So I knew this woman, a world class athlete, who also worked for the Department of Defense. For her Top Secret clearance she had to submit to a polygraph test every six months. On the day of one of her tests she arrived at the testing center having just worked out. Her pulse, respiration, and skin moisture were all a bit elevated, and the tester noted these abmornal readings to her. Now, one of her training techniques involved meditation, and she became adept at both mentally and physically relaxing in a very short amount of time. She went into her meditation routine and almost instantly her pulse and breathing rate dropped. The tester became angry with her, and told her to come back the next day. Now how hard can it be to learn to game the whole polygraph system?
It speaks to how Apple treats their customers like shit, though. They're happy to push a product at an inflated cost, then refuse to support it three months later, forcing an upgrade. I can't understand why they're selling iBooks for more than $1000 when in a few months Jaguar will make them useless for Apples internet apps (iTMS will only work with Jaguar, which only reasonably runs on a G4, so why don't you upgrade suckers?).
In my youth I made the mistake of giving to a fireman charity. Dear god I regretted that. The scum sucking "charity causes" wouldn't leave me alone until I moved. They are 100 times worse than commercial salesmen.
Ultimate frisbee, soccer, basketball, and so on. There are always people playing pickup games, and it's a great way to meet community minded people. I would be lost in my new home without the local Ultimate scene.
No, it's simply a paradox. Part of becoming enlightened is losing desire, including the desire to be enlightened. However, the path to enlightenment must almost always be chosen consciously, with desire to follow it. How the seeker resolves this riddle is one of the great secrets of the world.
here in Portland there is talk of letting bikes and non-traditional motorized vehicles the right to go through red lights without a stop.
Uh, no. The state legislature is considering a bill that would allow cyclists to regard stop signs as yield signs. It would also create a new class of traffic violation targeted specifically towards bicyclists who show flagrant disregard for safety. Red lights at intersections would still mean what they always do: stop.
That's me! Seriously, if I know that I will be using certain modules without fail, why not add them to the main kernel executable? My kernel may be big, but it kicks ass.
I remember seeing a blackjack program for my Apple ][+ that had a message from the author stating the program had "snob appeal" because it required 16KB of RAM.
How did you learn to type? Most programs I've seen start with left hand on the home row. Left handed typing is probably what you learned first.
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I think that you have to answer a question though. Does Microsoft market their handling of private members in a class as a way to improve product security? If the answer is "yes," then some criticism of Microsoft if warranted. Not every programmer in Microsoft's target market for.net will have the tools to distinguish marketing from design.
Right now I am dealing with a situation where using a typedef on an int and calling it something else is becoming a huge problem.
If I want the behavior of ints, but want them to be logically different from ints, typedef is of no help to me. Likewise, why do I want to waste a bunch of time wrapping classes around existing functionality so I can obtain the exact same functionality at a performance penalty?
The introduction of a typedef construction without an analagous type creation construction is not only an oversight, but allows for horrible programming style, especially when you have to work with junior programmers who don't completely understand when the language can bite you in the ass.
The ability to easily spin off identical classes from existing subclasses (say, through a typecreate facility) would be invaluable. typedef allows for some very nice generic programming constructions (i.e., saying things like vector::iterator would be difficult without it), but in my experience is ignorantly abused.
This is typical example of how people without good C++ knowledge (forgive me if it is not like that, it certainly seems so) are unfair to C++.
This is a typical example of a language that has lots of good ideas, but forces programmers to have years of real world experience working with it to be passably proficient with it. Where do you suggest that these programmers get the real world experience?
NastyClass aNastyObject; int notANastyObject = aNastyObject;
to fail. C++ claims that it has strict type checking, but then provides half-assed langage constructs like typedef. How is my typedef example different from
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So I knew this woman, a world class athlete, who also worked for the Department of Defense. For her Top Secret clearance she had to submit to a polygraph test every six months. On the day of one of her tests she arrived at the testing center having just worked out. Her pulse, respiration, and skin moisture were all a bit elevated, and the tester noted these abmornal readings to her. Now, one of her training techniques involved meditation, and she became adept at both mentally and physically relaxing in a very short amount of time. She went into her meditation routine and almost instantly her pulse and breathing rate dropped. The tester became angry with her, and told her to come back the next day. Now how hard can it be to learn to game the whole polygraph system?
Whoops. I meant Panther. I guarantee that Panther will run like shit on G3 machines. Jaguar does run fine on my iBook.
