No, No, No!
Slashdotters will never understand that!
You're not using K&R or GNU bracket styles, and there's no indentation! I know what you're thinking, "but it's a single line, you don't need brackets!", and right you are! However, we're an anal bunch.
Hey, guys, relax, what he's saying is:
if (Crime.TimeStamp < Law.TimeStamp)
{
Crime.getPerp().setFree();
}
else
{
Crime.getPerp().incarcerate();
}
While you are there, check out their Kids Site. I can't make up my mind if this is funny, sad, or both.
WARNING: That link is not to be used while intoxicated. Trust me on this one.
My friend, I just visited and I assure you; I cannot handle this trip sober. On the bright side, you'll be able to forget it, whereas I must now live with it. There are just some things you can't unsee. I, most unfortunately, do believe that talking planets and satellites fall into this category. I think this confirms something or other than Hunter S. Thompson once said... I'm not sure what, but it has to !
I tried to model my school for the old game 'outlaws', if anyone remembers that game... The graphics were poor (well, IIRC, decent for back then), but the story was solid *drifts down memory lane* - but I digress. It was for the same reason that everyone is saying - the layout of the school was something I knew off the top of my head; in fact, in 5th grade it was probably the only structure I knew off the top of my head. Not only that, but the layout would have made a great deathmatch map. It was mostly symetrical, a large loop with a few simple branch offs, and a library in the center with 2 main entrances and 2 minor (from offices) entrances all dimetrically opposing each other. I never got good enough with the editor to make it. Anyways, quoting parent:
Nice links. My favorite quote in the second link:
[A fellow student] said, "If somebody can make a map like that of the whole school, I mean, it does kind of scare me a little bit, and make me wonder, you know, what else they could do." Yeah... I mean... they could make a 3D model of a rocket launcher or something, and then we'll all be in serious trouble.::roll eyes::
I couldn't agree more. I think the really scary thing is that there's a kid out there that spends his every waking moment in a building moving from section to section each year and wouldn't be able to model his school! Furthermore if you're afraid of what could happen, wouldn't knowing the layout of the building you're in be a Good Thing if the lead ever did start flying?!
This quote is so incredibly stupid I almost refuse to believe that the reporter didn't lead the kid into the question and then quote him out of context. I can't fathom what the question could have been, but the alternative where I accept that this kid is a potential canidate for making any kind of policy or decision in his future at work, politics or anything other than "paper or plastic" is so terrifying, in and of itself, that I refuse to entertain the very notion for fear of my head exploding. If that's true, I just know somehow he's going to be my PHB 15 years from now.
I'm an American; that's why I assume that the quote could only come from an American. However, you're right. Forgive me, I didn't mean to lash out the way that I did; I meant no offense to my fellow countrymen.
Yeah - I think he has 3 books or so, though. That is to say, I appreciate his research on software.
I'm reading this over and over and I don't think I'm making sense. I need coffee with my RockStar... I'll get back to it this afternoon when I'm awake and on the clock.
Well, to be fair, if SCO could get ESR and RMS to sit quietly in a room together for any real length of time I would hate them a little less... Although I don't particularly agree with ESR I do respect his work; that being said, I nearly fell out of my seat laughing when I read this!
Listen, dude, say what you will, think what you want, but don't believe that aren't Christians who die every day for their faith. If you think it's funny you've never worried day and night for a family member.
I always wonder why the world hates America and then I understand it all when I read crap like this. You have your religious freedom and freedom of speech; and you use them to arrogantly make jokes while others who aren't so fortunate die for what they believe in. And you don't even have the common courage to put your name on it. I urge you to think long and hard about yourself.
Exactly! I was just thinking of trying to explain this to someone....
"uhhhh, yeah, the...umm... the model that we've been using is somewhat wrong."
"Really, by what, part of a percent or so?"
"Yeah, um, actually it's more like a factor of 2 or so"
*Other person stares in disbelief*
"What?!"
"But we're sure we're right now... unless we're wrong again..."
Wow, coming from Van Halen. I must admit, it's a brilliant idea. I wouldn't have thought of this as a litmus test. Then again, I niavely assume that people read my documentation before bothering me about design decisions...so, the fact that I wouldn't have thought of it doesn't say that much.
that if you can't anonymously walk into a Wal-Mart with a wad of cash and walk out with a handgun and a box of ammo
Actually, I did exactly that 2 years ago. In Pennsylvania you can get a gun (I think it has to be during business hours while a sporting good manager is present) at any time with only a drivers license. I went in, a long haired 18 year old male, saw a gun I thought that I wanted and the transaction went *precisely like this*:
Manager: Do you have proof of age?
Me: Here you go...
