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An acquaintance of mine keeps trying it (and Go) at least one a year before getting fed up with one thing or another and going back to Python.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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D is not a very good grade.
C is better and C++ even better.
I don't want to bost but I once got an A.
A for Assemble on a BBC Micro, but have now sliped down to a grade B. (B for Basic) or is it a grade VB (Visual Basic)
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That article is for non-programmers and/or fools ...
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So, no opinion then...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Christian Aerobics[^]
Isn't that Anne Hegerty* in the before picture of Bernadette?
One for UK quiz enthusiasts there.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Oh look! More weight-loss spam. Must report it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Sorry, forgot the link to buy it[^]
Only $11.99 (and $22 shipping)
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: Isn't that Anne Hegerty Nah, not pretty enough.
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Thanks. I just wasted quite some time on the flashback site. I'll keep it in my records for time wasters !
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Anne Hegarty is a friend of mine, so I'll forward it to her!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Not as good a Prancercise![^]
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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"bet he doesn't have the guts to do that again"
My son told it to me, blame him!
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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My son's version was:
Q: What's the last thing tht goes through a fly's mind as it hits your windscreen (windshield for foreigners)?
A: Its a***hole (a**hole for foreigners).
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Its a***hole (a**hole for foreigners).
+5 if you typed the asterixes!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Mike Hankey wrote: My son
So, he was genetically predisposed to tell bad jokes, I blame you!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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He was preordered this way.
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Can anyone tell me the difference between pre-ordering something and ordering it?
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I think pre-order refers to ordering a product before it is launched in the market and generally available. More like reserving it.
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There was a lengthy discussion about it on here some time ago when someone else objected to the term, but I can't find it at the moment.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Pre-order is when you order it before it's actually available for shipping. Most of the times you save some money, as pre-order price is lower than normal.
This approach used to increase sell...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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It annoys DD[^]
It is a marketing construct used to either drive up sales as you can market something that doesn't yet exist and let people place an order, if they cannot do that then the marketing is less effective. It is also used to get an idea for the size of initial runs of a product and to more accurately distribute stock when something first goes on sale.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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It looks like DD assumed that pre-order refers to before the order. It doesn't. It's short for pre-release order.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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It's where you are ordering something, but before that. Hope this helps.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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