I learn fast. You could argue that's a skill, but it's a skill I learned fast.
I have a talent for learning shit fast.
Passion doesn't come into it. I know someone that can hit a ball with a bit of wood with utter nonchalent ease. They've never practiced because they just can't be arsed. It doesn't interest them; no passion at all. They haven't taken the time to learn the skill, but they're bloody good at it.
Around these parts, we call that talent.
Give me someone talented and I'll teach them skills. Give me someone skilled and I'll put them to work. I'll give the person with the talent the difficult stuff though.
No, he's not an idiot. In the short story the only thing Johnny knew was that someone else had put data stolen from the Yakuza into his head and that they wanted him dead to prevent its dissemination.
The whole pharma plot was in the film and not in the short story.
And yes, the movie sucked. The short story rocks. The first novel set in that world is possibly the finest book ever written.
I don't have a DSLR but I do leave my camera in 'Program' mode most of the time - 95% of my photographs, more if I'm taking pictures of my cats.
I use AP, SP and manual at times, I mess about with ISO if the camera's introducing too much noise and I switch from auto to manual focus when I'm working with a narrow depth of field and the touch-screen AF indicator isn't cutting it.
A good camera takes better pictures in 'green dot' mode than a crap camera. Buying a DSLR and using it as a point and shoot means you've got a fucking excellent point and shoot. Don't knock it.
Just be glad you don't have to use full auto everything.
Good hearted, but fucking stupid. Has a single fucking one of them articulated how to actually make this work, make it apply equally to everybody irrespective of gender, race, nationality, sexual preference, language, intelligence and amihotornot.com rating?
Or are they going, "Oh, this is terrible. Someone must do something about it" and ignoring the sheer fucking difficulty of doing something that doesn't get someone fucked over by a mob mentality?
Ok, twitters report form may be excessively long and painful to complete, and that may even be intentional to reduce the support overhead required. Flooding support with 'This tweet is nasty' reports isn't going to fucking help either.
It's possible there's a generational thing going on. Online gaming has kids going, "I'm going to rape your corpse" when they really mean, "I think I'm good enough to kill you in the game and I want to taunt you about it".
If they then take that language and use it on Twitter there's a culture shift in the audience that isn't reflected in their own mode of speaking or attitudes.
Or it could just be that some stupid fuckwit thought it was appropriate to threaten a woman with rape. I don't know. I don't like her either, it just never occurs to me to threaten anybody with rape.
(I also don't think it's a very good film, but that wasn't what was requested. It's also unlikely to get heavily quoted, so nobody will know if you just didn't bother)
It's seldom been a proper giggle comic, but it's had a wry, gentle and geeky sense of humour within it that I've appreciated throughout, and moments of genuine tenderness.
Cherish it for what it is, and don't expect what it can't deliver. But don't think you've outgrown it. You maybe need to grow into it.
The thing is, you used the term 'invested'. This is entirely correct. You invest a little time, you gain many things.
Not least the enjoyment of a good film.
The geek film quotes are a common vocabulary, but that's fine. You can learn the words, phrases and contexts without seeing the films; it's like any other vocabulary. As you encounter it, you learn it.
Shit, I knew 'there is no cake' long before I encountered its source material. I was enlightened. Oddly it made it even more of a reveal. But the trope worked anyway.
Don't forget the intelligent geek pre-reqs: Gattaca, The Butterfly Effect, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko. Twelve Monkeys, Akira, Brazil, anything by Kubrick.
Then there's the films every geek should watch, whether they like them or not (and I don't like all of them): Office Space, Back to the Future, The Fifth Element, The Truman Show, Avatar, V for Vendetta, Children of Men.
I really liked Children of Men.
But yeah, someone else gave the definitive answer. If you only watch one geek movie ever, and it's not Blade Runner, make it Aliens.
Mumsnet. I'd fucking ban that from the 'net. Actually, time to go and see if they have a '50 shades' fan discussion on their forum, and taunt the hypocritical idiots about their porn addictions.
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Forgive my British ignorance, but wtf is a spoon holder and do I need one?
Not for another 7 years. But before much longer, yes, laws will be passed.
They'll be every bit as effective as the laws on copying music online too. For the same reasons.
I learn fast. You could argue that's a skill, but it's a skill I learned fast.
I have a talent for learning shit fast.
Passion doesn't come into it. I know someone that can hit a ball with a bit of wood with utter nonchalent ease. They've never practiced because they just can't be arsed. It doesn't interest them; no passion at all. They haven't taken the time to learn the skill, but they're bloody good at it.
Around these parts, we call that talent.
Give me someone talented and I'll teach them skills. Give me someone skilled and I'll put them to work. I'll give the person with the talent the difficult stuff though.
Don't know why he had to replace it
Because his replacement was more reliable.
What wasn't stated is whether the reason he needed to work on the code was because of the unreliability of the previous implementation.
with a new untested solution
The new solution was more reliable. That tells me it was tested.
Doesn't sound smart to me.
Guess we know where you fall on the scale then..
What about clever, diligent lazy ones?
I think they're the innovators, but what was Hammerstein's view?
Hmm. A job creation scheme too? We could be onto a winner here.
No, he's not an idiot. In the short story the only thing Johnny knew was that someone else had put data stolen from the Yakuza into his head and that they wanted him dead to prevent its dissemination.
