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Perl is Sweet Sixteen
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Actually I don't find the special cases very confusing at all. Perl has a specific paradigm... its hard to understand without working on it, but once it clicked for me, it became the easiest language I work with, beating out Visual Basic, QuickBasic, C++, COBOL... Those languages(except QuickBasic) still have their advantages, but once you learn Perl, its easy.
Its learning curve can be steep however, but once you get there, it pays off big.
I came to Perl from C++, COBOL, and VB... so I wasn't a straight up beginner.
Get "Programming Perl". Trust me. It is a solid reference, an absolute must-have if you are serious about Perl.
One of the best things about Perl is once you start understanding its paradigm, you don't need to know a whole lot of the specifics by memory. At least in my experience, it is a very friendly language for looking up the specifics as you need them, moreso than the other languages I've used.
Slide presentations are supposed to cover the key points and critical details, and to display diagrams that are difficult to explain. They *are not* meant to convey all of your information- that is what your notes are for and why you should have something to draw on that everyone can see.
Properly used, they can aid virtually any presentation of information. Used poorly however... they are worthless.
Pakistan was a total shithole with an incredibly corrupt and abusive regime in place before Musharaaf took over. Musharaaf is one of the best things to happen to Pakistan in quite some time.
when I applied for a Top Secret clearance for Marine Corps Intelligence(I've heard the jokes, don't bother)... they asked if I fucked chickens. In those words.
And the paperwork... fun fun fun. For a while I had the job of validating the forms, thankfully there is a computer program to do all that.
For that matter, wouldnt' it be possible for IBM and SCO to both win their suits? IBM is smacking down on GPL violations and patent issues that don't require them to be innocent of contract violations to still win. SCO might win against IBM, but get crushed when IBM blows them out of the water on GPL and patent violations.
Sadly, they still might have a contract case against IBM they can win. If by some miracle they win that and don't get the case dismissed due to their pretrial antics, that will be bad news for Linux. The public sees SCO in a copyright suit, if they win the suit, the public will think Linux has a copyright problem. That will take a huge effort to correct the mistaken view of millions.
Not panaceas. I remember in chemistry class back in 94-95... we had a bunch of Apple IIe's, simulating chemical reactions. We weren't learning computers to learn computers, we were using them to do experiments that we otherwise wouldn't get to do- it was an interactive program, not just a demo.
Properly harnessed, computers can massively enhance the learning experience. Used just so you can use them, they will at best be a waste of money, at worst interfere with learning.
Don't throw computers at teachers. Make sure there is a lesson plan where the computers actually let the teacher do more than he/she otherwise could. Don't give it an internet connection if it doesn't need one. Dont' put any software on it that does not support the educational mission of that specific computer.
And don't buy brand new computers- except for computer science students(and even they don't really need it) you don't need top of the line, or even mid-range, systems to run useful educational software. Those Apples in chem class, they had been marked for the trash heap when my teacher grabbed them... ten year old+ systems, yet he made use of them to do things safer, cheaper, and more effectively than he could have done so without those computers. Got more out of those things than the 486's the computer lab had.
As with anything else in education, creativity and discipline is the key to effective use of computers.
Clark didn't botch the case- it was LAPD planting evidence. Appointing a lead investigator who had made racist comments on record. LAPD botched it, not the prosecutor. If LAPD had done their job, she wouldn't have had her evidence blow up in her face.
Hmm... On the other hand, anyone can get the license direct from microsoft...
You can't sublicense... but someone else can go and get the license. Perhaps customizing some OSS license stating "To modify this code, go to microsofts site and accept the Office XML license"... Perhaps that would be a viable workaround?
Some fun string manipulation stuff... can't recall the problem I completed in the qualification round(I managed to declare a few varialbes on the second problem I had to do then my time ran out) but it was a lot of fun and definitely educational. I never used typedefs before then... use them all the time. never used stringstreams either. Now I do...
Placed something like 160 in my group... only the top 100 advanced:(
Actually, soldiers are soldiers. Its not as big a thing in the Army, but in the first Gulf War, the First Marine Division band was out in the desert with rifles providing security for Division headquarters. If the Iraqis got a few people behind the Marines lines to attack the HQ, they'd have been facing musicians in battle. And would have proceeded to get their asses kicked- "Every Marine is a rifleman".
But even in the Army everyone has to be able to function as a basic soldier, carrying a rifle and fighting the enemy. Shit happens, and "but I'm a musician!" won't matter to your commanders and especially not to the enemy.
Matrix within a matrix was way too fucking obvious. After Reloaded threw so much upside down, I can't believe so many people thought something so blatantly obvious would be what the Wachowski brothers had in mind.
