I design and code my sites in Visual Studio; though the ASP.NET C# code generates additional HTML that can't be checked from within VS2005. I try to keep that part as close to W3C as possible, but sometimes compliance just makes it harder to get things done. The CSS validates, usually...
The biggest problem I see is alot of web hosts add non-compliant tracking code to each page.
I was in the military (Well, sort of - Air Force), and ran two miles a week (One 2-mile run). Additionally, about 50 pushups and 75 sit-ups. Only because if I didn't, they'd put me in jail. It sucked then, and I wouldn't even consider it now. A simple cost-benefit analysis shows that the costs outweigh the benefits: I'd rather lie in bed for two hours thinking and trying to sleep than exercise and suffer for 20 minutes.
Of course, I also know several geeks who look down upon working out and being fit as "beneath them" and if you prefer rock-climbing over playing WoW, well, you aren't really a geek - didn't you know?
Yeah, I'll agree with that. I would argue that to be a geek, you must fully embrace the geek lifestyle. Otherwise, you're just a person who knows alot about computers (or math, or whatever type of geek you are). Being fit isn't really so much "beneath" us so much as unnecessary and unpleasant.
Good health makes you feel better in every way - regular work out sessions and good food (and oh, cut down on that caffeine and sugar) makes you feel a lot better and a lot more awake than 4 doubleshot espressos would.
While I was in the Air Force, I was very much in good shape. I worked out reguarly (The two mile run and pushups and sit-ups once a week, plus a physically intensive Aircraft Mechanic job), and ate good food (Only because it was free and the tasty food cost money). I continued this habit for years against my will due to one single stress point: The UCMJ. Upon my discharge, I quickly reverted to my natural slime state and disspelled all notions of exercise and healthy food. I haven't eaten a vegitable in years (Exceptions can be made for Chinese (when combined with lots of meat)), I drink 9 to 12 cans of Mountain Dew a day, and I smoke 3 packs of full-flavor Menthols a day. The point I want to emphasize here is that I feel ten times better now than I did when I was physically fit.
Then again, of course, I'm still young (25) and naive.
You can have your cake and eat it too. Nobody's allowed to wardial cell phones. Not charities, not polls, not surveys; nobody. Except collection agencies, and it's easy enough to give them a bad number.
As I understand it, Pro-Bono means the lawyer works for free for a case they believe will win them points and get people to like them (the lawyer, that is). How do you compensate a volunteer? Or am I just totally off base here?
Hey submitter, way to just quote part of the article. Lazy bum. Now, all we need is a sociable way to wage war. Why don't we all sit down for a massive multiplayer game of Stratego? It seems that even now, we're pack hunters.
I should be able to rate my skills in different areas (i.e. C#, ASP, NetBurst engineering, etc.) from 1 to 10. Employers should filter their applicants in this fashion; so if I know more about the target material than the next guy, I'm more likely to get an E-mail.
Furthermore, the site should encourage conversation; existing job sites leave the vast majority of applicants feeling alone. How about a chat area for different job categories?
Gene Roddenberry must be turning in his grave. If you ask me, the space program needs more support and more money; but less protesters and hippies. Honestly, I don't care if we ever meet alien life. My biggest concern is that once we use up all the resources on Earth, we'll have to start strip-mining other planets instead. Plus, eventually we'll run out of room for people.
If this thing goes through, somebody's gonna come up with a little adapter box that'll convert it into S-video. That can be converted to composite / RCA. Problem solved.
"This is a major dilemma, and no one is talking about it" -- THIS is the big thing. We have to be heard to stop things like this. Sure, there's tons of conversation to follow on this thread, but we need to post elsewhere about this as well. I suggest as many people blog about it as possible. I know I will.
I'll assume everyone here saw the "Welcome Slashdot Visitor!" message. I've never seen an auto-redirect designed to lessen the effect of being Slashdotted. Perhaps we'll see more of this in the future?
I tried to copy the URL, close the browsers, flush the cache, and re-open the URL in a different browser (Firefox vs IE) but got the same thing. They're not using the HTTP header info, possibly cookies?
Reminds me of a job I used to work at. It was a call center where nearly every computer on the production floor was configured (by the phone peons like me) as a file server. People would rip DVDs and download on the idle machines, then burn stuff and take it home. It was sweet; I just wish 4GB ThumbDrives and USB iPods were available at the time!
As for the app, seems like it was a good idea used for the wrong purpose. Surely this would have been better employed somewhere like SourceForge, where people could contribute their opinions and ideas?
$150 for 300W? You gotta be kidding me. I spent less than that for a 650 and a 350 on my main machine; a kilowatt of power and the main PSU even glows. For $150 I expect silent, cool, >650W, and modular. I've blogged about this.
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I design and code my sites in Visual Studio; though the ASP.NET C# code generates additional HTML that can't be checked from within VS2005. I try to keep that part as close to W3C as possible, but sometimes compliance just makes it harder to get things done. The CSS validates, usually... The biggest problem I see is alot of web hosts add non-compliant tracking code to each page.
