Where I come from being a huge lard ass because you drive everywhere and never carry anything exposes you to far more ridicule than carrying a bag around does.
Machines like this work by building a support structure at the same time as building the part to support overhanging regions. The support structure needs to be cut away afterwards but is deliberately flimsy to make this easy.
Helped a lot for this kind of thing. The tool went downhill quite a long way but its still useful. Electric fence helps too. Then a lot of old fashioned software engineering.. use raw arrays as little as possible, add bounds checking to std::vector [] if you feel inclined, use gprof to identify any code not being excercised by your unit tests [you do have unit tests, right]. Lastly, actually read the darn code and make sure anytime you are using raw arrays you check the size.
That guy needed success so he could move into a good neighbourhood. It must have been confusing for him in a bad neighbourhood... random stranger: "Hey, momofuka" Ando: "how did you know my name"
You have a valid point, but its a question of whether advantages outweigh disadvantages. I strongly suspect that createive independent thinkers would be less likely to work for a place which employs random drug dealing whether they indulge or not.
> BitTorrent movie pirate being sent to jail. (Others have been jailed for related crimes.) After losing his appeal against a November 2005 conviction, Chan Nai-ming, a 38-year-old BitTorrent user known as 'Big Crook,' has begun serving a prison sentence for making the films 'Daredevil,' 'Miss Congeniality,' and 'Red Planet' available for download via BitTorrent
Damn, I didnt know bad taste was a jailable offence.
If it should never be null, you should be using a reference anyway. Decent C++ code is a lot less crusty than java [although the custiness of java decreased a lot when they introduced generics].
> If you are a simple automaton in your job, then *perhaps* you might be able to get away with something like modafinil for short periods of time, but if your job requires thought and the use of memory and higher cognitive function, then you are doing yourself a disservice by taking these drugs.
Although I'm sure you didnt really mean this, its a telling sentance. Even if your job doesnt require much higher cognitive function, in fact probably especially then, you would be better off with a capacity for higher cognitive function. A lot of people take their jobs far too seriously. I know people who only drink coffee during the week "otherwise it loses effectiveness". Ie, they spend their weekends semi-comatose in order to function better at their jobs. After thinking about this for about 30 seconds I decided to only drink coffee during the weekend [this was back when I worked for other people]. This new drug is almost certainly a more subtle variation on caffine.. ie something to help turn people into semi-brainless automata whose only purpose in life is to increase shareholder value. The difference here is it doesnt make them feel shitty, but like you I would bet big money that they are losing something somewhere.
That's simply people being moronic, although you do get legitimate use of the "is is" construct, Clinton's being the most famous "depends what your definition of is is."
OK, I read the press release, is there an actual report anywhere ?
Its full of lies, in fact it spends almost the entire time constructing and demolishing strawmen. Example: "Those who believe a peak is imminent tend to consider only proven remaining reserves of conventional oil, which they currently estimate at about 1.2 trillion barrels." This is completely untrue. The more serious peak oil proponents consider unconventional oil carefully and systematically while fully explaining all sources and assumptions. The problem is that for a huge amount of those reserves as energy cost of retrieval using current technology exceeds energy retrieved. The investment required to retrieve the oil effectively is massive, which vastly increases the cost.
It ignores inconvenient facts or arguments.
It spends a fair bit of space criticising Hubble pointing out that his estimated figure for peak production was 20% out. However, his predictions were far more accurate than that of his contemporaries who saw the production increasing as 1970s clime rates past 2000, ie the bulk of opinion at the time was wrong by 400% or so instead of 20%.
It does not describe where it gets its facts from, in fact it mentions itself as a source but does not describe how its figures were arrived at. It mentions some credible sources but does not describe what data comes from who so its figures are completely worthless.
Lastly, the credentials of the people behind the report does matter and so do their sources and motivation. Do they have any actual scientists on board ? They go on about their "Pulitzer prize winning chairman" There is no mention of geologists, ie there is nobody substantial ? What is the point of CERA ? Does it have any purpose or revenue other than to expound the ideas which its funders wish to disseminate ?
> Here in the UK, they've taken the angle that money put into the > pirate "industry" (usually DVDs, but I imagine they'll lump it all in together) > goes directly into organised crime and people > trafficking. OK, I can buy that argument,
Shit, if you'll buy that, I have a bridge you might be interested in...
Organised crime and people trafficking has to pay for itself you know. Is it really likely criminals use the profits from mild crimes to subsidise worse crimes ? If they're making a healthy profit with priated DVDs, why not carry on with that - it has a lighter prison sentance Profits from pirating DVDs are more likely to be used for the kind of random tat that everyone buys.
The name of the patent is irrelevent. Its the actual claims that matter. Just because its called something broad doesnt mean anything. So, "without reading the actual applications" you cannot sensibly comment.
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Where I come from being a huge lard ass because you
drive everywhere and never carry anything exposes you
to far more ridicule than carrying a bag around does.
Sure you do.. "three half-litres of beer please barman [smack]"
Ok, a few questions:
how big is your dick ?
how much beer do you need to get really drunk ?
what's the speed limit ?
All the really important stuff is in imperial.
Machines like this work by building a support structure
at the same time as building the part to support overhanging regions.
The support structure needs to be cut away afterwards but is
deliberately flimsy to make this easy.
Helped a lot for this kind of thing. The tool went downhill quite
a long way but its still useful. Electric fence helps too.