Given that the One was something the Matrix was designed to produce and use, my suspicion is once the Architect realized which human was the current One, a transceiver of some sort was installed into Neo's body so that he'd have the ability to complete his mission.
Alcohol in many areas is actually harder for underage kids to get than illegal drugs. Not impossible, but the typical high schooler can get a heck of a lot more pot in a shorter time than alcohol. Regulation doesn't prevent anything, but it often restricts it much more effectively than prohibition.
What cost of three mile island? One reactor of three wrecked. Safety systems for the other two either undamaged or easily reparable. The other two reactors were both operating into this century, the last was taken offline only last year. No deaths or accident connected health problems. Negligible radiation released to the outside world. The emergency team at TMI was on the ball, and got it contained almost immediately.
Certainly was a huge inconvenience, but not the disaster it has been made out to be. The US is insane on nuclear safety. A minor weakness(not even a failure) in a minor part of a single instance of a multiply redundant system, that in all likelihood would not cause any problems if ignored, can and has gotten reactors shut down as quickly as the operators could safely do it. Then it is fixed, everything inspected(not just the broken part), procedures are reviewed, and then the reactor is brought back up. Millstone has had rectors down for a couple years because of such trivial problems.
Thats right. Not many people seem to realize that only one of three reactors at TMI was wrecked. After the initial investigation, the other two were restarted and the last only went offline last year. It was certainly a serious accident, but in the grand scheme of things ended up just being an inconvenience to a bunch of people.
Long term, we need research into things like solar and wind to take the bulk of our power generation needs. But that will take decades, at least, for those to make a significant dent on our fossil fuel consumption. With sufficient investment, nuclear could take over inside a decade- we already know how to make the things safely and effectively. Nuclear is the best option we have to lean on until renewable sources are ready to take the primary role.
All those certifications are a huge part of why we haven't had a Chernobyl scale accident in the USA. Sure, it may be overkill... but overkill in this can save lives, not just at the plants themselves.
Not a problem for me. And I've got AIM, Yahoo IM, a LJ client, mozilla browser and email, OE, Kazaa Lite, Mirc, Itunes, an explorer folder, GIMP, SmartFTP, and IE open.
Of course, my system is beefier... XP2200+ with a GB of ram...
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Actually I don't find the special cases very confusing at all. Perl has a specific paradigm... its hard to understand without working on it, but once it clicked for me, it became the easiest language I work with, beating out Visual Basic, QuickBasic, C++, COBOL... Those languages(except QuickBasic) still have their advantages, but once you learn Perl, its easy.
Its learning curve can be steep however, but once you get there, it pays off big.
I came to Perl from C++, COBOL, and VB... so I wasn't a straight up beginner.
Get "Programming Perl". Trust me. It is a solid reference, an absolute must-have if you are serious about Perl.
One of the best things about Perl is once you start understanding its paradigm, you don't need to know a whole lot of the specifics by memory. At least in my experience, it is a very friendly language for looking up the specifics as you need them, moreso than the other languages I've used.
Slide presentations are supposed to cover the key points and critical details, and to display diagrams that are difficult to explain. They *are not* meant to convey all of your information- that is what your notes are for and why you should have something to draw on that everyone can see.
Properly used, they can aid virtually any presentation of information. Used poorly however... they are worthless.
Pakistan was a total shithole with an incredibly corrupt and abusive regime in place before Musharaaf took over. Musharaaf is one of the best things to happen to Pakistan in quite some time.
when I applied for a Top Secret clearance for Marine Corps Intelligence(I've heard the jokes, don't bother)... they asked if I fucked chickens. In those words.
And the paperwork... fun fun fun. For a while I had the job of validating the forms, thankfully there is a computer program to do all that.
Good point.
For that matter, wouldnt' it be possible for IBM and SCO to both win their suits? IBM is smacking down on GPL violations and patent issues that don't require them to be innocent of contract violations to still win. SCO might win against IBM, but get crushed when IBM blows them out of the water on GPL and patent violations.
This requires popcorn.
Sadly, they still might have a contract case against IBM they can win. If by some miracle they win that and don't get the case dismissed due to their pretrial antics, that will be bad news for Linux. The public sees SCO in a copyright suit, if they win the suit, the public will think Linux has a copyright problem. That will take a huge effort to correct the mistaken view of millions.
Minor point, the Dodge line K car was the Aires, the Reliant was the Plymouth one.
Not panaceas. I remember in chemistry class back in 94-95... we had a bunch of Apple IIe's, simulating chemical reactions. We weren't learning computers to learn computers, we were using them to do experiments that we otherwise wouldn't get to do- it was an interactive program, not just a demo.
Properly harnessed, computers can massively enhance the learning experience. Used just so you can use them, they will at best be a waste of money, at worst interfere with learning.
