I'm only sort of disagreeing. If I were a non-English speaking programmer with the time and resources to learn English, I probably would. I'm just saying that its hard to have a useful discussion about this, since the people most likely to have opposing views can't understand what we're saying.
I agree with you. And I think not every code has to be 'international'. If you're programming software to sell to your neighbour, it's very unlikely that your code will ever be edited by someone who doesn't speak your language.
I've even noticed an interesting phenomenon that, while far from universal, is also not all that rare: programmers who share a common non-English first language using English among themselves to engage in technical discussions. When I pointed out the oddity of that choice, I was told that even if they used their native language (Portuguese, in this case), that the conversation would be peppered with English words anyway, so it was just as easy to use English for the whole discussion. And why would the discussion be peppered with English? Because there's less agreement on the appropriate choices of Portuguese words for particular technical concepts, so the English terms are more precise and better-understood.
Sorry, but many people pepper up the discussion with English words when talking in Portuguese just because they're morons. In many ocasions, there is a perfect Portuguese word for the situation but some people insist in using the English word (because, I don't know, it may seem cooler for them).
I know a guy who only says '3-tier application' when you could say 'aplicacao de 3 camadas' meaning exactly the same thing.
But I love Portuguese, and that's just me.
That put aside, I write my code in English because the reserved words are in English and it fits better. But I normally comment my code in Portuguese. Not that it would make a difference; if I was (or I should say were?) in a big open source project, of course I'd do everything in English. I don't see a point in this whole discussion.
Ok, I think the guy from WSJ has some kind of a point, but...
We already have a good system. It's called the system of private property and free contract, designed for dispersed, autonomous individuals -- not command-and-control centers.
I don't know the situation in the US, but in Brazil we have 2 or 3 publishers that hold 95% of the market. That doesn't seem to me much different from 'comand and control centers'.
Not reading the FA, I'd guess they are more expensive because they're fancier and... they're from Apple!
Thinking for a while, I don't know why even this article exists... If it's from Apple, it just works, you know. I can't imagine something from Apple 'failing'. That's probably MS bs.
Sometimes I get the impression that Linus says things the way he says because the other 'powerful' guys who are really important and active in the Linux community don't say nothing or even agree with him when he talks like that. I remember a similar episode some time ago when a guy wanted to port GIT to C++ or something like that. I think he cried.
used the stage at last week's CanSecWest conference to demonstrate methods for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that will survive reboots and re-flashing attempts.
The fact that the BIOS is in a chip is not news. News is they've infected it.
The result has direct connections to NASA-funded studies conducted last year that found perennial, or year-round, sea ice in the Arctic is declining at a rate of nine percent per decade and that in 2002 summer sea ice was at record low levels. Early results indicate this persisted in 2003.
Since the 1970s telescopes from all over the world (and even in Earth orbit) have been combined to perform Very Long Baseline Interferometry. Data received at each antenna is paired with timing information, usually from a local atomic clock, and then stored for later analysis on magnetic tape or hard disk. At that later time, the data is correlated with data from other antennas similarly recorded, to produce the resulting image. Using this method it is possible to synthesise an antenna that is effectively the size of the Earth. The large distances between the telescopes enable very high angular resolutions to be achieved, much greater in fact than in any other field of astronomy. At the highest frequencies, synthesised beams less than 1 milliarcsecond are possible.
The Government understands that ISP-level filtering is not a 'silver bullet'. We have always viewed ISP-level filtering as one part of a broader government initiative for protecting our children online.
Technology is improving all the time. Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial.
To give Australian households the necessary confidence, the Government is working to promote an online civil society through its $125.8 million Cyber-Safety Plan. This contains a comprehensive set of measures to combat online threats and help parents and educators protect children from inappropriate material.
It includes funding for:
* education and information measures
* law enforcement
* helplines and websites
* ISP filtering
* consultative arrangements with industry, child protection bodies and children
* further research to identify possible areas for further action.
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About five years ago I came down with some mysterious affliction that affected me physically, mentally, and emotionally. I went from being a bright-eyed energetic person with a quick wit and relentless optimism to a tired, drained, dead-eyed, irritable, emotionally-numb zombie.
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Yeah! I thought it was pretty damn funny too. I think it's kind of cool being 'blase' here in /.
I'm only sort of disagreeing. If I were a non-English speaking programmer with the time and resources to learn English, I probably would. I'm just saying that its hard to have a useful discussion about this, since the people most likely to have opposing views can't understand what we're saying.
I agree with you. And I think not every code has to be 'international'. If you're programming software to sell to your neighbour, it's very unlikely that your code will ever be edited by someone who doesn't speak your language.
