Which is exactly why I haven't signed up, even for my small site. It would be ridiculuosly easy for Wazoo web to inflate my costs artificially. I don't necessarily have any reason to distrust them, save that I don't know them and they are out to make money. I should note, that I don't think they're doing anything different tha anywhere else, nor have I seen any accusations about their business practices. It's just my own paranoia about getting ripped off speaking.
No but what I do expect is to be able to set a turn off point for my site when bandwidth goes too high. Here's a for instance. I wasnted to put up a smallish site at WazooWeb (yes I actually clicked on a/. banner) for 6.95 a month it didn't seem like a bad deal, and 10GB of bandwidth seems more than enough. But what if I get/.'ed, or something equally remote happens that blows me over the limit. I want a way to say, once I'm at my limit shut me down for the month, unless I explicitly come in and say go ahead... I'll take the extra charges. It's not like I even want it on be default, I'm perfectly ok with setting the threshold myself.
Of course my small scale situation may not translate to a large business account.
Haven't you seen Office Space? Most security breaches are by a company's own employees... most money lost illegally is due to the company's own employees
Wow, and all this time I thought that Office Space was a parody of corporate life, a parody. Amazing that it turns out it was a documentary, not only that but a documentary that follows three employees at one company, and apparently has the strength to show that MOST security breaches and MOST money losses are internal. Someone outta call the Statistics textbook people, this just isn't supposed to happen.
That's all well and good, but only when stores don't throw a fit about coupon sharing, and deal sharing ect. As a capitalist consumer I have the right to (attempt to) get the lowest price offered on a product.
Hmm, I've been playing console games exclusively for a while, haven't been to the arcade in five years. Well, once actually, but only because my gf was getting her nails done in the mall. I was shocked to see the state of the local arcade: a Dance Dance Revolution machine, a Galaga/Mrs.PAcMan, and some stand up big scren type games. There was literally nothing there. I don't think people frequent arcades like they used to in the MK and StreetFighter days.
No doubt they spent more on that logo than most people earn while they are taking a shit at work
WTF? I would hope so. Considering if I only spend a minute or two taking a dump at work, I probably couldn't afford a Big Mac, much less an advertising budget. Are you sure that you said what you meant?
1991 to be specific, though not released till 1995. And to answer your implied question: Java DungeonMaster is a remake of the game released in 1987, so it is irrelavent when Java was created.
Ok if it's 50 million lines of code, then it won't be obsolete, it will still be in the product one or two generations later. If it's not 50 million lines it's digestible, and understandable.
That wrong being righted aside, the soure is certainly not useless, and it wouldn't take a huge amount of effort to de-obfuscate and domcument the code. A sourceforge project with a handful of bright peopel could do it relatively easily.
... until there is e-paper that is easy on the eyes with a reader that I can stretch out on the couch with, forget it. As a tool a work maybe. But I also prefer to own my books, rather than pay money over and over for them, in the long run, it does turn out cheaper to buy them.
I'd say add "Hush" (I think that was the name) to the list, I thought that was a well done episode. Though Buffy ended for me when it switched networks. I thought the last episode where Buffy sacrifices herself to stop Glory was a great ending to a tv show.
Ok number one, expounded... not the word you're looking for. Number two, Einstein was barely even marginally responsible for the development of the bomb. He just happened to be the one pesuaded to write the letter to Roosevelt.
And three, you are absolutely right, even if you communicated it badly;)
Then you won't be distributing Open Source software, and it won't be GPL. If that's acceptable to you, fine write your own license. I'm (mostly) against war, however, restricting the use of the code instantly invalidates it as Open Source.
Amen, and it shouldn't. You can't own an IDEA. If you think you've come up with something special (which isn't what the USPO patents the most of these days) keep it to yourself if you don't want anyone else to have it. If you think no one else will come up with the idea you're kidding yourself.
No one bought anything over the internet. E-commerce didn't quite exist
Wheew, didn't have to read any further. You're wrong from the get go. Things were bought and sold over the internet 8 or 9 years ago, and ten years ago, and likely more than 15 (though I can only speak for about 15 from experience).
