Assuming the cops won't be sympathetic and there's no cameras in the men's room, dump the contents in the furthest stall you can find, without touching any of it. Then get the hell out of there on the first flight back you can get or head to the embassy.
Here's my challenge, echoing a comment further down: If you want to convert folks to Haskell, write something useful in it. Then people might actually be interested in learning more about it. That's the only way you'll get converts, not writing boring, condescending lectures. My programming language prof tried to use the entire course to indoctrinate students in Haskell. He failed. None of his ramblings about how "pure" Mondads or such and such was or any of his homework assignments ever convinced us that Haskell was a better way. I don't expect you to get much further. For me, the rub was that he never showed a real world application. I took that as proof that the whole language is asinine, and that the claim that it gets rid of the dreaded "state" was bs. Another thing that always irked me: pretending that mathematics has nothing to say about "state". That's pretty funny coming from Haskell fans, who like to fancy themselves mathematicians.
Nowadays, there's two different things: the core language, then the numerous frameworks. The core language is the first thing you need to know and a lot easier to learn than any of the frameworks. So just study the core language in case it comes up on a job interview, you can study the frameworks(a lot of which suck) later if you have to(like it's part of your job or you really need it to pass an interview). Study some C# too, it's cleaner, and besides static typing is awesome.
"the soldiers fight against .... Sadaam Hussein". Before arming the next group of sociopaths nominally running the country, and leaving in disgrace from the smoking ruins of said country. Kristen, baby, I didn't ask "the soldiers" to invade Iraq, so they will get no thanks from me for that war. By the way, when's your next vacation to Baghdad?
As I recall, Zuckerberg did seek investment. And he went looking for terms a little more generous. For 15 to 20 grand, some advice, and a friendly introduction to other investors, Zuckerberg wouldn't be willing to trade them a stick of gum. Much less 5% or more of his company. Ditto Bill Gates.
"In vague to non-existent evidence, Gray Lady hacks see absolute proof of what their government handlers want you to believe". Word must have come down from the White House to start pushing the "Cold War with China" kick.
"Civil Disobedience means accepting that what you are doing is illegal and dealing with the consequences. Period." Excuse me, the dude took his own life. That's a pretty powerful "fuck you" to the government. Another idiotic meme that needs to die: if a prosecution of an individual is unjust, it doesn't matter whether said individual went in expecting to become a martyr.
Foer is failing upwards I see. Unless the tech golden boy is firing deadwood like Leon Weisswhatshisname and Paul Berman, etc. etc. etc., it's still the same old crap. I guess you're supposed to be excited by the fact that he's using his momentary large fortune to bring in "literary" ringers. I read the Kirn piece that was raved about in the link: apparently they're going to become an unintentional New Yorker parody("Barack Obama is a slender, middle aged man with a warm smile and close-cropped graying hair.....").
Or going to the bathroom, driving their cars, sleeping... For example, I've only seen the Godfather once. My electric toothbrush, on the other hand? I use that every day! Take that Coppola!
I think Jobs himself proved that software isn't art, and "hackers" are not artistes. I submit the following conjecture: The complaints about the app store approval process would be nothing compared to the shitstorm if Apple started blocking songs and films from iTunes. Remember, Jobs is the one who, if he had gotten his way, would make all software go through a central committee before you could use it. ¡Viva la Revolución! Also, eff the Beatles. Put on some Wilson Pickett or Motown, or your pick of their better contemporaries.
The Apple II looked like a piece of grey plastic to me. So did the NES, but at least it was a lot more fun than the Apple II. Steve Jobs: the man who made purchasing consumer electronics a revolutionary act.
Those were social problems solved by activists. Sorry if this doesn't jive with your techno triumphalism, but the technology makers were the ones who brought us child labor, crappy mass processed food, and smog. Since you mentioned segregation, you might want to read the MLK speech you haven't heard about, Beyond Vietnam : http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documen.... "When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered." Unfortunately, the people who give a damn and are pointing out the problems wtih say, government surveliance, are being drowned out by people like you. So I'm not optimistic.
Could you clarify more? An offshore IT company that does not own any copyright is suing bittorrenters? On what basis exactly? And they're scraping IPs and are allowed to bring that up in court?
Perhaps they didn't mention it because a lot of jobs lost in the great crash paid more than the paltry minimum wage, making that old commie's attempts to raise it a moot point.
I like Python too, the dynamic type system and performance hit are the only things that might discourage me from using it for a big project. Go might be worth checking out, it's supposed to give you things like first class functions in a compiled language.
I'll certainly take it over Haskell any day. And Perl, or Lisp. And I love static typing. The ugliness comes from the myriad frameworks that have sprung up for it(metaprogramming in XML, good god).
Why's this ancient text from the canon of Graham getting resubmitted? So we can all have a good laugh? So the readers of this site can have a big argument over the definition of "success"? "Sure Java sees a lot of use by clueless corporations, but teh haxors disdain it, therefore it's a failure!" Incidentally, Google can be added to the list of big dummies who use Java.
I think I missed something. I'm pretty sure I knew what death was before I hit puberty. Does this app include photos of the result of the strikes? Is there supposed to be a "talk" you have with your kids around age 12 or 13 where you explain what drones are and reveal for the first time that there is a war in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Indeed, without Google and Sillicon Valley's contributions to job growth, we would live in a nightmare world where unemployment has soared past 8 percent.
Nintendo's two consoles before the Wii were vastly outsold by their competitors, Sony's Playstation brand. The point that was being made: Nintendo suffered, at least in the past, because third party developers jumped ship. They may have had a comeback by going after a different market, but that's hardly remaining "dominant", unless you consider Microsoft's Xbox line a complete flop.
Might want to proof-read the FAQ some more. I'm seeing sentences like: "Since system is auction-based you result may vary depending on current load of our network. For example if you maximum bid is 5 cents per view your ad will be only shown after all more expensive videos."