Your host might have a very good backup solution. They might even monitor it. And, perhaps, they are capable of restoring your backup within a reasonable timeframe.
But have you tried their response time and accuracy? I'm guessing no.
Your data, you do the backup. It isn't rocket surgery.
The leap-second is caused by the rotation around the sun not being exactly 365.25 days.
However, the rotation around the Earths axis isn't all that smooth. It indeed accelerates and breakes due to tidal movements, atmosferic influences and interference with the Earths polar wobble.
The day-to-day difference can be as high as a few seconds, but averages taken over a long(ish) period are very stable. It has to be, conservation of momentum-wise.
True, not for all languages. But for most of them it is.
That's the problem with the book: it is written by academics for academics. And as such it is a briljant exercise in intellectual masturbation but it is completely useless in the real world.
Would it have killed the authors to include a single example of iteration? Or anything about jumps/returns in the part about code generation?
Let's begin by making a bold statement: The Dragon Book is Crap!
Why, you ask? The book is full of parsers, but nowhere, anywhere, does it mention iteration as a concept. So, after finishing the book you still can't write a compiler.
That's pretty poor for a book that pretends to be the standard text on compilers.
That said, I would strongly suggest Mastering Algorithms with Perl for anyone that needs a brush up on algorithms. It is easily the best book on them, even if you don't program in Perl!
No-one will continue. Or should continue, for that matter.
You can see the table of contents for the upcoming volumes on Knuths' site. Even if Knuth himself manages to finish them, they will never be as relevant as the original trilogy.
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This must be the sign. Any day now The Announcement will come: "Perl Six is Ready!".
And there will be much rejoicing!
Seriously, I can't wait!
They should have moved to Subversion. Git is just plain weird.
Your host might have a very good backup solution. They might even monitor it. And, perhaps, they are capable of restoring your backup within a reasonable timeframe.
But have you tried their response time and accuracy? I'm guessing no.
Your data, you do the backup. It isn't rocket surgery.
Yeah, they could have, they should have, but the relevant part is: they didn't.
Firing IT and general management seems nowhere near sufficient in this case.
I can't remember the last incandescent that died on me other than by me dropping it.
They seem to last forever around here. Mind, I buy the 240 volt types (and I've measured 232 volt on the socket).
I guess the old 220 volt types burn out fast when used on 232 volts.
Those are superflux leds, and they are indeed fairly bright with an 110 degree angle. They are also used for traphic lights and that sort of thing.
They did, but the gold was soon robbed from them.
Yet, they don't seem to mind shouting with their friends on the phone the whole evening. Especially during game night.
And they don't seem to mind the "Kids on Crack" in the play lot next door, although I'm sure they produce well over 150 decibels.
There are quite a few governments that would wet their pants with joy if the whole internet would just disappear.
Or, to be more accurate, that public use of this internet would disappear.
The leap-second is caused by the rotation around the sun not being exactly 365.25 days.
However, the rotation around the Earths axis isn't all that smooth. It indeed accelerates and breakes due to tidal movements, atmosferic influences and interference with the Earths polar wobble.
The day-to-day difference can be as high as a few seconds, but averages taken over a long(ish) period are very stable. It has to be, conservation of momentum-wise.
Tunnels to where? VPNs? No need for deep-packet inspection. Just drop all packets that have a destination "outside".
Have the ISP's comply, same for the guys managing the backbone stuff.
Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?
Or, you know, provide documentation? That's another thing that is lacking in 99% of todays open source projects.
And if the router at the border just drops the packets for these alleged "outside the UK" sites, then what?
Don't believe it won't happen.
However, they also invented the Psion 5mx, so that is minus one thousand evil points.
Tell that to the Coca Cola company.
Do you have any clue?
Compilers don't stop after parsing. And parsing is the only subject of the Dragon Book. Which wouldn't matter if it was marketed as a parser book.
But a compiler book it isn't. It's outdated, it's obsolete and it's incomplete.
The book fails. Hard.
True, not for all languages. But for most of them it is.
That's the problem with the book: it is written by academics for academics. And as such it is a briljant exercise in intellectual masturbation but it is completely useless in the real world.
Would it have killed the authors to include a single example of iteration? Or anything about jumps/returns in the part about code generation?
If you ever find out the correct title (or ISBN) I would be very interested to hear it!
Let's begin by making a bold statement: The Dragon Book is Crap!
Why, you ask? The book is full of parsers, but nowhere, anywhere, does it mention iteration as a concept. So, after finishing the book you still can't write a compiler.
That's pretty poor for a book that pretends to be the standard text on compilers.
I've bought one for every manager I ever had. Even hit one in the head with one. That didn't go over all too well...
I would love to have a CS-oriented annotated copy of that, actually...
The Camel Book is a Must Have. And Must Read.
That said, I would strongly suggest Mastering Algorithms with Perl for anyone that needs a brush up on algorithms. It is easily the best book on them, even if you don't program in Perl!
No-one will continue. Or should continue, for that matter.
You can see the table of contents for the upcoming volumes on Knuths' site. Even if Knuth himself manages to finish them, they will never be as relevant as the original trilogy.
It's just too obscure, too arcane.
The py is a lie... ;-)
Seconded. Even better would be XeTeX (or XeLaTeX) because the font handling is so much better.
Oh, and learn the Memoir class. It will change your life.