Mens sana in corpore sano, you're saying? I refer you to Stephen Hawking.
Actually, the full quote is "Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano", meaning "You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body".
It is an ideal, not an implication.
... Quite a number of the legendary physics minds of the 1st half of the 20th century enjoyed hiking mountains and/or flirting with the ladies.
We may remember Einstein in his later years as some perfect nerd, but he too liked flirting with the ladies in his earlier years.
So, you're saying that I'm as smart as Einstein, since I like to flirt! Woohoo!!!
Coming from someone who has English as third language, I'd say you're fine without, since all documentation is available in English and most discussion is going on in English. I have actually never used my first or second language for participating in software community discussion. OTOH, these are minor languages with 6-10 million speakers worldwide, all of which learn English in school anyway.
However, among the worlds greater languages, there are certainly a lot of people who can't communicate well in English and there is a lot of discussion in these languages. So I would say, pick one major language that could be useful in all walks of life. Or just pick any language that you are interested in. However, for the sole purpose of participating in the programming community, I don't think time invested will pay off.
There are two crucial reasons for learning a language: necessity and personal motivation. If it isn't necessary for you, you'll have to go with motivation. So, pick a language that you want to learn, because you want to learn it.
Programs from 1998 still run because the language has been stagnant ever since.
You really have don't know anything about Perl, do you? To suggest that Perl has been stagnant from 1998 (v. 5.005) until now (v. 5.16.2) is ridiculuous. The difference is immense. That doesn't mean that backwards compatibility needs to break. You just don't know Perl or its evolution.
Python breaks because it actually improves sometimes. "The main power of Perl has always been its ability to quickly adapt"...seriously? Perl 6 has been stuck in R&D hell for a dozen years now. Even the Duke Nukem Forever team is starting to feel awkward about how long it's taking.
Lessee.... Python 3.0 came out 4 years ago. Still, 2.7 is the one installed by default across the board. Some distros (e.g. latest Red Hat) are still stuck on 2.6. Apparently, most people can do without the improvements in Python 3.0-3.3.
And Perl 6 is another language altogether. Perl 5 will continue to evolve long after the Perl 6 becomes mainstream. I think Larry Wall made a big mistake in using the same name, honestly. But still, you just don't know Perl.
Considering that things like "curfew" and "loitering" ("the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time") are amongst the most commonly prosecuted felonies in the US, just to start with, I don't think it sounds too hyperbolic (e.g. http://felonyguide.com/List-of-felony-crimes.php). Linger for a few seconds too long on the sidewalk while out to lunch? Sorry, guilty of loitering.
Hyperbole! Please show a case of someone being charged and convicted for loitering after lingering a few seconds! The loitering laws of the US are primarily used to disperse gangs and I'm pretty sure that in most of the cases, the arresting officer has first ordered the suspects to disperse. The SCOTUS has already determined that charging people with "just hanging around" just isn't enough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_v._Morales
I'm neither American nor a lawyer and I'm in no way convinced that the US judicial system is particularly good, but it's simply not true that "in America, everyone's a felon, whatever they do". It is hyperbole, BS, FUD and myth.
So the real question here is the following: shall we throw logic out the window to make the masses happy?
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Missing options include:
O I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!
O US-centric poll!
O Other, please specify
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The woman that he is alleged to have raped has tried to drop the case that she was persuaded to bring.
In most of the world, if a woman does not want to bring a case, the suspect has nothing to answer. What he may have done does not seem to have offended her sufficiently for her to want a court case.
Sweden is not the US were the alleged victim can decide to drop charges. It is indeed the public prosecutor's duty to prosecute, regardless of the wishes of the alleged victims. This is useful, eg. in cases of domestic violence where a wife may be prone to dropping the charges, due to coercion, emotions or fear.
However, the fact that there are still no charges, only suspicions, make it very clear that Assange will never be prosecuted. If there were any evidence, he would already have been prosecuted. So the only possibility for a successful prosecution and conviction is his own confession. Can the prosecutor actually expect Assange to confess? He has already been questioned, so it is unthinkable that he's going to change his story in a way that would convict him.
So why demand extradition when there is no possibility of a conviction or even prosecution? Yes, in Assange's shoes I would be afraid. I would be very afraid!
I voted for Clodos...
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
On the other hand, when you see them express themselves in writing, that's when you can get really worried...
Soldiers suffer from shell shock and go crazy doing what they do with or without drugs. It seems more convenient to blame "fuck ups" like these on a drug than on the simple fact that war causes horrible suffering and stress on both sides of a conflict and is expecially difficult to handle for soldiers who consciously or subconsciously feel they are occupying a country for dubious reasons. Blaming this one incident on a drug instead of on American foreign policy in general is easier for the party who is actually responsible for these atrosities.
If Macciavelli had known about drugs that "may" cause such behaviour, I'm sure he would have recommended the Prince give them to all soldiers, in case the shit hit the fan and you had to put the blame on something. Smart man - Macchiavelli.
When I drive I place my hands on the wheel immediately! It's simply too dangerous to drive without using your hands until 2 o'clock or 10 o'clock...
Installing additional hardware on a computer is most definately a function that SHOULD require administrative priviledges on a computer. Sounds like "working as intended".
Except that connecting your computer to a printer is not installing hardware. Root privileges are only there to protect the integrity of the file system and operating system. If you have physical access to the computer, you already have the possibility of smashing it to smithereens, or compromising the security.
There is no reason why a properly implemented printing system should be potentially harmful to the OS. The most dangerous action of installing a printer is connecting the USB cable, which could potentially fry your computer if the hardware is malicious. Requiring root privileges will not protect you against that. After that, a properly implemented printing system is a greater risk to the printer than the OS. Requiring root privileges actually makes the printing system more potentially harmful than it needs to be. Period.
When commenting the opinions of one of The Giants, always think twice before clicking submit. There's the remote chance that they actually *are* smarter than you, no matter what you think.
...Angry Birds brand, or ripping off its fans.
Because Rovio brought us the first of this wonderful concept of projectile-tower crushing. No ripping off there.
Hang on there! Your misunderstanding the portion you quote! Hed said "or ripping off its fans". Not at all the same thing as copying an idea or plagiarizing.
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