The whole pharma plot was in the film and not in the short story.
And yes, the movie sucked. The short story rocks. The first novel set in that world is possibly the finest book ever written.
Yeah. Nokia had the hardware but got left way behind on the OS.
Then Samsung introduced those gorgeous screens in the S2, Galaxy Nexus and subsequent phones, and Nokia weren't even competing on the hardware.
Apple changed the game on the OS side, Samsung brought together the hardware/OS combo, Nokia signed a deal with Microsoft.
My n900 may be the last Nokia phone I ever buy.
I don't have a DSLR but I do leave my camera in 'Program' mode most of the time - 95% of my photographs, more if I'm taking pictures of my cats.
I use AP, SP and manual at times, I mess about with ISO if the camera's introducing too much noise and I switch from auto to manual focus when I'm working with a narrow depth of field and the touch-screen AF indicator isn't cutting it.
A good camera takes better pictures in 'green dot' mode than a crap camera. Buying a DSLR and using it as a point and shoot means you've got a fucking excellent point and shoot. Don't knock it.
Just be glad you don't have to use full auto everything.
"virtually all the controls" of a DSLR and it has a fixed aperture?
Marketing bullshit at its best.
Lets face it, invoking comparison with a DSLR is pretentious and preying on the ignorant.
good hearted people (the 55,000).
Good hearted, but fucking stupid. Has a single fucking one of them articulated how to actually make this work, make it apply equally to everybody irrespective of gender, race, nationality, sexual preference, language, intelligence and amihotornot.com rating?
Or are they going, "Oh, this is terrible. Someone must do something about it" and ignoring the sheer fucking difficulty of doing something that doesn't get someone fucked over by a mob mentality?
Ok, twitters report form may be excessively long and painful to complete, and that may even be intentional to reduce the support overhead required. Flooding support with 'This tweet is nasty' reports isn't going to fucking help either.
It's possible there's a generational thing going on. Online gaming has kids going, "I'm going to rape your corpse" when they really mean, "I think I'm good enough to kill you in the game and I want to taunt you about it".
If they then take that language and use it on Twitter there's a culture shift in the audience that isn't reflected in their own mode of speaking or attitudes.
Or it could just be that some stupid fuckwit thought it was appropriate to threaten a woman with rape. I don't know. I don't like her either, it just never occurs to me to threaten anybody with rape.
The irony here being that FGM is illegal and male GM isn't.
Go fucking figure that one.
So do the obvious sensible thing: Organise trans people to flag every transphobic comment she makes.
You're not protecting women by abusing transexuals, not least because a lot of transexuals _are_ women.
To be fair, if she can't handle trolls on Twitter then she's fucked. erm, figuratively.
But she handled them: She asked the police to investigate a breach of the law, and a man has been arrested.
Meanwhile there'll be a banknote with two pictures of women on it and no pictures of men. Fucking misandrist feminazi should just fuck off.
I didn't say that _just_ geeks should watch it! :)
(I also don't think it's a very good film, but that wasn't what was requested. It's also unlikely to get heavily quoted, so nobody will know if you just didn't bother)
I'm forty and I still love XKCD.
It's seldom been a proper giggle comic, but it's had a wry, gentle and geeky sense of humour within it that I've appreciated throughout, and moments of genuine tenderness.
Cherish it for what it is, and don't expect what it can't deliver. But don't think you've outgrown it. You maybe need to grow into it.
The thing is, you used the term 'invested'. This is entirely correct. You invest a little time, you gain many things.
Not least the enjoyment of a good film.
The geek film quotes are a common vocabulary, but that's fine. You can learn the words, phrases and contexts without seeing the films; it's like any other vocabulary. As you encounter it, you learn it.
Shit, I knew 'there is no cake' long before I encountered its source material. I was enlightened. Oddly it made it even more of a reveal. But the trope worked anyway.
There is no cake.
I know a girl with a lovely blossom motif across her shoulders. Not trampy at all.
I know a bloke with delicate flowers on his upper arms. The mother of his children doesn't think he's a tramp at all.
You're sounding a little prejudiced.
Don't forget the intelligent geek pre-reqs: Gattaca, The Butterfly Effect, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko. Twelve Monkeys, Akira, Brazil, anything by Kubrick.
Then there's the films every geek should watch, whether they like them or not (and I don't like all of them): Office Space, Back to the Future, The Fifth Element, The Truman Show, Avatar, V for Vendetta, Children of Men.
I really liked Children of Men.
But yeah, someone else gave the definitive answer. If you only watch one geek movie ever, and it's not Blade Runner, make it Aliens.
erm. BMW did fix this, and upgraded the software in my car for free with the fix.
Mohammed wasn't Asian, and Asians can be racist too. But I don't think you were being racist anyway, so ignore the idiot.
Not necessarily - some ministers are lords.
Mumsnet. I'd fucking ban that from the 'net. Actually, time to go and see if they have a '50 shades' fan discussion on their forum, and taunt the hypocritical idiots about their porn addictions.
I really love Donnie Darko. It was a tough choice between that and Amelie, and they're both very unconventional films and they're both excellent.
So just watch both :)
Then watch the Donnie Darko director's cut, because that's a great film in its own right too. I prefer it to the original; others don't.