Manager: Fill out this form (hands me 1 page form asking for name a address)
Me: Here you go...
Manager: We just have to call this in (dials in and does a quick check for warrants)...5 minutes later...
Manager: OK, we're all set, would you like to buy some ammunition today?
Me: Actually...yeah.
Manager takes my credit card and after paying, as per store policy, escorts me to the front of the store, once outside hands me my new gun and ammo
The entire process was 20 minutes, half hour, tops!
And there I was standing outside Wal*mart with my new gun and 1500 rounds. I think that Pennsylvania is one of the few states like this, however.
this statement expresses a desire for protestors to needlessly endanger both their lives and the lives of police (who really they hold no grudge against at all), as well as nullify any publicity they may get to their cause by going violent?
this is rather unreasonable an expectation, and completely discompassionate.
I was, of course, not talking about taking guns to protests; this is reckless and borderline homicidial. There is no place for firearms in a peaceful protest. Even in the context of protesting gun control laws. Not that I know of this happening, but just as an example of the spectrum that it (no firearms in protests) covers. I meant in a broader sense that our right to arms partially assures our ability to speak out. A government with an armed people, albiet insignifigant to the arment of the government, has a populace which has the first step to open rebellion complete. I'm of course not saying that the people stand a chance if a branch usurps power and takes control with an iron fist... but then again, that's just what happened to Germany, and many rose to the occasion. I guess I was trying to say that the second vastly changes the political landscape in the favor of the people at a superficial level. I don't like violence, and I don't condone it, but sometimes there is a legitimate call to arms. It's easy to bully a populace when they have no 'muscle' to flex, and I think the first place it shows is in freedom of speech. Power is usually all in appearance. Nothing supports power, louder, than silence, when it comes to speaking out against a power. If that last sentence makes sense at all...
it's just that the analogy doesn't carry great - it's apples and oranges
where does it not hold? the second amendment, just like the first, can be (and is) abused to facilitate crime and general social disorder, except the second can much more easily kill people, but you dont see the hyppocrites rstricting the second amendment to "zones".
I mean that in practice it doesn't apply. The example assumes a group openly carrying guns in a public commons area. If any group is blocking the streets, carrying around guns unconcealed; you're either in Beirut or a SWAT team is needed ASAP. On the other hand, the "zone" for free speech and peaceful demonstration is for a group of people demonstrating, within their rights, in a place that doesn't disrupt everyday activities. I'm not saying that it's right, but let's be honest, we have the right, but no one said it would be convient. I remember hearing of FDR, I think it was, who had a bunch of veteran come to protest at the whitehouse. He came out, had coffee or something brought to them and talked with them and address their issues and concerns. It's a fuzzy memory of a story I heard, but I think this is the honorable approach, although probably not reasonable anymore.
this said i'm not for gun control, and i'm also not for speech control. how on earth could anyone rightfully claim themselves a "conservative" and allow the government to so clearly abridge the first amendment.
I'm not for either, as well. So, I'm not sure if the "conservative" bit was meant for me or a general statement about the current admission...
--
If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.
Well, let me preface this by saying that I'm a conservative christian, registered green party, vote (mostly) republican. Now that that's out of the way...
I see where you're coming from, and I understand what you're saying. I don't think you're right, but I also don't think you're wrong; it's just that the analogy doesn't carry great - it's apples and oranges, both ways. I do, however, believe that these are issues that are important (freedom, security, power, responsibility) to us, and we should discuss them as such. It's unfortunate that usually emotion gets involved because these are emotional issues, after all. I think dialog is great, regardless of your position or my position.
I'd like to prompt you with something that immediately came to mind, and see what your thoughts are on it; "The second protects the first". I thought of it and realized how odd that a seemingly polarizing issue would seem to bridge the political gaps between all parties, or at least most parties. What do you think?
the organized group was guaranteed a right by the constitution, they shouldnt have to disperse.
id love to see the reaction of people like you if democrats instituted "second amendment zones" which were the ONLY places where gun possession was allowed.
I'm not sure I follow... But, I'm actually interested in where you're going with this, would you mind elaborating? Maybe it's just really early and I'm not reading between the lines right, or maybe there aren't any lines to read between.
Never tried ZZ-Top; seems like it would get me into the zone. I end up going between Bach (when juggling eggs), a bit of Zeppelin for steady pace, and Five Iron Frenzy (Christian Rock/Ska/Punk - outside of the genre they're somewhat obscure) for starting off a project. Oh, and Riddlin' Kids for all around boring coding.
