Correct, on platforms where C is not available,then you are SOL - but then again, on those platforms, your language is almost always chosen for you anyway.
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That, and because of that, you can easily import a C library into any language without having to worry about compiler used, or bullshit like that.
I have a C library. I can dynamically import it into C, Python, Java or C# fairly easy, on any platform, I don't even have to compile the library or have the same compiler. Want to do that with any other language (including C++)? You are in for some pain and suffering.
I think the thing about the BBC is that while they are state "sponsored" (extorted?), due to clever maneuvering, they have more influence on their government, than vice-versa.
They'll just move to some other sugar loaded sweet. When was quitting soda, I had to fight increased urges for ice cream, really sugary fruit juice, various sugary snacks.
This law won't change anything with obesity, and it'll just annoy people. If he wanted to change something, he would make the sale of drinks and snacks that use high-fructose sugars illegal (these don't fill you up like the normal glucose-fructose mix, and therefore you want more)
Smarter? Probably, but this is a matter of being observant. Pick someone bored looking, towards the end of their shift, or go when lines are long. They won't care due to either boredom or stress. The smarter ones will be more vulnerable during the boredom times, the less smart will be more vulnerable during the packed times.
Not really high risk as you might thing, a lot of places like that pay rather low salary, and so their employees, and it's a rather boring job - those employees aren't going to have that much concern.
People autopilot a lot, especially when bored. And if you are *really* smart, you put the stickers on a few extras (make sure they don't have your prints), and then you can say you didn't do anything, or say 'all of them had stickers like this, I thought it was some new way of doing things'.
I use the magnifier (in certain situations), and then the standard font/color change tool. I prefer Windows XP over Vista/7 because you can make input elements separate from other things, whereas in Vista/7 many non-input-elements have the same color as input elements:-(
It didn't arise last time. What arose last time was companies offering unlimited internet, because it was one of the rare cases where there was a large block of consumers with a similar/unified desire, and it actually had a successful push.
If they try this route again, then some companies will find that they can get more customers and generally increase their profit, by getting rid of the competition, and offering unlimited plans. The companies with pay-by use will again migrate back to offering these plans as well. The prices will again drop through competition, and we'll be back to the mediocre state we are in now. Unfortunately, between now and then, it will probably suck a bit.
Normally, when it is a company vs. a group of individuals (consumers) the company wins because the variety in the individuals, and their inability to have a cohesive opinion and exert a reasonable market force to change, except in the most extreme cases. This situation has been shown in the past to be an exception to this pattern/trend.
I think the "problem" is for the investors, not the people who sold the stock, the original shareholders or the company itself.
Part of me sees this as the main facebook shareholders deciding it has plateaued, and trying make their profit and get out what they can, with an initial hyped-up IPO.
Odd, being highly visually impared, I've found Windows to be much easier to work with than a Mac. Mind you, I'm not completely blind, so I don't know about how well the screen reader software is (though, in my experience, it isn't so bad). Also, without doing anything special, I can use the keyboard for almost everything in Windows. The only Mac user I know, who uses the keyboard for everything, had to do quite a lot of tweaking to set it up.
number pads have been common on laptops as well. My last two Toshibas have had them, but you do need to have at least a 15" machine.
Which, I guess would be my answer to the question in TFS - Toshiba. Yes, it's plastic, but it seems to be rather sturdy plastic. Unless metal is an absolute must-have, I'd go with Toshiba.
So was I, and I'm an American. Also, how old are you?
Can you say everyone, or even the majority, of those in your country started programming at seven? What about in older age groups?... No? How stupid are people in your country?
If you don't need to, or aren't interested in it, not being able to program isn't a bad thing. There are reasons for the whole 'justice is blind [and ignorant]" in the US. In some cases, it certainly will bite us, but in others, it also helps because it prevents bias from preconceptions (which can be very wrong).
As far as you are concerned, and reality, not necessarily the same thing.
