There is nothing wrong with Americans. I am American and my parents didn't place any absurd restrictions on me or my sister growing up.
Some parents do this - sure. And everywhere in the world some people do foolish things. Why do Europeans like to gereralize Americans so much - we're a pretty diverse bunch you know.
Please note: I am purposely being hypocritical here to prove a point.
The right way to do this is to keep the whole song, but at several random points add a highly annoying sound effect - this would keep people from being able to "check" the file easily. This is similar to the way that DJ's have been keeping radio songs annoying for years.
Men don't flock towards positions in elder care, nursing or child care yet I don't see articles bemoaning this.
Excellent observation; I wonder why that's the case. Probably because those types of work are looked down upon by the stereotypical reporter. It seems that there is always an "elite" class that feels bad for poor folks doing these types of lowly things. These lowly things usually form the backbone of society too, so it's especially ironic that they are looked down on by folks who are doing abstract and, more or less, useless stuff like computer programming.
Did you know that when they ignited the first atomic reaction, the scientists honestly did not know if the chain reaction would ignite the earth's atmosphere or not. They tried it anyway, and everything turned out fine. Yay.
This is roulette, not intelligence or adaptability.
That time they were lucky, this time they may be lucky too. However, at some point, without forethought, we will do something that cannot be undone. There are examples of this, especially when it comes to self-replicating creatures, i.e. the killer bee and gypsy moth. Ever read Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"?
Oh well. One can't do anything about it. I'll just sit back and let whoever's got the biggest balls screw things up first.
Well, if it was that simple it would be essentially useless - so why even add the 13 bytes? I'm not saying it's good or bad (who could tell yet?), but it's very likely that BEEP will be substantially heavier than HTTP. After all, it fits all the patterns for Second System Effect.
A few months ago when the first team anounced they had finished decoding the smallest of the DNA strands, I remember them saying that about 50% of the DNA was meaningless.
Um...
That's like claiming that we have finally decoded the "French" language, and that about 50% of it is gibberish.
I think this is an exciting project, and hope it continues, but I get the feeling that these scientists are jumping the gun by claiming they are complete.
The fundamental frequency is the lowest of them all, so low that you can't hear it and it's not what you percieve the over frequency as being.
Actually, that is not accurate. For the vast majority of notes, the "fundamental" is the _only_ thing you will noticably hear. The fundamental _is_ the note, and the overtones add the timbre.
Far from throwing out new ideas Limbo retains the strengths of C-like languages and introduces many new ideas.
I think you misunderstood - I was not saying that limbo was throwing out new ideas, but rather that limbo was a new idea that another slashdot poster was dismissing because (s)he didn't like the look of the "hello world" example.
I haven't programmed in limbo, but I would argue that you can't judge the merits of a language on it's "Hello World". Perhaps limbo scales extremely well to large projects. Throwing out new ideas with such little understanding is a great way to stand still.
Checking out the inferno VM link I saw their bit on hybrid garbage collection. What a cool idea!
I remember that one of the big problems in Java was this terribly slow mark & sweep that is done whenever the VM runs out of space, causing temporary lockups. And in Perl, any cyclical structures leak unless you manage them yourself - what a nightmare!
The idea in inferno is that everything is simply reference count based (super fast) until it notices a circular structure, and then it puts that into the "mark and sweep" bin. Too bad Java or Perl doesn't do this.
Why did Bungie sell out? Was Bungie in financial trouble? Did Microsoft make them "an offer they couldn't refuse"? Was the management of Bungie a bunch of money hungry losers?
I'm pretty bummed out by this. And I just don't get it.
It sounds to me like a lot of people here are upset with the fact that they can't enjoy a youthful film anymore.
Yes, Titan was "for kids". Even without taking that into account, the plot, characters, and effects were more substantial than nearly any scifi film of the past several years.
Maybe you liked it, maybe you didn't, but I sure hope films like this continue to get made.
The average filmgoer will probably be put off by some of the more obvious failures in this film, but anyone who knows anything about film production would have to agree that the Gaffer (person who tapes down wires on set) did a superb job, arguably the finest example of gaffing in motion picture history.
I checked out ajax.org and it sounded great, however I tried to contact them and got back mailer-daemons. Seems like something womeone could start again...
I guess I should have done more research before buying the domain name - but when you're doing something with friends in a strictly non-commercial matter, you don't think much about the corporate side of it. At least I don't.
