Can we start to adopt the word "microsoft" as an adjective meaning "something which is ostensibly correct but incompatible in some important way".
For example, if I have some 3/4 pipe fittings and a pipe that won't fit into them (it is 3/4 and a bit or had a burr or is slightly out of shape), we would say "Oh, that's the microsoft pipe, use the other one"
Or someone has a sweater that is nice and warm and soft but when they put it on, it brings them out in a rash, that's a microsoft sweater.
I know what you mean, I simply must have money to live. I don't think anyone realises how important it is. How can I buy food without it after all. Perhaps if I sit on my arse and whinge about it for long enough, some will fall into my lap. Perhaps if I go up to people in the street and tell them that they simply MUST give me money, they will.
Rich
Of course, context is everything...
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Apparently it got started
when author Eric Flint said that online piracy didn't matter to book sales.
He said as he was caught using Napster to download the latest Metallica single
OK, fair dos. But the point stands. Most people will not influence the success or failure of a program based on their viewing habits (although that may change in the future). I also suspect that any information Tivo gathers will not end up back in the hands of those responsible for purchasing programs (that's what they pay Nielsen for). Of course, that may be a market Tivo is looking to enter.
Operator overloading is a C++ feature, not an OO feature.
But it's not the global shift operator that's been overloaded, it's the shift operator associated with cout. Although it's not an oo feature as such, it is dependent on it. I.e. you're effectively doing cout.print("hello world").print(endl);
You could write an OO basic but you have to ask what the benefit would be since BASIC is supposed to be a gentle introduction to programming. OOP should be coming in around about the time you start looking at real languages anyway.
After all, Javascript is weakly OO and that's about as close to basic as you can get
Obviously, I have not made use of any object-oriented
facilities,
Not that I don't get your point but surely the fact that your << operator is not shifting bits left indicates that you've used *some* object orientated feature.
Now, if you want to stick printf in there, I'm with you all the way
I just mean if you were doing some App Server work
for a client and wanted to let them connect to your mobile development box to see the work, forget it. Consider
that even modem connections offer this. I've read other users' comments regarding replacing their proxy with
WinProxy, et al. But I've very reluctant to try this since it's her connection to the world and I don't want to be
responsible for foobaring it.
But on the other hand, you could keep a server elsewhere (colo, friend, etc) for clients to access or dial up when required. The only option I have at the moment is a somewhat flaky analogue line and let me tell you, I hunger for bandwidth. I've worked with high latency connections before (UK->US used to be terrible some days), even with telnet. The trick is to develop locally, deploy remotely. I would love DSL or cable but I wouldn't move to a city to get it. However, although my plans at the moment involve me living in the sticks, the maturation of my five year plan will see me trawling around the backwoods of TN trying to find somewhere that suits my lifestyle and has DSL/cable (though hopefully by then, it will be much more ubiquitous)
I'm thinking I may have to go for this service. I live out in the sticks and there is no DSL, Intermedia recently took the internet-capable equipment out from round here and swapped it with another county that had crap equipment, Bellsouth analogue craps out at 5:30pm every day for a couple of hours and trying to get ISDN installed, we've get told after buying all the equipment that areaplus (increased local dialling range) is not available for ISDN and my ISP is outside the local area. That and although flat rate ISDN is supposed to be avaialble in TN, they keep taking about milage bands.
Anyway, I basically need a good reliable internet connection, latency is not a big issue but transfer speeds are the faster the better. Do Starband have static IPs available or is it all dynamic?
I'd seen those artifacts on someone elses digital system and though "how yucky" but then they started appearing on my analogue system. Seems the original shows (or at least some of them) must be getting passed around in digital format at some point
My in-laws recently went for Dish network which is digital and the installer guy gave it all the chat about being superior picture quality to analogue but while it may be crisper and have better colours, digitisation artifacts are often quite clearly visible (usually a blockiness in large areas of slightly graded colour). Now I'm slightly short-sighted so I hate to think how noticable and onnoying it would be if I had perfect vision.
Is it neat to hear that Linux has made it into a visible role in the entertainment industry? Sure. Is it enough to
make me devote an hour of my time every week? Sorry -- I got over the "Whoa! They're using Linux." thrill
long ago.
Besides, unless you have one of those Nielsen boxes in your home, it's not like anyone knows or cares what you're watching anyway. you may as wewll sit in your bathroom repeating "use Linux" over and over.
Well, there was a film recently in which the bad guy was called "Will Stiles" who ran a large technology company. For those that don't know, a stile is a wooden structure at the edge of a field with built-in-steps to allow entry and exit to the field, serving essentially the same purpose as a "gate"
Historically speaking, governments rarely get less repressive over time
I don't buy it. If that's the case then how come in the past 4,000 years we haven't managed to devolve completely
into utter and complete tyranny and repression?
Know any governments that have lasted 4000 years? Why do you think revolutions happen?
True. I was just making the point that if you were looking for the original creator, then there's an obvious pointer to Clarke. If you're looking for someone to attrribue the film to, quite clearly it was a collaborative effort and not attributed to one specific person.
As a point of interest, there is a book worth reading called "The lost worlds of 2001" in which Clarke writes about the making of the film and the collaborative process involved and includes some alternative storylines which didn't make it into the final book/film. Most strikingly a couple of alternative endings which would have been considerably more interesting but harder to film.
Funnilly enough, as much as I enjoy reading Science Fiction, 2001 is one of those films that I've never seen all the way through at one time. I usually catch it somewhere halfway through or have to go out or something.
