You should magnetize screwdrivers if they aren't already. It is not dangerous and it saves the day when you drop that damn little screw into the case, especially if it's a laptop:)
Your comment is so oversimplistic and full of nonsense that it's a sign that you're either completely ignorant of Canada and Quebec's politics or are a fanatic with a hatred for French Canadians.
Let me get this straight : what you are saying is *not true*. And the part about universities is just ridiculous !! How about they receive "juicy" funding from Canada ? And they do receive funding from Quebec too !
Nothing is ever black or white, especially in politics ! There was and there still is abuse on both sides. But you clearly don't have any clue about what's going on over here....
I hope your comment gets modded down like it should have been in the first place.
Is there any SlimMP3 kind of unit BUT with wireless access ? The product offered by slimp3 looks awesome, but if I could get away with the wiring, that would be even better !
In some countries, mailing shouldn't be considered an option (Nepal, India, Africa, rural China, etc.)
It is NEVER a good idea to mail something by regular post when you really care about it, unless you are 100 % sure it won't be lost somewhere and be kept in good condition (in other words, if you trust in miracle).
Mail is scanned many times by all sort of rays, most notably X-Rays which can really screw you film if they are too powerful. You can wrap your films in aluminium paper, but then they might open the package or simply send it back (it happened to me once).
Films degrade over time. So after one year or more, I guess his oldest films won't be as good as they were. You can refrigerate them to slow the process.
Actually developping films is quite costly, especially if you want to get better prints for a number of particularly good photos. If he is serious about photography, I guess he won't go to local drugstore for that job !
I live in Québec and we don't have that problem. At one of the biggest shop (Archambault), we've got music from about 100 countries. While for some countries, the selection is mainly "best of" or otherwise limited, in general, it's quite good and affordable (20-25 CAD).
Example of CDs you can find:
Petru Guelfucci, Corsica (Corse) Khevrisa (Hungary) Chava Alberstein (Israel) Vicente Pradal, La noche oscura (Spain) Paul Kunigis, Jeszcze Raz (Poland/Québec) Bïa, Carmin (Brasil) Putumayo collection etc., etc., etc.
And if I remember correctly, this holds true for Vancouver too, in British Columbia. As for Toronto, I don't know, but I would think it's the same there too.
MFC is a f*cking mess : no respect of standard, need to discover "hidden" interfaces, break of OO concepts, overuse of macros, bloated, etc. etc. etc. And if you add COM/ATL to that... well, welcome to hell:)
And don't even get me started on Win32 API ! That might be fine for some cases where optimization is a top priority (and even then...), but do you really want to spend at least 50 % of programming time digging for some informations about an obscure function call or simply reinventing the wheel all over again ?
So while this guide can really be useful for what it's meant for (mostly C++ with MFC), I say, just take a look at C# and.NET and I can guarantee you will not want to go back to those "good old days" where you needed to hand code unicode conversions !
I bought them one week ago and I still have 3 weeks to decide if I return them to the shop or not. Anyone can tell me how they compare to Logitech Z560 , Yamaha TSS-1 5.1 or another set ?
2.4-2.8 GHz Intel Pentium® 4 Processor 533MHz System Bus Speed Four USB 2.0 Ports 15" (1400 x 1050) SXGA+ TFT Active Matrix Display 64MB DDR ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Video 20.0 - 60.0GB Ultra DMA Harddrive Upgrade to ATA/100 5400rpm harddrive available 256MB - 1,024MB PC2100 (266MHz) DDR Memory 24X CD-ROM, optional 8xDVD/16x10x24xCDRW Modular drive for 2nd ROM or 2nd battery 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive Built-in 56k V.92 Data/Fax Modem Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet w/RJ-45 Jack Built-in IEEE 1394 Smart Li-ion Battery AC Adapter & Deluxe Carrying Case 1-Year Parts and Labor Warranty (Optional 3 or 4 Years) Lifetime Phone Technical Support
If you are doing geographical stuff, maybe ArcIMS (GIS software in Java), ArcPad (for handheld PC) and all that is related to GI Networks would save you a LOT of work...
Esri new product line is very young (ArcGIS 8.0, ArcIMS 4.0, etc.), has still many bugs and sometimes, the object model make you hit your head on the wall, but despite all this, I think it is the best and most complete GIS software suite available right now).
... why in the nine hells is so difficult to elaborate a STANDARD library (or whatever you want to call it) that will:
- define common packages and their functions/methods/properties - and then implements them according to platform/language specification ?
As a very stupid example, take sorting/filter functions : is it so difficult to sit down and make all those common and boring tasks a no-brainer by defining a common function header for them, whatever the language is ? I know that depending on language, the header declaration will change, but hell, if at least the same arguments are in the same order and have the same effects, that would be heaven on Earth !
