That is not the same as merely "present on the server", which is what you originally said.
And their methodology applies the same to all languages. If they are treating "PHP like a virus", then they treat all other languages the same too... you're acting like they're deliberately inflating stats just for PHP or something, which is ridiculous.
Look, I agree that "PHP powers 80% of the web" is an exaggeration here. However the stats do show that PHP, as a used technology, is indeed present in 80% of (the top 10,000) websites.
You are correct in pointing out this doesn't prove that PHP "powers" such websites. But "merely present on the server" is inaccurate too.
The system is broken, and effectively guarantees a two-party system. Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the popular vote in 92, which resulted in precisely zero representation in government. If 1 in 5 people voting for a 3rd party gains that party no traction, what hope is there?
And you suggest it's the "idiot voters" fault? The game is rigged.
Let's take Star Wars, today we relate more with the empire then with the rebels.
Um... what?? Star Wars is pretty plainly about good vs evil. The empire is evil. They blow up entire (peaceful!) planets to control the population through fear. That's not exactly a bunch of subtle shades of grey, is it? In fact it's the very definition of terrorism (an act of violence, against non-combatants, explicitly intended to create fear for political purposes).
I identify more with the fight against "the evil empire" now more than ever.
So please, speak for yourself, and not how everyone else "relates". If you relate more to a totalitarian dictatorship that murders billions of innocents, you have some serious fucking issues, and please don't speak for the rest of us.
I've been doing Drupal for years. After working with SilverStripe on my latest project, I... don't want to work with Drupal anymore.
SilverStripe is a real OOP/MVC framework, where your solution is defined in (easily deployable) code. And they make writing that code as easy as possible. The CMS layer is also completely separate (and optional) to the underlying framework layer.
Drupal is a frankenstein framework, with your solution defined in heavily abstracted database entities, which are a PITA to deploy. Features, Config Management (incl the D8 initiative), etc, I now view as giant workarounds to the real problem, which is: that stuff shouldn't live in the DB in the first place.
Drupal certainly has its pros... it's insanely flexible and modular, has proven scalability, 10s of thousands of free modules for anything you can think of, millions of sites out there (huge community, easy to find answers about anything). But dear god am I sick of wrestling with configuration GUIs and worrying about how to get the results of that up to production.
Yeah my Java days are long behind me now, but the Collections framework is a thing of beauty. It's one of the first things that always comes to mind when thinking of a really well designed API.
That's a bit like saying the climatic chase of The Road Warrior (with Max driving the big tanker) has no plot.
Of course it has plot. They're not just driving for no reason, there are stakes that you care about.
Fury Road is masterful visual storytelling at its finest, if you ask me. An opera of dust and chaos. "The reason movies were invented" as one reviewer put it, and I couldn't agree more.
That's some pretty outdated FUD. Solar is already competitive (WITHOUT subsidies) in many markets, and that will continue to grow. From an article on the same site:
In many U.S. states, the cost to purchase solar power is on par with traditionally generated power. Even before adding in government subsidies such as tax credits, solar is currently competitive in more than 14 U.S. states, Deutsche [Bank] stated.
By the end of next year, about 47 states (including Washington DC) will be at grid parity, Deutsche predicted.
Rubbish. Solar is already competitive (WITHOUT subsidies) in many markets, and that will only continue to grow. People who say otherwise have outdated information, or an agenda.
Check out this article, linked from the sidebar of the original article:
In many U.S. states, the cost to purchase solar power is on par with traditionally generated power. Even before adding in government subsidies such as tax credits, solar is currently competitive in more than 14 U.S. states, Deutsche [Bank] stated.
By the end of next year, about 47 states (including Washington DC) will be at grid parity, Deutsche predicted.
The dictionary link provides 7 definitions, only one of which talks about the surface of a liquid.
At least 3 of the other definitions could apply to a sub-surface wave. ("any surging or progressing movement", "a swell, surge, or rush", and "a mass movement")
The Vital Signs Set (Qualifying requires 3, Final Round requires all 5): 1. Blood pressure 2. Electrocardiography (heart rate/variability) 3. Body temperature 4. Respiratory rate 5. Oxygen Saturation
Anybody else enjoying the 100,000px wide horizontal scroll bar on Slashdot now?
Some genius put text-indent: 99999px on the Prefs link. Any junior developer that knows how to test their work (or use Google for that matter) knows you need to use a negative text-indent to avoid a scrollbar when hiding text like that.
Won't work. Zombies en masse fill in the moat which smothers the fire, leaving the remaining hordes free to walk across the slightly smouldering pit of burned zombies.
My thoughts exactly. More maintainable code IS higher quality code, in my opinion.