But the point the previous poster was making was wrong as you say. Those acts required some serious planning and intent. On the other hand, a gun is not necessary to perform this kind of thing. Just look at comparable incidents in UK: The guy who went mad in a church with a sword, the guy with the machete in the infant school. And even with guns under much heavier control, Michael Ryan in Hungerford (sorry, I don't recall the fatality figures).
But in the end anyway, gund were designed into the American political system. As part of the designed mecahnism, you can't just take them out without upsetting the whole thing. So the only reasonable way to get rid of guns would be to sump the whole constitution. And that would require revolution. And that would likely require... guns.
Well, he shot and killed seven people. There were no other injuries besides so that seems to imply a pretty good shot. Most likely he freaked out I guess (well, I admit that going around shooting your coworkers is not exactly stable but still). The fact that he didn't shoot himself would seem to support this. The other option is that he was overpowered. Rifles are crap at close range. A large guy jumping him from behind would likely be enough to end things. I'm sure we will hear more as time goes on anyway.
BTW, please try and get it right. It's edgewater thechnologies, not edge technologies. And their web site has been "slashdotted" since about 15 minutes after it hit the news.
I am a Brit as it happens. But I am living in the USA and entitled to have guns (need a ccw permit as appropriate). For what it's worth, I'm not anti-gun (Though i wouldn't want them legalised in the UK). Gun ownership is enshrined in the US constitution and as such, it would be wrong to try and outlaw them.
I am pro humor however and my previous post awas a joke.
Neve mind that. Has anyone got any good jokes yet? Shame the companyy couldn't have been called "NASN" or something (need another seven nerds" or something. Or if he'd have got another 2, we could have had a kill -9 joke.
I hear they used to be a recruitment firm. Obviously, personnel misunderstood when told they needed a headhunter.
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For example, if I have some 3/4 pipe fittings and a pipe that won't fit into them (it is 3/4 and a bit or had a burr or is slightly out of shape), we would say "Oh, that's the microsoft pipe, use the other one"
Or someone has a sweater that is nice and warm and soft but when they put it on, it brings them out in a rash, that's a microsoft sweater.
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Rich
He said as he was caught using Napster to download the latest Metallica single
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Rich
But it's not the global shift operator that's been overloaded, it's the shift operator associated with cout. Although it's not an oo feature as such, it is dependent on it. I.e. you're effectively doing cout.print("hello world").print(endl);
Rich
After all, Javascript is weakly OO and that's about as close to basic as you can get
Rich
Obviously, I have not made use of any object-oriented facilities,
Not that I don't get your point but surely the fact that your << operator is not shifting bits left indicates that you've used *some* object orientated feature.
Now, if you want to stick printf in there, I'm with you all the way
Rich
Not that I don't get your point but surely the fact that your Now, if you want to stick printf in there, I'm with you all the way
Rich
But on the other hand, you could keep a server elsewhere (colo, friend, etc) for clients to access or dial up when required. The only option I have at the moment is a somewhat flaky analogue line and let me tell you, I hunger for bandwidth. I've worked with high latency connections before (UK->US used to be terrible some days), even with telnet. The trick is to develop locally, deploy remotely. I would love DSL or cable but I wouldn't move to a city to get it. However, although my plans at the moment involve me living in the sticks, the maturation of my five year plan will see me trawling around the backwoods of TN trying to find somewhere that suits my lifestyle and has DSL/cable (though hopefully by then, it will be much more ubiquitous)
Rich
Anyway, I basically need a good reliable internet connection, latency is not a big issue but transfer speeds are the faster the better. Do Starband have static IPs available or is it all dynamic?
Rich
My in-laws recently went for Dish network which is digital and the installer guy gave it all the chat about being superior picture quality to analogue but while it may be crisper and have better colours, digitisation artifacts are often quite clearly visible (usually a blockiness in large areas of slightly graded colour). Now I'm slightly short-sighted so I hate to think how noticable and onnoying it would be if I had perfect vision.
Rich
Besides, unless you have one of those Nielsen boxes in your home, it's not like anyone knows or cares what you're watching anyway. you may as wewll sit in your bathroom repeating "use Linux" over and over.
Rich
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Well, it's not broadband but... http://www.cybiko.com/cyberxpo/
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I don't buy it. If that's the case then how come in the past 4,000 years we haven't managed to devolve completely into utter and complete tyranny and repression?
Know any governments that have lasted 4000 years? Why do you think revolutions happen?
Rich
As a point of interest, there is a book worth reading called "The lost worlds of 2001" in which Clarke writes about the making of the film and the collaborative process involved and includes some alternative storylines which didn't make it into the final book/film. Most strikingly a couple of alternative endings which would have been considerably more interesting but harder to film.
Funnilly enough, as much as I enjoy reading Science Fiction, 2001 is one of those films that I've never seen all the way through at one time. I usually catch it somewhere halfway through or have to go out or something.
Rich
Rich
Rich
I prefer mine with ketchup
But the point the previous poster was making was wrong as you say. Those acts required some serious planning and intent. On the other hand, a gun is not necessary to perform this kind of thing. Just look at comparable incidents in UK: The guy who went mad in a church with a sword, the guy with the machete in the infant school. And even with guns under much heavier control, Michael Ryan in Hungerford (sorry, I don't recall the fatality figures).
But in the end anyway, gund were designed into the American political system. As part of the designed mecahnism, you can't just take them out without upsetting the whole thing. So the only reasonable way to get rid of guns would be to sump the whole constitution. And that would require revolution. And that would likely require... guns.
Rich
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Rich
The right to bear arms is a cornerstone of the political foundation of the USA. He does not need an "excuse"
Rich
I am pro humor however and my previous post awas a joke.
Rich
I hear they used to be a recruitment firm. Obviously, personnel misunderstood when told they needed a headhunter.
Rich