Isn't that just a little bit american centric? Not everywhere in the world uses the same codes for "free phone" numbers. For example, in the UK we have 0800 and 0500, if I remember correctly. And thats just one example.
Visual Basic (VB Script) is often blamed for (some of) the security issues that Windows suffers from, especially with regards to viruses.
If Visual Python is addressing interlopibility (sic?) and a so called "scriptability issue" with X apps, what measures are beeing taken to ensure that VP does not expose *nix to some of the same problems that plauge Windows.
Of course, I understand that users "dont get root" but their home directories can be messed with, and if apps can be scripted then viri can be propergated.
I know this is slightly off-topic, but in a forum read by many inexperianced programmers (as well as experianced) it might be a good idea to point out that if ((x % 2) == 0) is a slow way of checking for an odd/even condition, as it does a multiply and checks the remainder. While there may be some obscure platform where the following doesn't work (could anyone name one?) if is much faster to use a binary AND, thus: if ((x&1) == 0) to check for an odd / even condition.
I really don't have time to download and listen to a dozen crappy remixes, a question to those that do - which ones don't suck? Bearing in mind I *do* think it would be very cool to have a decent dance tune based on an arcade classic. I like house / trance / techno.:)
I wonder if they are planning on making it weigh 40 - 50 lbs the way a traditional broadsword would, or plan on using the technology available to cut the weight down to 5-10lbs or even less. That would make one hell of a devestating hand to hand weapon...
Much of a broadswords power comes from its weight, with the strike being assited by gravity.
Although a lighter weapon would be easer to wield, it would require morestrength to strike with the same power as a heaver weapon.
The reason to get married is that if you have children, you don't get "stuck" with having to pay the expense alone. It's a way of putting the other person into a contractual situation where they'll have to be around.
When I have childeren, it will be my *honour* to support them. If the mother of my childeren wants to leave me she'd be free to, but she'd have to *fight* to get the kids.
People often portray marrage as an expression of love, it seems to me more like a fear of abandonment.
So what are we saying. Men only get married to get some snatch and women get married so that their chosen mate can't escape. Romance *is* dead.
Worse still, when you (ahem) accentally follow a link, not knowing its porn, and closing the window pops up more windows, and your like - godamn it no, I do not want anymore filth make it go away - thats what close means, it does not mean more gimmi more baby it means stop for the love of god stop...
How many programmers do you know that optimize large applications for code layout, data cache layout and the processor's pipeline structure and branch predictor? How many programmers are even able to do these things?
And how many compilers can do it?
In my experiance compilers arnt as good as people expect them to be.
The second of the two reviews is also a review of The C++ Training Guide by Steve Heller. There is also a review of both "Who's Afraid of More C++?" and "Who's Afraid of Java?" here.
Heller is a prolific author, but the ACCU only recomend his book on Motif.
Vapor or not, the cat is out the bag, and we have the oppertunity to stand up and say - yes, this is a good thing, we want this to happen!
I've been saying this, or something like it should happen in KDE and GNOME stories for ages, and very little comes of it, it brings a smile to my face that the idea, from me or not, is now getting prime time coverage.
But can it be set up to do it the "old" way? This is one of those interface questions that has no definitive answer. Some people will want it one way, some will want it the other. And some will go "where the hell has my app gone? I only switched desktops, and its task bar icon vanished!".
Here are, for those that are interested, my considered comments on some of the issues raised by the article.
While "QA Linux" may have gone about their constructive critisism in an a a more constructive fasion, rather than posting gobs of bug reports, it is tempting for the KDE team to then ignore them, this would be a missed opertunity to glean knowledge from a respected source.
Another thought I had was that while not all the suggestions are good for your average KDE user, it is probably worth considering how to make these ideas more feasable to implement as part of the packaging of KDE, that is, configurability.
In the article Dennis asked:
But what if, having reported these hundreds of "bugs," Corel's developers set about "fixing" them and closing the bug reports?
If a developer is "misbehaving" then they can have their CVS rights revoked, can't they? It is in Corel's best interests to do things the KDE way. The alternative is to branch, and I don't think that would help anyone.
To be honest, it sounds like a lot of a fuss about very little. At the end of the day, its open source, and if it goes in a direction that any given group doesn't like, they can split off, but its in everybodys interests to keep things amicable, so the chances are, they will.
Q. What is the Livid Group? A. It is a group of Linus developers who are in the process of -- I assume they arestill doing it, developing a DVD player for Linux.