If we fight, and if we win, I'll set up a page for your "barbies" clan if you like:)
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Some parents do this - sure. And everywhere in the world some people do foolish things. Why do Europeans like to gereralize Americans so much - we're a pretty diverse bunch you know.
Please note: I am purposely being hypocritical here to prove a point.
I may start doing this soon :)
You mean this hasn't already happened?
I had no idea that Sony or Columbia Pictures had these kind of connections...
Excellent observation; I wonder why that's the case. Probably because those types of work are looked down upon by the stereotypical reporter. It seems that there is always an "elite" class that feels bad for poor folks doing these types of lowly things. These lowly things usually form the backbone of society too, so it's especially ironic that they are looked down on by folks who are doing abstract and, more or less, useless stuff like computer programming.
Heh. Just kidding.
This is roulette, not intelligence or adaptability.
That time they were lucky, this time they may be lucky too. However, at some point, without forethought, we will do something that cannot be undone. There are examples of this, especially when it comes to self-replicating creatures, i.e. the killer bee and gypsy moth. Ever read Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"?
Oh well. One can't do anything about it. I'll just sit back and let whoever's got the biggest balls screw things up first.
The new Pentium 4 name builds upon one of the world's most recognized brands to convey the most powerful personal computing experience.
At least they are honest that it has nothing to do with performance and everything to do with perception.
Well, if it was that simple it would be essentially useless - so why even add the 13 bytes? I'm not saying it's good or bad (who could tell yet?), but it's very likely that BEEP will be substantially heavier than HTTP. After all, it fits all the patterns for Second System Effect.
Is it that hard to: tail -f error.log
Has anyone ever done any web development? Debugging CGI's in Perl is kiddie play.Um...
That's like claiming that we have finally decoded the "French" language, and that about 50% of it is gibberish.
I think this is an exciting project, and hope it continues, but I get the feeling that these scientists are jumping the gun by claiming they are complete.
Actually, that is not accurate. For the vast majority of notes, the "fundamental" is the _only_ thing you will noticably hear. The fundamental _is_ the note, and the overtones add the timbre.
Perhaps this report is just an attempt to bolster video sales?
I think you misunderstood - I was not saying that limbo was throwing out new ideas, but rather that limbo was a new idea that another slashdot poster was dismissing because (s)he didn't like the look of the "hello world" example.
I haven't programmed in limbo, but I would argue that you can't judge the merits of a language on it's "Hello World". Perhaps limbo scales extremely well to large projects. Throwing out new ideas with such little understanding is a great way to stand still.
I remember that one of the big problems in Java was this terribly slow mark & sweep that is done whenever the VM runs out of space, causing temporary lockups. And in Perl, any cyclical structures leak unless you manage them yourself - what a nightmare!
The idea in inferno is that everything is simply reference count based (super fast) until it notices a circular structure, and then it puts that into the "mark and sweep" bin. Too bad Java or Perl doesn't do this.
I hope that this idea doesn't get lost...
I'm pretty bummed out by this. And I just don't get it.
Yes, Titan was "for kids". Even without taking that into account, the plot, characters, and effects were more substantial than nearly any scifi film of the past several years.
Maybe you liked it, maybe you didn't, but I sure hope films like this continue to get made.
The average filmgoer will probably be put off by some of the more obvious failures in this film, but anyone who knows anything about film production would have to agree that the Gaffer (person who tapes down wires on set) did a superb job, arguably the finest example of gaffing in motion picture history.
$3000 is a fine sum of money for a project that would likely take less than a month. That's about what I take home, and I'm quite comfortable.
Then there's the fact that it's coming as a donation. I think this was quite a nice gesture.
Heh. You are so right. However, "lifelike rubber doll" are Mattel's words, not mine :)
Please note that the "joke" page was removed 3 months before we ever heard that we were in violation of anything.
A local women's softball team decides to call themselves "The Barbies". Who knows why. It's a local softball team. Is this illegal?
Now let's say the buy a domain name. Is this suddenly illegal?
I think Mattel is confusing the concepts of "visible" and "important".
I checked out ajax.org and it sounded great, however I tried to contact them and got back mailer-daemons. Seems like something womeone could start again...
If we fight, and if we win, I'll set up a page for your "barbies" clan if you like :)