When I design a new class/function, I always try to be as close as possible to standards I find in related works. My job would be SO much simplified if a standard function or even a data structure would be the same whatever we use as a development platform/language.
For this, I applaud Microsoft for the.NET initiative, even if Microsoft products ares as far as standard as one could imagine (MFC... sigh).
Well, just take a look into this book:Grevisse's "Le bon usage". No need to tell you this is the bible of french grammar, or maybe I should. Mind you, I did look into it before first replying. May I suggest you do the same ?
So no, you don't "fuckin' know your french grammar". And by the way, it's "dictées", not "dictees", speaking of accents.
Do you need a translation or you will be fine ? sigh.
Actually, you *need* to write Ç and not C, because the sign '' is NOT an accent, just like the spanish 'ñ'.
ç is always prononced as 's', but c is prononced as 's' in front of e,i,y and 'k' in front of a,o,u.
And beside, writing capital letters with an accent in French is not a mistake and depends more on your habbit than anything else.
Your post is very arrogant, yet you should review your French grammar (I recommend Grevisse...).
English is fine as an international/business language, but it's not the only one worth writing in, non merci ! Call french people ethnocentric after that !!
And if you use half of your brain, you would realise that occident languages use a common set of keys that might be optimised. You can then specialize the keyboard with the remaining keys. This is what is happening with the QWERTY design and it is quite a good solution IMHO.
I never said that the software will be bug free right on the first writing. What I said is that it is not that hard to write software without defects when you keep attention at each and every aspects of its developpement. From my experience, we rarely encounter bugs after we are done with the developpement phase. Why ? Simply because we test each and every addition to the code right after they have been made. So, we are doing the testing phase along the developpement. And as for documentation, we do precise and clear comments, both inline and global to the class. To be assured of that, at least one person outside the developpement team for that part of the program go and read them. If he/she doesn't understand them or if they can have multiple meanings, he/she just tell so to the programmer. And as for asserts and exception handling, we have done an in-house system which is quite complex but also complete. It took us quite a deal of efforts and consensus on what would be the best approach, but once done, it was once and for all. To date, each and every programs we make use this in-house asserting/exception handling system. And by the way, in answer to the other reply below yours, if you need to rushed out a product to get it on time, maybe you need to review your cycle of developpement or simply add more programmer/analyst/designer. It may cost more, but you do get a finished product which is also on-time. You may think that all that I said is just theorical and a dream from someone who don't know what he is talking about, but trust me on this, I'm NOT dreaming. We are doing this everyday here and it works just fine. When you take the time to make things right and complete, it always pays off.
Why almost all products have a kind liability and softwares do not ? If there is a defect in a car, the company will be held responsible if that defect causes death or injuries or even damage to another vehicle. Sane thing for a building. Imagine if the architect make a mistake and people inside get killed... the list of examples just go on and on.
So, why would it be different for software ??? It's all that difficult to write code without bugs. Does it cost more to write good and reliable software that we can garranty ? Not really. Think about it for a second :
When you rushed a product out, you lose money because you then have to support customers and make patches (aka service packs). If you dont do that, you "just" lose your reputation.
If you start right from the beginning to keep attention to how the code is written, e.g. clear, simple (means divide to reign), structured, documented and tested at each and every change, then you get good code. Your program can be dumb, but it will be dumb correctly:).
One way or another, the cost is at least the same and in fact, the later option is cheaper almost all of the time if not all.
Don't you agree with me on that ? If each and everyone of us would keep attention on his/her work and not be lazy or "artistic" as some people put it, that would make a BIG difference. If M$ would start windows from scratch and write it good once and for all, what a good day world it be !
I would like to hear from you on that. Am I dreaming here ?
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This game earned one of the lowest PC Gamer score ever. I think it was 6 % but I'm not sure. Reading the review was quite entertaining :)
You should magnetize screwdrivers if they aren't already. It is not dangerous and it saves the day when you drop that damn little screw into the case, especially if it's a laptop :)
More like :
:)
Hé Pierre, envoie-moi par courriel les derniers résultats des ventes !
But I don't mind some laughs at the babelfish/systran translation
PLZ MOD PARENT DOWN !
....
Your comment is so oversimplistic and full of nonsense that it's a sign that you're either completely ignorant of Canada and Quebec's politics or are a fanatic with a hatred for French Canadians.
Let me get this straight : what you are saying is *not true*. And the part about universities is just ridiculous !! How about they receive "juicy" funding from Canada ? And they do receive funding from Quebec too !
Nothing is ever black or white, especially in politics ! There was and there still is abuse on both sides. But you clearly don't have any clue about what's going on over here
I hope your comment gets modded down like it should have been in the first place.
Is there any SlimMP3 kind of unit BUT with wireless access ? The product offered by slimp3 looks awesome, but if I could get away with the wiring, that would be even better !