Yes, very true! Take your try at any nontrivial perl-program. Rewrite it in C. Now, pick your alternative: maintainability, speed
Hmmm, the choice is rarely as simple as that. Perl is not inherently more maintainable than C. As far as picking a non-trivial program... project size is usually directly proportional to maintainability in Perl. Additionally, Perl encourages poor coding practices. Note that I'm not saying that Perl forces poor coding. It simply makes it easy for immature coders to be sloppy and lazy. I've seen countless newbies come and go who wrote some god awful code that wouldn't be possible in a more structured language. In a business environment, reliability is important, and the gains made when a project manager knows that a certain class of problems are eliminated by choosing a structured language (though C is not generally the best choice for this) is invaluable.
And I would reverse your statement about a poor programmer. A poor programmer is one that doesn't know to choose the right tool
That's hardly a reversal of what I said. We're talking about execution time and you implied that I said C was always the right tool. Untrue, and if you go back through my comment history, (if the last n comments happen to contain one) you'll find me saying the same thing... the right tool for the right job.
If you feel like spending months writing in C when I can spend a few hours on a Perl script and get the same result
... It's not hard for a below average programmer to write a Perl script in a day with a performance and reliability that would take weeks if not months to achieve if it was written by an above average programmer in C
That's bordering on FUD, and is most certainly hyperbole. Hours versus months, no way, weeks vs. a day, uh uh. A good coder who knows both languages can finish them in comparable time. I know from experience I can beat an average Perl programmer on the same task when writing the code in Scheme, C, or Java.
Perl is incredibly fast, and incredibly useful for a commonly occurring class of problems. Sometimes it's the right choice sometimes it isn't. It's a great language, and has replaced shell scripting for me personally. When I need to whip out a relatively small application I do it in Perl, for the main project it's generally C or Java.
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Hmmm, not that's it's even a word, but unindated sounds like the exact opposite of what you get at Amazon.
Which is exactly why I haven't signed up, even for my small site. It would be ridiculuosly easy for Wazoo web to inflate my costs artificially. I don't necessarily have any reason to distrust them, save that I don't know them and they are out to make money. I should note, that I don't think they're doing anything different tha anywhere else, nor have I seen any accusations about their business practices. It's just my own paranoia about getting ripped off speaking.
Of course my small scale situation may not translate to a large business account.
No it's extortion, which btw is not coercion either.
I believe your statement, it was more of the way you put it, as if the movie was evidence for your claim ;)
Haven't you seen Office Space? Most security breaches are by a company's own employees... most money lost illegally is due to the company's own employees
Wow, and all this time I thought that Office Space was a parody of corporate life, a parody. Amazing that it turns out it was a documentary, not only that but a documentary that follows three employees at one company, and apparently has the strength to show that MOST security breaches and MOST money losses are internal. Someone outta call the Statistics textbook people, this just isn't supposed to happen.
That's all well and good, but only when stores don't throw a fit about coupon sharing, and deal sharing ect. As a capitalist consumer I have the right to (attempt to) get the lowest price offered on a product.
Hmm, I've been playing console games exclusively for a while, haven't been to the arcade in five years. Well, once actually, but only because my gf was getting her nails done in the mall. I was shocked to see the state of the local arcade: a Dance Dance Revolution machine, a Galaga/Mrs.PAcMan, and some stand up big scren type games. There was literally nothing there. I don't think people frequent arcades like they used to in the MK and StreetFighter days.
Ok it's a cheap joke, and not nearly as good as: "Did you see her face?", "She has a face!?!?"
No doubt they spent more on that logo than most people earn while they are taking a shit at work
WTF? I would hope so. Considering if I only spend a minute or two taking a dump at work, I probably couldn't afford a Big Mac, much less an advertising budget. Are you sure that you said what you meant?
