Frostwire ate itself at a recent version , 5.x branch, and is Torrent only now.
They probably did it so they wouldn't have to try and filter out all the child porn on the gnutella network. That crap was all over the network, ugh. Although they were doing a pretty good filtering job towards the end.
If you were on windows I'd recommend Soulseek for whatever you couldn't find a torrent of, but I'm not sure about linux.
Interesting post, a couple of minor thoughts though:
Pi and such aren't needed for the calculations of the universe, nor do you need infinite registers. Pi and other numbers that describe ratios and the like are products of the universe's calculations. We use those numbers because they are in fact useful to us and our understanding but they are merely part of the outcome and don't actually need to be in the method/function that's running. As for infinite registers, the universe itself is the computer: both processor and memory. The function runUniverse() only needs to run locally and let the efforts spread to the rest volumetrically like a sphere expanding at the speed of light through the dataset (or, space/matter). It doesn't require exterior storage.
Just my 2 cents
(cents, not the symbol since slashdot still can't even display extended ascii?)
A subjective judgement cannot be "right" or "wrong" pretty much by definition.
Which was the point of my response.
If GGP actually explained why he believes VS to be better than any other IDE, then his points - at least those that are factual and not strictly a matter of personal preference - could be judged on their merits.
But he didn't need to, because it was one of four examples in a sentence in a larger post about something totally different.
say that Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there.
Okay let's keep in mind that this is the original quote. "Kicks ass" is a simple stupid absolute. Some IDEs do some things better than others. The plugins I use in Eclipse are simply not available in Visual Studio. Are you now going to tell me that I should disregard this information and just always select Visual Studio?
How about this little scenario: my boss tells me that I am to be using headless virtual machines running Linux and Ruby to do my development since that's what we deploy on. Do you really think I'm going to try to use Visual Studio?
Of course not, you have to use the appropriate tool for the job. However, that does not mean that the "appropriate tool which is more useful for, and may be required to accomplish, the current task" necessarily "kicks" more "ass". Visual Studio, for me, is way more enjoyable to develop with and has a bunch of features that make development faster than other IDEs. Hence, it kicks other IDE's asses. (and yes, kicking ass is not the best metric)
It is wrong to say "Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there" unless you scope your needs! You clearly have limited development experience and do not realize that there are many tools for all jobs and some jobs require one tool over another!
You clearly don't know my development background, so stop taking a few sentences and assuming all kinds of crap. I use the right tool for the job, but that doesn't stop VS from being my preferred tool when it is appropriate. I prefer paint to wallpaper, but if I'm tasked to wallpaper a room I'm not going to use paint anyways; doesn't change the fact that I still think paint is way more awesome, and use paint when I am not required by the situation to use wallpaper.
I agree with some of your post, but seriously, don't drop your own opinion in the middle of a comment about how things get modded down because they are "wrong" not because they are "unpopular". It mostly just makes you look stupid and like a dick.
Hey thanks for calling me a "stupid dick" I love you too!
Yeah, sorry about that. I should have just said "The apparent contradiction undermines your point." as I was not meaning to call you a stupid dick, just observing my view of the tone of that particular point.
say that Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there.
As a developer, however, I must say that your Visual Studio statement is completely without merit and will always be modded down.
As a developer, however, I must say that is your opinion. For me, VS kicks every other IDE's ass. For you, it does not. So, he's not wrong, his statement is merely unpopular, which is what you were arguing against in the first place. I agree with some of your post, but seriously, don't drop your own opinion in the middle of a comment about how things get modded down because they are "wrong" not because they are "unpopular". It mostly just makes you look stupid and like a dick.
Productivity is just the inverse of the amount of time spent on slashdot, with additional points taken off for posting to slashdot and even more for submitting articles.
Wow, I love A Way with Words! It's always weird when you find out that someone you consider famous is also wasting their life doing similar things to you like slashdot. Keep up the fantastic job with your show, it's always fascinating.
( P.S. I, too, would be excited if TMBG ever talked about me:) )
Yeah, I'm really just going to watch an hour long video, think about it, and then comment in an insightful manner about the topic.:P
Please, this is slashdot, I'll just wait for someone else to tell me the good parts or at least ramble on about something good related to the topic who also didn't watch the video.
I instinctively use clicking on the mouse wheel on a link to open that link in a new tab. I do this because that's how it fucking works on every single browser!!!!!! Please stop using it to "show parent post, or whatever grandparent post isn't showing yet." This is annoying and I fucking hate it.
Unlike most other people here (according to the complaints I've seen) I don't have that big of a problem with the javascript heavy new-type comment system. I kind of actually like it, except for this one annoying-as-shit thing.
