hobbiests taking pictures and bureaucrats pushing pencils living the high life off a budget that is nearly infinitely more than that which put men on the moon and gave me velcro shoes. And they get nearly as much money from commercial and military satellites as well. Think of the research and exploration that could be done with the profits from Sea Launch alone. And by research and exploration I don't mean dirt collectors samples and photos to well connected pedants' moms in front of portholes.
So if we haven't seen it yet, how do we know it happened? What they are really trying to say is that they think they saw something that might lead to the collapse of the Pillars in 1000 years, and that what they saw happened 7000 years ago. Mostly what they are saying is that they are fairly confident no one will be around to disprove their prediction, or at least they won't be. Just like all the global warming theorists except Al Gore, who should study more Nostrodamus and less Mary Baker Eddy.
And how should I go about fixing the binary ATI driver that makes my laptop crash on suspend/resume (the workarounds found with google don't work)?
Convince the Kernel developers to plan and stick with a stable ABI so that drivers can be developed and fixed instead of wasting resources trying to "maintain" them against a moving target.
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I heard from someone who travelled in the Middle East that you are practically assaulted with X-rated homosexual pictures and video clips from strangers on your cell phone over there.
DOS wasn't Microsoft's big win. They already had a near monopoly on PC OS software. They wrote BASIC for the Altair, TRS-80, TI, Apple, Atari, Commodore, and just about every other personal computer, so of course IBM went to them when they wanted to enter the PC market.
You mean Apple remembers when IBM wasn't even in the same market and Microsoft wrote their ROM, BASIC shell, and many of their applications.
That's because up until a few years ago, people who learned on the toy Quark app in the early nineties still had jobs. They've since retired. The last of them were replaced with the first OS X deployments. Front Page (and even MS Word) were miles ahead of Quark Express long before then.
By never giving anything back to their investors (before last year)
The platform of the Libertarian party has to legs -- legalize drugs, and ban religion (and thus the First Amendment). It doesn't matter what other planks are nailed on top of that, if you support the party, that's all you get. Just like if you support Socialism you uphold totalitarianism and censorship, whether you realize that is the foundation it built upon or not.
Just out of curiousity, before that crimson lutefisk slips out of your hay-stuffed cranium, on what issue do you think the center of American opinion has fallen to the right over the past 30 years: Abortion? Homosexuality? Obscenity? Economics? Defense? Taxes? Welfare? Race? The whole left/right "thing" is a measure of conservativism/radicalism. So it depends on where you place your mark of conservation. If you place it anywhere in the history of this country, conservativism in America leans towards morality, liberty, capitalism, laissez faire economics, independence, national sovereignty, federalism balanced with states rights, limited government, and a strong defence. If you are seeking to change the situation, then you are by definition to the left. The right side stands for the status quo; the left for change. The center for compromise, therefore, it is partly in agreement with the left. If you argue that the right wishes to retrograde, there are few points of retrogression in the United States, those being principally towards racism, a weaker central government, fewer social programs, (intermittently) isolationism, and higher standards of moral decency.
If there was ever a decent chance that a majority, however small, would vote to legalize abortion, it would instantly be put to a vote. And that would stop the protests, since it would then be legalized.
Next time you're travelling and your wallet gets lifted, don't complain. Your assets were just nationalized.
The "president" of Iran was a puppet who, under the current revolutionary constitution of Iran doesn't have any real power, and has never been popularly elected. He is nominated by the council of clerics and there was only one choice on the ballot, assent. Many people risk death by refusing to participate in the "vote". Ayatollah Khamenei is the actual leader of the Iranian government, but Ahmadinejad's bellicosity has given him real power, from his popularity both within Iran and abroad.
It's pretty easy, and no amount of PBS specials is going to tell you this. Sunni are Arabs, Shiites are not.
What a typical *male* response! Just because you're right doesn't mean we should admit it. As a matter of fact, because you are a man, your opinion should be disregarded before judging it's validity.
He was also wrong about GOTO.
Possible to study, yes. But not possible to graduate. We're talking about graduates, not perpetual students.
You're confusing "laid off" with fired. You can be fired on the spot for any number of reasons, among them insubordination. The rule is, you can demand they pay you in full within 72 hours of firing, but even then, there are plenty of loopholes where they may not have to pay you what is due for up to a month.
In 10 years, if IT has become a commodity field where workers are easily replaceable, many of us will have moved on to more challenging endeavors. Right now, we're still an elite that has leverage with employers because they need our skill and intelligence. Or maybe our ambitions will have settled down an our interests will lie more with family or retirement, in which case, we will be more docile employees and lobby against age discrimination and social security reform.
neither "smart" or "driven" courses are offered in college, nor are any classes which teach you to be "creative" or "ethical", despite the bold print in the student catalog.
If you're such a lousy potential employee, why would you ever be willing to work for a company who couldn't get anyone better than you?
using light to store an image is called reflection. We've been doing it for years.
The problem is that people have bad managers and get an "us versus them" mentality and decide "I never want to become a manager." But what we need is good technically knowledgable managers. People that can mentor junior programmers and make business decisions that coincide with technical realities; shield coders from bureaucracy and provide reasonable scheduling and budgetary estimates. A good coder can make $80,000-$100,000 and so what if he tops out -- he's topped out 20 years before his counterparts in most other fields at 20% higher salary. If you don't like management, you should think about entrepeneurship. Even lawyers and financiers don't get really rich unless they strike out on their own. Imagine a soldier who was really good. You don't want him to stay a grunt, no matter how good he is at it. Even if he is 10 times as good as any other warrior, he's worth way more than 10 times any other soldier. If you could get him to teach 100 average soldiers to fight twice as effectively, he's twice as valuable. And if he can use his wisdom to decide when to fight and when not to, the value of that unit of 100 men is immesurably more, because they will always win.
God bless the Democrats, protectors of our freedoms!
No it wasn't
Especially when NASA used to do so much more with so much less money. Now we have a bunch of hobbiests taking pictures and bureaucrats pushing pencils living the high life off a budget that is nearly infinitely more than that which put men on the moon and gave me velcro shoes. And they get nearly as much money from commercial and military satellites as well. Think of the research and exploration that could be done with the profits from Sea Launch alone. And by research and exploration I don't mean dirt collectors samples and photos to well connected pedants' moms in front of portholes.
So if we haven't seen it yet, how do we know it happened? What they are really trying to say is that they think they saw something that might lead to the collapse of the Pillars in 1000 years, and that what they saw happened 7000 years ago. Mostly what they are saying is that they are fairly confident no one will be around to disprove their prediction, or at least they won't be. Just like all the global warming theorists except Al Gore, who should study more Nostrodamus and less Mary Baker Eddy.
And how should I go about fixing the binary ATI driver that makes my laptop crash on suspend/resume (the workarounds found with google don't work)?
Convince the Kernel developers to plan and stick with a stable ABI so that drivers can be developed and fixed instead of wasting resources trying to "maintain" them against a moving target.