Comment He was showing his HEART (Score 1) 298
Am I the only who thought he was showing his HEART, not his "boobs"?
Comment Re:66 cent compared to what? (Score 1) 481
Big macs are fancy food at most third world countries. You can eat a good meal at a good restaurant for the same price.
Comment Re:Opt-out box? (Score 1) 262
I went there myself to find this out: GameStation Terms and Conditions
By placing an order via this web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions. We reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction. Click here to nulify your soul transfer.
The link leads to an "April Fools, congratulations on being so vigilant!" page.
Comment Opt-out box? (Score 1) 262
If the clause was on the terms and conditions, where was this "opt-out box"? Maybe it was just a checkbox (as in "send me the newsletter"), not an actual terms and conditions clause?
Comment Uncanny Valley (Score 1) 319
As a matter of curiosity, does it affect one's perception of the Uncanny Valley?
Comment It exists! (Score 1) 241
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1999-07.html
Three friends recently spent an evening sharing drinks and exchanging insults at a local cafe in the southeastern province of Svay Rieng. Their companionable arguing continued for hours, until one man pulled out a 25-year-old unexploded anti-tank mine found in his backyard.
He tossed it under the table, and the three men began playing Russian roulette, each tossing down a drink and then stamping on the mine. The other villagers fled in terror.
Minutes later, the explosive detonated with a tremendous boom, killing the three men in the bar. "Their wives could not even find their flesh because the blast destroyed everything," the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported.
Comment Re:What about Flash games and other stuff? (Score 1) 328
Thanks, I stand corrected.
Comment Re:What about Flash games and other stuff? (Score 2, Informative) 328
You are trying to convince me that OOP is not related to inheritance, polymorphism and encapsulation. Sure, you can do without it. But I don't care what Alan said about it, it's still a pretty damn important part of programming with classes and objects.
And Flash is not JIT. You get some flash code, compiles it using Flash or Flex into a .swf file and then you send that file to the server. With Javascript, you get some code and just send it to the server. See the difference?
I, again, don't care what the engine will use at the end. That's semantics, we would be arguing all the way down to the hardware. The important part is: to get your AS code running, you must put it through a compiler. This is important because it reveals syntax errors, for example, includes the currently present classes around it in the file and correct general simple programming mistakes ("this class doesn't have a foo property", "this variable is the wrong type", etc).
And Flash is not JIT. You get some flash code, compiles it using Flash or Flex into a
I, again, don't care what the engine will use at the end. That's semantics, we would be arguing all the way down to the hardware. The important part is: to get your AS code running, you must put it through a compiler. This is important because it reveals syntax errors, for example, includes the currently present classes around it in the file and correct general simple programming mistakes ("this class doesn't have a foo property", "this variable is the wrong type", etc).
Comment Re:A better question (Score 1) 218
How do we stop?
Comment Oh yeah, go ahead... (Score 2, Insightful) 421
Disturb him some more and he might never submit another of his solutions to the world.
Comment Re:I'm amazed he has a mobile (Score 2, Funny) 421
His beard does look like it has it's own flora.
YouTube Is Down 152
A number of readers have noted that YouTube is currently giving back 400 and 502 http errors, and has apparently been doing so for an hour or more. I suggest you use this window of opportunity to get something done: the dancing kitties will still be there when you're done.
Comment Re:Poor choice of verb. (Score 1, Informative) 248
Damn +5 limit.
His reply is better than the FTA.
His reply is better than the FTA.
Comment Re:I teach survey design... This is terrible. (Score 1) 120
A story, an opinion and a lesson.
I have never wished more for mod points as now. I promise when I get some, I'll come back here.
I have never wished more for mod points as now. I promise when I get some, I'll come back here.
Comment Re:In an ideal world... (Score 1) 396
our good buddies at Adobe are among the most popular
[citation needed]
