It's easy to fall out of compliance... this should stop that.
What about the case when you purchase an Open License for say, 50 copies? From what I've heard (they did this with Office 2000 in Australia/NZ IIRC), one was supplied with a single license key that will install on any machine.
Presumably the same tact will apply for Whistler, no?
I agree with your Myths, but with clarification:
Myth: OOP always models the real world better
Myth: OOP always makes programming more visual
Myth: OOP always makes programming easier and faster
Myth: OOP always eliminates the complexity of "case" or "switch" statements
These would all be myths if they were supposed to be true in every case.
In the general case for/against OOP, I much prefer to use OOP when writing applications.
For a good idea of how OOP helps programmers, write an application for BeOS.
For a better idea of how non-OOP burdens programmers, try writing an application for Windows, without using any frameworks. Whenever you talk to the OS, you're always having to pass a handle as the first parameter! This just screams: this should be OOP.
Of course we all know OOP isn't for all programming tasks, but it definitely has its place.
I had one installed a little while ago. Actually it was so big it had to go underneath my house. It has been working well for a few years now - not too much to complain about, occasionally it does some crazy things, but I can't complain. I have to be careful not to turn it off or it will really throw the whole place into chaos.
The salesman tried to sell me an older previous (used) model called 'Deep Thought', but I wanted something that was more scalable, now that 2.4 is out...
And ultimately, this tiny point of mass exploded into a whole universe, and in this universe, the completely random interactions of basic particles formed more and more complex particles which somehow came to life and formed me and my computer, totally randomly (in seeming violation of the idea that the universe tends toward disorder, I might add).
I agree. How do scientists justify this with regards to the immutable(!) Laws of Thermodynamics?
The way I see it:
Throughout history, humans have always decreased the entropy of our world (for the most part), by arranging/building things. Wherever life is not, disorder ensues.
Do scientists believe that this universe is highly/slightly/_at all_ disordered? I don't think any do. Generally, their theories proclaim that over "billions of years" our universe has steadily decreased its entropy by forming atoms, molecules, stars, planets, solar systems, and galaxies.
Consider:
Sub atomic particles: In the first few sub-nanoseconds of the B.B., protons, electrons, neutrons, etc formed. Cool. The nature of light and all other particles/waves are determined now. Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Atoms: These sub-atomic particles perfectly symbiotically combine to form atoms that stay together perfectly for billions of years. Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Molecules: These atoms form perfectly nice relationships with other atoms that allows molecules to survive for billions of years.
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Stars: Everywhere across the entire universe, molecules magically (literally, we don't know why, right) attract each other and form stars that emit light. (The sub-atomic particles already know what light is about, right?)
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Planets: Other molecules attract each other to form big blobs of gas and dirt. These can remain stable for _many_ years.
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Solar Systems: Planets revolve around stars in a perfect orbit that last "billions of years"; usually not just ONE planet, but many.
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Galaxies: Many stars form together in astronomically large systems that look just wonderful. They also last 'forever'.
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
Life: Life evolves for no apparent reason than to decrease the entropy of the universe some more.
Entropy decreases. Order from chaos.
And it all happened because those sub-atomic particles/waves in the BB knew how a stable universe could be formed. It was inherent in their nature? Order out of a singularity -- I should patent that.
No, they aren't. My ~/.netscape/cookies file just has my userid in it. Check yours.
Yes they are.
The value of your cookie (last field) should be something like %2533%2532%2534%25[insert encoded password].
Unless you have some deal with slashdot to get a different type of cookie?
A bulletin earlier today contained unconfirmed reports of a small rebel chip manufacturer who has just finished shipping a product on time.
Industry analysts were stunned for several hours while the small manufacturer's share price rose sharply.
Details later revealed this company to be in the business of potato chip manufacture. They had just released their quick-double-dip-chip, widely accepted as the major driving force in the development of the cutting-edge rip-n-quick-n-dip-n-lick-n-chip technology.
Think about this - every ephemeral instant message transits Northern Virginia.
Actually, in the case of ICQ, only offline messages are sent via the server.
If a user is online, messages are sent directly peer-peer (assuming the client/clone supports it).
As well, there is a degree of encryption on the newer protocols, but of course this is pretty limited and already cracked.
Thanks for this stuff -- I'm new to this kind of thing, so it's nice to have an expert to help me out. However, when I tried this simple command out on my Ether-eal network, I had a few unexpected results...
