But again, you don't get them in one big chunk. You get them interleaved with periods of non-REM sleep. So what it boils down to is that to get your normal quota of REM sleep, you'll actually need those 8 hours a night. You might get by with just 7, but anything less (unless you're over 70) is putting stress on your brain in the long run. You might not outright die, but you won't be very smart or attentive after months of getting significantly less.
Some people require less sleep. It was linked to their genetics.
I wonder if they slip into REM quicker? It's possible that the 8 hours of sleep thing came around because of the highly physical nature of survival. (Bodies needed more time to recover than our minds)
Now that things are rapidly flipping the other way for many of us, evolution has to play catch-up.
And if you're the employer, well, ask yourself if you want to be an evil fuck. We're not talking just greedy, or just pushing them a little harder, but actual long term damage. If actual harm to some people is a perfectly acceptable trade off for a few more bucks in your (or the company's) pocket, that's comfortably in the zone I'd call outright evil.
Ignorance is bliss. Most of America is "outright evil".
I wonder what other bad programming habbits I've picked up from nowhere?
My get/set methods hardly ever have more complex code than simple bounds checking. If a method does something complicated (like sorting 10000 results in an array), then it won't have get/set in the method name.
sortResults(); getUnsortedResults(); getSortedResults();// can return null
This is big, because the eVGA UV Plus USB videocards are powered by this company's chips, and those cards can sometimes be found for as little as $20.
They are now (in theory) Windows, OSX, and Linux compatible.
This could potentially be a very cheap way to add more monitors to a setup, regardless of OS, for use in mostly static tasks like programming, spreadsheets, browsing websites, etc.
You could build a robotic glove that does it for you, then patent that!
Robotic assist appendage designed to facilitate efficient page turning, allowing user to simultaneously conduct multiple other tasks with other appendages!
Or, better yet - it could be your moonlighting job! You sleep while the robotic glove turns the pages, and then you collect the paychecks! Brilliant!
The hardware isn't totally open - but does it have to be?
The software is (including drivers), which is better than any other handheld project I know of.
I'd actually like them to keep some of their code closed source, to protect it from projects originating within huge companies, or knockoffs from places like China. The likelihood of another legit open-source project like the Pandora coming around (not being made by them) is pretty slim, so the only people benefiting from it being totally open is corporations which can steal the designs.
After putting in such a huge investment(in both time, money, and effort), I think the team deserves to get some money back, for helping make our dreams a reality.
And yes, the nubs have their own firmware. The source has not been released. (Do we care?:P I don't know what my keyboard is doing inside, either.)
The girls? They drone on, and on, and on...and on...usually repeating themselves multiple times. And this is when they are happy and in a good mood. God help you if they are wanting to talk about a problem them have. And yes, I did finally figure out, they just want to talk about it, they aren't looking for answers like guy does when he talks to a friend about problems...
You'll be more secure by taking away languages that allow non-programmers to pretend to be programmers than making it harder on those of us that are just going to work around what you do anyway.
How do you fix the programmers, though?
I started coding with HTML/Javascript, then Java. I assure you, I'd never make a foolish mistake like copying too much data into a buffer.
But a remarkable number of sites are poorly coded, so how exactly do we find the problem programmers, let alone fix them?
I submitted a bug to Macromedia back when Flash 5 had just came around. I told them the version checking code fragment listed on their site wouldn't work once they hit Flash 10, and submitted code that looked for a space or a digit after the first number.
They never did update it. Years later, when Flash 10 was finally released, any.swf files using the old actionscript broke, reporting you have to upgrade your flash player despite having the newest one.:P
Some developers are incompetent and can't think ahead. Others just don't care. To some people, it's just a way to pay the bills, rather than an art...
Android will likely run on the Pandora. The Pandora is the spiritual successor to the GP2X. (as opposed to actual successor)
A bunch of community/forum elites got tired of fighting with lame design choices like the difficult to use joystick, or poorly thought out DPAD, or removal of networking/debugging support; they're making their own dream handheld, which is significantly more powerful, and is designed right.
According to them, it has the best input scheme they've ever tried.;) That could just be creators tooting their own horn, but after talking with them and reading their posts for the past year, I really doubt it.
The GP2X F100 was the best version of the GP2X, with every version after that getting worse. Updating firmware was absolutely horrible, as no less than five versions of the GP2X were released, all of them bricked by different versions of the firmware.
Despite the lame joystick, the F100 v1 was the best because of projects like USB networking, USB debugging, and even a Java VM. Then GPH replaced the USB chip with a cheaper one, cutting two of those features, and they continued to make bad choices after that.
Despite all this, the community persists.
The GP2X has very lackluster hardware, but emus are reported to run better on it than on a PSP or even iPhone. (despite both of those having significantly faster hardware) That's because of the relatively open nature of the platform.
Most of the GP2X community (gp32x) is throwing their weight behind the Pandora, because it's fully open, rather than just relatively open. We don't want to have our input ignored, then fight with lame design choices. We want the devs to listen, and we want a platform that has mature open source drivers available - a platform like the OMAP 3530.:)
Yeah, OCZ USB sticks are awful. I remember reading about mass-RMAs of those "Rally2" USB sticks on the NCIX.com forums. (eStore) Pretty poor write speeds too, compared to quality flash drives. Not very durable; lots of reports of them breaking by being dropped, or being left in a pocket while going through the wash.