Making code run faster has a completely different name, it's called optimization (and is frequently the root of all evil). And it often involves the exact opposite of things you do when refactoring. Eg, unrolling a loop to make it run faster is pretty much the exact opposite of refactoring for maintenance & readability.
In the general sense, "Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame." (Wikipedia)
In other words, it doesn't have to involve ownership. The key phrase is simply "in the hope of future benefits".
1) Head to a large multi-story building (like a big school) 2) Destroy all staircases leading up from the ground level 3) Grow food on the roof, use rope ladders to send out raiding parties for other supplies as needed
Seriously, I am so sick of the protagonists in zombie movies & shows always hiding behind stuff that can simply be pushed over by a mindless horde (chain link fences, doors, etc). Gain some elevation that requires equipment to ascend. Or even use something like a simple commando-style rope bridge that requires intelligent motor co-ordination to traverse.
Humans are infinitely more mobile & dextrous than zombies (esp. with the use of tools), there's no reason they shouldn't be able to exploit that to create a haven which is completely inaccessible to zombies by its very nature.
Of course this presupposes the typical George Romero/28 Days Later/Walking Dead type of zombie, as opposed to the World War Z ones which conquer every obstacle with self-organizing meat mountains.
it is meant to demonstrate that even with an alternate future from the original movies [...] they couldn't escape their shared fate, or their shared destiny
You REALLY think these movies are interested in exploring pre-destination, determinism, destiny, fate, etc? (If you are interested in such topics, go watch Predestination, it's based on a Heinlein short and is great)
Bullshit. They rebooted it with a fairly conventional time-travel plot device, then brought Kahn back to sell tickets. That's it. No deeper meaning.
I mean, are you not aware of JJ Abrams previous projects? The illusion of deeper meaning is kind've his thing. (See: Lost)
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That is not the same as merely "present on the server", which is what you originally said.
And their methodology applies the same to all languages. If they are treating "PHP like a virus", then they treat all other languages the same too... you're acting like they're deliberately inflating stats just for PHP or something, which is ridiculous.
Look, I agree that "PHP powers 80% of the web" is an exaggeration here. However the stats do show that PHP, as a used technology, is indeed present in 80% of (the top 10,000) websites.
You are correct in pointing out this doesn't prove that PHP "powers" such websites. But "merely present on the server" is inaccurate too.
That is not what their methodology or FAQ describes at all.
They investigate actual web pages, not somehow identify unused modules sitting on the server, which seems to be what you're suggesting.
The system is broken, and effectively guarantees a two-party system. Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the popular vote in 92, which resulted in precisely zero representation in government. If 1 in 5 people voting for a 3rd party gains that party no traction, what hope is there?
And you suggest it's the "idiot voters" fault? The game is rigged.
Um... what?? Star Wars is pretty plainly about good vs evil. The empire is evil. They blow up entire (peaceful!) planets to control the population through fear. That's not exactly a bunch of subtle shades of grey, is it? In fact it's the very definition of terrorism (an act of violence, against non-combatants, explicitly intended to create fear for political purposes).
I identify more with the fight against "the evil empire" now more than ever.
So please, speak for yourself, and not how everyone else "relates". If you relate more to a totalitarian dictatorship that murders billions of innocents, you have some serious fucking issues, and please don't speak for the rest of us.
Newsflash: Nobody cares about your "rules".
Try discussing things like an adult.
Dismissing valid information over technicalities (that YOU have decided are meaningful) makes you look like a small minded child.
I've been doing Drupal for years. After working with SilverStripe on my latest project, I ... don't want to work with Drupal anymore.
SilverStripe is a real OOP/MVC framework, where your solution is defined in (easily deployable) code. And they make writing that code as easy as possible. The CMS layer is also completely separate (and optional) to the underlying framework layer.
Drupal is a frankenstein framework, with your solution defined in heavily abstracted database entities, which are a PITA to deploy. Features, Config Management (incl the D8 initiative), etc, I now view as giant workarounds to the real problem, which is: that stuff shouldn't live in the DB in the first place.
Drupal certainly has its pros... it's insanely flexible and modular, has proven scalability, 10s of thousands of free modules for anything you can think of, millions of sites out there (huge community, easy to find answers about anything). But dear god am I sick of wrestling with configuration GUIs and worrying about how to get the results of that up to production.
Yeah my Java days are long behind me now, but the Collections framework is a thing of beauty. It's one of the first things that always comes to mind when thinking of a really well designed API.
...which is uncommon
That's a bit like saying the climatic chase of The Road Warrior (with Max driving the big tanker) has no plot.
Of course it has plot. They're not just driving for no reason, there are stakes that you care about.