I've even noticed an interesting phenomenon that, while far from universal, is also not all that rare: programmers who share a common non-English first language using English among themselves to engage in technical discussions. When I pointed out the oddity of that choice, I was told that even if they used their native language (Portuguese, in this case), that the conversation would be peppered with English words anyway, so it was just as easy to use English for the whole discussion. And why would the discussion be peppered with English? Because there's less agreement on the appropriate choices of Portuguese words for particular technical concepts, so the English terms are more precise and better-understood.
Sorry, but many people pepper up the discussion with English words when talking in Portuguese just because they're morons. In many ocasions, there is a perfect Portuguese word for the situation but some people insist in using the English word (because, I don't know, it may seem cooler for them).
I know a guy who only says '3-tier application' when you could say 'aplicacao de 3 camadas' meaning exactly the same thing.
But I love Portuguese, and that's just me.
That put aside, I write my code in English because the reserved words are in English and it fits better. But I normally comment my code in Portuguese. Not that it would make a difference; if I was (or I should say were?) in a big open source project, of course I'd do everything in English. I don't see a point in this whole discussion.
Ok, I think the guy from WSJ has some kind of a point, but...
We already have a good system. It's called the system of private property and free contract, designed for dispersed, autonomous individuals -- not command-and-control centers.
I don't know the situation in the US, but in Brazil we have 2 or 3 publishers that hold 95% of the market. That doesn't seem to me much different from 'comand and control centers'.
http://xkcd.com/548/
Sarcasm fail :(
Not reading the FA, I'd guess they are more expensive because they're fancier and... they're from Apple!
Thinking for a while, I don't know why even this article exists... If it's from Apple, it just works, you know. I can't imagine something from Apple 'failing'. That's probably MS bs.
This makes me think that... if I don't know how to make money from orange juice, should I tell people that drinking it is stupid?
Sometimes I get the impression that Linus says things the way he says because the other 'powerful' guys who are really important and active in the Linux community don't say nothing or even agree with him when he talks like that. I remember a similar episode some time ago when a guy wanted to port GIT to C++ or something like that. I think he cried.
I can't imagine a reason to be this rude.
It's not every day you see "Microsoft" and "Free" in the same headline.
Search for 'Microsoft' in google. One of the top results will be "Microsoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
... Windows-like synaptic for web apps.
used the stage at last week's CanSecWest conference to demonstrate methods for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that will survive reboots and re-flashing attempts.
The fact that the BIOS is in a chip is not news. News is they've infected it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HgHhHNC92M
Man, I wish the stingray would pierce Conroy instead of him.
Sometimes the cops come after them to arrest the material. Sometimes they come to buy it.
http://www.astroclassifieds.com/gallery/data/526/Lulin.gif
You're right:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?ID=dK07N030;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb
The commet will still be near Earth, but it is already saying goodbye.
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm
But, then, look at this:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/1023esuice.html
The result has direct connections to NASA-funded studies conducted last year that found perennial, or year-round, sea ice in the Arctic is declining at a rate of nine percent per decade and that in 2002 summer sea ice was at record low levels. Early results indicate this persisted in 2003.
The worst thing is, they sound like those damn kids that beat you in chess and laugh at your face about it.
"Haha, I wouldn't move that bishop if I were you"
or
"Haha, do you really think those lurkers will be of any use?"
Since the 1970s telescopes from all over the world (and even in Earth orbit) have been combined to perform Very Long Baseline Interferometry. Data received at each antenna is paired with timing information, usually from a local atomic clock, and then stored for later analysis on magnetic tape or hard disk. At that later time, the data is correlated with data from other antennas similarly recorded, to produce the resulting image. Using this method it is possible to synthesise an antenna that is effectively the size of the Earth. The large distances between the telescopes enable very high angular resolutions to be achieved, much greater in fact than in any other field of astronomy. At the highest frequencies, synthesised beams less than 1 milliarcsecond are possible.
He's the "Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy". "Censorship Minister" is just a lovely /. nickname.
The Government understands that ISP-level filtering is not a 'silver bullet'. We have always viewed ISP-level filtering as one part of a broader government initiative for protecting our children online.
Technology is improving all the time. Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial.
To give Australian households the necessary confidence, the Government is working to promote an online civil society through its $125.8 million Cyber-Safety Plan. This contains a comprehensive set of measures to combat online threats and help parents and educators protect children from inappropriate material.
It includes funding for:
* education and information measures
* law enforcement
* helplines and websites
* ISP filtering
* consultative arrangements with industry, child protection bodies and children
* further research to identify possible areas for further action.
He's Batman. How could we expect anything less?
About five years ago I came down with some mysterious affliction that affected me physically, mentally, and emotionally. I went from being a bright-eyed energetic person with a quick wit and relentless optimism to a tired, drained, dead-eyed, irritable, emotionally-numb zombie.
Man, it seems we had the same boss!
It'd be a lie, because Kafka's been dead for a long time.