I would recommend Rock Band to anyone with more than two friends.
Anything you can reccomend for the average/. reader? (I keed.)
Anyway, geekish items on my wish list include the retro bluetooth handset from ThinkGeek, a Power Squid, "The Four Pillars of Geometry", and the Gojira 2-DVD set with the original Japan release. And of course the 2008 Despair calendar for my cube.
I guess you just aren't loved.
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The Harry Potter books include many references to how Harry's mother protected him and how her sacrifice saved him from Voldemort. These always made me think, so I guess all the other people Voldemort was able to kill, their mothers didn't love them?
Anyway, I got my Wii last year at christmas. I guess all the people who want one but didn't get it last year, no one really loves you. Or you're poor. Same thing really.
You've got a split second to make this choice, as well. Make it wrong, and you may die, or even take someone else with you.
I think you're spending the last moment of your life over-thinking the situation.
First, why wouldn't I reach for the hand of a child (if that was the closet/best option)? If the issue is I'm falling back beause my center of mass is behind me, I only need to shift the mass, not overcome the momentum of my movement. Yes, I will pull the child towards me, but it may be enough of a shift in mass to pull myself towards the child as well.
Second, this is likely on of those less-is-more situations. If I'm on the side of a busy street, and not on the edge of a tall cliff, I'm probably better off just taking a small step back to steady myself. In fighting to keep my feet in front of me, I leave my body without support, and end up falling into traffic.
Third, if I make a habit of putting myself into situations where the slighest loss of balance may result in a life-or-death situation, maybe the gene pool will be better off if I do fall into traffic.
If everyone around you is immunized, but you are not, there is ZERO BENEFIT to you getting immunized.
Let me guess, you learned this from a video on You Tube? Immunization is like bricks in a dam. Strong bricks give you a strong dam. But one weak brick can spring a leak which can erode the dam until even the strong bricks fail.
The only cases of polio were the ones caused by the immunization.
Right. And so to prevent any more cases of polio, we just stop the immunization? It's the vaccine that's spreading the disease? Oh, I see, at the end. So I guess we just go to YouTube and a video there will tell us when we're at the end and can stop immunization for a particular disease.
Going back to the first quote, let's just say for sake of argument you're right, about being a single person in the population who does not get immunized. Let's just say at that point you run a higher risk of getting the disease from the vaccine than from another source.
How do you know when you're in that situation? How do you know, you're the ONE person, of all the people you may come in contact with, the one lone person who has system beat? (And of course that the only vector by which the disease will spread to you is through another unimmunized person.)
Oh, that's right, you don't. So you've set up some fantastical situation that will never occur, even if your conclusion is correct.
OK, but wouldn't you like to know if you have the get-hit-by-a-bus gene?
Not really. It's probably one of those 'fark with fate' things where I decide to take the train because the genes say I doomed to die in a bus accident. And then a bus runs off an overpass and lands on the train.
So what's a thousand bucks buy you? They can tell you your ancient ancestry,
You're from Africa. Next question.
They can tell you what diseases you're predisposed to,
Human? All of them. And one of them is going to kill you one day. Or you might get hit by a bus tomorrow.
They give you a "Gene Explorer" that allows you to do a search in your genome to find out if you have a certain gene (e.g., you just heard on the news that Gene XYZ has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease).
Now this sounds interesting, but useless in the short-term. I doubt there are many linear relationships in our genes, such as having Gene XYZ means more likely to get disease ABC. More like, Gene XYZ in combination with Gene 123 and Gene ^&*, unless you have this form of Gene Foo, in which case you need to look at Gene Bar.
You want techs that can look at the data to trouble shoot and remove viruses, etc. but at the same time won't look at the data that may be of a personal nature. The answer is obviously zombies.
Heck, I'll make my own Geek Squad. With hookers, and blackjack...
To get me to eat it at dinner They said I'd grow up like Bruce Jenner He was a winner that never knew defeat And when he got hungry When he got hungry He cracked open that special treat
The movie folks fought like heck to kill the VCR. And in the end, not only did home video not kill the movie biz, it likely saved it. Try to image a movie industry that only makes money from theatre showings and the occasional soundtrack. Now it's not tapes but discs, but we have the movie, the director's cut, the remaster, the collectors box set. I doubt Disney pumps out all those direct-to-video sequels because home video is killing their business model.
Likewise, when the music industry folks finally get their heads out of their butts, they'll realize direct digital distribution is not a threat, but rather the savior.
I don't know why they haven't jumped on board years ago. You mean we get to sell music without the overhead of a physical plant to produce discs/tapes/whatever, without a transportation infrastructure to deliver the product to retailers, without having to share the profit with stores? What's the catch?