I picked up a Patriot XPorter XT several years ago. (2007) It writes at about 25MB/sec, and reads faster than that. It's survived the washing machine several times, and also my car driving over it. (oops)
One area that has mostly been ignored with cars, is more aerodynamic chassis.
A few people have modified their own cars to closer resemble airplanes. These modded cars get anywhere from 60-90mpg, depending on the efficiency of the vehicle they started with.
Get real - it's a phone. Yes, it can be used as a reading device, and yes it open eBooks.
The thing is, the way smartphone processors are going, soon everything will be able to do that! Your toaster, your picture frame, your kitchen table mats!
Okay, maybe not, but the technology(such as thin & low power touchscreen displays) will be there, and I suspect some device not currently thought up will spring into existence, and then we'll have even more complaints! It's unlikely to stop there...
Personel, archiving, etc. - every single piece of data they get back is stored, forever.
They're still using expensive and old equipment. Surely sometimes it breaks down, and they have to fix/replace it. 4 million isn't a lot - in fact, if it were that low, I'd say they're doing great!
20 million seems more reasonable, depending on how many people they have working with the rovers.
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But again, you don't get them in one big chunk. You get them interleaved with periods of non-REM sleep. So what it boils down to is that to get your normal quota of REM sleep, you'll actually need those 8 hours a night. You might get by with just 7, but anything less (unless you're over 70) is putting stress on your brain in the long run. You might not outright die, but you won't be very smart or attentive after months of getting significantly less.
Some people require less sleep. It was linked to their genetics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_thatcher
I wonder if they slip into REM quicker? It's possible that the 8 hours of sleep thing came around because of the highly physical nature of survival. (Bodies needed more time to recover than our minds)
Now that things are rapidly flipping the other way for many of us, evolution has to play catch-up.
And if you're the employer, well, ask yourself if you want to be an evil fuck. We're not talking just greedy, or just pushing them a little harder, but actual long term damage. If actual harm to some people is a perfectly acceptable trade off for a few more bucks in your (or the company's) pocket, that's comfortably in the zone I'd call outright evil.
Ignorance is bliss. Most of America is "outright evil".
Oh dear... I've been doing that without knowing what it's called!
iPlayerCount
iPostCount
pResponseInfo
But I only use i, f, d, b, and p.
(i = int/long)
(f = float)
(d = double)
(b = boolean/byte)
(p = params; my favourite language is java)
I also favour long names, and similar naming for similar purposes.
iColourCount
iPlayerGroupCount
iEnemyMonsterCount
iAlliedMonsterCount
I wonder what other bad programming habbits I've picked up from nowhere?
My get/set methods hardly ever have more complex code than simple bounds checking. If a method does something complicated (like sorting 10000 results in an array), then it won't have get/set in the method name.
sortResults(); // can return null
getUnsortedResults();
getSortedResults();
This is big, because the eVGA UV Plus USB videocards are powered by this company's chips, and those cards can sometimes be found for as little as $20.
They are now (in theory) Windows, OSX, and Linux compatible.
This could potentially be a very cheap way to add more monitors to a setup, regardless of OS, for use in mostly static tasks like programming, spreadsheets, browsing websites, etc.
Isn't 1.0 production for most software jargon?
Nah, that's 6.0
MS DOS 6.0
IE 6.0
Visual Studio 6.0
I doubt anybody would want to use an earlier version than that!
$ prefix - php variable
i prefix - Common among programmers to denote an integer primitive in languages that don't have strict types.
Considering where this was posted (a webpage), using PHP syntax seems fitting.
You could build a robotic glove that does it for you, then patent that!
Robotic assist appendage designed to facilitate efficient page turning, allowing user to simultaneously conduct multiple other tasks with other appendages!
Or, better yet - it could be your moonlighting job! You sleep while the robotic glove turns the pages, and then you collect the paychecks! Brilliant!
The hardware isn't totally open - but does it have to be?
The software is (including drivers), which is better than any other handheld project I know of.
I'd actually like them to keep some of their code closed source, to protect it from projects originating within huge companies, or knockoffs from places like China. The likelihood of another legit open-source project like the Pandora coming around (not being made by them) is pretty slim, so the only people benefiting from it being totally open is corporations which can steal the designs.
After putting in such a huge investment(in both time, money, and effort), I think the team deserves to get some money back, for helping make our dreams a reality.
And yes, the nubs have their own firmware. The source has not been released. (Do we care? :P I don't know what my keyboard is doing inside, either.)
This is actually what I envisioned for a book scanner, years ago.
But unlike Google, I...
1) Never built it.
2) Am not facing lawsuits from overzealous sue-happy publishers.
Seems like a good defensive patent to have.
The girls? They drone on, and on, and on...and on...usually repeating themselves multiple times. And this is when they are happy and in a good mood. God help you if they are wanting to talk about a problem them have. And yes, I did finally figure out, they just want to talk about it, they aren't looking for answers like guy does when he talks to a friend about problems...