A couple of facts you seem to ignore ...
In some countries, mailing shouldn't be considered an option (Nepal, India, Africa, rural China, etc.)
It is NEVER a good idea to mail something by regular post when you really care about it, unless you are 100 % sure it won't be lost somewhere and be kept in good condition (in other words, if you trust in miracle).
Mail is scanned many times by all sort of rays, most notably X-Rays which can really screw you film if they are too powerful. You can wrap your films in aluminium paper, but then they might open the package or simply send it back (it happened to me once).
Films degrade over time. So after one year or more, I guess his oldest films won't be as good as they were. You can refrigerate them to slow the process.
Actually developping films is quite costly, especially if you want to get better prints for a number of particularly good photos. If he is serious about photography, I guess he won't go to local drugstore for that job !
From the site :
:)
1- South Korea : 57.4 %
2- Canada : 49.9 %
3- Japon : 25.6 %
4- USA : 22.8 %
Canada ratio is double than that of USA !
I guess that kind of make the argument "The U.S. is a lot more spread out than Korea" a bit overdue at the very least
I tried the code of the article and various piece of code given in comments and nothing can make Opera crashes or even make it behave funny.
Yet another reason to use it !
That is what I would like to have !
Daitch-Mokotoff is able to handle many languages compared to the almost English exclusive Soundex, so I would rather use this algorithm.
And I don't think it would hinder performance that much since you can cache results just as you can with normal queries.
Have you thought of sending them to your local public library ?
:)
And you can also take a peek there while you're at it, I'm sure you will find something new
I live in Québec and we don't have that problem. At one of the biggest shop (Archambault), we've got music from about 100 countries. While for some countries, the selection is mainly "best of" or otherwise limited, in general, it's quite good and affordable (20-25 CAD).
:
Example of CDs you can find
Petru Guelfucci, Corsica (Corse)
Khevrisa (Hungary)
Chava Alberstein (Israel)
Vicente Pradal, La noche oscura (Spain)
Paul Kunigis, Jeszcze Raz (Poland/Québec)
Bïa, Carmin (Brasil)
Putumayo collection
etc., etc., etc.
And if I remember correctly, this holds true for Vancouver too, in British Columbia. As for Toronto, I don't know, but I would think it's the same there too.
I mean, that's the whole point of .NET !
... well, welcome to hell :)
...), but do you really want to spend at least 50 % of programming time digging for some informations about an obscure function call or simply reinventing the wheel all over again ?
.NET and I can guarantee you will not want to go back to those "good old days" where you needed to hand code unicode conversions !
MFC is a f*cking mess : no respect of standard, need to discover "hidden" interfaces, break of OO concepts, overuse of macros, bloated, etc. etc. etc. And if you add COM/ATL to that
And don't even get me started on Win32 API ! That might be fine for some cases where optimization is a top priority (and even then
So while this guide can really be useful for what it's meant for (mostly C++ with MFC), I say, just take a look at C# and
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Something VB6 has done for years is that you can modify, add or remove code at will while executing the apps.
This was really great to test code without restarting the whole thing. I have yet to see that in another debugger.
Sad thing is, VB.Net doesn't this feature anymore.
It's not GPL'd, but I can't think of a better and smaller program. It's well worth 40 $ IMHO.
It can capture video at any quality/codec and have many useful options.
It can also do simple screenshots of anything (entire screen, a region, a window, the active window, a button, etc. etc.)
I bought them one week ago and I still have 3 weeks to decide if I return them to the shop or not. Anyone can tell me how they compare to Logitech Z560 , Yamaha TSS-1 5.1 or another set ?
If you tell that from you own experience, might I suggest replacing your battery ?
I just listened to 2 full DVD while on the plane, with 2 batteries : the included one and another modular that fit in one the bay.
CPU : Pentium 4M 2.4 to 2.8 GHz
GPU : ATI Radeon 9000 mobility
Tell me which one of those is actually a desktop component ?
2.4-2.8 GHz Intel Pentium® 4 Processor
533MHz System Bus Speed
Four USB 2.0 Ports
15" (1400 x 1050) SXGA+ TFT Active Matrix Display
64MB DDR ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Video
20.0 - 60.0GB Ultra DMA Harddrive
Upgrade to ATA/100 5400rpm harddrive available
256MB - 1,024MB PC2100 (266MHz) DDR Memory
24X CD-ROM, optional 8xDVD/16x10x24xCDRW
Modular drive for 2nd ROM or 2nd battery
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Built-in 56k V.92 Data/Fax Modem
Built-in 10/100BaseT Ethernet w/RJ-45 Jack
Built-in IEEE 1394
Smart Li-ion Battery
AC Adapter & Deluxe Carrying Case
1-Year Parts and Labor Warranty (Optional 3 or 4 Years)
Lifetime Phone Technical Support
One word :
...