Then a lot of old fashioned software engineering.. use raw arrays
as little as possible, add bounds checking to std::vector [] if you
feel inclined, use gprof to identify any code not being excercised
by your unit tests [you do have unit tests, right]. Lastly, actually
read the darn code and make sure anytime you are using raw arrays
you check the size.
That guy needed success so he could move into a good neighbourhood.
It must have been confusing for him in a bad neighbourhood...
random stranger: "Hey, momofuka"
Ando: "how did you know my name"
You have a valid point, but its a question of whether advantages outweigh
disadvantages. I strongly suspect that createive independent thinkers would
be less likely to work for a place which employs random drug dealing whether
they indulge or not.
> BitTorrent movie pirate being sent to jail. (Others have been jailed for related crimes.) After losing his appeal against a November 2005 conviction, Chan Nai-ming, a 38-year-old BitTorrent user known as 'Big Crook,' has begun serving a prison sentence for making the films 'Daredevil,' 'Miss Congeniality,' and 'Red Planet' available for download via BitTorrent
Damn, I didnt know bad taste was a jailable offence.
Go to Japan
Got me curious, what is the specific product you are talking about ?
Hiring mediocre people backfires a lot sooner than hiring only really smart
people.
The kind of people who will form their own companies will do so irrespective of whether they work for google first.
If it should never be null, you should be using a reference anyway.
Decent C++ code is a lot less crusty than java [although the custiness
of java decreased a lot when they introduced generics].
> almost certainly a more subtle variation on caffine
To clarify: I didnt mean similar chemically or physiologically just similar sociallogically.
> If you are a simple automaton in your job, then *perhaps* you might be able to get away with something like modafinil for short periods of time, but if your job requires thought and the use of memory and higher cognitive function, then you are doing yourself a disservice by taking these drugs.
Although I'm sure you didnt really mean this, its a telling sentance. Even if your job doesnt require much higher cognitive function, in fact probably especially then, you would be better off with a capacity for higher cognitive function. A lot of people take their jobs far too seriously. I know people who only drink coffee during the week "otherwise it loses effectiveness". Ie, they spend their weekends semi-comatose in order to function better at their jobs. After thinking about this for about 30 seconds I decided to only drink coffee during the weekend [this was back when I worked for other people]. This new drug is almost certainly a more subtle variation on caffine.. ie something to help turn people into semi-brainless automata whose only purpose in life is to increase shareholder value. The difference here is it doesnt make them feel shitty, but like you I would bet big money that they are losing something somewhere.
Anonymous Coward never seemed so apt
That's simply people being moronic, although you do get legitimate use of the "is is" construct,
Clinton's being the most famous "depends what your definition of is is."
> Ever see a web app written in C++?
How about Google.
OK, I read the press release, is there an actual report anywhere ?
Its full of lies, in fact it spends almost the entire time constructing and demolishing strawmen.
Example: "Those who believe a peak is imminent tend to consider only proven remaining reserves of conventional oil, which they currently estimate at about 1.2 trillion barrels."
This is completely untrue. The more serious peak oil proponents consider unconventional oil carefully and systematically while fully explaining all sources and assumptions. The problem is that for a huge amount of those reserves as energy cost of retrieval using current technology exceeds energy retrieved. The investment required to retrieve the oil effectively is massive, which vastly increases the cost.
It ignores inconvenient facts or arguments.
It spends a fair bit of space criticising Hubble pointing out that his estimated figure for peak production was 20% out. However, his predictions were far more accurate than that of his contemporaries who saw the production increasing as 1970s clime rates past 2000, ie the bulk of opinion at the time was wrong by 400% or so instead of 20%.
It does not describe where it gets its facts from, in fact it mentions itself as a source but does not describe how its figures were arrived at. It mentions some credible sources but does not describe what data comes from who so its figures are completely worthless.
Lastly, the credentials of the people behind the report does matter and so do their sources and motivation. Do they have any actual scientists on board ? They go on about their "Pulitzer prize winning chairman" There is no mention of geologists, ie there is nobody substantial ? What is the point of CERA ? Does it have any purpose or revenue other than to expound the ideas which its funders wish to disseminate ?
I bet I'm not the only one here who has taken the piss out of someone for asking if they can get a wireless power supply for their laptop
> this will be the most disappointing Christmas ever for gadget-lovers
I think that's putting it a bit strong.
Most of the dark ages pretty much sucked
for gadget lovers [in Europe at least].
This site is bullshit. The data on it is made up and it cites invented references.
n atives.html
Discussion here:
http://www.energygrid.com/science/2005/07ap-alter
BS.. negotiations started in secret under Thatcher, then Major made major moves too
> Here in the UK, they've taken the angle that money put into the
> pirate "industry" (usually DVDs, but I imagine they'll lump it all in together)
> goes directly into organised crime and people
> trafficking. OK, I can buy that argument,
Shit, if you'll buy that, I have a bridge you might be interested in...
Organised crime and people trafficking has to pay for itself you know.
Is it really likely criminals use the profits from mild crimes to subsidise
worse crimes ? If they're making a healthy profit with priated DVDs,
why not carry on with that - it has a lighter prison sentance
Profits from pirating DVDs are more likely to be used for the kind
of random tat that everyone buys.
The name of the patent is irrelevent. Its the actual claims that matter.
Just because its called something broad doesnt mean anything.
So, "without reading the actual applications" you cannot sensibly
comment.
Like he said, unnecessarily complex.