There is no constitutional separation of church and state. That is an inaccurate nugget of false doctrine that has somehow become popular to say. Nonetheless, it does not exist.
I don't doubt for a moment that the climate is changing, it usually does, but global warming is a political power play more than anything else.
I think this more than anything is what "young people" are tired of. Unfortunately, it is difficult to separate the tripe from some issues that may be real.
Personally, I don't think we humans are nearly as powerful as we think we are, and I don't think we have the ability to doom the Earth. Us perhaps, but not the Earth.
Ah, of all the responses this AC's is by far the most insightful. Adroitly spoken prose such as this is a rarity here on Slashdot. Any words I might express would fall regretfully short of being able to express the beauty of this terse poetry.
Politics ARE free speech, except prior to an election, where anybody caught speaking at all will be run through with a spoon.
Pornography is free speech.
Pro gay speech is free speech.
Anti gay speech is not free speech.
Games depicting white people in futuristic battle gear, aliens, robots, skeletons, and other obvious "bad" people being killed are free speech.
Games depicting gay, athiest, Hatian politicians, turning tricks with alien robots, and then being killed with a sharpened religious symbol are not free speech.
The definition of freedom seems to be escaping me.
Now that is a freaky coincidence because I was saying just this morning how I think it would be a good idea for a Minnesota senator to come by my house and smooch all over my ass.
First, I don't think it is possible to commit libel via ethereal references, but if somebody wants to sue me for libel, I wouldn't have any problem proving that what I said actually happened.
Second, what does my having met GWB have to do with anything I said?
Out of curiosity, what, in your opinion, is right?
I'm an average movie goer, but I thought Revolutions sucked. I hated it.
I "got" the show. No, I didn't mind that two of the main characters died. That was fine. What I did mind is they introduced a bunch of characters that they never developed, that the main characters you spent two other movies following had extended cameos at best in the movie, and that it was mind-numbingly boring.
I don't think critics rated it as low as it deserved.
It has always been this way. Those in charge of hiring tend to chose those whom they are comfortable with.
I worked for the government during Clinton's administration and we didn't hire two individuals, that I know of, for reasons of race. The comments were "he's bright enough, but he's black", and "we don't need any Italians or Catholics working here".
In another department, located across the street, that I worked with, the administrator was a woman and amazingly enough, most of the management positions were filled by women.
The department I worked in, and the others I worked closely with, were riddled with favoritism, cronyism, racism, and a couple of cases of nepotism.
Although you may personally hate Bush for whatever reason (my guess is you've never personally met him and any hatred you feel is just the lemming effect of American politicking kicking in), you cannot lay this at his feet.
I readily admit that I don't like seeing the blatantly obvious owned via a patent. However, if Amazon didn't patent these ideas, somebody else would have.
The patent system in the US is set up in such a way as to invite abuse. It would be rude for companies and individuals not to accept the offer.
Also, entire branches of law are propped up by the rediculous US patent laws. If it weren't for these laws, many poor attorneys would be knocked out of a job by sheer common sense, and they and their families would starve to death. For this reason, I fully support Jeff B. and Amazon. I think Jeff is just being a good humanitarian.
I don't believe that is the case. VB has a corporate stigma of sucking, and of being a beginning level language; both accurate evaluations in my opinion. That is why VB jobs don't pay very well. On the other hand, C# is seen as being a real language, and therefore C# jobs generally pay better; at least for now. If Joe VB can apply for and get a C# job, more likely than not Joe VB will see a big raise.
Personally, I don't care much for either language because neither one of them do what I want; or at least fulfill my needs in the way I prefer.
Well, let's see. Where I live, the difference between a VB programmer and a C# programmer is about $20,000.00 annually.
Of course, you may code in whatever language pleases you, but if learning to use the shift key and the curly braces offers that kind of monetary return, I think it is well worth the effort.
I agree with you that C# is a decent language, but I completely disagree regarding VisualStudio. It's a slow pig.
As far as IDEs go, I think that Borland's new C++Builder IDE is the best cross-platform IDE hands down (and as a bonus, it runs on Linux as opposed to Microsoft's definition of "cross-platform" - Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/etc.).
I'm probably an average programmer (at least there seems to be an equal number of people who are better than me as those who are worse), so don't read too much into this.
I find C# to be a great replacement language for VB. I mean, if you are currently writing an application in VB, or are thinking of using VB, or have ever said the letters V and B within close proximity of each other, then I would strongly recommend abandoning VB for C#.
If you are not using VB, then stick with what you're using.
In other news, bicycles around the world have been voluntarily recalled. It seems that if the rider stops moving their feet, the bike could potentially tip over. A minor flaying of the skin has also been reported to occur during such accidents.
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There is no constitutional separation of church and state. That is an inaccurate nugget of false doctrine that has somehow become popular to say. Nonetheless, it does not exist.
No it doesn't. It means to drench someone or something with a lot of liquid.
I don't doubt for a moment that the climate is changing, it usually does, but global warming is a political power play more than anything else.
I think this more than anything is what "young people" are tired of. Unfortunately, it is difficult to separate the tripe from some issues that may be real.