Don't throw computers at teachers. Make sure there is a lesson plan where the computers actually let the teacher do more than he/she otherwise could. Don't give it an internet connection if it doesn't need one. Dont' put any software on it that does not support the educational mission of that specific computer.
And don't buy brand new computers- except for computer science students(and even they don't really need it) you don't need top of the line, or even mid-range, systems to run useful educational software. Those Apples in chem class, they had been marked for the trash heap when my teacher grabbed them... ten year old+ systems, yet he made use of them to do things safer, cheaper, and more effectively than he could have done so without those computers. Got more out of those things than the 486's the computer lab had.
As with anything else in education, creativity and discipline is the key to effective use of computers.
At present, you still need a human artist to create the art, just not a human artist to perform it.
Clark didn't botch the case- it was LAPD planting evidence. Appointing a lead investigator who had made racist comments on record. LAPD botched it, not the prosecutor. If LAPD had done their job, she wouldn't have had her evidence blow up in her face.
Hmm... On the other hand, anyone can get the license direct from microsoft...
You can't sublicense... but someone else can go and get the license. Perhaps customizing some OSS license stating "To modify this code, go to microsofts site and accept the Office XML license"... Perhaps that would be a viable workaround?
Some fun string manipulation stuff... can't recall the problem I completed in the qualification round(I managed to declare a few varialbes on the second problem I had to do then my time ran out) but it was a lot of fun and definitely educational. I never used typedefs before then... use them all the time. never used stringstreams either. Now I do...
Placed something like 160 in my group... only the top 100 advanced:(
Actually, soldiers are soldiers. Its not as big a thing in the Army, but in the first Gulf War, the First Marine Division band was out in the desert with rifles providing security for Division headquarters. If the Iraqis got a few people behind the Marines lines to attack the HQ, they'd have been facing musicians in battle. And would have proceeded to get their asses kicked- "Every Marine is a rifleman".
But even in the Army everyone has to be able to function as a basic soldier, carrying a rifle and fighting the enemy. Shit happens, and "but I'm a musician!" won't matter to your commanders and especially not to the enemy.
Spoiler:
The bad guys also won- Their world was preserved, was prevented from being destroyed.
Matrix within a matrix was way too fucking obvious. After Reloaded threw so much upside down, I can't believe so many people thought something so blatantly obvious would be what the Wachowski brothers had in mind.
Given that the One was something the Matrix was designed to produce and use, my suspicion is once the Architect realized which human was the current One, a transceiver of some sort was installed into Neo's body so that he'd have the ability to complete his mission.
Alcohol in many areas is actually harder for underage kids to get than illegal drugs. Not impossible, but the typical high schooler can get a heck of a lot more pot in a shorter time than alcohol. Regulation doesn't prevent anything, but it often restricts it much more effectively than prohibition.
There goes making a deal with the supply sergeant after losing some gear.
How else do we pay for black ops?
This not good.
What cost of three mile island? One reactor of three wrecked. Safety systems for the other two either undamaged or easily reparable. The other two reactors were both operating into this century, the last was taken offline only last year. No deaths or accident connected health problems. Negligible radiation released to the outside world. The emergency team at TMI was on the ball, and got it contained almost immediately.
Certainly was a huge inconvenience, but not the disaster it has been made out to be. The US is insane on nuclear safety. A minor weakness(not even a failure) in a minor part of a single instance of a multiply redundant system, that in all likelihood would not cause any problems if ignored, can and has gotten reactors shut down as quickly as the operators could safely do it. Then it is fixed, everything inspected(not just the broken part), procedures are reviewed, and then the reactor is brought back up. Millstone has had rectors down for a couple years because of such trivial problems.
Thats right. Not many people seem to realize that only one of three reactors at TMI was wrecked. After the initial investigation, the other two were restarted and the last only went offline last year. It was certainly a serious accident, but in the grand scheme of things ended up just being an inconvenience to a bunch of people.
Long term, we need research into things like solar and wind to take the bulk of our power generation needs. But that will take decades, at least, for those to make a significant dent on our fossil fuel consumption. With sufficient investment, nuclear could take over inside a decade- we already know how to make the things safely and effectively. Nuclear is the best option we have to lean on until renewable sources are ready to take the primary role.
That would also drop the price of oil.
All those certifications are a huge part of why we haven't had a Chernobyl scale accident in the USA. Sure, it may be overkill... but overkill in this can save lives, not just at the plants themselves.
Actually, you can burn directly to Mp3, you just can't convert it in place.
Not a problem for me. And I've got AIM, Yahoo IM, a LJ client, mozilla browser and email, OE, Kazaa Lite, Mirc, Itunes, an explorer folder, GIMP, SmartFTP, and IE open.
Of course, my system is beefier... XP2200+ with a GB of ram...