Fury Road is masterful visual storytelling at its finest, if you ask me. An opera of dust and chaos. "The reason movies were invented" as one reviewer put it, and I couldn't agree more.
That's some pretty outdated FUD. Solar is already competitive (WITHOUT subsidies) in many markets, and that will continue to grow. From an article on the same site:
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/a...
Rubbish. Solar is already competitive (WITHOUT subsidies) in many markets, and that will only continue to grow. People who say otherwise have outdated information, or an agenda.
Check out this article, linked from the sidebar of the original article:
The dictionary link provides 7 definitions, only one of which talks about the surface of a liquid.
At least 3 of the other definitions could apply to a sub-surface wave. ("any surging or progressing movement", "a swell, surge, or rush", and "a mass movement")
> Windows (or DOS) versions back in the day were so buggy that they didn't notice the loop
That's your idea of "buggy"? Intentional sabotage causing issues?
That's rather like saying your car is buggy for not working when you disconnect the sparkplugs.
One of the definitions of "blast", is "to shoot".
Stop getting worked up over nothing.
That's why they used the words "WOULD HAVE BEEN".
No problem... you can just setup a wireless transmitter. Powered by other cameras of course.
The contest requirements are very specific on the device's testing capabilities, here they are:
The Core Set (Qualifying requires 5/13, Final Round requires all 13):
1. Anemia
2. Urinary tract infection, lower
3. Diabetes
4. Atrial fibrillation
5. Stroke
6. Sleep apnea, obstructive
7. Tuberculosis
8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
9. Pneumonia
10. Otitis ("ear infection")
11. Leukocytosis
12. Hepatitis A
13. Absence of Core Conditions
The Elective Set (Qualifying requires 1, Final Round requires 3):
1. Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
2. Hypertension
3. Mononucleosis
4. Allergens (airborne)
5. Hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism
6. Food-borne illness
7. Shingles
8. Melanoma
9. Strep throat
10. Cholesterol Screen
11. HIV Screen
12. Osteoporosis
The Vital Signs Set (Qualifying requires 3, Final Round requires all 5):
1. Blood pressure
2. Electrocardiography (heart rate/variability)
3. Body temperature
4. Respiratory rate
5. Oxygen Saturation
Anybody else enjoying the 100,000px wide horizontal scroll bar on Slashdot now?
Some genius put text-indent: 99999px on the Prefs link. Any junior developer that knows how to test their work (or use Google for that matter) knows you need to use a negative text-indent to avoid a scrollbar when hiding text like that.
Maybe they should hire some electrical engineers.
</rant>
Won't work. Zombies en masse fill in the moat which smothers the fire, leaving the remaining hordes free to walk across the slightly smouldering pit of burned zombies.
Probably because all of the automatic bill-verification stuff would fail if the design is completely different.
Coins don't have this issue because they can be recognized by size and weight.
My thoughts exactly. More maintainable code IS higher quality code, in my opinion.
Making code run faster has a completely different name, it's called optimization (and is frequently the root of all evil). And it often involves the exact opposite of things you do when refactoring. Eg, unrolling a loop to make it run faster is pretty much the exact opposite of refactoring for maintenance & readability.
Accidental plays don't render the statistics useless.
First, they are outliers.
Second, OTHER songs will ALSO get "boosted" from accidental plays.
Basically, anecdotes are not data.
In the general sense, "Investment is time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame." (Wikipedia)
In other words, it doesn't have to involve ownership. The key phrase is simply "in the hope of future benefits".
1) Head to a large multi-story building (like a big school)
2) Destroy all staircases leading up from the ground level
3) Grow food on the roof, use rope ladders to send out raiding parties for other supplies as needed
Seriously, I am so sick of the protagonists in zombie movies & shows always hiding behind stuff that can simply be pushed over by a mindless horde (chain link fences, doors, etc). Gain some elevation that requires equipment to ascend. Or even use something like a simple commando-style rope bridge that requires intelligent motor co-ordination to traverse.
Humans are infinitely more mobile & dextrous than zombies (esp. with the use of tools), there's no reason they shouldn't be able to exploit that to create a haven which is completely inaccessible to zombies by its very nature.
Of course this presupposes the typical George Romero/28 Days Later/Walking Dead type of zombie, as opposed to the World War Z ones which conquer every obstacle with self-organizing meat mountains.
You REALLY think these movies are interested in exploring pre-destination, determinism, destiny, fate, etc? (If you are interested in such topics, go watch Predestination, it's based on a Heinlein short and is great)
Bullshit. They rebooted it with a fairly conventional time-travel plot device, then brought Kahn back to sell tickets. That's it. No deeper meaning.
I mean, are you not aware of JJ Abrams previous projects? The illusion of deeper meaning is kind've his thing. (See: Lost)