Anyways, I have the same problem as most parent posts - I use VI almost exclusively, (I'll take PuTTY/SSH and BASH over a GUI any day of the week, and move twice as fast) and I don't even know the bindings anymore; it's all muscle memory. I find myself hitting Esc. when typing in windows at least once day. As for speed, it's not much of an issue, I've actually slowed down from my senior year in highscool writing report after report and easy C++. That coupled with my pinkies being all messed up from / from Linux and shift from Java (freaking 5 word methods means 4 shifts per call! plus ()'s), I just don't care about speed so much as I just want a comfortable keyboard.
How hard is it to break the muscle memory, and how long should I expect it to take? I also hate the 'break in' period on keyboard (and wired mice)... I might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone and switch to DVORAK while breaking in my next keyboard. I love my cheap Logitech wireless, the keys are all finally smooth after 2 years; now that it's comfortable it'll probably die. How is support for them on BSD, Linux, Mac, etc?
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In a tragic comedy of errors, NASA accidently sends the Mars Global Surveyor a confirmation to execute "con/con". Microsoft explains that this will be patched in TerraWindows (TM), and for the moment their only suggestion is to "...do the Microsoft '1,2 shuffle'; sigh heavily and do a hard reboot..."
John Dvorak has been contacted as a possible canidate to go manually reboot the Surveyor, but has yet to accept the proposition.
Funny. Here on slashdot a pun is +1.
In social situations in the real world (check it out some time, great resolution and killer refresh rates!) my experience tells me puns are -1 and -2 if they're geeky puns!
Gazzonyx sighs a slow "Ahhh...", as j-beda offers a logical escape from questioning everything, his world once again whole. "A typo...of course; all is well. This is slashdot, after all, humility would be going against the grain when someone actually allowed it to be known that they don't know everything. A typo. Yes, it was all just a typo." With this Gazzonyx puts his hands to his keyboard to start expressing strong opinions about things he doesn't know the first thing about, and can't be bothered to look up.
Good call, j-beda. I salute your sarcasm and wit, as well!
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdotters will never understand that!
You're not using K&R or GNU bracket styles, and there's no indentation! I know what you're thinking, "but it's a single line, you don't need brackets!", and right you are! However, we're an anal bunch.
Hey, guys, relax, what he's saying is:
if (Crime.TimeStamp < Law.TimeStamp)
{
Crime.getPerp().setFree();
}
else
{
Crime.getPerp().incarcerate();
}
My friend, I just visited and I assure you; I cannot handle this trip sober. On the bright side, you'll be able to forget it, whereas I must now live with it. There are just some things you can't unsee. I, most unfortunately, do believe that talking planets and satellites fall into this category. I think this confirms something or other than Hunter S. Thompson once said... I'm not sure what, but it has to !
Nice.
I couldn't agree more. I think the really scary thing is that there's a kid out there that spends his every waking moment in a building moving from section to section each year and wouldn't be able to model his school! Furthermore if you're afraid of what could happen, wouldn't knowing the layout of the building you're in be a Good Thing if the lead ever did start flying?!
This quote is so incredibly stupid I almost refuse to believe that the reporter didn't lead the kid into the question and then quote him out of context. I can't fathom what the question could have been, but the alternative where I accept that this kid is a potential canidate for making any kind of policy or decision in his future at work, politics or anything other than "paper or plastic" is so terrifying, in and of itself, that I refuse to entertain the very notion for fear of my head exploding. If that's true, I just know somehow he's going to be my PHB 15 years from now.
I'm an American; that's why I assume that the quote could only come from an American. However, you're right. Forgive me, I didn't mean to lash out the way that I did; I meant no offense to my fellow countrymen.
I'm reading this over and over and I don't think I'm making sense. I need coffee with my RockStar... I'll get back to it this afternoon when I'm awake and on the clock.
I always wonder why the world hates America and then I understand it all when I read crap like this. You have your religious freedom and freedom of speech; and you use them to arrogantly make jokes while others who aren't so fortunate die for what they believe in. And you don't even have the common courage to put your name on it. I urge you to think long and hard about yourself.
"uhhhh, yeah, the...umm... the model that we've been using is somewhat wrong."
"Really, by what, part of a percent or so?"
"Yeah, um, actually it's more like a factor of 2 or so"
*Other person stares in disbelief*
"What?!"
"But we're sure we're right now... unless we're wrong again..."
Sir, I salute you!
Wow, coming from Van Halen. I must admit, it's a brilliant idea. I wouldn't have thought of this as a litmus test. Then again, I niavely assume that people read my documentation before bothering me about design decisions...so, the fact that I wouldn't have thought of it doesn't say that much.
Actually, I did exactly that 2 years ago. In Pennsylvania you can get a gun (I think it has to be during business hours while a sporting good manager is present) at any time with only a drivers license. I went in, a long haired 18 year old male, saw a gun I thought that I wanted and the transaction went *precisely like this*: ...5 minutes later...