It speaks to how Apple treats their customers like shit, though. They're happy to push a product at an inflated cost, then refuse to support it three months later, forcing an upgrade. I can't understand why they're selling iBooks for more than $1000 when in a few months Jaguar will make them useless for Apples internet apps (iTMS will only work with Jaguar, which only reasonably runs on a G4, so why don't you upgrade suckers?).
In my youth I made the mistake of giving to a fireman charity. Dear god I regretted that. The scum sucking "charity causes" wouldn't leave me alone until I moved. They are 100 times worse than commercial salesmen.
Answering machines, combined with caller ID, are nice for screening calls.
Hi Qbertino. I think that you forgot to take your meds this morning.
Ultimate frisbee, soccer, basketball, and so on. There are always people playing pickup games, and it's a great way to meet community minded people. I would be lost in my new home without the local Ultimate scene.
What bullshit.
No, it's simply a paradox. Part of becoming enlightened is losing desire, including the desire to be enlightened. However, the path to enlightenment must almost always be chosen consciously, with desire to follow it. How the seeker resolves this riddle is one of the great secrets of the world.
Yeah, metaprogramming makes C++ an ugly Lisp. Keep in mind that Lisp code is generally regarded to be very ugly.
I'll put my flame suit on now. I just insulted both C++ and Lisp.
I agree. happend to my brother.
You left some magazines on your brother and he overheated?
I am continually restarting this infernal machine all day
Water cooling might help with your heat problems.
here in Portland there is talk of letting bikes and non-traditional motorized vehicles the right to go through red lights without a stop.
Uh, no. The state legislature is considering a bill that would allow cyclists to regard stop signs as yield signs. It would also create a new class of traffic violation targeted specifically towards bicyclists who show flagrant disregard for safety. Red lights at intersections would still mean what they always do: stop.
You about someone else being a jackass...
Which I am aware of, and consider to be a bug.
That's me! Seriously, if I know that I will be using certain modules without fail, why not add them to the main kernel executable? My kernel may be big, but it kicks ass.
I can arrange that.
Hey Bob! At what price would you part with your iBook? e-mail me...
If you have to use Windows:
Cygwin + wxWindows. Cygwin gives you the C/C++ compiler, wxWindows gives you the cross platform GUI with Windows decorations.
If you have a choice of computers, go with Apple. The developer tools are included, and Objective-C can be a joy to work with.
I remember seeing a blackjack program for my Apple ][+ that had a message from the author stating the program had "snob appeal" because it required 16KB of RAM.
My wife and children frequently refer to me as a soul-less bastard. I'll sign the NDA. What do I have to lose?
If someone could answer those five basic questions about this story, many of us would appreciate it. Thanks!
Journalism? We don't need no stinkin' journalism!
In Oregon you aren't taxed when you buy stuff.
How did you learn to type? Most programs I've seen start with left hand on the home row. Left handed typing is probably what you learned first.
I think that you have to answer a question though. Does Microsoft market their handling of private members in a class as a way to improve product security? If the answer is "yes," then some criticism of Microsoft if warranted. Not every programmer in Microsoft's target market for .net will have the tools to distinguish marketing from design.
Right now I am dealing with a situation where using a typedef on an int and calling it something else is becoming a huge problem.
If I want the behavior of ints, but want them to be logically different from ints, typedef is of no help to me. Likewise, why do I want to waste a bunch of time wrapping classes around existing functionality so I can obtain the exact same functionality at a performance penalty?
The introduction of a typedef construction without an analagous type creation construction is not only an oversight, but allows for horrible programming style, especially when you have to work with junior programmers who don't completely understand when the language can bite you in the ass.
The ability to easily spin off identical classes from existing subclasses (say, through a typecreate facility) would be invaluable. typedef allows for some very nice generic programming constructions (i.e., saying things like vector::iterator would be difficult without it), but in my experience is ignorantly abused.
This is typical example of how people without good C++ knowledge (forgive me if it is not like that, it certainly seems so) are unfair to C++.
This is a typical example of a language that has lots of good ideas, but forces programmers to have years of real world experience working with it to be passably proficient with it. Where do you suggest that these programmers get the real world experience?
"typedef" is often not my friend. If I say
typedef int NastyClass;
I want assignments like this
NastyClass aNastyObject;
int notANastyObject = aNastyObject;
to fail. C++ claims that it has strict type checking, but then provides half-assed langage constructs like typedef. How is my typedef example different from
#define int NastyClass?