Comment I find your post more offensive than funny. (Score 0, Troll) 227
- And I am a big fan of South Park.
Submission + - Atheists not allowed to adopt children (time.com) 4
gollum123 writes: "From Time, After six years of childless marriage, John and Cynthia Burke of Newark decided to adopt a baby boy through a state agency ( http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877155,00.html ) . John Burke, an atheist, and his wife, a pantheist, left the line for religious affiliation blank on the forms. Superior Court Judge William Camarata raised the religious issue. Inestimable Privilege. In an extraordinary decision, Judge Camarata denied the Burkes' right to the child because of their lack of belief in a Supreme Being. Despite the Burkes' "high moral and ethical standards," he said, the New Jersey state constitution declares that "no person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshiping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience." Despite Eleanor Katherine's tender years, he continued, "the child should have the freedom to worship as she sees fit, and not be influenced by prospective parents who do not believe in a Supreme Being." Two weeks ago, aided by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Burkes appealed directly to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. If they fail in their appeal, Eleanor Katherine may have to leave the only family she has ever known and await adoption by another couple whose religious convictions satisfy the State of New Jersey."
Submission + - Hostages taken in Clinton's campaign office (wmur.com)
atomicthumbs writes: "A man with a bomb has walked into Hillary's campaign office, taken hostages, and demanded to speak to Clinton.
Live video: http://www.wmur.com/video/14738085/index.html"
Submission + - 'Poor man's broadband' is web alternative
holy_calamity writes: An ex-MIT professor is trialling a peer-to-peer networking system as a back-up to the internet in Pakistan. A modified bittorrent protocol has computers dial each other directly using modems over local calls to access large, relatively common files like software patches or educational materials. Computers share logs of which machines have which files to maintain a distributed directory. His full paper is here.
Submission + - Programming exercises for learning new languages
pinkfloydhomer writes: When learning a new programming language or library framework, I find that the most effective method is to work on a real project. The project shouldn't be too big or advanced of course, but it shouldn't be a toy project either.
I usually write a small game or something like that. But of course, that doesn't necessarily take me through the entire language or framework. I think several different kinds of projects would be needed for that. Maybe one focusing on graphics, one focusing on networking, one focusing on database access, etc.
So please give your suggestions for small-but-not-too-small projects that will be instructive to do to learn a new language or framework.
I usually write a small game or something like that. But of course, that doesn't necessarily take me through the entire language or framework. I think several different kinds of projects would be needed for that. Maybe one focusing on graphics, one focusing on networking, one focusing on database access, etc.
So please give your suggestions for small-but-not-too-small projects that will be instructive to do to learn a new language or framework.