Are any of pylons and struts on the top floor of a skyscraper the same exact ones as on the bottom (not identical, same)? Does that make the bottom irellevant? If Apple hadn't gotten off the ground, it wouldn't be here today. Apple now is NOT next, but a combination of the old Apple, and NeXT, both are extremely important to what it is today.
I maintain that Apple very likely would not be what it is today, without Woz.
The chances of Jobs finding someone else of Woz's caliber, who would also put up with him, are probably not very good. Could he have found someone else to fill the roll of Woz? Definitely. I doubt the person would have been nearly as good.
How are they a nightmare to get working flawlessly under Linux? With KDE/XFCE/Gnome/WMaker, they seem to work just fine immediately.
Also, MS provides their own multi-desktop. You don't need to go to 3rd parties. It's not the greatest (imagine the *nix variants, but somewhat sucky), but it's free, and does the job... mostly.
Also, am I the only one who thinks the vast majority of these great new features have been on available in FreeBSD, Linux, and probably every other *NIX system out there for at least 10 years?
the ggp post you made, #3 is wrong - it wasn't subtle.
Also, Bing maps did appear to be faster than Google maps when I tested it just now, but then again, it's less popular, so it's probably getting hammered less. That being said, it was very confused by rather simple directions request. I'll happily take the 3x longer load time for google maps, since it can not only get me within the right zip code, but to the right place.
Note - this was a simple query - street number, name, and city. Google maps had no trouble, Bing Maps gave me four results, all in the wrong zip coes.
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Correct, on platforms where C is not available,then you are SOL - but then again, on those platforms, your language is almost always chosen for you anyway.
That, and because of that, you can easily import a C library into any language without having to worry about compiler used, or bullshit like that.
I have a C library. I can dynamically import it into C, Python, Java or C# fairly easy, on any platform, I don't even have to compile the library or have the same compiler. Want to do that with any other language (including C++)? You are in for some pain and suffering.
I think the thing about the BBC is that while they are state "sponsored" (extorted?), due to clever maneuvering, they have more influence on their government, than vice-versa.
Not sure if that makes things any better...
You can't say something works without testing it, you can only guess.
yes, now if that were the only unhealthy thing...
They'll just move to some other sugar loaded sweet. When was quitting soda, I had to fight increased urges for ice cream, really sugary fruit juice, various sugary snacks.
This law won't change anything with obesity, and it'll just annoy people. If he wanted to change something, he would make the sale of drinks and snacks that use high-fructose sugars illegal (these don't fill you up like the normal glucose-fructose mix, and therefore you want more)
I know it has yet to be tested, but it works.
Congradulations, you've won our dictionary definition word of the day!
Yes, it runs in the family.
That's nice to hear, about Win8
Smarter? Probably, but this is a matter of being observant. Pick someone bored looking, towards the end of their shift, or go when lines are long. They won't care due to either boredom or stress. The smarter ones will be more vulnerable during the boredom times, the less smart will be more vulnerable during the packed times.
Not really high risk as you might thing, a lot of places like that pay rather low salary, and so their employees, and it's a rather boring job - those employees aren't going to have that much concern.
People autopilot a lot, especially when bored. And if you are *really* smart, you put the stickers on a few extras (make sure they don't have your prints), and then you can say you didn't do anything, or say 'all of them had stickers like this, I thought it was some new way of doing things'.
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I use the magnifier (in certain situations), and then the standard font/color change tool. I prefer Windows XP over Vista/7 because you can make input elements separate from other things, whereas in Vista/7 many non-input-elements have the same color as input elements :-(
I doubt it.
It didn't arise last time. What arose last time was companies offering unlimited internet, because it was one of the rare cases where there was a large block of consumers with a similar/unified desire, and it actually had a successful push.
If they try this route again, then some companies will find that they can get more customers and generally increase their profit, by getting rid of the competition, and offering unlimited plans. The companies with pay-by use will again migrate back to offering these plans as well. The prices will again drop through competition, and we'll be back to the mediocre state we are in now. Unfortunately, between now and then, it will probably suck a bit.
