This is the kind of insightful comment that makes me come back to Slashdot every day. It's much like interacting with smart people during software development or the like -- even if you're smart, you might not think of a particular idea.
Oh yes, definitely. Nothing worse than having complex project and some guy who sits down and has the brilliant idea of rewriting the whole thing every so often.
Then again, really good code (even better if it's based on really good planning) tends to look good even after decades.
Also, I don't know if you ever go back and read what you wrote 6-7 years ago, but in my experience that's a great way to embarrass yourself â" I spent a lot of time rewriting old dialogue to be less embarrassing
This is very true for me. Whenever I come back to very old code, writings, forum/newsgroup posts, emails or the like, I always can't help but feel bad. Sometimes I'll happen upon a piece of code, think to myself 'what was this idiot thinking' and then discovering it's my own code:P
It's good I guess, means I'm changing over time (here's hoping it's change for the better).
Archival of animal tissue could be useful. As an example, a few years ago, some researchers have attempted to clone the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, but the attempt failed due to the DNA samples being too degraded. Had they been better stored, they wouldn't have degraded so much. The animals that we can see today might be extinct tomorrow, hence the importance of archival.
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Hundreds of orders magnitude higher? Are you sure you're not high?
V for Vendetta?
Good post. And I don't have any mod points (as to preemptively answer the 'this is what the mod system is for' cries)
This is the kind of insightful comment that makes me come back to Slashdot every day. It's much like interacting with smart people during software development or the like -- even if you're smart, you might not think of a particular idea.
*postscriptum
Your poststriptum is nicely put.
Eh? A post about Sarah Connor Chronicles without a mention of Summer Glau?
Yeah, haha. I chose my degree and path based on what would be more enjoyable for me. I tend to choose most activities this way, and I can't complain.
:D
Especially funny when you consider GP's sig and P's nick
Double post, much? Ah right, Big Business rage. Definitely warrants posting about it over and over again.
It's either :wq or :q!, definitely not :qw! :P
Oh yes, definitely. Nothing worse than having complex project and some guy who sits down and has the brilliant idea of rewriting the whole thing every so often.
Then again, really good code (even better if it's based on really good planning) tends to look good even after decades.
Also, I don't know if you ever go back and read what you wrote 6-7 years ago, but in my experience that's a great way to embarrass yourself â" I spent a lot of time rewriting old dialogue to be less embarrassing
:P
This is very true for me. Whenever I come back to very old code, writings, forum/newsgroup posts, emails or the like, I always can't help but feel bad. Sometimes I'll happen upon a piece of code, think to myself 'what was this idiot thinking' and then discovering it's my own code
It's good I guess, means I'm changing over time (here's hoping it's change for the better).
Teehee, one of the few benefits of knowing the Polish language -- being able to read the whole septology.
Archival of animal tissue could be useful. As an example, a few years ago, some researchers have attempted to clone the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, but the attempt failed due to the DNA samples being too degraded. Had they been better stored, they wouldn't have degraded so much. The animals that we can see today might be extinct tomorrow, hence the importance of archival.
"This makes Debian the first distribution, and probably the first large OS, to support two completely different kernels at the same time."
Two kernels? At the same time? I'll be in my bunk.
"0x2B | ~0x2B == -1" would be terser, and wouldn't need that 4n bitlength qualifier :P
Oh, and the GP is an anti-Gmail troll.
Nice fallacy you've got there.
To name a few, Firefly was killed, Star Wars almost didn't happen, etc. etc.
And this doesn't even count the countless edits, the censorship...
Reminds me of a zoophiliac joke (sorry :P): "Honey, I'll be in my lab."
Wait, there's a University for scripts?
How perverse!
get back to work, you lazy bum. a lazy bum with a .bo domain, but still a lazy bum.
I came in here to post that. Well, at least nobody is trying to assassinate the guy.
In Soviet Russia, God created humans.
I wish I had mod points right now, most mods are probably gonna miss this.
Fallalicious!