As any good biologist will tell you, it is the cost of a sexual display that makes it attractive. What you say when you buy Nike, Gucci, Prada and the rest is "Look at me! I can afford expensive clothing! I have so much money I can throw it away!"
This is the same as the peacocks tail, and is the product of sexual selection. The thoery goes, a male with a big tail must be tougher than an apparently equal male with a smaller tail, because life is more difficalt if you have a large tail, therfore to have survived with this handicap you must be a healthy mate.
Now look around you. Do cheap brands make such a big deal of their logos? No. That because they don't carry the prestege of the expensive brands. The (sub conciose) thinking behing it is "Damnit, if I'm paying Prada prices, I want people to know it."
Ironicly the proliferation of a brand reduces its value. Campri Ski anyone? (Or was that a UK thing?)
But what about a physical postal service? If I where to stick a postcard in the (UK royal mail) post box addressed to someone (member of staff) on the island, would it get there?
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If Visual Python is addressing interlopibility (sic?) and a so called "scriptability issue" with X apps, what measures are beeing taken to ensure that VP does not expose *nix to some of the same problems that plauge Windows.
Of course, I understand that users "dont get root" but their home directories can be messed with, and if apps can be scripted then viri can be propergated.
Thad
PS - I agree with the post on typesafty. :)
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Although a lighter weapon would be easer to wield, it would require morestrength to strike with the same power as a heaver weapon.
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Information wants to be freeed. The cat is out of the baag now, you can't put the toothpaste baack in the tube.
giggle
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People often portray marrage as an expression of love, it seems to me more like a fear of abandonment.
So what are we saying. Men only get married to get some snatch and women get married so that their chosen mate can't escape. Romance *is* dead.
Tell me I'm wrong. :(
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Move along, nothing to see here ... yet.
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Why would anyone, ever get married?
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In my experiance compilers arnt as good as people expect them to be.
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If you want one reason, and one reason only, then templates should be it.
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- http://www.accu
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.org/cgi-bin/accu/rvout.cgi?from=0ti_w&file=w00136 5a
The second of the two reviews is also a review of The C++ Training Guide by Steve Heller. There is also a review of both "Who's Afraid of More C++?" and "Who's Afraid of Java?" here.Heller is a prolific author, but the ACCU only recomend his book on Motif.
Thad
Vapor or not, the cat is out the bag, and we have the oppertunity to stand up and say - yes, this is a good thing, we want this to happen!
I've been saying this, or something like it should happen in KDE and GNOME stories for ages, and very little comes of it, it brings a smile to my face that the idea, from me or not, is now getting prime time coverage.
Thad
Desktop inegration GOOD. Desktop dependance BAD. Me want solution.
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While "QA Linux" may have gone about their constructive critisism in an a a more constructive fasion, rather than posting gobs of bug reports, it is tempting for the KDE team to then ignore them, this would be a missed opertunity to glean knowledge from a respected source.
Another thought I had was that while not all the suggestions are good for your average KDE user, it is probably worth considering how to make these ideas more feasable to implement as part of the packaging of KDE, that is, configurability.
In the article Dennis asked:
If a developer is "misbehaving" then they can have their CVS rights revoked, can't they? It is in Corel's best interests to do things the KDE way. The alternative is to branch, and I don't think that would help anyone.To be honest, it sounds like a lot of a fuss about very little. At the end of the day, its open source, and if it goes in a direction that any given group doesn't like, they can split off, but its in everybodys interests to keep things amicable, so the chances are, they will.
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"I said that first!"
"You stole my idea!"
"Thats my word!"
"Waaa!"
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A. It is a group of Linus developers who are in the process of -- I assume they arestill doing it, developing a DVD player for Linux.
And I thought Linus was fully developed. :)
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This is the same as the peacocks tail, and is the product of sexual selection. The thoery goes, a male with a big tail must be tougher than an apparently equal male with a smaller tail, because life is more difficalt if you have a large tail, therfore to have survived with this handicap you must be a healthy mate.
Now look around you. Do cheap brands make such a big deal of their logos? No. That because they don't carry the prestege of the expensive brands. The (sub conciose) thinking behing it is "Damnit, if I'm paying Prada prices, I want people to know it."
Ironicly the proliferation of a brand reduces its value. Campri Ski anyone? (Or was that a UK thing?)
Thad
GPRS? No.
IrDA? No.
If you ready the artical and look at the pictures, you'll see that its connceted to the phone via a cable.
Just like in the old days. :)
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But what about a physical postal service? If I where to stick a postcard in the (UK royal mail) post box addressed to someone (member of staff) on the island, would it get there?
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