Yes, making quality copies is easier for the consumer than taping off the radio or making a dub from a friend. But 1) that fact doesn't negate any of the positives of the above paragraph. And 2) playing luddite and ignoring all the positives of the above paragraph doesn't prevent any of the issues of unlicensed digital copies.
So as it is now, the RIAA folks get all the negatives (from their point of view) of the internet and digital music, while refusing to partake in any of the positives.
One day they will wake up, just like the movie folks did. When that happens, not only will the digital revolution not kill the music industry, it will save it.
To the folks who say the music industry will go away because bands don't need it, I disagree. Not everyone has the resources to build/rent a studio and make masters. And throwing up your mp3s on the band web site is trivial when you're a local hit and expecting a couple thousand downloads; it's not quite the same when you're hoping for millions of downloads. Putting together a tour of college town bars with an old VW van is not quite the same as organizing an international tour of stadiums.
Yes, the current business model is something akin to the record companies are property owners and artists are overworked dirt get combed by share croppers. Yes, I hope direct community built between bands and fans through the web will give artists move leverage. But I doubt music companies as we know them will disappear any more than the web and digital distribution has freed authors and killed off the publishing houses.
Now what do you do if your boss says they want to be your 'friend'? This could be politically damaging no matter how you answer it. What if he isn't in political favor and you want a promotion to another department?
I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying, this is nothing new, not particular to Facebook, and not a technilogical issue.
What if you're having a party and your boss finds out? What if you want to invite some coworkers but not others? Same issues with friend lists and social networking sites.
There may be a new age solution, such as setting up two profiles: one all business for the boss and the random person who might look you up on the web, and one private, more personal for your friends. Call it the mullet solution for social networking. But this is not a new problem.
Do you really want to add your boss and coworkers to your friends list?
That's like saying, you really want to eat? Yes? Here's some sulfur. Some people you work with might actually be friends. Some are just coworkers.
(And more to the point, do you really have a choice?)
Yes.
You might say, well if I'm friendly outside of work with one coworker and add that one person to a friends list, but then that person adds every one in the office, including the big boss, to his/her list, can't those people then link back to my page?
Well, yeah, welcome to society. This is not news. This is not technology related. Folks interact. Something you share with one person may in turn be shared by that person with others. It's called discretion, get some.
1) To re-iterate some advice from above, talk to the original developer. Like someone else said, maybe it is his code and the forum post borrows code from your company, not the other way 'round.
2) To the folks saying, "code posted to a public forum is free game," it's not that simple. If this is an internal application, I agree. Use the code, enjoy, be healthy.
If this is a product your company sells externally, get thee (and your project lead) to your legal department. We've seen enough stories here about companies putting GPL code in their products and not keeping to the GPL to know you shouldn't just be selling OPC (other people's code) unless you know what you're doing.
3) You could always just put an attribution in the comments; that's what I often do.
Most code you'll come across in forums/usenet/et al is copyrighted in the sense that many things created are automatically copyrighted to the creator, but it's also mostly of the sort that given 10 coders of similar expertise, you'd get 10 very similar programs. The only way to claim exclusive ownership is to be the one person who paid the other 10 to write the code.
Unless there's explicit notice or license to the contrary, I make use of snippets found on the web in my work for my employer. If the example is sufficiently complex, I'll comment in a pointer to the original author and source.
Mostly it's for myself--if I ever need to maintian the code, I'll likely want to refer back to the sourse since obviously I wasn't able to figure it out the first time. And no one can claim I'm trying to pass off someone else's work as my own.
That said, I rarely find useful code I can cut and paste into my work. I may find (or get in response to a query) code that clarifies my thinking. But that is usually followed by some twisting and shaping of the code into the specifics of my need.
4) A lot of code looks alike. A lot of folks copy and paste from online help. Folks using the same IDE will end up with similar code--getters and setters in Java, events in Visual Studio, etc.
So...in the grand tradition of AskSlash...we can give no answer. If the original dev is still with company, that's your best place to start.
Ever hear the analogy that sending plain text email is like mailing a postcard, written in pencil? If you want it private, don't put it on the internet. Presidential candidates don't enter into the equation.
Before the 'main stream' accepts video gaming as here, now and legitimate. I don't see many "Rise of Books" or "Rise of Pro Football" segments. That being said, having watched the episode, it comes highly recommended.
I don't think 'main stream' has anything to do with it; it's age. "Rise of Books" books are rare because books have been around for a long time, and there's not much new in the space. As for "Rise of Pro Football" there are quite a few books on pro football history.
