Of course not. Attempting to put words in my mouth is pretty pointless in discussions this old where we are likely the only ones still reading it, so don't do it.
I am opposed to this proposed law, even though I recognize that the general population doesn't care or think about anonymity in their day to day lives. I never said I thought it was a good thing they don't, just that, as a statement of fact, they don't.
B-b-but, that would be suggesting that in this scenario the solution to pollution could actually be dilution! That's madness! Can not allow.
Anyways, as far as evaporating it goes, that'd be a great idea provided they have the land available to actually flood and evaporate on. I don't know if they do or not.
Interesting. I was just about to comment asking how I was able to view that page without installing any new fonts. Guess, I already have it (well, at least some version of it..). Running Firefox on Fedora 12 here.
Djisktra would make a decent role model for beginner programmers as well in some respects. Djisktra's shortest path algorithm is simple enough to understand but applies to real world problems well enough to seem very relevant to today's computing. It serves as a great introduction to the "harder" side of CS, the math and theory of it.
I might be a bit biased though. I first heard about Djisktra when learning about pathfinding as a teenager when I was doing some roguelike development:)
It depends entirely on the context for me. If it is code I am actively working on and is likely to change in the future, then I always brace it. As it becomes more stable and it becomes clear that a code body will indeed only have one line, that is when I remove the braces. Using proper K&R style, the braces should indeed be left out on signal line bodies.
It literally is known as the One True Brace style and in the C (or perl for that matter) world it is immensely popular. By your use of 'true' I'm assuming you aren't a C programmer so your blasphemy can be forgiven, but tread lightly my friend! This is a religion matter and OTB has some big backers;)
Sure, if explicitly asked which they'd want to do, most would probably choose anonymity, but the general population is far too unconcerned with privacy to factor it into their purchasing decisions without prompting.
I think the ordinary shmoe that uses one of these does so out of convenience, not really out of a need for actual anonymity, which is what we are discussing.
Dolphins are so stupid that they can get caught in tuna nets. They don't realize that the net is closing in around them, and although they clearly love jumping out of the water, they are too stupid to jump out of the water and over the edge of the net (which does not extend above the surface) to save themselves.
Really when you think about it, they aren't much smarter then the tuna those nets are designed to catch.
Lots of people like drugs. It's a very large industry. Very very few people are whistleblowers or are reporting a crime and think to go buy an anonymous phone to do it.
Please note, this isn't to detract from the legitimacy of anonymous phones, the existence of even a few "innocent" users of them is plenty to justify their existence in general. Realistically however, most are used for drugs.
Are you kidding? Knowing who was using a phone after the fact is only one aspect of the story. They also want to know who to wiretap during criminal investigations. If Fred buys Al's cellphone with Fred's ID, then the feds won't know who's phone to tap. This law has many problems, and in a large portion of situations this is one of them.
You are the epitome of raw internet commenting genius. They way you so deftly and intelligently deal with your detractors is something of a work of art. Your grammar and style should be studied in universities, its effectiveness is unrivalled. I'd like to sincerely thank you, on behave of all of slashdot, for contributing to this conversation.
Couldn't you just take the maps of two or more competitors, and diff them together? Are there actually not enough map providers for most areas to make that impractical?
This. I'm a diehard FOSS type, won't touch windows on my personal machines and as such don't have MS Office. I am however a student, so word processing is something I have to do somewhat regularly. I started out trying to use OOo but it is seriously just a miserable piece of shit, I don't understand how anyone can bare to use it. Abiword was far superior for basic tasks, but these days I do everything with latex. After the initial curve it's actually far easier, looks much nicer, and is significantly faster.
It's called science you ignorant shit. I know a large portion of the population can't handle the concept of research, but do try to at least stay off of slashdot.
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Of course not. Attempting to put words in my mouth is pretty pointless in discussions this old where we are likely the only ones still reading it, so don't do it.
I am opposed to this proposed law, even though I recognize that the general population doesn't care or think about anonymity in their day to day lives. I never said I thought it was a good thing they don't, just that, as a statement of fact, they don't.
