People... the only thing that is different about this than other instruments already in use today is that it can view in more than one direction simultaneously. How do you think an angiogram is performed? They stick the think in through the artery in your leg, and fish it up to the spot where the blockage is. Sure, it sounds scary, but it's done every day. I think this is a great improvement to help doctors.
Years ago I worked for a tele-research company doing just that. Aparently they got around do not call lists (I think they were state lists at the time) because they actually did work for the government. They were allowed to do random number dialing... no lists required. That's probably why they asked for your name, but the person you talked to was a complete douche. Callbacks are created by dispositions from the agent. Normally a dialer in that line of work doesn't automatically re-schedule calls. That said, I don't want them calling me either, but I'm more apt to answer a survey than take a tele-marketing call... as long as I don't have to give too much personal information.
I agree that he's not really comparing like to like, but he might have a point. What was the last disease that we cured? When was that? Granted curing a disease is probably a lot harder than designing a new CPU (both of which I have no experience with). With all the stuff we hear about Viagra, Cialis... it's enough to make a person wonder.
On a positive note, I have heard some cool things going on, like regrowing tissues and temporary blood cell replacements. I forget the name, but it was on Wired News on PBS last week.
Is it just me, or does this sound like it could be the "intersect" on Chuck? Okay, I really doubt it, but that was the first thing that came to my mind.
Mod parent up. Anyone who posts anything else should read this first. At first I was a little learly of ES4 since I'm so used to ES3. After reading the overview, it's not that bad, and I don't understand what the big fuss is.
I attended UAT during their transition from UACT to UAT. It was a great experience, and I wouldn't have gotten my desired career without it, but tuition is pretty spendy. I suppose most private schools are spendy in comparison to public schools though.
True Rasmus did create PHP, but Zeev and Andi rewrote the PHP parser in PHP3 and later created the Zend Engine along side PHP4. I'm not sure if it was a typo or if it was a misconception by the author of the article, but I'd say Zeev and Andi would at least know what they are talking about.
My brother-in-law is a nuclear weapons technician trainee at the base the weapons flew out of. I haven't heard from him for a while, but I've been refraining from emailing him a link to the story and asking, "What did you do?!"
I've met quite a few people who describe themselves as Libertarian. From system administrators to cab drivers. I don't know if there's a majority of "nerds" that make up the party, but I do have a question about the party. The ideals sound all nice and stuff, but why are so many of the group such nut-cases? I don't mean that as a flame or anything. I've met 10+ people, and all of them exhibited signs of conspiracy theorists and gun crazies, etc. I could go on, but I think people get the point.
I grew up in rural North Dakota. Our small town (population about 500) has the Northwest Communication Cooperative http://www.nccray.com/ They provide phone/dialup/DSL/cableTV access. The co-op seems to have worked fairly well back home. I don't know if that's not normal or not... I just grew up with it there.
For those of you wondering about what their software will be like, here's some info on their Multicore Development Environment (MDE). http://www.tilera.com/products/software.php It's not the most info in the world, but it's a start.
I've used Hotmail for a very long time, and I just haven't bothered switching yet. In the past week or so, Hotmail (Live Mail, whatever) has let me read my email, but when I try to send, reply, forward, the page is all broken. When I use IE, it works just fine. I've tried on both Linux and Windows versions of FireFox, but they're both broken. Opera works too. I don't know if this is just a weird configuration issue between two of my computers, but I hope that MS isn't blocking FireFox users from using Hotmail. That'll give me the final incentive to switch email accounts...
I thought this was already known through work by Spencer Wells in his book The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey. I believe that PBS also has a video of the subject here. It was quite interesting, and at least seemed like it was based on solid ground.
I agree that it's probably not a good biofuel source. It's main revenue comes from the commercial uses of the product. The oils are used in a lot of skin care and shampoo type products, and fibers are used in clothing, and of course food.
My state is actually taking this issue up with the DEA to not classify industrial hemp as marijuana. It's very interesting that there are a whole bunch of products that use hemp products that are legal to import, but we can't produce the stuff here. Meanwhile just across the northern border, in Canada, they are getting about $250/acre profit.
You no longer have to be a stoned hippy to want to legalize industrial hemp. Now you can also be a farmer who's trying to make a living while crop prices keep dropping
Wow, could we have picked a title that would be more inviting to trolls?
TFA is alright, but when I first saw that title I instantly thought, "Here we go again!" I guess that's to be expected on/. though:)
"That's the dirty little secret. When I talk to open source developers, at least half are talking about Windows, from SugarCRM, MySQL, PHP. Every single one"
Just because these technologies are supporting people who happen to use Windows doesn't mean that Linux is any less of a viable solution. In fact, I think it makes the FOSS movement that much stronger. It's not just on Linux, it's also on Windows, Unix, etc.
In Formula One racing, motors have featured compressed air to open and close the poppet valves.
There's also a company that uses compressed air to power the engine. http://www.theaircar.com/ I believe that Mexico City is already working on replacing some of their taxis with this car to help reduce the pollution levels in the city.