I think you just described my father.
You'll be more secure by taking away languages that allow non-programmers to pretend to be programmers than making it harder on those of us that are just going to work around what you do anyway.
How do you fix the programmers, though?
I started coding with HTML/Javascript, then Java. I assure you, I'd never make a foolish mistake like copying too much data into a buffer.
But a remarkable number of sites are poorly coded, so how exactly do we find the problem programmers, let alone fix them?
...why don't they try to design a game that would actually be fun to play with 5 million other people on your server.
I don't know about 5 million, but 500 to 5000 would be great for a Battlefield type game.
Good for you, man!
Hey, I just did eight 25 dmg pounces in a row~! :D I wish there was an achievement for that!
I'm like you, dude! Incredible foresight!
I submitted a bug to Macromedia back when Flash 5 had just came around. I told them the version checking code fragment listed on their site wouldn't work once they hit Flash 10, and submitted code that looked for a space or a digit after the first number.
They never did update it. Years later, when Flash 10 was finally released, any .swf files using the old actionscript broke, reporting you have to upgrade your flash player despite having the newest one. :P
Some developers are incompetent and can't think ahead. Others just don't care. To some people, it's just a way to pay the bills, rather than an art...
I find it funny that you're almost dead on for me. It's pointing north east. :P
...the only better thinking time is when I'm on the toilet.
You too!?
Android will likely run on the Pandora. The Pandora is the spiritual successor to the GP2X. (as opposed to actual successor)
A bunch of community/forum elites got tired of fighting with lame design choices like the difficult to use joystick, or poorly thought out DPAD, or removal of networking/debugging support; they're making their own dream handheld, which is significantly more powerful, and is designed right.
According to them, it has the best input scheme they've ever tried. ;) That could just be creators tooting their own horn, but after talking with them and reading their posts for the past year, I really doubt it.
The GP2X F100 was the best version of the GP2X, with every version after that getting worse. Updating firmware was absolutely horrible, as no less than five versions of the GP2X were released, all of them bricked by different versions of the firmware.
Despite the lame joystick, the F100 v1 was the best because of projects like USB networking, USB debugging, and even a Java VM. Then GPH replaced the USB chip with a cheaper one, cutting two of those features, and they continued to make bad choices after that.
Despite all this, the community persists.
The GP2X has very lackluster hardware, but emus are reported to run better on it than on a PSP or even iPhone. (despite both of those having significantly faster hardware) That's because of the relatively open nature of the platform.
Most of the GP2X community (gp32x) is throwing their weight behind the Pandora, because it's fully open, rather than just relatively open. We don't want to have our input ignored, then fight with lame design choices. We want the devs to listen, and we want a platform that has mature open source drivers available - a platform like the OMAP 3530. :)
Yeah, OCZ USB sticks are awful. I remember reading about mass-RMAs of those "Rally2" USB sticks on the NCIX.com forums. (eStore) Pretty poor write speeds too, compared to quality flash drives. Not very durable; lots of reports of them breaking by being dropped, or being left in a pocket while going through the wash.
I picked up a Patriot XPorter XT several years ago. (2007) It writes at about 25MB/sec, and reads faster than that. It's survived the washing machine several times, and also my car driving over it. (oops)
I remember trying SRWare Iron a while back. As soon as I typed something into the address bar, it popped up an advertisement. :/
Back to Firefox!
version*. Blah. Spelling mistakes. :P
If you buy the PC versus, you get the Linux/OSX versions at no charge.
If you want it cheaper, buy it through a service like Steam. I picked my copy up for $13.
But fines are supposed to go to the government - not the companies that got hurt! :P
One area that has mostly been ignored with cars, is more aerodynamic chassis.
A few people have modified their own cars to closer resemble airplanes. These modded cars get anywhere from 60-90mpg, depending on the efficiency of the vehicle they started with.
http://www.aerocivic.com/
Take a look. At the bottom of the page is a list of other modded cars. It's pretty impressive.
Something like that would cut our car emissions in half if everybody did it - or if car companies started making their vehicles aerodynamic.
Since our population won't double overnight, it would buy us a couple decades.
Another part of being green is fixing all the screwed up horrible polluting technology that isn't likely to go away for decades and decades!
Inventing new "green" stuff is nice, but sometimes fixing the old extremely common stuff makes a bigger difference!
More efficient cars, and less polluting coal plants? Sign me up!
Get real - it's a phone. Yes, it can be used as a reading device, and yes it open eBooks.
The thing is, the way smartphone processors are going, soon everything will be able to do that! Your toaster, your picture frame, your kitchen table mats!
Okay, maybe not, but the technology(such as thin & low power touchscreen displays) will be there, and I suspect some device not currently thought up will spring into existence, and then we'll have even more complaints! It's unlikely to stop there...
Personel, archiving, etc. - every single piece of data they get back is stored, forever.
They're still using expensive and old equipment. Surely sometimes it breaks down, and they have to fix/replace it. 4 million isn't a lot - in fact, if it were that low, I'd say they're doing great!
20 million seems more reasonable, depending on how many people they have working with the rovers.