Upon further inspection, it appears I already have Stix v0.9.
http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~jlg95/stuff/vert.png
Dunno, it didn't prompt me to install any fonts at least.
*shrug*
B-b-but, that would be suggesting that in this scenario the solution to pollution could actually be dilution! That's madness! Can not allow.
Anyways, as far as evaporating it goes, that'd be a great idea provided they have the land available to actually flood and evaporate on. I don't know if they do or not.
Interesting. I was just about to comment asking how I was able to view that page without installing any new fonts. Guess, I already have it (well, at least some version of it..). Running Firefox on Fedora 12 here.
Djisktra would make a decent role model for beginner programmers as well in some respects. Djisktra's shortest path algorithm is simple enough to understand but applies to real world problems well enough to seem very relevant to today's computing. It serves as a great introduction to the "harder" side of CS, the math and theory of it.
I might be a bit biased though. I first heard about Djisktra when learning about pathfinding as a teenager when I was doing some roguelike development :)
It depends entirely on the context for me. If it is code I am actively working on and is likely to change in the future, then I always brace it. As it becomes more stable and it becomes clear that a code body will indeed only have one line, that is when I remove the braces. Using proper K&R style, the braces should indeed be left out on signal line bodies.
It literally is known as the One True Brace style and in the C (or perl for that matter) world it is immensely popular. By your use of 'true' I'm assuming you aren't a C programmer so your blasphemy can be forgiven, but tread lightly my friend! This is a religion matter and OTB has some big backers ;)
Oh boy. When amateurs program...
while(1) {
printf("FUCK\n");
}
Remember kids, always use the one true brace.
Sure, if explicitly asked which they'd want to do, most would probably choose anonymity, but the general population is far too unconcerned with privacy to factor it into their purchasing decisions without prompting.
I think that your idea of an ordinary shmoe is not so ordinary.
I think the ordinary shmoe that uses one of these does so out of convenience, not really out of a need for actual anonymity, which is what we are discussing.
Dolphins are so stupid that they can get caught in tuna nets. They don't realize that the net is closing in around them, and although they clearly love jumping out of the water, they are too stupid to jump out of the water and over the edge of the net (which does not extend above the surface) to save themselves.
Really when you think about it, they aren't much smarter then the tuna those nets are designed to catch.
Lots of people like drugs. It's a very large industry. Very very few people are whistleblowers or are reporting a crime and think to go buy an anonymous phone to do it.
Please note, this isn't to detract from the legitimacy of anonymous phones, the existence of even a few "innocent" users of them is plenty to justify their existence in general. Realistically however, most are used for drugs.
Are you kidding? Knowing who was using a phone after the fact is only one aspect of the story. They also want to know who to wiretap during criminal investigations. If Fred buys Al's cellphone with Fred's ID, then the feds won't know who's phone to tap. This law has many problems, and in a large portion of situations this is one of them.
You are the epitome of raw internet commenting genius. They way you so deftly and intelligently deal with your detractors is something of a work of art. Your grammar and style should be studied in universities, its effectiveness is unrivalled. I'd like to sincerely thank you, on behave of all of slashdot, for contributing to this conversation.
Yeah, if they simply let all the oil out first it will be much easier to plug.
Weird, I never had to "train" my bookmarks menu. This is considered "better" how exactly?
Couldn't you just take the maps of two or more competitors, and diff them together? Are there actually not enough map providers for most areas to make that impractical?
You are correct.
You should do one of these for every slashdot article. Just brilliant.
This. I'm a diehard FOSS type, won't touch windows on my personal machines and as such don't have MS Office. I am however a student, so word processing is something I have to do somewhat regularly. I started out trying to use OOo but it is seriously just a miserable piece of shit, I don't understand how anyone can bare to use it. Abiword was far superior for basic tasks, but these days I do everything with latex. After the initial curve it's actually far easier, looks much nicer, and is significantly faster.
Tell that to the BSA. I'm sure they will hear things your way.
It's called science you ignorant shit. I know a large portion of the population can't handle the concept of research, but do try to at least stay off of slashdot.
It means they've found more potent/exotic chemicals than before, so now they can make it smaller and maintain toxicity.