Instead of, if the user clicks 'Yes' assume they always click 'Yes', are insecure, and require additional security to connect; or if the user clicks 'No' assume they don't care about security, are insecure, and require additional security to connect; the logic should be, if the user clicks 'Yes' assume they always click 'Yes' and the follow-up question should be, do you want to get together Friday night? And if the user clicks 'No' assume they always click 'No' and the follow-up question should be, do you have plans for Friday night?
What r00t is suggesting is like pointing a gun at your wife but hey, at least you made sure she was wearing a bulletproof vest. What I'm suggesting is to not point the gun at your wife at all.
I just check the called ID and only answer if I recognize the number. Could I miss an important call? That's why I have voice mail.
As for stopping what I'm doing, getting up, going over to the phone, etc? Cordless phone is usually within arm's reach. If there's no phone near by or I can't get away from what I'm doing? That's why I have voice mail.
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I always get those two confused. Anyway...
Anything you can reccomend for the average /. reader? (I keed.)
Anyway, geekish items on my wish list include the retro bluetooth handset from ThinkGeek, a Power Squid, "The Four Pillars of Geometry", and the Gojira 2-DVD set with the original Japan release. And of course the 2008 Despair calendar for my cube.
The Harry Potter books include many references to how Harry's mother protected him and how her sacrifice saved him from Voldemort. These always made me think, so I guess all the other people Voldemort was able to kill, their mothers didn't love them?
Anyway, I got my Wii last year at christmas. I guess all the people who want one but didn't get it last year, no one really loves you. Or you're poor. Same thing really.
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First, why wouldn't I reach for the hand of a child (if that was the closet/best option)? If the issue is I'm falling back beause my center of mass is behind me, I only need to shift the mass, not overcome the momentum of my movement. Yes, I will pull the child towards me, but it may be enough of a shift in mass to pull myself towards the child as well.
Second, this is likely on of those less-is-more situations. If I'm on the side of a busy street, and not on the edge of a tall cliff, I'm probably better off just taking a small step back to steady myself. In fighting to keep my feet in front of me, I leave my body without support, and end up falling into traffic.
Third, if I make a habit of putting myself into situations where the slighest loss of balance may result in a life-or-death situation, maybe the gene pool will be better off if I do fall into traffic.
Going back to the first quote, let's just say for sake of argument you're right, about being a single person in the population who does not get immunized. Let's just say at that point you run a higher risk of getting the disease from the vaccine than from another source.
How do you know when you're in that situation? How do you know, you're the ONE person, of all the people you may come in contact with, the one lone person who has system beat? (And of course that the only vector by which the disease will spread to you is through another unimmunized person.)
Oh, that's right, you don't. So you've set up some fantastical situation that will never occur, even if your conclusion is correct.
I otherwise agree with your comment. But the Romans and their empire? Long gone. The wandering tribe? Still around.
Happy Chanukah :)
Not really. It's probably one of those 'fark with fate' things where I decide to take the train because the genes say I doomed to die in a bus accident. And then a bus runs off an overpass and lands on the train.
Rather not see that one coming.
I just wanted to add...my first first post.
Hookers and blackjack for everyone!
You want techs that can look at the data to trouble shoot and remove viruses, etc. but at the same time won't look at the data that may be of a personal nature. The answer is obviously zombies.
Heck, I'll make my own Geek Squad. With hookers, and blackjack...
I'll just make my own recording studio! With hookers, and black jack...
(I couldn't resist)
To get me to eat it at dinner
They said I'd grow up like Bruce Jenner
He was a winner that never knew defeat
And when he got hungry
When he got hungry
He cracked open that special treat
Spam
-Save Ferris
Oh wait.
The movie folks fought like heck to kill the VCR. And in the end, not only did home video not kill the movie biz, it likely saved it. Try to image a movie industry that only makes money from theatre showings and the occasional soundtrack. Now it's not tapes but discs, but we have the movie, the director's cut, the remaster, the collectors box set. I doubt Disney pumps out all those direct-to-video sequels because home video is killing their business model.
Likewise, when the music industry folks finally get their heads out of their butts, they'll realize direct digital distribution is not a threat, but rather the savior.
I don't know why they haven't jumped on board years ago. You mean we get to sell music without the overhead of a physical plant to produce discs/tapes/whatever, without a transportation infrastructure to deliver the product to retailers, without having to share the profit with stores? What's the catch?
Yes, making quality copies is easier for the consumer than taping off the radio or making a dub from a friend. But 1) that fact doesn't negate any of the positives of the above paragraph. And 2) playing luddite and ignoring all the positives of the above paragraph doesn't prevent any of the issues of unlicensed digital copies.