1991 to be specific, though not released till 1995. And to answer your implied question: Java DungeonMaster is a remake of the game released in 1987, so it is irrelavent when Java was created.
Please stop being racist yourself, your arguments cut both ways. You are no more right than the original poster.
That wrong being righted aside, the soure is certainly not useless, and it wouldn't take a huge amount of effort to de-obfuscate and domcument the code. A sourceforge project with a handful of bright peopel could do it relatively easily.
... until there is e-paper that is easy on the eyes with a reader that I can stretch out on the couch with, forget it. As a tool a work maybe. But I also prefer to own my books, rather than pay money over and over for them, in the long run, it does turn out cheaper to buy them.
I'd say add "Hush" (I think that was the name) to the list, I thought that was a well done episode. Though Buffy ended for me when it switched networks. I thought the last episode where Buffy sacrifices herself to stop Glory was a great ending to a tv show.
And three, you are absolutely right, even if you communicated it badly
Then you won't be distributing Open Source software, and it won't be GPL. If that's acceptable to you, fine write your own license. I'm (mostly) against war, however, restricting the use of the code instantly invalidates it as Open Source.
I certainly wouldn't be suprised if the wheels were being greased to make these ridiculous patents happen.
Amen, and it shouldn't. You can't own an IDEA. If you think you've come up with something special (which isn't what the USPO patents the most of these days) keep it to yourself if you don't want anyone else to have it. If you think no one else will come up with the idea you're kidding yourself.
No one bought anything over the internet. E-commerce didn't quite exist
Wheew, didn't have to read any further. You're wrong from the get go. Things were bought and sold over the internet 8 or 9 years ago, and ten years ago, and likely more than 15 (though I can only speak for about 15 from experience).
Err tripe? As in cow stomach? I guess it could work.
... I believe Uncle John McCarthy is the father of Artificial Intelligence. Though both men deserve the title.
Yes, very true! Take your try at any nontrivial perl-program. Rewrite it in C. Now, pick your alternative: maintainability, speed
Hmmm, the choice is rarely as simple as that. Perl is not inherently more maintainable than C. As far as picking a non-trivial program... project size is usually directly proportional to maintainability in Perl. Additionally, Perl encourages poor coding practices. Note that I'm not saying that Perl forces poor coding. It simply makes it easy for immature coders to be sloppy and lazy. I've seen countless newbies come and go who wrote some god awful code that wouldn't be possible in a more structured language. In a business environment, reliability is important, and the gains made when a project manager knows that a certain class of problems are eliminated by choosing a structured language (though C is not generally the best choice for this) is invaluable.
And I would reverse your statement about a poor programmer. A poor programmer is one that doesn't know to choose the right tool
That's hardly a reversal of what I said. We're talking about execution time and you implied that I said C was always the right tool. Untrue, and if you go back through my comment history, (if the last n comments happen to contain one) you'll find me saying the same thing... the right tool for the right job.
If you feel like spending months writing in C when I can spend a few hours on a Perl script and get the same result
It's not hard for a below average programmer to write a Perl script in a day with a performance and reliability that would take weeks if not months to achieve if it was written by an above average programmer in C
That's bordering on FUD, and is most certainly hyperbole. Hours versus months, no way, weeks vs. a day, uh uh. A good coder who knows both languages can finish them in comparable time. I know from experience I can beat an average Perl programmer on the same task when writing the code in Scheme, C, or Java.
Perl is incredibly fast, and incredibly useful for a commonly occurring class of problems. Sometimes it's the right choice sometimes it isn't. It's a great language, and has replaced shell scripting for me personally. When I need to whip out a relatively small application I do it in Perl, for the main project it's generally C or Java.
A lot of obvious common sense thing's are lost on the patent office. I wonder, what's required to be employed there?
In many cases, an obvious perl (or PHP I guess, although I have no experience with it) program can be faster than an obvious java (or C) program.
Not true. Not even remotely true. For a poor programmer that may be true. But Perl can ALWAYS be beaten by C.
Though I do agree with most of your other points, for the most part.