Saw this on Slashdot a few days ago, and it was all over Memorandum and the important tech blogs.
I was in the military (Well, sort of - Air Force), and ran two miles a week (One 2-mile run). Additionally, about 50 pushups and 75 sit-ups. Only because if I didn't, they'd put me in jail. It sucked then, and I wouldn't even consider it now. A simple cost-benefit analysis shows that the costs outweigh the benefits: I'd rather lie in bed for two hours thinking and trying to sleep than exercise and suffer for 20 minutes.
Of course, I also know several geeks who look down upon working out and being fit as "beneath them" and if you prefer rock-climbing over playing WoW, well, you aren't really a geek - didn't you know?
Yeah, I'll agree with that. I would argue that to be a geek, you must fully embrace the geek lifestyle. Otherwise, you're just a person who knows alot about computers (or math, or whatever type of geek you are). Being fit isn't really so much "beneath" us so much as unnecessary and unpleasant.
Good health makes you feel better in every way - regular work out sessions and good food (and oh, cut down on that caffeine and sugar) makes you feel a lot better and a lot more awake than 4 doubleshot espressos would.
While I was in the Air Force, I was very much in good shape. I worked out reguarly (The two mile run and pushups and sit-ups once a week, plus a physically intensive Aircraft Mechanic job), and ate good food (Only because it was free and the tasty food cost money). I continued this habit for years against my will due to one single stress point: The UCMJ. Upon my discharge, I quickly reverted to my natural slime state and disspelled all notions of exercise and healthy food. I haven't eaten a vegitable in years (Exceptions can be made for Chinese (when combined with lots of meat)), I drink 9 to 12 cans of Mountain Dew a day, and I smoke 3 packs of full-flavor Menthols a day. The point I want to emphasize here is that I feel ten times better now than I did when I was physically fit.
Then again, of course, I'm still young (25) and naive.
I'll have to remember that; I have about a dozen different OCA's calling my cell number. Though that's the number on all those bad checks I wrote... :)
You can have your cake and eat it too. Nobody's allowed to wardial cell phones. Not charities, not polls, not surveys; nobody. Except collection agencies, and it's easy enough to give them a bad number.
As I understand it, Pro-Bono means the lawyer works for free for a case they believe will win them points and get people to like them (the lawyer, that is). How do you compensate a volunteer? Or am I just totally off base here?
Hey submitter, way to just quote part of the article. Lazy bum. Now, all we need is a sociable way to wage war. Why don't we all sit down for a massive multiplayer game of Stratego? It seems that even now, we're pack hunters.
I should be able to rate my skills in different areas (i.e. C#, ASP, NetBurst engineering, etc.) from 1 to 10. Employers should filter their applicants in this fashion; so if I know more about the target material than the next guy, I'm more likely to get an E-mail. Furthermore, the site should encourage conversation; existing job sites leave the vast majority of applicants feeling alone. How about a chat area for different job categories?
Gene Roddenberry must be turning in his grave. If you ask me, the space program needs more support and more money; but less protesters and hippies. Honestly, I don't care if we ever meet alien life. My biggest concern is that once we use up all the resources on Earth, we'll have to start strip-mining other planets instead. Plus, eventually we'll run out of room for people.
If this thing goes through, somebody's gonna come up with a little adapter box that'll convert it into S-video. That can be converted to composite / RCA. Problem solved.
"This is a major dilemma, and no one is talking about it" -- THIS is the big thing. We have to be heard to stop things like this. Sure, there's tons of conversation to follow on this thread, but we need to post elsewhere about this as well. I suggest as many people blog about it as possible. I know I will.
I'll assume everyone here saw the "Welcome Slashdot Visitor!" message. I've never seen an auto-redirect designed to lessen the effect of being Slashdotted. Perhaps we'll see more of this in the future? I tried to copy the URL, close the browsers, flush the cache, and re-open the URL in a different browser (Firefox vs IE) but got the same thing. They're not using the HTTP header info, possibly cookies?
Reminds me of a job I used to work at. It was a call center where nearly every computer on the production floor was configured (by the phone peons like me) as a file server. People would rip DVDs and download on the idle machines, then burn stuff and take it home. It was sweet; I just wish 4GB ThumbDrives and USB iPods were available at the time! As for the app, seems like it was a good idea used for the wrong purpose. Surely this would have been better employed somewhere like SourceForge, where people could contribute their opinions and ideas?
lol, no, it's got two LEDs in each of its fans. Geek that I am, I took two pictures exclusively for your benefit./ /
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$150 for 300W? You gotta be kidding me. I spent less than that for a 650 and a 350 on my main machine; a kilowatt of power and the main PSU even glows. For $150 I expect silent, cool, >650W, and modular. I've blogged about this.
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