So as it is now, the RIAA folks get all the negatives (from their point of view) of the internet and digital music, while refusing to partake in any of the positives.
One day they will wake up, just like the movie folks did. When that happens, not only will the digital revolution not kill the music industry, it will save it.
To the folks who say the music industry will go away because bands don't need it, I disagree. Not everyone has the resources to build/rent a studio and make masters. And throwing up your mp3s on the band web site is trivial when you're a local hit and expecting a couple thousand downloads; it's not quite the same when you're hoping for millions of downloads. Putting together a tour of college town bars with an old VW van is not quite the same as organizing an international tour of stadiums.
Yes, the current business model is something akin to the record companies are property owners and artists are overworked dirt get combed by share croppers. Yes, I hope direct community built between bands and fans through the web will give artists move leverage. But I doubt music companies as we know them will disappear any more than the web and digital distribution has freed authors and killed off the publishing houses.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying, this is nothing new, not particular to Facebook, and not a technilogical issue.
What if you're having a party and your boss finds out? What if you want to invite some coworkers but not others? Same issues with friend lists and social networking sites.
There may be a new age solution, such as setting up two profiles: one all business for the boss and the random person who might look you up on the web, and one private, more personal for your friends. Call it the mullet solution for social networking. But this is not a new problem.
You might say, well if I'm friendly outside of work with one coworker and add that one person to a friends list, but then that person adds every one in the office, including the big boss, to his/her list, can't those people then link back to my page?
Well, yeah, welcome to society. This is not news. This is not technology related. Folks interact. Something you share with one person may in turn be shared by that person with others. It's called discretion, get some.
1) To re-iterate some advice from above, talk to the original developer. Like someone else said, maybe it is his code and the forum post borrows code from your company, not the other way 'round.
2) To the folks saying, "code posted to a public forum is free game," it's not that simple. If this is an internal application, I agree. Use the code, enjoy, be healthy.
If this is a product your company sells externally, get thee (and your project lead) to your legal department. We've seen enough stories here about companies putting GPL code in their products and not keeping to the GPL to know you shouldn't just be selling OPC (other people's code) unless you know what you're doing.
3) You could always just put an attribution in the comments; that's what I often do.
Most code you'll come across in forums/usenet/et al is copyrighted in the sense that many things created are automatically copyrighted to the creator, but it's also mostly of the sort that given 10 coders of similar expertise, you'd get 10 very similar programs. The only way to claim exclusive ownership is to be the one person who paid the other 10 to write the code.
Unless there's explicit notice or license to the contrary, I make use of snippets found on the web in my work for my employer. If the example is sufficiently complex, I'll comment in a pointer to the original author and source.
Mostly it's for myself--if I ever need to maintian the code, I'll likely want to refer back to the sourse since obviously I wasn't able to figure it out the first time. And no one can claim I'm trying to pass off someone else's work as my own.
That said, I rarely find useful code I can cut and paste into my work. I may find (or get in response to a query) code that clarifies my thinking. But that is usually followed by some twisting and shaping of the code into the specifics of my need.
4) A lot of code looks alike. A lot of folks copy and paste from online help. Folks using the same IDE will end up with similar code--getters and setters in Java, events in Visual Studio, etc.
So...in the grand tradition of AskSlash...we can give no answer. If the original dev is still with company, that's your best place to start.
Ever hear the analogy that sending plain text email is like mailing a postcard, written in pencil? If you want it private, don't put it on the internet. Presidential candidates don't enter into the equation.
What? And lose my amateur status?
Don't hate the playa; hate the game.
I don't think 'main stream' has anything to do with it; it's age. "Rise of Books" books are rare because books have been around for a long time, and there's not much new in the space. As for "Rise of Pro Football" there are quite a few books on pro football history.
I think issue was not price, but "no cargo space, and room for only one passenger" at that price.
Instead of, if the user clicks 'Yes' assume they always click 'Yes', are insecure, and require additional security to connect; or if the user clicks 'No' assume they don't care about security, are insecure, and require additional security to connect; the logic should be, if the user clicks 'Yes' assume they always click 'Yes' and the follow-up question should be, do you want to get together Friday night? And if the user clicks 'No' assume they always click 'No' and the follow-up question should be, do you have plans for Friday night?
But where is that in comparison to sea cucumber:land cucumber?
Yes, but have you met r00t's wife?
I just check the called ID and only answer if I recognize the number. Could I miss an important call? That's why I have voice mail.
As for stopping what I'm doing, getting up, going over to the phone, etc? Cordless phone is usually within arm's reach. If there's no phone near by or I can't get away from what I'm doing? That's why I have voice mail.