Also, Thanks for everything,/. is really much better than most places, despite what we complain about and all the damn apple-fanbois.
You CAN'T take your "functioning, blossoming eco-system" and share it with anyone that isn't running the same version of Windows as you. THAT is the loss.
I know, it sucks, I can only run.Net apps on any Windows system from the past 10 years! I can't run it on Windows 95, or Linux, or my iPhone. I'm also pissed off that I can't run this new iPhone app I got on my Commodore 64 or my blender! WTF? It should be able to run anywhere, just like those linux programs you wrote run everywhere.
(</sarcasm> if you're too dumb to get it, which I think you might be based on your post)
Don't wait, switch to cash. They won't be able to track you as easily (not that you probably matter or that they care) and also it'll mean you can't get into debt. Credit is the devil. Never had a credit card, never will. Can't afford it, don't buy it. It's worked great for me for years.
this robo-bird is pretty amazing. There have been a bunch of mini-drones that can be used to spy on an enemy, but they all *look* like drones. These would not raise an eyebrow...
OMG, the RC ornithopter my nephew got last Christmas made me so jealous and inspired. Things I thought were impossible (experts told me they were impractical and too difficult) seem to be happening. We don't have flying cars (that are affordable) but I'll take remote controlled birds and dragonflies as a decent substitute.
Like the ads with future Chinese people laughing about how the US screwed up with government spending and they own them now. It's all theater to influence your thinking. Monkey see, monkey think,
(Although it was a pretty decent 30 second sci-fi movie, considering what passes for sci-fi today)
Every slashdot article about a new linux release says it's way faster. If reality matched the posts, linux would be running faster than light and self-aware
Slashdot Mirror
Frostwire ate itself at a recent version , 5.x branch, and is Torrent only now.
They probably did it so they wouldn't have to try and filter out all the child porn on the gnutella network. That crap was all over the network, ugh. Although they were doing a pretty good filtering job towards the end.
If you were on windows I'd recommend Soulseek for whatever you couldn't find a torrent of, but I'm not sure about linux.
Interesting post, a couple of minor thoughts though:
Pi and such aren't needed for the calculations of the universe, nor do you need infinite registers. Pi and other numbers that describe ratios and the like are products of the universe's calculations. We use those numbers because they are in fact useful to us and our understanding but they are merely part of the outcome and don't actually need to be in the method/function that's running. As for infinite registers, the universe itself is the computer: both processor and memory. The function runUniverse() only needs to run locally and let the efforts spread to the rest volumetrically like a sphere expanding at the speed of light through the dataset (or, space/matter). It doesn't require exterior storage.
Just my 2 cents
(cents, not the symbol since slashdot still can't even display extended ascii?)
A subjective judgement cannot be "right" or "wrong" pretty much by definition.
Which was the point of my response.
If GGP actually explained why he believes VS to be better than any other IDE, then his points - at least those that are factual and not strictly a matter of personal preference - could be judged on their merits.
But he didn't need to, because it was one of four examples in a sentence in a larger post about something totally different.
say that Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there.
Okay let's keep in mind that this is the original quote. "Kicks ass" is a simple stupid absolute. Some IDEs do some things better than others. The plugins I use in Eclipse are simply not available in Visual Studio. Are you now going to tell me that I should disregard this information and just always select Visual Studio? How about this little scenario: my boss tells me that I am to be using headless virtual machines running Linux and Ruby to do my development since that's what we deploy on. Do you really think I'm going to try to use Visual Studio?
Of course not, you have to use the appropriate tool for the job. However, that does not mean that the "appropriate tool which is more useful for, and may be required to accomplish, the current task" necessarily "kicks" more "ass". Visual Studio, for me, is way more enjoyable to develop with and has a bunch of features that make development faster than other IDEs. Hence, it kicks other IDE's asses. (and yes, kicking ass is not the best metric)
It is wrong to say "Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there" unless you scope your needs! You clearly have limited development experience and do not realize that there are many tools for all jobs and some jobs require one tool over another!
You clearly don't know my development background, so stop taking a few sentences and assuming all kinds of crap. I use the right tool for the job, but that doesn't stop VS from being my preferred tool when it is appropriate. I prefer paint to wallpaper, but if I'm tasked to wallpaper a room I'm not going to use paint anyways; doesn't change the fact that I still think paint is way more awesome, and use paint when I am not required by the situation to use wallpaper.
I agree with some of your post, but seriously, don't drop your own opinion in the middle of a comment about how things get modded down because they are "wrong" not because they are "unpopular". It mostly just makes you look stupid and like a dick.
