Comments for the jsomers.net blog http://jsomers.net/blog the jsomers.net blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Offline Wikipedia by Teak http://jsomers.net/blog/offline-wikipedia/comment-page-1#comment-32637 Teak Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:57:13 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/offline-wikipedia#comment-32637 <p>I had the same problem. to fix I created a directory called "mediawiki_sa", and inside that made a directory called "includes".</p> I had the same problem. to fix I created a directory called “mediawiki_sa”, and inside that made a directory called “includes”.

]]> Comment on “It turns out” by Caroline Jones http://jsomers.net/blog/it-turns-out/comment-page-1#comment-32575 Caroline Jones Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:22:36 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=510#comment-32575 <p>good article..i did a search for usage of the phrase "as it turns out" and this popped up. it gave me better insight.. basically if it warrants an explanation, dont write it.("it turns out..") explain it. if it's self-explanatory or already implied or unimportant, write it, right? anyway thank you.. i read your first post too.. both are good.</p> good article..i did a search for usage of the phrase “as it turns out” and this popped up. it gave me better insight.. basically if it warrants an explanation, dont write it.(“it turns out..”) explain it. if it’s self-explanatory or already implied or unimportant, write it, right? anyway thank you.. i read your first post too.. both are good.

]]> Comment on How to be a loser by Caroline Jones http://jsomers.net/blog/how-to-be-a-loser/comment-page-1#comment-32573 Caroline Jones Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:05:48 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=3#comment-32573 <p>Paul, you dont have a head to hit the nail on! get the head straight first. You said:</p> <p>"You hit the nail on the head. I wonder if I am a naturally born loser. In that case, there’s nothing I can do about it, right? (spoken like a true loser)"</p> <p>i think what jsomers is saying is the fact that you are a naturally born loser is precisely why you CAN do something about it. if, on the other hand, you were a naturally born winner, there would be nothing you could do about it.</p> <p>and by the way, i hate to break it to you, but if losing is your winning, youre already a winner. congratulations!</p> Paul, you dont have a head to hit the nail on! get the head straight first. You said:

“You hit the nail on the head. I wonder if I am a naturally born loser. In that case, there’s nothing I can do about it, right? (spoken like a true loser)”

i think what jsomers is saying is the fact that you are a naturally born loser is precisely why you CAN do something about it. if, on the other hand, you were a naturally born winner, there would be nothing you could do about it.

and by the way, i hate to break it to you, but if losing is your winning, youre already a winner. congratulations!

]]> Comment on The trouble with “The Big Bang Theory” by David http://jsomers.net/blog/bbt/comment-page-1#comment-32022 David Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:47:58 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=581#comment-32022 <p>It's just funny. It's TV, don't overanalyze. And Howard is only a Master, not a PhD.</p> It’s just funny. It’s TV, don’t overanalyze. And Howard is only a Master, not a PhD.

]]> Comment on The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by How To Get Really Good At Something | Jimmy Li http://jsomers.net/blog/deliberate-practice/comment-page-1#comment-31318 How To Get Really Good At Something | Jimmy Li Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:59:03 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=326#comment-31318 <p>[...] mention many details here (for a more concise summary than those books provide, please refer to this post from my friend James Somers’s blog). What I’d like to do here is play the part of the [...]</p> [...] mention many details here (for a more concise summary than those books provide, please refer to this post from my friend James Somers’s blog). What I’d like to do here is play the part of the [...]

]]> Comment on Kavka’s toxin puzzle by Chris http://jsomers.net/blog/toxin/comment-page-1#comment-30926 Chris Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:36:24 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=529#comment-30926 <p>The catch-22 is telling you that you can change your mind, thus eliminating the option of being able to change your mind. In order for you to truly change your mind, you'll need to get new information during the time when you decide to commit to drinking it and the time it takes to drink it. For example, you can commit to drinking it, but find out that it's made from nuts which you're deathly allergic to and it will kill you. Since the only stipulation is to drink the vial of poison, you can intend to drink it, but also intend to alter it in a way to be less painful or not painful at all. Perhaps heating it, or adding another substance to it to lessen the effects. Add a substance that absorbs the substance completely so it will not interact with your chemistry. Then when you drink/eat it, you have proven your intent to drink it. Then again, drinking it doesn't prove you intended to drink it at midnight, so the act of actually drinking it shouldn't matter either. The billionaire isn't asking for proof, so really intent doesn't matter either. Just agreeing to the condition should be enough to get you a million dollars. It's only when you add more information not asked for that will screw it up for you. All you need to do is say "Yes" and "Thank you" after you get the money.</p> The catch-22 is telling you that you can change your mind, thus eliminating the option of being able to change your mind. In order for you to truly change your mind, you’ll need to get new information during the time when you decide to commit to drinking it and the time it takes to drink it. For example, you can commit to drinking it, but find out that it’s made from nuts which you’re deathly allergic to and it will kill you. Since the only stipulation is to drink the vial of poison, you can intend to drink it, but also intend to alter it in a way to be less painful or not painful at all. Perhaps heating it, or adding another substance to it to lessen the effects. Add a substance that absorbs the substance completely so it will not interact with your chemistry. Then when you drink/eat it, you have proven your intent to drink it. Then again, drinking it doesn’t prove you intended to drink it at midnight, so the act of actually drinking it shouldn’t matter either. The billionaire isn’t asking for proof, so really intent doesn’t matter either. Just agreeing to the condition should be enough to get you a million dollars. It’s only when you add more information not asked for that will screw it up for you. All you need to do is say “Yes” and “Thank you” after you get the money.

]]> Comment on Watching Birds by David Pearl http://jsomers.net/blog/watching-birds/comment-page-1#comment-27258 David Pearl Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:53:09 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=938#comment-27258 <p>Good description - I liked this. Perhaps because I was thinking of this notion the other day, in terms of the probably-underrated movie The Way of the Gun:</p> <p>Longbaugh: These days, they want to be criminals more than they want to commit crime. Joe Sarno: Well that's... that's not just crime. That's the way of the world.</p> <p>I started recently to call myself a writer, as I was in search of a more concrete professional identity. I dunno.</p> Good description – I liked this. Perhaps because I was thinking of this notion the other day, in terms of the probably-underrated movie The Way of the Gun:

Longbaugh: These days, they want to be criminals more than they want to commit crime. Joe Sarno: Well that’s… that’s not just crime. That’s the way of the world.

I started recently to call myself a writer, as I was in search of a more concrete professional identity. I dunno.

]]> Comment on Offline Wikipedia by Glenn Barnich http://jsomers.net/blog/offline-wikipedia/comment-page-1#comment-27019 Glenn Barnich Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:39:58 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/offline-wikipedia#comment-27019 <p>Hi,</p> <p>thanks a lot for these detailed instructions, after some tuning to get django and python interact correctly on my configuration (macosx 10.6.8), all works! Could you also send me the patch that caches the tex images ?</p> <p>Thanks, G</p> Hi,

thanks a lot for these detailed instructions, after some tuning to get django and python interact correctly on my configuration (macosx 10.6.8), all works! Could you also send me the patch that caches the tex images ?

Thanks, G

]]> Comment on Jimbits vol. 3 by James Somers http://jsomers.net/blog/jimbits-3/comment-page-1#comment-26726 James Somers Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:38:24 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=530#comment-26726 <p>Only if I get to pick the book!</p> Only if I get to pick the book!

]]> Comment on Jimbits vol. 3 by Fader http://jsomers.net/blog/jimbits-3/comment-page-1#comment-26725 Fader Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:35:07 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/?p=530#comment-26725 <p>Work reading pool, you in?</p> Work reading pool, you in?

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