I wrote a blog post about this not too long ago. It's funny that this thread came up so soon afterwards.
I got my start in sysadmin work, and then moved over to programming. I've run across my fair share of BOFH, and they make everyone else look bad and probably even work harder. I've found that if I treat my department like a separate company and other people are the customers, that things go more smoothly. That's not to say that you let people run all over you. I suppose I've only worked in small businesses, so I don't know if that would be appropriate for large companies or not.
Here's another issue I have with updating to the latest version of PHP. I'd venture to say that quite a few companies out there use RedHat, SuSE, or some other OS/distribution because they get support. If we upgrade to the newest version of PHP, we lose vendor support for it. That's not to say that I can't compile it, it's just that the company isn't willing to risk losing support.
You made good points about multi-threading, but it's possible the GP was also talking about multi-threaded support. It's a rumor that PHP itself isn't multi-threaded. Some of the older extensions are not multi-threaded, and that is why the suggestion to not go with multi-threaded apache exists.
I'm not sure if you had some/sarcasm there or not. I'll assume not and say that you're partly right.
I'm a PHP developer. I love PHP because I haven't come across anything that I can not do with it yet. Does that mean it's the best programming language ZOMG 3V3R! No. PHP is a pretty good general purpose web scripting language. Like all the other languages out there, it has bugs or features that haven't been implemented or thought of yet, and that's why there are version numbers.
PHP does suffer some of the same issues that C++ has suffered in the past, and they are due to the fundamental ideas of the project. PHP doesn't have a framework for you to do everything. I guess that mostly comes up with ASP and probably Ruby, but I'm a little under read on Ruby. Much like the C++ vs. Java debate, C++ makes you do things yourself (or at least you need to know about the community projects that make life easier... like smart pointers and the like). That's pretty much the same with PHP. You have the base functions, and there are extensions you can get to help, but MVC and other parts of frameworks are left for you to decide what you want or need for your project.
So, with that in mind, security is also left up to the developer. PHP 5.2.x has made a lot of great strides in helping out by introducing the Filter extension and others. If people do not filter/escape the input/output from their pages, they're just opening up a can of worms. I'm a firm believer in saying it's easier to filter yourself than undo a filter that the system did for you automatically.
PHP has its issues, but I don't think it would be as popular as it is if PHP didn't serve a purpose and do it somewhat well.
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People... the only thing that is different about this than other instruments already in use today is that it can view in more than one direction simultaneously. How do you think an angiogram is performed? They stick the think in through the artery in your leg, and fish it up to the spot where the blockage is. Sure, it sounds scary, but it's done every day. I think this is a great improvement to help doctors.
Years ago I worked for a tele-research company doing just that. Aparently they got around do not call lists (I think they were state lists at the time) because they actually did work for the government. They were allowed to do random number dialing... no lists required. That's probably why they asked for your name, but the person you talked to was a complete douche. Callbacks are created by dispositions from the agent. Normally a dialer in that line of work doesn't automatically re-schedule calls. That said, I don't want them calling me either, but I'm more apt to answer a survey than take a tele-marketing call... as long as I don't have to give too much personal information.
I agree that he's not really comparing like to like, but he might have a point. What was the last disease that we cured? When was that? Granted curing a disease is probably a lot harder than designing a new CPU (both of which I have no experience with). With all the stuff we hear about Viagra, Cialis... it's enough to make a person wonder. On a positive note, I have heard some cool things going on, like regrowing tissues and temporary blood cell replacements. I forget the name, but it was on Wired News on PBS last week.
Is it just me, or does this sound like it could be the "intersect" on Chuck? Okay, I really doubt it, but that was the first thing that came to my mind.
Mod parent up. Anyone who posts anything else should read this first. At first I was a little learly of ES4 since I'm so used to ES3. After reading the overview, it's not that bad, and I don't understand what the big fuss is.
I attended UAT during their transition from UACT to UAT. It was a great experience, and I wouldn't have gotten my desired career without it, but tuition is pretty spendy. I suppose most private schools are spendy in comparison to public schools though.
Even better... On their site they say
http://www.twine.com/about and there's a great section about Web 3.0 here
It's great for a laugh... until you realize that by this time next year we'll probably be on Web 10.0
True Rasmus did create PHP, but Zeev and Andi rewrote the PHP parser in PHP3 and later created the Zend Engine along side PHP4. I'm not sure if it was a typo or if it was a misconception by the author of the article, but I'd say Zeev and Andi would at least know what they are talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php
My brother-in-law is a nuclear weapons technician trainee at the base the weapons flew out of. I haven't heard from him for a while, but I've been refraining from emailing him a link to the story and asking, "What did you do?!"
I've met quite a few people who describe themselves as Libertarian. From system administrators to cab drivers. I don't know if there's a majority of "nerds" that make up the party, but I do have a question about the party. The ideals sound all nice and stuff, but why are so many of the group such nut-cases? I don't mean that as a flame or anything. I've met 10+ people, and all of them exhibited signs of conspiracy theorists and gun crazies, etc. I could go on, but I think people get the point.