Hey thanks for calling me a "stupid dick" I love you too!
Yeah, sorry about that. I should have just said "The apparent contradiction undermines your point." as I was not meaning to call you a stupid dick, just observing my view of the tone of that particular point.
:)
And I love you too
say that Microsoft's Visual Studio still kicks ass any other IDE out there.
As a developer, however, I must say that your Visual Studio statement is completely without merit and will always be modded down.
As a developer, however, I must say that is your opinion. For me, VS kicks every other IDE's ass. For you, it does not. So, he's not wrong, his statement is merely unpopular, which is what you were arguing against in the first place. I agree with some of your post, but seriously, don't drop your own opinion in the middle of a comment about how things get modded down because they are "wrong" not because they are "unpopular". It mostly just makes you look stupid and like a dick.
It's not a goatse, I checked it. And yes, I held up my tie in front of my eyes just in case it was.
Productivity is just the inverse of the amount of time spent on slashdot, with additional points taken off for posting to slashdot and even more for submitting articles.
Voila! Productive!
Wow, I love A Way with Words! It's always weird when you find out that someone you consider famous is also wasting their life doing similar things to you like slashdot. Keep up the fantastic job with your show, it's always fascinating.
:) )
( P.S. I, too, would be excited if TMBG ever talked about me
Yeah, I'm really just going to watch an hour long video, think about it, and then comment in an insightful manner about the topic. :P
Please, this is slashdot, I'll just wait for someone else to tell me the good parts or at least ramble on about something good related to the topic who also didn't watch the video.
I instinctively use clicking on the mouse wheel on a link to open that link in a new tab. I do this because that's how it fucking works on every single browser!!!!!! Please stop using it to "show parent post, or whatever grandparent post isn't showing yet." This is annoying and I fucking hate it.
/. is really much better than most places, despite what we complain about and all the damn apple-fanbois.
Unlike most other people here (according to the complaints I've seen) I don't have that big of a problem with the javascript heavy new-type comment system. I kind of actually like it, except for this one annoying-as-shit thing.
Also, Thanks for everything,
You CAN'T take your "functioning, blossoming eco-system" and share it with anyone that isn't running the same version of Windows as you. THAT is the loss.
I know, it sucks, I can only run .Net apps on any Windows system from the past 10 years! I can't run it on Windows 95, or Linux, or my iPhone. I'm also pissed off that I can't run this new iPhone app I got on my Commodore 64 or my blender! WTF? It should be able to run anywhere, just like those linux programs you wrote run everywhere.
(</sarcasm> if you're too dumb to get it, which I think you might be based on your post)
Don't wait, switch to cash. They won't be able to track you as easily (not that you probably matter or that they care) and also it'll mean you can't get into debt. Credit is the devil. Never had a credit card, never will. Can't afford it, don't buy it. It's worked great for me for years.
who are the epitome of class and independent thinking
are you being sarcastic about left-wingers or Sarah Palin and her kids?
this robo-bird is pretty amazing. There have been a bunch of mini-drones that can be used to spy on an enemy, but they all *look* like drones. These would not raise an eyebrow...
OMG, the RC ornithopter my nephew got last Christmas made me so jealous and inspired. Things I thought were impossible (experts told me they were impractical and too difficult) seem to be happening. We don't have flying cars (that are affordable) but I'll take remote controlled birds and dragonflies as a decent substitute.
Like the ads with future Chinese people laughing about how the US screwed up with government spending and they own them now. It's all theater to influence your thinking. Monkey see, monkey think,
(Although it was a pretty decent 30 second sci-fi movie, considering what passes for sci-fi today)
And why pick on truckies (not a group, actually, I'd choose to pick on, but there you go)? Why not - well, anyone?
Because truckers are working while they're listening and they already have legal precedent for charging fees for workers listening to the radio.
Probably animated ( * )( * )'s and 8=====D's
- I'm 14 by the way.
You have a six digit uid, no way you're 14 ;)
oh, and 8=============D
Great, now you're leaving the 8-year-olds out in the cold. Who's supposed to chat them up?
I'm sure you can volunteer.
I always assume that someone who says they're 13 is either a cop or a fat guy in a basement. Real 13 year olds pretend they're older.
Every slashdot article about a new linux release says it's way faster. If reality matched the posts, linux would be running faster than light and self-aware
The HD Zune is a touch screen device. I love mine. (But then again Apple products frustrate me)
being streamed from Microsoft directly to my Zune!
it doesn't do that. I know, I've had both versions.
How would you like a rule that had a dealth penalty for posting dumb comments?
But that would lead to the end of the internet!
World of Warcraft?