Lloyd Atkinson wrote:
In other news, scientists confirm that the sky is definitely blue
Yes, they confirm; because many "skeptics" don't believe so (read in the article the part about a scientist called Gashchak).
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
LunaticFringe wrote:
Repost.[^] (Although the original didn't link to the second set about removing Google.)
Ooops, my fault. I did search for keyword "Facebook" and the original site (ReadWriteWeb), but couldn't find a reference.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
The newest chapter on "If you make it fool proof, they'll create a better fool" is called "too stupid to use the internets". For about one week this blog[^] would appear as the first link when people typed "Facebook login" at Google. Lots of users, frustrated because couldn't login into Facebook, left the most amusing messages. Read them, it's enlightening. And then if you typed "cancel Google" in the search page you'd get an link to this other blog[^], that soon became the target of anger from people trying to remove Google's toolbar or first page. Just read the comments. I read somewhere that the iPad is the computer for people that hate computers. After reading the comments from the pages above it makes a lot of sense. A restricted but safe computer for people that hate computers has the potential for a paradigm shift in the industry.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I don't understand your question. Essentially, all programmers are prostitutes, except that we get paid UNTIL we get screwed, not afterward.
Well if the 2 jobs are essentially the same I understand why prostitution is more enjoyable: they make more money and, maybe, an orgasm sometimes.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
So Dr. Brooke Magnanti is a respected researcher in neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology that worked as a prostitute years ago to help pay for her PhD. However, prostitution was not the only job she had: She found an escort agency and started her secret life. “I did have another job at one point, as a computer programmer, but I kept up with my other work because it was so much more enjoyable.”[^] :sigh: :( Could this be one reason why there are so few women in our field?:~
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
pure trash
:rolleyes: "pure trash"? Like in "dry water", "political honesty", "military inteligence", "computer security" and "Microsoft Works"?
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
T800G wrote:
Well, AFAIK Brazil is the largest producer of shemale porn movies, so in 2016 tourists might kill two birds with one rock.
Well,... if that's what makes you happy...
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
It seems everyone in Rio is partying because they got the 2016 Olympic games. Well, I live quite south of Rio and I really hate the news. Olympics are a very risky business with huge opportunities for scams, overspending and corruption. Just ask Salt Lake City, London, Beijing or Vancouver. Better yet, ask Montreal[^]. And Rio is very far from being a honest, organized, peacefull and well-run city; even for Brazilian standards. We just invited the fox to the chicken house; or the vampire to the blood bank. They say the Olympics will bring publicity and projection to Brazil. Bullshit! The only industry that can benefit from Olympics is tourism (e.g: Barcelona). However, when it comes to international tourism the simple truth is that Brazil is simply too far from the best customers (Americans, Europeans and East Asians). Olympics will not fix that.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Sorry, you got us going. Q: How many QAs does it take to change a lightbulb? A: QAs don't fix problems. They just report them.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
One thing is to have an opinion and voice it. You should always have this right. It is called freedom of speech. Another thing is how and when you voice your opinion. It's called manners, cerimony. This is usefull because helps us avoid becoming like hutsus & tutsis or serbians & croatians cutting their throats for nothing. Or something like Kanye West and Joe Wilson. You can voice your opinion in the university, but use civilized language and manners. The place should not be like an internet forum, you know?
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Gaaaaah! :omg: Are we still paying attention to this stuff? :doh: The guy who wrote the article is a manager, not a programmer. And he used as an example code written in 1994 for Netscape; when C++ was a new language, Java didn't exist and refactoring and unit tests where mostly unknown! Can we move to the 21st century, please?
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
CPallini wrote:
...something personal against our Premier?
CPallini wrote:
Me too!
:) That's something I can understand very well. Our president Lula is a lot like Berlusconi. He doesn't have the sex scandals part and our economy is doing well but all of the rest is the same or worse (corruption, concentration of power, always putting the foot in his mouth, etc).
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
:) Cool, I liked this one. It's one of the best movies ever made.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
...give a legend to this picture?[^]
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Kind of related:
// Because Christian & Muslim computers should never run Genetic & Evolutionary algorithms
Solution CreationistAlgorithm( double inputs[])
{
Solution solution = null;
while(solution == null)
{
/* Oh Lord! Please get me a solution!
Halleluiah! Amen! Alah Uh Akhbar!
*/
}
return solution;
}
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
The Ukelele Orchestra plays Ennio Morricone[^](skip to 1:15). UH! AH! ;P Also, Smells like teen spirit, by the same.[^] :laugh: They put the "great" on Great Britain.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Joe Woodbury wrote:
Read on though and the reason for this is more clear and more cynical
If I were to accept all your assumptions, probably. But I wanted to make a generic point: people don't follow avoidable security policies. Regardless of who these people are. With valid reasons or not. Regardless of the risks.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
This tells you a lot on how carefull users will be with their passwords: Bruce Blair was one of the officers responsible for launching the Minuteman missiles during Cold War. These missiles where expected to be locked by a secret code to prevent unauthorized launch. But ... ...the locks had been installed, but everyone knew the combination. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) in Omaha quietly decided to set the “locks” to all zeros in order to circumvent this safeguard.[^] It means that the missiles that would nuke the whole planet out during the Cold War were controlled by the password "00000000" until 1977 and everyone around knew it. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara demanded that the locks be secret and effective. Military managers thought that was not effective and rendered them useless.:~ Think about that next time you implement a security policy. ;P
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Does anyone know the percentage of computers that can run Java applets? The only stats I found are from Sun (2008)[^] and are not very detailed or up to date.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
yes, the Andrei Alexandrescu
The "C++ Template Metaprogramming" guy? Wow, that's a really bad reference. But, prejudices apart, the language seems interesting and the article is not bad.
Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.
