He actually has a point: name need = if need then "Betty" else "" Since an invariant for name is that need must be true, then "" will never be reached: prop_name_invariant need = need==True ==> name need/= ""
But this is only for those programmers who have programmed too much in lazy programming languages...
What the author wanted to point out was that we could evolve a more efficient digestive system, when we cooked our food.
If someone doesn't have to develop an immune system, then that person has more energy left to hunt, which makes that person more fit for that enviroment, thus we evolve.
Maybe we don't need a killer app to make Linux used everywhere.
If someone invented a processor architecture that would be a lot faster than x86, and if linux was already ported to that platform then Linux would be the only OS that could run on that platform.
The problem is that all software is x86, but that problem would be solved if this new platform is so fast that it can emulate x86 faster than x86 processors can run...
ARM is designed for low power usage, and thus is not what we need. We need a processor that can deliver the most MIPS and FLOPS with less power, with a lower price. Most x86 processors does after all use a RISC core emulating a CISC.
Maybe the new CELL architecture is the answer...
Then all we need is someone to produce consumer PCs with it, that outperforms all our current x86 PCs.
Some people have said that coding with dvorak is hard, but there are alternatives.
Arensito is the strangest and coolest layout I've seen (I've even done a 'port' to Windows (which isn't online, but if you give me some replies I can put it on my website)).
You have the cursor keys, home end pgup pgdown, alt altgr shift and space under your thumbs, and since you're using another finger, you'll type even faster.
Arensito is also arranged so it allows faster typing than dvorak (but this doesn't really matter).
It feels like the fingers are locked at arensito when I type...
And the main reasong, arensito is a lot better for coding than dvorak.
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He actually has a point: /= ""
name need = if need
then "Betty"
else ""
Since an invariant for name is that need must be true, then "" will never be reached:
prop_name_invariant need = need==True ==>
name need
But this is only for those programmers who have programmed too much in lazy programming languages...
When you breathe faster your pulse rate will rise. If you lower both your hand is more steady. This is why biathlon is such an interesting sport.
You should have asked if she had any anti-virus software for Linux.
What the author wanted to point out was that we could evolve a more efficient digestive system, when we cooked our food. If someone doesn't have to develop an immune system, then that person has more energy left to hunt, which makes that person more fit for that enviroment, thus we evolve.
The pause button, or space should pause it. But the other thing I agree with. As they say, patches are welcome, and that what I'm going to do...
Maybe we don't need a killer app to make Linux used everywhere. If someone invented a processor architecture that would be a lot faster than x86, and if linux was already ported to that platform then Linux would be the only OS that could run on that platform. The problem is that all software is x86, but that problem would be solved if this new platform is so fast that it can emulate x86 faster than x86 processors can run... ARM is designed for low power usage, and thus is not what we need. We need a processor that can deliver the most MIPS and FLOPS with less power, with a lower price. Most x86 processors does after all use a RISC core emulating a CISC. Maybe the new CELL architecture is the answer... Then all we need is someone to produce consumer PCs with it, that outperforms all our current x86 PCs.
Some people have said that coding with dvorak is hard, but there are alternatives. Arensito is the strangest and coolest layout I've seen (I've even done a 'port' to Windows (which isn't online, but if you give me some replies I can put it on my website)). You have the cursor keys, home end pgup pgdown, alt altgr shift and space under your thumbs, and since you're using another finger, you'll type even faster. Arensito is also arranged so it allows faster typing than dvorak (but this doesn't really matter). It feels like the fingers are locked at arensito when I type... And the main reasong, arensito is a lot better for coding than dvorak.
Another, related thing:
I don't know how americans mesure winds, but here in Sweden we always mesure them in m/s, and nothing else.
48 to 64 kilometres-an-hour would then be 13 to 18 m/s
And that doesn't seem to be very much, now(saturday morning) the winds at the coast where I live are 18-22 m/s, and it isn't even very much.
Hackers and crackers doesn't even do the same things.
The perfect analogy is that hackers build and modify houses, while crackers break into them (and maybe steal things).
Another analogy that works here is that both may use a crowbar, but only the robber is a criminal.
It's also the hackers who make the doors, so that the robberer will have more trouble breaking in.