Manager: OK, we're all set, would you like to buy some ammunition today?
Me: Actually...yeah.
Manager takes my credit card and after paying, as per store policy, escorts me to the front of the store, once outside hands me my new gun and ammo
Manager: Do you have proof of age? Me: Here you go... Manager: Fill out this form (hands me 1 page form asking for name a address) Me: Here you go... Manager: We just have to call this in (dials in and does a quick check for warrants)
The entire process was 20 minutes, half hour, tops!
And there I was standing outside Wal*mart with my new gun and 1500 rounds. I think that Pennsylvania is one of the few states like this, however.
You see, I was under the assumption that the 1 was a parity bit and the password was actually 5 digits. Yeah, that's it.
*I'm googling my obligatories from now on!*
Arg! Got me. I stand corrected. *bows head in shame*
I was, of course, not talking about taking guns to protests; this is reckless and borderline homicidial. There is no place for firearms in a peaceful protest. Even in the context of protesting gun control laws. Not that I know of this happening, but just as an example of the spectrum that it (no firearms in protests) covers. I meant in a broader sense that our right to arms partially assures our ability to speak out. A government with an armed people, albiet insignifigant to the arment of the government, has a populace which has the first step to open rebellion complete. I'm of course not saying that the people stand a chance if a branch usurps power and takes control with an iron fist... but then again, that's just what happened to Germany, and many rose to the occasion. I guess I was trying to say that the second vastly changes the political landscape in the favor of the people at a superficial level. I don't like violence, and I don't condone it, but sometimes there is a legitimate call to arms. It's easy to bully a populace when they have no 'muscle' to flex, and I think the first place it shows is in freedom of speech. Power is usually all in appearance. Nothing supports power, louder, than silence, when it comes to speaking out against a power. If that last sentence makes sense at all...
123456? What kind of idiot would use that as a combination?
123456, that's the same as the combination to my briefcase!
I see where you're coming from, and I understand what you're saying. I don't think you're right, but I also don't think you're wrong; it's just that the analogy doesn't carry great - it's apples and oranges, both ways. I do, however, believe that these are issues that are important (freedom, security, power, responsibility) to us, and we should discuss them as such. It's unfortunate that usually emotion gets involved because these are emotional issues, after all. I think dialog is great, regardless of your position or my position.
I'd like to prompt you with something that immediately came to mind, and see what your thoughts are on it; "The second protects the first". I thought of it and realized how odd that a seemingly polarizing issue would seem to bridge the political gaps between all parties, or at least most parties. What do you think?
I'm not sure I follow... But, I'm actually interested in where you're going with this, would you mind elaborating? Maybe it's just really early and I'm not reading between the lines right, or maybe there aren't any lines to read between.
Anyways, I have the same problem as most parent posts - I use VI almost exclusively, (I'll take PuTTY/SSH and BASH over a GUI any day of the week, and move twice as fast) and I don't even know the bindings anymore; it's all muscle memory. I find myself hitting Esc. when typing in windows at least once day. As for speed, it's not much of an issue, I've actually slowed down from my senior year in highscool writing report after report and easy C++. That coupled with my pinkies being all messed up from / from Linux and shift from Java (freaking 5 word methods means 4 shifts per call! plus ()'s), I just don't care about speed so much as I just want a comfortable keyboard.
How hard is it to break the muscle memory, and how long should I expect it to take? I also hate the 'break in' period on keyboard (and wired mice)... I might as well kill 2 birds with 1 stone and switch to DVORAK while breaking in my next keyboard. I love my cheap Logitech wireless, the keys are all finally smooth after 2 years; now that it's comfortable it'll probably die. How is support for them on BSD, Linux, Mac, etc?
In a tragic comedy of errors, NASA accidently sends the Mars Global Surveyor a confirmation to execute "con/con". Microsoft explains that this will be patched in TerraWindows (TM), and for the moment their only suggestion is to "...do the Microsoft '1,2 shuffle'; sigh heavily and do a hard reboot..."
John Dvorak has been contacted as a possible canidate to go manually reboot the Surveyor, but has yet to accept the proposition.
*ducks*
I'm in. Can I also report for the open WAPs within range of my cantenna?
That's a safe assumption; this is slashdot.
Funny. Here on slashdot a pun is +1.
In social situations in the real world (check it out some time, great resolution and killer refresh rates!) my experience tells me puns are -1 and -2 if they're geeky puns!
Good call, j-beda. I salute your sarcasm and wit, as well!
+1 Insightful. Yeah, you've hit the nail on the head. And you've even done it with a reference to Clippy!