Personally, I don't think we humans are nearly as powerful as we think we are, and I don't think we have the ability to doom the Earth. Us perhaps, but not the Earth.
Ah, of all the responses this AC's is by far the most insightful. Adroitly spoken prose such as this is a rarity here on Slashdot. Any words I might express would fall regretfully short of being able to express the beauty of this terse poetry.
Okay, let me make sure I have all this straight.
Source code is not free speech.
Religion is not free speech.
Anti religious speech is free speech.
Politics ARE free speech, except prior to an election, where anybody caught speaking at all will be run through with a spoon.
Pornography is free speech.
Pro gay speech is free speech.
Anti gay speech is not free speech.
Games depicting white people in futuristic battle gear, aliens, robots, skeletons, and other obvious "bad" people being killed are free speech.
Games depicting gay, athiest, Hatian politicians, turning tricks with alien robots, and then being killed with a sharpened religious symbol are not free speech.
The definition of freedom seems to be escaping me.
My experince with programming is if it can be written, it can be automated.
Well, there are the Asian boobs on the first page, AND the link that says "Bonk's Adventure".
I think that's enough to do it.
In my opinion, the Matrix could have easily been snubbed by Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Unless I'm mistaken, they could easily burn their presentations using Nautilus.
Now that is a freaky coincidence because I was saying just this morning how I think it would be a good idea for a Minnesota senator to come by my house and smooch all over my ass.
First, I don't think it is possible to commit libel via ethereal references, but if somebody wants to sue me for libel, I wouldn't have any problem proving that what I said actually happened.
Second, what does my having met GWB have to do with anything I said?
Out of curiosity, what, in your opinion, is right?
I'm an average movie goer, but I thought Revolutions sucked. I hated it.
I "got" the show. No, I didn't mind that two of the main characters died. That was fine. What I did mind is they introduced a bunch of characters that they never developed, that the main characters you spent two other movies following had extended cameos at best in the movie, and that it was mind-numbingly boring.
I don't think critics rated it as low as it deserved.
It has always been this way. Those in charge of hiring tend to chose those whom they are comfortable with.
I worked for the government during Clinton's administration and we didn't hire two individuals, that I know of, for reasons of race. The comments were "he's bright enough, but he's black", and "we don't need any Italians or Catholics working here".
In another department, located across the street, that I worked with, the administrator was a woman and amazingly enough, most of the management positions were filled by women.
The department I worked in, and the others I worked closely with, were riddled with favoritism, cronyism, racism, and a couple of cases of nepotism.
Although you may personally hate Bush for whatever reason (my guess is you've never personally met him and any hatred you feel is just the lemming effect of American politicking kicking in), you cannot lay this at his feet.
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I readily admit that I don't like seeing the blatantly obvious owned via a patent. However, if Amazon didn't patent these ideas, somebody else would have.
The patent system in the US is set up in such a way as to invite abuse. It would be rude for companies and individuals not to accept the offer.
Also, entire branches of law are propped up by the rediculous US patent laws. If it weren't for these laws, many poor attorneys would be knocked out of a job by sheer common sense, and they and their families would starve to death. For this reason, I fully support Jeff B. and Amazon. I think Jeff is just being a good humanitarian.
I don't believe that is the case. VB has a corporate stigma of sucking, and of being a beginning level language; both accurate evaluations in my opinion. That is why VB jobs don't pay very well. On the other hand, C# is seen as being a real language, and therefore C# jobs generally pay better; at least for now. If Joe VB can apply for and get a C# job, more likely than not Joe VB will see a big raise.
Personally, I don't care much for either language because neither one of them do what I want; or at least fulfill my needs in the way I prefer.
Well, let's see. Where I live, the difference between a VB programmer and a C# programmer is about $20,000.00 annually.
Of course, you may code in whatever language pleases you, but if learning to use the shift key and the curly braces offers that kind of monetary return, I think it is well worth the effort.
It was meant to.
That's exactly what I thought when I read the artcle.
I agree with you that C# is a decent language, but I completely disagree regarding VisualStudio. It's a slow pig.
As far as IDEs go, I think that Borland's new C++Builder IDE is the best cross-platform IDE hands down (and as a bonus, it runs on Linux as opposed to Microsoft's definition of "cross-platform" - Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/etc.).
I'm probably an average programmer (at least there seems to be an equal number of people who are better than me as those who are worse), so don't read too much into this.
I find C# to be a great replacement language for VB. I mean, if you are currently writing an application in VB, or are thinking of using VB, or have ever said the letters V and B within close proximity of each other, then I would strongly recommend abandoning VB for C#.
If you are not using VB, then stick with what you're using.
I like how we are told to "click here" to see the top 5 dying technologies and then the headline reveals 3 of the 5 items.
The other two are Tape Backups and SNA Servers, just in case you wanted the surprise completely ruined for you.
That may be the case; however, not having enough money to hire an attorney does not make either point illegal, which is what you suggested.
In other news, bicycles around the world have been voluntarily recalled. It seems that if the rider stops moving their feet, the bike could potentially tip over. A minor flaying of the skin has also been reported to occur during such accidents.
I worked at Novell. Does that count? :)