Prostar
If you can beat that with an iBook, show me how !
And you know what, this thing doesn't come with ANY software installed
If you are doing geographical stuff, maybe ArcIMS (GIS software in Java), ...
ArcPad (for handheld PC) and all that is related to GI Networks would save you a LOT of work
Esri new product line is very young (ArcGIS 8.0, ArcIMS 4.0, etc.), has still many bugs and sometimes, the object model make you hit your head on the wall, but despite all this, I think it is the best and most complete GIS software suite available right now).
ESRI
ArcGIS
ArcPad
ArcIMS
ArcObjects online
... why in the nine hells is so difficult to elaborate a STANDARD library (or whatever you want to call it) that will :
.NET initiative, even if Microsoft products ares as far as standard as one could imagine (MFC ... sigh).
- define common packages and their functions/methods/properties
- and then implements them according to platform/language specification ?
As a very stupid example, take sorting/filter functions : is it so difficult to sit down and make all those common and boring tasks a no-brainer by defining a common function header for them, whatever the language is ? I know that depending on language, the header declaration will change, but hell, if at least the same arguments are in the same order and have the same effects, that would be heaven on Earth !
When I design a new class/function, I always try to be as close as possible to standards I find in related works. My job would be SO much simplified if a standard function or even a data structure would be the same whatever we use as a development platform/language.
For this, I applaud Microsoft for the
Well, just take a look into this book :Grevisse's "Le bon usage". No need to tell you this is the bible of french grammar, or maybe I should. Mind you, I did look into it before first replying. May I suggest you do the same ?
So no, you don't "fuckin' know your french grammar". And by the way, it's "dictées", not "dictees", speaking of accents.
Do you need a translation or you will be fine ? sigh.
Actually, you *need* to write Ç and not C, because the sign '' is NOT an accent, just like the spanish 'ñ'.
...).
ç is always prononced as 's', but c is prononced as 's' in front of e,i,y and 'k' in front of a,o,u.
And beside, writing capital letters with an accent in French is not a mistake and depends more on your habbit than anything else.
Your post is very arrogant, yet you should review your French grammar (I recommend Grevisse
English is fine as an international/business language, but it's not the only one worth writing in, non merci ! Call french people ethnocentric after that !!
And if you use half of your brain, you would realise that occident languages use a common set of keys that might be optimised. You can then specialize the keyboard with the remaining keys. This is what is happening with the QWERTY design and it is quite a good solution IMHO.
I never said that the software will be bug free right on the first writing. What I said is that it is not that hard to write software without defects when you keep attention at each and every aspects of its developpement. From my experience, we rarely encounter bugs after we are done with the developpement phase. Why ? Simply because we test each and every addition to the code right after they have been made. So, we are doing the testing phase along the developpement. And as for documentation, we do precise and clear comments, both inline and global to the class. To be assured of that, at least one person outside the developpement team for that part of the program go and read them. If he/she doesn't understand them or if they can have multiple meanings, he/she just tell so to the programmer. And as for asserts and exception handling, we have done an in-house system which is quite complex but also complete. It took us quite a deal of efforts and consensus on what would be the best approach, but once done, it was once and for all. To date, each and every programs we make use this in-house asserting/exception handling system. And by the way, in answer to the other reply below yours, if you need to rushed out a product to get it on time, maybe you need to review your cycle of developpement or simply add more programmer/analyst/designer. It may cost more, but you do get a finished product which is also on-time. You may think that all that I said is just theorical and a dream from someone who don't know what he is talking about, but trust me on this, I'm NOT dreaming. We are doing this everyday here and it works just fine. When you take the time to make things right and complete, it always pays off.
Just a thought :
... the list of examples just go on and on.
:).
Why almost all products have a kind liability and softwares do not ? If there is a defect in a car, the company will be held responsible if that defect causes death or injuries or even damage to another vehicle. Sane thing for a building. Imagine if the architect make a mistake and people inside get killed
So, why would it be different for software ??? It's all that difficult to write code without bugs. Does it cost more to write good and reliable software that we can garranty ? Not really. Think about it for a second :
When you rushed a product out, you lose money because you then have to support customers and make patches (aka service packs). If you dont do that, you "just" lose your reputation.
If you start right from the beginning to keep attention to how the code is written, e.g. clear, simple (means divide to reign), structured, documented and tested at each and every change, then you get good code. Your program can be dumb, but it will be dumb correctly
One way or another, the cost is at least the same and in fact, the later option is cheaper almost all of the time if not all.
Don't you agree with me on that ? If each and everyone of us would keep attention on his/her work and not be lazy or "artistic" as some people put it, that would make a BIG difference. If M$ would start windows from scratch and write it good once and for all, what a good day world it be !
I would like to hear from you on that. Am I dreaming here ?