Normally, when it is a company vs. a group of individuals (consumers) the company wins because the variety in the individuals, and their inability to have a cohesive opinion and exert a reasonable market force to change, except in the most extreme cases. This situation has been shown in the past to be an exception to this pattern/trend.
I think the "problem" is for the investors, not the people who sold the stock, the original shareholders or the company itself.
Part of me sees this as the main facebook shareholders deciding it has plateaued, and trying make their profit and get out what they can, with an initial hyped-up IPO.
Odd, being highly visually impared, I've found Windows to be much easier to work with than a Mac. Mind you, I'm not completely blind, so I don't know about how well the screen reader software is (though, in my experience, it isn't so bad). Also, without doing anything special, I can use the keyboard for almost everything in Windows. The only Mac user I know, who uses the keyboard for everything, had to do quite a lot of tweaking to set it up.
I'm curious to hear why. I have a 17" and it doesn't seem bad. My previous notebook was a 18" Satellite, also not a bad computer.
number pads have been common on laptops as well. My last two Toshibas have had them, but you do need to have at least a 15" machine.
Which, I guess would be my answer to the question in TFS - Toshiba. Yes, it's plastic, but it seems to be rather sturdy plastic. Unless metal is an absolute must-have, I'd go with Toshiba.
Pointy Hats Ascendant.
Basically, the Unseen University has moved into space.
(note, the ENTIRE university, not just one member, so no saying "it's already been done", and citing "The Last Hero")
Eh, the MyFilthyPC ads are funny, if nothing else, because they make fun of that obvious scam group.
Not familiar with GNAA, but I remember the others.
I TFS they meant that 8 million kilometers is an approximation for 5 million miles.
5 seconds? I'd say 5-10 minutes. Searching for that algorithm probably would take a lot longer than coding it...
So was I, and I'm an American. Also, how old are you?
Can you say everyone, or even the majority, of those in your country started programming at seven? What about in older age groups? ... No? How stupid are people in your country?
If you don't need to, or aren't interested in it, not being able to program isn't a bad thing. There are reasons for the whole 'justice is blind [and ignorant]" in the US. In some cases, it certainly will bite us, but in others, it also helps because it prevents bias from preconceptions (which can be very wrong).
As far as you are concerned, and reality, not necessarily the same thing.
Are any of pylons and struts on the top floor of a skyscraper the same exact ones as on the bottom (not identical, same)? Does that make the bottom irellevant? If Apple hadn't gotten off the ground, it wouldn't be here today. Apple now is NOT next, but a combination of the old Apple, and NeXT, both are extremely important to what it is today.
I maintain that Apple very likely would not be what it is today, without Woz.
Yes, but without Jobs, Woz's company may not have gotten the marketing and market share needed to progress.
The chances of Jobs finding someone else of Woz's caliber, who would also put up with him, are probably not very good. Could he have found someone else to fill the roll of Woz? Definitely. I doubt the person would have been nearly as good.
How are they a nightmare to get working flawlessly under Linux? With KDE/XFCE/Gnome/WMaker, they seem to work just fine immediately.
Also, MS provides their own multi-desktop. You don't need to go to 3rd parties. It's not the greatest (imagine the *nix variants, but somewhat sucky), but it's free, and does the job... mostly.
Also, am I the only one who thinks the vast majority of these great new features have been on available in FreeBSD, Linux, and probably every other *NIX system out there for at least 10 years?
Two points
the ggp post you made, #3 is wrong - it wasn't subtle.
Also, Bing maps did appear to be faster than Google maps when I tested it just now, but then again, it's less popular, so it's probably getting hammered less. That being said, it was very confused by rather simple directions request. I'll happily take the 3x longer load time for google maps, since it can not only get me within the right zip code, but to the right place.
Note - this was a simple query - street number, name, and city. Google maps had no trouble, Bing Maps gave me four results, all in the wrong zip coes.