DOS/Win3.1 box --- GPFd, dropped to DOS with "Fool not found, A)bort, R)etry, I)gnore"
Windoze 98 --- GSOR (Green screen of reincarnation.)
Win 2000 --- Active Directory rendered inoperable. (Oh wait, that happened yesterday.)
BeOS --- "This codec is not supported, do you want to check the website?"
Linux --- Brief message in/var/log/daemon about "demon message rejected"
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It's easy to fall out of compliance ... this should stop that.
What about the case when you purchase an Open License for say, 50 copies? From what I've heard (they did this with Office 2000 in Australia/NZ IIRC), one was supplied with a single license key that will install on any machine.
Presumably the same tact will apply for Whistler, no?
I agree with your Myths, but with clarification:
Myth: OOP always models the real world better
Myth: OOP always makes programming more visual
Myth: OOP always makes programming easier and faster
Myth: OOP always eliminates the complexity of "case" or "switch" statements
These would all be myths if they were supposed to be true in every case.
In the general case for/against OOP, I much prefer to use OOP when writing applications.
For a good idea of how OOP helps programmers, write an application for BeOS.
For a better idea of how non-OOP burdens programmers, try writing an application for Windows, without using any frameworks. Whenever you talk to the OS, you're always having to pass a handle as the first parameter! This just screams: this should be OOP.
Of course we all know OOP isn't for all programming tasks, but it definitely has its place.
Dang! So they're the ones that have been bleeding the C64 market ...
No wonder it's been so expensive to replace parts lately...
I had one installed a little while ago. Actually it was so big it had to go underneath my house. It has been working well for a few years now - not too much to complain about, occasionally it does some crazy things, but I can't complain. I have to be careful not to turn it off or it will really throw the whole place into chaos.
...
The salesman tried to sell me an older previous (used) model called 'Deep Thought', but I wanted something that was more scalable, now that 2.4 is out
I agree. How do scientists justify this with regards to the immutable(!) Laws of Thermodynamics?
The way I see it:
Throughout history, humans have always decreased the entropy of our world (for the most part), by arranging/building things. Wherever life is not, disorder ensues.
Do scientists believe that this universe is highly/slightly/_at all_ disordered? I don't think any do. Generally, their theories proclaim that over "billions of years" our universe has steadily decreased its entropy by forming atoms, molecules, stars, planets, solar systems, and galaxies.
And it all happened because those sub-atomic particles/waves in the BB knew how a stable universe could be formed. It was inherent in their nature? Order out of a singularity -- I should patent that.
Would somebody please tell us next time they crack slashdot, I'm sure there are people that would like to use an exploit to change their nicks
No, they aren't. My ~/.netscape/cookies file just has my userid in it. Check yours.
Yes they are.
The value of your cookie (last field) should be something like %2533%2532%2534%25[insert encoded password].
Unless you have some deal with slashdot to get a different type of cookie?
A bulletin earlier today contained unconfirmed reports of a small rebel chip manufacturer who has just finished shipping a product on time.
Industry analysts were stunned for several hours while the small manufacturer's share price rose sharply.
Details later revealed this company to be in the business of potato chip manufacture. They had just released their quick-double-dip-chip, widely accepted as the major driving force in the development of the cutting-edge rip-n-quick-n-dip-n-lick-n-chip technology.
#include <ui_dos.h>
#include <ui_win31.h>
#include <ui_win95_98.hxx>
#include <ui_2000.hxx>
/* #include <ui_bob.h> */
Revolutionary things always fail when they come to market too early
Think about this - every ephemeral instant message transits Northern Virginia.
Actually, in the case of ICQ, only offline messages are sent via the server.
If a user is online, messages are sent directly peer-peer (assuming the client/clone supports it).
As well, there is a degree of encryption on the newer protocols, but of course this is pretty limited and already cracked.
Thanks for this stuff -- I'm new to this kind of thing, so it's nice to have an expert to help me out. However, when I tried this simple command out on my Ether-eal network, I had a few unexpected results
Are you sure this one's out of alpha?
Funny that Slashdot's byline is:
NEWS for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Maybe today it should have been:
Nothing for nerds. Stuff that doesn't matter. (ie. CmdrTaco's opinion for many).
As Content -> Opinion, Quality -> 0.