I basically told them that Minitel was a great idea in the wrong hands and that they could do it right. They are actually trying to create their own internet and they beleive in it.
the whole http://blogs.apache.org/ domain seems to return this 502 error right now. Maintenance, other problem or just slashdotted even if it is an apache domain ?
They seem to be using "Apache/2.0.63 Server at blogs.apache.org Port 80" in reverse-proxy mode and my guess is the server behind it is down.
From your link: "It makes the function look complicated as it has multiple exit points (return statements)."
hmm... you mix up 2 things. It is more like you add complexity by introducing multiple exit points.
There is ways around it you know... Beginning your fucntion with a temporary variable set to NULL and returning that temporary variable in one exit point at the end of your function is one.
An uncaugh NullPointerException on a call to aString.length() in java would have the same effect and kill the running Thread, the program if it is the main Thread.
Around here, the FCC is my brother in law and the FBI is my nephew. I personaly invite you to our New Year's Eve party. You will see that we are all a big happy family !;-)
Oh, that's what my teckie deputy-sheriff was talking about when he said he was installing a jamming system in the county to prevent dash cam "streaming".
I think the county is safe and secure thanks to him.
Is this/.? Buying a house and downsizing? I assumed he lived in a smaller place right now than the house he is going to buy.
So time to start collecting and piling up old computer junk from relatives and friends for the big move and plan the lab he is going to build in his new house. I am sure he can fit some file storage in there...
Because it is a well known fact that forces recrut on/. to pilot drone. You can't change your mind after firing at something. Hence, it is part of the training.
Swapping to disk is good to clear up space for disk buffers/cache space. Especially when swapping out part of programs that leak memory-wise. I never understood the obsession some have about not swapping. Don't try to oversmart the kernel.
You have a point, it depends how often you boot I guess... I don't boot that often myself. I never minded about fast-booting that much myself especially with hibernate and sleep.
Hmm... you get better performance with a lot of RAM. Put at least 4GB or more in your laptop and the OS will cache hard drive content in RAM (buffers/cache) making things go a lot faster. RAM not used by programs will typically be used by the OS to cache hard drive or SSD data. RAM is much faster than SSD.
So, scaling down on memory is a bad idea, scaling down on CPU is acceptable. With a lot of RAM, you won't notice the SSD gains as much compared to an hard drive.
Then, I'll just install my own webmail interface that is going to run with, you guessed it, a self signed cert. For now, I just piggy back on Google, trading off privacy concerns for not having to maintain my own webmail interface.
Everything already goes through my mail server and nobody uses my gmail address.
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I did. They paid me big money for my services.
I basically told them that Minitel was a great idea in the wrong hands and that they could do it right. They are actually trying to create their own internet and they beleive in it.
-Dr. Clotaire Rapaille
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
the whole http://blogs.apache.org/ domain seems to return this 502 error right now. Maintenance, other problem or just slashdotted even if it is an apache domain ?
They seem to be using "Apache/2.0.63 Server at blogs.apache.org Port 80" in reverse-proxy mode and my guess is the server behind it is down.
2012 Set Record For Most Expensive Gas In the World
would have been more interesting since gas is still relatively cheap in the US.
Whilst driving his car and getting a bj.
Nope, you have to dump the article to a file, edit it, and re-insert it (update) into the database;
From your link:
"It makes the function look complicated as it has multiple exit points (return statements)."
hmm... you mix up 2 things. It is more like you add complexity by introducing multiple exit points.
There is ways around it you know... Beginning your fucntion with a temporary variable set to NULL and returning that temporary variable in one exit point at the end of your function is one.
Well, I still like the distributed design of it so keep it please. See picture here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat#Client_software
An uncaugh NullPointerException on a call to aString.length() in java would have the same effect and kill the running Thread, the program if it is the main Thread.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5796103/strlen-not-checking-for-null
I ain't got no nothing towars a "quest to optimize away redundancy in the english language" ;-)
I was merely pointing the fact that some words have more than one signification and that handful is one of them.
Around here, the FCC is my brother in law and the FBI is my nephew. I personaly invite you to our New Year's Eve party. You will see that we are all a big happy family ! ;-)
-Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.
handful
Noun
1. A quantity that fills the hand.
2. A small number or amount: "one of a handful of attorneys".
In the context of the phrase, small was implicit since it obviously didn't fit in the hand. I would simply have written "handful".
A "small handful of sugar" would work although...
Oh, that's what my teckie deputy-sheriff was talking about when he said he was installing a jamming system in the county to prevent dash cam "streaming".
I think the county is safe and secure thanks to him.
-Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.
"A small handful of doctors in China are..."
Is "small handful" common usage in English?
"streamed to the internet" what do you mean?
-Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.
You will see what I will do of your dash cam and your silly evidence next time I stop you AC.
Your friendly neighborhood sheriff.
Is this /.? Buying a house and downsizing? I assumed he lived in a smaller place right now than the house he is going to buy.
So time to start collecting and piling up old computer junk from relatives and friends for the big move and plan the lab he is going to build in his new house. I am sure he can fit some file storage in there...
Because it is a well known fact that forces recrut on /. to pilot drone. You can't change your mind after firing at something. Hence, it is part of the training.
Your rigth, they're speling misstakes allmost everry times, on everry articles. I volunter to give free lesons.
Swapping to disk is good to clear up space for disk buffers/cache space. Especially when swapping out part of programs that leak memory-wise. I never understood the obsession some have about not swapping. Don't try to oversmart the kernel.
You have a point, it depends how often you boot I guess... I don't boot that often myself. I never minded about fast-booting that much myself especially with hibernate and sleep.
Are you serious? You can't be, floppies stored more than that. Anyway, my first hard drive was 20MB and I am serious...
Simple, they pay you twice as much as you used to pay them and you get the goods on top of that !
Say you use to pay 100$ for something, now you get it for -200$, that's a 300% price drop.
It is already happening and has been for a long time. All modern OS use RAM buffers/cache. Put more RAM in your computer.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3324693&cid=42327113
Hmm... you get better performance with a lot of RAM. Put at least 4GB or more in your laptop and the OS will cache hard drive content in RAM (buffers/cache) making things go a lot faster. RAM not used by programs will typically be used by the OS to cache hard drive or SSD data. RAM is much faster than SSD.
So, scaling down on memory is a bad idea, scaling down on CPU is acceptable. With a lot of RAM, you won't notice the SSD gains as much compared to an hard drive.
Then, I'll just install my own webmail interface that is going to run with, you guessed it, a self signed cert. For now, I just piggy back on Google, trading off privacy concerns for not having to maintain my own webmail interface.
Everything already goes through my mail server and nobody uses my gmail address.