Expect Comcast to lose their feces very soon.
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Socialism has only been in China for the last - what? - 100 year, IIRC?
Stories like that tend to be much older.
I was being facetious.
But I can make an argument for Confucianism paving the way for socialism via collectivism, but Confucius would say that he was misunderstood and that everything he said had to be taken in context of having a righteous leader.
And if you watch the recent movie titled by his name, they make that point very clear.
So, a better thing to say...Corruption of Confucianism paved the way for the brainwashing socialism to take root.
But, that was a thesis in its own right.
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<abbr title="Cloud as a Recursive Service">CAARS</abbr>™. It's Clouds all the way down.
And that
abbreviationinitialism makes me think of KARR.FTFM
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@abarker said:
CAARS™. It's Clouds all the way down.
And that
abbreviationinitialismacronym makes me think of KARR.FTFM
FTFY
Technically still an abbreviation.
acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
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Glad Discourse is still doing a good a job as ever at encouraging meaningful, on-topic discussions.
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Technically still an abbreviation.acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with carsinitialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
Figures. I should have left well enough alone. Always bound to get something wrong when you second-guess yourself.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Glad Discourse is still doing a good a job as ever at encouraging meaningful, on-topic discussions.
Obviously Discourse is dreadful, but if there is software out there which is capable of encouraging meaningful, on-topic discussions out of this mob, then I sure as hell ain't seen it...
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if you do find it patent it because you'll make an absolute fortune selling it.
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if you do find it patent it because you'll make an absolute fortune selling it.
Actually, just make a fortune selling it -- the PTO would file-13 that patent app, and with good cause. ;) (It took them how long to figure out that patents on software were a bad idea...?)
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It took them how long to figure out that patents on software were a bad idea...?
i've been ignoring that segment lately. have they finally ruled that software cannot be pattented? (copyright is a better system for that. still broken, yes, but less so)
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That seems to be the general sentiment these days among the Supremes, yes...see Alice v. CLS Bank
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That seems to be the general sentiment these days among the Supremes
that's courts. i'm waiting till the USPTO stops issuing pattents for software.
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i'm waiting till the USPTO stops issuing pattents for software.
You mean that allowing someone to patent a mathematical equation could lead to reduced innovation? Say it ain't so!
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You mean that allowing someone to patent a mathematical equation could lead to reduced innovation? Say it ain't so!
Hang on...are you saying that programming is math
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Hang on...are you saying that programming is math
I will go one farther than that...programming is just addition. ;)
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programming is just addition
Addition of just two different numbers over and over again at that!
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Addition of just two different numbers over and over again at that!
Sounds boring. We should have machines to do that for us.
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Sounds boring. We should have machines to do that for us.
What if the machine solves differential equations too?
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That's not a computer! It doesn't even have any memorie stikz!
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What if the machine solves differential equations too?
It will never catch on.
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You mean that allowing someone to patent a mathematical equation could lead to reduced innovation? Say it ain't so!
Hey! This is my mathematical equation! Buy your own!!
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Patent for Incrementing an Numeric Identification Value by the smallest Integer Difference
Example A
1 Item
2 Item
3 ItemExample B
Patent No. 2358233
Patent No. 2358234
Patent No. 2358235Invention Description
Having initial value i0 assigned to initial item x0, for each subsequent item x1, x2, x3, ..., xn, assign in to said item, defining in as i0 + n.
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Back to the original post:
HBO To Netflix: Bring It On - Fast Company
How HBO's quest to win the streaming wars became a binge-worthy drama as juicy as Game of Thrones.
HBO to Netflix: Bring It On
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HBO to Netflix: Bring It On
Oh great, so even more people will start trying to stream video over the internet and spoil it for everyone else...
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It will never catch on.
But let's say it did... if you put the wrong numbers into it will you still get the right answer?
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But let's say it did... if you put the wrong numbers into it will you still get the right answer?
If it didn't, it would be very poorly engineered.
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The Squirrel should have invested in a Ruger or a Smith & Wesson during the summer when that sales caravan was passing through, so he could defend himself from the thieving wolf.
The sales caravan should have maximised their profits by selling armaments to both the squirrel and the wolf.
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I believe that is Rule of Acquisition #34: War is Good for Business.
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I believe that is Rule of Acquisition #34: War is Good for Business.
I thought Rule #34 was ... something else.
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I thought Rule #34 was ... something else.
Apparently, @redwizard is right.
Also, it looks like 117 and 217 are the same.
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Apparently, @redwizard is right.
Whoosh. I was referring to the Rule #34.
Filed under: joke::explain() { return joke::kill(); }
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Filed under: joke::explain() { return joke::kill(); }
That only works if you dig around in the stack to see what the caller is doing first…
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You know, sometimes it's better to feign the whoosh than deliberately explain or acknowledge said joke. Especially when Ferengi ears are involved. :-p
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I believe that is Rule of Acquisition #34: War is Good for Business.
I always liked the Rule 34 & Rule 35 combo.
Differential analyser - Wikipedia