I grew up in rural North Dakota. Our small town (population about 500) has the Northwest Communication Cooperative http://www.nccray.com/ They provide phone/dialup/DSL/cableTV access. The co-op seems to have worked fairly well back home. I don't know if that's not normal or not... I just grew up with it there.
For those of you wondering about what their software will be like, here's some info on their Multicore Development Environment (MDE). http://www.tilera.com/products/software.php It's not the most info in the world, but it's a start.
I've used Hotmail for a very long time, and I just haven't bothered switching yet. In the past week or so, Hotmail (Live Mail, whatever) has let me read my email, but when I try to send, reply, forward, the page is all broken. When I use IE, it works just fine. I've tried on both Linux and Windows versions of FireFox, but they're both broken. Opera works too. I don't know if this is just a weird configuration issue between two of my computers, but I hope that MS isn't blocking FireFox users from using Hotmail. That'll give me the final incentive to switch email accounts...
I thought this was already known through work by Spencer Wells in his book The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey. I believe that PBS also has a video of the subject here. It was quite interesting, and at least seemed like it was based on solid ground.
I agree that it's probably not a good biofuel source. It's main revenue comes from the commercial uses of the product. The oils are used in a lot of skin care and shampoo type products, and fibers are used in clothing, and of course food.
My state is actually taking this issue up with the DEA to not classify industrial hemp as marijuana. It's very interesting that there are a whole bunch of products that use hemp products that are legal to import, but we can't produce the stuff here. Meanwhile just across the northern border, in Canada, they are getting about $250/acre profit.
You no longer have to be a stoned hippy to want to legalize industrial hemp. Now you can also be a farmer who's trying to make a living while crop prices keep dropping
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=1356
Wow, could we have picked a title that would be more inviting to trolls? TFA is alright, but when I first saw that title I instantly thought, "Here we go again!" I guess that's to be expected on /. though :)
The flight could be delayed, Cancel or Allow
Just because these technologies are supporting people who happen to use Windows doesn't mean that Linux is any less of a viable solution. In fact, I think it makes the FOSS movement that much stronger. It's not just on Linux, it's also on Windows, Unix, etc.
There's also a company that uses compressed air to power the engine. http://www.theaircar.com/ I believe that Mexico City is already working on replacing some of their taxis with this car to help reduce the pollution levels in the city.
I wrote a blog post about this not too long ago. It's funny that this thread came up so soon afterwards.
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I got my start in sysadmin work, and then moved over to programming. I've run across my fair share of BOFH, and they make everyone else look bad and probably even work harder. I've found that if I treat my department like a separate company and other people are the customers, that things go more smoothly. That's not to say that you let people run all over you. I suppose I've only worked in small businesses, so I don't know if that would be appropriate for large companies or not.
http://cmunkey.blogspot.com/2007/05/its-public-pe
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I was just about to say all those things until I read your comment. JavaScript is actually quite nice once you actually learn it beyond using alert.
Check out http://javascript.crockford.com/javascript.html for info on why JavaScript is so misunderstood.
Here's another issue I have with updating to the latest version of PHP. I'd venture to say that quite a few companies out there use RedHat, SuSE, or some other OS/distribution because they get support. If we upgrade to the newest version of PHP, we lose vendor support for it. That's not to say that I can't compile it, it's just that the company isn't willing to risk losing support.
You made good points about multi-threading, but it's possible the GP was also talking about multi-threaded support. It's a rumor that PHP itself isn't multi-threaded. Some of the older extensions are not multi-threaded, and that is why the suggestion to not go with multi-threaded apache exists.
I'm not sure if you had some /sarcasm there or not. I'll assume not and say that you're partly right.
I'm a PHP developer. I love PHP because I haven't come across anything that I can not do with it yet. Does that mean it's the best programming language ZOMG 3V3R! No. PHP is a pretty good general purpose web scripting language. Like all the other languages out there, it has bugs or features that haven't been implemented or thought of yet, and that's why there are version numbers.
PHP does suffer some of the same issues that C++ has suffered in the past, and they are due to the fundamental ideas of the project. PHP doesn't have a framework for you to do everything. I guess that mostly comes up with ASP and probably Ruby, but I'm a little under read on Ruby. Much like the C++ vs. Java debate, C++ makes you do things yourself (or at least you need to know about the community projects that make life easier... like smart pointers and the like). That's pretty much the same with PHP. You have the base functions, and there are extensions you can get to help, but MVC and other parts of frameworks are left for you to decide what you want or need for your project.
So, with that in mind, security is also left up to the developer. PHP 5.2.x has made a lot of great strides in helping out by introducing the Filter extension and others. If people do not filter/escape the input/output from their pages, they're just opening up a can of worms. I'm a firm believer in saying it's easier to filter yourself than undo a filter that the system did for you automatically.
PHP has its issues, but I don't think it would be as popular as it is if PHP didn't serve a purpose and do it somewhat well.